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face l~l~ls• lien to say a few words, which mipt cession before the House. If the inquiry were - divided into four principal brads. after his Hon. and Learned Friend had applied himself to the whole subject, he thought it his duty only to state thus much, that the course be proposed would simplify as well as shorten the discussion. The motion of Mr. Hasegawa beteg pukka, the Chair, Toe SOLICITIA-GERERAL said,'lt now became his duty to address the House, and he entered upon the task with some degree of difficulty. His Honourable and Learned Friend had entered upon the whole of the Municipal Law, and without entering into detail, he should avoid any further preface. He would first state those portions of his address in which he (the Solicitor-General) differed with him; and where he agreed with him he trusted his object would meet with the desired success. It was right that he should state, there would be no objection to grant a Com mission for inquiring into the progress of a cause in Westminster Hall to its completion, nor any objec tion to inquiring into the nature of real property, or the mode of holding and disposing of it. Those two Com missions stupid be composed of different persons, in order to give completion* to the object which 1U bad alike ethnic.- The subject was as difficult as it was comprehensive, and therefore it would become neces sary to devolve di ff erent duties upon the different Com mission'''. 'His Learned Friend, though he said here! specteiLthe law, did not speak of it as though be really. felt what he said. In the first place, he submitted that he did not take a fair estimate of the law,when he merely talked of its singularities, with all that degree of force andeillety which were so evidently at his command. He talked of the present state of the law as if it had existed as it now was since the time of Alfred; but it should not be forgotten that our institutions must have necessarily changed with time, and that the sarcasm applied to them by his Hon. and Learned -Friend had no real foundation, at least to the extent he had stated. His Learned Friend had treated those laws which . re tained in part the original form in which they were in stituted in the times of)our earliest legislators, as if they were only applicable to that period. It was true That. they had been framed in consonnance with those days of greater simplicity, or of greater ignorance, if they would, but there had been engrafted upon them such alterations front time to time. as the wants and wager"- cies of an advancing state of society pointed out. His' Learned Friend had stated, that it was not his intention to make any observation upon the law of-real property, but to that intention he certainly did not adhere, be cause be went largely into the doctrine of fine and re covery, treating those subjects with great humour, with infinite wit, end certainly with ,as little mercy as he had showed towards the form of the writ. He should not follow his Learned Friend throughout his course ; all he should say was, that whatever was done with the forms of fines and recoveries, he did hope, for the sake of the security of property in this country, That their principles would not be touched. If it was only intended that the inquiry of the Commissioners should be di rected to the getting rid of unnecessary expense, he bad no objection ; but it was a wholesome ductrine of law, that real property sh9uld be guarded against the acts of individuals, which went to the injury of those who were to succeed them. It was per haps easy to rid'cule the machinery of these laws, but what they tended vs work was this that until the son was of age nothing should be done with an estate by the father, and that after that period, he should do nothing with it withoUt the father's consent. This u as a wholesoMe check upon the passions whets, they were most likely to have the most influence in leading young men to destroy their property, and an eq.ial safeguard against the decay of mind which, u trail) , attended age. His Learned Friend had expressed an opinion that it would be desirable to have copyhold tenure abolished, and that the laws under which real Vropet ty descended should be made the same in all parts of the country. It might, at first, seem absurd that these should be one law of descent in one part of the same country, and a different one in another part. Yet they all knew that in some places property descended to the eldest son, in others to the youngest, and in some, though very few in England, it was distributed equally. to the children. . Now, if these customs bad existed for a great length, of time, and the parties af fected by them were satiifiLll with. or even, perhaps:, attached to the tespective systems, he did not kola what evil there was requiring the remedy of fresh legis lation.. If they referred the matter to