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• /_ Pelt. ltd , t/ t•-• k'V. OCe / et - 7-.. , 4:e - - -1--.--- c/ /Az( -1/ t-e.--7 - ‘-‘-- - f- --1 , .. -.--- 1.- - (..9 A ,zeir.,_ 4 , 1 „....._ I 0 / • ........._ .p. / .+-f---+ 0. - e• 41 iii) r 4 , . . ./ _, 4 . i v ; , 9 4 - r. • Lve AI Alil l' • -.---. -- . . _ !y- 4 ----. -,~. 11. l ►, No. 6,623. NRIV TIIRATRE-ROYAI., DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, WEDNESI)AY, Feb. 25, Will be the Comedy of' THE !if I:7III 7 VIFES 01' WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Dowton ; Justice Shallow. Mr. ()sherry; Slender, Mr. Harley); Fonl, Mr. Wallack ; Page, Mr. Penley ; Sir Hu g h Evans, 11r. Browne; Bardulph, Mr. O. Smith; Pistol, Mr. Fernald; Dr. ('auto, Mr. flame; Fenton, Mr. Witham. Acne Page, 31 iss Posey; Mrs. Quickly. Mrs. Marlowe; Mrs. Find, Mis bLeplicm ; Mrs. Page, Mime Cubist. After which, RUMFUSTIAN INNAMORATO; Or, THE COURT OF QUODLIBET. Tho King oNuridlibet, Mr. Oabeery ; Ilumfustian Innamorato, Muffilinty, MT. Knight. Squallarina, Mrs. Urger; (;laati u s, Miss lirtrn, To-morrow, The Merry Wires of Windsor. THEATRE-ROritt, COVENT-GARDRN. 'Under the immediate Patronage of Ui4 Royal Highness the lrl'KE of SUSSEX. rou TIIE BENEFIT or TIIE PIIII.•NTIIROPIC SOCIETY, MILE-tXP. T itlS EVENING, WE DN ESDA Y, Feb. 25, will Le performed JOHN BULL; Or. AN ENGLISHMAN'S FIRE-SIDE. Peregrine, Mr. Cooper; Hoo. Mr. ShuMeton, Mr. Jones; Sir Simon Rochdale, Mr. Maraud; Frank Rochdale, Mr. Abbott; Job Theruberry, Mr. Fawcett; Dennis Ilrulgruddery, Mr. Coo nor; Dim, Mr. Rayner. I4dy Caroline Brayinore, Mrs. Chatter ley ; Mary Tbornhany, Maw. Chester. To occlude with HARLEQUIN AND POOR ROHIM Or, THE HOUSE THAT JACK $111.1415. lbetmoish Mr. Vier: Pantaloon, Me. Barnes ; Ciro, Mr. J. O. UrimaM4 Cadumldria, Mrs.Vedy. The Performance will commence this Evening at a quer* before Seven. To-morrow, Native hand ; with The Poachers. NEW SURRNY THEATAK T HIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25, will be • •• performed )10EIMIIMIJO THE OUTLAW; Or, tuivoima) OF MYSTERY. Alptanws, Mir Rewbotham; Milvolio, Mr. Ga 1 1 ,4; Borrwhio, Mr. H. Kimble. Victoria, Mrs. W. Clifford. After whlcb,_ MA IDS AND IiAeIIIELORR Or, NETTLEWIO HALL. dr John Junius Nettles/Ig, Mr. Loveday; Tim Trunk, Mr. Vale. Miss Emily Constant, Miss Tanana To conclude with THE DEATH OF LIFE IN LONDON; (In, TOM AND JERRY : S FUNERAL. Robert bogie, Esq. Mr. Herring; [lusty Bob, Mr. Walbooro; Ohest of Corinthian Tom, Mr. Rowbotham; Ghost of Jerry, Mr. Vale. Connthian Kate, Miss Poole. Places to be taken of Mr. Rorsuer, at the raer Hox.olliee of the Theatre, 'and of whom may be had Private Boxes nightly. BRITISH INSTITUTION. PALL-MALI& /i\IIIOALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE .1 of dia WORKS ot MODERN ARTISTS is Open daily, Ittau Ten in die Horning until Five in the Evening. Admission., Is—Catalogues, I L fly (hder, JOHN VOI 'NO, Keeper. Thit remaining Subscribers to the Engraving from Mr. West's Pidgin K " Our Saviour healing the Sick in the Temple," who havenetweeived their Inipmisions, may receive them upon appli cation at the Niel* Institution. Hy permission at the Lard Chamberlain. THEATRE ROYAb, HAYMARKET. fIiSLWALL purposes' to deliver, on the Wed- Nada, and Friday Evenings of the ensuing bent, a Coeree of Oratorical and Critical LECTURES cm SIIAKSPEARE, and oat DRAMATIC COMPOSITION and THEATRICAL REPRESENTATION In general. Including enimedversionk on the retrospective and present Mate of the Stage ; Criticisms on. the respective - Performers who have sustained the principal Characters in the Plays of Shaspeare, from the days of Derrick to the present time: and on the most p opu lar Authors who have either given to their writings a drematiC Nin, or have furnished the materials fur the Dramas and Melo•thamaa recently exhibited. Each Lecture Will be preceded by some popelar Recitation, serious or comic. Tl* Came wilt mullet of Ten Lectures, and will commence on WilittentinAY, the leth of Mreh. Ilnlawriptiona foe theCeene—Boxet, V. is. I Pit, 11. Is. Tickets tglai r O a W jan-o_4lt-aleksungionen.blannollnedared with IldbeeriptTon;ncrindanifiekets to be pane ued of Mr. Eben, BeNiCetreet ; Mr. Sams, Pall-mall ; Mr. Ridgway, Piccadilly Me. flaldwyn, Nrwgate-street ; Megan. Bowden and Kerby ) and Mr. Rinnedds, I nMrd-atreet ; Mr. Fentum's , 78, Strand; at Mode's Court t Nide 011 k,, I, Leicester-square ; and of the Lee. O oIi CZI MR. Brixton Cottage. where private instructions continue 44 4 in leases of impediment, and in the Elocution of the and Senate. CONTEACTIII FOR SUPPLYING raov ISIONR, CIAYIW INA. LINEN: _COALS, CANDLES, AND OTHER ifillfiTCLiii, POR CONVICTS, ON BOARD HULKS. London, 5111th February, IBU. UCH Perigee as are desirous of Contracting with the § of Convicts, to supply BREAD, MEAT, RE , RIZ Y, OATM EAL,XALT, BE ER, COALS, CAN 1. , 4, SOAP ,CLOTHING, NECESSARIES, BLANKETS, WOOLLEN-CLOTH, DUCK, STRIPED LINEN and COTTON, WRAPPER-CLOTH, SHOES, and LEATHER, for the tine of Convicts on board Hulks at Ports mouth, Woolwich, Desitford, fibeaflellll, and Chatham, may re ceive particulars of the Contracts on applying to the Superintendent of Convicts, No. la, Lambeth-terrace, and on boon' the several Bulbs, and deliver their Tenders at the Commissariat Office, Treatury Chambers, sealed up and directed to the Surerintendent of Convicts, marking thereon " Tender to furnish supplies for C4 ' NIVICtI j" on or before Tuesday, the 9th March, but none will IS received after twelve o'clock on that day, nor will any Proposal be noticed unless made on or annexed to a printed Particular, and the priers inserted in Words at length ; nor unless a letter be sub joined to such Proposal, signed by two persons of known property, engaging to become bound with the party tendering, in the sum etprersed in the particulars, for the due performance of the Contract. rts . PATRICK'S DAY, AND YIVE £90,000 PRIZES ! BISH respectfully rewinds his best Friends, the • Public, but more r rrticularly that portion of them who belong to the Sister Kin m, that the next Drawing will take plow , on the anniversary o their tutelar Saint, 17th of Neat Month (Minch); and as the first Two Prizes that Day will each be en. tided to UAW. 81511 hopes that at Night many of his Friends, by obtaining those Prizes, will have rause to rejoice at the joys of " St. Patrick's Day in the Morning." There still remains to be down, Five Prises of 20,0t1t11. and Twenty-nine other Capitals. •,,'" A few warranted undrawn Tickets and Shares arc still on Soli at 111SH's Odices, 4, Conthill, and 11, Charitnr.cross i and by his Agents in the Country. N.B. The Prices