shall have perfectly answered the interrogatories; and the defendant is to pay such costs as the Court shall think fit to award.

XXIII. No pleading or other matter depending before the Court is to be set down for hearing for scandal or impertinence unless exceptions are taken in writing and signed by counsel, describing the particular passages which are alleged to be scandalous or impertinent. XXIV. Where any person or party having filed exceptions to any pleading or other matter depending before the Court for scandal, and any person or party having filed such exceptions for impertinence, does not set the same down for hearing within six days after the filing thereof, such exceptions are to be considered as abandoned, and the person or party by whom such exceptions were filed is to pay to the opposite party such costs as may have been incurred by such party in respect of such exceptions.

XXV. Upon the production of an Order, made upon its being held that any pleading or other matter depending before the Court is scandalous or impertinent, the officer having the custody or charge of such pleading or other matter is to expunge from such pleading or other matter such parts thereof as the Court has held to be scandalous or impertinent, and thereupon the person or party requiring such scandalous or impertinent matter to be expunged, is to pay to the officer expunging the same the same fee as on the like occasion has heretofore been paid.

Orders of Course.

XXVI. Applications to discharge, reverse, or alter any Order made on motion or petition of course by the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, or one of the Vice-Chancellors, are to be made to the Judge to whom special applications in the cause or matter in which such Order is made, ought to be made according to the practice of the Court, and the General Rules and Orders applicable thereto.

XXVII. Every petition or motion paper for a reference under the 19th section of the said Act is to be marked at or near the top or upper part thereof in the same manner as a bill is now marked with the name of the Lord Chancellor and one of the Vice-Chancellors, or with the name of the Master of the Rolls; and every order for any such reference is to be marked in the same manner as the said petition or motion paper, and the matter in which such order is made is thenceforth to be considered as attached to the Court of the Judge whose name shall be so marked upon such Order, in like manner and for the like purpose as causes are attached to such Court, but shall be subject to be transferred from such Court in the same manner as causes are so transferred; and the provisions of the Order comprised in the General Order of the 5th of May, 1837, which is numbered 15, and of the General Order of the 5th of August, 1842, shall apply to every matter so attached.

Fees.

XXVIII. The fees to be received and taken by the Registrars and

their Clerks, and by the Clerks of Records and Writs, and their Clerks respectively, for filing a special case and all proceedings thereupon, are to be the same as are now received and taken by them respectively for filing a Bill and for proceedings in suits instituted by Bill, and the fees to be received and taken by the Registrars and their Clerks for setting down exceptions for scandal, impertinence and insufficiency, and for Orders made thereon, are to be the same as are now received and taken for setting down exceptions and for Orders made thereon.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW.

GENERAL MEETING, November 11th, 1850.-MR. COMMISSIONER FANE in the Chair.

The Minutes of the last Meeting (the 22nd of July last) were read and confirmed.

David Dudley Field, Esq., of New York, was elected an Honorary Member.

The following Gentlemen were balloted for and elected:Thomas Rennie Hutton, Esq., Official Assignee, Bristol.

A. B. Mackintosh, Esq., Solicitor, Calcutta.

Robert A. Slaney, Esq., M.P., Barrister, United University Club, Pall Mall, East.

Thomas Turner, Esq., 2, Pump Court, Temple.

C. Bowyer Adderley, Esq., M.P., Hamshall, Warwickshire.
Leone Levi, Esq., Liverpool.

Edward Wise, Esq., Barrister, 1, Elm Court, Temple.

J. G. J. Greene, Esq., Barrister, 30, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park.

Joseph Adshead, Esq., Manchester.

Hunter Gordon, Esq., Barrister, Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.

A Return was ordered of the several Reports and Papers made and presented to the Society since its establishment in the year 1844, and the results that have attended them.

The Second Report of the Special Committee appointed to carry out the resolutions of the Society relating to the Establishment of a Law School was presented and received.

The First Report of the Committee on Common Law on the following reference was presented :

"To consider the present state of the Law relating to Process,

Pleading and Practice in the Superior Courts of Common
Law."

It was agreed that the Report should be printed, and further considered at the next Meeting.

The following reference was made to the Committee on the Law of Property :

"To consider the Law of Property as far as it relates to Married Women."

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, November 18th, 1850.M. D. HILL, Esq., Q.C., in the Chair.

Mr. David Dudley Field, of New York, one of the Commissioners who have prepared the New York Code of Procedure, gave, at the invitation of the Council, some information to the Society with respect to that Code. -The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Field.-Adjourned.

GENERAL MEETING, December 9th, 1850.-M. D. HILL, Esq., Q.C., in the Chair.

The Minutes of the two last Meetings (the 11th and 18th of November last) were read and confirmed.

The following Gentlemen were balloted for and elected :James Wyld, Esq., M.P., 8, Park Ville, West, Regent's Park. John D. Fitzgerald, Esq., Q.C., 1, Merrion Square, Dublin. William Howard Russell, Esq., Barrister, 4, Garden Court. Jelinger C. Symons, Esq., Barrister, 1, Harcourt Buildings, Temple.

G. Hammond Whalley, Esq., Barrister, 2, Paper Buildings, Temple.

John Rees Mogg, Esq., Solicitor, Temple Cloud, near Bristol.

It was resolved-That having reference to the proceedings of this Society on the 18th of November last, when Mr. David Dudley Field explained the operation of the New York Code, (by which the distinction of procedure in the Court of Law and Equity has been abolished,) questions relating to the working of this Code should be extensively circulated among Lawyers, Merchants, and others residing in New York and other States of America.

The First Report of the Committee on Common Law on the following reference::- "To consider the present state of the Law relating to Process, Pleading and Practice in the Superior Courts of Common Law," was received.

