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THE COItIPTROLLER of the Stationery Office is re idy tti receive TENDERS for different ascriptions of PA iRCIIMENT and VELLUM required for'thtt Public Sec 'vice. The quantities to be contracted for, and the periodss of their delivery, will be specified in the particulars of (Contract which can be procured, and Simples of the At tides viewed, at the Stationery Office, frOm Monday, the- 3d of March, to Saturday the 22d, between the hours of Ten and Three. The Tenders to be addressed to 'the. Comptroller of his Majesty's Stationery Office, James -street, Buckingham-gate, and to be delivered by' twelve o'cloCk on :Monday, the 24th of March, 1828, marked in'thecorner " 4 , Tender for Parchment and Vellum , " aft er day and boi.ur no Tender can be received. market having kind of sate eo per stone of r,~ :pr;l; riaci 10d. to 64. 44. 6 5 8 Pork, the same uf W. per stone. [eft the market ..2. ss. 4d. to ss. Bd. 00 0 0 with the Latter itati pikra 7D. ~N~ ~' tea. lAL PARLIAMENT. favour of the Dissenters, there.-.war - tfownvho , Was .not pledged to support the Catholic Minis. , (Loud cherri.) Mr. ROBINSON moved fora return of the expenditure attending the military estal.o%,hinent, certain new buildings, Sec., in Newfoundland, Labrador, and some other places. Mr. SYKES presented a petition from an individual named. John Marshall, against the disfranchisenient of East Retford. flealso presented a petition against the Test and Corporation Acts. Mr. JEPLISON presented a petition from Mallow, in fr. , T.ur of the Roman Catholic claims. Mr. GRATTAN presented another to the same effect. The Ilan. Member also gave notice that on Wednesday he should move for certain returns respecting the Foundling Hospital. Mr. LUMLEY presented a petition from the n3altsters o f Worksop, against the Malt Act. Mr. D. W. HARVEY presented petitions from Leicess ter and other places, in favour of the Ferrybridge canal. Lord CHARLES FITZROY presented a petition from Thetford, Norfolk, against the Malt Act. Mr. J. GRAHAM presented a petition from the Pro testant Dissenters of Annandale, against the Test and Cor poration Acts. The Committees on Supplies of Ways and Means were postponed to Monday next. Os. Od. to 03.04 $ •.? 4 8 zde. Od. to So. 4J , de, •2 4 0 19-.77—"—` BELL'S ,LIFE. IN LONDON,' of To morrow, price,Sereniieilee, "will contain the BEST ACCOUNT pt the LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT at the BRUNSWICK THEA:TRE.—BeII's Life in London is ° , :k Sale every Sunday morning, for Sevenpenec, at all Newipaper Offices.—'twenty-two Thousand Copies of Bell' s Life in London are. sold of every Publication. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 29, 1828. EetI'FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from Leeds, against the Corporation and Test Acts. The St. Mary Merton (Surrey) Poor Rates Bill, was read a third time and passed. Lord TEYNHAM postponed his motion relative to the state of the labouring Poor, to the 24th of March next. Mr. :tonlisox presented an Account of Receipts and Disbursement of the London Docks, and of the progeas of the Works. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presentok' , 44tions against the Corporation and Test .A.cfrA - A Message was sent to the - ccatruons, to request that they might permit Mr. Home Drummond, one of their Members, to be examined before the Select Committee of their Lordships, on the Game Laws. Lord YARBOROUGH presented a. petition from Bar ton-upon-Humber, in Lincolnshire, against the Corpora tion and Test Acts. Their Lordships then adjourned to Monday next. 10d. to Ss. 4d. 0 4 t, PORN LAWS and LANDED INTE REST.—To persons who wish to be well informed on these subjects, BELL'S WEEKLY MESSENGER, (the Monday Edition) is particularly addressed, —a firm and strenuous supporter of the Agriculture and Trade of the Country, and of the just Interest,of the Landlord and Farmer. The Letters written by. " Norfolk Landlord and Farmer," which have attracted so much celebrity, are now publishing Weekly in this Paper. Bell's Weekly Messenger (the Monday Edition) contains, also, all the 'route and Continental Markets of Corn, &c. ; a complete Price Current of all articles of Trade and Commerce ; and it is the only Paper which presents, exclusively, this im portant feature, together with all the News and Intelligence of a London Weekly Journal. N.B.—There are two Editions of this Paper, one pub lished in London on Saturday, so as to be transmitted by the Mail in order to arrive two hundred miles from London on the Suaday;—the other Edition published on Urns* evening, containiorall tbe.Marketa sa-abovestated. --This Paper bag been enlarged, since the ounmencement of the new Year, more, , than one fourth in Size and Con t*Rts, so that the Debate's and all .otkinr Intelligence are given copiously and in detail, t. Address to Ball's Weekly Messenger Office, No. 63, Fleet -street, London, or Orders may be given to any Post master, or any Nemvender, or Bookseller in the United Kingdom. s. d. to s. d. 48 6 0 ...4 8 5 6 ;s. tol6B. each. IE WEEK. 1 Beans- A. to s . 48 44 48 48 44 AO a :0 34 4(1 26 . 39 40 41 58 - HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRuAr.v 29. Mr. JOHNSON presented Papers from the London Dock Company, containing the amounts of the income and expenditure of the said Company, from the 26th of Nov. 1826, to the 26th of Nov. 1827.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. FAZAKERLEY presented petitions from Wis. beach..and other places, in favour of the , BVakefiefri and Mr. W. LAMB moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws respecting Jurors and Juries in Irc;and. The object of his Bill was, to extend the improvements _made in this , countty to Ireland.—Leave given. The same Non. Gentleman also moved for leave to bring in a Bill to.continue for a time certain Acts NV hich were about to expire, and which related to the cleansing, pav ing, and lighting of those towns in Ireland which were not regulated by local Acts.—Leave given. 51 39 atg 34 72 3G 2* STATE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW. ... irket ruled )001 quality at the mid rter lower. . In Oats prices went and rather and pri ces . to 596 . t stig. to 355,..7 to 31s. to 28A. ~.: to 545. 7;; to Ws. :' 1/ 1 / 4 1. per st. )8. per load. 4. per last.. 77------- to 7d. gi 6 locate and ; Turnips. 10, 130. Od., to to wi t 11 1.2 16 15 lb la 19 22 n 21 22 so St 36 19 9 I to 441turday, ry lut .4...