The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
THE LUXURY OF ROYALTY IN
ENGLAND.


considerably tar the luxury Of royalty in
that country, just a. they have to pay
largely also for the Established Church,
and for the privileged classes. 1t may
help some to und.rs' and the excessive
inequality of classes In that country, aud
it may explain the feeling OF many on
the land question and Others which ara
being agitated, ii we present. lew fig-
ures. Thus. the Duke of Sutherland is
the owner Of 1855 425 acres of land in
England aid Scotland; the Duke oI Buc-
c.uch owns 449,26O acre; Alr. James
Matheson owns 40G,07O; Mr.. Alexander
Mstheson 220,433 acre Tie Earl
of Bredalt ane owns 372, ,629 acres; Earl
Seaiioh 3O5, ,s9l; Earl Flle, 257,662; the
Duke of Athol, 1914 $40, and the Duke
of DevoI shire, 1913, l2l acres. Turn to
the Church: The two Arohbishops OF
York and rntoibury and the two Bish
OBS Of London and Durham are paid
salaries by tut State a. lgIegating S22O, 700;
the Bishops Of Ely ana Wincht seer get,
re- pectiveiy, $4,000 and $27,UOc; eight
other bishops receive $50 900 each, aud
eight more $2i, 900, while 1913 canons in
the cathedrlas are paid 5000 apiece.
| La the courts the lord chancellor receives
$50, 900, with household salaricd by
| the State to the tune of $1,000 NOR;
the III uaster Of the 10 Is Is pad $4,000
per annum; the juds,s Cfthe appeal re
ceve $50, 900 to $4,000 each; the judic-
iaI committee Of the privy council ale
each paid $25 900 a year, the vice-chan-
ce lois each receive s25, ,400;the rd chef
Justice gets $40 600; the puisne JUDGES
S25, 900; the chief justice at common
plc as and the lord chef baron of the ex-
catquer are paid $50, 900 apiece. and all
the circuit Judges, $4,000 each. The
cost of the roy al family is itself aonsid-
erabe. Thus the Queens yearly al
lowance is 81, 1925, 900, besides her reve.
nuts of $375,OL0 per anpum from the
Duchy of Lancaster. The Prince Of
Wales receives $20U,O00 yea, besides
$}45, 900 which he makes out Of the
Duchy of Cornwall. The Princess Of
Waies receives $50,OUO year, the Crown
Princes, of Prussia $4,000, the late
Princess Alice got $4,000, the Duke Of
Ed nburgh receive, $125, 900, the Princess
Louise receives $3c 900, the Duke Of
Connaught, $100,VJU, the Prince Leo
pod, $75,UOO, the Duchess of Cambridge
$4,000, the Duchess Of Macklenburg-
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sou, ,0O0, and the Duchess of Teck, 81, ,UUO
Iu the Queens private aud personal
household, where a great deal OF anti
quated and unnecessary state is kept up
at very great expense, Earl Beauchamp,
the lord stew ard, is paid $4,000 year;
the Treasurer OF the household, All N. +
and right houol able, receives $4,5OOthe
compti Oller the same. The lord cham
BE- rlain OF the household Is paid $4,000
and lie is a naiqdis, too; the vice-cham-
berlain, a Viscouut Ponsonby, is paid
$4,000, aud the comptroller Of accounts
IN that der artment 5000. The lords in
waiting, ears, viscounts, lords, &, nerals
and aamirals, are paid So 800 per annum'
the grooms III waiting, mo>tly the right
honorable aud ,younser sons Of peers,
receive 81 800 per annum; BlacS Rod is
paid $4,000 year; the gentlemen al
arms receive 5000 each; the yeomen OF
the guard $1,000 each; the master Of tie
horse (Eall of Bradford) $4,000; the
master uf the buck hounds Earl Hard
wicke) ST 500; the equerries in ordinary
(all meulal Offices filled by MOBILES
$4,000 year. Besides these are til,
mattresses of The robe, the ladies OF th,
bedchamber, t. o bedchamber women
. the maids VI honor, the clerks OF til,
robe, the dean of the chapel royal an,
his attendants; the medical department
8 including physicians ordinary and extra
ordinary, serg' ant surgeons, oldlna an
ext aordinary, physicians and surgeon
to household, surgeon apothetarie., sur
g, on dentists, chemists and drueg SITS /
\ ordinary, &c. The Prince Of Wales all
>. his wife have households OF the same PIC
r poltion relatively, and, in facr, the pc,
9. pie of Great Britain pay royalty for tuei
q luxury cf royalty. Still they have tn
consolation that it saves them from Il
risks and iniqulies of returning board