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• v.-- 4 . . , ;i•, , L . . • , - „ 1 / 4. ,,____ .. .....,, ...-._ ek ,,,,,• ---- . • . . • :- `c, - 1?-410 -,-.)-,,,, ' •:.?' f . ,, 4 *, , gatiVOAtm ._ U , brii, 7:77 Itt-1q,,,,..z..04..„ /gar ii qa 4' A, , , la:+ 7244 . t tti STICE. /1 3 apps- ait) 4,w0 71) ~~ C'rr►~r~ work, proved ieatre. iteTVOI Aintirf s eXs t said, N B 13, R 9869. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1824. PhlcE SEvE-NPRico.E. CTVA Ll.l G-OFF April 29, 1824. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His ilidlES7'rS AT,- I FT, 4-e. do hereby give , 4 'otice, that on Friday, the 7th of May nest, they will re,ey to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat 'f'd'r tee "undtrmentioned .Irticles, to be delivered into His 41 4festy's Victualling Stores, viz.:— ' • • Articles. Quantities. Periods - of Delivery. CREESF 4O 'runs As may be demanded. 'IT'I"rER ...... •• • • - 20 --- Half by the 20th May, BlScurr MEAL: l6OO Sacks ' PEASE 1000 Quarter and the other half by I 'LOCTR. (Kiln-dried) 600 Sacks the 10th June. RAISINS (New Black}3o 'roesSmyrna) By the 10th June. `l-OBACCO (Virginia I 36 -- Leaf) cE f East Indta .. 5-- tearolina hi 10 days from the date CALI - co PLANN EL 5,000-- `samples of the Pease (of not less than two quarts each, and (1.1 the Raisins and Rice (If nut less than two pounds weight eac h), will be required to 6c produced wi h the Tenders ; but Samples of the Calico and Flannel will be exhibited, at this The Conditions of the Contracts mar t be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in wordt at length, and int delivered before One o'Cloch on the day appointed; and he Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf; :must attend to -answer when called for, M. ir--ILLER CLrFTON. IRISH EQUITABLE LOAN BANK COM PANY, established for the purpose of advancing Money ° ll Pledges of Goods, Merchanclize, Plate, and other effects, at "'ere moderate rate of Interest than such .advances can at present be obtained; thereby affording assistance and relief to - Persons who may be involved in temporary difficuties, and who flay thus be'enabled to preserve their Credit, and to prevent the sacrifice of their Property; at the same time that a fair and moderate Profit may be realized for the benefit of the Proprietors• . vIcEPREsinENTs. • EDWARD ELLICE, Esq. M.P. THOMAS ELLIS, Esq. M.P. Sir JOHN NEWPORT, Bart. M.P. THOMAS SPRING RICE, Esq. M.P. .Sir ROBERT SHAW, Bart. M.P. JOHN SMITH, Esq. M.P. THOMAS WILSON, Esq. M.P. DIRECTORS FOR ENGLAND. T.floinat Bainbridge, Esq. Matt. P. Lucas Esq. sold. teats Brosyn; Esq: Simon M. Gillevnty, Esq. e, Esq. Hon. John Seslie Melville Russell Elli c Ebenezer Fernie, Esq. John Plummer, Esq. M.P. Nicholas Garry, Esq. I Benjamin Shaw, Esq. Richard Reale, Esq. John Abel Smith, Esq. DIRECTORS FOR IRELAND. Sir W. Betham Simeon Boileau, Esq. V. If—Carter, Esq. James Ferrier, Esq. AUDITORS • Vrampton, Esq. 't% T. Money, Esr Joseph Grant, Esq. Abraham Lane, Esq. John Rainsford, Esq. Thomas Pim, Esq. IA ENGLAND. H. Sykes Thornton, Esq. • sq• TREASURERS —Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. SoLlcrr olts—Messrs. Freshtield and Kaye. A deposit of 2/. on each share of 501. is to be paid into the banking House of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, on or before SATURDAY next, the lit of May ; and on MONDAY next, the 3d of May, Certificates will be ready for delivery.— Purther instalments will be called for only as the same may be r, equired for investment. And in the event of the Subscribers or their Assigns, failing to make good such ftir'dier deposit within one month after public notice being given so to do, al: 121eYious payments will be forfeited. 81st m. SYKES'S HISTORICAL PRINTS, TO -BE SOLD BY 'AUCTION, BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS, By i'dr. SOT'HEBY, at his house No. 3, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, on TUESDAY, 11th of MAY, 1824, and TWO following Days, at Twelve o'clock, P rifi E VALUABLE COLLECTION of k PRINTS, the P ro perty o f Sir MARK MASTERMAN sylcus BIT 5 t. of Sl ettmere House and Scttrington in' the Caunty of York. PART THE SECOND. ati;;lpy‘cyk: many ar ,, C °ln t ,Ptising a Selection of the Choicest Specimens of Rubens . Ork v s "of them Proofs ; the Miscellaneous Hollar ; a rich display of the Productions of nose of Artists, \V.. Woollen, and Sir Robert Trange, abounding in Rare Proofs and Etchings, including beautiful Proofs of the Death of General Wolfe; one in an que ° tate of the plate; brilliant Proofs by the most celebrated gravers of the Modem Italian' School, particularly the Last mapper, after L. da Vinci, by Raphael Morghen, La Madonna S. Sisto di Raffaele, by Muller, &c. &c. 1 0 13 9, OriS OF PRINTS, including Pennant's History of rote and 'Herbert's Lambeth Palace, illustrated ; a very 9 - P .e sting Collection of Prints and Drawings, -for the purpose illustratinf, LOrd Orford's seat at Strawberry Hill ; Elegant -rea rtfalios, -L„.-C it talogu es (P r i ce 2 s . 