The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-27 00:00:00

THE CHIMNEY SWEZ-PIES REGULATION ACT
AMENDMENT BILL.

The Earl of CLANCAILIT aoseleated the select committee
on this hill.
The Earl of

bad no objection to in-

qu•rf, if it embraced the whole length and biradtb of the
subject. Ile feared, however, that that was not con-
templated.
The Earl of WICKLOW said it would be useless to take
evidence which merely tended to show the necessity for the
eluting law.
The names of the committee were then agreed to.

EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE BILL, AND LAW
OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE BILL
On the motion for the second reading of these bill.,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that his noble friend
(Lerd Brougham) bed introduced a measure for the pur-
pose of extending the powers of examining witnesses, and
containing othet imp insist provisions. In some portions of
that measure he entirely coagarred, but there were other
parts of it which he did not approve of, and at his wines-
lion his noble and learned &had aesented to refer the bill
to a committee, by wheat it was divided into two bills.
Since this division of the bills had taken place, the anon
law commissioners had made their second most able t
on the subject of the mode of procedure at esemaisrlirr,
and that report extended to the whole matter awaited ia
these two bah. There was a tinware now enaeshta for
the purpose of giving effect to the greater part_ of these ve
commendations, which he hoped to be able to lay on the
table in a ...hart time. Under thew circumstantia l. and as It
would be highly inconvenient to haws tene lee
en the same subject before the bow% IM had
again to request his noble and learned filial le anew
the second of his bills to be again divided. Ms wile sad
learned friend could take from that bill the taw thaw

which had reference to the ezamication of wilmsams, sad
which would carry into more complete effect the valuable
enactment known as Lord Brougham's Law of Evidence
Act.
Lord BROUGHAM said that he most willingly emented
to the suggestion of
_big noble and learned friend, foe it
would be most incaniknieut to have two bills running
ther on the same subject, and the IBIllailf• brought in
government would not only be better framed and de • ,
but it would also have a mash better chance of being car-
ried than his (Lord Brougham's) bill. What be proposed,
therefore, was, that the drat bill should be now read a se-
cond time as a matter et form, with an assurance that he
would nut premed farther with that bill. He would take
the four clauses referred to by his soh!" and learned friend,
and propose than separately, which would complete the
act of 18.51. The reesainiag pietism of that bill would de
over till he saw the mown which his noble arid
learned friend was going to introduce, and which he
bad no doubt would esatain the whole of the elates,
which he now palpated till the introduction of the govern-
ment measure. Masada', what he proposed to do was to
move the re-committal of the bill to-morrow (this day), and
that it be at isistroalon to the committee to divide the bill

Sato two parte.
Lord CAMPBELL would not apples the second reading,
but he must protest against it as interfering with trial by
jurlo.rd BROUGHAM mid that the bill did not in the
least interfere with anything that was valuable ¢ trial by
jury.
The bill was then read proforma a sewed time.