The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-14 00:00:00

irin Court.

WINDSOR, Ocr. 13.—The Queen of the He;gians,
attend.d by the Countess de Hulst, lady in wAtine, and
Make. de Moerkerke, left the castle at a quarter beer° ooe
u'el ck. The Queen and Prince Albert took knee t: her
Majesty at the grind entrance of 'he mole. His Excalltr.cy,
M. Van de Weyer, ale, took his departure from the testis
to day. The royel dinner party at the castle this evening
will include the. Dec•rrs of Kent, Lady A. M. Dawson,
Baro leas de Speth, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Etir a. Cour.r.

The Dnehess of Gloucester left town on Thursday
for her midenct in Richmond Park.

The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Eveheer-tr yesterday. Mr. Ilicham,
cretary and coseptroller•ceneral to the Commiseineori ke
the Reduction of the National Debt, hod also an int, niter
yes•erday with the right hoe. baronet at his official midi=
in Downing-street.
De-patches were sent off yesterday evening from .
the Colonial-office for the Governor of Canada, and also for
the gtveihors of the other North American colonies.

APPROACIII:4O MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—The
metric:is of Mr. Rictiard 8. Bourke, M.P. for 4v, and
Miwi Blanche Wyndham, second daughter of Colonel and
Mrs. Wyndham, of Petworth.house, Sussex, and grand-
daughter of the late Earl of Egremor.t, which war delayed
in colvequence of the demise of Lady Frances Burrell, sent
of the fair fianc4, is to tan place oa Tuesday next at Pet-
worth-house.—lt is definitivey wren Red that the marriage of
Mr. G. H. Cavendish, second son of the lion. Major-General
Harry etvendish, and Miss Rumbold, daughter of the late Sir
W. Huml.old, Bart., is to be solemnised on Monday next. The
ceremooy but fur tee lamented demise et, the Earl of Carlisle,
would have been performed at Caws worth, the Duke of De-
vonshire's seat in Derbyshi,e. It is new to be solemoined in
town, and the noble duke has given up his princely vile at
Chiswick to the happy bride and bridegroom for the hoc(y-
moon.—The nuptials of Lord Burebley,M.P.,eldeeteonof the
Marquis and Marchioness; of Ex( ter, and Lady Georgians
Fakenham, s:eond daughter of the late and sister of the
peseta Earl of Longford, are to be celebrated on Tuesday
next, on which occasion the Dawagor Csunteas of Longford
gives a Widmer to a select circle at her mansion in Bruten-
street.—The precise day is not yet determined on for the
marriage of Mr. Richard Brock., eldest son of Sir Richard
Brooke, Bart., and two* et of V a ountess Bralmxon, with
Miss Louisa Duff, second daughter of the Hon. G'oeral Sir
Menem:et Duff, and niece of the Earl of Fife.—Thursday
next is appointed for the marriage of Mir Hogg, eldest
daughter of Sir James Weir and Lady Hogg, end Mr.
hiarjoribanks, son of the wealthy banker. Sir James Weir
and Lady Hogg .4181 give a sumptuous breakfast at the
family residence in Berkeley-square in celebrotion of the in-
teresting event.

(From last night's Gazette.)
BALMORAL, SEPT. 19.—The Queen was this day
pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Chula
Lyell, Rig., jun., F.R.B.
FOREIGN• OFFICE, OCT. 10.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of M. Gaillard de Ferry, as Consul at
Liverpool for the French Republic.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Ocr. 12.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of IC Joseph Antoine Limpitani, as Con-
sul at Gibraltar for the French Republic.

WAR-OFFICE, Oor. 13.
Ist Drags.—Lieut H. Gough, to be rapt.., by pur., Tice Morris, who
ret; Cur. G. 11. Littkdale, to be lieut., by per., • ice Gough; J
Ainslie, Gent., to begot, by per, vice LittleiLle.
17th Lt. Draga.—Cor. W. F. Webb, to be lieut„ by par., Mee Mike,
who ret; J. H. Reed, gent, to be cot., by par., vice Webb.
