The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-09 00:00:00

TO THE KING'S HOST

MAJESTY.

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IMPORT
From the Commissioners appointed by
the Great Neal of the United Kiortura of Great Britain
and belted, " to make inquiry, and repot to His Ma-
jeoy, what Offices or Appointments, in the several el.arts
of Chsearry, King's Reach, Common Pleas, and Eartt,
quer, are now amleahle ; acid what iii the present or Noe e-
rags wa* thereof, and what tee amount of the iniersla-
mean de*Ped lbseefeass, by the persons actually esiptoved
- :bar r
so bine dike duties thereof, where such demo
ate oatdlsalsorged try die prisipols; gad what is the na.
tine sollaniteet Oldie Julies performed by the serwral (M-
-eets aforesaid; and what regulations and prasisimis
sunlit, with ',bluster to the public, be made,
ties
%J hin the aen s, Fees or other Emoluments of sack ties
oh Appointment., from the time alien the Jude (damn
should be prohibited retard betile had to the dignity of
the Officers in whom suds right of sale Is sow rested, to
the propi r icratmeration of liar persons disellarrisig the
flaintiusis of -vdtohires, whether as per w apse
ties, sod to the presets( chirp spa ski'
pay-meet of the Salaries Si. the Judges of the Zietwortsair
respectively; and also, any obsorvatiose which say wear
with reference to soy of oath Ofiees w Appoleamealea
a tirretty it may *year that any iotwomasity Nosy he de-
nre-I to the public, or the @newer. from taking away Nob
right of Ve!c.,f any such Oftires or Appointments, either
upon the o.ieEnal Appoirilmetia, or aeon aro, transfer Sr.
aseigament 1.4 the same: and se remit to His Majesty
their araccediags had Lis swine of lie said Caraitassiou,
together with•such other if any, as may he de-
serving of Ho Sloje:.ty's mimed:ration, cove:crews
the premiers."
Your Commissioner., in -order to carry the ob. :I
jest of the ...id Coininis.iun lute effect, spume:tied
Mr. H-airy Dealtry to be their clerk i sod basing
referred to the Twenty-,eventli liepott of the
lect Counnittee of the House of Commune on ki•
nonce, dot-. 1 the r2tith of June, 1798, in order to. .
learn *hat offices or a ppisisitioriits belong to the
several Courts named tit the Commission, and in •
whow the right of nominatiem to such offices or -•
appointments is rested ; and finding therefrom that
the nomination to peweesl of such offices or appoint...
ments belongs to your Majesty, and pressnoiste
that these cord(' mot be couaidered as solualsle
flees or appointments, they did not feel thernoelves
authorized to make soy further inquiry respecting •
the slaw-; but they coned requisitions tar be
to the ts-v..ral other persons to wliout the ro.urisall.ll
tiois to offices nr eprai at seems in each of thoCoursil
named in the Commission appears.; to belong, re- '
quiring them to wgnify to the Commis iunevs wive. '
ther they consi•tered any unit which 01 the cacao or
appointments iii their disposal to be saleable.
To all these retrisitiona Your Majesty'e Com.
misaioaers received alissiers; end in every ease where
an answer eta received, totimatiog that any office
or appointment wee comadonsll to he saleable,
Your .Nlajesty's Conintivautiers required the parapet
holding such noise or appnint assent to state to Owls
the novae and extent of the duties of such office or
apteoutment, the hours of attendance at the office,
and the holidays kept there; also the gross amount
of the fees or emoluments uf such office or appoint-
ment fur the last three years, specifying the deduc-
tions or out-paps:l.ms (except the Property Taxi,
Rod distinguishing what part of such fil% or emolu-
ments had been paid to the person or persons ac-
tually employed in the discharge of the duties of
the office, So case such duties hail not been dis-
charged by the principal ; and the several state-
ment* received in consequence of such requisitions
have been verified upon oath.
The result of these inquiries has been to satisfy
Your Majesty's Commissioners. that in the Courts
of Chaucer! and Ex.licquer 'mere is cot any office
or appointment which can be considered as saleable.
The lti.c of Clerk of the Errant in the Exchequer
eh ruiner, upon which Your CommiiPiarters will have
occasion presently to report, appearing to be k,
offi,, l,i• :rio*e properly classed with the
offices at the Court or Pleas, to the Chief
Justice of which Court, as tie_ head of the Court
of Exchequer Chamber. the onittioation to that
office belongs, than wi.h the odes of the Court
of Exchequer to which iris assigned by Com.
otittee of the !louse of Commous, in the report
shave referred to.
With respect t. offices or appointments in the
Courts of liaug's 113-ordi and COMUIOII Pleas, it ap-
pears to Your Commissioners that the most per-
spicuous course will be, to state to Your Majesty,
first, the result of their tritium's, and their vhser.
vatinns upon such result with respect to estiat of
those Courts, separately and dist:petty.

