Tickets to be obtained at the office of the counoil. Each nonmember, on applying for his ticket, to enter his name and address in a book to be kept by the clerk for that purpose, and his fee to be paid at the office of tho Council of Legal Education.

Tiokets issued to any person not being a member of an Ion of Court, to attend any of the lectures, eball declare that be shall be subject to such regulations as the council may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLED CLERKS.-Clerke serving under articles to solicitors may attend the lectures on payment of half the fees payable by other persone pot being members of an Inn of Court, the council of the Law Society baving agreed with the Council of Legal Education for payment of the remainder.

to land. The first lectures will be delivered on Friday, the 20th Oct., at ten and five o'clock, and the lectures will he continued at the same bours on subsequent Fridays. The Reader will endeavour to make the lectures as practical as possible, and opportunities of discu88 · ing the subjects dealt with will be afforded to gentlemen attending the lectures.

During Michaelmas Term the Assistant Reader proposes to deliver leotures as follows: On Tuesdays, Carriage of Gooda by Land.” The duties of a bailee of goods for carriage ; common carriers' liability; The Carriers Act 1830; the Railway and Canal Traffic lot 1854, 8. 7. The first lecture will be delivered on Tuesday, the 17th Oot., at ten o'clook, and the lectures will be continued at the game hour on subsequent Tuesdaye. On Wedneedays and Thursdaye. “ The Law of Master and Servant.” Contracts of hiring and service - Formation of tbe contract—The Statute of Frauds-Capacity of parties ; Determination of service-Notice-Dismissal— Death; Breach of the contract-Wrongful dismissal; Remedies-Damage:-Specific per. formance-Injunction. The first lecture will be delivered on Wednes. day, the 18th Oct., at ten o'clock, and the lectures will be continued at the same hour on subsequent Thursdays and Wednesdays.

Equity. Reader, Mr. J. ANDREW STRAHAN ; Assistant Reader, Mr. G. M. T.

HILDYARD. During Micbaelmas Term the Reader proposes to deliver lectures as followa : Un Mondaye, “ The Law of Trusts." The first lecture will be delivered on Monday, the 16th Oct., at eleven o'clock, and the lectures will be continued at the same hour on eubsequent Mondays. On Wednesd.y8, Thursdays, and Fridaye, " The Remedies of Mortgagors and Mortgagees.' The firet lecture will be delivered on Wednesday, the 18th Oct., at eleven o'clock, and the lectures will be continued at the same hour on subsequent Thursdays, Fridaye, and Wednesdays. The Reader will be in his cbambers, 1, New.oyuare, Lincolo's-ind, on Friday, the 13th Oct., from 12 to 1 p.m., when he will be glad to see gentlemen who wish for bis advice as to their course of reading, &o. During

Michaelman Term the Assistant Reader proposes to deliver lectures on “ Convereion and Re.Conversion "-" Èlection.” The first lecturee will be delivered on Tuesday, the 17th Oct., at eleven an five o'clock, and the subsequent lectures on Wednesdays at five o'clock, and Tuesdays at eleven and five o'clock

REGULATIONS FOR TERM EXAMINATIONS. ]. There will be an examination at the end of the Michaelmas educational term in each of the following subjects : (1) Roman law and jurisprudence; (2) Constitutional law (English and Colonial) and legal bistory ; (3) Criminal law and procedure ; (4) Real property and conveyancing; (5) Common law; (6) Equity ; (7) Law of evi. dence and civil procedure. Any student may present himself for examination in more than one subject.

2. No student will be admitted to the examination in any subject who has not attended two.tbirds of the lectures delivered in that subjeot since the last examination, unless he can satisfy the director of legal studies that his absence was occasioned by illness or other sufficient cauce.

3. Each examination will last one and a half hours; it will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers; and the papers will contain questions on the matters on which the Reader and Assistant Reader have lectured since the last examination.

4. Tbe date and place of each examination will be fixed at least a week beforehand, and announced both by written notice and orally by the Reader and Assistant Reader. Any student intending to present himself for examination in any subject must notily his intention in writing to the clerk of the Council of Legal Education, 15, Old.square, Lincoln's-ipd, W.C., not less than two clear days before the time appointed for the examination in that subject.

5. Tbe Readers and Assistant Readers will report tbe results of the examinations to the chairman of the board of studies, who shall lay the results before the Council of Legal Education at its next meeting

6. Every student who, in the opinion of the chairman of the board of studies, has passed a satisfactory examination in any subject, will be so informed by the clerk of the council.

