HL Deb 02 February 1807 vol 8 c601

On the motion of the archbishop of Canterbury, the thanks of the house were ordered to be given to the bishop of St. David's for his sermon preached before the house at Westminster Abbey, on Friday last; and his lordship was desired to print and publish the same.—Lord Eldon gave notice of his intention of submitting to their lordships a bill for the better and more effectually regulating the practice of the court of chancery, as far as the same related to suitors whose monies were paid into that court to abide the event of its decision; a measure which his lordship said, was of the utmost advantage to the safety of the suitor and the ease of the chancellor, and the want of which he deeply felt when he himself had the honour of filling that office. The lord chancellor quitted the woolsack, and declared that the noble lord should have his sincerest thanks for his attentive consideration of that object; and he assured him, that it was with infinite satisfaction he heard his determination that night, for, certainly, as the practice was at present, every chancellor must feel considerable difficulty in conducting his decisions, and in adjusting his judgements with suitors of the description adverted to by the noble lord.