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In; glit elect Wh ether he would take the oath or not ; and .tti,eetr.fore he would have the option of deciding whether his sEm irec n'Y in a court of justice should be given with the ca e solemnity as an oath, or merely in the form of a de oriation. In his (Mr. Goulburn's) opinion, this was a t serious innovation on the procee..iings in the courts of ltsttce, and one of a most dangerous character.—( Cries bad He h ar . ) It was perfe c tly t rue th a t th e L eg i s l a tur e or eretofore, upon experience of the proprietyol conduct er tain sects a ll owe d the exemption froei oaths on tagthemunt• of th e i r re li g i ous opinioes ; and upc.n this p,ineiple uegislature had granted this indulgence to the Mut-a ttileani,a f and Qu a k ers. B ut that was a totally dill rent ques rein that now invoked. The point now wa.,, whether individuals were to be at perfect liberty to reject or to take curc:ath. No do u bt part i cu l tr eases o f h ar d s hi p h a d oc ed under the p resent state o f t h e l aw ; but it was by no means a nd a wise principl e t o l eg i s l ate f or partic ular instances, co nsidering th at t hi s B i ll i nvo l ve d a most d angerous Pri ne i p les and o ne w hi c h up to this time had never been act e d up on , he s h ou ld feel himself compelled, at a future sta ge of atietribt to give his there was a fuller attendance !ire • t. us determined opposition.. GIBSON said he differed from the Right Hon. 7"tlernan who had just sat down. The principle of the Bill bad been in fact conceded by tire Act which d last Session for exempting from oaths Quakers, tended that and Separatists ; and he (Mr Gibson) con te _ that the House was bound in consistency to ex -7.%3 the principle to the rest of the community.—( Hear.) re ': were many persons belorejur to the Established 'r eh who conscientiously objected to the taking of an ht''th,,aedi it was st range to g i ve a pr i v il ege to M orav i ans e~rcivaaers which was denied to Churchmen—( Hear, po ; t : ) It appeared tu him to be a very strange way ef sup log the Established Church, and, in fact giving a bonus to di ita b er, o ,ent, thus to limit the sphere within which the mem ber. the Established Church could exercise their con alt7l,t.otis scruples.-_( Hear, hear.) But over and above he h °lB, upon the general principles toleration—which chueld to be quite - consistent with the maintenance of the f r eh--( Hear, hear)---it seemed to him quite monstrous ° ree a mai, to take an oath which he believed ineon illsii.eitlit with his duty t. God.--( Hear, hear, hear.) The Rai . t 1-10 0. Gentleman ( Mr. G.mlburti) lied said all that e ne cessary to be exempted from an oath was to pay us• Gd. th e anal be registered, but was it to be supposed that • 1 9 d e rson who did that would he able to foresee hen it ci t u e, he his interest to claim exemption from the oath ?- 04 7 4 , hear.) Upon all these grounds, therefore, he, Mr. , r s ,° o ) should suiport the Bill. °(' °e Hon. Mr. LA W (the Recorder) said lie should „ 1 (:! 1 ° ,.. 5e the Bill because it would in his opinion tend to en 1171:;reaej the security and the public confidence in the admi jar,._ `°° of justice. He had often observed how tenacious 10 ,:',;( 1 41 e , e . were of the obligation of an oath—they would fre usth,e' sari " my Lord such a witness has not taken the a e „ izia . 80 (1 he was perfectly persuaded that most juries of cue in ordinary cases place more reliance on the evidence wit 4-3 witness who had regularly been sworn than on six ek ito sea who had by alleged conscientious scruples a nd lied exemption from the oath. Upon public grounds, Lut P°n the impression, not that this was a new principle far.lo(-xtension of one which had already been carried too ftirti\ihtr.r, should on t a he m p o j r il e l. fitting opportunity oppose the Pu th RYM said said Ltle Hon. and Learned Member had • , e . ease of a p erson sworn i n a pu bli c court, an d one ktssinnad evaded it b y one o f t h ose expe di ents o f 111; 0 ',,g, his thu m b or somet hi ng o f th at sort , w hi c h H o ,'" an intention to evade it; but he asked the to le a nd Lear ne d M em b er whet h er J ur i es were i nc li ne d itoci 4 Y less attention to parties giving a solemn affirmation hi, baPpeal t o t h e D e i ty, or any dec l arat i on accor di ng to li efell ? He would ask him whether they were not in timer to gii e cre d ence to persons giving their evidence the, as sanction, and placing as much reliance upon e areles s if an oath had been administered in the (lee s and irreverent manner in which it was too fro- Utly d oo . :1? Th e Ts• eo „_ a3lll was then read a second time and ordered to be is 3 1 °1 _ifted on Friday next. " H AVES wished to ask the Rig - ht Hon. Gentleman what jeeri oo stage of the Bill lie intended to make his ob- GOULBURN—On going into Committee. Lore POOR LAWS (IRELAND). pp, IYIORPETH moved the second reading of the ttelief (Ireland) Amendment Bill. M r ': 'sale conversation took place across the table between Pur ee ha! and the Noble Lord, but in so low a tone ,that its r t did not reach the gallery. Wh e( i i; W . S. O'BRIEN begged to ask the Noble Lord the then it was intended by the present Bill to take away ca ses ri ght of appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench in to t ,_ of illegal rate or whether the appeal could only be the Assistant Baifrister ? th er : r d MORPETH said as the clause originally stood he t e‘ c al an appeal t o th e Q ueen ' s B enc h b y certiorari, seta nt Barr a t nded in order to g i ve an a pp ea l t o th e As er. sergeant JACKSON said the clause did not take r e ? th right of appe a l by cer ti orar i f rom any part i es ' t h_ ,e While he was on his legs, he begged t ask j est Lord whether it was the intention of heroMa of Y 8 Government to take into consid era ti on t h e case t hose meritorious- individuals from whom he had e ge e Sled a petition a few nights ago. Theirs was p rt e !" hard case, having been discharged without any tes i :ision after many years' of faithful services. (No answer :.`,.!;eturn e d to this question.) 'ne Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to c°innaitted on Monday. Th J UDGES' SALARIES (SCOTLAND). " e L ORD ADVOCATE moved the O r de r o f th e B ,l Y 4 lpr the House going into a Committee on the Judges' (Scotland) Bill. the te r e 9ILLON said he should feel compelled to oppose her o°a, unless h e rece i ve d an assurance t h at the num an i J udges wou ld b e dirnished, and that there would be TheeFreased attention to the discharge of their duties. &ate e l e ere ase of sal ar y was ne ith er called for, nor justi- Am er ' ri der the c i rcumstances. A s h o did no t rece i ve that the 4ee, he sh ou ld s t a t e his reasons for objecting to thei e - Peaker leaving the Chair. He contended that stsoe'ecease of salary was totally unjustified by the eircum trserpos:f the country. The people were oppressed o a o rid tendedtared b y t h e most grinding taxation, and h_ trea,i some very urgent necessity must exist for in -1797 n ci g the sala r i es o f t h ese J u d ge s. From the year l ien. own to the year 1810 the salary was 1,2801. per an lacli ort P e r °re that pe r i o d it was i ncr eased to 2,0001. for 'aer ees e ue Puisne J u d ges, an d t h e s p ec ific ground was the av ers eu expenee of living at that time. In 1810 the t ar s ge Price of wheat was 106 s. pet quarter, and a few to y Z,° it was down to 365. a quarter ; and although Possib le sad been higher from short harvests, it was im or could continue at a high price. The Chamber take ca re of Manchester, and other gentlemen would eee otr :e that if they could not grow it cheaper in that 4 , 1 -j ; should have it from abroad.—(" Hear," and l'ar e ,";) The Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for le ensa had d emonstrate d t h at the va l ue o f a ll tli n , inl . a arisin g f rom land bad been most materially a lipoi l , t " e e e d of late y ears . A C omm itt ee h a d b een tirgeoe °n th e su bj ect i n 1834 , an d if t h e of increasin the salaries was so great, h ad as ti le g - th e j report suffered to remain a dead letter? Why Year s, odges been suffered to linger in that state for five th e ' ( , ) l r e „ w ily was their case now brought forward ? In eier i e L l - .ice before that Committee was that of a gentle Hamilton, who stated that the relative value of in'tlai.e'r-ealyc°inparison'with the necessaries of life had been tele° increased. It was admitted that one-third of of ros Me from land should be deducted for the expenses i i f t d 4sWtgaietnill from F it ' he 1 ti les ( Mr. Gillon) contended that . an .indi sa,lary of 2,0001. a-year, was equal in point of ,e the Corn ith gentleman of landed property . of 4,00 h 0 . 1. ' s ' i lmor ees i ec laws were repealed, instead of having d t . their increased, they would have them greatly lffil- S eOtin„ A n , upon what ground was it that the Judges stat e t e'e-t required an addition to their salaries? Was ie d th at cor e e ., they were not able to live upon their present e aree e If it was, he wished to inquire what these in t'Year er e ? Whv th Lord Justice Clerk had 4,000/. and With 'respe e ct to the Lord President, Mr. Mew . () _l 3 . e had stated that his father had been receiving 114 4 14 th: t Y e ar for the last 23 years. Could it therefore be et was, Lee was in wan t o f an in crease o f sa l ary ? Th e 100 Rev hat there were only five Judges in S co tl an d t tarete re r eceiving as little as 2,0001. a-year ; and was it e Y e to be tolerated that they were to state ere, ° am not live upon an income of that amount? Pstleyit did be said that the amount of b ee t s we a , id required an increase of salary. , h„_ were the facts upon that subject ? If they had l l t kv 4 in4rq worked, he would have been the first man to h4t the reased their salaries; but when it was notorious c leati e j Paly sat four mouths in a year, and eight months f• th e feittlecould not be said that they were over-vvorke h d e . ' s r 4; 1 , , months in the year which they sat duringt 0:(1 whale the average period of their sitting was an . hour th e i" 4 a day.—( Hear.) Added to this the business ita4 i tl ikerior Courts in Scotland was daily diminishing, ea " t!;1 1 r e Gillen . ) hoped . it . would continue to dimi tareeple of s s c hored in his oyinion the good sense_ of the ; B ' lit Y for Was it contended that there was a b ark. t , the increase proposed, because, on the presen 4r Of the y could not command the best talents of the w eceland ; if it was, he would assert that the con . e r iono ttra la , , the fact.—( Cries of " Hear.") The Right tiiejeee before the Committee upon the subjeet, sated th Res, aee ri,ot necessary to increase the salaries of the o _ c s, (M r . G.) believed that no increase of Ace kr? arloproposed by the Lord Advocate, would It tl e t e e e ln the '-retfice Pc, the present Dean of the Facu t to of a Puisne Judge. With respe y e ' t to th e s aof the Judges being so small that the talent 1 4 ) f : i c e of c e o n t e c h bar could not be induced to accept the h_lief th at uge, he would only say that it was his firm u tdriith tl7 h ad ell the exception of the gentleman to whom ree gentl ed (the Dean of Faculty) there were not t '°ooe , ertlen at the Scotch bar who were making e get Yea r. So far from it being found impossible r , D ia t ti i n 111 o!l' talen t to fill the judicial seat, he had uo hesita t fie f a saying that the bench had in fact drained the bar. 'lied w as, the Judges of the Court of Session.consti tre Pett 4 10 15ur g h . local aristocracy who led the fashions of e °4li aatee t (Order I order!) errWhenev a man wns n ame aced , 0 the bench he had " Lord acked to his * ish e a th'le became a member of the Aristocracy : _He esebj i th e " tc ' call the attention of the House to the evidence 11 onourabl e and Learned Member for Dublin on this no t term anything e ti gave it as his opinion that the Judges should cadges seParatlethdg like an aristocracy, and that they should tad g eestl!,erees bett:rrom the middle classes. In Ireland the paid, but perhaps they worked harder ; nele o e e well paid Judges, according to Mr. O'Cor lae staence a h ad given any thing but satisfaction. Scot all saT. Perfectly satisfied with her Judges at a 4 ti ndg ea ve l?',. and Ireland was not satisfied with her to tris ,'_'a c a large salary ; why should they force er ect t h e the exchange There is no necessity to ; r Fudges into a local Aristocacy. There was 411 P on t c cu o f the motion, however, which met with his P e r_"Pos e e , r e r eilee ; he alluded to the provision which was ,oe made for allowing aged Judges, after a 41)(4 1 t h ei, °,9J . 