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011ee, aced need these fee two. yeate. . Death .teek that Water ;
asetbereas to work at it—the cause well WI heChaseiwy, odd was
yes bet epees yews of alp. (at legq"). This-dle/ag was sae of
=Wean themes it sae seidedisa Wes Mauled of the be-
ibed toOsallowallosslide of the telbsiges while at
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Giodeoneweld tint even in the drys of Aram • bell ba. Chew.
eery yes wpsdoi with hams • Is that delisted hook the Seiko
was esesomesildto use seemilthig tekeshissli eet. la ark se the
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;fir, the Squire was advised to throws be with a MII,
t7mir , wiksh—
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• .-- " Omsk. her weary of her life.'
the. sabots to hadog a sok lit eltiostey, she wood
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the odd weisitedeed of that woad
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with
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oft. red); beliddiet sill lie (Mr. .
howdawydateda.,, As Hossusabie Illeolter g
thelooser. . Ted spilt of logo* wee Assad So *at ha,
twig; of use of ibe Sadows. Tel Awed this g•weelved kW(
s Ibeeessittbemiesse at laqdry hue the laws a hoskid.
Victor oldish* befterand &elude roma* bat the utheessee I=
goo. ' • Ile Maws haw *or ia- 'whim woad wow he
wherbor le WO Is beigaleseiula milk et stbaaa plaaairliVit
it. fit, ho ushagoaat should esetieste es they were? Was h.
worthy at the OWN et • in the country ? (Hear) War
it no dhows* sold behind-head with other countries? Mean
Was he We se eafted, was he to chalk out the line of
meet? Be tuflAs-be asked whether he was himself edab
the remedy he all the evils he complained of? It would-here
answer to bin to ask such questions—had the [loupe no examples
of • revision ? was there no modern attempt ? did not the King s(
Bavaria lately introduce a general penal code ? had they not as
ecample also in a neighbouring kingdom? did not that mast
singular man furnish a code of laws to his country worthy at-the
admiration of the world ? an individual of whom it might be add
as of a distinguished character of antiquity (Cesar),
l'citnium assuesceret rebus nallitaribus.
In his erten of laws lie had left behind him a lINNIIIIINIIII
which will last when the memory of his virtues shall hod
fie away. (Hear, heat). His laws, to use the slang niche Cants,
been tried and worked well, and were the best legacy that
:'coos person had bequeathed to his country. (Hear, boo
fl ''. or.ourable and learned Gentleman then proceeded d reed
II extracts from the work of a Mr. 31iller, on the East of
Chancery. Mr. Milla, in enumerating the various impediments
thrown in the way •-of causes in that Court, calls the delay a
a crying evil." Me (Mr. Williams), would not of himself assert
pry,things contained its that book, in which he. however, most
concurred; but now they were puPlici juril, and of course
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.ffivir
man bad a right to repeat them. Ile says that Lord Eldon
'lts not since he came into power followed the course of general
Erh
vensein, nor has he assimilated the practice in his Court to the
e of society. 'I hat Learned Lord, he says, " would have
t change more necessary, had he contemplated the length of
his reign." He goes on to say, that now, at the age of seventy-
Ere, he is• likely to look on office not so much a public
taus: as a private source of emolument ; that he never was in the
habit of hawing the truth spoken to him, to the feeling with respect
to the practice in his Court. that the last passport to his favour was
extraordinary mediocrity of abilities. ( A laugh.) 11 e (31r. Williams)
would have never used such language as this if he did not find it
already printed. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded to
Peed several other extracts (men the same work, and in conclusion
said that the author could have been influenced by no other motive
than that of doing his country a service. The Learntd tiantleman
went on to say, that theprseure of that Court called for the inter-
ference el the House. It was inconsistent with the growing in-
setted of the people—it was inconsistent with the progress of arts—
Allan a strong censure on the jurisprudence of the country, that it
- gilded fall and lag behind the general improvements in the acquire-
kents , a people, and the increasing civilisation of the country.
44180 N bore testimoy to the respectability of Palmer,

petitioner. _
iMITH owned that he might bean incompetent witness
;gaestion as the one before the•Houaa, and was ready
the duties of the Noble Lord at the head of the
were more arduous and important than those of
111bIle In the country ; yet be was anxious to state to the
facts which bad come within his experience, as grow.
present system of that Court. The Hon. Member
. ease.in whirl be had been advised by his Solicitor to
the to of 5001. justly due to him, rather than get into
In another case he had been assignee to a bankrupt,
rs were in Chancery 23 years, without any prospect of I
settled. At that period he met his ,Hon. Friend the
Taunton, by accident, at Bath) and he beaus. a large
be bankrupts estate, they consented to settle the bus:-
three hours they had done what the Court of Chancery
044 t. lin three-and-twenty years. He agreed with his Hon.
