JUDICIARY. England. High Court of Chancery. — Lord Cottenham, Lord High Chancellor ; salary, £14,000: Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, £7,000: Sir Launcelot Shadwell, Sir J. L. Knight Bruce, and Sir James Wigram, Vice Chancellors, £6,000 each. ――― Court of the Queen's Bench. - Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice; £10,000: Sir J. Patterson, Sir J. Williams, Sir J. T. Coleridge, and Sir Wm. Wightman, Judges, £5,500 each. Court of Common Pleas.— Sir Thomas Wilde, Lord Chief Justice, £8,000: Sir Th. Coltman, and Sir W. H. Maule, Sir C. Creswell, Sir W. Erle, Judges, £5,500 each. Court of Exchequer. - Sir Frederic Pollock, Lord Chief Baron, £7,000 : Sir James Parke, Sir E. H. Alderson, Sir R. M. Rolfe, Sir Thomas Platt, Barons, £5,500 each. Scotland. Court of Sessions.—1st Division. David Boyle, Lord President, £4,300 : J. H. Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie; J. Fullerton, Lord Fullerton; Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, Judges, £2,000 each. 2d Division.- John Hope, Lord Justice Clerk, £4,000: J. H. Forbes, Lord Medwyn; Sir J. W. Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff; H. Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Judges, £2,000 each. Those of the Judges who are also Judges of the Criminal Court have an additional £600 a year. Outer House; Permanent Lords Ordinary, attached equally to both Divisions of the Court. J. Cunninghame, Lord Cunninghame; Sir J. A. Murray, Lord Murray; James Ivory, Lord Ivory; Alexander Wood, Lord Wood; Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson. 29* Ireland. Court of Chancery.— Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Lord Chancellor, £8,000: Francis Blackburne, Master of the Rolls, £4,500. Court of the Queen's Bench. Lord Chief Justice, £5,076: Charles Burton, Philip C. Crampton, Louis Perrin, Judges, £3,692 each. Court of Common Pleas. - Hon. John Doherty, Lord Chief Justice, £4,615 Robert Torrens, Nicholas Ball, and J. D. Jackson, Judges, £3,692 each. Contributions made by the People of the United States during the year 1847, for the relief of Ireland and Scotland. N. B. The following list is known to be very incomplete, and is submitted in the hope of furnishing more satisfactory statistics in our next number. All the returns have been obtained from original sources, excepting that from New Orleans. In the enumeration of towns which contributed through the Boston Committee, some which contributed both money and provisions may have been counted twice. The amount contributed by charitable associations and committees, is supposed to have been less than the private remittances of the Irish in this country to their friends at home. Through Messrs. Harnden & Co., of Boston, there were remitted from November 1st, 1846, to October 1st, 1847, in small bills, mostly below £20, and all under £100, $536,056 for the relief of the suffering, and for passage money to this country. Those who have fuller statistics are respectfully requested to send them to the editor for publication in the next vol ume. Amount in Corcoran & Riggs, $51,372 46 6,203 03 2,745 22 950 50 731 00 179 28 116 25 3,878 13 24,251 10 5,000 00 6,377 00 2,966 97 3,539 45 2,180 69 30,385 00 9,670 14 5,000 00 16,354 00 50,000 00 Amount in provisions, etc. 13,000 00 169,450 13 15,400 00 3,566 00 80 00 337 00 901 00 68,225 38 Providence, R. I., Louisville, Ky., do. Baltimore, New Orleans, Catholic contributions in New York, Through N. Y. Commit. to May 27, 1,441 65 15,000 00 472 00 308 15 Total. 5,300 00 4,736 00 $51,372 46 60,566 91 9,769 03 17,572 85 4,142 22 1,030 50 1,068 00 179 28 116 25 4,779 13 24,251 10 174,847 73 73,225 38 7,059 00 80,284 38 6,377 00 15,000 00 3,438 97 3,847 60 2,180 69 30,385 00 9,670 14 5,300 00 5,000 00 21,090 00 50,000 00 13,000 00 169,450 13 1,441 65 AMERICAN OBITUARY. 1 8 4 6. Sept. 8.-Off Cape Hatteras, George Mifflin Bache, Lieutenant-commanding United States Brig Washington. Lieutenant Bache was born in Philadelphia, where he received his education previously to his entrance into the Navy of the United States. He was ardently attached to his profession, and his mind was directed to the branches of science which bear upon nautical affairs. His service on ship board was nearly constant, and was always acceptable to those in command. About eight years ago he entered upon the duties of the coast survey, in which he distinguished himself by his precision, and the fertility of resource which such a work admits. First under Commander Gedney, and then as the chief of a hydrographic party, he has been engaged in the survey of the shores of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. His name will be found in connection with, and responsible for, parts of the hydrography of the coast-survey charts of New York Bay, Delaware Bay, the