New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-12

them. msy fad plenty OF bad law wherewlsh 20
b. l.ter 10 q hopeless argument By that time
=, Least the Beard of Supervisors will have granted
the prayer of the modest gentlemen who wear the
Marine Court ermine, BY raising their annual
salaries 70 5000; and the Legislature will have
,.,en il into ia head TO brsak down al still exist
ing limitations upon their jurisdiction
Ho.eye, sroundless such proPh4ces as these may
.s.m I, per,oos who are not well read Id the
history Of tie Marine Court those who are VIII
re.dlly admit the probability Of their fulal'mea''
Our fear is that these steps will be 90 s'eai'niy
taken that half ,helawyers even may not ne s"a'e
that the goal has been reached until II IS 700 i''e'
and they find themselves prsct'cDs before mea
whom they never met at the Bar. IL the Marine
Court i. 70 be erected into tribunL Of the highest
class and the nest extended jorisd ctlon, " strikes
US as in all respects desrsbe that its elevation should
BE- tie work Of one legislature The change snou'd
be ,ipgle ore but shoud be postPor ed TILL ne"
Bench can be formed. For who would th'nk Vi
corferrirg the pOweis of the General Sessions upon
Justice Connolly's Court, without first giving
Justice Ger molly leave to withdraw Who woad
be for giving the Core ners authority to Try persons
whom they suspected of murder, while Coroner
Copnery and his fellows re named in office And
what sane man would dre,m Of clothing Justices
Thompson, Maynard snd McCarthy-all excellent
fell,ws, no doubt, and good hands at hundred
dollar case involving no legal quesiion-with similar
powers to those possessed by Judges Oakley,
Mitchell, Ingraham, aud the associates The
thing is eyqui,itely absurd. No tribunal which
resemb.d tie lowest Court in the State in
point Of dignity learning and judicial wit
dem, while it was on par with the highest
in all other regards, could command the respect of
tire community for an instant. No. let us have no
such bills as those of Mr. Brooks. If the thing is
to be done, 'twere best it were done as whole,
and not piecemeal, and that i. were done IN such
way, and heSged about with such Conditions as
TO really not nomir ally, create new Superior
Court in this city.
But, in our judgment, the true step to be taken
is that pointed out in Mr.. varnum's bill. The Ma
rire Curt should be abolished az once. 1t is
worse than useless, for it intrcepts many suits
which, bu. for its existence, would stand s)me
chance of reaching tribunal where law couli be
not yet wholly settled, regarding its jurisdic ion aud
powers has deprived many suitors Of theic legal
rights, and begotten litigation thai has filed law
yeIs DO .kets and begga AIRED their clients. Besides,
there is no Iced of a new Court of Record in this
city. Three civil tribunals exercising substantially
the same juris dic.On, are enough. If they canaot
dispose ofour business, give them more judges, aud
keep giving until there are as many az can we'll work
together. The fewer the courts the fewer the yol-
umes Of conflicting decisions, the more work is done,
and the less the expense
Mr.. varnum's bill provides for The appointment
Of three additional Judges of the Court of Common
P'ess which has but three on its bench now.
With six, it could do as much work as the Superior
Court which has that lumber; having, like 1t, one
SIC cal one General, and two Trial terms in session
all the tine. S many judges might not, ho Seyer,
be needed for some years 10 come-as the Con.
non Peas work is now comparalisey light aud
the influx Of business consequent. upon tne 6ecease
of The Marie CoUr. csu'd not be Overwhelming.
II The Marine Court insists upon existing, 10. It's
General Term be abolished forthwith; let it be
stripped of all its fLe feathers sid Temanded to ia
origins condition where it may degots it's faculties
t. he settlement of controversies touching seamens
wsges-an appeal in sll cases to lie from iss judg-
ments. But We are inclined to think Mr.. Varnlm's
bill, or someihiI very like il, to be the true RENE
dy for the case; and We believe that nne-tsnths
of those who bnow the facts bold the same opinion.