•• 12 I 1 4 1. lu EIGED, Fields, ►rch 9, iton, ol lady of `Tr. G. Llaugh., CApr. Rouse, Mat- Very i., of woad Hall, • r, to., rent, , • Xir et of Sac to too, L S 1:Y T r* . r lite eT~'- nr; LEASE OF 141U.SSELI3URGH WAULK MILL. TO BE EXPOSED TO PUBLIC ROUP, Withiti the Town Hall, on FRIDAY the '7th of March next, hetwetn Twelve and One ri 'THE WAULK MILL, Dwelling-house, .1- and Offices, With the arable and grass Grounds attached, thereto, situated above the Old Stone Bridge, all as presently occupied by. James M'Donald and his tenants. ...this Mill has, at seasons of the year, an adequate supply of water from theiriver Esk. For farther . partioulart'apply to ThomasM‘Millan, Esq. * * S * , 41 , Queen-street,; Edinburgh, or to the 'town- Clerk of Musselbnrgh, who will show the articles and con. ditions of mop. To wn Hall,,Musselburgh, Feb. 18, 1828. FOREIGN' DAMASK. TABLE AND BED LINEN, LARGE 14ER AND CHIMNEY GLASSES, MUSI cAL INSTRUMENTS and EFFECTS, . TO BE SOLD BY , AUCTION, By Mr. WILLIAMS, At the Auction Mart, on Trzsnav next, 4th March, at Twelve o'clock, AWARDROBE of Rich Damask Table an d B e d Linen, consisting of Table Cloths, from two to seven yards long, with Napkins,` en suite; Tray Cloths, a nd beautiful Damask, in the piece ; Holland and Ruisia heet B . .; and a Fine Toned Sir Octave Grand Piano Forte, in a handsome mahogany case; and ditto Cabinet ditto, in a rosewood case ; an elegant Patent Harp ; MicioSe'ope ; an Electrical Machine and Apparatus ; China, Glass ; side board and -Table Lamps ; Lustres, and valuable Miscellane ous. Effect.. Thbe'vkewed on Miinday preCeding the Sale and Cata %EA 'bad at Nast, and Of-11t. Thro. ns":711: W. B. HUDSON'S SYRUP OF SARSAPARILLA. THE extensive we of SARSAPARILLA -11. in medical practice of late years, having rendero it an object of importance to procure a preparation of At in a more convenient form than the decoction usually pre scribed, this highly Concentrated Syrup has been intro duced as a preparation of much easier portability, not liable to injury by long keeping, and conseplemtly better adapted to tine use of persons travelling, or residing abroad. Prepared and sold by W. B. Hudson, Chemist, 27', Hay market, London.--Pint Bottles 244.—Half-pints 12, Sold also by Sarel, Brighton ; Terry and Dutton, Bath ; Ross and Burton, Hull ; Butler, Liverpool ; and Newberys, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMON&. MONDAY, MARCH 3.--ORDERS OF THE DAY. • Roman Catholic Land Tax Bill--Committee. 2• Cities and Boroughs Polls Bill—Second reading. 3 . East Retford Disfranchisement Bill—Committee; wit- nesses to attend. 1 . Tithes Commutation Bill—Second reading. 5 . Stamp Duties Acts—Conitnittee thereupon. 6 . Supply—Committee. 7 ; Ways and Means--Committee.. R. Mutiny Bill—Second reading. 9. Marine Mutiny Bill—Second rending. NOTICES or morroNs. I. Mr. Sykes—Petition from the Merchants and Trades men of Hull, against the Stamp Duty on Receipts. 2. Mr. George Bankes—To move that Counsel be heard before the Committee on the East Retford.Disfran ' chisement Bill. 3. Mr. Sykes—To move that Mr. Parker be heard by his Counsel before the Committee on the East Retford Disfranchisement Bill. YOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuesday, March 18. Mr. Ross—Bill to regulate the admission of Fremicti in Cities ann Borough. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS FOR. THE ENSUING WEEK• His Majesty's Stag-hounds will meet O 4 Monday, at Fulmer Common ; Friday, at Salt Hill—at half-past 14) o ' c lock ;, unless prevented by the weather, when they will meet the day following. The Brighton Harriers, on 'Monday, near Patcham ; Wednesday, near the Race' Course ; 'Friday, near the Dyke—quarter before 11. The Lewes Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at New market Hill ; Wednesday, at Ashcombe (the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel, Ilford) ; Friday, at Telescombe Tye—half -past 10. The Wor ces t ers hi re Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Li tt l e Combirton ; Thursday, at the Red Lion, Holt; Satur day, at Cross and Hand, Pinvin—lialf-past 10. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Clent--...10. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Tanered's Walls; Friday, at Bredwardine Bridge-10. CITY MARKETS.-FEB. 29. The dealings in SALTPETRE have been to some amount this we e k, at a f urt h er a d vance; t h e sa l es on Tuesday went oft at prices from Is. tid. to 2s. per cwt. above the previous low prices. The speculations in RUSSIA TALLOW have received a shock, Owing to the failure which has just occurred. The defaulter's engagements are under 5,000/. The price of Tallow has not risen beyond what it was in the early part of the week : the quotation this morning is ls. per cwt. higher for delivery; the deliveries are small, in fact the trade are not purchasing at present, preferring rather to use up their old stock than submit to the late advance, espe cially as the price must fall as rapidly as it has risen, on the arrival of the Spring ships. The supply for the pre sent year according to the St. Petersburgh accounts, re ceived to-day, will be fully 200,000 casks, or from 30 to 40,00 0 casks beyond the exports of last season. sits.—Business haR not been brisk since the conclu s ion f the East India Sale, h,it the advance then given is main tained. Inquiry is made after /3rutin, at a further eleva tion. The stock of East India Silks in the Company's ware houses is extremely small, and if a demand arises oo part of the manufactur ers a further improvement must the take place- I n the COTTON and WooL markets business continues s l ac k. The insporte of German Wools have been large lately. In TEAs there is not much doing, owing to the near ,approach of the quarterly sale at the India House. Ferrybridge Canal. Mr. SYKES presented . a similar petition from Hull. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from some places in Yorkshire, against the Wakefield and Ferrybridge Canal. LICENSING SYSTEM. Mr. HOBHOUSE said he had a petition to present from an individual named Clarke, who certainly in ad dressing that House hid made out a prima facie case of hardship. The individual kept a hotel at Bognor, which was destroyed by fire. He built on the site of tint house a new hotel, to be called the Royal Clarence lintel, the building of which cost him about 12,000/. 'which, however, the Ma gistrates refused to license. lie then. got a petition signed by the Nobility and Gentry of the town, recommending him as a proper person to. have a license, which, however, the Magistrates still thought St to refuse. Having been put to such a ruinous expense he found it absolutely necessary t o persevere, and he accordingly required a reason, but they told him that no reason would be as hear.)—There had been no cause to com plain of his conduct, and conscious of being ill-treated, he applied to a solicitor to know whether he could not ob. tan' a mandamus to compel them to grant him a licence. The solicitor of course told him, that unless he could prove malice, or a strong presumption 'of corrupt motives, the Court of King's Bench could not interfere. Un der these circumstances, he hail no other resource than 'that of an application to that House ; and this application was made, not with a view to any thing being done'in his own case, but in order that the House might make some alteration in the present method of licensing. He felt it unnecessary to enter at large into the subject ; but he had spoken to the Hon. Member opposite, and he would then tell him; that unless they could show that he was a bad character. or that his house had been disorderly, unless they could make good such a charge as that, he would not hesitate to say that towards this individual they had committed a grois and base act of injustice. Some alle gations hid been made of certain jealousies being enter tained against Mein by individuals in the neighbourhood ; but , these he would not for the preSent allude to. He would only observe, that the subject was a most mo mentous one, not only for the sake of those applying for licences, but also for the sake of the Magistrates them selves. He hoped some alteration would be made in the licensing system, which at present must press very heavily on the Magistrates. Mr. CURTEIS said he knew nothing of the allegations of the Committee, and could not therefore deny or main tain its allegationSo• lie thought it his duty however to state, that helineW the Magistrates who were alluded to in the petition, and that they were men of the highest honor and integrity. The statement contained in the petition was the statement of one party, and might possibly be without the slightest foundation. At all events, it was the dnty of Honourable Members to refrain from coming to any decision on this important subject, as the case was now before the Court of King's Bench, where Clarke the petitioner had obtained a rule for a man damus, which had not yet been disposed of. