Charles A. Holmes, Esq., student of the Inner Temple, a certificate of honour of the first class.

John Pym Yeatman, Esq., student of Lincoln's Inn; Charles Fitzwilliam Cadiz, Esq., student of Lincoln's Inn; Edward Dundas Holroyd, Esq., student of Gray's Inn; Samuel Bruce, Esq., student of the Middle Temple; Andrew Steinmetz, Esq., student of the Middle Temple; Edward Howley, Esq., student of the Middle Temple; Frederick Hyman Lewis, Esq., student of the Inner Temple; Henry Rutherfurd, Esq., student of the Middle Temple ; W. Algernon Slade Gully, Esq., student of the Inner Temple; William Patchett, Esq., student of the Inner Temple; and Henry Conington, Esq., student of Lincoln's Inn, certificates that they have satisfactorily passed a public examination.

Council Chamber, Lincoln's Inn, 24th May, 1855.

LEGISLATION.

THE Bills of Exchange Bill (introduced by Mr. Keating, Q.C.), as amended by the Commons, has been accepted by the Lords. But Lord Brougham protests against the alterations that have been made in it. It will, therefore, become law. It facilitates judgment upon. bills, and prevents vexatious defences.

INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND).—A_Bill to consolidate and amend the laws of Scotland regarding bankruptcy and insolvency has been brought in by the Lord Advocate and Sir G. Grey. It contains 178 clauses, mostly relating to matters of detail. The Acts of the 54 Geo. 3, c. 137, the 2 & 3 Vict. c. 41, and the 16 & 17 Vict. c. 53, are repealed. It is proposed that the Act shall come into operation on the 1st of November, 1855.

THE Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill is withdrawn for the session. QUALIFICATION OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.-A Bill, prepared and brought in by Mr. Colville, Viscount Emlyn, and Mr. Ker Seymer, amends the laws relating to the qualification of justices of the peace. It repeals the whole of the existing Acts. No person shall be capable of being a justice of the peace, unless he be qualified1. by possessing an estate in land within England and Wales for his own use and benefit of the clear yearly value of 1007.; or, 2. by possessing a personal estate of 3007.; or, 3. by possessing a clear yearly income of at least 3007., derived from a Government office or pension; or, 4. by possessing more than one of the several kinds of property hereinbefore mentioned, all amounting in the aggregate to the clear yearly value of 3007. A declaration of their qualification must be made by the justices of the peace, and any person guilty of making a

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false declaration, will be held to have committed a misdemeanour. No qualification by estate shall be required of peers of Parliament, privy councillors, justices of either bench, or barons of the Exchequer, eldest sons of peers, or eldest sons of persons capable of being elected county members. The following persons will be qualified by office, viz. :-Officers of the Board of Green Cloth, Heads of Colleges, ViceChancellors and Mayors at Oxford and Cambridge, judges of County Courts, Commissioners of the Navy, Under-Secretaries of State, and the Secretary of Chelsea College, &c. Attorneys, solicitors, and proctors are especially disqualified. This Bill has been already withdrawn.

CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.-The Lord Chancellor announced the immediate introduction of a measure for increasing the number of Assizes and Quarter Sessions; but the Bill for extending the power of summary jurisdiction in cases of petty larceny renders it unnecessary, for the work will be thereby diminished, and the former is at present a dropped measure, though the latter will probably pass.

THE Executor and Trustee Companies Bill has passed the House of Commons, almost without an obstacle.

NEW ACT FOR THE EDUCATION OF POOR CHILDREN. - It is enacted that poor-law guardians may grant relief to poor persons, lawfully relieved out of the workhouse, to provide education for any child of such person, between the ages of four and sixteen, in any school to be approved of by the guardians, for such time and under such conditions as the guardians shall see fit. The Poor-law Board may issue orders to regulate the proceedings of guardians. "It shall not be lawful for the guardians to impose as a condition of relief that such education shall be given to any child of the person requiring relief." The cost of relief is to be charged in the same account as the other relief. Further, the Act provides that orphan and deserted children may be educated in the manner prescribed. The Act has immediate operation, but will prove nearly a dead letter.

