The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-07 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1825.

.althotOi other Courts .might. His Lordship would- have no
difficu tyro thaPosing of the case on Friday.
After his Lordship had ceased, an application was made by a
. •gentleinattbehind the bar feri-a-ruotion to be put in the paper
for Friday. "
The LORD CHANCELLOR consented, provided the business
would permit it to be heard. There was a great deal of busi-
ness fixed for that day.
Mr. AGAR observed, that Friday was Seal-day„ and he had
something to say respecting the expences
.attending motions, in
consequence of the practice Of fixing motions for particular
days. -He referred to a case in which the eipence thus incurred
amounted to 1001.
.* The LORD CHAi;CELLOR—Gire me leave to say, that this
arises, Mr:Agar, partly froM vour.own pl;m—your list of ma.
tions. A:motion is put into the paper,and instead of the par-
ties attending, .a clerk, who knows no -more about it than my
-shoe, peeps in at the door of the hall, and goes away to the
:Master's office, and charges for attendance. -If the influx of
business respecting rall-roads„ canals, habeas carpus writs, and
- injunctions of endless length, continue,zhis inconvenience must
continue likewise. What can -the Court do, supposing a nio_
eiPn stands for Monday, v:diea one of:Triese'. long motions for
an -injunction, followed immediately by a motion for dissolti-
i.tion, intrudes, and swallows up the whole week ? It is very
desirable to find a remedy, but I cannot discover one. I have
'spent more time upon injunctions in one month than my pre-
decessors have in 12, or three times that period. There is an-
other class of business—writs of habeas corpus. It may-he re-
quisite that this branch of the Court should be applied to; but
'how many days have been spent upon these subjects ! -a/though
before I came here, I de not remember a single application
being made to this Court for writs of habeas corpus. If such a
matter comes before the Court, and last two or three days, can
any person deny that it is a subject which presses upon its
Consideration ? Yet bow can the Court hear the other matters ?
Mr. Rtatei—Has your Lordship observed the state of the
paper to-day ?
The LORD CHANCELLOR—I have looked at it; and it is
with reference to the state of it that 1 make these remarks. I
have been considering, whether it would not-be expedient for
me to direct the Registrar, when an application is made by a
gentleman at the bar for a motion being put into the paper for
a particular day, not to do so, if many motions stand for that
day. I was thinking of this very plan yesterday.
Mr. HEALD and Mr. HART approved of the plan here al-
' laded td by his Lordship.
The Loan CHANCELLOR—I have long thought that a man
who tries to remedy an evil, should.take care that he does not
'create a worse. In consequence of these intervening matters, I
have not heard a single appeal.
Mr. Acax—Nor ever will, my Lord.
The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed that Mr. Agar should
endeavour to suggest a remedy.
Mr. AGAR appeared to accept his Lordship's proposal, and
began to suggest, first, that parties who prayed for precedence
should pay all the expences of those who were delayed on that
day. The Learned Gentleman was proceeding to develop the
other features of his plan, when
The Lo RD CHANCELLOR recommended that he shoidd put
his ideas upon paper, in order that the scheme might be better
understood. Mr. AGAR expressed his readiness to do his best.
SHADWELL here suggested that the paper should now
be called ; which was done by the Registrar, and oue-of the
appeals was partly heard before the Court rose.