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL begged to set the Hon. Member right. The party complaining had not moved the Court of King's Bench for a mandamus, but for a cri minal information. A rule to show cause why a criminal information should not issue had been granted by the King's Bench, and was not yet disposed of'. The petitio❑ was then brought up ; on the notion that it shonld he printed, • Mr. HOI3IIOUSE begged to explain. He had said no thing against the Magistrates, who were all ex-officio ho nourable men.—(A laugh.)—He had not cast any imputa tion on the Magistrates, but really the petitioner's case seemed to be a very hard one. He had a license before, and therefore, it was to be presumed, that he was a proper person. `The Hon. Member for Sussex, said that many of the statements of the petition were false; but if the state ment was true, it was a case of great hardship. Mr. D. W. HARVEY thought a more equitable prin ciple should be acted on, in bestowing publican's licenses. Why should any body of men, who were irresponsible, have the power of dealing with the property Of his Majesty's subjects in this way. Why should not property of this kind be as free as any other kind of property. (Hear.) In the present instance a man had expended 14,000/. on buildin a house, and when it was erected he could not get a license, though he had one for an inferior establishment previously. He thought it would be question for the Honourable Member, who had given so much of his attention to the licensing system (Mr. Estcourt) whether 'every man ought not be allowed to retail beer as well as any other article--(Hear, hear.) — upon paying a proper sum to Government for a license, and giving reasonable security for good conduct. He thought it would be a question well worthy of the Hon. Gentle-. man to whom he before alluded. Mr. ESTCOURT said that the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Colchester had been mooted in the Committee; and, indeed, was a most anxious subject of consideration with every Member of that Committee. It was a remedy which some of that Committee could not make up their minds to apply. As to the petition now before the House, it had been put into his (Mr. Estcourt's) hand yesterday, but he had advised the petitioner to confide it to some one else, and was glad he had chosen the Hon. Member for West minster. Looking at the case upon the ex-parte statement now before the House, it certainly appeared to be a very hard case. It was possible, however, that that cx-parte statement might be satisfactorily explained. Mr. CURTEIS wished to say one word in explana tion.. He did not say all the statements contained in the petition were false. Ue said on the contrary, that he could neither maintain nor deny their falsehood ; but that many of the allegations might be unfounded. Mr. ASHURST moved fur certain returns relative to the average prices of Corn for the last six months. A message was brought from the Lords, requesting that the House would permit Mr. Henry Home Drummond to attend and be examined before a select committee of their Lordships upon the Game Laws. Mr. MONCK presented a petition from the Maltsters of Reading, for a repeal of the Malt Act. EAST RETFORD DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Mr. O. BANKES gave notice that on Monday next he would move that Counsel be beard at the Bar of the House upon the East rietford Disfranchisement Bill. Air. KEITH DOUGLAS presented a petition from Dumfries, praying for a repeal of the Stamp Receipt Tax. Mr. K. DOUGLAS presented also a petition from the Maltsters of Dumfries, praying for a repeal of the Malt Act. Mr. S. RICE presented:a petition from the Roman Catho lics of St. John's, Dublin, in favour of the Catholic Claims. In 'presenting this petition, he wished to observe, that it had been said, and he regretted to have heard it from such high authority—that, if the Protestant Dissenters succeeded in getting the Test and Corporation Acts repealed, it would injure the claims of the Catholics. He could not bring himself to believe that that would be the case. Even could lie conceive it, he would not withhold his assistance from the Protestant Dissenters.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He had every reason to believe that the great success obtained by the Dissenters was in consequence of the assistance they received from the Irish Members, and he did not think out of the thirty-we Irish IVembers who voted in Mr. BROUGHAM moved the Order of the Day for the resumption of the adjourned debate on the State and Ad ministration of the Law. In doing this, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman said he hoped be might be permitted to say one word, with a view to render more useful the dis cussion on which they were about to enter, and also with a view to render it more easy and more agreeable to the House. He took it for granted, that his Hon. and Learned Friend, the Solicitor-Geueral, would present to the House a general view of his opinions upon the subject, which he (Mr. B.) had brought under their consideration upon a former night, while other Hon. Gentlemen might touch upon particular topics, and even dwell upon them a con siderable length. Now it would be obviously the most convenient course to confine their attention to one subject at a time. Thus, for example, one Gentleman might get up and occupy the attention of the House for a considerable time upon the subject of the Welch Judges, another might apply himself to the subject of the Magistracy, a third to our system of pleading, and a fourth, to the Courts of Equity and the modes of procedure therein. Ilere, then, were four great subjects, any one of which would be quite enough for the House at a time; and not only on that account, but for the sake of avoiding con fusion, did he desire that Honourable Gentlemen should confine themselves, if possible, to one subject. Thus, when his Hon. Friend should have sat, some Gentleman would, of course, commence with one or other of these several subjects. Whichever might happen then to be broached, he would suggest that that should form the exclusive topic of the evening--at least until it was disposed of. Thus, he conceived, a vast deal of confusion would be avoided, and facility and expedition obtained. Under the influence of these considerations, he thought it his