4th Regt. of P.—Lieut. W. W. Bond, to be adj , vice Thompson,
who resigns the adjutant, only.
9th F.—Licut. J. Manicure, from 55th V., to be lieut., vice Walshe,
epp to payment. to 12th Drags.
10th F.—Major G. D. Young, to be Beat-col., without pur., vice
Strickland, dee. ; Capt. T. Miller, to be major, vice Young ; Leut.E.
Lee, to be capt„ vice Miller; Lieut. H. Ill'Manus Sall, to be amt.,
without par., vice Lee, app. molest.; Ens. C. Bedtime, to be lieut.,
Moe Lee ; H. 0. E. Somerset, gent., to be ens., vice Bantam
12th F.—Ens. Lord F. Montagu, teem 22nd F., to be ens., sloe Lake,
who ret.
Silk F.—Lieut. H. A. Cubit; to be opt., without pre, vice Creigb-
hMaachmeased.
V.--Maj. H. Cooper, to be 11eut..001., without put., vice Ere.
Hoe, leeemed ; Capt. W. R. Preston, to be mei., vice troops; Lieut.
S. B. Oce*n, to be rot, vies Preston.
41Ith F.—Cleat H. Wheeler, to be opt., without pur., rite Moan-
SIMS. who reta. r,df.-p.; Ens. S. J. Itatlursan, to be lieut., vice
Wheeler ; t, gent., to be ens., vice Machtecan.
bled F.—C. H. lamer; gent., to be eon., by pur., vine Lord F.
'leafage, am to 12th Foot.
35th F.--Uent. C. A. P. Jansen, item h..p. 30th F., to be lieut., eke
Hoban!, imp to 9th Foot.
Seth G.—N. Ityeroft, gent, to be cm., by pm., Tice F:o;d, who
retires.
lath F.—Assist.aurg. F. Y. Sbegog, M.D., from the staff, to be
aseist.sarg., vice Kerwin, app. to the 91. Beg. of Horse Guards.
90th F.—Lieut. It. lackey to be capt, by par., vice Chester, who
rata.; Rm. J. C. Gabe to be lieut, by put., vice Lczkey ; IL IL
Cecelia*, gent, to be Id., by par., vine Guise.
F.—Malor C. C. Yarborough to be licut..od, by pur., vice
Lindsay, wboreta.; Capt B. E. 11. c
ordon to be mej by par, Tice
Yarborough ; Lieut. F. J. Payly to be 'apt., by par., vine Gordon'
Be.. Count 0. RiVIITOIS to be &mt., by Maio vice Bayly; E. G. H.
Johnstone, gent., to be ens.. by pre., vice nt
98th L Shadweil to be alit-, Tice Itichmond, who re-
ages the adjutancy only.
2nd West India itegt—Ens. E. H. A. W. Ayton to bo Ikat., without
pur., via Wini.TILI, who reta ; Elm P. IlLoughlin to be lieut.,
without per., vice Brace, appointed to 20th Y.; Him F. B. Forster to
be lieut., about par., vice Gordon, app. to Beth F.; P. C. Palace*,
gent., to be ens., by per., vice Ayton; J. L. Byrne, gent., to be ens.
without put., vice M'Loughlin; F. Bareley, gent., to be ens., without
par, vice Forster.
3rd W. L Regt B. Thornhill, from h..p. 21st F., to I e
lieut., vice Mk, aPP. PIYM"Wr•
Hoterrat auer.—ANW...Surg. R. Gamble, M.D., from 4th P., to
be sesid..eurg. to the forme, vice ahrgog, a p.lO 80th F.
311131011ANDIV.—The name of the major on the h..p.l2th P., am
Park Perey Mean, and not Neville, as previously stated
Enures ue vas Osamu!or Seer. 12.-10th F.—For Lieut. B.
Lee to be paymaid., Tice Barlow, app. to 9th Light Leafs" reel Cll)t.
F. Les, gore. for Le M. M, Baumgartner, from h..p.:llth F., to be
lieut., Ace Lee, app. payout, Tela Mos Bill, prom

THE CHOLERA.
