The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-06 00:00:00

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The ATTORNEYC4l2;liiiineli;:l;;.followieg !Oka

him Miamian Cidaridge in »feriae* to the noa-attindanoe
of &judge si deimbiee t
ley Merkel Ms beets celled this innraing to the Time rroort of a
=Me bypekned a letter from the Lord Chief Justice of the
Pres nedirey yon to the Licosa at Comm ins on Friday lan.
I gm gorooadly trawled in both, because lithe new there presented
he *mica, Ima theMge now in default, and who ought to be In
atemdmie etwe Irving seen no authorised copy of the
WM. tt will baketter fur me io nuke no direct commas at what
stay he se Imeereset report, but to sate, es a inurately as lan from
tessiketicaltehe feels of the are. I have thts oduntage, that 1 was
=a meting referent to, took part to the discussion, and
ad maim to refresh my memory on the rubject. It is per-
ked, eleven that wan 1338 it was not considered the duty of any
judge leaned In town during the long vication. Ate meeting
of the Indies, either in that year or the preceding winter,
the alien was taken into conelderation, and a resolution
wee ems le that, for the future, the Junior Judge who had
net are perlinnid the duty Mold, in every lycar, undertake the
athenfenee at Members during the long vacation. In the course of
the diareeren II me distinctly coneidead whether the Chief lustlee
erode( Belle saseld attend In tura, and it was, without any &d-
-are, resolved In the affirmative, on the ground that u we were all
undertaking a sew defy—lncumbent an none of us when appointed
—there was nemer for exampling them; and the rather u they in
their tarn, end omonlins to serority only of sprolatment, claimed
' to take the dimalter bunnies during the circuits, the practice a
to both having gam can of the same circumstance, the appoint-
ment of the WlLl seal kedges. Lord Denman and the late Lard
Chia.luegiss Tindal were both present, and, peering from reeol-
leennea ea *Main that neither of them expressed any dissent
Lard Myer we. not present, and he did diment from the
eh.» nodal" sad declared that he go not be boned
it ; not,the 'MUM however, because
but because be he ta.k any distinction between the
&kb and Judges, thought that some re-
creation sad esesation from labour was necerary fur every Judge In
every which and that he woo not called on to add spontaneous y to the
duties be had undertaken on his appointment. Ile died before
It came to his turn, and whether he would have adhered to his reso-
lution of course cannot be known. I was not aware that any Judge
who was present at the framing of the rule had ever massed a
doubt ma to its coastmation or onnratiea , and I bad only heard in so
vague a way before the circuit tdthe Lord Chief JO-tios of the Com-
mon Pleas questioningl4 r to melee me think it possible he might
take the opinion of the judges on it rats not being done, I
canard that no difficulty would be made. I left town under
that Merman, nu was I informed until the end of
the ciratit that the chambers would be .eft =provided. When, ao-
^girding to formally expressed rule, my turn shall coma, I trust I
shall not be :mind absent from my pat. At precut I say nothing of
the exhaustion consequent on a laborious circuit, because I am un-
willing by mattecence in thence whir the lad Chief-Justice takes
of it, to affect the Interests of the pram judges in a matter et no
on inmponanee to their comfort andhealth. should te to
your place to ere this cemounteation the ease lleity
which you have given to the letter of the Lord Chin Jura* sad I
shall mad a espy el it to the Loma Otteateellor.
MEASUREMENT OF STEAM-VESSELS.
Lord G. BEN ILNCIE inquired of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer if the return regarding the men-urement of
stem ships under the old and new mode of measuremegt was
correct I
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was under-
stood to say that it was, and explained bow the system of
measurement was canted out.
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Mr. SCOTT inquired If the government were prepared to
aid in promoting emigration on the plan of a new society,
and if the government intended to give a constita'aen and
the elective franchise to the colony ?
Mr. HAWES replied that a bill for that purpose would
be introductd early next session.
Sir A. CLIFFORD, the Usher of the Black Rod, ap-
peared at the table, at twenty minutes al one o'clock,
and summnned the house to the House of Peers, to hear
her Majesty's speech.
The SPEAKER, who wore his state robes, and the whole
of the membets left the house, accompanied by the Sergeant-
at-Arms, who wore his collar.
On their return, in about half-an-hour, the SPEAKER
read the royal apeeeb, and the members separated.