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    * t * v * a oi * r » a $ m fenhsn ^«! ^ -I ^ rtft l ^ ffte ^ tclurfwi cMuealm ^ ^ lP * it- * M | Wo * fc « if ^ umstau ««/< ii& ^ prp ^ f " - " VMtotelm ' feet iti ^ yji ^ eitfate ^ . ana- >< 9 t fl » % ithfcs # > be ' cftfpectjy ? fapie $ L \ f s StffellMs t 3 alT'the ckck ^ on ^^^ sti-° fn < £ hyk titftfing * dtife of the various ^ p-^ Mitficlititfnsf of interest or concern f # n

    the > € 8 a « fe , fl ! 6 r in thd question or cori-Bexidn with tbte fatties . . , > Thirdly . As to the Bar , this institution will have its just and beneficial hrgijenre * ' When I refer to that most respectable ixwlv , the Bar of Scotland , I

    may **« &fel y and justly -enlarge upon their great learning , Aieir integrity , thei ^ efoqu ^ nce , and other high attainmtenfej and above all , I can rely ¦ ' * oi * thfc lltetet rigid honour and pure

    c 6 ftegfeie&fr of ^ their practice in their ~ gft $ fefe * iot ) i' ' Yet , great sis tl > e Jearn - iflg and * eloquence is / which they bring ftito"the hitherto ordinary practise of their profession , the public afid irtimediate efforts which they

    wH ! have t& make : in this tribunal , cannot fail to afford a new scene for thrtr ^^ oquence ^ * v ^ kl ^ gdidiwg the course of justice , the Jtdkfcd will derive assistance from

    * &mas «!]} while the system of jury trial 'wilf give new occasions to the Bar of Scptltod for acute and masterly dis-13 tsumbn ^ by ^ ratching and seizing cir-; * € ftmstltnce 8 and emergencies as they

    ^ imB € | ^ s \ vidl ^ as by previously prepaVtog then&telves upon the important reat&r £# of the ca » q ^ andr thus these | SfeW ^ pi > 6 rtilnitie « for tlte display of " feott # ttct and address , by training

    them to a mode of exertion to which the ^ r ha ve * not been accustomed , will girveneW ^^ soope and enlargement to t ^ eii * professional talents , and render ' th ^ m still 'more useful ministers *' - bf jdstic « 4 n all the branches of their practice . ^ V ^ JFbuTihbp . But * above all , this pub-9

    \ | IWW is important , in relation to the ? ir Judges who preside—rin regulating " * jftiB W ^ wervi ng : correct , what I . have " K - ^ cafB&n "the * ytermanent part of tfce tri-* bAntttei ( This fe ^ ppy oorn position in J jtta ^ crtirt ^/ when the ^ functions are ^ SWllSW ^^ in ^ opeid ^^ i ; n-% f g «« d ies

    ^ feor ^ tfeft ttW ^ thft quaJ ^ of the ^ jm&kY ^ hfiflmAeit r , df J : hei p 9 ^ naneu * "J ^ &jtomd * % n& >< H » rBcts , all the ffefects 43 ^ Wdh 4 licw < y « diciali cMwrter is Jtf ^ fe * ? 1 ** O ^ 'fi ^^^ - ^ O 1 o 'T ? rrf . i r . ^ W » -o »^ tK «« erkh swtnwttjsjai , ^ A t « mper forbearance , attention , or-

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    ^ p S ^ Ped . to ^ nforce ^ t ^^ gftr ^ ' where justice ^ is ^^ Be' dfeffife fl ^ d w # iin a beriSd WW me * t » fe ^ Bv tlvT s ^ n ^ o ¥ irTa # ^^ comrjine with deiib ^ raftfen , readin&B

    ot ! thought w ^ th 9 orrectn € » f ^ fPbpintoti Our dutie / 3 as / Judg ^ tEtre to-be perform pd before a j udidfbus " J ^ rubltc , deeply interested in the ^ jilftrceVfiich is . tp be dispensed ,, and o ^ fbte a Critical and enli jg ^ htexieil' bar , re ^ ify to

    disseminate with , freedom ^ as tilfey ought , their opinion ' s' of' our errors , but equally ready to do justice tb'dur motives , and to fcestow the j « stteward of praise when we areVighrt&ftid correct .

    The erspr to wiiich a tckfrt , mnposed of a single judge , is lin&e , is perhaps an over-vVeernngj : * etf-wiltedness : this , is corrected uf ^ the discharge of the function "publicly with the aid of a jury . TMene ^ fe » tr of

    attending to every point for tft&r information— -a necessary eBmplfemce with those modes of conduct wtich such interc ^ nge of thought ztt khis tribunal reqtrfrea , ' - - ; HbiA I tte neel ^ ity of , the judge weighing t ^ efr What he is publicly to impart to ^ others ^^ ubder the controuling effect of their having to decide on the spot pn the

    c&rvecbqess of his views , secures , against § uch ^ elf-willedneMi , ^ ^' The error into which Hhe Judges of a Court composed of Several is apt to fall is carelessness . Xrustingto the efforts of his fellow Judges , the public

    effort and the duty to ifrtpart all that passes , and all his views of it toothers on the spot , and at the moment , proves a sure antidote to this propensity io thejudges of a tribunal of severe / . Thus it may be said that the welldoing of the permanent triburral is secured , ana the administration of

    justice in matter * of f * & ( tfiat exteiisive and eydfcvarylttg source o / litigation ) is better reflated by thife ' contrivance of trial by ji * rj , than ^^ auy th ^ t the wit of mm has ever f * ^ vised . - ' l '' ' '< J ' Such are tlifeie ^ dint ^ rttitts ^ f this inptifutioi ^ Which ^ r ^ tyW * ° J

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    i t * i ^^ kmij ^ itms .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1816, page 148, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2450/page/20/