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- llecti isdom of • when once we adopt it ? (gear.) What questions are in. i immemorial. (No ! and hear.) These opinions may be I sure which provides a permanent remedy for that occa-
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perpetual influx of lawyers into the house. . eta.hsautrsefiltheAh
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all. In the debates on the Peerage Bill, life Peers ever!' the judicial bench' Now, just consider the state of the volved in it ?If we were to consider only the private rights r dieagretehable to enoemdeishaeonr.eegaehnlet.lewmielnl.a;dolbuitt
thevnien tthioesnentlyo Vuorneatininthe
of Lonreneleydall reser. fat ie isit %too much to • whom eery e Weietp7eleetill4natue'S;oaurmt
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and•yet now it ,
leeal tribunals as they would be should this bill pass.
say tha. •wei ought w 1 sere. lee mepto dings before fair and ja t t tit those persomf who enteitain them should ble ietat• all timee tce lee efficient fer tue purposes which it
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decried, were called " second-chop peers .." , What could now happen in a court tef equity ? A matter
ion in the pewer
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wa.s proposed to place theappellate jurisdict in neambeee, _and there mightohen be -we venture to- damage those • rights which, he-contends, • freely and frankly express them ; end, for my own part, I has in view ; anti it appears to me that it would be • great
have been created b 1 t f the Queen, and which 1 em only giving utterance to my candid conviction upon the ; misfertune if this house were to reject the bill and deter-
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of life peers. If a life peel deserved the derofteonryerdeeastiegt-i
amnigaht be decided
ppeal to the Vice-Chancellor.
e it may be in his power to submit to a court of law. (Hear.) I-subject. lam jealous for the independence and dignity of j mine that an incouvenient state of things, of which such ic,
nation which had been applied to him, ee
Is it not desirable that time should be taken to reconcile 1 the House of Lords, and I firmly believe that the appoint- ',complaints have -been made, should continue to exist. iii-,-.., i t
by the Crown, what would be thought oufvhim when called Mr. AIALINS-I bee the right hon. gentleman's pan on.
h ' •1* • mon the supporters of this bill? 'meat of salaried officers to perform these judicial functions Niel%) It is said that you will lose nothing by rejecting 'fi
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V' Ch ll M t • ly adjourned from cham- t e serious e iscrepancies a g
iuto existence with the aid of the rude hands of the Com- There is no such thing as an appeal from chambers to the
hat passion rather ice- ance or. ne ersare sunp I •
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Tlie3e lacamisteucie show"
t t with the Crown. bets to before the judge in court. The bill has been objected to as a compromise, and the an- which that house has always - diScharged will have, I will • this bill; because during the interval between the end of
Dividend Amount it
than discretion had provoked the contes
1 tl discussed, Mr. CA.RDWELL-Well, then, adjournment might be ewer' made is that many great measures of legislation are not say an immediate effect, but it will have a tendency the present session and the beginning of the neat the ordi-
per of ' ' Veld. erice. i:
Tho question of preroeative hail beenabune an y .
1 th th • 1 term for him to have used. From the founded on the basis of compromise. That is most true ; dangeroua to the dignitY and independence of that bedy. nary cessation of the appellate jurisdiction of the House Name of Comptuiy.
but ate those corn remises on which great measures are Then, sir, I object to this bill most strongly as assailing of Lords would take place. But I apprehend, looking to Anniun. Share.
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and the power of the° Crown to create life .peers amp y e proper ec nica
f cl. dof a h Pter analog_ous to the com remise in re- the independence and puriey of the bench. . (Loud cries of the arguments which have been used ia this debate, that . 4 s. d. Xs. d. P
established. Indeed the position-- taken by the House of Vice-Chancellor there was an appeal to the Lords Justices
13'11 eau Hea Of the former kiPnd of com " Hear.") We have been told, indeed, that that part of the if the matter were to be taken up at the beginning of
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eal to the House of Lords. So that a cause might have slaw:ate this i . e r.)
Lords had hardly been defended in that house. Now whhat sitting with the Lord Chancellor. And then there was the oun e . car
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did the measure propose ? To create two life peers from t e app eel, it may be said that they are always arrive
. • d. at after bill may be modified, and that it will not do to confine the next session there would be little probability of the house DICto reoeincial....
Teat deliberation, and when, by repeated discussions, you c oice o e o cers i
h ' Ith ffi ti be elected to the judicial b h • • g the measure, so as to allow it to come into ope- Brigitte.] - ...... •• ~ 51.
enc , ,passin 20 0 0 20 0 0 15
body of the pitisnejudgee. The salary w.as to. be tfhhe same, ti pasa through four stages before its filial determination ; • Tips • ,
dbh Id hat a mass of vexation and expense to suitors ! g
ducement was held out in point o onour, an e o w 9 have well testae tes a e o epa c mine an jut. g ,
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and no great in
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1 h t t fth bli ' 1 d• I meet - and-I conceive that whatever vote we may come to to- ration before the end Of the session ; and therefore the City of London ...... 41. Os. ilOO 0 0 ISO 5o s -
dth t th t I f rties but of arguments, so night, it is impossible for the house to pass a bill contain- ,qutstion does not relate merely to the interval between
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the decision of a single judge-then an ap. an e s reng ,noony o pa ,
seeing that the langutiee held out, in tho -.House of Peers A.nd how was it in matters relating to the common law .
nclusion ~ ine the provisions which this bill contains witleregard to this session and the next, but to the continnance .for a
was derogatory, to the °dignity of life Peers.. Men of spirit, First, there was
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hi the vigour of health, would hardly accept such peer- pea .
12. se also to the House of Lords. Now, most agteea e o
.e genera .
Ito the full court, thence to the Exchequer Chamber, that you. are enabled, on the whole, to come to aco
bl tth 1 interests Isthatthecase here? 1. theme part of the subject. If you agree to those provisions much longer period of a state of things which both those imperial ............ 10e & oonus. 50 0 0 all 88 '
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ages, and these two hew life peers would have the power of and lastly, in tisca , ,
t t worthy of the fullest deliberation on the part of On th , .
e contraty this compromise isof atotally different chat you introduce a principle with regard to the judicial staff who are for and those who are against the bill have con- independent ......... W.
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t •t. ort with- which the practice of many years has excluded, by holding deemed. A great deal has been said as to the effect of the L0nd0n.............. -
reversing j net gamuts agreed to by the eu tire bench ofjudges, was I. no
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h rs out in a most unwise manner a prospect of advancement to bill upon the prerogative of the Crown. It is manifest, I Do., Pael. Preference 61, per cent. 25 0 0 _ a i
ft *b la was necessary for the true dis- out approval, either in consequence of the imsginary orro . . .
now in the flower of their health and the full force of theie the House o.f Commons to determine whether such a vast raciereand one which those who supper
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t 1 •heh•• d• • 1 b I th• k t - b d h'•el th 13'11 th t• t k 1i es P• 03 lx •••••--•• •• 44 per cent. 60 0 0 52 0 0 4 %
mental vigour. (Hear.) Would that be a sateifactory system multiplication o ri. una
f • t. 9 And observe the constitution of the conjured up by the Attorney-General, or
.with the.declara- jrll,ges in connection no on y wit - eir ju icia ut aso in , o any oy w o ree s e i we now e, g
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ution o sus ice .
of appellate jurisdiction ? (Elear.) The Government ware trib
ourt of final appeal. The appeal was to be from the tion of an intention of altering the bill in committee, as with their political services. (Hear, hear.) You. will place the prerogative and limits it ; that, on one si le thee)
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now coming to the close of the session. He hoped his b fo
uewrduChancellor, sitting with the Lords Justices, to -the intimated by the hon. and learned menu er g f .
r Wallin ford thorn in a position in which they have legislative who object 'to lifa peerages have acknowledged the prero- . Wcseniester Chartered 41 per cent. i5O 0 0 „ , 56
noble friend at the heel of the Government would not Lo declaration creditable to his acumen and candour, but auctions to per orm, an you
f d ell tth " k t. fth C - t 4 create them and, ou the other, Ditto, New ...... - .50 0 '",
m i 89,y o am, ma e ga ive o e i own e to 0 11
Chancellor sittine with two deputy speakers. Now, a
urself aereeable to the Ministry of the day not by your those who maintain the prerogative have consented to a Ra:cilff .. a . .......,
allow this miserable bill to come between him and his Lord .
which, if acted upon seccessfully, would obviously be fatal To e, .l . . . ,
great body of supporters. gad he considered the division _:,
wes that a satisfactoryearrangement? Again, in common
- l. • t. f th • f t bl. le ' th le t • - WATER-WORK.S.
1 Th C urt of Queen's Bench might have been
i v appea s. e 0 to the character of the bill as a compromise. tHear, hear.) judicial, but by. your legit" ative services, in order that you units ion or e purpose oes a is ing e appe a e ill
upon this question, when 140 of his supporters voted Compromise it may be, b.
at it is entirely different from may hope for the further advancement to the hereditary risdiction of the House of Lords on a satisfactory basis.
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nanimous-the Exchequer Chamber, where ten judges
agaiust him ? (Hear, hear.) They could not without great
1111 ight sit to hear the case, might have confirmed the de- those respectable compromises which rfepiresent th can- ears e." (Hear, hear.) Now, Sir, let us review the circum- Such is the compromise' which the bill carries into effect,
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regret enter into a contest with him at the end of a session
Icision ; and from them -that is to say, the whole body of szientious conclusions of men after a I investiegation artaneegs which have transpired in the course of this debate, and I have oney, in conclusion to express my hope that
and the _speeches of those who hate supported . the- the house, rejecting the amendment of the hon. member Annum. Share.
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in which their conduit must have been satisfactory to him.
the coalmen law judges of the land, the appeal lay to the and deliberation. It is. a compromise huddled up for the
mittee ro min another measure. It must have been obeiotefto tho house that all for Northampton, will consent to go into committee. I . X s. d. X s. d. ,
(A. laugh.) He would not speak of what they might be
brae clime do n -touthe House of the good Which these hon. gentlemen.have said of the mea- Mr. ROEBUCK, who was received with loud and general Enst London - 61. per ant. Stock. 100 120
driven to in extremity ; but when no one would venture
place-(hear, hear.)-then roug w .
