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entitled to leereemed alloalthatee, the mishoela
40,0001.; but that was • enet which sever
Boppoee aft eit them bed claims of pee.
the
.oserfassen would be 64,4301. The evep
tod woo Id Jewett these "me tit 41,6601. for
sod 64,4301. for the mazhiume--beieg as
be to 33,0001. is comparison of Padre.
• sail mu other affica Irons which he pro-
some particulars. It was fbe Secretary
A reduction of one person out of tbirty.ose
The usirdwins total of salaries would stand
i maximum at 06,300/. Reetuetioes of Wary,
contemplation would brie' it down to 41,100/.
Ailments it vu proposed to proceed I. • similar
would nut be overstating the fact to sly that
'factions would amount altogether to twenty
the existing salaries. In reviewing the
departments, especially the revenue, it would have
impossible fur Government to have made their
noel, but for the grist assistance they had re-
• chief officers. Sometimes they had effected
' themselves, sumetisses they were compelled
• on the reprentriations of these officers.
the pain and &faculty which Government
in preparing far the reduction of suck a li
office', which had mostly been filled by sa-
-1 the public, who, must now be deprived of
comforts. He explained the danger of
stienolstive principle of reward from
Ave, and industrious sensate. There re-
branch of the statentest which he had to sub-
House now to make. le the public offers I.
regulation of the tame kind was gong on; they
for she same ststerneuts, aud were about to pee-
same mode of arrangement. The propelled
re were not in the same state of forwardeese
English establishment, but be hoped it wool/
before they were in operation. It had already
I to the House that there was aaother species of
contemplated, sot proceediug ups. a prier:l9le
necemaryto All on Parliament to adopt any
a reduction of the 'darks °formers in the
departments of the State, and is the Treasury mas-
• heppened not long ago town' to •vole nee of the
office in the reign of Charles 11. from which it
the salpries and other emoluments of the
esiablistement were much greater io amount
,than at present. A very erroneous impres.
generally entertained that the blither officers of
l-•d larger salaries theta were necessary to the
degree of dignity becoming their rack
although the salaries were felt to be ao
adequate to the rank sod responsibility of the
r felt that in a time of great depression and safer.
*acted all the interests of the costar], they
• to partake in • fair proportion of the lee-
_ He had it therefore in commend from hie
communicate to the House his Majesty's plea-
redoctiem of ten per cent. should be made on
of these depart meats of the Household relating
ediate service of hie Mainly 's person, namely,
y Purse, the Lord Chamherlaia'a, the Master of
ied the Muter of the Horse. The chalices for
, which related to his Majesia's personal service,
300,0001. of which he Majesty had determined
',OOOl. fee the exigeacieouf the State.--(lien.)--.
t House would go along with him to appreei.
of such a sacrifice on the part of the Crows.
all the higher Officers of the Stale bad given
of their respective salaries. They, however,
rivals fortunes of some !tied or other, and
were all mere or lets able to sustain a endue-
income of their respective offices; but his Ms-
House well knew, had no provision bet that
made by the vole of Parliament; mid it wee only
abridepenit of his personal expenses that he was
-tit, that paternal feeling for the burdens and
people which led him to forego so large a por-
e had been granted him for the online.
ill, sod splendour becoming be exalted sta-
y
that (settee his Majesty bed been reedy to cc.
larger portion of the lumen assigned him,
responsible advisers had felt it their duty to enem-
a° watrillice on the part of his Majesty should be
reduce that income below the 'mutest which, if
managed, would save him and the House the die-
'.f !ailing upon the country again to extricate
• state of embarrassment; for they were
that nothing could ever be more paisful to
, doors derogatory from the dignity of the Crowe,
lojstrioas to the country, then the resew"' of those
tie so often took place is former times, from
illibsvtl establishment of the evil list. He
command from his Majesty to state, that
1 been ordered of 10 per cent, on the
offices held during the pleasure of the
mounting to five hundred ponds • year sad
Maj. sty's Ministers had fill that it would not
tteed to salaries of smaller amount, without
the approbation of Parliament, that redue.
