endeavour to get the official instructions under the Act amended accordingly.

A vote of thanks to the president was agreed to at the instance of Mr. Ford, and the proceedings terminated.

LEGAL MUSICAL SOCIETY.

THE fourth and final concert of the nineteenth session of the Legal Musical Society was held on Friday, the 26th inst., at the Grand Hall, Connaught Rooms, Great Queen-street, Kingsway, W.C., Mr. Justice Lush in the chair. Among those present were: Messrs. Montague Shearman, K.C., John Sankey, K.C., H. A. Walter, K.C., Holman Gregory, K.C., Master Bloxam, P. Rose Innes, Boydell Houghton, Harold Morris, the Hon. S. O. Henn Collins, F. A. Broxholm, R. M. Montgomery, Frank H. Baber, H. D. Roome, Malcolm Hilbery, T. Wood Roberts, C. N. Woolley, and W. H. Bradley. At the interval the president, Mr. Arthur G. Davey, proposed the health of "The Chairman." Mr. Justice Lush, in responding, congratulated the society on its numbers, and the strong position it held. He also spoke of the value of the services of the clerks to the members of the Bar. He then, on behalf of the members and associate members, made a presentation to Mr. F. N. Headicar in recognition of his many years' service as honorary secretary, observing that the society, without doubt, owed a great deal to his exertions in bringing it to the state of prosperity which it had now attained. Mr. Headicar, in returning thanks, said that the success of the society was principally due to the work of the committee. The presentation, which took the form of a handsome gold watch, bore the following inscription: "Presented to Frank N. Headicar by the members of the Legal Musical Society in recognition of his services as honorary secretary 1902 to 1912."

INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION.

THE programme of the twenty-seventh conference to be held in Paris from Monday, the 27th May, to Saturday, the 1st June, 1912.

The sittings of the conference will be held at the Palais de Justice de Paris, in the Grand' Chambre de la Cour d'Appel.

The president of the association and of the conference is Maitre Edouard Clunet, Avocat à la Cour de Paris, Member et Président sortant de l'Institut de Droit International.

The following is the course of the proceedings:

On Monday, the 27th May, at ten o'clock :-I. Ouverture de la conférence. 2. Adresse de Bienvenue. 3. Réponse par M. le Président. 4. Election du bureau officiel de la conférence. 5. Proposition de Lord Alverstone, notifiée à la Conférence de Londres, p. 603, Rapport (1910): "Si un rapport à été imprimé, pourvu qu'il à été circulé aux membres de l'association un jour entier avant le séance, il ne sera pas lu en entier; l'auteur à son choix pourra en lire quelques extraits ou en faire oralement le résumé. En tout cas la lecture ou la résumé ne devrait pas depasser 15 minutes. Quand le rapport n'a pas été imprimé, l'auteur aura le droit soit de la lire, soit de parler sur le sujet du rapport. En tout cas la lecture ou le discours ne devrait pas depasser 15 minutes." 6. Discours inaugural par M. le Président. On Tuesday, the 28th May, at ten o'clock:-1. Les lettres de change et les chèques. Nomination d'une commission pour étudier le rapport par Mr. le Justice Phillimore et le Dr. Ernest Schuster, Barrister-at Law, Londres. Droit International Public. 2. Arbitrage international. Etudes (1.) de M. le Dr. Evans Darby, Secrétaire de la Peace Society, Londres. (2.) de M. Emile Arnaud, Notaire a Luzarches, Seine et Oise. 3. Les Eaux Territoriales. Etudes: (1.) de Sir Thomas Barclay, Barrister-atLaw, Londres. (2.) de M. A. H. Charteris, Lecturer en Droit International à l'Université, Glasgow. (3.) de M. Sanford Cole, Solicitor, Bristol et Cardiff. 4. Extradition. Etudes (1.) de M. le Professeur A. A. H. Struycken (pour l'Association Néer landaise). (2.) du Dr. Denis Berinkey, Budapest. 5. Règlement International de la Circulation sur les Routes. Rapport de la Commission; (Rapporteur), M. H. F. Dessen, Londres. 6. Les Rails Maritimes Internationales. Etude: de M. Léon de Montluc, Conseiller Honoraire à la Cour d'Appel. 7. L'Etat en qualité de Défendeur. Etude: de M. Ernö Wittmann, Avocat, Budapest.

