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SOLEN QUIT DICERE FALSUM AVI/E3 ?
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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 105"

The administration of justice is always a
sideration of the first magnitude in every ell:
governed State. It ought to be cheap, end
ought to be expeditious. Unfortunately, in thiS
country, these two -qualities do not attach,
nobody, we think, will question the purity (3°
which judicial decisions are made; but perlisPf
we may find consolation in the fact, that vihre•
ever justice is cheap and expeditious, there/ i
of
most cases, she is polluted. The Court . -
Chancery in England, and the Court of Sessi.°'°(
io
in Scotland, have been themes for theorists
declaim upon ; but in the midst of their declan'te.,
Lions they have forgotten to suggest the
metly ; and upon our previous position we mast
hold that the tirades thus launched against tile°
Courts for their delay. and, their expencess /69
to speak legally, a " collateral" compliniel't
paid to the honesty and uprightness 0-(
Judges who preside there. Although we 11r8
ladverse to this system of declamation, on elilA
possible subject that presents a scope for °V
servation, yet, at the same time, we fell. le;
luctantly compelled, to admit, that the Court of
Chancery and the Court of Session but Posey'
tr
too many sound causes for complaint. We —0
however, that the time is not far distant swbg°
more, beneficial constitution will be afforded iy
the Court of Chancery under the auspices
th's
the Commissioners now deliberating on
of
subject. But with reference to the Cour-
Session, the day of improvement is at ba'l
The first step taken towards the removal of tiw-•
s causes of of complaint in the Court of Sisson
In the year 1815, wh4 n trial by jury in
causes was for the first time extended to 6.,1
land. Since that time different measures 17
tiler
been resorted to, more or less efficacious in
operations. But, in the year 1823, the pr''''-
tV
of judicial business, and the enormous BCC mu
.--
Lion of undecided appeals front Scotland, intl e*
the House of Lords to nominate a Cononlits6
Pt'
on the subject, which recommended the appto
,went of Commissioners by the Crown, to 7,1,0
under their consideration the various sugget'tbe
offered to the Committee; and accordingli
of
Commission was issued, under the authOrilloos
4 Geo. IV. chap. 85. Last Session of
"
went a Bill, founded on the Report of tl-.4 O
tnissioners, was brought into and passed Iles',
House of Lords; in time House of Commonsi..o"-
ever, it met with a check, and the Session i-040
s
over without giving its wholesome provisi°
force of law. The Bill was renewed this ess9
.00
and we hope it will this time meet with the ' de'
of
it deserves. It appears that the main causes „Ott
lay and expence in proceedings before the 11‘.

'
• See a pamphlet published in 1824, by Hunter' Of
yard, on this subject, but without a name.

ur Sessioni, were found in the loose. way their
Pleadings Were 'drawn up, the Voluminousness
of the papefa--i and the power-of •review of their
°4vo sentences several times, with which the
Lards .of Session were invested, by Representa-
qan.or Redaiming•Petitioo. The object of the
411 is to do away, as .far as Pessible, with these
causks; and that object is attained thus
separating the law from the fact. 2dly.. By
"mpellii-ig the parties to make exl}lkftfstate-
lir of the facts which they,over,and otTer to
Prove, and of the law as applied to,these facts
they have alleged. 3dly. By requiring
part es to aCquire, at an early stago of-the pro-
c"cl4lg, a correct knowled;e of tlwir own ease?
‘ll4 to-state it to the Court. 4thly. By resort-

Shp, in
a greater.ndegree, 'to viva voce pleadings.
4"1-5thly, by doing a-way .with *all -Reclaiming
Petitions. The Bill then goes on to amend the
Acts for the establishing of. the Jury Court. On
til';•ilibject, however we must clvfer speak-
-10; for another opportunity. Those at all ac-
lAhlted with the course of proceeding before
Inner or Outer House -of.. .the Court of
-"sion will agree with WI hi "stating, that
1641!ing can be conceived so well calculated
to "A a successful party in a suit. The object
Ilasv no doubt, to secure a right and an unbiassed
ludgmf.44; but to us it appears that in endea-
"ltiug to obtain these certainly desirable pur-

