New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
Anglo-American Memories
LORD WITH ON OTHER LAWYERS eEnowN.
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London. March -.

London, March 80.
II voE care Tor = clear view OF Eng
lish life and ~ Engnshmen YOU need
not always 80 70 the mountain tops in
search OF IL II you can md man
who stands for what Is typical, who is
IN the front rank but not among the
VERY foremost. who has. IN high de-
gree. the qualities BY which the aver
age Englishman. having them in much
less degree, succeeds. he is a. well
worth studying for this purpose as the
most illustrous Of them all could
name MANY such men. viii take one
hon 1 knew well for many years. %
whose Kindness I owed much. whom I
saw often IN London and stayed with
often in the country. for whose memory
1 have that kind Of affection which
survives even d sense Of many obhga-
cations. mean Lord =. Heller.
He was Mr. Francis Jeune when first
knew him. and when he married Mrs.
Stanley. Later he became Sir Francis
Jeune. and finally FOUND Eis way into
that House Of Lords which Il IL now
the fashion among one set CT politicians
~ Af-l- DAN 4 81 hlf''-- Aa-tyA- RllA-A-
deny THAI. whatever be the merits OF
dement's Of the hereditary principle, this
house contains more ting-ished and
suprenaely able men than any other body
that can be named. For such a man
as Francis Jeune il was the natural
and pre0r6s3ned abode when his honor
able career reached or approached its
climax
Sir Francis Jeune was z man who
made the most o. his abilities and op-
po-turities. He was q good lawyer. a
gCo6 Judge, and. after his marriage with
Mrs. Stanley. & considerable social force.
Il is among the peculiarities Of English
life that the Presidency OF the Divorce
Court should be one Of four great prizes
a. The English Bar. The Lord High
Chancellor. the Lord Chief Justice and
the Master OF the Rolls hold the other
three most coveted places. These four
are ex oHicio Judges OF the Court OF APP
pea. The Lords OF Appeal n Ordinary,
more commonly called Law Lords: the
Lord Justices. the Justices Of The Chan
Gerry and Kings Bench Division Of the
Supreme Court OF Judicature. all these
are men who have won rhei- way 20 the
tronr and are rewarded by appointments
such as the legal profession IN no other
country can hope FOR
TIE dignity OF al these positions Is
very great and the pay corresponds 10
the dignity. The Lord High Chancellor's
salary is 10000 a year. with a pension
o. S25.cc0 a year for life. The Lords Of
Appeal receive each 10000 a year. the
Master Of che Rolls. $4,000. the Lord
Chief Justice. $4,000, TIE others. s25.G0o.
The Law officers OF the Crown. meaning
The Attorney General and Solicitor Gen
eral must not be forgotten. though they
are. OF course. not on the Bench. only
OF the steps 20 the Bench. The salary OF
the Artorney General is $4,000 a wear.
~. Gladstone IN one OF his moods OF
'-eerocious economy" prohi biteG these
great officers from engaging Il private
practice. but they still enjoy, IN addition
L. their salaries. certain fees. These
amounted in 1903 70 nearly $4,000 for
the Attorney General The Solicitor
Generals pay is 10000 and his fees IN
TIE same wear were S1S500
Z re contrast these splendid figures
with the salaries 81 the judges q the
Suu-ene Court Of the United States, the
motto OF the Republic would seem 70 be
Fsrlet-s Thrift. thrift Horatio." But
II the dwelling doctrines OF the present
Cav v---e 20 prevail the British judges
would soon descend 20 the money level
II the American. But 7 do not imagine
-rev viii The miberal treatment Of
runIic servsnts has never been popular
in England.
T ought not % omit the dist-essful
cou1r-- q ireland. whore the Lord
Chancellor. always an I-ishuan. is paid
$40 coo q wear. and the Attorney Cen
era. always al Irishmau. is paid
5000 z wear. The English salaries
are Dv no means out OF proportion 10
the earnings OF English lawyers at the
bar. They are not II fact, anything
Ike 50 large as those OF the most sue
cessfuI barristers. whether in the Chan
-e-v OF Common Law Courts. But
suppose Il might be difficult 10 name an
Irish ba-rister practising exclusively ~
me T-ish courts whose professional
gains amount % $4,000 year. or any
thing ike IL The scale OF business II
the T-ish courts is not such IS 10 sup
port great fees
Scotland has q Lord Advocate all 20
herself NJ. Alexander Crc. who has &C.
,rl--ed. since ne entered upon this Of
Zee and began making speeches about
old age pensions, q somewhat mixed
fame. the asperities OF politics beng no
-especrers OF persons. not even Of Lord
Advocates NJ. Tres salary IS S-o,vSl
There is nevertheless something IN
these high legal posts which attracts
men 20 vhon The pay. high as i Is. can
le no attraction ~. Rufus Isaacs. for
example. noug Sir Rufus Lsaacs. has Just
s-certed the Solicitor Generalship-
Counting both salary and fees. II can
hardly bring him IN more than SSeo's
2 wear Yet he does not seem reluctant
20 -elirauish private practice which no.
roF- would reckon a. less than Sl"0.-
60. IN income much less. 7 suppose.
-ran that OF many successful New
work LAWYER But that. again, only
eba-rens The contrast. The average In
,.,--,. ~ The maj nates a. the American
rs- being greater than a. the English.
and the - Iaries of the American Judges
being less than half those of the English