Loe.,d Chancellor and two deputy speakers, not one of whom convenience of parties in so
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ht be versed in the study of the common law. Surely Geead Jsriction .... •• 41. per cnt. 50 0
irs - nal,„ h • h b h ore than counterbalanced by the calls for a division, rose for the purpose not of makine . a
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to say a word publicly in favour of the bill-(bear, he: i_.
it, wee obvious that this was not a wise or practical ' .. • • 4S per mit. 100 0 0 --
t noes that it is not too censure of it contained in their own speeches. For my speech, but of putting a question. The noble lord gad l'et',Sa, ''' ~. _
Co-talons, and presentehd t.o
..us for our acceptance in sue suie as een muc in
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a shape and under sue cireums
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although went bers spoke of it privately without reeeryne
ill
arrangement. And there wen) several other considerations
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(bair)-some of them characterising it as the worst
ear)
indirectly connected with the bill which deserved the moat much to say that if w , ,
e pasothe bill in the wretc e ag- own part, I believe that if all the opponents of the carefully avoided giving any opinion upon ono important
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that had beeu broughe into tho house for 20 y e
' earh-e tuse careful inquiry. There was the question of Sootland. They end which remains nat.
he present session, we shall be doing bill had been content to become a self - denying, point-the prerogative of the Crown. In order therefore, ioashwark &Vauxhall 51. per cwt. 100 0 0 -
functions as legislators. aadience and to take .no part in the discussion, but to prevent the house taking a step in the dark, might he West Middlesex -•• 5/. per cent. 61 0 0 - 100
-let his noble friend. attempt to force it upon t . s .
had the Dean of Faculty and the Lord Justice General,the nothing shore of a h n
without even inquiry upoli it. (Hear.) All thee his up
le f• de fStl d e t• e t the select commit- (Cilear,•) Atost of t e ploigetsouwrhich concetn this Tatter to listen to what was said of it by its supporters, they be allowed to ask the law officers of the Crown what, in •
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heady treated with so much ability that need would have had no ireason to complain of it being their opinion, the legal effect of the bill would be with
porters wished was, to be able to return to theie hreetils. cieja be o co an , repr sen me o
tee that provision ought to be made for Scotland in matters have been a
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with satisfa.ction and contentment-et laugh)-and h eot trouble the House by going over them again; but there treated with too much favour. (Hear, hear.) It cannot be respect to the prerogative ? He was convinced, for his Dividend Amount i
of final appeal. Yet no such provision was made. Again,
per of Paid, Price.
netted the noble lord not further to force the bill upon
14 one point in particular to which I venture to can the at_ dented that the question is one of the greatest difficulty and own part, that the bill, -as it at pi eseut stood,- would take Name of Company.
take the case of India and the colonies. He wonld submit
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them. (Hear, hear.) tentiou of the house, because it affords sach a y g y,
ver stron dame and one which involves a vast number of &mei- away the power of the Crown ta create life peerages above ,
it was a very great question whether something might not
Mr. MALINS said this was a. measure of mos v
t ital int-
be done to alter the law regulating appeals, with advantage ground of ohjection eo preceeding with the bill during the derations. It ought to be considered, among other matters, a Curtain fixed number.
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por tauce as affecting the aduaiuistretion of justice. (Hear.) to them. Then there had been a petition presented to t . .
he present Beaton. It ls said that this bill may be amended 'whether it would be desirable to have one or more courts The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that itwas impossible -
ts details. It is, however sometimes diffieult to judge of • appeal, and whether means may not be adopted to give a positive answer to the questiop ef the hon. and aline/lord .....• .._ .._ • -. IN,
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He had already ia that houae drawn attention to the un- house-a petition of the greatest wisdom and authority-. in i
e. r a Date New or 7',,1 p.c. 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 - --
iction Hear.), he meant the etition of Lord Wensleydale. It was the habit w e
le t are details, If this bill is a compromise, it is erai- to avoid the multiplication of appeals. As regards the learned gentleman, without first ace tainine whether the
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satisfactory state of our appellate juriad . ( p
neatly desirable to know what are the essential parts of the great qurtion of life, peerages, you rule calle.d upon to Crown had the prerogative of creating life peers. If there watenoo• • • ...- .
And his views had been adopted and confirmed even by of the House of Commons not to deal lightly with the
compromise. If you take the lax and latitadinarien doct . e fth h t. b d • le b'll it oil e -
rine leeislate in the dark as regards the prerogative o e wore suc a preroga me, open question tisi , as now Dto c . nn. o . . s. .
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the House of Lords. (Hear.) The delay and expense interests of private individuals. When affected by legisla-
tion, Lord Wensleydale prayed that his petition might be of the hon. and learned gentleman who has just sat down, it crown, because, although in that respect the meaning' of worded-the wording being a matter for the consideration
parts in t e ompronnse is i is no su je 21
anionnted almost to a denial of justice. (Hear, hear.) taken into consideration. Well, they were going to reject prs that there are no essential • hse • tie lell • t 13. ct to much serious argument, yet of the committee-hunted the exercise of that prerogative,
ap- ea
th t• f t t' 1 reed •udees and any- it is not too much to say that it is in diametrical con- to thee by virtue of it there could not be in the House of
eecept e crea ion o wo grea ea . j e ,
DOCKS.
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With reeard•to the nature of the tribunal, although the that petition ; for what tribunal coeld so easily determine
country lied tolerated the long period in which the appel- t .
he case as a select committee? Bat the hon. and learned •thing else may either be excluded or inserted. If, again, tradiction of the declaration of the Government of the. Lords more th.an. four peers for life at one time. •
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late jurisdiction was rea y y
11 exercised b the Lord Chan- g th t•t s the House of y
entleman opposite told the house ai wa . on were to adopt all the alterations suggested by the hon. Q. u.een upon the subject. Under these circumstances, The house divided, when the numbers were-
and learned . member for Wallingford, I know not what it is not too much to ask that we may have accorded For the amendment
Against it 155
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cellor, at the preaent, time such a system, even under an Lords that had to determine as to this bill, for it affected
their constitution. Now he contended that the question security he elves that, after we have passed the bill on the to us as much time for the consideration of this
footin of aecompromise, it would not then be rejected. in subject as is ordinarily afforded to the House of Commons Majority
Eldon,. would not be endured. (gear, hear.) Since 1835 was one for the House oiCommons to decide, for it•affected
anothegr place as being something different from what was for the consideration of subjects of not one-twentieth part The announcement of the numbers were received with Commercial .. ~......, 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock.. -
there had been for some years. a body of ex-chancellors of the property and well-being of all her Majesty's subjects.
intended-as not representing the compromise. (Hear, of its importance and magnitude ?It is vain to say that the loud cheering. East and Weselndia.. 6S pr ;tent. Stock. -- • -
' ler ability, area the jurisdiction was tolerated by the (Hear.) And when he was told by the SAMe hon. gentleman
singe .
hear.) This I may assume, that if there is any one present state of things is intolerable. It is true that there The Corrupt Practicea Prevention Bill was read a se- East Ceantry 2os: per sh. - -., -
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couutry. But lately these noble lords, from age and other that they ought to pass the bill because the Haase of Lords
part of the bill which is the essence of the compro- may be five or six months' delay, bue that delay has always cone time. London ..... - -
reasons had thonght fit to withhold their assistance, and would not consent to pass any other, he would say at once
/rap, it must be that portion which bears on the preroga- existed, and yet the persons who use that argument tell us The Revenue (Transfer of Charges) Bill was read. a third Ditte Bonds 4l. par cent. - - -
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consequently daring last session there were only two peers that he did not believe the House of Lords would offer any
titre of the Crown. I take it for granted that the whole that even 30 years ago the appellate jurisdiction of time and passed. st. Katharine
iu attendance. And now the court of appeal really con- impregnable resistance to a wise and well-considered mea-
man and object of the compromise were to save the minsis. the House of Lords was most satisfactory, when at that ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. Victoria ....,..... a 51. per cent. -2000'10 0 0 ' 22
eiste.l of a single peer-the Lord Chancellor-a state of sued reform. (Hear.) But he would ask, was the exigency
tency and to reconcile the opinions of those who were time the very same delay took place. I trust that the This bill having been read a third time, .
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things certainly intolerable.- (Hear hear.) The question such that the House of Commons was called upon to accept
placed in conflict with respect to an important prerogative house will not consent to agree to a piece of legislation so Mr. WHITESIDE moved the insertion of a clause the JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
was, what was to be done ?He should have rejoiced if a mere stop-gap measure ?If they did then they would
of the Crown, asserted by a minority and denied by a ma. ilaconsdered on a subject which involves principles of the object of which was to reduce the number of the commis- ' -
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the House of Lords would have relinquished their juris- furnish a pretext for the accusation.that, by their own act,
jority iu the House of Lords. I therefore assume that the greatest difficulty and delicacy, and which most nearly sioners from three to two. Paid. Price.
