The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-07 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY.

It appears that in this department the salaries of
three of the Junior Lords are fixed at Looot each, with
a residence, and of the other two at 1,2001., with no re-
sidence.
Your Committee recommend that for the future the sa-
lary of each Junior Lord shall bo 1,0001.; and that resi-
dences be allowed only to the First Lord, the Senior
Naval Lord, and the Secretary.
ORDNANCE-OFFICE:

The. same observations apply to this department as to
that of the Secretary at War.

MASTER OIT THE MINT.

Your Committee recommend that this office, as a Par-
liementary office, be abolished, and that the duties of it
should be performed by a responsible officer under the
direction of the Treasury.

CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IREL&ND.
The salary of this office is 5,500/. The Committee
are aware that changes in the local government of Ire-
land are contemplated. They recommend that, in case
these changes are not made, the salary of the Chief
Secretary be reduced to a sum not exceeding 3,0001 per
annum; the reduction to take effect on the next vacancy,
or, in case of no vacancy, at the close of the present Par-
liament.

P3OR-LAW BOARD.
The salaries in this department, which came under
the consideration of your Committee, are those of the
Chief Comrnissibner and the two secretaries. Your
Committee do not recommend any alteration in the
salary of the Chief Commissioner; but they are led to
believe that the duties of secretary might be efficiently
performed at a salary of 1,0004; looking, however, to the
circumstances under which one of the present secre-
taries accepted the office, your Committee recommend
that the immediate reduction should take place only in
the case of the Parliamentary secretary, and that the
salary of the other secretary should be reduced on the
first vacancy.
JUDICIAL SALARIES.-ENGLAND.
Your Committee next proceed to the second part of
the inquiry referred to them; namely, the salaries and
emoluments of judicial officers in the superior courts of
law and equity in the United Kingdom.
They have taken evidence from some of the most emi-
nent men connected with the courts of each country;
they have referred to evidence given before the Com-
mittee which sat in 1830-31, and have called for returns
showing the changes which have been made from time
to time in the salaries and emoluments of the judges; to
all of which documents they respectfully call the atten-
tion of the House. After giving a careful consideration
to this subject, they have determined to recommend to
the House the following scale of salaries for the various
judicial offices of law and equity in England:—
Lord Chancellor ... 23,000
The Master of the Rolls ... ... 6,000
Vice-Chancellor of England ... 5,000
Second Vice-Chancellor . . ... 5,000
Masters in Chancery, each ... 2,000
The Accountant-General ... 2,000

It is understood that the office of the third Vice-
Chancellor is to be abolished on the first vacancy.
Chief Justice of Queen's Bench ... ... ... 47,000
Ditto Common Pleas ... ..,
... 6,000
Chief Baron of Exchequer „, ...
... 6,000
Twelv, Puisne Judges, each . ... ... ... 5,000

The Committee recommend that the retiring allow-
ances of the Judges be adjusted so as to bear the
same proportion as at present to their salaries for actual
service.
The attention of the Committee has been directed to
the large emoluments of the law advisers of the Crown.
These emoluments are derived from various sources, in-
cluding fees on briefs and patents, and appear to your
Committee to be excessive. They do not, however, ex-
press any opinion on the subject, beyond a general re-
commendation that they be reduced; but th©y suggest
to the consideration of the Government whether the
duties of Attorney and Solicitor-General might
not be as efficiently performed, 'and a saving effected to
the public, if they were. paid by fixed salary instead
of fees.
In recommending that the Accountant-General be
paid by a fixed salary, equal to that of the Masters in
Chancery, they would also suggest that such arrangements
should be made with regard to the brokerage on invest-
ments in stock, which now forms a part of the emolu-
ments of this office, as may most condace to the interests
of the suitors in the Court of Chancery.
In agreeing to these salaries for Judges and other
officers in the courts of justice, the Committee have not
adverted to the questions of patronage and fees, now
under the consideration of another Committee of this
House. They must, however, express a decided opinion,
from some statements in the evidence, that no tees of
any description should be added to these salaries; that
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