On Wednesday, the 29th May, at ten o'clock:-1. Droit Aérien. Etudes : (1.) de MM. Guillaume Desouches, et Couannier au nom de l'Aero Club de France. (2.) de MM. Paul Fauchille, Membre de l'Institut de Droit International, et Talamon, Avocat à la Cour de Cassation, au nom de la Société de Locomotion Aérienne. (3.) de M. le Professeur Hollatz, Neuchâtel. (4.) de M. H. D. Hazeltine, Reader in English Law, Cambridge University. Droit International Privé. 2. L'Unification des Règles

du Droit International Privé. Etudes: (1.) de M. le Professeur Tilsch, Prague. (2.) de M. W. P. W. Phillimore, Solicitor, Londres. 3. L'accession de l'Empire britannique aux Traités de la Haye, en matière de Droit International Privé. Etude de M. le Professeur D. Josephus Jitta, Amsterdam (pour l'Association Néerlandaise). 4. La Théorie du Renvoi. Etudes: (1.) de MM. W. F. Hamilton, K.C., et G. M. Hamilton, Barristerat-law, Londres. (2.) de M. J. T. B. Sewell, Solicitor à Paris. (3.) du Dr. J. Pawley Bate, Barrister-at-Law, Londres. Section de Droit des Sociétés. Président : M. Rodolphe Rousseau, Avocat à la Cour de Paris. Le Statut International des Associations. Etudes : (1.) de M. J. Arthur Barratt, Barrister-at-Law, Londres et New York. (2.) de M. Andor Jacobi, Avocat, Budapest.

On Thursday, the 30th May, there will be no sitting.

On Friday, the 31st May, at ten o'clock:-Section de Droit Maritime. Président: Mr. Paul Govare, Président de l'Association Française du Droit Maritime. 1. Les Avaries Communes. Rapport de la Commission. President, Lord Justice Kennedy. Rapporteur, M. H. C. Dowdall, Barrister at-Law, Liverpool. 2. Les Clauses et les Exceptions dans les Connaissements. Etude de M. Leopold Dor, Avocat, Marseille. 3. Examen des Règlements anglais et étrangers pour les chargements des Navires. Etude: de M. Robert Temperley, Solicitor, Newcastleon-Tyne. Section des Droits Intellectuels. Président: M. G. Maillard. Avocat à la Cour de Paris. La Propriété Litteraire et Artistique. Etudes: (1.) de M. J. F. Iselin, Barrister-at-Law, Londres. (2.) de M. G. C. F. Schirrmeister-Marshal, D.C.L., Barrister-at-Law, Londres. (3.) de M. le Professeur A. Osterrieth, Berlin. (4.) de M. L. P. Rastorgoueff, Avocat Russe, Londres. Section Générale. 1. Les Trustees du Droit anglais du point de vue du Droit public et privé en France et en Belgique. Etude de M. Gaston de Leval, Avocat à la Cour d'Appel, Bruxelles; Conseil de l'Ambassade Britannique. Droit de Procedure. 2. Les Jugements Etrangers. Rapport de la Commission. Rapporteur, M. E. W. S. Cox-Sinclair, Barrister-at-Law, Londres. Communication: de M. C, Lachau, Avocat à la Cour de Paris. 3. Examen Critique des Règles Francaises et Anglaises en matière de Preuves. Etudes: (1.) de M. Léon de Montluc, Conseiller Honoraire à la Cour d'Appel. (2.) de M. Ernest Todd, Barrister-at-Law, Londres. 4. Developpement de l'Injonction (Inderdict) dans les Etats Unis. Etude: de M. George Whitelock, Counsellor-at-Law, Baltimore, E.U. 5. Les Rapports entre les Problèmes industriels et sociaux envisagés du point de vue du Droit International. Etude: de M. Béla Nemere, Avocat, Budapest. 6. La Juridiction en matière de Divorce. Rapport de la Commission. Rapporteur, Mr. J. Arthur Barratt, Barristerat-Law, Londres.

