It is attempted, we perce...
It is aittempted, we perccive, to be shown, that the de- lays in.the Court of Chancery are not attributable to the personal characterof, the present LoRD CHANCELLOR; and further, complainits having been made for centuries of the expensiveness of rhis Court, and the dilatory nature of its proceettings, it is meant to be inferred, we presume, that these evils ha-ve not increased during late years Now, the first remark which we have to make upon those statements is, that both of then2 allow the existence of the grievances, and only differ from the general opinion respecting their cause, origin, aud magnitude. We might allow, if it were requested, that the delays do not spring -exclusively from the intlecision of the LORD CHANCELLOR!S character; but Iwiiuld "k..rAdvFsr in, p tchf } drbeair.c1ient by auch z concession ? f-the delayts do nbt;qpnnfrom riLnrp's inlTerisaoi, .to' w lz -oher happy,'s qltity are- we toIimpute them 'A defect -of hisown nlemgtn ot b ableto correet he may not even be sens'Iileeof itsexistnce ,except from the srcasms4of his enemies, as the eye,canuotiew itself except by reflction but upotf anTy caus of 'delay fo feign to himself personally tiis Lordship, we wU main- tain, mighthaveoperated, and the: assertion would mdre- fore only render him more reprehen,ible ,fr noitremoving the eviL But the dilatoriness of Chancery, and the expenses in which it involves those who are unfortunately obliged' to go into that Court, have always been the subjects ef com- plaint, and therefore the present system is no mnore repre- hensible than that by which it was preceded. Vht a- surility ! The national debt was thougit large ini thie.reign of Queen ANNE, and GEORGE I., by the people lving at those eras, and tlherefore it isSno larger et the concdsaiof of the reign of GEORGE Ill. However, that the evil has become intolerably great, andl that it has become 8 of late years, is evident from the fact, that in contradictiort fX the wishes of those most concerned, a Commission has at 'St been formed, we will not say to remedy the evil-the con,:,, position of the Commission, we fear, discoa'rages that hope, -but to parry public indignation, atid to elude thle public cry for reform. WVe shall, howvever, have occasiom to-revert ie this subject.