7. A prize of law books to the value of £5 will be awarded to the student who dues best in each examination, if the examiner considers that his answers are of sufficient merit. Such books eball be selected by the successful student, with the approval of the director of legal studies. The prize may be divided between students of equal merit. A student who has obtained a prize shall be at liberty to enter for any subsequent examination, but not to obtain a second prize, in the same subject.

HINDU AND MAHOMEDAN Law.

Lecturer, Sir E. J. TREVELYAN. During Micbaelmas Term leotures will be delivered on “ Hindu and Mahomedan Law.” The first lecture will be delivered on Monday, the 16th Oct., at four o'clock, and the lectures will be continued at the same hour on subsequent Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Mondays.

The director of legal studies, Mr. Blake Odgere, LL.D. K.C., will be in his oham bers, at 15, Old.square, Lincoln's inn (on the second floor), every Tueeday, Wednesday, and Thureday during the educa. tional term, between the hours of 10.30 a m. and twelve noon. wben he will be glad to see any student of an Ion of Court who desires to consult bim as to lectures, books, or any otber matter affecting his legal studies. He will also be glad to see any student who is reading for the Final Examination on any Tuesday during the educational term between 3 and 3.30 p.m.

ARTICLED CLERKS. - Clerks serving under articles of clerkebip to solicitors may attend the lectures on payment of half the fees payable by other persons not being members of an Inp of Court, the council the Law Society having agreed with the Council of Legal Eduoation for payment of the remainder. Articled olerke may obtain vouchers for tickets by application to the secretary at the hall of the Law Society, Chancery.lane, W.C.

Particulars as to fees payable by gentlemen not being members of an Ipp of Court may be obtained upon application to the clerk of the council, 15, Old-square, Lincolo's-inn, W.C.

REGULATions for the ADMISsion of PERSONS who are not members

of any Inn of Court to lectores delivered under the direction of the council. (See note at foot as to arrangement with the Law Society.

Any gentleman not a member of an Inn of Court shall, on payment of a sum of four guideas, be entitled to attend all the lectures during any four consecutive educational term., and on payment of a sum of six guineas he sball be entitled to attend the lectures during any eight consecutiv: educational terme.

Each non-member shall, on payment of a fee of two guineas, be entitled to attend all the leotures for one educational term, or the lectures on any one subject for four consecutive educational terms.

Each ticket of admission to run from the date of the ticket. Each ticket to be dated on the first day of the educational term in or for which it is issued.

Afternoon or evening lectures on special subjects, to be from time to time announced by the council, shall be delivered, and shall be open to all members of the Inps of Court free, and to gentlemen non. members on payment of a fee of one guinea for each course, and to articled clerks on payment of 10s. 6d. for each course.

The 'imes, places, and subjects for these lectures on special subjects will be fixed by the council.

ADVANCED CLASS. -- MICHAELMAS TERU 1911 AND HILARY

TERM 1912. SYLLABUS of an ADVANCED Class to be held by Mr. W. Blake Odgers,

M. A , LL.D., K.C., on Civil PROCEDURE, &c. In Michaelmas Term 1911 and Hilary Term 1912 the Reader in the Law of Evidence and Civil Prooed uro will hold an advanced class on the following subjects :

Michaelmas Term 1911.-“Work in & Barrister's Chambers." Oct. 19, The work of a junior counsel ; Oct. 26, How to write an opinion ; Nov. 2, Description of the various series of Law Reports ; Nov. 9, How to use Law Reports ; Nov. 16, How to advise on evidence ; Nov. 23, How to get up a brief.

Hilary Term 1912. — “ Civil Work in the Court of Quarter Sessions." Jan. 18. The history and jurisdiction of the Court of Quarter Sessions ; Jan. 25, Matters affecting high ways; Feb. 1, Appeals in bastaroy cases; Feb. 8, Appeals in Poor Law cases ; Feb. 15, Appeals in rating cases ; Feb. 22, Other appeals from magistrates.

At the close of the Hilary Educational Term 1912 an examination will be beld for students of the long of Court on the subjects dealt with in the class. No student will be admitted to this examination who has not attended at least two-thirds of the meetings of the clase, unless he can satisfy the director of legal studies that his absence was occasioned by illaens or other sufficient cause. A prize of books of the value of £5 will be awarded to the student who does best in this examination. Such books may be selected by the Puccessful student, with the approval of the director of legal studies The class will be beld in the Old Hall, Lincoln’s-ion, on Thursdays, &t 4.5 p.m., commencing on the 19th Oct. 1911,

The class will be open without payment to all barristers, and to all students of the Inps of Court who have passed Part 1 of the Bar Examination. The class will also be open to articled clerks on payment of a fee of half a guinea, and to other persons on paymen: of a feo of one guinea for the course.

