fraud prac tised by the of Chan cery, &c. It may be stated that I was too late to appeal against the decree of 1835; but the Ilouse granted me that liberty, and I never exceeded the order of the House, therefore that judgment is binding at the present hour by the law of the land, if not, it is a mere farce to call the House of Lords a Court of Appeal. The The gross gross fraud that was practised on me in the Court below, no honest man can for a moment sanction, using my Lord North's Irish Court words when he was on the bench, "Will time ever purge fraud?" never while I sit here, every delay adds to the injustice and multiplics the oppression, and no wrong is without a remedy. It is necessary to state that the Court of Chancery had not acquired jurisdiction over my property, nor could have interfered, had I been defended by a truthful advocate, or had my case been heard before a just judge; for the judge being a correct lawyer, would have been aware that the Court of Chancery had no right to break up a sealed contract between parties, unless there had been fraud in the execution thereof; then indeed it would have been the province of a Court of Equity to have interfered, and Sir Edward Sugden expressed himself, at the rising of the Court on the second day of the hearing of the cause, to that effect. Had there been any violation of the contract by either party, the remedy would have been by action for breach of covenant, but the trustees well knew no breach had been committed on my part, and that it would not be so easy to tamper with twelve men in a jury-box, as it would be with the officers of the Irish Court of Chancery; they therefore chose the latter course. Had I the means to bring this great wrong fully before the public, I know I should do good service to the cause of truth and honesty --all that has been done against me has been done likewise against many other innocent people, to the injury of the good, and for the advantage of the base-for instance, when Mr Bartholomew Taaff, one of the creditors under the trust-deed, was asked by Mr. Rogers, of Charlemont-house, why he allowed Tommey to be turned out, he replied "that he was given to understand that he would gain by the proceedings;" so that my well-meaning creditors were duped to their own loss, as well as myself brought to ruin by the knavery of lawyers. Victoria The substantial facts have been placed before Her Majesty A petition Queen Victoria, in the form of a petition, which has been to Queen treated with contumely, and a caution made to me at Bow treated Street Police Court, not to write again to her. Should these with con details be read by any lady, I beg most respectfully, but tumely Widows and orphans plundered earnestly to remind her that it is a gentlewoman's question-my wife went to an untimely grave, with the knowledge that her life's labour was reft from all that she had near and dear to her upon earth. How many a lady has tried to provide a support for those dependant upon her care, and the fruits of her careful kindness has been plucked, I ought to say plundered, from her offspring by the fraudulent practice of the cormorants that practise in the courts of law. Many a pang has been added to the suffering soul in its parting agony, owing to the "glorious uncertainty of the law," or in other words, the malpractices of of lawyers. lawyers are so well known, that no lady can feel secure that her by fraudu lent cormo rants of Courts of Law. Mal practices Legal plunderers of orphans. cunning of Villanous equity lawyers. Patriot noblemen providence for those she loves may not be frustrated. Many a wailing prayer has been put up to heaven by plundered orphans, after the will of the dead has been negatived by the villanous cunning of the equity Lawyers. While I have the breath of life within me, although I am on the downward passage in sorrow to the grave, I will not cease to appeal to woman's sympathy and to man's indignation, for help against the giant evil embodied in the Court of Chancery. Noblemen of England, (I do not mean law lords,) estated of England. gentlemen of England, to you I appeal: shall this mockery of justice, this court of iniquity, flourish on the ruin of its victims? Records of It is your cause as much as it can be mine. The records of the Chancery contain the Chancery Court contain the history of many a family's downdownfall of fall; but, alas! for the sufferers, when their legal destruction many families. Star has been completed, the victims mourn in silence, and the world hears no more of their grievous wrong. Make help, then, to put down this dragon: its strength to do evil is caused by your submission to its power. Were you, noblemen and gentlemen of England, to come forward and take your right position as leaders of the Commons for the public safety, against this internal enemy, the enormity would soon follow its prototypes, the Star Chamber and the Inquisition; it would become a page of history, and the thanks and blessings of your released country, from the people of all ranks in society, of all ages and conditions in life, from the then unplundered orphan, from the widow whose substance would then be secure, alike from the aged man who then would enjoy the happy security of his labours, his property, his liberty. Those thanks and blessings would be your rich reward. Think not that a tame submission on your part to this merciless Juggernaut, will enable your Juggernaut families to escape its crushing power; for how many of the Court of Chancery a merciless noblest, and what should have been the wealthiest in the land, have learned too late, that they should Trust not for Justice to the Courts, For there Law Lord both buys and sells ; In native force, and native right The only hope of Justice dwells. The legal force, and legal fraud, Will take your lands, however broad. Therefore I appeal to you for aid against the oppression that, after plundering me of my all, is making a mockery of me in my age, and sending me destitute to the grave. I remain, Gentlemen, London, 21st April, 1856. HENRY TOMMEY, Senior. THE WAY THE PUBLIC MONEY GOES ON PLACE- unjust taxes, &c. THE object of our dealing with this subject is of a twofold. nature,-1st to effect, by the pressure of enlightened public opinion, the most rigid economy in every department of government expenditure; and, 2ndly, to substitute for the present cumbrous, wasteful, and most injurious taxes upon commodities, a simple and equitable system of DIRECT TAXATION. In Direct taxthe advocacy of both these objects, our leading conviction is the of present indisputable fact that nations, like individuals, in their fiscal cumbrous arrangements, must, if they would prosper, adhere to the principles of justice, economy, and prudence; and cannot grossly violate them all without bringing