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the inhabitants of the parishes of Llangefni and Tregaean,
in the county of Anglesea, praying the legislature to adopt
such measures as will enforce a better observance of the
Sabbath.

GRATITUDE TO THE MARINE SOCIETY.—
At the anniversary dinner last Thursday of the Marine
S iciety a note was handed to the Chairman with the
remark that the donation was from a gentleman in the
room who was protected and sent to sea as a Marine
Society boy. The announcement was received with a
general burst of applause.
A GERMAN DUEL.—A couple of Germans
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no sooner Observed the intention, than, darting forward
with the malice of the devil himself, lie jumped upon the
nose, and before its master's face crushed it and ground it
to atoms._Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau.

The Royal assent was given by cntrimizzsion to the
chequer Bills (14,000,0000 Bill; the Pension, 1, „,
Duties Bill ; the Consolid,ted Fund (7,000,0001.) Bil: ;
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Lambeth Waterworks Bill ; the Exeter Market Bill ; !he
Ocean A,surance Company's Bill; the Henfield cod
Ditebeliug Road Bill ; Minsterley and Church Stoke
Road Bill; the Thomas' Name Bill.
The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, 11,e
Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord Auckland.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
. _ _

Mr. NICHOLL, 1111 other members Irom the commons,
brought up the Bute Ship Canal Bill.
CORN LAWS.

The Duke of GORDON presented 'several petitiohs
from different parishes in the county of Elgin, against any
4ltetstion ice the corn laws. . •
DISSENTERS.

The Earl of MORLEY presented a petition from the
dissenters of Plymouth, complaining of the grievances
under which they laboured, and praying for relief.
The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition most
numerously signed from the Dissenters of the city of
Edinburgh and town of Leith, complaining of the
grievances under which they lahouted, and praying
the house to devote the property and revenues of
the church, to national uses, having at the same time flue
regard to the claims of the present incumbents He
( the LordChaucellor) felt greatly honoured in the confidence
reposed in him by the persons signing the petition,
out he consideted he should ill repay that confidence if he
did not frankly state- that although he agreed with a
considerable part of the statements in the petition,
yet there were some parts in it to which he
could not subscribe, such parts more particularly were
those which set forth the very great m schief resulting
from the church establishment in England and Scotland,
and in the statement that it was upheld at a very
extravagant expense for the benefit chiefly_ of the
wealthy classes, while it added to the burdens of the
people, and comprehended among i,s number a mere
minority, which was daily decreasing The state-
ment, so far from being correct in particulars,
was notoriously inconsistent with the fact.--(Hear. )
Having stated thus much, which was the foundation of
the prayer, he begged to state that he also differed with
that part of the prayer which called on Parliament to take
measures to abolish the connection between church and state.
There was no doubt whatever that any part of the cion-
munity, if they thought fit to maintain an establishment
on their own principles, it was perfectly competent for.
them to do so. There was no illegality or impro-
priety in presenting their opinions to Parliament on
the subject, if the petitions were couched in re-
' spectful language, but he (the noble lord) trusted that
he was not guilty of any dereliction of his duty in pre-
senting the petition, when he stated respectfully those
parts of the petition upon which he could not
agree. In the prayer of one important part of the peti-
tion, he entirely concurred. They stated that the Die-
senters of England were subjected by a defect of law in
the establishment of the church of England to a variety
of disrbilities anti grievances still more serious than those
which the petitioners had a right to complain of, i
because they pressed upon a numerous, enlightened,
and powerful body of men, who had done eminent
service to the cau•e of religion and morality.—(Hear.)
He entirely concurred in the expression of praise which
was here bestowed on the great body of Dissenters,
and he entirely concurred in that part of the petition
which prayed the legislature to take such steps as might
be deemed necessary for putting an end to all distinc-
Lions in respect of civil and constitutional privileges
founded on religious principles. Having stated thus much
he had only to add, as regaided that part of the petition
which related to the revenues of the church, he thought

the measure which was now in the contemplation of hisiCla-
jesty's government would render unnecessary any further
step being taken on that branch of the question. As
regarded tithes, he also entertained a strong conviction that
those measures which were proposed, and which were
about to be immediately brought before Parliament,
with the entire concurrence of his Majesty's confi
dentidl servants and which would have been brought
hefore the other house of parliament two days ago,
but for the indisposition of his noble friend the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, would be perfectly satis-
factory to the people of Ene,land.—( Hear, hear.)
The Marquis of LAN Si)OWNE pte.ented a petition
from the dissenters of Sall-bury complaining of grievinces
and praying for relief. The fluid,. marquis also gave
notice th on the 14411 of April he would move the re-
appointment of the library eurnmit,ee.
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