of stocks are hourly affixed against 111811's 4 hffice is Cornhill, by which the Public can see the fluctuations. TO THE PUBLIC. end J. SI VKW RIGHT. Contractors for the present tp, • LOTTEKV, respectfully acknowledge the unexampled Patronage they have expenenoed, at the same time that they have to repress then regret for the many disappointments which have oseuend to those who applied for whole Tickets ; the reserve of width were ertypne disposed of mere than twenty-four hours be fore the Thorne( commenced; this amore from the unprecedented Selena glpeOWers which arrived in rapid succession from Agents in all peso( the Country, Soodand, and Ireland, to meet which so ri rickets have of necessity been divided into Shares, as to have Wt Pio more Whole Tickets fur sale, cor.sequently the disap pointment has been unavoidable, but the Contract o r s fed disposed sad are determined to effect all that is now practicable to remedy it, for the Five Wank which remain in the Wheel. J. and J. SIVEWItIGHT have made arrangements with all the /Nice Keepers, that any Person wishing to purchase a Whole Ticket shall be permitted to have Two Half Tickets for the same money (as long as there are any left), the Contractors making up to the Oece as the difference in amount; this sacrifice on their pest they have no doubt the Public will duly appreciate. The lath of MARCH will be the Next litay of Inswing, when TWO more Priers of DINO*. are again to be added to the Two First Prises, and the lest drawn 1,000 Blanks on that day will he putt low the Wheel, and re-drawn. M an y o f th ese Fi ve 20.0001. ises, the Contactors trim, will he distributed at their Offices, : 1 7. Combat ; 11, licilbont ; and 38, Haymarket. QMITIFB CAMBRIAN ESSENCE, for giving the LI true W EST PH ALI A N or WOOD-SMOKE flavour to all kinds of MEAT, whether Hants, Tongues, Baffin, Beef, or Fig, while it contributes esaeatially with the salt to the pveserva tka of the article from decay : and as no heat is used in the pro cat, it is on this account much leas liable to become rusty, or to dose to weight, while the flavour will prove decidedly superior to that given by the ordinary method of amoiting in a ehimney or siniu-house. This u se f u l a nick is now Seat advertised for pub , Hng We, under the assuranee, fermi an experience and sale of acre hl Years, that it wall perfectly answer the above description. It may be had of many of the most eminent Oil and Italian wscalioutes, with full directions attached to each bottle, and is pain "leek recommended to the notice of private families, as the beat dad most econesnical process yet diaeovered. bold wholesale and retail by the Proprietors, }Award !eolith and Co, Haymarket; also by Atkinson, 21/2. 1., 4 , 61111 -ftrdet ; Day and H 'O., 93. lararechureh-street ; omewood. • • fitrand • Bl'Millan,:si, Leadenhall-stmt ; fi. Neighbour, 131, Vida Hoiht:rn ; A. and I. sterry, flomugh ; and &urge and Bon, ~ e lriogistuatuts. Is stone bottles, 2s. mob. LONDON - , WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, W 24. SOMERSET-LIMISE GAZETTE and LITERARY MUSEUM of lam Saturday la nor reprinted, and may be luml of W. Wefts, 21, Flortottret ; and of all Booksellers. _ _ THE NEXT OP KIN (if any) o f JOAN 1/.111- LING, late of North-street, Cit -road, in the Parish or ss. Luke, is the County of Middlesex, ,by applying to Ilr. Evans, No. 122, Fleet-street, Lond on , may hear of some thing to their advantage. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. lord Chamber!abet (We, February 24, 1821. Orders fur the Court's going into mourning. on Sunday next, the 29th instant, for the late King of Sardinia, Victor Emanuel : The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and earrings, black or white shoes, fans, and "Pr ' Tndress—White or grey lustrings, tabbies, or damasks. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed plain linen, black swords and buckles. Undress—Grey frocks. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the 4th of March next, viz. The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans, and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with blank ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 7th of March next, the Court to go out of mourning. Crews Wee, February A 11124. PARLIAMEN'AMY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Tur.spAr, Frs. 24. TRINITY HOUSE. Mr. Maltby, from the Trinity froUse,ptesented an account of the receipts and appropriation of the surplus rates at the Trinity House, for the year 1823. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. The Karl of SIMPTESJIURV moved that the Report on the Appellate Jurisdiction be printed--Ordered. MARRIAGE ACT. .......... The Bishop of EXETER. brought in a Bill to amend the pre sent Marriage Act ; the object of which is to enable Marriages to be solcninisvd wherever banns are published. The Bill was read first bole. —Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, FED. 21. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Mr. MARTIN presented a petition from the inhabitants of the town of Manchester, for the abolition of bcar.baiting, dog and monkey-lighting, and all other cruel sports. Ile observed that it was signed by upwards of 700 persona, ani that a great many other names would have been added, if the petition had bean left longer for signatures.—fhrdered to be printed. ASSESSED TAXES. Colonel PALMER presented a Petition from the inhabitants of the Parish of St. Michael, in the City of Bath, against the Assessed Team —Laid on the table. Mr. CI TRWEM preseturs) a petition from the County of Cum berland, praying for a repeal of the duties on sheep dop--Laid on the table. 3Liler9 TRADE. Lord NIvOIF:NT proemial a pottage from Buckingham against the Slave Trade. Lord EASTNOR preeented •similar petition from the inha bitants of the City of Hereford. 