The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-12 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION AND DIVORCE

BILLS.

Mr. MADFIELD asked the First Lord of the Treasury
what course was intended to be pursued by the Government
this session respecting the Wills and Administrations Bill
and the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill; or, in the
next session, for abolishing the ocelesia.,tical courts, and
conducting in future the business now transact/ 1 by such
courts, and especially for the purpose of making one probate
or administration in England and Ireland, and one continua-
tion in Scotland, operative on all the property of a deceased
person in the United Kingdom, and what bills brought into
the house were intended to be proceeded with or withdrawn
this session, and whether any new bills were intended to be
brought in
Mr. GLADSTONE said in reference to these ecclesiastical
bills, of which they had received shipwreck during so many
years, he thought the parties who would be entitled to these
offices shoul I have notice that they took them subject to any
measure—subject to any regulation—Parliament might wake
and without any claim to compensation.
Sir G. GREY said he believed such notice had been given,
and that in consequence of that notice the claim to compen-
sation would be destroyed. As to the question in reference to
the Wills and Administrations Bill, the lion. gentleman was
probably aware that it had been withdrawn. As to the Ma-
trimonial Bill, the Government would state early next week
-what course they would take in regard to it. As to what mea-
sures would be introduced next session in reference to the ec-
clesiastical courts, he thought it would be inexpedient at the
present time to discuss the efuestion. He was not acquainted
with any new bills that would be brought in, except perhaps
some continuance bills, of which due notice would be given.
As to the bills at present on the paper, Government would
take them in their regular order.
Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE hoped the Government would do
their best to pass the Divorce Bill this session, and thus re-
move a great scandal to our legi.ilati( i.
Mr. MALINS said tho greatest amount of compensation
to be granted under the Wills Bill was to the proctors. N•
one suggested that the proctors should be abolished until
this bill was brought in; and now it had been proposed to
pay rum/. as compensation to a body whose successive
eonunissio:Js had reported to be most useful to the com-
munity. If the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) would
read the report of tho Chancery Commission of 1354, he
would soon be convinced of the undesireableness of allowing
the business of wills to be transferred t ethe county courts.
The report was very short, and would not take the noble lord
more than an hour and a half to road.
THE MILITIA MUTINY IN TIPPERARY.
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Colonel DUNNE called the attention of the house to the
militia meeting at Nenagh, and repeated the statementi
which have been published in the newspapers relative to that
occurrence. The outbreak lie attributed to the refusal of the
Government to pay the men what was due to them on disem-
bodiment- a circumstance to which he had frequently di-
rected the notice of the Co-fen:uncut. Contrary orders bad