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-THIS EVENING, JUNE 5,
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LONDON:
FRIDAY, JUNE S, 1840.

Her MAsterv's Assent was gives by Commission,
he Commissioners being the LORD CHANCELLOR, the
'earls of SRAITIBRURY and CLARENDON,
Tithes Commutation Act Amendment Bill to the
and a num-
ber of Private Bills.
The Bishop of ExETE a put certain questions to
Viscount 'MELBOURNE, touching the Roman Catholic
Collse of San Sulpice in Canada ; but liming been
rAnswired that no despatches had been received, arid no instructions given on the subject, the Bishop was
obliged to admit, that, so far as he was concerned, that
settled the question.

On some petitions being prevented by Lord Fere_
wlLetaris against the Corn-laws, the Duke of 'lieu_
MOND requested to know what was the motion the
Noble Earl meant to ask their Lordships to negative.
The deliberating Duke, then, has already made up his
mind, though if, betwixt this and the motion, wheat
were to fall to 30s. per quarter, he would probably
alter his fixed purpose. Earl FITZWILLIAM said his mo-
tion would be, "That it is expedient to consider the Laws
which regulate the importation of foreign corn." So their
Lordships, if the assertions of the Duke of RICHMOND
be credited, have made up their minds—whatever may
be the prayers of millions of petitioners—not even
to consider those laws. They are irrevocable and unal-
terable, and the community must submit in patience to
the lordly will of the landlords. Heaven help it t. Brave men, however, when unrighteously oppressed,
help themselves.
A conversation ensued, in which the principal inter-
locutors were the Duke of RICHMOND, the Marquis of
SALISBURY, the Earl of FALMOUTH, the Eerl of
WaawlcK, and Earl Fiezwieeiam, from which we learn
that lecturers going about the country have seriously
alarmed the landlords, that an ill feeling has been raised
between them and the labourers, and that the Epithets
of " blood-suckers," "robbers of the poor," and " ene-
mies of the poor," as the landlords have been named
in the dlnli-Corn-law Circular, really afflict and
alarm
their Lordships. We knew they would. It is
.
sotB2 human nature to bear such reproaches,
particularly when &sena, Their Lordships are well

ware that their wealth and power depend on the re-
pect of their countrymen ; that all they have rests fur
is safety, on the esteem they are held in, and they of all
men cannot afford to be brought into disrepute. Let
them remember this, and not arrogantly before-hand
declare that they will not take the prayers of the people
into consideration.
The Earl of ABERDEEN saw fit to postpone his

Non intrusion Bill till Friday week.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Bradford,
complaining of the treatment to which Mr. O'CONNOR
is exposed, to which, his Lordship said, felons ought
not to be subjected, much less misdemeanants.
The Marquis of NORMANBY gave the same expla-
nation of the treatment of Mr. O'CoNNoa which has
already been given in the House of Commons, and
stated that the Justices had generally construed the
Prisons Act as only allowing them to relax the prison
regulations in cases of sickness, though he thought they
had power to relax them in other cases. The Marquis
said it was probable that from Mr. O'CoNNoß's state
of health, the prison discipline made a greater impres-
sion on his mind than it otherwise would. His Lord-

.....
ship, in conclusion, referred again to hii proposed
amendment to the Commons' amendments to the Pri-
sons Discipline Bill, intended to provide for such cases
as those of Mr. O'Cosson, which, he said, had the
sanction of the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.
Lord BROUGHAM was satisfied with the explanation.
The Duke of RICHMOND was for showing no mercy
to gentlemen who violate the law. Finally the petition
was laid on the table, and the Prisons Bill postponed.
Years ago their Lordships reprobated the truck sys-
tem by an Act of Parliament, but railway contractors
naw contrive to pay their men by tickets instead of cash,
to remedy which is the object of a Bill which, on the
mo'ion of Lord MossoN, was read a second time. Their
Lordships then adjourned.
Amongst the petitions presented to the Commons we
must mention one from the Rev. Mr. M'GHEE, com-
plaining of the Pope of ROME, and of his having issued
a Bull to restore certain estates in Ireland to Catholics.
Mr. NPGHEE must surely be a Papist, for he attributes
a great deal of power and authority to the POPE'S
Bull. He is afraid of it—we are not. Another peti-
tion deserving notice was from silk-weavers of Mac-
clesfield, against any further reduction of duties on silk
goods imported from the East Indies. They are starv-
ing, and they desire to continue a tax oh those who
wear silks.