LORD ST. LEONARD'S Bill for the better Protection of Purchasers against Judgments, Lis pendens, and Life Annuities, has passed both Houses.

THE Lunacy Regulation Act, 1853, has been introduced by Lord St. Leonards, and has passed. It is to authorize the Lord Chancellor, in matters of lunacy, to empower committees of estates to grant leases binding on issue, or remaindermen.

THE Lord Chancellor has presented a Bill to the House of Lords to make further provisions for the more speedy and efficient despatch of business in the High Court of Chancery, and to vest in him the ground and buildings of the said Court, situate in Southamptonbuildings, Chancery-lane, with powers of leasing and sale thereof.

MR. J. G. PHILLIMORE has again introduced his Bill for the appointment of Public Prosecutors. The committee have seen no

reason to change the unfavourable opinion they expressed last year of the principle of this measure, and there is no doubt of its rejection. -Mr. R. Phillimore has succeeded in passing through the House of Commons a Bill for Abolishing the Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in England and Wales in suits for Defamation.

MR. HEYWOOD and Mr. Headlam have brought in a Bill to Legalize Marriages with a Deceased Wife's Sister, or a Deceased Wife's Niece, which will scarcely pass.

CALLS TO THE BAR.

MIDDLE TEMPLE, MAY 6.- Charles Boulnois (certificate of honour), LL.B., London University; Fitzgerald Lockhart Ross Murray; Robert Miller; Robert Scott, London University; and John Martin; Edward Howley, Henry Gillett Gridley; Henry Rutherford (cert.); Robert Mortimer Montgomery; Andrew Steinmetz (cert.), and Joseph Park, Esqrs.

INNER TEMPLE.-Walter Robinson, Thomas Arthur Farrell, Bernard Gustavus Norton, Peter Rothwell Crook, Charles Icrom Murch, B.A., James Scott Ogle, B.A., Benjamin Henry Walpole Way, John Boyd Kinnear, Henry Bret Ince, James Mackonochie, George Taddy Tomlin, William Reynold Deire Salmon, Gregory Charles Paul, B.A., and William Patchett, B.A., Esqrs.

LINCOLN'S INN.-Francis William Everitt Stiffe, William Torrens McCullagh, Robert Spencer Borland, Henry Scarth, Philip Lutley Sclater, William Angell, Charles Fitzwilliam Cadiz, Frederic William Earle, John Pym Yeatman, George Udny, Joseph Keech Aston, and Charles Ambrose Lionel Lorenz, Esqrs.

GRAY'S INN.-Edward Dundas Holroyd, M.A., and Charles Heywood, Esqrs.

CALLS TO THE IRISH BAR.-The following gentlemen were, on the 30th May, called to the Irish Bar:-W. Woodlock, son of W. Woodlock, solicitor; Philip Keogh, of Gervagh, in the county of Sligo; F. T. Longworth Dames, Greenhill, in the King's County; C. J. Ferguson, Prospect, Mullingar; William O'Brien, of Cork; John J. Kirby, of Fermoy; William Anderson, of Dungarvan, Esqrs.

NECROLOGY.

JOHN VENN PRIOR, Esq., of the Equity Bar, was killed by a fall from a strange horse he had accidentally mounted as his own, in Hyde Park last month. Sir William Page Wood spoke of him from the bench as one who has been so recently removed from us, and whose loss we so deeply deplore," and as one for whom “ none will feel a more deep or lasting regret than those who were acquainted with him professionally, and who will always look back with admiration on his ability and integrity, and with affection on his gentleness and courtesy."

April.

20th. FOULHES, Edward, Esq., solicitor, Manchester, aged 84. 21st. CLOWES, William, Esq., barrister, London, aged 65. 26th. JONES, Frank Jones Walter, Esq., barrister, London, aged 47.

May.

2nd. SMART, William, Esq., solicitor, London, aged 73. 8th. TEARNHEAD, Peter, Esq., solicitor, Oakham, aged 68. 19th. PINKETT, William, Esq., solicitor, Sussex, aged 25.

