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tiations were almost immediately commenced to induce the late Chief Baron to resign; they were at last successful, and Lord Lyndhurst consented to accept the office. High expectations were formed of the manner in which he would discharge its varied duties, and it is only justice to say that they have been in no way disappointed. Intimately acquainted with common law, having passed his whole life in constant practice in those courts; possessed of a considerable knowledge of equity, from his having presided for four years in the Court of Chancery; gifted by nature with great abilities, and blending dignity of manner with affability and good temper; it has rarely happened that a person could be found so qualified to perform the duties of the Lord Chief Baron, His Court is no longer avoided by practitioners; there is now no want of business. No man catches more quickly at the real difficulty of a cause; and this quality enables him easily to despatch his common law business. His statements to the jury are clear and satisfactory; and his judgments on points of law sound and luminous. His great fault as Chancellor was undoubtedly his inattention to business, not to say idleness. He allowed his other occupations to interfere too intimately with his duties as equity Judge. The arrear in his court was not, therefore, much diminished. He was busy and attentive while in court, but out of court he was certainly not so expeditious as he might have been. In his present situation he has no other duties but those of his judicial office to attend to, and the benefits to the public are considerable. There is now no arrear in his court. I am assured that before he left town for his circuit he had disposed of all the business in his court, both in equity and at common law. It is generally supposed that, if the Chief Justiceship of England were to become vacant, and no political purpose were to be served, it would be offered to Lord Lyndhurst; and probably few appointments would give more general satisfaction.

Mr. Baron Bayley is the senior puisne baron. He has been now twenty years a Judge in the King's Bench and this court. As a Judge, few can be found his equals. His knowledge of law, pleading, and practice is very great, and superior to that of any other puisne Judge on the bench. In knowledge of practice he exceeds Lord Tenterden. In forming a comparison between him and the last mentioned noble personage, one might say, that Lord Tenterden was a Judge who decided by principle, while Baron Bayley decided by precedent. The former has more vigor and boldness in his views of cases than the latter. The latter has, however, great advantages over the former, in his knowledge of

precedents, and his unwearied readiness in their application. Few Judges have had their decisions at nisi prius so seldom reversed. In his mode of leaving a case to the jury, he is clear and correct. Indeed, it has been a matter of great surprise that the great abilities of this eminent Judge have not ensured his promotion to a higher office. His faculties are still vigorous, and hardly impaired by his long and active life.

Baron Garrow is the next puisne baron. He is not remarked for his knowledge of law, pleading, or practice. He is, however, admired by all for his eloquence and acuteness in cross-examination. While at the bar he was considered one of the ablest advocates of his time. His language is particularly correct and elegant. His increasing deafness will, it is feared, soon deprive the public of his valuable services.

Baron Vaughan is a moderately good lawyer; but much cannot be said in favor of his talents as a Judge. While Serjeant Vaughan, he was regarded as a good advocate and a tolerable speaker.

Baron Bolland is a good crown lawyer, and well acquainted with the poor law; but in other respects I understand he is considered deficient in the requisite qualifications of a Judge. He is, however, a learned antiquarian and a finished scholar. Legal Observer. Sept. 17, 1831.

QUARTERLY LIST OF LAW PUBLICATIONS.

AMERICAN.

Commentaries on the Law of Bailments, with Illustrations from the Civil and the Foreign Law. By Joseph Story, L. L. D., Dane Professor of Law in Harvard University. Cambridge. Hilliard & Brown. 1832.

A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate. By Joseph K. Angell and Samuel. Ames. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, & Co. 1832. pp. 540.

The General Laws of Massachusetts. From January 1828 to June 1831. Edited by Theron Metcalf, Esq. Vol. 3. Boston. Hilliard, Gray & Co. 1832.

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire. Vol. V. Part 2, containing the Cases from May, 1830, to May, 1831. Newport. French & Brown. 1831.

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State of New York. By Alonzo C. Paige, Counsellor at Law. Vol. 2. New York. Gould, Banks & Co.