On Saturday, the 1st June, at ten o'clock:-Clôture de la Conférence. Discours de M. le Président.

Third Class (in alphabetical order). Walter Duncan, LL.M., Liverpool (Mr. E. R. Pickmere, of Liverpool).

Enoch Lewis James (Mr. Gerald Bruce, of the firm of Messrs.
Morgan, Bruce, and Nicholas, of Pontypridd).
Arthur Ainslie Johnson (Mr. Alfred Appleby, of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne),

Arthur Charles Martin (Mr. George Thomas Devonshire, of the
firm of Messrs. Doyle, Devonshire, and Co., of London).
Leslie Ernest Peppiatt (Mr. C. W. M. Price, of London and
Byfleet).

The council of the Law Society have awarded the following prize of books: To Mr. Duncan, the John Mackrell Prize, value about £9.

The council have given class certificates to the candidates in the third class.

Thirty-six candidates give notice for the examination.

LINCOLN'S-INN.-F. K. Archer (formerly a solicitor), Certificate of Honour, Council of Legal Education, Easter Term, 1912; Parsram Kundanmal Vasvani, Certificate of Honour, C.L.E., Easter Term, 1912, Bombay University, B.A., LL.B., a Vakil of the High Court, Bombay; Satyendra Narayan Choudhuri, Downing Coll., Camb.; S. Norrie-Miller, Hertford Coll., Oxford, B.A.; Shaik Mohomed Mir, Christ's Coll., Camb., B.A.; Maung Maung Gyi (II.); Nareschandra Ray; Puthampilli Nelakanta Menon; Dr. Syed Mahmud (Alig.), Ph.D. (Münster); Kwamin Ata-Amonu; A. G. Manuel; A. R. Manuel; C. A. Collingwood, Downing Coll., Camb.; Kumar Jagan Nath Singh; Nandlal Maneklal Muzumdar, Bombay Univ., B.A.; W. M. Limb, London Univ.; J. G. Paterson; E. S. B. Tagart, Christ's Coll., Camb.

INNER TEMPLE.-C. H. da Silva, B.A., LL.B. Camb., Certificate of Honour, Trinity Term, 1911; B. R. Rice Jones, B.A., LL.B. Camb., Certificate of Honour, Michaelmas Term, 1911; F. A. Holt, B.A., LL.B. Camb., Certificate of Honour, Hilary Term, 1912; G. Howard Jones, Liverpool Univ., LL.B., Certificate of Honour, Easter Term, 1912; J. W. A. Maude, Oxford; G. A. Ripley, Oxford; J. M. Challinor, B.A. Oxford; R. Walker, B.A. Oxford; R. Sri Pathmanathan, B.A. Oxford; J. D. Heaton-Armstrong, B.A. Camb.; A. A. Engineer, M.A., LL.B. Camb.; H. G. Garrod, B.A. Oxford; L. J. Stein, B.A. Oxford; D. R. Wijewardene, B.A. Camb.; G. E. Ryan, B.A. Oxford; A. Brooke, M.A. Camb.; A. V. Hocking, B.A. Oxford; A. E. Brown, M.A., LL.B. Camb.; C. F. Penton, B.A. Camb.; C. H. Jones, B.A. Camb.; S. Brooksbank, B.A. Camb.; G. R. Anderson, B.A. Oxford; C. A. Theed, London; H. W. G. Ripley, B.A. Camb.; L. P. Phillips, B.A., LL.B. Camb.; R. D. Ringham, B.A. Oxford; E. B. Carpenter, B.A. Oxford; R. F. Cleaver, B.A. Oxford; G. D. Roberts, B.A. Oxford.

