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London, England, 1816-05-14 00:00:00

PRACTICE.

BARLEY iS the matter of the SAME, ill Batik?'Mpg.

Uo this l'etitimi being called on—
Mr. IIEALD said, Sir Samuel Romilly is with me
in this Petition, he is now in the House of Lords,
on an appeal case, and I cannot, out of justice to
my Client, proceed without his assistance.
The Iet•CUANCE.I.I nit—" Then the Petition
moat he struck out of the paper."
Mr. Ilitai.D-1* With all deference to your Ho-
Dour, I inn of opinion it ought not, anal for tibia
reason, I appeared in: Counsel for the Petitioner,and
he cannot be considered us having committed a
contempt of Court as long as he is represented.
%Ye, Gentlemen outside the hair, brave come to
o dete mm Motion, that we will out do the duty of
our Learned Leaders, however high they may stand
in the profession, as we think we would be doing
lojustice to our Clients and to ourselves. If my
Client had confided his case to me, as Leader, I
should not have been afraid to have argued it
be-
fore your Honour ; but see how we, outside the
bar, are situated—we do the laborious part of the
business, the drafting, &c. and do not, perhaps,
throughout the whole cause, receive half the be-
nefit that our Leader doe* for arguing it, who
may tut have been in possession of his brief forty..
eight hours ; besides, by our forced attendance in
Court, our chamber business is obstructed. Your
Honour. I trust, sill not conceive that I mean any
thing disrespectful to the Court, or any class of
men, by this statement, fur if my Client's Solicitor
acre in Court now, and desired me to go on iu the
absence of Sir Samuel, I would do it, but I have
got positive instructions from Imo that I should not,
and hr is not slow present."
The VICE-CHANCELLOR—"TIM Solicitor ought
to be here; this inatteotioa on his loan occupies the
Court unnecessarily, and cannot assist the Suitor;
strike the petition out of the paper."
Mr. Ileat.n—" Your Honour certainly has the
power of doing so."
The VICE-CHANCELLOI—" I ant aware of
that."

It was accordingly struck out.
Sir SANUFI. ROMILLY a short time afterwards
entered the Court. and said, " I understand your
I lonour has directed is petition to he hi:sick out of
the paper oii account of my absence: with great
deference to you, I think my client ought lint to
be put to the (o,ta of the slay, as he did appear by
Counsel, n.nl one most capable."

The Vic E-CH CE t. 1.00.-" I will not restore
it; something must be done to preserve regularity
in the Court. it was soot your absence, Sir Samuel,
that made me direct it to be struck out o 1 the
paper, but that of the Solicitors. Those Gentle-
men tiits4 be made to know that they are to attend
in their lattice, awl that the time of the Court is not
to be trilled with."

COURT Or KING'S BENCH, MAT 13.

This Court was occupied the greater part of the
Clay in attending to the justificatiou of bad.
On the sitting of the Court nothing important oc-
curred.

Esiher Samples was yesterday committed for
triad (after rio examination at Row-street Police
Office) charged with having set fire to her mooter's
house, a ith an indent to conceal the robbery of
linen, &e. preriowly committed by her.

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