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London, England, 1825-06-11 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
. ties. front the: ale ratng Papnrt, June 11, 18c25.
{SEW TIMES.]
*rite BM proposed to be brought in by the
':Cevil'Advo-cate of Scotland, as declaratory of
Ise Law of . Scotland, in regard to the right of
rikfinership. Societies to sue and be sued in the
-=-I.,'_iatue)of their &ray, will be.of much ntilityin
re-
16ettisitdoubts which might impede a great poi--
- ticlP.Of the business of that part of the United
.-Kingelbm.. Hitherto, the principal Banks, and
partnerships, have been considered as
Zavittgl that right ; and it is only of late that
-,4o:iniatioits of a contrary opinion have been
out. The Lord Advocate, therefore, has
propitely.given his proposed law a declaratory
lefire, which, while it precludes dispute in future
-
i‘stattces, will, at the same time, serve to remove
wit doubt as to past transactions. If the history
df the. present Session of Parliament were to be
• ."written. there is no one particular, in which it
•idackald command, to the legislative labours of
af.i7 two Houses, so much approbation, as in the
Rieasures adopted for the simplification and ,clear
ascertainment of legal principles. Let any one
only cast his eye over. the Orders of the Day in
the House of Commons for yesterday, and
akb!serve that, out of between forty and
fifty different Bills before the House, there
were at least ten or twelve which went to place
large - branches of the law on a simpler basis.
We would instance, especially, the Laws of.
Customs. It is stated in the Preamble of one
Act, that " the Law of the- -Customs have be-
come very intricate, by reason of the great num-
ber of the Acts relating thereto, which have
been passed through a long series of years; and
that it is highly expedient, for the interests of
commerce and the ends of justice, and also for
affording convenience. and facility to all persons
who may be required to act in obedience to those
laws, or in the execution of them, that all the
laws relating to the Customs should be repealed,
and that the purposes for which those laws have,
from time to time, been made, should be secured
by new enactments, in more compendious form,
and commencing at one and the same time."—
And this statement is followed by a repeal of no
less than 475 Statutes and parts of Statutes, the
place of which is to be supplied by about three
or four new Acts! The benefit, the accommo-
, dation and comfort, thus afforded to the mercan-
tile community, are beyond all calculation; and
the same spirit prevails in every department of
his 'Majesty's Government.

[MORNING POST.]
In the House of Commons last night the Bill
for granting an increase of income to the Duke
of Cumberland for the due education of his son,
was• read a third time and passed, by a majority
of 49—the numbers being 170 to 121. The only
atnendment made to it was one moved by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer for adding these
words to. the. grant :--" during the will
and pleasure of his Majesty, and. in such
wanner and form as his Majesty shall see fit."
—The Smuggling Preventive Bill (one of those
eacellent measures introduced by Mr. Herries)
was recommitted ; progress was reported,
and leave given to sit again on Monday. In
explanation of the principle of this Bill, Mr.
Herries stated, that it was intended to comprise
an the Customs' Laws, particularly relative to
the'prevention and punishment of offences con-
nected with that subject. The labour of doing
so was of course very great; for the laws now
intended to be compressed, including the Irish,
Statutes, were not less than five hundred and
•ten ; and; the Hon. Secretary to the Treasury
wellinerited the' applause so liberally bestowed
dy the House upon his indefatigable labours, in
•nducing, the whole of this immense mass into so
,ftw as twelve Acts.

[THE TIMES.]
The grant to the Duke of Cumberland was
csirried last night, it will be seen, by a majority
of 49. But still the opposition to the measure
was stronger than on any preceding occasion. It
appears, therefore, to have required a Cabinet
effort on the part of Ministers to carry the mea-
sure ; for if they had suffered their majorities to
rest as before, the bill would have been thrown
out. It was justly said in the debate last
night, that the Brunswick Family was incapa-
Ile.of hat hourin,g enmities ; it has none of those
quas reconderet, auctosque prorncret."
The nation will, we hope, imitate the example
of its illustrious Chiefs, and forget all that has
passed. His Royal Highness has obtained suc-
cess;: in future he will do more—he will deserve
it.-IVii..Tierney spoke with his usual acute sense
in opposition to the grant, and put the question
in.a new light. What was the dislike to a Ger-
man education ? His late Majesty educated seve-
nal of his sons in that country ; yet can we not
help calling to mind, the constant taunt against
Coorge• the First, when advanced to the throne
" That' it was to be feared his
oaiesty was as great a stranger to the COnsti-
'::4-tuqdu of the country which he had. been call-
-44 ed to govern as to its language.". We wish that
the. Lrst words formed by the itifant tongue of
:George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest
,Augustus" had been English ; and we hope that
Ais tutor will forthwith teach him to repeat all
-14 is names in this our langage, gradually count-
' 'Mg them up,' upon' his' fingers and thumbs ; by
actich means he will at the same time make a
-progress bath- in 'English and arithmetic.-
-7bere was due poiritin.Mr. Brougham's speech,
..:4*lich, though not immediately connected with
-Itllt*preceditig remarks, well deserves to be rani-
"Ctitarly referred 'to. He stated the most unequi-
l.twal terms,- that 44 although false rumours were
4' propagated hy interested malice, or by intrigue,
"",-as if the faithful discharge of his public and pro-
"iessional duties had incurred the personaldis-
." Weasure Sovereign, he had the extra.-
'" ordinary satisfaction of knowing that a gra.
" 611 v—rind the more gracious, because a vo-
"' limt.nry—asittrance (for who could have asked
" any question on such a subject ?) was given by

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" that illustrious Personage that all such ru-
" mours were utterly without foundation."—
What, after this becomes of the solemn declara-
tion so often repeated of the Chancellor, that he
has no. personal disinclination to give a silk gown
to Mr. Brougham, hut that he withholds it out of
deference to the strong resentment-felt towards
that learned gentleman in the very highest
quarter ?