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-want of prudence on the part of his Lordship, yet
was surprised the Conn should-treat it in this w
Ile was sorry to see so few at the last Common
The late Lord Mayor was most unpopular, bui
present had not followed his example, and yet
was a Resolution condemning • the first error
Lordship had committed. It was a most difficult
!tAsk his Lordship had to perform, because it w_as
known the Queen herself was coming to the Hall,
and what might have been the consequence? Her
Majesty, too, was coming under the guidauce of an
heroic Alderman, who, Whatever his opinions might
now be, had not acted firmly on the memorable 2d
of December, as he seemed much agitated, and went
.about crying-4, What shall I do?" He hoped the
Resolutions would he withdrawn.

returned to the Commons es diked, which. beiniardsrettat•
cindiollirs the Messengers were again called to th Bar; and in
consequence of the above the BM in question. was returned to
'the Messengers.
. Mr. Coons, from the 'realism, brought up a Return et the
amount of Shipping employed' between Grist Britain and Ire-
land. and between the. United Kingdois and the Baltic.
The Bank Note Forgery Prainnion 8111 was broi& tip
from the Commons, by Lord Gasarruaa Sosigaser adittilifili
and read the first time. .l
The Alien ,Act Continuation Nil, the Naval Prize: tasi
the Irish Fisheries Encouragement, the Scots and Irifi
die Militia Pay and Clothing, the Irish Maids; this. illidkiP
Banks Regulation, the Royal Family's Provisions id die.Oses-
Miry Office& Compensationlidis, were _brought tip lirms tile
Commons, and read the first time.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented the following pli li i
don from Mr. Atextdroza Tutees, complaining of the pod-
_
:ions of the Bank Notes Rill :
'4 se TIM =IST '110116011,21L11 One LORDS SPILITCAL ANDISRPOSAL
Or MI torn= lIMODOM Of OSZAt BIATAIN Allts 11111LAIO:S 111
PAILLILASOWT ANITJUILMS : • ' .
" TRIC =MILS !MUM Or ALIXANDZI TILLOCII, OP ISLINOTOY,
• " Sletreth,
".. That in the year 1797, your Pedtioner presented to the
Bank of England a Specimen of a Plan of Eagraying, calculated
tie•gnsvent tire Forgery of Bank Notes, accompanied with a
Ckillicate, signed by Menet. Francis lisrtotoaxi, James Heath,
4iignivers, Hellevta
Rene,i, William
urtes reSllrpviailn. LaLtaseer,, James Haler
su, and other :
neatT stating, each for himself, that' /Sty could set make
g off *fir; and that ' they did not believe that it could.be alpaca( tar
any gnat Omni Arts of Eisgrearig ;'and recommending it to the
Rinke of die Bank of England. as an Art of great merit audio-
vaulty, calculated not merely to detect, but copperas/ the For-
gery of Bank Notes. .
" Viet the said Specimen_ was executed in conic ts
valise permission from Mr. Giles, then Governor off ticeUilit
of *gland, and on a verbal promise from him, that yen Ilit*
Boner should be well remunerated by the Bank If his Specified
timid not be copied, or possessed the advantages which your
Petitioner ascribet to his art, and at all events that he should.
be paid Tor his trouble and expenses.
" 'That the Bank Engraver (then a Mr. Terry) oldie meld
copy it, and Without thee months thereafter did prodaes diet;
le calla a copy. ' s
I ,
.‘e That on the 4th of July, 1797. the saidgrZended Collowrellal
examined before a Committee of the Bank tors, by
,heatFhtler, Byrne, Sharp, Lanciseet, and Lowry, ylies.s
h ,
pipets of the first eminence. who ill declared that the
tended Copy was no more like the original, than a brass • •
Sir like a guinea.
" That sack of the Engravers as had *nod the lint
**end Caracas having, after the said examination, also 111,4
• tie said preamild Copy with the original, also gave your.
• • • - Certificates to the saute diet.. •
"'That the Bank rejqcsed the Plan offered-by your Petitioner.
aillowed their old Plan for urns& of twenty years , •
elk groat corruption of public morals, and audios of
Bibs and weer paid Tier Plltiener any remuneration. ' •
_..!!. That ma the appolufment . of a Royil Cemmilidinrin the
per 11118, to ciummint and report en the =nesse for the pre-
Wilkian of forgery, v-itrage.FiLh d ioner laid the dd. Cor-
hie Art,. and exhibiting lima:
entaarttlagteff be theta, diet, not being a professisial)
CtizeZ
Artist. thole Speilindelneitiliketanding their tented=
- ' lire ha els ilniarleallelea ef. Ow Perfection of
Petielotier's art vitss meiceptibk ; liad also that the *whams
piked to the Bank sand to the Coaraddepen were not Weeded
as the form of Netts that sheald be adopted, but only to Mee-
tate your Petitioner's A/1011114 the Wier( of EzeCetins at
which it was susceptible ~: .• . •_. •
- " The your Peddener has sloe !Crust.. sad belkeekin feet,
That the Minnow adopted hitt, BMA. is tat slunk with and
Mins not in the principle of. eaerdital fella the rum °gravid
by Kw Petit/peer twenty-three yen Mar • _ ._•
" That your Petitioner has seen a Bill. maw balite your Right
- • HOW, entitled. ' A am for the further Freres-
don of Fergie( and •Conuterfititlng. of Bank Notes,' -lu which
there are various clams, milculmed, and, as your Petitioner
believes; and humbly Admits. intended to prevent him from
exercising the Art of *hkh he was the original inventor; and
winch, he humbly albedo, is an act o( great injuitiee
" 'flat to pashlhit.the amialse of any modes of Engraving,
en the pretest of preventing &rpm stands as much imposed to
the p.tgress and ireproveken of the Arts, and is coasequestly
se impede ask would be us prohibit die oinking for medals,
buttons, and many branches of metallic ornament, on pretest,
etitkrieetng the current coin from being counterfeited, .
• Tint since the said Bill was intrednoqd into the Commons
House of Parliament, your Petitioner had an interview with
the Right Honourable Nicholas Vansitterts. chancellor of his
Majesty's Exchequer, at which were resent several of the Di-
rectors of the Bank of Ragland. when the mid BM was shewn
to your Petitioner, with different alteradoes intended • to be
made therein, by which it was alleged that your Petitioner
would be at liberty to practise his own Art without Warning
durgeoalties of the Rill; but no alteration was proposed therein
.meted to secure to your Pedtiener any remuneration for his
invendon, which, by the Bill, is now appropriated to the um
,iii &Cala of -Boillo4 - • •
" The at that interview it was contended. on the part of the
Sok that the question of remuneration (if your Petitioner
Ibraiid be found einftlqd ;hereto) was rather of a public than of
a gabsoe nature--ehe . protection which the invention affords
iii/ft to the Public, who hear, exclusively, all losses by Finery
of Busk Notes.
, ."That your
,Petitioner, till this time, had thought, In Own-
Men with the Public that itsras for die interest and advantage
of the Bank to have lthe integrky of its paper currency tudm-
paehshk; especially as the Bask had, noteelady, 'for many
LTrolasenrred eery great expense in p.-chit. ee death the
ef Abele HMIs.
° par , ..,.. • .. ...t _-.
ate •
`Mather, heerever, wooer atip that the
Bart 414-Aertre paselsenest from the lactemed nicirity dab
webs r - et Its Mask as iiisca ki Abe •• •-
• - Oerelti.r.rl:4

