The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-06 00:00:00

Jong vacation ronameicrd. Novi not of all the mass of
business which the Chancellor hail to get thr.fugh lest
year, only IR) C4SYS retuain—l umlispose3 of at his rising
',More tit* loig rgration, awl this was properly the &r-
-icer, wid for the delay of several of these many rea-
sons could be Is4vrtetl instinct from any impnla•iou Avon
the Cnatirellor. :le milt tined, thoughlte teats asva:.e

it slid not accord with the opinion (tithe Hon. and 14sprnp
ed Gent. opposite. that there nu, no sleiny in Imingruz.4
came to a hearing in the (hart stf Chancery tFrMere
than in .arc other Court. In the Rolla lAsort triers trus

still less room for tonv elesr„te. In 1817, on the la,. AI as
ter of the /tolls retiring, 4:'3 causes r-tu titr.l "unheard,
rot till load been since set down, Thus 1240 cut< I,
were io it! heard by the present Mnster,und of this nun,.
her only 61 now remained to be disposed. of, and dttring•
this titue there were :I,OOS petilions, whit-km.lst It aye co--
stned n g•uul 41041 of time. Thon4lt the present Mast. r
was visited °with illness, vet it was not t s he suppJse.l.
OM it won't( neeess trite incapacitate him for b us'oest
and before • lionnutahle tlentl nnen charzed hi.n

ith h 33 °thee u•wb•r 'ell cireutivitmhtel, !lief
should reflect that it o tzlit to be a in 'tier of orriu.l4

and important ennui 'Potation with any mat, to .ice
an other which entitled him to a pension of 330,0'.
y..ar, while he thooglit he cool I ilisrlsaree it, detf.u.
The Hon. en I learned Gentlemen charg...l them with
not answering the additional facts. which w •re stated he
the lion. Member for Durham (Mr. 31. A. Tact r',
hut he won!,) state why tivy were nit one vered t b -
canoe they were ;anoint, and not fon 1-.1 on prohehidtv,
lie perfectly cis/laurel with his lion. anti Ltarnin
Friend (theAtiornev General) that it wont I have keen
m 're tandid of the lion. and Learned fient'e mien. if efiev
hail eiveri notice of the eases to whirl' they hal an 11.10,4.
0131 they might have an opportunity of meeting them.
particularly when as grave a charm. as that of Itsving
anrreptitiously made oat a ilectee win imptcesi to Cie
Chancellor.
Mr. WI LLIAMS, in explanation. denie I that 'he ha l
ever uses) the word 't surreptitioas,". in referrnee co nit
Chancellor.
Mr. COURTENAY said, the lion. and Learned lira.
tlensan ha I need the word. not as
.conveviste. a direct
charge, by himself, hat as imptitinz to time Cis ince!br.
on the anthorAy of a eolieitor, dist his Lord .hip flu
made out a surreptitious decree: The Hon. anti L .nl-fled
Heideman then proceeded to vindicate the can hint .f
the Chancellor in the case in oration, amt to innate? I
that lie had sin no respect deviated trom the tuoirl
practice of the Court. His Lordship was surprise I a..,1
orloadit.l with tbo great ant min of di -trees ma to u
the solicitor on the necasio I. As to the ease of drools
and de Taster, which laid been adverted to last
it was one of a very , complicated nature, ineolvin
not lest than treaty minor raise., in all of which hue
interests of several parties were co ieented. it was,
therefore, necessary to give those persons ample tilt-.
in order that they might be brought Nile before the
Court. With respect to the cense of Welter& and
Holwell, which had also been stommeated on, the delay
in proceeding on it was ocecasioned by its hayine;
been prematurely put down on the paper. As
to time expense of attendatiees, it was necessarily great:
and no Committee could apply a reines'y ti 'Thant altering
the nature of the proceedings, whieh wont,' he attended
with more difficulty and danger. Ile denied fh tt the di*
order, state 1 by his H tn.Priend, prevailed in the proceed-
ings of the Court of Chancery. lie W,4* finite convinced
that it would not be for the interest of tie suitors it' the
Chancellor dill not exercise a proper discretion with re-
spect to the order in which causes were to bo brought oe.
The subject of 'appeals formed a distinct consi-
deration. The total untidier of app..als at present
Was 103. whieh was very flitting, considerine the ere it
?Silent an 1 variety of thihnsiriesa trauastled in the Court
Of Chancery. It could not be said that the present Ouse.
Cehor did not give as much time and attention to the hits'.
nese of the Court as any Judge who had ever presided
there. Besides, his Loniship brooght to the consideration
of causes more anxious diligence and consummate know.
ledge than almost any of his preside/wers. All the blame
of delay was not attributable to the Jnlge, for the parties
Concerned were frequently instrumental to it by the irre-
gular mode in which they pr •cer.ie.l. With respect to
the time taken by the Chancellor in mak*: up his mind
upon causes, it was a charge from which the Soto!e and
Learned Lord was not incline., to shrink. His judge.
melds would go down to posterity as s to all
future J micees of Equity., So far from the slowness of
his-Lordship in this respect being an evil, it was a gre it
public benefit ; and even if it was an evil, a Committee
of the House of Commons could Ont remedy it. As to
time appellant .jortsdietion' he athitted that the remedy
was entirely distiller, anti that the [loose would &memo
that there was a C ,uta i tee of the House sof !Ards now
sitting on the subject lie contended toot a very strong
cue ought to be made out to warrant the proposed in.
quiry, when it was considered that the eminent person
who was most concerned had presided in the Cour: of
Chancery for a quarter of a century, during which Hoot
lie was distinguished for the strictest integrity, lie was
convinced that' no beneficial result could arise from the
adoption of the motion.
Mr. ABERCROMBY said that he was about to state not
his own opinion, hut 11, it which, he was convinced, was the
opinion of the great majority of the country as to the ells-
racier of Lord Eldon. He was admitted to be a 0100 with
most extraordinary acuteness of understanding. and to pos-
sess the most soup 1 and correct judgment. But his best
friends would allow, apart from debate, that there was an
unfortunate infirmity of mind whi.l intercepted the opera ,
Lion of those qualities to the detriment of his future fame.
and to the great loss and inconvenience of the public. The
lion. and Learned Gentleman then contended that the pre-
sent was a new era in the state of the Court of Chancery,
which called for the attention of tbst House. Toe House
of Lords were about to restore the Lord Chancellor to his
own Conn, and then it wctold be necessary for that House
to consider the principle and operation of the Vice Chancel-
lor's Bill, and to remove 'it it' desirable. The people of
England had a right to the decision of the Cord Chancellor,
and now they could not obtain it without first travellin4
through the troutile,delay,anil expese of an I:if:Tier Court.
Ile called 03 his lion. and Leered Friends opposite :o shee
him the time when an appeal was entered, when it was pet
on the Lord Clisncellor's wirier, when it was heard, sod
then when judgment was given. These were matters .4
dates, and upon this he would be content to rest the ques-
tion. When tbese dates were produced he would take es a
standard the quantity of business dispatched by Sir W.
Grant. Upon these grounds he thinght inquiry was ne-
cessary, oaths House would nut do its duty if it refused
to inquire.

