Court Of Chancery, Wednes...
The Times, 1824-06-17T00:00:00

LAJW REPO-T. I The Loars CTAICJELLOSL-was detained in his. private room this morning.before he entered-the court, in considering the report riade by a Alaster of the Court, on the proposed marriage and sedtlements, fortune and jointure, of one of bis Lordxhip's wards. The -Vbug lady is the daughter oF a deceased soapboiler resident, in his pro. fessional lifetime, in Ratcliffcbhighway! but lately in a-handsome park in Glocestershire. The lady's fortune was 12,0001. li Lord- ship examined the report, and inquired in,to the drcumstabres of the proposed union with much accuracy. He expressed-his .aiprobation of the report generaUy, and confirned it with some slight variAtior'i, and wished his-fair ward as much happiness under her future matri- monial guardian, as she bad enjoyeEl under her legal; adding, that though most of the suitors of -the Court of Chancery were certainly very anxious to get out of it, he found the ladies the most anxious of all to get out of his jurisdiction. LUNATIC PETITIONS. WPhen the LorD CIZANCELLOR WaS about to sise yesterday, he interrupted lr. Heald who was argaing in th-cascof"Barfeld v. Nicholson," and toid him hemaust proceed with his argument in that case to-mibrrow (this) morning. His Lordship then l.ft the court,,or at least rctired to his prirate room to unrobe, and-.counsel and solicitors of course went away. Upon coming intocourtto-day, hisLordshiporderedthe Secretary to call on the lunatic petitions. TheAccretary accordingly called on one, and then another, and anotlier, but nobod appeared in any of them.-. Ilis Lordship directed each. to be struck ont, and the next to be celled on. For sone thrie the Counsel remained silent. At length MIr. HAsrr rose and said,-Theselunatic petitions, nr yLord, are qaute a surpr.se upon the bar; for we understood that your Lordship would go on with that part-heard motion of vesterdar. Tht LoRD CHAN-CELLOR.-So I would; Mr. Hart, bht that I cannot do so at the expense of all these solicitors (showing a large bandle of pedtions), charging theirclints for tlheir attendance here to-day; and I, therefore, before I left the court yesterday, directed notice to be given that I would proceed with the lunatic peditions to-day. AIr. HART.-[ only made the observation ry Lord, as an apo. logy for our not having our briefs in Court. Some more petitions were then called on, buatlUnobedy appeared in them. The Loui CHAINCELLOR.-I slall certainly take care that where no briefs have been deiivered, no fees sball be charged for atteindance. iMr. HoRSE.-Mly LoDd, we have received no notice stpon this subject, except what we have received from your Lordship's paper- andl in it there are no less than one.and.twenty eause,peditionsl set down before the lunatic petitions. Why, therefore, are they not taken first, as ve naturaUly supposed they would ? AL%. I{EALD.-I certainly received no notice that your Lord- ship would raot proceed with the part-heard motion as yoa said you would yesterday when your Lordship rose. But there is no reason why these petitions which MIr. Carr, the Secretary, has called over, should be stopped; for it is no matter whether counsel- have their briefs or not, as the are most of them petitions which have stood over for your lFotdsnip'a 3udgment. The LORD C1IA?ICELLOR.-(In an angry tone)._Theg are not all petitions standing for judgmnent. ilr. HEALD.-TherC is the petition of " ex parte Brothers," which hasjust been cald on; that has only stood over for jndg. ment. The Lo}ID CHANCELLOr.-Ionlywant toknow if counsd have been instructed in any of these petitions ? Tlr. HART.-Yes, my Lord; and I have sent to my chambers for mv briefs. The LoRD CHAWCELLOR.-I have no dousbt thatall these suitors will be clarged for the attenldance of solicitors; but I shall take careto make an order that no fees shal1bcallowed where briefs have inot been delivered. After some other petitions, that of " Sir Gregory P. Tarnere was called on. The LoRD Cn:ANcarLiOR.-I Iave received a letter from Sir G. P. Turner, to which 1 replied, tsat any application ke bad te make to me must be made in open court. The solicitor said he hadreceived instructions to presentapetition. The LonD CII,%XCELLOJL-WIhy don't you present it, then? Ilis Lordship added, let the rest of these petitions stand over: bqt let no costs be allowed for the attendance of solicitors to-dry. When there are cause and lanatic petitions in the papcr, I undersiand that what tbse gentlemen do is this-a clerk looks in at that door, and if he does not think that his case is about to come on, he goes away again; and his master charges an attendance for that, although lie has not even given a brier to counsel. Nowr I ill never allow that; it is the solidtor's duty to beherehiimsclf. I wish it also to be ander- stood, that in fature wherever I direct a reference of costs to the 51aster, I mean that he shall inquire wlhat are the reajeonnble costs ; for it has been too much thepractice, where a petition has been for 20 or 25 years before the Court. to set forth, in each successive pe- tition, aU the orders that have been made during the whole of that period, which is totally unnecessary. The cause petitions were then proceeded. with until the CoWrt rose.__ __ COURT OF CRANCERY, WE-DmS3DA, jtr I6. WARD OF CHANCRY.