abstract reason ing, he could not see why it was not just as reasonable that the youngest son should inherit the property Of the parent as well as the eldest ; and where the parent had the power of equalizing the distribution of his property amongst his children by will, he saw no ground for the interference of Parliament. His Learned Friend had refrained from touching upon the subject of the Chan cery institutions; and, as he thOught, very wisely; it would.be therefore unnecessary for hitt' to Introduce that part pf the jurisdiction of the country. His Learned Friend then turned to the- Courts of Civil Law, where he agreed there might be many just and beneficial alterations pioposed, but he doubted whether they would come ;moody from such a Commission as this, and whether their consideration would not tend.to retard and injure the accomplishment of other objects, to effect which it would be "with better qualified: His Learned Faced, next objected tP • she WiloPeF• of constituting the Judges-of these Courtsc.iut,notwitb standing the opinion so expreesed, he-would venture to say. that in the selection of the persons so constituted. there had been no case in which the general. tropes. of the profession hasi not concurred. in the perfect pro priety of the choice made; and that none but consider ations of the public service, without reference to par: ties or opinioes, had infiumwed such apPisintmenta There was an example in the last appointment to one of the Courts, the Consistory Court, which proved the truth of what he had laid down, and clearly showed that those appointments were made,without reference to politics,. and always concurred with the voice of those most conversant- with the merits which entitled individuals W . dip distinction. With regard to the Court'of Delegatss , which was the Court of Appel from the Civil Courts, - he did nqt mean to say that it was perfect in its mite constitution; but be would say, that inasmuch as the Civil Law was always held:sub-' servient to the Conuneu i.aw, it, was well, to have in that Court some of the Judges t ingvetnaOt with, the practice of Common Law. If it. was considered. desirable that the constitution of the Court of Dele gate% was matter upon which the Commissioters should receive iofermNiep, hp had . go sots b s • 9 JPotio.4.. His Learned Friend next took it,. sudden flight to India, where he touched upon the introduction of the Trial by Jury. Now, it was far from his desire to do any thing which might _retard so valuable aq improve.' ment upon any system where its application was prac ticable. But, as he was wholly unacquainted.with.the subject, he should leave it. to those more conversant with the country to which be -referred, from whom the House would, doubtless ioarn the real merits of that part of the case. He would, mentioned by his Learned Friend,wetnn unfottunate, however, observe, that the case fitoitsi of the :laded one for his purpose of showing the to receive she instigation of the Triathi Jusyr Accord ing to his statement, it was only, by the, diseretion and firmness of one younß , l3rahns in, that the °dies eleven were brought round fr om their olistinao determination to do wrong. ,Then, his Learned fyiettrkseil.,let: entthem have an improvement in the mode,of giving in the Appeal cases in the Privy Council. , 4le ed'oot 'mein so say that more ttardition could act be given to the proceedings of that. ceutt,,,hpt be thought his , Learned Friend had applied his ;ensure somewhat, too freely to the manner in whichlts judges• were constituted. He ought to bear in mind that they always had one of the regular Judges of one of the Courts of Chancery present at- their sittings. The Master of the Rolls always attended, and he believed the Court world not be considered as pro perly formed without him. It should* remembered, too, that statements of the cases were, in the possession of the Judges before hand, and that in selecting them it was usual to summon such Members of the Privy Council as had exercised judicial funttious in the colo nies from whence the particular oases to be heard pro ceeded.; so that, as regarded the law of the case as well as the knowledge of collateral facts, they eould be the best possibleJudiel for the purpose. As to the forma-, tion of,a separate bar tot such a Court. he thought it impossble, for there never could be business enough to raise st:bar. If they had the Master of the Rolls pre the choice of Counsel from the different bars, and fot judges, persons acquainted with the local las s and manners out of which the points in dispute arose, he thought that as well a constituted Court for all the purposes required as could 'be obtained. The next subject to which his Learned Friend directed his obser vations was, that of the Justices of the country. And. here he must say that his Learned Friend had not treated that most meritorious class of persons—than whom there