The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-06-05 00:00:00

oik ... *. • • :41 ._ • • ~ ~1 .`.•~: I , lh allude to a breach bf privilege ; but to the sound discretion aof the }lon. Me • sitbout any ulterior intention of tomtit upon it, be consulted the dignity of thi' going to prove that a breach ot ptivitep '', . doubt 'l'w , , before. —(llear.) 7* Jr . 'Mr. JONES said he could not but feel indignant at' she imputations reheh weep coat , von. the moires of, 'his iondoct. He disclaimed the title of " partizatol enl interred that his votes in this House were given is ageorilanee with the sentiments of those who . sent M , there. He was neither the partisan of the Ministry, now of the Opposition. He voted according to the &Mete* ..t his consciehce. It was with the same feelings that •he gave his vote en the particular occasion last night, and, therefore, the Editor of this paper, for whom he entertained great respect, had no right to impugn his inotives. Whatever respect, however, he might have for him, justice to blateelf demanded, that be should bring tlia matter before the Howse; bat they might deal with' It afterwards as they thought it proper. The Honour able Measberiheu moved,." That ibis paper be now hooded In.llll, • Mr. ItIC RD.MARTIN meander, the motion. • Mr. HOBHOUSB expressed his regret that the Hon. • Member did not act upon the hint which was so kindly ' thrown out from the Chair.—(Hear, hear.) That the pa ragraph was a breech of Frieder, there could not be a doutir,inasinucli as it was irregular to notice at all the proceedings of this House. Bat with submiision to the Hon. Member, it appeared to him (Mr. H.) thatthis was a sliaht oemark. and indeed there was not a day in which allualoneiaf this description were not to be seen in all the p.n.; apere. He (Mr. II.) was himself often made the chjett of such erminksi Under such circumstances, then, • he 1.. acrather sorprised that the Hon. Member should have made sueb a prepostermis potion, or that it should ho pre; osterotasly seconded . . lint be hoped the mover and 1 , 14 colid..r would see the necesaity of withdrawing it.— • (Hear, hear.) Mr. JON ES said he could not call that a slight attack ~ which characterized hint as the abettor of tyrannical and oppreisive proceedings. • Mr. See. CANNING being loudly called for, rose and raid, bat, however digitised be should be, in all cases, • to eager( the privileges of the House, when they were in -:fringed. yet be could not look upon the present case as one mesh deserving of attention. There could be no ~a ' ...doubt hut that the paragraph was a hreacb of privilege. —After the soggration which bad fallen from the Chair, lg. however, he hoped the Hon. Member would not be• die posed to pr. as the matter further.—(Hear.) If the Hon. Member felt hart bv . the allusions made to him, he was certainly warrantrifin takiag any course to justify bin* self; but it appeared to hint trot the charge was so 04. neral, that I f the Hon. Member reflected a little, he woild • feel that little of it. applied to him individually. Upon general grounds, however, it was unwise, and certainly little coosistent, with the dignity of the Houw. upon every allusion of this sort, Is enter into any explanation • which might have reference to another discussion. and as it were re-debate the question. He hoped, therefore, • that the Doi. Manlier *Odd' be satisfied with the ex - planation 'which he hid already. made, and suffer the matter to reattere.-(Hear.) Mr. 11, MARTIN wild, be had onty one obaerratioo to make. lie could not approve °film term " prepoeter• eat." which.the Hun. Member (.Mr. flobbouse) had ap plied to thicesotion. He (Mr. Mania)) would not second . . a preposterous motion. The Hon. Member had neier misapplied the term more than by calling that propos , terous, which was-a violation of the privileges of the . Honer. He (Mr. hl.) wished Utley, once for all, that he would be the last man to second a motion which wet tontraty talkie privily es of the House. • „;:-. 1 .2r. Sergeant ONS.LOW rose to say. that he did not . 'understand the Hoe. Member for Westminster to allude . personally to say one. . . .111 r. MARTIN—" 014 I went no explasations." Mr. JONES in withdrawing the paper, expressed-hie concern, that inky misunderstanding should have arisen ' eel of a siffnect which lie had introduced. • ' Mr. MAltTllf.