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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

- ttriSe OF LORDS—Oreolutseerv, Wawa M.
In` et Scotch Appeal Cause, Wiley o. Wyte,
the Lotd*Chancellor pronounced the Judgment of
their Lordships, affirming the original Decree.
Mr. Wilberforce, lard Howick, and a consider-
able deputation from the Commons, brought up the
Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade ; the
Sugar Drawback and Beuntie, Bill, the New Provi-
dence Salt Exportation Bill, and three private Bills,
which, with the exception of the Slave TraJe Abo-
lition Kill, were severally read a first time.
The Earl of AYLESEORD (white wand) ac-
queinted the House, that the Resolutions, respeaing
the decision of their Lordships upon the claim to
the Peerage of (toward de Walden, had been corn-
muiticated to His Majesty, who was pl. as 4:1 in
answer thereto to say, that he should take it into
his most gracious consideration.
• Mr. Johnston presented, at the Bar of the House,
the Fifth Report of the Cimmissioners of In-
silty in Ireland; which was ordered to lie on the
Lore GRENVILLE presented several papers re-
lative ro the Mutiny Bill, which were ordered to be
united.
SLAVE TRADE. •-
His Lisrdship then observed, that an Aft origi-
tiding in teat House had been returned from the
Commons--he meant the Bill for the Abolition of
4e Slave Trade, with severe! Amendments, not at
all altering the piincip"e of the Bill, but such as he
tooted, upon set ious consideration, would meet
wife their Lordships' concurrence; in order, there.
fore, to give the house a full opportunity of can-
sideung the matter, he moved—.• That the Bill,
together with the Ameudaseeth be printed, and
taken into consideration (if printed) on Monday
next."—OreltreJ.
sex, tent JUISCATURE.
His Lordship then adverted to the Bill for the
better reteeeting the Courts of Seteland. He said,
it was a mea.ure of greet importance. and required
their 10/11,4t delibet anon and Care. The alterations
proerised to or• .node in the Judicature of that part
pf the Unites El:geom. were large and extensive,
Ind the difficulties to be surmounted, by excluding
the one pert, or adopting another part of the Bill,
were very considerable. Great advantage, there-
for-, might arise from deliberant:B fully and ma-
turely upon this subj.& ; and aecindiag to what had
been suggested by a No Ae.j.,ord (Eldon) upon a
former night, for type:ad she Bel iron two or
m is parts, he was strongly impressed with the ex-
pediency of such a measure For these reasons,
also, he a ished• the tune of deliberation upon at
sheulsf be extended, and whatever objetlioss had
been made, wereto be mate t ethe measure, his
ip bad no hesitation in saying, her more
col tnicnce in the eeueficiel operations of this Bill,
than any he had the honour of bringing forward
fair bome time. He, therefore, meant to propose,
that the Committee should be instruaed to divide '
the Ball into such earth as shell be found expedient ;
at il.e same tune, be wished to be understood. that
they were net to reject any one part of the Bill in
paiticuLue but hoped the House would proceed
equally a iih both parts He concluded by moving,
Zelhat the Order of the Day for going into the
Committee, should be discharged, sag asp/mimed
for Monday nextt
Lord ELDON thanked the Noble Been for
the very great attention he had paid to this suhjett
and declared. that the opposition he hail already
given to this Bill, was from a conviaion, in his own
mind, of the great difficulty of t':e subje&. He
again deprecated the idea of attempting to intio-
duce the I liAlby hay, in Civil Cases, into Scotland,
in the first inseam.. unless the voice of the public
were with it; as it wouldbe subversive of the bene-
fit. it was intended to bestow in the administration
of justice in that part of the United Kingdom.
Lord e.RSK IN E said, he hoped at a future pe-
riod of their Lordships' proceeding upon this mea-
sure, to convince the House, that the difficulties in
introduting Trial by Jury, into Scotland, were by
no means so great as was imagined ; and with re-
gard to the technical forms of summoning a Jury,
and the like, the more he looked at it, the more
simele and praaicable it appeard to him.
Lord MELVILLE advised the House to look at
the measure, windy and seriously, before they
would adopt any plan ; at the same time, his Lord-
ship was clearly of opinion, that if the Court of
session could be divided into two or more Courts,
consistent with the Articles of Union, it would be
higlily advisable • and recommended, that the
Outer and loner Chambers should be so regulated
as to have the whole responsibility fall upon certain
• of the Judges presiding in these Courts.
The Doke of NIONTROSE concurred with the
Noble Lord who spoke last; but thought the disizion
of the Court, into Two Chambers, would be more
eligible than into Three.
Lord LAUDERDALE thought it was impos-
sible to enter into a discussion of whether one plan
or another was the most expedient. We had ex-
perienced the benefit of three Courts in this country
for many years, and it might go forth to the pub-
lic, that in framing this Bill due attention was nut
given to that part of the subject.
Lord REDESDALE was of opinion, that some
means might be found nut to divide the legal from
the equitatle jurisdietion ; and some simple mode of
proceeding might be adopted to introduce the 'Trial
by Juty at some future period.
Lord HOLLAND thought the Noble and,
Learned Lord (Redesdale) had mistaken the future
operation of the Bill ; and some Noble and Learned
Lids had mistaken lel the Scotch writers on this
the Judges were converting them-
: judicial into a legislative body.
in conclusion, cautioned their Lord-
coafounding together the equity of
that of England.
tN, in an explanation of some lees h,
ocular laws in Scotland, where it had
that it was not enough to comply
Parliament, but to obey the law.
AIRD earnestly entreated, that the
take care that the Court of Session
the power, and extend the law be-
at it.
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