Twit Mrntorow.—lt is gratifying to know that
during yesterday no new cane of cholera was reported to the
General Board of Health.
CIVIC PRECAUTIONB.—Yesterday, upon taking his
seat at the Mansion-house, the Lord Mayor said that at the
present time, when much apprehension was entertained re-
garding the appearance of the cholera in this country,: he
was happy to say that the greatest efforts were being made
by the City commissionen of sewers to enforce the sanitary
arrangements of the Board of Health, and that the receipt of
a letter that morning from the preeideat of the Royal Col-
lege of Physicians had given him such satisfaction, and as he
thought it might tend to the prevention of alarm, he could
not. do better than hand it to the reporters who attended :or
the public press, for the information of his fellow-citizens.
The following is a copy of the communication:
Dover-areet, Oct. 12, leis.—My Lord Mayor —Your lordship, I
feel assured, will learn with eati.faction that the Whereof Phseicens
he appointed *standing committee, consisting of the phyla:Una of
the great me bran locepitals, and other minas* pereoca, for the
of Inviting and considering communications on the subject of
= moo necessary of smelting snob meaeures and preciutleas

Tae Ni MOLES) Raolsrawrie.m.—The r.-vision of
the Ls!. t Totem tor Ode e ant: ahatilenited petard. y,
when Me 4bodwell, the bassist r appedated to revise, 11.1.1
Ws tour .t tho Three Tbgete.s lan, Brenhord. he lila
tan*. w. those for the retitle. of Aston, Holing, Ish-
mael), II :on, Old sad New lireatford, Hanwell,
Perelealle, sad Twickenham. Mr. W. 11.
James iLt-reel: 1 as the sgeut of the liberal perty, and Mr.
J. Payne f 4. the somervativee. av the cowl will sit to
metes tea lids for the pedant poldag district, at the Black
Dog, Belt nt.
kW-AMA'S HOSPITAL SOClETT.—Yestorday, n quer-
tidy iteleral emit ct the governors and surorters ot this
hatimitioss was held at Vs: °ale s in King William-street,
City, J .10 Wyiele, Esq. (vice-pr,iderst) 11 the chair.—The
Inermalwasernent for tee :Ist quart. r stated the balance at
the ha era to be 1,2031 17s 114. There bad been ed
hy &nit. as 1311. 16..10d., wi list the sena of 6421. 4.. had
lies derived from animal sulecriptions. The toted receipts
mnonatel to 1 7711 14s. 3.1., and the szpenelitere to
USK 4. 3d , which lett a balsams in hand of 3821. 10s.
Ste aa...h.r of Delta's from the 14 of July to the let of
September was 31. The number that had been on board
her Alviesey's ship trait 6211 ; British and Foreign merchant
Meath, 10l ; whereas, 58,100 persons had been benefited by
the mei, ii since its foundation. It was then stated by the
secretary that the attention of the committee had If:ea
drawn the equipment of vessels by her Majesty's govern-
ment, for the purpose of providing against any ease that
might appear in this country of cholera. 8-. me other meths.
bossiness hadag been disposed of, the meeting separated.
WILLIAM Sarni O'Butr..v.—A meeting was
held lest evening at the Circus Royal, Circus street, foe the
puF of adopting a petition to the Queen, tway lug for
si on of sentence in the as, of Smith O'Brien and also
the n; lids &artist prise:seen. The chair was taken by Dr.
Webb, nho lammed his ho-e that se the govercment was
Moog, so it would be mercitul ; and sainisten might depend
Rpm it no better means could be found of conciliating it*
.rtibl/1 than a show of leniency W the unfortunate ma
who ware at present in their power. He bad been theism's
of (be dot metier in favour of Frost, Williams, snit Jones,
and he hoped he should he equ dly sot cessful in the object of
the motet meeting. Them was no danger ot insurrection
bees. The people had too snitch sense, seeing, as they did,
that the people of Paris were much worse off after all the
blood that had been shed than they led been boron. Go-
vernment, however, might take a lemon from the French
republimus in the moderation with width they had treated
their political opponents. Oar or two speakers then ad-
(Boma ti.e reeenn;, • petition fur pardon wee adopted, and
the met hog se/armed.