—" Oh, fam perfectly satisfied."--(Al laugh.) • . The matter Jben dropped. .; i . • . POOR. LAWS SETTLEITABNT.• Colonel WOOD rose to br,ing forward Ids proposit ' far 'altering the . present leis of settlement :of the poor - I t telfilsore.l - le Liaise thit lie hail taken anaiderablel :,• f( tlita euiljeet c alid be hi& the 'satisfaetion of Andihst that the measures labial be tutu . new about to sutimic had met with general satisfaction. Ho wished an important a nteastme. had •falkdinto hands better abl • 14' do it justice; but he hoped the Honie . would no •• • visit upon this 'cause ebb weakness of the. advocate • Wahnut more peek be should state the eaten to which he propot teiiiii the penitent laws.. Wi the 451 of Elleabet, ht iclf*as the founda ti on of th poi* Jaws , be wie e 4. to ' say he had nit .fault to fig. Notivith standing alt that political eCooornists might sib be 'still considered that law a charitable and busman . - enactment. • Hot .:la. that -law, there was not a word • . which could be censtrnod to give sanction to the prea. I sent settlement laws. taws relating to these had• been t . made in a inert earirpart of Elisabeth', reign. The . ' "effect of three was,. t ha t when 'pipers became charge ' "'"iiiile, they should be sent to the parishes ,where they • .. tirre horn, By the 39th. 4 Elizabetb...this Was altered A t pariibes_ylkeyelhey !lid USIA opi, soy., .So the law -,teintuned•So years. Since thee, law after law bad been - ' Aeie, each of which increased *the difficulty. which the nielt‘of obtaining a. settlement. The .first law broached dos principle• of the present law, was -abeilth and 14th of Charted the Second. -By that' law, Zan pauperscoining Into 4 parithwere liable to be removed. 'lin forty days ifter . roming into it, but not after. This was • 3 1 great infringement of the liberty of. the lower classes, ;'every one of al om, might be.called poor, and who might 'thin be retie . lit the will 'of the overseers. It being v found. however, that .forty . drys was too short as expo _ liptent for trying a man's industry. the term was far ., Ler extruded ; but it was not a spiostioo of forty days , t of flirty . years; .for by the present 100 , if a man .. Ili with his family bia.whote life in a panel); be was by :, %Idols the end to be rewoved.to a paristi_erhere he had . I by areidera a. gaited o,settlement, bat where be possibly no friends or relations. Millis Iswannide since were ~ • ' we eppreyive te the poor. . Qi - ill the e ff ects of tbese w.s of settlement weir not the knot ohjectienalde was • . 4 . 4 the expensive litigation which -Alai induced. The ex- 1 Amite of litigation arising opt of the.law of settlement I , i lea, rated. at 500,0001. a yeer.—..(Hear.) In 1815 the expense ii as 287,0001. and that of appeals _4.7001. The ' ,„ Oycts upon the morals of ,tbe poor more.mach to he de: lii•are.h The objects of his resolatimis *onto substitute 1 : A term of residence in all caseein • lieu of the quilifies-1 ~Uone now ilvol4hdld. , He would wish-to fix the scale of residence at fifteen, years.. He wished to fix the rod . . tiencitat this remote period in order to make the titer . : Afire). as gradual as,powiihie. Ile thought that this , nniendinept.of the law .of settlement would be 'the „ pules of introdusiag. better habits! among the. lower or n.flets.,. tr!geee Mlle .change is 'wade in tilos. habits it' I ,,WOnta be in vain to hope. that Airy would ire ably to ,sherk .tibeamarch of pauperiem. The Honostrahle Gentle , Stan ii . iil that be dad not •prepise this change without ' .dellberatian and consulting.rompetent aistliorities.„ igen referiA to die Bereft .of the Committee of •flo.tee,,in 11174. He swat Iltherieti to the opi t&h opsitp„ of nir.