HL Deb 22 June 1874 vol 220 c220

"DISSENTIENT:

"1. Because this House, as the Court of ultimate Appeal for Ireland, has secured to itself the approval and confidence of that country in the discharge of the duties so entrusted to it, and cannot surrender a privilege which has been attended with a result so advantageous to its character without injurious consequences to its own interests, and to those of the United Kingdom.

"2. Because this abandonment of jurisdiction is uncalled for by any expression of public opinion, and has been openly objected to by members of the legal profession in Ireland, who may be fairly held to represent the interests and wishes of their suitors and clients.

"3. Because the state of public feeling in Ireland, in regard to the Imperial Parliament, renders the transfer of the jurisdiction of this House, so respected in that country, to a new and untried English court particularly inexpedient at the present time.

"REDESDALE."

House adjourned at Six o'clock' till To-morrow half-past Ten o'clock.