The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-05 00:00:00

verdict, of to creep out of a doubtful point by long
and wordy sentences, which it would be difficult to
comprehend, further than as they amount to a more
no than yes, or a more yes than no. It is in this in-
stance that the defects of the practice of the Court of
Chancery ate mostly felt, and it is to this that most of
the delays may be traced. The LORD- CHANCELLOR
himself has little to do in the matter, for it may be justly
observed, that if the facts of a case in.equity were fairly,
clearly, and briefly before him ; if the Counsel would
be at the trouble to expunge the irrelevant matter, and
set the necessary facts (and only the necessary facts)
before him, in due array—his Lordship would not be
long in making up his mind as to the moral and
Chancery justice of the case, andgive his judgment
accordingly. If, in addition to this, his Lordship
would throw aside all consideration of the facts in
either party's case, which were not positively and
clearly averred or proved, so as to lead the case to
one, two, or more issues in fact, to which the rule of
equity might be applied, he would find that, in very
few instances, would he nave occasion to doubt, or to
suspend that judgment which both parties anxiously
expect ; and where, indeed, one party broadly alleges
a fact which the other as broadly denies, an issue to
determine the truth might be directed.

We copy the following from the City Article 01
the Times of this morning:—

"We mentioned yesterday that the Bank of Amsterdam had
reduced its rate of discount to 3} per cent., and now learn that
various other measures are in contemplation there of a similar
nature, with the intention of giving an impulse to the trade of
the Netherlands, by an increase of the circulating medium. It
is proposed to imitate the expedient which has been so much cen-
sured here on the part of the Bank of England, in making loans
on stock at 4 per cent., and loans on deposits of bullion are to be
made at an interest of one per cent. only. The motives assigned
in some of the private letters to these proceedings, which are be-
lieved to originate wholly with the Government, are not a little
curious. The King of the Netherlands, who has alWays shown
a very strong personal interest in the affairs of commerce, not
peculiarly advantageous to his subje.cts, as evinced in the forma-
tion of the New Netherlands Trading Company, is said to enter-
tain the opinion that the measures of the Bank of England and
the Government which, made money so abundant in 1824, were
highly beneficial to England, and on the contrary, injurious in
the same degree to Holland, because she followed, instead of taking
the lead, in that vast variety of great undertakinge to which
that abundance of money then gave rise. His Majesty determines
that this shall not . happen again, and seeing something like a re-
turn of general confidence, accompanied by au improved state of
trade and money transactions, he is resolved, for this time, to be
beforehand with us. An attempt is making, we understand, to
excite the Bank of England to imitate these men:urea, but the
lesson of past sufferings is too recent to have much chance of suc-
cess. They may be attended in their operation with less incon-
venience in Holland than in this country, because the Bank of
Amsterdam exerciaes a much less important influence on the
community, and is enabled, by its constitution, to contract or
expand its circulation with little loss of time in deliberation."

The accidents to life and limb, which annually oc-
cur at Billingsgate on the introduction of the oysters,
ought, we think, to have called the attention of our
City Magistrates to the Aubject by this time. Surely
some plan might have been easily adopted to
prevent a recurrence of such accidents, allowing
at the same time a perfect freedom to trade.—
The loss of an individual or two annually may
be of little importance to the community, but it
is of the last consequence to the forlorn mem-
bers of their unfortunate families. It can be no pallia-
tion for the neglect of proper precaution, that the par-
ties who lost their lives were in a state of inebriety, or
that accidents must happen as a matter of course,
among such a motley and disorderly group of persons
as are assembled, all struggling for priority, in the
oyster scramble.
If the present inconveniences of getting oysters are
such as to endanger the lives of those whose business
compels them to go there, why not remedy the evils,
by making suitable arrangements ? Where the cupi-
dity or hardihood of individuals urges them to risk
their lives, it becomes the duty of the Magistrates to
interfere, and thereby save the unthinking from the
consequences of their own folly, and the Public from
the pain of witnessing such melancholy occurrences.
It appears that two persons were drowned this morn-
ing at. Billingsgate. A Coroner's Inquest will of
course bring in a verdict of a Accidentally drowned,"
but they ought to add —0 through the culpable negli-
gence of those who did not employ proper preventives."