The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-22 00:00:00

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The severe attacks to which the Lori Chancell6i bas
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Iteee•sebjected of late, appear to have touched him seine;
whet; and to have raised his friends to a" defence of the;
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'system which prevails in his Court. cine of *op has
published a pamphlet, in which it is attempted to he
shown that there is no cause for complaint;—that the
Chaacellor is the hest man, and the greatest lawyer in the
world ; and that the people ought to be very well satis-
fied with him. This is all very fine ; but folks will be
unreasonable ; and • after all that can bi said upon the
*object. there is great expense, and delay, and trouble
in a Chancery suit ; and the opinion is thatpe Lord Chan-
cellor makes more by the Court than the suitors. It is
very unreasonable, we dare say, to complain of this; bat
folk. will grumble; and the Court of Chancery bas al-
ways been a grunibling•stock, and will probably always
remain so. The pamphlet in question very acutely re-
marks, that" nothing can be more silly and unfair than
to cast reflections on a Judge, or his Court, because to
gain a right of little value, greater expense must be in-
carped than the right is worth." We shoal not know
the value of rights, if %re did not bey them dearly ; and
what do people go to law tor, but to incur expense! We
like the phrase" his Court." it is peculiarly expressive,
and appropriate. A man mast do what he likes with his
own. The Court of Chancery belongs to the Lord Chan-
cellor, and the suitors are Similar property to his sheep,
only their fleeces are of more value. Now, whoever
thought of blaming a shepherd for shearing his sheep?
And it is equally unnatural to blame the Lordlebancellor
for emrying the pockets of Cbancerystiitors. The
.thilgs are in the ordinary course of nature; aid it is
much to be regretted that any body should be implotrs
enough to be ditsatiefied with it. The cruel report, that
a person had died during the pending of a Chancery
snit is denied by this pamphleteer; who very cleverly
finds out thai the man might have died, if there had been
neither a Court of Chancery, nor a Lord Chancellor.—
We wish the Chancellor joy of such a champion!

IRELAND.

IRISH TITHES.

THE CONFLICT ♦T CAITLEHAVEN.
At a meeting of Magistrates, held on Saturday at
SkibLereen, the following resolutions were agreed to.
We are gratified that the hope which we expressed, that
this matter should undergo as investigation by some
person or authority uninfluenced by the local differences
which exist in that district, is likely to be realised.—
Lord Carhery was in the Chair at the Meeting, where
the annexed rosolutions were adopted :

RasoLven —That we have inquired into the state of
the South Western portion of this County, and that we
feel ourselves perfectly warranted in saying, both from
our own individual observations, and from the evidence
laid before us this d•y, that the entire of the South
Western District is, and has been. in a state of the most
profound tranquillity—that its public peace has not been
violated, save in the melancholy event which has occa-
sioned this Meeting—and that we consider the Magis-
tracy of the Police perfectly adequate to the continued
preservation of its public tranquillity.
That we consider the late occurrences in the parish of
Castlehaven have arisen solely on the question of tithes of
that parish—that we have deemed it not expedient to
enter at present on any investietion of that tramsaction,
as we have reason to hope that the Magistrates on such
investigation will he assisted by the presence and ad
vice of a person employed by Government for that put.
pose.
That Lord Carbery be requested to lay these resolutions
before his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant as speedily as
may be Convenient.

We learn, since the foregoing was put in type, that
Government has coincided in the wishes of the Magis-
trates, and that Mr. Blacker is selected to investigate the
melancholy event.—(Soititera Reporter.)

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At the Qnarterly Assembly of the Common Council of
Dublin, on Friday last. Mr. Fitzsimons read two Reso-
lutions. animadverting on the conduct of the Catholic
Association, which, he said, he Intended to move. He.
(Mr. Fitzsimons) understood that it was the intestleo of
the Radicals to dress the Statue, and that they were pre.
vented from doing so by the angemen. Mr. Fitzsi-
mons then read another Resolution, which was one of
'thanks to the Orangemen for not dressing the Statue,
and which he moved also. After some discussion, in
which Mr"). H. Moore and Mr. Semple took part, Mr.
Fitzsimons withdrew the first and second Resolutions.
He then moved the other, namely, Thanks to the Orange
Lodge for the advice they gave as to rat dressing the
Statue. Mr. Willis opposed this Resolution. The
Orangemen were not recognised by the Law as a Body.
It would he beneath the DIGNITY of the Commons to
piss a Vote of Thanks to them. OM:* The Resolution
was then put and carried, with the dissentient voice of
Mr. Willis.—A Messageafterwards came down from the
Board of Aldermen, agreeing in the Resolution of
'flanks to the Orange. Lodge.