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The great cause of Small and Attwood mune on for final adjudite Lion in the House of Lords on Thursday. The Peers present wen Lord Chancellor Cottenhain, the Earl of Devon, Lords Brougher, Lyndhurst, IV) Ilford, and Kenyon. The Earl of Devon spoke tire, and delivered his opinion that the judgment of the Court below (that of Lord Lyndhurst in favour of the plaintiff) should be reversed. The Lord Chancellor followed ; and, concurring with Lord Devon, moved, that " the original bill should be dismissed, with costs." Lord Lynde burst went over the evidence, and gave his reasons for adhering to ha original opinion in favour of the plaintiff. Without reference to ay memorandum, Lord Lyndhurst delivered a remarkably full and per- spicuous aeillysis of the evidence, and a statement of the complicated transaction; between the parties. His speech on this occasion is said to have equalled, if not surpassed, the judgment in the Court of Eo. chequer which has been so touch admired as an effort of the intellect. Lord Broaeham declared that his opinion had been so unsetiled, and his judgm ea so materially shaken, by Lord Lyndhurst's lutnivousand masterly ssitement, that he must have time for further consideration: and, on his motion, the final decision was put off till Monday.
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