•Colgalsoun, . who sprial.that asech of the silia) ll eta .10 hbe.poor. ores impttaido, to the lawn of settle #olo•" ildre • j l itt to h7Oli. Nitta Also of the law. of • eionsomist. . lie tenanted 4 4 0104,tbe erEeketenteJle had, aged" esi ••ii . l , Of Wheriti...ke:PO 4 .4244 . woelil obtain fur his e i st i e: , i • ~ns e.t.,l4Nort ...far on r ila.hentring. He' could . the hp" , given rise to a course of embarrassing and expensive lid gelien." - The Resolution being read from the Chair, Lord ALTHORPE said he agreed so entirely in On. eiple with the Honourable Gentleman that he should. bare no hesitation in supporting his Resolution ' with al( at all pledging himself to support all the details of Its measure. He was very much afraid that the improve ment proposed by the Honourable Gentleman would leave untouched, the great evil of the present law„ namely, expensive litigation. He could have wished to seeteveral of the modes now, io existence-of obtaining a settlement abolished; particularly that of gaining a settlement by hiring for service for one year. This law gave rise to tall sorts of quibbles. Mr. SCARLETT supported the Resoletion. It had been his intention, had the House gone into a Com mittee last year upon his.paotio'n, to bring in a Bill similar in principle to the measure eow proposed to be carried into effect. He thought that the alteration would tend very much to diminish the elvince of litigation. lie was sure it was in vain to attempt amending the Poor Laws unless the evil was met at its source. The object of his measure was to apply a remedy to several of the abuses of the system, the unlimited amount of the rates, the in discriminate relief, and the third abuse was that intro duced by the 13th and 14th of Charles 11. for the settle ment of the poor. This, be contended, was the greas source of the evils of the Poor Laws. This Statute was truly described by the most eminent writer, on 00 jab. gent, to be the ground of more decisions than any other law on the Statute Book. Such were the results of this law of settlement. There was a time when the poorer classes were averse to be pat on the parish books. Wai not this spirit rapidly decaying ? Were be a poor man maintained by the labour-of his hands, be would insist upon it that if the law kept him to a certain limit to la bour in, he would be entitled to be maintained there if there was no opportunity for him to work. it was a law of great oppression to the poor, therefore, as well as be ing a source of the most extensive and embarrassing liti gation. The Resolntions he supported with all his heart ; but before he eat down be was anxious to say one word upon this question, as connected with the agricul tural interest. • Many opposed the present measures bey cause they thought they injuriously affected that interest but, in Ms opinion, those who opposed them only ie. creased the evils under which that interest at present laboured. The effect of removals was, that as tong ail the poor remained in health and vigour, they continued, in the manufactoring towns; bat the moment their strength failed they went to the-country, and bessnota burden open the agriculturists. He therefore conceived that the present measure, by equalizing the burthen on both, was equally just and necessary. it then became a contest between t lie manufacturing towns and the coun• try, an inconvenience which the present measure would completely obviate, by eqoalizing the burden on both. It wen certain that the pooes•rates in towns were mach less than in the country, proportionally to the property. For instance, in Manchester, where the poor were well and amply provided for, the poor's-rates were far lassie proportion to the property than any where else. it would be found that the agricultural counties were those which were obliged to pay much the larger portion of this tax. In Sussex, which was perhaps the most agri cultural county in England, and the population of which was only two hundred thousand, though theproperty of the county amounted to only 400 4 000 f, it seas assessed for the poor's-rates at 265,600/.; while le Lancaster, though the population exceeded one million, and the property three millions, it was rated at only 214,0001. for the poor's-rates. Now the only effectual mode of equaliz ing the burden he knew was by abolishing removals alto gether. The experiment suggested by his Hon. Friend was one of great iroportaelse, and one which would, in hi!' on, be of great benefit to the country. He hived, therefore, that the Heine, by adopting hisilliese. lotions, would justify his Hon, Prised i. puttingiliken *Ube shape of a RE. LOCKHART said, that Vying relief weeneleilid obtained, it must be obtained frinpo r eystent different .fnsm that which was now suggested:, - .Me. PEEL suggested to hie Rod. Friend to withdraw his Resolutions for the present, as it would be pledging the House to a decition, for which they were not yet in possession of sufficient information, nor.sitisfied upon the rowels en which they were to proceed. The plan of his Hon.