Star. — London, England, 1824-02-25 00:00:00

, 1 ' ~. a alter . p face, rose to present a Pedtion, which was a natural consequence Of the statement made by that Right Honourable Gentleman last • night. ft was a Petition from the, principal Silk Merchants of the MT of London, praying that the measure proposed by the Chsh tailor of the Exchequer might not be carried into effect. They Complained that this great alteration had been determined on with out their having been consulted, or.without the slightest conmense4 lion having been offered to them for the loss which they must soli tam The duty upon raw silk was no his than one-thir d of.the while wine, ond.thew were-mily fiafelliele4OuSiesed isfiji:this: auk In Louden, who bed in , their wiaiumes from 50 to ‘6oiooo swath of thtraw miterial. That such *rums would suffer a cow ' skiiiehre; susliiiiisAisiiii•Wiiiie - iiieurerreillisie 'AIWA:: ao net* them, ha (Mr. Mee) steed set popeese , upou • the Mouse; at the same time biperfeetly Coineldtgd iettlythe Chineetieriottite Etch.- quer, that a tmal repeal of the to But he thought thec& ae repeaf ought-Wise gradital. rt i t On llitimotirOle troid t denten would alai have found it led is, MRS (Mr. ligt-.1 lice's) opinion, if 'he bad repealed thelseisifes p savetal ettiehis gradually; the giednal.repcal of the distlM'ols the cep Sin . . d *O4 l be met hy that of the•bounties onthe Other.• • , • tar: WALLACE 'asked • it' the'retii)au presented .by the flan.. lijunibev . had been signal by this *rehants and Importers ilf silk ? , ELLICE-said It had 6eass dgried 1) he principal merchants F_, s .. . and sommysters of London. ' . • • t ill it OW a T OF CU It NC 4 RT. Mr.J. WlLLlrfebif foie: porsuanr-to notice, to bring fotAiard his' hibetett'.:telating to the'Cdurt of Chancery. Ile apologized to the Vhifie Mr lint:ad:felt thesubjett a second time far its deliberation. . It might he expected that he, should producesome plan, upon the operation ofivhiCh the evil he•huct to Complain:of wOuldberemea! died ;lot:6i/hell:the extent of The subject Was.consiclered,! wilten the length"of tithe Was' rerriembired in Which the evils bad •existed,. he might be permitted to call that - man rather bold than wise'whO shuold propose such - a remedy. It was -I Matter 'of 'surprise 'to him, that a Measure shorild finite - been caiiietrinto effect In -the other House of Parliament; without any steps of inquiry in this. "Thatmeasuri would in effect expose to the people the affairs of Chancety. It *as Calculated •tO produce this impression, that because individuili 'Were blemberi of the ethei House, they' were' therefore corn petent judges of abstract points of law. It - Was a Ma san wirich-appearedl to hub to .. .be at least doubtful, wbethei•thelastsef this country would catintenente. , -: Itia - s• the' duty of thil House fe hiie inquired licisi'far spelt a proceeding was proper, insteadCif. remaining a silesit spectatcni. In former times, wheningtiriti were itaituted; this' House' took a &tided tiart..:ln the reign • ofkith'et l i. when there'st - ai ickirteh c.l Court a Chin cery as at present existed, at the suggestioriof Sir &4- wore Coke the Hoisseof CO:unions. inttinitedan inquiry whieh'did ' credit •to'elietni • - ficiineCornishrnenhadbeen ' brodght up to 'plead On a etinilnal'infOrthation; - if he (44.Piilliama) "seas not mistaken, - and the House of Commons of that day did resole itself into a' Grand Conwnittee 'hi I .ltistice teifigAihe into the prociedingt. They tli'd '4'd rtiiiiiSttf j entice 'to.die no :Mall Sat6faction and benefit of the country. The liOn..Gentlernan . then alluded tes' the etincluct Vf‘Lord Bacon; who was proved ginity- of -; oh upt' Wrat tieeS . as _if Judge; and' firted... I n : • the reign of . 