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 BR1ToN
Pomp of New sovereign's Court viii
Be Most Expensive-Appropr
ton for support of Vic
tOria's Family.

amount OF money spent annually for the
| support of the royal family was more
than E7e0,OOo This appropriation. known
| as the civil list, covered court expendi-
| lures and allowances made the SOW
| erelgns children and grandchildren. Be-
| fore Cromwell 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
refgns Of Charles II. and James II. parlia-
ment voted a. revenue Of G1, 200 900 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 tha
! court On James II. being dethroned. and
parliament raising to the throne William
and Mary the house Of commons resolved
i 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
4 were. This was subsequently, increased
to 9900,000 The money it was laid down.
was to be derived from the hereditary
public revenues, temporary excise and
a 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
hst act was passed. This act continued
the temporary excise, and appropriated
TINS and a portion of the hereditary state
revenues to the civil list, the charges to
De met out OF 1t remaining nearly tho
| same as In the reign of William and
Mary. A similar civil list act was pass
ed on the accession of George T. The in
come OF George /. applicable to the sup
| port OF the household and to the spect-
| he'd expenses of civil government was
970o,0O0 But as this was found not to
sumce, additional sums amounting to
! 81,30O,00 were voted during the reign
! The civil list act of George II was on
the lines of that of George T.. except
tnat the sum which the king was voted
from the state hereditary revenues and
| the temporary excise was raised to ESQ.,
600, 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,OOO, and in 1909 to
| 19oo,VO During this reign e3 1893 600 was
! voted by parliament for payment OF the
civil list debts, very large amount Of
Whleh sum was spent In bribing peers
and commons. On2the accession of
George ~. the civil list was fixed at
! ELL 66,0Oo, Of whichs e2e7 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, ieav-
/ Ing 9S50,OOO for: England, out of which
foreign office disbursements, judges sal
ares, the entire pension list, salaries of
ministers Of state, etc., were betrayed.
WILLIAM w HAD e51o,
The civil list of William ". was ESQ.,
| 700. A select committee of the house Of
| commons reported, in deciding the
amount, that the sum voted stsho1ld ha
! applied only to such expenses as AFFECT
the dignity and state of the crown and
| the personal comfort Of their maiesties."
| 1t was divided into the following classes.
/ and It will be seen that, as a matter
4 of fact, it still included charges apper-
tanning to the civil government, although
they were greatly reduced:
/ Class l. Their majesties, PRIV
Class 2. Salaries of his majesty;s ---iO'OOO
cro household -. ........: 10000
| class 3. Expenses of his majes-
ty's household III 5oo
Glass 4 Special and secret service 1905
Siass 0. PENSIONS -. y.............. $4,000
Total 49,. .....................e5 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 pr1vy purse was reduced to- e6O, 900.
as the amount paid under William W.
to queen consort was not needed The
/ latter item was practically increased to
t9G,OO0 when the queen married for 930.-
0oe per annum were voted to the prince
censort. The civil list was fixed at 1885,
! Co., 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 NAV be
termed court expenditure and the allow
] ances voted to members Of the royal
family, the total was above e70o.00O 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.
| eeltary inposts have always stood on the
! same footing, and have always belonged
| to the state. Neither = Charles IL nor
James H. 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 W 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 duchy of Cornwall
and Of the duchy Of Lancaster to other
sc-called crown lands is a peculiar one.
! These revenues eight not, to my think
ing, to be regarded as the life property
| either of a Prince of IA es or of q
| sovereign, and this view has been often
urged in parliament But these are tie
| grounds put forwari for the opinion that
they belong respectively to the Prince
| Of Wales and the sovereign as theif in
| dividual property. The duchy of Corn
wall was granted to the Black Prince by
Edward H., in 1887, by charter. and was
confirmed by act of parliament in the
eleventh year of his reign 1t was i'll
| this form: That the property should be
| forever vested in the Prince of Wales.
| the eldest son Of the sovereign, who be-
| came Duke Of Cornwall at his death. It
| death or accession to the throne, when.
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