4 service, to have the opportunity of retiring ,reas e salary. With regard to the proposed in eic 50 , sa ary of the Judges, he considered it uncalled .1 8 ,1 t. He should the refore move as an amend. TH E SUN, LON DON, SATLTIID_A ,--EVENINarEb sirous to hare submitted a Bill to the consideration of the House ; but he had been told, by those who ‘irOre best acquainted with the forms of the House, that until there was a res , )lution of the House on the subject, he could not do so. With that view he had given notice of the reso lution; and he thought it was a little hard that the objection should be now made, of his not having laid before the House a Bill, when he himself had been most anxious to do so—(Hear)—and was only prevented by the circumstance he had mentioned. Hn was desirous on the present occasion, for the views he entertained might not meet the views of either side of the House, of moving nothing more than a general resolution ; but he would state such circumstances as he thought would satisfy Hon. Members that they were proceeding on a safe ground in agree. ing to that general resolution, and he must express his astonish ment at the statement of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny of there having been no deduction in the number of Judges, and a disposi tion to adhere to antiquated forms in that Court. Was there any ground for such a statement ? In the first place, five Judges had been taken from the Court of Exchequer, and the duties were now performed by one Judge, who received a sa'ary of 2,6001., while the other Judges, the Chief Baron and others, had large salaries. —(Hear, hear.) There had been a reduction of two Judges in the Court of Session, and there had been a great saving in the salaries of judicial officers. The Hon. Member far Greenock had stated that 40,0001. a year was now paid for salaries to Judges. How that could be paid under the 10th of George 111., he (the Lord Advocate) was at a loss to conceive. He maintained there had been a greater saving of expense in the Court of Session than had been effected in any other judicial establishment in England or Ireland. He felt rather surprised at the arguments of some Of his friends, because they said some of the Judges had 2,0001., and others 2,6001., and yet they refused to go into Committee, and opposed him in his endeavours to equalize the salaries. He could not understand by what parity of reasoning they pointed out a defect, and yet refused to remedy that defect in the only way it could be remedied—by going into Com mittee. What he proposed was, to equalize the salaries: but he was aware many Hon. Members were desirous more should be done. The simple question was, what benefit would the country gain by removing the anomaly of some Judges having 2,0001. a year and others having 2,6001. When it was asked, what had been done, had not the fees of suitors been reduced to the amount of 14,0001. a year ? And was it consistent at the same time to complain of the smallness of reforms, and to obstruct a measwe which had reform for its object. If the Bill were allowed to go into Committee, he (the Lord Advocate) would be ready to answer any objections which might he urged against it. At present he could only deal with what had now been urged. It was contended that the number of the Judges ought to be reduced, or other duties imposed upon them. Now, as to the first point, the most distinguished practical men had given it as their opinion that the present number of Judges was absolutely re quisite ; and he (the Lord Advocate) believed there would be great danger in any further reduction.—(Hear, hear.) As to the five Lords Ordinary, who were all acknowledged to be Judges of ability and character ; their time w as fully occupied—their duties were most urgent. Let it only be considered that those Judges had to decide questions of account, long and complicated as they often were, and which in England were always referred to arbitration or to Mas ters in Chancery. Then as to the Inner and the Outer Courts, of four Judges each, it was wished by some Honourable Members, that there should be only one of these Courts; he (the Lord Advocate) thought however, that to place four Judges, as a superior Court of Review over the five Lords Ordinary, would be a most alarming change in the administration of justice in Scotland—a most ill-judged innovation.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Most extensive alterations had already been effected, which removed all the difficulties and delays which formerly existed in the administration of justice in that country. So far, as it had been asserted, from there having been few or no changes its the law of Scotland, there had been too many changes--(Hear, hear)—and every alteration was attended with fresh difficulty.— (Hear.) With respect to the small additional amount which he (the Lord Advocate) proposed to affix to the sa laries of the Judges, he trusted that would not be objected to—in order that uniformity might be attained in the remuneration of those who had to perform the same high legal duties. He must say further that he had never met with any opposition or controul, in the effecting of such reforms as he thought necessary in the adminis. tration of justice in Scotland,by his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Home Department, nor by any other member of the Government. He would, in conclusion, express his conviction that those Hon. Members who should oppose the small exhibition of liberality to wards the Scotish Judges which this Bill proposed to effect, would be obstructing the progress of improvement in the administration of justice in Scotland. The Learned Lord then moved the resolution, tinieatichis go he knew of many before his time; but during his time he had known three or four members of the Bar who had refused to be Judges on account of the smallness of the salary, stating that the duty they owed to their families forbade them to accept of the appointment. It is clear, therefore, you cannot command the services of eminent men until their full vigour is passed, and they prefer the Bench as a quiet retirement.— (Hear, hear.) If the amount of salary is increased the services of men in the full possession of their mental and bodily faculties would be secured. He believed that, with the pre sent salaries, they were hardly able to keep up the dignity of their office. All the necessaries of life were as dear at Edinburgh as in London; and he would appeal to the experience of those Hon. Members who were obliged to reside some part of the year in London as to how the dignity of the office of Judge could be kept up upon 2,0001. a-year. He did hope that this resolution would pass without further opposition, and that the Lord Advocate would be inclined to go still further, and act in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee of 1834. He would reserve what he had to say on that subject until the question was before the House, keeping also the question open as to whether all the Judges should sit in civil and criminal causes. Mr. WALLACE said that if the House had granted him a Committee the other night, or if they would grant him a Com mittee now, he would prove to the House that the average rate of sitting was as he had stated, an hour and a half a- day. The fact was the Lord Advocate had misled the House by confounding the duties of the Lords Ordinary with those of the Courts of Ses sion. He (Mr. Wallace) would, when the question was again be fore the House, make a statement of the dutiestof the Lords Ordinary, and of the Courts of Session.—(Cries of Hear, hear.) He would place a notice of a motion to this effect on the Books of the House; he would also place a notice on the Books for diminishing the number of the Judges and increas ing their duties. So far from this increase in the salaries giving satisfaction to the people of Scotland, he was satisfied that the people of Scotland, properly so called—(Hear, and laughter)— would condole with her Majesty's Ministers on their being made the creatures of the two Right Hon. Baronets opposite. Sir G. SINCLAIR said that so much was Lord Jeffrey influenced by the prospect of his approaching elevation to the Bench. that it was with the greatest difficulty he could be induced to give evidence —(Hear)— and whatever might have been their political differences, tie believed that since he had ceased to be a Member of this House, and had been raised to the Bench, there was not a person who would state that he had not given the most universal satisfaction. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared— For the Motion 67 For the Amendment ... 20 Majprity —47 On our return to the gallery we found Mr. HUME, saying, that he understood that the Learned Lord Advocate proposed that Judges at 70 years of age, after a period of service of 15 years should retire upon the full salary. The LORD ADVOCATE.—Certainly upon the full salary. The House then resumed, THE CHURCH COMMISSION. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to carry into effect— Mr. HUME—The Committee of Supply stands next. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—That has been withdrawn. Mr. HUME—I have not heard it. I wanted to ask— Lord J. RUSSELL—That has passed. Mr. HUME--The question was not put. The SPEAKER said the question had been put and agreed to. Mr. HUME—I have been listening, and have not heard it. However, it does not matter. I wanted to ask whether it was the intention of the Government to withdraw the Lord Lieutenant from Ireland, in order to make up for the increased salaries of the Judges ?--(A laugh.) It is now many years since I lost a motion fur his withdrawal by only 20. However, another time will do. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to carry into effect, with certain modifications, the Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues. The Bill was nearly the same as that introduced by him last year, which had been dropped only in consequence of the pressure of public business. He would therefore best perform his duty by bringing in the Bill. He would be ready to enter into its provisions upon moving the second reading, which he proposed to do on Friday next. Sir R. INGLIS did not mean to divide the House on the intro. duction of the Bill, but he objected to bringing in a Bill for the dis tribution of the ecclesiastical property of the Church of England at this hour of the night (ten o'clock) as if it were a mere turnpike Bill, when it was in reality a Bill to alter the Constitution of England. He would hardly have believed it possible that his Noble Friend could have proposed the Bill in a manner sa compara tively easy.—( A laugh.) Of the general principle of the Bill, he had so many opportunities of stating his opinion, that he would not now occupy the attention of the House. It was one of serious im portance, and calculated to produce the greatest mischief to the Church. He justified himself in not dividing the House, solely on the reason that the House was not prepared for it, and that during the last Session the House had assented to receiving the Bill. Lord DUNGANNON had heard with great satisfaction what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet, and could not help hoping that the most determined opposition had been given to the Bill. He reed in thinking that its introduction at this late hour of the night was not in accordance with the extreme importance of the Bill and the interests involved in it. It might be well intended, by its promoters, but he was fully alive to its consequences, and believed it to be not only dangerous to the Church Establishment, but to our dearest interests as Englishmen and as Christians. He hoped the Right Honourable Baronet, who occupied the proudest station to which an English gentleman could aspire, the represen tation of one of our Universities, would adhere to his resolution, of opposing the Bill in every stage. The Right Hon. Baronet would find in him (Lord Dungannon) a humble but most ener getic follower, and he hoped the division would be such as to afford to the country a striking example that there did yet exist a strong attachment to that Established Church, by whose blessed influence this country had arrived at a pinnacle of 'incl. veiled greatness. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER never felt more surprised in his life than that Honourable Gentlemen should complain of a measure like this, which had already been entertained by Parliament—that a measure proceeding from the highest authori ties of the Church of England should be dealt with in this way. The Bill caine recommended by the highest dignitaries of the Church—it was recommended by the reports of a Commission of which the highest ecclesiastics were memberi; and he did think that it would have been dealt with a little more gently.— (Cheers and laughter.) It was material for the House and the public to bear this in mind, when they judged of the manner in which measures were dealt with by Hon. Gentlemen opposite.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Member for the University of Oxford had acted with perfect consistency ; but when he and the Noble Lord attacked this Bill as a measure of spoliation, subverting or leading to the utter destruction of the, Church of England, and when this attack was pointed, not against the Government only, but against the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, and three of the Reverend Prelates of the Church, the inference which he wished the House and the public to draw, was that hard words were not always arguments, and that they did not carry weight or justification with them.—(Cheers.) The misfor tune was that it was impossible to approach any of these subjects without the risk of exciting exaggeration. This Bill professed to abolish a certain number of Church sinecures— (Cheers)—and to apply the income of those Church sinecures to make a more adequate provision for the religious instruction of the community Let it not be said that this Bill was calculated to destroy the Church of Eng land. It was intended to apply what could be spared to the imme diate objects of religious instruction.—(Hear, hear.) He could scarcely reconcile the conduct of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, with their professed intention to increase the efficiency of the Church. Sir THOMAS ACKLANI) believed thtt a very valuable end was intended to be arrived at by this Commission. He could rot for a moment suffer himself to believe they could have any other end than that of improving the Church to which they belonged— of rendering that institution more effective—preserving its effi. ciency, and not impairing it. Re acknowledged that he looked to the Bill with great anxiety. When authorities were quoted on the subject, he must take the liberty to remind the House that the members belonging to that Commission had given their sanction to the measure. If those Prelates had given their sanction to the measure, they had not met the appro. bation of the great body of the Clergy, for they had met the disapprobation of almost every one of those bodies whose Interests were concerned—almost every Chapter and Dean in the country had made strong complaints against it. There were strong objec tions and the authorities were divided, but even if they were all ar ranged on the one side, he apprehended that when the report of the Committee assumed the shape of a Bill, each Member of this House should act for himself, and judge for himself; and there fore the measure ought to be as much considered as if it came on the simple recommendation of her Majesty's Government. This was a Bill of detail, and it could not be fairly examined without giving an opportunity to the House, and to those who were affected by it, of considering the measure in all its bearings. Mr. HUME said this appeared to him to be a most extraordinary course, and it only showed the Noble Lord that if he gave the mini mum of reform, he would get the maximum of abuse.—(Laughter.) which, Mr. BERNAL read as follows : "That the Judgcs of the Court of Session of Scotland, who have attained the age of seventy years, and who have acted in the capacity of Judge for a period of:15 years, be entitled to an annuity or superannuated allowance of the same amount as the full salary pertaining thereto." Mr. HU ME had no objection that judges who were Incapacitated by age, or otherwise, should retire on a fit and proper salary. The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. BERNAL then read the following resolution : " That it is the opinion of this Committee that provision be made to enable her Majesty to increase the salaries and retired allowances of certain Judges of the Court of Session of Scotland." Mr. GILLON objected to the resolution, and contended that no grounds had been laid before the House to warrant them in snaking any addition to the salaries of these Judges. With respect to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Cockermouth as to get ting persons of eminence at the Bar to accept the office of Judge, he contended that a salary of 2,0001. a-year would enable them at all times to have a sufficient number of candidates for the office. Con sidering the business that these Judges had to do, and that the average duration of each sitting was not more than an hour and a half, the remuneration appeared to him extremely ample. The Hon. Member concluded by moving as an amendment, that " while that House was desirous that every Judge of the land should be adequately remunerated, they were of opinion that the whole time of those of those Judges should be devoted to the public service ; and that although the salaries of the Judges of Scotland were less In amount than the salaries of the Judges in England, it was suffi cient to maintain the dignity of the office, and to promote the due administration of justice, which would never be endangered by the want of first rate talent at the bar to accept the office," Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR had to take the rather unusual course of tendering his grateful acknowledgment to her Majesty's Ministers for the introduction of the present measure. This satis faction, however, was not without some alloy, for he had hoped that it was intended to ground that motion, and to determine upon the amount of increase to be proposed, upon the terms of the Record presented by the Committee of 1834, of which he had been the Chair. man, Lord Althorp was at that time Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he revised the lists carefully, adding some names. The resolution was adopted by a large majority of that House, and he (Sir G. Sin. 1 emir) had only to regret that he so long remained in abeyance. Some of the first men of that day supported the resolution. He was astonished to hear the Hon. Member for Falkirk come forward in :the manner that he had done, stating that 2,0004 a year was quite sufficient for any of the Judges of Scotland. He was the more astonished at it, when he recollected that the Hon. Member had come forward to support an increased allowance to a Royal Duke, who was at the present moment in receipt of an in come of eleven times the amount of any of the salaries of the Scotch Judges. In his (Sir G. Sinclair's) opinion it was the duty of the House not to consider what the Judges would take, but what they ought to give to enable them to enjoy the comforts of life. He trusted that her Majesty's Ministers would' adopt the suggestions of the resolution to which he had referred. He (Sir G. Sinclair) was satisfied to rest the decision of this ques tion with the gentlemen connected with Scotland, and he would con fidently appeal to both sides of the House whether her Majesty's Ministers would not best obtain the objects they had in view by making the report of the Committee the groundwork for their future proceedings. Mr. HUME considered that the Right Honourable Baronet had advanced the strongest arguments against the motion that any man could by possibility have done, and he could not reconcile the statements that he had made. They had already the best men on the bench that Scotland could produce, and what more, he would ask, could be required? The Right Hon. Barontt had said that the House ought to be liberal upon such a subject. Who were the parties that were to be liberal ? Why, the Members for Scotland. Who were the parties to receive the benefit of that liberality ? The judges of Scotland. Now he was one of those who was not inclined to vote away the public money unnecessarily ; he would never vote public money for services when those services might be obtained at a cheaper rate. They had already been told that they had the most talented men in Scotland on the bench, and what necessity was there, he would ask, to raise the salaries of the Judges in order to insure a succession of talent? Why, he would ask, should the people of England and Scotland be taxed to please the Scotch Members ? He was sure that the people of Scotland would be dissatisfied with their Members if they allowed them to be taxed unnecessarily. With respect to what the Lord Advocate had stated he wished to say a few words. That Learned Lord seemed to be sore that any question should have been raised about voting money without any reason being shown for it. The Learned Lord must state the opposition to have proceeded from the narrow mode of his proceeding. As to his telling him (Mr. Hume) that he knew nothing of the evidence, what was the fact ?—why it turned out that the Lord Advocate was wrong and that he (Mr. Hume) was right.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Did the Learned Lord admit there was any truth in the evidence of Lord Jeffrey ? His testimony for an increase was held to be good, but in what situation, he would ask, did that Learned Lord stand. Why, he was the expectant Judge.—(Cries of " No, no, and Oh, oh !") Hon. Members might cry, Oh, oh! but he would say, Yes, yes. Did the Lord Advocate say that one part of the evidence, because it favoured his view of the case, was true, and that the other was not so. He would allow the evidence on both sides to be exceptionable, but, admitting it to be so, a different course might surely be adopted. The Learned Lord, notwithstand. ing all that he had stated, would never find him desirous of opposing that which was just and reasonable.—(Hear, hear.) The oppo sition which the Learned Lord seemed to dislike so much, was not from any wish to give him trouble. On tire contrary, if he was desirous, as he (Mr. Hume) believed him to be, to carry out the reforms proposed, he would be one of the first to assist him. All that he wanted was, that the hands of the Learned Lord should be strengthened by that House. He had not heard from the Learned Lord whether the salaries of the Judges should be in creased. It was true that he had stated some reasons of his own, but no facts upon which he founded his motion for an increase of salary—no reason having been given, he (Mr. Hume) thought that it would be a waste of the public money to adopt the resolution for giving greater salaries to the Judges of Scotland, when it was ad mitted on all hands that they had men of the first talent on the Bench in Scotland. If the Noble Lord were to propose extensive and efficient reforms, he might, then, perhaps, give Hon. Gentleman opposite just grounds for complaint. The necessity of having an efficient Church was so frequently admitted, that he was surprised that airy measure of that sort should be quarrelled with. If the Bill to be introduced this Session was to be similar to that introduced last Session, it would go to pot an end to a certain number of sine cures. The public money, which was granted with a view to promote religious instruction, was scandalously wasted. The object of the present Bill, he believed, was not to take away that money. He (Mr. H.) wished it was—(Hear, hear)—he would take the money away and apply it to other purposes. But when the Government proposed to apply the money in a proper mode, Hon. Gentlemen opposite came down and stated they would object to that, b, cause forsooth it was interfering with the Establishment Why, it was the duty of Parliament to dispose of the public funds to the greatest possible advantage. On a former occasion he had objected to the Bill introduced by the Noble Lord, because it did not go far enough, and he told the Nobthele Lord that he might as well be abus ed for g oin g whole way as for only going half way.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Half measures of that kind did the Noble Lord no good.—(Renewed laughter and cheers.) The Hon. Baronet who had last addressed the House had said this was a Bill of details. He (Mr. H.) con tended it was a Bill of principle ; and the principle was to put down sinecures, and secure efficient service.—(Cheers.) He could only conclude that money, money, money, was the object sought, and not religious instruction ; and the reason why the measure was opposed was because those funds were to be taken from the idle, the lazy, and the useless, as all sinecurists were.