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SECOND CLASS.

The same uniform as Volunteers of the First Class, and the
buttonhole on the collar to be blue twist.

MEMORANDA.

Full dress is always to be worn on state occasions and at
courtsmartial.

On all occasions of full dress, Officers shall wear white
trousers over boots between the Ist of May and the 14th of
October, and blue trousers between the 15th of October and
the 50th of April.

The great coats for Officers in the Royal Navy are to be of
blue cloth ; double or single breasted, according to the uniform
assigned to their respective ranks, with stand and fall collar ;
the number and arrangement of the buttons to be according
to their undress uniform—to be worn with or without epau.
lettes, as convenient.
The blue morning coat now in use is abolished.
All Officers may wear in undress, on hoard their ships, a

round %sick without skirts, with their appropriate buttons,
and a round black hat with a narrow black silk band and a
black buckle, and a black silk or leather cockade, with a loop
of the same material and half the width of the lace of their
respective coats, or if they have no lace on their costs, of
black silk riband (except Midshipmen, Masters' Assistants,
and Volunteers, who are to have a loop of gold twist) ; or a
blue cloth cap, with a band round it, of half the width and ma-
terial of the lace of their coats; Officers who have no lace to
their coats, to have a band of gold lace, half an inch wide,
round their caps.
Patterns or drawings of each article of dress to be seen at
this Office, and at the Offices of the several Port Admirals.
The old uniform *ay be worn until the Ist of January, 18:14.
By command of their Lordships,
GEORGE ELLIOT.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNI! 28.

The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the
Militia Ballot Bill, the Gravesend Pier Bill, Edinburgh
linprovement Bill, Lewes Improvement Bill, and other
private Bills.
The Lord Pi ivy Seal, Earl Amherst, the Duke of Rich-
mond, the Marquis of Ailsa, the Marquis Cunningham, the
Earl of Errol, and the Bishop of Chichester held a conic.
rence with Lord Althorp and others, in the Painted
Chamber, and notified to them that their Lordships had
agreed to the West India resolutions.
The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from Dublin,
Armagh, Sligo, and other places for the abolition of sla-
very ; also a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and inhabitants of Dublin, in favour of the Dublin Ship
Canal Bill.

