480 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



which means a saving of the whole 

 revenue of such regulated offices 

 might accrue to the public, while 

 sufficient provision would be made 

 for the responsibility of the person 

 in whom they may hereafter be 

 vested. In other instances it might 

 be expedient, in adopting the prin- 

 ciple of the third resolution, to ad- 

 mit of some modification of that 

 principle, according to the peculiar 



circumstances of the case. 



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Offices, having emolument with- 

 out any duties or responsibility, to 

 which the principle of abolition 

 might be applied without any qua- 

 lification (excepting such as may 

 arise out of existing interests) are, 

 Chief Justice in Eyre, north of 

 Trent, by whom no duties ap- 

 pear to have been lately per- 

 formed, either in person or 

 by deputy. 

 Law Clerk in secretary of state's 



office. 

 Collector and transmitter of 



state papers. 

 Housekeeper in excise. 

 Warehouse-keeper to the slamp- 



ofKce. 

 Constable of the Castle of Li- 

 merick. 

 In Scotland the office of Lord 

 Justice General, appears to have 

 become a perfect sinecure. The 

 duty of this officer was, to preside 

 in the Court of Justiciary. For 

 a long period this high office has 

 been bestowed on persons who 

 have not been brought up to the 

 profession of the law, and the 

 duties of it have in consequence 

 been suspended. 



Your committee think it neces- 

 sary, on this subject, to call the 

 attention of the House to an article 

 of theUnion; wherein it is enacted 

 " That the Court of Justiciary do 



also, after theUnion, and notwith- 

 standing thereof, remain in all time 

 ensuing within Scotland £S it is now 

 constituted, subject nevertheless, 

 to such regulations for the better 

 administration of justice as shall be 

 made by the parliament of Great 

 Britain, and without prejudice of 

 other rights of Justiciary." 



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Those offices which have re- 

 venue extremely disproportionate 

 to employment ; or the duties of 

 which are principally performed 

 by deputy, form two classes, so 

 intimately blended together that 

 the committee have judged it use- 

 less, if not impracticable, to keep 

 them perfectly distinct. 



With respect to those offices, 

 the duties of which are important, 

 though requiring little personal 

 attendance, but which, from their 

 nature or responsibility, can only 

 be discharged by persons of high 

 official situation, the committee 

 suggest the expediency of annex- 

 ing them to other offices of high 

 rank and responsibility; by which 

 means a saving df the whole emo- 

 luments may be derived to the 

 pubhc. 



Among the most important of- 

 fices of thisdescription are those of 

 auditor of the Exchequer, and 

 clerk of the pells. It is stated to 

 bematerial that these offices should 

 be preserved as essential checks 

 on the issue of public money; but 

 it appears to )our committee that 

 such offices might with great pro- 

 priety be annexed to those of pre- 

 sident of the council, and privy 

 seal for the time being ; or to any 

 other office of high responsibility 

 which is not connected with the 

 Treasury or Exchequer. 



The office of master of the mint 

 is found in the list in the supple- 