:

MIDDLE TEMPLE.-W. S. Meeke, Certificate of Honour, C.L.E., Trinity Term, 1911, Criminal Law Prizeman, Easter Term, 1909, Campbell Foster Prizeman, Easter, 1909; F. W. A. Prideaux; J. C. Davies, M.A. London; C. W. W. Greenidge, B.A., LL.B. Camb. L. W. Thynne, B.A.; Moung Tha Din; W. de B. Wood, B.A. Oxford; Raghunandan Prashad; Pyare Lal; Sorabjee Manekjee; S. J. Watts; E. Braddock; R. S. Evans, M.A. Lincoln Coll., Oxford; H. A. K. Morgan, B.Sc. London; G. P. B. Lailey, B.A. Oxford; Dalip Singh Gill; Merwanji Kavasji Sett, Downing Coll.. Camb.; G. M. Gregory; Suttya Dhyan Ghosaul; M. H. Crees; Rameshwar Prasad Sinha; Mohammad Zakariya Hashmi; E. C. L. White; W. Duncan, M.B., C.M. Glasgow ; Maung Su; G. H. B. Radcliffe, B.Sc. London; Minocheker Jamshedji Dastur, B.A. Oxford.

GRAY'S-INN.-J. A. Samuel, B.A., LL.B., Selwyn Coll., Camb., Certificate of Honour, Trinity, 1911. Holt Scholar, Gray's-inn, 1910, Arden Scholar, Gray's-inn, 1911, Trinidad Government Scholar; Kristnalal Datta, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. (England); A. N. Santiago; Murgasu Valu Pillai, B.A., LL.B., Downing Coll., Camb.; Mohamad Naim; W. J. U. Woolcock, Secretary to the Standing Pharmaceutical Committee on Insurance; A. E. Thomas, Scholar of Merton College, Oxford, M.A.,_ M.D., Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury; Dakshina Ranjan Mukerjea; S. N. E. O'Halloran; E. D. J. Crump; F. Bairstow; Mohamed Nooruddin; R. R. Smylie, M.A., Dublin, a member of the Irish Bar; A. H. H. Richardson, M.P., formerly a solicitor; G. D. Clough, Registrar of the High Court of Northern Rhodesia, formerly a solicitor.

STUDENTS' SOCIETIES.

LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY.-At a meeting held at the Law Society's Hall, Chancery-lane, on the 30th ult. (chairman, Mr. G. B. Willis), the subject for debate was: "That this House is opposed to any policy of Home Rule for Ireland." Mr. P. B. Henderson opened in the affirmative, and Mr. J. F. Chadwick in the negative. The following members continued the debate: Messrs. J. D. McEwen, C. P. Blackwell, W. S. Jones, C. E. King, W. S. Meeke, and R. F. Mattingly. The motion was carried by two votes.

BIRMINGHAM. The nine hundred and seventy-first ordinary meeting was held at the Law Library, Bennett's-hill, on Tuesday, the 30th ult., Mr. A. B. Whitfield, barrister-at-law, in the chair. The following moot point was debated: "The editor of Little Bits, with the object of improving the circulation of his paper, invents and publishes a competition in which he invites his readers to guess the amount of damages (if any) in a society scandal case, shortly to be tried in the High Court. Competitors have to send a postal order for 6d. with each attempt, and the total money thus subscribed is to be paid in cash to the subscriber who sends in the correct answer. Subsequently, in consequence of a warning from the Director of Public Prosecutions, the competition is abandoned, and a notice to that effect is inserted in the paper. Prior to the publication, however, B. (amongst others) sends in an attempt in which he estimates the damages at one farthing, which turns out to be correct. Can B. recover the prize money from the publishers?" Mr. A. J. Hatwell opened in the affirmative, and was supported by Messrs. T. G. Mander, J. B. Hargreave, C. E. Shelley, H. Cooke, E. C. G. Clarke, and A. J. Long. Mr. J. D. Sampson opened in the negative, and was supported by Messrs. S. H. Robinson, R. A. Gardner, W. J. Blackham, H. S. Brookes, B.A., and T. H. Ekins. After the openers had replied, the chairman summed up, and, on the question being put to the meeting, the voting resulted: For the affirmative, six; for the negative, five. A hearty vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding concluded the proceedings.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Information intended for publication under the above heading should reach us not later than Thursday morning in each week, as publication is otherwise delayed.