Name of Company. per • of
diction. Still that house had declared that they were de- they had-brought about all the mischief which the hon.
bill represents the sense • and spirit of that compromise bears upon the foundation of the constitution. Under Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD opposed the clause on the Annum. Share.
terwined to retain it. If the House of Lords, however, sad learned geetleman had predicted. It would-be remem-
with respect to the prerogative of the Crown. Well, what these circumstances it is hardly too much, I think, to ask ground that, while-the Executive possessed the power of --.--
as a house, did not really exercise it, and it was exercised bered that a strong demand had been made upnathte
does the bill say and do with respect to that prerogative ? the noble lord at the head of the Government to consent to reducing the commissioners from three to two, if that Z s. d. 4 s. d.
only by the law lords, what necessary connection had it House of Commons for deliberation and inquiry,dbu 102
b a' Is there any man who will answer me that question ? I the motion of the hon. gentleman-(hear, hear)-and t,o were expedient, the jadicial force of the court really re• ;can 61. per cent. 50 0 0 „ 72%
with the house? (Heat.) • Something must be done ; and through the voice of a majority, the demand ha een re-
wish I had heard the noble lord at the head of the Govern- consent to refer this bill to a select committee, to weigh quired to be strengthened, not diminished. Brinse ce• me__
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although that was not the best reason for legislation, it jected, and the result was the precipitate adoption of a
meat deliver his authoritative judgment as to the effect of well not only the diffieulties by which the subject is sur- Mr. NA.PIER supported the clause.
was at least an unanswerable one. It was necessary to do crude and ill-cousidered measure. (Hear.)
this bill on the prerogative of the crown. I did not hear rounded, and which this bin will tend to indefinitely com- Lord NAAS said that the house had not yet been in- lonian. ..... .......... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
something. The Lord Chancellor was virtually the court Mr. L. WIGRAM would observe t .
hat two impressions
the Attorney-General express his opinion, nor do I believe plicate, so that we may not discredtt ourselves and the formed whether the Government intended to make any C0i0nia1............... 5/. per cent. 100 00250 0 22
Lone. Leer. BS. ol.Aus. 20 0 0 all 0 21
of appeal. Could anything be more ridiculous than tcecall had been biought home to his mind during thd progress of
oedlon a•-: 10/. p-er cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 34%
that the Solicitor-General-though I did not hear his British Legislature ; but by the exercise of prudence and serious alteration in the personnel of this tribunal. Did re -4=nsl*r 141. percent. 100 0020 0 0 ,50
that the jurisdictiou of the House of Lords ? (Hear.) The the debate. The firet was that he did not believe in tbe ne-
speech-declared his opinion upon this point. This ques- by refraining from pressing extreme opinions, we may be they mean to remove Baron Richards ? and, if so, who was
450 peers were actually excluded, and the decision of a, cessity of referring the bill to a select committee, and for
tion is touched mainly in the-fourth clause. Ido not pre- able at some future period, and I venture to hope at no to be appointed in his stead ? Flevincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
single peer was termed that of the house. (Hear, hear.) the reason that he could not remember a subject to have
sumo to ive an o inion with reepect to the important distant period, to present the country with a measure Mr. GROGAN approved of the clause, the question Fr'.4°nPcl(.:ll4,..l'•ol.nt-Stock ... 12/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto, New.• •.. • ... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all -7-
Something, he repeated, must be done. He declared aeain been discussed in that house upon which gentlemen on both . .
r ghetherythPe Crown is entitled to create life peers worthy of a great country. (Cheers.) raised by which was whether Baron Richards should re- Nationr.l of Ireland.... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
that he wished the House of Lords had consented: to sides possessed so much information. Almost every one I!. -,!ti T.
1 iqrairnawment or not. Ido not dispute the doctrine of my No one rising to address the house, there were loud calls turn to his legitimate Court, and the number of commis- Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0,, 35 0 0 - ,
give up theirjurisdiction. (Hear, hear.) That would have that had spoken upon the subject seemed intimately ac- sioners be reduced to two. Ditto, New .. •• - - 81. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
afforded the opportunity for constituting tan appellate queinted with the details of his subject, sad quite compe- . friend t
loion ' • he member for Wallingford, that the House of •"Palmeeston," in the midst of which
Orleatin Bank Corpora. ,82. p. ct. Subs. 25 0 0 all 41%,
of Lords was acting within its competency wheu it thought Lord PALMERSTON rose and said-It must be ad- Lord PALMERSTON said his hon. and learned friend
jurisdiction analogous to that of the Judicial Committee of tent to advise the house respecting it. His second impression had distinctly stated the other evening that it was the in- 74%
fit to take a proceeding which had the effect of negativing mitted, sir, that what has been stated by the hon and Union of Australia.. • . ,301. per cent. 25 0 0 „
e the Privy Council. And if he could have seen his way by was suggested by some remarks of the right hon. gentleman
the extraise of that prerogative. But, en the other hand,. • tention of her Majesty's Government that Baron Richards Ditto ..........•• •• '3Ol. per cent. - 210 0 91,6
I ain d e tle a Mali
e • e ben m n opposite (Mr. ns), that the mean- L le
rejecting tho bill to secure that object, he wouldhavevoted the member for Oxford (Mr. Cardwell) which tended to
I think it is erfectly plain that, when we are called aeon., not continue to be a member of the Encumbered Union of London ..... ;201. per tent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 30%
South Australia ...... 1141 p.a.& bs. 25 0 0 a
for its rejection. But he had with great pain and regret the conclusion that they ought not to legislate for the im- •
on to legisllte upon the matter of life peerages, the ing of this motion is not so much to obtaisa an inquiry by Estates Court, but that he should return to his ordinary Union co Monied ... •• 1 -
duties. The Government thought it desirable to retain ' 40 0 0 all -
aud doubt arrived at the conclusion that there was nothing provement of the House of Lords until they had 'surveyed
1111.Pouse of Commons is entitled, nay bound, to have an a select committee as te get rid of the bill for the present
sessioneis a correct view of the case, and upon that issue the power of appointing three judges of the Encumbered ____ CANALS.
else to be done but to support the bill. (Laughter.) The the whole field of the jurisdiction of the country, and
inion with respect to that prerogative. (Hear, hear.)
Estates. Court, but if it was found that two judges could
evil was so pressing that it would not admit of delay. If adapted it to the ultimate court of appeal. His right hon.
'The claim I make is this-and I think it is a resistless argn-
every hon. member must be prepared to give his vote to- conveniently get through the business the number of .6 Dividend
the bill were sent to a select committee that would shelve friend had referred to the relative positions of the House of Names of a „se
--• Corn antes. c'S' '"' Price.
the bill for the year. Next year the evil would exist; and Lords and the'Court of Chancery. Now if they were to
Tall be seurPmitted to deal with this question of prerogative
nt in rt of the motion of my hon. 'friend-that we
night. I very much regret the circumstances under which judges would be reduced to two. Companies. A per ,
ce Annum. ; P .e , Annum.
co ,
what would be the consequence? Was there any reason- embark upon so many collateral questions before they came
in the d-r lieht and not in the dark. (Hear, hear.) If we ray hon. friend has made this motiou, and also the manner Sir J. GRAHAM wished, after the statement of the ________-. _-'
able prospect that the House of Lords would part with to support and continue the House of Lords as a court of
are aboutYt:limit the prerogative, let us know it ;orifwe in which he has adverted to the measure. There is, lam noble lord, to ask whether it was to be distinctly under- 1 I I X •
their appellate jurisdiction ? Why very distinguished peers final appeal, he must say he looked forward with the greatest
are about to save it, let us kno w that it is saved. (Hear. It is rry to say a stron d'ff f • • h.
g i erence o opinion upon tis sub- stood that Baron Richards was to return to his own court, A shtn &DI
Names of gi„ Dividend pri,.
dh, 93 71. p. ct. 145 M_accle,field. 100 21._ los. 51
had declared that if they gave it up they would lose their apprehension to the jurisdiction of the final appeal remain- a ite plain that it would-be unworthy of the framers of a bill so
- " '
legislative power in ten years. There was no chance then ing unsettled for years to come, and to the subject of ap- su - ject, and lam sorry to be obliged to differ from those who Brknace-Abeg 150 4/.
and was no longer to take part in the business of the En. 8arn0w..... 160 - - Nxeath .....
0 ford.. •• •• iOO - 103
tle h h d • t f
to propose to is ouse a measure couc ain arms o , cumbered Estates Court ?It was desirable that the house 0 41. 93 Peak Forest. 78 5/. Os. 76
of their giving up their appellate jurisdiction. That being pellate jurisdiction reform getting into the same position studied a nbiguity in reference to that point, and, if there in general afford me their support. We have, however, should clearly understand whether, if, as Mr. Longfield Ingham 4
IC3Oventry..•• 100 252. - Regent's.• • • 30, 11 16
so-true wisdom required-that Parliament should do the as that most unfortunate question of the improvement of could be a man who woull frame a bill for the purpose of felt it to be our duty to recommend this measure for the and Mr. Hargreavo, the other judges of this court, be- • Derby ..... 100 6/. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85,, 11. 10s. 76
best that could be done for remedying the evil. The pte- the ecclesiastical courts. As to the question of life peer- deluding the hetise, it would be unworthy not only of our acceptance of the house, and, however painful it may be to lieved, they were able, with a proper addition to their Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. - Somrset Coal 140 - -
sent bill provided at all events a partial remedy. It pro- ages. That was not a principle of the bill. They might dignity, but of our intelligence, to allow ourselves to be find that in the rfo ance of our üblic dut e stand staff, to perform their functions as commissioners, the Grandjenctn 100 31 pr.ct. 43
Sptf7r.cl'lrt 100 161 -
la
vided for the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction during create two deputy speakers in the House of Lords, and her taken in by such a delusion. (Hear.) This bill says, in the
vananc Pe
P y w Government would abstain from appointing a third judge. Do., 6,pr.Ct.
110(161. p4r2.. ct.