The LORD CHANCELLOR s fid he rose to lay be-
fore their lordships a bill, the object of which was to
remove some of the greatest inconveniences that at present
attended the administration of criminal justice in the
metropolis and its neighbourhood, and to place on a more
satisfactory footing the administration of the most impor-
tant part of the law of the land. The practice varied in
different counties. In the metropolitan county, Middle•
sex, and London, part' of the criminal jurisdiction was

exercised tiy the county magistrates, assembled in session

and a most important part of that jurisdiction was exer-
cised by the commission, rs of oyer and ten:nit-lir, who sal
front time to time, and from whose labors great advan
tages arose. Middlesex in that respect differed from °the!

counties. The jurisdiction of the Old Bailey Court—.
though the court was out of Middlesex, and its bitting.
were held in the county of the city of London—extended
over the whole of the county of Middlesex. There were
other distinctions which applied to the metropolitan
county which it was not necessary to enumerate. His
(inject was to effect 311 extension of the jurisdiction now
exercised by the Old Bailey, from which he seas convinced
much good would result. Even as it ntw stood, the
quickness will which offenders were brought to trial had
a very good effect ; and the more frequently the sessions
were assembled the greater would be the benefit. It was
of the greatest possible importance that offenders should
be speedily tried, not only because it p'evented the
gaols from being overcrowded with prisoners, but
because the speed with which justice followed the
commission of crime was calculuted to deter
indivi-
duals Lfrom the pursuit of guilty practices. Still, al•
though the magistrates exerted themselves greatly, their
efforts were not prop-rtioned to the increasing extent of
the population. One part, therefore, of the measure
which he was about to introduce would render the sit-

;lugs at the O d Bailey mere frequent. I-1,1 proposed
,hat, instead of 8, there should hereafter be 12 ses.ior.s

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annually at the Old Bailey. There was a peculiarity
which distinguished this jurisdiction that was wavily 0!
no ice. Tt,e grand jury that found the bills which were
to be tried at the Old Bailey held their sittings in Middle-
sex, at Clerkenwell-green ; which was extremely inconve-
nient. A vast increase of criminal business had taken

place at the county sessions. Notwithstanding the
tional d spatch of the magistrates, that increase tully came
up to their greatest exertions. He meant to say that ti:e

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relaxation of the severity of the criminal code, by which.
in many instances, capital punishments had been removed.
had greatly increased the number of cases to be tried before
the magistrates. In stating this, it was not his intention

„ .
to say one word in divoragernent of- the worthy indivi-
duals who acted at the sessions. The public, he thought,
were deeply indebted to them for the zeal, assiduity, and

ability with which they discharged their duties ; at the
same time, he must observe, that no one could reckon
him amongst those who were quite satisfied with everything
that was done by the magistrates of Middlesex. Any
error, however, into which they might chance to fall,
might be attributed to the circumstance that the)
had not always the assistance of learned profes
sional men, in presiding over their proceedings. It
was of high importance to the adtniiiistration of
justice all through the country, that the comae taken
in the metropolis should be as complete and perfect as
possible. The 'visor' was, because that w is the point to
which all men's eyes were directed—that was the soul Ce
from whence they received their lesson with respect to
what they were to do in criminal cases. It was a matter
paramount importance to despatch the business speedily,