6d . ) may b e h a d o f M r. Par k er , O x f or d ; Rod r• Thorpe, Cambrid ge : M r . L a i ng , Edi n b urg h Messrs. g" and McArthur, Dublin ; Messrs. Bobinson, Liverpool; liessrs. Robinson and Bent, Manchester ;-McisrS. Longman 41 (1 Co, Paternoster Row ; Mr. Triphook, Band-street ; and 4 the Place of Sale. ht.Pd.:ipariTeeTssH. IRD, containing the Italian Prints, may be now In the Press, and will he published on Monday next, Price One Shilling, • REPLY to the authorized DEFENCE of the" ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PROJECT : to the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exche uer. " To establish a Joint Mock Company fur any undertaking, merely because such Corupany'rnight be capable of managing it s uccessfully ; er to exempt a particular set of dealers from !otne o f t h egeneral laws which might take place with regard t " their neighbours, merely because they might be capable of thriving, if they had , such exemption, would certainly not be reasonabhe."--(Wealth of Nations.) Published by John Richardson, Royal Exchange, and Rod- Well and Martin, Bond street. INTERESTING TO THE LADIES. LEONORA'S SANO OILS and PASTE, , he . and FINE LAVO CREAM. Recipe for the above most valuable and well-known t l i .t iele• having lain dormant for some time, through - the , "atti• of the Proprietor, and, front the many applications made by ' Nobility'and Gentry to the Grand Daughter of the above, as induced her to revive them. an° Oils and Paste, for eradicating and preventing the Tgliecoth Superfluous Hair, soli in packets, containing Di , . L . l °n l , and D epilatory, at Ss.'—Eleonora's Fine Lavo Cream, Tor n talatifyi ng prietors, 54 (2' the skin, at ss. each, may be had of the Pro - Gloucester st reet, Queen-square, Holborn ; also, Pro at 57, New Bond -street; 76 and 150, Oxford-street; 91, Pic cadinn Stradling, Royal Exchange Gate; Hix, front of RoYal Eitchange; and o f a l l der. l and Peifutners. the respectable Medicine Vets der THIS EVENING. NEW ARGYLL ROOMS. Ai R. HAWES' CONCERT will' commence at Eight o'Clock precisely. - - Full Particulars, and Tickets, Half-a-Guinea each, may be had of all'the principal Music Sellers, and of Mr. Hawes, 7, Adeiphi Terrace. HORSE, poG, AND CATTLE MEDICINES, Prepared•hy T. wATsoN, Druggist, Cambridge. THESE MEDICINES' have been for. many years in the highest repute, and are sanctioned by most Of the first Sporting Characters arid Agriculturists in the Kingdom, who have given the Proprietor their testi►nony in writing; and to whom the most satisfactory reference cats he given. - - - Spld in Packets, a: follows : . . s. d. Purging Balls (: doz.) ti 0 Cordial Balls ( doz.) 3 0 Diuretic Balls (- doz.,) 3 0 Alterative do. (1 doi.) 3 6 s. d. Mercurial Ball (each) 4 0 BlisteringOintraent (pat) 0 Distemper Balls (box) I 6 Manse Ointment (box) I 6 THE LIQUID BLIST.II. Tbis is atvailmirahle Preparation : it answers as a safe and effectual Blister, at the same time it does not blemish or in jure the parts, nor will the Horse rub or bite where it may .hare been applied; it is likerriie useful in sprains, Sparins, Inflammation of the Throat,. &c.—ln Bottles, at 2s. 41.6 d., and Bs. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE CORDIAL, An .excellent Medicine for the Staggers, Gripes, Scouring, &c. of Horses, Cows, Oxen, Calves, - Sheep, &c,, and is like Wise a Restorative Cordial fur Horses - after Racing, Hunting, &c.— In. bottles, at 3s. and Its. the late containing six of the swall. Sold by Messrs. But Chemists, No. 4, (;h•arside, and 220, Regent-steeet, London; Waterloo-place, Edinburgh ; and Sackeille-street, 7)ublin ; and by the Principal Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. Purchasers are requested to ask for Watson's• Horse,- Dog, and Cattle Medicines," and to observe his name and ad dress on the directions and labels, to preventAmpositions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Three boys were yesterday brought before the LORD MAYOR on charges of felony. One of . them was received by the Marine Society, one was taken home by his father, and great difficulty arose with respect to the mode of disposing of the third. The Lord Mayor alluded to what had passed on a former occasion with regard to 'the Refuge for the Destitute, and remarked upon the necessity for sonic other Institution, where temporary employment could be found for this class of juvenile' depredators. In consequence of the reports of what he had stated the other day, several of the most respectable citizens had come forward to express their willingness to lend their efforts to the establishment of such an Institution as that which he conceived 'to be so highly desir able. He had, amongst others, received a note to.the following effect " Mr. 