The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-04 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additimad.) Er WOPENCE.

Mr. WALPOLE Md lest yeae expetesed n *wham that
no settlement could to more inoonvement than the one at
which they bad arrived. It wee his opinion then, se it was
now, that if Jews wets to be admit'td et oil, their admission
°rent to have hes a OEM, oten, end direct ere. (Hew.)
It wee by no moats akar how tar the powsr of perms re-
solutions roamed on them by en act of lest sermon realy
extvedcd—whether their IN solutions under that act would
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extend blond the eniatiog melon, or even b.yond the exist.
parlisment ? As to the amendment, Le thought A would
ho highly inconvenient. The best plan would have been to
prop me a scesionel cache; but, under eziatiog eircumstascee
he would safest that a te!eot committee shoat be appointed
to consider seed n vet on the beet mode of es rptig into
sffct the sot of lest session f (Cheers.)
Mr. NIMDEGATE consented to withdraw his amend-
ment if the gummiest thought that the course poin ed oat
by the right hen. gentleman was an expedknt one.
Lord I. MANNSIte, en the pert of her Majesty's games-
ome!, expressed a hope that the mater would be refereed to

a eract tioserstsee.
Mr. DONCOM BB had listened with great pleasure to the
°barnstorm of the right hen. gentleman (Mr. Walkole),
Demme he thought they were dictated by a syirit of au-
ntie ion; and he would, therefore, consent to the proposal.
The motion end amendment were then withdlawn, end •

select committal was etpolated.
THE TIMBER DUTIES.

Mr. MITCHELL moved "that it was ILe opinkm of the
house that the duties on foreign and colonial weed Weald be
repealed." The boa. gemismaa mid that la the puma aa.
certain state of the hours he would at propose the repel of
the timber duties this year ; be would -only silt as them
to adopt the terms of his precast reselatioa. The
prolate of this duty was *boat 600,000 L per IiSIM; end
that attention* feed deterred Mrs, from 111181 WA sew, Ewa
bringing the matter forward. Directly after the war ke bed
felt that it would be ineapylient to ask for the resoled= of
this duty; bat to 1880 a considerable reduction fa oar
burdens met take place from the falling is of the ter-
minable ennui* s. He therefore premed the boom to mynas
its °pinkie that It wee ursjeet and isimpedicat to eastiame
this duty.
lb. FENWICIL ereveded the reeohtlian.
Btr 8. NORTHOOTE c attended that as rate had been
nab out for treating the duty start from the general
question of Bomar. Reference had bees made to the Mem
Ems that would take piece in 1880, but it wee most Wise.
tiemahle to fetter tLo bands of the Chancellor of the gado.

quer a i..-rieioesii;;l.o (Hew. bear.)_
Yr. WILSON raid tha Sir N. ?eel and Mr. Olrdstisto

haikeit;raTl 1:14 citea; dada ; bat he would
nem be • party to repeelleg a duty until he maw hie way to
the bong made up. The hoe. besinet °moats bad
rieland the toot.on, oa the grated that the duty was paid by
the lee* rouser • bat he (sr. Wiles) wana that
the pries el eaten* linter vas regulatcd by Uri of heirs,
nut the Seaga by the conaled. Bach avowals was new
to his ewe in the hat tea pen. (Beer, War.) lie should
resist the motion, believieg it impolitic to dell with decal
animates to en liwiated fora. As our expenditure sea in-
eleaeltd, and the imeona from certain twee dmii.iehing, he
aneght the moieties alight not to be mint...laid by the