Mr. JAMES observed, that there could be but one
opinion on the subject, and the Resolutions, bethought,
deserved the warm support of the Court. It was ut-
terly impossible that such an act as this could pass
over without any notice.
Mr. Alderman WAIIIIMAN regretted that the ex-
planation of the Lord Mayor had been so-unsatisfac-
tory. The greatest jealousy had ever existed in the
City on the subject of military interference; and such
being the case, iris Lordship ought to have sworn in
Special Constables, if any danger was apprehended.
He never knew any military force being formerly
called iu while the Livery were discussing their
rights. The peace of the City was to be protected,
but certainly net by Dragoons. Who could tell whe-
ther there might not be a Dragoon this moment in
the vicinity of the Hall ? And who could say whe-
ther even the Corporation might not be overawed in
future by a military force? , What, he would ask,
was,the City of London, was the City of Westmiuiter,
and the County of Middlesey, so totally destitute of
loyalty, that they could osa meet on the distussionl
of a question relative to an Address to Royalty, with-.
out being overawed by soldiers? It was disgraceful
to the character of the Livery to have it for a mog-
ment supposed that the attendance of soldiers was re-
quisite to protect the' in the discharge of their duties.
Yet the question was not one of a -local nature, in-
volving, as it did, the rights of the English nation,
and consequently the principles of the .British Con-
stitution. Permit such a practice as thii to pass with
impunity, and the rights of•the subject night safely
be invaded by any intruder. Englishmen were there-
•fore called on imperiously to resist every attempt it
such irasesina, and with this view he certainly should
.most cordially support the Resolutions, having no
doubt they would be carried unanimously.
Jur, also supported the Resolutions, as he
thought them extremely moderate, and no improper
motives were attributed to his Lordship, for whoat
no man could feel a higher respect than he did.
• Mr. GRIFFITILS and Mr. Czoot also supported the
Resolutions. _ _ _

