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London, England, 1839-08-02 00:00:00

Judges sitting in that House, and he must object to this
capricious mode of legislation.--( Cheers.)
Mr. C. BULLER said the exclusion of Judges from
Parliament was grounded upon the desire to uphold the
character of the Judges, who should be kept aloof from
politics altogether, but be could not attach any importance
to the arguments used as to the character of the peculiar
constituency they represented. He agreed with the Hon.
Member for Wolverhampton, that all the arguments
equally applied to the sitting of the Judges in the House
of Lords, and of the inconvenience of this they had re-
cently had an instance in which a Criminal Judge had been
a party leader in the other House, but he protested against
the application of this principle exclusively to that House.
If they passed this clause they could never again permit a
Master of the Rolls to sit in that House, and he would not
be so uncharitable as to believe that when it was proposed
to apply this principle to the Recorder of London, Hon.
Gentlemen opposite would suddenly lose their horror at
seeing the mixture of judicial and legislatorial functions.
—(Cheers.) He would say apply the principle generally,
but do not take advantage of a proposition for raising a
Judge's salary to make a capricious application of this prin-
ciple to him alone.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HA WE S thought if they admitted the principle
proposed by the Hon. and Learned Member for the Tower
Hamlets, they ought to repeal the clause in the Metropo-
litan Police Act excluding the Commissioners of Police
from a seat in that House; but he considered it was com-
petent in that House to impose disqualification in any office.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said after the charge the
Hon. Member had made in his motion, he considered
the House was about to adopt a very partial course.
Let them have a Bill excluding generally all persons
holding judicial offices ; but to pass a law excluding the
Judge of Admiralty, while the Recorders of London and
Dublin were permitted to sit in that House, was a partial,
he had almost said a party measure.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. HUME said, if he could, he would exclude all
judicial officers from the House.
The Committee then divided, when there appeared—
For Mr. Hume's motion 5l
Against it

Majority against the proviso
The first clause was then agreed to.
On clase 2 being agreed to,
Mr. WILLIAMS proposed to omit the proviso at the
end of it.
The Committee divided upon the question. There were—
For the proviso 75
Against it
Majority
Clauses 3 and 4 were next agreed to.
Mr. WILLIAMS proposed that clause 5, which pro-
vides a retired allowance, be struck out.
After a few words from Mr. HUME and Mr. C.
WOOD,
The Committee divided, when there appeared—
For the clause
Against it 3
Majority for the clause —6s
The clause was then agreed to.
The remaining clauses in the Bill were agreed to with
a few verbal amendments.

Sir J. GRAHAM proposed a clause, rendering illegal
the assignment of salvage money by seamen.
Mr. C. WOOD thought the clause would be produc-
tive of much good, and he would therefore give it his
support.
Mr. WARBU RT 0 N doubted whether the clause would
have the effect intended. He thought it was calculated
to prejudice the parties it was intended to serve.
Sir S. LUSHINGTON thought the clause essentially
necessary, not only for the interest of seamen but the
public at large.
The clause was then agreed to.
Mr. HUME proposed a clause to the effect that per-
sons having taken the degree of Doctor of Laws in the
University of London might be admitted to practise in
the Admiralty Court, in the same manner as those who
had obtained similar degrees from the Universities of
Oxford and Cambridge.
Sir R. INGLIS objected to the clause, and if he was
not successful in his opposition to it, he felt bound to
express a hope that it would be thrown out in another
place.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
Committee divided, when there appeared—
For the clause
Against it 0
Majority —67
The clause was then agreed to, and the House resumed.