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London, England, 1821-05-05 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OP LORDS, Faunal', Malt 4.
Their Lordships met at ten o'clock to bear appeal..
Hteton, Appellant ; the Marquis of QUILSIIIItIIIY,
Respondent.
This was an appeal from the decision of the Court of
Session (Scotland).
Mr. Montrieff was heard eat fur the appellant.—Further
Ikearing• postponed.
DIVORCE DILL.
OLSRAWLST ti, BLERAWLEIN
Further evidence was received in support of the teemed
reading of the Bill.
Os the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR the evi-
dence was ordered to be printed.
Furlier consideration postponed.
Mr. Smith, (rows the C.onimistioners of Richmond Bridge,
presented the rash acorns( of the Consasissiouers fur the
year 1840.—Laid on the Wile.
Mr. Start, from the Castom.lrousr, presented so uremia
of all Eftlish and Irish goods exporisel to Russia up to the
latest period the scrotum mold be made op.—Laid on the
lb. Walpole, from the Treasury, presented an gement of
the notional debt, from the year 17118 le the Pretest year.
on the table.
rateount SIDMOUVH pressek•l papers relative to the
Treadebetween the East Indies mit Chive" warding to their
LoralebiKorder..-Laid on the table.
COURTS OP JUSTICE (Noma ND) REGULATION
BILL.
The Earl of DONOUGHIKORE presented • Petition
front certain Attorneys in Ireland against the above Bill.
He stated that it was signed by perawas of the greatest re-
' spectabUity in the profession, sod be knew they were so
frost his own personal observation,
The Earl of LI M ERICK objected to the Petition beige's.
oohed, as it was the Petition of iaterested persona, who
Masi OMeers of the Court, and the purport of the Bill
nap, that the mode of their nests beisg *axed should be
easienulated to the Courts of England.
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE denied that it was the
Petition of the Officers of the Courts, as it was bona fide
the Petition of certain Atteroeys wbu practised in the
Courts.—(A laugh.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the intent of the
Bill was, that Attorneys Bills of Costs is Inked should be
taxed in the same way as they were in England, and if it
was a wholesome regulation is one country, its influence
being extended to the other could not carry with it con.
tagion.
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE said, as the Petition
had been put into his hands he considered it his duty to
present it ; but, if the sense of their Lordships wt. against
its being laid on the table, it was sot his wish to press il.
He would therefore, with their Lordships pernsission, with-
draw the Petition.
The Petition was withdraws.
On the motion of the Earl of LIMERICK, tite Irish
Lunatics Asylum Bill was read a second time, sad ordered
to be committed on Monday sear.
BANK RESUMPTION OF CASH PAYMENTS. BILL.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the third read-
ing of this Bill,. and observed, in doing so, :'se did
not think it necessary to occupy the lime of their
Lordships by tiny remarks of his on the in trite of
it. It inuvt he in the recollection of their Lord-
ships that the Bank was restricted by zi late Act
of Parliament from paying iu specie until the
month of May, JOIN. When that Act plowed it
was a most necessary provision, but ounce that
period a great change had taken plat 'e In the
motley market, and of course in the corcu Instances
I of the Book, which eushled them now to niume
cash payment., by paying off their I/. notes in
specie. The present Bill was to eatable them to
110 so, it would be a very greet incoc.venience
both to the public and the Bank, if thin pt rmissive
power was not given, and he was not swore of any
solid olijectiuti that could be made to it.
The Marquis of LA NIDOW N said, he did not
rise for the purpose of op9oring the Bill, but 11e
considered he would not be doing his dutv if he
allowed it to be read a third time, without saakiug
such tobservat Bas had occurred to him to be cor-
rect on u subject of' such great public importance.
lie ores ready to agree, that it was most de-irable
that the Hank should he enabled to pay o& their
1/. notes in specie. He was perfectly swore that
the Bill before their Lordships was nothing more
titan a permissive measure to enable the Bank
to pay seine part of its circulation in metal, and
that tt by no means was intended to decide
upon the superiority of paper and metal over
each other as u general currency. For his own
part lie hod, from former pmettetlinge, contracted
an opinion which subsequent experieuee and events
had gives him no reason to alters which was,
that, provided due restraints were put to limit
the issues, a currency of paper and metal was
preferable to one of the precious petals only,
and that the less of the precious metals there re-
mained in the hands of the Bank the better for the
country, because then would be po much wore