The Irish standard., 1889-01-26

munificent patronage of the national
sport, for at every important meeting
there is Queens plate in which all
may compete. But. again, her Majesty
enjoys the reputation Of beneyolence
without personal Inconvenience, for the
moneys for these stakes are dutifniiy
provided by the House Of Commons
every year. .
Parliament always provides, too, toc
the repairs of palaces, and even FOR
kitchen gardens attached thereto, some.
times at a cost Of $l50.00o in one year.
Royal yachts are provided and kept in
repair at an annual cost CT abous $780,
O'o. Her Majesty's limner cost $3.50 a
year, her Majesty hlstorigrapher 1920,
and her Maiesty's clockmaksr, who GER
tainly never makes clocks. is put down
for the modest sum Of $S2.
The loving care and loyal anxiety Of
the commons for her Majesty's comfort
extends even to the matter OF rats,
Buckingham palace, a big pile OF build
lngs facing Eyde Park, where the great
state drawings room are held during the
season, is, or was, infested with vern,in,
and, as it would never do to have
queen OF great dame standing On the
table holding up her skirts and Shrek
ing "Rats!" like ordinary womenfolk,
the House Of Comnlona, with reckless
disregard ofexpense, sets aside annually
the sum of $40 with which 70 pay rat
catcher
Legislative complaisance does not
stop here. Queen Victoria built mem-
orials of her late husband in Wind or
Castle and in Hyde Park; parliament
votes every year $l20 for attendants at
the former and $500 fer repairs and
regilding OF the latter.
Altogether the queen, personally,
costs this much taxed nation no: less
than S2.250.O coo every year. of which
over $2,0o0,o 900 goes straight into her
OWE private purse. In addition to this,
her majesty owns p vast amount of pri
vare propertY-houses, lands and stocks
although by law she is notsupposed to
have any source of income save wha5
parliament provides. When Prince al,
bert died, leaving personally variously
estimated at from $4,000. coo to $5, ,0O0,-
600, the statute was openly defied; the
will was not even deposited at Somerset
house, the legal receptacle Cor such
things, much less made public.
Cranks frequently bequeath money TO
the Queen. ~ notable instance oc-
Cured some thirty Years ago when &
,niser named Neild left her majesty
about 81 ,0000,000.
The state also relieves the Queen OF
the trouble and expense of providing
for her children aftei they have arrived
at years Of discretion. The Princess
Royal, upon her marriage with tho
Grown Prince Of Germany, was lowered
by tile House Of Commons Wlth $500. GOO
and An annuity Of $40, ,0Uo. She 1s new
Empress Dowager ct Germany. but she
still draws her annuity. Tie FRINGE Of
Wales got $l2o, GOO when he came Of age,
despite the enormous accumu}atlons
from the Cornwall revenues already re-
ferred to, and he receives yearly as heir
apparent and Duke OF Cornwall $500 600
exclusive of his pay as Field Marshal
and for several Colonelcies. The PriD-
cess of Wales receives from the British
treasury $50, 900 a year, and about half
as much from her own country, Den
mark. The Queens second son, Prince
Alfred. Duke of Edinburgh. receives
$l55 900 yearly, the pay of an admiral in
the navy, aud other pickings, every
cent of which is given grudgingly: AL
fred has never been popular, partly ow
ing to his n,iserly habits, and partly be
cause he is married to a Russian prin~
cess, a sister Of the present Gar.
Prince Arthur, Duke of COnnaught.
is the most popular of the Queens sons.
a good rider to hounds, and very air
soldier. He is at present in India, in
command ol a brigade, and will in due
course blossom forth into field marshal,
commander-in-chief Of the British
army, a post at present filed by the old
Duke Of Cam bridge, cousin of the
Queen. Prince Arthur receives the
same yearly allowance as his brother
Alfred-$l25,0 900 and his pay as major
general. Prince Leopold, Duke Of
Albany, who died suddenly at Cannes.
four years age, had the same allowance.
The daughters of the Queen, except the
lIANOO0 AecNO 1AAOttNJ AC4S14S0 lOs N
ceived $50, 900 each on marriage, and
get $50 900 per annum each. They are
all married to Germans, with the excep-
tion of Princess Louise, who welded
the Marquis of Lorne, eldest son of the
Duke of Argyll, who. to the intense
disgust of his royal connections, took
unto himself second wife few years
ago. The Queens cousin, the Duke of
Cambridge, commander-in-chief, re.
ceiyes $60,00e yearly allowance, and his
military salaries and the profits of a
number of sinecure Offices make the
total about 100000. A miscellaneous
crowd OF aunts and cousins add to the
big total. Most of these royal pension
ers are provided at the public expense
with palaces in which to live, and each
has coterie of relatives and hangers
on, for whom place and pay have to be
found. When members Of tho royal
family travel, the cost is often borne By
the State-always in the cases Of the
Queen and the Prince of Wales.
Until few years ago the enormous
sums necessary to maintain in befitting
splendor this small army Of paupers
were voted every year by the House of
Commons. with only an occasional pro-