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London, England, 1859-02-23 00:00:00

JURIES (IRELAND) BILL.

The second reading of this bill was postponed for a fort-
night.
MANOR COURTS, &c. (IRELAINID) BILL.
On the motion that the house go int) committee on this
bill,
Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the, allowance of compen-
sation to the stewards of these courts, and suggested that
the committee should be postponed until the resolutions
allowing these compensations were discussed.
Mr. WHITESIDE explained that the object of the bill
was to do away with . the jurisdiction of the seneschals of
those courts in matters relating to the administration of
justice, and to transfer it to the County Court magistrates
and other judges in Ireland; These manors were a rem-
nant of feudalism and of no benefit whatever in the admi-
nistration of justice ; and in many instances a nuisance to
the country.
After some discussion, in which Mr. Kirk, Mr. De Vere,
and Mr. Williams took part, it was decided that the bill
should stand over until after the other orders of the day had
been disposed of.

RECEIVERS IN CHANCERY, &c., (IRELAND)

BILL:

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD complained that both this
bill and the Sale and Transfer of Land (Ireland) Bill were
not in the possession of Irish members to enable them to
determine on their respective merits, and suggested that
they should be postponed for a week.
Mr. WHITESIDE said he had no objections to the pro-
posed postponement. but he wished to state that he would
not bring in any other Irish bills until the discussion on
these were disposed of.

MANOR COURTS, &c.^(IRELAND) COMPENSA-

SATIOti BILL.

The house having resolved itself into committee on the
resolution for awarding compensation to the stewards of the
Manor Courts, the preceding debate on Manor Courts was
resumed by—
Mr. J. 1). FITZGERALD, who called the attention of
the committee to the case of those compensations. From the
returns of 1842 it appeared that in 25 counties there were
193 manor courts. He was unable to name the number of
these courts in the other seven courts. His proposal was
that they should not appoint any more judges of these
courts when the present judges died, which would provide
for their gradual extinction. He considered it would be
most unjust to leave the humble suitor without a court that
would supply the place of these tribunals. It would be desir-
able to increase the jurisdiction of the county court judge
and to give magistrates at petty sessions to adjudicate on
claims that involved debts amounting to £2O. However,
these alterations should be concurrent with the abolition of
the manor courts. These courts, amounting to 300, were
spread through the country, and he thought they should
be supplied with information in a tabulative form respecting
these courts, and the amounts of compensation that would be
required.
Mr WHITESIDE expressed his surprise at the opposi-
tion offered to the bill on this subject which he (Mr. White-
side) had introduced. He thought they should apply the
same principle in dealing 'ith these courts that they had
done when they abolished certain courts and established
county courts in this country with respect to granting com-
pensation. They might not like these courts, but they must
take them as they found them, and it was only equitable that
what was vicious in principle should cease td exist in prac-
tice. The increase would result in the number of stamps that
would be required by the proceedings in the petty courts.
Mr. WILSON said that the proposed compensation was
reasonable enough, but he objected to its being charged 01
the consolidated fund.

Lord NAAS said that Government had no objection to
adopt the suggestion of the hon. member, and moved that
the resolution should be withdrawn, on the distinct under-
standing that those compensations should be paid out of
the annual vote.
The resolution was then withdrawn.
MANOR COURTS (IRELAND) BILL.

The house then went into committee on 'this bill.
Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD again advocated his proposi
ion for the gradual extension of these courts, and was
[LEFT SPEAKING.]