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London, England, 1837-12-12 00:00:00

tory proceedings of the Sessions Court in Scotland. They
had a discussion a few days ago about the Danish claims, and
he thought that they would find money enough to satisfy those
claims within five years, if they appropriated to that purpose
the salaries of the useless Judges in Scotlar.d. They were to
have a Committee upon the Pension List, but they ought to
have a Committee to inquire into the sinecure offices of the
Judges of the County Courts in Scotland, as well as to those
who were not required in the Court of Session. There were
in all fourteen Judges who did not sit more than five months
in the year, not longer, on the average, than two hours a-day,
during that period. These Judges were, moreover, far ad-
vanced in life. One of them was between eighty and ninety
years of age, and the others were of far advanced years.
The statement of the present petitioner was, that he was an
inhabitant of Upper Canada, and that the lawsuit which
brought him over to this country had been pending for four
years, and that he suffered great inconvenience and Injury from
the dilatoriness of these proceedings. He had had reason to
expect a trial of his case during the Christmas recess, but he
now found that the trial was to be postponed to March next,
which would make it altogether four years since the commence-
ment of the proceedings. This delay wes the more extraordi-
!lag as in criminal cases they had a very efficient and prompt
jurisdiction. The Honourable Member proceeded to complain
that, though a law commission for Scotland had now been
sitting for several years, yet they had only made two reports,
although so far back as February, 1837, they had been pro-
mised another report, which had not yet made its appearance.
He concluded by giving notice that he should move that
the present law commission for Scotland should be dissonti•
nued, and that it should be referred to a Select Committee to
inquire into the nature of the jurisdiction of the Civil Courts
in Scotland.
Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adjournment of the
House.
The LORD ADVOCATE said, the Hon. Member was
quite mistaken in his statement respecting sinecure Judges.
There was one eminent Judge of great age, but remarkable
for preserving undiminished his great powers, and that Judge,
feeling himself perfectly able to do so, still continued in the
performance of his duties. He did not think that whilst a
Judge was competent to the discharge of his duties he should
be expected to resign them ; and the Hon. Member ought
also to recollect that when that Judge retired from his office
he would be entitled to a retiring pension. Now, with respect
to these sinecure Judges, he would remind the Hon. Member
that a Select Committee had sat to inquire into the duties and
salaries of those Judges, and that Committee had reported
that those salaries were inadequate. With respect to t
Law Commission, he believed the Commissioners themselves
would be the last to object to be relieved of their duties.
During the whole time they had acted gratuitously, and
whenever their report was laid before the House, he was sure
that it would be found to be a great boon and a great advan-
tage to the country.
The House then adjourned, at Eight o'Clock, to this day.

NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
On the motion of Mr. Bulwer, a Return was ordered " of
the number of Stamps issued by the Stamp- Office for all
Newspapers in Great Britain and Ireland, from 30th June to
Ist November 1837; specifying each Newspaper by name,
and the number of Stamps issued each month during that
period to each Newspaper."

PENSION LIST.-DI

VISION OF FRIDAY.
PAIRS.
Cartwright, W. L.
Ege ton, Sir P. G.
Ashley, Hon. H. A.
Boldero, H. G.
Buller, Sir J. B. Y.
Lowther, Viscount
Arbuthnot, lion. et
Dottin. A. R.
Fox, G. Lane
rdaunt, Sir J.
Vernon, Granville
Bailey, Joseph
Wynn, Sir W. W.
Conte, Sir C.
Hurt, Francis
Owen, Sir J.A
Cripps, J.
Norreys, Lord
Herbert, Sidney
Douro, Marquis of
Blackburne, J. 1.
Burdett, Sir F.
Chishohn, A. W.
Hodgson, F.
Hawk es, T
Cooper E• J.
Kerr, D.
Neeld, Joseph
Freshtield, J.
Jones, Wilson
Cole, Hon. A.
Hill, Sir Rowland
O'Neil, J.
Davenport, J.
Hayes, Sir E. S.
Marsland, T.
Maxwell, H.

LIST 0
klston, Rowland
Acheson, Viscount
Andover, Viscount
Berkeley, Hun. G.
Buller, E.
Butter, Hon. P.
Ilyng,G. S.
Byng, George
Campbell, W. F.
Cave, Otway
Childers, J. W.
Colqulaoun, J. C.
Conyughavo, Lord A.
Chester, H.
Dundas, Hon. T.
Edwards, J.
Etwall, R.
Fazakerley, J. N.
Grosvenor, Lsrd R.
Guest, J. J.
Harland, W. C.
Heron, Sir R.
James, W.
Jervis, J.
Lister, E C.
Martin, Thomas
O'Connor Don
Phillips, Sir It. T. B.
Poulter, J. S.
Turner, E
Vivian, C. C.
Spiels, Alexander
Walker, C. A.
White, Colonel H.
White, Samuel
White, Luke
Westenra, H. R.

ABI
Aglionley, Major
Archdall, General
B.ring, W. B.
Bodkin, John James
Brabazon, Lord
Bat esen, Sir R
Burroughes, N. N.
Chetwynd, W.
Crewe, Sir G.
Duncombe, A.
Duncombe, W.
Egerton, Lord F.
Euston, Earl et
Farrand, Robert
Forbes, W.
Fitzgibbon, Hon B.

ENT WITHOUT PA
Fitzpatrick, John
Fitzsimon, N.
Geary, Sir W.
Godson, R.
Gore, 0. J. R.
Gore, O.IIW.
liaise, James
Harcourt, G. G.
Heathcote, Sir G.
Heathcote, G. J.
Howard, R.
Howard, W
Ingham, Robert
Jones, John '
Langton, Col. (1.
Long, W.

RS.
Marsland, H.
Moreton, Hen. A. H
Noel, Sir Gerard
'ird, %V.
Power, John
Rae, sir William
!tippet', C.
Shelburn, Lord
Slaney, It
Spry, Sir S. I'.
Stormont, Lord
'Trevor, lien. A.
Weinyss, Cap'ain
Whitmore, 'l'. C.
‘,‘ ilkins, \V.

THE CIVIL LIST.

The following Resolutions are to be moved this night in the
House of Commons, in the Select Committee on the Civil
List:—
" That, for the support of her Majesty's Household, and of
the honour and dignity of the Crown, there be granted to her
Majesty duriug her life a net yearly revenue of 385,0001.,
together with the further yearly sum of 10,000/. for her Ma.
jesty's Home Secret Services, and that the same shall com-
mence from the day of the demise of his late Majesty, and
shall be charged upon and made payable out of the Consoli-
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land ; and that there shall also be charged upon and paid out
of the Consolidated Fund, such an annual sum as may be
necessary to defray the charge of such Pensions as Her Ma-
jesty shall be pleased to grant on her Civil List, to the extent
of 1,2001., for each and every successive year of her Majesty's

reign.
" That all the hereditary rates, duties, payments, and rove..
nues in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, and also
the small branches of the hereditary revenue and the here-
ditary casual revenues arising from any Droits of Admiralty,
or Droits of the Crown, or from the Four-and a- Half per
Cent. duties, and from the surplus revenues of Gibraltar, or
any other possessions of her Majesty out of the United King.
dom, and from all other casual revenues arising either in the
foreign possessions of her Majesty or in the United Kingdom,
which at the time of the demise of his late Majesty King Wil-
liam the Fourth, made part of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, shall during the life of her present Ma-
jesty (whom God long preserve) be carried to and made
part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland.

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