duty to snake the present suggestion to the House. He thought it would not only have the effect of shortening the debate, but also of materially increasing the quantity of information likely to be obtained by the House and the country. The order of the Day for resuming the debate on Mr. Brougham's motion—" That an humble Address be pre sented to his Majesty, praying that he will be pleased to direct a Commission to be issued, to inquire into the de fects, occasioned by time and otherwise, in the Laws of the Realm of England, and in the Courts of Common Law, and into the remedies which may be expedient for the same "—was then read, upon which The SOLICITOR-GENERAL spoke as follows—l shall without further preface, enter on the consideration— first, of those parts of my Learned Friend's address, where in my opinion differs from his, and though I find it im possible to concur with him in much that he has advanced, yet he will accept my sincere assurance that I am most de sirous that his motion should he att4nded with a success ful result. It is only right, before I proceed further, that I should state to the House that I have had commuuications on the subject of my Learned Friend's motion, with a Noble Lord who presides over our highest judicial tribunal, and with the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and by them I am au thorised to state, that there exists no objection on the part of his Majesty's Government, that a commission should issue for an inquiry into the progress of all suits of law in the superior Courts of Law at Westminster, from their commencement to their termination. I am also authorised to state, that there likewise exists no objection to the ap pointment of a similar Commission for the purpose of in stituting an inquiry into the state of the laws affecting real property. It requires little consideration to perceive, that the individuals composing those Commissions should not be the same ; for those who have devoted their lives to the study and practice of the common law, are necessarily un acquainted with the laws affecting real property, and the mode of preserving and transmitting the same. For this reason then, it is presumed that different persons for the two separate Commissions ought to be named—(Hear, hear. )_Haring stated these circumstances merely as mat ters of information. I shall proceed to set the House right on some of the various points so very ingeniously put by my Learned Friend. Throughout his very long and power ful address, we find him assuming that the laws of this country are now as they were in ages long past, and that for a series of centuries no material change had been made in them. I run exceedingly surprised to find my Hon. and Learned Friend proceeding as if not one of these volumes (the. Solici tor-General laid his hand on the volumes on the table) were in existence—as if we went on year after year without making the slightest alteration in our legal system ; whereas the fact is notorious, that year after year-, and Session after Session, the voluminous records of this House evince the increase of our legislation. With great humour, and in finite wit, he indulged himself at the expense of our ancient form of writ, as if there were not always attached to such writ a short printed farm explanatory of the whole. To have ridiculed these writs was an occupation so much within the range of inferior intellect, that I regretted, to see my Learned Friend wasting his powers upon it. My Hon. and Learned Friend gave a promise, that he would abstain from any observations on the subject of real pro perty. In what manner he adhered to that declaration I leave those to judge who heard and recollect his address. That too, became the object of his most unsparing ridicule —upon that also his humour and his wit were exercised without mercy. I shall not follow him through the whole of his observations on this part of his subject--I shall only trouble the House with one or two remarks. The first of these shall relate to the subject of fines and recoveries. I do hope, that whatever change may appear necessary in the forms of it, the substance and principle of that part of our law may be allowed to remain unaltered. In saying this the House will not understand me as pronouncing an un qualified approval of strict entails, the law being that no entail can be made so strict as not to be broken at the end of 21 years. It is well known to all who hear me, that a father and son, by their mutual concurrence, can dispose of an estate in any manner they may deem expedient. And though apparently the system may be complex, it is never theless found very easy in its operation. But surely no one would desire to see a power rested in a son of disposing of an entailed estate during his father's lifetime. It is quite sufficient for all the useful purposes of society, that when he comes of age ire may, by and with the c ons en t o f hi s I father, obtain for both of themjointly, absolute power over the estate, for the purpose of settling it anew or other wise disposing of it. My. Learned Friend next adverted to the nature of copyhold tenure, and though I beg to dissent from most of the positions laid down by him, yet I trust I shall be excused from entering into any detailed reply. When on another branch of his subject, he com plained loudly of the differences which prevailed between some districts of this country and others, in regard to the descent of real property, and seemed to think that our legal system had thus assimilated itself to the old law of France, where a man passing from one province tqenother found his person and his .property subjected to legal systems, not only at variance with each other, but in very many cases diametrically opposite. The differences between the several districts of England are infinitely less, and the in conveniences arising from those differences proportionably. insignificant. If in one district of England one system prevails, and in another a different system, what inconve nience can thenCe arise? Every man knows in what manor he was born, and in what manor his property is situated, and can accommodate himself to whatever cir cumstances he may have been placed in. Thute . for in stance, in the tenure " Borough English," the eldest son takes— Mr. BROUGHAM—The younger son. ' The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I should have said the younger son. • This is always known before-hand 'by the parties, and it is well understood and as easily acted on as the law of primogeniture. When the object is merely some definitive settlement of the estate, it matters very little whether the eldest or the youngest son takes. There is nothing in the abstract to recommend primogeniture; the one system is as good as the other; there is nothing con trary to common sense in either. I see no reason tor esta blishing an universal system, which would be attended at least with the inconvenience of change, without substitut ing, where the alteration is made, a practice at all supe rior to that whose place it is to take. I therefore see no reason for making any change in this branch of our legal system. - Of the Court of Chancery I shall say at present nothing, but proceed to some other parts of my Honourable and Learned Friend's address. The next