OATHS.

Returns showing what Oaths are required as a Qualification in Order to the undermentioned Persons being allowed to practise their respective Professions, viz. Doctors, Advocates, Proctors of Civil Law, Queen's Counsel, Sergeants-at-Law, Barristers, Notaries, &c. &c. (Mr. William Ewart.) 10th August, 1859.

To advocates, proctors of civil law, doctors of civil law, and barristers, being Protestants, the following oath is administered:

"I, A. B., do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen Victoria, and will defend her to the utmost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatever which shall be made against her person, crown, or dignity; and I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to her Majesty, her heirs and successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which may be formed against her or them; and I do faithfully promise to maintain, support, and defend, to the utmost of my power, the succession of the crown, which succession, by an Act intituled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject,' is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants, hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm; and I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, State, or potentate, hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. And I make this declaration upon the true faith of a Christian. "So help me God."

To advocates and proctors of civil law another oath in Latin is also administered, as follows:

"Ego,

in officio advocati [vel procuratoris] hujus curiæ pro viribus diligenter et fideliter me habebo, sic me Deus adjuvet et hæc sancta Dei Evangelia.'

To doctors in civil law and proctors the following oaths are also administered:

"In Dei nomine, Amen. Ego, A. B., juro ad hæc sancta Dei Evangelia quod nunquam ad impugnationem, diminutionem vel lesionem juris libertatis vel privilegii Cantuariensis ecclesiæ postulabo nec jus libertatem vel privilegium ejusdem Ecclesiæ quoquomodo impugnabo impugnarive procurabo aut impugnanti vel hujusmodi impugnationem procuranti prestabo consilium, auxilium vel favorem, sed omnia jura et privilegia et omnes libertates ipsius ecclesiæ semper manutenebo pro posse meo. Sic me Deus adjuvet et hæc sancta Dei Evangelia."

"Ego, A. B., in officio advocati [vel procuratoris] hujus curiæ, pro viribus diligenter et fideliter me habebo, ac laudabiles ipsius curiæ consuetudines ac ordinationes scriptas et statuta ejusdem curiæ, nova et antiqua (quatenus antiqua novis non obviant) quatenus ad officium meum pertinet, observabo. Sic me Deus adjuvet et hæc sancta Dei Evangelia."

Barristers-at-law being Catholics take the following oath:

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"I do hereby declare that I do profess the Roman Catholic religion. "I do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen Victoria, and her will defend to the utmost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatever which shall be made against her person, crown, or dignity; and I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to her Majesty, her heirs and successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which may be formed against her or them; and I do faithfully promise to maintain, support, and defend to the utmost of my power the succession of the crown, which succession, by an Act intituled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject,' is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants, hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm; and I do further declare that it is not an article of my faith, and that I do renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion that princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any other authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or by any person whatsoever; and I do declare that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, State, or potentate, hath, or ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm. I do swear that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm, as established by the laws. And I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment, as settled by law within this realm. And I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion, or Protestant Government, in the United Kingdom. And I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words of this oath, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever.

Attorneys and solicitors take the following oath :

"So help me God."

“I, A. B., do swear (or solemnly affirm, as the case may be) that I will truly and honestly demean myself in the practice of an attorney (or solicitor, as the case may be) according to the best of my knowledge and

ability.

"So help me God."

PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES.

SERIES G.-POPULATION, MUNICIPAL, &c.

23° VICTORIÆ, 1859.

UNITED KINGDOM.

COMBINATION OF WORKMEN.

CAP. XXXIV.-An Act to Amend and Explain the Act of the sixth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, to repeal the Laws relating to the Combination of Workmen, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof. (19th August, 1858.)

That no workman or other person, whether actually in employment or not, shall, by reason merely of his entering into an agreement with any workman or workmen, or other person or persons, for the purpose of fixing or endeavouring to fix the rate of wages or remuneration at which they or any of them shall work, or by reason merely of his endeavouring peaceably, and without threat or intimidation, direct or indirect, to persuade others to cease or abstain from work in order to obtain the rate of wages or the altered hours of labour so fixed or agreed upon or to be agreed upon, shall be deemed or taken to be guilty of "molestation" or "obstruction," within the meaning of the said Act, and shall not therefore be subject or liable to any prosecution or indictment for conspiracy: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall authorize any workman to break or depart from any contract or authorize any attempt to induce any workman to break or depart from any contract.

AFFIRMATION.

