The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

TRIBUNALS OF COMMERa7.

A MEETING of the supporters of the Assoehrtion'for the
Establishment of Tribunals of Commerce was Ited on
• Wednesday, at the London Tavern ; Lord Beannieut,
president of the societyAn the chair.
"no chairman said tliut, for a long time past the want
•some means by which commercial disputes might -'lse
speedily and justly decided was felt in this .country..
ThOugh great improvements had Of late years been effected
in 'the law of the land, and though these improvements
had werked exceedingly well, still the want of son-4U-
stitution for the snore speedy and cheap decision of dis-
inites,between merchants remained to be supplied. In
•most other countries this wart had been supplied. It was
felt that commercial disputes ecould be better decided by
personsAlho were acquainted evith commercial suhjects
than thee; .could be by biwyess. In this country, where
very large'transactions of a comr.eercial nature took place,
Tribunals,ef Commerce might nut be the best for deciding
on sueh'ilarge transactions, but for the number of small
mercantile-disputes which must occurring from day to
.day in this ,eountry, and where a delay of justice was
- almost as •bad. -as a refusal ofjustice,they afforded the best
remedy. It was to meet such cases that Tribunals of
Commerce were considered to be extremely' desirable. At
the present time, the Court of Chancery and other courts
were obliged to ,refer such matters to be decided on by
persons who were acquainted with them, and it seemed
to him that it -would be much more desirable that such
cases should be 'begun, instead of ending, by a reference
to those parties Who best understood the nature of the
transactions, and whose decision should be final. Mer-
cantile men would leave more confidence in the opinion of
mercantile men than in that of the greatest lawyers, who
were totally unaequanted with Trade and COmmerce.
But it seemed to him that, if they really wished to carry
out their object, they must 'put some clear and intelligible
plan before the public, as the real remedy for the grievances '
which existed. If sueli a plan was drawn up, having the
support of the commercial' classes, the public world also
'support it ; and in the present reforming mood of the
legislature, it would, aided 'by such support, soon receive
the sanction of both houses of the legislature.
Mr. Lyne, the chairman of the executive committee,
then read a lengthy report. It stated that the association
had to contend against the interested hostility of some of
the larger merchants of the City of London and the lawyers,
but notwithstanding that hostility it received the support
of the traders and merchants generally, especially of the
foreign merchants, who were best acquainted with the
benefits to be derived from the establishment of Tribunals
of Commerce. The society had also encountered the
hostility of the Law Amendment Society ; but they hoped,
by the support of the general public, finally to establish
the principles for which they contended.—The adoption of '
the report was carried unanimously.
Mr. Lyne moved a resolution, to the effect that the
present system of 'administering justice in commercial
matters was too artificial 'and dilatory; and that the estab-
lishment of Tribunals. of Commerce would afford a cheap,
speedy, easy, and intelligible mode of settling such dis-
putes.—The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. Montague Gore. moved the next resolution, to the
effect that the executive committee be requested to continue
their valuable labours, and to* Communicate with the
different Chambers of Commerce in the country as to the
best mode of carrying the objects of tt e society into effect.
—The motion was carried unanimously.
The chairman said, with regard to the Law Amendment
Society, of which he was a member, he knew that that
society was desirous of having some court for the more
speedy and effectual settlement of commercial disputes,
although it might not exactly concur in the precise views
of this society.—After a vote of thanks to the chairman
the meeting separated.

THIS ARCTIC REGIONS letters for the officers, seamen,
and marines serving in the undermentioned ships, will be
in time to be forwarded to Beechy Island, by Her Majesty's
ship Phoenix, if sent to the Admiralty on or before the
12th Of April next :—H.M.S. Assistance, Resolute, Intre-
pid, Pioneer, North Star, Enterprise, and Investigator,

BiRTFIS, MARRIAGES, anZ DEATHS.

BIRTHS.
On the 12th inst., Mrs. 'William C.11,:0f a son.
On the 12th inst., at Hill-terrace; Taunton, the wife of
Mr. T. H. Bodley, of a son.
On the 13th inst., at Litherland-park, the ,wife of Capt.
Richard Green, late of the Swordfish, of twins.
On the 13th inst., at Victoria-place, Birkenhead Mrs.
Chris. Bell, of a daughter, still born.
On the 14th inst., Mrs. William Morrison, Shaw--street,
of a sou.

On the 14th inst., the wife of Mr. Peter Miller, Scotland-
road, of a son.

On the 18th inst., the wife of Mr. J. P. Mawdsiey,
Peel-terrace, of a son.
On the 18th lust, the wife of the Rev. E. G.
late curate, of St. Peter's Church, Everton, of a son,

On the 16th inst., at the Parish Church, Sheffield, by
the Rev. E. B. Chalmer, M.A., incumbent of Fnlwood,
assisted by the Rev. J. A. Page, M.A., incumbent of Pint-
wistle, the gev. E. 13. Chalmer, jun., 1%1.A., to Eleanor
Caroline, third daughter of the late John Stephenson,Esq.,
of Murrayfield-house, Edinburgh.
On the 16th inst., at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev.
H. Carpenter, M.A., Mr. Frederick Brown to Miss Eliza-
beth Avery.

On the 18th inst., at Christ Church, by the Rev. F.
Ould, Mr. Victor Shakery to Miss Sarah Hardy Walker,
both late of Gibraltar.

On the 18th inst., at Pembroke Chapel, by the Rev.
Richard Webb, Mr. Peter' Hamilton to Miss Gunning.
On the 19th inst., at St. Michael's Church, Mr. James
A. C. Thompson to Miss M. Mack, both of this town.
On the 19th inst., at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev.
C. P. Hobbs, Mr. James Adam Clarke Thomson to Miss
Maria Mack.

On the 20th inst., at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev.
H. Carpenter, M.A., Mr. Peter Miller to Miss Amelia
Johana Bishe.