..._
113 i shrewsburere 140
the recess. It also provided that there should be three Majesty might confer upon them, and she would be wise if fourth clause, that if her Majesty shall have granted a peer- at • e with those who generally give us their support, Lord PALMERSTON had intended to state distinctly
I?.irraaund.l'UnieeK 100 11.0 s. - Stoarbricleye.... ;4255 17/. 290
jadges at least instead of one. It was said, indeed, that it she did so, hereditary peerages; but whether the bill age for life to any person who shall be apeointed Depute- still, having felt it to be our duty to propose the bill, we that it was the intention of the Government, as an exPeri- Kennt & Avn 39, 65. Od. 6%,Severn and') '-- .„. _
was a blow to the preroeative. But that was a delusion. should or should not contain a clause giving power to con-
Speaker, such person shall be entitled to receive a writ of were , bound to discharge that duty, whatever the cense- ment, to try whether the duties of the Encumbered Estates Lancaster .. 100 - -It Wye Ra11..5
.26 ``
2-81. 472
It -was admitted that thee Crown could create life peers; but fer life peerages, was, after all, only a matter of detail, to
quenCes might be. Now, sir, this measure has been occa- Court could be efficiently diacharged by two judges. (Hear.) Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 483% -Warwick &..1 100 2L 25
though the Government had acted very nnwiselyin mooting be considered in committee. He was not in favour of the
-summons as a peer of Parliament. I do not now animadvert
because it is a point of secondary importance-upon y t e conviction which wo na.' ve entertained that
stoned b h • • • Mr. WHITESIDE was:perfectly satisfied with the state- Leicester.... 100 51. 49)6 Birming,
the quelition, the Eons° of Lords was the proper tribunal House of Lords sitting to hear appeals during the proroga-
the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords was in a amendment.
ment of the noble lord, and would therefore withdraw his Leicstr &Nth 83, - - Warwick & 1 21. 10
to determine their own privileges, and had determinedthat tion ; and in this respect the clauses of the bill might no the somewhat indecorous tf not unconstitutional course
Loughborogh 1421 701. 550 Napton-j 100
a life peer was not a lord of Parliament. (Hear.) The pre- doubt be modified, by giving their lordships power to ap- of providing by act of Parliament for the compulsory ex-
ercise of the Queen's prerogative with regard to the ism- condition in which it would not be for the publicgood that it The bill was then passed. Monmouthsh 100! - - Worcstr &/ as 2/. 20
Mntgmeryshlloo, - - Birming. j '
sent bill only provided that a certain number of life peers point a committee for the purpose, and so avoid the objec- • - .t s The Customs (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. lldeltnAlwbry 100: - - Wilts & Brks -10 s. Od. 4%
ing or a wri OI summons. (Hear.) I do not enter iuto should continue. Let it not be understood that I agree viith
The Magdalen Hospital (Bath) Bill was read a third
should be peers of Parliament ; and wherein did that in- tion urged against the measure in its present shape. So far
that question now, because it is possible that it may be these who think there is something inherent in the ap el- - - -
terfere with the prerogative ? . This bill did not limit the tt3 his vote went, then, he should give it decidedly in sup-
amended as a verbal question in committee; but I find late jurisdiction of the House of Lords which is in itPself
objectionable; on the contraiy, I shauld be sorr to see time and passed. INSURANCE COMPANIES.
prerogative of the Crown ; but the Crown could not create port of paaintaining.the appellate jurisdiction in the House The Endowed School of Moulton Bill was read a third '
thee jurisdiction transferred to any other quarter YI
think Dividend Amount
peers to sit in Parliament. The Crown could still create of Lords. In conclusion the hon. and learned gentleman here a clear enunciation in an act of Parliament, that
when her Majesty shall have granted a peerage for life to time and passed.
arTehlaenadm)
Benildl mweenr
et s c toon
st
ihdee
rCeoduar
nt
do
af
gAr
epe
dp etanl. in Chancery Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
200 peers if it thought fit, and it was a delusion, therefore, said that he was prepared' to go into committee at once,
that the 1t t f • " - * ' Annum. Share.
propose o rans oar that jurisdiction to the Judi-
to say that the measure interfered with the prerogative. and there to deal with the details of the measure. a Deputy-Speaker such person shall receive a writ of sum-
mons as a peer of Parliament as a matter of right. Is del Committee of the Privy Council is founded upon very
imperfect considerations both as reeards the tribunal from -
The right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle, aud the On the hon. and learned gentleman restiming his seat COURT OF CHANCERY (IR,ELA.ND) RECEIVERS' .•
X s. d. 4 s. d.
noble lord the member for London contended thatthepeers there were vociferous calls for a division. For some rao- not the, muxin inciusto unius exclusio alius, I ask, most
clearly applicable in this case ? (Hear, hear.) If you say BILL. . Albion ....•• ........ W. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 87
which it is proposed to take that 'eurisdiction nd also of Alliance Brie and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17%
created ought to be peers with inheritance ; but he (Mr. ments it appeared doubtful if the debate were not brought
th court to which it i p pos djto tr f r'il. I think This bill was read a third time and passed. Ditto Marine ... .... SL p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42
Melina) maintained that if this bill passed, there would be to a premature close, when Lord Palmerston rose with evi- that a person receiving an appointment as Deputy-Speaker
with a peerage for life shall be entitled to sit in Par- th:t to transfeetehe appehedrale jeurisdictieoune, ewhiche hale
.sol PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. • Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 10 0 -
no greater difference between the new peers and the peers dent reluctance to address the house. A cry of GI d
"--1 7- liament, do not you thereby inevitably and irrevocably lon, been exe 'dby t e House of Lords, to the Jae icia This bill was also read a third time and passed. Atlas . , ..... 15s. Od. 50 005 15 0 1856
by inlietitance than between Scottish and Irish represen- stone," however, proceeded from the bench immediately
Coamitese of the •Privy Council which is a body of very POOR•LAW AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL. knots Life ........... 42. per cent. -100 0 0 25 0 0 23
The order for the second reading of this bill was read
tatty° peers and those sitting in their own right. If the behind the noble lord, who instantly with surprising ala- declare that no other person appointed a peer for
life shall sit in Parliament? (Hear, hear.) If there recent oriein and which from it; nature and constitution British Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0 0 -5 0 0 -
ClericLalcd.& Gen. Life spr ct. &lass 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
appella.te juriediction was to be maintained, it was for the crity resumed his hat and his seat, on finding that the be any doubt on the matter turn to the 6th is depend:nen on the act of the Crown would be a mea- and' discharged.
County .. ..._ _ ...... 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
interest 'of the public and the profession that the new pear- right hon. and versatile member for the University was
clause which says that nothine shLl in any wise abridge sure not in my Popinion in harmony with the practice of the WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION BILL. Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 50 0 -
constitution, nor would it tend to strengthen that which
ages should to some extent be for life, and not an inherit- "on his legs."
or effete the right of her °Majesty to appoint other Upon the motion that the order for going into commit- Eagle .. -
auce, inasmuch as in the progress of law reform professional Mr. GLADSTONE.-I hope the house will excuse me all are so anxious to retain. What was it that, in our tee upon this bill be discharged, Equity and Law...... % per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5%
incomes had been much lowered, and there were but few Deputy Speakers than life peers. If you mean to preserve
opinion, rendered some change necessary with regard to Stovernment and ho ed that some 1 te
Mr. HADFIELD objected to the course taken by the European Life ...... ... 1/. 20 0 0 an 18%
persons eligible to undertake the responsibility of the peer- if I attempt to detain them for a very few moments on a the right of appointing the peers of Parliament, why do you
the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords ?It was, , p exp ana ton would be e1enera1.............. 6/. 50 0 , f On
age. Bat he certainly should regard it as a public calamity question of an interest and importance so extraordinary as not say, in lite manner, that nothing shall in anywise
Globe •... •• .... 5/. per cent. Stock. ~ 103%
that b th f • • t b've3*
y e course o nature many of those eminen men T Guardian ............ 57. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5.0 54N
if the hot tribunal of the House of Lords which sat upon that now before us. I have to regret-although this May abridge or affect the right of her Majesty to appoint life
who had, in fact. constituted the court of eal had he motion was agreed to without remark, and the bill imperial Fire ..... .. :. (21. per cent. 500 0,050 0 0 340
legal and constitutional questions, should' be reduced to be a pledge to the house that I shall not long occupy their ears ? (Hear, hear.) Do you mean to preserve the right
passed awa,y- ; mei it became most essential, taefore, to was withdrawn. Imperial Life
ETPlifisscbDillpAwats rAeNadDa
cseAcpotrTuti
only one or two noble and learned lords. Admitting that
INDEMNITY BILL. Indemnity Marine.... 11. 3s & 3/. 100 0 0 20 0 0 544
oPr not ? If you do not mean to preserve it, let us knew
attention-that, owing to indisposition, I have been pre- that we are proceeding on that basis. YAi have granted strengthen that tribunal by the admission of members of
there might be too matter lawyers in the House of Commons
vented from hearing many of the most effective speeches the right of appointing other Deputy Speakers besides the the legal profession. My right hon. friend has stated that
LinAe*R ESTATES BILL. Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s.bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3%
-- 100 0 . 10 0 0 61
-(" hear" from Lord Palmerston)-it was better to have
Law Life.............
two to be ap ointed under this bill ; you have also greeted
50 0 0 2 0 0 -
too many than too few. (Erten) He should regard it as a which have been delivered by persons intending to ob- the question has been inconsiderately mooted by the Govern- • Legal and General Life -
the light of aP pointing four life peers of Parliament under ment. Now upon that point I bee leave to differ from him Sir G. GREY, in moving the second reading of this bill,
great misfortune if the mercantile and banking interest ject by their votes to the bill now under consideration.
this 'bill, andPl want to know why, while preserving the The question is one whinh has fore 1 • • •
a ong period occupied the said he proposed to continue the existing act for one year, • London Ship.... - IN.& bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
were unrepresented. and if the retention of the legal ele- I have, however, been fortunate in hearing several- ri i '
:lit tredgewzralh giarreel:
k th D t li k do not preserve
ght to ma e o er ova y pea era you attention of successive Gov in order that the recommendations of the commissioners Marine ..... .......... 18s.per share 100 0 o 28 : g pg
meet fp this house were essential, it was much more so in speeches delivered by men of great eminence in favour of the right to make otber life peers ? Taking thisfourthclause most carefully considered. Ae.:lll•emg
of life peerages, it is my opinion that the House of Lords might be considered by the house. Med. Imilid & Gen. Life 4% /. per ct. 50 0 0 2
London
the other. (Hear.) Considering the great age of the noble
the bill ; and as en o onent of the bill lam o The bill was then read a second time. Minerva •• .....• •• •• &bs 2a 0 0 2 0 0 -
5 p. et• •
5. 0 0 1 0 0 1/.
and learned lords who now consituted the appellate juris- pp , b und to say
Monarch • • .. •• •• .. •• -
abs 1 te extinction of any claim on the
in connection with the rest of the bill, I say that if you
meant to enact an ou . dnon an erroneous •ad meet when th • . JUDGMENTS EXECUTION, &0., BILL. Paseo 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0
,-
diction, he thought it right that Parliament should con- that I have every reason to be satisfied with those acte p . . j g. ey arrived at National Loan
h t• h
art of the Crown to exercise suc a preroga ive, you ave the conclusion at which they did arrive with regard to the The house went into conamitteepro forma upon eh' 1311
is i , Palladium Life ... 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 3%
cede the power to the Crown to create a limited number speeches, and that if any doubt had remained on my mind Lee • •I h at h)Lk t th • • i i which was ordered to be printed. .... - 50
of peers for life, who shonld be competent, by their learn- it most effectual y ere. ear, ear. oo a e admission of Lord Wensleynale to that house Thare is a Pelican ...... •• •• •••• - _ 180
with respect to the inexpediency of proceeding with a mea- first ' • h f th I " P ovided always (and I
proviso in t e our c ause, r td• • • b h H ' • CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. Phoenix - -
ing and experience, to aid the House of Lords in the busi- grea 'enaction etween t e onse of Lords and the House Professional Lite•• •• .. 51. per cent. 5 0 010 It -
of this character under resent circumstances and at be the attention of the Government to this point) " that
ness of legislation. Although, therefore, he did not- fancy sure P g of Commons with regard to the foundation upon which This bill passed through committee.