'EtlWard the Tilird: . an inquiry - Was instituted by Parliatnerit into the . Abusei of the 'enures • of-Chaticety and the Bench. -This was done, it being then_-considtrettalthing of_ great consequence . ta 'the i errantry thattlii maitti"of Justice should' be' carefully , watched.' Dien in later times'the House of. Coin:irons : had not sufferedarn matter relating to - the mal-adminis tration of . justice to passiby without a vigoiOns inquiry, ' (Thelionoutable Metither was'here . interrupted.'hfthe bzikring*Of a dog, saith *Ain fhekody of the HOtise.) 'flee Honourable Member then alluded to the 'appoint: ment of the Vite-Chancellor; and proceeded.to rettunt that 'Alf inquiry ' thoilld, be .. instanced: intO•the - Cobreaf Clistheery.. • Ad inquiry 'had' lieie instituted, initi"the Couits'of -Scotland -by a party bf- grave and, learned men,who bad acted under the authot sty of Commissititi isstfelViti‘the3dnee.:ly;'Ktillfpdieiti'weieipveli : t6 tile Commissioneri . to' inquire into the . ' CcihrtS - 61 - 4eisien and of Law in the Northern nation. The Honourable Member here tefetred to the. Act which empowered the Cortithiisionets toliteCeed'in the inguiry.::-Allikit ties' it that no inquiry had been establistied of ,a similar nature in the English Courts? He supposed that what was a subject of inquiry' in Scotland *as not a subject of in gull:yin England. That althbtighlhe Pluliament thought it fight'to legislate in this if annei ai regarded our nor thern neighbours, yet, when it was called upon to initi tote aninquiry. into an Engli,h Court, flora which an evil'of considerable magnitude was spreading itselftwer the land, it would hot grant it—(f/eat, hedr). And it appeared that this House was not only to Shut its doors againstlegislation on that subject, but actually to close theist isgalast all Parliamentary inquiry.(Lienr).. On one side' of the Tweed it was Safe, it was salutary, it wits Wise, to inquire into the state Of the COtirts of Law • on the other .side o lutras unsalutary, unwise; and unsafe . Hewes . perfectlyswate of the *difficult task which he hag-uiidertakin ; he 'required not to be informed, as often be had. been, of that diffiCultY, being ignorant of .the practice . of . the Court - about which he was bringing forward his measure. He was very willing to 'adteit that 'he nerer' did pricke thei - e, and neither was he ever a Suitor in it, nor so Toni . is there was a pistol-to be had would he ever be one-444 Latigh).. If the people of England' were to Wait until setae -Gee tlerpan. a practitioner of th at Court,- should teak fola• wait& to expose its practice,' 'they Would-hate tifwalti considerable time; that is, they would have to rernainas lodg as •interest Would not influence men, before' such an undertaking would be estiblithed.' But'the 'facts which 'did reach Ilibi, to the extent of his pOWer, should have utterance—(Cheers). There was another difficulty which presented itself- on that part of the case about which he was entering. On a former occasion, the ii gunients which had 'been brotight'foriiatil'iin thl other side went to the extent of sheaving that allithe facts of which he had spoken had been constantly assumed ; as if fox 'the first time the delays in Chancery were a subject otcomplaint,'as though he was ;icitially broaching the subject, or producing some unheard-of novelty, or re lating - a striking paradox. Must you dismiss from your minds the statements and complaints respecting thelb delays which reach your ears, which meet you in Se: cietx, which jostle you in the streets, which Purim yoti into the country ? There was not a corner of the king- cloth,' save within these walls, where there truths Were not - spoken of and known—(Hear,"hear). There was another tlifficulty which beset him in the commence • mast of this part of his case. But he would just glance at liehathitil 'been urged against him oh a former ocea sictri that he had'greac difficulty in dragging:to light the -facts which he then introduied: He would now stale, upon the word and honour of a Gentleman, that be did find it . experimentally true—(Hectt, hear, hear). Hthsid hot met With a little denial in the production of documents which be knew existed. It . was not imma terial Idetwise ul mention, that since he had given notice of 'die piestot - Motion,- . 