The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-16 00:00:00

oiled that four Barons n ere sufl cirnt ; hut Sir Samuel
skeppard said five he was no tioubt a man of ex,reme
food nature, and that accounted fur it. lie wished
0 conciliate the Seetelt gentlemen, anton., whom lie
peel; tame; and when lie .vas told that five would be I
more agreeable than four. lie said, in his good-natured I
war, let as have live, :Mil !,IS SCUtal friends home& I
stelv cried out 1' live for ever,•'—(A laugh :-Ilr.
then ilea on to show that by the arrangement &dun -!
ed, the country lost 3.000/. per annum ; as the chicij
Iteiheinbrancer's I Wive. which was to bare ceased, WAS
oil! in engine and had a salary of I,lmvi. per atm., i
which, added to the ra:ary of th.. Baron, nook
lie then proceeded to remark u.,.0n the !mention of I
the place of the present Baron Ncrton, an Eng-
ask I,nryer, by a Scotch one; which, he eonteioled,
be the means of driving away the two English
ti tens, who, by art arts; le of the Union, were allowed
ra practise in that Court, and to one of whom that
liaron,hip was hitherto appropriated. It would he
he said) at least a r mii,l-about way of en.luditig them
4ltogether. 10$1 of the hope of a lucrative pro-
vrimeat, lie believed tual some weight with Eaglish
I 'levers—ht. knew it had with Scotch ones !.....(klangh.)
I Ile questio I was reilmed to this narrow point.—the
moinisdouers bail inquired Ali reported that a fifth
baron was unnerusary the athgei bad n•t inyni.ed,
and gave an opposite orinion. It was plait. there was
tvs ha no retrenclmictit, bnt that conld net er answer to
se:een dif.icokics. It 113:4 the object of
tie Noble Lord that the tint.stion s!iould be passed by ;
if so, it would be quite useless on auy other occasion
to embarrass tioremuent by motions of economy, as
it would be evide at that nothing of the kind they could
to,dhly rodeo hear!)
Air. W. DUSDAS sta•e.l, that the Commissioners
Mad in boar short lines, and without assigning any
rcoon, declared the fifth Baron unnecessary ; but the
Judges, men of enferienee and Integrity, had pry-
Bounced a different opinion.
Lord Alit:11. 11.011:; lON said a few words in
reply, when strangers were ordered to withdraw. The
discussion, however, continued with closed doors for
sort than an hour, when a division look took place.
The nuns tiers were—
For the Motion 177

Against it
Majori:s in fasour of Alinisterg

A enneiderafol o time had elapsed before we were re-
aAmitteol anti the Gar.ery, and when we were permitted
t I mow our seat 4, we found the Speaker putting the
quo.p.tion nn another motion, made (we believe) by Lord
A ilarui.mo, the o,hjert (of which wls to impute blame
t.) the Miuisters fur h•tv:ng filled up the vacancy in the
*AA Court of E.:ellequvr, occa4ioned by the resi gna-
Mot of tit. Ithrht tt n. William Adam, bef re the re-
; ort the Como!:l4.'nott. re of the Scotch Courts was
stromitteil to the 1;00t.,.k0.
To this motion Lord CASTLEREAGH moved, as an
amendment, that the previous question be now put,
which a-as carried without a divilion.
31e. BROUGHAM wished to know from the Noble
Lord if it was intended to fill up any other vacancy
that blight occur ir the same manner'

bird CASTLEREAOII said, before be answered
dsaS question, he desired to know from ass Hoe.
grinhet what steps he meant to take on the subject
At all events, the rthlie service !could not he allowed
to st.lt.r by any vacancy that *night take place.
Mr. III101A41.1:11 said, he had heard a great deal
a! 0..9 those steps whirh were spohen of by the Noble
Lord, and as there appeared to bea great deal of this
Se itch business coining before the House, it was bet-
tur t.) proceed regularly step by step. The Hon.
Member then gave notice of his intention to submit
a motion to the House on the 25th of this month, re-
I,tive to the tinier ty of vacancies in the Scotch Jury
Courts.

31r. IMOODEN moved for an account of all salt
need for the pnrposes of agriculture during the yerrs
Itil .1 and IS I 9.—Ordered.

Mr. LI-SHINWION obtained leave to bring in a
Hall to secure the innerly of snitors in the Court of
Ch)ncery —A:ljourned at one o'clock.

K. HUNT.—SCIPTRIPTIONS to indemnify
AIL MR. IRTNT. against his ell:items, continue to be
received, at Mes%rs. Deasy's, in the Stewed; Ireland's. Hul-
- anti Hassell-street, Covent-garden.
The sums received yesterday evening were creditable to
Vie iiberal feelings of the Public.

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