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Those who wished to promote the best inter_ ests of the Church ought not to oppose the measure for putting an end to that which was declared by the heads of the Church to be a scandal and a disgrace to it.— (Hear.) If Hon. Gentlemen desired that which they pretended, the welfare of the institution, they ought not to come forward and protest against the abolition of sinecures.—(Hear.) Lord J RUSSELL had no doubt that the Hon. Baronet the Member for Devonshire was sincere in the opinions he ent erta i ned as to the measure intended to be proposed.—(Hear.) It had been said that certain parties could have no personal Interest in the matter, but some of those Deans and Chapters who were referred to as having no personal interest, it was proposed to reduce. He did not wish to say anything that could be considered as offensive to those bodies. He d id not think that was the spirit in which the question should be argued. But he would ask the House whether the object they had in view was not one worthy to be sought ; and he could further ask wheth er there were any means by Whi ch that end would be obtained with so much satisfaction to the Peopl e, and even to the Church itself, as the means which the Church Com mission had recommended.—(Hear, hear, h ear.) There were no doubt some parts of the Bill to which some of the mem bers of the Church Com mission would not assent , but th ere were many parts to which a large number of the members of the Church would agree ; and with res p ect to the lea ding and osmium parts of the Bill, he was happy to sa y that if he incurred the censure of the Hon. Baronet the Memb er for Oxford, he would have to bear that em i n ent prelate, the Lord P rimate of censure with a very England, the Archbishop of Canterbury. — ( Hear.) Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. COURT OF CHANCERY, Sir GEORGE CLERK thanked the Lord Advocate for having brought this question before the House, and so far from the Mem. berg for Scotland being deserving of the complaint which had been brought against them by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, he (Sir G. Clerk) considered that they had been guilty of a neg. lect of their duty for having permitted this question to remain so long unsettled. This question had been brought forward in 1825, but it was not pursued further, because at that time it was in con templation to introduce great and extensive changes in the construe _ _ . tion of the Scottish Courts of Justice. Various causes had inter fered to prevent this ; but in 1829 or 1830, the then Lord Ad vocate (Sir William Rae) did bring forward some most important measures relative to the administration of justice in Scotland. He had brought forward measures for the abolition of the Admiralty Court, he had abolished the Commissary Court, and reduced four Judges in the Court of Exchequer, and it was the intention of the Government with which he was connected to have proposed at the same time an increase in the salaries of the Judges in. Scotland. The Committee of which the Hon. Member for Caithness was Chairman had sat in the year 1834 on this subject. That Com mittee, which had been composed of Members chosen indiscrimi nately from both sides of the House, after having considered atten_ ively the evidence produced, had come to an almost unanimous resolution recommending an increase of salary to the Judges of Scotland. His only objection to the proposition of the Lord Advo. cate was, that it did not go so far as the recommendations of the Committee of 1834, but as that subject would hereafter be brought before the House, he would defer the discussion of it to another opportunity. In the present resolution he fully concurred. But it was asked what was the necessity for this increase of salary ? If Hon. Gentlemen would read the evidence produced before the Committee of 1834, he would there find evidence much more con vincing than any arguments could be supposed to be which were produced by Members who were not ro competent to decide what is necessary to keep up the dignity of the office of Judge. He was surprised at the manner in which the Hon. Member for Kilkenny had alluded to Lord Jeffrey.—(Hear.) No B erson could have been more constantly opposed to his politics, during the time that he was a Member of this House; but no person, whatever his political opinions might be, could for one instant imagine—it was monstrous to suppose—that Lord Jeffrey could have been influenced—(Cheers). — in the evidence which he had given before that Committee— (Cheers)—by the idea that it was in contemplation to raise him to the Bench.—(Loud cheering.) The fact mentioned by the Hon. Member for Caithness, that the Bench was at present occupied by some of the best lawyers in Scotland, had nothing to do with the ques. tion. It is impossible to get lawyers in the full possession of their mental and bodily powers in the full vigour of life to accept of seats on 1 the Bench. To many of those now on the Bench offers of a Judgeship had been previously made and rejected. Lord Jeffrey bears evidence to this effect. He says that as far as private corn. High Court of Chancery in the years Mr. BLE WITT thee rose to moveßeturns of the number of Bills filed in Her Majesty 1835, 1836, 1837, and 1831 ; of the number of Answers filed in the several years 175 0 to 1754, inclusive ; also, f or the several years 1760 to 1764, inclusive; also, for the several years 1770 to 1774, inclusive; also, fo r the several years 1780 to 17 8 4 , inclusive; also, for the se veral years 180 0 to 1804, inclusive ; also, for the year 1808, and each succeeding year to the 31st day of December 1838; also, of the total number of folios con tained in the bills, and of the total number of f olios contained in the answers, filed in each of the y ears abov e specified. From the said Court, of the number of causes, exceptions, and further directions, pleas, and demurrers set down to be heard in and for the years 1836, 1837, and 1838, and the number of decrees and orders made on the hearing of the same; co( the number of cause', exceptions, further directions, pleas, and demurrers ready for hearing on the first day of each term, and also at the close of the sittings after each term, in each of the above years : of the number of re-hearings and appeals before the Lord Chancellor set down in each of the same years, and standing for hearing on the first day of each term, and also on the last day of the sittings after each term, in each of merit that the Hoto - e go into Committee on this subject this day six months. Mr. HU:',IE seconded the amendment. He considered that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman should have stated some reason for the course of p , ocecding which he had proposed to adopt ; but the 1-lon. and Learned Gentleman hid neglected to do so, and they were consequently called upon to agree to a vote of money without any reason been given for their so doing. He did not object to the adequate payment of good judges. Ho was satisfied, and would lay it down as a principle, that to under-pay the Judges was the worst pos sible economy. But he would ask, has the country suf fered inconvenience in consequence of the low salary of the judges? Undoubtedly not, as far as they had any evi dence at present- He considered that the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet ( Sir R. Peel) was most im purmet evidence in favour of his (Mr. Hume's) conclu sions, and entitled to great consideration. The late Lord Advocate, Sir Wm. Rae, had stated, that during the course of fifteen years' experience he only knew one or two indi viduals who had refused Judgeships in consequence of the lowness of the salary. These persons, in all proba bility, c tree under the rule laid down by Sir Robert Peel, that the salary of the Judges should not be calcu!ated upon the highest amount of income made at the Bar, Lett should he such an average income as to make it an object of ambition f o r we ll-i n f orme d M em b ers o f th e Bar. But there were obstructions, abuses, and forms in the Courts of Law in Scotland—the Judges there do not act like the Judges in England, they do not devote the whole of their time to the public. He found t' at they only sat 105 days in tee course of the year, and on an average not more than two hours a day.—( Hear, bear.) So that they had seven months' vacation. Now he (Mr. Hume) would never consent to an increase of salary until these abuses were corrected. The sooner these forms were done away with the better. When they saw nothing of the Judges for months, the public had just cause of complaint. In Eng laud we see what the Judges do, but we do not in Scot land. They are also too numerous—there is no man at the bar who will not admit this:to be the case, except perhaps be is looking forward to fill a vacancy, and the number might be reduced if they would have perpetual sittings as in England. He would also ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, are we in fact at present in a situation to vote away the public money. He held in his hand a balance sheet signed E. J. Stanley, by which it appeared that in 1838 the excess of the expenditure over the income amourted to 1,428,0001., and under these circumstances we were called upon to vote an increase of salary to the Judges. It was not fair to be called upon to add to the salaries of those who already received sufficient to induce the ablest men at the Bar to accept the office. If the salaries were not sufficient to induce able lawyers to accept the office, he (Mr. Hume) would not object to increase it.—( Hear, hear.) They ought to know how the proposed increase was to be apportioned. He understood that the Lord President was to receive an ad dition ef 7001. per aneuna, the Lori Justice Clerk an addi. tion of 6001. per annum, and an addition of 6001. per annum was to be made to the salaries of those who now received 2.0001. each, no notice had been taken of Lord Gillics, but he understood that he was to receive an addi tion of 6001. per annum. It was one of the anomalies ofk that Court that the Judges who ought to have the same duties to perform had different salaries. In his opinion that was not right, and before they gave a vote for money they ought to have the plan of the Government before them, so that they might know in what way they intended to remedy , the evils complained of.—(Cheers.) It was a mere gra tuitous waste of the public money, the more especially at a time when the expenditure of the country so much ex ceeded the income, and also the more so as there was no difficulty in obtaining the best talent of the Scottish Bar. of there existed a Bar 0f: . 30, and 10 out of them were willing to ascend the Bench at the same scale of salary as had existed since 1810, he thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Learned Lord Advocate would not press for an increase at present. The LORD ADVOCATE did not think that the House would tolerate a second speech from him upon the question. He would therefore leave it where it was. Mr. ELLICE, jun., was one of those who thought that the Judges in Scotland were not sufficiently paid, and he for one was prepared to vote for an increase of their salaries, and he would be glad also that after a certain period of service they should receive a larger retiring allowance. With these sentiments still he could not sup port the motion without some explanation from the Learned Lord of the manner in which it was proposed to make a better division of the labour. While he was upon this subject he would take the opportunity of stating, that in the heat of the debate the other evening, in allusion to the Learned Lord President, one phrase fell from him which he deeply regretted.—( Hear, hear.) Since then he was given to understand that the Learned Lord was upwards of 80 years of age, and subject to a total prostration of physical strength. He much regretted that such a phrase had fallen from him, as he knew that it had given pain here, and no doubt, before this time, had given pain else where. He was but a novice in addressing such an assembly, and the words fell from him in consequence of his agitation.