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London, England, 1813-02-23 00:00:00

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The Report of the Vice-Chan-ellor:s Biil sr.'s
then tahen into further consideration.
Mr. GonnoN was s tronglsr against the mensure,
MA contended the But had not been, irtyFovH in
the Committee, He objected to the provision for
payingthe new ()ficer, ;Ind contended that the
Noble. Lord had no more rigrst to propose to ply
hhn out of the Dead mund belonging to Suitors: in
Chancery, than ire had to call :on biro (Mr. (nor
don) to pay hhn out of his estate, The
Chancellor, he was a opinion, ought tri pay the
whole of the. Vice-Chancellor's salary hiluse!f.,
He Objected to the fees arising nut of hus-
ness. to. be performed bv the new 03icer, bein4
paid to the-Lord Chlncellor. It'e Concluded h:tr'
moving as an amendment, `teat the Bill 2hould
recononitted.

'. Air. M. A. To.Yr.on thottzlit ;t lmt fair to tat
that the emoltottents of ti e•Lord Uhaneelloy's
ficc had,beeet greatly exaggerttted. fie irad
ed attentively into them, and 11:1d futon! them an-
' mull), tr: have amounted to bon) 17,0001. to
19,0001. and some odd hundreds. They had
been • stated to amount to 40,0001, In the last
year, the emoluments arising Intin hookroptcy
had arroittnted t 9 5,9091. ; tho $c accruing to him
Spealier of the House of Lords, were 7,001,)!.
and other lees received by the No`ale Lord matte
the total near 20,000 i While .snell wa..; the to-
tal amount (If the of the em01v.,..;.s re-
ceived by the Lord (..'!1,41, ..1
ayior) hall Seen it 4ta1i4,1, th,
hit.ioess ahmte he teef‘ivod
He was of opioi‘m that the t
eceire ii fixed sah-try (11,1, ddte,
Ili office. In a conversatibct !; (AT,.
lot) had had the Tf-o-d ; ;:,'
Stilted ;Itii to '.. -;
.sliould
the `eraoltleoetti'S i I ILA fivo t-
Noble Lord hail w-,-I,tre,i bt- .1
poAition It the t
riot' he 114 d '‘) V,ive
Le fi:,,
the labours of the Lord , “;,
to he no more th'to t
Lle Lord
a:1,1
>,
estoty cotho rt-Ttire vo_dd ;!
:tor tit hi hp:-had a partiality fwr the plan
he h.,.td tia4t of separ.tting 'l;*e Bank-
bLvslness from the.ofEoe tlie Lord
eeP.,or. -

Sir F. FLOOD litid.Opp,oseil second reading of
the till; but now. (though be still thought it a
loVeniy.vrfortnattee) us the principles of it had
been` radically altered in the Committee, he should
vote imits favour. He %vas against scparztting the
BinkruPtry business' from the office of the Lord
Chancellor, as this would so far redact!, the
mnoltunents of his situation, that "he would no
longer he able to keep up that state which the
Chancellor ought.to maintain. He would hardly
have it in his-powertmgo to the House of Louts
in state. Instead of, doing so, be wonld be at.
most obliged to t!,6 in a hackney coach Latigk)
The 164 Lord Chritiollor had always been ac-
castomed to o in state to Parliament, with three-
wtmen. behind his coach, and this in his opinion
was uecessary to preserve the dignity and import-
ance of his hbr,h office.
Mr. C. Moett offered a few Words, which were
inaudible in the gnliery.
Mr. AtralcuordnY recommended the introduc.
tion of, a clause to pre'Aude the. Vice• Chancellor
from holding -a seat in Parliitment.
Mr. /lost, contended that this was already pro-
vided for by au eNisting statute.
-Mr. CANNING said this Bill had not received the
amendment which it might have received in the
Committee, and stated it :to' be his intention to
oppose it on the lending: if a motion were
at that tibut male to separate the bankruptcy bu-
Sine:,..; front the Lord ClinlirCUOV'i (Mee, such
ati
anlenfhlicrit W01:1,1 have 'his COril hi" .support: If this'
alt,:.•ration were not made in the Bill, still there
was one ivhich he thought iwessary. A the Bill
Was buctided bat to remedy a temporary evil, it
0L,..!1t to be limited in its duration.

