text:  If after three days' patient hearing of the witnesses and lawyers he has one tangible idea floating in his head he is either an Alcibiades or a Bavius--a heaven-born genius or the mere incarnation of a fool! Let it be granted that the present system pursued by Parliament more especially when its immediate prospects are considered is an evil--and we believe there are few who will be bold enough to deny it--it still remains that we seek out a remedy