Provident Life ...., 11. ss. & bs. 100, 0 0 ID 0 ii 3ste
the present measure, and could have wished one of a diffe- this time, the -speeches which I have heard from eminent 9
t more than four persons shall have seats in the House their influence in the Country is based The great influs STAMP DUTIES. Rock Life.... •• •• .. 7s. 58 0 010 0 Bii
eon y. re ere
ilof Lords at on t• peers for lif I"A th • • • *- • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for -
rent complexion, he should, in the absence of a better one, members of the legal profession, who thought they were ence of this house arises from its being an elected body' Royal Exchange ...... 101. per cent. Stock. all _
" 8 Ime
as
'la 1 h• h Id • • ' leave to introduce two bills. The first provided for the son Fire
any words in the Englis anguage wic cou more
...... , 6/. 10s. .-
give it his support. He admittedthat bythis bill the aline'. speaking on behalf of the bill and who intend to support it and. thus being a representation of the feelings and o linens'. _
clearl express a Parliamentary declaration that the num- of the reat of the ole of this c t ThP •fl • reduction of the duty upon proxy papers for voting in re- Ditto Life ..... 1/. 14s. -
late jurisdiction of the House of Lords would substantially, g mass pe p one ry. ain nt. 0 40 0 5
with their votes, would have sufficed to remove the ve yf l'f tb th absolute maximum
ry ber of our peera for i e was o e e once and power of the House of Lords, teethe other hand,
--- e spect to railway companies from 2s. 6d. to 6d. (Hear, United Kingdom .. ... 4/. p. ct. & bs. 20 0
0 40
0
although not nominally, ba taken away-(ironical cries of
t with Universal Life .•• ..... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10
shado of such ado bt. H
w n ( ear, an g .)
d lan hter I take fixed by law ? It may be right that that should be so; I hear.) That reduction, he believed, would mee
412 6 5%
" hear, hear")-and that when the public found the court are founded upon the character of its members upon their Vlctorie Life ......•• N. per cent. ,-
do not enter uon that o• bt •1 t dal w.th • • ' general approbation, as he was informed that ehe present
int; u, i we are o e 1
of appeal sitting in November and December, they would the speech of the hon. and learned Attoraey-General. He . keel influence their personal character or the political
P th• Pt. I think we have a fair lair le h 'll • -d' 1 ' - rate of duty acted as•a practical restriction upon the share-
s compromise on is ques ion, a ity wic tey may isp ay. There cam be no doubt LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
not recognise in it the present ordinary appellate jurisdic- ran over the scale from top to bottom, reciting all the ob- holders from voting, and thereby prevented them from
claim to know what is the meaning of that compromise. Owiethe House of Lords ld d •
won enve great influence and
tions Bat he thought that in the course of years the House jections which might be urged
,against the bile He did If you say that we must not inquire-that all we have got 8,. contiolling the acts of the directors. It was a matter of Divideud Anment
of Lords, feeling that the jurisdiction had gene substan- consideration in the country if there were the mean ot of Paid. Price.
not attempt to•extenuate the force of one of them ;hetodo is to vote, it is not too much that before we vote we 1 • •th• •t li 't h h dd• • • public policy to make the alteration he proposed. The Name of Company. per .
tally, niight be induced to part with it in reality. (Hear.) , p acing wi in Ismi s men wo a istinguished them- • - Annum. Share.
If the bill passed, he felt sure that the noble lord the First •
did not enter int? , any reasoning or statement of facts should ask you to explain to us what it is that we are going selves either by their legal attainments 'or b
y great milt- bill also proposed to effect a similar reduction in respect
-__- -
t te But even if we had before us an explicit and t ' 1 h. b t h to certain iu Scotland called mandates,•which were proxies '
. __„.........,_ .......--- x
8. d. x a, d.
Minister of the Crown would only consider the efficiency to show that any one of them was unfounded or ex- sZfaCtor d 1 te teeth uestion of life-peerages
yec iu-a ion as e g tauruye owrifiicalvi aw
oauckLe
nv ea rent m Ilt 0 W 0, tei)t having that for- for voting in respect to municipal and parochial matters. Bank of Scotl d
an .... 71. per cent. 100
' , 0 0 100 0 0 20020 s
of the administration of justiee, and not lend himself to aggerated ; bat to one and all he replied by declaring itself, I should still be precluded from giving my vote in transmit to their descend-
ants the means ade uatel to maintai th d• 't fth
a e igni y o e He also proposed to make an alteration with respect to the British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 !0 0- 1020
10 0 ,
0 227/0s
anything in the shape of jobbery. To that part of the bill that the nresent evil was vast, intolerable, and insuffer- favour of this bill without further inquiry by the simple 1b q Y ' stamping of articlea of clerkship to attorneys. At present, Caledonian Bank .. - . 82. per cent. 10 ,0 0 0 4,3 s
peerage, wou d e placed in an impropersituation by beine •
ei er cent. 10 0 0 10- e 0 12/ Ss
which limited the appointments to those who had filled
abl • th t h had otlf e 1 'to ff - b • 13'11 'd tion of the meaner in which it deals with that
e , a e n ine ese oa. ut this i , cons" era made hereditary peers That being o ' • It f•e if the articles were not stamped before taken out they were City of Glasgow Bank ,: P
~
t 20 ' 0 0 10 0' 0 13/15s
judicial offices he objected-(hear)-and in committee it
• teat uestion. I think it is :impossible that there e was conferred upO'n Baron We
nalli: eminent a
_e %peer- invalid, and he proposed to adopt in regard to those instru-. Clydesdale Bank .. •• 5% P - •
71. Per cl. 500 ; 0 0 100 0 0 226/es
-was his intention to change that part of the measure. Ile and that the. house had no option but to pass • it. I
dydale. Th.e Ho se'of meets the same course that was puesued in respect to knee. C
EmmteinrnerlaliTank .• 10 0 0 121 7s
egOuld agrise in this country a graver question than that rords differed u On the oint 61. per cent. 25 0 0
objected to the present proviiion in this respect, as it li- Den bound to say that Ido not think the House • ' p p ,an a majority decided bar documents, and to allow them to be stamped at a `. 5;0050 0 51 2s
i 1 • h t• • f f life It may be • ' •
involve( in t e crea ion o peers or . against the admission of •Baron Wensleydale as a life a r Euinb. & &a.s.;o.w. ........ 3%7. p cent.
raited the cho ce of the Crown. This measure Wb.B not of Commons is reduced to such a pass as that when a that that question has been inconsiderately raised. •
to a seat in the house. Then came thequestion whatcou e •
P•e future time upon payment of a penalty. The other bill Emchange Bnk of Scot.. -
T 8 ~ -
'0 0 .0 0 0 182,
which he wished to introduce was intended to give to National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100
what he should pvefer ; but, seeing that it, was the best question of this kind is presented to it, tonchine most Cheers ) Time, I confess is m Own opinion, but the sh Id b dWe hay b
ou e pursue . . . e een told ley the right hon. odio, 2 10 0 r
that could be framed tinder the circumstances, he should nearly the very foundations of one House of Puha° ( *• h b • ' er t 1 'dd es t
meat-a fact that it as een inconsi era e y raise o no member for Oxford University, that the present le 1 •
it is the landowners in Scotland the same advantages With respect Northof Scotland Bank et.per cent
IL i o o 100 o o 41
1 s
object to its being referred to a select committee. Reject touching most delicate matters with res ect to the rero- • • 4.f 3 'in ipconsiderately fixing and fastening it to the income tax which were virtually enjoyed by land- Royal Bank of icotl. .. 51.. per cent. 10 •
00 0 0 1"/ 0
P . P j ash y result of a compromise huddled up in a comnaittee f r the Union Bank of Sco .
t „ ee per cent. 100 , 0 02110
the bill, and the appellate jurisdietion would be left in the ga.tive of the Crown, and als • ' 11
•sl • 11 h ) I e t f • • e owners in England, and which had. been conferred by t 50 '0 0 50 00 is /15
wildest state of confusion. o involving most important down by egi anon. ( ear, ear. can See orea orce convenience of parties: Itis no such thing. (Cries of "Hear Western Bank •• -••• •• 77. per can .
. topics with respect to the admiuistration of justice-I saY, in the argument for peerages for life ; your peerage, meant i
i hear," it-om the Op (maim benches ) It th
, . p . . woo not e conve- upon landoWners in Irate
, act of Parliament . . nd. In kiliance Fire and Life.. 8% /. pr cent. 100 0 o 11 o s
lo o o 0 181" s
Mr. CARDWELL had hopod that the moderate request when such a question is presented to the House at a time to be transmitted to remote descendants, -is so much cot- • Ireland there was an express provision by law that in cal- British Guarantee ... 4/. per cent. 2 0 01/ 13s
nience of parties, but a compromise arising from a conflict o:.per cent. 100 t) 0 10 0 0 25/10s
that, before they committed thenwevel to irrevocable legis• when the Appropriation Bill has begun to run its rapid nected with the possession of large property in all cases, of opinions upon a question of great importance, which led 1t• th income tax an exemption h Id b
cU a ing 8 C_Rl e made for caler I,ia.n eeire eilir .
lei. per cent. 0 0 2001/ 8,
lation on this great and important subject, inquiry should course, Ido not think the House is reduced. to such a pass except those where the personal distinction is so great as to an arrangement that-seemed to be calculated in so d- so much ofethe r-rates as fell
pool .
