Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-05-25

Bank of England had Ell 400 year. with residence the
assistant cashier e. O0O The accountant 20O and the
assistant accountant fs00 In the India House salaries
in similar position No doabt these clerks rendered
service for their money; be could say the Of those in
the employment Of Government. In the Bank Of England
the total amount of salaries 900 annually being
only less than the aggregate amount Of salaries paid
by the Treasury, the Home Office, the Foreign Office, the
Colonial Office, the Prvy Council and the Boards of Trade
and Education, which amounted to f23s, 900.
Sir ResERT Peel strongly against the motion,
and in favor Of Ministers. He said:
"The lowest salary in the Government offices zoo
per annum young remained two three years at
that salary, which perfectly insufficient after certain
length OF service be received f20O; not the amount
OF labor, but the trust rep0sed in all those which
ought to be considered Secretary of State First Lord
OF the Treasury could not do his duty without entrusng
secrets OF state to who in the receipt of f40O
I5OO year, and could instance be adduced in which
the confidence SO reposed had been betrayed Hear hear
not the Of labor but the of honorable
confidence and nothing could be mischevous for the
public service than to reduce the emoumens of these subor
dnae offices SO as to make them untenable by men who
they had not the foune had least the feelings OF gentle
men, 1t was forty years since he (Sir r. Peel) entered Of
fee and he happy have this occasion Of bearing his
testimony to the scrupulous fidelity which marked the
duct OF the subordinate officers to the ability which many OF
them possessed and to the proofs they had given that they
were worthy OF great confidence He had heard OF instances
in foreign countries where important documents ard secrets
were stated to have ansped but he heard OF In
stance in which just mputaon could be made against the
honor Of the humbles employed in the establishments
Of this country When he appointed First Lord OF the
Treasury he allowed two secretaries the salary being
e300 for one, and 9l0 for the other f300 and ESQ for
cognzant of what there to be done in pub
lie Office he himself He had alternative but to
select young in the Treasury. He had 70 leave
them there without the Of marking the opinion he en-
eaned of their services except by the gratitude he had to
express But two young could havo more faithfully
fulfilled their duties. The account he giving of them
must be the given of those who occupied similar
Offices in the departments Of the public service He should
against the motion, which calculated to iafct a
wrong upon to many of whom the public were under
the greatest obligations"
Sir ROBERT PEEL added that the total expenditure Of
lS49 g4s, 000 600. But would be i'm
preston the public thought the whole admitted Of reduc
ton because FIRST there the public debt to be provided
for then the civil list and the naval and military hapay
and that, deductng from the f4s 000 900 600
which could not be reduced by the Executive Government
the amount Of 600 left the for reduc
ton Of expenditure. He certainly did say it would counte
expectations if from reductions Of salaries
the public were led to anticipate any great relief"
1t stated during this debae that the number of persons
employed under the French Government 1885, 0OO while
in England the total number below $4,000; and thai
there country in which the public service
nomicay performed in England. The debate terminated
with l73 members voting for the motion, and 269 against
it, being majority Of 96 for the Ministers.