Mr. JAXE3 WILLIAMS trusted that the example
held out by his Lordship would never be followed on
any flame occasion. Re sincerely respected his Lord-,
ship, but private feelings must give way to Public
duty. The very circumstance of the military being
called in, was a disgrace to the City, and a strew
reflection on the character of the City Police, as it
excited, or might excite a suspicion, that they were
totally inefficient for the purpose of protecting public
tranquillity. He lamented much that there had re
cendy been so great a feeling between the Mansion-
Mouse, Guildhall, and the otherend of the town, and
that military should be so often used. The Public',
had had almost dreadful example at Manchester, and
surely what occurred there ought to have taught the
Lord Mayor, and other Magistrates, to be very cau-
tious how they acted in future.
Mr. CLAR=E supported the Resolutions.
Mr. Alderman. Won'', in a spirited sPeech, cen-1
sured strongly the conduct of Mr. T. N. Williams,
who always took the advantage of his absence to
vilify him. fu allusion to what had fallen from the
Lord Mayor .as to the Spa-fields riot, he would re-
mind his Lordship; that he (Mr: Bridges) was Sheriff
then, and of counti had the command of all the peace-
°Ewers and constables. He ought then to have acted
efficiently. instead of which, the mob were allowed
fo come tuto the City without a single individual at-
tempting to stop them.
The Lona Mayon replied, that the defence of the
City was the duty of the Chief Magistrate.
Mr. Alderman Woon.—The Sheriff of Middlesex
is also the Sheriff of London.

A marts discussion as to the point of order then
took place, but-subsided on the LORD Maws threat-
ening to quit the Chair.--The Resolutions were then
put,•and agreed to unanimously,

ANZIFILI OF TB QUEEN.
The Loss Maros reported the Answer of her
Majesty to the Address of the Common Hall, which
was read. and ordered to be asserted in the Journals.

glide isesthe=o*
tttpdtagrale glee, =asis; etldiktike
Oa Bank a oungeagareiestOerntion ; and elle, ► con-
Odom it amide' in suede* from the POl*aMa s for
shia benefits which will nod" Ors totealkolakted nneeltet of
fineries, and frent.the impopesepanttopublientorels, whir-Int=
*flew front the lucre Dad dillicuky of conimittiega,crime, hither-
* suffered to be perpetrated with lamentable fealty.
6! That yoursPethioner's Art of Printing Notes frorn
Amend of COPPW-Plates. -as hithenn, having been 'devised-mid
llentriered expressly. for **purpose, if the only Body in the
Ikepire whew eniplopmet et that an could is any way remit-
Dena, the imountevollitslaired to appropriate his art toles own
me, igkkout Esespaoilloo.
.it.,s impossible that your Petitioner,
as I. Enna Wog emplo by Country Banks (even CO.
Nelpllllllllll otti of his poWer), receive, It gig .ap
aupwatilLeCtlinneals yew.ayy Competent rein tomidoi
far the exartipins pm forth by him in expense, labour, and Intel-
-Iw. to pal* an art, by the sdo of which (by the Bank
ef )iotate, Bank [pelf azi the Nation will derive ab
may - • '
• That your Petitioner, f , rays that titiy be
taken into considaritiosi, r - be heard by blinifelf,

COMMON HALLS. •

Mr. Chamois, after some observations on the deci-
sion of the Kiag's Bench in the criminal prosecution
instituted against Alderman Waithmaa and others,
and also on the propriety of having frequent COM.'
moo Hans, moved—" That it be referred to the Com-
mittee on the said prosecution, to inquire into the Act
of 1695, relative to the power of the Lord Mayor to
Common adjourn and dissolve them, and
whether it VOA expedient for the. Court to pass any
Act or Acts to secure to the Livery their undoubted
right to meet in Common Hall for the purpose of
petitioning the King or the Parliament, or to delibe-
rate on way matter of public grievance, and the said
Committee to report accordingly."
'

Afar a fear words from Mr. MdermanWAlntwativ'
Messis. T. WILLIAMS, JAMES, Dtvon, and Others, the
motion was unanimously agreed to, and referred ac-
cordingly to the Committee.
The Court adjourned at five o'clock.

