20 JULY 1867, Page 2

Sir John Bolt has been appointed Lord Justice of Appeal,

Sir J. B. Kerslake, Attorney-General, and Mr. Selwyn, Member for the University of Cambridge, Solicitor - General. The change is a good one, both for the Bench and the Ministry. Sir J. Rolt is a solid lawyer and trustworthy man, whose rise in life, a rise in some respects almost unprecedented, is most creditable to English institutions, but he never could have made an efficient debater. Sir J. Kerslake will, if he can get rid of the habit of holding a brief, and say sometimes what he thinks, instead of affirming one minute that a clause is impos- sible, and the next—Mr. Disraeli having yielded—agreeing to draw it up. Mr. Selwyn, though a respectable, is not a formidable debater, but the Tory lawyers have had such a run of luck, that Lord Derby must be puzzled to select men fit for the incessant vacancies.