'N. M. Rothschild presents his compliments to the Lord Mayor, and in reference to his Lordship's observations in The Times paper of' this morning on the cases of the three boys Woodtvard, Abbott, and Earnshaw cannot but. concur most seriously' with his L'ordship's remarks on the necessity of an Institution being formed for the retention of such juvenile de ' predatois . and others fbund in a state of destitution.' Should such an establishment be eventually formed either through his Lordship's or others' interference, Mr. Rothschild begs leave to offer 501. towards its support." Ills - Lordship biutrettirned an answer, in which he thanked Mr. Rothschild for his humane offer, and assured him that it was the conviction of his mind, founded' upon experience, that by far the greater number of juvenile depredations were occa sioned by the want of friends and employment. He had fully explained his feelings on the subject some months since to some active gentlemen of the Committee of . the Houseless Poor, and to others who had taken an active part respecting the London Workhouse. They seemed to accord with him, and they were to meet at the Mansion-house to form some plan for a perma nent institution. The London Workhouse was a large build ing, which might be applied. The Committee or' the Houseless Poor had very large funds in hand, which, with the aid of it viduals, and he hoped with the aid of the Corporation, the object might speedily be effected. His Lordship expressed his willing= , ness to give the use of the Egyptian Hall, if a public meeting were deemed requisite ; and.that he should be most happy to receive the co-operation of Air. Rothschild and his friends, and to afford every information and fatility. In consequence of this communication to Mr. Rothschild, Mr. MOntefiore offered . a personal subscription of 501. and a number of other gentlemen bad made similar offers. He was confident that benevolent individuals could not do greater ser vice than aid in the formation of such an Inatitution, which would rescue thousands from those demoralizing circumstances that precipitated those of the best nature into crime—afford relief to an infinity of cases that were continually arising —and save from the'gallows numbers who had' now no other chance than to live in wretchedness, and expire in infamy. The young prisoner, for' whom no asylum could be found, was then sent back to prison for further disposal. • MR. HUNT'S RADICAL COFFEE. BlAnutOnouou.STaiET.—resterday Madame de Gell, a foreign Lady, of very el egant appearance an d manners , wh o has repeatedly made similar complaints at this Office, applied to Sir (iEORGE Fan RANT, the Sitting Magistrate; for advice how to proceed to get rid of what she denominated a most into lerable'nuisance. This Lady stated that the Magistrates must be aware, from representations 'she bad made at this Office some Months ago, that Mr. Henry, Hunt had by'a stratagem got possession' of the shop and parlour of the house No. 16, Pall-mall, belonging to a relation of ,hers, a Colonel in the Army, because, had the Colonel known that his house was to be converted into a radi cal coffee-shop he never would on any consideration, have let it for such a purpose. Since that time the Colonel had in vain held out-every inducement to 111 r. Hunt to quit the premises, and proceedings are now being taken to effect that object bylaw. In the mean time Mr. Hunt is using every means possible of annoyance ,to drive .the Colonel and his family, who oceupy the upper part of the house from their abode and get the whole possession of the ho u s e to himself. In the first place, Madame de Cell said that Mr. Hunt's shop is never closed be fore twelve o'clock at night, and from ,the time it is closed until six o'clock in the morning, there is a constant influx of all sorts of persons to the premises—soldiers, women, &c., wheretheY daffy on the most uproarous tumult all night long. Dancing, or rather jumping in theparlour and shop, blowing horns, scraping fiddles, &c., and in fact such a loud and horrid discordance; as renders it -impossible to remain in the house.'— Indeed not one of the inmates had been able to get.any sleep for several nights ; and the people in the neighbourhood, who are equally annoyed and disturbed all night, are constantly coMplaining of the h ous e as a nu i s a nce, and, the Colonel not being at home, she knows not what to ; do. All these proceed ings, the Lady said, are sanctioned by Mr. Hunt and practised by. those MIAs employment. Sir GEORGE TARRANT said that he was extremely ,sorry, that he had no power to render her any assistanc e Of afford her any relief, as the practices she complained of were really shame ful; 'lf, however, any Ofthe'neiglibours felt that tile proceed ings carried on in the house were a nuisance, they might. in dict the parties who practised them, or suffered them to be con tinued. Madame de Gell then left the office evidently much disap pointed., and at a loss how to proceed. • Bus.° L A RY.-7-111fOrMatigIl was jesterdu .re ceived at Ilatton-garden Mite-office, of the dwelling-house of Mr. Wildy, of Noble-street, Spafields; being burglariously en tered on Tuesday night, between the hours of nine and ten O'clock. It appeared that the family were sitting in a backparlour When they were alarmed by the screams of an infant which had been sleeping'in the front parlotii, which was 'u'sed as a bed room. On Alrs. rushing in to .ascertain what was the matter, she foimd the infant lying on the floor; all the bed-clothes, with the bolster and pillows, were taken away, and many other articles which were loose in the roOni. The win dow was Open, and a hole . was cut in the sliuder,:through which the burglars raised the sash. In their hurry to tear the clothes off , the' bed, they dashed the infant on the floor, and • but for its screams, they would have probably- entirely emptied the room. The fellows effected their escape. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 29. The Irish Constabulary-Bill, County Treasurers' Bill, Re cord Bill, and the I nnkeepers.' Allowance Bill, were all read a third time.