- Friend would pledge the House to a principle which wis not yet discussed, which required to be gone into at considerable detail. If he would withdraw his Resolu• tions for the present, and ask leave to bring in a Bill em bodying. the Resolutions, which would he circulated through all the manufacturing districts, which were the Most interested in it, and would call upon the House to pledge itself to an early discussion next Sessien,ite would at once assent to it. He hoped that his lion. Friend would not refuse this prepaid**, coming.from a friend to the measure. There was so much admitted evil in the pre sent system, that a remedy was certainly necessary. Per haps lefty farther discussion upon the question was there fore tionebesiaty at present. Mr. MONCK expressed his' dissent from the Resolu tions, and hoped site Hon. Member world withdraw them. Though be admitted the present system• was en cambered with malty wells, in his opinion they were to be ramified enly by hi gradual extinction. After soma observations from' Mr. W. and Mr. C. fintrie • Mr: SCARLETT said, that though - be agreed in the principle of the Resolutions, he consented to their with •drawality hie' Hon. Friend, but hoped that he would lose no time in bringing in a Bill founded upon them. Col: WOOD then consented to withdraw the Reside tions, but gave notice that he would to-morrow ask for leave to bring in a Bill which would embody them. !FHB CHIEF BARON OF THE COURT OF EX • , CIIEQUER IN IRELAND. - Mr. S. BJCF. said. that as the motion of which he had given notice would not likely come °atilt a very late hour, be would propose it stow, that it might be placed on the Orders of the Day, and therefore come on for discussion on any day that would suit the convenience of the House.. He would therefore move, that the House should, ou ,Monday, the 90 of June, go into a Committee, to consider the..lteports of tire Commissioner* of In, Auiry,lnto the fees and imsoluments of. time, ourts ofJus nee in Ireland, and particularly the fees and eMplautrats of the Chief Baron of tha Copt t of Exchequer. He mould also inovothst the Resolutions be printed,. for she pur pose of patting View into the hands of Members. Mr. CANNING submitted to the Hon—Gentleman whether it Would be fair to-print the Itesolutioas, and if his purpose would not be equally answered by .layiag them on the tittle ? • : Mr. S. RICE said, that as his object was to facilitate' the discussion when it came on ; and, shove all, without pi,jiidicelo the indiviihial concerned, lie thought that the purity of tlieliesaltrtions:would conduce to Olio effect. However, be win quite ready to, adnpt tte atiggcejiou of ' ;t ir Hen..gentlemmi, and woeld•unle yew_ Ibt on table. . • • MreCANYINAI mid, that he suggested Akins& as the one west likely - 4e prevent _prejudice. Heenreese,. it 'skald be undeessoodobst thediesolutioaa waling bra e . erosible to any' Hentinrairle . Member "alto. wited for ', 'm . . . 4 • • • -st the case ofjodicial reform. Indeed, he cosh' ont.belp. re- . marking that tbe Courts of Law were at present too full of changes, particularly the Court of King's . Bench. 2-- Within the space of ten years,' • more sweeping revels; tion never occurred than tools place ill the Coen elCbes" , cery. To these changes he wished to interpose a peak for inquiry, and he therefore looked on the present. (mtg.! Ision for the support of all those who were hostile to evioi ry innovation ; and, first of all, to unnecessary and cauetel less innovation. In this subject there was mach whittle ought to attract the attention of the House; for if, ter years ago, a Noble Marquess allowed that evils did exist, and if even the Member for Corfe Castle admitted thiq the delay in the Court of Chancery amounted to a denial of justice, how much greater were they now,after a mees; sure which defeated itself and completely revolutionised' the Court? existence of evils was admitted, and that they required no ordinary remedy. He • therefore knew not upon what grounds any opposition could be made to a Committee of inquiry. A variety of remedies had been proposed which enforced the necessity-of inqui ry, aid he would proheed to point them oat. The bra in point of antiquity, was the proposition for separating the Lord Chancellor from being prolocutor of the Hotted of Lords—a plan which