7. -prtlFed to be printed. quiry Into the then administration of justice— an inquiry not only benefiting the people then, but extending itself to those who long after should succeed them. Hon. Members were aware, that die Chancellor of those days--and he (Mr. W.) spoke it with grief— was not clear from the charge of personal corruption (by no means applying now-a-days); but still it appeared that the then (imbed )or approved of the Conunittee, and assented to the proposition, that every man might speak freely of his Court. The result was, that inquiry took place, and signal discomfiture' followed. O s such grounds, however, the then House of Commons formed itself into a grand Committee. In a much earlier time, too, the House of Commons superintended the complaints made to them of the delays of justice which took place in the country. So early as the 11th Edward the Third, an Act passed, reciting, amongst ether things, " Now because delays took place in . giving judgments, sometimes in consequence of the difficulties lowing from the various opinions of Judges, and sometimes fur other causes, they agreed to hear such complaints, and administer redress." That being done, ar gued so far that the administration of justice should be carefully watched by the House of Commons. There were other instances, in modern times, in which the House had interfered by way of inquiry. (Here the barking of a dog caused some interruptaon.) lie alluded to what had occurred in the recent appointment of an inferior Court, to regulate the most worthless part of the commu nity ; only worthless, however, as they were a set of men who had lost all their money. It was not till after ten Reports that that ape. cial jurisdiction was appointed, and that at a time when the gentle: men op ice placed little, or no reliance at all, upou the persever ing zeal, and talent, and industry of one of his noble friends, who could not introduce his bill Co an admittedly sound and useful ob ject, without having first ob the sanction of a repeat of a com mittee. He then spoke of ". sa ga-Chancellor ' s Ceara; and he should think, it; In a eau hasportesea, soh*, warden* t ee without the imetTerence of a committee, Bought not to be done in one of the highest importance. But he was by no means driven into analogies here ; inquiries were the order of the day. (Hear, hear.) Ile need only notice the inquiry in a certain quarter of (heat Britain which had lately been permitted. It would there appear, that, from the accumulation of appeals in Scotland, some thing was wrong in the law in that division of the ceitintry,and upon that suggestion a northern expedition (ommissiou) was fitted out by Act of Parliament. A commission was sent to inquire if all was right and sound in the state of Scotland, with full powers granted them by the 4tb C.1V.c.83, to inquire into the practice of the Courts of Session and Appeal, and report how they might be improved by simplifying and shortening the forms of pleading and proceedings in these Courts; and whether, by a separate jurisdiction for decio. ing questions of JAW and fact, a change for the better might not take place. And the commission was further empowered to send for all persons and papers, and records, 'hie!, might assist them, with a closing injunction to signify their opinions to the House. This wise and salutary me,:eure was productive of much good, and lie wished that it were followed in the present case, with one only exception, namely, that prof.sisional men should as much 113 possible be ex cluded flow it, because they were men who from their habits of life were more likely to be blind to defects, or warped to certain in terests and usages than others ; and, he therefore said, for such a commission substitute a Committee of this House. Was he to pre sume that that which was safe as to Scotland was unsafe as to Eng land ? Was he to presume, that althougb Parliament legislated in one case, that in another, where the danger is not so remote, where a hundred-fold more dangers to suitors occurred—where patients multiplied—where a nuisance was spread over the land (cries of "Hear, hear, from the opposition benches") was he to presume that in such a case, the Parliament would shut its doors against legisla tion —no, not legislation, but even against inquiry ? On one side of the Tweed, inquiry was foundoo be good, safe, and wise—on the other was it to be considered evil, unsafe, and umrise ? Such, however, was the dilemma into which the opposers of his proposed inquiry would be driven. It was charged against him in the for mer discussion of this subject that he was munly ignorant of the practice of the Court of Chancery, and he here felt no hesitation in strewing it. Practice in it, as an advocate, lie had none ; practice in it as a suitor he never would hare while a pistol was at hand. lithe people of England were to wait fix an inquiry into that Court, until they all had sufficient expa t entx. he ventured to say they would have to wait a cunsitletab e time. In fact, the inquiry of indivi duals could do little, as the bead of the Court of Chancery bad such an trocenclancy of patronage and power. Soliciweships, Master. ships, Commasionerships, Clerkships, were all dancing before the eyes cif gentlensen who attended that Court, which prevented their seeing the magnitude, the proportions, and dimensions of those which their unhappy clients so severely felt. With all E e t e rns ee y s against him, he still felt lie had • lions support toles/ on —for he would state nothing but whet was true ; and facts, how. ever disliked, he declared should bays fall utterance from Ms. 3Hear, hear.) Another di/Sadly, besides his uuacquaiotance with the pretties of that Court, also beset him ; for whether be argued upon - principle or mien fact, or a the best information be could obtain as to practice, the at the ether side tweeted everything as erroneous. They said that he merely asserted the existence of abuses, and he was charged With going beyond the period, when the real subject of inquiry was proposed to the House; as if, forsooth, it was now leR for the 'first tone to any mu. to complain of the delay s In the Court of Chancery,--11111 if he now may only broached that r the that time, which was notorious front citu end of the toiletry to the other,— or as if, in so stating, he was stating some glittering paradox heard for the first time ; while, is point of solemn and melancholy fact, he had multitudinous and utuladableproofs for all he bed asserted. PIA .Gentlemen opposite main to contend, that all private information, that all public mote ' eiely of a fact, must be discussed, before it attained credence in this House? e.rever one gou, die delays IrtChancery art toned of; whether we meet one in society, or jostle one in the street, or con vene with one in a coach,—everywhere one heats the same, and everywbere the truth was admin.:A wad lamented. (Cries of " Hew, hear.") Ile stated in the former discusaion, the difficulty wbieb he felt in obtaining information relative to the Court of Chancery ; he ' had been charged, when so statist, with uttering a deliberate more ' presentation; bus he now, as be then, most solemnly asserted, upon the honour of a gentleman, as well as in his place in Perlis- ment, that he found it next to impossible to get reedy information. Ile was met by denials and wertions beyond most others who had ever offered • proposition to Parliament, and that very circum stance was now