A Summary of the Law and Practice of Real Actions; with an Appendix of Practical Forms. By Asahel Stearns. The Second Edition, with Additions. Hallowell. Glazier, Masters & Co. 1831. 8 vo. pp. 495.

Laws of the United States now in force relative to Commercial Subjects, classed under the appropriate heads, to the close of the Second Session of the 21st Congress, ending March 3d, 1831. By John Brice, of Baltimore. Baltimore. Wm. & Joseph Neal.

A Treatise on the Organization, Jurisdiction, and Practice of the Courts of the United States. To which is added an Appendix, containing the Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States, of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, in Civil Causes of Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction of the District Court for the Northern District of New York, and the Rules regulating proceedings in Admiralty, including prize causes, and in suits by information in the District Court for the Southern District of New York. And also a few Practical Forms. By Alfred Conklin. Albany. Wm. & A. Gould. 1831.

Reports of Decisions in the Circuit Courts Martial, of questions

arising on trials had in said courts. Compiled from Original Papers in the Office of the Adjutant General, in conformity to a Resolve of the Legislature of Maine, passed March 31, 1831. To which is added, An Appendix of Practical Forms of Proceedings in Circuit Courts Martial. By Francis O. J. Smith, Counsellor at Law. Portland. 1831.

ENGLISH.

Archbold's Poor Laws, new edition. 2 Vols. 1831. [This work embraces the statutes on the subject of English poor laws, and a digest of upwards of 2000 cases.]

Precedents of Declarations and Forms of Declarations prepared in conformity with the New General Rules of all the Courts, intended principally for the use of Attorneys in drawing affidavits to hold to bail, declarations, Particulars of Demand, &c. with Practical Notes and directions. By Charles Hewell, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Special Pleader.

FRENCH.

Collection des Lois Maritimes Anterieures au Priemier Siecle, par T. M. Pardessus. Tome 2. 4to.

Dictionaire des Justices de Paix, par E. Linehault. 8vo.

Principes du Droit de La Nature et des Gens, par Marc Barreau, 18mo.

Claveau de La Police de Paris, &c. 8vo.

ITALIAN.

Giordano Saggio Filosofico di Giurisprudenza, &c. 2 tom. Naples.

ENGLISH REPUBLISHED.

8vo.

The Law of Pleading and Evidence in Civil Actions, arranged alphabetically, with Practical Forms and the Pleading and Evidence to support them. By John Simcoe Saunders, Esq. Barrister at Law. 2d American edition, with considerable alterations, by a member of the Philadelphia Bar. Philadelphia. Robert H. Small.

Reports of the Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law, with the Tables of Cases and Principal Matters. Edited by Thomas Sergeant and John C. Lowber, Esqrs. Vol. 19. Containing Cases in the Court of Common Pleas in 1829 & 1830, and at Nisi Prius in 1830 & 1831. Philadelphia. P. H. Nicklin & F. Johnson.

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Petersdorff's Practical Abridgment of the English Common Law. Volumes 12 and 13. W. R. H. Treadway. New York. [Volumes 14 and 15, which complete the American edition of this work, are to be published in the course of the month of March.]

AMERICAN PROPOSED.

Commercial Law. W. R. H. Treadway, Law Publisher, New York, proposes to publish the Reports of Cases relating to Commerce and Manufactures, determined in the Courts of Common Law in 1828 and 1829, with Practical Notes, by F. M. Danson and J. H. Lloyd, Esqrs.

of the Inner Temple, Barristers at Law, and the Cases in 1830 and 1831, by Messrs. Lloyd, and Wellsby. The work will be printed on a fair paper and type. The price per volume, to subscribers, will be three dollars in boards; handsomely bound in sheep, three dollars and fifty cents.

Also, Jacobs' Law Dictionary, the second American from the last London edition, much enlarged by Sir T. E. Tomlins, and will be compressed into 4 or 5 volumes 8vo., and be printed on fair paper and type. The price to subscribers per set will be but eighteen dollars in boards; handsomely bound in sheep, twenty dollars.

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