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Deduct for expence3

320 14 8
80 0 0

210 14 8

This deduction is naturally for a clerk who does
the duty.
As Registrar of Affidavits.
Clear income, after paying the expences of carrying
on the business of the ofticc, entirely derived from
fees
- - - - -

As Clerk of frjle Letters Patent.
Clear income, after paying the expences of carrying
on the businei;s of the ollice, entirely derived from
tees

- 553 14 11

Total '2,611 3 :1
What the expences of these offices are the public
is kept in ignorance, but they are likewise de.
frayed by the unfortunate suitors.
Crown-office in Chancery.
Earl BATHURST, Clerk of the Crown, holding it
from his father or uncle the Chancellor, fees upon
the several commissions, patents, and writs, pre.
pared in the Crown-office, and passed under the
1,108 0
Great Seal - --- -
Besides this high Nobleman, there are several
others who receive in this office below 1,0001.
a.year, but not exceeding that sum, they are not
distinguished as is his Lordship.
As patentee for the execution of the laws and sta.-
tutes concerning bankrupts, Rev. THOMAS Tit un-
Low, who inherits this from his brother, the late
Lord Thurlow, son of the Bishop of Durham„
on the nomination of his uncle, the Chancellor,
from fees upon commissions, writs upon super.
scdeag, and procedenclo in bankruptcy
As Keeper or Clerk of his Majesty'sllanaper.
Salary as Clerk
Allowances as ditto -
Balance of fees after expences or office 1,141 6 114
Prothonotary to the Court of Chance 1,192 7 5
ry, a., such
97 10 0

- 8,5Cr2 2 5

Total -
9,77 l 19 IQ
,
Now this holy pastor of a flock takes in fees from the unfor-
anthde Lord Highl
responsible:
tunate, a sum nearly equal to what is allowed to
r.ng
to oo
Chancellor for the performance of his high
office. It is not requisite to enter into any reasoning
vince the publi. how requisite it is that all the acoo.places should be abolished ; and if the fees cannot be avbrcig°inm
t
then that they should be carried to the account of theepaubfi
for defraying the salaries cf the real working officers of this,
Court. Mr. Lott, Earl Bathurst, and the Rev. Thomas i
nurlow
are not blameable for receiving the different sums which they
are reported to do, but it is the system wh
ofnich gives such
sums of
money to them for the performance o duty, sum
f
st;
abominable, and which ought at once to be amended without,
any reference to these individuals, but solely as regards the public
weal : their deaths should not be awaited for the correction of
such abuses ; without compensation they should, instanter, be
• away with. It is not surprising that either toy Earls Eldon

or Bathurst should not have been friends to the Reform of the
Chancery Court.
Next in the List comes something like a sinecure,
Mr. H. J. SIIEPUERD,—a relative of Lady Lyndhurst,
and a son of the late Chief Baron for Scotland, Sir
Samuel Shepherd,—is Counsel to the Admiralty,
and Nary, and Judge Advocate of the Fleet.
Salary - ------ 278 0 0
Fees
Clerk of the Custodies, after deducting salaries to
the deputy and clerks - -
Clerk of Presentations, after some deductions
Commissioner of Bankrupts - _

450 0 0
- 4300
- - 230 0 0

Total - - X 1,173 0 0
It appears no office, however trifling, can be held without a
deputy—the principal unequal, or unwilling, to perform the
duty of his office.

'lmn comes the Master in Ordinary and Accountant-General,
J. S. 'lmam

As Master in Chancery.
Salary paid ont of the dividends of Bank Annuities
purchased pursuant to Acts of Parliament - -
Ditto residue of 1001. paid at the Exchequer after
deducting 121. 14s. retained for taxes thereon and
fees of office - - - -
Fees received at the Public office for oaths adminis-
tered there . -

600 0 0

- 87 6 0

As Accountant-General. 132 0 0
Salary paid out of the dividends above-mentioned 900 0 0
Part of the commission payable to the broker on the
sale and purchase of public annuities - - - 2,284 9 7

Then follow the Masters in Chancery and their4cl4iref clerks,
but nothing is said of their other clerks, so the whole cost of the
establishment is not given to the public. There are ten each of
these gentlemen. Their income arises from salaries, fees, and
emoluments, and which is derived from copies of papers, and
other proceedings, warrants, swearing affidavits, and reports,
and certificates, sales and other matters, fees at the public of-
fices, and salaries. That of their clerks, from copies and tran-
scripts of reports and other papers ; on affidavits, &e. ; on re-
ports and certificates ; on sales and other matters, and for gratui-
ties. As even the salaries differ, as well as the fees, I am obliged
to give each Master and his clerk separately, but which will
enable the public better to appreciate the merits of the Court of
Chancery.
i. FRANCIS PAUL STRATFORD, Esq. - 3,948 2 8
His Chief Clerk, HENRY KENS= - . . 1,075 311
2. SAMUEL COMPTON COX, ESQ.
Salary j- 600 0 0
Exchequer money
Robe-money
Fees 3,300 5 1
3,994 2 111

PIM CHIEF CLERK, HENRY PENN.
Fees
Gratuities

1,425 15 6
3. JAMES STEPHEN, ESQ.
Exchequer salary
Salary from suitors' fund . - 600 0 0
Robe-money
Official fees and emoluments - - -3,006 5 11_

-3,700 0 0
As this gentleman's clerk is not allowed by Mr.
Stephen to receive gratuities, as the other clerks are,
he makes no return of him, either as to name or sum
he receives.
4. J. E. DOWDESWELL, ESQ., M.P.
Salary
Robe-money
Fees 3,202 13 0
3,896 17 6

MS CUTER CLERK, THOMAS DRAKE.
Fees
Gratuities 592 13 6
1,426 10 1
5. F. CROSS, ESQ.