most material for the consideratioo of the House. Ile had howl ofa cause in the Court of Chancery, which could not be called one Of dday, as it was determined in less than 98 years, (hear, )tear), but victory and ruin had there conic together. Ile ap pl_kd to the solicitor who had conducted it, and saw bin. He Olt. W.) suited his name and object ; adding, that if the information were to be considered as of a private nature, he would pot receive it; but if smith were not the case, he would oily use the result in his place in Parliament, witboto entering into particulars. The mention of this Honor awoke the solicitor to a sense of duty, and the information was withheld trim him (3lr. W.) In another case of which be hid ins& as illustrative of the delay and ruin usu. sioned by the present pismire in Chancery, he waited on a so li citor, who informed him, slier the slightest communication, that there were innumerable instances of a severer description than that of the 20 years' wee to which lie had just adverted. The solicitor then en tered into • detail of several, and made the most free and unreserved communications in the conversation be (Mr. W.) had with him. But the moment the Solicitor saw the notice of this motion in those vehicles which daily pee the occqrrences of this House with web remarkable des usch to the public, all those particulars were witbheld. (Cries of " Ilear," from the Opposition benches.) He could mention other instances of the same description, but that it would be idle to waste time in their repetition. He mentioned these things with a view to shew the up-bill work he had to get through in bringing forward this motion ; but difficulties, in place of daunting, only served the more to encourage him, and convince him of the necessity of a thorough inquiry. neer was another case of a single women, who had a small fortune locked up in Chummy, aria as she was driven to the utmost distress and ulti mate ruin by delay, he was anxious to learn all the particulars he could. Ile therefore applied to the Solicitor, who told him, the case was bad indeed, but that he knew of several which were much worse. The Solicitor, seriatim, went through several; he stated the distress of his clients—his own incessant exertions to procures judg ment ; he expressed his readiness to let Mtn (Mr. Williams) have the papers, but he was then occupied and could not spare time to inspect them; subsequently be went several tittles to see them; then came his notice df this motion, and the Solicitor refused to / give any portion of that information which he had volunteered be ftwe. (Cries of " Hear, hear," front the Opposition benches.) There was another case to which he also begged tisattention of the House. A certain respectable solicitor het siren him • bill of costs, which he (3lr. Williams) had Intended to use; but the solicitor wits so afriid if he (Mr. Williams) used it, of being flunked, though not in the Court of Chancery, still in the sur rounding offices, that he (Mr. Williams) consented not to state it to the House. These were the things which were stated to be mill representations, if not untruths; and he again challenged their dcniaL He did this, not fqr any personal consideration to himself; but to shew that he came to state this case, not with information rea. lily granted, but which in • committee he could °annum.. This respectable body of solicitors reminded.bim of a passage in Burke, in which, when that great man was describing a certain class of ' men, he said, they were like eats, who could not put out their elee tncal light before their backs were rubbed. (Laughter.) Ile consi dered that the information he could himself bring, and that which was withheld, would prove two reasons for going into a Committee. lle impel lie should not agile be reminded of his ignorance on this subject, if he referred fur facts to the reports which were already on the table of the Howie ; and if he, who was so unskilled, could ad duce sufficient reasons to go into the Committee, he merely put it— with how much more faros it must have come If taken up by one of greater practice, greaser skill, and greater experience in the' Court of Chancery ? The House world bear Is mind, that he had moved fora Return, which was now on the table, of the number of aczals anal re-hearifts„ Rom the year 1813, when the Viee-Chan- was appointed , to the end of hat year. That Return pre sented a list of 108 er 1611 cues, of which 84 were withdrawn or otherwise Naiad ; but of effseian ceases 84 or 11. i remained for a period of 18 years; se that it would appear there were eight appeal. sod re-hearings heard and determineu in each year for that periods Ott • former ocesaioo Wind Word the business of the Chancery Court to be in " admired disorder." That meant, in other words, that it was difficult to say when any cause came on; and a muld *lefty of conflicting business, whether in private or public life, mum always hePreductite of considerable difficulty. By looking at the rtturry before them, they would find that of twelve cases Mee vsre.t4rge In which seven years dapeol,between the peidon Price 7L • ... and the order ; three in which six Sears elapsed : nitlwind store— in what time did the Home suppoic ?—in two months. Theta win. 104 appeals in the paper; and how, except from some disouler, could be find cases of six and seven) can standing by the side of those which wereonly two months? That fact alone was worth a whole volume of commentary. The cases were only taken by fits and sta-ts, without system, order, or regularity. The Hon. and beamed Member then proceeded to state a satiety of eases, in which parties had compromised suits, in utter despair of ever ob. mining . a decision Fran the Lord Chancellor, and w hi c h ultimately coded in their ruin. if after all he (31r. Williams) had stated. - his facts, his documents, and his arithme:ic, he could do nothing, he thought inquiry was absolutely necessary. lit had obtained a return of cases in the last two yews, from which he discovered th a t their being heard formed no Eair chance of their being decided. There was the Attorney-General o. Mansfield heard, but three came a question of coe.s, and the order was not drawn up. In Cox e. Lord Somers there was a re-hearing, but no judgment. In Powell v. Muslim the appeal was in part heard, but no judgment. So that, in fact, with the exception of the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which did net occupy ludf an hour to the hearing, he found it was the only case which formed an exception to the rule of giving any thing like the hope of a speedy decision. He begged to remind the House that Vs. 44. war