Chesapeake, and the harbors of Annapolis, Baltimore, and Little Egg harbor, and others. He looked to the exploration of the Gulf Stream as the crowning labor upon the work. The surface had been examined by his great ancestor; and he, with the resources of modern science at command, was to explore the depths, and to reveal to the navigator the laws of temperature, rate and set of current, in and near this mighty ocean stream. He had made one very successful cruise, and was returning from a second, the results of which are reported to have been not less interesting than those of the first, when overtaken by the storm of the seventh, and hurricane of the eighth, of September. All that nautical skill and intrepidity could do were tried to save his officers, crew, and vessel; and the very manœuvre which gave them safety rendered it impossible that he should recover the deck when swept from it. He had provided for the safety of the records of observation, even in the event of the loss of his vessel. Every generous spirit will seek to connect his name imperishably with the exploration of the Gulf Stream, which he died in attempting. Sept. 21. In the battle at Monterey, Brevet Major Philip N. Barbour, of the 3d Infantry. Major Barbour was a native of Kentucky, and graduated at West Point in 1834. He was breveted a captain for gallant services in Florida on the 15th of April, 1842, and a major from 9th May last for gallant conduct in the battle of Resaca de la Palma. He fell at Monterey in the thickest of the fight, whilst his regiment was subjected to a murderous fire from masked batteries in the streets, which, after severely wounding its commander, Major Lear, killed three captains and two subalterns, and left the regiment commanded by its youngest captain. He was an ornament to his profession, as much from his rare private virtues as from his public character. Dec. 29.-In Baltimore, Hon. Alexander Barrow, United States Senator from Louisiana, aged about 45. Mr. Barrow was a native of Nashville, Tennessee, where, after having completed his education, he was admitted to the bar; soon after which, he removed to Louisiana, where he pursued his profession for some time with success. Being independent in his circumstances, and fond of agricultural pursuits, after a few years' practice he retired from the bar, and became a successful planter. He served repeatedly in the Legislature of Louisiana with reputation, and was regarded as a distinguished member; and he received from the people of the state many other proofs of their highest respect and confidence. His personal qualities were highly esteemed, and, upon the official announcement of his death, his brother senators expressed unusual feelings of esteem and respect. He entered the Senate of the United States in 1841. Sept. 29. In San Augustine City, Texas, Mr. Samuel Benton, brother of Hon. Thomas H. Benton, about 60. Mr. Benton was a native of North Carolina, and after residing in Tennessee and at St. Louis, removed to Texas about 1822. He was a distinguished supporter of the rights of Texas, and afterwards a member of her Congress. Nov. 16. In Annapolis, the Hon. Theodorick Bland, Chancellor of Maryland, in the 70th year of his age. He held for twenty-two years the office of Chancellor, and discharged its laborious and responsible duties so as to command high approbation from the profession and the public. He commenced his judicial career as a Judge of the Baltimore County Court; was thence transferred to the bench of the United States District Court for Maryland, and thence to the office of Chancellor. He filled other public trusts, and in all of them manifested great energy and decision of character. Sept. 21. At his residence near Jackson, Miss. Hon. Robert H. Breckner, Chancellor of the State of Mississippi, aged 45. He was a native of Kentucky, and removed to Mississippi in 1824. Oct. 11. At Cambridge, Mass. Thomas Breese, Esq., purser in the United States Navy. Mr. Breese was born in Newport, R. I. In early life he left Newport, attached to the personal staff of Commodore Perry. He was in the combat on Lake Erie with his friend and commander, and assisted in discharging the last gun which was fired on board the Lawrence. How the duties assigned him were performed, the friendship while he lived, and grief at his death, of officers of all grades in the service, bear ample testimony. Sept. 29. -In Washington, D. C., Samuel Burche, Esq., aged 59. Mr. Burche was formerly, during many years, the able and faithful chief clerk in the clerk's office of the House of Representatives, and always enjoyed, in the highest degree, the respect and confidence of the members of the house. He was, at the time of his death, a member of the City Council, and was greatly esteemed by his fellow-citizens for his probity, intelligence, and public usefulness. |