§ Mr. Serjeant Onslowrose to move for a committee to inquire into the laws respecting the admission of Attorneys and Solicitors in England. The measure he had in contemplation was not intended to apply 667 either to Scotland or Ireland. As the law now stood, no individual could act as an attorney or solicitor, who had not served for the term of five years; and his object was, to strike off two years from the five, provided the person desirous of becoming an attorney or solicitor had taken a degree at the University. This would have the effect of imparting additional respectability to the profession, while the knowledge of the individual would be considerably improved. The judgment of persons thus situated would be much more matured than that of others who had not received an equally liberal education; for it was perfectly clear that a well-cultivated mind would learn more of the legal profession in three years, than a raw and uncultivated one could imbibe in the course of five.
§ The motion was agreed to, and a committee appointed.