New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-23
LONDON GOSSIP.
Correponeenee Of The N. Y. Tribune.

CorreSponeenee OF Ihs ~ L. Inouhe
LONDON, April l. 1889.
regret to say that my confident hopes oil the sue
cess of that most excellent amendment TO the law oil
trial by Jury, which Lord Campbell introduces to
Parliament, are disappointed, and the bill wss lat
night lcs as was durng the past week, the proposed
set allowing the widower TO marry bis dad wife's
sister, which had already PACED the House Of Com
mons at each session FOR three successive years
Does any one require better proof that tho House OF
Lords the aristocrsoy, rule tots Kingdom Lot the
people a. represented 10 the Lover House Of Paris
ment come forward yearly with their strong common
sense demands and arguments for the repeal or amend
mebt Of ancient. unpopular, and imprseticabe laws,
and this little House Of Lords always meets them with
the old fogy crosk-chsnge and innovation are danger
m.l-a sy stsm that has worked well for five hundred
years ana made England the mos. glorious OF naions
had better not DO tempered with Ana Hheh IL
urged that any restriction upon marriage IS rePugnanI
to the eph ghtened and liberal spirit of the age and
that tho law always absurd and unjust, these
devout Lords whose time is spent Tor the most par n
fox hunting, eating good diners, and 10 bed quote
Leviticus and wan tho common people OF the "Is1n
to come
The proposed new l.w Of tri, by jury provided in
short that the Court might, in civil cases, tsfs tne
verdict Of nine jurymen out Of the Twelve, u Hsei
remaining in council for elk hours, they could not
arrive at unanimous vote. Bnt they were 81 merry
10 remain out es much longer time as they might
plesse The debate, like ell discussions IN ferhs-
ioept was conducted On both sides with grea. ability
and was marked with an unusual amount Of pessantfy
and humOr especially tbs part Of the supporters OF
the messure Lord Campbell said the history oil tria
BY Jury showed that the generally accepted notion
that upa1imty had always been essential Is great
mistake for tns first mention Of il vas 10 ths ue oi
Edward l., when there we're two NODES OF obtaining
the upsniuity of twelve men-the one by tns bnenn
keeping the jury URe et60 81 1otn until they snoun
sgree and the other by adding new jurors until
tgslye were found Of the same mind. la an ancient
IL il stated that the sacred number OF twelve
YES taken from the twelve Apostles the twelve spies
tent into Canaan &C.. ard my Lord Coke drly sddsd,
from the twelve months in the year and the twelve
Cgsars If unsnimty has 80 great virtue, way noe
r.quire /. of the judges appeal VINO, AFTER meaning
| .r9umsnt 20 70 their comfortable homes good
oinrers and soft beds and at convenient season de-
eide the case by majority vote The desperate me ans
re.orted 70 by the vrstched siae et6o e ps Jury 70
obtain unsnmous decision, oitenanes by tossing up,
has ed macy Of the ssges TO shgmazs toe system "a
| a relic Of barbarian and unsupported by reason.
Rlsck,tore tells us that at the Assizes il the J'ry
did not agree they put into covered wagon sod
thus earned al around the circuit with the Jsdge;
While others say that they were taken 70 the borders
| az the County, and then shot into ditch! There
NO ssursnce that what ia called q unanimous verdict
Il In truth SUCH for the weak in CONSTRUCTOR theugo
IN majority mus. nfahby yield to the strong sod %,
stirsts. There are, bsweyer, nassess on resoIs