Lord Cbaecellor and all other offerers hold.
meets dining pleasure, whether its England
'to become subject. lie had further to ny,
idiom was greeted be his Majesty for the period
He hoped, therefore, that Ministers would
v charge of desinag to throe any bordenupou
which they were unwilling to subject them-
now, with the permission of the Committee,
oar view the effect of the d forest measures
proposed to submit to their consideration; show.
.bat was the benefit which would immediately
year accrue from them to the public; mid
...or hither benefit which might be expected to he
when the regulations of the fevers' establishments
cemeolidated and brought into erodes' operate...—
mould of twin( that wield be immediately effected
super limn sad redeetioss is the differeat pub-
-71001 to the revenue departments the
.cle was estimated at fotr per nat. because
larger proportion of salaries less then 1001.,
eat Britain amount to 041,000/. The redue.
aalaries cm the new establishment, in the
year, would amount to 15,000/. He thought it
• 00,0001.; but he wished to state it within the
reduction in the eateries in the principal Of.
would amount to 40,0001. In the charge for
i tea the Civil List there would be • reduction
And lastly, his Majesty's gracious donatios
30,000 L making • total saving to the country
t year of 160,0001. exclusive of Ireland, white
ise molt of the sevior, by the new arrange.
• 31.000/. ; making to the whole about
ire there was reason to hope that the amount
mine considerate*. The meaut wide% be
to save in the It department in Eng.
state et about 30.0001 aud in the other of-
-100,0001. sod in Ireland at about 43,000/4
•r 173.0001. The whole permainiut saw.
period and another to be expected as the
'e measures he estimated at about 400,000/.
ight she credit with the Horne for having
plan with the utmost impartiality, and fur
oared to carry into effect the wish expressed
foe economy, with a siueere desire... fares
lieve the burden of the public establishments
It would be remembered that those reduc.
made in esiablisbmeon amounting to not
,000,0001. • year. Whatever the marmot of the
to, it was not possible to take from them more
spared without prejudice to the public service,
ht it would be found the retreuchments which
!bad tiers carried as far as they could be; that
• would prove the seal of ilie Government for
ire, and at the same time impartial, file,
ind consideration towards those who were
public service. He concluded by moving •
he formation of a food to provide for the
and retired allow of persons holding
e Crown, by • dedortiou from the eateries
of such offices, of 11. 10'. per cent, us every
of which amounted to 50!. aid was less
aroma ; of live per net. oat those the eels
were 1001. mid upwards per annum; and of
i the annant of the excess of all salaries of
_ pennon soder the Crows above the soneout
salary le he pod te the future holders of seek

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Idedee ellelieeele ea drebahle. 'file Act 01810 west isle the parties entitled
, . ease. witith characterised the pence who were to be es- would be 46,0001.
