The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-26 00:00:00

To she iltEtilOlJ)4R, 114.111i5Mtill

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tENtLEMEN,--I beg !cue to call your. attentiMS•
to the point in dispute between SIR ORA.STIS
BURDETT and the MARSHAL OF THE
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KENO'S BENCH, with regard to certain Stuns of
money received, or said to be received, by the Chief
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Judge of the king's Bench, LORD ELLE:6IOe
ROUGH. In the course of my address to you, at
Winchester, I took the liberty to refer to a letter,
lately addressed to the Electors of Westminster by
Sir Francis Burdett, and it must have stung our tutee
1 mies to the soul to hear tiie shciuts of applause with
j which that name) so dreadful to corruption) was ree
I ceived.
In the letter, to which I referred you, theta is; ~
howeter, an assertion respecting the Chief Judge
! above-mentioned, which has been flatly and evou so..
tensely contradicted by a Mr. JONES (of whose rise,
and progress more hereafiet ), who calls ltimss If, and
who, doubtless, is, 4C Marshal of 1k; Prison of thd
King's Bench." • .
Gentlemen, this is a matter deeply interesting td
you and to the whole nation. All men shoutdovhen
they speak seriously, speak troth, and especially
%viten they are preferring accusation ; and though I
most confess, that it would be extremely mortify Mg
to me to he obliged to show that Sir irrancis Bur:
dent's zeal had, in such a case, curriel him beyond
the limits of truth ; yet, I ara quite sure, that eyed •
my respect for him would not induce tne• toeshritik
from my duty. In his reputation stre are all deeply '
, interested ; and, therefore, we should neglect nothing
that may tend to give as correct notions with regard
to every part of his public conduct.
There is, Gentlemen, an assertion by Sir Francis
, Burdett, with regard to Lord Elldithorough ; and n •
denial by Mr. Jones, its defence of that Judge. Bite
t.the better to understand 'the whole matter, we will
first take the entire paragraph of Sir Francis's letter,
containing the assertion; and, after hating made thei
necessary remarks, in the way of explanation. we
will tale the entire letter of Mr. Jones, and then see,
from authentic docurnents, which is true, the ctsser4
lion, or the denial. .
i The paragraph, in Sir Francis's letter, is as fal-
-1 lows :—" Gentlemen, it is often affirmed that the •
I savings in our power to make frOM sinecures anti
pensions would afford no relief to the • people ;let
us take a few out of the numerous instances. The
i House of Commons itself, ia sheer places and pen,
sions, swallows as much as Would give fifty shillings
a year to 71,221 families ; would this be nothing ?
i would it not be felt by the pec;ple? Lord Arden,
brother to the late Minister, with resersion to the
' late Minister himself, receives from his siitecuret
3.9.57.41. a year ; this is the exact sum stated ; but, it
is said, that he has besides, immense sums' arising
from interest. Here is support all the year round;
at 12 shillings a weer, for more than a thousand fa-
milies. The same may he said for the rataily of
Grenville. The Duke of Grafton's sinecure` a:nl
pensions would maintain half as many ; 'and, iii
short, it is in this way the nation .is iro;Joverishvd
wad reduced tnintsety.- °Tttry.oltrrytt krb /us_
TICE ELLENBOROUGII, BESIDES' MS .SAs
LARY, ILEUM es• IN gINECUit.F3 0631. A.
Y EAR, BESIDES HAYING OPFICEi'TO 'i ELI.,
AND PARTICIPATING IN Toro rApt.,l;-
mENIS OF MS OWN JAILER. The siw'cares
of the Chief Justice would keep three hOndri,ll fa.
males. Mr. Gunier4 tile Apothecary-Geeerall hal
i a clear 12,0001. a yearoccording to his own. ac.
1 knowledgemint. Besides the sums given to the *Princes
I out of the DeOits of the Adtiliralty. The RN'S
1 private property hi the funds .esempted froM the In:
come Tea; and Mr. Addingtow(the tinker tied the a
breaker of the. Treaty of Amietts), in 1.-301, Misape
I plying upwards Of 50,0061. (voted for the Civil List),
as a Loan to-the Duke of York, only a small *pert
of which has been repaid, and that without interest.
What noble warn/des-they set us' of makiies scri.
fires: and for reconciling the pCopte to their suffef-
ings, from the weight of the taxes, and the dis-
-1 tresses of the times !"
Now, Gentlemen, suffer not yourselves to he heat-
ed by this statement ; but.bring your minds cool cad
impartial to the great point relative to the Chiet
Judge, Etlenborougit. Upon This point I shall make
no assertion of my oxn; nor will I offer any opinion
touching it. I will simply lay before rot such. (nets
as I happen to be in possession of; and I Will take
no facts which I do not draw from authentic reenels.
Sir Francis says,that the Chief Jodgeof the Kitrg's
Bench, Ellenborongh, besides his salary, receive.'S in
sinecures 8,9931. a. year. We %sill enquire into th:s
;before we proceed any further. The salary is s,hi)•)*.
a year ; hut Sir Francis talks of sinecures; ae,,,
Gentlemen, upon this point, Sir Francis is tio. quit;
correct ; for he hat Oated‘the amount of these sine-
cures to be LESS than what it really is , that is ti,
say, lithe official documents that 1 am abo,:t toquot.!
are not errontpus I for, according to t: em, the pe fl.
coeds of Lord Elleeborough's sinecures ate as fol-
lowsl :
Ist. As Clll4 Clerk In his own Court, stated in a Orport
to the litut,•e of Coonnomi, moved for by Lord Cochrane,
and dated tMb of Jere, MS - X 7 Ikl
2d. As Clerk of the Errors, for filling which office a per-
son receives 1001. a yeiir - - ?.,10
This is stated in a Report printed by order of the
Iluu-e of C, 18th door, D'il
3d. Out of the !teat, as stated for the year 1111?)
in the last-mentioned Report - - 24.1