Tickets for artioled clerks and other persons not members of an Ion of Court can be obtained at the office of the coupoil, 15, Old-square. Lincolo's.ion, W.C.

LEGAL OBITUARY.

The Liverpool Law Clorks' Soolety bas sent as their educational programme for Oot. 1911 to March 1912, which includes a series of leotures by Mr. O. W. Owen, M.A., on “ Practice and Procedure of the Chancery Division of the High Court,” and a series of lectures by Mr. 0. G. Morris, barrister-at-law, on • The Workmon's Com ensation Act, Practioe and Procedure." The lectures will be delivered and the examination beld in the leoture room of the Incorporated Law Society of Liverpool, 10, Cook-street, Liverpool, commencing each evening at 6.15 p.m. prompt.

THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS.

Sir WillIAM JAMES FARRER, who died suddenly on Sunday night at Wokingham, in bis ninetieth year, was the second son of Mr. Thomas Farrer, of the Iogleborough family, brother of the firet Lord Farrer, and upole of the present peer.

He was admitted a solicitor sixty-two years ago, and was High Bailiff of Westminster from 1868 to 1887, in which year he was knighted. Sir William Farrer was a magistrate for Berkshire and Middlesex.

Mr. STANLEY VICTOR MAKOWER died on the 17th inst. in bis fortieth year. Mr. Makower was educated at University College Sobool and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Linoolo's-ion in 1895, but nover practised. He was a writer of great ability and considerable promise.

Mr, THOMAS GEORGE GIBSON, of Lesbury House, Northumberland, the senior partner in the firm of Gibson, Pybus, and Pybus, solicitors, Newcastle, died on the 16th inst. He was born in 1830, and was the eldest son of tie late Thomas Cummings Gibson, of that city. He was admitted in 1851. After serving under articles of clerkship to his upole, the late George Tallentire Gibson, be went to London, where he practised on his owo account for some yeare. In 1865 be returned to Newcastle to take up the practice and manage the property of bis uncle, who had then recently died. In 1874 be took into partner. ship his brother, Mr. Jobn Frederick Gibson aud Mr. Robert Py bue, and, a few years later, Mr. John Pybus became a partner. Mr. J. F. Gibson left the firm in order to be called to the Bar, and soun afterwarda diel. Mr. Gibson was sheriff of Newcastle in the year 1882, and mayor in the year 1883. He was five times president of the Newcastle-u pon-Tyne Incorporated Law Society, and was its honorary secretary from 1871 to 1890 ; and the organisation and sdocess of tho society were largely due to his energy and zeal. He was elected a town councillor in 1871, and an alderman in 1886, which position be resigned in 1903.

THE GAZETTES.

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Professional Partnerships Dissolved.

GAZETTE, SEPT. 19. BOOTH, JOSEPH LISTER, and MILLIGAN, CECIL Cooper, solicitors, Bradford

and Leeds. Sept. 1. Debts due to the firm received by J. L. Booth. Debts owing in respect of Bradford business will be paid by J. L. Bouth, who will continue to practise there; and C. C. Milligan will

pay the debts of the business at Leeds and continue to practise there. RAY, PERCY CHARLES; FLOWER-ELLIS, CECIL FLOWER; and Simon, ARTHUR

Powell, solicitors, 58, Margaret-st, Regent-st, w. Sept. 6. Debts by A. W. Wyon, of Price, Waterhouse, and Co., 3, Frederick's-pl, Old Jewry, E.C.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.-LONG VACATION

NOTICE. DUBING the Vacation op to and inclading Wednesday, the lith Oct., all applications " which may require to be immediately or promptly beard are to be made to the Hon. Mr. Justice Lush.

COURT BUSINESS.—The Hon. Mr. Justice Lush will, until further notice, sit in King's Bench Court IX., Royal Courts of Justice, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in every week, commencing on Wednesday, the 6th Sept., for the purpose of hearing such applications of the above nature as, according to the practice in the Chancery Division, are usually beard in court. No case will be placed in the judge's pa per unless leave has been previously obtained, or a certificate of counsel that the case requires to be immediately or promptly heard, and stating concisely the reasons, is left with the papers. The necessary papers, relating to every application made to the Vacation judges (see notice below as to judges' pa pers), are to be left with the cause clerk in attendance, Chancery Registrars' Office, Room 136, Royal Courts of Justice, before one o'clock two days previous to the day on which the applioation is intended to be made. When the oa use clerk is not in attendance, they may be left at Room 136, under oover, addressed to him, and marked outside Chancery Vacation pa pors, or they may be sent by post, but in either case so as to be received by the time aforesaid.

