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W and not bandipg it over, d 1 & BOULTBEE said his views had / al "*y been oxpressed by the leadar of the 4 %nfian. The i':fortanco of the measure 'A"Od not be disputed, but it was impossible to deal properly with a measure containing B0 mu{ important provisions during the lass week:of the session. He objected to striking Atiomeja off the roils simply bocause they 'did, not pay the isheri(f's foss, because it would act unjustly both against the profession and the people. from the rolls for keeping money of their Shoriff's foes. He agrood, however, with the provision for the removal of Attorneys Mr. CAMERON thouiht that a measure of so much importance should not have been Introduced so late in the session. Some of the provisions of the Bill were in a satisfac-- tory direction, and some were a little absurd, With regard to the Court of Error aud Ap: mho was not aware that the existing had failed in its duty. The establish: ment of an independent Court of Appeal mfi:« might not be in the interosts of the pu It was evident that some of the provisions were introduced to suit a certain class. One was, that an Attorney might ba class, OUne was, that an Attorney migat Do atruck off the rolls it he did not pay the Mr. -- HARRINGTON _ sald _ thare| existed ample evidence . that _ more i:d'"'m required, and, in his opinion, e'Attorney--General was only asking what was nacessary, Mr. CAMERON thouiht that a measure of so much importance should not have been Introduced so late in the session. Some of with regard to the payment of fees to Sheriffs he considered to be going a little too far, and section 80, a'so referring to Shoriffs, went a little further than the circumstances of the countryv renvired, He was of opinion that thero "was not the danger ;pgréhéiin'-é& by his hon. friend from London as thg increase of o&peall. He was oiposod to the yrent in thehands of the clerk of the costs g:fora a jury was obtained. Mr. GTBSON was in favour of the lessou. ing of the expense of litigation, and advo-- cated Law and Equity being dispensed in ons Mr, HAKEDY believed the Bill was pre-- cisely what the country wanted at the present moment, and its leading features he agreed with,. lt evidenced the bestowal of great care in its compilation. He thought the mere non--answering of questions by a jury should not permit the judge to wrest the case out of the haunds of the jury, and hse believed there sheuid be some qualification to the section dealing with this point. The clause strength ww _ would rendor leglslation -- less ex pensive than heretofore, Now, however, he had discovered & new grievance;, that this dicinu. tion in the costs would increase litigation, court, -- He would not snpport the abolition of jaries, but he thought the cost of jurles might be greatly lessened, Ho considerod that the rnle in counrts should be that jury cases should be taken first, and that reform in this respect was very necessary,. . Ho was not prepared to criticise the Bill minutely, but was not that amount of fnconvenience created by the cases which stand over at the Courts to warraut so complete a changs in the law as that invoived in the Bill bofore the Hounse. s Mr, MoCALL deprecated sudden changes in the administrsation of instine and awnacul. nok pr:{)ared ro erimicise the biul minuseiy, ou$ he would support is if it would rander litiga-- tion less expensive, Mr, OAMERON thought there was no no-- ceseity for this oonfimm? interference with the law of the land. This moasure was in many instances 'an amendment of the Bili passed last session. Ho deprecated the in. troduction of the clauso rolating to the jury system, and considered that system should be strengthened rathor than weakened. He had every confidence in t*s jfld%". but jurors were better acquaintel with the affaira of the country, and therofore betker able to decide upon matters of fatt. There The amendment was as' follows :--=** That the word now be struck out of the oriflnt\ question, and theXwords 'this day threg months ' substituted therofor." Mr. MERRIOK considered it desirable that this Bill should be withdrawn, and he bad an amendment to move to test the Houss as to the desire of members to continue or discontinue the consideration of the subjeck agreed, however, with tion less -- ex-- . however, he had 'uihhter.) It haq been saIU WUW! 777 5 °° sent Bill supersgeded the Bill of last session, but this was altogether a mistake, It re-- ferred to matters which the Bill of last year did not provide for and