...law so framed showed any fixed principle and consistency in its administration. The history of its whole operation for years has been an unintelligible...accident, political interest, and departmental disorder. As the law became more intricate and involved, Ministerial patronage and Parliamentary interest became...

...showed any fixed principle and consistency in its administration. The history of its whole ope ration for years has been an unintelligible chaos, in which...accident, political interest, and departmental disorder. As the law became more intricate anil involved, Ministerial patronage and Parliamentary interest became...