The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-06-27 00:00:00

74*.gry foe that was is. a day, an# nothing bad been
villtis them for suppivissing Auto.
411111 DAWSON explained.
The Marquess of CHAN DOS explained.
Mr. BENNET contooded that there was nothing is
vidious la the motion of his Hon. Friend. He expressly
mated that lie railed for returns with regard to these
partitalarVegiments, because it appeared tont they were
more expensive them others. ~ . -
After afa words from Mr. Mooch, Mr. How, and
Mr. Dowetio, the motion was withdrawn, *pea an as
.terstaadiag that Me deficiency is polidiMf isfonaotiow
is the prompt accounts should be supplied.
•
COURT Or CHAITIRI. .
• Mr. M. A. TAYLOR ieminded the house that when
he side a motion on the 'abject he thou rose to resew,
last Session, there was a feeling in favour of it on both
sides of the house, and it was negatived ealy by a mi.
jortly of Illitr. He need scarcely tell the house what
ars the evils of a suit in Equity. The expenses of
ones a soh were sufficient to rain any moderato fortune.
The evils beteg so great it might be asked why they
saw on their table no Petitions complaining of them.
The home might understood this when he told them
that in consequence of the jurisdiction of that branch'
of the law bring in the hands of one individual, he am
vet yet could prevail on any of the petals aggrieved
by delay or otherwise, to allow him to mention their
eases. la all thdammytoous applications he had re-
ceived, however, he had taken the greatest pain to am
Derails tbs truth of the allegations. The Hon. Mem-
ber proceeded to state a case of an individual, who bad
Wes left one twenty-eighth Aare of a certain p
- neer hoodoo, which was valued at 1,2001. the 1,
share. The property, however, fell into Chancery, mid
after twelve years delay, the decree was made, by which
this iedividual got OW. out of his 1,200. The Hon./
Gentleman stated other cases of delay and loss, of.whicb I
be bed heard, to justify the motion be was about to
make, to induce the hones to make some alteration is
lee constitution of the ViceXhaocellor's Court, is fel
aim of the suitor. In the Reports of the-Conimittees
.of Enquiry in Gm years 1811 and 1912 the abaseslki
the Chancery Court were so ably exposed, that a Bill'
was brought In for the appointment of a Vice Chancellor.l
That Bill was opposed by characters of the first canal-
derides on both sidesof the house. Amongst others it I
was opposed by Sir Samuel Romilly—a man as eminent
is his station as any great man of any description ever
was in his. Bet he had even the authority of the pre-:
sett Vice Chancellor himself against the appoiottneehl
The Bill, however, passed the house. as he thought, inl
an evil hour, fur it deprived the suitor of the right ;if
laving his cause beard by the Great Seal. It was GM
business of the Great Seal to adadoistor justice in the
cheapest and 'most speedy *isomer. But with all thO
talents of Lord Eldon; the'delay in his Court was keen
ilid. and the expenses ono a, and that was becalish
be was withdraws from th Coon. The fact was, lig
Tam
Wit owe of a Statesman t a Judge, and it did harp"
that whosoever a case of great intricacy was commearrod;
Le abut kip nom:book, and went away.—(Hear, heart
and no, kohl thil 11/aistsrlal Beeches.) lie meant eq
reflection on that great and good penmen*, bet IM
stated what he befteved to be the case. It was no faultof bit
foe he was called away to the Privy Council, or on soak
other State business. The consequence of this multi*
farMtis duty of this office was, that la eight years angle
half be had decided only 53 causes and 167 appeal%
• 4che Vine Chancellor had determined 2.300 causes heal
tame time, and be asked if this was not withdrawing
the Great Seal from the Chancery Court? All tide
sivsefrom Mari o g so much harassed with other business.
