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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 135
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_ Transactions 1862. Edited Of Ilie By N...
"been swep of the t away section by is tlie chiefl indignant voice ied with of public practical opinion questions . " The of y occup
space Law Reform , such as the reduction of the cost of Private Bill [ dure Legislation so as to , and save simp the lif time ying- now its spent tedious upon and it unsatisfactory by the Legislature proce- ,
to the great hindrance of public business ; Mr . Greorge Oke contributes suggestions for the perhaps still more important reform of
¦ day " Mag affairs isterial is Procedure altogether . " intrusted The administration to the magistrate of the s law , and in b every y far
the It will largest therefore share is conducted that nothing by the unpaid could well provincial be of mag greater istracy im- . appear
mag portance comprehensive istrates and than in divisions Eng code that land of they procedure an and d should 1 Wales 890 . be for , Their consisting supp cities lied numb and of with ers 7 , 770 are a hs uniform 9 for , 660 counties acting and , ridings boroug , including
, , , p broug olice ht and before stipendiary them charge mag d istrates with indictable . The offences number is of on a p yearl erson y
more avera One ge from other 421 the , 400 paper interest persons in thi of . s the Department subject than claim for s its special mode notice of treat , not
ment , — " The Laws controlling and regulating the perpetual Dedication of Property for Public with or Charitable the writth Purposes at This , " is by Mr el .
¦ the Thomas a time to Hare should reject . be All nothing dealt will , agree with and for a time their moreover highest er good when " , according all gifts sur for to y
the poor best judgment and discretion of the age in which we live rather than of times which have passed away . " For this end he
desires to see the fullest liberty given to any man in the disposal years real of his and all propert charit personal y able for estate foundations charitable abolishe purposes should which d , but be shall — that the subj then at distinction ect the to be revision end deemed of between thirt , most that y
the for the direction _ptiblic may benefit be . given Perpetual them charities , Mr . Hare characterizes as the " covetous—perhaps unconsciously covetous—efforts of the dutiesand the
those who have gone before to forestall , blessings , would which have are the just generation share of " those assisted who by law come and after invited them by . " senti He
ment to transmit every to posterity such institutions as shall be thought most fitted to elevate the character , enrich the intellect , and increase
the its successors powers of the man perpetual ; but let no obli generation gation of dealing attempt in to a impose prescribed upon those
manner with the fruits of the earth , which the labour of _successors moting such must hi produce her , unless " it Such be with is the the larger lofty p view hilosop of hical
proground on which g Mr . Hare purpose places . this vexed question—ground on
which In E duca trust tion it , the question ultimately of the settled day was the _Hevisecl Code .
Notices Of Books. 135
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 135
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 135, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/63/
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