ees and
perquisites; but by 6 Geo. IV. c. 82, 83, 84, it was arranged that the
fees should be paid into the Exchequer, and that the undernamed great
officers of justice should receive the following salaries and pensions
on retirement:--

An. Pension
An. Sal. on retirement.

Lord Chief Justice of King's Bench L10,000 L4000
Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas 8000 3750
The Master of the Rolls 7000 3750
The Vice Chancellor of England 6000 3750
The Chief Baron of the Exchequer 7000 3750
Each Puisne Baron or Judge 5500 3500

Moreover by this Act, the second judge of the King's Bench was
entitled, as in the preceding reign, to L40 for giving charge to the
grand jury in each term, and pronouncing judgment on malefactors.

The changes with regard to judicial salaries under William IV. were
comparatively unimportant. By 2 and 3 Will. IV. c. 116, the salaries of
puisne judges and barons were reduced to L5000 a year; and by 2 and 3
Will. IV. c. 111, the Chancellor's pension, on retirement, was raised to
L5000, the additional L1000 per annum being assigned to him in
compensation of loss of patronage occasioned by the abolition of certain
offices. These were the most noticeable of William's provisions with
regard to the payment of his judges.

The present reign, which has generously given the country two new
judges, called Lord Justices, two additional Vice Chancellors, and a
swarm of paid justices, in the shape of county court judges and
stipendiary magistrates, has exercised economy with regard to judicial
salaries. The annual stipends of the two Chief Justices, fixed in 1825
at L10,000 for the Chief of the King's Bench, and L8000 for the Chief of
the Common Pleas, have been reduced, in the former case to L8000 per
annum, in the latter to L7000 per annum. The Chancellor's salary for his
services as Speaker of the House of Lords, has been made part of the
L10,000 assigned to his legal office; so that his income is no more than
ten thousand a year. The salary of the Master of the Rolls has been
reduced from L7000 to L6000 a year; the same stipend, together with a
pension on retirement of L3750, being assigned to each of the Lords
Justices. The salary of a Vice Chancellor