Mr. O'CONNELL, and other Members of the House of
Commons, requested their Lordships to allow Lord Clon•
cut ry to be examined before the Committee on the Dublin
Ship Canal Bill.
LAW COMMISSION (SCOTLAND)•
The Earl of ABERDEEN said that the Noble end
Learned Lord on the Woolsack had more than once
stated in that House the intention to appoint a law com-
mission in Scotland similar to that in England. The
Noble and Learned Lord had not explained the object fur
which the commission was to go. From the Noble
Lord's speech the other night, he collected, that the
constitution of the practice of the Sheriffs' Court
in Scotland would form one of the objects to which
it was directed, but as there was some interest excited in
Scotland on the subject, perhaps the Noble and Learned
Lord would not object to state the objects that would form
the deliberation of the Commission. He did not deny
that a Commhsion of this nature would he productive of
great advantages to Scotland, and would give great facili-
ties to the better administration of the law there ;
but that would greatly depend on the manner in which
the commission would be conducted, and how its objects
would be received in the country, for unless their proceed-
ings met with the confidence of the inhabitants of that
part of the country, their suggestion would be of very
little avail. He was aware that greater difficulty existed
in the fermation of this commission in Scotland than in
this country, not from any want of talent, but from the
circumstances connected with the prossion i❑ Scotland.
The Noble Lord would therefore, perhaps, be so good as
to state to the House the principal objects of the com-
mission.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not have
the least objection, as far as his recollection served him,
and the tine of the House would permit, to state the ge-
neral objects of the Commission, in the observations with
respect to the importance of which he fully agreed
with the Noble Earl. He should have been better
pleased if he could have laid before the House an exact
copy of the commission itself, as it stated its objects. He
had applied for it that morning, but had not as yet been
able to obtain it ; however, as the Noble Earl wished a
short summary, he was most happy in being able to give it.
The first object would be to inquire into the best means
for diminishing the expenses of law proceedings, more
especially as it regarded the fees in the Superior Courts.
The next would he to enter into certain arrangements
suggested with respect to the subordinate officers of the
superior courts ; the next to inquire into the means of
simplifying and diminishing the expense attendant on con-
veyancing, which had a long time been subject of
great complaint. Another object, and one to which the
Noble Earl bad already alluded, was the jurisd:ction and
practice of the Sheriffs' Court, with a view of ascertaining
whether it would be fit to make any diminution, extension,
or other alteration in that Court. For his own part, he was
not prepared to say that the result of the inquiry would be
to extend the powers of that Court, but probably the reverse.
The extension and alteration by no means meant exten-
sion merely as the Noble Earl seemed to expect, for, as he
said before, it was very possible that the very reverse
might be recommended. There were one or
two other points, but they were of minor impor-
tance, and would be fully laid before their Lordships
as soon as the Commission was prepared. The Noble
Earl had alluded to another point, the manner of selecting
the gentlemen for Commissioners. In that they had,
as nearly as possible—as nearly as circumstances would
permit, followed the same plan as the English bar.
Gentlemen had been selected who were well acquainted
and were deeply engaged in those parts of their profession
which it was proposed should be inquired into. In Scot-
land there was in one branch of the profession gentlemen
who were well skilled in the law, and who acted as convey-
ancers, but who were not called to the bar.—(Hear,
hear.) Two or three gentlemen hid been selected
from that branch of the profession, as no class were
better informed than they were. When the names of those
who were appointed were laid before the House, he had
no doubt but that even the Noble Earl would be satisfied.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had seen the names
of some gentlemen in the newspapers who were stated
to have been appointed.—( Hear.) He begged to call
the Nob'? and Learned Lord's attention to them. From
the same source he was aware that there
was a Bill now before the other House, which was con-
nected with one of the branches proposed to be inquired
into, vit., the power of the Sheriffs' Court. He would
suggest that it should not be proceeded with, but be re-
ferred to the Commissioners, to report upon.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was aware of the
Bill alluded to by the Noble Earl, but he believed the ten-
dency of it was not such as he related it. However, it
might yet be expedient to follow the course pointed out
by the Noble Earl.
The Limitation of Actions Bill was reported without
amendments, and ordered to be read a third time on Mon-
day.
The House then went into Committee upon the Local
Courts Bill.
On clause 33 being read,

Lord ELLENBOROUGH said he thought a clause
ought to be introduced in the Bill providing that no action
,Imuld he brought into the Local Courts for any debt
contracted before the passing of the Bill.
On its being moved that clause 36 should stand part of
the Bill,

Lord LYNDHURST objected to the number of Jury_
men being only six.
The LORD CHANCELLOR knew nothing magical in
the number twelve, and thought that it might cause in.
convenience to require the attendance of so many persons.
He was anxious to get rid of the machinery and expense of
special juries. He was ready, nevertheless, to reconsider
the subject of the number of a jury.
Lord LYNDHURST thought that there was a disposi-
tion abroad to run down juries, and to speak of Govern-
ment juries.

The LORD CHANCELLOR supposed, then, that
Government juries were spoken of in the sense that Go-
vernment newspapers were sometimes mentioned—because
they always attacked Ministers.
When the Committee arrived at the clause for com-
pelling the attendance of witnesses,
Lord WYNFO RD proposed that it should be amended,
in order not to include agents or attorneys who could not
disclose the books or business of their clients.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the clause gave
no more power than was possessed by the lowest courts in
die kingdom. It could not enable the Judge to obtain
evidence which was not legal.
On the 44th clause being proposed,

Lord WYINIFOItD objected to the proviso contained in
it. The object of the clause was, to compel a witness,
under fear of imprisonment, to answer questions put to
him by the Court. There was no proviso for a habeas
corpus; and the party might lie in prison without hope of
a reb-ase. _ _

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the same
power was given to Courts of Record, and even to Jus-
tices at Sessions; and he did not think that that which
was intrusted to the►a should be refused to these local
courts. _ _