Mr. .*.kl. .A. l'itYtott explained.
Mr. LOCK n ART swished to know, 'in what way
the Lord Chaneellor was to convey his authority
io the Vice-Chancellor.
The SoLIoirott••GENERAL said, it was to he
eninninnieated by certain regulations (in the terms
of the Bill), to be made from time to time."—
proCeeded to reply, at some lenizth, to the ar;
guments which had be, used against the mea-
sure in the present and on the former debate, and
*winded, declaring it to have his unqualified ap-
probation. •
Mr. M. A.. TAYLOR anti the SoLLCITOR-GENE-
iAL linitiolly explained.-
Mr.AVtitTsitsko accused 'the Solieitot-Gene-
. ral of having heeri infaut on the preceding de-
bate, and a giant in his arguments to night ; and
also Or having mode sat..saistical allusions to Gen-
ii: anon on his (Mr. W.'s) side of the House. , He
thought all the arguments relative •to the Master
of the Rolls, were 'drawn from the Man, not from
the office ; and argued that it would' be well if he,
the Solicitor-Cletteral, all Masters in Chancery,
mid all the Welch .ludgeSswere excluded from that •
I-Toue.. He hinted that the Master of the Rolls'
had been elevated to his hitfh situation from a con-
sideration of his Parliamentary abilities, arid
thought. it not improbable, from the exemple ,of '
Lord Thialow and Lord Alvanley, that the Chan-
cellar nod Vice-Chaneellor might not act in liar,
loony iogetlier—if so, they were creating a sine..
eure ofsooo/. a year.,
Lord C,vs,rl.yet:AC,',il defended the Solicitor-Ge-
neral, who hal been expressly called upon to de-
liver his Sentiments on both nights Of debate on
this 'To doing this, he 11.1.(1
lelruing mid abilities, and stated his opi-
nions in a ton,: which, though it did not abate
their amthwvily, tended to coved:late all to whom
it was addro,Lsed. lie then vent. into a general
defence of the measure, and asserted its superiori-
,
ty over all the expedients proposer! in its stettd„
Which would only clone complex movements in
the other Courts., tool 'retard their business', with-
out afford,ug relief wit,ire relief was wanted. He
denied that the parliamentary taleatS of the Mas-
ter of. the Rolls' bad procnred hi' advancement,
which, on the contrary, Wag, founded On
limit abilities disnlayed at the in. the. House
of Lords, and other, high'Courts. He concluded
by stating, that as the evil was permanent, so the
remedy ought not to be temporary.
Mr. riTTr uF.N defended the political conduct of
Sir W. Grant, and stated, on report, 13 a reason
for his haViog
,retired daring the,Fox Administra-
tion, from those duties at the Cockpit which hi:
performed voluntarily, that
,while so engaged, in
the service of that Government, they were enders-
waning to supplant hint in his native county,
wb, h he represented.
Mr. Wity.rnar.AD and Mr. STEMIEN explained.
Sir.S. itomiLay, wished for tuforniation•on the
whit:l,, in hl3 :!Opinion, came out of the Com-
inittee as bad in Principle as it Went into it. lie
witAied tee knots` if it • was intended to give the
Chancellor .power to transfer, causes, which had
beep set do:yri for triad before tlic,Master of the
crinn that ttibnaal to the Viet-Chaocelfor.,
z,o, it as main objection to the uteiaiure, as
it would nitiltiply appeals, and ifliot so, the new
otrfie4 would titers become it sinecue, as all suitor;
resOrt to the 10113. • lit. that repeated his
rirri.iinipeittSgenerally. against the, measure. .
Mr,
,Wiii,vrnr.s,ALt. spoke oil the other side, and
tlercndea aria the X ill lie contended
StronglY against .the liropoSitbm for separating, as
hail beett proposed, the hankropt6f business from
the jorislitetion.or the Lord .Chaneellor, and,giv-
bi,c it to the Qflieer, with power to decide
without apptal: This would be vesting him with
greater authority over
ra vast property than was.
e:joyetl. by the font• judges in many of the other
,
PR FAToN' said a few words in so
,low
tote, that he was not andihle in the 'gallery.
Mr. Poxsoi,,inv thought that as the bankruptcy
busioess had not taiginally appertained to the
office of Lord -Chancellor, it was a very proper
object for a separate jurisdiction.
Mr. 11: ll.vritunsT spoke in favotiv of the 1341,
On the: question `heing put, the Amendment.
of ?dr. Gottno ,w4ts negatived without a division,
and the till ordered to the read a third time on
Tnetiday, -
The Report of the. Starch Prohibition Bill was
btopght tip and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to
be read a third time.
The Cornish Niners' Bill was read a second
time, nut referred to a Committee.
fit boas. Sumv obtained leave to bring' n a

Bill, to mist the Manufacturers of Fire Arms to
engrave their names and places of abode thereon.
This Bill was-then read a firsetime, and ordered
to be read a second time on that day sennight.
The other (Met s of the Day being disposed of,
the House adjourned.

LAW REPORT

COVIIT QF CITANCIMY, F1111:22.

VINE t. BRYANT.

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In this edge the Lon!" ClLo,Nett.t.oi observed,
that his opinion, an opinion which he was in-
dined to believe wotild nut be questioned by any
Judge in Westminster ' Hall; was, that the sum-
mons of a Commissioner of Bankrupts %vas a pro-
tection to a witness, and that a witness so attend ti
ing, was entitled to all the protection which a
witness attending any Court of Record in West-
mister Hall would be, add also that a person at-
tending as the present complainant did, even with-
out a summons, for the purpose of giving volun-
tary testimony, if it should afterwt'xds be the .opi-
nion of ,the Commissioners that his .testimony
should be accepted, was entitled to the same pro-
tection. From the plaintiff's affidavit, and 'by
that they were bound, as it was not contradicted
by an -affidavit on the other side, it appeared that
etch was the fact in the present case. Ilk Lord-1
.tbtp,full acquitted Mr. Bryant cif any intentional(
ooutempt.of but the complainant had been "
improperly dept i'ved of, his liberty; and had been
compelled- to tutike this application. lie inutit
therefore be discharged, and Mr. liryanenduq pa3'
the costs.

