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London, England, 1824-02-25 00:00:00

And thus time was lost, perhaps not one entered upon,
He did not blame the Attornies, because they were an.
der very heavy advances to their clients in the begin.
ning of every cause; and unless they were romantically
inclined to work for *nothing, and to lose their own
money into the bargain, they must charge a little more
than in strict propriety they ought. He had been told
that the Dead Fund amounted at this time to 1,200,000/.
Some of this, he knew, had been appropriated by At of
Parliament; but in many instances the claimants .were
ytill ready to prefer their claims, if they were not de-
terred, by the excessive delay and expenie. The next
point was Bankruptcy, which had been attempted from
urns to time to be removed from the Lord Chancellor's
jurisdiction, because it had only formed part of the
Chancellor's duty by a Statute of Gene H. If it wait
•true that this Court was encumbered and overdone, it
was it to inquire into etre subject. The next coos was
ghat of appeals 40 Chaacery. Them were most corn:
monly an weal (tom the Lord Chancellor to the Lord
Chancellor, which a friend at his called, by a classical
allusion, an appeal front Cesar to Caesar; but he would
AA it an appeal from Philip skunk to Philip sober.
Them was ;another paint. be MUM the separation of the
politisalfromthejedicial hantaionsofthrLordChanceiloa .
was extremely lojorious to here the Chancellor called
from an argument to wend the Coentil. By this much.
rime was wasted, He went farther, and said, why
$40131d the other Judges have no political duties to per.
form, in order to keep the stream of justice pure, \‘ hen
the highest Judse is allowed to have political influence
or connecting with the Government? It bad been said
that hi; htt.promion come from one single office, or, a;
the ilpficitor,(larlaral had called it, one single yfleima.
Thie was 44 *Cox Arid if the assertion was made now, it
would have ne Merit from novelty, nor from fact. For
his part, he was itt a loss to know what sound objection
could be m3O to inquiry. The country woold at last
demand jt, for it would (sod out that no change of men
would work im amendment in the system. If it wet:
attempted now to skreen the Court of Chancery, it
would not serve its cause, and that House would be a
loser by On attempt, in the estimation of the Public...,
I.et him ask the Learned Clettlemen apposite one clues:
in thogitidenee of such able hands as at pie,
sent, the system was so bad, what would it be in other
bands? It had been said, last ear he had broti.,ht
foxward MotiOu toe late. Re bad now brought it
,011 OA early *'Posit)), trio tithe o:orogen:able, r:)1 tht
;lion. Qeatkatem had sorbing to do battle. look at eich
other; and the Whole People of EniParid were anxious
'fort inAilAiry• It it wat to be senisect now by drat Rollie,
he firmly believed the time, was la far distant when
laqutry would be Threes upon them. But he was not
;too saorinee when, he considered the inveterate prejtr-
clis wl/b.Wilktit watian wourtt be met. He bore
tip mind, that when Cromwell endea.voured to amend
;the Court of Chaffy o 8 hOtida7 he failed. He then
•inSovedifOr. a. CPMMittinf, Wm:Lairs into the delays in.
the: Court QC ChAIKATIOUItit dm causes oLthern..
The MAKER thew put dtequestion:

. mr...sectetztry rSEL.rpse4. not fOr the purpose of re-
lishing in detaiL to she statement: of the Hbnourable and
Learned, Gentlemath 'hatted: it wast not. to be expected
at hccouistfolloss .hinh (brit: required the• skill of a
• .rofessional.man. to entatitito, that carious statements
ilaith, which. lashad amused,, the. Hoene. llophis, 'fondue-
alsle and' Learnfsi,F.riendo,(the. tlitarney, and Salter-
Kiesseral) )hts should leav fl they, th °ugh it . fit, the: task
in( entering into • these details. Whethen thsty;.coala she
'at *Gate-prepared :to answer-cases- upon whith therllad
n 9 PTevi9us itlfOritlatiott,AnSl. dint. tn. at.Cfltint. for clic.
vim"; ,canses„or, delay. was, 4, sob* t, upon., which it
VVA. 113064, natural for.hign Actions: ,opinion. His.sole
reason.fer,rising. wo, that. as!this. suloject• thol-for soma.
ithne occupied-lhe attention. of: his iti)jesty:s..Gavern?
imeat, it. was.. right._ tha,lioanksixasslil once-he-put •in
possession of the.siewa which, they entertained on it.
9ptaticohtik.w,l44. thei. Hangar-4k ands Learned,
uen‘lcs43A. Iwtta, with. a. 14 ability d • moderation, Mt-
which he, pas, him credit, called; the, atteatioatof. the
Houseiwerethe follotiwiAg
I sit. Ate their delay, to the Donn of Chancery
srliy. 'Whet is the rinse of these delays ?•
3*. Whet remedy, if Obey ' ,should far them?
11.P1,19ur44?"

exist„--we wt. pm* to.
TO, -_., , , . .ie and,Learned Gentler/lan had said that
2te,‘ )t ivie1,41.041144 dii4.ll94lse to sPfikia atone of con-
fidence and boldness to which he knew no parallel, de.
nying_that these wereidelays in the Ockert of Chat eery.
tie (_1!! T. 41e1),h,Finever !Ward 'such denials, and he was
43 ViAec.fr•OfscCt than Am. thelast twelve seats suals de-
tads tigskpot,onlyingn asinsjoed.to esist.. bee remedies •
actually devised ler theirdiminution., In the last year,
,atop the Appellate Jutisdiction was before the House,
delay was .not denied.: kle.adasitted therdeldy, and:
grievous consequences of that delay; and 4ewat not
lsold itione to give the agswer anticipated by the Hon.
eq4Le_R.iod,. Gentleman., Viet the. .4elay. existed was
bot to be questioned, but that it was attributable to any
one he utterly.deniei. Nit, -intellectual, no corporeal
strength, was equal to the labours of the Lord Chancel-
loes station. Having.admitted the delay, he proceeded
next to,the causes of Rustdelay ; and.if any Hon. Gentle-
man would compare the business •of the present period
With that performed in the Court of Chincery 60 br 70
years since, he would perceive at once that the increase
bad been quit as great-as inany other Court.. Indeed
this was to be expected, considering that the population
had doubled within that time. The increase; too, of '
(traded property had thrown .a considerable increase a.
bosineskjinto that Court. Luaatic petitions,. too, had:,
.greatly increased, as would be seen.,from -a comparison's=
Of ten years during Lord Hardwicke's Chancellorship%.
With the same number of years of Ldrd Eldon's. Froth?
1737 to 1746, the number of orders made in such eaves •
amounted to 484; from 18Q1 to 18.10, in Lord Eldon's
Chancellorship, the number of similar orders amounted
t0k1,139, an increase• of more than double; but from
,1814 to 1823 the number amounted .te 2,531, sbewing
•that fire times the number of orders had been made by
Lind Eldon that had been made by Lord Hardwicke
in, the same. time. Again, with respect to appeals .to
.the House of Lords— .
Appeals.
From 1780 to 1770 - 107
1801 1810 - 499
If to this was added the increased proceedings in that
Court in cases of bankruptcy
Cases..
From 1770 to 1779 -. 719
1790 1800, . 1,000
But in the last year there. basil:leen 2,000 cases. The
number of bills filed, too, had been inckeasing propor-
tionably, and the sum at the disposal of the Court had
;increased. It was in 1740,129,1:V.81in 1820 it amounted
tol 04 millions. Now he.wilaastali-that this gradual .
•ine.reans might be. attributedin seamier= tothe delay
(hear), and it might be ditificult, he aldleiesed, to ascer-
tain what might be'the *int portion-Which was free