§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second reading of this Bill, said, that when questions arose in this country as to the law of Scotland, &c, the Courts here ascertained the law by examining Scotch and other lawyers, which caused enormous expense to the parties. Under this Bill when any question arose the Court was enabled to remit a case to the Court of the country the law of which was in dispute. That Court would state the law, and their opinion would be applied by the Court making the remit.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLORhad not specially referred to Ireland, because the law of England and Ireland was almost identical. But if any question arose in any of the Irish Courts as to the law of Scotland the Court of Queen's Bench there would remit the matter to the Court of Session in the same manner as the English Courts would do, and then the Judges of the Court of Session would declare the law of Scotland, and remit their answer to the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland.
§ Bill read 2a, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.
§ House "adjourned at Seven o'clock, till Monday next, Eleven o'clock.