§ Bill read 3a, according to Order.
LORD BROUGHAMproposed certain verbal alterations in this Bill, which had been adopted on the suggestion of his noble Friend the Lord Chancellor.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ On the Question, That the Bill do pass,
LORD BROUGHAMsaid: I congratulate your Lordships and the country on this most important measure having received your sanction, and being, as may be confidently expected, about to pass into a law. You have conferred an inestimable benefit upon the community; you have incalculably improved the administration of justice, effaced from our jurisprudence its greatest blot, planted our judicial system upon solid grounds, and provided the best security to the Bench, and the safest protection to the Bar. Let mo further say how grateful I feel on behalf of my revered and most dear Friend, not now present to partake of our satisfaction. You have this day gladdened his heart—you have renewed his illustrious youth.
§ Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ House adjourned to Monday next.