In the Court of King's Bench, it appears to the*
that the following persona hold offices or appoint-
ments which are saleable, end that the right of no-
minatinn to such office, or appoiattnente s as-fol-
lows; via.

Appsioted Irsr
he Chief Clerk
The Lord
The Clerk of the Trauma y *Costae Beer into cu. j (macs
ThersloccrEsartsuter rieCk thothet:aerrier
The Clock et the Rates on the class sate
The Clerk of the Papers on the tame sale
The Clerk piths Berl aria taus Cferk.
The Ck of the tom. Boils, Faureass,kPostaas
The Clerk of the Dockets
The Clerks of the Inner snit Outer Treasury The Codes
The Clerks of Bari Prins
The llogbearer ou tie Pies side

The WI evtrut of the duties of the ',trent
officers who hold thews saleable offices, the hours of
attendance at their offices, the holidays he:+t there,
■nd the amnuot of these lies •ad emolumeu'a, as
det.siled hr themseirea, aro stated in the Appendix
to thus reprt, No. A.

From thew statements it will 'prow
net manual receipts of the several offs.

snentiourd. upon No average or three

at the perithl when the accouhta were

- .
respectively, trete as fuil..•
doctioo fat the Property Tex, and
doors wade to the etreial deputirs by

rr
firer. th4t the
of3l. tra :,botr-
year4, ru•l;ng
bolt mort.nip
,rt to t•ar
to the allow.
by vd.ont the

F

5,104 16 9
194 0 0

2'9 3 In
451 1 6

- 14 Ii 4

The Clerk of the Rules no the Picas side
The Clerk of the Palters no Du
The Clerk of the Inner Treutnry
The Clerk of the Outer 'freshet y
The Clerk of Nisi Prins for London and
other Cities
.. Dn for Northern sod
Norfolk Circuits
Do for Howe and

M. 11.0,1 Circuits
The bagbearer

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ditties of some eT the ofn.fes ivere diet:Waged ;u•
viz.
OFFICES cxectded by DEPUTY.
Receipt. Pd. Deputy.
The Chief Clerk L.sonto 10 611.900 0 0
*The Cantos Breviugn - f.',oig 7 4
The Fitacer Ertigenter and
Clerk of the Out iswries -
The Clerk of the Declarations
The Clerk 0: the Common
flails, Frei rents, and Poetess
The Clerk uf the Dockets -
The Clerk of Nisi Prius for
the Wetitin and Oxford
Circuit

N 67 5 0
1.!.0 0 0

100 0 0
V 9) 7

7, 0 10

L, 15,01.2 19 3 1,356 13 0

• The Deputies are paid by Fees assigned to thew.
OFFICES executed ill PERSON.
L. a. d.
13,0 es 89 3
3,383 It 7
1,580 0 II
3i3 15 5
158 19

is 9 I I

117 10 II

200 19 9
92 10 0

1,41,964 i

And it appears' to your M tjesty's Commissioners,
that when the Sale of Offices in the several Courts
of Record at Westminster shall be entirely pro-
hibited, provision may be made towards the pay-
ment nt the Salaries to the Lord Chief Justice and
tire other Judges of the Court of King's Bench ;
end that the charge upon the Revenue may be les-
sened, if the Offices of Chief Clerk, Cuetos Bre-
vium, Filueer Exigeuter, and Clerk of the Out-
lawries, Clerk of the Declarstions, Clerk of the
Common Bails Estreets and Posies., Clerk of the
Dockets, and Clerk of the Nisi Prins fur the Wes-
tern and Onford Circuits, as well as the Offices of
Clerk of Nisi Prius for the Horne and Midland,
and for the Northern and Norfolk Circuits, and
for London and other cities where Assizes are held,
were executed in person; insomuch as if that were
done, all the Fees now payable might be received
by the principal Officers, who might be authorized
to retain such proportion of than as may be
thought proper, regard being had to the dignity of
those Offices, and toe proper remuneration for dis-
Charging the functions of them ; and they might
be accountable for the residue of such Fees.
Looking at the subject in this point of view,
Your Majesty's Commissioners apprehend that if
the Office of Prothonotary or Chief Clerk of the
Court of King's Bench were executed in person,
there might he uu occasion for en Assi-tant to the
Secondary or Master on the Pleas side of the Court,
according to the present establishment; and that if
the Office of Cristo. Breviam were so executed, lie
might, with the assistance of Clerks, to be paid by
himself, discharge all the functions of the Clerks of
the Inner and Outer Treasury, and of the Clerks of
Nisi Prius, which last-mentioned Officers, accord-
ing to the informatiou they have furiiislied, ale en-
titled to very considerable Fees for immersed
transcripts of the Nisi Prins Records from the Plea
Rolls, which transcripts are seldom if ever made,
the Nisi Prius Records being now always en-
grossed by the Clerks in Coma, nr Attoriiies for the
parties, and thi• Clerks of Nisi Prius doing litt:e
more than matters of form.
With respect to the offices of Clerk of the Rules,
and Clerk of the Papers on the Pleas side of the said
Court, both which offices ere considered as being
saleable, it appears to your said Commissioners,
that after the sale of them shell be abolished, It.. rosy
be expedient that those Officers should receive, to
their own use, fluty a certain proportion of the Fees
belonging to the said Offices, and should be ac-
countable for the residue, other..i4 the abolition of
the Sale, instead of leisening the charge on the lite-
venue, would operate to give those Officers as large '
a remuneration for their services only, as has hi-
therto been received by them for the services and
purchase-meney together.
Anil it further appears to your said Commission. re.
that the offices of Clerk of the Papers. tad C:e:k
of the Declurations, may with advantiige to the
Suitors be executed by the same person ; and that
the pleas of the General Issue should be entered
with hint, inst aid of being entered with the Clerk
of the Docquers; rod by this errengement, a great-
er sum may he applied towards the payment of the
salaries of the Lord -Chief Justice and the other
Judges, than could be done if all the Officers no*
employed were to be remunerated.
According to the information your Majesty's
Commissioners have received on the exa 11l ll intuit of
the different Oflicers,the net sums annually received
by the Chief Clerk, the Cutters Brevium, and File-
err Exigeirter mud Clerk of the Outlawries, and
the Officers helonging to them, whose duties are
executed by &pity, upon an average of three years
,ending at the respective periods at which thew se-
ecotone were made up,
Ware
The Dot Feet, received by these who
culeJ the of were oomewirit

