New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-31
ENGLISH SALARIES.

HOW THEIR INCOMES COMPARE WITH
These 6rn0THER PUBLIC !
SERVANTS.
London, March Is.
Sir Charles Russell told the House of Common
Last evening that 1t had cost him 81 900 to b.
Attorney General during the period Of less than
ak months when he first held that honorable
office. Il Is understood that his present los Il
much heavier. The Attorney General and the s..
lictor- General werc until the present Governments
was formed, permitted to continue their private
practice. Under pressure it is believed, from thas
austere economist, the Prime Minister, they have
relinquished that privilege, or some part Of Il
They may still take before the House e.
Lords and the Privy Council
It does not follow that these learned gertIA.
men are reduced to a condition OF actual bes.
gary. They have. to begin with. salaries. III
Attorney General has $4,000 year: the Solid.
r-Ceneral, $50, 900 year. They have, in addL
ton to the salary, fees for contentious busip,s.
These amounted in 1867 to $4,000 for tn
Attorney General and $4,000 for the SolIcit~.
General apparently for an incomplete year. n
income OF the Attorney General is, therefore =
least $50, 900 q year for his public duties oulv.
plus such wrecks and waits from his private pra,.
tce as are TO be CLEANED from the House Of Lord.
and the Privy Council, where fees are suffered 10
be paid on the highest scale Moreover, the fees
paid by tho Treasury for contentious public busL
ness are to be increased. Mr.. Hamburg. WIN
raised this subject in the House. asked Sir CharIs
Russell whether this increase would not amount
| to another $4,000 year; question to which
no direct answer was returned II may probably
be assumed, therefore, that this increase does
occur: il so, the total public income of the At
torney- General is $4,000 year.
This is greatly I'm excess OF any other known
income in English public life; the Church, the
Royal Family and VicerOyalties excepted. The
| Lord Chancellor has $4,000 year-S20o00 A
| Speaker of House Of Lords and 900 as judge
| and pension Of $4,000 a year. The Lord
| Chief Justice has $4,000. The Prime Minister
| as First Lord Of the Treasury is content with
| $?5, 00O and the sum is thought TO suffice
for each Of Her Majestys Principal Secretaries Of
| State and for the Chancellor Of the Exchequer
| Other Ministers struggle on for smaller rewards
| The First Lord OF the Admiralty has TO support
| life on $4,000. The High Secretary has tri6s
| less. The Secretary for Scotland, the Chancellor
| OF the Duchy Of Lancaster. the Presidents OF thu
| Board OF Trade. OF the Local Government Board
and OF the Board OF Agriculture, get $4,000
apiece. The Lords OF Appeal and the Master Of
the Rolls enjoy salaries Of $4,000 a year: the
| Lords Justices and the Judges Of the High Court
Of Justice, including the Chancery Division, the
| Queens Bench Division, and the Probate, Divorce
and Admiralty divisions. receive each the yearly
sum OF $4,000. and 80 does Lord Penzance, who
rules all by himself over tho Court of Arches.
The Speaker Of the House OF Commons has $4,000
and house, and is cheap at the money. "a
Whether, therefore, you take the standard pre-.
| vailing in politics, the standard prevailing In
| law, or at least, among the Judges, the income
Of the Acknowledgement does nor. on the fee Of
| it. seem inadequate. / enter upon no comparison
| with In" state Of things in America. where the
public service ia. in all its higher branches, simply
starved, and where only rich man can afford 10
| be Judge Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States or Cabinet Minister. II the people OF the
| United States. the immense majority Of the sixty
| odd millions being poor men. like TO make great
public Office monopoly of the rich, they are un-
| doubtedly entitled TO hold and 10 act upon whist
| may seem to others self-denyiny view, and
view detrimental TO the public service
The highest salaries paid in England arc either
ornamental or clerical. The Quorn's privy purse %
| 100000 year, out OF a civil list OF more than
six tines that amount; civil list, all vigorously
parcelled out, the privy purse excepted and paid
for salaries Of the royal household expenses OF the
royal household, and sundry smaller items. The
Prince Of Wales has what is called an annuity.
meaning an annual payment from the Treasury OK
5000 900, increased each year TO over 100000 by
the revenues OF the Duchy OF Cornwall The
Princess has $780, 900 TO herself--just the sum
thought sufficient for the President Of the United
States. The children Of the Prince and Princess OF
Wales are entitled, under recent vote OF Parlla-
ment, to yearly lump sum Of Sls0,0OO-in the
hands OF trustees. The brothers of the Prince
Of Wales, the Dukes Of Edinburgh and of Con-
naught, have each an annuity Of $4,000; nv
eldest sister, the Empress Frederick of Germany
has SAC, 900: the other sisters each 100000 Ino
salary Of the Lord Lieutenant OF ireland 70
100000.
have called all these posts and personages Or
namental, and so they are. II does not follow
that some Of them are not also useful Inc
u Queen. for example, is perhaps. the most INDUS
trious woman in the kingdom, and gets through
an amount OF busness-of state business implying
great abilities and great energy of mind (which
not many, IL any, Ministers would care to 90 con-
tinuously for ifty.fve years. What keeps Minis
tcrs alive in this country is the compulsory vaca'
ton they take when an ungrateful country prefers
to be governed by their opponents.
II the pay Of the great dignitaries OF the Churcn
Of England Is not on scale so splendid as thas
of the Royal Family, it is still splendid. The Arch
bishop of Canterbury is not thought to be over
paid by q salary Of $4,000. lie is, neat ai1eF
Her Majesty, the Head Of the Church and its rue''
and the Church is great Establishment. as we'll a
the authorized teacher Of religion to the Sta"'
A lesser sum, $4,000, sufices for the Archoishov
Of York; the same for the Bishop of LONDON !
$4,000 for the Bishsp of Durham, and nearly :. !.
much for him Of Winchester; and for the rest =.
the Episcopal body salaries range from sio'vV.
TO $4,000. The minimum pay of the Enei'sn
Successors, II Successors they be, to ST. Fe'ef, =
$4,000 They ALL think, have palaces as w
pa,.al Ea,l, also have creafer or lesser ana naN