The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-08 00:00:00

IRISH PATRONAGE.

Mr. J. FITZGERALD moved for a return of the
names of the several persons who, since the Ist day of
January, 1843, have been appointed to fill judicial offices,
or the office of Attorney or Solicitor General, in any of
her Majesty's colonial possessions, or in any of her Ma-
jesty's possessions in India, not being natives of India,
with the title of the office, the salary and emoluments
annexed thereto, and also distinguishing to which bar,
whether English, Irish, Scotch, Colonial, or Indian,
. h person so appointed had previously belonged.—
Agreed to.

nSmlith:ere RIFF COURTS IN SCOTLAND.
Mr. CRAITFURD moved for leave to bring in a bill
tfioerethie sshpeertir c
edy and effectual administration of jus-
ourts in Scotland. The measure
proposed by the Lord
Advocate had not met with the
approval of either the
The great flaw in the press or the people of Scotland.
gentleman was the systemmaintenance proposed by the right hon.
an
nanee of the system of double '
.appeal from a local judge,
Sheriffs, and of allowing
evidence, to a judge who had
, or:lbevyentililioew the trial had been
on a written statement of e
bill, to abolish the
andare to establish, in-
stead .:1 friend had re-
ferrednot heard the witnesses
conducted. H e proposed
the
muchcommissionsof 1818 and
office of Sheriff and Deputy Shueriisffie
reliance in those
Whichre:
of them, local judges.
placealace
32 ;butto thhee
driedponrtots
ports. Changes .had since occurred in England
rendered change in the Scotch courts necessary,
The only lawyer who had raised his voice in that ouse
in support of County Courts, was the present Attorney.
General, and that led him to hoe that the present Q.
vernment would not oppose so useful a measure.
Mr. MACGREGOR considered that the honourab

gentleman had rightly expressed the opinion of the
great majority of the Scotch people, now there was much
good in the bill of the Lord Advocate, but it would
not give satisfaction in Scotland. What was really re-
quired was to put the local courts of Scotland on the
same footing as the county courts in England. Nothing
short of this would be satisfactory, and he should sup-
port the bill of his hon. friend. No other people but
the Scotch would so long have submitted to such an un-
just system as the present one, he should second the
measure.

The LORD ADVOCATE did not intend to oppose
the measure now before the house, but he considered
that his hon. friend might have postponed his measure.
He must however say that he did not think that the bill
of his hon. friend could be called a step in the right
direction of reform but rather of a mischievous tendency.
(Hear, hear.) The system of having one judge in
each county, with a power of appeal to a !judge in
Edinburgh, was a great blessing to the country.
He could not agree with the learned member for Glas-
gow, that the system of law in Scotland was inferior to
that in England ; on the contrary, it was his opinion
that it was much more clear and simple. The sheriff
in Scotland was not a mere local judge ; their juris-
diction involved cases of a much larger amount than
501., and how could these cases be disposed of under the
system proposed by his honourable friend. (Hear,
hear.) It was contrary to the fact to say that the
appointment to the office of sheriff was independent
of merit, and it was not most certainly a sinecure. Lord
Campbell, when Attorney-General, had expressed his
opinion that it would be injurious to alter the system of
the Sheriffs Court ; and his opinion on such a subject
was worthy of consideration. He was not prepared to
adopt the bill which his learned friend wished to
bring in. _ _ _

Mr. HUME was surprised at the speech of the
Lord Advocate. He had heard, in his day, encomiums
upon the Court of Chancery, but he had lived to hear
those encomiums retracted. The Sheriff's Courts of
Scotland were little better than the Court of Chancery
was some time ago, and it was high time that they
were reformed.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

ELECTION COMMITTEES-•(THIS DAY.)

( Continued from our First Edition.)

SOUTHAMPTON.

A considerable number of other non-resident voters
were then called, but their evidence only went to show
that they had received letters from the Liberal agents,
stating that their travelling expenses would be paid if
they came and voted, and that, after polling, they re-
ceived sums varying from 1/. to 3/. 10s. on the account
of those expenses. An attempt was made to show that
extravagant allowances were given to the voters in this
respect ; but most of the witnesses declared that they
were out of pocket, notwithstanding the sums they re-
ceived.

In the course of their examination,

The Chairman observed, that it seemed that several.
of the witnesses did not get sufficient to cover their out-
lay.

Mr. Alexander said, however that might be, he should
contend that allowances in respect of travelling were

The committee adjourned at four o'clock until 11 to-
marrow. •

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MARcn 8.

Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thursday
next, the 10th inst., for his late Royal Highness the Grand
Duke of Oldenburg, viz. :
The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen,
white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white
shoes, fans and tippets.
The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or
plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the mourning on Sunday next, the
13th instant, viz.: -
The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured rib-
bons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold,
or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons.

The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or whito and gold, or white and silver stuff waist-
coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.

And on Thursday, the 17th instant, the Court to go out
of mourning.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 17.

Notice is hereby given that his Royal Highness Prince
Albert will, by the desire of her Majesty, hold a levee at
St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednes-
day, 9th March next, at two o'clock.
It Is her Majesty's pleasure that presentations to his
Royal Highness at the levee shall be considered equivalent
to presentation to the Queen.
Addresses to the Queen may either be forwarded to Her
Majesty through the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, or may be reserved until her Majesty shall hold
a levee.