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hews. -
Xr. HUDSON sa'd he shoold rapport the motion of
the ham. gestlemes because he believed it to be juct.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he could Levee bars
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my promise that the timber duties should he repeelvd,
because 0 was not in his power to perform any such prom...
EstUeght the earliest opportunity Mould be 'alien to repeal
the tax, bet be would sot vote for en abstract proposition
foe the repeal of any tax till he heard the thiamin statement
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear beer)
Lord H. VANE would Rugged to the lice. member for
Bridport that be elsould add to ;tie mottos the word., "se
ems as the Mao oft^e rOVEllike admitted." (Hem, hear.)
Mr. MITCHELL mid he shade remota to the appal of
the sedation! by agreeing to the 'Minos of the words sug-
gested.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER considered
that the sedition made the sodas much more objets-
demble than before, for it pledge! the home to the
of the ditty se mos se the state ct the remits la-
mina! it. He mu d not agree to the etateraeat that Ibis wee
the mly mode in ettiok• tax, supposed to be Weaker to the
galas L ireet, amid be bromin before the hones for am
eideradots, sad that unions the home sanotioma • resolution
of this cbarerger, it was Importable Met the ppievance4 of
any clam of the community could be brembt beim the
home for tonshierstion. There were meant, melt se by
movie, for mem, of bringing the whole smite of any Seal
arreagement bdwe the hou.e, and if the home mama en
r:on the subject, it would no doubt influerm the Oma-
Oster, if be bed the means of giving it elbet. Bat
he amid assure the baste that at pretest the position of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer was of that nature that there
seed not be any renuable tancaget the &ffetent intense of
the community for the aup'us he had in Mod. (Laughter )
He therefor, • bad the house not to saection minima
of this kind, which had an frijol us effect on
the public mind, and led to a feverish anxiety
emoeget the difFortmt branches of bed. affettsd by them.
He thought hie hoe. freed had been misunderstood. He did
sot say that this tax on timb-r was not a ted tax, eves
thomb it am of • protertnaist ammo ter; but that the-,
were mast' tuts ow row materials which were WOMB. He
should be very glad tee be able to repeal the duty on timber,
but it win r 4 in his power to hold out say expectatios of
that kind. Ina short time—probable in • month—be should
call the stlmetta of the house to the Maeda, condition of the
ontatry, and if any antidotes did not weer/ of the prin.
sal that made, it would then to open to those who repre-
sented the timber trade or called for the remission if other
tame te bring their mars before the home, when they would
no doubt rearm impeatia consideration.
The manes, with the addition aergested by Lord H. Vane,
vas time pet,e when there *primed—
or th motion
Agalset
BALE OF SPIRITS IN SCOTLAND.
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Viseoest ilduriHNlD nee is more f ot a arlect commlte
is inquire leto the laws regulating the vale end consumption
of exchable Neon Is Sootim4. His propel ion was a
sitzt, ressos, and moderate one. The question had
mere excitement than the oomeion warranted. He
had eatisilled himself that some inquiry on the subject was
ili . Objection bed teen taken to the proposed
mode of inquiry, but it was of little censequeses how
the inveseiption was conducted provided there wee en in.
erairy. The public-hoeses act in Mothed, commonly called
the Tarbes Mackenzie Act, was one of • restrictive character.
It prtook of the nature of • sumptuary law which
meM only be &feuded on the mend, If at all, of its
electing the object for which it was emoted, sad its not