subject to which I shall wish to direct the atten tion of the House is that of the Courts of Civil Law, and I am persuaded that most Honourable Members will, upon reflection, concur with me that it is highly expedient that, inasmuch as the civil law is eubordinate to the common law, some who have practised the latter should be blended with the professors of the former in the appointments to judicial situations in these Courts, and that it is infinitely better that persons, whose habits of life embrace a wider range, should participate in the administration of justice in those Courts, than that the younger Doctors should be elevated to the Bench. Of this at least lam assured, that those in whom these appointments are vested have ever exercised them with a view to placing in those Courts Judges whose habits eminently qualified them for the discharge of the functions of their office, and accord ingly they have never failed to carry with them on their elevation to the Bench the suffrages of the profession, and on no occasion have these been more warm and univer sal than on the recent appointments in the Consistory Court. This observation answers the objection made by my Learned and Honourable Friend, as well to the Courts of Civil Law as to the Courts of Common Law; for I think I may assert, without incurring the slightest hazard of con tradiction, that the judicial appointments in the one class of Courts are considered on precisely the same principles as those in the other. And that, notwithstanding all my Hon. and Learned Friend has said, or may say to the contrary, those appointments are made without the slightest reference to political feeling or connection.—(Hear, hear, hear. )—The question never has been, at least for a very long period indeed, what are a man's politics, but whether or not he is qualified to fill the situation. And that quali fication is generally ascertained by reference to those alone, who are competent to judge the members of the profession. If I may be permitted again to recur to the department of Civil Law, I would say, as respects the Court of Delegates, that it does admit of improvement. I shall not now enter into any minute investigation of the constitution of that Court, or the mode in which its proceedings act; but I do concur with my Honourable and Learned Friend, that it is by no means perfect. My Hon. and Learned Friend, after passing from these subjects, took a sudden flight to Courts in India, whither it is satisfactory for me to think that 1 need not follow him. This much, however, I may be permit ted to say, that I should be extremely sorry, indeed, if any observation of mine could have the effect of retaining for a single moment, the introduction into India of the Trial by Jury. Indeed, my Learned Friend himself supplied me with an instance infinitely more powerful against his views than any which I could produce. It was that of a murder case, in which eleven of the Jury were disposed to convict, and only one contended for acquittal. That one happened to be a young Brahmin, of clear understanding, great quickness, skill, and remarkable ability in disputation. By the mere force of his reasoning, the remaining eleven were brought ' over to his opinion—of that opinion time fully proved the justice. Then we have only one man in twelve fit to be a Juror ; the remaining eleven must be held as represent ing a fair average sample of the population of the country. I am extremely sorry thus to press upon the attention of the House any considerations adverse to a system so justly valued in this country. But in proportion as its use may be valuable here, its abuse may be obnoxious elsewhere. The next of my Learned Friend's objections to which I shall advert is, the complaint he makes against the tribunal for the hearing of Colonial Appeals, which the Privy Council constitutes. I should be extremely sorry to press my own opinion on this subject with undue confidence, but I think if there he one point more than another in which my Learned Friend has fallen into error, it is his complaint against that tribunal. In what respect, I would gladly learn, is it imperfect as a tribunal? It is composed of persons, generally speaking, possessed of those habits of life which would qualify then' to decide the questions sub mitted to their consideration in a manner quite as advan tageous and satisfactory as any other tribunal with which lam acquainted. A Judge of the Court of Chancery, too, is generally, I might say, uniformly present on those occasions. If it be not the duty of the Master of the Rolls always to be present, it has at least become a prac tice so rarely departed from, that the Privy Council is not considered as completely formed without the advan tage of his presence. Besides, Sir, the subjects brought under the consideration of the Privy Council are not then broached fur the first time ; they have been pre viously discussed--the whole cases, including those dis cussions, are printed—a copy is lodged with the Judge, and one with each of the Privy Councillors. They have then this previous advantage before they come to the con sideration of the case, and when they sit to hear the appeal, they have the assistance of Counsel, eminent in their profession, and, more too, they generally avail them selves of the aid of such persons, being Members of the Privy Council, as have had judicial experience in the Cobo -1 fl i es whence the appeal may have come. Thus, for instance, if an appeal came from the East Indies, they send for the retired East India Judges, being Privy Councillors, and they enjoy the advantage of their assistance, and that of the Master of the Rolls, and so, similarly, in appeals from the other Colonies. It has been alleged that time Counsel by whom eases of this kind are generally argued, have had no peculiar experience in Colonial lew. But I really am unable to discover how this evil can be remedied. The business before the Privy Council is altogether insufficient to raise an exclusive bar. 1 hus, I am so far from thinking that this tribunal is by any means so imperfect as has been represented, , _;e that such imperfections as do affect it admit of remedy The next subject to which, in the course of his address, he alluded, was the Justices of the peace is the country, than whom there does not exist a more meritorious class of men. They are four thousand in number, exclusive of those belonging to cities and towns corporate. And it is by them, as I have said, that the do mestic administration of the country, time disputes between man and man throughout the year, are decided. I would entreat any who lightly values the duties which those indi viduals have to discharge I would entreat such a person to look into the five volumes of Burn's Justice; he will there sec some indications of the vast mass of business which country justices have to discharge. When, also, we con sider the number and variety of cases that they are called on to decide, it will appear no wonder that so many cases are brought before the King's Bench, but the marvel will be that there are so few. Mr. BROUGHAM—It is hardly possible to bring cases of complaints against Magistrates before the Court of King's Bench, and the extreme difficulty of bringing them forward renders them proportionably rare. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I deny the difficulty in making applications in the cases referred to, and I con tend, that as most of them that are made are confined to ex-parte statements, in their c ommencements at least, they are calculated to create in the public mind a most imfa vourable impression as respects the magistracy of the coun try. The complaints of my lion. Friend have been long and loud in regard to the power possessed by Magistrates in licensing alehouses. Now, sure I am, that the Magis trates would he very much gratified indeed in being per mitted to relinquish that power.—(Hear, hear.) Perhaps the most simple and convenient alteration would he, to vest it in the Court of Quarter Sessions. Then, Sir, as to the appointment of Magistrates, I really cannot compre hend the force of the objections made to their being ap pointed by the Lords Lieutenants of counties. Who could be more fit—who better qualifier) by local knOwledge and by personal acquaintance with the Gentlemen of the County ? It must either be vested in him or in some other known officer of the Government. If the Judges, who go follitlanacaresr ..eile - npfitairtied to such a they' must derive their information from third persons, having local and personal knowledge—if th e Secretary of State' for the Home Department, he too must derive his information from third persons. Now, is it not infinitely butter to rest those appointments in persons who, by their own personal knowledge, ate quali fi ed at once t o ma k e them? But my Learned Friend is ektes.ai - aaly fastidious on this subject, he will not, forsooth allow Clergy Men, to exercise the functions of the Magistracy—their views are not sufficiently large and liberal for him—they are not worldly enough. Neither would he have Esquires, for they are boo worldly. Now I would gladly team what Class of persons be would s Acct. The fact is, Sir, that if ' lie gets rid of these two classes, he disposes at one fell swoop of every man lit to hold the office of Magistrate. But perhaps he would like a paid Magistracy—perhaps he would prefer 500 stipendiaries. I do not think that a Bill introduced into this House for the purposes - of such an appointment would pass very quietly. When Cromwell represented—not the University, but the town of Camhridge, in this House—he is reporte:l to have said in re lation to some meditated changes in the affairs of the State, that " what lie did not like he could tell, but what he would have instead thereof he could not tell." (Hear, and a laugh.) Thus my Learned Friend appears less diffident of suggesting what is displeasing to him in the principles and operation of the law, than he is ready at proposing improvements. (Hear.) I cannot agree with my Learned Friend in the observations he appears to have thought it necessary to make in regard to the mode of conducting cases on the part of the Crown. I am prepared to contend that in suits instituted by the Crown, the prerogative on which n a y Learned Friend looks with so much disfavour, is not exercised against the interest of the people, as lie ap pears to supposar, but is generally, I might almost say in variably, employed in their favour. By the earnestness of thi s assertion I am ready to stand or fall—by its correctness I inn content my whole case shall be determined. The first point of which my Learned Friend complains iu the exer cise of the prerogative of the Crown, is the proceeding un der a petition of right. He complains that the Attorney-- General, the responsible officer of the Crown, is em powered to refuse to grant a petition of right when called upon to do so, notwithstanding a proper case has been made out for granting it. My Learned Friend, in refer ence to this topic, has cited the case of Sir Anthony Brown, who was Master of the Horse to Henry the Eighth, by whom a considerable estate was granted to him and the heirs male of his body. Mr. BROUGHAM--I mentioned na names in citing the case-I cautiously abstained front doing so, lest I should prejudice any existing right. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—WeII, I shall follow the example of my Learned Friend, and, omitting all men tion of names, state the case in general terms. An estate was granted by the Crown in the reign of Henry VIII. to an individual and his heirs male ; the heirs male failing, the estate reverted to the Crown, as a matter of course. What slid the Crown do ? That which it always had done when land has become escheated to it. It gave it to the next claimant. So liberal is the Crown in this respect, that when property has become forfeited through failure of legitimate heirs, nothing is more common than to give it to the illegitimate children of the late possessor. But, to return to the case in question—ln 1797, the property granted in the way described fell to the Crown through the failure of heirs male ; however, it seems there was a daughter, and though it was impossible she should claim as an heir male, the Crown made a lease of the forfeited lands to her and her husband, under the Statute of Anne. The property remains in her possession or that of her descendants; but in 1815 up starts a person, who says he has a right to claim through the heirs male of the ori ginal grantee. Now, supposing him to possess a well founded claim to the property, it is only for him to proceed by ejectment, in order to turn out the pre sent possessor ; but no, says the Learned Gentleman, who was Counsel for the claimant--" We will not avail ourselves of this mode of proceeding we will lay a case before the Attorney-General, and claim the benefit of a writ of right." The party pursued this course, but the Attorney-General, perceiving that the claimant had another remedy, decided that it was not a case for the interposition of the authority vested in him by the Crown. If the party had a good title—and my I.earn ed Friend asserts there never was a better—then it was extremely imprudent on his part to stand upon punctilio, and because a petition of right was refused, to decline pro ceeding by the ordinary mode of ejectment. I say that the Attorney-General of the day was perfectly right in the determination he came to, for if he had interfered he would have been liable to a charge of wasting the public money. My Learned Friend next objects that the Crown, on demurrer, is not hound in the same manner as a sub ject; and that this is a hardship on the suitor. Now, this observation is at variance with another observation made by my Learned Friend, when he claims a;free right to de mur for the suitor. I come now to " trial at bar," and my Learned Friend's complaint is--that the Crown can demand a trial at bar as a matter of right, whereas a sub ject has no right to demand it. I admit that this is the case, but I also add, that whenever a subject can make out a case for a trial at bar, it is not refused. There is a late case of trial at bar, in which no one can say that the Attorney-General acted wrong in using his privilege.-- I now come to the case of withdrawing the record. My Learned Friend will see that there is no disparity between the Crown and the subject in this particular. I do not know whether it may be necessary to explain to the house the meaning of the term " Nonsuit." 