1?416") justice has been entirely overlooked. If
t'l!ed the object of a Court of Justice was only
to declare the law as a science, the end is an-
twert'd, but where its bast and -plainest duty is
sift);
Yip to decide between party and party, these
Preen •
otions are not only useless, but tend in no
/44.7 small degree to hinder right being done.—
thiP44lPhlet, lately published on the subject of
-8i11) by Mr. GELDART, of Lincoln's-inn,
Silettl.ina of these : 7 precautions, says--,-" Our an-
c"-,ars. "Pm to have been jealous and guarded
,
034.1413 t the.possibility of Judges erring from want
tu.rormation.
Situated in a narrow country,
where the
People
were
so much under the influ-
*nee of ti
'e local proprietary as not to afford the
4411' " . of a fair and impartial Jury, a system of
pealiog from the sentence of a Judge first to
and then to a superior set of Judges,
tiii:m‘t•ltuted ; and 'also a system of written and
ferftil)leadings, for the information of the dif-
%se
'S
of Judges, through whose ordeal the
thai"-Pased, such as to render it almoSt impoSsihle
oitrit—t'enl.,ll:g.othent in favour of a party should be
to co Butat the same time Mr.o iLDA_CIT Seems
in 6:17 f i'tht not w distancing" the bars thrown
tn. ett traT of hasty pleadings and 'rash: kitlg-
iet aY now be tosome extent unnecessary,"
that it would ,be very unwise to attempt
.411
at
oncethe introduction of a new system,llc4r. "" Perfect that system may be." So far as
ti 13
4:}b"rvation goes to prevent the introduction
°,f A totally new system we agree, but we are
ct9411344.1ed to own that something should he done
"ISUrf the obtaining of justice by easy and
7:lx,ditious means even at the expence of some
-• ,those precautions which have lost sight of that
c:,ject toto. The method pursued by this
111 takes that middle course, and although, per-
at,
iI-1 it may take some time to reconcile the
scotch
to this alteration of the ancient institution
of th •
el!. Court, we feel convinced that the prep-
(tic
e will vanish as 'experience teaches them the
value
lof the new institutions. We call it preju-
lee) for so in truth it is ; but it is a prejudice
vs,
peak of with the highest respect, as -ernanat-
-1 frau' that principle for which the Scotch are
atl retilarkable—Patriotism. We cannot do better:
than close our remarks, by recommending to the
t:Bltion of those interested in the ineasur() Mr.
„,"-Olwr's excellent little pamphlet. We are
a°rtir our spacewouldnot permit us to avail our-
sti_
ye, of his materials to a larger extent, for his
h On the subject are just, and he has prepared
tet.ill'd of the Unlearned in the Scotch Law to
judgment on the provisions of the Bill we
c4,4)117. advocate, by rapid but well devised sketch:
Nth-e
proceedings in the Court of Session.

c The
Paris Papers of Wednesday are chiefly
millf'd with the proceedings in the Chamber of
:3:Pnties. The law relative to Piracy has been
""Pted by that Chamber, and the law for the
lllPPression of Sacrilege, as it passed the Peers,
has received the support of the Committee ap-
-I)('''', tied to examine it, and will shortly be taken
Irno consideration by the Chamber. Ten Mem-
-11"8 have inscribed their names to support the
lair
and the same number to oppose it.
WP- extract from the Etoi/e the particulars
°r the action between the boats of his Majesty's
thiP' Cambrian, Seringapatam, and Cyrene,
4g4lust!3°lne Greek pirates:—
. (Flop; datcd April 7.)
TURKEY.
~mcoxy „
7.---The English frigate, the Cambrian, re-
to our roads' t?:e day' tefore yesterday, with several

wounded on board. The Cipt:iin has given the foilowin,2:
account of the -action he had with some Greek Pirates:—
" The names of four pirates who infested the Gulf of Veto,
and made excursions to that of Salonichi, had been given me :
they had already pillaged an lonian vessel.- I went in search
of them with the two frigates .and the corvette under my
command. When we were in the Strait of Negropont, near
Cirio, we perceived two small Greek vessels. The corvette
was going,in pursuit of them, but they retreated precipitately
towards the Continent. I sent my boat to summon the vessels
to submit; they refused ; I then armed the beats of the Cam-
brian and the Seriugapatarn, and sent my long boat first with
orders to summon these vessels a second time, and if they re-
fused, to employ force. 'llly boat advanced towards them, and
the officer who commanded it again recommended the Greeks
to repair on board my vessel. They replied by a discharge of
musketry, which killed three men out of the five that were in
the boat, and wounded afourth4 At this provocation our boats
advanced, and began the combat.

" The Greeks defended themselves desperately. They lost
a great many men,-and the two pirate vessels were taken and
burnt, but we ourselves had fifteen men hors de combat, three
of whom have died of their wounds. Some days afterwards we
met several mystics full of people. They escaped into a creek
difficult of access, and their crews took up a position among
the rocks. I made our troops prepare for a landing, but before
I effected it, I resolved to parley myself with the Greeks. I
said to the Captain of the Seringapatam, " Remember that for
the moment lam no longer Commander of the Division." I
advanced in my longboat, and landed in the midst of ti e
Greeks ; they made no resistance, and as their papers were in
order, they consented to go on board my vessel to have them
regularly certified. They promised me to seize the other two
pirates, and I left them at liberty. The Greeks fought against
us with desperation. Some who were mortally wounded were
observed to attempt still to make use of their arms ; others
who, when they had fallen into the sea, fired their last pistol.
I caused some of them to be saved, and keep them prisoners
on board, whers they are employed in working at the pumps.
I must do justice to their courage, and confess that we have
paid too dearly for the advantage of destroying two pirates and
frightening the others."

