The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-31

c6ivev revenues amounting to- 1oy Vl.-
100000 : year At that tinS nrrend-
cred $4,000 Of his allowances Nm the
British treasury, but stiIl rst4In1 Glare
mont house and an allowance Of $4,000 :
year. This ID The caupe Of considerable
scandal. The British people cay that his
revenues a. . sovereign prince Of Germany
are ample for all possible requirements
without connddering his private fortune,
from which he newer draws cent aud
that he ought, IN common decency, to make
no claim upon the Bfftish taxpayers be-
cause he does not live In England and be-
cauBe he performs no service for the Brit
ish government, but dev0tes his entire
4 time to his duties as ruler Of Sake Coburg.
II he wishes to be a German prince they
have no objection. but he should not con-
tinue to be pensioner Of the British peo-
pie. II he wishes to remain such pension
er no one would object, but he should sur
render his rank and revenues a. a German
prince.
The duke also receives salaries and al
1owances amounting to many thousands Of
dollars year as admiral Of the British
feet and a field marshal OF the British
army, and II Is asserted that he even draws
forage for horses and rations a. . naval
officer regularly every month
In addition to his allowance from par
liament. the prince Of Wales receives the
revenues Of the duchy Of Cornwall, which
amounted to G62,000 last year. Under an
ancient law he also has royalty upon all
the tin coinage OF Great Britain, which
amounted to s840 last year. and he. like
his brothers and brothers In law, receives
the pay and allowances Of an admiral, q
general, a field marshal. the colonel OF
several regiments and many other per-
quisites, which bring his income up to
about 8125,000, or $625000 year. His
children. the duke of York and the Prin-
cesses Louise, Maud and Victoria, divide
& 900 among them, which raises the fam
| lily allowance to about $S00,000 year. In
addition to this his royal hlghness has the
use Of Marlborough house In the city and
several other royal residences in different
parts Of the country. Sandringham house.
In Norfolk, is his own private property
The prince OF Wales has an appropriation
from parliament every year for maintain
ing these palaces. and the salaries OF all
his attendants are paid by tine govs-n-
ment, except the private servants o. his
household Under the marriage contJsct,
which was ratified by parliament il the
prince OF Wales should c'e mis- widow
should continue to receive an annuity Of
C 10000 year and house to live in.
Upon his marriage and during his life
time the late prince eonsort received an |
annuity of 100000 in addition to the al |
lowances made the queen, his wife.
Queen Victoria would undoubtedly be
the richest woman in the world even II
she should lose her throne and all her off,
cial revenues. She was born In poverty |
Her father was compelled to borrow money
from an alderman OF the city OF London,
whom he was fortunate enough to meet
In Paris, In order to pay his expenses from
that city to London few weeks before her
birth, and until his death was a pensioner,
not OF parliament, but upon the bounty
of the king
Victoria herself occupied that mortify-
ing relation until she became queen of Eng
land, aud when she was called to the
throne she did not have a dollars worth
OF property In her own right. Never theless
ner wealth 10 now estimated ty the hun
OF Edinburgh, she never spends a cent j
OF her personal income, but allows it to
accumulate and has 1t invested In the most
remunerative kind of property.
she has twelve palaces. Two OF them
baimoral, In Scotland, and Osborne, on the {
lsie OF Wlsht--are her personal property, Il
and she occupies them more than any Of ,
the official palaces buckingham palace, in +,
london. is always kept ready for her use.
ana sne goes there to preside at official
functions, but has a prejudice against. the
place and has not spent night under it's !
roof for many years. She lives at Windsor
most Of the time during the sessions of
parliament.
Ihere are seven or eight other palaces c
maintained at public expense and occupied :
py ner sons, daughters and other relatives :.
anu pensioners At Hampton court. the =
largest and most beautiful of all the Brit :
,sh palaces, which was built by Cardinal ..
Wooisey, occupied by Henry VIII, and the =
scene Of the gayest events in the lives az
o q l and Charles ii, there are forty
i've FAMILIES living on the royal bounty. t
mostly retired clergymen and military vet n
Grams and the widows and orphans of sim A
lar public servants. The palaces at Ken Iii
slng'on, Kew and Richmond are also filed | @
with pensioners, and 1t costs G36 900 n {,
year to maintain them.
Her majesty has train of railway cars
winch is never used by any one else. and | :,
! costs the government several hundred | =
Ioiiars every time she travels between 9
v lnosor and London a distance Of twenty o
=, uuf miles. There are four royal yachts
he Victoria and Albert. 247O tons: the T1s-
,orn 1850 tons; the Alberta, $40 tons. ana
ne ElHn l9S tons-which she seldom uses le
hem. o.
Ihere are also twenty-f Ave state car
iages and 22o horses and ponies kept for M
ne use OF her majesty and her household.
WIN large number and great variety OF al
oao carriages and other vehicles. The IN
ueen uses an ordinary basket phaeton ~ ~
Iawh by couple of gentle ponies. when q,
ne rides for air and exercise in the parks ~
nat surround her castles at Windsor, in -
MS ~ ana on the Isle of Wight. Some Z
LONDON she invariably drives In plain %
lhuau' painted dark brown, with red lines
ner stable are ten matchlelss cream-col- G,
req stations and ten splendid blacks IN
nieh are reserved for ceremonial oc- so
King or queen. ~
mus II VIII be seen that although q
oinah OF economical habits her ma iestv