—( Hear, hear.) Since that time he had met with a work that expressly met his views. It spoke of Judges, and said the time must come when they would feel the infirmities of age ; they might be honest and ho nourable and upright men, but who was to determine the period at which they ought to retire ? The Crown evi dently could not do so, as that would be giving too much power. What authority then should give them a hint that it was time for them to give place to a younger man ? He might be an upright, an honest, and zealous Judge, but might also be prevented from performing his duty from the debility of age. He was sorry, he repeated, that the remark had fallen from him, but at the same time he felt it to be his duty to bring under the notice of the House the present condition of the Scottish Bench. He felt bound to tell the House that its present condition was fast losing it the confidence of the people which it was so important to retain. Mr. AGLION BY hoped he might be allowed to say a few words, as be was ono of the Committee of 1834, and he confessed that he went into that Committee with a pre- judice against granting any more money to the Scottish Judges, but the examination which there took place, quite altered his opinion. (Here one of the candles fell over, and ran down upon the table. One of the Messengers attempted to put it out, but for some time he was unsuccessful, which caused much amusement to the Legislators in the House. The Hon. Gentleman was obliged to stop his address for some time.) The Judges of Scotland had not only a very bad advocate, but a very bad light was thrown upon their cause.—(A laugh.) The evidence given before that Committee satisfied him, and ought to satisfy the House that even at this moment it was impossible to com mand the best talent at the Scottish bar for the Bench. That was distinctly stated in the evidence of Sir Wm. Rae and John Hope, Esq. He trusted that the vote of the House would that night do tardy justice to an upright and deserving set of men. Assuming that it was the worst economy of the country to place the salaries of the Judges in such a state that they could only command in ferior talent, it could neither be satisfactory to the country nor the suitors, that such a state of things should exist. In the first place, was the salary sufficient ? On the evidence before the Committee he had come to the conclusion that it was not sufficient. When he found it in evidence that very few of the Judges, unless they had private fortunes, were able to insure their lives or keep up their respectability, he must say that the salary was too low. With reference to the other point, he must confess that there was great room for even further improvement in the Courts of Judicature in Scot land. He should like to see the duties of the .Judges as similated as they were in England. He hoped therefore that the Government would not hear these complaints without going on iu the course of progressive reform. Having that confidence he would not withhold the granting of the salary. They ought to grant the salary, and then call on the Government to make the jurisdiction satisfac tory to the country.—( Hear, hear.) _ _ _ Mr. WALL ACE said he was one of those who did wish to support the motion. He was one of those who would now oppose it. He had examined into the amount of money paid to the Judges in the Supreme Court, and he sound that they and their clerks together received 40,0001. a year, and but for the abuses which existed in the system there would be no occasion for those clerks who now cost more than 4,900/. a year.—( Hear, hear.) This, therefore, was a component part of the salaries of those Judges as paid by the people of Scotland : 40,0001. a-year divided amongst them gave 3,0801. to each Judge. Let that be borne in mind when they were about to divide, whether 4,0001. should be given to these Gentlemen.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Honourable Member for Cocker mouth said that at a future time he should be ready to assist in improving the administration of justice. He begged to call the attention of the Government, and of the Secretary of the Home Department, to the contents of Kings and Queens speeches, of late years, as to the ndministration of justice. If the contents of them had been fulfilled as regarded England and Ireland, they had beets neglected as regarded Scotland. What did the Scottish Judges do ? They attended in Edinburgh be tween four and five months in the year ; for seven months they were at their country seats, like other country gen tlemen. In the mean time, what became of the suitors and the agents for the country? why they were dispersed three parts of the year in consequence of these Judges dispersing themselves to look after their pleasures and amusements.—( Hear, hear.) They might find every year Scottish Judges going their grand tours —( Laughter)—and why should they not ? They had a right, during the four months when they had nothing to do. They sat for 104 days, for less than two hours each day. They had been told that it was proper to assimilate the salaries of the Judges its Scotland to those in Eng land ; but how did the Judges in England work ? They sat six hours a day on the bench for ten months in the year. Let them do so in Scotland, and he should be ready to accord to the Judges 3,0001. a year each. It would be cheap and good economy, then, to give them 3,0001. in the place of 2,6001. But the old jog-trot system must be persisted in—the seven months in the year vacation was to be persisted in. There was a power in Edinburgh which would overbear the Lord Advocate and the Government.— (" No, no," from the Lord Advocate.) He was glad to hear the assertion contradicted, but would judge by facts and not by words, and he believed there was a countervail ing power in Edinburgh that would overbear both the Home Office and the Advocate.--( Hear.) What be wanted was a declaration from the House, from the Home Secretary, and from the Lord Advocate, of the evils of which he complained, being to be redressed, and then he would be the first to vote for an increase of salary. He agreed that when infirmity or old age overtook them, they should be all Owed to retire on full salaries. He asked for justice. He asked for labour on the part of the Judges. Their whole time was purchased by the country, and they ought not to have the power of going seven months of the year away from their Courts, distracting the business be fore the Court, and sending off every law suit at a fresh tangent. He should with the greatest satisfaction vote against the Speaker leaving the chair. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers wore— Ayes 56 Noes . Majority for going into Committee... —29 The House then went into Committee. The LORD ADVOCATE said he had been most de ... 27 TION,-FEI3RIIARY 16, 1 the above years, specifying when the first five of such rehearings and appeals (except such as appear to have been called on and ad journed) had been set down at each of such times. Of the number of cause petitions presented and answered by the Lord Chan cellor in each of the said years 1836, 1837, and 1838. Of the num ber of petitions answered and set down for hearing at the Rolls." He had understood fa om the Attorney. General, that this motion would not be opposed, but neither the Attorney-General nor Solicitor-General were in their places. Mr. PEMBERTON said he thought as neither the Attorney, nor the Solicitor. Genera I were present the motion ought not to be pressed Mr. BLE W ITT said the returns he moved for were but conti. nuations of returns which had already been furnished. The returns of the bills had been given and he now wanted the answers. Mr. PEMBERTON observed, that surely the Hon. Member could not wish to have, as he had inserted in his motion, an account of the number of folios in each bill and answer. He would take that opportunity of asking the Noble Lord the Se cretary for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of the Government in the course of the present Session, to lay before Parliament any measure for the improvement of the ad ministration of justice in the Court of Chancery and the Supe rior Courts of the country ?—(Hear.) Every successive Session since he had sat in that House, there been a promise in each Speech from the Throne of Reform in the Court of Chancery. But only one attempt had been made to remedy the numerous evils and inconve niences which were acknowledged to exist in that Court. That attempt was the measure introduced by the Lord Chancellor, last Session, and which fell to the ground. At the present moment the arrears of causes were greater than they had ever before been, except on an occasion when the Court, from the illness of the Chan cellor, had been closed for sometime. There were no less than 700 causes set down for hearing.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Blewitt, inter. rupting, said, " 900")—and let it be recollected that to a cause in Chancery, there might be twenty or thirty parties — of causes on the general paper, not one had been heard before the Vice-Chancellor last tern; and only one or two before the Master of the Rolls.—(Hear, hear.) Of course there were a great number of motions, short causes, &c. heard in that time. Nor did he (Mr. Pemberton) mean to cast any reflection on the Judges who pre sided in those Courts. As to the Noble and Learned Judge who sat in the Rolls, where he (Mr. Pemberton) had the honour to prac tice, he could truly say that no Judge could possibly apply himself with more zeal and abilitty to the high and arduous duties of his office.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Was such a state *f things to be allowed to pass unreformed ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) All the " amendments" which had hitherto been attempted had turned out aggravations of the evil. As a proof of this it might he stated that since Lord Eldon was Chancellor, when there was no Vice-Chancellor, when there was no Court of Bankruptcy, and when therefore the Chancellor had to adjudicate all the Bankruptcy peti tions—since that time the arrears had become greater than they ever were before, though Lord Eldon had been abused for slowness. — (Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") If it was the intention of the Government—as he (Mr. Pemberton) hoped it was —to introduce a measure on the subject this session—he trusted they would abolish altogether that miserable abortion of a Court—which had become quite a bye-word in the profession ; the Court of Re. view—(Hear)—in which four Judges had been appointed with large salaries, to do the business which the Lord Chancellor had formerly accomplished in a month or so, with all the Chancery business in addition.—(Hear, hear.) The Equity aide of the Court of Exchequer was also very objectionable, presided over as it was by Judges who had passed their life in the Courts of Common Law, and have never acquired any experience in Chancel y ; it was in fact a kind of bastard Court. The Judicial Corn. mittee of the Privy Council gave equal dissatisfaction ; the Judges holding—as they presided there—no official, judicial station, or legal responsibility. In the House of Lords there was a heavy arrear of appeals. Amd was it expedient that there should be in the Chancery department no less than five stages of litigation— the Master, the Vice-Chancellor, or the Master of the Rolls, the Re hearing, the Lord Chancellor, and the House of Lords ?—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he certainly regretted that his Learned Friends, the law-officers of the Crown, were not present.— (Hear.) He had no idea of such a discussion as this coming on, or he would have informed himself more fully upon the subject. 1 t had been frequently matter of deliberation with the Government what measures should be adopted in respect to the Court of Chan cery. It was well known indeed, that the Bill introduced by the Lord Chancellor last Session had failed ; because those who agreed as to the evil, differed as to the remedy.