was not a More serviceable or a m re respectable body of men in the country—with the respect and courtesy which their services required. He had brought together, a few instances from the Courts of- Law of offences, alleged ,to have been committed by patticulae Magus- crates ; but he had been perfectly silent Upon the manner in which the various important duties of thatgreat body were constantly performed from one year's end to the' lother—(Cheers),— His Learned Friend was silent upon the number of that body, and The natoteref the dudes which they undertook. He did not state that there were 4.500 of these Gentlemen acting in the country,. besides those in cities and towns corporate, and that their duty was to carry on what he would call the ad ministration of domestic justice between man and man, every day throughout the year. When he considered the numbers and the respectability of this body, be thought their services entitled them to a different treat lent,. When he considered the great variety and the difficulty of their duties of which many could judge Who !poked at the volumes of Burn, with all the mass Of complicated matter, which. they contained ; and when he Consideledthat besides their public doty, they were ; constantly engaged in doing kind offices between their' neighbours and preventing litigation ; when he coast-% dered all these things, he thought the wonder was not ' that there were so twiny complaints against the Magii ! tracy, but he rather marvelled that there were so feat. Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that he did Ant'uy complaints were often brought ; Mit, on the contrary, that by law it was hardly passible to bring a Magistrate into Couit. The SOLICITOR-GEN,ER AL proceeded. His Learned Friend had particularly remarked upon the powers of Justices in the licensing of alehouses. Now be would undertake to say, that there was nothing of which the, Magistracy would be so glad as to have this Troublesome duty removed out of their hands—(Hear ; hear.) Perhaps a simple remedy might be found for this in an appeel from the Petty Sessions to the Quarter Sessions ;, or in removing the power of granting licenses To the Quarter Sessions at Once., .-He did not know what ° objections or difficulties there might be, but the remedy appeared to him very simple. But 'then his Learned Friend said. that Justices of . the Feace.svele improperly appointed, because :die appointment ley with,the Lords Lieutenant of Counties. Now he shoulrdlike to know. to wi:m.6e charge could be more properly delegated? If the :ridges were to have the appointment, thetwoutd . be obliged to resort _ to parties an the spot, to know who ,were fit persons, having no local knowledge of their own. If the Secretary of . State seas to appoint, he would be under the same necessity of / seeking informa tion from a third party. Who, then, could be so pro-, per as the Lord Lieutenant, who was himself upon the spot, and in possession of all•the information necessary for his direction in selecting proper persons for the Commission? But his Learned Friend seemed to be ex tremely capricious arid fastidious upon this point, and it would perhaps be very difficult for any one to find such persons as would satisfy him. He did not like a Clerical Magistjatr, because bis vices, were not stttli ciently ° liberal, and because. he war °pot worldly enough. Then almost in• the same bteath.his Learned Friend objected to Squire Magistrates, because they were too worldly, and fond of perseduting poachers.— Throughout his whole statement his Learned Friend rhad rather sought to suggest defects and grievances, than to point out remedies. But if neither the Clergy net the Laiety would do to form a Magistracy, ° and the whole were to be removed at " one fell swoop,' what did his Learned friend mean to propose as a substir este ?• Did he wish to have a paid . Magistracy? Ilso, be should like to hilts who, was to have the appoint. aunt of stich Mawstrapta ?If it was to he left in the Go vernment, he feared. they should aeon have bis. Learned Friend complaining that the Magistrates as well as the Judges were not taken lidficiently often from his side of the }louse. firs Leiinid Friend; in One pot of his'ob servations upon another : occasion, had, be would not say made a mistake, but intentionally put himself intoone, for die sake of raising a smile against him, in an alto shin to Cromwell. When Cromwell sat in that Hoest for the Town, not for the 'University of Cambridge, and sitting terhaps near the place which his Learned Friend then occupied, he was wont to say, that " what re did not like, that he could tell ; but what he would, have instead thereat, that he could not tell"—(A laugh) ?low he really thought that in this respect at least his Learned Friend was very much like Oliver Cromwell-:. (Laughter).