Leiderat;on to 44 interests that were is;
per !edit g for the mote in welch juitice
I. ir.ee, without whispering a word
which was adopted in the trial of canna
at the sessions and at the Old Bailey,—without utiering a
syllable wills regard to collision between one quarter and
another, he had- come to this conclusion that the more
the business was concentrated under the judges of the Old
Bailey, so much the better would it be for the subject, for
the King's peace, and for the administration of the criminal
lacy of the country. It was with that view, and acting
under these principles and that conviction, that he intro..
uced this bill. By extending the jurisdiction of the Old
Briley the despatch of business would be insured, and a
better tribunal would be provided for the trial of those
numerous, and frequently important cases which new
went to the sessions. The mea-ure which he was about
to propose had these specific objects in view. At the Old
flaih y the Lord Mayor and the magistrates of the city of
London preside d. They bad the assistance of the Recorier
end Common Sergeant—gentlemen of great legal ability,
and who generally had had long professional experience as
advocate?. It was, he was sure, impossible for him to sp ,ak
in terms too high of their legal knowledge. Not only
were those sessions holden before those valuable (nag's-
trates, assisted by the learned Recorder end the Common
Sergeant (and, of late years, by the Deputy-Recorder),
but—what was still more important, and weich dist:n•
guished the Old Bailey sessions from all rehers —they
posseeied tile services of the judges of the land, including
the Cnief Justice of the Court of 'king's Bench. In addi-
tion to the advantages which those sittings. de; iv' d from
the trying of cases before those learned Persons, the highest
legal authuritiss in the kingdom, this also was in be taken
into the account—that in cons: quence of his vicinity to the
rest of the judges, the learned individual who presided
was enabled, whenever the least pointof difficulty oceurrede
to have access to, and to procure the opinion of, his: tier),
'bar judges. These were the citcumstatices which had
occasioned the country to place such confidence in the 'day'
in which justice was administered at the Old Bailey. :nit
bill which he now proposed to their lordships would, iu
the fi►'st.place, do away entirely with drat extNotelittary
anomaly, the &riling hitls at one place, which were tat be
tried at a considerable distance—a proceeding in curiae-
qui nee of which judges, jurors, prosecutors, counsel and
itoesses, were often kept waiting for hills. It was next
propesed (end lie would only now touch brii fie on few of
the principal points)—it was next proposed to extend the
jurisdiction of the Old Baley considerably beyond its,
present limits, and to increase the frequent'; of the
sessions. At present the sessions were held eiitlsS
times in the year, and the jurisdiction extended over
the whole county ; but it did not take place in places
which might be called a part of the metropolis, and where
the population was exceedingly dense. He was in favour
of a great extension of th .t jurisdici n, because he
could imagine no conceivable reason for confining it
to its present restricted limits. He knew not why it
should be restricted to one bank of the riser. He would
extend the OA Bailey jurisdiction to the great borough of
Southwark, and all the districts in its neighbourhood,
containing a population of between 90,000 and 100,000
souls. He should include Lambeth, Greenwich, aril
Welt ich. These places he should propose to bring
within the jurisdiction of the Old Bailey Sessions ; S uth.
Nark and Leuibeth, though not on the saute beak of trio
river on which the metropolis properly so called wee seated,
might yet be fairly said to form a part of i,. As the
system now existed, an offence committed in Mi Wieser,
in consequence of the Old Bailey Session, being held eight
times in the year, was tried almost immediately ; but if
the same offence, or an offence of a more atrocious clver:-
ter, were perpetrated at a few yards' distance on the o her
bank of the river, it could not be tried for five or six
months, when the Surrey Assizes were held. In the
same way,,if an offence were committed at Greenwich, a
few furlongs down the river, the criminal must be tried
at Maidstone. He would, to obviate these evils and
inconveniences, take the whole extent he had mentioned

