The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
COST Of HAVING 4 KING
CIVIL LIST FOR EDWARD VII.
CALLS ATTENTION TO THE
VAST OUTLAY
HEAVY BURDoN FOR BRIToN
Pomp of New S0vereign's Court Will
Be Most Expensive-Appropr
ton for support of Vie
tOria's Family.


support of the royal family was more
than s7o0,O00. This appropriation. known
as the civil list, covered court expendi-
lures and allowances made the SOW
crel2n'S children and grandchildren Be-
fore Cromwell a civil list did not exist
says Labouchere in London Truth The
kings preceding him had in their execu-
tive capacity the use of certain perpetual
state revenues, out Of which all the civil
expenditure was met. the military ex-
lenditure falling upon feudal tenants OF
the state. When these revenues did not
suffice, the deficit was made up either by
forced loans or by parliamentary grants.
Soon after the restoration this system
OF finance was amended, and in the
reigns of Charles II. and James II parlia-
ment voted a. revenue OF G1 200, 600 a wear
Tor the constant necessary charge OF
supporting the crown in time of peace.
This amount was intended to meet the
entire civil expenditure and that Of tho
court. On James II. being dethroned. and
parliament raising to the throne William
and Mary the house eff commons resolved
that out of the public revenue the sum
of 100000 a year should be granted tn
them for the charge of the civil govern
ment," and defined what these charges
We're This was subsequently increased
to 100000. The money, it was laid down.
was to be derived from the hereditary
public revenues, temporary excise. and
subsidy of tonnage and poundage. ANY
excess from these services over the
amount voted was not to be disposed Of
without the authority Of parliament
FIRST CIVIL LIST ACT.
On the accession of Queen Anne a civil
list act was passed This act continued
the temporary excise, and appropriated
tnls and portion of the hereditary state
revenues to the civil list the charges TO
be met out of it remaining nearly the
same as In the reign of William and
mary A similar civil list act was pass
ed On the accession of George l.. The in
come of George /. applicable to the sup
port Of the household and to the spect-
neo expenses Of civil government was
4IO,0VO. But as this was found not to
sufnce, additional sums amounting to
600 were voted during the reign
The civil list act of George II was on
the lines of that of George l., except
that the sum which the king was voted
from the state hereditary revenues and
the temporary excise was raised to ESQ.,.
O0O, and during the reign an additional
sum or ESQ, GOO was voted to the king to
meet deficiencies.
On the ACCESSION OF George III. the
civil list remained the same. 1t was in
creased IN 1777 to 99O0,000, and in 1903 to
voted by parliament for payment of tho
civil list debts, a very large amount of
Whlcn sum was spent In bribing peers
ana commons. On the accession of
George ~. the civil list was fixed at
3L goo, Of whichs s287 900 was charged
on Ireland and entirely spent on it's
civil government, and sEIO9, 600 was for
Scotland, which also seems entirely to
have gone to its civil government. leay-
ing 8S5O0OO for. England, out Of which
foreign office disbursements, Judges sal
aries, the entire pension list, salaries of
ministers of state, etc.sW were betrayed.
WILLIAM w. HAD ESQ 900.
The civil list OF William W. was ESQ.,
600. A select committee of the house of
commons reported in deciding the
amount, that the sum voted SHOULD be
applied only to such expenses as affect
the dignity and state Of the crown and
| the personal comfort Of their majesties"
1t was divided into the following classes,
ana IT Will be seen that, as matter
of fact, it still included charges apper-
tanning to the civil government, although
they were greatly reduced:
Class l. Their majesties' privy
Glass Salaries ss Of his maiestys 4ll0'o0O
household -. : 1870. 900
Class 8. Expenses of his majes-
tvs household 1890. III 500
Class 4 Special and secret service $1,000
class o. PENSIONS -. T.............. 1000
Total ...... ...5...:............. ESQ. 900
On the accession Of Queen Victoria the
civil list was freed of the payment Of
pensions and of the secret service, and
the privy purse was reduced to- EGO, 900.
as the amount paid under William W.
to queen consort was not needed The
latter item was practically increased to
$4,000 when the queen married, for &c.
00e per annum were voted to the prince
censort. The civil list was fixed at e3S5.-
600, which, deducting excluded items of
expenditure on civil government, made
it about the same as that of William ".
The annual amount spent, however. dur
ing the late reign, on the sovereign, the
royal family, and the court, was a. far
larger sum. Taking all what may be
termed court expenditure and the allow
ances voted to members of the royal
family, the total was above e70e,oOO per
annum
The civil list never was, and Is not. the
result Of a bargain between the sovereign
and the nation, on the basis of the sew
ereign surrendering his personal right to
revenues derived from crown lands AMI
other sources on condition that he be
granted fixed income Both the pro-
ceeds of the crown lands and other her
e6ltary imposts have always stood on the
same footing, and have always belonged
to the state. Neither Charles II nor
James II. claimed any right in them of
personal character. A, fixed sum was
granted to them to keep up the civil gov
eminent and their courts which sum
was derived from these sources.
PROVISION FOR QUEEN VICTORIA.
The civil list act of Queen Victoria
was preceded by a select committee Of
the house Of commons, charged to ex-
anime the expenditure Of the court dur
Ing the reign Of William ". The
amount was not fixed in respect to what
either the crown lands or any other her.
editary revenues of the state produced
| Fer annHm, but on what was deemed
necessary for maintaining the state and
dignity of the sovereign and providing
for the personal comfort Of the queen
The relation of the duehy of Cornwall
and Of the duehy Of Lancaster to other
se-called crown lands is a peculiar one.
| These revenues c1sht lot, to my think
| ing, to be regarded as the life property
either of a Prince of ga es or of q
| sovereign, and this view has been often
| urged in parliament. But these are tie
4 grounds put forward for the opinion that
] they belong respectively to the Prince
/ of Wales and the sovereign as their in
dividual property. The duehy of Corn
wall was granted to the Black Prince by
1 Edward III, in 1887, by charter, and was
| confirmed by act of parliament in the
4 eleventh year of his reign It was III
this form: That the property should be
forever vested in the Prince of Wales,
4 the eldest son Of the sovereign. who be.
came Duke of Cornwall at his death. Tt
was to continue. vested in him till his
death or accession to the throne, when.
| If he had son, it Became vested in that