COURT or KIND'S H. F.

Tit*, I{ING V. LtAiino!,;rti.

• This was an indictment .I.;:ainq the deleaa,it,
Alexander Leariiiont b the younger, on the pr6se-
cution of George Harvey, iLsq. for placartta4:. liiias
as `.O coward and a The parties live at
Staramme: The defendant, along with his fin her
and brother, lately cirried on business in West-
Minster, as army aceontrement-makers, but bar-
ing become bankrupt, a commission was issued
out against them, and Mr. Harvey, who a Corn,
missioner of Bankrupts was a creditor under the
Commission against the Learmonths, being re-
ported to have stated to Mr. Frank, one of the
Commissioners in the list to which the Lear-
'month's Commission belonged, that the present.
defendant had burnt or destroyed certain papers re-
lative to the bankruptcy in his father's garden,
ut Stanniore, for the purpose of defrauding 'the.
creditors, the defendant applied to him, desiring
that he would either retract what be was supposed
to have said, give up his author, or afford the de-
fendant the satisfaction of a Gentleman. Mr. Har-
vey declined complying with either of these alter-
natives, on which the defendant caused it again to
be 'intimated tObiin, that if he per ,evered in his re-
fusal, the placard in question should be univer-
sally published in the neighbourhood. Mr. H. still
refused any explanatio', except. in a Court of Law,
on which the 'defendant put his threats in execu-
tion, by having the publication in question written
in large characters, in the defendant's own hand-.
writing, and sanctioned by his signature, placard-
ed anti distributed about the neigh} Jouraout..
Mr. Jeavis, co.e die cluromfant, did not flotyythp
publication, but insisted on the circumstances
which had given rise to it, a:; going greatly to
I.IX telmte the guilt of the defendant, it they did
not altogether amount to a. ,complcte apology for
his conduct.

Lnrd ELLINBOROUGII stlbMitted to the Learn-
ed Connsel, it the:4, would not come forward with
bettereffect in affidavits in mitigation.

Mr. JEaris immediately acceded to this, and
the Jury accordingly found the defendant guilty.

Tetirri.twoop V. caNvotovT AND pARLEy.
This WaS an action by which the plaintiff
sought, under the Act of the 9th of Queen Anne,
to recover from the two defendants the sum of
850 t. hcing the amount oimoney gained by them,
from the plaintiff, at an illegal same of cbonce,
called hazard.'
After several legal objections taken, the Jury
fousid for the plaintiff—thonages 708/, -with leave
to the defendants to move to have a nonsuit en-
tcred.
BNIB TOL AND TAUNTON CANAL COMP tre V 3.

AMOS, BSc"—

it appeared by tote qEN e Solacoa-Gna.s.V.s,state-
ment of t!; is case, that many, of the subscribers to
the undertaliing, .amongst 'whom was the defen.
daut, resisted the payment of a call Made by the
committee of lAlanapment, in consequence of
which this action was commenced ; and upon the
trial this day beiwe a Special Jury, a verdict was,
given for the plaintas, whereby th. 7. Company have
established their powers to came.: the eall'against
all proprietors of shares in this undertaking.
Lord ELLENI3OIIOVGII strongly U.t imated. an
opinion, that after ,passing ,of the Act it was too
late for the defendants to call in aid all the crude
projects and impertected.plans' which they inight.
have had in contemplation, before the Act received
the ltbyal Assent, whence we may fairly infer,
that the Legislature, having bad in their VieW the
completion of this grand line of water communica-
tion front the mouth of the Thames to the ;Fouth
of the Exe", the puhlie neett, not tear- that they
‘v 11 see this important nation object at some future
tine carried into full effect.

Sunday an elegant dinner was given by Earl
enoodONDLEY, at Chohuondeley House, Pic
cadilly, to O. numerous.assemblage of fashionables
among whom were several of the Royal Dukes,
Count LIEVEN (the Russian Ambassador), the
Spanish and other Ambassadors, together with se-
veral other distinguished personages.
Lord RonERT I,VIANNERS illet with u serious ac
mem in hunting, with the Duke of RUTLAND'S
10X-1011116, on Saturday last, in Leicestershire,
from lf,s horse falling with him at. a leap, when his
.14ordship had his shoulder dislocated, and was
otherwise 3o severely bruised, that he was curried
to Belvoir Castle in astute from yobich much dan-
ger was apprehended by the Faculty who attended
him. We have the satisfaction to state, that more
favourable accounts of his Lordship were receiv-
ed yesterday.

I..ONDON rorlittea 'IIIIOMAS wnon,, of Na. 11.2; Strand; and• Pubitshoi
thd Su Orgicr, No. 112. Sirard, where eittrortistinentg, ()rd&r,