.d f upon the landlord. In •ilt s
7ilig " ' 5/. per cent. 50 0- 0' 1 005/ 7s
T
be had, would heve been conceded. he usual course, when. that every reason is to be confuted ever ton ue to be render it nueatory to inquire what proPerty the person -
gree to accomplish the purpose we had in view. Thus, the
me 0 . Scotland the genera inci ence o the local rates was upon oon a .........
Edinburgh Life Insur. • , ,
- et uer cent. 100 0 0 15 0 e 19/ 5s
silenced, every argument to be set as'ide anyd e gry obj to'
'd to the epeera e h • • 't
f
possesses, tatit is a mat er o bill comes down to us from the House of L d the landlords, who were in general, he believed, charged b
y Eng. & Scot, Lass Life 5‘,..)ar ~ • • .
ent 50 0 0 .1 5 OkV 8s
an eviewas admitted, and the remedy proposed doubtful, tion to be met by a statement that the'presenvtecoaditieocn- ig.:-.1:•.t importance togconsider whether, in the professions otr sas an ar- the law directly with those rates. _The effect of that state Life issec. o Scot,and 6/. per cent., to 0 o 110 OSW 108
ran ement, which, on the one band,is
was to reefer tha matter to a committee. This bill catue of things is intolerable, and that the House has no choihe from which you nowadays mainly feed the peerage there ages
in
the
imitert
.tidaa by those of things was, that the landlord received his rent without Nationai Fire and Life 6/., per cent. 1) 0 0 1 SI 0, 21 Os
whefobject to life peer
71. per cent. 20 0 0 20 0 0 I 36/10s
before the House Of Commons cancurreatly with the Ap- but to pass this bill. (Hear, hear.) This, indeed, is is' a fair chance of the acquisition of such a property by t d, on the any deduction being made for the loc 1 t • h • Noeth Latish Insur...
a axes , e paid e , - •
ether, furnishes such a reinforcement of strength to the 1 I h• If • • . 7iei. pr cent. 20 0 0 I. 00 1/ 10e
propriation Bill, and was a measure which dealt with the • l'- 1 ' e
o v'ne but a very bad compliment to the House of Lords. the persons distingnishe .
d in-those professions 84 will make ,tho oca taxes unse , and his income tax was charged on Sco.t.sh 1 'lion Insrnc.
5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 s 20/10s
appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords as will in some his gross rental, including the I 1 t Th • Stanclaed ISfe •• •• •• ••
(` Hear, and a laugh.) What says the honourable and ' I trab'e either for their own sakes or for the sake of , oca ra es. at was a dm- n , tee e- ss• A aSee 5/. /se,. eent. 10 0 0 1 n 0 -
constitution of the House of Lords, with the prerogative it e esi
le irned member fer-Wallingforl ?Iho e ev tle . t: ' that the shall have peerages transmissable to dtgree rernedy the evils
hwhich now exist. (Hear, hear.) advantage under which the Scotch landlords laboured in -"i's s 's• "ljr
.
p ery gen mail the eonn ry, y . . merry hon. gentlemen t. ink that a better arrangement
of the Crown, and with tha dearest rights and most in this house bas heard his speeeli, which wee worthy of their descendants. - That is a matter on which Me house • coin arisen with the •
p same class of persons in England and MISCELLANEOUS.
might be made. That 18 not impossible • b tth -
important interests of the community. If, according to the eminent position Which that hon. gentleman heldie his has e right to ask for some time to deliberate. On the other tion is not whether this is the best • , u e clues_ Ireland, and from it he now proposed to relieve them.
possible arrangement Dividend Amount
the last epeaker, the substance of thajurisdiction was lin ri ht
g,,, profesien. The hon. and learned gentleman thought it lame, thete are the considerations so ably stated by, y g (Hear.) He further ro os d t
p p,e o make an alteration with
for reinforcing the appellate jurisdiction of the House of ' per of Paid. Price.
beneath him to make an uncandid statement of his vi Member for-Carlisle the other night. This respect to the clerks of the Commissioners of Income tax in Name o 7 Compaq'.
and yet tha Lords thought they retained it, what could ews, hen:, friend the- . , . ~ . Lords, but whether the bill which is now presented to Annum. Share.
and I thank him for his candour, but at the same time I • d iniou which we must all entertain-that it is better , England. The effect of raisin •
g the rate of income tax had
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-
furnish a stronger saw) for inquiry than the doubt here hope he will not think it nefair on the ' is ael , ~ _ d lie h I
us, au w lc , i we agree to it, would no doubt -______e
beeu so tte increase the scale of allowance to the clerks of -- X s. ds 4 e. d.
part of those who t'l
not to open this question of life peerages un i we are pre- be carried into law does give such an accession of strength
suggested ? . The Lou. and learned geutleman (31r• Itedins) are friendly to further incutiey to take what they consider 13- ‘1 to deal with it in a Manner which shall probably to th p llate '•d• t• • the commissioners as to render it excessive. He proposed Assam Tea •• •• •• •• ' ' 51. 50 0020 0 0 -
tjuns ic ion. es would render it satisfac•
declared himself opposed to ono of themost important pro- a just advantage of his statement of the grounds on which CT and close it. (Fletue) Ido not mean close it, in t t thee that with respect to all those gentlemen whose selaries serceen Mart•• •• •• • • 214 per cent. 50 0 0 - -
ot opeu
dory o coun ry. My opinion undoubtedly is that it 11. ls. 100. 0 0 17 10 0 30
visione of the' bill-namely, Viet which regulates all the he iutends to vote for t'ae bill. In the first •place the hon. h't t b ie In for of such amounted to mere thansool. a year, their poundage should Australian Aericulturi
suck a ruanner tat i canno e opene. aea , es laM of opinion that the appointment of two salaried
appointments of the 'persons that were to constitute the and learned gentleman said that .he neter hadio much i• " swe are •not accustomed to hear much here '3 • be reduced from 2d., Which it was at present, to ld. in the Australian Trust..
_.:a.ii 81• p 7, cent
10 -0' 0 25
2u° -
, members of the court would strenethen it sufficiently to austrarien Ro 1 M
new tribunal, and he went sd fat so to announce his inten- diffieulty in making up his mind, and he described the o ( ultrulul
thi k thei reasonableness is very generally • i e - pound, provided that alteration should uot reduce their "mint.. le 10s. 10 0 0 an -*-
Pt nor tie ti. . r enable it to perform its duties with more effect and with Angio-mexican
tion of moving the rejection of the clause when the bill was 'mission on Lis breast with res tt th salaries to less than 500/ If this reduction of th d Land 150 ' - 40 00 -
!I Ith t th b• ot f rf
i pec . o e vote he should me wetted. but it mill be a owe( a asu je o 1 e e poen age British American .
in committee. But besides that there we th t• More satisfaction to the public. The right hon. member hld h *
re oer por !tint give. (Laughter.) E,eally, that part of his speech sounded peerages is one which, if it be •made the basis of a legiala- son ave the effect of bringing, the &aeries below cenada ... •• •••• • • " 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 128
for Oxford. University says • • - " 1 t
of the bill, although he did not specifically name titans, to like an appeal to our sympath d • ,itis a new- princip e o paY 500/ a- ear t ds 51. per cent. - _
Y , hey would be made up to that amount. Do. 5 per cent non -
which he should object in commi yan compassion ; and I tive measure, ought so to be dealt with that it shall both give members of the Legislature for th formance •of their • 61 ner cent - • - 114%
ttee. Well, that being so assure him that if he will simply alter his intention with satisfaCtion to the public mind at the time, and shall bees: • • • • _ 0 per The effect of the proposed pr •vision would be that about 30 reae, e per cent. • • • - •
..t.
the advocates of the bill bad much reason to say, " S if legislative functions. But we do not mean to pay the ie v Navigation Bonds - - -
are re3pect to is Yote-as he may in Perfect coneistency, with upon itself such marks of deliberatioa and adaptation to the fth present clerks of commissioners of income tax out of 'tea ,
us froth our friends." It wes but natural, therefore, that all the-subeential areuments he D t S kisf th f fth • I'l te . a
epu yr pea t or e per ormance o eir egis a ive Tel graPh • • 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 94
irged in favour of the wants of the period in vc hich we live, that at any rate, we about 700 would undergo a diminution of their salaries. ''ee'ric - e- - -
those who looked upon the bill with less favour should call bill- " ' ' • . t ' ' •f f ' 'cl. tear )It is
faoctions. (He . not a new principle to pay those - -
(laughter)-he will find all those disagyeeable feel - shalleeive tho chance afforded to it o a air consi era ion (Hee ) H
r. e also proposed to make a slight alteration in gainaesie Reausionry '7l pr. cent, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - ,
upon the house to take due time for coneideration before tags he has imforred t • •1. t 1 (..1* - 1.1 ' . t 1 f't non (ar ) D e w • e
ho n dorm 'udicial d t• '
3 . 11 les ;on the contrary, it is an
o name( la e 3, isappear, and he wi without a perpe ua recurrence o agi a . ea . o s the laud tax. At present the power of rodeemine this tax buto New .... •• • - 50 0 0 17 10 0 - 1
passing such 3 bill. Having regerd to the circumstances of pass at on f ordinary and recognised principle 'of the constitution.
ce rom a state of trouble to-a condition of ease this bill, I ask, fulfil this reasonable condition ?It is quite was confined to persons who had an estate in Le simple. item e avers. .
& Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - 1
tho cese, he shoul..l put a question which must be pelpabl 3 -and trau uill• 'hll ' (Hear.) My right hon. friendteheht at well ob. t t
jec o pay • 10 t 5 0
Gen . steamNasegation p. c 1 0 14 0 0 28 i
ity, wit t a• eerfect consciousness that he plain' that this measure opens the questio 1e f life peerages,. Parsons hiving limited interests, such as life estates, did
to every one, and that was, how had the bill been actually has don•e‘a real service t ' . " ' 'n n ' • t• d•i e
th Lord Chancellor wh alas ' th
, o presi in e House of Lents, Stock. - -
o the country. (" Hear hear, but it deals wit tat question in en ire an ext, toil • e tint, I not possess this power, and he now proposed to confer it El'-ulsen's 131 - •• -."
