The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-14 00:00:00

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

. . ,
Lord WYNFORD,' with a view to carrying into
effect at some future period, the recommendation
contained in the Speech from the Throne, at the
opening of the present, Session, that Parliament
should upply itself to the amendment, of; the Ad!,
ministration of Justice, moved for a variety of Ac!!'
counts, to show tge state of business during the last,
ten'years in the Privy Council, and
.the .Courts of,
Equity and Common Lew in the United Kingdom'
Earl BATHURST stated the reasons which,
would render it difficult to make the returns from;
the Privy Council; and Lord TENTE4DEN
which would impede those from the Courts of
Common Law.
The:LORD, CHANCELLOR said, that all the',
information which his Noble and Learned Friend re-
quired respecting the'Court Of Chancery was already
on the table of the other House, • and could be ob-
tained by an application ' from their Lordohir,
without the saci ince of thue, labotir, and expellee,
which would attend a renewed prejierution of it.
Earl ELDON observed, that the furnishing of re-
turns, such as these, was one of the train cause-110i
the delays so loudly complained of in the Court of,
Chancery.

The CORD CHANCELLOR begged to add.rol
what he had already stated, that in the Report' eij
the CommissiOners on the Common Law, there wag,
an appendix, containing ell the information on Owl
point desired by his Noble and Learned Friend.
I WyNFORD expressed surprise at !nil
Noble Leinned Fiknd's statement, as be must knowi

t hat the infohnation contained in that shape could
not be acted. upon. _

1 The Earl 01 SHAFTESBURY and Lord HOLLAND
both said that any information on the table of either
!louse of Parliament could be acred upon.
Lord WYNFORD remarked that if the Report
in question could be acted oni still it did not contain
all the information that he wanted.

The motion was then agreed to.
FORGERY BILL.

On the motion for the third reading of the Forgery
I3i

Lord HOLLAND, in compliance with tbenoticc
which he bad given in the early part of the evening,
moved the re-commitment of the Dill.

The motion was negatived without a division.

Lord WYNFORD proposed to make the forgery
of the attestation of a power of attorney a capital
offence.

The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that
that would be contrary to the spirit of the Bill--4he
object of which was to mitigate, not to increase the
severity of the law.
Lord WYNFORD denied that such was his in-
tention ; but, after a few words from Lord TEM'Ett-
DEN, withdrew his proposition.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed, that
as the Bill would in ail probability again become Ow
;subject of consideration in the next Session, it would
be important, should the punishment of death for,
forgery be eventually abolished, to enter into an iu
quay as to the nature of secondary punishments,
to the expediency of selecting some other place than,
New Holland for the transportation of offenders, and
as to the policy of giving the Judges the power of
sentencing either to hard labour, solitary confine
,meat, or transportation to any place they thought
proper.

7 The Earl of HARROWBY trusted that the sub.
ject of secondary punishments for forgery would at
F ome future day be taken into serious consideration
There was one particular punishment which
occurred to him as one peculiarly applicable to thi,
;)tience. It was a punishment which the law bad
reserved fur only a few cases. He meant the
lory. He had merely thrown his mite into the,
treasury of geueral opinions on this subject, and left
it for their Lordships' consideration.
The Bill was then road a third time and passed.