—Adjourned. I NDIA. THE TRADE OF SINGAPORE. [From the Calcutta Monthly journal.] We beg to call the attention of our readers to some interesting extracts of a letter from Singapore. They plaCed the local and cottirnercial advantages of that port in a we heartily rejoice at the suc cess of the first free corn m er 4 emporium: 41 empoum ever founded by our very strong point of views, and The resort of the Chinese to it nnaliusi4t4veir'y4 mthaet:efiraitilliya7tesneas tend to .increase this sperity, and al ready it appears that two-thirds of the population of the island consists of that race; who have thus voluntarily submitted Atm.:. selves to our Government, under a firm conviction of its fos tering care, and just and protecting principles. The expecta tions, too, that were formed as to the advantages of its situation for conducting a trade with, Siam and Cochin China seems likely to be realized, for already have two junks belonging to the latter country visited it with sugar, andJi ship belonging to the fortner with peper. This last iA said to be of an excellent quality, and is prefered by the Chinese to any other. The King of Siam himself sends annually 20,000 piculs to China, and the whole yearly produce •of Slain, is estimated at 80,000 piculs. . Its cultivation is principally confined to the coasts of th e Gulf of Kainhoja, and theprincipal Opper ports are Chan tibutt and 'Tung-yap. This branch of trade thus likely to be brought to our ports is a very valuable one, inasmuch as it fur nishes us with an article of trade with China, which its inhabi tants highly prize,- and we are convinced that the present libe ral and enlightened Resident at Singap'ore, assisted as be will be by his local infOrniation and experience; will not fail' to eh sure this advantage to his country by availing himself' of all the means in his poWei for that purpose. "Th is will be the more _easily effected, from the *circumstance that the Siamese receive .our goods in exchange for their own from the Chinese, with the additional-charges of . fVeight and other incidental expenses, while the" can procure them at a much lower rate at our ports. The sugar of Cochin China is of that description called diva sugar, and is produced in' almost all the provinces, but particu larly in those of Fti.:yin and the capital—Hue —lt is very white and Oa fine grain.. The French have exported a.considerable quantity, and .11. Bore], the agent of a Bordeaux house resid ing at 'Futon and Hue, had 20,000 piculs ready for the next French ship in the latter part of 1822. A s t h at s hi p, how ever, was late in arriving, it is presumed that the cargoes of the two junks alluded to in our extracts from the letter may, have composed part of .ita We beg to refer our readers to the letter itself for.further information. SINGAPORE, JULY 9, 1323. ":Singaf3nre is one-Ofthe worst places for an idle persOn that can well be imagined:. I. see all around me so busily engaged' in their several occupations of buying, selling, Scc. that I.can-, not helplioking upon thy Self 'as an intruder, or as being of a , different nature: - It is so different in 'Calcutta; there yim have libraries,. newspapers, and various Other means of passing the time agreeably, and at the slime time berieficially, and it the hoUrS should hang heavy, yOu have the . pleas ure of seeing many others in the same hopeful- state of idleness: But enough of these complaints; the climate ag rees w ith mei an d . I manage wonderfully well. Igo out with my gun every morning .at daylight, and seldom retur n before breakfast-time,—never mind whether I kill any thing or not. After breakfast I study Malay, read the Encyclopmdia Britannica, pore over the learned pages of the liarkura., and occasionally have the delectable pleasure of writing long epistles (like die present) to my. friends. " The trade-of Singapore continues. brisk, and the quantity ofgopds imported and. afterwards exported, are rapidly inereas ing, but opium will always be the staple commodity. The trade with home is greatly enlarged this season. There is one free trader completing her ladin g for London in the roads, and two or three are daily, expected with large investments of Eng helm goody. The king of si ani v s Ai)) has been here with a cargo of pepper, which froth its Superior quality met with a ready sale, and ,she has returned to Siam for more. We have also two junks belonging to the EmPeror Of Cochin China. daine here with cargoes of silt ar, which they have advan tageously disposed of, and are now on the point of returning to their own c ountry.. It is the first .mercantile speculation i n which his Cochin Chinese Majesty has engaged, and was un dertaken, I believe, More for experiment, and a desire of gain ing information respecting Singapore, than with the view of profit. The chiefs of these Junks are respectable people, and appear to be inen,of some authority. " The dispatch with Whieli the town Of Singapore is rising in size and beauty, certainly reflects great-credit on its late Go vernor (Sir S. Raffles) as also on t h e i n d ustry an d activ i ty of the inhabitants. The left bank of the river, Which a few months since was nothing but an extensive marsh, is now, by levelling a small hill in the vicinity, converted into a fine plain of solid. ground, which is laid out into streets and squares, and a great nuMber of good sUbstanti#l. briclt houses are built, and many more in progress. Along the -banks of .the,river several exten sive godowhs and commercial establishments are completed, some of which belting to wealthy Chineseniezchants, Whose enterprising spirit contributes not a- little to the prosperity of Singapore. The Government haye by no means been behind in die construction of the necessary roads, bridges, &c.