- •
21. ss. 100 0, 0 100 0 0 -
received in debate ?On the opposite side of the home they anti laeghter. axle exercises mit only judicial but also legislative functions, I Sluxigarford ...• -•• ••
) The hen, 1 1 d 1 ' f a eal Surel
ant earne gent eman says he serviance;to the constitution of a court e pp.. . p them. -
than silent votes in favour of th '
had but little more . . .1 . 1 e y (Hear.) The objection &andel upon principle goes beesl u•-roa ~ Lpndon institution . - - - -
bill, entirely objeets to the retention of the appellate jurisdic- thee is not the same to which the question of nfe peerages I eaave was given to introduce these, measures, and tne 'London Reversionary 5/per cent. 15 0. 0 all -
:while on that of the minis.eria si/ ethey had hied tha mese tion by the Reuse of Lords, and he thinks that there is ' ' • ' 19
is conlinee .Is there anything in tee queetion of life peer- dthl. 't fth • • •• .
yon e inn s o e present bill ; but in my opinion there ' two bills were intro:limed and read a first time. Russell institution•• •• - - . 12 10 0 -
ea r nes , is no constitutional objection whatever to givine to certain
t e b3ervations and the most strenuous votes against not the slightest do to 't bl 1 t th t f - - ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Ce 101. er cent. 20 017 10
Price's Patent Cand. P 0 -
hail the euardians of • a t that, when three gentleman are eget Which has any inevi aare a ion wi a cour o ap- leeal members of the Pons f L rds that salar h• h eie I. pr cent. 100 0• 0 100 0 -
the second reading* NaltiTr as Yet ~, found sitting in some corner of the House of Ld d 9"0 - th try will any man tell me that you e se o o Yw Ic Mr. HEA.DLAM obtained leave to brieg in a bill to Reversionary int. Soc.
._ ,
tho Queen's prerogative tasen any part In the discussion, ing the prorogation, tha p 131. 'll b • or s UT- peal , n e con ra , would enable cl• t• •
is Inguished lawyers to abandon either b • Royal Mail Steam. •• • 41. P• share. 100 0- 0 60 0 0 73%
hone teuchin the
u ic wi epee to perceive that cannAt constitute a court of appeal wit , a olish certein ecelesiseta
'cal courts, and to continue cer- South eustralian Land 6/. per cent, 25 0 0 all --
thongle perhaps tha . .
t might be considered a fortunate eh-- the appellete jurisdi t* • g • their practice at the bar efth osition of the h
- e prop on•anot t • t •
am emporary provisions concerning ecclesiastical j arig-
ht facilitate' tl • • ld• h '
cunistance, inaamuch as it mig . . tea yie ing ear.) Therefore he silos, as a
c ton is reduced to a fiction. (Hear, question of life peerages ? These two great stiOjects stand learned member for Cambridg Uni lel were d t Trust and Loan Comp.
.aop ed ; diction' in England foe a limited. period. ' Upper Canada .. •• • - 20 0 0 5 0 oe
to the demand for a more careful inquiry. What member much as he perceives th • • practical man, that, i
-n • '-h•I t• ' t each othee ap that one of them ought
as- in noister ie a ion o or their judicial situati te v°'
‘1
Y
ons according to the present 4
b'll hlf.l d to • k th s at his bill destroys the substance of to be•meele the acceesory and the victim, so to speak, of arrangement of the bill f The house adjourned at 2 O'clock. -- --- ------- -
that het: s
1 poken in favour of the i ae al e spea 3 appellate jurisdiction, though it does not prof
ess- the other. (Hear.) If the house will recall the prece. .
dents ' h f d le
, or t e purpose o un erta ing i Minm,...•llllMl
-HE -OVERNMENT AND THE CHCRCH-RATE BILL.-
' • T 0-
of it id terms of condemnation ? e Attorne •Generel tall eo the w
Th ye ye , hole length of his opinion, which i ' la* li h 11 *ded its conduct on great constitu- the important duties which the Deputy-Speakers will I __ea__
presented it to them as a mode of g e
ettine out of a difficulty. favour of destroying the h sin wic ave genera y gui h t f •th el
ave o per orm in e ouse of Lords. (Hear.) Ise 1 RUSSIAN PROJECTILES -The Cpurrier of Marseilles The withdrawal of the Church-rate Bili, 'consequent on
ti •d id b t •
The hen. and learned member for Plymon r cons' en, su s ance-yet, because it leaves only the shad
s adow as well as the tioual questions, lam confident it will never consent a°
Bllbject of life then, that what is called a c • • ' l h '
ompromise is slam y t e result ' •
Y' ' say -•-" The arrivals of war materiel from the Crimea the reitly of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Sir W.
the details of the bill as weak and unsatisfactor The he acce ts the b. ow, pass, without due inquiry, a measure on the
Y. , Is ill. After that it was with some , peerages, which fixes us with responsibility of understand- of conflicting opinions entert• ied upon a subject of t
importance-the result of a n _
_, . grea , are very numerous every day ; but what particularly at- Clay's inquiry vvhether. the Government would name a
other learned member for Plymouth admitted the bill was trirprise that I heard the hon. and learned member for lir, the full im fth ej ct and of all the posai- a contest and a discussion-not, , Fan $ a . .
t t tteution is • ' d .
an immense quantity of singularprojec- ay for the discussion of the bill in committee, has led
G neral Ceinbridge Univers't e portance o esu e , as my hon. friend who moved the amendment re resented • tiles em lo ed b the Russiansin the (lee a e defence at the Executive Committee of the Society for the Libera-
P , • le y y . . . per t , .
capable of improvement.. While the Solicit°r•oe . . .yg t up and say that he entertained ble cousequences which may flow from it, and which .by his theatrical elle.
wished that its phases had been larger, and would reserve some sutpicione that the epponents of this bill-that is to r• e '•
. . • 1 and narrow, t 1 • • h• h h '
°II, acted as a farce upon the stage, ' the latter part of the siege. Some of these are long tubes tion of Religion o pass rose utions, in w lc t ey sta,e,
y hose who aro -• t d• •h • Slii.-.3 ',co question too, for a purposes° mai _ , but carried 'on openly in the fa •e of day known ha
the bill leirainend meet in committee' Wear' hear') Well' ''a- t t -gains procee ing wit it at present- and to ohich it stands •no immediate connection. (Hear.) t , every- of catt iron, closed at the end 14 wood, and containing as that " looking to the advantageous. position aecured for
bo Ir, and ending •
e ight not such speeches, made ostensibly in faeour of lia.rboured ideas
.unfavourablo to tbo retention of the aP• I kne:w not whether itillte undue predery which influences thoae who diffezediuu mutual concessions on the part of mech as 150 kilogrammes of balls and grape shot ; others Sir W. Clay's
.Church-rate Abolition Bill at the time
-the bill, seriously warn thorn to pause before acceptine it. ? pellet° jtiriedictinn .by the. House of Lords. (Hear.) I iny trend, 'but lam so -th II f Lords be- question of consieerable meg,-
rry to see e ouse o nitudo. (Hear 'learn a are masees of balleand grape shot placed in canvas covered when 'her Majesty's Government voted in favour of
Law reform bad been justly termed tho great demand of know not whether there is any great dislo alt to n e- •) But it is said that this is a matter
tive of the Howie f Lor ls .14, y y te Pr comitig what I may call a pensiouer on the public purse in
, of such importance that we o ht not to come to d • ' d ro •osed to amend it in comtnittec
I with -a thick andtstreng tar, and.of a cylindrical form of its principle, an p p ,
the dey, and theligh they did not obtain it as rapidly 118 me--. -. . ;, ° ---1- - va-- respect to the appellate °Mere() discherge duties which- it claims to perform in a melon 1 about one metre in length; °there again are bags of sail- they deeply regret that the friendly profetsions of
was &tired, still is good deal of consideretion was devotee! •junseltction en tne pert of those who recommended further virtue 'of its rights as a leeislative body. (Hear.) The doc- upon it without ratieh more lug h od and delib
sideration. Wh t • engt en orate con-
cloth containing the same ob•ects and el t fit ns her Majesty's Ministers have served only to
to the eubject. Now, what ought to be the keystone and time for eonsideratioe ; but lam quite sure meet no one trine Of our constitution'is that legislative services are y, s.„eing that it has been a matter of pub- 1, . • , I , ma. e o gu
lic discussion ession
i the largest me. rhese stranee projectiles were only .prevent the further progress of the bill this s ,
:. sire March in the present year, I can- i e
column of law reform ? Why, the amelioration of that ca tt i
n en-er-a-n more dangerous views in reference to that unpaid services, and lam bound to say that in my convic- not ima ine wally: ters
destined to be thrown 'a short distance, and in many of and to disappoint the just expectatione of its supper
appellate tribunal before which, as a, laet resort, legal - 'natter than the hon. and learned member for Wallingford. tion there is no maxim which lies nearer the very root and have ivgen their e urther delay wou
m:ne to it . ld do for those who I
When I hear the arguments I them inflammable matetiels are mixed." both in Parliament and in the country." They also
questions were brought, and whose decisions constituted (Heart and laughter.) Now I know act in what sense the foundation of the institutions of our country If we of the" who t d •
the model of written lew. How stood matters at resent noble iord at the head of the Government Wa3 about to aro to be told of what ie rad' • 1 and e ofUtionarY, se . con en for further investigation and inquiry, ' 1". selves released from all further responsibilit
-RITISR A SSOCIATION. --Active preparations are being " hold them . y
I am rem .
inded of the d e •
with regard to the appellate jurisdiction of the cePuntry , address the house on this question when he rose ; but I there ' • •h• I sin% be ir• v.