Wei.oa CURATES.— Willi for a period of
three years cure.te of a pariah in this neighbourhood, of
which the incumbent was non-reeident. After some time I
happened to meet with " Steer's Perish Law," in the 91st
page of which I found laid down the scale of stipends
.worded by an act of parliament, 1 & 2 Vie., e. 106, a. Si, to
curates of non resident incumbeuis ; name)y, where the
parishpopulation of the parish is leas than 300, SOL per annum ;
where above that number, 1001. per annum; where 600,
1201. per annum, de. I found in the " Clergy List " that
the populision of my parish was 003. Now,' had been re-
ceiving 231. for the firo year, and 751. for the nee, and for
the third year 801. Hereupon I applied to the bishop for
an ince, me of stipend, which request was net acceded to. I
reiterated my application, with a reference to the law of the
ere, ant ming site a letter from the late Archbishop of
Canterbury (to whom I hod written), confirming my view
dew matter. The answer of the bishop (Llandsff ) ww,
that he sew no reason whatever fir increasing my sipecd,
Inaba should not do so. boon after this he gave perniesion
to my vicar to give me notice to quit my curacy. The set
of parliament above mitered to gives permission to bishops;
le appoint stipends el a smaller amount than those named,
is epte'l cases ; but the rearms for ea doing must be as-
dried in the license, and the 'insect of the archbishop of
the yrnvinei he given in writing. It was to eseertsin whe-
ther this had lane done in my ease that I mete to the arab-
hWhop. Hie craw's answer was, that his rioneent had laver
been asked. Neither were any reasons assigned in the
lissnN er appointing anytlde.g lits than the full stipend,
nor did soy such wag in tact, for themots the vicar is In the
!whit of talkies of himself its "poor,' yet his poverty
is men ly that of an extravagant man, sines he keeps seven
denacgMe, three or four hones, &e. Such is • true and quite
Itneermisted amount (one, iudeed, which omits, for brevity's
take, several strong eirtura4anees in my favour) of the
treattnect which I hoes me, teed from one of the beads of the
abuse. I also know of another ere, in another diocese,
where a awes receives bat 764. from ht. non-resident in-
cuebent, where he should bats at lams 1201. (according to
the ahoye reol.), and where three is no wawa wha why
OA fall sum should not be snowed, foe the incumbent has a
greets elturch income of 10301. per annum. Thus you see,
while t Mops (Durham, &c.) ere sad to have managed to
get wore than the incomes allotted them by act cf p Lelia-
meat, they, or at least some of them, unite with incumbents
fa ineetshably and unisodelly lowering the incomes a-sorted
by Us^ legialsture to the mif wtonnte men who do so much of
die we At . (the church.-1 have the honour to be, Sir, yours
meet Wadi:nay, Chewers LLANDAYIIIII3.—Oet 10,1848.
1.1f.e or RAnAvAr ArcnEs.—Yeeterday, the Lam-
beth ',fast &Sod was rem' Ind from the old rchool-rooms,
be Chistela alien, to the ar:h a to, South Western Railway
wilder, sambaed 193, faeieg Doughty-street. which has
been fitanl up, and teems v ry well a...speed fur the purpose.
BOLO of the licensed vietaallers add scent have converted the
mekes into drinkitsgeroonts and skittle-alleys. Several of
them h..ving coscmandirg frc.:.tices in the principal thcs
sought/fres are about to he -.treed into skein. A popular
preacher is also in twery with the company to convert one ot
the antics into an Independent chapel ; whilst a society of
philanteropists have it in catemplation to fit up one or two
as shelters for the homeless daring the approaching Mee-
money of the winter.
litIIOVAL OF NClOANCES.—Sir,—Without wishing
to repteas the present x-a( f ir the removal of nuisane,
cannot bat suggest th it this is not unattended with some de-
gum of risk, and that oar seal must be tempered by greet
pt,.dance in the manner in which we attack old nuisance..
