April 13, 1833.

Rt. hon. sir JAMES R. G. GRAHAM, bart.

Rear admiral sir T. M. Hardy.

Rear admiral hon. George Heneage L. Dundas.
Sir Samuel-John Brooke Pechell, bart.
Henry Labouchere, and

Hon. Maurice-Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley.
June 11, 1834.

Rt. hon. GEORGE, lord AUCKLAND.
Rear admiral sir T. M. Hardy.
Rear admiral hon. George Heneage L. Dundas.
Sir Samuel-John Brooke Pechell, bart.
Henry Labouchere, and

Hon. Maurice-Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley.
Aug. 1, 1834.

Rt. Hon. GEORGE, lord AUCKLAND.
Hon. George-Heneage-Lawrence Dundas.
Sir Samuel-John Brooke Pechell, bart.
Henry Labouchere, and

Hon. M. F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley.
Nov. 1, 1834.

Rt. Hon. GEORGE, lord AUCKLAND.
Rear admiral sir Charles Adam.
Rear admiral sir William Parker.
Sir Samuel-John Brooke Pechell, bart
Henry Labouchere, and

Hon. M. F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley.
Dec. 23, 1834.

THOMAS-PHILIP, earl de GREY.
Vice admiral sir George Cockburn.
Sir John Poo Beresford, bart.

For executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Sir Charles Rowley, K. C. B.

Great Britain, &c.

Sept. 19, 1828.

Rt. hon. ROBERT, viscount MELVILLE.

Vice admiral sir George Cockburn.
Vice Admiral sir Henry Hotham.
Sir George Clerk, bart.

George-Charles, earl of Brecknock.
July 15, 1829.

Rt. hon. ROBERT, viscount MELVILLE.
Vice admirai sir George Cockburn.
Vice admiral sir Henry Hotham.
Sir George Clerk, bart.

Frederick, viscount Castlereagh.

July 31, 1830.

Rt. hon. ROBERT, viscount MELVILLE.

Vice admiral sir George Cockburn.

Vice admiral sir Henry Hotham.
Frederick, viscount Castlereagh.
Charles Ross.

Nov. 25, 1830.

Anthony, lord Ashley.

Rt. hon. Maurice Fitzgerald.

GILBERT, earl of MINTO.

Vice admiral, sir Charles Adam.
Rear admiral sir William Parker.

Rt. hon. sir JAMES-ROBERT-George GraHAM, Sir Edward-Thomas Troubridge, bart.
bart.

Rear admiral sir Thomas Masterman Hardy.
Rear admiral hon. George Heneage L. Dundas.

Sir Samuel-John Brooke Pechell, bart.

Hon. George Barrington.

June 8, 1832.

Archibald, lord Dalmeny.

Hon. Maurice F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley.

March 5, 1839.

GILBERT, earl of MINTO.

Sir Charles Adam.

Sir William Parker.

Rt. hon. sir JAMES-ROBERT-George GraHAM, Sir Edward-Thomas Troubridge, bart.

Sir Samuel-John Brooke Pechell, bart.
Archibald, lord Dalmeny.

June 25, 1841.

GILBERT, earl of MINTO.
Sir Charles Adam.

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.

THE lord chancellor in ancient times performed part of his duties in the Exchequer ; he acted with the chief justiciar in matters of revenue. Madox supposes the chancery to have been separated from the exchequer about the close of Richard I.'s reign, or the beginning of the reign of John; and the appointment of Chancellor of the Exchequer appears to have taken place soon afterwards. John Mansell was appointed to reside at the Receipt of the Exchequer, 18 Hen. III. (1234), and this seems to have been the first appointment of a Chancellor of the Exchequer.- Mr. Thomas's Notes of the Rolls' Office.

This officer is often mentioned in the reign of Henry III. Ralf de Leycestre surrendered the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer 32 Henry III., and the king committed the exchequer seal to Edward de Westminster. The same king by his writ commanded Albric de Fiscamp to execute the office; and he gave leave to Geoffrey Giffard, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to substitute a fit person to act for him, as often as his affairs should render his absence necessary. Henry III. also, by his writ, had the custody of the exchequer seal delivered to Roger de la Leye, to be kept by him durante bene placito. — Idem.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is one of the lords of the treasury, except on particular emergencies, when the office is held by the lord chief justice of the king's bench. It is difficult to describe the present various functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In fact he exercises all the powers vested in the treasury board, and has therefore the entire control and management of all matters relating to the receipt and expenditure of the public money.-Idem.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was, also, entitled to sit, as well as the Lord Treasurer, with the Barons of the Exchequer, when they sat, in what was called the Exchequer Chamber, as a court of equity. "As late as Michaelmas term, 1735," Mr. Thomas states, “Sir Robert Walpole sat as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the case of Naish v. the East India Company, in which the barons were equally divided in opinion, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer decided, after a hearing of three days, and the decision is reported to have given general satisfaction." The equity jurisdic

'The office of Second Secretary existed at first only at intervals, and under various titles; but the succession has been regular since the year 1756, and the name has been the same since Jan. 13, 1783.

2 Sir John Pratt was chancellor of the exchequer in 1721, sir William Lee in 1754; lord Mansfield, in 1757 and 1767; lord Ellenborough, in 1806; and, more recently, lord Denman in 1834, from 2d to the 10th December; all of them lord chief justices of England. The reason assigned for the lord chief justice holding the post is, that the writs and other process issuing from the court of exchequer from day to day, and from hour to hour, require to be sealed instanter with the initial seal of the chancellor of the exchequer, and sometimes certain appointments require to be signed; and when on occasions there happens to be no finance minister of the crown, the lord chief justice holds the office. Notes of the Rolls' Office.