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the arrest was at that time very inconsiderable.—•
This was a simple statement. But if his Honourable
Friend shodid think proper to ask him what he con-
ceived to have been the reason of the delay, which had
been so bitterly complained of, lie begged to decline
answering the question—(A laugh). Should anybody
ten him, that one Judge, had been only able to de-
cide in a Term, sometimes two causes, and some-
times one cause, and at other times, not a cause at all,
he would say to him. that is not the question; but the
,question is, whether an active and intelligent Lord
Chat:cello:- with tire assistance which is given to him,
ought not to be able to go through she business of the
conic, and from what had been done by the Vice-Chan-
celor, of which they had exiserience, he•saw no reason
fora doubt upon the subject, and must therefore enter
his protest against a measure which, by creating new
offices, would be only imposing additional burdens
opou the country, and giviag less to do to three
.ledges, than it had been clearly proved they. could
dispatch with ease. He admitted that the Lord Chan-
cellor had, in addition to the causes he had already meal.
t:nned, Lunatic causes to kear, and Appeals in the House
of Lords. Of these Lunatic causes, some did certainly
last for a coosiderable time—yet, he believed that number
seldom exceeded a dozen in the year, and he had no
doubt that a Lord Chancellor who was blessed with
youth, health, and activity, they would only furnish busi •
nes- for a very brief period. He knew that it was, in the
contemplation of the Lord Chancellor to apply himself to
a mode or abridging the voluminous proceedings on
bankrupt petitions in the Court of Chancery, which
would diminish the labour to a degree hardly conceiv-
able. He thought the House ought, at least, to allow
him (the Lord Chancellor) to make the experiment. He
stated on authority, in the first place. that it was his (the
Lord Chancellor's) intention. to make the attempt, and
he had no doubt, that, under the conduct of that
Learned person, it would succeed. Any person who
real the news even without posessing any knowledge
DI ON law, must see from the number of affidavits, re•
plies, rejoinders, and surrejoinders. which are put in that
Couit,that theremust be some fault in its Constitution.
This fault, be believed, had been much inchased by an
ever-anxious disposition upon the part o 1 the late Lord
Chancellor, that nothing which could be either said or
done, should be left unsaid or undone. That Noble
and Learned person-appeared anaious even to satisfy the
losing party, and forgot that decision and not doubt,
was necessary. He would now proceed to advert to a
question which had been asked by his Hon. Friend.—
The question was. what had become of the Bill which
had been brought forward by the Lord Us ancellor ? He
wished to remind his Hon. Friend that this Bill had not
been brought forward in the last Session. la was brought
fowatd by the Noble and Learned individual as the
organ ot a Commission during this Session while Mas-
ter of the Rolls, he believed in November. For himself,
he had always been of opinion that that Bill would dis-
appoint the public; for, although he approved cor-
dially of the principle, he conceived that it war at once
useless and unnecessary to bring into Parliament a cum-
brous Bill to do that which could be better done by the
Lord Chancellor in his own Court. The Chancellor,
he repeated, was then only the organ of the Commis-
snap, and he felt that the greater part cf the improve.
assents proposed in the Bill did not require the sanction
ot Parliament, but might have been better made by the
Lord Chancellor, as he had before stated. He, there-,
toe, put it to the House whether, in the present stale of
the country, and the Court, it would not be more just,
and more decorous upon their parts to give the Lord
Chancellor the opportunity of trying his experiment,
than by a summary process to at once subvert the
Cnnsti.ution of the Court of Chancery? He consi
erred the measure of his Honourable Friend to be
premature at best, and by no means advisable. He felt
no alarm with respect to the dunes of the Court of
Chancery being too great to be done by three Judges.
His Hoaourable Friend had alluded to the opinions of
Sir Samuel Rousilly, and he therefore wished to re,
mind ham that Sir Samuel Romilly had not thought even,
the appointment of a Vice Chancellor necessary a and
that therefore his Honourable Friend had not his autho-
rity in defence of the change which he proposed in the
constitution of that Court. His Hon. Friend referred
to the opinions given before the Commission, and par-
ticularly to one given by an Hon. and Learned Member
Shadwell). It was, that the Court of Chancery
could not be relieved from the weight of business with
laud it was overwhelmed by three angels. He, o'
come, supposed that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
maant angels of that sort who sit behind seals. If that
800. Gentleman was crn,- attuned, they would find
is. His Honourable and
ike upon him to say that
lest what three ordinary ,
m. He thought that that
. and Learned Gentleman,
thoukh he agreed with him in
dispatch and vigour had
that no three angels could
business. As it was then,
men of ordinary capacities
idling it. On these grounds
Oise , although proposed by his
whom, from the great and minute at-
had the subject, he, in some uses-,
tof authority, and whose
always received with at,
send woold do him the justice
(the Attoreey-General) since be.
House, always did differ from
the Lord Chancellor ne-
sentiments still, and on
,position.

ressed his surprise, that
measure which the
enforced with the
. House, and of which
warmest commendation.
fed that that Noble
gan of a Commis
ed opinions in some
lied in the Bill. It
illuminati in that
the Bill. They had
most excellent, and
that House; but nose
of the much abused
the mode in which
~had been recognis-
had in the strongest
rich respect to the
abuse of the B ink
/. The Honour cast
,peech of Lord Eldon 's
The Bankrupt Lties
iciently large to de-

I be meant only ordinary angels. His
I Learned Friend would not take upor
I 44 arch-angel might not effect whs
Nigel' might fail to perform. He
e expression of the Honourable and Lea
was one of some levity. Although he a
supposing, that unless more dispatcl
o been infesedinto that Court, that no I
e relieve it from its weight of business.
be had no doubt that three men of o
ir were fully capable of dispatching it.
,e be would oppose the motion, althoug
d lion. Fiiend, to whom, from the get
O tention which he %ta4 paid the subject
1 sure, looked opots 4.5 4 scut of auto
nt opinions on every sulkieet he always
se tention. But his Hon:Friead world
d, to acknowledge that he (the Attorney
re had had a seat in that House, alwal
cf him in r inking assistance to the Lc
re cessary. He preserved these sentim
of them he founded his opposition.
of Mr. 1). W. HARVEY expressed
g there should be any opposition to a r
▪ present Lord Chancellor had lately
J 1 'hole weight of his talent in that He
rd he had spoken in terms of the wartne
:h lie was astocished at bearing it state
of Ind Learned Pawn was only the orl
be 'lon and that be himself entertainedhe measure difeient from those embodis
ig oat
11strange to hear from the legal
, ose, that there was nothing in th
as concocted a system declated to be m
ire which only wanted the sanction of tha
Id they had come round to the opinions c
he 16cd Eldon. At a very early periods
.11 tißilaikrupt Laws were administered,
a bl Lord Eldon as lull of et: ors. lle 1
r I"Page expressed his opinions wi
▪ bands Carried on, and declared the a
5J r"Di Laws a disgrace to the country.
31errher read an extract from a spees
Ih confirmation cf this opinion. TI
"e'e in themselves an object außicH