'he had heard of a partictilar ens frhtchlie befitted to be important, in which it ap: pebred that it was tirought on and decided within' about P ' --- •°" , s - 4 , egss( A laugh).. But when cases were thus prolonged, it was not by any means an !In frequent occurrence that victq)y rgid raiik.catne toga) el- A He, hearing of thfsl'ease, roads en splicatiois tp (4 . tßicitor epjtagafl hil ;Ire sayftw, liPfl itjtted the SISC; fret' 'bislisit,' telli shi th ii intended making, C else it in l itie Vousik askring him, at Idle same time, trot ' cottiti.qiet . • '''rodisqulinot be ' ' ftelased,lnit merelymerely the result that communicafidit.As soon* as the So .licitor head this, he declined giving up the documents. necessary for the exposure of the facts—(bear). 'l'llere; was another case, part of which he should statetere after. A - respectable Solicitor undoubtedly bier sreci kfeii'tallfniet liim, 4tid . 'in'the coUrse'of their tonvetaa thin he Added to the cases formerly adduced bYharni (Mr.'WilliaMS) in the House; which he considered trO-: fortunate as illustrative of the delay ; observirig that much stronger exiMples'might be brought forward = (gear). • When he (Mr. Williams) gave notice 'tif . this, Motion, he 'applied to this country trraCtstitiner , arid; as doubts had arisen with respect to the dient's Wish to give up the papers, it had become a Mauer .of consj- - deration with the Solicitor himself since his former communication, and in short the inforMation wat With held(llear). The Honourablegendeman coMplained that he had many difdcubies 'to contend with; thgt Ite was labouring uphill--- ' a Niter in adversutn." . There was one case which he would mention ; it was that of'a poor woman, whote sole fortune Was locked up in the Court of Chancery. When be applied to the Solicitor to have all the facts, that 'Gentleman readily acceded, and detailed ieriatim all the'etimplititits against the delaYof jastiCe And said the papers should be trans- Misted to liiiit. ' T f iteT were not, however, sent ; and when writteiV to furnish them, he in substance returned stn answer, declining to give them up, having taken time to deliberate;' thiv the information sibkh had been iolunteered before ivas now witMield—(deat). A case of a similar' nature occurred a few days ago, in which - a - London Solicitor, who was not unwilling to flunish the materials of which he was'in posseslion for ex hibiting the delays Of justice, but that tr he did he, should be's lurked man, not by 'the Court, but by the offi, i ceri,' *ho Would rake . every opportunity or .tepp44 the litisiXtess' which he might have in hand Tbeieear ! e% *ere additional' ones to what he (MrAilliatni) . had in c. traduced on a former - soccasion, and strongly 'enforced the necessity of the measure for which "he contended: he information was ,readily given hint, * but when 'll required it for the purpose of intrOdUeing it' in the House, it was invariably refused.. What he was anxious to have Was a CoMmittee, and thin dOcuments and evidence might . be commanded --(dear). He recol lected an observation of that 'great 'man, Mr. pir ice, rthat 't4 its ' would 'nett put forth their lights until' the? 