Col. SIBTHORP gave notice of his intention to pro-
pose a tax of twopence on every railway passenger.
The Poor-rates Assessment Bill eras read a second
time.

On the Repert of the Customs Duties Bill being
brought up, Mr. B. Noon moved the omission of
the 7th clause, which compels those persons who have
bought goods before May 15, but on which the duty
has not yet been paid, to pay the increased duty.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER resisted the
motion, which was lost by 100 to 17, and the Report
was agreed to.
The Grand Jury Cess Bill (Ireland) went into a
Committee in spite of Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, who
wished to cut the head of the Bill from the tail, as
the " Orange vagabonds " are cut from Sir R. PEEL ;
and it went through the Committee, in spite of the
Learned Sergeant and his co-Tories.
On the motion to go into Committee on the Co-
lonial Passengers Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL explained that
in so far as the Hill Coolies are concernec, its ob-
ject is to enable the Colonial Secretary to authorise
the transmission of Hill Coolies from India to the
Mauritius, on the best plan he can devise. Lord J.
RUSSELL proposes to appoint an agent in India to watch
over the interest of the Hill Coolies. In the Mauritius
s,ome person is to take care their immigration is regulated
with a due regard to their interests. Under regulations of
that kind the transmission, Lord JOHN thinks, may be
advantageous. At the same time he thinks the reasons
against the introduction of a new race into our West
India Colonies are so strong, that he proposes to retain
the prohibition as to the West Indies.
Mr. BertNAL assured the Noble Lord that allowing
the Hill Coolies to go to the Mauritius, while he pro-
hibited them from being sent to the West Indies, would
create great discontent in the latter, where labour was
much wanted.

Mr. HosffousE wished to give the West Indies a
trial under proper regulations.
Mr. EWART and Mr. WARBURTON objected to the
Bill, that no good could come of a vile system of
crimping. Mr. C. BULLER thought it might be beneti-
cial both to the Indians and the Mauritius.

Sir S. Luslitswros spoke strongly against the Bi!l,
but was doubtful how to act.
Mr. MACAULAY had seen the starving peorle of In-
aia an I thought it was desirable to Encourage ernigra-
tioa thence.
Mr. O'CONNELL spoke powerfully against the Bill,
and moved to put off the Committee for six months.
Subsequently the Hon. Member objected to Lord JOHN
RUSSELL'S motion, that it was not in accordance with
the title of the Bill, and, the SPEAKER being of his opi-
nion, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would, move the
clauses he wished to introduce as an instl-uction to the
Committee, This motion, Mr. O'CONNELL Said, he
would meet with a flat negative. Atter considerable
discussion, in which it was contended on the one side
'hat the colonies could not grow sugar unless
they Ilial a supply of labourers ; and, on the other,
that the Bill would be a revival of a new and more
odious slave-trade, the House divided, and Lord Jolts
RUSSELL'S motion was carried by 79 to 44. The Bill
went through the Committee.

The seci)nd reading of the Registration of Voters
(Ireland) Bill was postponed, after some opposition to
bringing it on last night, to Thursday next.
The Metropolitan Police Courts Bill was read a
second time, after a few observations from Mr. HAWES
about giving faeiF,ties for civil processes.
Lord Mom):ETH withdrew the Mendicancy (Ire-
land) Bill.

Several. matters of course were agreed to, and at a
Qaarter before One the House adjourned.

