New-York tribune., 1896-11-29

amount to about 81 100000 a year-are nothing
more or less than annuities paid to the Crown in
return for the latters surrender to the nation of
lands. royalties and rights of one kind and an
other which represent to-day to the Treasury in
annual revenue at least ten times the Civil List
and allowances placed at the disposal Of the
queen. 1t is not the Crown. but the nation which
has benefited by the successive bargains made by
the predecessors OF Queen Victoria-bargains
winch they were compelled to make by tempo
rary difficulties arising from the mismanagement
OF their property, the dishonesty Of their sur
roundngs and their own insane extravaganza
PROFITABLE QUID PRO QuO
Had 1t not been for the surrender to the nation
or all these so-caed Crown lands of these min
ing rights. et,.. Queen Victoria could to-day dis
pense not only with her own Civil List. but also
with the allowances for her children and grand
children. and the English Crown would be as
wealthy as. If not more so than. the soveregns of
Austria and Russia. whose fortunes are simply
incalculable, owing TO the fact that the major
portion thereof consists in valuable but as yet
undeveloped. mineral wealth. The English people
Of the present day show a tendency to forget the
extremely profitable deal" made by their ances-
tors with the immediate predecessors of Queen
they have received very handsome "quid pro-
quo for the Civil List, voted 10 the Queen.
and appear to imagine that they are paying the
amount Of the Civil List as a mere sort OF salary
and stipend for the performance Of the duties Of
rulershp. much in the same way that the Amer
lean and French people pay the salaries Of their
respective Chief Magistrates.
Just what the disposition Of Queen Victoria's
INN har ,,.il no il ic
difficult to say 1t may safely be taken for grant
ed. however that the two of her children who
will be most benefited thereby will be her
favortes. the Duke of Connaught and. especially.
Princess Beatrice Osborne will probably he left
to the Princess. who Is already Governor OF the
Isle OF Wight in which 1t is situated while Bal
moral is expected 70 so TO the Duke. Prince
Henry Of Battcnbcrg possessed no fortune at the
time of his marriage. and his death last spring
on his way home from Ashantee left his children
absolutely dependent upon whatever their grand
mother. the Queen. might be willing to do for
them. True. Empress Eugenc has announced
her intention Of bequeathing her large fortune to
Princess Beatrice. whom she had at one moment
hoped to marry to her son. the ill-fatcd Prince
Imperial. But the widowed consort of Napoleon
III seems destined to live for many year T.
come, ana II Is D\ no means lnroSSlDlc tndt Snr
MAJ yet change her mind with regard to the dis
position Of her property before she dies
PRINCESS LOUIsEs PROSPECTS,
Princess Louise. the Queens third surviving
daughter. has no children. and Will. moreover.
within a short space OF time enter Jointly with
her husband into the possession and enjoyment
OF the entailed estates Of her father-in-law. the
Duke Of Argyll who Is advanced In years and In
feeble health She may therefore be considered
as well provided for whereas the two children Of
the Queens youngest son. the late Duke of Al
bany. Will b. entirely dependent on whatever
Her Majesty may bcqurath to them. The Queens
second DAUGHTER. Princess Helena. Is at present
badly off from financial point Of view. her hus
band. Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein. be
ing one Of those impecunious German Princes
who form the subject of 40 much abuse In the
Radical press Of England hut Prince Christian
is next heir n tie large cntailcd property ~ his
nephew Duke G1nthcr of Schlcswig- lIolstein.
brother 81 The German Empress. we'll as 10
his annuity from the Prussian Government OF
SS0Wu. which Duke Gnnthcrs father
ccpted for the surrender Of his rights TO IN"
Duchi-s of Schleswig and Hpstein. now incor-
p0ratcd into the Kingdom II Prussia
Queen Nicioria's second son the sailor. Prince
Alfred has succeeded 10 the sovcreicniy Of his
unc.'s duchics ~ SaNr-c -coburc and GOtha In
GERMANY as we'll as To- tn, immense cniailci cs-
tatcs that 20 with the latter and while h. has
but son all his daughters. save the Youngest.