§ MR. HARDCASTLEsaid, he wished to ask Mr. Attorney General, Whether his attention has been called to a statement of Vice Chancellor Stuart's, in the case "Picard v. Hine," in which the Vice Chancellor refused to transfer the suit to a County Court on the ground that the costs in the County Courts exceeded those in the Court above; and, whether he is aware of the truth of this statement of Vice Chancellor Stuart's?
THE ATTORNEY GENERALsaid, in reply, that he had received a communication from the chief clerk of Vice Chancellor Sir John Stuart on this subject. The result of that communication was this—that the chief clerk believed he did state in reply to a question from his Honour that the expenses to be incurred after the transfer of the case to a County Court would exceed those in the Court of Chancery. He went on to say that the opinion so expressed was formed from general impressions.