UBGENT MATTERS WHEN JUDGE NOT PRESENT IN COURT CHAMBERS.-Application may be made in any case of urgency, to the judge, personally (if necessary), or by post or rail, prepaid, accompanied by the brief of counsel, office copies of the affidavits in support of the application, and also by a minute, on a separate sheet of paper, signed by counsel, of the order he may consider the applicant entitled to, and also an envelope, sutficiently stamped, capable of receiving the papers, addressed as follows : "Chancery Official Letter : To the Registrar in Vacation, Chancery Registrars' Office, Royal Courts of Justice, London, W.C.” On applications for injunctions, in addition to the above, a copy of the writ, and a certificate of writ issued, must also be sent. The papers sent to the judge will be returned to the registrar. The address of the judge for the time being acting as Vacation judge can be obtained on application at Room 136, Royal Courts of Justice.

CHANCERY CAAMBER BUSINESS.—The chambers of Justices Joyce and Eve will be open for Vacation business on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in eaob week, from ten to two o'clook.

KING'S BENCH CHAMBER BUSINESS.-The Hon. Mr. Justice Lusb will, until further notico, sit for the disposal of King's Benob business in Judges' Chambers at 11 a.m. on Tuesday and, if necessary, also on Thursday in every week, commenoing on Tuesday, the 12th Sept.

PROBATE AND DIVORCE.—Summonses will be heard by the registrar, at the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, every day during the Vacation at 11.30 (Saturdays excepted). Motions will be heard by the registrar on Wednesdays, the 13th and 27th Sept., at the Principal Probate Registry, at 12.30. Decrees wil. be made absolute on Wednesdays, the 6th, 20th, and 27th Sept. All papers for motions and for making decrees absolute are to be left at the Contentious Department, Somerset House, before two o'clock on the preceding Friday. The offices of the Probate and Divorce Registries will be opened at eleven and closed at three o'clook, except on Saturdays, when the offices will be opened at ten and closed at one o'clock.

JUDGE'S PAPERS FOR USE IN COURT.-CHANCERY Division. The following papers for the Vacation judge are required to be left with the cause clerk in attendance at the Chancery Registrars' Office, Room 136, Royal Courta of Justice, on or before one o'olock, two days previous to the day on which the application to the judge is intended to be made : 1. Counsel's certificate of urgency or note of special leave granted by the judge. 2. Two copies of writ and two' copies of pleadings (if any), and any other documents showing the nature of the application. 3. Two copies of notice of motion. 4. Office oopy affidavits in support, and also a ffida vits in answer (if any).

N.B.--Solicitors are requested, when the application has been disposed of, to apply at once to the judge's clerk in court for the return of their papers. Chancery Registrars' Office, Royal Courts of Justioe,

September 1911.

Bankrupts.
THE BANKRUPTCY ACTS 1883 AND 1890.
RECEIVING ORDERS.

GAZETTE, SEPT. 15.
To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy.
AIRENS, JULIUS HENRY, Leadenhall-st. Sept. 11.
CHAPPELL, A. S., Isledon-rd, Finsbury Park, builder. Sept. 11.
Ceris, Jose, Leadenhall-st, salt merchant. Sept. 11.
DU'RELL, LIEUT. R. C. V., Devonport. Sept. 11
Morton, Sarah Susan, late Oxford, widow. Sept. 13.
MOSES, Philip (trading as P. Moses and Son), High-street, Whitechapel,

tailor. Sept. 13. PARKIN, BENJAMIN KING, Leadenhall-st, engineer. Sept. 13. ROBERTS, FREDERICK JOSEPH, Jewin-st, children's millinery manufacturer, Sept. 12.

To surrender at their respective District Courts. Boxhall, William, Abercrave, decorator. Ct. Neath and Aberaron.

Sept. 11. Dohoo, CHARLES (trading as Mrs. Dohoo), Great Grimsby, art needle

work dealer. Ct. Great Grimsby. Sept. 9. GABBOTT, WILLIAM JOHN KAY, Manchester, joiner. Ct. Manchester.