' • °egret lines about Dean Swift, made at Cheltenham for the eeception of the members of in regard to the amendments proposed y
b the Govern-
es 110 change whic nclined -o view who was said to have J
There were two courts of appeal-the Committee f P ' *
o /Ivy never was more strongly convinced of the reasonableness s-I willenot g::y with such' 'suspicion-but with such the British Association, for tbe Advancement of Science, ment, and hope that any meseure hereafter submitted
, Council and the• House of Lords. In the first place, then, and moderation of anY proposition than lam of the rea- aversion anddetestatien as the substitution of paid services " - defended the ancients so well who hold their annual teeentrY meeting this year in the to Paeliament will'be restricted in its scope and provi.
was it wise to continue the two courts of appeal, and sonebleness and moderation of the request contained in in tin. Legi•slatiire. 'for the gratuitous services which we That he perfectly Psered the moderns excel.° week commencing Wednesday, the 2d• of Au t A gone to the simple and unconditional abolition of Church
gus .
ntielit it not be well fbr the House of Commons to inquire the amendment before the house. (Hear; hear.) It isnot how freely. and - eieientie rendee here . (Hear iI do not (A laugh.) The hon. gentlemen who have asked for further , liberal subscription (headed by Eeri Fitehardi h eetes '' Thee' further state " that the sYsteln thus for the t
whether a single court of appeal might not be formed that pretended that this is anything else but an amendment, mea •' e " s • . • • t o. investigation have she nge, wte - •
ato say that this is the same thing as if we were opr . wn that they have so completely 'is a don•-r of 50/.), has been entered into fo.r defraying preterit continued is one which the experience of this
would comprehend all the wisdom of the law ? But how • which, if carried, must for the present Session pat anend red es, • d pt f Lords: sifted and mastered the question in all its bearings-so ' • '
vote salaries to ourselves an the ouse o
the necessary expenses and amen the sub scribers are committee requires them to characterise,as having been, ,
slid they propose te deal with the existing courts ? Why, to the bill-thear hear)-and I seriously ask whether, in but an (mem h H fL d ld h rdly wisn thoroughly examined every part of the measure under d• - • - ' 2,
. I
yto t o ouse o cr s con a is ued bs st •
' Earl Dume, the Earl of Wernyss, Earl Bathurste•Lord to a arge extent, enstai y y emetic breach of law
they were going t's ignore the one that gave universal sa. the present period ee the session, we are fit to open all the them to take a ste more unwise- than that of making a cusaion-that no more lengthened or deliberate considers- I
_e
tisfaction, it being intended ultimately to absorb and an- great questions which this bill involves ? (Hear, hear.) draught on th 13
• I k h th
e public purse. thin tat e le
enmity of tion is necessary to enable them at least tO come to a deci- I- ' Russ '
ell Lord North wick, and Lord de Saurnares, on the part of clerical and other chairmen of parish ves- '
nihilate it ; while with r,esPect, to the other they were Does net
even decency
regutee__/ wiii not say duty to the House of Lords will suffer from the adoption of such a sion. (Hear.) It is admitted on all hands that a great evil ' and local committees consisting of most of the sevens of tries.'' The conclude by announcing th t hey " will ,
Y afford i - ' " t i
going to pass a measure aomitteu to be imperfect. What our constituents--but does not even that decorum. which. princiele. (Loud crie„f o Hew') And I believe that the exists-that the appellate jurisdiction of the House of I the district have been appointed. The meetin gs will be be prepared to ncreased aid in the vestry-con- , ,
ought to be the general Princiele of a tribunal of firet in- our constituents have a right to demand' that we should' indePendence of the House of Peers will be most secure so 'Lords has been weakened, not by anything inherent in held at the Queen's Hotel, one of the handsomest
,hotels j tests now everywhere so ably conducted by the opponents I •
,
stance ? Ought it not to be that the fullest responsibility observe, require that for some short weeks we should delibe- long-alt all the functions which that hem, has to discharge the constitution of that body, but by the eccidentai dr. in the kingdom, which is being painted and decorated 'of Church rates, and which niey be expected to go far to-
should rest with the presiding judges ? while in the case rate on a question of this kind before finally committing are dilicharged gratuitou l have been from time
sy, as they cunastance of a diminution in the number of members com- for the occasion. It is understood that Prirwe Lucien. warcLi extinguishing them without the' interference of '
of the court of final appeal, the regulating principle ought ourselves to all arrangement over which our control ceases i - potent to take part in itB judicial business. Here is a maw-. Ttnnartarht will 1-...,... ...t .1.1.........:-:,....... . . Flux T.oevialafrivia " 1

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. i`rice,
Alutrun. Share.
4 s. d. X s. d.
Britiskt • ......, .. .• ~ -
-
Di to rtovinc:al.... 71. , 20 0 0 20 0 0 ~
Brighi:oa •. ..... •• ~ 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15
City of London .. •• .. 41. Os,, ilOO 0 0 150 5 1'
Continental (4d. Cap.) . ,60 0 0 20 '0 • 0
Equitable •......... 21, 10s. 50 0 0 all 34*
Great Central ....... 81 per cent. 10 0 0 all
Imperial ............ 101 & oonus. 50 0 0 all Si
Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 ft t _
London.• ............ 50 0 0 ~
Do., Pa:l. Preference 61, per cent. 25 0 0 25
P‘ °3 lx ••••••• • • • • .. 4i per cent 60 0 0 52 I; 0 413¢
Ratclil .• ••..•• •• • M. 1100 0 0 16 0 0 16
Ual:`.ed Gmeral :...... 21. las. 5O 0 0 all 181,4
, Wcstiniuster Chartered 41 per cent. 50 0 0 91 ; 56
Ditto, New ........ 50 0 1 10 0 11

WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. . per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
wl
X s. d. X s. d.
East London
Gs:PaCt Janction .... • • 4i. per cnt. 50 0 0 all
Ken.; .... • • - 80
La_neeth • ..... ••• • •
Nevi Ittver Company 21.105.
Ao..t.thwark & Vauxhall 51. per mit. 100 0 0 8934
West Middlesex. —• •
BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount i
Name of Company. per of Paid. l'rice.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. X s. d.
aungerford .... • •
Smithwar's
Di',,t3 New of 7',f, p.c, 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 --
Wate,loo '.... . 100 0 0
Ditto Old Ann. of 81 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0
DitLo Nw ditto of 71 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 2' 3:2
IT:tax:1211 ............ 965. ' 70 10 3 21
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
' £ s. d. X s. d.
Commercial .. ~...,... 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock.
East and West India.. 6.'. pr, cent. stock. --
East Ciantry 2os: per sh. ---.—
London
Ditto Bonds .. .... -
St. Katharine -
• oathampton ....,,
Victoria
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per , of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--,
£ s. d. Z s. d.
Australasia 2Ol. per cent. 40 0 0 all 102
Britisli NorthAme:ican Si. per cent. 50 0 0 , 9 72%
Commercial of London. 10/.per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0
C010nia1..... Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 22
lonian. .....
Load. Co.r.•. BIL o:.' Aus — 20 0 0 all 0 21
London and Coaniy •• 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 34%
f.,00d0. APJ Weatminstr 141. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 ,50
London jont-Stock
Fl'ovlncial of Ireland Bl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Ditto, New. ••.. • -
Nationr.i of Irelarl 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0
Nat. Provincial of Eng Bl. per cent. 100 0 0, 35 0 0
Ditto, New .. ••
314011. p .
perc t . b s
cent,. 2525 00 00 „
Orleatui Bank Corpora. 8/. p. ct. Babs. 25 0 0 all 41%
9 f
74
S Unionorai
DittoAau. .slt. Ir.ias.lt.ira.al. 1..8: :....
Union of London
Union of Madrid ... • • I -- 40 0 0 all

The withdrawal of the Church-rate Bill, 'consequent On
the reply of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Sir W.
Clay's inquiry whether, the Government would name a
day for the discussion of the bill in committee, has led
the Executive Committee of the Society for the Libera-
tion of Religion to pass resolutions, in which they state,
that "looking to the advantageous position secured for
Sir W. Clay's Church-rate Abolition Bill at the time
when her Majesty's Government voted in favour of
its principle, and proposed to amend it in committee,
they deeply regret that the friendly professions of
her Majesty's Ministers have served only to
,prevent the further progress of the bill this session,
and to disappoint the just expectations of its supporters
both in Parliament and in the country." They also
"hold themselves released from all further responsibility
in regard to the amendments proposed by the Govern-
ment, and hope that any measure hereafter submitted
to Parliament willhe restricted in its scope and provi.
'dons to the simple and unconditional abolition of Church
rates." They further state " that the system thus for the
present continued is one which the experience of this
committee requires them to characterise,as having been,
to a large extent, sustained by systematic breach of law
on the part of cleriCal and other chairmen of parish ves-
tries." They conclude by announcing that they " will
be prepared to afford increased aid in the vestry-con-
tests now everywhere so ably conducted by the opponents
of Church rates, and which may be expected to go far to-
ward,. extinguishing them without the'iaterferouoe of
the Legislature."

BRITISit ASSOCIATION. =Active preparations are being
made at Cheltenham for the reception of the members of
the British Association, for the Advancement of Science,
who hold their annual 'country meeting this year in the
week commencing Wednesday, the 2d of August. A
liberal subscription (headed by Earl Fitzhardinge, who
is a don-r of 501.), has been entered into fo.r defraying
the necessary expenses, and ainona, the sub scribers are
Earl Ducie, the Earl of Wemyss, Earl Bathurst, Lord
J. Russell, Lord North wick, and Lord de Saumares,
and local committees consisting of most of the savans of
the district have been appointed. The meetings will be
held at the Queen's Hotel, one of the handsomest hotels
in the kingdom, which is being painted and. decorated
for the occasion. It is understood that Priam Lucien.
Bonaparte will be one of the visitors.

" - defended the ancients so well
That he perfectly proved the moderns excel."
(A laugh.) The hon. gentlemen who have asked for further
investigation have shown that they have so completely
sifted and mastered the qu,:stion in all its bearings—so
thoroughly examined every part of the measure under dis-
cussion—that no more lengthened or deliberate considera-
tion is necessary to enable them at least to come to a deci-
sion. (Hear.) It is admitted on all hands that a great evil
exists—that the appellate jurisdiction of the House of
Lords has been weakened, not by anything inherent in
the constitution of that body, but by the iiccidental cir-
cumstance of a diminution in the number of members com-
petent to take part in its ju4icial business. Rem is a mea-