HL Deb 24 July 1873 vol 217 cc897-8

"DISSENTIENT:

"1. Because the Bill was returned to this House late on Tuesday night, and the ten pages of important Amendments made by the Commons were only delivered to the Peers in the course of this morning, and the manner in which it might be proposed to deal with any of them either by rejection or alteration was unknown to the House generally until after the Motion was made that the Commons Amendments be now considered.

"2. Because by assenting to this Bill this House abandons its ancient prerogative of being the Supreme Court of Appeal in England when the expediency of having only one such Court for the United Kingdom, which was denied by the promoters of the Bill while it was passing through this House, is now admitted by those who then voted against it, and as it must be uncertain whether the Court constituted under this Bill will give the same satisfaction to Scotland and Ireland which it is admitted that this House has afforded, it is important that time should be allowed for further consideration before this House agrees to establish a separate Court of Ultimate Appeal for England, which will justify a demand from Scotland and Ireland for similar Courts in their own capitals if no longer allowed to appeal to this House."

"REDESDALE, BEAUCHAMP, RUTLAND, SELKIRK, HERTFORD, HOUGHTON, DENBIGH, CLANCARTY, ELLENBOROUGH, BATHURST, THURLOW, DONCASTER, ABERGAVENNY FEVERSHAM, GAINSBOROUGH, SALTOUN, WYNFORD.

"For the whole protest down to the second England' in the second paragraph.

"DENMAN." House adjourned at a quarter past Eleven o'clock, till To-morrow, Eleven o'clock.