I have now wider my care a family, all of whets havo beet
subjeet,.l to severe attacks of fem., apparently from the
empty.i• g of an offensive e se; crd. The f Mowing points
I think of some importance:-1. To remove nuisances,
where tl.ere is an option, on floe cold windy days rather
than on • arm, damp, mom days—n concentrated missal be
far wore dangerous than a diffused one, even as regards the,
ebbed • extent of the mischief ; a house infected may bel-
mom a En oh matte of evil.-2. To remove as far as may ts
possa-I, sib individuals, especially children, from the evil fa.
lass :41.-3. To warn inhabitants in neighbouring house.
especially such as from the direction of the wind, are
calmly exposed, and to employ freely the used disinfest-
eats, red, the best of all, fr,t-h water. At the Fitment time
it is, I think, especially iir.porttnt that we should the every
precatqoes, lent what will be a good groand for ultimate
safety 'hoed be a source of immediate conger.—M. D.
HMI! TIM IN T!IC TllAMES.—Yeaterday after-
Mail the river Thames Quid •wed its beaks, and a great

Theee assertion el the writer before no, then, will amount
to this—that the fall of prie.s, coincident and proportioned
to the rise in the value of money under contraction of its
available quantity, is analogous to e Lat would occur under
a system in which " the rudest state of barter" prevailed.
Toe point of this allegation Is, that it goes in the teeth of
the providing public complaint that the present ruinous de-
preciation of I- raperty (so at from its or'inary partial inn.
dental depreciation through the common variations of supply
and demand) has arisen mainly from a simple but violent
contraction of the previous available go intity of the circu-
lating medium and consequent arbitrary and oppressive en-
haecemeut of its value. And the absurdity of the alleged m
lies in the assumption that it is possible, und, r a fluetuatiog
standard of value like our present one, that the priors of
property should be liable to no other fluctuations then those
to which, without any standard or measure et value at all,
they would be liable under the " rudest system of barter."
This argument may be summarily and eoneinti,ely re-
solved by asking the writer in the Economist this question—
With the interest of money settled at 4 per cent, what price
wend you think it reasonable to give for property, whether
beneeheld, r.titwey, or any other, which was as certain to
Aldan annual return of 10 per etre as money was certain
its eomeinat 4 per ant. ? Any tyro would answer" that
tie Irk value of every 1001. so invested in such property
seheening 10 per cent. per annum, would be exactly 2601."
Again, supposing the property still to return with equal
, scetiaty 10 per cent. per suntan, but that the inter, st of
/seem/ became settled at 10 per cent. also, we ask the ace
writer, what price would you now think it fair or prudent to
Rive for each 1001 of such property, though returning still
10 per cent. per annum ? The only answer, of course, is
that the true value of such property now would be exactly
1001. instead of 2501. for each 1001 invested therein.
Here, thee, is a fall of prices extending over the whole
fixed property of the country unconnected with any chance
whatever in the annual return or circumstances of the pro-
perty, but occasioned solely by an arbitrary variation in the
value of the standard. A pins of cloth measured
by a yard of 72 lathes meld muesli metal* so many yards
as it would if measured by a yard of 36 inches. The glum
tity of cloth would truly be the same ; bat the lots of capital
would be jut 60 per cent. to the seller by the long yard,
who had bought by the short one. And a home or railway
stock, for which 2601. was paid, because money was at 4 per
cent., would entail a loss of 1501. upon the buyer, if he were
afterwards compelled to sell at only 1004, bemuse meneybell
risen in the interim to 10 per cent.
Now, under a state of barta' no fall of prime could ever
mar except through some natural variation of supply and
Mom& If wheat, for instance, were a short crop, its toloa
would rise; that le, it would exchange for prepallen.
:211ter Asentities of all other conmest lbws
b:aso Itß of prices Of such ether sammitim oda-
log so equal be. of capital. There would tin* be a abm
in the value etas egmetedity—wheat. We wit Isar, bow
we, that the aim of the Kmeoesia dem set eampeeheml
this tralem—dist a else in one commodity may see..,
emt in the simple rise itself, any fell of MIMS ill
solar os, salsas that one commodity, as is whets.
mak ow the ewe, be the measure or standard which deter•
mime the mitre of all others.