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIII, APRIL 6.—Five per rents.
1021. 40c. ; Bank Stork, 2,0.101. ; Itente de Nat,leg, (Certif.
Falconet) 00f. 20c.; Rento d'Espagne 18i1. ; Royal Spanish
Loan. 1623, fOf.
Exchange on London.—One month, 251.; three months, 24f.
20c.—(Couri Aulizeraique, April 6.)

Frankfort Papers of the instant communi-
cate the recognition by the German Diet of
Lieut.-Colonel CATIICAUT, as Alinister Plenipo-
tentiary from his BRITANNIC MAJESTY to the
Germanic Confederation.

The German Diet have granted to the cele-
brated GOETHE, a licence to protect the forth-
coming edition of all his works from piracy.

FnANNTonT, MARCH 31.

In the Bth sitting of the Gernian Diet, held the 21th Marc!),
the President gave notice that his Majesty the King of Great
Britain and Ireland had appointed a new Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the Confederation, whorhad delivered hia credentials,
sealed up, besides a copy in English, and a translation. in
French, which the President laid before the Diet. The French
translation being read, to which no objection was made, the
original was then opened, and the Diet resolved—let, That
Mr. Frederick Cathcart, Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of
England, is recognized as Minister Plenipotentiary from his
Majesty the King of Great Britain, and the President is or-
dered to give him notice in due form ; 2d, The credentials,
dated Windsor, 2d April, 1824, shall be communicated to
the Governments, and the original deposited in the Archives.
It was in the s-..-ne sitting that M. de Pfeffel, the Berm-Jan
Minister, presented the report of the Committee on the petition
of M. Goethe (which has been already mentioned), the object
of which was, that by the intervention of the Diet, a licence
should be granted him, free of expence, for a new and complete
edition of his works, that he may be thus assured of effectual
protection against pirated editions in all the States of the Con-
federation.

The Committee was of opinion that this matter was not
strictly within the attributes of this Diet; but, convinced that
all the German Governments will be happy to give a testimony
of esteem to so distinguished a writer as M. Goethe, by grant-
ing the prayer of the petition, it proposes that all the Members
of the Diet shall undertake to communicate the petition to their
respective Governments, and to recommend it to their favour-
able notice.

All the Members of the Diet, without exception, spoke in fa-
vour of the Petition, and in high terms of the services rendered
to German Literature, by M. Goethe. The proposal of the Com-
mittee was unanimously adopted, and the Ministers of Hanover,
Brunswick, Baden, Hesse Darmstadt, and Nassau,. declared
themselves already authorised to state, that M. Goethe should
have the licence he sought.
CATtI.pRI/rir, MARCTI 30.

A Deputation of the First Chamber, at the head of which
was the President, his Royal Highness the Margrave William,
presented to the Grand Duke the Project of Law relative to the
integral removal of the Chambers, and the fixing an interval of
three years, from one Session to another, which has now been
adopted by both Chambers.

llis Royal Highness replied to the President:—

" Experience will prove that this law is an essential improve-
ment. lam rejoiced that this advantage has been recognized
by a great majority of the two Chambers."
To the Deputation of the Second Chamber his Royal high-
ness said—" The interval of three years between each Session
and the following, will afford desirable relief in many respects,
particularly in the personal affairs of the Deputies, without at
all diminishing the utility of their functions.—(FronAP t Pa-
pers, April 2.)

A King's 'Messenger left town last night with
dispatches for Paris.

ihe French Chamber of Deputies has passed
a law for the preservation of trees on the public
roads throughout France.

Dr. Ifor.LAND and Air. Situ Tea attend Mr. S-
ecretary CANNING at Gloucester Lodge daily. The
lion. Secretary was not quite so well yesterday.
A Meeting for the purpose of considering the
propriety of
petitioning Parliament against any further con-
.
cessions to the Roman Catholics, was held at Weymouth on
Wednesday last, when a Petition against the Claims was un-
animously agreed to.
The weavers of Coventry are full of business.
Those who work in the patent looms, earn three to four pounds
Peii
le, r week, but those engaged. in common old looms do not get
perweex—so much for improved machinery.—
Coventry•
have fallen from Is. 6d. to stl. in
therp_T re pot
ottil,ni,trdn..r la Ot
es ;
at
The journeymen tailors of Exeter have struck
for wages•
'They demand an increase of one halfpenny per
hour, aril other advantages.