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and of rezlanti extremely well--!int il was Istanitaisiog that
the Noble Lord. who was 'opposed to he acquainted with
the Law of Scotland, shillala have ensile smell a *oatmeal?.
Lord A. Ilswitseoe--" I never said such was nut the raw.
I regretted it was so. 1 lauseuted the fact. I did not alis•
putt il."
The LORD A Deny aTe of Senee..to n--The Curvets below
decided that the MONICA of and 1693, Entitle the
power 'deigning the Magistrates of Royal Burghs to account
its the Cturt of Exch. quer, were is &peruser. The first
was derided in 1774, in ■ case from the Burgh of kino-
loot §—the around, in I.:SS, in a case from the Burgh of
Lhooluirion. The Noble Lord complained, that, its come.
gaselier of his (the Loral Advuente's) delay, the Petitioners
were presented from Itriutring forward a meteoric to remedy
all their grirvaiires. The statement was unfounded—fur, in
the rely tint week of the Seat tttttt lie gave notice that his
measure would gu to enable the Itnyal Burghs of Scotland
to briar Magistrates to scerier, lost not to alter the consti-
tution of thaw. Burghs, which had existed fur several hun-
dred years. Those pertains were therefore warned that the
niessitre wnnhl be of a limited nature, and they had an op,
portuirity of getting the Noble Lord to bring forward a 11511
more caressive in its uperstiot. The Noble Lord had min.
represented him in another point. He never haul insi-
nuated, or sesertell, that •so far as the revenues of
the Royal Burghs were citacteseal, they had nothing
to complain of. But be did say, mid be would re-
peat, that, with respect to Parliamentary representation,
neither the Noble Lord nor any other person could bring
fireweed a Melltelre that %Weld apply to all she Royal Burghs,
flukes he abrogated their Chariest. It might he applicable
to one or two of them, bet would not answer for the rest.
As to the Notate Lord's interrogatory with respect to the
progress of the Bill, it was his intention In move, that it he
brought in this night, read a first time, need printed,
and that it should lie 'over for three weeks. But he
hail no wish le press Ron the Honse--and, if the Noble
Lord, or dime whonsile•might think proper to send it to,
wished it to go over till the next Session, he should nut
object In Ilse postponemeist.
Sir J. Newsome biped, after the strong charge of ig-
noranee that had been made against him—not fur what
he said, but fur what it was supposed he intended to
say—he might be permitted to make a few observations.
llualoultledly his countenance did express some surprise,
whit' he heard the proposition of the Learned Lord, that
laws existing on the statute bank were inoperative. Neither
could he stow, even after the expressed opinion of the Judges
of Scotland, repress that astoutthtnent, which the Learned
Lord had denominated iviorassee. He recollected when a
Gentleman in the Conti of King's Beech in Ireland asserted
that a certain law, then on the Statute book, was mit opera.
tire, a Learned Judge, Lord Kilwarden, whose authority
was as good as that of the Scotch Judge, denied the position.
He said " if such a law were brought before the Court, it
was binding on the Court." Sorely it was Ana the Courts
of Law, but the Legislature, who wile 10 decide whether a
teatime was hintlino on the people or nut. He hid nut for
many years practised in the profiimitin to whirls he was trio-
rated—hut he believed he was as old a precut' er in the
CAnsrts of his own coudtry, as the Learned Lord was in those
of his—and, in his pitafestional studies, he learned that
the Legislature alone haul a right to repeal laws. If
a different system prevailed in Scotland, it ought to be
made the subject of investigation by the Legislature.
With respect to the Rill, lie conceived that it would leave
the control of the revenues with that body whose abuses it
was intended to correct.
The LORD ADVOCATE of ScerrLaun did not insinuate
that the Bottum able Baronet was ignorant of the law of
England or Ireland. He believed he was fully master of the
laws of both countries, mid it was uu reproach to him that be
was not equally well acquainted with the law of Scotland.
He therefore had slistinguisheal him from the Noble Lord, who
did know them, and who vet appeared to fall into an error.
The Learned Lord again repeated lair statement that certain
statutes in Scot laud were in a stale of abeyance--aud con-
cluded by observing, that the control would nut remain with
the Magistrate, sauce the Burgessesat large would have an
opportunity Ile looking at the acconsits, and the Magi-
strates would ha: compelled to tend theist to the Court of
Exelirgner.
Mr. I:mum was of opinion that the Bill would he of no
use at all, if it only compelled Magistrate.' to send their
accounts to she Court of Exchequer. He wished that pub.
!icily should be given to the accounts. If they were to tell
the Burgesses that redress was wily to be bad in a Court of
Law, they would, in all probability, reject the remedy, as
Wag worse thou the disease.
The LORD ADVOCATC Or SCOTLAND said, be had distinct-
ly slated, that, indepencleot of the accounts being sent In
the Court of Exchequer, they were to lie open for the in-
spection of aU the Burgesses of the Burghs to which they
belonged.
Leave was (ben given to bring in the Bill. The Lord
Advocate of Stationed soon afterwaids brought it up, whets
it was 'watt a first time, ordered to be piloted, and to he
read a sec I time this day three weeks.
Mr. LestiteGeost moved that au Address be presented to
the Prince Regent, praying that there he laid before the
House a Copy of the last Report to the Secretary of State,
from the National V•ceine FAtablishment.—Agreed tn.
General THORNTON put oil, till the 25th of April, his
motto.,, for the repeal of cyst:tin parts of the 4511 s and 3111,
of Charles 11. relative to transithstaustiatiuts--hut which
repeal would out affect the oaths of abjuration and supre-
macy.
Adjourued till Monday.