The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-18
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JUDICIAL SALARIES IN ENGLAND.

Apropos of the bill to increase the sals-
ries of judges of the Supreme Court, the
following concerning salaries of great
Judges in England, has interest:
The British Lord d-Chancellor has salary
of 910, 000 year, and on entering Office ID
allowed e, 600 for an outfit. This sum 4
intended to defrsy the expensesof carriages
horses, &c., but these very often cost s
great deal more tnan the sum named. Al
though the keeper of the Queens consci
ence. as the Lord Chancellor is called, he
does not now maintain the splendor OF
former days, and often goes to his court in
"a neat brougham" instead of grand
coach with two gigantic 'Jeamesses" be.
hind it
The salary of the Lord Chancellor was,
until few years ago, el4.0O0 q year
210. 900 as Chancellor and "a 000as Speak
er of the House of Lords; and up to the
time of Lord Eldon the income of the
Chancellor was, altogether, quite go 600 8
year, as he received fees of various kinds
that are now abolished, or diverted into
other channels In those days it was
pretty easy for great lawyer who was
raised to the peerage to leave sufficient for
tune behind him to maintain, with what is
considered in England adequate dignity, q
peerage. Lord EIdon and his st II more
famous brother, Lord Stowell, who were
the sons of a Newcastle coal merchant,
both left very large fortunes. Lord Chan
cellor Hardwicke did the same, and many
other instances might be mentioned.
Nowadays, however, unless q man has
been very saving-vhile enjoying l. rye in
come at the bar, his chances of fortune
making when raised to the bench are over
In fact, some objection has been raised to
making Lord Chaneellors peers, on the
ground of the insdequacy of their means
to sustain the dignity.
It is long time since q law peer died
rich. Lord Lyndhurst did not leave a
comfortable provision for his family. Lord
Brougbam, who had been very careful, left
considerable property, but not what eth
er here or in England would be called
wealth.
The retiring income of Lord Chancel-
lor is e5 000 year, and this he is entitled
to quite irrespective of the duration of his
tenure of the Office.
The Lord Chief Justice of England re-
ceives eS 600 and retiring pension of e5,-
000 This appointment pecunisFily con-
sidered, is far more valuable than the
Chanceliorship.
The Lord Chief Baron and Lord Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas receive g.
600 year, with retiring allowance on the
same scale as the Chief Justice of England.
The Pension Judges receive e5, 600
year, and q pension, after fifteen years
service of s., 500 q year. Although
Judge may retire after that term Of service,
he seldom does so unless he feels the effects
of age and infrmity.
A retiring Judge is not usually useless to
the country, since he is almost invariably
appointed member of the Judicial Com
mittee of the PEvy Council, and in that
capacity renders good service, though of a
kind infinitely less laboriOus than that on
the bench
Ths Lords Justices of Appeal in the
Court of ChaneeTy receive e7. 600 e-year,
the Vice-Chsncellor $4,000 a year, the
Master of the Rolls e. 600 year.
Before the reforms introduced and ef-
fected by Lord Brougham, the Court of
Chancery was hotbed for patent places
and monopolies. There is an old clergy
man, a nephew, 8 great nephew, of Lord
Chancellor Thurlow, who enjoys, and has
enjoyed for upwards of forty years, Eli, 600
3 year from Offices of this description,
which are complete sinecures.
The taxing-masters of the Court of Chan
cery enjoyed immense salaries, as also the
door-keeper; and several other functiona-
ries were equally fortunate. The duties of
the officers were by no means exhaustive,
either of mind or body. They owed their
large salaries to the fact that they we've
paid by fees and the Euitors were numer-
Gus.
The Judge of the Court of Probate re-
eeives $4,000 year as the judge of that
Court, and e, 000a year as Judge Ordinary
of the Court of Divorce. His duties, In
ccznmon with those Of the other judges,
are very onerous.
The high salaries given to the British
judges-for those In Ireland and Scotland
are also most literally paid-sre based upon
the earnings of leading members of the
bar. A man in great practice may make
in England from 81, 900 to e14, 600 year.
Much larger incomes have been made, and
perhaps in some cases still are made, but
they are very rare. Sir James Scarlett, af-
terwards LORD Abipger, who obtained the
soUbTiouet of 'fhe thirteenth jurymsn, and
probably made more than any one before
or since at the common law bar, gained in
one wear e22, 900. An income as large was
probably often made by two or three Of the
leaders OF the Parliamentary bar when that
branch of the profession was in Its zenith.
Very large sums have been gained mere
IL by opinions given in Chamber practice.
Sir Roundell Palmer and Sir Fitzroy Kel-
", now Lord Chief Baron, have been re-
markable for this class of legal business.
1t is believed in England that it would
be impossible TO secure the services of the
first men in the profession as judges If the
remuneration offered were very inferior to
that obtained by them as barristers; and
further, that the salary of q judge ought to
be sufficient to place him above tempts-
tiop, and to enable him to live IN style
BETTING his high Office.
Judges very rarely leave behind them
more than comfortable provision for their
wives and daughters, and enough to start
their SONS well in profession or business.
A Judge, unless he inherits family property,
scarcely ever ''makes an eldest son, as the
expression goes in England.
Whatever may be the defects Of the Eng
hsh legal system, one fact in regard to 1t is
certain-that the judges and their Judge
ments are held in high and well-deserved
estimation. An attempt to reduce their
salaries would meet with 40 favor from the
public, which is persuaded that, in law as
in other matters, If you want good thing
you must pay ferit, and which has made
up its mind that when judge is in ques-
ton you want a very good thing indeed
MINING UNDER TIE SEA.-There is vast
copper mine in England, where shafts ex-