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yer, was appointed Lord Chancellor.

has been greatly liyhtcncd during the last
forty years, by giving him assistant or aux.
iliary Judges. Tho Master of tho Rolls
(annual salary $4,000, with retiring pen
sion Of sls,ooo,) in an Equity Judge of
great authority, with Il scperate court, and
the power of hearing and determining orig
inally the same matters rs the Lord Chan
ceiIor, whose signatures must be attached,
however, to his orders or DEGREES before
they can be called. There are, also, with
equal power, two Lord Justices Of Appeal,
each with annual salaries of $4,000, and
three Vice Chanccllors, each with S25, 900
per annum.
The Chancellor has ono drawback k-its
want of pcrmancncy. Every other British
Judge holds Il life appointment; the Lord
Chancellor goes out Of Office when his par
ty do, for his is political appointment. 1t
is true that his fall is broken hy life pen
sion Of $4,000. No British lawyer, if he
once has occupied the judicial judge, can
ever return to private practice. Hence.
large salaries, (though not more than half
Of Il successful lawyers income at the barry
with liberal retiring pensions, tempt the
very best lawyers to abandon the practice
Tor the administration Of the law. The
case OF Lord St. Lconards (Sir Edward Sug-
den) is in point. Un1ucstionably the first
equity lawyer in England, he accepted the
Chancclorship Of Ireland in December,
1884, and retained if for just three months,
when pccls Administration, which appoint
cd him, had to rclinquish Office. At the
bar, his practice has been 100000 year,
and the Irish Chancclorship paid him only
$4,000. Rcsigning at the end Of three
months, he had to retire into private life, a
pension OF $4,000 being poor cquiva-
lent for the vast and almost certain income
he wls earning before he took the ermine.
Again, from 1871 to 1916, he returned to
the Irish Cl'anccry bencl., again retiring on
the defeat of his party, with u pension. In
1852, under Lord Durbv's first Ministry,
Sugcn became Lord Chancellor Of Eng
land, and was created Baron st. Leonar,ls.
lie held the office for nine months, and then
retired OH pension Of $4,000 year,
Had he held the Office only single day, lie
would still have received this pension.
From the very lowest rank, ability and
character at the English bar have raised
men to the ChancelIorship, the highest dig.
nifty under the Crown. For example, since
the commencement of the present century,
the majority of ChanccIors have literally
risen from the ranks. John Scott, created
Earl Of EIdon, was son Of coal filter ut
Newcastle. John Singleton CopIcy, now
Lord Lyndlurst, born at Boston, and five
times in that office, was the son Of pain
ter. Henry Brougham, now Lord Broug-
ham, was the son Of 4 country gentleman
of small estate. Thomas Wilds, afterwards
Lord Truro, was son of an attorney. Ed
ward Sugdcn, now Lord st. Leonartls, was
a BARRIERS son. Frederick Thcsigcr, now
Lord Chelmsford, is son Of ruined West
Indian. On the other hand Lord Erskine
was son of Scottish Earle, and so poor
that he took to law, after having vainly
cndcavored to obtain living in the army
and in the navy. Lord Cottenl,am came
from high and rich family. Lord Gran
worth, who has just quilted the Woosack.
was son of clergyman, who was cousin
to Lord Nelson, Of the Nile and Trafalgar
Now these and other men arose to sta.
ton, rank reputation and wealth, may be
alluded to byand by. At present we only
aimed at letting some Of our legal readers
exactly understand the duties, advantages,
emoluments, dignitios and uncertainty of tile
English ChanceIlorship.
Il U'oman's Rcady Wt.-Thc following
stake in" is too good in its way not to de
serve somewhat more than local publicity
A few days since one of the clcrgymcn
in certain parish WAS quietly seated in
the sacristy Of his chapel, waiting in these
shrove-tide times for the next conner, when,
as he WAS preparing 10 depart, "couplc"
presented thcmsevcs-thcir appearance did
not indicate that, however rich in ono an
others love, they had aught else to boast
of, at least as far as the worlds gear is con
cerned. His reverence was accordingly
rather moderate in his charge; lie would
be content with FL, he said Alas that
sum, though small, was in advance Of what
they had calculated on. One-half exactly
was the utmost they had to offer. Here.
th0n, w"s difficulty; but bumper for
womans wit! it wasn't to be unsurnount.
able. Casting cheering glance, and one
that was full Of meaning at her partner,
who was altogether diseonsolate, "under
the circumstances" she turns to his rcvcr-
encc and begs that he would be so good rs
to wait just for n few moments, while she
runs over to SEQ if some Of the ncishbors