glens rise lnrdd. ntally to primness of another character.
It was rot a wait nof whether the state of titbits wee
better before or after the law wee pared, because ostain cir-
cumstances iron out of it which, indepeendy et any each
comparison, made it • proper subject el kwakty. (Beer,
Marl TM act in question required ell pelEc Mess to be
dosed et U o'clock at night. Public-horse, hotels, and
Inns were required to be shut up an lb. Sunday.
Puldio-beens were ettbjeet to the visitatien of the polka at
all hoer% will& he did not object to. A discret mazy
power was ghat to the megistrates to limit the number of
publishes's.. to any extent they pleated, and to that power
was to be atinbutad TIM 1 of the evil to which he should
tall the attendee et the boom Matey complaiele were
wade that the magistrateebad not conducted themselves
with Winer in the mentos of finer (onetime. Justices
who sat in the lower otters for panties bream, eat also in
the higher courts to decide on the appeals erns theureelvee.
It was also usual foe the magistrates to receive deputation'
frets tamper ape end teetotal societee, who, however good
their intentkme, bed a bias tosards mesas de act rigorously
wheinteteel. One of the cmditioes et granting • Lcence
war, that thee should be no back door. That condition
we. nude at the iodisation of the temperance (irk. s.
He did not wish to make any attack on inaglateetes
or polies, or an other parties, but be would
pet it to the Down whether it was right that
peewee holdhg thous opinions on • particular subject
should be the persons to carry out the law. With nand to
the effect of the law, he held in Ma hand • return of the per-
sons taken up by the police for hang drunk, sad them who
being taken for other comes wen found dente. The result
is Aberdeen wea that in 1852—the year before the act paned
—4,700 persons were felon by the potios for drunkenness;
In 1857 there were 1,760 melt cases. That showed aa alma- I
rent decrees., but it wee made op for by the number of j er-
sone takes up for cellar came. and found drunk; the num-
ber. bang 7291 a 1852, and 1520 in 1857. le Inverness there
were 204 taken up by the police in 1852, and only
98 Inman. wee therefore me of the places
quoted to show tat adrantege of the act ; but from all the
prim 'et informaion he mold obtain the act woe there ceded
letter, end was learcely put into force at all. In Glasgow them
was • diminution in the •number of drunken ears, but Mere
WWI an norm* in the number of disorderly pew found
densk. In his opinion, thee was a distention in the
amount of Sunday drunkenness. It appeared from the esters
that Saturday wee the mom drunken day in Soodand, and
ariam.linateran.)g
.Thteent,illicientdtertit.e in
&Methane& nun be sight te judged trom the feet that me
bousswhialliiimaselwerebadthemircolreuedtip"liedbertoo...7 the whole comity. How profit-
person who we. fined 2001. still carded pee the bedpan,
and he understood shot tt was not unusual to mobs from
2001. to 8004 In four month.. The Comminiestees el Inland
Rename in their lad repot showed their opinion of tat act,
for they recommended the Treanu7 not to make say attempt
to restrict the number of public-homee by any arbitrary km,
for the example of Olasgowand Edinburgh, ins the peeing
of the aot of 1853, showed that it was not by each means the
habit. of a people wen to be Mange( He condemned in the
strongest mauler the maployeathe of the ,athaa spies,
which lad to the existence se la theme! thaethia-the iaaljth
force sod the peels The sable bud referred to several
snores in when ttA police bed been empleyed fee thepmme
of detection. Timm were the grounds is which be seed for
se lavestlgstion. He admitted that immerality tinted to •
grid West in any oh the towns of Soothed. Memoir
we. the wont, bet Edinburgh was net meth better.
(Lesighter.) And there wereother towns inertia sormildag
many as bad took Owe. se el not aid MO how