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mention the entrance of Sir Rowzaits Illai'and hia . Total of Sinecures, as stated in the Parliamentiry
army into Toledo. • ftel.pris - •.. - -9. i. ',75
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CORN-EXC./UMW., Orr 9.01- Total, as stated by Sit Francis Burdett - 1i.59.3
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Having bin a moderate supply. of Wheat this morning, and Understatement by Sir Francis Burdett - tIF,J
many buyers, the sales were brisk at an advance of 10c per 1 --
quaker ou last Monday's prices.
Barley is 49.6 d. pergeoner I But, Sit- Francis goes on, mutt says, • that the
dedrer, having hittiigtle at marker. Mak is also lis. 6d. per Chef Justice has OFFICES to SELL! And, feta!
quarter higher.. White Peas, brief searceclaave aikraticed COO- '
stderably t as 6ne Bellew obtained us high as 14s. per quarter. -then, that' ho participates" in the emolument's of iiiv.,
Beans are 54. per gnawer de.irer. The supply of Oats being own Jailer! _.
large, thatairiscle i. Ys. per quarter &taper. In Grey Ileum -
there is uo alteration. Au% , as tourbing OFFICES To 'SELL, I dot
Wheat (English) .... 113 140 Helps
Ditto (I °reign) . .. 110 130 Tick do: ... ...... 74 74
flee - lordered to he printedon the 15th of 105 Commons, at
Barley
i•New ditto Oh 04) rim ditto .. . ... -••• •00 Ot) borough, under his-own hand, acknowledges .. to b
Mott 94 101 Poland do.
following•c saleable by the Chief Justice,
White Peas. 100.116 Feed ditto • • 4sJustice, theitice.-:
1 Ditto (b0i1er5)...... 40) 540 P0tat0rt10......... -• b 6 60 Ist,,the office of Chief Clerk ; Id, that of Cuitos
New ditto .... . , ... •OD ill 1 Fine Mit ..,,,,. 105 111 Breeium : 3d, that of Filucer Exigcnter and Clerk '
Grey Peas .... ....... 74 78 I Seconds ••. • • ISO WI .
New ditto oc, 00 ii It seed
,_ go zue of the Outlawries ; that these three offices are, in

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