14 Feb y 1808

1. No Reporting

1. Analogous Practice

II. In the judicial establishment of England it is without a parallel.

In the Court of Chancery on the Equity side are contained two perfectly distinct judicatories: that of the Lord Chancellor, and that of the Master of the Rolls. In matters of Equity, the field of their jurisdiction has the same limits. Throughout that extent an Appeal has[?] from a decree of the Master of the Rolls to the Lord Chancellor. But the Master of the Rolls where once he enters upon a course ends it: to him it is not allowed to finish a cause or to send it up unfinished to the Lord Chancellor at pleasure.

From the Common Pleas much for /Thus much as to the two/ single-seated judicatories: turn now to the /three/ many-seated, the three four-seated judicatories.

From the Common Pleas under the name of a Writ of Error an appeal [...?] to the King's Bench. But the Judges of the Common Pleas do not report causes to the King's Bench: to them it is not allowed to finish their business, to send it up unfinished as they please.

From the King's Bench a Like appeal [...?] to one of the Exchequer Chambers. No reporting here.

From the Exchequer like appeal to the other Exchequer Chamber: no reporting here.

A few exceptions will on a clear view afford but a confirmation of the general rule.

1. In the Equity side of the Court of chancery, a /the/ sort subordinate Judge called a Master makes what are called Reports to the Chancellor or the Master of the Rolls to whichever of the two the cognizance of the cause has been attributed. True: but to /by/ the Master no decree final or so much as interlocutionary is ever made. Whatsoever business he performs he is bound to perform: he beholds no sort of business which he may choose[?] whether he will do or not do as he pleases: and so thus it is that the grievance coexists.