Mr. FANE, a Commissioner of Bankrupts, and
already well known to the public by his efforts to
promote Law Reform, has just published a letter
to Lord ABINGER on the subject of the LORD
CHANCELLOR'S Bill, the opinions expressed in
which a',:cord so well with our own views, that in
justice to ourselves, we must lay the greater part
of that letter before our readers. Mr. FANE be-
, gins by quoting Lord ABINGER'S declaration that
the delays in the Court of Chancery are disgusting,
and he gives us this illustration, learnt in the
course of his official proceedings
R. 8., a London tradesman, died in 1814, leaving a
large family, to whom he bequeathed his accumulations,
and, as some of his children were under age, he appointed
two trustees to manage the property. One of the trus-
tees became bankrupt in 1828, and it then appeared that
some of the funds were not forthcoming ; upon which a bill
was filed in Chancery against the bankrupt trustee and his
assignees, and against the solvent trustee, praying that the
usual accounts might be taken, and that the solvent trustee
might make good the loss. Upon such a bill, as your
Lordship well knows, it is of course customary to refer it
to a Master in Chancery to take the accounts, yet the
plaintiffs did not arrive at this ordinary decree until two
years and upwards had elapsed. The cause lingered in
the Master's office just eight years and one month, and then
the Master made his report !
The plaintiffs were dissatisfied, and took sixteen excep-
tions, which now stand for argument ; and I am told that
their turn of hearing will arrive late in this year, or early
in 1 X4l. If the cause should then be finally settled, this
unfortunate family will have undergone only 13 years of
misery , if, as I tear, a reference back to the Master should
be found necessary, their miery may be prolonged indefi-
nitely. I fear the latter, because I observe that the
Master states in his report that he has abstained from taking
certain parts of the accounts, because the decree did not
authorize him to do so.

Does not this case justify your Lordship's expression ?
Is it not "disgusting ?" But, my Lord, the most " dis-
gusting" part remains to be told. The whole of these
proceedings were, for every practical purpose, useless.
The only real question between the parties was, whether
the non-acting trustee was responsible for the loss; and
set, to get at this question, the Court of Chancery, ac-
cording to its system, was compelled to direct most vo-
luminous accounts extending over the period from 1814
to 1830,and the most minute inquiries upon the subjects,
some of which were in dispute, and the Master was com-
pelled to make a report, which extended to 200 folios and
upwards.
Such is the Chancery system, the main characteristics
of which are delay, expense, and substantially a denial of
justice. What, then, is the remedy ?
Mr. FANS concurs with us in thinking that
the remedy for this state is less to be found in in—
creasing the number of the Judges, than in altering
the proceedings in Chancery. The two ',law
Judges, lie says, had they been in existence in
1830, would not have prevented this cause linger-
ing eight years and a month in the Master's
office. He contrasts the proceedings in Bank-
ruptcy with the proceedings in Chancery, and
states that while in the latter case the suitor has to
wait eight years for the Master's report, in the
former the case is immediately decided. Mr, PANE
concludes this part of his letter thus :
And what is the result of these different systems In
Chancery it is delay, expense, misery to the suitors, and
disgrace to the Court ; in Bankruptcy (at least within
that district to which reform has extended), it is sroedy
justice, moderate expense, and universal satitfaction
amongst those most interested, namely creditors.
In the following b
o_servations Mr. FANt, who
strongly condemns written pleadings, hits the right
nail on the head :

bl
Altot the law continue to encourage lczgth ess by
,
making the fee for drawing a legal document depend 1-ipon
the length of the document when drawn? This mode of
remuneration, it is true, has been in existence front time
immemorial, but it has be,.-:n condemned by all who have
thought oia law reform, by Lord Bacon 200 years ago, and
as I well remember, by your Lordship a few years since.
Under it the fee of the Chancery barrister increases as the
bill or answer which he draws lengthens, so also does the
charge of the solicitor, so clocl that of tha registriri svb