7 Apr 1808

Letter V

Ch.3. [...?]

10. A power which the learned scribe has not given to his /those/ learned brethren, and which notwithstanding the [...?] of sympathy for them I should not have /he could not naturally/ be expected to see him give /to him given/ to them, is what on which I, who am not /has not the honour to be/ a partaker in any such sympathy, should notwithstanding be desirous of seeing vested in their hands. Suppose a set of regulations established by Parliament: established in the first instance, or at the suggestion of the proposed Commissioners. In the judgment of the Court of Session, suppose in my instance their regulations about to be production /pregnant/, or actually production of a specific inconvenience, not foreseen by Parliament: In such case I would give to the Court appropriate powers for making representation, or even with the pleasure of Parliament could be taken, suspending execution, according to the nature of the case: making representations supposing the formation of these /such/ apprehensions antecedent on them, suspending exexution, if [...?] in [...?] to any suit at law whereby the execution of the reputation in question even demanded[?]: requiring however at the same time in the case of suits suspension report to be forthwith made to Parliament, stating the case in which the suspension was made, the inconvenience or supposed or inconvenient inconvenience constituting / which operated as/ the grounds and reasons of it, together with their persuasion that the inconvenience were such as had been foreseen by Parliament: and that for /but for/ want of such suspension, damage of irreparable nature /in its nature irreparable or in its greater in quantity more considerable/ (particularising it) would in this question be produced: Putting the course /[...?]/ which for the prevention of such damage they had seen reason to make subject to the pleasure of Parliament: and to give to the Court the benefit of the [...?] [...?] of the scale, and viz [...?] of Parliament, such [...?] should in default of notice taken by Parliament within a certain time, be absolute.