'had their backs ' Well' rubbed;". so neither would those ,Gentlemen 'put forth their lights, it seemed, tintß their hacks were rttlabLid 'by a Cbromittee—(A• tairgh,)- :Ile begged' pei'd)tition to ask the' atiuse if there wash . ,riot, ample reason ta go into a Cpramittee? li, with the ignorance which be cbnfessed to 'have been most justly lattiched to'him as to the practice * Ctice . ofCou# of qh4n = eery, he shoalil brablp to bring hifore Vie, liliame sa . :large a niais"ot evidence in support or his motion, how 'much greater would seem the necessity of an inquiry ; 'and had any one Otte fcitward who possessed' great in ; firrinadon:on that' subjeCt; ho* much More 6000 would haie beeri 'Mar:fitted, and, how muck stiongea- WoUld be the conclusions in favour of it. He begged ,permission to can the-attention of the House to : sonne t documents which had ; been laid on the, Ml*" c*OrAir aahlYir3'a finhier 'With:M. These were "'A ItelArn o all Appeals disposed of, in the &tin of Chancery, by the Pord Chancellor, in ever' Term ante. thkestablislunent 'of dig office of Vice-Chancellor, to the first day of lii. Idry Terus,.lo23 ; di.tinguishing how the same have *ea disposed.of, whether gpon'hearing or,being struck pot, and whin and to *both the deposits' Were returned. ° A ? lso, an account was l:id an thetable, which stateslthe lime when :h with PetitionofAppeal'svai presetificlitlf I:l#te' Of the order made An ea ch Petition of 404 in ~ Rehearing!' . 'there was a number of cases, amounting to 160 dr 169, he could not pledge himself which, oar this list. It appeared that three had been struck or or withdrawn by consent of 'parties themielees; and that Hoar e Were only eighty-four or eighty-6;e cases fully decided In the Court of Chancery during the last ten . years, making about eight and a 'fraCtion in each year:.-- (Rear, hear): . When'he broug ht tile subject forward last 'year:, it was stated'in opposit ion to him, that there had been about forty-seven cases decided yearly ; whereas the number was 'now demonstrated 'to ,be about:eight —. Amnion without proof bad come front the Other side.' .He had' said that the business in the Court of Chancery wits in " - admired disorder," which he begged to inter piet as being very diffictilt . for .suitors. whfrow when bUsinesi would come on. The HotiOnrable:,l4iniber. thn referred to the documents connected with the aro -tidn, and *hewed from them, that in the third page' there were twelve effective cases decided, three of which were seen years old, three others averaged sir years, and. three . onlytWo Aonths (Hear, hear). On what grOnnds .was it that, 'Wbenihe number of *appeals ot;ihi.t...bitr Chancellor's paper amounted to 104, there should be one of nine years standing, followed by one of oily three lathmbi standing? If and person would inspect the list, .and take the eases sending, they, would disCifrei:' that tbere was no regular system of placing then), from the beginning to the end —(Hcar, hear).—lf Gentlemea would be pleased to take the returns an* notice what crises had been struck out, and those which had been ,withdrawn by the parties themselves, they would have another proof of the 'necessity Of inquiry. ' The case of " the Attornet-General 'a. 11ctok,7 ' , Oki? w as n4nOeFed 39 on the list, wa's"'Keard after being six yeah, entered f the Lord Chancellor decided it as to its merits, but took time to 'consider respecting the costs, and daang two entire years no order was drawn up fo r the disvostil of the costs. The parties, being wearied out with the de. 'lay, compromised , the matter, despairing of coming to a , Conclusion kat, 4arj,—These were facts, arid wick put facts and documents h . e could do nothing,. - He. Would produce the list of cases brought forward .with) the la*t two Terms, with the hearing; rehearing; ,and appeals. The case of 44 Wilmot v. Logan" had . heard, but not decided. 14 ..----... v. ltutten," had beeii likewise heard, but no judgment was given. ~ The At., torney•General v. Mansfield" was heard, but the ques tion of costs had been reserved, and at present the or• der was net drawn up; 84 COS a. Lord Sdmers" was reheard, but no jtidgment`given. " 'Powell o. L. chett" was a case of appeal, but air "lodgment was si*CO. There was a case ielatang to tire Collegiate ChUrcil oE I Ailanehester, which did not take up half an hour in dis catision and decision, and, which, according to the ac count he held in hit hand, vas heard and decided at the sad; time. There was one thing whielr be took trice &it to mention now; he understood it was the practice 'of the Court, that every day in which,a case appeared .Y:: ~• I • . . • t. in the paper, before it was heard the Solicitor engaged in the suit ,leas entitled to a fee ofles.M.And*rtile d the f,..ery a the Court were eptuled.to the,som of ' `1"..