Sir William Manning has accepted the office of judge, although the salary of £2OOO a year is in his case virtually reduced to £I2OO, because he enjoys a constitutional pension of £BOO a year, granted for the loss of his old office of Solicitor-General. Hints have been thrown out that a measure might be submitted to Parliament to prevent this pension being merged in his judicial salary, though it is somewhat doubtful how such a proposal would be received. Mr Cowper proposed to do this many years ago, when he offered a judgeship to Sir William Manning. Until now, however, Sir William has preferred the active duties of his profession. The appointment is a popular one, and when sworn in on Thursday Sir William received the compliments of the Bar, gracefully given by Mr Dalley and Mr Broadhurst, with a legitimate confidence that they were not hypocritical extravagance.
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Globe, Volume VI, Issue 602, 24 May 1876, Page 2
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