— The bridge over the river is now almost finished, arid the road which is now in progress through the morass at the back of th 4 town, will soon make a large track of land ,(now lying Useless) a valuable acquisition for building ground and small gardens, &c. The Chin ese constit ut e more 'than two-thirds of die- present inhabitants, and the demand for labourers and mechanics is so great, that numbers are flocking from all the Dutch Ports in Rorrieo and . the Straits. The lends which. have been cleared' are already • covered with flourishing crops of pepper, coffee, .and gamble (terra japonica or khut), and in , short the little colony presents the : most flourishing and happy specimen of the effects of a liberal and equitable system of Government with which we are acquainted. It ever, there was a free port in every sense of the word, it i s Singapore. It is the same to all nations and tribes without dis tinctitm. All leases of lands, farms, contracts, Government bills', and all other things that are disposed of by the Resident, are put up to public auction, and sold to.the higbeat bidder—. a plan which gives, and ever must give, universal satisfaction for this teasonthat ityirecludes -all partiality or cause - of com plaint." MELANCHOLT AccisENT.—A letter from Nia gara,.,dated Feb. 14, says On Sund a y, i n . t h e Ri ver , be tween Lewiston Ferry and Queepston; •Mrs. Gordon, (wife of idmes Gordon; Esq. and daughter of T. Meiriett, Esq.) with her daughter and another young lady; Miss Stevens; of Lew iston, embarked i n a ferry boat, at the ferry on th e A mer i can shore, with' E. Smith, f erryman ; when ab out t h e m iddl e o f t h e river; Smith saw a Cake of ice coming dOwn, and in order to avoid it; got into a whirlpool, which instantly sucked'the boat from underneath the passengers and ferryman ; when the boat came up, it was bottom upwards, and the ladies and fer ryman clung to it as long as they could; the scow crossing the 'river from the British shore at the time, went down to their re lief, and picked up Mrs. Gordon and Smith,. and made every oreition to pick up the two young ladies, but in vain. When Mrs. Gordon w as ta k en i nto t h e scow,' she- had no appearance of life, and was hi ought .ashore to.thp ferry-house .on this side. Medical assistance was procured,_ and every pleans tried for her . recovay, which proved ineffectual. The bodies of the two young ladies have not yet been found. Mrs. Gordon's corpse was removed to her father's house, at St.. Catharine's, and interred in the church-yard there on Tuesday. Mrs. Gor don was in the 33d year of her age,. and her daughter in the "13th, year, andhas left a disconsolate husband, with • one son, ,apd her aged parents and family, to lap - lent this afflicting dis- , pensaticn of Vrovidence.” LORD •ELDON. [Front the QUARTE RLY Rtlrl NW.] OBSERVATIONS * on the JUDGES of the COURT CHANCERY, and the PRACTICE and DELAYS corn. plained of in that COURT. Concliided from THE gIIN giyesterday: ) Upon other parts of this Report, shewing different, ,suc cessive increases made to the dutiei of the present Chancellor. (such as proceedings by habeas corpus, &c. &c.) hav e not time to dwell ; suffice it to say, that in every minute ramification, as in the greater branches of business, Lord El don's labour has exceeded what was ever before imposed on Any Chancellor. • But there is another great and , important branch of judicial duty attached to the station of Lord Chancellor which requires particular notice ; namely, the presiding in--the appellate juris diction of the House of Lords.: The accumulation. of undecid ed causes in this high Court of Parliament has excited even more attention than the delays in Chancery ; and we haVelately seen, that the extent of inconvenience has' been admittetL. and, attempted to be remedied by the appointment of a Deputy .Speaker, and the compulsory attendance of certain Lords, in. rotation, in order to get-rid of this accumulation. In this re gulation, (as in the case of the Vice-Chancelloi), the detractors' of Lord Eldon recognize an adinission, on the part of his col leagues, of the delays of his administration ; 'hut it is no such , thing is an admission, indeed, of. that truth which nobody but the traducers' have been bold enough to deny-the in crease of busihess=but neither his 'Lordship's cOlieagues, nor any other candid person in any degree acquainted with the facts of the case, can impute to Lord Eldon any undue delay in the disposal of this class of business—on this, point, the nature of the ProceedingS enables us to bring the matter to clear arith metical admeasurement, and we shall shew, beyond all possibi lity of contradiction, that Lord