Mr. MAURICE LUDLAM MASON, of Pewsey, Wilts, has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths. Mr. Mason was admitted in Feb. 1906.

Mr. EDWARD WILSON, senior partner of the firm of Gurner, Wilson, and Jerome, of Newport, Isle of Wight, has been appointed Clerk to the Lieutenancy of the Isle of Wight. Mr. Wilson has also been appointed Clerk to the Commissioners of Sewers for the Isle of Wight. Mr. Wilson was admitted in 1880. Mr. W. J. BOARD has been appointed Town Clerk of Nottingham. Mr. Board was admitted in 1900.

Mr. HENRY RAVENSWORTH LAMONBY, of Penrith, has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths. Mr. Lamonby was admitted in Feb. 1906.

CORRESPONDENCE.

This department being open to free discussion on all Professional topics, the Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions or statements contained in it.

ESTATE DUTY INJUSTICE.-The Finance Act 1894 is receiving an official construction at the Estate Duty Office under which sect. 7 (6) becomes in effect a trap to catch the unwary taxpayer who exercises the option thereby given of commuting and paying the estate duty on an expectancy on the death of the reversioner, instead of waiting until the duty on the full capital value becomes leviable under the Act on the death of the tenant for life, when the taxpayer might claim exemption from the simultaneous levy of two estate duties on the same death under sect. 7 (10), which enacts that estate duty in respect of property passing on any deathshall not be more than once levied on the same death." At present, even where the estate duty officials have already received by anticipation under sect. 7 (6) the commuted value of the estate duty on an expectancy leviable on the death of the tenant for life in respect of the full capital value of the property, yet they claim to levy estate duty again under the Act on the capital value of the same property on the same death, so that the taxpayer is deprived of the exemption which he might otherwise have claimed under sect. 7 (10), and finds, too late, that the money which he has paid under the delusive option conferred by sect. 7 (6) has been thrown away. Does the responsibility for this state of things rest on the Legislature or on the Inland Revenue

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LEGAL OBITUARY.

Mr. EDWARD JAMES CASTLE, K.C., Recorder of Bristol, died on the 27th ult., aged seventy. The son of Professor H. J. Castle, of King's College, London, Mr. Castle was educated at that college. He was called by the Inner Temple in 1868, and joined the Western Circuit. He acquired a considerable practice, especially in Local Government cases and arbitrations, and was an authority on the Law of Rating, on which he published a treatise in 1879, and of which a fourth edition appeared in 1903. He also published a book on the Law of Commerce in Time of War. He took silk in 1888, and subsequently was elected Bencher of his Inn. He was Recorder of Winchester from 1888 to 1897, when he was appointed Recorder of Bristol and Judge of the Bristol Tolsey and Pie Poudre Courts.

Mr. JAMES HEYGATE, of the Elms, Wellingborough, solicitor, died at his residence on the 26th ult. in his sixty-seventh year. He was admitted in 1867, since when he has practised at Wellingborough. For many years he practised largely in the local courts. In 1890 he was appointed registrar of the Wellingborough County Court, a position he held at his death. In 1899 he took Mr. Warwick James, of Blandford, into partnership. Mr. Heygate leaves a widow, but no family.

Mr. WILLIAM EDWIN RANGER, clerk to Mr. Douglas Hogg, died, after a short illness, on the 27th ult. For many years he was clerk to the late Mr. T. R. Kemp, Q.C.

