The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-21

applied 10 their exraor dinary and amazing Iabors,
and that the report, upon the allowing counsel to
addrees the jury for prisoners in of felony; the
report upon capital punishment; the report upon the
statute law in general, and the means of digestng
it into our codes, as well as the means of forming
the common law likewise into code; and, finally,
the complete digest of the criminal laws of England,
| (wlth the exception of the subject of procedure)
monuments of skill, research, learning and phi
losophy, of which, not only the bar Of England, but
the whole country, may be justly proud. OF the
digest his lordship justly observes, that its value,
containing, as II does the accurate definition Of
all crimes, and the correct statement OF the punish
ment due to each, is not easily TO be estimated"
| Lord Brougham pleads, with his accustomed abb
litv in behalf of the principles OF codhcation, and
defends the French codes from the popular, but un-
| tenable, objections made to them
| The system which the noble writer recommends
with regard to England, is, LIST. To adopt some con-
venient arrangement classification of the law re.
lating to crimes. I'd. To ascertain what provisions
OF the statute law continue in force and those which
are obsolete, and should be abrogated. 3d. The
incorporation Of statutes and common law provi-
sions. 4th. No term ought to be used which has
not been accurately defned and the laws should
| proceed from simple to coupled, and not as is now
the case, rice versa. 5th The same word should
never be used in different senses; nor different
words in different places to express the same thing.
9th. The language to be used should receive care
full consideraton-he statute phraseologo should be
retained and, 7th, code of criminal law, and of
criminal procedure, in both its branches should be
| confuted and by single enactment declared to be
| law.
To all that his ordshp says and urges in the first
forty pages of his pamphlet on the criminal code,
and the digest to be prepared and adopted by parlia
ment, nothing can seriously be urged; and if this,
his last production, had there terminated he would,
probably, have added Gf POSSIBILITY to the vast repu
tation for ability which he already enjoys.
But when his lordship descends into the arena of
the present times and. instead of discussing gene
raj principles and abstract measures, enters the
lists with his political quondam friends, but now
violent opponents, he becomes not the Harry
Brougham of former times, who labored for his
three guineas' fee, as though in that fee depended
his prospects and his fortune but he becomes, or
rather displays himself as the Lord Brougham of
1912 and 1913, the dissatisfied, caveing, carping,
Ex-Lord Chancellor, casting rspersions on the men
he formerly delightedto eulogize, and representing
himself as the martyr of his own political purity,
virtue, and truthfulness. Now, although it may
suit the STANDARD" and the Times" to applaud his
lordship for this line ofproceeding all rejecting and
stable minds regret that so lofty spirit should de-
scend to such puerties.
l have sent you the pamphlet itself that you may
make such extracts you think fit from page 53 to
the close. Of course, his Lordship feels severely the
constant casgation he is receiving at the hands Of
the daily press. III course, mine years" of abuse
has tried his temper and uffled his spirit; and he,
who once proclaimed as his standing maxim and
stereotyIed toast, the liberty of the press-with-
out it we die,'' now vents his most parliamentary
anathemas against that very press which in other
times was the air he breathed, the food he ate and
the raiment with which he clothed himself. After
all, however, this pamphlet of his Lordship is Gre
ating a very considerable sensation and it has
come out at a moment when the public generally,
well ministers and statesmen, can find little
time to review the past, reflect the present, and
take glance at the probable future. As the Herald
of New York is habitually accustomed to be the
first In the field in all matters, whether grave or gay
lively or severe, have ventured to occupy CO.
umn of your journal with his very interesting and
curious subject; and hope to see long extracts from
the pamphlet itself in your very able and interesting
paper. ALPHA.
SihAAnno w ESIhhN AND TkINCkToN.-we annex
letter received from Captain Hoskens, relative to
the race between the Great Western and the steam
trlgate Princeton. Is it not little funny that Can
tain Hoskens should be pleased with being beaten
Read his letter
M, 10Th Oct. ls4s.
My Dear Sir have very great pleasure in stating 70
TACT OF the Great Western being fairly passed NV
the frinceton, at from to of mile per hour-the
great western going near knots and IT'S true the
Great western Is deep, rather than usual still II
convnces me and will think, the public also that our
iron ship the Great Britain will to moral certaintv
surPass every steamship that has gone before her.
ngreat haste. very respectfully yours,
r. IRWIN, Ese. "''
This race shows at once the advantages and the |
great power the submerged propeller has over the
big, hurley looking wheels on the old fashioned
steamships. 1t is said that there are now thrty.six
steam vessels in this country and in Canada propel.
led by the Ericsson Propeller.
ANOTHER SEA RAcE.-There has been race be-
tween the yacht Gimcrack and the pilot boat Wash
lngton in whichthe Gimcrack is said to have beaten
The Washington is boat of some 70 or 80 tons.
and made a fine APPEARANCE with new suit of Cot.
ton duck sails The Gimcrack is "a tons.
MISREPRESENTATION new packet ship to be
rallied he ykcb; L. |