EARL GREYinquired of the Lord Chancellor, Whether the adjourned debate on the question of a Supreme Court of Appeal was to be taken on the Resolution which had been moved by the noble and learned Lord, or on the Bill which stood for second reading to-morrow evening?
THE LORD CHANCELLORsaid, that when the subject was before the House on a former occasion it was fully understood that the adjourned debate on the second reading of the Bill would not be taken till after the Resolution had been disposed of. He had since ascertained, however, that the forms of the House required that the Bill should be first on the Notice Paper for Tuesday, because on that day Orders had precedence of Motions. On that account a formal change had been made; but he hoped their Lordships would find it convenient to adopt the course which had been agreed to in the first instance.
§ LORD CAIRNSthought it was understood on the former occasion that the debate was adjourned in order that their Lordships might see the Bill in print; but it was not of much consequence whether the debate was taken on the Resolution or on the Bill, because in reality everything turned on the plan proposed by his noble and learned Friend as a substitute for the existing system.