Ilid•Learned Friend that the existing institution of the Court of
Oblecery was inconsistent with the enlightened state of the
Wilinetty ; and he thought the country indebted to his Hon. and
losarried Friend for the speech he had made that night.
Mr. E. ELLICE admitted the greatness of the hardships corn-
tiled of in the petitions submitted to the Howie by his Hon. and
ed Friend, but he could assure him that they were trifling in
idevparison with cases of persons in trade, engaged in every descrip-
Ail industry. lie did not mean to disparage the talents and
ants of the members of the Commission which had been
to inquire into the state of the Court of Chancery, but
ZillTsittederi they possessed were so limited as to prevent them from
erecting any great good ; besides, the commission was not of a suf-
ficiently extensive constitution ; he did not think that the subject
connected with this inquiry should be confined to the members of
the learned profession. There was a practice in the Court of which
'his Hon. Friend (Dr. Lushington) was one of the members, which
was that of referring cases to the Register and a certain number
of merchants, by whom they were satisfactorily adjusted. He
would not say that their advice should be adopted, but he certainly
o some valuable suggestions worthy of at.
part of the proceedings in the Court of
particularly deserving of attention and re-
fer in which investments of money were made
eery. This was a grievance which peculiarly
matte& He could speak of this hardship, as
of it, in having the superintendence of pro-
of minors, the eldest of whom was only II
resorted to the Court of Chancery for pra-
t,' unpleasant consequences that might arise
ianagement of the property, and what he had to
-A the investments made in the Court of Chan-
'hree per cent. Consols. This people may
.t in the event of a war a fall might take
At deterioration of the ptoperty. There was
flaunt of Stior 35 millions—a sum equal nearly
floating debt, which was placed its this fund,
oven to the person placing the money in Chan.
in any other way, so as to make it more pro-
should recollect theconsequences that followed
depreciation then took place to the great in.
of those whose money was so situated. In
: Queensberry certainly a considerable in.
as when the moneg was brought into Chan-
cery the stock was at 5.t., and subsequeatly rose to 9fi per cent.
He had another instance in his own experience of the evils of the
'present system, created by delays. It was in the prosecution of the
leleovery of a suns not iecceding 1,6001. He had given repeated
' rendances. and although the expenses were between 3 and 4001.,
'the matter stood now pis! where it was at the commencement.
(Hear, hear.) The evils of this nature were so multiplied and
great, that he was satisfied, if the country was canvassed, and its
sense taken, the people would prefer to have the Court of Chancery
altogether abolished, sad preserve the Common Law Courts alone.
I Near, hear.) Ministers ought in take up the real reformation of
this Court, and not leave all the odium which attached to the
'present evils that prevailed, to be borne by one individual, who could
'rot possibly attend to it himself. He hoped the Right Honourable
Gentleman (Me. Peel) who had already carried so useful and ex-
. anent a Bill this Session. calculated to introduce great benefit in one
department of the administration of the law, would extend his at.
tertion to this Court, and aim at the reform of abuses there which
hail grown to a height which was beyond all endurance. (Hear.)
The SOLICITOR-GENERA la observed that his Hon. and
Learned Friend (Mr. William!) had divided the subject which lie
brought before the notice of the Howse that night into three heads ;
' Best, the nature and constitution of the Court of Clitineery—ore.
•ondly the formation of the Conurbation at present prosecuting an
Ihquiry into the proceedings and practice of the Court of Chancery
-end thirdly, the five petitions complaining of delay, which lie
'had laid on The table Of the House. He (the Solicitor-General)
would commence with the petitions, respecting which he was glad
he hear his Hon. Friend remark that lie would not itaawer for their
propriety or accuracy ; but that is his capacity as a Member of
Pstliament, he did (as it was his duty to do) introduce times peti-
*- thins and lay them on the table of that House, lodeld be ermald
not disparage theiudetent of his Hon.-140d, by to appomiag tbat
his judgment assent to the truth aid' silbstacy d am vs.
stated and prayed for in these petitlailit. assiVer amp*
• cons rightly, it was best to take them sword* isaaske aboli
;entente. The Bret was from Seem* P the
perish or Ncwington, in Surrey ; an inaininiVeriantabilialf-
Peet (he meant nothing disrespectful-by the itallieS) sou vary
much in the inteyesui of the Hon. Member for eitalltat
rained to the Elephant and Castle Clarity.
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thought theTmight offer
tention. There was one
•Cbancery which was pan
dress it was the manner
in the Court of Chancery.
'affected minors and lunatic
he bad recent experience of
petty to a large amount., o
years. A person naturally
traction to guard against an)
from a mistaken managem
complain of was that the i
eery were placed io the tin
purchase at 94 or 95, but i
phee to 60. to the great de
now money to the amount
to the whole of our floatini
apd no option was given to
eery to dispose of it in any
Stable. The Rouse shout
the American war : a depri
convenience and injury of
'the case of the Duke of
erea•e haJ taken pla-T,