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JUDICIAL SALARIES In ENGLAND.

JUDICIAL SALARIES In ENGLAND.
Apropos of the bill to increase the sala-
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 ETC. 900 year. and on entering Office is
allowed e, 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. as the Lord Chancellor is called, he
does not now maintain the splendor of
former days, and often goes to his court 10
"a neat brougham" instead of a grand
coach with two gigantic ''Jeamesses" be-
hind it.
The salary of the Lord Chancellor was,
until few years ago, el4. 900 year
R1O. 600 as Chancellor and "a, 000a Speak
er of the House cf Lords; and up to the
time of Lord Eldon the income of the
Chancellor was, altogether, quite f20, 600 q
year, rs be received fees of various kinds
that are now atofisbed, or diverted into
other channels. In those days il was
pretty easy for a 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, a
peerage. Lord Eldon 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 cid the same, and many
ether instances might be mentioned.
Nowadays, however, unless a man has
been very saving while enjoying l-rge in
come at the bar, bis 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 inadeqascy Of their means
to sustain the dignity.
1t is n long time since law peer died
rich. Lord Lyndhurst did not leave a
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-
lor is e5 600 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 q retiring pension of E5,-
000 This appointment, pecunisrily con-
sidered, is far more valuable than the
CHARACTERISTIC.
The Lord Chief Baron and Lord Chief
Justice OF the Common Pleas receive G7,-
600 a year, with a retiring allowance on the
same scale as the Chief Justice of England.
The Pension Judges receive $4,000 a
year. and a pension, after fifteen years
service of IS, 500 n year. Although a
Judge may retire after that term of service,
he seldom does so unless he feels the effects
of age and infirmity.
A retiring Judge is not usually useless to
the country. since he Is almost invariably
appointed member of the Judicial Com
mittee of the Puvy Council, and in that
capacity renders good service, though of a
kind infinitely les laborious than that on
the bench.
The Lords justices Of Appeal in the
Court of Chancery receive 81. GOO a year,
the Vice-Chaneellor $4,000 year, the
Master of the Rolls e7, 600 year.
Before the reforms introduced and ef-
fected by Lord Brougham, the Court Of
Chancery was hotbed for patent places
and monopoliss- There is an old clergy
man, q ne phew, a great nephew, of Lord
Chancellor Thurlow, who enjoys, and has
enjoyed for upwards OF forty years, Ell, 900
q 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 bciy. They owed their
large salaries TO the fact that they were
paid by fees and the Euitors were numer-
Gus.
The Judge Of the Court Of Probate re-
eeives "a 600 a year as the judge of that
Court, and 81, 600 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-are based upon
the earnings of leading members of the
bar. A man in great practice may make
in England from "a, 900 to s14, 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
tervards LORD Abinger, who obtained the
soubriquet of ''the thirteenth juryman, and
probably made more than any one before
or since at the common law bar, gained In
one wear G22, 000 An income as large wal
probably often made by two or three OF the
leaders'oI 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 FItzroy Kel.
", now Lord Chief Baron, have been re-
markable for this class of legal business.
IT is believed in England that 1t would
be impossible to secure the services OF the
first men in the profession as judges if the
remuneration offered were very inferior tc
that obtained by them as barristers; anc
further, that the salary of judge ought te
be sufficient to place him above tempta
ton, and to enable him to live IN style
BETTING his high office
Judges very rarely leave behind them
more than comfortable provision for tneil
wives and daughters. and enough to star
their sons well in profession or business
A judge, unless he inherits family property
scarcely ever 'smakes an eldest son, as ths
expression goes in England.
Whatever may be the defects of the Eng
lish legal system, one fact in regard to it II
certain-that the Judges and their Judge
ments are held in high and v-ell-deserve6
estimation. An attempt to reduce ther
salaries would meet with no favor from th,
public, which is persuaded that, in law a.
in other matters, If you want good thint
Won must paw fer it, and which has mad
up its mind that when a Judge is in ques
ton you want very good thing indeed.
MINING UNDER TIE SEA.-There is q vas
copper mine in England, where shafts ex
tend many hundred yards under the sea
The moaning of the waves as they dasl
against the rocks is forever sounding II
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