The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
ATTENDANCE ()F THE MASTERS AND SIX CLEATS.
The LORD CHANcIiLLOR entered the Ceurt at a
quarter past ten, and, apologised for his delay, on the
' ground of his having:been. attending the swearing in of
the Lord Chief Baron. On taking his seat be said, " I
stated the other d the 'arrangement l meant to make
without
re-
specting the attendance Of the-Masters in this Ct.urt. That
It is said that the
Masters ace to he referred to by the. Court on certain points.
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If so, they must he referred to hum hence to Chancery-
lane, for they come' here, make a bow, remain here for
hall a tninutc, and•then,walk off, It is the remnant of art
old practice, when they themselves used to sit here, and
which I consider quite unnecessary to be kept up. In dis-
pensin,, with such practice, however, the Gant may still
have the power of asking them to attend whenever
it may think right. I have wale a sinti'ar in-
quiry respecting the attendance of the Six Clerks, and find
the two case. to be very similar. Within the last twenty
yeas an experienced Six Clerk has been called upon twice
(in one instance as rather a good-humoured sort of oddity)
to read the evidence, which it was previously the duty of
the Six Clerks to do."

The SOLICITOR..GENERAL—I rather think, my Lord, it
was hot as an oddity that he was called upon to do so, for
till within the last twenty years the Six Clerfis always read
• the evidence.
The Loan ..014A.NCELLOR—Oh ! I mean that—l am
aware that before the Liar twangy years they read the evi-
dence ; but as they do not do so now., their attendance
here only causes an interruption of their businesacLewhere
every morning, and where they aught he touch more use..
fully employed, therefore I shall for the future dispense
also with their presence, and the gentleman now here may
leave the Court and communicate this to his colleagues.
The Six Clerk in attendance now made his bow and
departed.
Mr. POLLOCK. said that his practice in this Court, li-
mited as it was, furnished him with an as.istance in which
the Six clerks had been called on to lead the evidence.

When he attended to argue in Burke V. Ray, that officer
was called upon to read the eri.lenfee.

The SOLICITOR-GICNKAAL recollected that for soznAiire
after he came to the Bar it was the practice. for the Six
Clerk.; always to read the evidence.

His Loans Hut was quite aware of all this, hut the prac-
tice had changed, and very usefully so, because Counsel
now read the evidence themselves, and in doing so au
had the opportunity of dwelling on the parts must im-
portant, which it was nut likely the Six Clerics in reading
it could know.

SWEARING IN OF LOUD LYNDHURST AS LORD CHI Yr

BARON.

The LORD CHANCELLOR was pleased, as a mark of his
high respect for his Noble and Learned Predecessor, po
litely to send to him to say, that instead of requiring him
(Lord Lyndhurst) to come here to take the oath on enter-
ing into his new office of Lord Chief Baron, he should
attend him in his own Court (the Exchequer), where the
ceremony should be gone through, and which accordingly
took place at ten o'clock.