A HOLLAND nousE JOB.
situation of Keeper of the Chapterhouse at Westminster is a palpable sinecure of a1C0/• per marten, besides heavy fees for the inspera tion and for transcripts of documents. The office is open from the hour of tali till one enty—three hours per dient—and every red letter day is a helyday. 't he present Keeper has not been within its walls ten times in 'wady as many years ; and he was likewise Secretary to the late Ilt-cord Counnission, editor—or nominal though paid editor—of several of the Beeord volumes, Keeper of the AugmentationOffice,&e. &e. The world is, we fear, about to lose this worthy pluralist ; and the ofiice of Keeper of the Chapterhouse was expected to be abolished by those who platted faith in the professions of Ministers. We learn, however, 011 the best information, not only that this useless office is to be retained, but that it is actually promised to Sir PALGRAVE ; WhO already derives 1,0001. per annum from the Record Commission, besides '2110/ as one of the Municipal Commissioners,—in other words, he is paid '2001. by one Cotnmission, for neglecting (shwe the performance of both is wholly incompatible) those duties for which he is paid 1,0001. a year by the other Commission ; and who is well huown to the nation for having succeeded in extracting about 15,001/, from the late and present Record Commission, as editor of law ratinir s of Parligooentary Writs. We denounce this appointment: it-is at variance with the economical professions of Ministers : by heaping offices on one person, it renders it impossible for hint to perform his duties properly: it is an impediment to that reform in Record Offices which has been so urgently demanded, mad the necessity of which has never been denied, but which cannot be effected if every vacancy of Keeper of Records be filled up as it becomes vacant, without a security for an alteration in the present system. We moreover suspect, that this job is connected with another, not yet reitiph-ted; and we trust Ministers will themselves seethe propriety of abandoning it, or that they will be reminded of their duty by Parliament.
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