Jenks's Portland gazette., 1802-03-08
Of '6e Number Of Judges in Enplaad

Extract from Mr. CHlrMAN, OF Vermont, bi, s,...n
IN Senate on the Judiciary. F'e'h
10 prove that Gx Judges Of the fuDrpm.
court mutt have been competent to al The An
tles OF that and the circuit courts the konor,bI.
gentleman, who brought forward the reloIn
tIon, drew comparilon from the court, .na
Judges IN England. He has told Us, thar !.
England there are but u indges. and tbrs.
Pf'neiPal courts, that thefe courts embrace u
her original or appellate jurifdiSions almoa
ne Whole circle Of human concerns, thar The
two courts Of kings bench and common ple9,
committing each It fOur judges, entertain all M
common law iuits of 4os- and upwards, arifnn
among nile millions of the mot commere;al
people 10 the world and that they have mare.
over The reviiion of the proceedings cf ali N.
iu6ofdinate courts in the kingdom down u IN.
courts OF pleponder and that from long ".
PeTlence theie eourts have been tound fnllycom.
Petent to all the bufineis of the kingdom. TB.
tatement, fir, IS by no means corTed. InFn.
gland the Houle of I4erds is the fhpreni. courr
Of appeals in the laa relort in caufes both !,
law and Ia equity.
Initead of three there are four fuperior eour,s
The court Of chancery, in which are dec;4sd
Wpry
numerous and important clals Of cauies.-
The courts Of Kings bench, common pleas and
exchsquer, all Of which have original iuriIdic.
tion in civil caufes and, the kirg's bench. b..
Gde being the highea court of criminal inrfc
di6tion, has alo the Correction and reyiGon of
The proceedings Of all the fubordiDate courts.
BY writ Of error or otherwile. The lIbordnat.
courts, which we're barely mentioned, are yerv
numerous, There ore in England executive
Of Wales, more than 40 couuties, all Of WHICH
have their feparzte ceurEs and Judges. Some
OF the counties are regular franchites Ian.
cater, CheRer and Durham, have their feparsts
court, both of law and equity, which claim cog.
LIzaRce OF cautes and parties within their Re.
fpettye jurf1iEtions, even againf the courts az
We!tmiater. There were aiioanimmenfe nuns
Der of cities & towns corporated throughou. The
kingdom, The courts and Judges Of which, tho w
more or lels limi ed in their juridlaion, enter.
tain a vaa variety of civil fuits There are be-
fdes thefe, the kigh court of admiralty, which
has an executive jurld:6ton in ali maritime
caules /; the courts 81 the two univerfties, the
prerogative court Of the archbifhop Of Canter.
bury, the archiepifcoPAl court Of York, the di
ocefan and other eccle(iaRical courts, having
allo an exrenfve jurfdittion Of civil natuTei in
caaf7s teRament4ry and thofe relating to the
diltibution Of the goods Of lnteRates.
Wales Is prInciPdlity, and its courts have
exclutive original iuri(diaion within the terrific.
ry.-The great ffions is rhe highef court Of
the Prineipality, from which writ Of error
lies in the court Of the Kings Bench.-Tbe
inbordinate courts and Judges are equally nu-
merous in proportion to rhe territory and IN
habitants with that of ERglaud.-I omit the
courts of confidence and other inferiof coarts,
and magiarates almoR without number. Prom
bis view, though imperfect, It Is evident thar
the comParifon attempted by the honorable
gentleman is by no means favorable TO his con'
cluhon. The population of that country eK4
cee6s in number that Of the United Statesby
one third. perhaps more, bu1 its whole eHttnt
inclufiye of Wales, though NOT comPrehenoea
in the nii prius circuits, does NOT equal one OF
the circuits Of the United States, under TIE
fyaem of I7oS and yet that county employs
il is believed, more courts and Judges not onT
than the government of The United States, DuL
than all the individual ltatcs taken in addiuoh'
| do not however conceive that any advanisgs
is to be derived from the compariion &c The ons
iJe or the olher.-The fituation Of properly
and civil policy, numerous and comPnca'So
rights, ntroduced by ancient ufages and ~
ported by laws and habits, and BY intereits pup.
lie aud Ptivate, may render great NUMBER ..
courts and judges anda more exteohve Iuoie'1l
fyltem necedary in one country than 10 aig-
rher.--I hipk It ought to be laid wholly out
the queHion."