19 NOVEMBER 1859, page 13

The Right To Poor. Relief.

WITHIN the last three weeks several complaints have been made, at the different police courts in the metropolis, against workhouse authorities. In two cases brought under the......

Practice Of Public Law Courts.

THE independence of the Bench is sustained, not compelled, by public opinion and its direct agent, the press. No Miles could have made Jeffreys a decent Judge, but the great......

• Smeth1jrst's Case.

IN a preceding article we have touched upon some anomalous proceedings in our law courts. The case of Smethurst opens rather than settles a question, not more important than......