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close couﬁnement [with an allowance of some 75. a week for her safe keepings] must soon follow such 3 Violent ebul- lition of fury and rancour. Did’st ne- ver hear Mr. Editor, of a storm in a tea- pot? But joking apart, what can be thought of the deplorable ignorance——the unhappy, mistilied, unpcrverted [because natural) understaiidiiig,tit could be measur- ed in a thimble) ofthe poor creature that could pen such trash as the following :--

“As a body of men placed in a public sit- uation and having the public as theirjudges. The House of assembly are, Igrant to be judged according to their deserts.” (Thank God .’ for we shall soon have vacancies”) “and are afair subject ofcensure.”

The House are a fair subject !.'.’

“Or ifthe public papers must be resorted to, let the people set themselves up as the censurers of other mens conduct. do it open- ly and fairly, not in the despicable and mean way that they «have hitherto had re- course to.”

Laud we the Gods ! what force —what a glow of language—what a beautiful ar- rangementof words. what noble contempt for the “pedantry of grammar,”—-what ar- rant trash! '

A story is told .of an Irish Gentleman, who,alludiug to the rebellion in Ireland, said, it was the bounden duty ofevery man to give the last guinea he had in the world to save the remainder ; but for the “ people to set themselves up as the censurers of o- ther mens conduct, do it openly and fairly,” is a highjoke, besides being a master-piece of com position.

The old woman says, “ Such ridiculous and nonsensical follies can but meet with si- lent disapprobation from all good and well meaning members of ‘ society.” What then is the inference ? Why, nothing lessthan that, Vindicator. having openly expressed- her disspprobation, is neither the one nor the other.

“Finis coronal: opus..’. “ Crito had much better have kept himself in his natural sphere." This remark, for unblushing im— pudence and; eﬂ'rontery, outherods Herod, and promptly suggests the question, where would Vindicator be. judging from her con- temptible and “ despicable” production a- lane. were she herself confined to. her na- tural sphere ? The ofﬁce ofnecessary wo- manlit is mentioned in the court calendar] is unknown here. But in the spiritof pity, a‘nd’utter contempt.I must bury in chari— table oblivion. the rest of the poor crea- ture’s. eutpouri'ngs;’ and possessing as I do, alittleotl' the-milk of human kindness in my composition, I beg to inform her.- in or- der that she may be partly relieved from the very natural anxiety she evinces,_ lest

the Housé‘of Assembly should be- ~ lower--

ed in public estimation,’that so well underp stood and so duly appreciated are the im— portant services rendered by the members 3). themselves; their friends and the coun—

w duringthe last session of the Geneast.

Juan and man?

THE BRITISH AMERICAN

Assembly,it is a moral imposibility that the members of it can ever be held in “ lower public estimation" than they are at the present moment. I am Mr. Editor, Yours, &.c. 8w. &c. One of the party that ﬁll your columns. April 25, 18:33.

Sim—The march of reform is making such rapid strides through the nations of Europe, that one would think its besom erc now, would reach every cobweb that obscures the vision of common sense: the Church—the Stale, eve- ry thing but the LAW, has felt its touch! It seems, the Lawyers like the Druids of old, are determined to have their secret, thmigh not .m- cred. rights and incantations iuviolato! Look at the mm of Legislatures, look at the construc- tion that is put on them by the law gentry, and you can easily concieve they are neither in accordance with reason,scnse, or language : the reason is obvious. it'law alfairs were managed according to the purpose for which they were designed, there would be more wise men and less dupes: this the lawyers know well, and in order to pick the pockets of their dupes, they mystify a. proposition as plain to common sense as tho noon-day sun, in order to give an air of soleinnity to their long studied chicanery!

