LORD BROUGHAMpresented a petition from the Manchester Law Association, praying for a Committee of Inquiry into the present practice of the Court of Chancery. The petition complained of delay in the proceedings of that Court, which they ascribed principally to a want of judicial force, and they called for an increased number of Judges and registrars in that Court. In this view he (Lord Brougham) did not concur. His opinion had always been that there were, he would not say too many, but that there were quite enough to do the business of the Court; and he agreed with the dictum of Lord Denman, that it was a most dangerous thing to give Judges an impression that their number would be increased when the business got into arrear, for that was the sure way to discourage active exertion on their part. The Petitioners likewise complained of the expense attendant on litigation in the Court of Chancery and of great delay in the taxation of costs, and they prayed their Lordships to refer these matters to a Select Committee. The House, however, had anticipated their wishes on this point, for acting on its advice, the Crown had appointed a Commission, which he hoped would be sitting next week.