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IMPERIAL P4RL/42rIE.N1'.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18.

In the Appeal 't Millie v.-White," on the Motion
or tile Lonp CHANCELLOR, the Judgment of the
Court of Session was affirmed.

Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Beaumont, and several other
Members of the House of Commons, brought up the
Sugar Drawback Bill; the Paddington Canal Coal
Bril, the Bahama Salt Bill, and some Private BUIS;
which were read a first time.

Mr: Johnson, from the Commissioners of Inquiry
in Ireland, presented their Fifth Report ; which was
ordered to lie on the table.

Lord GALNVILLE presented several Papers relating
to the Army, moved 'for on a fortner day which
were ordered to be printed. '

SLAVE TRADE

Mr. Wilberforce,: Lord Viscount Howick, and
several other Members of the:House of Commons,
brought up the Slave Trade Abolition Bill,'agreed to
-ivith Amendments.
Lord GRENVILLE called the attention of . the
House to this important subje6t,.which he considered
of the most important that could occupy the at
tentien of their Lorciships.—With resped to the
Amendments made in this Bill, he was satisfied
that they were calculatea to carry, its prinCiple better
Into effet.' It was, however, necessary that time
lihould be given for consideration, and he therefore
moved that the Bill, with the Amendments, be
printed.—Ordered,
His Lordship then stated, that if the Prints should
he on the table before Monday-, he should move the

consideration of the Amendments on that day.
ADMINISTRATION OF lUSTICE IN SCOTLAND.

Lard aRENVILLE said, that in consequence of
what had passed in the late.discussion of this mea-
sure, and of the consideration which he had since
been enabled to give to the subjed, he thoughtit
would be snore advisable to empower the Com-
mittee to separate all that .part of the Bill which
related to the Trial by Jury, from the other part,
which related to the division of the Court of Session
into three Chambers and the formation of a Court
of Review. - He thought this mode would be
better than that of which notice had. been given on
the former night of diseuSsion, by a Noble and
Learned Lord, namely, to strike out in the Com-
mittee all the Clauses which related to Trial by Jury,
es, it this latter mode was adoptesleit mighflead to
a supposition that it was intended to abandon alto-
gether the proposed introduCtion of Trial by Jury.—
On the contrary, . he hoped that 'that part of
the plan would ultimately be adopted by their
Lordships. As, however, there was considerable dif;
ference with respect to the means ofcarrying this de-.
sirable object into effeas and as, with respect to the
division, of the court of Session into three chambers,
'there was scarcely any dieference,olopinion, and but
little on the subject of the formation of the Court of
Review, these parts of the plan might be adopted
with much less delay, if considered in a separate
Bill, than if they remained incorporated, with
the Clauses relating to . Trial by Jury. He
should therefore move to postpone the Com-
mittee ' to. Monday, intending on .tliat day -to
Move the instruction ss'hiert be had before
stated, and in the consideration of that part of the
subject respecting the division .of the Court of Ses-
sion and the Court of Review, it Was his intention to
.propose several Amendments.
Lon: ELDON thanked. the Noble Lord for hav-
ing thoa,given further time for the consideratiOn of
that pert of the sulajea • which was involved in eons
aiderable difficulty, namely, the Trial, by jury. He
lad no doubt that the Trial by Jury might in some
cases. be beneficially introduced into Scotland ; but
great consideratien would be required with resped
to the mewls of carrying it into effect; in order that
it might not produce injury instead of good. With
respect to the other part of the sullied, he would
rive it every 'consideration in his power, and endea-
itur to cease to that result which, whilst, in his
judgment, it would tend to remedy the evil that exist,
ed, would not violate the Aet of Union'. He doubted
whether the Court of Review should not be rather
sought iii the Chambers of the Court of. Sessiou, si-
uoiar to our Court of Exchequer Chamber with re-
lation to the Courts'in Westminster Hall, than ren-
dered a-distinet Court superior- to the Court of-Ses-
sion, which be was inclined_ to think not consistent
with the iirticles of Union.
The LOAD CH.4NCELLOR declined entering
. at present, into a detailed consideration of the sub-
je&, but he had no doubt that in the proper stage of
the Bill he should be able to convince theirtordahips
Ilia( the difficulties iwthe way of the introdu&ion of
Trial by 'Jury in eivil.eases into Scotland were much
hiss that, were apprehended; that,,on the contrary,
it would be comparatively an- easy task, whilst at the
same time it would be a most beneficial measure. to
that country.
Lord mELP:mu; merely wished to throw out
for consideration the necessity which iv his“)pinion
.existed of adopting means to bribg causes to greater
relativity in the Outer House, without which he
thougut the proposed measure would not produce
any thing like the beneficial tefea expetied from it.
With this view be thought it would be more advisa-
ble to have only two Chambers in the lener. House.,
whose sole business it should be to review the de-
cisions given in the Outer House, where, from the
large portion of time allotted to the Judges fbr tram-
s' aing business, that business might be done well.
If, however, it was determined to have three Cham-
bers, let thought that 'one of those Chambers should
be allotted solely to the business 'of the Outer House;
in which case, from the single responsibility attached
to the Judges, every thing that could result, from
efficiency, and from solemnity of deciaion, might
be-expeaed. His only object was, that the Measure
should undergo the most serious 'and attentive dis-
cussion.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE rose chiefly for
the purpose of doing away any impression that
might result fromewtrat had been eeid,by`the Noble
Viscount; that his Noble Friend; ho had proposed
the measure, had not given to it the most enxiseas
consideration.
He ,agreed with the 'Noble
,Viscount
in the tieees§ity or adopting some Means of doing
the buainesain the Outer. House ici-a better manner,
as it had been calculated that a Lord of.Sessionf in
.onm:slue= •ial, the multiplicity of Old business,
La only sixty-thqe ho4r3 ir, the year to allot to Ow

in the- Outer House. This, 110V/CVCI, bad been
provided for, in the present plan, by which (t►te
Three Chambers only sitting alternately) eight
Judges might always be allotted to the busiflesi of
the Outer House, whilst, according to the proposi-
tion of.the Noble Viscount, only five could sit there.
Forrie further conversation took ,place between the
'bake of Montrose, Lords Redesdale, Holland, Kin-
naird, Eldon, and Lord Viscount Melville, the greater
part of which turned upon the_definition of equity;
as applicable in England and Scotland. Lord Eldon
having cited a decision of the Court of Session, to
prove the enlarged discretion exercised by that Court,
although not having originally' an equitable jurisdic-
tion; 'Lord KINNAIRD considered it as an 'additional
argument. for regulating the proceedings -of that
Court. Lord Viscount MELVILLE conceived that
the last Noble Lord had argued as if it were intended
to alter the Laws of Scotland. Lord HeeeANn de-
fended his Noble Friend, and entered, at sonic length
into a definition of Equity, a term which;, in the
English sense, he considered to 'be inapplicable to'
the pra&ice of the Court of Sei:sion, .which' was re-
gulated by the discretion of the Judges, without any_
of those rules which defined the province Of Courts
of. Equity in England.
The Committee was postponed to Monday, for
which day the Lords were ordered to be summoned.