-His Leas:nest friend then came to the krights of the subject, upon tr4ticla be dwelt very largefy, Ito show that the subject was aggrieved in respect to the power of the Crown. New he would contend that 'every one et the cases petfit bis Learned Friend proved the law to be in favour of this4jcsts;and,kaking theta one after another, upon that proposition, he would cora. sent that his whole argument should stand or far!. His Learned ,his had saidohat in case of wron g d o ne to the propert y, tiwtsuhjet.knod recourse being had to a pOtion of right, the respopsible officer of the Crown was It liberty to refuse his fiat to the measure, and the sablict was SsitJlalf.OFSP . . Now, let him put the case, whi**Leerited . Ktieticl mentioned to the House. Avant of land was made by.fienty.Vl4l. to Sir An. tony Brown, his Master of the Horse. 1de...1r e . 1 1 . ,13}1 4 /01W: I mentioned no names—it - injures de . _ " Vsi - SO4cITOfkGENERAL.,said, he Would not mentioi tin ;tames of the partiesinivrinutiested. The. Housewas aware that in respect'', b anti of this nature, wiea heirs.f.iled to the pose 4 th epropecty reverted tq the Crown. But wheh the *el 'claimants WO, the - person nearest in claim by.kindsed , =Abaft lig that.* atqod in loco apaireetis,,,l4 4dOption; Upon iptilicallBfi f tO the Creirn was common& in the pastes shin of the property. In the year 1697. this .property eeterted to the Crown, there being, no , bairinate r . But sithoogh there wasno heir- male there was reilatighter, led the Crown made her A lease ,Qf the land. After, this; its the year 1815, up started a peison•who said 14, was the heiramale of the original grantee, and he came with. his petitir of tight to be rtinstated jet possessibil: The answer of the Attorney-General very psoperly.wesohat if he was the heir, why did he tot go tliatia in serve alfeleittnent ? He would defy his Learned Frieud to say, that any public officer would be justified; 'without any inquisitiehtrad; asishont any record discovered, in putting suchen apidicant in possession at the public expense, when the process of ejectment was open to him if his identity, was capable of proof. 'lle Attorney-General very preprify, as he thought, refused ; and here, said his Learned Ft lend, WAS a case of the subject left without remedy, because he did not choose to be compelled to pi need by eject ment. If the title was good—and his Learned Friend slid it was as good a title as he bad !eel. seen-and the party refused to proceed by rjectraseituponthit penctiffo, why he thought the matter was much :11)Off a subject for a Commission of Lenacy thaaa Petition of Right-‘ His Learned Friend then said, that - ape . demurrer' the' Crown was not bound to admit ,the . facit,und in that, respect had an advantage over the subject, The sub ject was scarcely worth alluding to, but if there. was a 'difference against the subject, he would say, let both 'have the same advantages. Then curie the subject of trial at Bar. His Learned Friend coriplai• ed that tie Cron could command a trial at Bar when the subject could not. But whenever the subject could make out a case calling for a trial at Bar, it was well knewty that' it was always rums!. The only ,difference_, with that the Courts, being in form called . the King's 'Courts, it would not stern prpper that the Crown should come into them to ask its servants for a par ticular form of trial. The use of the power was therefore left with great propriety in the bands of the Officers of the Crown, subject to their responsibility: . And he would ask his Learned Friend if, in all his experience, or all his reading, he had ever met with an instance where the power had been abused ? The next point was that of withdrawing the record, upon "'which he would say that there was not, in fact, the least difference between the subject and the Crown. Hon. Gentlemen would be acquainted with the meaning of a nonsuit, although he trusted tone of them had become so from personal experience. It meant that a party was allowed to go out of Court without hit case coming to judgment. Now, as the King could not be nonsuite4 in his own Court, the Crown was allowed to withdraw the record ; but, there was no difference in the situation of the parties. Each could return-into Court again,if they liked, and their situation would be the same in the end ; for, as the King bad paid no costs, it mattered nothing whether the Crown Officers pro ceeded de novo or upon the record. Then he came to his Learned Friend's observations upon the subject of Costs. It was true that the King neither paid nor received costs, and the question was one purely of fiscal regulation. Whether it was better to let the costs be paid by the subject, or to defray them out of the public purse—for into that the question resolved itself—the Commission might inquire . if it should be thought necessary. The next complaint was that of a subject not being allowed to pray a tales, where the Crown was A party in the cause; and a case