chargeable by the solicitor on the suitor for every ease that was set down Mr heat ing ; and If. by him and the clerk for the time between 1:no-'n; and judgment. Of the cases that were to come on last he wonlo call the attention of the House to sonic that were in the pacer set down for hearing, which frequently creak"! uselessly a weary heavy expenditure to tile pasties . The brat to which he would call the attention of the HAW* woe that of Wieotiolt mid Logan. That which was to have WWW ea in Qualms hekbeen am down fifteen times in the paper-without being witched. There woo another cep, that of the Atterney-Generel against the Corporation of Ilris:ol, which had obtained precedence, and which, although it had het... twenty.four days in the paper, had never been touched. The ens, of Canipbell and Ward was another, which had been frequently set down for hearing, and which had been dealt with In a similar way. The case of Powell and Al uskett, after harries been re peatedly tappointed for hearing, was finally heard, hot remained as yet undecided. Thus he had not relied on vague or idle DWAT don, but was ready to adduce documents which would prove the accuracy of the allegations he made with respect to cases of toe latest occurrence, for he had preferred to select those instances of delay with which the latest information supplied him. He knew by former experience that it might be said now, as It was before, that these delays did not exist, or if they did they did not produce inconvenience. Indeed there was no amenion too sweeping, or no proposition too paradoxictd, which might no: be made in that Douse, provided a Member who made it was in a proper position. (A laugh.) To autbariza any amertion did not re. quire the solution of reason ; it wait a mere question of locality; and as he, by being at the side of the House at whkii he sat, in a wrong position to warrant the privilege of such vogue " - irons, he did not feel himself privileged to say a n y t hi ng that. could not prove. It would be therefore necessary for him tole somewhat two detail, and he hoped for the indulgence of astir's** whilst he discharged his duty to them and to the public. in poildisig out and illustrating the effects and consequences of the nostrils of this Court, as drawn from recorded and well-authentimmedoes went*. (Hear, hear.) The case of Dudley 0. Freemen and . Me * which lie was desirous of inviting the particular attention-of die House. It appeared, that so far back as nscs, a Mr. Keedieginedie a will in favour of the children of Mr. Freeman. Mr. Ikidley, who was trustee to the will and heir at law, filed a bill to encase the trusts of the will. The bill was filed in 1184, and IX: • de cree was obtaiiied and a receiver appointed. Me. mars decree was allowed a hundred a year, which was hundred i this was a temporary allowance. Soma the. however, a doubt arose, front au action intelastod in s k ocery of law, as to the validity of the limitation, b Mitch the of the will was construed in flavour of Armenian. MM. Hadley, on hearing it, filed a kill in , i n tigalp that this point might be determined. The House ameMite. mark that this bill was filed in 1812 t la 18111, ell rid* Air wards, it came on to be heard, end judgment wm4edutid, mitts ground that . the bill was not drawn ip In a regular:km. Is HMI, a hill of renew, which it appeared RIP the correct feast whkb Po bill should aseume, was tiled, arid from that • M testa, ' of 11q.3, althh dgment heal been i rd l ls i in vain. An th is de lmj, it should be rematobst mak brie case affecting property to the amount 4fOn NM kik s a ppk ezit: ,,,.. a fundecl is :rpo ty of 21/41,0004 wan sat widi anxiety by d y, fell into a delicate ef. Wit die phf skims a awddiates to that sad *M dal* do sym pathy his situation created in his , dot don An sea. &trues of the district in which he was, &NM • A R UAW* peptiopa; !tot w.tly he on who had been origirnilly engaged in the eases was sakeised to gi a iletaileleteestmt of its prowess, bat he wee so Wall VW al to unable to ewe an account ot it. Several penises pbo aright Imite given infonsaden upon it were no more — ass weak *it mitts would survive. However, the solicit* who so that there were in his time forty attendance( •w l the WWI* who again sticceeded hint had attended Papaw . afeensern midst appointments to give judgment. (Hem, WOK, hgar.) hew gnat was the natural anxiety of the defends* *spitting the If* of so large a peoporty, that he induced Me mildew to make frequent jemmy, to tows, in coke, from thole ea OM to endeavour to ad e the cause. The expense of them journeys sus not included Ina regular bill of costs ; but Mr. Irmo man, of course, win bound in honour to pa Mai, which ' increased to him the imposes of the suit AY.ptier the in this suit amounted to an enormous exam% set without no neficid result, fur the case was as yet undetidok Tbe came, mid waited., and lingemd, in vain. (Chew} dita‘der June lye, it would be in the recollection of he made a motion form inquiry similar to that 'rasa posed. The Lord Chancellor bad promised to that day in a protracted suit in two days tans ' lio • - promise in that instance, but the judgment *deb was conveyed in one semence. The party against *Wilk was given. threatened to appeal from It, but in 411111111,111 further litigation, a ONO was enteral into betowea = tics. He would next eau the attention of the Haase te the we* Lord Aloha against Wyatt and others. The questa= ,these Vac whether Lads of the Manor were obliged to contribotem Ws. dome Act. This mine on first is 1800. After havi through various protracted stages of discusston, and 1 wbilelaid aside altogether, it was renewed in 1817. Scr 8. Romilly was engaged in the suit: when at the ~ :of the awe the pepers were inqiitred fur, the mem" of the the pawn vim km • Sir S. Morality was rte mare, mid t= on the opposite side bed retired ftoni.Coort. as that Mesh ze i l earit Counsel were obliged to he promwM. (Hear, heir; rehearing took place; and after fuWssion on both sides, put Chancellor, in Deli, said be would take the statute borne, awl& would read every weed of it, and that be would give judgmostais morrow ; but the parties never did that to-morrow see. (Heir, al a laugh.) A decision in this case would have bees the men km. portant, as it related to the construction of an Act of Pullintaint, and the award of Commissioners appointed to execute it; at kook however, the parties, in utter deepen of judgment, after so Iwo. tractod a litigation, compromised the cense. (Gear, hear.) If this was 11W a denial of justice, it certainly amounted to a failure in the administration of it. (Chem.) The next case which /swat* submit