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London, England, 1840-07-11 00:00:00

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his ;tarements, which rendered it very ditliciecV-to
full credit to what it. had stated.
Tor Ma,quis of WESTMEATII made a fe
Lions, acid tie- converq,A.ti,in droiTed.
Lord L YNDH UR. ST moved s2veral
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meats to the Bth Glatt e which were adopted.
B:shop of EXETER pestponei the amendment of
which he had given notice to the advowson clause until
the third ielding. •
The Duke of WELLINGTON
.bogged to suggest to
the Government uhether it would not be expedient to re-
consider the taxation clause, and to frame it on the model
of the clanse which had been ,dopted in another placo
with respect to Scotland, viz., that in cases in which; ibc
lighting, paying, and cleansing any town was carried ou
under Private Acts, the taxation should be reduced to 31
iu the pound, but that it should remain at Is. in cases in
which corporations h:d to vti-er the off c!s. lie hoped
the Government would take that into cot s &ration.
The Earl uf G L ENG A L L observed there was another
point worthy of consideration, and that was in what Bank
he money when iaised should be placed. That vas a
serious question, because a great many Baas had failed
in Ireland; and whether many others arculd continue long
to exist, was more than he would venture to state, fee the
runs upon them lately had been very extensive.
The Earl of HADDINGTON remarked that the
safest way would be to deposit the money in the Bank of
Lord MELBOURNE was understood to acquiesce ill
the suggestion.
The Report was then agreed to, and the third reading
fixed (we believe) for Friday.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
The LORD CHANCELLOR on moving the Order
of the Day, for going into Committee on the Administra-
tion of Justice Bill, stated that some amendment had been
made in it since it had been last before the House.
After a few word; from Lord LYNDHURST and
Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the Ukase went iutu Com-
mit, eth.

Tt;e amen:in-lents of the LORD CHANCELLOR
were agreed to, the 13:11 went through a Commi.tt:e, and
the House resumed.

Th:., Report was ordered to be received on Monday.
The Ma,:ters iu Cr►ancery Bill was read a second time.
The Report (n the Borough Watch-rates was brought
up and agreed to.
The Amendments of the Commons to the Episcopal
Churches Scotland Bill were agreed to.
A.Taurn:d at a Quarter before Eight o'Clock.

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110 USE OF COMMONS, JuLy Jo.
The SrEaKEa took the Co.iir shortly before Foe.- o'Clnck •
Close's DivGice Bid and Trafforo's Divorce Bill- trere
read a second time and crd, tea to be conamilted.
Oa the motion of Mr. WALLACE: the Lord's amend-
in,..Ls to the Glasgow, Paisley, kind Greenock Rai wav,
and the B Pollee an 1 Ii tedour Bilis were
aL-re.A to, ant' the Bids were teed a third time and passed,
Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from Southamp•
ton praying for the rele,se of Mr. F. O'Connor.
Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from 250
printers of Liverpool :..gaiust the Copyright 13:11.
C,lm,el T. WOOL) presented two petitisas from St.
Mary Abbott's, Kensnigton, pr,)iig that that parish might
be exempt d fr,m tho tirrathdi of the 9th section of 01,1
Pariehial Assei-sment

Tlft Gal tip(' Roali Bill Was KA a third time,
p..s3ed.
Mr. 11 WESI res(tAtil it petition fi om tiw Rcv. George
Sandys, praying that a local rate way bu Itivied in par;si•s
thrcughcitit the kingdom f.,r the establishment of schools,
aLd z s‘sf,trt i,f mornl sod religious educaeloa.
Mr. 13,ROCKLEHLTRST presented two petitions from
silk weavcrs at Gissq:;otx. ora)ivg to be exafkiitoAl beforc
the COilla:ittee (in F.4.,t, India Proitlee.

Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Datgon.
playing fur an alteration in the treatment of politic,./ ol-
teadvr; ; also petitions from Glasgow, praying for ail ex-
tension of the sufrittee,