—(Hear.) When the pre sent Lord Chancellor was appointed, he—(Lord J. Russell) —was anxious to know what measure on the subject would give satisfaction. Among others the Hon. and Learned Gentleman readily communi cleated to the Government those measures of reform which lie considered necessary. After a full consideration of the various opinions and suggestions of the Learned persons belonging to the profession, the Lord Chancellor proposed the Bill founded u;son them, but it was found that with respect to that Bill the widest difference of opinion prevailed. It was what the Hon. Member for Kilkenny would call a half measure ; but it would certainly have greatly reduced the number of appeals, as it provided that a party might appeal either to the Lord Chancellor or to the House of Lords, but that it he did appeal to the Lord Chan. cellor, he then lost his right of appeal to the superior tribunal. It also provided for the dispatch of business in the Court of Chancery. The Noble and Learned Lord to whom reference had been made (Lord Langdale) had said that there should be no such person as a political Judge sitting in the Cabinet, but on the contrary, that there should he a person placed at the head of the Court of Chancery, and that there should be another sitting in the Cabinet to advise the Government with respect to legislative mea. sures respecting the law. That it would have been a total innova. tion in the constitution of the Court of Chancery. On the other hand, Lord Lyndhurst, another high authority, was of a totally dif ferent opinion, and was for increasing the strength of the Court of Chancery by appointing extra Judges. When therefore there was such a difference of opinion among those who were most competent to advise, it became totally hopeless to introduce a measure upon the subject, It was evident to the Lord Chancellor and his colleagues that improvements might be easily framed, but it was also evident they would not be so easily carried. It was always the wish and intention of the Go. vernment to bring in remedial measures, and they would be ready to do so on the first opening that offered itself and showed a prospect of carrying it. He was happy to find that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had not found it necessary to join in his censure of the courts any censure upon the Hon. and Learned personages who presided there.—(Hear, hear, from Mr. Pemberton.) If any one were to say that the present Lord Chancellor was not eminently qualified for the high station he filled, such an opinion would be immediately contradicted by the unanimous opinion of the bar. The arrcar of business then did not proceed from any failure on the past of the persons presiding in those courts.—(Cheers)—the present Lord Chancellor had reduced the arrear of business since his appointment.—(Cheers.) Since the time that Lord Eldon had the whole weight of the business on his own shoulders the business of the Court of Chancery had greatly increased. He thought the Information required might be given in a greatly con densed form, no that much expense might be saved, unless It was absolutely necessary that the motion should be pressed. That night it might perhaps be better to postpone It, but he had no objection to the production of all the papers. Mr. PEMBERTON—The Noble Lerd had not answered the ma terial question which he had put to him. Lord J. RUSSELL—Tie Government would bring forward a measure on the subject whenever they saw a fair prospect of car rying it. Mr. BLEWITT could state, that in the three years before the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor the causes set down amounted to only 540, white in the years 1833, 1834, and 1!435 they amounted to 1,300. Mr. PEMBERTON—The number of causes set down affords no criterion of the business of this Court. Lord J. RUSSELL—Then perhaps the 700 arrear causes, stated by the Hon. Member, affords no criterion of the actual arrear before the Court.—(A laugh.) The returns were the ordered. _ . THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved to refer papers NO - ich were laid on the table of the House, on the 6th of February, relating to the building of the Royal Exchange to the Select Committee of the improvements in the metropolis. Mr. PR AEU considered that it was useless to refer to the papers. He thought the House ought to know for what purpose tl.e papers were laid before the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that it the Honourable Member meant to discuss the subject, it would be better that he should wait till the papers were in the hands of Mem. bers before he did so. Mr. PRAM) said that it was his intention to object to the papers being referred, and he would either do so now, or at another period. Mr. HA WES considered if the question was to be discussed the House ought to have full official information, and not act upon statements put forth by interested parties. He wished to know whether Honourable Members intended to' oppose the printing of the papers ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that they were already ordered to be printed. Mr. LAW thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to state tie use intended to be made of the papers, when referred." Mr. BARING thought the best course would be to reler the papers to the Select Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not go into the discussion now. If it was intended to discuss the subject, the better course would be to adjourn it till Monday. After a few observations from Mr. PATTISON, the subject was postponed till Monday. Mr. HINDLEY moved, That the Journals of the House re. lating to the cases after mentioned, in which counsel was ordered to be heard, and evidence was taken, at the Bar, or in Committees of the whole House, in support of Petit ions complaining of ex. (sting Laws, be read by the Clerk, and be entered in the Votes, . . . •iz. - The Journals relating to that part of the Act for uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, which regulated the election of ilembers for Scotland, the 25 t h day of November, and the Ist and 3rd days of December, 1708. The Journals relating to the Duties on the importation of Copper and Brass, the Bth, 13th, 15th, 16th, and 20th days of Jan. and the 2d day of February, 1721. The Journals relating to the Duties on Cotton Stuffs, bleached or dyed, the 16th, 18th, and 21st days of March, and sth, 6th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 20th, and 21st days of April, 1785. The Journals re. ►39. lating to the Shop Tax, the 6th, 15th, 22d, and 23d days of February, and the 28, 6th, and 7th days of March, 1786. The Journals relating to the Slave Trade, the 9th day of May, 17811; the 23d day of March, the 21st, 26th, and 27th days of May, and the 9th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 22d, and 238 days of June, 1789; the 25th and 27th days of January, the 13th and 23d days of April, and the 9th day of June, 1790. The Journals relating to the Duties on Licenses to deal in Spirituous Liquors, the sth and 31st days of March, the 22d day of April, and the 7th day of May, 1790. The Journals relating to certain Orders in Council, the 10th, 11th, 14th, 18th, 22d, 23d, and 24th days of March; the Ist, 4th, and 13th days of April; the 4th and 26th daps of May; and the 9th day of June 180$. His object in mak ing the motion was that Members should know what the practice of the House was upon the subject. The SPEAKER said that he wished to make a suggestion to the Honourable Member, but not with the intention of throwing any objection in his way, if the House took a proceeding it was desirable not to depart from, the usages of Parliament. The Hon. Member proposed to send forth, under the sanction of the House, this list of precedents which he had determined on. There was not the least doubt that every one of those precedents were to be found in the Journals, but it did not follow that there might not be other precedents. The usual course was, that when proceedings were taken, a Committee was appointed for the purpose of ascer taining the facts with accuracy, and then the proceedings came for. ward in a better shape. Mr. HINDLEY said that he would bow to the authority of the Speaker, but he found that in 1814 certain extracts of tho Journals had been produced. The SPEAKER—No doubt, the Hon. Member was correct in his statements, but he appeared to have misunderstood what he (the Speaker) had said. He had stated that he considered it would not be proper to send forth this extract under the sanction and authority of the House, without having ascertained that all the precedents had been referred to. It was usual to refer it to a Committee, in order to ascertain that all the precedents had been referred to. Mr. HINDLEY then gave notice that he should bring the sub. ject forward on Monday. Mr. HUME moved for the return of the revenues received in Lower Canada in each of the years 1833, 1834, 1635, 1836, 1837, and 183 8 . He said that he was not aware at the time he had given the notice that the Under-Secretary for the Colenies would be absent from the House, because he intended to arraign the conduct of that officer, which had not been correct. He wished to know whether there would be any objection to the production of the papers he had moved for. 31r. F. BARING (who turned his back to the gallery, and was nearly inaudible, was understood not to object to the production of the Return of the Revenues, but to object to the granting the other informa tion sought by the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. HUME said that in January 1838 he had stated in that House that the inhabitants of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland, were as dissatisfied with the condition of their Governments as the inhabitants of the Canadas. This statement had been immediately contra dicted from the Treasury Bench, and he m had next assertion, day a moved nd th e y fo h r atdh not r3eettuhrne been n t l o a tdprhoevfoer ehtt e h e t H ru o t u li s e. o f The s information they contained could be procured from the nevrspa. pers ; in fact, everybody could get information on these subjects, except Members of this House. F. BARING was understood to say that he was not pre pared to account for the delay, but it must have bee❑ occa sioned by great carelessness somewhere. Mr. HUME—Yes, so it appears, gross carelessness somewhere. He would merely renew his motion for the production of the Address. After a few more words from Mr. F. BARING and Mr. Hume, an HON. MEMBER moved that the House be counted. Mr. HUME—This is unfair. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. There being only 26 Members present the House was counted out at Half-past Eleven. PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 15. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. raid. Share 1,766 7 per cent. As hten and Oldham..Average 97/.188.6h. 135 4082 4/. Ashby ..e-le-Zolich ....Average 1151.5 h. 73 1,260 Basirgstoke 1001.6h. 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 z. eh. 8,000 1-16 sh. 91 Os. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ......811. & 71/. A 000 Ditto and Liverpool Junctlw.l. sh. 100 pd 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton .100/. sh. all pd 400 4/. Chelmer and Biackwater 100/. sh . 500 48/. Cm/entry 100/.sh. 4.545 Croydon 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley ... 1001. sh. 800 14'. Derby 1001. sh. ?1,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.136. 4(1. pd 3,5756 3/. Ellesmere and Chester... Average 1331. els. 231 621. Erewash 1001.1 n. 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde ....Average 4.00/.165. sh. 1,600 12/. Grand Junction luOl.sh. 2,644 It. Grand Union 1001.sb 11.500 Grand Surrey 0,0001. 4 1 . percent. Ditto (optional) Loa n lOOl. 3,t96 Grand Western 101)1. sh. all pd 600 13/.125. Ad. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 172/. 138.4 d. 749 10s. Grantham 150/, sh. g,zB 2/. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. 66. 6d. sh. 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 5.329 It. ss. Kennet 2nd Avon, Aver. 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 2,8976 301. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 5451 131. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 1,897 61. Os. Leicester and Northampton Aver 431.105. 2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. oh. 500 254 Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 3.000 11. 106. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 247 171. Neath 100t.sh. 2,400 31. Peak Forest Avei.ge about 78/. sh. 1,418 126. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/. 166.8 d. sh. 5,669 6/. per cent. iiochdale Average 8.5/.sh. 500 81. Shropshire 1251 sh. 800 9/. 106. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 3,600/. 4,1 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 500 91, Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 300 91. Stourbridge ..... .. - .... 1451. sh. 1,647 2/. Os, Stratford-on. Avon Average 791. Os. bd. sh. 533 15/. Swansea 100/. sh. 3,762 U. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 351. sh. ,60 qsn. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share 1001 . sh. 8.149 Thames and Niedway Aver.l9l. ss. Bd. sh. I.ooosh. ,6 1 , Warwick aid Birmingham ...... -.100/.sh 1.00045 h. ' 980 15s. Warwick and Napton lOO/.0. 6,0 1 .10 41.05. Worcester and Birmingham A v. 781.81. eh. 5,000 255. Wilts and perks Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 800 3/. NV yrley and Essington 1251. sh 126 Wi s b eac h lO5/. sh. VO5 11.. -... Wey and Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. 