These two eminent journals, the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews, may render much service to the great cause of legal improvement, by dealing with such questions, regardless of party or personal considerations. The conductors of such works are never safe from falling into great errors, take what pains they may to keep right; but we are exceedingly sorry to see on one or two late occasions, a tendency in the Quarterly Review towards illiberality in this respect, which is the more remarkable, as it has hitherto been the systematic opponent of constitutional changes, but has always supported the most extensive reforms in the law; and to this it owes, among other things, its strong hold upon the country.
We cannot but again strongly express a wish that there was some autho rity recognised by the Bar, for settling all disputes and difficulties connected with it. A very uneasy feeling appears to us to be growing up between the public and the profession, which we regret the more, because in most of the cases under discussion, we believe that the public is right and the profession wrong. But this subject deserves the careful consideration, which we shall endeavour to give it. In the meantime we may observe, that the discipline of the Bar is intrusted to the Inns of Court, and that on them it lies to preserve the honour of the profession.
We are glad to learn that, following the example of Lincoln's Inn, the Society of Gray's Inn is about to institute a general examination of the Real Property students, but we are not aware that it is intended to have the same effect.
It is our painful duty to record the death of Mr. Duckworth. He was an able, pains-taking, and impartial Master. He had been one of the Real Property Commissioners. Mr. Tinney has succeeded to the vacant Mastership.
- Insurance of
Titles, 154 Report of Society for
promoting the Amendment of the
Law as to, 155- Classification of
Titles, 156- Proposed mode of in-
surance, 157 Unmarketable and
defective titles, 158- Objections to
the plan considered, 159- General
Registry, 161 -Expense of insur-
ance, 162. See Register of Titles.
Courts, County and Superior, 246—
Modes of recovering a debt in the
Superior Courts and County Courts,
247 Costs in undefended cases,
249 Advantages of the County
Courts, 253 Suggested amend-
ments, 254 - Perjury, 256 — Ab-
sence of powers of appeal, 257.
Criminal judicature in France, 121.
Criminal law, international, 52.; Re-
port of Society for promoting the
Amendment of the Law, as to lar-
ceny, 79.; Amelioration of the, 136-
144.
Discovery, law of, self-crimination,
19 Cross-examination, ib.
of France, 21- - Law of England,
22 Present law impedes justice,
25- Difference in Bankrupt law,
Suggested amendment of the
law, 28.
Divorce, 42. 264.
Ecclesiastical Courts, See Monro's
Acta Cancellariæ.
Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, Harris's
life of, 316 His early life, 317-
Call to the bar, 318 Style of
legal argument in his day, 319
Appointed Solicitor General, 321
Failure of lawyers in Parliament,
322-Appointed Attorney General,
324-Impeachment of Lord Mac-
clesfield, 325 Appointed Chief
Justice with Peerage, 327- His
judicial character, 329- Appointed
Chancellor, 330- His influence in
different Cabinets, 331 - Invasion
of Prince Charles Edward, 335–
Accepts an Earldom, 339 - His
retirement, 340 His son Charles
Yorke, 341 - Lord Hardwicke as a
law reformer, 344.
House of Commons, Report of Com-
mittee on Legal Education, 82
on Private Business, 287-353 -on
Private Bills, 287.
House of Lords, Second Report from
Select Committee of, on Juvenile
Offenders and Transportation, 144.
Insolvent, See Privilege of Parlia-
ing Reform Register of Titles.
International Law. See Conflict of
Ireland, measures for, 163-184.
Irish Bar, the, a few years after the
Union, 1- Its duelling propensi
ties, 2 Lord Norbury, 3- Mr.
Justice Fletcher, 5 Lord Nor-
bury's invitation, 6 Goold and
Grady, 7- Curran, 9- Mac Nally,
10-Burrows, 13— Allen and Jerry
Keller, 15.
Legal Education-Report from Select
Committee on, 82- M. Rossi's views,
83 Lectures and examination of
candidates for the Bar, 94-Duty of
Inns of Court to provide means of
legal education, 96- Effect of lec-
tures, 100- Professors of law, 102
Should lectures be open to the
public? 104-Suggested Legal Edu-
cation Commission, 110- Law re-
ports, 112, 223. Election of Ben-
chers, 113-Resolutions of Lincoln's
Inn as to examinations, 286.
Legal education in France, 271
Report of M. de Salvandy, 273
Constitutions of the schools of law,
274 Numbers of students, 279
Present state of the schools, 280
Suggestions of M. de Salvandy, 284.
substitution of additional Judges for
Masters, 63 - Advantages of the
plan, 64-Objections, 65— Increase
of the Master's authority suggested,
69-Appeals from the Masters and
the Judges, 75-Extent of Chancery
business, 77.
Monro's Acta Cancellariæ, 259-Sepa-
ration of temporal and ecclesiastical
tribunals, 260 . Jurisdiction as to
tithes, 261 --as to legacies and wills,
263- Marriage and divorce, 264
Reconciliation of married persons,
Suitors in formá pauperis,
Expense of reports, 238 - Remedy
suggested, 239- Speedy publication
of reports, 240- Responsibility of
the Reporter, 242 Revision of
reports by the Judge, 245.
Repudiation. Measures for Ireland,
163- - International law as to State
Debts, 165 Recent Acts passed
for relieving the poor in Ireland,
171 Repayment of monies ad-
vanced by the Treasury, 173—Evils
of tenure in Ireland, 174- Incum-
bered Estates Bill, 175 Advanta-
geous investments of capital in land,
176 Necessity for improved means
of transferring land, 178- Present
state of Ireland, 180- Suggested
reforms, 183.
SPOTTISWOODE and SHAW,
New-street-Square.
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