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PARLIAItitNTARY PROCtEDY.vGS.

lialSE OF LORDS, JUNE 16.
• Lord Gsnoao sat for Apteats at ten cites of
Richardson v. Addington, Gieenhill v. Altkin, and Unitabin
Cranford, the judgments of the Court were affirmed by the house.
Waller and CO. v. Campbell, wait then heard, after which Lord
Grrroan intimated that he would give judgment in the course of
this Session.
At a quarter past four Lord Gteroan rose, and at a quarter to
five the LORD CHANCELLOR entered the House.
Mr. }lmams and others brought up the Ireland Magistrates In-
demnity Bill, the Dublin Police Magistracy Bill, the Irish Tithes
CompositiOn Act Amendment Bill (as agreed to), the linfilin Local
Taxation Bill (as agreed to), and some other Bills, which were af-
terwards read a first time.
Mr. AlasoN, from the Directors of the East India Company, de-
livered in the Monthly Returns of the Salaries and Pensions granted
by the Court of Directors for the last month.
Mr. JOHNSON, from the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, de-
livered in Accounts and Papers front Ireland, in obedience to their
Lordships' orders.
The LORI) CH A NCELLOR thought it proper to inform their
Lordships that, upon his return home last night, from attending the
duties of the House, he found a Petition, which, however, he could
not regularly now present to their Lordships. The Petitioners
were no other than-the Dean and Faculty of Advocates of Edin-
burgh, and their prayer was to he heard at their Lordships' bar by
Counsel, against the Scotland Judicature Bill. That Bill, as their
Lordships would recollect, was passed last night, and had been sent
in the usual way to the other House ; but he wished to mention the
circumstance to their Lordships, lest he should be supposed to have
slighted tfie Petitioners in any way. -
Lord GIFFORD presented a Petition against the Marine In-
surance Bill, which was ordered to lie on the table.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL inquired if the New Churches Build-
ing Bill bad been printed ? and being answered in the negative, he
said he should put off the second reading of the Bill till to-morrow.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from the
Underwriters of Lloyd's, severally, who prayed that the Marine
Insurance Bill might not pass into a law, and also that they might
be heard by Counsel against the 1.101.
The Earl of
had given two days ago, moved that the 13111 for regulating passen-
gers, in certain passage vessels from Great Blitam to Ireland,
should he postponed to this day six months. The whole was really
as neat a little job as ever he knew ; it excluded all other packets
from t racing more than one passenger, while those under the Bill
were authorised to take two, and this only just doriuy those very
six net itha when such p: elect; sailed at all. lie could cite, in sup-
I port of his opinion, the concurrent to•timony of the nu..i eminent
ship-owoers; and the moment he hard of the Bill, he had come
down to arrest the progress of it. Ile concluded by mot ing that
the Bill should be read a third time this day six months.—The mo-
tion w.is then put from the Woolsack and agreed to, in consequence
of tvhich the Bill is fist far the present S...ssion.
The Eu OLILBY presented a Petition front the towns of
Manchester and Salford anti the environs, in favour of the Equi-
I table Loan Bank Company.—llmeived, and laid upon the table.
Thu Earl of HARROW BY now begged to call the attention
of their Lordships to the notice he had given yesterday, for suspend-
' ing the Standing Orders of the House in favour of the Royal Irish
Mining Company. The prevent Bill provided that four fifths of
the capital should be paid down before it went into a Committee;
and this provision hadirirtually been complied with. When it 1. as
recollected that their Lordships had suspended the Stan,!;.:, Cinders
in a former case, he could not see that the least oSje,/ilel was likely
to be offend to the present claim. He wished by no means to hold
out delusiveestwerations to the people of 1 relaud ; but he must re-
mark at the sante time, that it any country were entitled to favour-
aim: exceptions, it was Irelaud.—The Standhig Orders were agreed
to be suspended.