. . . . .
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and Sold by Casaaot.t., .at bis Offices, No. 19,. Corn-
lA, and 96, Oz/ord-street.--Ceneou. has also Sold
ite fallowing tapital Prizes, and the fortunate holders
may receive sbeir mousey au demand : ,
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.17,254. -IVJO ISM* .............200
25. - ..... -4100 -
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MOS, VISO.

eli iiiilitiriaie diode itispertant AlmadalNK of whisk fir ked
'twins notice; is one at the ilterior staged of the,
Several of chola/I seatidialg for Coieraltikos ware thee gene
through, and reporeectlvithout amendment.
. • HUSH CHANCERY RECHYLATION ELL&
The Earl of CAERNARVON asked, whether it
Was the intention of ar.y of his Majesty:: Ministers pi
,titiore the second reading of the Bill for regulating the
ibractice of the Irish Court of Chancery ? He said, that
he understood the Bill had been introduced with the
concerence of the Government ; but as nothing had,
been since done to further its progress, and he thought
that it was a Bill whiCh- might be prodUctive of
beneficial consequences, he would 'give notice of
moving the second reading, if some other Noble
Lord did not express an intention of making a mo-
tion to that effect.
Lord SIDMOUTH assured the Noble Lord that
his Majesty's Ministers took no particular interest in
the Bill, nor had they any intention of making any
proposition on the subject.
Lord REDESDALE stated it to be his opinion,
that the Bill, on the general principle, would be ad-
vantageous ; but was in some respeets•objectionable.
As it was at present framed, it would do some good,
but ought to be carried further to be essentially ser-
viceable to suitors,in the Irish Court of Chancery. --
``The great defect in. the Bill was, that the conduct of
(Solicitors in that Court was not affected by it, al-
though that conduct occasioned much mischief, and
was productive of great and unnecessary expense,
• ularly with regard to pleadings. The fact was,
that a number of persons who were interested in for-
warding this Bill, were very anxious to cut down
the fees of Officers, but not their own. Another
thing deserving some attention, was the large fees
received by Counsel at the Irish Chancery Bar. He
(Lord Redesdale) during the course of his practice
at the • English Bar, never received a fee of 'fifty
guineas but once, and that was from the Nabob of
Arcot—(A laugh) ; but tie could assure their Lord-'
ships, that it was a common fen in the Irish Chan
eery. Nor was it to be wondered at, when the heap'
of papers that Counsel were obliged to extract.theie
'ease from was taken into consideratiim. It had often
been a matter of surprize to hini, how Irish Counsel
were able to make out the clear and concise case
which they often did, from the,maes of complicated
and voluminous documents laid' before them. That
Dar, he knew from experience, contained many men
of great abilities and learning, and he had often
known their faculties to be put most severely to the
test, to make out a clear case from the nearly unin-
telligible materials. It was, therefore, quite neces-
sary that a further reform should take plate in that,
Court than what was contemplated by the Bill as
it then stood-- ( Hear, beer)—but behad no objec-
tion that the Bill should proceed.
The Earl of CAERNARVON expressed a hope
that the Noble and Learned Lord would take the
Bill into his own hands, as being abler to do it jus-
die than himself.
Lord REDESDALE then gave notify of moving
the second reading of the Bill tomorrow (this day).
MARRIAGE ACT AWEERMENT SILL.
Lord ELLENDOROUGH moved the second read-
ing of the Marriage Act Amendment Bill. The No-
ble Lord said, that it required no eloquence to im-
press upon their Lordships the necessity which ex-
isted for a Bill like the present, the reasons for it
would be found in their own strong sense of justice.
It was a Bill, also, which was not unknoWn to their
bordships—it had appeared on their table three Ses-
sions in two successive Parliaments, but particular
circumstances had prevented it from coming to a se-
cond reading, There was no. Bill, perhaps, more
likely to affect•the interests of the community in a
moral point of 'View, except one, and that was the
'one which it proposed to amend. It was not founded
upon speculative reasoning or visionary theories, but
vas deduced from an experience of the evils which
bad lowed from the Act, which, unless some such
measure was adopted, would continue to produie to
society mischief and immorality.' He.would bn-efiy
state some facts in corroboration of his positions. He
would mention four cases of nullity of marriage,
Which hail °littered within the last year,' and which
-Were of such a nature, that if they did not induce
them to pass the Bill as it then stood, would at least
be stifficleneto prevail "upon them to allow it to go to
a Committee, wfiete any Noble lard would he at
liberty to propose-whatever alterations lie thought
proper. The first. ease was that of JOhdbtosta and
Parker. The marriage between the

