29 Oct r 1807

Eldon's Bill

'.16

Interest

'.16 (1) (Interest)

On the subject of interest, that is on the more extensive subject which on this occasion which called forth the mention of this word, our legislators had it been their wish to prevent malâ fide appeals would naturally have brought to view - viz. satisfaction for wrong by intermediate loss of possession, adding to compleat the provision, ademption of the value of any ulterior advantage made of the wrongful possession, enough has been said in the 5 th of these Letters. Was such their wish? It is just possible. But if so, how deplorable is the narrowness of their views.

In the Memorial in which the Lord President was joined by two others of the 15 Judges - at a time (when Lord Grenvilles first Bill on the subject was on the carpet,) when the plantation of the Chamber of Review like a threatening milstone hung over those learned heads, no exertion was thought too great to keep /stave/ it off. The declared /principal/ object of this tremendous Chamber being to ease /the time/ the House of Lords of the extra load of Appeals that pressed upon it, here cried the Memorialists are a set of regulations that will do the business: do it in such a manner /so effectually/ that without any such "subversion of the Constitution of the Court, and of the fundamental laws of the country, contrarily to the articles of Union, and violation of the claim of right", will so order matters, "that the number of appeals will soon cease to be a grievance to the subject, or a burthen to the House of Lords." + Act 1

Hereupon, to recommend the succederunt[?] propositions to the lovers of justice, if such were haply to be found, it was deemed necessary that some regulations tending really so far as they went to the ends of justice should be brought forward: the last of them was "that the House of Lords should allow higher cases, according to circumstances, and should also award interest on the score[?] in dispute.

/in reality or in appearance memorial '.48.