HC Deb 22 February 1860 vol 156 cc1551-2

Order for Committee read.

House in Committee.

Clauses 1 to 4 agreed to.

Clause 5, in line 34,

MR. STANSFELD

said, he wished to move, after "University," to insert "or the matriculation examination of the University of London." His object was to put the matriculation examination of the London University on the same fooling, for the purposes of this Bill, as the middle-class examinations of Oxford and Cambridge.

MR. JOHN LOCKE

said, he should support the Amendment. He thought no case had been made for excepting the University of London.

SIR FRANCIS GOLDSMID

said, he also should support the Amendment.

Amendment withdrawn.

Clause agreed to; as were also Clauses 6 to 12 inclusive.

MR. MOWBRAY moved an additional clause:— Provided also, that all persons who, previously to the passing of this Act, shall have been duly admitted and enrolled attorneys or solicitors of the Courts of the Counties Palatine of Durham or Lancaster, or either of them, shall and may be admitted and enrolled attorneys and solicitors of the High Court of Chancery, and in Her Majesty's superior Courts of law at Westminster, in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, without further examination, upon payment of such fees and duty as by law required; provided always, that such admission and enrolment be perfected on or before the first day of Trinity Term, 1861. After some discussion the clause was, with some modifications, agreed to.

MR. MURRAY

said, that he had several other clauses to propose, but as they had only been printed and circulated that morning, and as it was not possible that hon. Members could have had time to examine them, he was in the hands of the House either to report progress of the Bill now, or to bring up these clauses on the Report.

SIR GEORGE LEWIS

observed, it would be better to report progress.

MR. E. P. BOUVERIE

said, the clauses were so numerous, and went so far to alter the character of the present Bill, that he thought it would be better to make them a separate Bill altogether.

MR. MURRAY

said, he would agree to this suggestion, and withdraw the clauses.

House resumed. Bill reported as amended.