§ MR. BAILLIEsaid, he had given notice of a question of rather a delicate nature; but looking at the public inconvenience which had occurred in consequence of the Lord Chancellor's inability to attend to the proceedings of the Court of Chancery, which had for a long time been in abeyance, he trusted he might be excused for asking the right hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department whether he was able to give the country any intimation as to the probable period at which the Lord Chancellor might be expected to resume the duties of his office?
§ SIR G. GREYbelieved it was well known to all, that for several weeks past the Lord Chancellor had been suffering under severe indisposition. He was sure the hon. Gentleman would rejoice to hear that the noble and learned Lord was recovering, and was already able to attend to business connected with his office, though he had not yet resumed his regular sittings in the Court of Chancery. The noble and learned Lord intimated to the leading counsel of his court at the beginning of this term, that he was ready to hear in his own house any appeals that might require immediate attention. There was only one case of that nature at the time; upon which the noble and learned Lord, after hearing it argued, had pronounced a very able judgment.