2[?] May 1807 8 Feb y 1808

on L d Eldons Bill

II. Appeals

Mischief of the delay trade

V. Mischief of this traffic, of the Delay-trade

Such, my Lord, being the nature, and such the profit - that is my point - part and parcel thereof at least, consecrated in the persons of learned and reverend Judges, noble or not noble, to the reward of merit - to be reaped, and reaped accordingly by these persons[?] hands, from their connection with the dear offspring of their loins, their best customer and highly-valued and respected pupil profit the malâ fide suitor - alias the self-conscious wrongdoer, who, in accomplishment of the precept of the sage, is not less perfectly known to himself than he is to these his reverend and indefatigable creators and preservers.

Such being the nature of the gain in one hand, let us turn to the other side of the account, if Your Lordship pleases, and take a correspondent view of the price at which such merit is crowned by such reward: viz. the nature of the loss which presses upon the injured party, (in general the plaintiff) whose property is diposed of to such pious uses:- of the burthen, and of the circumstances attendant on the manner in which it is thrown upon his shoulders.