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PAR LI4IIIENTA R r INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, TA:I9DAT, Jaitz 23.

Lord LYNEDOCif said. that although it was with extreme re-
Itietance he always addressed their Lordthips, be could not Ise
the present Session go by without calling their attention to a sob.
fact of some importance. He had recently happened to spend a few
days at Windsor, and saw the exertions that were there making to
tontore that magnificent seat ni our 31onarchs to is original sp.en.
dor; but he conceived there was the strongest reason to alter the
appearance of some of the property about the Castle, because the
state of that property was in some cases such as to mu its effect.
He had mentioned this circonstanoe in one or two preteens of his
Majesty's Government, and he had been told that such an Act
would be impossible, because it would be so unpopular. Now in
all cases of great improvement it was found necessary to trench in
NON degree upon private property, and for such an object as the
110 e he alluded to it would be impossible that an Act of Parliament.
which gave a limited power over property, when such an Act was
accessary to preserve the splendor of that ancient monarchical seat,
could be unpopular. In its neighbourhood there were many roads,
trees, and cottages, which he conceived ought to be altered or t►
moved, and without doing which all the present exertions to ins.
prove would be rendered nugatory. He would not, however, make
this subject the ground of any motion.
Mr. Spring Rice, and other Members of the House of Commons,
brought up a request 'for the further evidence taken before a Corn-
mime of their Lordships on the state of Ireland.
Mr. Brogdep, and other Members of the House of CATtnang,
brought up the Passage 'Vessels Bill, the Newspaper Act Amend.
meat Bill, the Smuggling Prevention Bill, the British Possessions
Trade Regulation Bill, the General Warehousing Bill, the Glebe
hands Bill. the Christ's Hospital Bill, the Bartholomew Hospital
Bill, the Isle of Man Trade Regulation BiA, the Customs Ilveu-
lation Bill, and several Private Bilk, which were read a fort time.
Mr. Tomlin, prevented Annum, feats the CuPwsn lifjp
white to Snipping and Ncsigation. "*!
A POT!' ECA.RfES BILL.
Lord MELVILLE prescribed a petition from the Royal College
and Corporation of Surgeons of Etlinbu rg,h egainet the Apetheca-
rift BilL—Laid on the table.

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The Marquis of LANSDOWN Moved that a message he sent
io the House of Commons, requesting* copy of the Report of the
Committee on the Combination Laws doting the present Session._
Ordered.

WRITTS OF ERROR BILL.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL mowed the second reading of tljte
%Veit* of Lrmr Bill. The Noble Earl said that it was nem...,
:or him to make but a few observations in recommending thiq Bill
to their Lordship'. Its importance might be provediby one vharr
fact : of 1.197 writs of error that had been issued, 1,111.5 had not
been followed up, or in any way acted-upon. The practice of aim-
' lishing writs of error had already occurred in the Court of the
County, Palatine of Lancaster, and had been successfully acted
upon there.
The LOUD CHANCELL9R observed, that the abolition of an
evil was not necessarily the creation of a good. In abolisbirg this
usage, which had been stigmatised as evil. he waa COnaineed a
4water evil would be produced than the evil it removed. He was
certain Oat If judgment by default,' and writ of error, were taker
'way, the defendant who was not allowed se to plead, would plead
the general issue, and what would be the consequence but an in-
ermse of expense and greater delay ? It was better to let the old
practice prevail, such, at least, had been the opir.ion of all the
great legal authorities with whom he had been acquainted for the
last forty years.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that if the Bill went into a
Committee, he should move an amendment to the clause relative to
compensation.

The IlilllTas then read a second time.
BUBBLE ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the second ratting of the
Bubble Act Amendment Rill.

The Earl if LAUDERDALE opposed the Bill, on the ground
that it encouraged monopolies which were destructive to individual
enterprise.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that the law which this Bill
repealed, viz. the 6th of George I. was a dead letter; and no convic-
tion had taken place upon it for one hundred years past. He, for
his part, had no objection to joint-stock companies, but he did not
think it right to give them special advantages. He saw no reason
why persons should not lay out their money, collectively as well as
individually..to their own advantage. The less that Parliament in.
terfered with such companies the better, without lessening the au-
thority of Parliament. He thought the wiser plan would be. to
discourage any interference on its part, and to encourage the prin.
cipleof charter. The object of the Bill was to repeal the Act, which
ought not to remain any longer on the Statute Book, and to em-
power the Crown to grant ckarters with less restrictions than
heretofore.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the principle on which
the Bill was founded was not to grant any more I'ariiamentary
favours. lie agreed with his Nuble Friend, that the power of
the Crown to grant charters, ought to be more large than it had
been ; hut he wished to guard the public against thinking that
this Bill, which repealed the Act of 6 George I. at all affected the
common law of the country; and he should, at some future stage of
the Bill, propose a clause to make this nicer clear.
'Earl a krIVARACOL aadds,tosaa—llß '.104 reAr
floe er the introdusrtion of such a dame% thee ft was torn es
dangerous to endeavour to make that which was clear appear
more clear. He was afraid it might be taken as a precedent in
future.

The LORD CHANCELLOR explained.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE explained. It was merely
supposed, he said, by the public, that the 6th Gao. I. was the only
bar to the formation of john-stock companies. Now be wished
them to he disabused of that idea, and know that joint stock com-
panies were still subject to the common law.
The Ma►quis of LANSDOWN, in adverting to the principle on
which joint-stock companies should be formed, thought it highly
expedient that their emetics should be by charter from the Crown,
provided the Crown did not grant any exclusive privileges to them,
or limit their liability—a circumstance which more titan any other
would have the elrxt of creating monopolies, would lead to bad
consequences, and be productive of serious loss to private persons.
Such a power as that he was sure no man could wish to common'.
cate to the Crown, without having it in some measure nncier the
control of Parliament. Most certainly the granting to joint-stock
companies a qualified chance, with restrictions, was the power he
would wish the Crown to exercise. In other special cases the Par-
liament should decide.

Lord LIVERPOOL said the power of granting charters had
always been part of the prerogative of the Crown it had always
been exercised with the Inmost caution, and would, he was con
yinced, be used with more precaution after the passing of this Bill
than before. (Hear, hear.) If their Lordships looked back, they
would find that in the cases of charters granted by the Crown,
without liability, scarcely a single abuse had been committed,—'
whilst, on the other hand, two-tairds of those founded by Act of
Parliament had been abused. The granting of qualified charters
under the present Bill, though it did not take away the original
power of the Crown, would tend much to limit its exercise.
The Bill was then read a second time.
APPEALS.

Lord LIVERPOOL gaveno- tie; that he would on Friday next
submit a motion to the House, on the subject of its Appel'ate Ju.
risdiction, with a view to consider bow the present system worked.
Several Bills were then forwarded thmugli their respective stages,
and the House adjourned at seven o'clock.