The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-09 00:00:00

I PRICE SIXPENCE RALFPENN Y •

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

SALEABLE OFFICES IN THE COURTS OF LAW.

ABSTRACT OF THE REPf,RT OF THE COMMITTEE.
This Raport begins with statinC, that 'the leault
of their incenries lras been to satisfy the 'Cohnnia's
sioners, , that. in the Courts of Chancery an.'
chequer. there is not any offieeor apeointmeniavhich
can be considered ai saleable. In the-Court of
King's Bands, hoWever, it aipears that the follow:-
4(T- persons • hold offices, 'which 'are saleable ; and
that the right of nomination t. as 1.6110a,s
Chief Clerk, • tlieClerk of the Trearetry. and :C„ .too
7Breviumethe Filacer Exigenter, and Clerk of the
Outlawries, appointed by the tord.Cisief Justice ;
the'Clerk of the Rules oh the PleNs- side, the Clerk
of the Papers ditto, the Clerk of the Daelarations,
the Clerk of. the Common 13ails, c. and Elie' Cleik
Of the- Dackets, appointed by 'the 'Chief C erk ;
the Clerks of-the Inner and °titer Tieastiry, the
.Clerks of Nisi Trios, and the 'B tg'-:bearer•ou rite
appointed by. the -Custos 'Breviany. 01 the ,id
'offices, those executed' by deputy yield to 't
aftercieduating'theproperty tax, 15,0V21,. i ty 11'
Id 'a • year, and to 'toe Deputies raeGl. 'Bud
tl'ase executed in 'person prodhce 52,i;ef541. Is. Id:a
iyear. The Report then goes on to sigh; tliat Whan
the sale cf offices ,in the Courts of Weatrniteer
entirety prohibited;. previ- ion: may be made
towards the payment 'Of the salaries 'of 'the Lord
!Chief4eatted, -arid Ihe -other:J tidgeaeof .t he CfUrt Of
king's Bench ; and that. the charge; upon the Re-
venue rnay4ae letSaened, if sock eoffices
as are • now eaecut'ed, by deputy .were executed in
person ; iinasmuch as' if that :vete done,all the tees':
now payable might be 'received by-. the principal
ottid,:rs; Who might be authorised' tosetain such .a
proportion of them as may be. thought, roperereg,ard-'
being had to, the dignity of those offices; and to a
proper remuneration for discharging the functions
of them, 'and they might 'tie accountable' for the
residue of-aucklees. LOOkinkatAlie-SilbjeCiirl this
point'of view, the Commissioners think that if the
office of Chief Clerk et the Keng"-s. Bench were exe-•
cot.-d.iti. person,
.there would be no.eccasion t;,r an
Assistatit to the Secondary or Master on thee Pea
nle of the.Courti and that if the:Office of Ctistos '
Brevloin.were. se executed, he might; -.witliCtire
sist,ince Ci.errks, to be pail by himself, discharge
al: the funetions -of the Clerks et the loner
Outer Treasury, and of the 'ClakS-of Nisi Pratte
With respeCti to the offices of. Clerk of the Rules,
and .Clcrk of the Papers 4, on the Pleas side, tedeia
pears, that after the sale of them stall be 4.,,01iet-
e1, it may be expedient that 'those Utlieera should
receive, to their own use, only a certain eroportion
of the fees belonging, to the.said
_oth..ea,-and :should -•
be accountable for the residue.' It further appears
to the Commissioners, that the offices of Cite k of
the Papers, and 'Clerk of the Decti`trattons may be
executed by. the -stneperSon; and' that the' 11, as
of the . General Issue should:be entered, with him,
instead of 'being entered with the _Clerk of the
Dockets. • _
From these premises, the Commissioners come
to thig eeneliriore, that the nett stains ahnit ally re-
ceived by the Chief Clerk, the Custos Brevium, and
Filacer,Exigetiter,, and Clerk
.of. the (.Ltla,wrie.s, in
'the Courtt-ot Kink's Bench, and the Officers belong-
ing to them whose duties are execut, d ny. dekity, .
.amount JO 15,0221. 19s. 31; while the nett fees
,received oe their Deputies areesatut.ea hat less than
on.i.:eleventh par.: ; lettit g a balance of, fees, re-
eeived- by 'Oll-iaersalot exeeuting, atiy part Of the
duties, of 13:,6461.• 6S. 6d..;-to if there be
added one-third of, . the profits. .of the: offices of
Clerk of the Rules, and Cleyk of the Papers, being
.16541. t ()set od. 'andthree-fehttlis of the offiCes of
the•three other 'CierkS of Nisi Prius,• being 0551.
thee• will bean annual sum of .16,3761.•53.
4dA-. from oficr there Shall
,have been de-
dueled- such Stalls as, on account of the, dignify of
Their offices, may be thought' fit tO be' allosaaid to
the priacipals discharging. the functionvof theme be-
yoed the amount of the fees and salairies hitherto
received, by their Deputies, !here would probably,
-remain a sum of frooi 49, to 15,0001. or upward's',
which might-be annually applied 'in diminuticn -
of
the charge upon the public revent, for payment of
salaries of the Lord Chief J:_ist ice and other Judges
of the said Court of Ding's Bench;
In the Caear: of Common Pleas, it appears tothe
Cornrnissiouery that the followitig peraons.liold of-
fices coniedered saleable, and nominated as follows
The First and Tflirct- Prot honotarieS, 'the Clerk of the
King's Silver,- the. Clerk of the Jurafa, the Clerk of
taa,tessoigas, Ihe Clerk of the Warrants, the,Eati-
wailer, the Clark of the.Supers,lcieas, the Filacers,
andel tie Cle k Errors in the Exchequer
her, appointed by the Lord Chief Justices; the Se-
cond Pt or hotroatry, nod the Clerk of rho; Juries, ap-
p Muted by :lie Lord Chief Josiice, on the-nominas
1101)0f:the Cusses Brevium ; and the three,Sacon-
deriee, appointed by the respective Prothohotaries.
01- these- several offices of the Court of COMII2OCI
Pleas, it appears that the nett annual receipts of those
executed by Pepufy, are to the Principals 4,4061.
of which 731)1. id. is paid 'to the Deputies;
and that. the nei t annual receipts of the three Protho- •
notaries, and • other offices, executed in person,
amount to, upwards (4..7;0001.: making a total of -
12,1021. 4s. L.l. a-year. The. Report then goes on
rcoint'ot,tl(l that the number of Prothonotaries
and Secondaries be reducedlo tend each, by which
une,thiri.l of the present °dices will be saved;.. that
the offices of Fiticers for th, several counties should
be ex-ecuted. by one person, and that he shall be re-
tineoerated..for he same by retaining a proportion of
the fees of , those. offices, uot.exceeding one half of
*Ilion).; and that the.several offices ot Clerk of the
kaseigns, cltrle of the Kin's :Silver, Clerk of the

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