isquity was oesdacted, bat be the best coarse Wee
for the members of the lefse to=rhe themeless.
Mr. CRAUFU RD semded the motion.
Sir A. AGNEW admitted the trotsimotives which lamed
to
his noble hiend take up the au . aid regretted thee-
fore that be should appe ir to opres fe:sny way. But
he thought that this inquiry coed be much better conduced
bye royal commission than by a committer, because the
hots would be put in a much atrome light by a 001001:11400.
If a committee was appointed 'considerable molt dare
before any mount of evidence could be tiktn, and be did
not think any gentleman would venture to assert that the
house would be in existence for the whole s mer aid it
might happen that after devoting their Urns to the pietism-
tion of a blue-book the hon. members might middenly dud
themselves sent off to enjoy the country air. There
were two ways of dealing with the subject, either
by • committee or • countsiedon ; a committee would
approach the inquiry is a hostile point of view, whilst
a commesion would mufti me the country end take the
beet evidence at the least expeess. Needy 2,003 Whim,
with 30,000 signatures, hied been presented in favour of •
wi but very few for • committee. Asa general
fact the Mackenzie Act had /AM satiatection;
then might be some slight rieroace but on the whole it
was a groat boos to the poorer Mmes. 'He would not further
detain them, but he begged to men, as an amendment, that
a humble addeses be presented to her Mejesty, praying that
the will be grukinely gisessi te appoint a royal commission
te emery oat the MI Make.
Mr. FINLAY asemeicil the amendment.
Mr G. GREY IPOS glee that the government bad
moored as beaky em this important Mien, thetmh
he code set Polse his noble friend in denouncing the
hiss
Mgekeuset Ad.
_Mr. C. Wised that the speralks of the Forbes
BlaratmehrAel bad bra em the Mole beseleial to Scotland.
As le the Nelda d imgralsy, he tbseighl the feeling of the
UM, et forty theneeed ram who bed petitioned fen a
emembas wee =Medi, neret.
The LOAD ADVOCATE wwsld hats been extremely
girl It he Nadi have adopted the sempeallen of the right
hos. Mem& awaits, that the Inquiry should be conducted
by • sennelline; bat, its, baby gives the subject hie moat
mime eambimetim, be had come to the ossedmion that bi-
gotry kr stemesit smut* sion would Imam' mural.
U IMMO Lied MILO UND pll,OOlll 10 withdraw hie
molten. bet It wee tleally zegativel by omen; end the
ammismist meg gamed to.
• THE WEST INDIES.
Mr. BUXTON same for • select committee to inquire
into the condithe et the Wed ladies, aad the best means of
mno=f iandratios Into the. He deeded that the
etas of the islands could be ettributed to the
emeneirdss of the aepom. All the Metonyms. el the
platers mild be tuned to other source.. The supply
et
berm was, Demme, the question Of chief import-
ance, and ce this point he turd the selvisebility of in-
quiry, with the view of diacoveang the quarter from whence
and the mesas by which this supply could be beet
The hot, member criticised the system of =-
don as at reseed roublished, objeeting to many of the are
rengessents sow is fume and contending that the whole
exposes Jammed In bnyordng Mowers should be defrayed
by the planters.
Sir B. LYTTON teeny related the history and pro-
gress of the handgestion system, which had largely pro-
muted the preeperity of the West India., and from which be
was convinced no government would of to depart. The
complaints of mortality among the immigrants, whether on
board the premperoesels or in the colonies, were, he insirted,
founded on exaggerated or distorted etatemets, and
were entirely disprorod by the actual facts, Jab which a
searching Investigation had been lostituied. Agitating to
the proposed Inquiry, be suggested that the question should
be allowed to stead over for • bale while, until some papers
VOW 10 prepualion were laid before pediment
Mr. LABOUCHERE wee perseaded that the inquinby
• select commistao would be Tram and hoed that it r,ht
prove asiseldevoss. Frequent and mailed for interpration,
either by the easeutiee or the legislature at home, with the
affairs of the Maim was es every aroonat to be deprecated.
Mr. F. CROSSLEY armed the setiefection that ha
felt at the speech et the Secretary Lr the Coleeirs. He bad
visited the slave eiatee of South America and the plantations
dim The plasters were anxious to get his opinion em
their " dot:nestle ieetitadoe," end they asked him if he did
sot think it was attended with atmatage to themselves and
their staves. lie eaderroturd to show them It would be
more to their advantage if they pall Mir Women wages,
Mead of having to give large ems for that and them have
M bead the whip over them to make them week Hs edvbed
his hoe. friend the member for Harped to accept the Ate
of the goverment
Mr. C. FORTESCUE, who rose amid aka of "divide,"
said be only withed to appeal to the bar. member for New-
port to take the advice tebdend to him by the Secretary far
the Colonies. Hs did not think that the public gill
of
this country did sot demand this Inquiry, sad !bet the heft
did notrequtre it.
Mr. C. EWING was ewe that if there was sufficient
labour in Jamaica they mid brat Cuba out of the market.
Be did not think dist differential duties would do them any
rod.
Mr. BUXTON sold he would aveept the test proposition
of the Seeretery to the Colosiee, and if he did not get the
intrematios he required be should bring the subject cia again.
The motion was thee withdrawn.
COUNTY COURTS ACT.
Mr 11. NORTHCOTE obtained leave to bring is • bill to
repeal the 32nd section of the County Comte Act, 9 and 10
Vet, chap. 96. The °eject of the bill, be said, was to
abolish the emcee of High Bailiff of Westminster sad Soca-
melt
MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Oa tee Mee of the day for the third reading of this 6131,
Mr. B. ROPE NM be was Load to enter his prdait
against this bill, and N gMe it ea eadying and noastylatiag
epposhicts. fir) An the mesa of Enema 100011
relitto this MIL Ogees laughter.) It was mid, whin
was before the boom os the bat comics, that the
Mu of Leaden were in favour of it. He bad tee newer
to make to that steemeat at the time, but to-night be hedl
new. lie bed pressated • petition against it
totem
the
Dm and Chapter or Weetudester, and wither from Sion
College, and be bad eke prosented use front the clergy of the
feeporaat imaracrorng teen el Leeds. He was sell died
btteetomethoughlaw. tiefestmillvedmighatat mm
th.
bille btersd
aittwhiniouldtfrano:
that day slit seentha—The hoses divided:
For the titled reeding
Agsinet it
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BILL.
This bill weft threnda_comaitese prof
LAW OF PROPERTY AND TRUSTEES' RELIEF
AMENDMENT ACT.
This bill was read • mood time.
The hoses adjourned at • quarter to 2 o'clock.

