LORD DENMANrose to call attention to the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the new law Courts. It seemed to be supposed that the concentration of the Law Courts would be a great public advantage; but that he held to be a great mistake. The consequence of that idea was that great expense had been incurred in obtaining a new site. Notwithstanding the pledge given to Parliament that the expense of obtaining and clearing away the new site should not exceed £750,000 that had already been exceeded, and before the approaches were made the expense would amount to a good deal more. He thought they would have cause to regret it if they acted upon the principle of concentrating all the Courts into one place. It was said of the new site proposed on the bank of the river that it had "the three R's" in its favour, for it was approached by road, by river, and by rail; but he begged to say that the Courts at Guildhall were as convenient for City men, and as easily approached, as any site on the banks of the river would be. The project of concentration was advocated to save lawyers the trouble of walking far from their chambers to the Law Courts, and to allow the seniors to hold briefs in more than one court at a time—thus effectually cutting off all chance of the juniors rising. He (Lord Denman), on the 1524 other hand, thought it would be of great advantage to have causes tried in various parts of this great metropolis. This opinion, he was happy to say, was shared by an eminent Member of their Lordships House, who had himself been at the Bar. He thought the Carey Street site was preferable to that of the restricted site on the river; but he hoped their Lordships would pause before they committed themselves to either of them.