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hod been ()marl; appointed by Parliantent to in.
quire into the stole of the Courts of Ju-tie2 in
that 'amok). from whim Inertial and. mesitorion+
14hours the tn,wt salutary eff-cts hid followed.—
It hail been long u ',object of great and general
complaint w Ireland, that the fees of the Courts of
Justice in that country had been excessively exor-
-101,0 ; co much so, indeed, as almost to prevent
manors hunt locking fur redress. In many ruses,
tees had been augmented lull 30 per cent. without
creating any oboervallwt, and the officers had tat 'til-
ed thenwelses of several Acts of Parliament to toi.
pea"r weir fees. Fur instance, the Stamts Act,
which was passed in the year 1806, etia.red, that
in the copier of pleading+ ISO snore than 73 words
„houltl be written on each stamp; upon whiCh the
officers of the Court thought proper to reduce their
Act sheets, which before cinimptegl of 90 word.,
,;„ao to 72, and upon thie redored quantity Hl° 72
yam, to charge the accuottased fees. Upon many
fictiiitai. proceedings fees are also charged : thus in
the of sinumuoses, the plaster in Chancery
i.„O, date summonses in eteccrevion. not one of
shish is proceeded ou ; the fourth, which is called
a perrniptnry.sunalisono, a twxt issued, Ilium which
sa sitentlatant is had ; but upon each of the
three previous stuninotweo, then are regular feet.
g. for the Master for the attendance of
the solicitort anti of the Six Clerks. Indeed,
though their totteudence is regularly charged for.
11411 inotonee whatever does the Six Clerk at-
tend, Ili out single cos,. the Six Clerk charged
fur tio less than letEJ7 att • Hoi,cro, although nut
hoe had eves taken place. sl'o prove a simple con-
tract debt under a deciee, cost no leas than 181.
As to the remedies propoyed, orders and rr;:tilations
viete made hy the Curd Chancellor and'ilie Master
t.t. the nos, ...cum, in the principle laid
dose by time CUllsilllsSlOlieto. The system of at-
umlaute and fees on fictinuna proceeding, are
about to be toholohed. But upon one pond
of autturtance the Chancellor and the Ma-
ter of the Rolls differed with the Commis-
'titian!. At presein the practice is, that the Ala,.
tees in Chancery taxer the Solicitor's come. upon
waich they receive certain lees. Tht Commissioners
of Inquiry object to Ibis 'node of. ImXalsoil, and sug-
gest that two distinct tif6rero„ at a fixed salary,
'tumid be appointed, and the taxrtu,u of coots
takeu altogether out of the hands of the M toter.
'file Lord Chlllieellitt and the Master of the Rolls
agree with the Comotioantiers, that ito taxing free
should he received ; ittotead of which the) prow:we,
that a fixed salary should he paid to them, which
would separate the duty of a taxing officer Irvin
their other foi,ctions as Matters, but they object to
having new officers appoitited.. Unoit slur waist
the Howe will decide. A outlier (mire, of the Bill
I e intenthill to bring in war one of great import.
suet; it was for the fib:Anton of the present system
of commissions for the examination of witsieiors.
The Commissioners usually appointed re the
friends I.T the clerks of the a;:ento ; they re-

et Vie three guineas * day for then attendance,
and they certainly are not is the ham, of exerting
t nem:a-Ives in any excissive drgrr during the com-
mission. They in many iiistances contrive to sice,l
Ina tuber of conribissimis in the same p.n., e, and
spend the time ur noconaition mirth and festivity.
Jt is iutrodrd to ahoheh this by*tern altogether. tad
to appoint twelve ban iA• re, with fixed salaries, to
act to extuniuete, The Rig ..t Honourable Gentle.
num wrist mom minutely into the details of the
Mil, and observed dust it was deemed bog cons woo
jo.oice, sud was strongly rvemomoodad by the Loa!
Chancellor sod the Ilaster of the Rolls to give a
suitable couiprusation to such of the Masters in
Chancery, and other t fficer,, solo by this arrange-
ment. would lose their nicient gild accustomed fees.
The Right lion. Gentleman iu eoliths*. ..... moved
Int leave to hriiig iti a Bill for weld .ting Fees in the
Curt of Chancery, and in the Exchequer Cham-
ber of In lands

After is few WM.& front Mr, R. MARTIN, the
UltdiUto waA agreed if..

Lard CAMS agilely* spoke alsortly, but in a
lOUa as voice out Awaya audible in the gallery.
Ile contended, as we untletstoud„ optima the prin.
c.ple of making clanpeosatiou to tits officers of the
Cuart.ol Cluitcer).

Sir J. NEWPORT raid, that the appointment of
CUMlllll.otioi:rfplXii inquire into the abuser pracii-ed
to the (•. out. or .1 tastice heti been attended w►th
rive gr.,,iert advantage to Ireland, which he was
liar Inure emetics 10 nutlet, in cutoequeuce of the
ii,flit tittles which were thrown no the way of their
appomitusent, lic had brought the *object before
the House obi the 2.4111 of June, !VIC when his
women Mini agreed to after much objection, three
CaLioet Iblinistere hiving voted spinet it, and
two nu $ itiviviou voted tu favour ot• it,
The Commissions were issued in 1315. Hr
inented that uu the Colawaismon appointed to no.
/pine into the state of the Courts of Law in Fug.
hood, two Masters in Chancery were owned,
%,m. were thus constituted judges of Wieners
to hare ratted nt the Court with which
they were 1 000000 rdtotely connected. The
e of such a nomination might he discern.
.d in. net--the Commission for Ireland hwve pre-
sented ill Reports: one on the Court of Chan-
cery ; °tie on the pies side in the Court of Excite.
titter. to coolocquence of which the Deputy Clef k
of the !fleas was convicted of malversatiou and chi-
nless:4J from his office, and the right Of noininatiog
the principal civil► was brought lo qur.liou.
There was it Report also relating to the Court of
Error. iu ohieli it was found that a aunt of 441.
4.a. the amount of lets demanded and raid tot
setting down a case for hearing.—(Hear, hear.)-.
arse were atao Reports from the King's lunch
out{ the Coinmon Pleas. From the Scowl' Commis-
sion there were five Reports; but from the
f.:;intisission, during the *puce of five years, there
ordy two Reports. ft was, however, to Le
exptcsed, that whet► such a duty was devolved on
prisons member% of a Court remediable fur the
ih.ta►oi tots% pf its proceedings, their proceedings
would be masked la on equal degree pf
krall. He uti,ted, fro* ;he evidence taken by
liar Cutgtnl..tut►, aro inkli *As the derrirri of
justice in the Court utf Clomerry of bellied.
that n cuatract creditor couid nut prove
a debt under au expense of 21/. 10t. ; that he
uwitl ~,,t ,„ r wiaaagap pf a judgment under
111. ; and that lie could out taLe out a sum of
".1.11. however sinell, under .1. 1 hit *pram
.1 I.h.i..tict joirlisultirly seven Open the Cl""