With respect to motions, since the enactment of deo
rie• Chaurellor's Bill, the Lord Chancellor had hoard
6,15 the Vice Chancellor had beard 14,360. Now he
*limpid like to know how many of these motions before
the Chancellor were appeals from the Vire Chancellor;
for I. !bow ru.......,_D0rd.. a ht. (Ammo tee. takes
*saw up *it , sae\ business. All this was exactly what
Sir Samuel Romilly bad foretold. Sir Samuel Romilly
had said that the" hearing of Giese appeals upon too.
Boas *mild probably take up as mach time as was then
dimmed by the Lori Chancellor in the Court. He also
said that it would have the effect of increasing the ri-
peness of the snit, multiplying the number of them, and
protracting the decision. in the MOO space of time the
Lord Chancellor had heard 39 exceptions and further
hearings, *Mist the Vice Cl...acellor had heard 106. In
petitions also, where the Lord Chancellor bad heard
4.071, the Vice Chancellor heard 2,302. This was abso
lutey withdrawing the Lord Chancellor from his Court.
lie seared the Noble Marquess opposite, who, he sup-
posed. was goiog to oppose him in his motion, that it
world be better fur him to sit two months longer in that
house than have the anxiety and vexation of a Chan-
cery soft. He would say no more, but leave it to the
good sense of the house to determine upon what he had
already stated to them. He would only entreat of them
to take into their consideration the case of the unfortu-
nate suitor, or rather suppliant, who, after being drag-
ged through all the horror of an equity ordeal, awoke
to the worse reality of worsted fortune and ruined pro-
perty by the merciful decree of the Lord Chancellor.—
Fr. .= itch mercy, he said, might the God in heaven de-
liver them I He now wished to see what had been done
by the House of Lords since the passing of the Bill fur
nopoiniing the Vice Chancellor. The number of
crsonsed of in the first year was 66, in the second 62, in
the next 5-1, snit in the yzars which followed, 42,35,27,
41, 12, and 26. This was the stets of things ott the
14111, of May 1622, when there remained in arrear cases
already appointed 122, and 36 cases not appointed.—
Taking the cases decided in each year on the ge of
the last nine years, be found the number disposed of in
each year to be thirty-eight. Proceeding at this rate,
it would take fonr years to dispose of the cases already
in arrear, matt •rs being thus, as the Vice Chancellor's
Bill did not all aril tits Lord Chancellor the desired re-
lief, he would propose to talce from his duties the hear-
ing of Scotch Appeals, which now occupied so much
time; and be wmild also relieve him from Petitions and
ACitions, and part of the Bankruptcy business. He
tly pressed on the how the importance of giving
their most serious attention to the subject, with a view
to reise.iy the evils of which he complained. lie had
s;oiken on this business with the Lord Chancellor, bar.
ing previiiiodv pomponed his motion on a suggestion
f-ion th.it Noble and Le3faCii Personage. The Lord
Chrncrl'or admitted the east to be one that merited at-
tontion ; bat said, as he might shortly retire from the
Great Seal, as a onager of delicacy lie must leave the
subject to be dealt with by his successor. He (Mr. Si.
A. Tailor) bad said no young Chancellor could frame a
plan an well. . He bad seen the Noble and Learned Earl
again about a month ago, and then, as he stated, it was
not his intention to originate any plan. Ile (Mr. Si. A.
Taylor) informed him be should bring the present ca-
tion before tire House of Commons. He concluded by
moving `• That this house will resolve itself into a Cotta'
in,ttee of the whole house, to consider of an Act pissed
is the 53d of the late King. entitled an Act to facilitate)
the Adiiiiilistratiroi of dealer." Should the motion
o hid' lie eau 'mole he carried, the Hon. and Learned
congenial; said he .obseqiieutly proposed to mote to
limit the duratien of the Bill in question to one or two
years.
T... ATTORNETGENERALdid Dot see that it was
necessary fur the lion. and Learned Gentleman to call
fur a Committee to inquire into this subject, as he
seemed to have mad- op his 'Mod already as to whirl
ought to be done. He could not deny that proceedings
in the Court of Chancery were attended with consider-
able expense; but this was not the 'ground a• Wltich a
Committee was called for, but the delay of which the