Sept. 13. Hills, FREDERICK JAMES, Southend-on-Sea, professor of swimming. Ct.

Chelmsford. Sept. 11. HOUNSLOW, EDWARD, Vernham Dean, coal dealer. Ct. Salisbury.

Sept. 12. HARPIN, WILLIAM, late Bramley, journeyman gas fitter. Ct. Sheffield.

Sept. 12. HARMAN, EMMANUEL, Great Yarmouth, builder. Ct. Great Yarmouth.

Sept. 13. JONES, WILLIAM, Upper Llandwrog, labourer. Ct. Bangor. Sept. 11. Mulvaney, Thomas (trading as E. Winterbottom and Son). Bolton,

master carter. Ct. Bolton. Sept. 12. Ovens, Robert, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, builder. Ct. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Sept. 12. PAPE, Cecil Bevis, Emsworth, gentleman. Ct. Brighton. Sept. 13. PROUD, ALGERNON PERCY (trading as Henry Phillips), Newcastle-upon

Tyne, furniture dealer. Ct. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sept. 13. SIMPSON, JOSEPH, Workop, late grocer. Ct. Sheffield. Sept. 11. SUGDEN, EDITH Mary, Rotherham, laundry manageress (widow). Ct.

Sheffield. Sept. 13. TAYLOR, GEORGE GINGELL (trading as Taylor and Co.), Melksham, brewer.

Ct. Bath. Sept. 13. THOMPSON, JOSEPH GREEN; THOMPSON, HENRY EDWARD; and ThomPSON,

WILLIAM (trading as Joseph Thompson and Sons), Dudley, painters.

Ct. Dudley. Sept. 11. THOMPSON, GEORGE, Hale, advertising contractor. Ct. Manchester.

Sept. 13. WHEELER, RICHARD, Cardiff. haulage contractor. Ct. Cardiff. Sept. 12. Wilson, HERBERT, Brighouse, carpet merchant. Ct. Halifax. Sept. 11. WINTER, GEORGE YOUNG, Gateshead, dairyman. Ct. Newcastle-upon

Tyne. Sept. 13. Wilson, MINNIE MAUD, late Darlington, lodging-house keeper (widow).

Ct. Stockton-on-Tees. Sept. 12.

FIXED INCOMES.-Houses and Residential Flats can now

be Furnished on a new system of Deferred Payments especially adapted for those with fixed incomes who do not wish to disturb investments. Selection from the largest stock in the world. Everything legibly marked in plain figures. Maple and Co. Ltd., Tottenham Court road, London, W.-{ADVT.)

CLAMPITT, GEORGE, Kings-rd, St. Pancras, coal merchant. Ct. High

Court. Sept. 16. CARR, DAVID SHARP, Wembley, horse dealer. Ct. $t. Albans. Sept. 14. CORBETT, F., Upper Tooting, gentleman: Ct. Wandsworth. Sept. 14. Cotton, GERALD MCLEOD POWELL, Birchington, wine merchant. Ct.

Canterbury. Sept. 15. DOVER, JOAN GEORGE, Darlington, engine fitter. Ct. Stockton-on-Tees.

Sept. 15. ENDACOTT, GEORGE, Saint Mary Church, baker. Ct. Exeter. Sept. 13. FLETCHER, REGINALD, Pinner. Ct. St. Albans. Sept. 14. GRONQVIST, PEHR JONSSON (described in the receiving order as P. J.

Gronqvist and Co.), Davies-st, Berkeley-sg. tailor. Ct. High Court.

Sept. 16. GOODALL, JOHN TRENFIELD, and GOODALL, JOHN PELAAM (trading as

Goodall and Son), Reigate, tailors. Ct. Croydon. Sept. 14. HOLMAN, THOMAS, Horwood, farmer. Ct. Barnstaple. Sept. 16. HIGGINS, CECIL, Bradford, confectioner. Ct. Bradford. Sept 16. MOFFATT, JOHN GEORGE, Wantage, farmer. Ct. Oxford. Sept. 15. PIDGEN, SIDNEY WALTER, Bangor, music dealer. Ct. Bangor. Sept. 14. PAGAN, JOHN BROWN, Woodbridge, watchmaker. Ct. Ipswich. Sept. 15. PLATER, ELIJAH HOLLAND, Lincoln, licensed victualler. Ct. Lincoln.

Sept. 16. THOMPSON, GEORGE, late Manchester, advertising agent. Ct. Manchester.