Chas mosistsat, however, with the errors of this writer,
le =Wm allegation " that the Bank of England Ms
no pewee om the circulation of its notes "—has ne pewee
"to aostreet the circulation, so as to effect prima"
It cortaiely would be no easy task for a logician to ceps
with an oppen.nt who, in a disetalsion en the prismatie
colours, should, ander the powerful rays of a meridian sun,
smart as a first peinciple in the &cuestas that the sun does
net slime et all. Bat what are the facts here denied by the
sew of dr Isoarsoiot I First, by implication, that the
lieriWes tithe 76th October last was a nonentity,ellitlue tweed by the government to mails the
Bank of Bogland to forbear the proems, so fatal
be ssmmeaiaf credit and exchange, of contracting the
siseiselig medium by taking up its now through
Am min it its secuntlee, and by the refusal to
is... wise in discount to replace those called in by the
/11mk ea the mattering and payment of commercial bills
km its portfolio. Under this double proems of contraction
of 1844 preventing the re-issue of notes until its
iagisa returned), was anything more natural than the ate
legolest panic amongst other bankers, with the certainty
Wig them in the face that whatever essergesey or seem-
elly might arise, the proems of contracition mass ge en to
peelest the convertibihty of the notes ? Or, nadir the as-
eneemee that they would get no more notes, was it =rm.
swat& that those bankers should hoard all the now they
mold hasp in their hands, thereby creating the greatest
known amity of such notes, even when the apparent cir-
culation was what is called a full one ?
Had the Bank then " no power to contract the circulation
so as to affect priors ?" In other words, what was the
rate of interest (the measure and standard of the value of all
flied property) before the contraction of the circulation was
relaxed by the issue of the Trearury letter? We gins the
reply in the words of the F.corsonnef: "Twelve per cent.
was charged by the Bank for loans on the security of Con-
nie sad Exchequer Bills, and the discount on bills ranged
from 10 to 12 per mat."
if such, then, was the frightful rise of interest, how was it
possible for the country to escape the depreciation of pro-
perty necessarily attendant upon the simple fluctuation of its
standard ? We entreat the writer of the article under con-
sideration simply to ask himself what he would give for
property yielding 10 per mut. per annum, with interest
easy at 4 per cent., and what he would give for the same

The Financial Reform Association of Liverpool has
presented to the public the result of their examination of
the eateries and expenses of the Howse of Commons and
the government °filen. At present it is scarcely eorsible to
discover the actual expense of any branch of she givern-
ment, for "barns every one Is paid ion thne different ways,
namely, out of the eonsolideted fund, by annual parliamen-
tary grants, end by fees. The association cannot discover
any advantage in separating the expel:der of 'ovens-
'sent lute the d.ffereut accounts of civil list, consolirl it. el
fund, end the annual estimates; though th. y perceive that
the consequent complexity of the lingoes *mounts Ie•
quently prey .nts the detection of extravagance. It world
be • great impr,vement (and by no means a difficult to-k)
so to draw up the optimum is to thew at a glance the
separate expenses of the royal, civil, judicial, colmial, and
military and naval branehts of tha goverment.
Concerning the public Wile. s, the following evidence was
given b.fure the Colain.ttee en Miseellanecus Expenditure,
by Sir C. Trevehus, whom official position would give him
ample op; ortunities of ferns ieg a trustworthy opinion I
Walt there is • crest deal of work is the public departments
which is superfluous, arisine out of the perpetuation of old
forms. There are • number of alleys w:dch are completely
effete as priciest CACA tor the transnoion of business, and
txi merely for the preservation of antiquated forms." The
preservation of patronage is, fe chaps, a more probable
remon why tie se unions 06k-es are not abolished.
