The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-09 00:00:00

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differed materially from thew
try they had what was
jurisdiction. In the forme
written pleadings, but they had no J-
£B 6s. Bd. In the latter to the extent
then there must be , written pleadings and an
sive process gone through similar to our English Col.
of Chancery, so that to recover a debt of from £2O to
£5O, as much costs were incurred as the amount of the
debt. The remedy for this was to extend the English
County Courts' Act to Scotland, (Hear, hear.) The
third point was the defects of our commercial treaties
with foreign countries, and the losses thence arising '
the escape of fraudulent bankrupts and other I,
defaulters, from England and Scuttp,—,
them the property of their ---
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in England

called jurisdiction and ordi
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ditors to foreign countrie

Liter showing ..is arising
standing with foreign_ countries

apprehending fraudulent debtors, ho said the committee
were anxious to procure a better system, more particularly
in our colonies, to remedy the evils complained of.
The fourth head was—The differences in the law of
England and Scotland in the contract of the sale of goods,
and the obstacles in the way of recovering debts.

The learned gentleman explained the nature of the law to
it exists in the two countries on the subject of mercantile

contracts,

,bowing the disadv

boured under in comparison with ScOtland, by the statute
of frauds passed in the reign of Charles 11. On this sub-
ject the Committee were strongly of opinion that the'law
ought to be assimulated to that of Scotland. The fifth
point was the inconveniences and risks to which the mer-
cantile community are subjected, by the fiscal regulation,
which renders cheques or drafts on bankers illegal, if
drawn at a distance beyond fifteen miles from the banker's
place of business. Under this head the lecturer showed
the evils of the present system. He related an instance of
a banker being fined £lOO for paying a cheque which tha
informer had drawn beyond the limited distance. Such
an anomally ought to be erased from the statute book.
After some general observations on the nature of the
measures proposed, the speaker concluded with a strong
recommendation of them to the earnest attention of the
Chamber and the mercantile community generally, and
after thanking them for the patience with which they had
listened to him, resumed his scat amid loud cheers.
Mr. EDWARD HRATIT, after a few words expressive of
his approbation of the measures propounded by the
speaker, moved a vote of thanks to him, which was
carried unanimously.

Mr. F. Bouvr proposed the following resolution : "That
in the opinion of this meeting, the first and most impor
tent object to be sought for in the course of Mercantih

Law Reform sliouldThe the institution of local courts,
with full legal and equitable jurisdiction for the trial of

commercial cases,

Reform and Trit

)pled by tt

Liverpool Clam

ference, to be 1:

Comr

London, on the 16th instant, to

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