to the house, was one which related to a person well lam* to himself. As the ease was one in which many domestic conceits were involved, he would abstain from mentioning psblicly the news of the Individual to whom it related. Ile was sure he would pa be suspected either of inventing it, or of giving it to the Mestle with intentional exaggeration. However, if any Hon. M l = wished to be assured of the accuracy of the (acre which lie he (]Mr. IV.) was authorised to refer him to that Gentbenenibr peit Information as he might require, and he would engage to do .as (Heer, hear.) The Hodgman was one as competem to coselbet his own affairs, and to the consideration of say question at any Hon. Gentleman whom he now had the honour to sake& ' The Gentleman married a lady whose propert y was sittessoul Ai quit, t he had taken her •• for better or worm; a point sus *deb 'those who were married wee better fitted to deliver their sentirdermatati be was. However, he was disposed to believe that the lady Werth* ' llet wort it e l , Par or te gn sh d ou th ltl earthen place in my w th ili e th wor her st property ralthoagli Wa he was seed by professional friends, and by one Learned Gendomilin id pertisidbe, who was a connexion of his, yet from as appeshroidnedigitsal-, of exceptions to Master's reports, of the exposit! . or yeettssibes before the Lords, and the probable result of ha die /Aga lou siness again journeying back to the Master's d • single fear of the Court of Chancery, and its d ' he wen in. duced (notwithstanding the friends and legal aseibfan cr by which he was sustained) to deliberately abandon half ofhis 'property, and, by compromise, to deprive himself and his posterity of any MARL nation in it for ever. (Hear, hear.) This course he donned pre. ferable than to contend for his rights, and thought it better can to surrender them, than to consign his property to a ledthsoms dungeon, in which he seared it might for Veer he entombed. ?fere was another case in which he was not permitted to &Wiese t h e name of the person to whom it referred, but who had, in like man. net., permitted him, if necessary, to refer any lioneerable Mem ber to him for the authenticity of the farts, as he would subunit than to the House. Ile was an individual who was gligagccl in the law, though not in the practice of it, and was, fot that reason, desirous of not having his name given to the public. Indeed hat wee unwilling that his case should be mentioned at all to this discussion, bat as he (Mr. W.) called upon him in person, end satiated him that he knew the greater part of his ow. the Gentles man kindly supplied what was deficient in his infornsariee. He was plaintiff in an action on an Annuity Bard ; a verdict had been given in his favour at the Summer &oozes of 1817. Early in Me next Term an Injunction was obtained to stay moceedhigs a. 4 verdict. The whole of the arguments stn both aides had hem heard; the ground' of granting the injui.etion was an artewed %rimy in the form of the deal. Three years had this case been in • Crust of Equity ; at the end of that period some of the papers were in. quired fir; they were lost. After the lapse of • conaiderable time, however, they were found again. At length judgmert was peet nuanced, and although before a pony', suit could net be enter tained in equity whirls was determinable at law, anif teetteugh to • bill tiled is Ch there was an averment " that the pietist had no legal defence, yet, after three years delay in Chanory, thethemsel judgmentvof a of defehos the Gblineellit at Ism w lt aa 'ther tha e t terhertePaintral should wad DAYS AND FLUX" AProtsiiltnrcia HOLDING THE LINT - Aosta Es, !ain& NOKFOLK CI RCUIT. Sir Charles Abbott, Knight, Lord Chief Justice, and Mr. Baron Graham. _ _ Buckinghamshire, Thursday , Much 4, at Aylesbury. BedforWiire, Wednesday, March 10, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire, Saturday, March 13, at Iluntingdoo. Cambridgeshire Tuesday, March 16, at Cambridg e. Norfolk, Satu rday, March 20, at Thetford. Scfrolk, Saturday, March 27, at Bury St. Edmund's. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Robert lard Giffiwd, Lord Chief Justice, and Mr. Baron Bullock. Northamptonshire, Saturday, February 28, at Northampton. Rutlandshire, Friday, March h, at (fathom. Lincolnshire, Saturday. March 6, at Lincoln. City of Lincoln, the same day, at the City of Lincoln. Nottingliartiabire, Friday, March 12, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham, the same day, at the Town of Nottingham. Derbyshire, 11'ednesday, March 17, at Baby. Leiceoershirr, Monday, March %I, at the Castle of Leicester. Borough of Leicester, the same day, at the Borough of Leicester. City of Coventry, Saturday, March 27, at the City of Coventry. Warwickshire, the same day, at Warwick. 11031 E CIRCUIT. Sir William Alexander, Knight, hoed Chief Baron, and MrJustice Bat. __— Hertfordshire, Thursday, Much 4, at Hertford. }roes, Monday, Mardi 8, at Chelmsford. Kent, Monday. March IS, at Maidstone. Murex, Monday, March 22, at Horsham. Surrey, Thursday, March 2.5, at Kingston-upon-Thames. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. AIL Justice Bayley and Mr. Justin Ilolruyd. Durham, Satunlay, February 28, at Durham. Westmorland, the same day, at Appleby. Cumberland, Tilursday, Minh 4, at the City of i arlisle. Northumbatuad, the same day, at the Castle of Newcastle. upon. Tyne. Town of Newcastle, the same day, at the Guildhall of New castle.uaxm-Tytae. Lancaster, Wednesday, 81arch 10, at Lancaster. Yorkshire, Saturday, March 20, at the Castle of York. Y City of York, tho wane day, at the Guildhall of the City of ork OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. JuniethrlL and Mr. Baron 0111TIVW. Berkshire, Monday, Marro 1, at Reading. --- Oxfordshire, Wednesday, March 3, at Oxford. Worcestershire, Saturday, March 6, at Worcester. City of Worcester, the sane day, at the City of 'Worcester. Staffordshire, Thursday, March 11, at Stafford. Shropshire, Wednesday, March 17, at Shreuebory. Herefordshire, Monday, March 22, at H ereford. Monmouthshire, Saturaiy, March 27, at Monmouth. 01trucestershite, Wednailay, Mardi 31, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester, the 11111111, day, at the City of Gloucester. WESTIIRN CIRCUIT. . ....