• ' *AT? case of Wajtiqt i v. &gap, already alluded , e r f 6, „ ~op ,the paper If djiei... 4 pe case oft Tie 4 , Attor . . 1 attal v. the Corporlitiotif Ssistol," was twenty ' ou r , ?_yi on the papei l liefore it was-heard. s Camp belli. Ward," which was filed last Easter Term, and took a oregflinte OVlrsotnany cam, YitasAfteen dal; in thepaper and was nevertouctied. " Powell v.Lucliett,". ineotioned'before, was on the ,paper ,tweety . s . lays, and STias • lieird but not decided. The - Honourable Member Said he had considere:d it to beihis doty to .bring before ;the tironsi What acts he w thus 'Avineri f rom the documents. It might perhaps Ikeasseiitfd tha; I?,c4e.was no delay, and even if there was any, that ahem was .no ) . nceilvenieney sustained, nor an Jikris of expenditure to the suitors. frjlik . Weier; 0 1 . 1. ; ) 4 1 4. ?.II IZT.kersi remarks of that nature be ofgejed, he ' motiAl p i is *tempt ib - answer them unless they we accompained by actual proofs. He begged the }loose would bear with hint- 7 (Fleari--as he 'as about proceeding to give a detail of some cases. He fiwed it to the 14Onse, and he must add he owed it o the Public, that some of thoSe ca ses should be known. e would' now call the *attention of the House to the case of Dudley and Freemen; Freeman died in 1784, ieaviug Freeman ' the prompt defendant, heir at law and trustee; and in 1787 he obtained a decree, esta fa . flls/ling piT troste; but ip 1812, WRileY, somedoubt Bing eariseq, P;esei)!ed a Petition to the Chancellor on the subject ; that petition remained with nothing done on it till 1818, then it was noticed, indeed, and a hear ing was had upon it in 181 f, and in 1829, it arrived at 1 1 Pciibil *1100104; and all this time an estate of two thi144114 acres , awl property to the amonnt of 100,0001. to which Freeman from his birth wos entitled, o f i was tied Ir ; the defendant being all this time also, in a i 5.4 .3 - " ' tlesitOte and precarious health, perhaps] r y etpciety arisiqg out or these proceeding% lit was to the solicitor in this case hp had applied, with- Out p ffect, for a bill of costs.* The original *solicitor in this sort . lia4been wort mit 04 died ;. 7 ,•, : me.n, will tile, but suitiWilli'xist acid live. 1-tehaJ good authority for *pips that the original solicitor hid attended MI times to hear judgment pronounced ; and the present solicitor I? times for the same jiOrppse and 41.1? y spoiiiArneut— ind Al for diseopototeastit t In the cioarse of last Su r an a motion was made in the noose for a retina of the cases waiting for judgment. That debate was ad jOurned, and in the interval jndgment was given in this case. It Was given io, one sentence. Vie partite had Come to . an arratigenteut And compromise,-.4/Jear). ' He stated the case of a Gentleman to whom he was per fectlfwell known, bit as it conc.et:oo his domestic af fairi he would conceal. his, tia,me,; butt i( aoy Mem* c_re q bted. leis fa„cts, lit vitas a/ULM - 4CA to, " refer to hi He married a Lady, whose fortune was in serfs a state is to, reqnire a teferencs to C-hincery. He had t h e be.. 6 ' ° I; I . ‘ ii., l '. itlf.ii.C. Aortai a res4,44.ixe.; 4.14 he hAci, exceptions igi V.i.ce. Chancery, axt appeal to .the 1.00 Chancellor, afterwards-to the Housetif Peers, to Meet) 114161, on account of delays, he-assented to an alsoqdon 7 • merit of : haif of his . jot, cliijiq. "The'nest case toys crated sti ong llfarilter,the,difscniky he had hid. to forniskthq, facts to establish, big motion; The pact.y.seas.in the