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of the pit of Atheroo. and by a Malignity tedtenci bnly
to that of CATILINItt On Meditating the destruc-
tion bf Rome.
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Let oar Readers judge For themselves, from the fol-
lowing specimen :

o' Neither public opinion, nor Parliamentary inquiry, nor the

sense of right, nor the /cargo of hatinenity, Or the promised ap-
proach of an swot which leak all ranks, and crashes all perverted
Pewees. and punishes an teansgressienst whether negative or po.i-
the, seem to penetrate that ease4erdesei fortress fit labia de spirit
si atetwery basfee alma t fourth part Vo knadoodymrs enthroned
itself. No cries of distress can not* mortal arms rebound
from its adamantine surface--.either moth nor mould have yet

impaired ha vigour ; but Time, the consumer of all else beneath
the sun, is himself devoured by the everlatiim dews e the Vool.
seek. It is vain and foolish to talk of the Court of Chancery as
of an abstract thing, which involves no personal considerations.—
That Court h identified with one living—we had almost said one

Now, whether we suppose in charity, that the writer
of this was instigated by the ulcerated feelings of a
heart-broken suitor in Chancery ; or whether, as is far
more probable, he has dipped his pen in the thrice dis-
tilled gall of a disappointed aspirant for the silk gown ;
whatever the motive, it would seem that the tempest
of his rage is blindly and recklessly launched at the
head of the revered individual who fills the high tribunal
in question, only because he has so long been spared
by Paortrortrca to be a blessing-to his native land, in
discharging with such a degree of unimpeached inte-
grity, of unbending rectitude, of consummate ability,
and of incorruptible fidelity, the highest function of
Majesty ever delegated to a subject ; that his transeen.
dant virtues alone have at length drawn on him,
as on ARISTIDES of old, the ostracism of his un-
thinking and misguided countrymen. There is at
all times the right of appeal to the House of Lords,
from the decisions of the CRANCSLLOR ; but which of
Lord ELDON'S judgments have ever been justly im-
peached before that august assembly ? Nevertheless'
from a Sister Kingdom we daily see the halls of Justice
thronged to the very thresholds with clamorous ap-
pellants, inveighing against the inconsiderate decrees,
not of one man, as in this country, partaking, per-
haps, in some degree of the infirmity and frailty of our
common nature, but of fifteen persons, chosen for their
long experience, their high attainments, and unques-
tioned probity.
True it is that a Chancellor may easily be found to
substitute for the keen-edged sword of justice, the rude
club of self-conceit, and in a moment to beat down a
cause by a rash sentence, the result of no previous la-
bour, the parent of no subsequent tranquillity, which
carries repose to neither of the anxious litigants, and
leaves the gainer in full possession of his fears, the loser
of his hopes of a different decision elsewhere. But we
believe it is generally admitted, that the decisions of
the Earl of ELDON are as so many land-marks, by
which future ages will be guided, through the intrica-
cies of litigation, to a r:ghteous judgment.

And is the obloquy of his country to be the sole re-
ward of his gigantic acquirements in the science of
jurisprudence ; of his matchless sagacity, of his patience
and indefatigable industry, and of his incorruptible in-
tegrity in administering justice ?
Such ingratitude might indeed, fur a time, inflict a
wound in a bosom endowed with the deepest feeling,
and conscious of meriting a different return ; but the
indelible disgrace which it will entail, to all posterity, on
our age and times, will, like the s;ii of Judah, be written
with a pen of iron,and graven with the point of a diamond.
We are far from asserting that the delay of justice in
the Court of Chancery is not an evil of fearful magni-
tude. For this, however, the law of the land, not Lord
ELDON, is justly reproachable. If we see causes such
as that of the Opera, go on day by day for twenty years,
without approaching a conclusion, but on the contrary
diverging into an infinite series, why are not the
fraudulent litigants punished, whose petty malice in-
terrupts the course of justice from the whole empire?
Why is not the dishonourable Counsel degraded who
moves an unjust suit? and why is not the knavish at-
torney hunted from the sanctuary of Justice, if for a
moment he should needlessly dare to delay its proceed-
ings ?—Because the law does not empower the Judge
to let the full weight of his indignation fall heavy on
the wrong-doer and his abettors. In our humble opi-
nion, which we state with deference to professional
men, the delay in the Courts of Equity might be
greatly abridged by a very simple expedient.
Let two superior Masters in Chancery be appointed,
and armed with sufficient powers to inspect with jea-
lous vigilance the progress of every suit, and inquire
into the causes of its suspension. Let thtm examine,
when necessary, the suitors in person, and if the slightest
appearance of wilful delay is to be discovered on either
side, let them punish the Counsel and Attornies with-
out mercy. If the latter can shew that justice is ob-
structed by the shuffling of a litigious client, let the
cause be dismissed, or the award sought for pass with-
cut further ceremony, and with ample costs. If neither
party are to blame, but that the obstacle is a want of
necessary evidence, let it be that moment -taken off the
file, and recommenced at some other day, without
prsjudice.
Above all, let the abominable length of the plead-
ings and trashy writings •with which the Court of
Chancery is suffocated, be abridged, which, however, we
fear, never can be accomplished, so long as all profes-
sional men are paid by the piece.
If hardship were sometimes occasioned by these sum-
mary and strong measures, the evil, compared with
the present, would be as dust in the balance. It is not
to be endured, that the cause of an ignorant client is to'
be delivered over to lawyers, to manage as they please,
without the interposition of some other authority to
keep these to their duty, which it happens too often,
is unfortunately at variance with their private iitexest.

The French Papas of Sunday and its Meat of
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