Chancellor Eldon has exceeded in diligence of attention, and in rapidity of decision, the most diligent and the most rapid of his predecessors. , • The following statement of the number of controverted ap peals and writs of error determined in the House of Lords by every Chancellor, from Lord Ilardwicke•inclusive, com pared with an equal period of Lord .Eldon's administration, will astonish those of our readers who only know of this mat ter what they learn in newspapers and Parliamentary debates; and will silence, we are confident, all such charges for the future. - Lord Harwicke, in 20 years, (1737 to 1756,) 235 cases. Lord Eldon in 21.1. years, (11101 to 1822,) 469 cases. Twice the number. Lord Northington, in 10 years, (1757 to 1766,) 136 cases. Lord Eldon, in 10 years, (1813 to 1822,) 307 cases. Three time: the number. - Lord Camden, in 4 years, (1784 to 1769,) 69 caseF. Lord Eldon, .in 4 years, (1813 to. 1816,) 214 cases. Above three tithes the number. Lord Apsley, in.B years, (1771 to 1778,) 172 cases. ,LOrd . Eldon, in 8 years, (1813 to 1820,) 325 cases. Above twice the number. • Lord Thurlow, in 14 years, (1779 to 17920 196 cases. Lord Eldon, in 14 years, (1809 t 0,1822,) .-453 cases. Greatly above twice the number. Lord Rosslyn, in 8 years, (1793 to 1800,),, 122 cases. Lord Eldon, in 8 years, (1013 to 1820,y 325 cases. Greatly above twice s the number, This detail, extracted from the journals of the Lords, speaks (to use a trivial, but here the appropriate phrase) volumes; and we cannot help further observing, as a curious coincidence, that Lord Eldon has, in twenty years; decided 29 appeals more than Lords Hardwicke, Northington, and Ctiniden, all together, decided in thirty-four years ! 'Nor must it be oinitted, that since the Union the Irish appealshave come in addition to , the na tural increase of the business of the House of Lords. They are generally questions of great weight, length, and intricacy, anti we ourselves know of one case, which, after having, in one form or another, during a period of near .thirty years, passed through all the Irish Court, _was decided by the Lords with a celerity which surprised both parties, and rescued one of them prom the ruin which a rich, obstinate, and litigious adversary had almost accomplished. We ,know that those who cannot refute the foregoing;im portant statement as to the decision of appeals, will endeavour to attenuate Lord Eldon's merit by saying that he has sat a much longer time for the determination of these appeals than his predecessor did. We admit it ; it is our case—we praise Lord Eldon, not for deciding without hearing, but for hearing with the most exemplary patience, and yet deciding, in fact, so great a number of the 'most important class of causes. But, on the other hand, if the pressure of the appeals has forced Lord Eldon to give up so much more of his time to them, every mo rnent'of that time has been taken-Lnot From toys, nor mirth, nor wine,' but•from the Court of Chancery, where, nevertheless, he has, as we have seen, done nearly twice as much business as Lord Hardwicke. It, therefore, the undecided appeals have accumulated, the inconvenience cannot be attrilnited to Lord Eldon, who has done about twice as much of this elasi of: business 'as was done by any of his predecessors, and thrice as much as was disposed of by others. But we have some other observations to make ivhich will put Lord Eldon's dispatch of the judicial buiinesa of the House of . • •J, • LOrds in a still more st riki ng point of view. It must not be forgotten that the Lord Chancellor is Speaker - of the House, not merely in its legal but 'in its legislative and political capa city, and that the increased demand on his time on the latter account must diminish the quantity which he can dedicate to his legal duties either in Chancery or in the Lords. There is no record of the number of hours during which their Lordships, sit, but that the length and frequency of their meeting on the subjects of public interest have increased, is notorious;. and there are some circumstances which may enable us to approxi mate to a tolerably fair comparison between the Pailiarnentary duties imposed on Lords-Hardwicke and Eldon respectively. • We, find by the, Lords'. Journals, that in the year,l7so that. House sat 52 days, and record of their proceedings is compris ed-in 75 pages of the Journal. In 1810 the House sat 94 days, and, the record- Of its proceedings occupies 402 pages of the Journal. ln 1750 there were passed 40 p u bli c . an d 33, pr i vate Acts of Parliament ...