It was resolved "That the Secretary be instructed to write to the County Court Judges to ask whether, in their judgment, the Law which enables parties to be examined as witnesses in the County Courts had worked well or ill?"

GENERAL MEETING, January 13th, 1851.-MR. COMMISSIONER FANE, in the Chair.

The Minutes of the last Meeting (the 9th of December last) were read and confirmed.

The following Gentlemen were balloted for and elected : Robert Lowe, Esq., Barrister, 2, Paper Buildings, Temple. James Lord, Esq., Barrister, 31, Bedford Square.

Acton, S. Ayrton, Esq., of the Middle Temple, 43, Dover Street, Piccadilly.

A Communication from Mr. David Dudley Field, containing the opinion of some of the Judges of the State of New York as to the operation of the New Code, was read; and

It was resolved-That a Committee be appointed, to consider whether the principles of Law and Equity could not be administered in the same Courts, and in the same form of proceeding; and in making such inquiry the Committee are requested to take into consideration the provisions of the New York Code. The Committee to consist of the following Members :

Mr. Commissioner Fane; Mr. M. D. Hill, Q. C.; Mr. Bethell,
Q. C.; Mr. Pitt Taylor; Mr. Creasy; Mr. Trower; Mr.
Vansittart Neale; Mr. James Stewart; Mr. D. Power; Mr.
Massey; Mr. William Hawes; Mr. Alderman Salomons;
Mr. Elliott; Mr. Robert Lowe; and Mr. Acton S. Ayrton.

The Secretary having (according to the instructions of the Society at the last Meeting) written to the County Court Judges, to ask whether, in their judgment, the Law which enables parties to be examined as witnesses in the County Courts, had worked well or ill? the several answers received were communicated to the Society, and ordered to lie upon the table; and

It was resolved-That the thanks of the Society be returned, individually, to those County Court Judges who have so kindly given their opinion on the subject.

Adjourned till Monday, the 10th day of February next, at Eight o' Clock in the Evening precisely.

GRAY'S INN, Hilary Term, 1851.-The Lecturer has given Notice (with the consent of the Benchers), that the Annual Voluntary Examination in Law of Students for the Bar will take place in the Hall of the Society, in next Trinity Term, viz., on the 5th and 6th days of June. The competition for honours, and for the Lecturer's prize (a set of the Reports of Vesey, jun.), is restricted to those Students who, from the present Term to the time of Examination, may be attending Mr. Lewis's Lectures.

List of New Publications.

Amos-An Introductory Lecture on the Laws of England, delivered in Downing College, Cambridge. By A. Amos, Esq., Barrister. 8vo. Is. 6d. sewed.

Anstey―The Queen's Supremacy considered in its Relations with the Roman Catholic Church. By T. C. Anstey, Esq., M. P., Barrister. 8vo. Is. 6d. sewed.

Archbold-Jervis's Acts, 11 & 12 Vict. cc. 42, 43 and 44, relating to the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions, as to Indictable Offences, Convictions and Orders, and to the Protection of Justices in the Execution of their Duties; with Practical Notes and Forms. By J. F. Archbold, Esq., Barrister. Third Edition, 12mo. 8s. cloth.

Baily-General Average, and the Losses and Expenses resulting from General Average Acts, practically considered. By L. R. Baily. 8vo. 6s. boards.

Barnes-The Papal Brief considered with Reference to the Laws of England. By R. Barnes, Soltcitor. 8vo. 2s. 6d. sewed.

Bartlett-A Treatise on British Mining; with a Digest of the Cost Book System, Stannary and General Mining Laws. By T. Bartlett. 8vo. 4s. cloth.

Calvert-Second Letter to the Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M. P., upon certain Laws affecting Agriculture. By Frederick Calvert, Esq., Q. C. 8vo. 1s. sewed.

Cabinet Lawyer (The)-A Popular Digest of the Laws of England. Fifteenth Edition, with Supplement. Foolscap 8vo. 10s. 6d. cloth.

Cay-An Analysis of the Scottish Reform Act, 2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 65, with the Decisions of the Courts of Appeal. By J. Cay. 8vo. 30s. cloth. (Edinburgh.)

Chitty-A Practical Treatise on the Stamp Laws. By J. Chitty, Esq., Barrister, Third Edition, with the New Stamp Act, 1850. By S. Atkinson, Esq., Barrister. 12mo. 14s. boards.

Chitty-A Collection of Statutes, with Notes thereon, intended as a Circuit and Court Companion. By J. Chitty, Esq., Barrister. Second Edition, containing all the Statutes of Practical utility in the Civil and Criminal Administration of Justice to the present Time. By W. N. Welsby and Edward Beavan, Esqrs., Barristers. Vol. I. (to be completed in 3 Vols.), Royal 8vo. 42s. cloth.

Clements-On the Law and Practice of Bankruptcy in Ireland. By E. Clements, Esq., Barrister, 8vo. 16s. boards. (Dublin.)

Cooke-A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Agricultural Tenancies, with Forms and Precedents. By G. W. Cooke, Esq., Barrister. 8vo. 18s. boards.

Daniell-A Supplement to Daniell's Chancery Practice, containing the Statutes, General Orders and Decisions to the commencement of the year 1851, with Notes and an Index. By T. E. Headlam, Esq., M.P., Barrister. 8vo. 10s. boards.

Dart—A Compendium of the Law and Practice of Vendors and Purchasers of Real Estate. By J. H. Dart, Esq., Barrister. 8vo. 21s. boards.

Foster-A Practical Treatise on the Writ of Scire Facias. By T. C. Foster, Esq., Barrister. 8vo. 15s. boards.