The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-08 00:00:00

[BR !TIM PRESS.]

An important Bill was last night brought in by
Mr, Secretary Peel, -to prevent the practice of
suing out frivolous Writs of Error. This was
slated by the Right Honourable Secretary to be
aue of the first fruits of the intended improve.
'meets growing out of the increase of the .salary of
the Judges. No greater evil has existed in the

administration of the law than, the delay gained
-bar- vexatious suitors in consequence of obtaining
these Writs. It appears that in three years—
.lfl.l7, 1818, and 1819, the number of them sued
out in the Court of King's Bench alone, in cases
herein judgment had been givun, amounted to
`14197. In 158 of these cases no further
.pro-
cofdings were taken beyond the attainment of
the Writ ; in 702 cases the judgment was affirm-
ed ; in 336 the proceedings were abandoned by
the party applying; and, out of the whole, there
wgte.butmine cases in which.the Writs had been
sue 4 ,out to ans.valid purpose, and only one. in
which the judgment was set aside. The. Bill to
correct this evil will require the appellant,.in fu-
tare, to sue out his Writ.of Error at his own pe-
ril,
and give bail to prosecute the suit. This -is
one of the most valuable amendments of 'the Jaw
that has at any time been introduced intoParlia-

meat. We congratulate the country on the sub-
stantial benefits it will receive from this measure,
and also on the disposition thus' further evinced
!4n.the part of his Majesty's Ministers, to carrp
jig° effect every practicable and desirable ini-1
lagovw-pent which- circumstances may admit or!
miquire.—Mr. Sykes's motion for the Repeal of
the- Duties -on Candles and .Soft Soap, and the
.Reduction of the Duty on Hard Soap to one half
. AaLitif Present- amouUt, was negatived without
••.cdivision: The arguments, such as they .were,'
Vitt were urged by Ike' Tilin.,Member, were ably,
and satisfactorily refuted by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, in a- ,witt,,and cogent speech:

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[THE TI M ES.]
By-the Prince Regent, arrived at; Deal,. letters
and papers from Calcutta to the .19th of Febru-
.ry were .received.•. yesterday. The papers add
.little of importance to .the inteili4ence previousky
.reiteivel4r,and the letters' are-filled with gloomy
4/nrmp4ttings with respectrto the war with the
„.13usmese. AnOther,caMpaign at least was con-
eretliinevitable; it being scarcely possible for
erenerulAlorrison's.division to get beyond Ar-
rcan on account of -the lateness' of 'the season,

nor was it at all likely that the Rangoon army
weld make any material advance. The press of

Calcutta is charged in the letter with lending'
its assistance to a system of misrepresentation,
in which the official dispatches participate, on
the events of the war, in which it is evident,
from the positions of the different divisions of the
invading force, that no real progress has been
made. Of course the letters from the merchants,
who are so deeply interested in the issue of the
invasion., are loud in their complaints of the ad-
ministration of Lord Amherst. India could not
have worn the appearance of greater peace and
stability than it did on his Lordship's taking the
helm of its affairs, and it may be many years,
owing to this fatal error, before the country can
be brought back to the same tranquil state.