The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-05 00:00:00

FIBS IN THE COURTS OF LAW.

Mr. WATBON then roes to mom Ikea " select committee
to inquire trees and roper tee the bens on the taxation of
salters he tbe osone et kw aed equity by the collection of
Gm and the nensen Steuel, end the foods of collection ; and
the serspderse of hen he the eon of law and equity,
sod la- tisibefir scab, sed is the courts al special and
general mien la legleed Wake; an aa te the eels-
ries sad riempemodems sod dies received by sHeen and
retired aims od them man end whether any and what
mane weld be Meer with a view of esperiatending and
remising the etheadon sad appeopriation thereof," The
tees semis fefr mid that as these was no oblection to the
maks he Sethi net n• into the subject of it at
my leseelt. The menus was one of deep
im-
pmWsed ef the moose' magnitude. Ueda. the existing
Bynum eat
of
abmietely gives as the dielsosert.
The spews of la mem of jambs a/related, mint
the imp to a number of litigants. Warn of tie fees
were of,. legal Mem, but bad sprung up by accident. and
by the mom of time. The spurn of law, iadeed. might, in
regard of hos, be meld to be like a bush, which when the
Jew eneglit it as • refuge from the weather deprived them
stall their Seem. (Hear and laughter.) But what was very
motroble was, that of 400 ow 600 perm collecting fots in
them monk worody say one knew why or for wham the)
whereeda art ern Namely am of Mem was there any .lark
romelled the aellection. Isom err the parties collected
for thewebbes, Ia ethos for the CoMidated Feud. Who
OM Ni. hes end se ea* VIM heeedlyzasived and Mod,
resened St embody odd MIS. le the Coot of Chew
say, Imelletely • petty osememed • wit he was Gelled
ofto a heavy fee, awl Ws enothomed at every stage
peeerdi 6e until the hat @ON lens Orme to my, then
was a tax upon the suitor, sot ismedint upon the amount
litigated, but apes the sine of kis bill. In the
courts of equity, in 1846, km to the extent of
96,2971. were paid to the Suitors' Fund, and 153,6101.
to the Suitors Fee Fund, making • total of 260,8011.
Here was an enermaes meant to be collected, without there
being the least possible cheek open fraud. As to do courts
of law, the system wee eve. still more objectionsble. To
such an extent had taxation goes, that in the year 1843, in
the three Courts of Quota's 1111111.14 Common Pleas, and
Exchmaer, than bad boa MIMS and neatened to the
public service, after palming it ell salaries, charges, and
ex , no Is. • WINN, tliaa 100,9811. (Hear, hear.)
When an attempt we mods to gist a stamp duty ups. law
proosediags, Mr. Caning sold he that bone, that Moog in
all the system of Wades mold be more objectionable than
an attempt to tax the Mars el join. In his (Sr. Wat-
son's=stihe objeethaebh eirressar of the
car by the onelderadaa that the suitor.a
ankles for Mar messy. There were at the present tine
essed ekes le the mean of justice as there ever WM.
We had as morojedges mew than in the reigns of Elisatotb,
or men Edward 111.-; and when the pathos were receiving
hem the sniton this mamma annual somunt of fees, the
oaken surely had • right to skim that yytqsge shield be Ma
to secure every floility far the dsemrisadss of drivellers.
(Hew.) The MEM skid bed Me mass 4 thishloalko
of resent years, lowa r Ide vim, all in the wow
dbeedse. Iseinoll Of the Mews of the
we persmed me should light= their burden, by•
ethers to mist Sm. (Hear.) BM he should remark, be.
bee L cendrhd, that the marts of law and equity were
set the =Ay seers fa whisk km were collected. From
this he hod of the Court at salaries wen paid
he the wrest of 49,0001., Mg to the
men of 46,0001., per men and Ober
PoideldOW the foss we also creases ; they scam
tatswithin any abash eretreul. And hem he meld
ea
bat observe that a Mew milieu presseted Wolff—hew
far it wee right or proper, in seen of Naha, to levy hie at
ail ? (Hear, hear.) He wend, homer, pm by that pert,
in order be direst their aelsado as the other Mom whin
ha wished the main@ es oreeller. On Ink es to the
moue MOM ism' atria; amber wad se to the
ammelleue, maw rid at of the he hod 11w could
be an doubt let we aught he ben • Minot only of
hilly-per eine In ear warn ; it wee also right that on the
is of Sloe seer minessatien should be given; bet
it was • gait to ft on law Ohms at present
were not greatly weetheld, ent Maher the esopee.
lanes they mean ens set seesemes and meet
Mate as tie has of the else they bed MIL Why, there
were ehrieldy sem pams, kawier suns in the taxies.
manes add he Oloottryikele, who wan yew receitheg,
fa the is of their Topside* pests, no less • 1110111 thee 7,6001.
per aeon ! • (Hear, ben) But he would set open
do louse knew Me to eay, esseinsin, tht=reelly
tthogiet mei porde hook might be mho to result from
suskt:or
mgVslre dr poen As or hen. iambs: bad
said, it was inte an Aegean sable,het If they could
sot purify it be Men and Missed they might
de mesh to sweep away my el its eterupdar. He con-
doled by submitting kis min.
Ha BDHILLY .reseed to mobs, believing that the
most ellsetnal way of rsherdthe the nobehroadoe of the law
wee he ender it as dim and my as 'milk to the
ohm Tim did ea injury aid a_ met whemazo
the ether pay h_sOy he Ni. whefoinnem of ml
hr pones he hese the maim" of Ni. her.
theigke des Send be node eertin
were the parks comma Is the moo ; but thfi
wee a tasty ; for to poserve the
weed , and the
dos admiaistratioa of di9 law whisk the
pwkgm at Large Weft ielleeeted; end to Soon Meese the
adonsidolko of the laws From wbide thq night min
anee, mad ire skin te the eta et a polo epee
thew whine Moe s d me mad NEW
of Her. bar.") The the bereft by Se
admirsetedue of laws, sod eseeemenft, aught
te Warn
the sm. A q "MS of tere Meant
poe that
to bear a emerodee mid to
be pm epee the writhe of an peellemeeor tar
• Mem el seem rerool►
lawyor login Mr sem
thinly
_salon awn bele—hew Mir wads whisk**
led ewer moo rboat of NOM le the epeeist
ee et bis pereirtho 'eddies I Wlth, ft ire he the
pale., Maas, that these norm @MU be prepody d.
abled—it isigjir their lidelpisp_dre a dew ialsepestathe
ef the boo be gieeth-einV Oct surely we had me
✓ight to them sots of
.eldithlipeethe inesepseenden soil
; se* dedene....jeth=t•b•bitlLlOll.
at=
el2itheZeils
le wry weeng7rlenr, genes.)
annher IWO etre be 110 me arise
of such a committee es din new moth fer, was the dodo