Court Of King's Bench, Gu...
LAW REPOR T. -&-tie LOUID tUES'F .JUSTICE sat at Nisi Prius to-day in the new Court of King's Bench for the city of' London. It is very spa- cious and handsome, and, irn general, well adapted to the purposes for which it is designed. At present there is an echo, which ren- ders it difficut to hear, except on the side of the Court to which the voice is immediately addressed; but this will probably lessen, arcd may be in a great measure reraedied, by covering the upper parn of the walls with tapestry or ma:ting. The Judges' seat, which is placed beneath a very tasteful canopy, 5hould be a little more raised above his officers, and a greater elevation should be given to the seats for thejury, as at present the co:nsel who address them seem to aim their eloquence rather at the wall opposite than the entleLnen be. low their level. We ate afraid that, in winter, when the public are not tempted by causes of popular interest to avail themselves ol4:.e large accommodation provided for them, the cold will be severely t'ek, from the great height of the building, and the number of doors opening iuto it; bat it itl liong since the piofession has breathed so pUre an atmosphere. To-day there was no cause tried of the least interest. One cece, Shaw v. Broom," on the openiu.i, gaye expectation of the anpear- ance of AMr. Clifford, the conveyancer, whmo was convicted at West- minster on Tuesday, as a witness to substantiate a defcnce on a bill to which he was a party; but the cause was referred. Several other cases were te:erred; maray more were struck out or withdrawn, be. cause parties were not ready; ard the wholekaper of the day, in- cluding more than thirty causes, was exhauste betere half.past one, when the Court rose. The adjourmrment-day is fixed tbr the 3d of January. In the mnean time the LoRD CHItEF J us-Sicr will sit at Westminster, wvhere there is a great entry of causes. Miss Foote's action, there- fore, which stands in the MUiddlesex cause-list. will probably be tried before Christmas. " Cox v. Kean" still holds its place in the Loon. don causeunauer. COURT OF KLNG'S BENCHI GUILDHALL. DMEC: 1.