1 hope the Honourable Gentleman has had experience of it.— (A laugh.) In consenting to a nonsuit, the suitor is sup posed to withdraw himself from the Court, and not ap pearing when called on, the proceeding which he may have instituted falls to the ground. But the King is sup posed to be never absent from what is in fact his own Court—he is always there by his legal representatives-- and, consequently, cannot withdraw from it. Withdraw ing the record, then; on the part of the Crown, is equiva lent to consenting to a nonsuit on that of a subject. By the one mode the subject can have a new trial—by the other, the King possesses the same advantage. On the subject of costs, I admit that, in point of law, as my Learned Friend has stated, the King neither pays nor re ceives costs, and this, I contend, is purely and entirely a mat ter of fiscal regulation. The only question is, shall thepublic purse bear the expense—shall the public pay, or receive costs ?—for it is invidious to put it in the name of the King. Of this I am sure, that there is no part of its pre rogative which the Crown can be less anxious to maintain than this. The Learned Gentleman next complains of the power which the Crown has to refuse praying a tales. tinder this head he branched out into a variety of matter through the whole of which I shall not attempt to follow hiin, but I rely upon the patience of the house, while I enter into a few of the details connected with the subject. First, then, for the general principle, before I attempt to apply it to the case to which my Learned Friend has alluded. We all know that public prosecutions are the prosecutions of the Crown, and that the Crown retains over them a certain power to the last. If a party has been unjustly accused, and the pub lic prosecutor be convinced of the fact, a nolle prosequi may be entered; and, if a verdict has unjustly passed against an individual, the Crown may grant him a pardon. These are some of the brightest prerogatives of the Crown. Now, Sir, as to the prior stage of proceedings—take the case of a smuggler who is to be tried for carrying on sin illicit traffic. The Crown may demand a special jury. What is the object of this? To obtain men, as jurors, of greater independence, more weight in society, and greater intelli gence, than ordinary jurors —to get persons who, from their rank and situation in life, may be less liable to be misled by popular clamour, and more likely to pronounce a just verdict. The laws allow this course to be adopted, not only by the Crown, but by the subject. Suppose the day Of trial to have arrived, and that it is a rainy day, and that, in consequence of that accidental circumstance, eleven special jurors only are in attendance—is that a reason why the case should be hurried on to trial ? Certainly not — and a power is accordingly vested in the bands of the At torney-General to prevent the ease from proceeding in the absence of the proper number of special jurors. Now, Sir, let us put the case of a defendant —he is to be tried by a special jury—suppose the Crown Lauver to have ascertained that the prosecution is an „Ottawa: One, and that if further time be afforded, a c orfiplete defence can lie established, the consequence of which may he a dif ferent verdict from what is likely to be pronounced if the trial is pressed-4 ask, under such circum stances, is it not a sound exercise of discretion in the Attorney-General to refuse to press th e prosecu tion? Is not- the exercise of this prerogative bene ficial to the subject? Sir, you cannot make a body of lan's so perfect that they will, in all cases, proceed equably, ~./.....11. • . . , -, -": . ,: 77 . ,, . -...5. : 1::t,,: , . .: ~..,.. ~, ..:„.., . ~.. .;__.., 1 „.„,•..? without into; , - teen • , V hs ranetr-iyoeAsetot ha.' a a system of laws •hat sh - affii4 with; the . eietisidia aid effect Of a ,eteatn-engini—allelde . ; Otik ''llelovittp'togethers--ea.i.h without interruption tie oli.in. - - This I willingle admit ; • the . defect is :inOparable, from the existing state and constitution of the country. I now come to tie parti cular case in qitestion, alluded to by my Hon. au.l Learned Friend. He designated it a ease of great injustice, and endeavoured to throw the blame of the transaction - upon the exercise of the Royal Prerogative by the Law Officers of the Crown, who, on the occasion in question, refused to pray a tales. The ease cited by my Learned Friend is tha t t ' of a petson named Mead, who, with four (Alleles, - wasprose euted in the Coat of ,EXchequer, for having been engage 4 in ak a smuggling .Bßotj G tr u an A sa l\ c i t . ion. action li'as, l e aw. The :SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I beg pardon; the witness's name 'Was ]lead, and the defendant's name (as me , Learned Friend says) was Law. But to proceed—Lam: and his four co-defendants, who were Yorkshire farmee:, were tried in the Eechelti; there were two pee -The defensixtlteaat:in,a,ttue'sssiaden,aief,eantaeppo,;.. secutisens; under . the first, Eaw was found guilty, tee' undet the second, the other defendants escaPed. One o! the witneeso against Law and the others was a person at the name of Mead. After the case bad been deter:nil - 0 in the ExChequer, . pioce t edings 'sere instituted in tlee King' s Bench against the witnesses Who gave evidence on the part of the Crown on the former trial. Mead anti se venteen other individuals who gave their testitnisey oil that • occasion were indicted for perjury; so' that, in all, eabe.t, indictments were preferred, The cases were' brought en i" the Cann of King's Bench fur trial. The indietmet.r first set down was proceeded with, end wader it Mead Was convicted. The second indictment was called on for trial, and then arose the exercise , : of that privilege of which the Learned Gentleman complains. 1, Sir, am quite ready, for - one, to defend the principle on Which the Attorney G e neral of that day acted in this particular instance. tr , refused to pray a tales, because he was satisfied that all the parties included in the indictments had been taken fe7 on; prise—that a fresh and unexpected case was Illa:;!.' by ,ii(.againstt already: pronounced tii at if t ime i n t, s were t be the power of the defendants clearly to di.sp ' i c o i e t v is e t s a v t i o z h j u l t d .o. t c - e b ti , lti.i i !: lions made against them—and that 6 tion were made. The then Attorney-General exercised a. -otind discretion,. when he refused to allow the seventeen other defendants to he put upon their trials, and sacriiiet e ; to the fury of popular clamour. Under these circum stances the Attorney-General refused to fiat a tales-, .the trials on the seventeen indictments, go off—the Cour: meets, and the verdict pronounced against Mcad is sat asidt on payment of costs. And what costs ? Not, the Horse mil observe, the ordinary costs as between party and part;'; hie large and liberal costs. 1 now hold in my hand, and ..a.e. Learned Gentleman is at liberty to inspect it, the ,note handed up to the officer of the Court by the Learned Ser geant who was engaged in the cause, asking for large costs, which are offered, provided the parties are willing to go before the Master. My Learned Friend talks bi 10,0001. having been lost, and the Watt (Law) having been ruined by the proceedings. To this leanswer, that every witness in the first case would also have been a tares , mess in the second—and when the party received Isis firet costs largely and liberally taxed, he had, under all tfie‘&- - eumstances of the case, but little right to complain. 