Lord LYNDHURST said that the objection was not to
the clause, but to the proviso• The proviso went to ex-
cept from the liability compulsorily to answer men who
were called on so to do under circumstances that might
subject them to punishment for criminal offences. As
law now stood, the exemption was extended to all cases in
which the answer might subject the party to degradation.
The proviso was, therefore, an alteration of the law with
regard to these particular Courts. Yet he presumed that
that was not the object of it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR admitted the objection of
the Noble and Learned Lord ; and said that he was in.
r lined to leave out the words ; for the clause now men-

tinned only questions that might be lawfully put, or deeds
that might be lawfully produced.
The proviso was !eft out ; and the clause, as amended,
stood part of the Bill.
On the 45th clause, which related to the inspection of
the documents of one party on the demand of the other,
Lord LYNDHURST made some observations on the
difficulties that stood in the way of making a perfect pro-
vision on this subject.
The LORD CHANCELLOR acknowledged that it
was most difficult to prevent expense on the one hand, or
fraud on the other; and he was understood to say that he
would try to amend the clause.
The clause was then agreed to.
The 46th clause was agreed to.
On the question of the 47th clause,

Lord LYNDHURST asked what provision was made
for cases in which the verdict was against evidence, and
was so in the opinion of the Judge who tried the cause?
He knew that this was rarely the case, for, in his opinion,
the verdicts were generally extraordinarily correct; but
still the case did sometimes occur, and some provision
t,ught to be made for it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR admitted the necessity of
some such provision, and said that he would endeavour to
prepare a clause on that subject. —Clause agreed to.
On the 4S'h clause, relating to costs,
Lord LYNDHURST said that it was impossible to
calculate beforehand what costs should in all cases be paid.
There might be instances in which it was fair and proper
to go to a great expense for Counsel or for witnesses, and
yet there was no means of regulating the payment, nor
was any discretion exercised upon the subject.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should have
little difficulty in introducing words that would answer the
object his Noble and Learned Friend had in view.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH slid that he had heard that
the difference of the cost• in different Courts took business
from one and carried it to another. Now, if that should
be the case with these Local Courts, the evil would be
enormous.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the anticipated
evil would not occur, for that a schedule regulating the
costs in all would be attached to the Bill.

The 49th clause was then agreed to.
Clauses 50 to 5'7 inclusive were, after some slight verbal
amendments agreed to.
On the 68th clause, which provided that there should
be no writs of error or of certiorari,

Lord WYNFORD objected to that part of the chose
which withheld the right of moving for writs of certio-
rari. If in extensive districts, juries sometimes, as in a
recent well knon•n instance, found a verdict not only
without evidence, but against evidence, how frequently
must it occur in a small district th st it would be difficult
to collect ajury impartial and capable of a just judgment.
It might be said, that as the cases to be tried were only
those in which small damages were laid, it was not a
matter of great consequence; but there were cases—
those of magistrates, for instance, in which, however
small the damages, the character of the defendant suf-
fers(' materially from the verdict itself. He proposed,
therefore, tha: a defendant, in cases of tort, should have
the right of moving for a writ of certiorari, provided
he gave security for the amount of damages laid in the
declaration. While they were establishing new shops,
they ought not entirely to abut up the old shops, if the
parties preferred dealing in the latter to the former. He
proposed also to give the same tight to persons who were
sued for debt to a certain amount—they paying the full
amount of that debt into the Court. It was his intention
likewise to propose that the costs, as respected the various
officers of the Court, should be the same in the superior
Court as if the cause had been tried in the inferior Court ;
giving, however, the Judge the power to certify.
The LORD CHANCELLOR was prepared to meet his
Noble and Learned Friend half way. He had no objection
i❑ actions of tort, but not of debt, where the defendant
gave such security for the full amount of damages and
costs as should be satisfactory to the Judge of the superior
Court, to allow the right of moving for a writ of certiorari.
The amendments proposed by Lord Wynford were then
negatived ; it being understood that the Lord Chancellor
would himself introduce a clause to the effect which he
had just stated.

Certain verbal amendments, proposed by the Lord
Chancellor, were then agreed to ; the House resumed,
and the report was ordered to ty! received on Tuesday.
Their Lordships then adjourned to Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 28

The House resumed at a few minutes after five o'clock.

On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, a Message was
ordered to he sent to the Lords, requesting permission for
Lord Cloncurry to be examined before the Select Committee
on the Dublin and Kinitstown Railway Bill.—Agreed to.