—in 1810, 119 of the former . , and 334 of the latter—double the quantity of time (even if their Lordships sat only the same number of hours in each day) ,and six times the . quantity of space, and more than six times the quantity. of business. We think we may venture, from these premises, as well as from general notoriety, to assert, that the Chan cellor's Parliamentary duties are at least doubled since the time of Lord Hardwicke. Before we conclude this head, we beg leave to say a word or two witb.a view of correcting some nonsense - which has, been written and some nonsense which has been talked, on the sub- jeat of the new- arrangement,: tir which' thtet Peers have Ice balloted, to sit each day with the DepUty'Speaker for the hair- - ing of Appeals. .Periodical - tviettets'hate admitted into their F pages,' ard newstisper ieporters haVe put into the mouths'of ;Peers, the mutt gioss•rnierepresentations Of this matter. Is ee it to be b orne, ' sa y t h o S e objecttfrs, that thejudges of `-peals shall be seeded b'ballot, witliotit discriminatien . of .any personal qualities` ,i iielitnaylit or' may .aisable a Peer to perform so nice and ;cotiacientiotis ' a • duty ; and under such ' absurd regulations theethere Must be a new set of these l;;I -loted judges every day ; so that those who bear the cause ‘•pleaded one day ate not to decide upon it the next, and these • , who are called upon to the decis'on of to-day can never be the Ranee who heard the arguments of yesterday ?' This -Objec tion, which we baie stated in, its full strength, is platOble only to those who are whollyAmorant of the ineaning.of the individual propesition, and:: of the general custom arid Con stitution of the Houses of Parliament. In each of them a certain number of Members is necessary to constitute a House—forty Members in the Commons, and three 'the Lords: -without the preseneebf the requisite number of Mem bers the 'louses cannot proceed to any business,* and are -ipso facto adjo u r ne d. To the ordinary Meetings tirthe Honees; - the Members, In duced by duty or curiosity, or party, generally come in sufEcient number, and if they happen now and then to fail to make a house, as it is called, - no great inconvenience, public or private, ensues. But if the Rouse of Lords *ere to attempt to mee t every morni ng at ten -o ' c l oc k , and -to sit bn law business till five; and then on public husinees indefinitely longer, it is, luite certain that, without some emnpulsatory regulation, no House would lie nzade at ten o'clock, and the suitors Who had feed their lawyers and incurred the necessary expences for any particular day, would be disappointed, and, we add, defrauded, by the • adjournment of the flouse The time of the Law-lorci ap pointed to preside mould. be equally wasted, for Eeniust sit from ten till four, waiting to see whether. any extraordinary accident should bring three Peers deiwn and constitute the Court. In or der therefore to ensure the dispatch of business, which no one would voluntarily attend, and to secure the suitors from the ruin ous effects of adjournments. for which no Peer would be indivi dually responsible the Ileuse'of Lords resolved to compel,un der a heavy penalty, the attendance, durine the whole daq, of it sufficient number of Pee r s. Th e y are c h osen by ballot, to obviate any suspicion that the Court could he paCked for any individual cause, and their attendance is compelled for one day, and not for one case, because, the cases being of Verious and in&fitfite lengths, the Peers might be unequally subjected to this-duty, to the obvious derangement of their private concerns, and even of their public occupations. Moreover, as the duration of each case_ world be douhtful; how was the attendance of the next :et of Peers to be ensured ? if a case appointed for one morning should go off by compromise or early decision, how were the Peers ap pointed for the next case to be collected ? and Wafter a case was once begun, one of the Lords, by death, or by sicknesS, or any other un c o n t rou l a bl e cause o f a b senc e , was interrupted in his aAtendance, what was to become of - the case ? and how we the waste of time, the expence, and the anxiety to be repaid to the suitors ? The House of Lords, - therefore has judiciotsly provided by a compu l satory attendance for the daily existence of the Court; but the compulsatory attendance of the three nominated Peers, does not interfere with the voluntary attend= ance of any others ; and if those who have been compelled to hear the beginning of the cause feel themselves inclined and able to give their attendance during its continuance, they may and ought to do so—their right and their duty to sit as Judges in every *use is not impaired by their being obliged to attend one or two days in the session to constitute the Court. Persons' may object altogether to the constitution and practice of the. appellate • jurisdictiOn. With that question we have at pre_. sent' nothing to do—it affects' the ancient constitution and practice of the House, and is in no wise connected with the new arrangement; which makes no kind of change in the tri &final, but only ensures to the suitors that the tribunal shall: exist: • • We have thus laid before our readers incontrovertible prOof of the vast increase of business which must be perforrnediere the Lord Chancellor,—an increase that the assistance of a Vice,- Chancellor, or a M aster o f t h e R o ll s, ( w hi c h can apply only to one branch of his labours and that not the most urgent) ee does not and cannot countervail ; and we trust that our. readers must be, as we ourselves most conscientiously are, convinced that the wonder ought to be, not why there ie so' mach arrear, but that there is so little. But that which is little, when compered with what the Chancellor has done, is,. we , admit, too much, with regard to the interests of the public at large. It is clear f r o m t h e exper i ence of • past yearsatiti the future promises to increase rather