now gams credit...but which hid its opponents as well as its advocates. . The second Wall for cutting off the jurisdiction of the Chancellor freed every thing connected with bankruptcy ; which ales had its advocates and opponents. The third was, to elect the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster into a distinct and ef f icient officer of a Coen of his own. The fourth remedy, which also had its advocates soil opponents, was the appointment of Commissioners for hearing g cotch appeals. The fifth was, that fon,' Judges should be appointed, who would take upon them the duty of deciding in all equity cases, the Chancellor exercising an appellant jurisdiction. A,I soggestion had been thrown out to a book which he hai l seen, that one or more of the Masters m;ght bear causes by consent of the parties, which would in a great degree spare the time of the Court. For his own part he could sot take upon himself to pronounce in favour of any experiment of all those that had been recommended ; and it must be thee:Wetted that ten years ago the Noose was content to legislate on recommendation alone, against all the wisdom of prediction, and against all the weight of ar gument. The measure then adopted bad since been aban doned in effect.—(llear, hear.) He contended that there was an admitted evil which required a remedy, 11114 fore they proceeded to uncertein legislation, they esibt to know something of the subject. There were two state- aunts of feels, which showed that the measure of 1818 bad completely failed. Ooe was that a Committee of to- quiry was , rendered necessary, and the other was that the ; very preamble of the Bill admitted the existence of the I very grievances which it was now sought to remove. He could not possibly see on what grounds Hosourable Oen. tlemen opposite could oppose the meeting for" inquiry. The motion which he bad to submit was not restricted to gamiest propositions, It went ..on distinct and particular grenade. It was sot, however, wi th out diflicalty that he ' approached the question in reference to the Vice-Chan.) cello:We Court. An individual, of great consideration It that House, well said that every person who touched upon ' a publics grievance was in danger lest he should come near persons of weight and authority, who would be rather ex asperated at the exposures of errors, than thankful for an opportunity of correcting them. • lie was perfectly aware in the present Instance, that some of hirobeervations could not fail to apply in the highest legal quarter in these realms, but he should not forget his own Inferiority as compared with the exalted station of the eminent person who presided there. He should not forget that he was at the bottom, and that dis tinguished person at the top of- his profession. The power exercised by the Noble *rid Learned individual was as on eontroalable as that maintained by a fraternity, to whom al lusion had frequently been wedeln that liouse.—(A laugh.) —With this difference, that he was certain of retaining it during life, which was not the ca.e with them. In lair be was never surpassed, perhaps not equalled, and his in• formation ills is general as his memory was tenacious, anti his experience unbounded. To these great and trans conduit qualities another attribute was added, which materially detracted from theni—namele, a learned doubt false's. The doilfritandi partiestia, which Lord Bacon mentioned in his description of a philosophic character, was carried so far by him. that it almost abolished art) destroyed the effect of all the other great qualities which he potsessed. It was the belief of the suitors of the Court that it operated setiously to their prejudice. He apprehended that in matters of moral reason, to wait till geriainty was come to op any, point—tills clear sod ,is; evitable conclusion was arrived at, as in the pore and alsstroct sciences, was a total perversienof the ground of reasoning. The House no doubt remembered the story of King Hiram, who proposed a c'ertaio question to the tort Sinsonides. The latter took a day to considkr befo r e e returned an answer ; and on seeing the King again, tweaked' for two days. The King acquiesced, but at the next interview the poet required first tour, and then eight age, thus going on is geometrical progression. At Inet-the Kisg lost all . patience, and asked him why he did not return an