simplified cer-- tain matters and tended to the fasion of law and equity. The Bill was the result of car-- tain suggestions he received from tims to time from various questions for the simplif-- catlon of the law, the removing of defects, and for the preventing of lnjucfilce in various « ET NY\ ant tha law ways, whiohvexperienoe pointed out the law an {t stood made no provision for, He would have been glad to have Introduced the Bill at an earlier stago of the session, but he had endeavoured to make it as porfect as possible, | and it had beon necesuril{ delayed. _ He sent a copy of the Bill to each of the Judges, and constyering the pressure of business, and the communications he was receiving from various quarters, he was unable to introduce | the measure at an earlior date. Some . mat-- | ters he desired to submit to the House he, | had withheld, and had confined l.limself only to matters which would not involve any serious difference of opinion. He thouiht it was _ absolutely necessary there should be no delay--in the increasing of the judicial staff. The demAnd for this was so pressing that they could not without great injustice or wrong delay this portion of the Bill, The otker portlons -- of the -- Bill _ wore such that there could be no serl-- cus difference of opinion upon them, He believed that every provision was so clearly an improvoment on the law that thore ought to be no diféculty in adopting them With regard to the complaint respoacting the the change, be hoid that they ought not to leave a bad law on the Statute Book any longer than was unavoidably necessary. Hop, members had spoken of the improve-- ment of the consolidation of the iaws, and he thought the time had come when theyshould have a tieneul consolidation of the laws within their jurisdiction. _ He announced that they were always willing to receive good sng:es'hons from any source,and adopt them, as he had shown on several occasions, He denied that the jury system would be affect-- ed by the 30th clauso. Juries, except in libel Bill He had hoped that the Attorney. General would have allowed the latter por-- tion of the Bill to have stood over until next session. He was aware that there was t necessity for increasing the number of jum.s. Some of the provisions of the Bill he regard-- ced as unwise, Olause 30, he thought, would restrict the powers of juries, and sub--section 2 of clause 30, regarding new trials, ho was convinced would be a most dan-- gerous provision. 'There were other provisions ° which would be very -- har-- assing, not to say dangerous, One was with regard to ltrlking attorneys off the rolls for not paflng the Sherif!'s fees. Other provisions would not, he was satisfied, be workable in common law, and he trusted the hon. Attorney--General would sse that it would be advizable to allow the debateable Mr, McMANUS said in the maln he ap-- proved of the provisions of the Bill, and characterized the measure as a reform that was abrolutely necessary. He thought the thanks of the coyntry wera due to the Gov-- érnment for the labour they had spent in the preparation of the Bill, ney--General had described them. There was a good deal of detail in the measure that he did not agreo with. He would not like to have to pay a feeinto court upon asking for & jury, and there were many other provisions he did not concur in, Mr. DEACON again referrea vo the no-- cessity of increasing the number of judgos, but he did not think the other subjects touched on were so necessary as the Attor-- Mr, BOULTBEE could not support the amendment, becaugs it did not give any -- reason _ for delnyl.ngB the _ con:-- sideration of the measure, He begged to move, as an amendment to thiameu(%ment, «"That this Housgs cannot @yoid expressing its regret that a m&aure of this importance ahoulsmhave been brought down at so late an hour of the n'l'dm,_f'herqb,y rendering its it would be most unfortunate if the principal provislons of the Bill wore deferred, and he| wegarded it as inadvisable to adopt the course sugg ested, After some discussion, the amendment was allowed to be in order. Mr. D'ARCY BOULTON regretted that the three monthbs' hoist had been moved, be. cause ho was desirous that further time olggnld be given for the consideration of the being properly discussé) and understood an imnouibility.y' understood gu cakes, were jadges of fact and not of law, and there was nothl:F in that clauso which would take away their power. He thought Hon,. Mr, CROOKS claimod that the amendment was out of order, It had been said that the pre--