There is scarcely any rubletrust more misused
than the power of appointing to relic a. Toe ceiemon
practice of mekine such appintnents on account of
the rank and conaexicou of the parties, without regard to
their coneeeteuey, is deeply injurions to the state. it be-
trays a leasentsboi ab..cnce of moral principle, when a public
"Steer, to whom is entrusted the responsible daty of appoint-
ing others, is it deencd in the exercise of that high trust by
personal and selfs-h considerations.
The committee above Waive' to recommend, in their
report, • gement revision of all salaries, in order that they
may be made oniteble to thealtered c.numstanossof exnenso
and condition of the cowry since they were originally fixed.
They say that, in the course of such an examination, it
would be tensed advisable, also, to establish • more
1141111 rate of payment foe similar a Trims In dare
rent departments. It Is to be hoped that this excel-
lent recommendatioa will be at once acted upon, as
the for ouch n viicn is ver, appareot. It is a painful
fact that the expeuditure of the Rouse of C irnmone is at pre.
sent on a most morovegant scale. There is some hope, how.
ever, of a than. e, since the committee on miscellaneous ex-
peuditure hate suggested many importaut reductions is
these expense", though even thtse suggestions do not No eo
far as iu the opiLion a this esseciatiou is practicable and ex-
pedient.
The following is a tut of the officers of the House of Com-
mons and their present annual salaries :
Speaker, 5.000/. ; chaplain, 400/. ; secretary to the
speaker, 6001. ; oreusel to the epeeker, 1,5001. ; his clerk,
150!. ; examiner of standing orders, 1,7001. ; taxing officer,
1,0001. ; librarian, 10,0/. ; evident librarian, 250/ ;
messenger, 1401. ; four Vote-office clerks, 8001., 3001, 1801.
1201.-1,4001. ; four clerks at the table, 3,5001., 2,5001.,
1,0001 ,1001.-7,1001. ; seven publie bill clerks, 1,9001.,8001,
8001.,5001., 4001., 3001., 2001-49001. ; seven iournal clerks,
1,3491.,1,11301., 1,000!., 9281., 6911, 3391., 2011., also for
extra work, 1,090 L-6,5311; thirti en committee clerks,
1,1001., 9001., 8001., 7601., four at 5001., 4001., 2501, and
three at 2000 —8,8001.; three engrossing c'erks, 84101, 550 e,
2001.-1,6501.; six private bill clerks, 8001., 4501., 3601..
2.501., VAL., 1501.-2,2501. The chief duties of the head
clerks of theta offices are to make minutes of the decisions of
the house and the committees. At the Vote-table a register
is kept of all papers printed by order of the hens.. The
journal cleat, compass a journal of the proceedings.
The inerossing clerks crake copies of bills on our
meat Sergeant-ntoiram, 1,5001 ; deputy ditto, 1,0001. ; as.
'Want ditto, 0251. Their duties are to maintain order (wide
the aid of the polio) in the lobbies and panages, and at der
command of the house to order the mess 'memo" take persons
into custody. Three door-keepers, 8741 ,400 t, 2001.,1,4741. ;
four memengeas, at 3001. each-1,2001. ; four extra ditto,
three at 10.55. and one at 1201., 4351. The messengers' duties
are to wait In the lobbies end galleries, and take person/into'
custody when commanded to do so by the sergeant.at-arms„
Deputy housekeeper, 5001., and in lieu of apartment*, 1001.
—6OOl. The duties ut this office toe thus described by
himself —"I have the charge of all the stores,
the ordering of the stationery, and the coals and
candles, and the housekeeping in general, except
the eating and drinking. I have nothing to do with that."
The present deputy heusek.s, per is also secretary to the
privy purse, at a salary of 3001. a year. Superintendent of
waiting room, 2001. ; assistant and porter to do., 1321. ; at-
tendant on ventilation, 10,51. ; watchmen, &e., 1,0021. ;
temporary messengers and potters, 9001.; retired allowances
and compensations, 6,3991.
Conaneriog that the bregoing officers are only employed
during the parliamentary session, or about a*: months in the
year, and that ,tons of the work requires more than ordi-
nary intelligence, and much of it is mere copying, it is
evident that meat of the salaries are grossly exorbitant.