law, thciugh not practisingin any Court. IA was agglied , to for 41 1141,iP.fiimiill: 40, - ‘0 1) ; f ai t ff 6, i4 , i l e, 40100 .' "f l • even*. a. POAcsililli 3 814 1 Catifivit. he. dtc,lined. gni_ .1 1 lik fund thathe.was alread e acquaiated with mostalfignem• cis was an action on an . anpuity bond i in 18:17- ). ‘yhich 'a t ex3vAr.d.s. camg_inta.Cltancen.lss*.n.injunction. on.ihe *Bic: l o l 4r of. usPrx- It, stPedif9r.jrictracatfor-thiee.Yeatig. Ale papers. were lost, amdahan.ltstst4eyheendofithret. years and a half e ana-then one of-the parties became a blinkrupt, and die*Ginifeinaii lost 'thole titan £lO,OOO. lie should not roentionthiAir t eOileman'i n)ne, althnugh Ihtwis intliOilzed . to refer to, him if the facts were kl?ubted.' Upon it,liaiglo . eut,was . ,it:_tlia,t i iiiis Court as sumecl A l ty,ranny,aiza ilanti RI.; tot} ore! c4,e_pflu t r, s, of La*, ilt,..waLan,evi•ilvtt injustieejp e r a ( Souat, who Itnew,no lig qicihe, sgbieet, to stepAystdot;teriere,.with,toutts w ick - lvd. ally Udin t . knO.wledgt..aa4ll trisdiaitta. In shis , base the Gentlenian was not hi a situation to. be ruined by . it, but no thanks to chi .Cottit of Chancery. 'live nest case was,tt.at 6( c 9613 v.. i f orik i llitonsoq.. Tins cane into the paper to f 812; and was hear d, as as he believed., ii) 1 1810; it appeared forty . times, in the papers doring Ihese•years, and the body of the case had beep bime. up,.in d 'stanch now for' Judgment ; and, foramiti, 4, kneW, Wifold 'reinaiii . till anOthee, n o iore,.serogday, of, judgnient.. In, 1793 4 , i., Wl l , was filsig; iii, - . C 4 0050, and Middleton, for an account. respecting a, certain, windmill ; anithe,cais ,rernainetkftoMl79& lig la's, slumbering: 4-flaellavigei Offige.,, He disi _mit mean to say, that no 444 had been. roideto get.the cause out ; It had slept , hc Presumcdg.becousiit ,was „ 10, clip • ! Ivy ; and he would humbly propose that a flapper should . be, employed, as a sort of Under M4ster, to keepthe cases awake. At the timeoftlie t he4og,lia l l§lB,- the wind mill was leyelled with,-the grow ,s but, it . became a, mptter ofhistory, though, it Was no longer worth the paper: of the wordy litigants. But the ignorant people about Chichester published . _a . caticatßie of,the windmill tottering to its fall;, and not ;iqapproprlately addressed, to the Profession of the Law. He had,:in _his: luinda bill of the costs in this suit, and these were charges 'for 'many attendances. - to" detain judgoien . ,t when the. Lord ChancOlor, fieq464.:MgiAluovi the case, but lalivays defirred judgment l — (A .loud laugh):.— These • . charges ran through several -*years. - He confessed 'that the patient lod escaped Very yiell A butOO one_ winild be allowed aggiA.tb eicar t e . .soilth4,Hqute did not in terfere. At length, in .184,, a complete new hearing , was ordered, •and,lii. 1823,thi Learned Gentleman, who, seFlUtck,;* have Lite. jsist,of it, had, ,then refreshes anew ., (*e,"cliarge ,was, whiri,tiltsCh4ce4l94_ ; 34 sMPV. pro' mised ; and the ne a t charge. was _tor ,anotnerAttenilance,, 'leheiiiie put oil; jticrgimm i g 44, No steps had been *ken to get the funck,in this ,cause.out of Court,- hich, •he underst oo d,. ere considerable, But,was.it wollderfill, diet in Se.years, men would die, and their ,posterity forget their righti? It would not be surprisin", if the ~irmt nioney.in this iiij`.. did not sink into, th?t Charyiidis of .ChoncerY-4e.,.1.1:44,'.Fiiiid., • - lje r . aLS,in disclaimed 'lrving any plan to propose,. but ,only such as.he con. lysleredlit for the discussion of a Committee. With oespei t - to the ordati flint th i llegister'A Office, eve, y 90 s cost 11,...1:9i , a)04,04.,wkpi,AWCt:.0C . the R9llS* badsaid, that, every word cost thesuitor Is.,.but for every sign, Ss. were put into the office, whilst thd stamp on each was Only . 