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London, England, 1824-04-19 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, April 1 9.

[THE TimEs.]

It is attempted, we perceive, to be shewn,
that the delays in the Court of Chancery are not
attributable to the personal character of the pre-
_ sent Lord Chancellor; and further, complaints
having been made for centuries of the expensive-
ness of this Court, and the dilatory nature of its
proceedings, it. is -mea.nt.to be inferred, we pre-
sume, that these evils have- not increased during
late years. Now, the first remarks which we
bave to make upon these statements is, that both
of them allow the existence of the grievances,
and only differ from the general opinion respect-
:* their cause, origin, and magnitude. We
might allow, if it were requested, that the de-
lays do not spring exclusively from the indecision►
of the Lord Chancellor's character ; but would
our adversaries gain much for their client by such
a concession ? if the delays do not spring from
his Lordship's indecision, to what other happy
quality are we to impute them ? A defect of his
own mind he might not be able -to correct ; he
May not even be sensible of- its existence, except
from the sarcasms of his enemies, as the eye can-
not view itself
.except by reflection : but upon
any cause of delay foreign to himself personally,
his Lordship, we will maintain, might have
_op►erated, and the assertion would therefore only
render him more reprehensible for not removing
the evil. But the dilatoriness of Chancery, and
:the expenses in which it involves those who are
:unfortunately obliged to go into that Court, have
always been- the subjects of complaint, and there-
fore the present system is more reprehensible
than that by which it was preceded. What ab-
surdity l The national debt was thought large in
the reign of Queen Anne, and George 1., by
the people living at those eras, and therefore it
is no larger at the-conclusion of the reign of Geo.
111. however, that the evil has become intole-
rably great, and that it has become so of late
years, is evident from the fact, that in contradic-
tion to the wishes of those most concerned, a
Commission has at last been formed, we will not
say to remedy the evil—the composition of the
Commission, we fear, discourages that hope,—but
to parry public indignation, and to elude the pub-
lic cry for reform. We shall, however, have oc-
casion to revert to this subject.

[NEW TINES.]
We have received Madrid Gaiettes to the
9th inst. Their contents are naturally unim-
portant. It is not to be expected that in the
present state of Spain any thing like the whole
truth is to . be found in a Paper published under
the immediate eye of authority. The part de-
voted to Spanish news is filled principally with
addresses to the King. They all profess the
warmest loyalty ; and we observe that some of
the addressers congratulate themselves on not
having belonged to bodies of " masons, commu-
?zeros, or other destructive societies." On the
4th, an Order of the Royal Council was issued,
requiring all Advocates, -Notaries, and Attor-
neys, who .have practised under the Constitu-
tional system, to prove themselves to be qualified
acCorditw'to the laws ‘shich were is force before
the 7th of March, 152.0.—1 n the Ga:ette, of the
Bth, there is a sketch of a part of the debate in
our HOuse of Lords, on the question of the re-
cognition of the. South American Colonies. In a'
note it is remarked, that " England would gain
nothing by the recognition of the States of Ame-
rica, and as little would Spain lose any thing."

[MORNING HERALD.]
We are glad to see that the company interest-
ed in the contemplated new dock at St. Catha-
rine's, near the Tower, mean. to. proceed in the
measurer notwithstanding the opposition it meets
with from such as are interested in the East and
West India Docks. We wish this Company.suc--
cess ; for we, should like to see a. Dock in that
part, of the town.. Such has been long wanted.—
The Act of Parliament, however, ought to con-
tain a clause, making ample provision to
those who;e . houses and shops. must be
pulled: dawn. We have heard that only a
year's profits ,of a trade are to be allowed—
that we,think too little. The period should be
considerably extended to make the measure at all
palatable, to those who will be driven to the ne-
cessity of . carrying their business elsewhere.
We hope that there will be a clause introduced
in the new Act to prevent such high walls being
erected round this new dock as are erected round
the docks at the eastern extremity of the town,:
We would have all docks open like those at Li.;
verpool.

IbiottNlNGiosT.l
The Irish Burials' Bill, which appeared so
reasonable and conciliating a 'Measure to all
parties in Parliament as to' pass both Houses with-
out. opposition, or modification, hastened forth
sortie- vehement animadversions from a few dis-
contented. individuals in Ireland. Government
foresaw- this result, and therefore hastened to
obtain the sanction of the-JJegislature for the
Bill before any, popular. clamour against it could
be raised among the fiery spirits of the Sister
Island! ft .was. wisely ,judged, that, although
Pirliarnent, would not be seriously influenced
by the opposition
.of some half' dozen'agita-
tors, stubborn bostility to the Act might
thus ,be-,.engendered throughout the Irish Ca-
tholics, which would, ,perhaps, defeat its
practical operation essentially, and render the
intended means of concord the source of fu-
rious acrimony, The Bill is now the law of :the
lamb and ,the,lnutility.ofoxciting discontent on
the subject affords a sort of security that no such
attempt, will l)e wade, , On political questions,
this is the 9niy mode in which Ireland can be le-.
gislated for during it, present unhappy circum.
stanccs,
,n'ith any lope of allaying the heart-
lir (dogs of the people, and promoting the real
welfare of the country,. With respect to the' very
Act under co4sideration, nothing but the merest.
~,vaptonness of ,mi,schief could- •have: originated.
the malignant misconstruction . to, which .it•
has been spbjegted.. .Tbe object of Government