Legal Chronology for 1839. these weekly lectures, the professor in this] department will, at times suited to the lectures of the other professors, deliver a written lecture on subjects of general interest connected with this department. In addition to the above, (but forming part of the same course), a limited number of lectures will also be delivered, during the session, by Richard Tudor, Esq., on the law relating to Wills and to Descents; the time of delivering which will be arranged so as not to interfere with the regular lectures of this or any other of the classes. In addition to these lectures, a course has been commenced on Medical Jurisprudence, by Dr. Thomas Brady. This course will be divided into three parts. The first part will comprise a general view of the animal economy, and an account of the structure, functions, relations, and some of the diseases of the chief organs of the human body, the knowledge of which is absolutely necessary in order to understand the nature and value of medical evidence. In the second part the medical evidence in criminal cases, or offences against the person, as murder-poisoning-assaults-rape-procuring abortion, &c. &c., will be examined and fully explained. And in the third part the medical evidence in cases of divorce-legitimacy-life insurance -public nuisances-inental alienation, &c. LEGAL CHRONOLOGY FOR 1839. January. The Hon. Thomas Erskine, Chief Judge of the Court of Review, was appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, on the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Mr. Justice Park. Several persons convicted of treason in Canada, were brought before the Court of Queen's Bench under a Habeas Corpus, but were remanded: the sentence of the Colonial Court being confirmed, sec 17 L. O. 234. New forms of Writs of Execution were ordered by the Common Law Courts under the Arrest Abolition Act. Forty-three barristers were called in Hilary Term. At the examination of articled clerks, 94 candidates were passed, and 3 only postponed. February. 345 The following Bills were brought in:For improving the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of County Courts. For keeping and authenticating Non-Parochial : To provide a General Form of Affirmation in For the better Ordering of Prisons. For improving the Police of the Metropolis: For the better Protection of Purchasers against To amend the Law of Copyright: Mr. Ser- For the Enfranchisement of Copyholds: Mr. For the Registration of Parliamentary Elec- To amend the Jurisdiction for the Trial of For establishing Courts in various places for For amending the Law of Costs: Sir F. Pol- To amend the Laws relating to Highways: To alter and amend the Laws relating to For the more effectual Protection of Inn- To enable the Justices at Quarter Sessions to For securing the Benefit of Inventions in the Printing Woven Fabries: Mr. P. Thomson. To Abolish Grand Juries: Mr. Prynne. the Court of Pleas at Durham: Mr. Har- On the death of Mr. Stirling, the late Co-To Improve the Practice and Proceedings in roner for Middlesex, a contest took place for the vacant office. Several solicitors came forward, but all successively retired except Mr. Adey. In consequence of this division of interest amongst the lawyers, and want of energy, a medical Coroner was elected, For Extending the Qualification of Voters : To render the Owners of Sinall Tenements liable for Rates: Mr. R. Gordon, To Regulate the Course of Proceedings in the Common Pleas, as to hearing Counsel in Term Time. To amend the Law of Patents for Inventions. To Indemnify Persons as Clerks to Attorneys, &c. To continue Turnpike Acts. July. The royal assent was given on the 4th inst. to the Exchequer of Pleas Inquisition Bill, and on the 19th to the Bankruptcy Protection and Borough Court Proceedings Bills. Mr. Martin, one of the Masters in Chancery, having resigned, Sir Wm. Horne was appointed in his stead. New Bills were introduced : To amend the Tithes Commutation Act. To Reduce the Postage Duties. The royal assent was given on the 29th to the following Bills: Annual Indemnity. Usury on Bills of Exchange. Turnpike Acts Continuance. Several Small Debt Courts. For Incorporating the King's Inns, Dublin, and Regulating the Profession of the Law in Ireland. The Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill, which The royal assent was given on the 4th inst. had passed the House of Commons, was postto the following Bills : Purchaser's Protection. Seditious Societies. Designs Copyright Extension. New Orders were made in the Court of Exchequer in Equity, relating to the Practice and the Forms of Writs. See 18 L. O. 120. There were 42 barristers called in Trinity Terin. At the examination of articled clerks 108 attended the answers of 5 were deemed unsatisfactory, the rest were passed. : The Bill for rendering the Owners of Small Tenements liable for Rates was negatived. Mr. Le Blanc, the Senior Master of the Queen's Bench retired, and Mr. Turner was appointed to fill the vacancy. The royal assent was given on the 14th June to the following Bills: Designs Copyright. Durham Court of Pleas. The following Bills were brought in :— To amend the Practice of the Stannary Courts. For establishing a Court of Appeal from the Revising Barristers: Mr. C, Buller. poned by the Lords, 39 being against, and 27 for the Bill. Royal assents were given on the 17th to the following Bills : Election Petitions Trial London City Police. On the 24th the following Bills received the royal assent: Metropolitan Police Courts. Patents for Inventions. Joint Stock Banks, Several Small Debt Courts. Legal Chronology for 1839.