_ _ parties took
_ place in the year 1796. , There was ism* seven chil-
dren ; but the husband wanted five weeks' of being
of age at the time of being married, and• on that
_ground, in April of this year the marriage was an-
"maned, after twenty-four years -of cohabitation—
(Hear, hear!)-.-In the secoad,rase, it appeared that'
the parties had been married with the consent of the
guardian of the-wife, who was appointed by will,
whiCh was signed but by one witness instead of two,l
and therefore the marriage was annulled. The nest
rise was that of liayes and Witt& The minor, in
that instance, had married with the consent of her
Mother, who supposed herself a widow, her' husband
having been ten years at sea, and a report having
spread or his death ; but after that time he retarned,
and refusing his consent, the marriage was voided:
It had been contracted in -1800, and was nullified
after a cohabitation of twenty 'years: The last case
_ ,

, therefore, .
, and. thee .he ' may - was that of Jones and HallewoOd ; the markage was'
his Agent. or Cennael, spinet Ail did W.
" ALtiANDER ITLLOCH." r contracted in 1782. The husband vras a miser at the
The pew=
was
releived„
Nut
eituresi to be laid wen tilie time, and -married without consent ; and en 'the 22di
Connekten on the Bill. • of June, 1120, the marriage was declined-mill, slier
. Thom or LAereseaut also preiented a paid= from 'me a cohabitation of thirtyabight years. The Noble Loki
minsfacturen of pd,nchestar, against the Calico Printers' flw. thought such a state of things could- be ..no longer
(Wend to be referred to the Con on the BM. permitted. With their Lordships' regard for the ,no.
Pellew's Divorce Bill was reivarleds, and ordered to be read ' rals of society, for the security of social festitutioss,l
-
ie third timerto-morrow. ' the Co
The Lredoe Militia land the sacred interests of religion, they could not
rdi was brought up fromnunons
lip gir ills.tußTss, and read the'first time. look with indifference on facts that pme'ed how clan-
The Portpatrick and Don4hadee Harbohr HU, after- a few geroasly the old law couldbe applied to sanction the
remarks from the. Marquis of Dowasselees on its peculiar Ina- violation of the most solemn obligations, and to win
penance, was, on his Liwdship's motion; read the Woad time. the honour and peace of families--to deprive fenialcs-
. The kid of CAERNARVON prementedn from Mr.
Curies Pitt, against certain prinisions hi the New fitrevt BM. of the name, of wife and the honour of woman, and
Viscount SIDMoUTH porosetntcd a Petition`lit the Lord to divest children of their legitimate character
stud;

11,.!C/7"