answer; but the philosopher replied, " The longer time I take the more I doubt." Thus it was that in the transactions of conscience doubt might be tarried so far as to render decision impossible for any practital purpose. To wait till the wind was satisfied in all points sae as preposterous as the conduct of the rustic who waited on the bank till all the water in the river should have flowed down. It was a matter worthy of serious inquiry, to as lain how far the present sys temin respect to the Court of Chancery was false, and ought to be corrected. It was also worthy of inquiry to see whether the system as it stood originally was, not adeqnate to all the necessary purposes without any new faogled alterations. As be wished to avoid dealing in generals, he would state to the House some facts, from which he would draw no inference, but would give them just as lie had received'them. in :his respect he would follow thenmaxiin of the Roman writer, "Ne quid fitiei dieere audeat, me quid veri con cadent." 'He was pre pared to prove before a Committee of the f: nose, all the facts which lie should state.—(Here an indication of doubt was evinced by an lion. Member on the till side--we believe Mr. H. Twiss.) .He would again say that he was prepared to prove the facts, and the lien .tfepsan who seemed to doubt them would be the first he would call as a witness. If a man who was in the habit of settling his accounts weekly, put them off for six months, be would find them of great magnitude by that' time ; but If he deferred them for six years, he would -find them increased so much in bulk that the whole would be derangement and disorder, and the business 'nista still-remain undone. lie stated this in partieular , allusion to the Vice•Cliaocery.measure. ,Ths difficulties of bringing matters to agree between one Court and the other; the perpetual collisions and conflictions be tween the profes+ional persons engaged iii Both Courts, together • lib various other vexations impediments created by them, might subject persons in ordinary cares to a-prosecution fir a combination, according to the pros isions of the Bill ofbis lion. , Friend the Member for Coventry, stitch defined' the !errs betweeen operators and their employers. The present -stele of the Vice-Chancery wine the necessary consequence of the delay which took ?late in doeldiag on causes hrought into the highest Court la the realm: The Ifouseatereaware.that, last year, a re late hnd been made of the slate of business in the Court of 'Chancery, from the legr 1901 tothe beginning of 182-2. In du year ISIS, when the Bill for establishing the Vice-Chan tenors Court -was introduced, the number of causes in ar-' rear vas - rat ; theioambee of txceptions 13t, .of pleas, and , ‘Nalttlltill -161 odder raltearitigtil. •Tterd was glace an ~. OE tke-ewle_measuce S. was.mol y Al,. *deb. ,sboweel -es in crease Of CO. lse November, 1892, the amber of re.hear logs and appeals was M. In the discussion which !Joh piece nathasubject, last year, credit was gives for Weep peals said to have been disposed of between the years 1812 and 'lB2l. It Was assamed that the whole bad, in reality, soled for certain returns to ascertain the teen, and he could Men. disposed of _as business transacted. Ile had then now stet* that 88 of the lumber lad been struck out of the paper, and,only id disposed of in the mauler way of busi • neits.Tfear, hear.)—From the time that the subject was deprived .of his right to have his cause tried before the gm Law Officer of the realm, by the especial Moor of his Lord ship, causes were never set down in his paper, bat were heeded over as a matter of course to the Vice-Chancellor, _es were also eases of exceptions, further direction pleas, and demurrers. The' Chancellor's paper was now cat down to petitions, motions. and appeals. From the year 1800 to 1821, the Chancellor had only beard eighteen ceases. in the course of the eight years preceding Hilary Term, 189• a, the Vies Chancellor hid dec-led on 14,600, whereas the Chan cellor had given his decision only on 3,163 in that time ; Btile more than one-third. These facts could not be coo troverted ; they appeared from the papers on the table. If he had selected eases from information given him by the prattitioners of the Coed during a period of 90 years, he might be told by Gentlemen opposite that those were only exceptions to the rale. Bat every instance he adduced came from one oaks, and was vouched for by docitments, soma of which were founded on affidavit. —(Hear, hear.) Pie would go hither wed say, that if his object was to make selections fanin the statements of Oedema, they might want tne &at authenticity, for solicitors were afraid to give :1.