- Report of the Tithe Commissioners. On the 26th the following Bills received the royal assent: Administration of Justice in parts of Coun The vacancy in the Common Pleas, occasioned by the death of Mr. Justice Vaughan, was filled by the removal of Mr. Baron Maule from the Exchequer to the Common Pleas, and Sir R. M. Rolfe, the Solicitor General, was created a Baron of the Exchequer. Mr. Serjeant Wilde was appointed Solicitor General. The several Inns of Court called 42 Barristers during this Term. 347 and of these 1,916 have been received, and 1,990 confirmed during the year 1839. 'We have in the office 414 awards, of which 178 have been confirmed; of these 357 have been received, and 172 confirmed during the year 1839. "We believe that rent charges have now been fixed in about 5-12ths of the tithe districts of the country (exclusive of those parishes or places the tithes of which have been commuted by local acts of parliament.) "We have received 2,184 apportionments, of which 1,157 have been confirmed; of these 1,251 have been received, and 933 confirmed during the year 1839, and 823 have been received during the last six months of that year. "The progress of voluntary agreements has been considerably accelerated during the past year; that of apportionments very much more More time is usually consumed by this last process than the six months originally contemplated by the legislature. Allowing, however, for this fact, the receipt of apportion So. The number of candidates for the Roll of Attorneys who attended the examination was 125, of these 111 were passed, and 14 post-ments is at length following up the receipt of poned. The total of Barristers called during the year was 177, and of Attorneys 413. During the Term, Mr. Serjeant Wilde claimed on the part of the Serjeants of the Court of Common Pleas an exclusive Right of Pre-audience. On the last day of Term, the Chief Justice informed the Bar, that next Term the Court would call on some gentleman of the coif to nove, passing over some other gentlemen not of that degree, who might then shew cause. December. The Reduction of Postage Act came into practical operation on the 5th. The special Commission for the Trial of the Prisoners at Monmouth, for High Treason, was opened on the 10th, and adjourned to the 31st. See the charge of the Chief Justice, 19 L. O. 153. A Commission was issued for inquiring into the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Courts. See 19 L. O. 99. One of the unsuccessful candidates in the last Term appealed to the Judges, and a hearing took place on the 17th inst., when the decision of the examiners was confirmed. See 19 L. O. 136. REPORT OF THE TITHE COMMISSIONERS. THE following is the report made to the Secretary of State for the Home Department of the progress of the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales during the past year. "We have now in the office 4,993 agreements, of which 3,980 have been confirmed; agreements with tolerable regularity. "We have to repeat this year the satisfaction we have before expressed at the amicable manner in which the apportionments have been completed. This part of the commutation, it was feared, would be the most beset by strife and difficulties. The event has proved such fears groundless. "Angry appeals are the very rare exception; contented acquiescence is the general rule. "This result has unquestionably been principally produced by sufficient time having been allowed for the completion of the process by valuers, named by the land owners themselves, possessing, and as the event proves, deservedly, their confidence. "But if this full allowance of time has produced harmony, it has also produced delays, which have not been without their inconveniences. 348 Report of the Tithe Commissioners.—Barristers Called.—Professional Lists. into our own; and when, for the first time, we ourselves select, instruct, and pay the persons who conduct it. On the expense, the inconvenience, and the wide irritation, which would follow our being generally called on to take this step, we have before dwelt. "These considerations induce us the more anxiously to repeat our hope, that the parties will keep the probable duration of the process of apportionment steadily in view while making their own arrangements: that the tithe owners who have compositions will keep their right to them entire till after the completion of the apportionments, and that the land owners will make such stringent contracts with the apportioners and mappers as may effectually prevent any delays, not wholly inevitable. "In all cases, however, in which wilful loitering with the apportionments can be proved we wish it to be understood that we shall, on a distinct statement and request from the tithe owners, feel bound to interfere at once. "Legal doubts and difficulties as to the effect of the hop clauses have obstructed the commutation in some important districts. They are now sufficiently removed to enable us to work those clauses with comparative ease and confidence. "During the progress of this work, however, it has appeared to us that a slight further simplification of those clauses might be practicable and useful. We do not think fresh legislation necessary or advisable for this object alone: but should an opportunity occur, we think it may be worth the attention of the legislature. As the tithe acts at present stand, though