shied is &tore to seperaeouailoo alloweecte, red spelled could hopen thei
) reds which Isere sot to be exceeded name he very pant- loured service, the
calor cave, of the merit of which she, King's Council eel denies 'elected
f le Treasury were to be the ledges. Gee expel. had Ow othefassoa. sod
I ' bees immured sailer that Act, but set, us ft Weld be foserl, 50.000/. would be
" aiacsias.4me e" i '''.•4l MK ir.gorifil.A., -"kith tiro. There was a
1 towt:011 WOMB it Move peed to select cot
Thi.lilthhlt orb weeP.M awed b Why he- of State's office. A
fore years • a , aid thee set plthest cart& wee proem& 11"
1 111111Pli.ffiffkiliQ eeesesit" heir ellameiellit •—• et 18,000 f., the tem
i ' 311____,,brigA4/04***1.1"re lea tie nsigt4be Aatt Mid Itawer•BY which were iv mete
tlgtmeage• It would be heed' Met bad nee within it. In all the departure,
14* Mlidostaris whisb geoid halt delegef4W7 she eget' of menet It wneld
~ 1114.11111, sad the .seed sesame aid the septa Moe the eventual redact
teortogree, which were mode est ht Nay last. ilivaapeld gaols pee cert. lee ell t
0 fda•ellearsete wbieh le had tomah *Wig ',Wadi' chew with varies depareseut
,he little Jumada. Illeidess had terestresdemasd he cot bees nearly impel
, . taints memeires kr thessehtedes el she pvellawl ealmelec inqairies effectual,
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ibtle who needs mat siiitattles le Whew. wire little mien' from the chi,
leer* of the smithy and riper of redessolhatost which Mu- the iriqo fries of ibe
Ninon had hem osemilled le allOreise. Ho called es tbe tater altogether ,
Alvan t• ohterm thiliaperatios of go Act of 1810 i• eats- ye epatisted is 1
' Weise eldest .f soperrosometies se the lam cad had eneeentered it
twerlided department of the lassinessont, sad ceps. great variety or oil
1 in the raves.. deparberses. Roe am branch tie, to of 11
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services (referring, we believe he said, to Scotland), their domestic coi
• imbodisg lbs Conforms Excise, Stamps, ftecelvere.Geoeral , withdrawing the
a Laud Tat, sad others, the eatemot of all the salaries was zealous, and gni,
_1.104,000/. divided among 17,342. There entitled to super. melted one 'wend
eameatlon were 1,732, and received 104,8091. twist an aye- mit to the House
.Mratlto le ea the numbers,. and 91 per cent. on the sa. Ireland a ferillallt
kit*. The average of the esperaressatiorie we. 891 ss. or bad aimed fur An 1
4.. 10d. a day, which, tirkieg be great ealwries with the erred with the arm
}hell, testa .easily he considered as too high for a (tonal reductions there a
eillege. The avenge period of service oh which thee! el:. p• those of the ling
heasereee ea been granted was 39 year., or rather more. le 'net be long before
illetwory department, including the chief officeitof the bee stated to the
r...egic tree,,the member of persons being smaller, of higher dill- red eel ion content
.....c. I.s 111671 the engine wire not of the same character. The to. whirl rendered it n,
qifir tai number le My last was 953, the superanousted 70-5 vote.: he meant a
proportion of BSo 14. The reason of the difference we, woe, department,
• stilt most of those Maps* were 'teammate' Is a great men- blishment. He happ
! See by Itaia...est to higher offices, erb ch they were not Recede of the of&
woe anxious to trait. Their pay was 200,0001.; septettes. appeared that the
fated •Iluwasees 13,00111. being 11/ per cent. or.. overage offices on the este
4111291. for sa average of 2111. years of service. For the at that period than
. • Alseenae depertmest flee believe the Right Hon. Gentleman igen ass 1„,, genet
*MI) of !retired, the weathers employed were 18,219; super- the Slate received
earoutded peioess 1,11011; total pay 1,875,0001 ; supersets- wetutena.,ce of a
mirld hthrwlmoes ablest 100,0001.; average of verrealtea• and stelion ' • but •
lidos shout out le en on the persons, lied nine sod more than sarnatit
i • • half per meat. ins the salaries for an average of affirm the! felt the
,testy sire years' service. The Act provided a scale log, which *that
for these allowances, by which twenty years' service eta. could ant refine t,
Minted • claim for superannuation allowances of •ue.thlrd neral depression.
a the salary, forty-five years two-thirds, and sixty-five Majesty to „um,
A ram threafourtbs, or whatever larrr proportion might be sure, that a „duct
• limo* merited. One of the new measures would go to the uteri,. of dm
eicffify this claim, and proportion it to the intermediate Pe- to the immediate
Mode of service. He peened to divide the time after Of. of the Privy Perm
Sere rare (a shorter period of service to be no claim) to the Robes., sad vitt
fel years, into divisions of live years each; the allowance thes, offie„, gado
go %erase one-twelfth on each of these smaller periods. Still amounted to 300,0
%he Act was to be preserved, sod the full allowsece not to to give up
30,0001.
