The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-11 00:00:00

THE NEW COURTS AT WESTMINSTER.

On Monday lest the remains (4 the late Right flon..larA
A lillo 11 OVG VICTO intent:A in the MatleOlttllll to OrOCltleit)Y
Park, folloWed by his eon the present Lord; as chierrneurner,
and. others of the late Lord's family, at it attended by
Item" Neltherpe, Bart., John Nchborte, Esq., the Rev. Sir.
Charles Anderson, Bart., tbe neighbouring gentry, the llisyor
and • C.,orporation• of' Grimsby, arid ail the numerotte temwntry.
The tomb to which his remains were consigned wilt he a bait*
monument of 116 14011.151110$ tastei IncHst. IIP/fe;.t
opecifiten ire Enkland, perhaps in Europe, ora Grecian TffiriPle,
and erected under his own tatmediace and daily inep ,on._
(Stawbeerri Neu %) . • _
Yesterday morning one of the sisters of Si, Thomaa'a h.cr. tut
died in consequence of taking opium. She belt been forty y can
in the establishment, anti bare an excellent efiaracter.• Previods'
to taking the fatal,driMghtt.fh° $4413 to /111 her companions who.
were ignorant of her intention— nod hie to you alit" and,
Itaving swallowed the contents of the glass, • eschilmed" r
have dons for myself." The cause is at present unexplained.

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The building of the new Courts of Law and
Equity is considerably advanced. They extend in It hoe along
the northern side of Westminster Hall. ' At the western extre-
mity is situate the Court of Chancery; the Vice Chancellor's
Court stands next; and then follow the Courts of Comptes:
Pleas, Exchequer, and King's Bench, the last fbrining the
eastern end. They are all accessible on two sides; there being
an entrance into each from the street, and also from Westmin-
ster Hall. A passage the whole length of thellall, In the ex.
terior between it and the five Courts. It is tiliont 9 feet wide,
commencing on the top of the first 'fight of the stone stairs lead-
ing from Palace-yard to the House of Lords and the House of
Commons, and opening into New Palace-yard. Into thit4llas-
sage an opening is made through the northern wall of the Hall,
in front of each Court. Another passage runs along the nor-
thern side of the range of Courts, from which there are avenues
into the street through the Law Offices, which constitute the ex-
terior of the building on that side. One great advantage' et:,
tending Allis new arrangement is this :—The entrance into 'the
Courts from the Hall may be closed at any time without him*.
venicnce, the remaining approaches', from. the street and t
,fu r
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opening at the head of the &snot' the stone stairs leading to *lt
11P444"0f Lord* b..ing amply aufficlent foe all who may her
occasion to attend the Courts,.. Whenever, then, a Coronation,
a trial, or any other ease may occur, requiring, the exclusive oe-
cupation•of the Hall, it'may he shut uporrathe birsjness of the
CoUrts of Law and Equity will suffer no interruption. 'A year
is the time that has been allowed forcompleting the two Equity
Courts, and two years' for the others.. The MI former are
nearly finished. The Coon of Chancery will be ready in the
. course of next month, ,but the Lord Chancellor does not propose '
to. sit in it until the Meeting of Parliament. The Vice-Charw
ecline's Court, which is in a more forward state, will be ready
'on the first of next Term It will be then used as the Court
of Common Pleas. The following is a brief description of theaft:
'two Courts and their appurtenances in their present state. On
approaching them by the stone stairs leading to the Lords, on
entering the long passage, there Is a descent of eight steps; and
a little further on a descent of five steps, and then the re:
:mainder of the passage is ono level with the Hall and the se.
i venal Courts. The first apartment from the entrance on the
left is a room-for the Lord Chancellor's officers and attendants.:
The next is the Lord Chancellor's private room; and the next'
'the Court.
THE COURT Or CuANCE4Y.—This is a spacious square;.
114011. The bench is at the western end, end the . sidea ate
.lined with oak wainscot, painted of oak colour end highly
varnished, about eight feet high. A very handsome circular
gallery runs round it at a convenient height, intended for the
accommodation of students and suitors of the Court The
'front of the gallery is of iron rail-work, supported at equal ini.-. . .0
tervals by broad plinths, and is of a light and chaste appear•
mice. The ceiling is slat, and in the middle of it is a large
open spare surmounted with a dome, each aide of Which'is
nearly tilled by a large circular window. There are several
other windows on the sides of the Court, but those in the dome . •
or cupola arc the principal ones, by which the Court is lighted.
At the back of the Bench is the Chancellor's private room, Intel
which there is a door at each end of the Bench.-. The private
room communicates with the passage leading to the House Of
'Lords, and it also communicates on the other side -with a room
for the Chancellor's servants in waiting, which opens into the '
passage on the other side communicating with the street. On
the outside of this passage is also a stone staircase leeding`to`
the gallery. The benches fee the Counsel are the wily part* of
the Court unfinished, witli the exception of the dreladistifp or
the Bench, and the miner 'embellishments. _ - . ,
Tim Vrcr-Cuawcur.Lon'a Co titrr.—The Courevibleh is'
now preparing as it temporary. Court of Comnion, Phiai-hf
nearly complete. It ii a square, and of the some dimemdente
as the Court of Chancery. It has to gallery, and 'in the centre
of the ceiling, which is flat, is' a square area surmounted with
a dome, with windows in each side. This dente is greatly fir-
Eerier in size to that of the Court of Chancery, and the win,:
(lOWA are comparatively small, the great body of liit being
admitted by windows in the sides of the Court, of which there ,
are no less than seventeen. One of these is a very large eircu-,
lar window in the north western side. The Beneit is erected'
at the northern side oldie Court, with the Jury Box on the left.
There are three rows of the beaches—one for the inner, th'e'
other two for the outer bar—they form a segment of a circle, ,
and are very commodious: Prom the greet number of twenties
to these Courts, and the number of windows, we May presume
'that it will not be very difficult to get into law, and that peopie
will not in future complain of the darkness and obscuritrof
law 'proceedings. Levity apart; they are ernittentlY mialiffed
Ifor comfort anti convenience to the Cotter and the fitihhei *.rtie
C'ou'rts being situate in the, middle of other buildinev' ..it wit%
necessary Set catch the light wherever it could he obtained,