—... Mr. Justice Durrough and Mr. Justicelßichardion. Southampton, Monday, March 8, at the ('astir of Winehrtater. Wiltshire, Saturday, March IS at New Sarum. Danetshire, Wednesday, March 17, at Dorchester. Devonshire, , evonshire, March 22, at the Castle of Exeter. City of Exeter, the same day, at tie Guildhall of the City of Exeter. Cornwall, Monday, March 21, it Launceston. Somessetahire, Saturday, April 3, at the Castle of Taman. CIIV...4TER CIRCUIT. The I lonourable Charles Warren. blontrm.ryshire, Thursday. blurb 23, at Pool. Denbighshire, Wednesday, March 31, at Ruthin. ' Flintshire Tuesday, Apr il 11 , at Mold. Cheshire, Itlonday, April 12, at the Castle of Chester. CA RNIA RT II EN CIRCUIT. Samuel Heywood, Sergauit at Law, and Joha Balguy,Ew4. Cardigan, Monday, April 12. Haverfordwest, Saturday, April 17. Carmarthen, Friday, April T 3. SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. William Wingfield, Esq. ChierJustiee, and Robert Matthew Casberd, Esq. Glamor shire, Tuesday, April 6, at Cardiff. Brecon shire, Tuesday, April 13, at File Coll. Radnorshire, Monday, April 19, at Preateigne. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT. - - Jonathan Rdine, EM. and Wm. Kendal, Esq. Anglesey, Tuesday, April 6, at Beaumaris. earnarromhire, Monday, April 12, at (arnarron. Merionethshire, Saturday, April 17, at Bala. BANKRUPTS. 1111. Waistell, Conduit-street, Hood-street, milliner, to surrender, Feb. 28, March 2, and April 6, at one, at the Bankrupts' Coml. Solicitors, Mesa,,. Sweet, Stokes, and Carr, Basinghall-street. T. Oakley, Poole, coal-merchant. March 4,0, and April 6, at eleven, at the Greyhound Inn, Illandford-Fonim,Dorsetslure. So licitors, Mr. Fitch, Union -street, Southwark ; and Mr. Crabb, Blandford, Dorietshire. J. Willson, Borough-road, Surrey, carpenter, Feb. 28, March 6, and April 6, at ten, at the Bankrupts' Court. Solicitor, Mr. Brooking, Lombard-street. J. Hancock, Westbury, Somerset. shopkeeper, March 10, 11, and April 6, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Solicitors, Messrs. Visaed and Blower, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and Mr. (ire. gory, Bristol. F. Rooker, Manchester, and J. Watt. Preston, Lancanhire, cot. ton-manufacturess, March 9, 10, and April 6, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Solicitor, Mr. W. Norris, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. March 16. T. Richards, sen. Bridgewater-square, dealer in watches, at twelve, at the B ankrupts' Court. March 20. J. Chalk, Blackfriars-road, coachtnaker, at twelve, at the Benkrupts Court. March 111. J. SVoollaston and F. Upjohn, Holborn.bridge, dis tillers, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court. March 17. W. Ilcbdin, heeds, A. 0. Hebdin, Parliament-street, and J. Browne, sen. Leeds, merchants, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. March 16. E. Boyle, Leicester-square, printer, at ten, at the Bankrupts' Court. March 17. J. Dodd and W. Dodd, Kirkoswald, Cumberland, grocers, at eleven, at the Blue Bell Hotel, Carlisle. March 17. A. Knibh, Barnwell St. Andrew, Northampton, mil. lee, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn, (kindle. March V. F. Hodson, Manchester, calico-printer, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. April 2. J. Sharpley, York, merchant, at eleven, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Skeldergate. March M. W. 11. Tidlervey, Ponies, brewer, at eleven, at the Fountain Inn, Portsmouth. April I. R. Chris, Low-Foss, York, dealer, at eleven, at the King's Head, Inn, Leybum. CERTIFICATES--MARCII 16. J. Bothwell, Arnold, Nottingham, hosier.—J. L. Moody, Clif ton-street, ‘Vorship.square, silk-manufacturer--T. Hopkins, Woolwich, carpenter.—J. W. Shaw and A. W. }Amalie, Fen.' church-buildings, merchants.—R. N. (lillard, Jun. Bristol, carpets ter.--G. Dixon, ('hisoell-street. ironmonger. PA RTNEIL*IIIIPS DISSOLVED. P. Young and J. Crofts, Nottingham, haberdeaberx—J. Lewis, l jun. and J. Hoddinott, Stalbridge, Dorset, gotteets.-1. Baker and J. Baker, Iles-cies, Suffolk, grocent.--S. 'oden and T. Danko, Baldwin's-gardens, carpet-manutitcturers.--W. Chapman and T. Hoe Sherborne-lane, printers.—J. Dimsdale and F. Cmwell, jun. St. John.street, ('kvkenwell, wholesale druggists.—W. Ewing and W. 11. Hodson, Liverpool, corumisrion agents.—R. Holdaworth and J. lloldsworth, Leeds, fax-spinners.—J. Simister and T. Lyon, Birmingham button-manufacturers.—W. Reap. J. Heap, U. Rigby, and W. RayOß Cobhoune Nabb, Lancaster, calico printers, as far as emir& W. Heap.--J. Mitchell and W. White, Exmouth -street, Ibunpstead-road, carpenters.—R. Seward and T. Davies, Leominster, coal-miners.—D. Colby and H. Colby, Great Yarmouth, ship-owners.--H. Parrott and T. A. Roberts, Belve dere-wharf, Suttrey, coal-rneedssots--41 Willcox sad S. Willcox, Tottenham-court-wl, buteheva.—J. Mills and H. W. Fairman, Battersea, tanners.—D. Wicluirt and F. ilitteclicipia Euriri-stresi, Bondman's-fields, susar-relhasas. COAL DUTIES. Captain BASTARD peewit ted petitions from Dartmouth, and several other Mama in the County of Devon, praying for a repeal of the duties on ( 'oals carried contrite. A similar petition was presented by Mr. DOWDESIVELL, from lielstone--Owlered to be printed. LEATHER TAX. Captain I%IABERLY presented a petition from the Butchers of Northampton, praying for a repeal of the Bud th Buda on Leaer.— Ordered to be printal. BUTTES ON TOBACCO. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition front the Tobacco and Snuff Manufacturers of Bristol, praying for a reduction of the duties on those articles. Ile observed, that in consequence of the great extent to which smuggling had been carried, the honest ma nufacturer had to contend in his trade with those who purchased tobacco at one-tenth of therice at which he was enabled to procure It. It rasa fact that the Exchequer had been injured in its receipts in consequence of those enormous duties. Ile trusted therefore, that the ('hantelloc of the Exchequer would endeavour to lighten this enormous tax. Mr. BRIGHT arid die temptation to which persons were ex posed, wan so very great that it was not to wondered at if smuggling was carried on to a great extent. The duties on tobacco were no less than 1,000 per ant., and if this were not the case there would be very little smuggling indeed. The repeal of the tax would have two good effects--t he one, that a greater sum would be paid for the duties ; and the other, that it would prevent the great donors'. isaticn to which smuggling led. There were so many ways in which the illicit goods had been conveyed into this country; often under potatoes, often concealed beneath stones, and often among herrings : these circumstances proved equally bow great was the temptation to smuggle, and how easily it wax eflcctul. lie trusted, therefore, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would take this subject into his moat serious consideration. It was a most aint. fact that the petition, mar laid before the Douse, contained the names of many large capitalists in the business, who had declared, that for several years they had scarcely made any profit,and not un frequendy last by the trade. It was a very hard thing that honest men should be unable to deal on as advantageous terms as rogue. —Ordered to be rioted. Mr. CHET% IiND moved, that an addressabould be presented to the King, to order a return of all the dish:ars/mean made by the Treasurers of the different counties in England and Wales.