The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

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The ',found renuling of the Sue:sensury BM in
the Howe of Lads is Geed for Thamtlay next; and a
division, the Times expects will be taken late on Prehey
night. It is remarkable that the Lord Caanealor
Lord Grey, who compete for the distinction of moving
the rejectien of the bill, ought each, if consistent, to en :s-
-port it. It was Lord Grey who, two years ago, weight
to impress the enormity of the Ireda odablielunent
upon the public mired and propounded in hie place in the
How e of Lords a plan for dividing the eeelesiasties! en-
duwnionts of Ireland among the epireepalians, Henan
catholics, and prulyteriuns in proportion to their num-
bers. But Lord Grey, unhappily, will not allow his
object to be secured extald in his own way, and intends lo
oppose the Suspensory 11111, though it is a nectenary pre-
liurmary to the adoption of Lis owu schwas, beau-,o it
maybe wed as astepping-stone to another course of action.
And as to Lord Cairns, a Suspensory Bill is a necessary
fererunnt r of the redi-tribution which he has himself ad-
wanted. Yet it is oerlain that the measure will be re-
jected, and the question of the day will be preseuted at
the hustings not merely as the redress of an enormous
ieveriee nn Ireland, but also as a touted between the
popular and the hereditary brunches of the legislature.
'The body .N,lrs anticipates that the large majority %Cld
be diminished by the abolition of proxies. The last greet
putty division when proxies wore called took place on the
morning of July 9, 1864, when an attack was made win
the policy of Lord Palmerston as carried out with respect
to Denmark. On that occasion the peers present gave tie:
government of the day a majority of four, and this we.,
only turned into a minority of nine by the use of conser-
vative proxies. It is not, of course, anticipated that the
peers will smut to the second reading of this measure. It
may, however, be useful to recall the tact that in 1860 the
Lords rejected Mr. Gladstone's Paper Duty Repeal Bill by
a majority of 89, and that in the following year it passed
through the Upper House without a division.

The Star draws attention to the fact that Mr. Justice
Emmen, in presiding a few nights ago at the annual
dinner of the Solicitors' Benevolent Association, strongly
expressed it as his opinion that the two branches of the
pufeesion, barristers and attorneys, might well be amal-
gamated. Thu Slur supports this view, and points to the
experience of America to show that the fusion of the pro-
fessions works admirably for the advantage both of clients
and of lawyers. It cheapens law, and at the same time
it opens up to young practitioners chances of success
for which in this country barristers, unless well
befriended or singularly favoured by fortune,
Lave to wait for years, and often altogether
in vain. It is the practice in the United States
for men qualified variously to take up difbenut
brunches of business, to unite in partnership, to divide
the labour, and to include in the one bill presented to the
suitor all the charges that in this country would be piled
up to satisfy half a dozen counsel of different sorts,
pleaders, draftsmen, and conveyancers, besides the ordi-
nary solicitor's costs. For a young man this system has
manifold advantages, and perhaps is equally convenient to
the successful practitioner. In this country it has long
been apparent that the existing costly and cumbrous sys-
tem, with all the barriers which it places in the path of
new men, cannot be tolerated.