The days of economy are over, but those of frugality
are just begun. At least the Tichborne Jurymen find it so. They were under the impression that they were to receive two guineas a day for their services, but the Treasury only awarded them a guinea and a half, or 300 guineas each juryman. They are bitterly dis- appointed, and have complained of the award, but -without Affecting my Lords, who merely repeat (March 13) that they have considered all the facts, and regard 300 guineas as no illiberal reward. There seems to be a general sense that the money is not enough, and it certainly is not, if there was any promise or understanding, which seems prima facie to have been the case. If there was no promise, then the Treasury has avoided, at great -cost to individuals, a very dangerous precedent. It would never do for the crown to overpay jurymen who had just given a verdict in its own favour. The Treasury, in such cases, has not -only to be impartial,, but to seem so.
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