as one great city, and place it under the same jurisdic.
tion. Within that limit, whether an offence were coin-
mitted on one side of the river or the other, whether it
was perpetrated a little higher up or a little lower down,
the jurisdiction of the Old Bailey should extend, and
have full jurisdiction to try the case. He should pro-
pose that all the places which he had named should
be amenable to this jurisdiction, because, properly
speaking, they might be said to belong to Middle..
sex Thus the jurisdiction of the Old Bailey would ex.
tend all over Middl.sex, a part of Surrey and Kent, and
a very small portion of Essex. He should add four more
to the present eight annual sessions; consequently there
would be a sitting for the administration of criminal jus-
tice every moth in the year. The noble and learned
lord then proceeded (as we understood) to state, that be
proposed leaving to the 111iddlesex sessions those cases
only where the punishment, if conviction took place, did
not extend to seven years' transportation. All others he
would transfer to the Old Bailey sessions. He was quite
aware, ind.ed it would immediately strike their lordships,
that the effect of this arrangement might be to impose
new and additional labour on the learned judges who pre-
sided at the Old Bailey; and it was necessary be should
state in what way be proposed to meet that objection ;
arid, in [he first place, be roust state, that no one who
knew those learned and excellent individuals as he did,
both professioualy and personally, could have the slightest
vestige of doubt on his mind, that as far as their strength
and time would permit, reg-.rd bring had to their present
avocations, they would be the last individuals in the world
to obAct to what they would not call, but what be for them
could call, the iticumbrance of additional business. They
were ready to devote every moment of their time, which
n-edful relaxation did not absolutely demand, to the perform-
ance of th, it hgh and m lot imp irtant functi ins. Bat it
did not follow, because those learned ind►rduais were will-
ing to undertake, their lordships should he too ready to
impose on them, an additional burden, as to the extent of
their business, without an absolute necessity, or without
awarding them a reasonable compensation—he meant
couip!nsation in the way of a diminution of their other
labours. Nov their lordships were aware, that up
to 1828 and 1829 the number of the judges was only
12. The measures of those years, however, ripeniii.;
,nto an act of Parliament, which was passed in the last
year of his late Majesty, led to an increase in their num-
ber of no small amount—to one-fourth, in fact; so that
instead of 12 they became 15. One of toe principal
motives this increase, which justified and rendered it
indeed absolutely necessary, was the fact, that at that
time, the Welsh judicature being abolished, two new cir-
cuits were created, and new jtidges of course were re-
goired. But that only occasioned the necessity of two
judges going circuit twice, about six weeks during the
whole year; and the three new judges were ready at all
times not only to go circuits, but to perform all other
ju ticial duties. He did not meats to deny that in the
alterations which of recent years had taken place in law
proceedings, there had bee❑ an augmented mass of civil
business; yet beyond all doubt the number of judges
had been increased in a very considerable proportion
higher than the judicial labour to be performed btd
been multiplied.—(Hear, bear.) Now, it required but
little rererenee to arithmetic to show, that as the sessions
were only eight at the Oil Batley, the number of judges
being 12, the same proportion would still hold, the judges
acing 15 and the sessions 10. But then it was now pl.:-
posed, instead of 10, to make the sessions 12 in the cutir.tt
of the year. It would be in the recollection of their tor.;_
ships that some seven years ago a winter circuit btd been
established, having been deemed necessary in consequence,
of the vicinity to the metropolis of the home coon-less
That, however, had given rise to very great inconvenience,
and had been much complained of, not only by the pio-
iessiun, but also by the suitors and witnesses who bad
been mainly concerned. In the home it was ohv ou•iy
more necessary that there should be three circui a in the
year than in any of the other counties of England ; and the
reason for the winter circuit was to dispose of the business
connected mire or less with the city of London upon the
Surrey anti Kent side of the river; and, thertfore, it from

that circuit all those districts were withdrawn which occa-
sioned its necessity, there would not remain the slightest
the third winter circuit was established. N isw, he looked
reason for, in teed the ground would fail entirely on which
forward, as the immediate consequence of this measure, to
the entire abolition of that winter circuit, which had led
to inconvenience, and which had deprived the suit rs
of the advantage of those members of the bar who usually
attended the summer and spring 3ssiaes. Putting those
circumstances together, taking also into account that
three judges at the Old Bailey had long been felt wholly
unnecessary, two being quite sufficient to transact tie
ousiniss, with the assistance of the learned Recortier and
Contain S,rgeant,—placing those matters one against
another, the proposed arrangement would not give the
judges an atom more business than they now bad, but
certainly no more than the amount they had to transact
a few years back, when their numbers were 12 instead of
15. He bad thought it necessary to state those few eir-
,-umstances, in order to account for the apparent augmen-
;anon, for it was only apparent, which under the new
ystein would be made in the lobours of the judges,
tltbougli, as he beftre watt-d, they would be the last indi-
iiduals to entertain the shadow of a shade of dissatisfac-
ion at any addition or increase being made to their public
unctions. Having stated thus much, be must be allowed
-o say that in his view there was.notbing more important,
!tolling which would tend more to the welfare an