Star.
London, England, 1830-12-04 00:00:00

COMMUNICATION IN THE TIMES.

SIR The account of all salaries, profits, pay, fees, and emolu-
ments, whether civil or military, as ordered to he 'printed by the House
of Commons, as held and enjoyed by all persona in the year 1829, the
total amount of which reach and exceed 1,0001. having fallen into my
hands. I cannot refrain from troubling you with observations thereon ;
and in doing so. I hope to he directed by the strictest impartiality, and
without the least feeling of personal hostility to any one individual, I
will spare no one in whose case I consider there is a misapplication or
the public money, but I will attack no one whose services arc only duly
remunerated. The account is rendered alphabetically, and not by their
distinct offices, except as civil anti military; and this leads to much
inconvenience, and precludes the possibility of judging how far the
salary is commensurate with the office, and the station which the indi-
vidual holds in the office. The account, to be c•Pmplete, should give
also the return of officers under 1,0001. a.year ; in short, the salary of
every person in each office should be furnished, and whether holding
any other situation, civil or military. and the amount arising therefrom.
I shall first observe on those offices held and to be regulated on the ter-
mination of the existing interest. If hereafter they are to be reduced, re-
gulated, or abolished, at the decease of the present holders, why should
they not be at once so reduced, regulated, or abolished ? Were the
country flourishing, and that we were not afflicted with a starving or
distressed population, a consideration might be entertained for the pre-
sent interests—for the vested right, as it has been so formally, but so
unjustly designated. A bankrupt estate can only pay the claims on it
as far as the assets will allow ; and it is certainly not honest to con-
tinue to pay for offices which were only created for the purposes of cor-
ruption, and to which no services were ever attached, and therefore to
be abolished in future,—to attempt the continuance of payment when
all the funds arc exhausted, and that a robbery on the industry of the
people must be committed to furnish the means of payment. When an
estate is ruined and obliged to be sold, are either the purchasers or the
creditors amongst whom the amount of the sale is divided, charged
with the maintenance of the support of the establishment of the pam.
nered menials who led to the ruin and sale of the estate ? Are they
not all discharged and sent away to shift for themselves ? Can any one
deny that the British empire is now in the condition of the estate of the
thoughtless and ruined spendthrift ? Every sixpence taken from the
industry of the people in the shape of taxation, whether direct or indi.
rect, which is not positively required for the public service, is a positive,
wanton robbery. We will now go to the facts :

wain, °trim, &c.

Commissioner of Woods ...
Also, as late Comptroller of the Lottery,
annum ... .. ..

J.IA m yot.
Registrar of Colonial Slaves ... ..
Compensation allowance, for the loss of the
office of Secretary and Registrar of Records,
in Lower Canada .. .. ...

H. J. Alves,
Senior Clerk India Board office ...
Molter of the Mint of Scotland, to be
lashed at his decea%e

W. T. Aiton,

Director General of his Majesty's G.
and Plantations ...
To be reduced at his decease.

Earl Bathurst,
Teller of the Exchequer, to be regulated at
his decease . ... ..
Clerk of the Crown, a sinecure °Mee in Chan,
cery

Stamp Brooksbank,
Chief Clerk in the Treasury, and Auditor of
Treasury Accounts, now ... ..
To be hereafter .. ... ...
I. C. Brooksbank,'
Chief Clerk in the Treasury .. ...
Agent and Paymaster of Chelsea Out-per-
donee ... ... ... ...
Agent for the Bahamas ... ..
Retired allowance, as Commissioner of the,
Lottery ... ... ... ..
H. J. Bouveric,
Commissioner of Customs, now ..
To be reduced ... ...
...

D. M. Binning,
of Customs, now

To be reduced

A. H. Brooking, _
Collector of Customs, Newfoundland, cow ...
To be reduced on vacancy ... ...
F.dward Bates,
Secretary to Board of Taxes ... ...
To be reduced to £BOO .. ...
Hon. W. Cost,
Commissioner of Customs, now ...
To be ... ... ... ..

Marquis Camden,
Teller of the Exchequer . •
Earl of Clarendon,
Chief Justice Eyre ...
Viscount Clifden
Clerk of the Privy Council in Ireland
No longer in exhtenee.
William Cotton,
Chief Clerk in the Treasury, now
To be
Alexander Campbell,
Commissioner of Excise, now ...
To be
Sir W.H. Cooper, Bart. a Clergyman,
F. J. Cooper, bis brother,
Salary
Emoluments

C. G. Christmas,
Deputy Auditor Land Revenue .. ...
Acting Auditor for Lincoln, Nottingham,
Derby, and Chester,—Salary .. ...
Emoluments ... ...
Edward Connor,
Clerk, Chief Secretary's-office ... ...
Pensions for offices held before the Union ...
Lord Dunglas,
Chamberlain of Ettriek Forest ... ••-
R. B. Dean,
Chairman of the Board of Customs ...
And Clerk to Master In Chancery in the
Aliemation-office ... ... ...
Hart Davis,
Commissioner of Excise, now ... ...
To be ... ... ... • ••

Sir F. U. Doyle,
Deputy Chairman Excise Board, now • •
Lobe • • •
Lord Ellenborough.
Chief Clerk Court of King's Bench, fees
John Ebbs,
Deputy Clerk of the Council, and Keeper 01
the Council. chamber, Ireland ...
Clerk in Chief Secretary's-office ..
Also, per annum, for less by the Union ...
Sir Francis Fretting,
Secretary to Post.oflice •••
For his own life, for compensation for lon of
sending'Newspapers to the Colonies ...
Sir Charles Flint,
Resident Secretary Irish office, London ...
Comptroller of Killibegs
Also a Pension of

Sir W. H. Fseemantle
Treasurer of his Majesty's liouseissild
Compensation for loss oft office of Joint Sh.
citor, in England, for Irish Affairs
Lord Grenville. f 1,••
Auditor of the Exchequer ;..•
• Hon. T. Grenville. •.•
Chief Justice In Eyre, South of Vent ...
James Geasge,:-
Second Clerk Treasury . ..•
Pension on viper ant. fund ...
•••.4. Gordon,
Chief Clerk -Secretary of State's-office Gib.
Mel t ..1
To be reduced to
Agent for:Demeiara ,
Agent for Lower Canada
onspensation as naval officer, T 'Waked ...