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Wood, was born in 1801, called to the Bar they were all three alike in their devoted in 1827, took silk in 1845, was made Solici Churchmanship and Evangelicalism. Hathtor-General in 1851, Vice-Chancellor in erley and Cairns taught in Sunday-schools 1853, a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1868, almost to the end of their brilliant careers, and Lord Chancellor in the same year. He and Selborne has contributed to religious resigned in 1872, and died in 188 1. The literature three works of permanent value. second Lord Cairns is too familiar a figure " Hymns of Praise," " A Defence of the to readers of THE Green Bag to need the Church of England against Disestablish facts of his life to be recorded. The third ment," and " Ancient Facts and Fiction Lord Selborne (Sir Roundell Palmer), was concerning Tithes." Lord Chancellor in 1872, and again in 1880. Lord Herschell, who became Chancellor These three great judges possessed very in 1886, and again in 1892, has made a different characteristics, and did very differ great name for himself as a sound commer ent work. Hathcrley's name is most strongly cial lawyer, and also as an administrator associated in the mind of his profession with who declines to apply " the spoils system" the elevation, so fiercely denounced by Sir unduly in the distribution of legal patron Alexander Cockburn, of Sir Robert Collier age. to the Privy Council by a technical evasion Lord Halsbury, who was Tory Chancellor of the Judicial Committee Act and by Lord in 1885, and again in 1886 to 1892, is one Campbell's unfair comments on his habit of of the cleverest men upon the Bench, and delivering judgments ore ta1ns. The fusion surprised everybody by developing singular of law and equity and the establishment of judicial qualities during his tenure of the the present English judicature system were Great Seal. the chief works of Selborne and Cairns. But Lex.