List, as far as possible, of EFFECTIVE Causes only.

CAUSES STANDING FOR HEARING.

Thompson v. Dibdin and others. (England.)

Waller and others v. Stevenson. (England.) Claudius Ash, Sons, and Co. Limited v. Invicta Manufacturing Company Limited. (England.)

Norfolk and North American Steam Shipping Company Limited . Virginia Carolina Chemical Company et è contra (England.)

Watkins v. Naval Colliery Company (1897) Limited. (England.)

Howley Park Coal and Cannel Company v. London and North-Western Railway Company. (England.)

Owners of Steamship Deronshire v. Owners of Barge Leslie and others. (England.)
Walford and another v. Walford. (England.)

Taylor v. Denny, Mott, and Dickson Limited. (Eng'and.)
Gillow and others v. County Council of Durham.

England.)

Neugebauer and another v. London and Provincial Marine and General Insurance Company Limited. (England.)

British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Limited. Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited. (England.)

British Association of Glass Bottle Manufacturers Limited v. Nett'efold. (England.)

CAUSES WAITING FOR JUDGMENT.

Attorney-General (at the relation of Mayor, &c., of Tamworth and others) v. Birmingham, Tame, and Rea District Drainage Board. (In part considered.) Kilmarnock Theatre Company Limited (in liquidation) and others v. Buchanan and others.

Guardians of the Poor of Hackney Union v. Kingston-upon-Hull Incorporation for the Poor.

J. and E. Kish v. Charles Taylor, Sons, and Co.

Deeley v. Lloyds Bank Limited.

Robertson and others v. Waldie Griffith.

Lloyd (Pauper) v. Grace, Smith, and Co. (In part considered.)

Ball (Pauper) r. William Hunt and Sons Limited.

Hyman and another r. Rose.

Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company r. Boyd and Forrest. McDonald or Duris . Wils ns and Clyde Coal Company Limited. Mackenzie and another v. Jchustone and another.

Papé v. Dri-coll.

To surrender at their respective District Courts BOLSOVER, WILLIAM, Barnston, agent. Ct. Birkenhead. April 22. DUCKER, JONATHAN, Farnworth, late coal merchant. Ct. Bolton. April 22. EATON, PRYCE RICHARD, Montgomery, butcher. Ct. Newtown. April 22. FLETCHER, JOSEPH HOWARD, Portsmouth, manager. Ct. Portsmouth. April 22.

GARDNER, ARTHUR JOHN, Birmingham, printer Ct. Birmingham. April 24.

April 22

HUGHES, JOHN, Cardiff, chemist. Ct. Cardiff.
HAYCOCK, JOSEPH, Pontrhydyrhun, grocer. Ct. Newport, Mon. April 23.
IKIN, HARRY BENNETT, Coole Pilate, joiner. Ct. Nantwich and Crewe.
April 23.
butcher. Ct. Aberystwyth.

LLOYD, CHARLES P., late Aberystwyth,
April 23.

LEARY, NICHOLAS, Bootle, funeral furnisher. Ct. Liverpool. April 23.
MILES, FREDERICK, Wakefield, innkeeper. Ct. Wakefield. April 22.
PHILLIPS, ALFRED PENRYN, Hanley, draper. Ct. Hanley. April 22.
PELTENSTONE, DAVID DAVIS (trading as D. Davis and Co.), Nottingham,
lace dealer. Ct. Nottingham. April 22.

PHILLIPS, PHILIP, late Port Talbot, collier. Ct. Pontypridd, Ystrady. fodwg, and Porth. April 22.

ROCHE, THOMAS FRANCIS, late Kingston-on-Thames,
Kingston, Surrey. April 22.

surgeon. Ct.

SMITH, CHARLES H., late Banbury, clothier. Ct. Banbury. April 23. SHEARER, JAMES GEORGE, Bournemouth, doctor of medicine (Georgetown University). Ct. Poole. April 23.