- formatlon,. lest by so dieing they might injure the cause of their ellents.—(Hear, hear.) Tkii he knew to be a feet, though's° such coasideration'sbontd ever make him neg eel his duty in that House; while at the same time it afforded as additional reason why he should confine himself to one particulate question for his Information. * The cases of (1,-- , lay which he should bring forwavd were all of them founded on indisputable facts. The Put cause 'was that of Braun against De Tastet. A. hill ram tied for au account, and a decree was made outhy the Master of the Rolls, and an ac count taken in the year 1812. An appeal against that de eree was made is the same year, which, however, did not come on for hearing before the Chancellor till the year lute. That was not alp Another consequence of the re port made by the Masier at the time was .au appeal preti otasly to the Vlets-Caancellor, which was heard ill 1546. The report of the Master was made in 11116, and there we: then an appeal to the Vice-Citaneellor against that report. Not less than 1/001. were expended on the proceedings thus ilie without prodUcing any siiventage. An exception beia; taken to the Master's report, it was set aside. An appeal Was then made (rem the Vice-Chsneelior's decision to the Chancellor, who am aside the original decree °Me Master Of the Molls, and sent the case back again to the Vt.:a-Chan eellor. in consequence of this step, the report of the Mas ter, es well as the 80W., had all become Immaterial total(' Issue. He should now state something as to the interior of $ cease with relied to expense. A sum. of 12 Is. 841.. teel - Pickily called "Term Fees," was. paid to the Solicitor. from the time the bill was first filed till the cause came out of Chancery, which, according to Hudibras, would net hap pen while a man had any more money left. While the cause was on the paper, the Solicitor nes entitled to 10s.; and from the time it got a part hearing, the Clerk In Comic and the Solicitor claimed If. 18 ~ as their regular fee.— Those cases had long journeys to travel, and the gentle men at the Chancery bar were not inclined to make these journeys without proper refreshers- (a laugh)--but as to the pour suitors there was no refresher tor them, they were made to travel on without stage or refreshment/ or one c.onfortable spot to rest their wemied limbs on, or from which they could see the end of their journey. The next case which he had to mention to the House a as that of Oldham e. Tooke, which was a case of debt, and in which a bill was filed in 1816, an answer was put is by the opposite party in 1816. That answer stated that 1,200. was left oy a testator to be di- tributed riccovainr to the directions mills will. Exceptions were taken to that answer, and those exceptions were alloived in the end of 1516. The cause continued in the Court of Chat eery through the years 1516, 17, IS, 19, 20, 21, aol 1822, and the only cause of delay was, to deck'. whether the answer was satisfactory.—(Hear, hear.) There were no fes%er than sixty-four attendances for 'the decision of that pint, and the cause remained still andecide I. Tins next case he had to state was treat of Whitech urch r. Oldbody, in which a bill was filed in 1811, to prevent the cutting down of timber, and an injunction obtained. A special case was aft. rwards given fur the decision of the Court of King's Bench. 'I lie certificate of that Court was returned into Chancery in the year 1515, but the case remained on the books of that Court without a heating, during the years 1816, 17, 15, and 1819. and it was sent in 1520 to the Viee-Clianoellor's Court, as if the journey was good for it.