had been mentioned in which the Attorney General refused. After vindicating the general principle of Special Juries, the Hon. and Learned Member proceed. ed to state, that, in the case mentioned, one Law, and fear others, had been prosecuted by the Exchequer for a 'smuggling transaction, in which a person named Mead, and some others, were witnesses for the Crown. There were two trials, upon the first of which the parties were found guilty, 'hut - upon the second they were acquitted. Upon this followed eighteen indict .natnta for perjury against the Crown witnesses, and the .first of them was foind guilty. Upon this the Attorney. General interposed u ith the power against which his Learned Friend complained, and a most proper inter position he thought it was. He found that the parties were taken by surpthat with e eve cage which had been got up for the purpose, acid which they had abundant evidence to meet if time was allowed to procure it. He knew also that, upon the fullest consideration, the Court would afterwards se; aside mayeuch proceedings, and he' herefore very rightly-determined not to sacrifice the other seventeen persons.. What was the result? The Court did afterwards set aside the-vetdict iii the case that was tried, with costs, and not nserelY the costs between party and party, but with' large and liberal costs. But his Learned Friend had said this was not all, for that after Law had spent 10,0801. in expenses, and was totally ruined, he was shot dead by Mead in consequence of some excitement in the village where they lived, near Scarborough, occa sioned by the singing of a song containing allusions to these transacttons.—His Learned Friend had also added, that for such a crime Mead had only been found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to a slight punishment. Now the House would readily suppose that there were Some features in the case which had not been mentioned, to ',lake an offence so lamentable in its result amount only to manslaughter. In fact, the case was a very dif ferent one from that represented by his Learned Friend., A riotous mob had been cnhlected during the preceding day, and one man who had been a witness with Mud was dragged through the streets and nearly beaten to death, and afterwards taken down the street towardssthe sea and threatened with drowning, the mob telling him that his partner Mead should be set wed in the same way.— After this, a party of the rioters went to Mead's house; in the night, singing the song alluded to . ; and Law being on horseback, with his head near Mead's window, the latter fired a pistol, and Law was'shOt dead. The Judge who tried the case afterwards—and to name him was to mention a name fevered by every one for acuteness„ firtipets, learning, and the greatest benignity of temper, that ever, adorned. the Bench—lse meant Mr. Justice Holroyd—declared, in sentencing Mead, that the crime was committed under the apprehension of personal vio lence. This, he thought was e . very different statement of thOacts from the one whichjuiLearned Friend had giver) to the House. He had. now .gone over the principal grounds upon which he differed from his Learned Ftiead ; and be thought that the dfference Was ealy tub a one as might esist between one man's judgment ,and that of another, ',salient any great opposition of sentiment. The sum of all his Learned Friend's remedy , atilt:tented to this, that as e should have law it a cheaper rani., "Now, it was far from his mind to see the law placed beyond the poor man's teach by its cost, or by any other circumstance; bet he knew it to be impossi ble to rqaintain the laws and their administration in a state, to command that reverence and respect which formed one great cause of their efficacy, without creating , also a considerable portion of expense. He should be most happy. if it were possible, to render the law more accessible. That he should wish to do so long as they preserved its character. But if the country wished' • to. nreserite. itil "iystem—if they would have the %terms, vemion of Judges, instead of going hefor,osimpleJass , , cites of the Peace,. as in France -tin y mast.have the' and of meinteining them, end that siaiiibiebo s t eves repense of . tritrisppyting witnesses bum place to. place r sive part of the system ae4eisitY of having sock officers learneitht the law, whilst Ssieiitylias in its pro sent state, must be apparent to ertery one. A simple' state •f law would do for a 'simple state of society ; bat' our complicated system reonired complicated !awaited . that necessarily occasioned expense, because the laws' must, be declared. Why was it necessary for the to have the law so. clearly defined in a cnintuois:, Turnpike Act, which was made to column •more lave than wound. have teen .suffic:ent to govern a, whole' province. in India under its ancient dynasty?