Sept. 15. WHEELER, RICHARD, Cardiff, haulage contractor. Ct. Cardiff, Sept. 15. WESTHEAD, EDWARD ERNEST, Sutton St. Helens, late general dealer Ct. Liverpool. Sept. 14. ADJUDICATION ANNULLED.

GAZETTE, SEPT. 15. MALLETT, John, Lowestoft, fish merchant. Ct. Great Yarmouth. Sept 11.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTH. LLOYD.-On the 14th inst., at Glencourt, Addiscombe-rd, Croydon, the wife of Frederick Charles Lloyd, Solicitor, of a son.

MARRIAGES. DU PARCQ-RENOUP.-On the 8th inst., at the office of the Superintendent

Registrar of Jersey, Herbert du Parca, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-law, to Lucy, eldest daughter of John Renouf, jun., of

Auckland, Roseville-st, Jersey. TURNER-MATZINGER.-On the 14th inst., at West Kensington Congrega

tional Church, Sydney George Turner, Barrister-at-law, to Alice Edith, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Matzinger, of 23,

Edith-rd, West Kensington. UNDERHAY- SUTTON.-On the 12th inst., at Holy Trinity, Northwood,

Frank George Underhay. M.A.. Barrister-at-law, to Emily Mabel. second daughter of Frederick Sutton, J.P., of Thanet Lodge, Northwood, formerly of St. Peter's, Thanet.

DEATH. WARE.-On the 8th inst., Kenneth, youngest son of Francis Ware,

Solicitor, York, aged 7 years.

Amended notice substituted for that published in Gazette, Aug. 1. WEBB, HENRY, Wolverhampton, musical instrument dealer. Ct. Wolverhampton. July 28.

GAZETTE, SEPT. 19. To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. GOUDGE AND BRAZIER, Fleet-st, advertising contractors. Sept. 14. HILL, GEORGE, Leadenhall-st, engineers' stove merchant. Sept. 15. HOWE, EMILY MARY, Guilford-st, Russell-eq, spinster. Sept. 15. ISRAEL, JOSEPH, Bow-rd, fish salesman. Sept. 15. NOBLE, WILLIAM DESMOND, Wells-st, Cable-st, Stepney, chemist. Sept. 13. SOMMERFELD, LEOPOLD BERNARD (trading as L. Sommerfeld), High-st,

Borough, granite merchant. Sept. 15. THOMPSON, LIEUT. W. H. HALFORD, late Bristol. Sept. 14. TYLER, WALTER WILLIAM, Denmark-bill, gentleman. Sept. 14. WARD, REGINALD (sued as Ward and Co.), London-wall, company promoter. Sept. 14.

To surrender at their respective District Courts. ADAYS, JAMES JOSEPH, Nottingham, builder. Ct. Nottingham Sept. 15. BRANSON, FRANK JAMES, late Leicester, general dealer. Ct. Coventry.

Sept. 16. BROWNBRIDGE, CHARLES HENRY, St. John's Chapel, hotel proprietor. Ct.

Durham. Sept. 14. BEAUMONT, HENRY WALTER, Leiston, wheelwright. Ct. Ipswich. Sept. 16, BRADSHAW, GEORGE ROBERT (late trading as O. Wendt), Leicester, wood

last manufacturer. Ct. Leicester. Sept. 16. BRINDLEY, FREDERICK. Salford, plumber. Ct. Salford. Sept. 13. BECKWITH, WILLIAM PERCY CORNELIOUS (trading as Dempsey Beckwith),

York, tailor. Ct. York. Sept. 13. DOVER, JOHN GEORGE, Darlington, engine fitter. Ct. Stockton-on-Tees.

Sept. 15. ENDACOTT, GEORGE, Saint Mary Church, baker. Ct. Exeter. Sept. 13. GOODALL, JOHN TRENFIELD, and GOODALL, JOHN PELHAM (trading as

Goodall and Son), Reigate, tailors. Ct. Croydon. Sept. 14 HOLMAN, THOMAS, Horwood, farmer. Ct. Barnstaple. Sept. 16. HIGGINS, CECIL, Bradford, confectioner. Ct. Bradford. Sept. 16. MOFFATT, JOHN GEORGE, Wantage, farmer. Ct. Oxford. Sept. 15. NOWNE, WILLIAM ALBERT; WONNACOTT, CLIFFORD; and LEWIS, HERBERT

HENRY (trading Nowno and Co.), Watford, clothiers. Ct.