4d. in, the_ 'FisolOhiniteri and cliinpery t 4,51,. remained for pow witioti, but :She was Ad v ised iltllff , attorney not to take it out,as the cost would, far elated it. Unless there b was an 'interference in that Hon* it was idle to eipect any- . reformatiqn id the . Courts Chancery itself. He was told that the Masters were . * the habit of issuing sumtnontestO die number of four.or eve. in an hour, and theft the Attornies begin a wordy warfare which of their cases should be brought in fast;' i6aw~ri~irr And thus time was lost, perhaps not one entered upon, He did not blame the Attornies, because they were an. der very heavy advances to their clients in the begin. ning of every cause; and unless they were romantically inclined to work for *nothing, and to lose their own money into the bargain, they must charge a little mor e than in strict propriety they ought. He had been told that the Dead Fund amounted at this time to 1,200,000/. Some of this, he knew, had been appropriated by At of Parliament; but in many instances the claimants .were ytill ready to prefer their claims, if they were not de terred, by the excessive delay and expenie. The next point was Bankruptcy, which had been attempted from urns to time to be removed from the Lord Chancellor's jurisdiction, because it had only formed part of the Chancellor's duty by a Statute of Gene H. If it wait •true that this Court was encumbered and overdone, it was it to inquire into etre subject. The next coos was ghat of appeals 40 Chaacery. Them were most corn: monly an weal (tom the Lord Chancellor to the Lord Chancellor, which a friend at his called, by a classical allusion, an appeal front Cesar to Caesar; but he would AA it an appeal from Philip skunk to Philip sober. Them was ;another paint. be MUM the separation of the politisalfromthejedicial hantaionsofthrLordChanceilo a . was extremely lojorious to here the Chancellor called from an argument to wend the Coentil. By this much. rime was wasted, He went farther, and said, why $40131d the other Judges have no political duties to per. form, in order to keep the stream of justice pure, \‘ hen the highest Judse is allowed to have political influence or connecting with the Government? It bad been said that hi; htt . promion come from one single office, or, a; the ilpficitor,(larlaral had called it, one single yfleima. Thie was 44 *Cox Arid if the assertion was made now, it would have ne Merit from novelty, nor from fact. For his part, he was itt a loss to know what sound objection could be m3O to inquiry. The country woold at last demand jt, for it would (sod out that no change of men would work im amendment in the system. If it wet: attempted now to skreen the Court of Chancery, it would not serve its cause, and that House would be a loser by On attempt, in the estimation of the Public..., I.et him ask the Learned Clettlemen apposite one clues: in thogitidenee of such able hands as at pie , sent, the system was so bad, what would it be in other bands? It had been said, last ear he had broti.,ht foxward MotiOu toe late. Re b ad now brought it , 0 11 OA early *'Posit)), trio tithe o:orogen:able, r:)1 tht ; lion. Qeatkatem had sorbing to do battle. look at eich other; and the Whole People of EniParid were anxious 'fort inAilAiry• It it wat to be senisect now by drat Rollie, he firmly believed the time, was la far distant when laqutry would be Threes upon them. But he was not ;too saorinee when, he considered the inveterate prejtr clis wl/b.Wilktit watian wourtt be met. He bore tip mind, that when Cromwell endea.voured to amend ;the Court of Chaffy o 8 hOtida7 he failed. He then •inSovedifOr. a. CPMMittin f , Wm:Lairs into the delays in. the : Court QC ChAIKATIOUItit dm causes oLthern.. The MAKER thew put dtequestion: . mr...sectetztry rSEL.rpse 4 . not fOr the purpose of re lishing in detaiL to she statement: of the Hbnourable and Learned , Gentlemath 'hatted: it wast not. to be expected at hccouistfolloss .hinh (brit: required