BEDWELL, F. Robert, Esq., registrar of the Court of Chancery, aged 51.

23rd. CUXWALL, Alfred, Esq., barrister, Devizes, aged 43.

June.

2nd. PARTRIDGE, Samuel John, Esq., barrister, Reading, aged 37. 4th. PIERCEY, Samuel, Esq., solicitor, London, aged 54. 13th. BRIETYCHE, Charles Ware, Esq., second judge, Calcutta, aged 56.

16th. SIMPSON, James Brown, Esq., town clerk, Richmond, Yorks., aged 51.

17th. PRUDENCE, William, Esq., solicitor, Clapham, aged 66. 18th. WING, J. W., Esq., County Court judge, aged 41.

28th. GROGAN, Edward Carey, Esq., solicitor, Taunton.

July.

3rd. HOLMES, Joseph Hanby, Esq., town clerk, Bury St. Edmunds, aged 41.

4th. PHILLIPS, Revell Henry, Esq., barrister, London.

7th. ELLIS, William Joyner, clerk of the peace, Gloucester. 9th. WIGHTWICK, Humphrey, Esq., solicitor, Ramsgate, aged 73. 11th. COLLISSON, William, Esq., clerk of assize, Midland Circuit, aged 52.

15th. WINTER, Robert, Esq., solicitor, London, aged 64.

ERRATUM.-At page 384 of last number of the LAW MAGAZINE, in line 8 from bottom, for "[to make a rate for repairs of the church]" read [to repair the church].

List of New Publications.

Bankruptcy-Tables of Costs in Bankruptcy, and New Orders, June, 1855. 12mo. 3s. 6d. cloth.

Brougham-The Speech of Lord Brougham in the House of Lords on Criminal Law Procedure, March 23, 1855; with the Resolutions of the House of Lords. 8vo. 1s. sewed.

Darling-A Treatise on the Administration of Trust Funds; with the Trustee Relief Act. By J. Darling, Esq., Barrister. 8vo. 7s. 6d. cloth.

Davidson-Davidson's Precedents and Forms in Conveyancing. Second Edition. By C. Davidson and T. C. Wright, Esqs., Barristers. Vol. I. Royal 8vo. 28s. cloth.

Davis-A Manual of the Practice and Evidence in Actions and other Proceedings in the County Courts; with the Statutes and Rules. By J. E. Davis, Esq., Barrister. Second Edition. Post 8vo. 15s. cloth.

Glen-The Small Tenements' Rating Act, and the Vestry Act, 1850, 13 & 14 Vict. cc. 57 and 99; with Introduction and Notes. By W. C. Glen, Esq., Barrister. Third Edition. 12mo. 2s. boards.

Glen-The Poor Law Guardian: his Powers and Duties in the Right Execution of his Office. By W. C. Glen, Esq., Barrister. 12mo. 3s. 6d. cloth.

Hough-Precedents in Military Law, including the Practice of CourtsMartial- the Mode of Conducting Trials-the_Duties of Officers at Military Courts of Inquests, Courts of Inquiry, Courts of Requests, &c. By W. Hough, Lieutenant-Colonel. 8vo. 25s. cloth.

James-The County Voter's Manual and Guide to the Registration Courts and Elections; with Practical Directions to Overseers, &c. By W. A. James. 12mo. 2s. sewed.

Jarman-A Treatise on Wills. By T. Jarman, Esq., Barrister. Second Edition. By E. P. Wolstenholme and S. Vincent, Esqrs., Barristers. 2 vols. royal 8vo. £3. 3s. cloth.

Juridical Papers read before the Juridical Society. 8vo. 3s. 6d. sewed.

Kerr-An Action at Law: being an Outline of the Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Common Law; with an Elementary View of the Proceedings in Personal Actions and in Ejectment. By R. M. Kerr, Esq., Barrister. Second Edition. 12mo. 10s. boards.

Lees-Laws of Shipping and Insurance; with an Appendix containing the Merchant Shipping Act and Recent Statutes, together with a Copious Index. Seventh Edition, enlarged and adapted to the present State of the Maritime Law. By James Lees, Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d. cloth.