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London, England, 1845-08-06 00:00:00

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pen Lord,hips to the a:nun:jewels which had be; ea sent up
from Cerarrons oa tide Bill. They were of a twofold
character. Cne class relatrd to the Bill as it stood before it
went down to the Commons. These 1;e approved of with one
l'aception, and some verb il alteratirms. The other cies', re-
to to the additional clauses. It would be recollected that
e 8111, as it orig
adinally siiioti, only contained eight causes,
but there were twenty ditional ele,:ti s eddied to the amend-
!tents. With respect to the fir-t division. of tire amendm, tits,
tnp,..oe_ttiiele.ed. to them with the excep. ion he had already referred
effect of which would be to fetter the powers of the
,711 issioners of Bankruptcy, for un'ess the action was
Zught before a superior court, and a judgment pronounced,
the7"ould have no power. He would therefore call upon
tilair Lordships to disagrce to the clause. The Noble Lord
Chair Proceeded to explati the manner in which the
* was introduced in the Bill, from whieh it appeared that
i,;ail,tage was taken of the absence of the Attorney-General,
ehtloorn the Bill was entrusted in the Lower House, and this
Clio
was thus surreptitiously, as it were, inserted. With re-
Clta the other class of amendments (continued the Noble
kereu), they would be found under the 9th section. The other
ah.,naments were merely consequent on that.. This gave her
vity the power of extending the jurisdiction of small courts.
the 10eality, and also to the amount of the debt on which
,the•Yeoluuseadjudicate It increased it to 20/. 'I he reason of
that very few of the ti ibunals at present had
;et to decide on actions of so large an amount, and the coo-
'thee:lee Was, that many persons in trade sustained great loss
lie Buse, however, would entirely put en end to this injury.
e th°ll lit • •
then „ it a wise clause, and one not at all ineonsistent with
the Li:.• If it had originatedin that House, or had come up from
shib„Ot",er House in the shape of a new Bill, their Lord-
to c®' he thought, would not have the least objection
tit,''sent to it. As the other clauses were merely conse-
-141, he should not enter into them. The original Bill, as
ate a,d already remarked, consisted of elght clauses. These
ttni,„en, ts, containing t went y additional clauses, were grafted
the et),.`,'L They formed a new system, and gave powers for
elst,--`"iishrnent of a new kind of tribanal. Now if these
,kb ad Come before them in a separate form—as a distinct
it 0-jr,Y would then be in a position to adopt or reject them
there`e, But coming, as they did, in this supplementary form,
tOur,:ts, he considered, a difficulty in point of form as to the
once ,tCY should adopt. The question was, .should they at
Thought those amendments as they at present stood? He.
Lad th eY were wise, useful, and called for by the occasion ,
sent dn,,,eY had been recommended in a clause which had been
beferein by their Lordships to the Lower House the session
Dreprietast, Le thought that no difficulty would be felt
.as
stood
the
of agreeing to them. It. was now in their or -
tote
riwer either to agree to there amendments as the stood,
114ttl;e.lect them on the point of form ; and he was quite. sure
eY would exere'se a sound discretion in the decision to
Lsil they would come on the subject.
%eV CAMPBELL felt greatly embarrassed in addressing
hooouse in consequence of the course which the Government
qtlPorstied with reeeit to this Bill. He ertirely concurred
c 4 his Nohle andbl.rearried Friend in the proprietv of the
ns'amendments. Ile protes•ed, however, against
,the
Theil which had been adopted with regard to
.the subject.
whi Noble Lord then proceeded to detail the various changes
lidera",e solieet had stein time to time undergone.
.He con-
Very -„..,,l‘sotlijat to extend the jerisdietion as to locality was a
fore Power and that sending allow the 13:11in the form now
epts„,7 Hose' might, if it were td to pass unnoticed,
- 'at a future time of great confusion. sl
txt'eYhil°'%;" to consider whether it. would not be better to
Coasts efe- county courts t'retil to enlarge the porters of the
.was re „in'elenee. He must protest against the course that
Thee4nded t Ise •ake oh„. a . .
crit_e of he ,rlu
other Government's originating. It was taken up in the
h th -"se bY a Learned Gentleman, who wall not connected
but at th Government. Ile was the present Solicitor-General,
kith thaer,,tilhe he introduced -the Bill he had no connexion
.rstvts tito-t`iovernitent nor had he any expectation of it. It
u,_eotlan,t‘luroduced in' connexion with another measure—the
rtee,7l Abolition Bill. This was the history of the Bill.
tine Zniered that parties, before they could make any altera-
t°Fie r extend the jurisdiction of the local courts, would have
talrd-"n3(inth's notice of their intention.
14 the AxADDINGToN said that his friends, the Gentlemen
,Tier House, belonging to Scotland, had supported the
the Bill,
as Alembe'rs of the Government, but as 'Members of
Lerdure in their private capacity.
!tin% 1318ARNCLIFFE thought that under all the circum-
oe felt :,after the explanations of the Noble and Learned Lord,
terii'llnd support him in the course he rec.ommended.
alloettt "TZHARDINGE said it was but right that they
with take nit course but such as was strictly in accordance
qteyiegal practice • still he thought no time should be lost in
t:itdetZe(.l.t the p;ovisions of the Bill. "Many of the small
',.,afferin.' in the principal towns of the kingdom were now
*lst ,SL. greatly. It had been calculated that there was
millioelass of persons, at present., no less a sum than three
e senlof pounds, ail debts under 201. In Birmingham alone
After tying to small tradesmen was 100,0001.
*iththtsrLor °rne
ds further conversation, the Commons.' amendments
amendments thereee were aereed to.
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80 ST
1 IRISH POOR-LAW BILL.
bg tite., -ERAIA NS moved for certain returns respect-
Irish Door-law, which were agreed to.
BILL '
Com
'reed to. -tn°ns'FOl amendments to this BiIILEASES. were read and