--It was because. they would leave nothing to the discre tion of the 'Judges, but made them mere machina tor exPlainiog the law, which was therefore declared, beforehand. It was necessary also, if they would have the laws administered by persons of education and ac customed to move iq the society of Vientiane!), that the .practice of .the iaw ahnuld . lead to ft - Insist apil . lion. Let him not be : misupderstood io 16,se fe,alipks. - .He did not wish to stand in the way of any relucicas . • that were practicable in legal expenes, so that the re.. spectability and the efficacy ot tie systeol stionlif not • • be affected by them. But if law was to be io cheaper el that men should go into the Coutts. upon everittrillßg. - ticcasion without any check, then .he 'thought ,she • country would no longer be worth living ins .'Every man's hind would be.fitted against hikneighOcior; 'the' nor would be arrayed against : the rich, and . all the bonds of society would be.torn asunder. He would now leave this part of the subject "with much 'satisfaction to himself, and come so . his' Learnect:lri!e!rd's objec -dons to the form of, pleadints,lhe meths:ids to which • his flonouribleFriend f , as , destrugs of reverting had only lately been.depakted from, and, as it bad been gos nerally believed, With great advantage. The-Tresent forms were only introduced.in the time of Lord,Atritso • field, and they had then been characterised and most useful improvemenr. Although the plea might lay seven causes of action, he asked his Learned Friend whether, at an Assize town, he bad ever met with an Attorney who came. to him and said that' . hs had any difficulty in knowing the ground of the proceed ings? And, even if such a difficulty existed, his Learned Friend knew that they could at once have a bill of parti= cularshy applying to theJudge.lt would be well,perhaps, • for the Commissioners to inquire how. far these forms were capable of simplification ot improvement. With. respect to the other insinuations thrown out by his - Learned Friend, respecting the advascement of the adMinistration of justice, he fully concurred in his sug gestions, and had no doubt they would be attended to in the proper quarter, and that they would prove a most efficacious remedy against loss of. time. He thought it would be well to open the Court of Exche quer, and make it a-concurrent common law : Orin. diction with the other'Couras When a Bar should be formed for the different in 'common, he did not see why the whole liasipess, Of the' country should not flow in a much more rank!, torrent than at present. Cases in Equity might.' be-sent there 'from the Chancery Courts . greatly to. their ;efef t —. With regard to the alteration of the Verms, he thought the moveable berms, Easter and Trinity, might be fixed with advantage. He also agreed with his Learned Friend, that the subject of the Welch Judicature Would be well referred to, the consideration of the Commis sioners. Upon the subject of fees as a remuneration.tn . Judges, that was a system. from which they had just departed, and he thought it more consistent with the character and dignity of a Judge that he should have a fixed and stabfeincome, than that he should be remunerated 'by fees, which might raise suspicions in the minds of the people. His learned Friend had indeed himself objected to the Judge of the Admiralty Cart being paid in fees, and if it was objectionable in one case, sir must it be in all. His Learned Friend next recommended that the Court of Common Fleas should be opened. Now he thought it viool4 . ba better pre. served in its present state. Out of. Term time the Court was already open, and if in Tampa: his Learned Friend well knew was the case, the Court Was quite occupied with its own business, he saw ao 'reason, for change. Another ground of objection was, that he 'liana - lit asi' preservation of the offices of Sergeant useful' to the practice of the bar. It enabled certain persons at the bar to receive distinctions from the Crown which cold toot otherwise be conferred. If they were to opi.rt all the "Courts, separate bars Must be established, or the public busioess would suffer. The fault in the Chancery Courts .now was, that there were two concurrent jurisdictions • going on without separate bars, and it was freqcently a matter of difficulty to get the Counsel employed in the same cause together. In Ireland, he understood that. the evil was carried to a still greater extent; and that it was common to see the names of seven or eight Bans. sisters on one brief, in order to secure the presence of tome one of them. in the right Court when the cause was called on. He therefore saw no reason why they should not preserve the separate bar in the Commas Pleas, as it already existed. He had not touched upon the question of evidence, because he thought it ought to be kept apart as a subject of separate legislation.