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LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 9.

THE unfortunate illness of Lord Justice TURNER
reveals a defect in our judicial organisation which
demands a remedy. It is obviously impossible to
expect that judges, like other men, should not
hum time to time be disabled from taking their
seats on the bench by illness, but considering the
constant and severe labours of their daily life it
is surprising that the business of the courts should
be so seldom interrupted by such causes. In the
Common Law Courts the number of the judges
in each court is such as to prevent this incon-
venience. In other courts where a single judge
presides the evil is not very serious, but
even if it were the remedy would not be
very obvious. But in the case which has just
occurred of the illness of one of the LORDS Jusricra
the evil is peculiar, and specially annoying. It is
not merely that the business of the court is
stopped, which at any time would be embarrassing
enough, and at the present moment, when the
numbers of cases—many of them of extreme im-
portance—exceed 100, is most serious. But the
provoking thing is, that the powers of one of the
ablest judges on the Bench are paralyzed because
his colleague is for the moment disabled. It is
Of Lord Justice
TVILNIR even for a day, but it is a grievous
aggravation of the evil that Lord CAIRNS
should not be able to take his seat
upon the Bench during the illness of his
colleague. The question which naturally suggests
itself is whether any remedy can be found for
this state of things. To withdraw any of the
other equity judges from their courts in order to
sit with Lord CAIRNS would scarcely mend mat-
ters, because the effect would be to shut up a
court which would otherwise be open. Besides
which, an inferior judge would probably be called
upon to sit upon his own judgment, or, at all
events, upon the judgment delivered by a court
of the first instance. If the existing evil is to be
effectually remedied, it must bo by inventing some
plan by which, while all the courts are still
kept open, the Court of Appeal may be enabled
to resume its functions. Perhaps the best plan
would be that the Loan CHANCELLOR, in such
cases as the present, should be empowered to
nominate some ex-Chancellor or other member of
the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to
sit with one Lord Justice until his colleague is
able to resume his seat. At the present moment
it is needless to suggest that there would be no
difficulty in providing a substitute for Lord
Justice TURNER. Lord WESTBURY and Sir
RICHARD Kt NDERSLZY are both admirably
fitted to discharge any such duty, and no doubt
a decision pronounced by Lord CAIRNS and any
judge appointed under such circumstances would
command the respect both of the suitors and of
the public. The inconvenience at present caused
by the unfortunate circumstance which has given
rise to these remarks ought certainly to be reme-
died, and it appears that the remedy which has
been suggested is eminently practicable and might
be at once adopted.

Mr. Seely, on Thursday, will ask the First Lord
d the Admiralty, " whether the statement is correct
which appeared a short time since in the Giusoorc Morn-
ing ✓ouraal, that the Admiralty had contracted with
eight different fines to build a gunboat each at prices
varying from 20/. to 2'.11. per ton; and, if so, what were
the reasons which induced them to pay 45 per cent. higher
in one case than in another."

Mr. Otway has postponed until Friday hie gime-
ties relative to the withdrawal of the British m.resouta"
five from Mexico.

Mr. Dillwyn yesterday gave notice of his inten-
tion to move the following clause in the Reform Bill
At any contested election for • borough repre-
sented by more than one member each ch ctor
shall be entitled only to vote for one member : Provided
always, that in cases of a vacancy or vacancies in the re-
presentation of such borough occurring during • parlia.
meat those electors only shall be qualified to vote in the
election for filling such vacancy or vacancies who did not
vote for the sitting member or members." Mr. Kekewich
will move a clause giving to non-resident clectois in coun-
ties the right to vote by voting papers.

A letter from Professor Beesley in reply to the
criticisms on his late speech which have been made by the
Saturday Iteriete and other papers appears in the Daily
.Neva of this morning. He denies that be said anything so
absurd as that all murders are alike in guilt. With regard
to ex•Covernor Eyre he thinks it clear that that person
was animated by malice against Mr. Gordon, and that
he executed him to get rid of • personal enemy.
But he does not believe that Eyre would have
paid a secret assassin to shoot Gordon, or even had he
done so, would have denounced the crime and orb red a
reward for his own discovery, and to that extent he places
him above Broadhead. He should have thought it
highly culpable to extenuate or apologise for
the Sheffield atrocities, but be had before advised
the London unionists that the best course of action
was not to be constantly protesting, but to prosecute every
ease of ass cult that occurred in their trade. Mr. Beesley
repudiates with indignation the interpretation by which
he was euppoied to have compared the exhibition by a
magistrate of animus or partiality with the crimes of • BM
like Broadhead.