•

this not from any fault in tie parties
ig from the perjury of the husband,
tvantage of his own wrong—(Hear, hearj—
accidental omission of the signature of
rich occasioned long-cherished prospects
independence to be blasted, and threw
_.. society without possession and with-
The Operation. bf that-law commenced
so were families circumstanced under
successive generations might have gone on,
from that day to the present, regularly inheritinc
honours and property, and yet the accidental otris.,
sion of a signature, in the case of the ancestors sixty-
six years ago, might deprive their posterity, at the
present day, of their station in society, and give over
their property to others, by rendering illegitimate
the children of the first parties in en or, and tin ()ugh
them blemishing all their descendants. The Noble
Lord then proceeded to observe upon the variations
of marriage ceremonies in different countries; and is
the same country at different times; by the inning
tion of which ceremonie he said, that human lees:
latoi.s did no more than they were competent to (I.f-,
by declaring what qualifications were necessary to
direct the descent of honours and of property; ts;:
the laws of Scripture were beyond human laws, and
marriages were good in the eye of Heaven, without
reference to particular ceremonies, which were con-
gracted by persons capable of exercising a choice,
d giving a mutual consent, because they were
tionded on the laws of Stripture and-of Nature.—
persons who dissolved such marriages; by taking
advantage of their own default, or of a technical
MnissiOn, and who married pin, were, in his opi-
nion, guilty, of the crime of adultery. When the
law made the consent of guardians necessary, before
the parties had attained the age of 21, it was com-
petent for it to do so, by reason of the necessity 1r
`protecting property from improvident engagement.;
but when, on the patty attaining legal age, the guar-
cfian expressed no disapprostal of the contract, or
within a convenient time; it was reasonable to pre-
sume that he acquiesced ; that he was satisfied the
Marriage was in itself a suitable one ; and the reason
Of the law ceasing, the consequences which flowed
from it ought to cease also. But it was said, that a
Bill like that proposed, was one which trifled wit!!
the feelings of families. He would ask their Lord.
ships to look on both, and say which trifled moiz
with the feelings and interests that men ought to
hold most dear? He then adverted to tYe inconsis:-
ency in the laws, which allowed a rbaniage withn
the degree of consanguinity to be good after the
death of one of the parties, as it affected the chil-
dren; while one that was informal by a casual omis-
sion, could not be rendered valid by any length of
time. His Lordship stated, that the Bill went upon
a principle which was not unprecedented, for a simi-
lar principle had been recognised in a Bill passed by
the Irish Legislature, which he said had passed many
excellent laws, and much superior to many which
British legislation could boast. The Irish Bill con-
fined its operation to persons having property under
the qualification of £lOO yearly in teal, and I.:500
in personal possession. There was a clause in that
Bill which said, that if the guardian took co step
within a year, the marriage.-should he unimpeach-
able, and to all intents and purposes valid. But
then the Bill made the 'marriage valid from the ter-
mination of the year, and not from the date of the
marriage itself: this was wrong, as by that means
ruse eldest son might lose his legitimate rights. It
was his wish to establish the validity of marriages,
in which The guardian took no .adtei se step within a
-year from the time of the marriage itself.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the Noble
Lord had ably discussed the malts of the -Bill ; but
he'could not consent to its g .ing into a Cennnittee.
He acknowledged that cases had been stated in sup-
port of the amend the present lawf wherein he
confessed it was difficult to restrain the feelings; they
certainly were not sufficient to warrant a Bill with a
retrospective operation as far back as the year 1754,
upon which Act the law solely stood.; and that a Bill
which would. go to shake all these rights derived un-
der the established law, as would or maybe done by
the application of the first, clause in, this Bill, though
a provision towards the end of the Bill, he knew, may
be said to have a saving effect, yet, property to an
incredible amount, with titles, pensions, and other
valuable possessions, held under the established law,
may be seriously affected by it. Haling dwelt on
these points in the way of illustration, the Noble and
Learned Lord observed, the present was not a season
of the year when they could beneficially go into a
consideration of a Bill of such extensive importance.
There was a clause also in it, which went to legalise
all marriages, though founded upon the most frau-
dulent perjury, and the distinctions were so drawn,
that it would be better to say at once that all were
good, than to legislate in the very exceptionable way
proposed by this Bill. No Man cciul4. be more desir-
ous to uphold the dictates of morality, or to adhere
to the dates of religion, than himself; bet be was
yet-to be convinced hour these desired ends could be
-attained by such a till as the present. It, therefore,
being so framed, and coming before them at a period
in which full and deliberate discussion could not he
expected, he could not consistently affiard the mea-
sure his support.
The Earl of WESTMORELAND differed in many
points from his Noble and Learned Friend. He
thought the Bill at least should receive • a locoed
readin;, and be sufßred to go to a Committee, where
the Objectionable parts Could eegularly be discussed
and amended, and it could be seen how-far the Bill
`Was susceptible 'of amendment. If this was found
impracticable, why then reject it. The Bill was to
amend the Act of the 26th of George 11. cochlea—
"An Act to prevent Clandestine Marriages." 'lhe
Bill appeared to him founded on the spirit and prin-
ciple of that Act, a principle which was long ackom.,
'edged to be salutary and good. He mid, that these
was a principle of Hinitanon to the power of bringing
actions, in cases of death, and the pcmession of pro-
perty; and he saw no mason wheythere should itte
be a limitation with respect to marriages. In cans
of property, a man established a title by sixty yrais
quiet possession, although that possession had com-
menced in wrong ; but, as the law now stood. not
even silty years quiet possession could give a man a
title to big wife---(Lerighter).--The cases cited by tit'
. Noble Lord (Ellenborouh) were very stri lig. Tic
knew. that • their Lordships ought not to legislate
individual Canso . but they were such as ought to ~t

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