lonterarded exert. is very particular tees which might be He trusted the lit
seppoied to merit it. Such cases would seldom occur hi soya, sting the value of
the ordinary offices, where the common course of promotion It w-s trite that at
ves•W ledd a young asap up to sufficient advantages is the ap a prapartia„r
1 tune of time to compensate his service. But there .11 bail their priv
were sitsetiows to which yoseg men could sever succeed, therefore they war
brans. they required considerable experience or profe s. tion of the inane
• I Mood knoll/ledge. Of this nature was the 11.1reiletraliip of irsty, as the Hos,
the Treamery, wed others like it, which required high
freetreal
te o e tterinence the powereistodo
in the the diii iiii to Govern-
es of it.— w,hich was madeb.
ebnabainedatboridgigratifvaray
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ffleet to grant adequate retiring alienate beyond the &screws of hie pe,
sates stela] in the Act of 1810, such caeca to be suet,- tion of the income ,
cloudy laid before Parliament, with the reasons is detail Rance of the dignit
ter gneiss the additional rate of allowaace. He proposed non. Actuated byte
es erten an important defect in that Act by the preset Bill, /impish* still tart
1/2 1 lr
dir y baying all the offices emitting the holder* to claim super.
evated allowances scheduled with the Bill, and thee hut his reponsibli
mend that go seer
wares speciled which In the judgmeut of the Trearery were allowed to reduce
lobe entitled to receive higher than the venal rate* of allow. Judiciously meow
anat. It had been in the consideration of Government, by p 5,46,1 t", of e.
Way of saving some of the money greeted is retired allow. the Crown from •
1 ems, to require the persons holding offices to contribute , fully convinced the
;. , oeinettling yearly tweeds that own cope lie% Parlisment, more 4
I. ' Med. As the preciple might ow various groom," be ; and mere injeriour
objected to, it, bad. beets determined to take is at the diseueito„, which
ilinest: tiro per cont. an salaries above 1801.; 21 per . the warms, sad ;lb
edit oa salaries from 501. to 1001. It would be seen Mel bed it further is c
dill average of seperannisstion allowance, was altogether. , a redaction bad
shoat 10 pit cent. on the salaries, which would be saved by, euivivies uf all of
dile tax lea Ballwin to the amount of about one half. He cmao sw„otio
weld proper a Bill to the Committee, 'mooting a redUC. upwind,. His Ms,
eke of lee per cont. on sslarie., to be carried to a super. ha Droner to rite.,
weisteation fund. lie had thought that this 'election (mein saalt,tt`tiair it the
TO go beyond five per sent. oe office which were to be re. the
which the I
deed, Thee who held them at omen, at fell eateries, tog their appoint.