Fees . - - - - - 3,106 4 5
Exchequer salary - - - - 87 6 0
Salary payable out of the public funds,
purchased by the Accountant-General 600 0 0
Robe-money 6 8 10
---- 3,799 19 3
lIIS CHIEF CLERK, WILLIAM JONES.
Fees and gratuities, or gifts
6. JAMES TROWER, ESQ.
Fees and emoluments - - - - 2,646 19 7%
Exchequer salary - - 87 6 0
Salary out of suitors' fund - - - 600 0 0
Robe-money
--- 3,340 14 6
Ills CHIEF CLERK, THOMAS GEORGE HOUGH.
Fees and gratuities ------ - 1,209 13 1
7. WILLIAM WINGFIELD, ESQ.
Salaries, fees, robe-money
nts CHIEF CLERK, M. ELDERTON.
Fees and gratuities
8. JAMES WILLIAM FARRER, ESQ.
Salaries, robe-money, and fees - 1 6%
ins climb" CLERK, GEORGE MUNDAY.
Fees and emoluments
SIR GIFFIN WILSON, KNIGHT.
Salaries
Robe-money 6 8 10
Copies, and other fees, received by his
clerks
Affidavits at the public-office -

3,280 1 0

Ills CHIEF CLERK, JOHN PUGH.
Fees and gratuities, net
10. LORII HENLEY.
Fees and salary
HIS CHIEF CLERK, WILLIAM lIORNIDGE.
Fees and gratuities - - ----- 1,650 0 0
No wonder the prudent Hon. Robert Henley Eden, on sue.
ceeding to the empty peeraage of Henley, declined to
.abandon
the full substantial receipt, as a Master of Chancery, of some
good thousand pounds per annum. As he is quite capable of
perfonning his duties as a Master, though a Peer, it is far more
praiseworthy that he should continue to work for his mainte-
nance than to throw himself on the country as a poor Peer, and
receive a paltry pension, as does the elder branch of his family.
But the situation of Masters in Chancery is very questionable.
They are a sort of judge ; but then they work in private, and
their judgment is never given consecutively. They are occupied
with one cause for half an hour or an hour, or the period con-
venient to the different solicitors of the Court, and thus in a
great degree originate the great delays in Chancery. If the
Masters were obliged to go roundly through a case, the charges
would be considerably lessened, and cases would not outlive their
suitors; but then fees and emoluments would be reduced, and
the solicitors' bills also diminished, as every hearing is attended
with an increased expence. It is to be hoped that the present
Chancellor's powerftil mind will be capable of grasping all the
vices of his Court ; and though as yet he has been influenced in
his views of its Reform by those of his lamented friend the
upright Sir Samuel Romilly, whose notes I am aware on this
important subject he holds in his possession, and by which he
has been greatly governed ; but if that great and good
man had lived on, he would have gone on with the spirit
of Reform,---he would have moved with the times, and not
have stopped at the threshold on which he was the first to
place his foot. He would have gone farther than he did to
attack the errors and weakness of the Chancellor, be would have
allowed, as the promise of the bar (Mr. Bickersteth) has allowed,
that the evils lay deeper than the man who presided; that he
only added to them ; that the evils were of older date, and had
in some degree corrupted the then Chancellor himself, who had
not courage to resist them, much less to eradicate them. Henry
Brougham has an awful responsibility attached to him. How-
ever Lord Eldon may be forgiven and forgotten, he will not;
here I must cease to speculate, and recollect that an old soldier
may overthrow and destroy by his sword, but not improve and
reform by his pen. Yet common sense may be a soldier's portion
as well as that of a lawyer, and he may equally understand the
principles and purposes ofjustice.
The public will naturally be surprised at the large incomes of
the chief clerks of the Masters. They arise principally from the
gratuities, which are so many presents made by the solicitors to
expedite his business, and which eventually is paid by the poor
suitors. Master Stephen, whose office, I understand, is snore
regular than that of any other, allows no gratuity to be taken by
his clerk, and which clearly proves that all gratuities are really
an abuse, and which should also be discountenanced by the other
Masters.

MASTER OPTRE REPORT-OFFICE..
Who the fortunate holder of this lucrative office is,
does not appear; who, from profits and emolu-
ments (deducting the charges of the office) re-
ceives no less a sum than
It is observed that there has been an extraordinary increase of
the business in the last year.
Registrar of the Court of Chancery is composed of four regis-
trars, two entering registrars, two chiet clerks, and several
others with incomes under 1,0001. The principal are—

TIIONIA9 ALEXANDER RAINSFORD.
Salary 550 0 0
Allowances - . - 119 0 0
Fees

4,870 )0 0

FRANCIS BENJAMIN BEDWELL.
Salary
Allowance
Fees
3,877 17 11
JAMES CRISMAS FRY.

Allowance
110 0 0
Fees
4,224 2 19
r.DWARD DOD COLVILLE,
Salary 91 10 0
Allowance

. . - 2,590 7 2
- 2,759 7 2

Salary - - -
Feea - - -

- . 275 0 0
- - - 1,301 19 6

1,576 19 6

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of the inspectors in the difthrent Cities and l'owns in England
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