NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. A. Z.-We have given in this number the only notice yet issued for the Preliminary Examinations after this month, viz., in May next. So soon as any other is issued we will insert it. LEX. The questions at the Preliminary Examinations are not published. Some few of them, however, will be found in our volumes. We wish we could get the questions; and we think, with the assistance of some of our subscribers, we might do this. But we are quite at their mercy, and probably after a candidate has passed, he does not feel inclined to go out of his way to assist others. J. S.-The "New Reports" is a recently started series of reports in the Equity, Common Law, Bankruptcy, Admiralty, Probate, and Divorce Courts. It appears in weekly numbers, except during the Long Vacation. We believe there are two volumes completed. The subscription is two guineas per annum. They are understood to be better reports than those in the Law Times and Weekly Reporter, which are but notes to be used until the regular reports appear, and are not intended to supersede them. The unreliable character of these reports is frequently matter of remark, and may be seen on comparing the cases with those appearing in the regular reports. F. A. Cornish on Remainders is a very valuable work, and has the great recommendation of being concise. Of course, the subject of Remainders is in its nature abstruse, and of comparatively little value in the estimation of merely practical men. But those who desire to have a scientific knowledge of that part of the law of Real Property, will not neglect the subject; and they will certainly find that Mr. Cornish has not unnecessarily enlarged his work; for, if any fault is to be found, it is possibly because of its great conciseness. Mr. Fearne's work is one of greater pretension, and of more reputation; but it would require a considerable extent of time, and a great diligence, with not a little capacity, to become master of it, and we think you could hardly be acting wisely, in your circumstances, to make the attempt. Mr. Smith was the last editor, but his additions present so many nice distinctions that few persons are able to derive any benefit from a continuous perusal, and they content themselves with an occasional reference thereto for business purposes. BOOKSELLERS, &c.-We have frequently mentioned that the Chronicle and Small Library cannot be obtained through the "trade," but only by application made directly to us by letter and not by personal application; and the same as to payment of subscriptions. Still, some persons will persist in ordering the works. through booksellers, which is not the way to obtain same, and certainly not at the rate we charge those who have the works direct from us. We wish attention paid to this notice, not only on our own account, but also for the sake of intending purchasers. THE LATE LORD LYNDHURST. THE newspapers have done such ample justice to the memory of the late Lord Lyndhurst (John Copley) that it is unnecessary to do more here than state a few facts relative to his legal career, premising that he was born in May, 1772, at Boston, Massachusetts, being four years before the declaration of independence; and that, in 1774, still prior to that event, he came, with his father (Mr. Copley), an artist, to reside permanently in England. He attained the age of thirty-two years before he was called to the bar, which took place at Lincoln's-inn, on the 8th of June, 1804. He was the pupil of Mr. Tidd, the celebrated special pleader, whose chambers produced, besides Lord Lyndhurst, three law lords-Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell. Mr. Copley joined the Midland Circuit, of which Sir Samuel Romilly and Mr. Percival were then members, and assumed the coif in 1813. It was not until 1817, however, that he first attracted any great share of public attention; when he was engaged, in conjunction with Sir Charles Wetherell, as counsel for James Watson, the elder, who was indicted for high treason. He was returned as member for Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, in 1818, and soon obtained notice in the House of Commons. In the same year he exchanged this borough for that of Ashburton, in Devon, which he represented till 1826. In 1819 he became SolicitorGeneral, and in that capacity rendered great service to his party both in Parliament and out of it. 1820 saw the culmination of his forensic fame. That was the year of the Cato-street conspiracy trial, and of Queen Caroline's case before the House of Peers. On the appointment of Sir Robert Gifford to the Chief Justiceship of the Common Pleas, Sir John Copley became Attorney-General. On the 14th of September, 1826, he was appointed to the Mastership of the Rolls; and on the 2nd of May, 1827, became Lord Chancellor upon the resignation of Lord Eldon, having been a few days before created Baron Lyndhurst, of Lyndhurst, in the county of Hants. On the 15th of February, 1830, the Ministry resigned, Lord Grey succeeding to the Premiership, when Lord Lyndhurst accepted an arrangement by which he was made Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the room of Chief Baron Alexander, and he discharged the duties of that office down to November, 1834, when, upon the resignation of Lord Brougham, he again held the Great Seal for a few months. On the 3rd of September, 1841, he was called to the woolsack for the third time, and remained there until July, 1846, when he was succeeded by Lord Cottenham, after which time he passed almost wholly out of the sphere of lawyers, but acquired his greatest celebrity as an orator and statesman. As a law lord, his peculiarity, when contrasted with his noble peers, was his indifference to the reputation of a law-reformer. For clear conception and lucid statement he was without rival; but viewed merely as a lawyer he could hardly be considered equal to some of those who survive him. He was twice married, and in the second instance to Miss Goldsmith, on the 5th of August, 1837. He had issue by both marriages, but his only surviving children are three daughters, married respectively to Mr. H. J. Selwin, Mr. Hamilton Beckett, and Mr. Charles Ducane. MOOT POINTS. No. 3.-Trust deeds for benefit of creditors.-A., a small trader, becomes insolvent. His debts amount to £95. He has seventeen creditors, all of whose debts are under £10. A. wishes to make an assignment of all his goods and effects in trust for the benefit of his creditors. Could he, by any means, register such a deed under the 192nd s. of the Bankruptcy Act, 1861, or can he only register under the 194th s.?-A POPE, Combe-Down, Bath. No. 4.—Articles.-I entered a solicitor's office, on 17th October, 1859, both the principal and my father intending my articles to be executed in Michaelmas Term (November) following. They were accordingly drawn up and engrossed. "But," so my principal said, "there was no hurry in signing them, as they could be dated back three months." They were not executed till December 17th, when it was ascertained that they conld not be pre-dated. Can any of your readers inform me whether I can obtain a Judge's order to go up for examination in Trinity Term next, as if my articles had been dated in Michaelmas Term.-W. H. T., 65, Florence-road, New Cross, London, S.E. 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