46000 7 L u 6bi sh ./ 9p. c. Commerc al • :001. sh. .... .- .. East and West India Stock 3.238,310 f/. 555. p.ct. London - Stock Ditto Bonds 2,209 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 41 per oent. Ditto Bonds 20u.009 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 2.500 ..... Deptford Piet ~..201. sh. 201. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 ICs. ilammersmitt 5Ol. *h. 7,231. Southwark, Old 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto , New , of 7 i r cent . 5O l. sh. 5000 Waterloo lOO/. sh. 5,000 188. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 5,000 16s. 4d, Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 80,000! 51. per cent. Ditto Bond s 5,648 178 Vauxhall „Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. ASSURANCF COMPAN:ES. 2,000 3/ Ins Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 50,000 / 5 1 n ei c i c i r c t 'l Alliance Britisn & Foreign lOW. sh. 10i/. pd 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 24,001) 1 / per sh. Atla' 50/. sh. 51. pd 1,200 ;sh. 51. Birmingham I ire .. 2501. sh. 551. pd 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5Ol. sk. 5/. pd 5,000 5/. percent. Clerical & Medi rl Life, ICO 001.. 2/10s pd 4,000 2110 s County 1 sh. 10/. pd 20,000 ss. _ Eagle . `"' om 1 a nd 5 per 301 ce nt . $ ./ Economic Lit.: lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd 375 2,271 Vs. percent. European Li,•• °Ol. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. I)itto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd 1/ 1,000,000!. 71. per ct Globe Stock 1441 20,000 51. Guardian, lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 40 10,000 6s. 6d. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 6 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 1371 7,500 95. Imperial Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 101 13,452 4/. per cent. Indemnity MArine 100/. sh. 8/. pd 25§ 2,020 31 108 Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 281 5 OUti 10s. London, Fir. 251 sh. 12/. 10s. pd 17; 3,90/1 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18- 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1 001 . sh.; 500,0001. 30,0(10 51. per cent. Palladium Lilo 50/. sh. 21. pd 2/ 9s 50,000 4!. per cent. Protector Fire 2O!. sh. 21. pd l& 0d 2,500 11. Provident Ltie lOO/. o h. 10/. pd 20 00,000 ss. Rock Life 20/sh. 11. pd -ei 89,220! 51 per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 229 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sh. 51. pd 5 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 7 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 8 percent.. Agric and Com. of Ireland 251. sh. 101. pd 5,000 Australa•in 4Ol. sh. 40!. pd 10,,1(10 10 percent. Bank of Biliningham SCI. sh. 101. pd (0,000 112 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 51. pd 31,000 5 per cent. London and VVestminsterlool sh. 201. pd 60,000 W. London Joint Stock 51/. sh. 10/. pd .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster Q 5,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 100,000 71 per cent Manchester and Liver-1 50/. sh. 151 pd pool District... 20,000 7 per colt. Manchester 1001. sh. 251. pd 20,000 Provincial Rink of Irelandloo/. sh. '251. pd SO,' 00 National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh 17j!. pd 10,000 b per cent. National Provincial Eng. 1001. sh. 351. pd 10,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1! Os Od Bath ' 201. sh. 161. pd 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 3, ,,,, 1 . 5/ze i r 3 c L er e l..} Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 928 5! lOs Birmingham 5O!. sh. 1,250 21 Os Bristol 1.500 31 10s Brighton , 201. sh. • 750 3/ 10. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 2,471 41 per sent. Brighton Generai 20/. sh. all pd 6,000 51. 10s. Continental Consolidated 7.5/. 8241. pd 1,000 101. City 01 London ..............1001. sh. all pd 1,008 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4!. 103. Equitable 5Ol. pd 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. I ndependent 9O/. sh. all pd 9,000 3!. per cent. Phoenix 50/. sh. 39/. p 4 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratelifr 1001. sh. SO/. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 19/. pd 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5O!. sh. 46/. pd 240 5!. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 51. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered ....... 5O/. sh. 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 800 Yarmouth 20/. sh. IS/. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 Os. Birmingham 25/. sh. 251. pd 4,494 61. East London lOO/. sh. 5,500 21 10s Grand Junction Average 41/ Ids. 4d. sh. 2,1)90 2/. Kent lOO/ .sh. 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 220!. sh. 1,500 2/ lOs Now River London Bridge Water Ann 6,486 11 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 1,000 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 8,294 41. West Middlesex Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lesne Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. - -- - 6,000 Birmingham and Derby vq. pd 41 9,5'40 ... ...... Birmingham and Gloucester I5,o1:0 Bristol and Exeter 104)1. sh. 1 :0 pd 10 660 Calcutta and Saugur 5Ol. sh. 21. pd 01 7,500 Cheltenham and G.Western 100/. sh. `2O/. 3 3,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 1001 pd 40 12,000 8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. i). 5/. pd 1 60,000 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 13/, pd 111 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 95/. pd 205 Great North of England 5,030 Great Western lOO/. sh. 65/. pd 78 2,000 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001. pd 100 1 8,000 Hull and '4.14 501. sh. 25/ pd 111 10,00E1 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. Si .. pd 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 41: 1 .1 1,500 11As. Leicester and Swanning,ton .501. sh. all pd 75 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool and Manchesterla LA. 100/. pd 205 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 61 36,000 ..... .... London and Brighton 12,000 London and Blackwall .......501. sh. 31. pd 7 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ....20/. sls. 'lOl, pd 17 25,000 London and Birmingham 100/. sh. 911/. pd 1731 Ditto Quarter Shares 51. pd 301 33,0(01 . 14,000 London and Croydon Trunk 'VI. pd . lif 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 4/. pd 51 12,1100 London Grand Junction...... 501. sh 5l. pd 01 1:1,000 Manchester and Leeds -.1001. sh. 501. pd 691 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 701.5 h 15/. 15 Ditto Extension ......................... 71. pd 61 . North Iditiland 100 i. sh. 55/. pti 55 Northern and Eastern 100/. sh. 151. pd 71 2,600 Preston and Wyre ............ 50/. sh. 30/. ix! 361 28,000 South Eastern and Dover ...............9/. pd 21 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ............ 100/. sh. 240 14,000 Thames Haven 5Ol. sh 2/. 10s. pd 0 1,400 ...•.•... Westminster and GreenwichPo/. sh. 21. pd 0 6,000 ..... „.. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 121 pd 20 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper .................. °V. pd 12 4,000 11. 543. A lten 151. sh / . 121. li Ipd 10 10,000 ......„ Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pM.IOO/. sh. al 1 1 d '2 Ditto Subscription .....................251. tat 3 2,000 101. Bolanos l5O/. sh all p 1 17 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 211/ pd 17 6,000 ... ...... Macaubas Se Cocaes United 25/. sh. 211. pd 15 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/. sh. 14/.lpd 5 10,000 rs oli v a r Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd 5 10,000 ......,.. Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 10/. psi 10 20,018.1 British Iron 5(11, sh. 50/ pd /9 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 411. pd 1 Cata Branca 9/. id 9 Candonga 7ll. pd 51 10,000 11 Copiapo 20/. sh 13/, pd 10 8,500 ... Colinnbian, iss. 5/. pm-- 55/. sh. 551. pd 3 2,850 3/. English 20,000 General Mining Aseoclation 2 o/. sh. 17 /. pd 12 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 551/. pd 4 3,000 Polberou Consols lO/. oh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte , Unregistere d' Ditto Loan Notes 150/. )xi 160 30,000 ...... ... United Mexican, iss. 2pm .40/. sh. all pd 2 Dittt. Scrip 2l Ditto New Scrip Si pd 4,, West Cork 501 sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75 g s. sh. 29 1,500 London University 1011/ eh. all pd 23 700 Russell King' College lOO/. pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural. lool . sh. 201. pd 46 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 23 / . pd 9 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company lOW. sh. 301. pd r 4 i 200,000 51 per cent. Upper Cana: ) , Loan 9l City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO 20,000 11. fis. General Steam Navigation 15/, sh. 14/. pit 24 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock '2,000 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. eh. 19 8,000 Caoutehouc Com p any' 121/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Compaisy!....o/ pd 2,754 5/. per cont. Reve r s ionar y Int. Soc. ...lON. sh. 1001. pd 10 134 2,633 51. per cent. D itto New 100/. sh. 751. pd 4,000 10,000 tis. V a n Die.nex.'s Land 1001 . sh. 171. pd 10 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, FEB. 7, 1839. BANES. 1,500,009/. 0/. p. ct. ?Sank of Scotland ...W. Os. Bc.l. : s h. h. all all p pd d 16 IS 2I. O/. 2,000,00(1. 51 p. ct. Ft t - yal of Scotland 100/ 500.000!. sp. ct. Brinsh Linen Company-1001. sh. oil pd `.:37/. 3,000,000/. 61. p. ct. Commercial .............. .5001. :h. 100/. pd 175/. 5.000,000 t. an. et. National .................. .100/.sh. 101. pd IN . 2,000,000 1 . 61. p. ct. Glasgow Cnion 250/. sh. 501. pd 82 1 . 4,000,000 i. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. Pd 511. -.---INSURA'NCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h 61p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. Eh . 1/, pd 305 7,500 01 p. ct. Hercules 100, 000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotlan l 2 d l o oooo . o l l l ,c. h hh o . ..h l . l ° lo a l oi i i l: pdi : d i l d 9 1 1 ,26 r i 0 . 1 1 .. 1 . 1 .0, 0 6:::. 50,000 sp. et. North British 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 5,000 op. ct. Edinburgh Life . 100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lOO/. sh. 10/, pd 14/10s 10/. pd 7i Os MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 ... ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/. :h. all pd 10/. Ditto Allocated (16/. sh. all pd 471. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.2s/. sh. all pd : - 141 Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all ixt 441. 4,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 501. sh 4'4/. pd 521. 10,000 3 per unt. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 201. sh. 16/. pd 8 / 4,500 10 per cont. Edinburgh Coal Ga. 251. sh. all pd 61“ 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas "5/. sh. all pd 561. 759 7,4 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 9 0/.Bh. all pd 511. 1,200 Edinburgh and t)alkeith Rai Ywayso/. sh 361• 8,600 5 her cent. Equi,table Loan Company ..51. sh. pd 01 . 1114 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 10, 1839. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Edward Butler, Lieutenant of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, lint., retired. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN MS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of the Tower Hamlets.—The Right Hon. Stephen Lush_ ington, of Great George-street, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, Doctor of Laws. FEBkVARY 15. Town and Port of Sandwich —Sir Rufane Shawe Donkin, K. C .B. in the room of Sir James Rivett Carnac, Bart. who has accepted the office of Governer of Bombay. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 15, 1839. sth Dragoon Guards —Captain R. Bell, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Chambers, who exchanges, Feb. 15. 13th Light Dragoons—Captain W. Hake, to be Major, without purchase, vice Lang, deceased, Nov. 23; Lieutenant W. Penn, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Atkinson, deceased, Oct. 5 ; Lieutenant B. MacMahon, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hake, Nov. 23; Cornet J. A. Cameron to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Penn, Oct. 5. 