OF HONDURAS.


occur : for, as it has been remarked, the
increase of property, the more fixed state
of society, and above all, the commercial
consequence it has attained, would cer-
tainly seem to require something of a
more defined and systematic form than
what at present is acknowledged in it.
 The courts of Honduras are held three
times in each year : other courts are also
occasionally held to determine matters of
inferior kind, and to adjust the differences
of transient persons. From the adjudi-
cations of these courts it is contended there
can be no appeal: a conclusive power,
that may not appear altogether so satis-
factory, especially to those who may have
become in any degree acquainted with the
more enlarged system of jurisprudence
adopted in other countries.
 A recent law has been enforced, which
entitles the settlers to much commendation,
though the feeling idea which suggested
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