THE APPOINTRIST Of SIR ROBERT HAMILTON:
The appolatorsat of Biz Robert Hamilton to a proviemal
seat in the Corsa of the Goversor•Grneml of la Is to be
rcantended. fle Robert Hamilton has rendered rest ser-
vices to hie mantry by his political nenagensest of the Coe
toil Indian Proving(' ' • and it is desirable that the Coattail of
the Geverser-Oenevalef lan should always contra at last
ale make teausaenat with the stain of the ergs stare.
It is probable that the appointment of Mr. Montgomery to
the Ithootemeit-gmentenhip of the Noitlo-Weetem Provinces
will aria Bit a. Hamilton to take hie mat is soca as he
aa pramedl to CAL-lota for the This will therm
the entelaneest of mother pronGlcar member of ceeneil,
ma se. Is eridisary coar.e, the nest vacancy will be that of
Mr James Oases, sow senior menter of council, we pre-
sume hr the, next lionisation will be Bat of •• military
eliewr.—Owriarl M.O
COVET or COMMON CAMINCIL.—A special court
war held yeiteday. A disoonion took Oar as the bill re.
W ieg to the male of grain now Was parliament, mad a ;el-
lion against the Inman adopted on tin recommendation of
a commitee to whom the subject was referred. Bernd
petitions were perated fa favour of providing the coat of
the premed lunatic asylum out of the City's foods, sod a
riedutioa we 1, after some discussion, eloped to the effect
that • previa= ?moieties of the omit in favor of the
asylum being provided Igneous of • county rater Miriade&
A litter was reed from Mr. D. W. Harvey oa the subject of
the vacant officio( High Bailiff of Southwark;and HMO die-
cos.ion mooed as to the eligibility of that gentleman for the
rhos. Eventually the later Ina refined to a committee for
amelioration. Tee Lord Mayor said that the Emperor of
the Fres* is cosaideration of the reception he bad met with
by the °eversible on his visit to the City, had bees pleased
to cosier upon Biz P. EL Woe, Bert., the than Lord Mayor,
the Otter of Haight of the Legion of Honour. After the
trammed= uf soros ether brines the court &tourist.
LEFF Pltakcentu.—The following are a po'nted
prowess at the Chapel Eie Whitehall, on Weidfetsdgr
and Fridays during Lent:—)latch 9, Ash Wedneiday, Dean
of Canterbury, Vey Rev. Dr. Alford; 11th, Friday, Hon.
and Rev. D. Gordon; 16th, Wednesday, Rm. F. C. Cook;
MA, Friday Ray. 0. Mathias; 23rd, Wedneigekl:ev. W.
Rages •• 331iLicla y Rev. Dr. Oordbont • Weirs.
day, R:v. Harvey; April let, Friday, . John
Monaca; 9th, Watering, Hon. said Rev. A. F. Phipps.
thlt, Friday, Hon. and Rev. R. W. Sackett* West;
13th, Wedoesday, Rm. A. G. Co/await ; 16th, Friday, Rev.
Dr. Vateriti,:xfillemow; 20th, Wereoley, Rm. John
Vans; Friday, Dena el (Asada; Very Rev. Dr.
Williams. vise setvicie at 11 o'clock.
The Rev. John Rump!, Rector of Patrefield, Suf-
folk, has been 'mired to the artery of BlonVithem, In
the county of Iltuatarks, by the Bishop of Petaborougb,
the patron.
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LONDON. FRIDAY. MUCH 4.

