The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-29 00:00:00

1Y J Oe COMMONS.

.ISTATtTIuA.Ls IN SCOTLAND.

The 'LORD 214,,JVVOCATE nF ScoTLAN), having
learned flint a N6hle. Lord (Lord A. Hamilton).

bad yestercky fixed. his motion on thesubject of the
hire Stair prosecutions in Scotland for that day fort-
-; bur expressed, at the same time. a wish to

consult, as much as possible, his (the LoidAdro-
cate's) 'personal convenience, by naming any other
day that might 'be found more suitable to -him., he
-pow informed that Noble Lord, that as far as_his
personal convenience was concerned, he ‘votild,not.
call on him to alter his notice ; but the Noble
Lord must be aware, that the absence of'an indi-
vidual, in the situation which he filled, for any;
letogth of :fine, must be attended with great in
comet-ience to others, as well as to himself. Tile'
Courts in Scotland were all- sitting at this time,
end in the Court of. Exchequer the presence of-
the King's" Advocate was more particularly ne-
cessary. • He was quite anxious and t'eadyto gn:
immediately into the question, and that at the
very first hour at which it could be brought on.
If the Noh!e Lord 'could. bring it on in the begin-
riing of next week he should be ready—or indeed
any day during the week ; but if the Noble Lord
Could :not bring his motion on next week,
be hoped it would be postponed till after the
tising of the Scots Courts.
Lord A. HAMILTON said, the Learned Lord had
placed Illtu in rather an awkward predicament. It
must be•nlatifeit to the House- tlrat this was not
a question Trersonal to him and the Learued Lord.
Be was willing to postpone the question to any
clay, not exceeding a month or five weeks from
the present time. But the Learned Lord asked a
delay of a ranch longer period. The Co.irt nt
Session would not rise till t,he 12th of Mardi, and
from the time when the Learned Lord could reach
London to the Easter holidays, there would only
be one single day lot his motion, namely, Tuesday,
the l7th of March. Now he would ask, if it was
a fair thing to request of hint .to consent to such
a delay ? With respect to the other Iqm:sr of the
Learned Lord, he, -for •his own part, could hare
mi Objection to- accede to it, if he were-the only
,person interested in the question, but if the sub-
ject were brought, on so soon, it would prevent
some Members front taking a part in the diitus-
skirt who had been informed that the motion
would not,come on before a certain day, and who
could not have an opportunity of beirig informed
of his change of intention. He was quite ,
ling, however, to put off his motion for
four, or even five weeks.

The SPRAKER observed, that it was extreniely
unusual to accelerate a motion of which no-
tice had been given, by fixing afterwards an
earlier day. Such a mode of proceeding was not
consistent with the practice of the House, and
'ould be attended wit hgrear inconvenience.
After a few words from Lord A. HAmit,ToN,.
the subject was dropped, without any alteration
of the day for which the Motion was fixed having
been agreed to.

TREATY WITH SPAIN.
Lord CASTLEREAGH laid before the House the Treaty
lietwerp his Britannic Majesty and his Most Catholic Majesty
fur pt eventing their subjects from engaging in the traffic in
Staves, with several accompanvi!io•' papers, and moved that
the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole
Muse on Monday setinight,fnr the purpose of takingtbe said
Treaty into consideration.—Agreed to.

NORTHERN COUNTIES. .
Mr. M. A. TAILOR gave notice that it was'bis intention,
at a very early day, to submit a Motion to the House:on the
propriety of holding,Assizes twice a-year in the Northern
Counties. In order that the House might he informed of
the grohnds of the motion, he shook! on Thursday se'nuight
more forfora return of the dates of the commitments and deli-
very of the persons tried at the different Assizes- cf the
Northern Counties.