St. Albans. Sept. 13. OSBORN, STUART, Datchet. Ct. Windsor. Sept. 16. PIDGEN, SIDNEY WALTER, Bangor, music dealer. Ct. Bangor. Sept. 14. PAGAN, JOHN BROWN, Woodbridge, watchmaker. . Ct. Ipswich. Sept. 15. PLATER. ELIJAH HOLLAND, Lincoln, licensed victualler. Ct. Lincoln.

Sept. 16. WOOD, ROBERT, Great Grimsby, auctioneer. Ct. Great Grimsby. Sept. 11. WESTAEAD, EDWARD ERNEST, Sutton St. Helens, late general dealer. Ct.

Liverpool. Sept. 14. Amended notice substituted for that published in Gazette, Sept. 15. TECMPSON, GFORGE, late Manchester, advertising agent. Ct. Manchester. Sept. 13.

ADJUDICATIONS.

GAZETTE, SEPT. 15. BOXHALL, WILLIAM, Abercrave, decorator. Ct. Neath and Aberavon.

Sept. 11. COMBE, HARVEY ALEXANDER BRABAZON, St. Swithin's-la, underwriter. Ct.

High Court. Sept. 14. DcH00, CHARLES (trading as Mrs. Dohoo), Great Grimsby, art needle

work dealer. Ct. Great Grimsby. Sept. 9. Fox, HENRY JOSEPH (trading as Henry J. Fox and Sons), Norwich,

tobacco dealer. Ct. Norwich. Sept. 13. GABBOTT, WILLIAM JOHN Kay, Manchester, joiner. Ct. Manchester.

Sept. 13. HARRIS, ISRAEL (otherwise Isidore, trading under the style of M. Harris),

Spitalfields, wholesale rag merchant. Ct. High Court. Sept. 14 HILLS, FREDERICK JAMES, Southend-on-Sea, professor of swimming. Ct.

Chelmsford. Sept. 11. HARMAN, EMMANUEL, Great Yarmouth, builder. Ct. Great Yarmouth.

Sept. 13. HANSON, WALTER, Leicester, builder. Ct. Leicester. Sept. 11. Hounslow, EDWARD, Vernham Dean, coal dealer. Ct. Salisbury.

Sept. 12. HARPIN. WILLIAM, late Bramley, journeyman gas fitter. Ct. Sheffield.

Sept. 12. JONES, WILLIAM, Upper Llandwrog, labourer., Ct. Bangor. Sept. 11. MULVANEY, THOMAS (trading as E. Winterbottom and son). Bolton,

master carter. Ct. Bolton. Sept. 12. MONTAGU, ROBERT CROMBIE (trading as Harry Graham), Maidenhead,

dealer in antiques. Ct. Windsor. Sept. 9. OVENS, ROBERT, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, builder. Ct Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Sept. 12. RCPERTS, FREDERICK JOSEPH, Jewin-st, children's millinery manufacturer.

Ct. High Court. Sept. 12. SIMPSON, JOSEPH, Worksop, late grocer. Ct. Sheffield. Sept. 11. SUGDEN. EDITH MARY. Rotherham, laundry manageress" (widow). Ct.

Sheffield. Sept. 13. TAYLOR, GEORGE GINGELL (trading as Taylor and Co.), Melksham, brewer.

Ct. Bath. Sept. 13. TUCKEY, GEORGE ALBERT THOMAS, late Weston-super-Mare, solicitor. Ct.

Bristol. Sept. 11. TECMPSON, JOSEPH GREEN: THOMPSON, HENRY EDWARD: and THOMPSON.

WILLIAM (trading as Joseph Thompson and Sons), Dudley, painters.

Ct. Dudley. Sept. 11. Wilson, HERBERT, Brighouse, carpet merchant. Ct. Halifax. Sept. 11. WILLING. CHARLES EDWARD GABRIEL, Manchester, director of a public

company. Ct. Manchester. Sept. 13. WINTER, GEORGE Young, Gateshead, dairyman. Ct. Newcastle-upon.

Tyne. Sept. 13. Wilson. MINNIE MAUD, late Darlington, lodging-house keeper (widow).

Ct. Stockton-on-Tees. Sept. 12. Amended notice substituted for that published in Gasette, Aug. 1. WEBB, HENRY, Wolverhampton, musical instrument dealer. Ct. Wolver

hampton. July 28. Amended notice substituted for that published in Gazette, Sept. 12. JENKS, GEORGE CLEMENT, late Coventry. Ct. High Court. Sept. 9.

GAZETTE, SEPT. 19. BRANSON, FRANK JAMES, lato Leicester, general dealer. Ct. Coventry.