Sous time Ms sow elapsed since the tint utter-
ance of the ausplaint that parties Wen broken op in
the Howe of Cowman. Leading statesmen found
themselves with followers who made it the esceptiou
rather than the rule to follow their nominal leaden;
and the &moue question, " How is the Qunmes
" Tennant to be carried on r seemed to have let
its weight as as argument for obedience. VW'S,
remedies wets hinted at, such as the recoastrustisa
of partite, new party cries, and so on, bat in
vain ; and it is notorious that the last three Ad-

mantitratious have only kept their places by the
sufferance of numerous small dimes. mob of whom
in turn or at will have sweet s& them. We believe
that the mese of this dismiss sad disunion is to
be traced to • source lying deeper ties the mere
brush-up of parties, and that its in*issme is It in
other plains beanies Parliament At all MIMI it
has of late shown itself to • remarkable 'stool Is
the jary-boz, sad it is is this light, sad
from vile point of view, that we propose
to consider it especially ea the evil has
in this quarter attained to such • height that Lord
CA???? has fosad it neeeseery to ask Parliament
to abrogate the present rrquirementa of unanimity la
juin. We believe that this increased diversity elf
thought and °pintas is to be traced to an increased
exercise of the right of private judgment—an incises,
&twill naturally from the more advanced state of
education and ea lightenment prevailing in the present 1
day. Mea are no longer content to take their opioim
on trust, but choose is all rattan when they have
any voice at all to think and act for themselves. We
need not tell our readers that this principle im the
foutdation of all civil and religious liberty, and that
it la not to our pogo, that its importance will he
impugned or controverted.

Free discussion, and °envie:Um' arising from be.
dimension only, are the Englishman's moat penises
privileges ; and we may well be assent to pat up
with some small inn veneeess that serval:bead their
enjoyment. There may perhaps he aniewhat tee
mach dimmable in Parliament ; is the eagerness a
all to debate, business may be impeded to some ea.
tent. Bet:this we biller, will gradually work itself
right, and at any rata the tee abundant ventilation
of matters that are to abet • kingdoms is • fault cia
the right aide. Bat the mantaal rights of indi-
viduals that come in quention before larks et•ed is
no such tooting. At tiessmao doubt, important rights
and heavy amounts are involved in the desiio•s of
them tribunals, which require (and oblige) minute
and lengthy investigation; but the vast majority
of came consist of ordinary debts and claims,
that are hardly worth the time and money spent in
their recovery, even under the present system; and
which at thee' pendants of more time and men mosey
could not be remuneratively recovered at all. Nen.
over, juries in their deliberations ought to be—and
for the most part are—assisted by the judge, who
silts for them the facts elicited by experienced sad
highly trained counsel. Is it desirable, then, that
juries—for the mere purpose of giving the principle
of free diacunion full play—should still be n.
coined to be unanimous in their verdict, when by
their continual disagreements they frustrate the ends
of justice?
At present, as our readers perhaps know, when a
jury cannot agree, aad are discharged without giving a
verdict, the whole expense of the trial is thrown
away, and the plaintiff I reduced to the miserable'.
alternative of either foregoing hie claim altogether,
or of incurring further expense in laying his case be-
fore another jury, with, perhaps, • similar neult.
We koow, indeed, that it has been contended that •
plaintiff who cannot proffer such evidence on his corns
behalf ea will persuade twelve men to give him as
1101111i010911 verdict ought not to succeed ; bat we do
not think it needful to set ourselves seriously to re-
fute such an argument. If such a conteatire ever
had any weight, it mast have much lei, is thee.
days when habits of &themes is thought and opinion
hare grown to the extent we have already noticed.
And yet this argument, and the argument drawn
from the desirability of tree diseemies, are the only
arguments that Me. ROCII7OIM CLAW, in • pam-
phlet i• the shape of a Latter to Lied DUST, has
bees able to adduce egoism& Lard C...Nmet.t.'s Bill.
It is true that he cites the language of mese Judge
Commissioners of 1683 in his femur, though oily to',
the same tune ; and we mama to our reedits'
antic*, in our turn, the language al woo other
Comariasionen la 1830. They my, "It elms aboard
" that the rights of • party, in questions of a
" doubtful and complicated nature, ahead depend
" upon hie being able to satisfy twelve piromo that
" one particular state of facts is the tree one. It is
"obvious that the necessity of returning in miry
" nee • verdict, and an nasalises. one, before they
" separate, must frequently hod to improper roes-
"pram sae among the jurors of their respective
" opinions. There is remora ales to apprehend that
" where any of them happen to be actuated by par-
" tial motives, it mast lead to produce a corrupt
verdict. Indeed so one can has been mach co.
" versant with Courts of Julies without having fm-
" (Ineptly heard the remark (where the verdict has
" been very long in suspense) that ese or other of
" the contending parties has a friend npc-2 the jury .%
But in truth it is immaterial what conclusio•e
Commiasioners ease to either in 1830 or 1614,
circumstances being now altered. It is notorious to
all familiar with Courts of Justice, that never before
have ti ere occurred so many instance. of *lee
being discharged without being able to ogee% sal
that such disagreement has at length easinted
to • positive denial and obstructlos of foe•
Um. It is sot wonderful, therefore, that Lori