The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-10-06 00:00:00

THE GREAT SEAL.

Return to an address of the Hononrahle the House of Com-
mons, dated May 15, 1835, fur a statement of the fees and
stamps charged on the appointments of the lords commis-
sioners of the great seal, and of the speaker of the House of
Lords; also, the amount of salary each commissioner and the
speaker will receive fur such appointment; also, a statement
of all the offices and appointments, lay or ecclesiastical, of
which each of these persons has the disposal.
Fees payable at the secretary of state's office for the £ s. d.
home department 6.3 1 0
at the attorney-general's office 8 10 6
at the signet oflic,.. - 0
at the privy seal office l7 11 6
at the crown office • 16 19 4
at the council office on swearing in Si 14 6
Stamps at the crown office 6OO 0 0
at the secretary of state's office 4 10 -0
at the attorney-general's office 1 10 0

Amounting in the whole t 0.... 810 18 10

Making thd sum payable by each Lord Com- t 270 6 3
naissioner in fees and stamps
The amount of salary which the lords commissioners of the
great seal will receive is regulated by the statutes Ist of William
and Mary, c. 21, and 2d and 3d of William IV., c. 122.
The salary of the lord chancellor, lord keepf,4, and lords Com-
missioners, is tised.by the latter of those statutes at £lO,OOO -per
annum, and is be the sth section of that statute made payable
exclusively out of the dead fund of the court of chancery at the
Bank of England.
Each lord commissioner will therefore be entitled to one-third
of tbat sum. _

The lay offices and appointments of which the lords commis.
sioners have the disposal are the following.—The accountant.
general of the court of chancery, the commissioners of lunacy,
the prin,ipal secretary, the secretary of bankrupts; the secretary
of presentations, the secretary of lunatics, the secretary of coin.
missions of the peace, the secretary of decrees and injunctions,
the cursitors of the court of chancery, the purse bearer, the
gentlemen of the chamber, the official assignees in bankruptcy,
the junior clerk in the register's office, the clerk of reports, the
junior clerk of accounts in the report office, the two clerks of
the entries in the report office, the clerk of affidavits and his
clerk, the examiner of letters patent, the clerk of inrulments in
bankruptcy, the usher of the hall at Lincoln's-inn, the crier of
the court of chancery, the four ushers of the court of chancery,
the running porter of the great seal.
The ecclesiastical offices and appointments of which the lords
commissioners have the disposal are as follows :
They have the right of presenting to all livings (by lapse or
otherwise) in the gift of the crown, of the yearly value of £2O
ur under, in the King's books.
Those in full right are about eight hundred in number • those
by lapse are very few, and are, through courtesy, usually pre-
sented to the nominee of the original patron.
Those where the, patron is a lunatic, are, by courtesy, pre-
sented to the nominee of the committee and fatuity of the
lunatic.

They have also the right of presenting, in cases of vacancy,
13 twenty-one stalls in different cathedrals; viz., five at Nor-
wich Cathedral, five at Gloucester, six at Bristol, and five at
Rochester.

The lords commissioners have signified their intention of sub.
mitring each case of a vacant stall to the church commissioners.
WILLIAM RcSSELL, Principal Secretary.

No fees or stamps were charged on my appointment as speaker
of the Honse of Lords.

I shall re,...eive no salary or fees for such appointment.
I have no ecclesiastical office or appointment at my disposal.
The appointment of clerk assistant and other clerks officiating
at the table of the House of Lords, but not that oflislerk of
the parliament is vested in and to be exercised by the speaker
of the House of Lords for the time being, subject to the appro-
bation of the House of Lords by the act passed in the sth Ueo.
IV. c. 82, s. 3.
May 20, 1835. DENMAN.

STATE OF TRADE.
LaEDS TR A DE.—A good deal of business has been transacted
during the last ten days in the woollen trade of this district, and
the stocks of manufactured goods are now very considerably re-
duced. It is the opinion of experienced persons connected with
the trade, that the stocks cannot be replaced on former teens;
wools have therefore assumed considerable 'firmness, and there
is a fair prospect of plenty of employment for the working classes
during the winter.

BR I: DFOR D MARKET.—There was a very good demand, at this
market, on Thursday, for manufactured goods, principally of the
middle qualities, which ,realised a slight improvement in prices,
and-other deseriptions were in fair request. There wem_inore
inquiries for yarns than in the previous week, and plicos are
looking up. In wools, the principal transactions were in short
wools of good quality, but there was comparatively little demand
for long wools. Altogether, the trade is in a very satisfactory
state.
ROCHDALE, Sept.29.--Our market has beerrvery lively again
this week; flannels of all qualities are in fair demand, and a
scarcity of bands is beginning to be felt, the supply being
scarcely equal to the demand. In wools there has not been
much alteration; middle qualities are very scarce and prices
steady.
KEIG n LEY.-0 wing to the rains which have fallen within the
last fortnight,. the brooks in this neighbourhood have been plen-
tifully supplied, and the factories propelled by water are now
making up for lost time. All hands are fully employed in the
various branches of commerce.