'AP . bill of costs, in the first instance, amounted to upwards Ts• 2,000/.—it was reduced, on taxation by the Master, to 350/. Subsequently, on fuggier investigation before the Master, 250/. was added to that amount, makitrz a total of 6001., and the parties, who were at liberty to return if they had been dissatisfied, never came back. Under ad thy circumstances, then, so far from pronouncing this a ease of cruelty and oppression on the part of the Crown, I hase no hesitation in declaring, that, the Attorney-General of the day exercised a sound discretion in protecting the wit nesses, and refusing to sacrifice these I'7 men to popular indignation and a scandalous conspiracy. My Learned Friend went on to state, that after the conviction of Tileade a song or some sort of verses were composed on Ile subject—this • song was sung—a collision took pia be tween the parties—when Mead fired a shot at Law, the prosecutor in the trial for perjury, and killed him iiii the It was added, that the unfortunate man in this • manner was deprived of his life as well as his property. if this statement had been correct, there could be no doubt that a case of more gross and unprovoked murder could scarcely suggest itself to the mind of any man. But the feet is, my Learned friend's history of the transaction is inaccurate in several particulars. The song was not the sole nor the principal cause of the affray. 'The men were of a humble class of life, and lived in a small village, in the close vicinity of Scarborough. -.'}Mead and his fellow witnesses had been treated with great and Unprovoked via , knee ial indignity, by Law anti his friends. On the day bee the death of Law, a mob of persons, acting is concert with Lim, laid hold of one of the witnesses, - beat hiM violently, ill-treated hint in various ways, atiel threatened to drown him in the sea. Having ill-used thie man in this shameful manner they let him go, telling him to go back to his partner, Mead, and say to him that they would serve him in the same way. At the hour of two o'clock of the night following they went to Meath; house, around which they assembled in a riotous and violent manner: At this time Law was riding close to the! curb-stone ; it was dark—so dark, that one colour could , not be distinguished from another; great claret was excited in the mind of Mead, who apprehended that the parties had come for the purpose of carrying then threat into execution, and wreakilig their vengeance upon hint. tinder these circumstances, it was that e shot was fired by Mead, which killed Lass , ; awl this is the entire case. Shortly afterwards Mend was tried fee' murder, and the Learned Judge (Holroyd), before whom he was arraigned—and titan whom a more upright, learned, and humane Judge had seldom sat upon tied bench—said, when addressing the insrrle,tilisii.looeepnneseii:i.o,ntiloaft, violence being at his case, the Jury had been of opinion that a reasonable doubt existed in regard to its nature—a doubt establiehed. whole, o' e —." then, tl t it tae. prisoneribey i n t g he d i r i r el verdict, c.tedd aage against i t u c h h n i d s s e v p r a e s i t s l a o s e n 7a t p c Y p ) not too much to say that the case was one of very strong provocation,—quite sufficient to convert the accteatien of murder into the snore mitigated crime of manslaughter.--e- Sir, I have nosy stated the principal topics on which any con siderable disagreement, if I may use the terns, subsists be tween me and my Learned Friend. The disagreement is not a wide one, and the cases out of which it arises are cases on which men may reasonably be allowed to hold dif ferent opinions. I wish to state my views generally of the greater part of what remains of my Learned Friecd's suggestions—and he will permit rue to add, that I shall feel extrensely happy to avail myself as far as possible of his extremely valuable hints—and in many of which I can assure him we go hand in hand together. One word, Sir, on the general principle of my Learned Friend—" That we should cheapen the law as much as pessible." Ido not object to that advice iu the abstract—and I admit that it is extremely desirable to cut offevery thing unnecessarily connected with the administration of our laws; hut i would caution the Learned Gentleman and the House against the disappointment that must inevitably ensue if we expect too much ft om the labours of the proposed Commis sion, or indeed • from any commission, in a case like the present. It is impossible legal business should be carried on without a considerable proportion of expense. I admit, Sir, it is extremely - probable that the law may lie made much more accessible than it is at present; but if we choose to administer the law in that respectable and reveled manner hitherto practised at the expense of the Adminis 7 tration it cannot be brought downbelow a certain standard. u s to have law so cheap here as I mean by the expression—the revered manna. in \Aid,. our laws have been hitherto administered —the system of ~..„:.n'ar°:ini-lovsninctd,3l:inrriaaoeibdi di s et n ti tall cost to the distributing justice through the intervention of the Judges on the Bench in every part of the country. While this to see departed froni,ispuesued, rtit is in France, where m any matters that came before out r s a w ct i I T e , b w e - h i ! n a i l ) o l ss n il e , s l ' e er fo l r iope higher tribunals are decided by Justices of the Peace, their e distance tiiremtai lui t il o tee a nfao p;rticul ar point in each county (Juges de Fria) • One consequence of the mode of dis pensing justice adopted in this country is, that it becomes necessary to bring witnesses and attornies perhaps from a where the Assizes are held : in this place they have to be tendering ciearatnieds their wbos t:m d in travelling e e s x i, p le e i l l i c c e es h oe s! need of t h e ir testimony. As long as this shall continue to be the case , and I sincerely hope the system may never uudergo alteration, the expences of the law must be very consider able. I repeat, Sir, Ido sincerely hope we may alwae a have legal decisions given from the Bench of Judges going the Circuits, iu every part of this country, as has been hitherto the practice. Some reductions may be made in the amount of legal expences : but the great hurtheil that must still continue to be borne its the couutry—the burthen imposed by the carriage and maintenance of witnesses, and the expences of going to trial—cannot he removed. So much on the head of expellee. To came to another point included in the speech of my lion. and Learned F r iend —the comp:heated and intri cate nature of the law--1 confess it appears to me to 11 ; q uite impossible that in a country like England, possessing slush a diversity of conflicting interests and relations, the Loy should not be, to a considerable degree, intricate and complicated. A simple state of law may be adapted to a simple state of society; but in a country such as this, where the state of society is so far front being eimple, it is impossible 17 0 14 14