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Capt. E. T. H. Chambers, from the Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Bell, who exchanges; Lieut. R. Viscount Jocelyn, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieute nant, vice Murray, who exchanges, Feb. 15. 1 Ith Regiment of Foot—Lieut. E. Moore to be Captain, without purchase, vice APCrurnmen, deceased, Feb. 7; Captain L. Shedden, from the half.pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice J. Steuart, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Feb. 14 ; Lieut. J. Singleton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Shedden, who retires; Ensign R. T. B. Boyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Singleton, Feb. 15 ; Ensign W. Browne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Boyd, appointed Adjutant, Feb.l6 ; A. S. G. Jauncey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boyd; Ensign J. T. Stanley, from the 49th Regiment, to be En sign vice Browne; Lieutenant R. T. B. Boyd to be Adjutant, vice Moore, Feb. 15. 16th Foot—C. L. Wilkins, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lindsay, appointed to the 17th Light Dragoons, Feb. 15. 17th Foot—Staff. Assistant-Surgeon J. B. Thomson to be Assis tant-Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted in the 61st Regiment, Feb. 15. 18th Foot—J. Baker, Gent, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice G. Dolmage, who retires upon half-pay. Feb. 15. 20th Foot—W. Baring, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Munro, who retires, Feb. 15. 26th Foot—Captain F. Hovenden, from the half-pay of the 6th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice M. IV`lnnes, who cx. changes, receiving the difference ; Lieut. A. G. Moorhead, from the half-pay of the 19th Regiment, to be lieutenant, vice C. H. Pierse, who exchanges, Feb. 15. 9.7 th Foot—Lieutenant G. A. Durnford to be Captain, without purchase, vice Manley, deceased ; Ensign T. Hare to be Lieutenant, vice Durnford, Nov. 6; J. S. Manly, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hare, Feb. 15. 32d Foot—Lieutenant J. E. W. Inglis, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, vice Hayes, appointed to the 47th Foot, Feb. 16; J. P. Pigott; Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Inglis, promoted, Feb. 37th Foot—Captain S. H. Lawrence, from the half-pay Cnat. - tached, to be Captain, vice J. Costley, who exchanges, receiving th difference, Feb. 14; Lieutenant W. Clay to be Captain, by purchases ♦ice Lawrence, who retires, Feb. 15 ; Lieutenant S. B. Hayes, from' the 32d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice J. N. Fraser, who retires upon half-pay Unattached, Feb. 16 ; Ensign E. T. Seward to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clay, Feb. 15 ; G. Lawrence, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Seward, Feb. 15. 49th Foot—J. Hely, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stanley, appointed to the 11th Regiment, Feb. 16. 61st Foot—Assistant.Surgeon J. Smith, from the 17th Regiment, to be Surgeon, vice Blake, deceased, Feb. 15. 66th Foot—Ensign F. J. Trick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lane, who retires ; Ensign H. Steel, from the 57th Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Trick, Feb. 15. . 70th Foot—Lieutenant T. Moody to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jameson, who retires; Ensign T. J. Hawker, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Moody, Feb. 15. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. A. S. Murray, from the 15th Light Dra. goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Viscount Jocelyn, who exchanges, Feb. 15. 3 UNATTAERED.—Lieut. J. Sweeny, from the 26th Re g i ment, to be Captain, without purchase ; Ensign J. E. W. Inglis, from the r 4 32d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Feb. 15. BREVET.—Captain S. H. Lawrence, of the : 1 7th Regiment to be Major in the Army; Captain F. Hovenden, of the 26th Regiment, to be Major in the Army, June 28. L y tt HOSPITAL STAFF.—Deputy Inspector-General J. Skey, M.D. 1 . 0 5 Principal Medical Officer in Canada, to be Inspector-Gene ra l of 6 Hospitals, Feb. 15. MEMORANDA —The name of the Lieutenant in the Bth Ligh Dragoons, is " Laing," and not " Meason." Lieutenant J. Ed dington, upon half.pay Ist Foot has been allowed to retire from the service, with the sale of a Lieutenancy, he being about to settle in New South Wales, Feb. 15. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Not tingham. Holmepierpoint Troop of the Southern Regiment of Notting_ tinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—J. G. Musters, Esq., to be Cap. fain, vice R. Burgess, resigned, Feb. 2. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS BLAY, brushmaker, Bermondsey-street, Southwark, to surrender Feb. 21, at two, and March 29, at one, rst the Court of Bankruptcy. Tyrrell, Remembrancer's Office, Guildhall; Belcher, official assignee. • THEODORE AUGUSTUS DULCKEN, haberdasher, Wig more-street, Cavendish-square, Feb. 21, at one, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nias, Copthall-court ; Pen. nell, official assignee. BENJAMIN FARNHAM, slopseller, High-street, Shadwell, Feb. 19, at one, and March 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitelock, Aldermanbury; Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee. THOMAS JOHN HAWKINS, innkeeper, Greyhound Inn, West Smithfield, March 1, at twelve, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cutto, Dean.street, Southwark ; Groom, Abchurch.lane, official assiknee. JOHN CURRIE, tailor, Orchard-street, Portman-square, Feb. .5, at one, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Savage, Surrey-street, Strand ; Clark, St. Sa•ithin's-lane, official assignee. JEREMIAH BONIFAIiT BAYLIS, coal dealer, Rowington, Warwickshire, March 13 and 25, at two, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington. Rushwarth, Aston.strcet, Birmingham; Suckling, Union-street, Birmingham. WILLIAM MAXEY, coal dealer, Leamington Spa, Warwick-. shire, March I, at eleven, and March 29, at two, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington. Russell,• Royal Leamington Spa ; Richards and Walker, Lincoln's-Inn-fields. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall.street. J. Macleod, boot and shoe maker, Cornhill, March 8, at eleven.-- J. M`Leod, leather-seller, Clement's-lane, City, March 8, at eleven —J. Rice, saddler, Ipswich, March 8, at half-past eleven—J. limes, merchant, St. Mildred's-court, City, March 9, at ensven—G. Field, paper maker, Two Waters, Hertfordshire, March 8, at twelve— H. H. Carter, wine merchant, Springfield, Essex, March 8, at eleven—H. Sayers, draper,Hapsted-green,lSusscx, March 1 1 , at half- Fast eleven. _ In the Country. F. Stephens, haulier, Cheltenham, March 11, at four, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham—R. Merry, Jun., coal merchant, Norwich, March 9, at ten, at the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich —E. Cope, liquor merchant, Birmingham, March 9, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—J. H. Waldock, dealer in wines, Birmingh am March 9, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—H . R owe, , woollen draper, Cheltenham, March 11, at one, at the Royal Hotel Inn, Cheltenham—J. Sanderson and J. Walker, merchants, Lan_ caster, March I I, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Lancaster— C. Ryland, iron merchant, Birmingham, March 13, at three, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—F. L. Schwind, T. Turner, D. Brade, and C. Schwind, merchants, Liverpool, March 9, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—B. Botham, woollen draper, Halesworth, Suffolk, April 30, at elevea, at the King's Head inn, Beccles, Suffolk—G. Wild, cotton spin , Roworth, Derbyshire, March 19., at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—MxRcu 9 W. Gilbert, 'milder, Hackney—W. Yates, Sen., iron founder, Worcester—G. Eld, miller, Foleshill, Coventry—W. Ellwood, butcher, Wigton, Cumberland. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. J. Brooks and J. Thomas, linen drapers, Oxford.street—J. C. Webb and J. W. Blundell, Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane—A, Boors and F. Bourrotte, dyers, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street-- G. and B Mellor, woollen cloth manufacturers, Almondbury, York shire T. Itainsbotham and 'l'. Ilohne—lt. Kirby and J. Simpson, curriers, Whitechapel_road— R. M. Evans and T. C. Williams, brewers, Nine Elms, Vauxhall—E. Jackson and J. Williams, boot and shoe makers, Shrewsbury—T. King and F. P. Main, comb makers, Hanway-street, Oxford.street—lt. Lambert and W. Arnold, rope makers, I eftwitch, Cheshire -- C. Boyd, J. T. Coop er, J . B oole, S. Granger, T. Wetherell, P. Granger, J. Wennett, C. S. Packer, Francis Mathew, and Alfred Butmett, constituting the City 0 . London Discount Association—A. Portch and R. Maley, carver' and gilders, Great Queen-street—T. Carter, Sen., W. Betts, and Ts Carter, Jun., ship joiners, Emmett-street, Poplar (so far as regards. W. etts)—J. Haywood and R. Docker, attorneys, Birmingham C. Brydon and W. Newton, joiners, Collyhurst, Manchester T. and J. Ellis, surgical instrument makers, Sheffield —I. and J. Tlldesley, factors, Willenhall, Staffordshire —J, Morris, W. E. Ponten, and M. L. Phillipson, druggists, Ludgate-hill (so far as re gards W. E. Ponten—J. and W. and J. Hay, rope makers, Monk_ Wearmouth Shore, Durham--A. Kincaid and W. Romer, ship brokers, Liverpool—B. Pearse, Sen., J. Pcarse, B, Pearse, Jun., C. Pearse, and C. J. Pearse, army clothiers, Hanover -street, Long acre (so far as regards J. and C. Pcarse—T. Dodgson and I'. Dodgson, Jun., linen drapers, Liverpool—lL and T. B. and J. and S. Job, T. Bulky, and J. Job, Jun , Liverpool. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Courier of last evening, in a leading article on Lord Mahon's speech, in the House of Commons on Thursday night, respecting controverted elections, calls it a " speech characterised by excellent 'cmper and marked ability." This is the only approach to anything like an opinion that we can discover in the whole of our Contemporary's article. The Courier in another article on the Corn-laws observes, " there is a decided majority in both Houses of Parliament in favour of the famine code, and even in the Cabinet there is as yet a division. Whether that division be on the principle of the question, or merely on the expediency of bringing it for ward as a Government measure, we have no means of knowing. We incline to the latter opinion." In an article on the subject of Lord Morpeth's introduction on Thursday night into the House of Commons, of a Bill for the better regulation of the Irish Municipal Corporations, the Globe remarks as follows :—" We hail with pleasure this early redemption of the pledge given to re• introduce the Bill which the Commons very properly rejected after it had been emasculated by the Lords, and with the introduc tion of provisions into it of a more popular character than that of the last Session." The Standard, alluding to the Duke of Wellington's no tice of a motio n on Thursda y ni g ht for the des p atches o f Sir F. [lead, says—" we anticipate that of course Lord Glenelc, will on this occasion be made the scape-geat of 11Iinib s ters ;" and adds, "for anything that is know n , the - worst m easures ostensibly proceeding from Lord Glenel have been measures forced upon him." O u r Conttrnpo may, rary, in another paragraph of the same a r ticle , o bserves, which is not the case, that Lord Brougha m l ast night tured to sneer "at the prevailing passion for r ailway v„en n s lation ; " and then indulges in lavish commendations on railways and steam navigation. -=------ NEW WORK BY TIIE HON. MRS. SAYERS. —The announcement of a work of fiction on the eye ofpubimation, from the pen of the Ilan. Mr s. Sa y ers, has excited great interest i n the minds of that Lady's friends, who re m ember the encomiu m passed upon her sty le and literary pretensions by the c elebrated ;11;:t ur i n . From the former s p ecimens of her works, w e are Prepar e d to expect a production of very high character ; the talented a u _ thoress would seem to he especially gifted with power, of description inform b C t he of a very high order. Last week a respectable farmer of the name of Newman, at Lai ton, near Cricklade, conrintted suicide by himself. 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