Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
.:,2 Curen'S inr0ne.

IT,. : Jos an,.. If I6n.u.o " var So
H.. !'rv, i'ur,' is The carrying oIt q:
c,M'm"nd23.r generosity with which q
treat i.!i.,,n ir,.I'~ IL SOVEREIGN. Every
Wi. ~ Ia, >"t-r"irn i alrr:::, pro
ii l.i ipr. .,il' ha, iIru~c> "a live in.
hur>r. 10 rid,. fool and wine provided
ia a''u:.,lanr... servants all paid, Ei3 0nn
4 year ~ a-il for h'r di>p"n>ati"n> in
,hlri;,. and Il small iaianr" Of oy,i
il. orla wear !"ft for rjnin@ .urirS.
Il will mo- appear "i'A" ;" t!t.' ori
E;;ry mimi what cIann..l> 90. rXp"n!-
I,lr' Inc Queen finds fur ;'i- tGn.unm
il in som" circumstance, t." any hu~!-
IL ;o. the ordinary mind t. lrpubl'
itself with The pr"H'r:n But tn" qGlr>-
lion j. thrust up'n The public hy the
repeated demand for fresh supplies ON
account Of tire Royal Family.
W. have >,'an tha, every pn->iic want
OF tlr hnH>,.hu,d Is literally provided
for. with 4 tril'in~ sum of cS.uoO in sup.
PIGMENT OF L6u,Dr'D for III" Privy Purse
Bul tim; by no means represents The
private income of the lady ON behalf OF
whu-r children Il fresh demand j. now
mao,."u the taxpayer. On the ac,''.S-
sion ri Her Majesty, tho Civil List was
arranged un Inc basis l"~,'rihrl. There
va, added ~ II sort of bonus the rr,r.
nIr- OF the Durhv OF Lancaster Tii~
OF course. i, Il national estate. The prep
crty of the people. But with mrn.
crosby not here or "l-rwh,.-r, aS far a.
know. called in question. it WAS be-
slowed upon the Queen for her
private use AMI benefit. Since is
appropriation The revenues of the
r>iai" have more ,hau douhlod Il
have not III hand the figures oi lN%11. bu,
ten wears later, IN 1871. the net r.Ncniie>
Of ia" durhv were i29.uOO. In $50
they had reached To G63.0~ and on the
3l>t December. 1850, the last date on
which the accounts were published.
the net receipts from this wee
t1S.lT1. all of which goes to Tie
Queen for her private U.s.. In adj
dilion TO these items there is al
capital sum of 4 quarter of Il million
which just thirty years ago Il PERSON
named Ncild brIarathrd 10 the Queen
for her personal use.
If from these data we ATTEMPT TO as
certain the means Il, the disposal of Her
Majesty for family objects. we reach ihi;
conclusion; Civil List. G6O.ool: Duchv
of Lancaster. f1S.0DD: interest M I3
per cent. on the Nrild brgurst. f7,jO0.
This gives Il total of Gli5, 600 II wear. for
the spending of which anxious though,
fails Ia discover any possibility on the
part of Il lady living in the mamie,
adopted by the Queen.
The three items from which this total
of the Quren's personal and private in
come is derived are set forth Us Parl a
mcntarv estimates or in official doc,I-
mrnlS. The G60.00O from the Privv
Plrs" is the most familiar sum. Ministers
of the Crown and others. who from their
point of duty very proprry cndraynr Ia
i:lInlmlZe facts. are accustomed To keep
this iigur' i'll the forefront. rs ii it were
the only source of the private income uf
the Queen. | quote the figures of the
revenues of the Durhy OF Lancaster from
the balance sheet issued on the author-
~ of tn" right honorable gentleman the
Chancellor of the Duchv. A. for the
Ncild hcqurSt, the will Of that eccentric
Irgaicr was proved in Doctors Commons
by the Keeper of Her MajeSty'S Privy
Purse and other executors on October
-. 1892, and the estate was sworn under
LIS 1000
But it would bc an insult 10 common
sense In suppose that these items COIL
pose the full tale of the private income
of the Queen. 1t is clear that the amount
allotted by Parliament in 1897 for the
maintenance of the roya! household
cannOt be spent in the circumstances of
OF the Semi-retircment in which il plcaSrs
the sovereign to live. There must needs
be, year after yrir. great savings in the
various departments. for which. rs VIC
have seen. special provision is made.
with the Object OF appropriain~ them Ia
other accounts. This hts been going on
for twenty YEAR,. and within that period
the accumulated savings of the Privy
Purse must have reached enormous pro
portions.
1t would be idle To indulge in wild
~ucSSeS rs 20 what the Quern's income
may be when we add the interest of ac-
"umulated savings To the ordinary
,urcc|. Figures are supplied that indi-
c3te the true state of affairs, and any one
accustomed to the miracles of compound
interest may form his own estimate. |
am content to lake my stand on the
Eli5.0o0 which Her Majesty now re-
reiveS over and above all possible and
conceivable charges for household eX-
penScS. and submit that, with this in
view. we must answer Mr.. Foy's ques-
ton in the affirmative.
BY Il happy coincidence the sum avail |
nhIp for IN tl,, IL
manner would very nearly meet the ex- /
agencies of the case. The Princess ROYAL |
draws $4,000 Il year; the Prince and |
Princess of Wales have between them |
ESQ, 600: the Duke of Edinburgh. f25,-
900; the Duke of Connaught. E25 900: |
Princess Helene, &c. 900; Princess Louise |
similar sum, and Prince Leopold, fl5,-
600. These make a total of flS5. 600 |
per year. 1t is now proposed to add to !
Prince LeOpold's flj. 900 an additional
tl0,o00. which would bring the total
demand upon the head of the family to
ID, Wo-a sum so near that available
That there could be no difficulty in ami
cably adjusting the small balance in y
family council. twill be seen that such
An arrangement could in no measure in
commode Her Majesty. She would still
nave t32o'ooo year TO spend, putting
out OF account any interest from accu-
INFLATED savings.
This Is. however. IN off-hand arrange
ment which it does not come within
reasonable probability to suppose would
BE- adopted, or even seriously discussed.
lt would be said that ii is none of our
business. and that we have no more right
to lntcrf'!'r with The family arrangements
Of Queen Victoria than with those of our
next door ncighbor. This is quite true:
but 1t is equally true, when the British
taxpayer is asked for a fresh subsidy in
relief OF family arrangements, that he
.as the melancholy right to look into the
matter in the same way as he might ex-
anime any other proposed business trans.
iction.-Macmiiian's Magazine.