If law documents or law proceedings were constructed or Conducted according to the plain and obvious sense of the language, and divested ofits mystical lautology, how much it would benefit society! how many endless law5uits would it prevent; and how many indi- viduals it would save from ruin? for nine cases in too, such disputes arise more from the miscunception ofwords than from any real cause or‘cemplatut. The ideal attach to the word Law, is this : a scrutiny or examination in or- der to learn how far any subject of dispute, between parties, is conformable or repugnant to certain rules, formed by the common con sent ofsociety, for their well-being, in order to meet the ends ofjusti'ce. Now these rules commonly called laws, being made for society, and not for any particular individual, should be as intelligible as possible to every person on whom they are binding. Is this the case? No such thing; the lawful/c have generally a hand in making them, therefore, they seldom fail to fashion them so that their obscurity may, one day or other,bring them a fee for an eclairciue- ment: so itis, nature wisely provides for the support of her offspring—one animal lives by sucking the blood of another! Language was given us in order to express our ideas, and to communicate our thoughts to one another.— Now when. two persons mutually agree in some contract, is it not obvious they use the most appropriate expression, that they may recip- rocally understand the nature of the coven- ant,,—thus agreed, and thus understanding each other, they procure a legal scribe to give body'md substance to the subject, in order to stand the ﬁery ordeal of a forensic investiga- tion. This he draws tip-in- a lawjargon of an- tiquated Norman French, Old Saxon, and ob- solete phrases,the meaning of which he scarce- ly understands himself; and six in ten, ordina- ry readers understand as little as they do Chi- nese. What can be more truly ri.liculous, than the fiivolous tautology of synonymous terms, used in almost every contract between I always thought- that “the whole included all its parts ;” but a lawyer says no, unless all the parts are particularized. Anpiece ofland is sold with “ ﬂu and singular its appurtenancies :3’ and yet the (and is not granted, told, bargained, released, or conﬁrmed,” wherever "situate, lyjng, and beingf’ withouL

ﬂoss particularizing the % ards, ardem

trees, woods, underwod/ds, wags, waferinuiiiiitw' courrer,pallis. passages, pririlegu, 8,6. 6:“ yr”; which the purchaser is “ to hare, hold, ate 2. cupy, possess and enjoy! ."’ ’I‘husa whole :kl' of parchment is covered over with idle repel-n tions, when a visiting card would contain my: ry necessary article to render the coating; valid, “both at law and in cqui/g.” When will the world get rid of such tl'lllnllel‘y, and the simple dupes of the crafty lawyers ol'the extor lions practised on them ? ‘ '

LEX SIJlIl’LEX

Charlotte-Town, .der 25. '

For the British American. Mr..Editor,—The not passed last session“) explain and amend the road compensation ac: contains a table of fees embodied in it which cannot but strike every member of Society as being most partial sellish and unjust. Every one knows that the Commissioners of roads in the House of Assembly are a formidable par. ty; one in particular is said to possess inllu. once so great as to hold the majority oi‘ihe “ enlightened- Legislature,” as Mr. Lewellin terms that body in Ierrorein, whenever he thinks proper to menace them with his shag. gy eye brows, which I am told has an irresist- ible ell‘ect even to fascination of carrying eve. ry measure he wishes through the House, with a ﬂaming majority. But, to the point—.Com. in‘issieners of highways are allowed 15:. per diem, from the time of leaving home untiltlieir 'return, when attending as witnesses under this act, and Sixpence per mile for/travelling, while the Jurors, who are no doubt considered by these enlightened gentlemen as an inferior race of beings, doomed by their maker to be drudges to those statesmen, are only to have 5:. per day. The Sheritt‘, one of the highest and most responsible olliccrs in the island, is allowed bv this scale of fees,the pitiful pittance of4d. per mile for travelling!!! Now, Sir, with regard to the Jury, ‘I should say that they have hitherto under this act, been composed of men equal and in some respects superior, in point of a-bility, and re:- pecla-bility without disparagement to any of the Commissioners. Many ofthem lam certain by attending as Jurors on these occasions, would lose more by their absence from busi- ness and their homes, than these great, these 'mighty Commissioners who hold numbcrless 'sinecures, and whose salaries out of the pub- lic funds are accumulating- daily, whether they be at home or abroad. Does not this their show the corruption that exists in the House, and that reform, to use a favorite phrase, is necessary? Why in the name of wonder should Commissioners be paidmorc than other Wit- nesses !. Is it on account of their individual superiority, or because they are members of the honorable house of Assembly ? In cases tried in the supreme court of common law, there is no respect of persons whatever. The high and the low, the rich and the poor, re- ceive the same recomponce for their attend- ance, whether between party and party. or where the Crown is concerned, and the case! thatoccur under this act, ought in common honesty to be placed precisely on the same footing. [fnumberlessinstances wore not al- ready glaringly exhibited of the mercenary and self-interested motives-of our representa- tives, this instance alone should sutfice to open the eyes of the people to their deserts; and l trust that at the next sitting" of the idol!" the subject viill receive that Consideration which its importance deserves, and that at lent It

will be so far amended- ast to. provide 910‘"?!