anufacturer. — Joseph Trigwell, Fulham-road, Middlesex, JOSEPH THOMPSON the younger, Terrace, Kensington, er-shop keeper.

Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. — Charles Rollinson, Brierley-hill, Staffordshire, boot manufacturer, Nov. 17 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Frederick Lanyman, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, wholesale druggist, Nov. 17 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.; Nov. 25 at 12, div.— Thomas Dalton, Coventry, Warwickshire, silk dyer, Nov. 23 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-George Sampson, Lincoln, draper, Nov. 22 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Kingston-upon-Hull, aud. ac. and div.-John L. Bullock, Rodney Wharf, Battersea, Surrey, manufacturing chemist, Nov. 21 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Oliver T. J. Stockden, Walham-green, Middle. sex, brewer, Nov. 21 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Richard Lee, Richard John Brassey, Fuller Farr, and George Lee, Lombard-street, London, bankers, Nov. 21 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. joint est., and div. sep. est. of George Lee.-Lewis C. Hertslet and Joseph Okell, Union-court, Broad-street, London, merchants, Nov. 21 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. sep. est. of Lewis C. Hertslet.-Samuel Salter, Hunton Bridge, Abbotts Langley, Hertfordshire, maltster, Nov. 25 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Henry Tindall, Hastings, Sussex, brewer, Nov. 23 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. CERTIFICATes.

To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting.

Joseph Pepler, Watton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, straw dealer, Nov. 27 at 11, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Dursley.-George White, Portsea, Southampton, dealer in marine stores, Nov. 25 at 11, County Court of Hampshire, at Portsmouth.-A. R. Wilkey, Southsea, Portsea, Southamp. ton, baker, Nov. 25 at 11, County Court of Hampshire, at Portsmouth.-Johnson Marks, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, watch. maker, Nov. 17 at 11, County Court of Glamorganshire, at Cardiff.-Thomas Grant, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, hobler, Nov. 17 at 11, County Court of Glamorganshire, at Cardiff. John Robinson, Kempston, near Bedford, Bedfordshire, butcher, Nov. 21 at 10, County Court of Bedfordshire, at Bedford.-Richard Stowell, Keighley, Yorkshire, out of basiness, Nov. 15 at 11, County Court of Yorkshire, at Keighley.-Thomas Walsh, Bingley, Yorkshire, clerk, Nov. 15 at 11, County Court of Yorkshire, at Keighley.-R. Barron, Littlemoor, Pudsey, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturer, Nov. 14 at 11, County Court of Yorkshire, at Bradford.

The following Persons, who, on their several Petitions filed in the Court, have obtained Interim Orders for Protection from Process, are required to appear in Court as hereinafter mentioned, at the Court-house, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn, as follows, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

Nov. 27 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Richard Shortland, Brewer-street, Somers-town, St. Pancras, Middlesex, butcher.-James Burton, Leader-street, Col. James Wright, Rood-lane, London, shipowner, Nov. 22 at lege-street, Chelsea, Middlesex, baker.-Henry John Broad, 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Chas. Heyne, St. Benet'sWimbourne-street, New North-road, Hoxton, Middlesex, luciplace, Gracechurch-street, London, broker, Nov. 22 at half-fer match manufacturer.- Wm. Henry Freame, Great Georgepast 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. J. Normanville, street, Bermondsey, Surrey, grocer.-Jesse Haycock, jun., Seymour-chambers, Duke-street, Adelphi, and Queen's-road, Brook-street, Upper Clapton, Middlesex barman.-J. Sim Regent's-park, Middlesex, commission agent, Nov. 22 at half-monds, Jefferys-place, Jefferys-street, Camden-town, Middlepast 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thomas Grogan, sex, foreman to a builder.-R. G. W. Wear, Hill-cottage, Queen-street, Stepney, Middlesex, licensed victualler, Nov. Shooter's-hill, Kent, inspector of agencies. 21 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John P. Waterson, Alexander-terrace, Westbourne-park-road, Paddington, Middlesex, builder, Nov. 22 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London. -Lewis Benjamin, Princes-street, Leicester-square, Middlesex, jeweller, Nov. 24 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London. Wm. J. Norsworthy, Sidmouth, Devonshire, baker, Nov. 22 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter.-T. Hutchings, Axminster, Devonshire, nurseryman, Nov. 30 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter.-George John Jenvey, Barnstaple, Devonshire, bookseller, Nov. 22 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter.-Henry Basil Bray, Coventry, Warwickshire, grocer, Nov. 23 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-George Sampson, Lincoln, draper, Nov. 22 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Kingston-uponHull.

Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process.

John Smith, Radstock, Somersetshire, gentleman, Nov. 11 at 12, County Court of Somersetshire, at Temple Cloud.W. Staves, Kingston-upon-Hull, shoemaker, Nov. 17 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingston-upon-Hull.-Wm. Clarke, Ramsgate, Kent, lodging-house keeper, Nov. 7 at 10, County Court of Kent, at Ramsgate.-G. Hopkins, Habin, Rogate, Sussex, carrier, Nov. 23 at 12, County Court of Sussex, at Midhurst.-Thomas Grant, Corsley, Wiltshire, wheelwright, Nov. 14 at 12, County Court of Wiltshire, at Warminster. George Wann, South Shields, Durham, butcher, Nov. 23 at 10, County Court of Durham, at South Shields.

