Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-03-17
JUDICIAL SALARIES IN ENGLAND.

| Apr0poS OF the Dill to increase the Eala-
ries of judges Of the Supreme Court, the
following, concerning salaries of great
Judges in England, has interest:
The British Lord Chancellor has a salary
| of Gl0, 600 year, and on entering Office is
allowed 81, 900 for an outfit. This sum s
intended to defray the expenses OF carriages
horses, &c, but these very often cost a
great deal more tnan the sum named AL
though the keeper of the Queens consci-
ence AZ the Lord Chancellor is called, he
does not now maintain the splendor of
! former days, and often goes to hls court in
ga neat brougham' Instead OF grand
c6ach with two gigantic Ieamesses" be.
hind it.
The salary of the Lord Chancellor was,
until few years ago, Ga, 600 n year
G10 600 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 eco 600 a
wear, as he received fees OF various kinds
that are now abolished, or diverted into
other channels. In those days it was
petty easy for great lawyer who was
raised to the peeraqe to leave sufficient for
tune behind him to maintain, with what is
considered in England adequate dignity, a
peerage. Lord Eldon and his st II more
famous brother, Lord Stowell, who We're
the 'us of a Newcastle coal merchant,
both left very large fortunes. Lord Chan
cellor Hardwicke did the same, and many
ether instances might be mentioned
Nowadays, however, unless man has
been very saving while enjoying | 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 Chancellors peers, on the
ground Of the inadequacy OF their means
TO sustain The dignity.
1t is long time since law peer died
rich. Lord Lyndhurst did not leave Il
comfortable provision for his family. Lord
Brougham, who had been very careful, lett
considerable property, but not what eth
er here or in England would be called
wealth.
The retiring income of Lord Chancel-
Tor is IS 600 year, and this he is entitled
to quite irrespective OF the duratlL OF his
tenure of the Office.
The Lord Chief Justice OF England re-
ceves IS, 600 and retiring pension OF E5-
000 This appointment, pecuniarily con-
sidered, is far more valuable than the
CHARACTERISTIC.
The Lord Chief Baron and Lord Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas receive e.,
600 year, with retiring allowance on the
same scale as the Chief Justice of England.
The Pension Judges receive $4,000
year, and pension, after fifteen years
service OF E3, 500 year. Although
Judge may retire after that term of service
he seldom does so unless he feels the effects
of age and inhrmity.
A retiring Judge is not usually useless to
the country, since he is almost invariably
appointed member of the Judicial Com
mittee of the Privy Council, and in that
capacity renders good service, though of a
kind infinitely less laborious than that on
the bench.
The Lords Justices of Appeal in the
Court of Chancery receive $1,000 year.
the Vice-Chancellor $4,000 q year, the
Master of the Rolls CT, 600 year.
Before the reforms introduced and eff
rected by Lord Brougham, the Court of
Chancery was hotbed for patent places
and monopolies There Is en old clergy
man, nephew, a great nephew, of Lord
Chancellor Thurlow, who enjoys, and has
enjoyed for upwards of forty years, eli, 600
year from Offices of this description
which are complete sinecures
The taxing masters of the Court of Chan
Gerry enjoyed immense salaries, as also the
door. keeper; and several other functiona-
res 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 suitors were numer-
Gus.
The Judge of the Court of Probate re-
ceives "a, 900 q year as the judge OF that
Court, and 81 000a year as Judge Ordinary
of the Court of Divorce. His duties, in
common 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 based upon
the earnings Of leading members OF the
bar. A man in great practice may make
in England from ct, 900 to El4, 600 year.
Much larger incomes have been made, and
perhaps III some cases still are made, but
they are very rare. Sir James Scarlett, af-
forwards Loru Ablnger, VINO Obtained the
soubriqast OF 'the thirteenth juryman, and
probably made more than any one before
or since at the common law bar, gained in
one wear go, 900. An income as large was
probably often made by two or three OF the
Henderson the Parliamentary bar when that
branch of the profession was in its zenith.
Very large sums have been gained mere
ly by opinions given in Chamber practice.
Sir Rounded Palmer and Sir Fitzrov KEEL
| ly, now Lord Chief Baron, have been re-
markabe for this class u legal business.
1t is believed in England that it would
be impossible to secure the services of the
first men in th profession rs judges If the
remuneration offered were very inferior to
that obtained by them as barristers; and
further, that the salary OF judge ought to
be sufficient to place him above tempta-
ton, and to enable him to live in n style
betting his high office,