we have power to declare that the rent charges shall begin before the coufirmation of the apportionment, we have no power to stop the perception of tithe in kind before the apportionment is confirmed. us. The hardship of allowing tithe in kind to be collected, after a rent charge has been actually declared, has been strongly pressed on If, however, a power should be vested in us of extinguishing tithe before the confirmation of appointments, such a power must obviously be accompanied by others which would secure the receipt by the tithe owner of an unapportioned rent charge. "Unless the receipt of voluntary agreements should appear likely to fall permanently and considerably short of the average of the last year, we do not think it expedient to extend our compulsory proceedings beyond the four classes of cases enumerated in the annexed circular." DISSOLUTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. From January 21st to February 21st, 1840, both inclusive, with dates when gazetted. Smith, Thomas, and James Henry Dowling, Gloucester, Attorneys and Solicitors. Jan. 28. Pearson, Charles, and Michael Eaton Wilkinson, [no Residence Gazetted.] Attorneys, Solicitors, and Parliamentary Agents. Feb. 18. Professional Lists.-Bankruptcies Superseded.— Bankrupts. Webber, Robert, and Thomas Bland, Bedford Row, Attorneys and Solicitors. Feb. 21. Adams, John Francis, and Joseph Millard, Great Distaff Lane, London, Attorneys and Solicitors. Feb. 11. From January 21st to February 21st, 1840, both inclusive, with dates when gazetted. Anderson, John Andrew, Greenwich, Kent, Boarding and Lodging House Keeper. Green, Off. Ass.; Braham, Chancery Lane. Jan. 24. Anstey, Joseph, Sheffield, York, Pearl Shell Dealer, and Pearl Button Manufacturer. Tattershall, Great James Street, Bedford Row; Binney, Sheffield. Jan. 28. Ashton, James, and William Crossley, Todmorden, and of Manchester, Lancaster, Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers. Johnson & Co., Temple; Heron & Co., Manchester. Jan. 28. Armour, William, Manchester, Fancy Drill and Nankeen Manufacturer; Kaye & Co., Manchester. Feb. 7. Appleton, Raynes Waite, Liverpool, Merchant. Lowe & Co., Southampton Buildings; North & Co., Liverpool. Feb. 11. Atkinson. John, Manchester, Cattle Dealer and Butcher. Bell, Manchester; Adlington & Co., Bedford Row. Feb. 18. Benham, William, Alexander Square, Brompton, Middlesex, Lodging and Boarding Housekeeper, and Coal Merchant. Cannan, Off. Ass.; Blake & Co., Essex Street. Jan. 21. Blethyn, Thomas, Bristol, Woollen Draper. White & Co, Bedford Row; Messrs. Bevan, Bristol. Jan 21. Barker, Wm., and Samuel Adams, Nottingham, Hosiers and Lace Manufacturers. Yallop, Furnival's Inn; Parsons, jun., Nottingham. Jan. 24. Brown, George, Southampton, Timber Merchant. Bebb, Great Marlborough Street. Jan. 28. Baker, Isaiah, Ettingshall, Sedgley, Stafford, Screw Forger. Clowes & Co., Temple; Collis, Stourbridge; Richards & Co., Birmingham. Jan. 28. Bailey, Richard, Birmingham, Victualler and Hop 349 Merchant. Chaplin, Gray's Inn Square; Beynon, John, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Ironmonger. Bond, James Garrett, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Draper and Mercer. Reynolds & Co., Great Yarmouth; Clarke & Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields. Jan. 31. Bell, James Waller, Oldham, Lancaster, Linen and Woollen Draper. Messrs. Baxter, Lincoln's Inn Fields; Sale & Co., Manchester. Feb. 4. Baker, Thomas, Newport, Monmouth, Innkeeper. Hall, New Boswell Court; Prothero & Co., Newport. Feb. 4. Brazendale, Thomas, Preston, Lancaster, Coach Builder and Harness Maker. Adlington & Co., Bedford Row ; Walker or Ascroft, Preston. Feb. 4. Breckels, Samuel, High Street, Southwark, Surrey, Bedstead Maker. Cannan, Off. Ass.; Tadhun ter, Bermondsey Street. Feb. 7. Baker, Wm. junr., lately of Upper King Street, Bloomsbury, Carver and Gilder, but now of Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. Pennell, Off. Ass.; Blaine, Chancery Lane. Feb. 7. Beeson, Bennet, Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer. Rodgers, Devonshire Square, Bishopgate St.; Unwin, Sheffield. Feb. 7. Bishop, Thomas Bennett, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, late a Grocer, but now a Miller. Capes & Co., Bedford Row; Wills & Co., Shaftesbury. Feb. 11. Britain,John, sen., Birmingham, Jeweller, James, Birmingham; Church, Great James, Street, Bedford Row. Feb. 18. Bradley, Wm., late of Upper Charlotte Street, St. Pancras, but now of Manchester, Picture Dealer. Milne & Co., Temple; Bent, Manchester. Feb. 21. Bulman, Job James, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oil Merchant and Seed Crusher. Freshfield & Co., New Bank Buildings; Stanton, Newcastleupon-Tyne. Feb. 21. Collins, John, Staines, Middlesex, Hotel Keeper. Edwards, Off. Ass.; Messrs. Robinson, Queen Street Place. Jan. 21. Champion, Frederick, of the Haymarket, Woollen Draper. Abbott, Off. Ass; Bicknell, Manchester Street, Manchester Square. Jan. 28. Colbron, William, Mill Street, Hanover Square, Tailor. Johnson, Off. Ass.; Wootton, Token. house Yard. Jan. 28. Cusel, Herman, North Buildings, Liverpool Street, Costar, Benjamin, Oxford, Painter, Plumber, and Cooper, John, Joseph Cooper, and Thomas Cooper, Slough, Buckingham, Engineers and Smiths. Lackington, Off. Ass.; Coe & Co., Pancras Lane. Feb. 14. Cock, Edward, Plymouth, Devon, Linen Draper. Barom, Plymouth; Poole & Co, Gray's Inn. Feb. 14. Cawood, Robert, Leeds, York, Woollen Cloth |