Jan. 11 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner Phillips. George Buckham, Phelp-street, Walworth-common, Surrey, compositor.-George Wm. Tonissaint, Homerton-row, Homerton, Hackney, Middlesex, architect.-John Osborn, Ewell, and Cheam-common, Surrey, shoemaker. - Matthew Gargan, Lillington-street, Belgrave-road, Pimlico, Middlesex, painter.-Thomas Heatley, Freeschool-street, Bermondsey, Surrey, carpenter.-Henry Hammond, Leslie-street, Mileend-road, Middlesex, waiter.-Thomas Cole the younger, Perrin's-place, High-street, Hampstead, Middlesex, beer-shop keeper.-Henry Hook, Crescent-place, Clapham-common, Surrey, cabinet maker.-C. Wild, Raphael-street, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, fruiterer.

Saturday, Oct. 28.

Assignees have been appointed in the following Cases. Purther particulars may be learned at the Office, in Portugalstreet, Lincoln's-inn-fields, on giving the Number of the Case.

John O'Hara, Tolbot-villas, St. Columb's-road, Paddington, Middlesex, clerk to a builder, No. 64,341 T.; R. Earsdon, assignee.-D. Small, Liverpool, hawker, No. 78,464 C.; A. W. Falcon, assignee.-George N. Tootal, Leeds, Yorkshire, sharebroker, No. 78,616 C.; Joseph Priór, assignee.John William Cooper, Rothley, Leicestershire, baker, No. 78,663 C.; John Paget, assignee.-Levi Kibby, Tamworth, Warwickshire, out of business, No. 78,808 C.; Stewart G. Robinson, assignee.

Saturday, Oct. 28. Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignee the Estates and Effects of the following Persons:— (On their own Petitions).

Henry Rheinlander, Old Ford-road, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, out of business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. - John H. Taylor, Bermondsey-street, Surrey, foreman to a cap manufacturer: in the Gaol of Surrey.—John King, Kensworth, Hertfordshire, dealer in hay: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-John P. Edwards, Yorkbuildings, Adelphi, Middlesex, out of business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-C. L. Bowes, Princesterrace, York-road, Battersea, Surrey, surveyor: in the Gaol of Surrey.-Robert Cook, Churton-street, Pimlico, Middlesex, butcher: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. -Charlotte Haines, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, Middlesex, lodging-house keeper: in the Debtors Prison for London and

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great show of public spirit has been lately made by the lawyers; and if alteration is reform, the practice of the law has been and is being greatly reformed. Our present purpose is, not to consider the merits of those amendments, or to attempt to distinguish the scenery of the charlatan from the honest work of the amending hand, but to point out an unbroken field in which the legal reformer may labour with singular benefit to his order and to society.

We have said that the conscientious, sound, and safe lawyer is now rarely to be found; and the reason is, WE remember the time when the Legal Profession that the task which a sincere and earnest student was divisible into two great classes, sufficiently con- of the present day must set before himself is such as trasted in the gross, though insensibly melting into the rarest energy of mind and endurance of constieach other those who did their business conscien-tution would be barely sufficient to master. The tiously, completely, and satisfactorily to themselves and their clients; and those who scamped it, trusting to some flashy qualities, or to connexion, for success. The first class is nearly extinct; not that the men who enter the Profession bring to it less talent, energy, or conscience than belonged to their predecessors, but the Profession itself is disheartened-demoralised-by a combination of depressing influences. We do not now allude to the temporary loss of emolument occasioned by the establishment and extension of the county court jurisdiction, though the loss has been great, and the blunder which caused it grievous. The professional derangement will soon be adjusted, according to the laws of demand and supply; and in the course of no long time we trust that the country will have learned in the school of experience the inherent unsoundness of the county court system. We shall have discovered that cheap law is not economical justice; and as we have already found that the science of medicine is not advanced by giving over criminals for dissection, we shall by degrees learn to distrust the experimentum in corpore vili in every form. There is no reason to fear the decay of the Profession. No civilised society can dispense with the counsellor, the draftsman, or the advocate; and the Profession will be honoured so long as VOL. XVIII. RR

oracles of the law are contained in the reports and the statutes. We, in the course of many years of study and practice, have contrived, by a certain amount of labour, to extract from the whole body of reports and statutes, with such accuracy and completeness as we could command, a system of principles and rules for our guidance in practice, and we have endeavoured, by the device of "noting up," to provide ourselves with some kind of clue to the ramifications of the legal labyrinth. But the reports of cases now come upon us in such profusion, that the mere daily labour of "noting up" consumes more of our energy and time than was formerly sufficient for our entire studies*. To remember the principal cases is absolutely impossible. But, as if this were not enough, the introduction of Dr. Story's flimsy compilations has brought into our courts the foppery of citing American decisions. The consequence of this state of things is, that most students and lawyers abandon the attempt to keep up their knowledge of the reports, and rely on text-books. This marks them at once as second-rate lawyers; and, the highest standard once

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