than diminish tlie convenience—it is clear that the time and strength of any 'one man are unequal to accompliSh all that is now expected from a Lord Chancellor. It has beceme therefore the duty of Lord Eldon himself and of the Government, 'to consider how this evil can be remedied Our reformers Would fir dno 00414 y 4 Separate,'_ they say, the judicial from' the, political. func tions of the Chaneellor,'—or take away his guardianship wards or lunatics,'—or • relieve him from the cases of bank ruptcy,' —or abolish his appellate jurisdiction over the Vice- Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls,'—er • separate the bench from the reoo/eade,'—in short, do any thing that may lower s dismember and degrade this great office, and the reforrners promise that all the evil they complain of will vanislre-evii . verily believe it would t Let.the: office be shorn-of its dignity'• and circumscribed in its authority,—let it be no longer neces sary for Ministers to fortify themselves with the King and with the people by their choice of a Chancellor—let that officer be no' longer the keeper of the conscience of the former and the fliir guardian of the rights and properties of the latter—lowefein short, the scale by which Chancellors have been hitherto chosen; • and we are perfectly satisfied that this new officer will hayeno arrear of causes nor accumulation of appeals ! That respect, . that confidence, which has loaded with petitions for justice the • desks of Hardwicke and Thurlow, and overloaded that of Eldon; 'e will cease to operate ; and either some new authority ninsiebe constituted in the state, of rank, ability,' and weight equal'e6 those which'now distinguish the Lord Chancellor, or the coin- ' plaints (not of 'party rivals or petty practitioners, hut) of the whole nation thirsting after the purest fountain of justice, War oblige us to retrace our mischievous innovations and to re-ere:he in ' •if possible, his pristin e au tho r ity, a L or d Nigh Chancellor of England. But without essentially impairing the office, something may ' perhaps he done by simplifying processes, by curtailing plead= trigs, by abridging forms, •by dimi n i s hi ng t h e intrieacieslit'e 4 which obstinacy and bad faith will try to escape, and from which it is so difficult to dislodge them. We have lately seen a case in which the Chancellor desired • to be furnished with an abstract of - the proceeding-4 to enable . him to give, judgment—the cas e was one i n ' w hi c h t h e sol i cite r e on each side might in two hours have agreed•en nproper NtAii. 4 7 El 7n t i r i e*ar periods of ment—the abstract however sent to the Clianeelloreeias'o fit::: , load of papers, which actUallycovered the floor ofhis:ehtimier - and would have consumed at least a whele month of his time._ These are the real evils of the practice of the Court of Chan ce R e o r l y l; in ati u d t th o ( b -y y t o r u el y uc r h t e h s er V i i n e c e r - e t as ' ierhape even if he give. his whole time to them,) cannedafeC'e • eually remedy. They are connected with tool:flan)" "letailseand, • the Chancellor himself (While he' a h t e te ant n hc tl e2 s ni° to 7 l t n i his other duties. or 4rtifith Off into toemany minute considerations produce all` that '' a t t 1 1 . y era ig is oto tro u n s t d o ,ec in is q i u on ire a i a to T tl h i ti es i e . n . i ip a ,o t r le n r itc s th i e may wq tp future• Chancellors the V o l te n h d a n n th cc e r d y i.m as b - . 7r . fect ctedy any .m nwi wisely l ; y . andin advisingve therefore his m t a h pj i ;N I i des k stoeyeop t cft l oo i a m ainu 4n tn i l o si as b t r h 3r : o ; l, E n a't . rr a t i i v e w'o c n ef , i g.o c el . i ll • learning ant' acute s oa t f i:tu C tio can e, namely, the ' ,4,iscri . nlinatiou of th a e n .:o 4lo : p is itsi, r i ev ii a si ti n t rc t a i a n tt p ioonn t o aos i fntaainkl those theearlier eye of the Judge and. which from their nature never meet Judge and even eetve • time when the cause conies under to postpone- the irrirriee diate cognizance. All that a Chancellor could do in thiatriatter • Lord Eldon has done, and the practice of hearing and deciding' t ee much on petition and on motion has had a great tendency this way, and has been a Mahe cause why the arrear has not et - ices which oceu h l rm"aene: been greater. These things a Commission' may contiibute to • • do—at least the experiment (might to be tried—we trust that it may be successful, and' we are the more anxious for this result, • because, with all our respect for the elder professors of the law, and all our hopee fie= the younger, we confeve we are not san guine that another 'Eldon will be speedily found; and we are satisfied that whoever destined (and lite may it be !) to suc ceed him; wilirequire all,the' concurrent assistance 'which can be given, to enable him 'to occupy with any' degree of •credit that station Which Lord Eldon has alreadyfilled for more yearete: ebith greater diligence and.a more establighed rePtitation, than any of his predecessors. , were Ef spa Were r ma' (I that Mr• iCthe eatre, ,mod , bk. DTI(' no a 1 hba rkins E ,iers- Beau that 4 0 to w ere re be 0 do jury ,then" • the with dant n bf This nion crest 'end• net g' Oil wai :es the 1 the f our ..e of of co/ ial e ll be ,at