upon themselves precisely the same consequences as those which affect individuals. The tendency of all history is to substantiate and confirm this conviction. No nation, in ancient or modern times, has fallen The fall of from greatness into decay and decrepitude, whose decline and fall may not be most directly traced to extravagance and luxury on the part of both rulers and people. Rome conquered the world whilst its great men and its population were simple in their manners and economical in their habits; Rome fell when corruption and extravagance pervaded all classes, and an emperor lavished the revenue of a province on a single banquet. In private life, a man may be as rich as Croesus, but if he nations through ex caused travagance and luxury. between Comparison riot in every species of luxury, if his expenditure be unbounded public and by any consideration of means or end,-if he employ, at exorprivate ma- bitant salaries, multitudes of stewards on his estates, and hordes nagement of affairs. of servants, at high wages, many to do absolutely nothing, many to help those who have little or nothing to do, and all pillaging him to the utmost of their means and opportunity,if, in addition to those actually or nominally employed, he pays compensation to those who have been deprived of the means of fleecing him, and pensions or retired allowances to those whom he remunerated handsomely whilst they were in his service,and if, moreover, he mortgage portions of his property every now and then, on most disadvantageous and exorbitant terms, so that the interest of his debts shall absorb one half of his whole annual income, the result of such a course of conduct, if persisted in, is palpable and inevitable. It is and must be ruin; it can be nothing else; and the final burst of the storm upon him is only a question of time. Nothing can save him but a timely abandonment of his spendthrift courses, retrenchment and economy in every branch of his expenditure, the dismissal of all useless and dishonest hangers-on, the retention of none but those who render or who have rendered value for what they receive, and a careful husbanding of his resources to wipe off, gradually but surely, all incumbrances upon his property; and, as with an individual, so it is with a nation. Great Britain may be called the Croesus of nations, but she has long been embarked in precisely such a career of extravagance and improvidence as this; and, great as is her wealth, mighty as are her resources, the results must be the same as with the individual,-bankruptcy and ruin. She is encumbered by bankruptcy an all but overwhelming debt, of which nearly the whole was Great Britain in danger of and ruin. most improvidently contracted, and a large proportion for most objectionable purposes; and the bare interest of this debt swallows up, year by year, nearly one half of her gross annual income, all expenses of collection and other deductions included. Yet the same system of extravagance is continued; there is little or no abatement of it; there are few or no signs of the thorough and efficient adoption of a better, wiser, and more honest course for the future on the part of our rulers. (To be continued.) THREE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS CAUGHT IN THE medical the commissioners in lunacy. THE QUEEN against ROBERT WILLIAM WILKINSON. -Whereas the Commissioners Three in Lunacy have instituted proceedings against me, the undersigned Robert William dangerous Wilkinson, for having, contrary to law, signed the name of my employer, Mr. Richard assistants George Horton, of Leeds, surgeon, to a medical certificate of insanity for the purpose loosed upon of procuring the reception of an insane person into a lunatic asylum, but the Commis- society by sioners being satisfied that in the circumstances under which I did the act I was not aware how grave an offence I was committing, and being further satisfied that I had no corrupt motive, have, at my earnest solicitation, consented to forego the prosecution on my making a public acknowledgment and apology: now I do accordingly acknowledge that in signing the said certificate I acted very wrongly and committed a grave breach of the law, and I express my deep regret for my said offence, and do thus publicly apologize for it.-Dated this 21st day of February, 1856. Witness- Rd. Geo. Horton. R. W. WILKINSON. The QUEEN against WILLIAM JOHN ADDISON.--Whereas the Commissioners in Lunaey have instituted proceedings against me, the undersigned William John Addison, now an assistant to Mr. William Ewart, of Middleton, in Teesdale, in the county of Durham, surgeon, for having unlawfully and contrary to the statute signed a medical certificate for the purpose of procuring the reception of an insane person into an asylum, and in which certificate I described myself as surgeon, whereas I was not at the time of signing the said certificate a surgeon, or otherwise authorized by law to sign the same; but the Commissioners, being satisfied that I committed the offence through inadvertence, and without any corrupt motive, have, at my earnest petition, consented to forego the prosecution on my making a public acknowledgment and apology. Now I do hereby acknowledge, that in signing the said certificate I committed a grave breach of the law, and I do express my deep concern and regret for my said offence, and do thus publicly apologize for it.-Dated this 23rd day of February, 1856. WILLIAM JOHN ADDISON. Witness-William Ewart. The QUEFN against HENRY BROOKS.-Whereas the Commissioners in Lunacy have instituted proceedings against me, the undersigned Henry Brooks, now an assistant to Mr. William Brewer, of Nantyglo, in the county of Monmouth, surgeon, for having unlawfully and contrary to the statute signed a medical certificate, for the purpose of procur ing the reception of an insane person into an asylum, and in which certificate I described myself as surgeon, whereas I was not at the time of signing the said certificate a surgeon, or otherwise authorized by law to sign the same; but the Commissioners being satisfied that I committed the offence through inadvertence, and without any corrupt motive, have, at my earnest petition, consented to forego the prosecution on ny making a public acknowledgment and apology. Now, I do accordingly hereby acknowledge that, in signing the said certificate, I committed a grave breach of the law, and I do express my deep concern and regret for my said offence, and do thus publicly apologize for it.-Dated this 29th day of February, 1856. Commissioners Rt. Hon. Earl of Shaftes bury (chairman); Rt. Hon. Robt. Vernon Smith, M.P. M.D.; Saml. Wilfred, ing. Atrocious Criminals fined the cost of an advertisemeut in the Times, 3rd March, 1856. Witness-Cornelius John Guest, Coalbrook-vale Iron Works. HENRY BROOKS. |