The office at that time held by this gentleman, was one for which he received a salary of £2,500 per annum; and certainly this liberal salary ought to have commanded the devotion of his whole time, if necessary, to the public service. It would seem that some application was made from the Treasury, and that Lord John Russell acceded to it with unwonted liberality. He gave the remuneration in a manner thought unconstitutional by several eminent members of the House of Commons, and to an extent justly considered extravagant by the public. The following extracts from Hansard will explain the matter. “The Chancellor of the Exchequer.—With regard to Sir C. T----, the case was an exceptional one; but his services on the extraordinary emergency alluded to were so very great that it had been thought right to make a Treasury minute, awarding him £2,500. The item would be found in the ‘Civil Contingencies’ laid before the House. “Mr. Disraeli,—while readily acknowledging the great services rendered by this gentleman, could not forget that the Order of the Bath had been conferred upon him—a reward bestowed upon him as for services which could not be paid by a pecuniary grant. The vote of £2,500 was surely conceived in rather bad taste; and a _preux chevalier_ like Sir C. T----, bearing his blushing honours, might well be supposed to recoil from receiving an extra year’s salary. “Mr. Gladstone—condemned the conduct of Government in this matter. It was their duty to have submitted a vote to the House, not to have taken on themselves to reward a public servant. If there was one rule connected with the public service which more than any other ought to be scrupulously observed, it was this, that the salary of a public officer, more especially if he were of high rank, ought to cover all the services he might be called upon to render. Any departure from this rule must be dangerous. “Lord John Russell said, that the Government thought the services of Sir C. T---- were deserving of reward. “Mr. Goulburn.—According to all precedent, the House of Commons ought to have fixed the amount of Sir C. T.’s remuneration. “Lord John Russell.—Sir C. T---- stated in his evidence that he worked three hours before breakfast; that he then went to the Treasury, where he worked all day; and that the pressure upon him was such that he wondered that he had been able to get through it alive.”—_Hansard_, Vol. 101, p. 138, 1848. Supply, 14th Aug. 1848. There appears to be some indistinctness as to the fund out of which this 2,500_l._ was taken. Compare Hansard with Questions 1693 and 1696 of the Report on Miscellaneous Expenditure. No mode of keeping accounts, however, will alter the fact; that if the famine had not occurred, neither would the 2,500_l._ have been required; consequently, that sum was part of the whole amount our humanity cost us.