CAP. X.-An Act to settle the form of Affirmation to be made in certain cases by Quakers and other Persons by law permitted to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath. (8th April, 1859.)

The form of affirmation to be made by Quakers and other persons by law permitted to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath, as in 21 and 22 Vict. c. 48, viz.-I, A B, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Queen Victoria, and to Her will be faithful against all conspiracies and attempts whatever, which shall be made against her person, crown, or dignity; and I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to Queen Victoria, her heirs, and successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which I shall know to be formed against her or them, and I will be true and faithful to the succession of the crown, which succession, by an Act entituled "An Act for the further limitation of the Crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject," &c., and stands limited to the Princess Sophia,

Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants, hereby utterly renouncing and refusing any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm; and I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. The name of the sovereign for the time being to be substituted for the name of her Majesty. INDEMNITY.

CAP. XV.-An Act to indemnify such persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the time limited for these purposes respectively. (19th August, 1859.)

Persons who have omitted to qualify themselves as required by old Acts are indemnified and allowed further time. Those also who have omitted to make and subscribe the oath and declaration required by the Irish Act indemnified. But the Act is not intended to indemnify persons against whom final judgment has been given, nor to exempt justices from the penalties to which they would be subject for acting without legal qualification. Admissions to corporations may be stamped after the time allowed. The Act not to restore persons to any office avoided by judgment.

RECREATION GROUNDS.

CAP. XXVII.—An Act to facilitate Grants of Land to be made near populous places for the use of regulated recreation of Adults, and as Playgrounds for Children. (19th April, 1859.)

Any lands not exceeding six acres in any one parish may be lawfully conveyed to trustees, to be held by them as open public grounds, for the resort and recreation of adults, and as playgrounds for children and youth, or either of such purposes. Lands belonging to municipal corporations may be made by the body corporate, with the consent of the Treasury, signified by their executing the deed of conveyance. Lands belonging to any parish may be made by the trustees, or otherwise by the churchwardens and overseers of the parish, in pursuance of a resolution for that purpose of the vestry or other body having the management of the affairs of such parish, passed in meeting duly assembled for the purpose, and with the approbation of the Poor Law Board, to be testified by their seal affixed to the deed of conveyance. The appointment of trustees for holding any such grounds for the purposes aforesaid shall be vested in the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish, but the management and direction shall be in the persons named in the deed of conveyance. Personal property not exceeding 1,000l. may be given or bequeathed for the purposes of such grounds. The directors and managers, with the consent of two justices, may make bye-laws and regulations for the management and preservation of such grounds. This Act to extend to England and Wales.

ENGLAND.

NOTTINGHAM CHARITIES.

CAP. XVIII.-An Act for Amending and Confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for Sir Thomas White's Charity and the Free Grammar School in the Town of Nottingham. (19th April, 1859.)

PUBLIC OFFICES EXTENSION.

CAP. XIX.-An Act to make further Provision for enabling the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works to acquire a Site for additional Offices for the Public Service near Whitehall and her Majesty's Palace at Westminster. (19th April, 1859.)

SAINT JAMES BALDERSBY MARRIAGES.

CAP. XXIV.-An Act to render valid certain Marriages in the Church of Saint James Baldersby, in the County of York. (19th April, 1859.)

PAUPER MAINTENANCE ACT.

CAP. XXIX.-An Act to continue the Act for charging the maintenance of certain Paupers upon the Union funds. (19th April, 1859.)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

CAP. XXXI.-An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Local Government Act, 1858. (19th April, 1859.)

22° & 23° VICTORIE, 1859.

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

CLERK OF THE COUNCIL.

CAP. I.-An Act to provide for the Authentication of certain Orders of the Privy Council on the absence of the Clerk of the Council in Ordinary. (21st July, 1859.)

Persons authorized by her Majesty in Council to act in the absence of the Clerk of the Council in ordinary may sign any orders under Acts of Parliament.

CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION.

CAP. XLVIII.-An Act to continue the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854. (13th August, 1859.)

The 17 and 18 Vict. c. 102, as amended by the 21 and 22 Vict. c. 87, shall continue in force until the 10th August, 1860.

ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

CAP. LVI.-An Act to amend the Act of the fifth and sixth years of King William IV. cap. 6, relating to Weights and Measures. (13th August, 1859.)

No model or copy of any of the Imperial standards of weights shall be deemed legal, or used for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act, unless the same have been compared and reverified by the Comptroller General or some other officer of the Exchequer duly authorized, within five years