The Earl of KINGSTON then moved the second reading of the
Royal Irish Mining Company Bill, which was thereupon read a
second time, end ordered to he committed for to-morrow.
Upon the motion of the Earl of DARNLEY, tile Manchester Equi-
table Loan Bank Bid (tile Standing Orders of the House being sus-
pended) was read a second time, and committed for to-morrow.
The Earl of KINGSTON moved the second reading of the Dub-
lin Equitable Loan Lill, and that the Standing Order with respect
tutlch Bid. should be suspended.
The Earl of LA l; DLit. OA LE said he would not oppose the
Bill in its present stage, though he should dissent from it in ano-
ther stage.
The LORI/ CII A N ELLOR said he did not rise for the putt-
pow of opposing the Bill, but he must observe that the word', Equi-
table" din not apply to any such Bills.
The Earl of DARNLEY presented a Petition from Edmund
Townsend, now of I/landlord-street, in the parish of St. Mary-la-
bonne, against the Bankrupt 1.3 W Bill, and praying to be heard by
a Select C'oinmisree of their Lordships as to the clauses of the law
under pre/eat system ; and also the remedies which, he con-
ceived, would remove all imperfections so generally complained of.
—Ordered to lie on the table.
Lord SUFFIELD presented a Petition from Chippenham, in
the county of Gloucester, praying for the Abolition of Slavery.
SCOTTISH JURIES.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE, on the Order of the
Day being read, supposed the motion for the House
going into a Committee on the Scottish Juries 13111,
which, lie understood, had been read a second time.—
He had objected to peremptory challenges in the first
instance, and although he understood they were aban-
doned, still he objected to leaving the nomination 9f Ju-
ries to the Judges. As peremptory challenges were now
abandoned, he wished to get rid of the discretionary
olause as it affected the Cow t. -
Viscount MELVILLE could not agree with his No-
ble Friend, and should the:cline move that the Bill bs
recommitted for this day three months. It was pet--'
fectly well known that the 1111 had not originated from
any complaints with respect to the formation of Civil
Juries in Scotland; but r. was apprehended, in criminal
cases, that the lists furnished of witnesses and jurors,
and of stolen a: iiclei, gave an undue advantage to the
prkoner. li the 13ili were suffered to go to a Commit-
tee, he could satisfy their. Lordships that its provisions
were impossible to be executed.
The Duke of ATtioL could not help regretting that
the framers of the present Bill had riot a more intimate
acquaintance with the localities of Scotland. In !pis own .
county (Perthshire), for instance, it would take six u Larks I
to coliect a Jury according to the provisions of the Bill.
He must second the Amendment of the Noble Viscount.
The Earl of ROSSLYN was forgoing into a Com-
mittee, oil the ground of giving an Impartial choice of
Juries, and where the objections to the Bill might be
met, and successfully met. He was glad, however, that
the Noble Viscount was prepared to propose a Bill early
in the next Session of Parliament; and, indeed, he con-
sidered that Noble Viscount as pledged to the measure.
He regretted that the recommendation of the Commis-
sioners for Inquiry had experienced any difficulty; that
remedial measures should have succeeded so often in
the other House,- which were not entertained by their
Lordships. Thus, if their Lordships did any good, or
the other House did any good, they seldom came to an
agreement to benefit Scotland mutually ; but he should
nut press a division on the question.
The Earl of ABERDEEN was disposed to go into a
Committee, but only in the hope, rather than the expec-
tation, of doing away with the objections to the Bill.
After some explanation between the Earl of LAUDERDALE and
Viscount Metviu.r., the amendment of the latter was carried; so
that, in effect, tho Bill is lost for the present Session.
Upon the motion of the Earl of Sitarresanav, the Ireland Bank-
ers' Bill, the Savings' Bank Act Amendment Bill, the Wheat
Warehousing Bill, and the New South Wales Laid Bill, were se-
verally read a third time, passed, and sent to the Commo,ts.
The Welsh Judicature Bill was appointed for the third toscling
on Friday next.