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very high Office, and in point of precedence,
fo'ke.place of some of the Judges, he should pro-
pose"Allat the annual sum to be allowed this Offi.
cer, should be 35001. which wag 5001. a.yitr'sore
than that of the Yu si Judgelx4 is Having
made a Motion to this effea, and also that 11
MAjEcTY be empoifered to give to the—dffiee
of Master of the Rolls, several of the Judicial
powers now held by the lord Chancellor of
Ireland,

Pt. LA 1910NCE said,, that he, had n 9 oh-
jeCtion to the Cluantunv of. Salary proposed. to
this Officer, but he apprehended oticlreat ktigon.
vtnience would result frorn.the othir pat, of the
Motion, as he feared it would render another
groat office (that of Lord Chancellor of;lieland)
almost a sinecure, and that if. the &it/ bf this
great Officer caused him to divide his time be.
twoen this Country and Ireland, it misfit evontu.
`ally lead to putting the office itself into commis-
sion. In cases of this nature, ho - thought it
was incumbent upon every man to make his
eledion, whether he considered his duty rervirin4e
his residing in this Country,to be superior to, his
Official duties in Ireland,

Lord C4STLEREA GE said, that his Motion
was not liable to the objeetions which had been
stated by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. It
was, as the Law now stood, compatible for Hrs
MAJESTY to appoint and enable Commissioners
to execute the office of Chancellor of
With regard to the dignified Charaitor who at
present held that high ()face, his talents, adivity,
and assiduity were such, as to glue pledges•to the
Country that, no great danger to the Public inter.
est would occur during his continuance in office.
But perhaps, had it not been for that Istoble
Lord's uncommon abilities, and good constitu-
tion, the interest of fits_ MAjtsty and the Coun.
try would have suffered through the• want of an
efficient Master of the Rolls. The °Ned of the
Hill under consideration- was to
.give to the
Chancellor an Assessor, during the inconvenience
of his temporary absence from Ireland.

Dr, 1, .41PRENCE. saki, it Was not his inten-
tion to oppose the Bill.—There could. be but one
opinion o( the .charatler and 'ability of the
present Lord Chancellor 'of Ireland._ It was
tune, as the Noble Lord had stated, such
Compissiein might
_ now be legally made out
for exeruting, tha t Officer but what he was 'arpre...
f
hensive,nf was;
.that, this Bill would go to give
a Legislative sanOion to a mr4s.ursi which must
be considered to be in itself AC -

The SPE4KEii entered into an explanation
of the nature of the .Official charafter and duties
of the IVlastet of the Rolls in this Country, corn.
pared with .what it was irtlzelitid, and;i4id that
he approved of this - Bill, inasmuch as it went
to give greater dispatch to the busitieii.-of. the
Court of Chancery, and to assimilate the Office
of Master of the Rolls in Ireland to the same
Office in England: Indeed, there was iq this
Bill an.linprovement, annexing to the Office of
'Master of the Rolls in Ireland, a jurisdiaion in
matters of Bankruptcy; much wished to
see also effeEted with-respeettothe Office of Mas-
ter of the Rolls in
Lord CASTLE RE AGH'S Motion was theb-agried
to,, when, the House being resumed, the .iti;nst
was ordered to he received•to morrow. -

The Report of the Committee on the Expiring
Laws-Bill was ordered to be received to-morrow.

Mr. isrEwBoLT gave notice,• that he intended
to make a motion to-morrow, for leave to bring
iii A Bill for more effeaually enforcing the Pay-
ment pr Fines and Penalties,. levied by Jasiices
of the Peace, at the Quartet Sessions.
The Second Report of the Committee was
brought up, who had been appointed to inquire
'what Standing Orders of that House it would be
expedient to extend to Ireland.

The other Orders of the:Day being deferred,
at ~Yive o'Cloak. the *Boise adjourned till to!,
morrow.