A Brief Account of Some of the Most Important Proceedings in Parliament ...

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Chap. Ii.— Part I

The Court of Chancery from the year 1810 to the passing ofthe Vice ChanceUor'sbiU in 1813 20

CHAP. II.— PART II.

Opinions of Committees of the House of Commons, of the Chancery Commissioners, &c. as to the expediency of giving to the Lord Chancellor,' Masters in Chancery, and Commissioners of Bankrupt, fixed Salaries instead of Fees SS

Chapter III

The Court of Chancery from the passing of the Viqe Chancellor's bill, in 1813, to the issuing of the Chancery Commission 43

Chap Iv.— Part I

The Court of Chancery from the Report of the Chancery Commissioners in March, 1826, to the time when Lord Eldon resigned the Seals 53

CHAP. IV.— PART II.

It is not possible for New Orders to remedy the great

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delay that occurs in some branches of the Court, between the setting down and the hearing of Causes 65

CHAP, v.— PART I.

The Court of Chancery during the Chancellorship of Lord Lyndhurst 68

CHAP, v.- PART II.

Some Remarks on the Returns lately made to the House of Commons relative to the Chancery and Bankruptcy Business 80

CHAP, v.— PART III.

Some account of the Proceedings in a common Chancery Suit, and the probable time of its duration .... 86

CHAPTER VI.

It is not possible for three Judges to get through the present Business of the Court of Chancery with convenient dispatch. — Opinions of the Barristers examined before the Chancery Commissioners on the subject .... 93

CHAPTER VII.

That the delay now existing in the hearing of Causes in the Court of Chancery amounts to a denial of justice, * shown by an Account of the Business done at various periods, from the year 1745 to the present time. — An additional Judge to be useful must be efficient . . . 101.

CHAPTER VIII.

That the Quantity of General Business of the Court of Chancery, disposed of by the Lord Chancellor, has ^eatly diminished since the year 1745. — Comparison of the Business done by Sir Joseph Jekyll and Sir William Grant, in equal spaces of times. — Union of the Political and Judicial Functions in the Lord Chancellor 121

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CHAPTER IX.

No Arrear of Business at the RoUs.— *The Quantity of Business got through by Lord Lyndhurst.— ^Probability that he will keep down the number of Appeals . . . 140

CHAPTER X.

The assumption by the House of Lords of the Appellate Jurisdiction over our Courts of Equity in the Reign of Charles the Second a violation of the Constitution . . 149

CHAPTER XI.

Of the Hearing of Appeals in the House of Lords, from the Restoration down to the year 1811 163

CHAPTER XII.

Resolution of the House of Lords in May, 1813, that the House should sit three days in every week during the Session, from 10 o'clock to 4, to hear Appeals. — Report from the Lords' Committees, appointed in 1823 a Select Committee on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House ofLords 173

CHAPTER XIII.

Short Account of the Parliamentary Debates in 1823 and 1824, on the Report from the Lords' Committee appointed in 1823 a Select Committee on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords, and on a Renewal in 1827 of the Measure recommended by that Report . 199

CHAPTER XIV.

Appeals to the Privy Council. — Lord Lansdown's motion in the House of Lords, in March, 1827, respecting Appeals from India 222

, CHAPTER XV.

A short Account of the Origin of the Lord Chancellor's Jurisdiction in Bankruptcy •, 242

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CHAPTER XVI.

The London and Country Commissioners of Bankrupt 256

CHAPTER XVn.

Opinions of eminent Lawyers and other Individuals, as to the Separation of Bankruptcy from the other Business of the Great Seal, and as to the Commissioners of Bankrupt. Reports of Committees of the House of Commons, Chancery Commissioners, Common Council of the Qity of London, and Parliamentary Debates, relative to the same Subjects 275

CHAPTER XVni.

Of the Expense attending the present mode of administering the Bankrupt Laws. — Unclaimed Dividends. — Effects of the System of London Commissionerships of Bankrupt upon the Bar. — A great number of Judges against the poh'cy of our Judicial Establishments. — Manner in which the Functions of Judge and Advocate are blended in the Commissioners of Bankrupt 324