— Granted. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from the Tannas of the count y of 'Wexford, praying for a repeal of the Duda on Leather. —Ordered to be pante& Mr. WODEMOUSE gave notice, that on Wednesday, Meath 10th, he should awe fir leave to bring in a Bill for theuralle,•• tloo of Duties au Beer. 'lt. HUME gave Notice that he should move, that there be laid before the House an account of the issues of all Probate and Ad ministration Stamps wince the pausing of the Act of 33 flea. SirJ. NEWPORT gave noticed a similar application relative to Ireland. Mr. MA lIERI.Y grave notice that he should take an early op portunity of moving for a repeal of the whole of the Assessed Duties. Ile observed that it was not in an way his intention to interfere with public credit; but he thought that, while his Ma. jesty's Ministers continued the Land Tax, they were bound to relieve theyeople from the bunhen under which they lay by the Assessed Taxes. COMBINATION LAWS. lard EASTNOR presented a petition from the fflechanies of the town of Sheffield, praying for • repeal of the Combination L•wa.—Referred to the Artisans' Committee. _ Lord MILTON presented a petition front. the borough of Ath lone, praying for a repeal of the laws concerning corporate rights. The petitioners stated that they knew nothing of thew IrePresen union but through the London Gif zette ; and that the borough was bought and ' sold like a horse or cow at a fair.—Laid on the table. Mt. GOULBURN rose to give notice, that MI the Gth May he should bring forward his motion relative to the Established Church in Ireland. Mr. GREY BENNET said that he should withdraw his mo tion on the same subject for the present. Mr. IWME said, that to-morrow (this day) he should move for returns of the consumption or all exciseable articles fur the last five yeani. Mr. BERRIES moved the third readingof the Transfer of Aids Bill.—Read and passed. Mr. BERRIES then moved the third reading of the Exchequer Bills Bill.—Read and passed. Mr. BERRIES also moved the third reading of the Reciprodty of Duties Bill.—Read and passed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. Mr. BRIGHT begged to ask the Attorney-General oh= it was his intention to introduce the Insolvent Debtors' Act ? The ATTORNEY.OENER,IL In a very few dale." DEALERS IN WOOL. Lord MILTON presented a petition from the dealers in wool residing at Saddlewurth, Yorkshire, declaring their concurrence in the liberal policy pursued by Gentlemen in regulating the com merce of the country ; but beggicl that they would not prematurely alter that system upon which the country had hitherto acted, particularly in the staple article armed. Mr. S. WORTLEY much preferred that the duty on wool shouhi continue than that it should be coupled with the free exports, as promised last night by his Right lion. Friend the Chancellor of the . Exchequer. Ile thought this was a subject highly entitled to in quiry, either by the Government or by the louse. The petition was ordered to be printed. SILK 3IANUFACTUREILs. ... --- Mr. ELLIS presenter! a pe tition from certain respectable silk manufacturers and Importers of silk, pray ing the House to consi der, before they made such an alteration in their trade as would be created by the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer last evening. The petitioners represauel that they had a considerable stock on hand, and that if the duty were immediately taken off, they must su ff er most materially. The duty on China raw silk was one-half its full value, and some of the petitioners had now above 50,0001. worth of that article. The petitioners prayed further, tbat the duty might be gradually repealed, • prayer in which the lion. Member said that he fully concurred. The duties repealed um these articles, as well as the bounties withdrawn on others, should go hand in hand. Mr. WALLACE asked if the petition was not signed by im porters ()fan ? Mr. ELLIS—By manufacture's and throwaten. DELAYS IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. J. W11,1141.131S ruse, pursuant to notice, to bring for ward his motion, and in doing so observed, that this was the second occasion on which lie hail to call the attention of the House to the subject of the delays in the Court of Chancery. If in doing so any one was of opinion that he meant to propose a plan ter the cure of such an evil—if any one so thought, he could assure them he would have long since withdrawn from the arduous undertaking. If gentlemen only considered the extent of the subject, and the evil which had accumulated, they must think that man more bold than wise, who would attempt to propose any specific remedy. The motion he intended to propose rested upon a principle directly the reverse, for he complained that too much bad been already done, with too little inquiry as to its propriety. To hint it was a matter of surprise—to the nation he was sute a matter of regret, that now II years ago a measure should have passed this House on suggestion alone—upon the niece recommendation of others—and without anything like sufficient inquiry. In the other House, too, a measure occurred wbien appeared to have for its object to expose, in all its nakedness, the peculiar dependence of one branch of the Legislature on the other, and that further mischief, that because they weft such inembeni, they should be considered as Judges upon ahsuact points of law. To him it was • question, whe ther such a . proceeding did not considerably al act the hi g h es t judi cial Colin to this kingdom. lle contended, that a proper interfer ence should then have taken place, and the House of Commons should not have been mere idle spectators. In former times that was not the conduct of this House. In the time of James I. whin there was no such Court of ChanceTy as now existed, the Boise might recollect, that on the suggestion of Sir E. Coke, when the 12 tiotnishmen were brought up upon the yoluqtaey hafeentatieft (butylby the Master of the War 4 of that time, there was e s objection to instituting an inquiry. On such an accident, ter it was nothing mote than en accident, the Douse of Commons of that day formed way into A . pluhd Committee of Justice, and made vigilant in. 1l