The Irish Bar have, it seems, held an "indignation meet-
ing" to express their sentiments concerning Lord Cairns's Irish Judicature Bill, some hitch having occurred in the arrange- ments made for a deputation to the Chancellor. A deputation is the more dignified and practical way of dealing with a matter of such gravity, and we are sorry it has been abandoned. We shall be curious to know what case the leaders of the Mali Bar can make to satisfy Lord Cairns that he ought not to persevere with a measure so wise and salutary, of which it may be said that the more it is discussed, and the more the legal statistics of the Three Kingdoms are examined and contrasted, the more evident it appears that that Bill might go a good deal further on the road of economy with advantage. We have not yet seen any proof to the point that five Irish judges are necessary to do the work that is done by one English judge. We are by no means disposed to regard Lord Justice Christian as an infallible authority, but on points of this kind, where his temper is not at all engaged, and where he cites facts and figures, we should like to see him answered in the same way. Hardly a term passes now without some wild or curious judgment from the Irish Bench, and we really believe it is because the Judges have got so much idle time.
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