The Washington times., 1901-08-11

belonged to the King. but by the extrav-
| agance and generosity of various sover-
eigns they had been reduced to sucS de-
gree that Parliament, upon the accession
OF Queen Anne, passed a law prohibiting
any further alienation, and at the same
time gave the Crown perpetuaily the rev
enues from certain sources, which arc
more or less regular.
King William, Nictoria's predecessor,
originally made the arrangement | have
alluded to. under which the revenues
the finance officers, OF the kingdom and
paid into the treasury in exchange for a
stated sum. and. following the example of
his mother and her predecessor on the
throne, King Edward has agreed to sur
render all of them for an annual appro-
priation of s2.230. 900. although. like them,
he retains for himself the revenues of the
Duchy OF Lancaster. which amount to
about 10000 year. and for his son those
of the Duchy of Cornwall. which have
been the property of the heir to the crown
for more than three centuries.
The civil list it is called, Is not
voted in lump sum. however. but is
allotted to special purposes, like the pro-
visions of the annual appropriation bills
passed by the Congress of the United
States. For the salaries of the royal
household 5000 is provided. This is
reduction of S31. 600 from the amount al
lowed Queen Victoria, which Is due TO
the abolition of the department of the
buck hounds. which originated in me-
diaeval days, when the King and the
Court went on hunting excursions
throughout the kingdom and kept pro-
fessional huntSman and hounds for that
purpose There are a number of other
equally absurd sinecures which ought to
be abolished. but they are held by men
of Importance and influence, and Parlia-
ment does not like to NEEDLE with them.
For household expenses $685., 900 is al
lowed. With this money eight or ten
palaces have to be kept up-Windsor
Court, Osborne, BalmOral Sandringham
K ems in
others, although the greater part of the
expenses at Osborne. Balmoral, and
Sandringham, which were the private
property of Queen Victoria, are paid
from the privy purse. The official pal
aces are an enormous expense, and the
maintenance of the stables, carriages
and parks must be paid from this fund.
For repairs the sum of 100000 is appro-
priated. and to this the cost of the new
furniture, now being put into Windsor
and Buckingham palaces, is charged.
The sum of SCI. 100 is allowed for PEN
sions, aims, and gifts by the sovereign.
During her reign Queen Victoria was par
ticularly generous to people who had
been in her service. and also to the lit
erary and scientific men of England by
granting pensions to them and their fam
lilies as rewards for the fame and honor
they won for the Empire. There are sew
eral hereditary pensions which must also
be paid from this fund. -ia '-
The list of Queen Nictoria'S pensioners
fills seven or eight pages in the official al
manaC ard contains the names OF nearly
all the famous men of her time. SO far
back as 1870 she pensioned the widows OF
those who explored Africa, Asia. and |
British Columbia; gave life allowance to |
$500 year each to seven tutors who mad !
taught her German. French, Italian, sing |
ing writing. dancing. and piano music |
during her girlhood These pensions were |
continued to their families during the sec |
ond generation. a number of inventors |
appear in the list and many famous schoi- |
ars William Wordsworth, the poet, re-
ceived $3.50 year; Mrs. Jane Hood. the
wife of Tom Hood. $1,000; Alfred Tenny-
son. 81, 900: Leigh Hunts daughter. 81 .0JG;
James Sheridan Knowles widow, SlOJo;
the widow and daughter of the great DR..
Chalmers 81 800; Bessie Moore, widow OF
Tom Moore the poet. 81, coo: Father Mat Il
thew the great Irish temperance reform
rr was penSioEed at the rate of Si.211 a |
year; DIR. John Kitto. who compiled the !
Pictorial Bible" 81 600: Caroline Southey. ;.
widow OF the poet 81 600: Joseph Hayden. /
compiler Of the dictionary of dates, $1,000, II
Samuel Lover. the Irish novelist, $1,000: i
.ydia Miller widow of Hugh Miller. $500: n
Mary A. Jeroid 5000; Charlotte NJ. |
Yonse authorizes of THE. Daisy Chain
md other novels. $500: Robertson, the his
.orian. $500; Lady Eastlake. widow of the
great painter. $1,000; Sarah Faraday, wild
w of the great chemist. $500. Agnes
the authoress. $500; DIR. Liv-
nsston's children. 81 500; the widow of Sir
Arthur Helps. $1,000; George Macdonald.
he novelist 81 900: George Cruiks hank,
he caricaturist. 81. 900 Many others of
similar character received liberal allow
inces from this fund. II
over all of these expenditures the or
icials Of the Government have practical |
,ortrol and an account is rendered to "