Mr. C. L USHiNG TON presented a petition front
Dissenting. body, called the United Secession Svned of
Scotland, comprising 400 congregations, against aey
-further grantstor Church Extension.
THE BOROUGH OF I.,LIDLOVV,
The SPEAKER interrneet the House tett he had re-
ceived a letter front Mr. toppock, the agent for the peti-
tioners, against the return of B. Botfield, Esq.. for the be..
rough of Ludlow, stating that it was not intended that the
petition should be proceeded with.
Mr. HUTT presented the Report of the Committee on
Bonded Corn.
Sir S. CANNING presented a petition from Kingston-
upon-Hull prating that the House might interfere to
secure the independence of Cracow.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that on Monday next he
would move that on future divisions in the House neither
reporters nor strangers in the gallery should be required
to withdraw exerpt on special motions.
Mr. EASTHOPE gave notice that early in the next
Session he would bring forward a motion for exempting
Dissenters from the payment of Church-rates.
THE REGENCY.
On the Order of the Day for going into a Committee of
Supply being read,
Captain POLHILL having seen in one of the daily
papers a statement that her Majesty's Government had
settled the Regency Bill, wished to know whether that
statement was true, and when it was intended to lay that
Bill on the table of the House.
Mr. LA BO UCHERE believed the Bill would 'be
forthwith brought into the other House of Parliament.
Captain POL HIL L wished to know •if it would
be ',,eught on before the rising of the House.—('• Oh.")
SCN?ENIE COURL' OF SCOTLAND.
Mr. \V AL i--4.C"P then rose to call the attention of the
House to the Report etee'ee Select Committee appointed
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to inquire into the administiatee„4o. the law in the u-
preme Court of Scotland ; and to nie-cethat art hurnhie
address be presented to her Majesty, praying i„ virtue
of the provision in the Act 2 and 3 Vie c. 36, and in
sequence of the Nets which have been disclosed in the eve-
deuce taken before the S beet Committee appointed to in-
quire into the administrntion of the law in the SupremeCeurt
of Scotland, that her M.,j sty will be graciously phased to
command the thirteen Judges of the said Court toexteed the
peticel of their sitting iu Court by two calendar mouths in
each year; and that this shad be effected by extending
the current summer Session by one month, and the
next winter Session by one month also. Also, to
cull the attention of the House to the nature and extent
of tke duties appertaining to the office of Lord Advocate
of Scotland, with a view to their being defined and better
regulated. At that late period of the Session be weuld
endeavour to compress his observations into the briefest
pofsible compass. It would be his duty to allude to the
report of the Committee that sat upon this subject and
also to the fact that the office of Lard Advocate in Scot-
land was altogether unnecessary. In making re-
ference to tile office he should not forget
the high position which the Fesent possessor of that alive
held in the estimai ion of the country. He would endeavour
to show from the number of days the Court sat, and tiro
quantity of business done, that there were too many Judges,
and he would remind the House, that about twelve moutes
since the salaries of the Judges of the Coen of
were raised in order that they might be placed beyond
all anxiety with regard to prevent or future pecuniary eon-
sideration, and give the whole of their time to the business
of the Courts. He should also endeavour to show that e. it. a
the session was extended and the vacation diminished, tlat

those Judges could not possibly find any thing to do, beiiig
absolutely in a state of idleness. tic would also show
that the office of Lord Advoert was the means of dm-
pensing patronage to an enormous extent. lie believed
he could establish to the satisfaction of the 'House
that the Judges would be amply sufficient, would give
much more satisfaction, anct would give much more unifor-
mity in their decisions. He would first advert to the niture
of the Committee that had been appointed, and he would
observe that the people of Scotland were much indebted to
the members of the English and Irish bar who attended that
Committee, and who, it appears, appreciated the objects
for which it had been appointed ; namely, to ascertain
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whether the number of Judges might not be diminished.
In the report on which he was commenting, the Com nit.
tee stated that dissatisfaction prevailed, and for good.
reason, throughout Scotland, respecting the administra-
tion of justice. The witnesses brought before the Com-
mittee were thirteen in number. The first five were,
the present Lord Advocate, the late Lord Advocate,
Sir William Rae, the late Solicitor-General, row one of
the Judges, the present Dean of Faculty, at the head ot
the Scotch Bar, and Mr. Maclean—all expectants
on the Crown on the first vacancy, provided their party
should be in power. The, next three witnesses were official
gentlemen, and he (Mr. Wallace) had only brought for-
ward five out of the thirteen. He had been obliged to
select them from a pi oftsiion keown in this country by
the term "solicitors," and one of them admitted that if the
duty of the Court of Session Were no better done
than it was at present, one of the Courts, with
four Judges could very easily be dispensed with.
Nine Judges would not only do the duty incumbent on the
Court of Session, but would do it in a more satisfactory
manner.
Mr. Sergeant JACK SON rose to order. He was but
a young Member of the House, but he did not think the
Hon. Member had any right to discuss in the House a
question which was considered irrelevant by the Committer,
and was expunged by them.
Mr. H UN! E and -Mr. F. !MULE thought it exceed-
ingly important that the question should be settled by the
Si:e :ker.
The SPEAKER knew no rule of the House to prevent
the Hon. Member from pursuing the course he was taLing.
He considered him quite in order.
Mr. WALL ACE said if he were precluded from pro-
ceeding, a stain would rest upon his Parliamentary eha.
ratter, which he was determined to wipe off. The evi.
deuce which was expunged showed that one Lord Advo-
cate, wh afterwards was cue of the most eminent le rei
Presidents of the Court of Session, proposed to redeee
the number of Judges from thirteen to ten. That he consi-
dered was evidence which ought to he before the public.
Since that period the business cf. the Court had been
decreasing regularly for years, and yet in the face of alt.
this, it was determined to maintain the thirteen Judges.
But then it was said that some of them had tfiti,„_
form the duties of Lord Ordinary, Now, it would be seen
by the returns that had been produced, that two of tilt
Lord Ordinaries had no cases at all brought before them..
Be way of occupying their time, and making- an cxeuse f
the employment of the thirteen Judges, anti so keeping up
the lull staff, they sat about two hours a-day and were
occupied in mere matters of course, and were glad.
to spread the eases over as large a space as possible. Ira
place of sitting in one Court and adjudicating upon cases 11)4
and then._ again
came before them, they engaigebdlathekemgseolwvens, inthreunnniinngairroema
in, black
The hole system was -a
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disgrace to Scotland. The decrease of business had been
made manthet An attempr, but an unsucces,ful one. wax
made in the Comaditee to invalidate these returns. hut it
was too manifest that the Court had tow not hall toe
bui,net,s to do which they had formerly. The II to-
Geetleman then contrasted the truinhee of day"
which the Masters in Chancery sat with the st.