The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-29

There has been a great deal of gossip
and speculation in England as to the dis
position Queen Victoria has made of her
immense property under the new will. The
bulk of it will undoubtedly go to the
Prince Of Wales. and it is supposed that
her best estates are entailed upon her
successors, with the condition that they
shall never be mortgaged or alienated in
any way. It is also assumed that the
palace at Osborne and liberal gift of
bonds and leases will be left to the Prin-
cess Beatrice, who is also expecting to in
herit the fortune of the Empress Eugene,
whose son. the Inflated Prince Imperial,
was to have been her husband. Princess
Louise the wife of the Marquis of Lorne
has 40 children, and her husband has re-
Gently Inherited the immense estates of
the Duke Of Argyll so that she will be
well provided for. The Empress Freder-
lex of Germany, the oldest daughter, is
also immensely wealthy. She has an an
uuity of $4,000 a year from the English
treasury. an allowance from the Prus-
sian treasury; she inherited $4,000 00)
marks from her husband and an equal
amount from the Italian Duchess, Gallera,
several years ago
The Princess Helena is the poorest of all
the children, having married an impe-
cunious German Prince and being COM
PEELED tc 1--we upon an allowance of 5000,
which she receives from Parliament.
There is a vague prospect that he may
some time Or another be a rich man. lie
is the next heir to the large entailed es-
ata Df O11lkn n
Schleswig- Holstein, whose revenues
amount to about 5000 a year. The Ouch
ess Of Albany is poor and with her three
children is entirely dependent upon pen
sion from Parliament and an allowance
from the Queen.
The ate Duke of Sake Coburg was enor-
nously rich. He inherited his mothers
capaci for the accumulation and invest
ment OF property. The Duke of Con-
uaught is also we'll provided for. Vic
toria had sixty-seven grandchildren, and
If she leaves them only 100000 each, it
will absorb large part of the estate.
When Queen Victoria came to the throne
she was absolutely destitute, pensioner
upon the charity of her uncle, King
George ". Her father the Duke of
Kent. had been summarily removed IN
disgrace from the command of the British
garrison at Gibraltar and found his way
to Paris, where he lived for time in
precariOus and scandalous manner until
ne was rescued by a rich London Alder
man, who loaned him the money to pay
his fare back to England just in time
to prevent the future Queen and Empress
from being born on foreign soil. George
~ gave him a chilly reception. He was
particularly severe and selfish toward his
poor relations and begrudgingly gave the
Duke and his wife apartments in the old
pace at Kensiugton. After the death
OF the Duke of Kent his widow anu Alex
andra Victoria, her only chid were per-
mitted to reside there in seclusion, and
IL was the lonely home of Queen Victoria
during her childhood and girlhood.
At the moment she and her mother, the
Duchess of Kent, were notified of her ac-
eesslon to the throne they did not have
money enough to pay cab fare to the
laace, but, after sixty years upon the
throne, the daughter died worth $4,000
WV This fortune was acquired by the
practice of economy and business methods
|nlcn furnish an example to the humble
as well as the proud.
Under the laws of England a lump sum
y voted annually for the royal house
9.'' III winch the sovereign Is NOT re-
Vuired to render an account. If there was
nylhlns left at the end of the year-and
Duoer queen Victoria the balance usually
amounted to several hundred thousand
uohars-she put it in her pocket. This
turtles. - 80
theoretically the : sovereign of Great
nrltain receives no compensation, but is,
ruued to certain hereditary revenues
LAT make a curious inventory. In early
''nles everybody had to pay a royalty"
~" ms earnings to his sovereign, hence
,.'e origin Of that word. Queen Victoria.
t0N her accession to Thea throne. made
u arrangement under which all heredi-
KY revenues were surrendered in ex-
e-anse Tor fi0S.000. IT was a good trade
~ "''n sides. The legitimate revenues of
t.. lug CIo"n at the present day would large
~ .Nceed that sum, but she was relieved
~ 'VsponsibiAty and knew exactly what
,a De nad to depend upon. Had she re-
t,'vu the hereditary revenues she would
- mad all confscated estates, all
..,s1NS, notsam and jetson. and all penal
,,oi,. ana INES collected by the courts. The
@,i;y right she retained was to the So
. ,'..ea royal fish"-that is, all whales or
T.seons caught upon the coast of the
'nited Kingdom.