THUMBS, SAMUEL, Nottingham, asphalter. Ct. Nottingham. April 24.
VINCENT, HARRY, Sidcup, late butcher's carrier. Ct. Rochester. April 22.
VENN, EDWIN CHARLES, Truro, potter. Ct. Truro. April 23.

WATSON, CHARLES, Winslow, tobacconist. Ct. Banbury. April 22.
WRIGHT, WILLIAM. Withybrook, farmer. Ct. Coventry. April 24.
WILLIAMS, JOHN RICHARD, Kerry, farm labourer. Ct. Newtown. April 22.
WHELPTON, GEORGE HERBERT, Nottingham, warehouseman. Ct. Notting-
ham. April 23.
WILLIAMS, JOSEPH LLOYD, Swansea, accountant. Ct. Swansea. April 22.

GAZETTE, APRIL 30.

To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. JOHNSON, M. CHARLES, Seagrave-rd, West Brompton, salesman. April 26. MITCHELL-HEDGES, FREDERICK ALBERT (trading as Pembery Robinson and Co.), London-wall. April 26.

RIVETT-CARNAC, W., late Bitterne. April 24.

SAMUELS, S. (trading as Samuels and Co.), Ely-pl, jeweller's factor. April 25.

SANDFORD, WILLIAM H., late Whitehall-ct, Whitehall. April 25,

To surrender at their respective District Courts. BRISTO, HENRY WILLIAM (otherwise Henry Bristo, jun.), Ipswich, job. master. Ct. Ipswich. April 26. BLAND, ERNEST SCOTT, Leeds, late furniture dealer. Ct. Leeds. April 24. BIRD, WALTER JOHNSON, Leicester, corn dealer. Ct. Leicester. April 27. BROOM HEAD, HENRY, Sheffield, assistant librarian. Ct. Sheffield. April 27. CROSS, HAROLD (trading as Harold J. Cross), Leyland, joiner. Ct. Bolton. April 24.

CAMP, SAMUEL, Cardiff, baker. Ct. Cardiff. April 24.

COLLINSON, WILLIAM B. (trading as William B. Collinson and Co.), Man.
chester, manufacturer's agent. Ct. Manchester. April 26.
COLBON, ALFRED ASKEW, Whittlesey, general dealer. Ct. Peterborough.
April 25.

ELPHICK, CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERT, Portsmouth, builder.
mouth. April 24.

Ct. Ports

FITZGERALD, EDWARD RAPHAEL, Greenford, gentleman. Ct. Brentford. April 26.

FENWICK, WILLIAM FENWICK, Hop-exchange, commercial traveller. Ct. Wandsworth. April 25.

GORDON, W., Bournemouth, musician. Ct. Poole. April 26.

HALLIDAY, WILLIAM JARDINE, Blackburn, stockbroker. Ct. Blackburn and Darwen. April 24.

HALL, HERBERT WILLIAM HOPWOOD, Leeds, architect. Ct. Leeds. April 25.

HUDSON BROTHERS AND Co., Horsforth, corn millers. Ct. Leeds. April 25.
HALL, ELIZABETH, Tuxford, licensed victualler. Ct. Lincoln. April 27.
MATHER, JAMES, Mablethorpe, baker. Ct. Great Grimsby. April 25.
MITCHELL, CROSSLEY, Brimington, meat salesman. Ct. Chesterfield.
April 26.

METCALFE, ARTHUR, Worksop, ironmonger. Ct Sheffield. April 25.
MOORFOOT, WILLIAM, late Goole, coal merchant. Ct. Wakefield. April 26.
NEARS, THOMAS OLIVER, Sudbury, oil merchant. Ct. Colchester. April 24.
RIGDEN, EDWARD JOHN (in the petition described as Edward James
Rigden), Canterbury, dealer. Ct. Canterbury. April 27
SKIPWORTH, PERCY, Louth, baker,

Ct. Great Grimsby. April 25,