The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-15
sALAR1Rs IN ENGLAND.
Incoms OF the Law officers of the
Crowc AID Others


q. ". S. in the Nelo York Tribune
Sir Charles Russell told the House Of Com
mons that it had cost MIN $4,000 70 be attorney
general during the period Of less than six
months when be first held that honorable Office.
IL is understood that his present loss is much
heavier. The attorney general and the solicitor
general were, until the present government was
formed, permitted to continue their private
practice. Under pressure, it is believed. from
una au5tere economist the prime minister, they
Of IL.
These learned gentlemen are, however. not
oekgaFs. me attorney general has ) J., 900 a
year the solicitor general S30G0J ear. They
nave IN ADDITION 10 the salary, fees for cOnten-
tIous business. These amounted in 1861 81 to
S%o,40O for the attorney general and 311, 500 Tor
the solicitor general, apparently for an incOm-
pleLe year. The income OF the att 9fnsy general
Is, therefore, at least $4,000 year for his pub
nc duties only, plus such wre ks and waits from
ms private practice as are TO he CLEANED from
the House OF Lords and the Lrivy council, VIII re
fees suffered to be aid on the hig hest scale
Moreover, the fees paid by the treasury for con-
JentloGs public business are to b Increased
MT. Hamburg, who ra.s this subject in the
House, asked Sir Charles Russell whether this
increase would not amount to another SI5tCOa
year-a question to when no direct answer was
returned. II may probably be assumed. there
fore that this increase does OccIr; If so. the
total public Income of the attorney general is
$4,000 year.
This is greatly in excess of any other known
income IN English public life, the church, the
royal family and yico royalties excepted. The
lord chancellor has $4,000 "a year-S20. 0J0 as
speaker Of House of Lords and $4,000 Judge
an, ana pension o. 5000 year The lord
CHIEF justice has $40 90. The prime minister,
as first lord Of the treasury, is content with
S%5.OOO, and the sa ne sum IS tnouS Int TO suffice
Tor each OF her .najesty's principal secretaries
OF state and for the chancellor OF the eXcnequer.
Other ministers struggle on for smaller re
wards. The first lord OF the admiralty has TO
support lie on S22,5O1. The high secretary has
a TITLE less The secretary for Scotland, the
chancellor of the dUcny of Lancaster the presi-
dents Of the boards of trade, of the local gov
eminent board and of the board of agriculture
get 1000 apieCe
The lords OF appeal aud the master of the
rolls enjoy salaries of $50 600 year: the lords
justices aud the judges of the high court of
justice, including the chancery division, the
queen bench division, and the probate. divorce
and admiralty DIVISIONS receive each the yearly
sum OF $4,000 and so does Lord Penzance, who
rules all y himself over the court Of arches
The speaker Of the House of Commons has
S25, 600 and house, and is cheap at the money
The highest salaries pad in England are
either ornamental clerical. The Queens
priv purse IS $500, 900 year, out Of civil list
OF more than six times that amount; civil list,
all vigorously parceled out, the privy purse ex-
cepted, and paid for salaries of the royal house
bold 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 of S2Oj,O00, in
creased each year to over $500, 90 by the
revenues of the Duchy Of Cornwall The
princess has $4,000 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 parliament, to yearly
lump sum of $50 ,OO0-in the hands of trustees
The brothers of the Prince OF Wales, the Dukes
OF Edinburgh and of COnnaught, have each an
annuity of Sl35, 900; his eldest sister, the EN-
press Frederick of Germany, has $4,000; the
other sisters each $4,000. The salary Of the
lord lieutenant OF Ireland is $4,000.
The archbishop Of Canterbury is not thought
to be.overpaid by salary OF 375, 900. He is,
next after her majesty, the head of the church
and its ruler and the church Is a great estao-
lshment, as well the authorized teacher of
religion to the state. A lesser sum, $4,000
suffices for tha archbishop of York; the same
for the Archbishop of London; $4,000 for the
bishop Of Durham, and nearly as much for him
of Winchester; and for tins rest of the episca-
pal body salaries range from $4,000 to S25 900.
The minimum pay Of the English successors. il
SUCCESSORS they be, TO ST Peter is SlJ, 900. They
all, think, have palaces the royal family
also have, greater or lesser, and have much else
that is a real addition to their incomes.