—(A lsugh.) For the same reason possibly tt was again brought from the Vic , . Chancellor to the Lord Chancellor, in 1521, where it still remained, after numberless attendances and dery s, of course, though the certificate of the Court of King's Bench, was 'sent up in 1815'. The next case was that of Bellingham v. Bromley, for the specific performance of an agreement, in which the Lord Chancellor's opinion was said to be in favour of the defendant. He regret ted that that Noble and Learned Lord-seldom failed to bring with him an almost decisive opinion in the out set of the ease, but afterwards discovered doubts and dif ficulties. and let the case linger on through 1818, 19, 20, 1 21, and 1822, without giving one single opinion. The next case was the last but one with which he wished to trouble the House, whose patience, he feared, was al ready exhausted. It was the case of Powell v. Sergeant and others, which was brought io 1813, into the Court of Chancery,where it remained for nine years. To the bill filed in that case there was a demurer, founded on the question how far Sergeant ought to be made defendaut, or whether he should be made defendant at all. That was the question raised, and it liezered in Court till 1821, for a decision on that preliminary point—a point which, be was confident, the lion. Member for Exeter (Mr. Ir- Coartenay) would decide in half an hour it cost as less than eighty attendances. There was one other one with which it was his bounden duty to trouble the Hotta. He did not briug merely the general heads of that :aw. but had in kis possession the papers belorigiog to at to speak for themselves. It was the ease of Weir ceded, in which there were two bills filed, an original aid sal' plemental bill, and which was decided in 1821 by the Lord Chancellor. The decision was afterwards tsjetlid to on the ground's that the decree was surreptitionly eta tained to the exclusion of one of theparties. Thom groan& were set forth in an affidavit of the solicitor .o thee:• eluded pt.* S. (Here the Hon. and Learned Bert. read at length the affidavit, - laid a letter fro: s the sarnesolicitor to the Lord Chancellor compls ining of the usage lithe Corti by which the cause being sometimes put at the head of the cause paper, and, when be attended with Cleanse', being pot lower.down.) He had *lsom) office copy of the bill of costs furnished to the party in that case feria - which bees desirous to rem 1 to the House some of the Charges, one of which was 13s. 4d. for writing that letter to the Lard Cliaatellor on the subject of the cause. Then attending the Lord Chancellor to his private roan in that cans was cherged.l3s. 4d. For the clerk and his solicitor st• tending in-Court in the cause, 21. ; that was on the sap ,plemental hill, 11.: and the like fee tee original Ws& —(A ',augh.) Attending the Lord Chancellor in hispri• vale room, when he requestedidffaigence till tomsorroc —(Lcitid laughing), I;ss. 4d. A wood attendance, 131- 4d.,. and the life fur the original cause.-( •11211 Attending his Lordship at a' enaferace in his priritt room by his own desire, 13..44 and the like in the ore I gidat caust.' obinned laughing.) Having stated • * IP T i. t . . . --4 .-v r.), JC ) ) I - re - J II I * * • t . . sin acts sled° , . .usi - . . . THE StATES: #Ol. . . --•---- --- - „,- -•-- -- _ --- , - - -- COURT OF CHASLeem' i n - Y: - ''... : .;,*. - 7 4 - " 1411 ea . , .. dember, whether 'the honour of subinitting Annie R lutiods tiO the 1 • 1 • :he would. put it Itotivoid statleit IP Alias , ' tbatjast le wimp 1 14 aa - . 410:0 ,-• ;WILLIAMS commenced bp lipinglbit, ittbe,Jetood in a t the tine the Viee-Chasiery season was ,di nc „y moicla Home, ke bad the amisfactitin .of bottles qeteitreatke .° milli! motiOn was to effect* 'bane* i e Abe lordscht , 'proposed, was increased by 20, and the exeeptless were lit House. by ar- support of the late Sectetari of stati for Foreleg affairs, 61, In the year ISMI. la Michaelmas Term, UM, the num- aware of MI opposition which itos . ld- eacesio . tey,try tr ber of Causes In arrest was 141, and the pleas and demur- system, .ho would despair . of success, because he w ti s tee of which to the . principle of his Resolu ions. lie then nsoved position to innovation. I rinnovation was objected loon rers were more than doubled. The number ,of re-heariags ' The Toll - owing Resolution :—''' That the Carious provi- er coned the oec 'on wait ill stron er in the and a Is in 1817 0 g ppes was I 1, whereas, at the oesuseseement sione of the laws tor the settlement of the poor kis 'gel .g . 14 . bi II •st reel indirnent at ' • • _A it.. CAM otiodieial reform. Indeed. he coold outkelp. re-. got Utuumit-insamus 11. was.asly.4l *gets showed -sio k l .. - * p4z , # .-• 7 I ,