The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

TION BILL.

The bilLas amended was considered.
Mr. WESTHEAD moved a clause in lieu of clause
91, relative to the deposit of records, wills, and all other
documents in the district registry, so as to be easy of
reference.
After some remarks from the ATTORNEY-GENE-
IAL,
Mr. WESTHEAD withdrew the clause on the under-
standing that words should be introduced into clause 91
to carry out the object he had in view where practicable.
Mr. WESTHEAD then proposed a clause giving com-
pensation to the four advocates now enj,iying the right
of exclusive audience in the courts of the province of
York and dioce.e of Ripon.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the clause
which was neiatived without a division.
Mr. AY RTON moved the introduction of the follow-
ing clause :—" That every person, to whom any com-
pensation shall be granted under this Act, shall, at all
times when called upon, be liable to 6.11 any public office
or situation in England under the Crown for which his
previous services in any office abolished. by this Act may
render him eligible ; and that if he shall decline, when
called upon so to do, to take upon himself such office or
situation, and execute the duties thereof satisfactorily,
being in a competent state of health, he shall :orfeit his
right to any compensation or allowances which may have
been granted to him in respect of such previous, services,
under sec. 19, 4 and 5 Will. 4, cap. 24."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the statutes
did not apply to cases of this kind, where compensa-
tion was to be given for a valuable consideration. He
approved of the principle, and saw no great objection
to its introduction into the bill.
Sir J. GRAHAM, the author of the clause referred
to in the 4th and sth William IV., thought its salutary
principle should be applied to cases of this kind as well
as to the servants of the Crown, whose particular case
it was introduced to meet.
Mr. WIGRAM thought some difficulty would be ex-
perienced in carrying out this clause in the particular
cases alluded to under the bill.
Mr. ROEBUCK supported the principle of such
clauses, which he considered very necessary. It would
be a mere sham to pass them if in the words of the At-
torney-General, on a former occasion, they were so soon
to become rusty. He should next session move for a
return of the amount of compensation to be paid
under the bill, when he thought it would be found that
we had paid dearly for the change.
Mr. HENLEY supported the principle of the clause,
but thought there would be great difficulty in carrying
it out, and therefore he should vote against it.
Mr. WILSON and Mr. E. DENPON supported the
the clause.
After a few words from Mr. SPOONER,

The clause was agreed to and added t.) the bill.
Mr. HADFIELD moved an amendment in clause
45, with the view of throwing open the Courts of
Admiralty and Arches to all practising solicitors and
attorneys.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that if the
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes bill passed, that court
would be thrown open. He had no objection to adopt
the amendment so far as it reltted to the Court of
Admiralty. .
The' amendment so modified was agreed to.
Sir F. KELLY moved the addition of the following
to clatise 56 :—And every judge of county courts, having
jurisdiction under this act, whose salary shall be less
than fifteen hundred pounds a year, shall be paid out
of the testamentary fee fund, in lieu of any fees for the
business done by him under this act, so much money
annually ae' together withbis salary as a county court
judge, shall amount to fifteen hundred pounds.
Mr. WILSON objected to the question of the salaries
of the county court judges being raised in this indirect
manner. It was out of order to mske such a motion,
and besides that the bill did not provide for the. payment
of fees to county court judges, nor did it provide for the
creation of a testamentary fee fund, and as the money
would have to be paid out of the consolidated fund the
hon. and learned gentleman could not propose such a
clause without the consent of the Crown.
After some remarks from Sir F. KELLY,
The SPEAKER said it would be irregular to insert
such a clause in this stage of the bill.
Sir F. KELLY then withdrew the clause, but gave
notice that he would endeavour to revive the question
on the third reading of the bill.
The amendment was then withdrawn.
Mr. SPOONER moved several amendments to clause
99, giving county court registrars certain fees as an in-
crease of salaries, for certain duties to be performed
under the bill.
After a discussion in which Mr. Malins, Mr. Wilson,
Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Ayrton, and other hon.
members took part,
The amendments were negatived on the same grounds
as the clause for increasing the salaries of the county
court judges.
Mr. SPOONER then moved the omission of clause
ga, and complained of the manner in which his pre-
vious amendments had been received, after his under-
standing with the A ttorney-General that the registrars
were to be paid for extra duties by fees.
Mr. WILSON said that list year a compact was
enter d into between the registrars and the G oiernment,
that they should in future be paid a fixed salary except
for new business, not new duties. The amendments
that had been proposed could only be entertained by the
recommitment of the bill.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he was not
aware, when he introduced the bill, that such a com-
pact as that mentioned existed, as to its applicability
to this bill. He intended the registrars to be paid
believing
it to be new business, and to give
n qualifying themselves for discharg-
ing
its duties.
The amendment, after a short discussion, was how-
-1 ever negatived. •
Clauses 101 and 102 were struckliut.
Mr. ROLT moved an amendment, giving' compenea-
tion to the managing clerks of proctors.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL left the question for