the• skill of a • .rofessional.man. to entatitito, that carious statements i laith, which. lashad amused,, the. Hoene. llophis , 'fondue alsle and' Learnfsi,F.riendo,(the. tlitarney, and Salter- Kiesseral) ) hts should leav f l they, th °ugh it . fit, the: task in( entering into • these details. Whethen thsty;.coala she 'at *Gate-prepared :to answer-cases- upon whith therllad n 9 PTevi9us itlfOritlatiott,AnSl. dint. tn. at.Cfltint. for clic. vim"; ,canses„or, delay. was, 4, sob* t, upon., which it VVA. 113 0 64, natural for.hign Actions: ,opinion. His.sole reason.fer,rising . wo, that. as ! this. suloject• thol-for soma. ithne occupied-lhe attention. of: his iti)jesty:s..Gavern? i meat, it. was.. right._ tha,lioanksixasslil once-he-put •in possession of the.siewa which, they entertained on it. 9ptaticohtik.w,l44. thei. Hangar-4k ands Learned , uen‘lcs43A. Iwtta, with. a. 14 ability d • moderation, Mt- which he, pas, him credit, called; the , atteatioatof. the Houseiwerethe follotiwiAg I si t . At e their delay, to the Donn of Chancery srliy. 'Whet is the rinse of these delays ?• 3*. Whet remedy, if Obey ' ,should far them? 11.P1,19ur44?" exist„--we wt . pm* to. TO, -_., , , . .ie and,Learned Gentler/lan had said that 2te,‘ )t ivie1,4 1 .041 1 44 dii4. l l94 l se to sPfikia atone of con fidence and boldness to which he knew no parallel, de. nying_that these were i delays in the Ockert of Chat eery. tie (_ 1 !! T. 4 1 e 1 ),h,Finever !Ward 'such denials, and he was 4 3 ViAec . fr • OfscCt than Am. thelast twelve seats suals de tads tigskpot,onlyingn asinsjoed.to esist.. bee remedies • actually devised ler theirdiminution. , In the last year, ,atop the Appellate Jutisdiction was before the House, delay was .not denied.: kle.adasitted therdeldy, and: grievous consequences of that delay; and 4ewat not lsold itione to give the agswer anticipated by the Hon. eq4Le_R.iod,. Gentleman., Viet the . .4elay. existed was bot to be questioned, but that it was attributable to any one he utterly.deniei. Nit, -intellectual, no corporeal strength, was equal to the labours of the Lord Chancel loes station. Having.admitted the delay, he proceeded next to,the causes of Rustdelay ; and.if any Hon. Gentle- man would compare the business •of the present period With that performed in the Court of Chincery 60 br 70 years since, he would perceive at once that the increase bad been quit as great-as inany other Court.. Indeed this was to be expected, considering that the population had doubled within that time. The increase; too, of ' (traded property had thrown .a considerable increase a. bosineskjinto that Court. Luaatic petitions,. too, had:, .greatly increased, as would be seen.,from -a comparison's= Of ten years during Lord Hardwicke's Chancellorship% . With the same number of years of Ldrd Eldon's. Froth ? 1737 to 1746, the number of orders made in such eaves • amounted to 484; from 18Q1 to 18.10, in Lord Eldon's Chancellorship, the number of similar orders amounted t0k1,139, an increase • of more than double; but from ,1814 to 1823 the number amounted .te 2,531, sbewing •that fire times the number of orders had been made by Lind Eldon that had been made by Lord Hardwicke in, the same. time. Again, with respect to appeals .to .the House of Lords— . Appeals. From 1780 to 1770 - 107 1801 1810 - 499 If to this was added the increased proceedings in that Court in cases of bankruptcy Cases.. From 1770 to 1779 -. 719 1790 1800, . 1,000 But in the last year there. basil:leen 2,000 cases. The number of bills filed, too, had been inckeasing propor tionably, and the sum at the disposal of the Court had ; increased. It was in 1740,129,1:V . 81in 1820 it amounted tol 04 millions. Now he.wilaastali - that this gradual . •ine.reans might be. attributedin seamier= tothe delay (hear), and it might be ditificult, he aldleiesed, to ascer tain what might be'the *int portion - Which was free • l , iUrc.'.;...a