WILTHERELL said, he was not under any obliga-
tion to Lord Eldon; and had no wish to uphold the abases-
of any Court of Justice; but, with every respect for the ta-
lents of his lion. and Learned Friend, he diderni from hint
in moat of his' facts, and in all of his conclusions. The Grat
branch of t'..• speech of his Hon. Friend inculpated the
Chancellor ; and the other attacked the s) stem. His Floe.
Friend complained of a r •rolation ; and. certainly, if there
WWI any revolutibn, he had proposed a complete comer!-
' anion to it. And yet, out of six plans he had suggested, his
Honourable Friend had not said which he preferred. lie
(Mr. Wetherell) was not disposed to go into a Cotentin.*
mail he had some data to ossist him towards a certain re-
medy. Ile (Mr. %V.) denied that there had been a Resole-
lion in the Court; though he admitted that the appointment
'of a Vice-Chancellor had not produced alt the good *hitt
had been anticipated from it. He hail vote 1 fur the Ilia
constituting that °ince ; and, notwithstanding theadmiision
lie had just made, he would give the Caine vote if the now
lion were to be again discussed. He asserted, Ss a fart.
that there was no smear of causes at the Rolla. at the Viet'
i;hancellor's, or at the L wit Chancellor's. T.te csnses now •
in the pnpers were new mans..., and it was an error el stem
that because there were the same numbers now as there Imo
some years •ga:trierefore that there was an arrear of mew.
And yet this assertion wnsthe whole foundation of the ..rass,
brouslit forward by his:litbn. Friend. But that It Cm Oa