The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-22
oFEIcTAL SALARIES IN ENGLAND.


perially 80 in Great Britain. The Queen re-
ccivcs annually ti,925.OO0 from the national
cxchcauer " for tho support Of her MaJestys
household and Of the honor and lily pf the
Crown Of the United Kim dom Of Great Britain
and Ireland" Tho Lord Mayor Of London re-
ccivcs $4,000 year. likowisc fOr the support
Of q great amount of honor and dignity" aud
il said to- spend more than hia salary. rs q COM
mon thing, during his year Of Office. Millions
of families in civilized countries earn less than
$500 year. but they cannot, it must b. prcsuni-
ed, afford " dignity on that income. Golfers
and iron workers arc literally starving IN South
Wales and StaiiorGshrc. and yet the Lord
Mayor Of London continues to take his 600
n yenr and her gracious Majesty the Queen
still takes her annual allowance Of nearly
81 900 600 and each contcntcdly spends nearly
the whole amount In nero pOmp. Extremes
uaunlly 20 together Where ono class Is eX-
ceedlngly opulcnt. another and far larger class
IL almost sure 10 receive the worry lowest WAGES,
and be- STEPPED in poverty and Ignorance. II is
exactly thus In England OF the residents Of
the metropolis. ono in six is said to end his days
I'm the workhouso or some other charitable in
stitution. Tho moha which broke mp the
peace meetings In HYDE Park on the Sunday
afternoons Of Fob "a md March 10. were ~
DEGRADED lot of human BEINGS rs one
10000 To GOO0O Of them. and their sole object in
coming therc was to break mp mass meeting
Of the opposite party. An English mob is not
brave byamy moaus-mcrcly vul.ar. violent. and
unrcasonahlc. That Is legitimate product Of
Lngl sh uristocrary.
In strange contrast with tho grovcling igno-
rnn'o anddocp poverty Of thu masscs * the opu-
lcnoc of the landed nobility and gentry. and the
oNtrav VACANT salaries of officials. Yet most poo-
Pile srem very willing TO allow 10 officers sum-
cent salaries 10 1.-Two aud to maintain the dig
nifty co. office" Ms they express II. Tho express
sion Is an ambiguous one. but in practice the
salary is usually large enough To- we'll avoid adj
ground of doubt as TO its sullricncy. Food IL
very high in England. and the wages OF the
common lahorcr are just about such as would
buy food for one person il n reasonable variety
be admitted. Getting such moagrc wages. the
workman is commonly on the lookout for little
graiuitics-bocr money. bcggars' portions
from his official and social suporiors. The low
salurios-low us compared with salaries herc-
OF officials in the United States. are generally
considered somewhat nj ;gardly by the English
people When the salary Of the President was
doubled. the American people thought it far
too high. The English still think the amount
very patry.
II cheap things arc to be considered poor.
and expensive commodities good. then British
justice should be most excellent article for it
is the most costly justice in the world probably.
No one could say that the judiciary " Great
Britain Is totally corrupt. or that bribery exists
- any great cNtcnt. Nevertheless the legal sys-
tenn ofthis country is one Of the most niquitous
and gricVous monopolics in existence. Legal
charges are enormously high. ana I'm any legal
process fees mark every step Of the way. Tho
4 ha
Try arc hopeessy wound about by the tolls of
rapacious lawyers who. If not knaves. are.
at all events. like Shylock sure to demand all
that Is named in the bond" There are II great
many hard things in the bond" when you are
once involved in n law suit here. The legal
system itself is as clumsy a thing IA ever civ
lized country was saddlcd with. American
law is very largely statutory the English is
mostly the unwrtten common law that has como
down from past centuries and whose provisions
are very largely. or perhaps mostly. determin-
ed hy nero preccdents. The charters Of the city
Of London are in no ease in the form Of stntu-
tory cni tmcnts AMI 1t would trouble the Lord
High Chancellor himself 10 say just what the
boosted rights and privileges" claimed by the
| city under those musty charters really are.
! This element OF uncertainty IN their provisions
/ II a most dangerous and troublesome thing, Tor
/ they sometimes have set up claim To mouStrous
/ monopo.ie~, aud no one was competent To- say
! VIII iAe thing IN question was u risht oil the
| Or IL Judges and other high law officers Of
! The principal courts Of Great Britain, on re-
+ o.iN.-u -uIHrv OF $50. Nun uNr uuuum. two have
si1"ou "H"h ;tHre" have f3),oop each I'VE have
/ sail land n"i @-t At1 N.nV-n int 'l-
+ r'.rlN" .uul per y,'tr each. Iuy Lord Hl-h
b 'Aaur"iloroi Great Britain tl.old Cairns r"-
! c'.Af- Oh FIRST .tul,l -litry s3NuHl lu Oh 'l-
| INrty u- 80 Juda,'. and szu,oO a. presiding,
o0i,er ~ IN. House cl P.ers. Ills saiagy +,
! Just ~ 'ut four time, tm "i tN', thlci
/ 90 |
/ Om: ''s, : n .tlr General s8DuOO; and
/ Tie ! nal C.ulto t Appeal in Gt'gt Britain Is
/ IN" linu~ of lord--.No Judges here receive
/ lI.r NuIa~ty'- Clurf oi Appcal-besido- several
/ Jfll rs. vino are members of this Court ~
! nr.r'. has SIX others, of whom one ryoNe-
>IluO. and the other five 500 900 each. In tho
Queens Ben j Division, Llrd Chief Ju-tic,
Io.khurn. with ;lnom has four A~so 'igir OF
mon Prus Division. Lord Chinf Justice Cole
/ rller. with s3juul, has iourASso' uto on pu.9n,
T JUSTICES with $4,000 each: and lastly lon M.
/ LN.hcuu"r DNis on. Lord Chicf Baron Kelly
/ with salary of s3jOlO. has also four A~~,.lat.
or l,ui,n" i3rou~ AZ s25.uu0 each lrry"ar u
receives roiory of $4,000. and twenty two
In to ii uu.' of Lords. the Chairman az com.
miit""~-tlr Earl of R.ds-lule-re elves sl2-
/ lul; the Clerk 90 purlamrnts. the same; tu'
nrpntY. ar First As slant Clerk $4,000; th'
>1jnu. the Chicf Clerk. SGOOU:the Index Clerk
s1tuu; the S.rronut-at- Arm *. S1,jNu; th" lro
man lrhcr. $1,000; and. Justly. thc GcntlcWai
Usher, of the Bn'l, Rol. sion0l. The la,
named Is purely ornamental "iii''r. think
ana TINT, may 'H IN" reason ct hi- cunlhou
r"c.iNcs - uu1;tho Chairman of Committees
~ kind 81 Deputy Speak r, 'l23lj; n
s.-'ant Clerl. $1,000. Scrs'ai.t-a,- Arm $4,000
Liuru.dn, SjOlu: and some hall Al do@ "a other
reGr ,, Il @G ,r' . ,, D., e3,h
puid. The Minister o. Frmt. has P. -pIulN OBJ