4 : ....„ be required to contribute more that live per meat. H. or Ireleed, were to
would propose, for instance, in an office which weal° be re- that this redisclie
domed from 1,0001. to 1001. that the bolder should pay fits ii of. a„ "en. He
per cent: on the 900/. arid tea per cent. on the 201/... , be freed from thee'
said it ahead be reduced—so that the redaction should. ' owir ief„,ore to
in that case be limy pounds Instead of fifty pounds ow elves He would n
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Use Loot. Ad to the general plan of reducing all' brier together ie 0,
offices 25 per rest. which bad been recommended, it would! which he propose,
hotfooted too diemit to accomplish, however easy It might. Is,, Ow. what n
' id is couversellon The Right Hos. Gentleman thee Nth present yea
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avidsnerire aritilit6rnedoefeltheioaeoeufrieollacdeosp. tetiTtebey liGr.tversnteaPitnatt re:, .211.1111100,4„jiWthehatet fmt
the Lords of the Treasury was in the revieioe of their were „weolideted
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. ems odors. ' He woeld give the House a brief statemest 4 The *mouse of sal
, • viotim had been, what woe, and what was Weeded to he Os , py. the super
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' *.tale establishment of the Treasury. By • Rem:Oahe* air' . lie, tacos was II
the House in 1797, in a toptieg the Report of their, tea '
siagionos, which
•-'ediftee. rho Treasury we to nand al the Committee t.o•oll' , dam was a ism
' 11111 1791. II leis to motorist of two Secretaries, fuer Chief wood is Great S
*Arks, six Senior Clerks, six Assistant Clerks, ten Super- tioe to the eats,
i altmeriries, sod two others-30 in all. Their salaries at preseat
year won
'AO tine amounted altogether to 20,0001 a year. Additions "eight be 210001
• .tare made daring the war to several of these classes, mart. The redo,
wden. number forty-three; they had bees sub- leers of Elsie „,
' ' tly Oa 1821) iocressed to ifty.ame—as addition of E.the Household on
sr pewees. This wee accounted for by the difference of 25,0001. And
NI illte elsantity of besiness. In 1797, there were 4,462 maosoied to 30.0
registered and tendered in the Treasury; is fur lb, pre„„it yee
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` drithere were 24,890, belt an Increase of nearly he imamate,' she
isis-finarths of business to be doe by an hicrease of aa„ts, at shout
only 16 persons in 43. The Secretaries received, in 280,0001. In rata,
188040 /1, Maid 3.4001. a year. le 1779 80-81, the mush' be much is
• elliwy rose to 03001. In 1717 it was egais lowered 4 tams" expected 1,
SSW. From 1800 to 1808 it was about 4,11001. He pro. 1„4 be would et
if to ream it to 3,404, the standard of 1769 or 1716.:• • gee, at about 10
Ire:ropreed similar certalhaeole on she pay of the eider.' ask i ng tog, owe
I „. clerks. At oho same lime, the Hour* ought to sate norreea, itas at one peeio
Abet *hem It was proposed to reduce offices uf this kind to 1 result of thew u
/.. .1 what they were forty or 14 years ago, those offices were : He hoped he wigs
*afar more valuable thee they were at present, from the I arranged ibis plat
termer
.of smelt places, mach more •swierous 'hut they baying „de,‘„„
some sow, which were at she gift of the holders. Hs pro. by p„beineut rot
il• • posed to reduce the salaries uf the chief cleat, from 1,6001. . pram,. to mire,
t tiel,llool. It was proposed to Ix the number of theb. „oho oweetry. I
ereoas at thirty six (they were thirty in 1796), brio/ 1 sham beg bees n
trees less than in January last. A question had arises 1 more th•n 2,000,0
et to the best means of remunerating services, whether establishments, it
it shosld be left entirety to the succession of offices, thou could be 'pet
brwhicb Mee@ many deeerviug penman would be kept from sod he 'bought it
' thole due reward through the *Lets of longevity is their pre- i had been made be
Assessers, or of it would nut be better to award a direst le. i they were such as ,
avow of allowance on the accumulation of the. period .r Of public welfare
smoke. He tbouabt the latter plow the bele Cad should I. and lent by a kit
"meow a scale of I , of which the fidlowtne might 't et/gaged in the pt
do fOr a sample I—./entor clerks entering at 1001. to bit". ' resolution for iht
me increase 11,110 e ten yes" to 'go on imicreasillg sup stun •
lift a yew to oho bights*? entering at 300 offices under lb.
is lacrosse by . n the year di .bed 6001. from and antoian,enes 0
esbeace they might for 10 61 meritorious office, the salary
erne.. rim r.... 10 7201. bees mot V. than mu/. per aim
Hier girlie, some ours Math of . N.. pg•r.d ries uf which were
. Inestele two aggregate sleet of the
this I. tea per nut. me e
1 woe ore.. The' total sesoult lee ilablehi la •• w" I oases held by pet
20004 p elider a year. The',e mod add Nil al for see- lied as the salad
vice M the present papiodt Iran Zilln. .11010 at aim.
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