The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-26 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

Henry Dyer, ieirealiManc-hOUse keeper, No. 66, Hay-
market, was summoned before Mr. 'Fyrwhitt by Inspector
Street, for keeping bie house open within prohibitud
hours.

Superintendent Kettle, A division, visited the house at
half- past one on the morning of the 2nd November, and
found four men emoking and drinking what appeared to him
to be lemonade. He called the attention of the defendant to
the eircumetunce, and the persons in the house left in
about ten minutes. _ _

The defendant said the customers, who were all fo-
reigners, came into the house about half-past twelve, and
were served, but no refreshments were supplied to them
after one o'clock. They stopped to drink what they
ordered before one o'clock, and went away a abort time
after the visit of the police. He had kept the house for
twenty-seven years, and had never before been sum-
moned.

fiflreMaiteycorrekmatadthe defendant's statement.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defendant's own statement put
him out of court. He considered the cue was one for •
conviction, and it was clear to him that the refreshments
were served long after the proper time. The fact was
there had been • great deal of loose discussion in that
court, arising from the uncertain state of the law. In
consideration of the number of years the defendant bad
kept his house without complaint, be should reduce the
tine to be., but if be came there again the tine would
be 405.

THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON SCOTTISH JUDICA-
TIMM —We understand that the Lord Advocate his ad-
vised her Majesty's government to resell the commission
formerly gante_d, and ions, a new one. The new commis-
sion is dated November 19, and begins by recalling the
former commission, and grants a new commission to the
same persons, natiept Lord Westbury, and, in addition,
to Sir W. Page Wood, Lord-Justice of Appeal in aan-
oery ; Sir J. S. Wines, one of the Justices of the Court of
Common Plea; Sir Edward Colebrook., Bart.; Mr.
James Campbell, Sheriff-Substitute of Mid-Lothian;
Mr. James Adam, advocate; and Mr. Ales. Burns Shand,
advocate ; or any six or more of them, "to make diligent
and full inquiry into the constitution and jurisdiction of
the said several courts, and into the forma of writs and
pleadings, and the ruler of procedure, and the privileges
of agents, at present in use and force in the said several
oourta, and into the operation and effect of the existing
laws and arrangements for distributing and transacting
the judicial business of thesaideourts respectively,as well iu
court as in the various offices of the clerks of the said courts,
and other offices connected with the said several courts,
end into the duties and emoluments of all °Maws
acting under us before said courts. and into the
system of review of and appeal from the decrees,
interlocutors and orders issued by the and courts segue.
lively, with a view to a-curtaining whether any and what
changes and improvements, either by altering this consti-
tution and jtirisdicton of, or the forms of writs and plead-
ings, and procedure, and privileges of agents iii the said
courts, or any of them, or otherwise, may be silvan-
tageondy made, so as to provide for more speedy,
economical, and satisfactory despatch of the judicial
business now transacted DJ the said courts, and for the
better discovery of truth us the . premises." Professor
Macpherson, as before, is appointed secretary. It is
understood that Mr. Young, M.P., declined to accept a
nomination on the new commission.—ffeefsmass.
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