The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-27 00:00:00

MENTOR.

THE CHANCELLORSHIP.

(from the Kelso Chronicle.)
Moat of Our readers are aware of the inconvenience that
has been for many years experienced in consequence of the
onerous duties that had to be performed by the Lord High
Chancellor of treat Britain. He was Supreme Judge of
the Court of Equity—sat upon all cases of appeal, not only
from the Courts in England, but from those of Scotland and
Ireland—and was, besides, Speaker of the House of Lords,
in which capacity he not only presided during the Parlia-
mentary session, but was one of the chief advisers of the
Crown in all political matters. Two evils of great magni-
tude were thus entailed upon the community—one, that the
Judge in Equity and upon cases of Appeal was not inde-
pendent of the Executive, but removeable at pleasure—the
other, that this same Judge upon appeal was the very indi-
vidual who had sat as Judge in the Court below. The
business that had accumulated upon his hands—the cases
that stood over for decision—the enormous sinecures that
were created--and the dissatisfaction that prevailed—the
families who were thus irretrievably ruined, and private pro-
perty that was bound up in the Court of Chancery—have
formed the theme of unceasing complaint, both within and
without Parliament, for these last five-and-twenty years.
True it is that Lord Brougham has done much to put a
stop to the abuses that existed, and, after signalizing him-
self in the House of Commons, as the uncompromising op-
ponent of the corruptions to which Lord Eldon so long
clung with such pertinacity, has furnished a most triumphant
answer to the sinister remarks of those narrow-minded indi-
viduals who would make it appear that the taking office had
changed his views on the subject of reform in the Court of
Chancery. More remains, however, to be done.
We have not before us the whole of the reductions which
Lord Brougham effected during Lord Grey's Administra-
tion, but subjoin the following :

Present In- Do. of De- Future Saving
come of puty and Income.
£ expenses .
X £ £ £
Clerk of Hanaper ... ...... 2,800 550 200 3,150
Clerk of Crown
Clerk of Patents BlO 395 400 805
Registrar of Affidavits
Clerk of Custodies
Clerk of Presentations
Clerk of Dispensations
Patentee of Spa
Chaff Wax
Sealer
Prothonotary
Patentee of Bankruptcy 7,500 1,500 9,000

18,268 6,202 2,800 21,670
The saving thus effected has been disposed of in the fol-
lowing manner :-9,0001. to the suitors—they have been
relieved from fees to that amount ; 2,8341. have been paid
to the suitors' fund ; and 9,736/. have been paid to the ac-
count of the consolidated fund. Now, it is to be remem-
bered that all these offices were in the gift of the Chancel-
lor, and former Chancellors had given them to their rela-
tives ; that they had even been made the subject of mar-
riage settlements. Two of the officers (the Clerk of the
Patents, and the Registrar of the Affidavits,) were held by
the brother of the Lord Chancellor, which were abolished
instantly ; the others were abolished as they fell in. The
masters, upon an average, received 3,9001. a-year from
fees, &c. ; they are now paid a fixed sum of 2,500/.
a year each, and, as there are ten of them, the saving is
14,000/.. per annum.

The following are the reductions in the Master's office :
Present Future Saving to
Income. Salaries. Public.
Masters, averaging 3,900/. a-year £ £ £
each
Their chief clerks, averaging
1,300/. a-year each 13,000 10,000 3,000
The master of report-office. 4,3(X) 1,100 3,300
The registrars and their clerks 27,690 14,050 13,750
The two examiners

86,500 51,450 35,050
The masters are to be paid from the suitors' dead fund,
so that tl,e actual saving, in all future suits will be
the total of the masters' present income ..•
Savings by their chief clerks
Savings by registrars and clerks...

39,000
3,000
13,750

There has been thus an immediate saving to suitors, in
tw•o offices alone, of per annum
. _

55,750

Besides this and many other valuable reforms in our
Courts, Lord Brougham not only disposed of every cause
brought before him, but of all those interminable arrears
which had appeared so utterly hopeless to all other Chan-
cellors. Lord Brougham, however, saw that it was ne-
cessary to make a change in the constitution of the Court ;
and those who have witnessed his gigantic exertions can
bear testimony to the impossibility of any judge continuing
such laborious and exhausting efforts for any lengthened
time His Lordship accordingly brought forward a Bill,
two Sessions ago, to separate the judicial from the political
functions of the Great Seal.