Sept. 16. BROWNBRIDGE, CHARLES HENRY, St. John's Chapel, hotel proprietor. Ct.

Durham. Sept. 14. BEAUMONT, HENRY WALTER, Leiston, wheelwright. Ct. Ipswich. Sept. 16. BAKER, FRANCIS FREDERICK, North Malvern. builder Ct. Worcester.

Sept. 16. BECKWITH, WILLIAM PERCY CORNELIOUS (trading as Dompsey Bockwith),

York, tailor. Ct. York. Sept. 18. CHAPPELL, ALBERT SMITH, Isledon-rd. Finsbury Park, builder. Ct. High

Court. Sopt. 15.

Mr. HUMFRys insists that titles must be simplified and the law must give to the holder of land the same power of disposition which the holder of stock now enjoys if any further reform is to be carried out, and he urges that, if any system of compulsory registration is to succeed, the entries upon the register must be confined to entries of the entire interest in the land, all limited and equitable interests being dealt with outside the register, just as the registers of stocks at present take no notice of equities of any kind. Wo commend the proposals of the president to the careful consideration of the Profession, and we quite agree that such a scheme, if registration is essential and compulsory, would be far simpler and less expensive than any hitherto proposed; and there is a great deal in his observation “that hardly any reform would do so much to simplify the law of property as one which would remove for all purposes the distinction, now practically obsolete, between real and personal property."

AGAIN we find a very “considerable difference in practice in the administration of the Act among the various County Court judges,” to quote the words of the report of the Select Committee on the Imprisonment of Debtors, and we again give extracts from the tables contained in the statistics which show the extraordinary diversity of practice that exists throughout the country. The figures given can be explained in no way but on the supposition that some judges consider that the powers conferred by the statute should only be exercised when strict proof is given of the contumacy of the debtor, while others take a far more elastic view of their duties. We have no hesitation in saying, as we have so often said before, that such a system is bad and stands self-condemned, and merely engenders a false system of credit backed by the sanction of the judgment summons.

THERE is little doubt that there is a fixed determination existing at the present time amongst those in authority to introduce some further scheme of compulsory registration. The Profession has strenuously opposed in the past any attempt to extend the system of officialdom, which has been proved to have benefited nobody, and to have merely added to the cost of the transfer of land. Because they desire to safeguard the interest of their clients, insinuations have been made that the Profession has merely been actuated by interested motives, and other suggestions have been put forward equally without foundation. Both branches of the Profession have always supported changes in the law that make for reform, but they have also always strongly opposed changes that merely increased the number of officials without any corresponding benefit for the public.

It will be noticed that ihe papers contributed by the members of the society at the meeting deal more this year with subjects of general interest than with those of domestic importance. The “Relations of Law and Labour," by

* Mr. Dixon H. DAVIES, treats of a matter of immediate importance ; while Mr. H. KINGSLEY Wood discusses some legal aspects of the National Insurance Bill, and puts forward some matters as to which amendment is necessary. “The Maritime Conventions” are considered by Mr. SANFORD D. COLE, and Mr. J. W. F. JACQUES deals with women and the unfair position which they occupy at the present time from a legal point of view, and he makes a few suggestions as to how the law should be altered or extended. The space at our disposal has compelled us to hold over Mr. J. S. Rubinstein's paper on the “Land Transfer 'Scandal,'” but we shall publish it in due course.

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As we stated last week, the figures with reference to imprisonment for debt for 1910 show a very substantial diminution from those of the previous year, while, so far as the total of debtors imprisoned is concerned, as compared with 1906, the reduction is well over 30 per cent. The figures for the last seven years for all the County Courts, including the City of London Court, are as follows:

PERHAPS the most striking of all these figures are those which relate to Circuits 16 and 17. The amount of business done, so far as plaints entered are concerned, on these two circuits is more or less the same, the former including Kingston-upon-Hull and Barnsley, and the latter Great Grimsby, Boston, and Lincoln. It will be seen from the tables we have given above that the figures with regard to the administration of the Debtors Act on these two circuits have been entirely reversed in the past seven years, and this can only be due to one cause-namely, what the Times describes as the “personal equation” of the presiding judge. We would also call attention to the figures on Circuit 21 (Birmingham), for although 393 debtors were actually imprisoned, but thirty-seven sei ved their full time, a striking contrast to the proportionate numbers on the other circuits outside the metropolis.

To our mind, this question of the administration of the law as to the imprisonment of debtors is of far more importance