— They were now touching, as it were, the Cringes of the law, and making such improvements as could be effected without interfering with its great leading prin ciples. But the law of evidence was a sort of master key to the whole, which ought not to be touched with out the greatest caution, and in which no alteration bad ever been made but by a distinct proposition from some individual who had come before Parliament with his Bill prepared for their consideration. Thus the sta tute of frauds and perjuries had been, proposed by that treat man Sir Matthew Hale; and again the statute of. Anne was the subject of distinct legislation. a ss dn ed b h y ose hiskl ubo on. st a i n le d Learned Friend: He had. thus adverted to the most impo r ta nt suggest i ons which if h h e a n d a b d e e e s n p ni re ando *points to the consideration of a Commit ssi r ring i many onef7rile had dAiso given the reasons which had induced him to come to Such decision. And he would state to the House as a farther reason for the Commission being limited as to the aubjects it should entertain, that he had no doubt what- Wver that several Bills would be laid b-fore it, having for their several objects the improvement of the law as it at present stood, with respect to most of the branches whjch he considered to be foreign to ss hat ought to be the duties of the Commission. One of 04213111 s to which be had ' - alluded, would be to prevent any insolvent being heard excepting under particular circumstances. Another Would .14 to prevent any infant being bound to the paiment of debts which had been contracted is its early i.ifancy, without written document& A Bill also `would be introduced to made false . representat Bill would have for iti question of " Variance' 'masked:4cm by his H Ile believed, Also, ,that -iure of. a healing it no ion :ing Richa preftriptitc ri infested, tl dficiently vc to a reason' greatly it made all t 'position at id which seem to hi the cause :t since; ciend was in 'homer in ilatory not 'ben nded care stem of tl tppily and their anc with bon nwilling tc or a chant He was c -huse modi time had it to hew had bee property. concurred Hon.• and Cornmissim, ' and defin JRGE LA N. General accus of Peaces rovement of was felt v Indervalue Friend in pointment. the Countl trter 'paid either tin He hoped but stil nds of the 1 any offer Bench tit , was sure t present sysi -!silence. to obtain !minal or c iprisonmet lould be n remedy again "Inct possible ration in tl' of separate , wed to star Law the ten in the pewit wh,c light be alb did it to law was, as thou wi _ rule was not ma the oath of- one wi against the oaths of et of this rule, that they be presumed the petsc allegiance.. II the oat 'iv in other cases, wl might arise, would thi , dente ? Did any hon dente, uk himself who Egle or two witnesses? der ation. The ATTORNEY. ith some of the sum is Hon. and Learned ad no objection to a er which bad been pi earned Colleagut; on. trod Learned . F. greed that there did business in the CI earned Judges were on matters unworthy important points wen of the Judges of th Chief Jostice, in wht law could be decide business. He agree( grievance, and perk was by the am:minim of things hid arisen In the time of Lord SIOO causes upon the /sot ough there were generally. from . 600 i i p adictlon in the law on to do that whi old discharge. .d filling that had fallen riend with tespec e 'would not trou pon that part of 1 ourt of Common dvisable to throw id appear to him the Learned Sergew and therefore he cc It was true that th cif - Sergeant, but it that its other favour he was an humble been so. fortunate a Crown, he could nc brethren of that sou poses it was unknow sitorioas,...Wear, he much which had Learned F?iend will The great' inci ease increasing complex that citeuiNistance, business /h im the entertain.. That; could atiViit,that t inefliciett *bile chi .. and hisßight Hon. among the*Jadjiel. iiilii measure ot. a would render it ime when Kini rove a prescril t must be code oint was suflici ring down to a p r e s ent .were gr lie had Alien ma mpon the pyopos Arned Friend tie might seen j kewarm in the lily with .perfect earned friend 'ss a fellow-Jabot • + bim neither dila' 'the most unboune 'the roots and ste 'lvy had so happ opiate shade th . long slept wl found unwi er decay or i . • •irable. He ction, of thor e lApse ot, tin ver consent I ie ns which b berry and of pi ending, he col mon of his Hoe ent of a Com ing limited ar Mr. G EORG licitor•Genet e Justices of the improves ss which wa e did not and onnurable Fr their appoir nant of the , toust be bettei sons, ttan eit I'ti State. He repealed; the minds e nvicted of ai ached the Be . nishapent wa n to the prey eir loco req , o di ffi cult to ter by crimi bject of impr bt there shou ,that the remed; =lost cumplete, that any alterat the subject of s man was allow the Cotirts of L !me was given writ Less compet the partimaigt cause, if they ti r the rule of la VI convict, as t. the rule was 1