The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-23 00:00:00

aspirations of Poland, Russia has not within living
memory been in so dangerous a state. The disturb-
ance at the accession of NICHOLAS was a trifle to
the deep unsettlement of all classes throughout the
Empire.

The Transfer of Land Bill had, we thought, suc-
cessfully passed its ordeal in the Commons, and
overcome the obstruction of the lawyers, a goodly
phalanx of whom assembled against it, but such is
not the case; another attempt is being made by
the lawyers to defeat it, and they are endea-
vouring privately to influence, we might almost
say, coerce, members of the house to oppose it.
Previously to Monday last, when it seemed, and we
thought that the lawyers' opposition got its coup de
grace, the Incorporated Law Society of the United
Kingdom had presented to the house a petition
against the bill, containing no less than 86 sections
of complaint, not one of which, nor even the whole
of them, contains the least ground for ignoring the
bill, but merely complaints of minutiae, which, as
far as they relate to the clauses which were
gone through in the committee of the whole house,
were shown to be entirely groundless, with only
one or two most trifling exceptions.

The Incorporated Law Society, doubtless finding,
as is the fact, that the remainder of their objec-
tions are equally groundless with those which have
been disposed of, have now resorted, in their last
extremity, to an attempt in which we feel assured
they will most signally fail. The Society of the

Attorneys, Solicitors, Proctors, and others practis-
ing in the Courts of Law and Equity of the
United Kingdom have now forwarded to each
of its members a print of the petition, together with
a letter, suggesting the expediency of eutinnuul-
eating with members of Parliament, and of re-
questing them to support the petition, and
oppose the bill. It is well known that the
attorneys and solicitors throughout the kingdom
have much influence with the constituencies, as
well as personally with the members ; the
electors, however, are paramount, and we trust that
they will remember at the next opportunity any
factious or unreasonable opposition which may be
offered to the bill.

We have very carefully read and considered the
petition, the whole 86 sections of complaint,
and have not only found nothing stated to justify
the rejection of the bill, but, on the contrary, very
much to show the necessity for it; the petitioners
themselves must have had grave misgivings on the
subject, because, after attacking the bill with six
objections, to show that its whole scope and object
is injurious and vicious, they conclude with a
prayer, not to reject the measure, but that the bill
may not be passed as it now stands, and that it may
be so amended as to give effect to the recommenda-
tions of the Registration Commission of 1854, by
establishing a registration of titles to land.
It may be as well to give an instance or two of the
petty peddling exceptions which the petition takes
to the bill. One exception is that the bill provides
that a title may be registered " subject to a con-
tingency which has not happened," and that it is
therefore implied that a contingency which had
happened might still exist as a contingency ;
another exception is that the bill provides that
a title may be registered, subject to " some
uncertainty which cannot be ascertained," and
that such means some uncertainty which is
ascertained, but the solution of which cannot be
ascertained. These exceptions are a fair sample of
the whole; indeed, in the petition itself it is ad-
mitted that some of the complaints are mere verbal
criticism. Several of the proposed enactments are
complained of as being quite insufficient for the
purposes proposed, but on reference to them we find
them to be most ample apd carefully prepared. The
petition, however, discloSes the 'real cause of the
opposition, which is, that the fees and charges, and
professional emoluments of the attorneys and solici-
tors will be greatly reduced by the bill; the question,
therefore, is whether the great boon of the bill is
to be withheld from the public, because it will re-
duce the emoluments of the lawyers.
As the Solicitor-General said, when by the simple
honesty of purpose which he showed, he last Mon-
day in a committee of the whole house overcame
the strong oppositions, some subtle and some
open, which were offered, the bill may not be
perfect, and may need some amendments by future
legislation, but we are satisfied that its principle is
correct, and that it will get rid of a great blot in
our law, which has been acknowledged by all
parties of every political grade, but which no one
has had the ability and determination to strike
out but the framer of the bill, and we hope he will
I succeed in his endeavour.

THE IN7EBNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The following is a table of the past week's re.

turns:--

Monday ..•••••.• is Od
Tuesday. .. is Od
Wednesday is Od
Thursday
Friday 2s 6d
Saturday 2s 6d

It is expected that the Queen will return to
Windsor about the 21st of July.—Court Journal.
The wedding of the Princess Alice will be con-
ducted so privately that there will not even be music ; and
the great officers of State will take their departure imme-
diately after luncheon.--Cour t Journal.
The Queen will reside at Windsor at much
longer periods than heretofore. Her Majesty has said she
shall be more endeared to Windsor than ever.—Court
Journal. _ _

The meetings for the present week of scientific
societies are :—Tuesday, Zoological, 9, " New Corals, and
British Species of Habellum," Mr. Holdsworth. Wednes-
day, Society of Literature, 41 ; Society of Arts, 4 ; Annual
General. Thursday, Philological, 8 ; Horticultural, 1,
Rose Show.

The Cambridge meeting of the British Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science has been postponed
until October. Professor Willis will preside, with the Dean
of Ely, tho Master of Trinity, the Astronomer Royal, and
Professors Sedgwick, Adams, and Stokes as the vice••pre-
sidents. Dr. Hopkins will act as general secretary and
Mr. Spottiswoode as treasurer. The first meeting will be
held on Wednesday, Oct. 1. _ _

TIIE MIDDLE LEVEL:DELTIGE.—Not only have
the spaces between the walls of the dam ,been filled up, but
a very large bank of crunch has been formed against its
seaward face, so as to protect it from the utmost influence
of the tidal waters, So extensive is this sank that it affords
a broad footway across the drain, and it will be further in-
creased, so as to be a solid defence against which the tide
will fall harmlessly. The efficiency of the work has been
tried by the tide, and up to the present time it has stood
well.

THE MOORS AND FORESTS.—Much anxiety was
felt during the last fortnight in regard to the state of grouse
and other game, owing to the almost continuous rains and
the prevalence of Lail showers and cold winds. Since Sa-
turday, however, gamekeepers and watchers have been out
on the greater part of the moors of Perthshire, and all re-
ports agree in stating that the grouse have not suffered
nearly to the extent which was generally anticipated. On
the extensive shooting grounds of Breadalbane, the early
hatched broods of grouse have suffered but little injury ,
but the nests newly hatched appear to be weakly. On the
range extending from Crieff to Argyllshire, where last sea-
son upwards of 5,000 braco of grouse were killed, the ac-
counts are also encouraging. On the north hills of Strath-
ellen and the moors stretching to the south-west end of the
county, the reports are as favourable es could be expected
after the incessant rains. The young broods of pheasants,
which are the most tender of all the game species, appear
to have suffered most from the cold rains, for in a good
many eases numbers of the birds have been found dead.
Partridges are plentiful in all the districts of the shire, and
as the broods were hatched earlier than usual, the birds are
now able to withstand unsettled weather. In the forests
of Athole, Breadalbane, and GlenartneY, fawning has com•
menced ; and this season, as well as last year, an unusual
number of the deer have had twins, but a continuance of
the present unsettled weather would soon prove injurious to
the young fer`wns. The rain yesterday again fell in tor-
rents the whole day.--. Edinburgh Courant.