ler Ora.. our...etart.ntla part of them,
beim 3,3:G 13

lAwseisig a twilairre of Fees received by
OfSeers n•I exetoting soy pact of
the (twits of
•• To which, if there be added o•oe•th:rd,
for cart:Nile, of the pr.•cira of be
°Sees of Clerk of the Roles, and
Glrrk of i!ic P.tpers, 1,034 10 10
Aral flirt,. r. artlr, Cie evouple, of lite
ofiicrs of the three other Clerks of

Nisi Priuh twing

'Re annual amount of these sums will be L.fti,376 5

Fran which, after thee shall have bees deducted
•Itch auras tas; on account of the tliviity of their of.
/ices. in.‘y Ipf thought tit to.lre allowed to the pin.
eipuls dischargii.4 the functions of thew, he.iond
the antount of the fees mid salaries which hitherto
hare either been p 4.1 and received fiy their &pit.
tics. or for which :he•raid oflieet might have brew
exectaltd I. deputy. there piotialtly wonid remain
a mat of from Itt to 15,0001. or IPw ard", which
might he :tuntvrili applied. in addition to the sums
which :ire aci•nuwtrd for by various illSrers to
the Lord Chic( instice wind other Judge. of the
King's [:each. and in dinnuutiwt of the
you Public menus, foe poyoavut of

talkies 0116 tug Justice and &Aga of die said
Court, subject, however, to increase and diminu-
tion, as the business of the Court may vary.
In the Court of Common Pleas, it appears to
your Majesty's Commissioneis, that the following
persons hold offices or itmmintinents which have
been considered as saleable, and that the right or
nomination to such offices or oppointmeots is as
follows:

The Grit atul third Ptlithonotaries
The Clerk of the Kitties Silver -
The Clerk of the Jorsta . • -
The Clerk of the -

The Clerk of the IVarra;its, Inruhueuts

and Estreate
The Exigerster
The Clerk of the Supersedeas - -
The FiWere -- -
The Clerk of the Errors la the Exche
quer Chamber -

The Setund Prothonolury, and
The Ckek of the Julie., sro appointed
by the Lord Chtef Justice, on the no-
-
niination of

The three Secuatlarics -

Appointed by
The
Lord CliierJustice.

The
Cushy' Brevities.

Tlse respectirs
Prothouutariev.

The natnre and extent of till duties or the se-
veral Officeis wl:o hold these ~Arable offices, the
hours ur attendance at their offices, the holidays

kept there, and the amount of their fees and emo-
luments, as detailed by themselves, are stated in
the Appendix, 11. But with respect to the times
of attendance, it seems that the duties of some of
the offices, both of the Court of King's Bench and
of the Common Picas, do not require the degree
of attendance which is acted by the Officers ; and
that it has probably berm so detailed by them from
the same permits executing more offices than out,
some of which requirii:g an attendance to the extent
stated, has prevemed a dlitMction being made be-
tween the hours of irterulance of such different
Officers ; of this the Clerks of Nisi Prius in the
King's Bench, and the Citric+ of the Juries and
Juries in the Court of Common Plea% are instances.

From these stiteniento it will appear, that the
net attune! receipts of the t.everi.l Officers of the
Court of Common Pleas above•nrrotioned, upon
an average of three years ending it the pettodo
when the accounts were last mode up respectively,
were as follow, subject to the deduction of the Pro-
perty Tax, and to the allowances made to the se-
veral Deputies by whom the duties of borne of the
offices were discharged,

C:uttrt of
chat se u