MANCHESTER.--EXTENSIVE COMMERCIAL
FAILURE OF MESSRS. ROSTRON.—Yesterday the tow❑
was electrified by the announcement of the stoppage of the
firm of Messrs. Rostron, extensive fustian manufacturers,
and shippers of almost all other descriptions of goods to
every part of the world. The claims upon the house are
variously stated, but none seem to think they can be less
than 200,000/.—a large sum, when the very low price of
cotton goods is duly considered. The same goods, in 1826,
would have amounted to 500,0001. sterling. The loss falls
chiefly on the manufacturers. The bankers have escaped
pretty well, all things considered. Two of these establish-
ments are creditors for 7,0001. each, and a third for 6,0001.
There are twenty-seven other creditors, whose claims are
between 90,0001. and 100,000/. The firm shipped largely
to America, and probably the late fire at New York has
accelerated their stoppage, though nothing could eventually
have prevented it.

IR VINGITES.—On Sunday week, Mr. Spencer
Perceval, one of the apostles of this sect, had an audience
of the King at Brighton. He was deputed by his fellow
apostles, but the particular purport of the message with
which he was charged to his Majesty has not yet transpired.
We understand, from several quarters, that the sect is ra-
pidly increasing. Several clergymen have joined it, and
others are said to have become convinced of the divine au.
thority of the new doctrines. Some of the proselytes are
Methodists, whom the preachers, by laboriously inculcating
the doctrine of implicit faith, have prepared for swallowing
the greatest enormities in the shape of religious truth. A
whole family have left the Islington Chapel and society. A
lady in the City-road congregation has announced her con-
version, much to the consternation of certain persons who
bore her a cupboard love. Some local preachers also have
imbibed the Irvingite notions. A few days ago a Metho-
dist in Lambeth was expelled in consequence of having
contracted this taint.—Christian Advocate.

INSOLENCE REWARDED.-Yesterday a big coal-
heaver, in passing through the Strand, about five o'clock
in the afternoon, amused himself by insulting every person,
both male and female, within his reach ; till at length a
gentleman, who received a kick from this black diamond,
laid him prostrate on mother earth. The gentleman was
followed by the diamond, and a concourse suited to the oc-
casion, to a considerable distance, when C'oaly again made
play, by collaring the gentleman, who, in return, gave him
such a precious pummelling, that the black diamond re-
ceived his quantum sufficit without a murmur.

SUPERB HAT, BY MR. PHILLIPS, OF HULL. --
A very splendid hat has been manufactured expressly for
his Majesty, pursuant to an order specially received from
the King, through Sir Herbert Taylor. It is manufactured
of real beaver—a most costly article, lined with white satin
and padded—the whole being extremely light, and fitted for
the wear of a comfortable old gentleman, whose head may
sometimes ache with the cares of office. The body of the
hat, and getting up of the article, is worth about 10/.—the
beaver of which it is composed selling at the rate of 11
guineas a pound. On the inside of the crown are the Royal
arms emblazoned in gold, with the following inscription en-
graved :—" This specimen of the art of t-making, ma-
nufactured for his most gracious Majesty King William IV.
by his faithful and loyal subject, Samuel Phillips,
Hull Advertiser.

'of England—for AtrrthirliNj the Law of Inheritance ;
with the Aei Abolition of Fines and Itecove-
ti. have effected most beneficial reforms, and important,
national improvements in the Law of Iteal
But, Sir, without pronlsM't3.‘l.'g- any further salutary
measureß lA-Can-it,' allow me to ask, does not the
‘Vtible community entertain great and deserved. ,gktti--
tude for the many prudent and eXtehii'Ve
effected by Lord livongh'am revi.:(*s I Obtaining
office, and dating his t•OlktiittAtiCe therein ? Wheneva
his attention Was clitetted to any case of grievance Or
oppressi'&4 Were not his powerful tak,t'A anclindomitz
able energy, uniformly exertitejt in suppott of the a.B-
- while th Nople—saiitspOpidi
lex—
possessed in this intrepid Atatesman, an honest and
independent advocate ? Besides, this philanthropic
legislator having boldly cut the gordian knot of com-
plicated delays, together with having pierced the laby-
rinth of technical sophistry, abolished the most un-
meaning fictions, and extirpated multifarious legal
abuses—is not Lord Brougham, therefore, justly entitled
to be designated the THESEUS or LAW REFORM ?
I remain, &c.
Chancery. lane, Jannary 25, 1836.