BALLARD (Volant Vashon), formerly of 2, Chilworth-street, Eastbourne-terrace, late of Beachfield, Clarendon-road East, Southsea, Hants, gentleman, formerly a captain in the 44th Regiment of Foot. July 1: Godden, Holme, and Co., solicitors, 34, Old Jewry. BEAUCHAMP (Granville Pelham), Santa Monica, California, U.S. of America, formerly of Norwich, Norfolk, gentleman. June 24; Radcliffes and Cator, solicitors, 20, Craven-street, Charing Cross. BEEVE (Elizabeth), 43, Viaduct-road, London-road, Brighton, Sussex, spinster. May 24; Keen, Rogers, and Co., solicitors, 24, Knightrider-street. BONNER (Martha), 21, Tresillian-road, Lewisham High-road, Kent, widow. June 16; E. C. Rilsby, solicitor, 21, College-hill, Cannon-street. BROWN (Matthew), Peterborough, Northamptonshire, railway contractor. May 31; Percival and Son, solicitors, Peterborough. CAVANAGH (James Walter), Islington, Liverpool, physician. June 18; Madden, James, and Smith, solicitors, 22, Lord-street, Liverpool. CATTERALL (Louis Bertrand), Lea, in Lea Ingol, and Cottam, Lancashire, and of Deepdale, Preston, coal merchant. June 10; W. Banks and Co., solicitors, 42, Lune-street, Preston. COOKSON (Robert), Sandfield Park, West Derby, near Liverpool. June 2; Eaton and Son, solicitors, 5, Clayton-square, Liverpool. CLARK (John), Shorne Ridgway, Kent, gentleman. May 31; M. S. Stephens and Son, solicitors, Chatham. CUNNINGHAM (Elizabeth), 8, Waghorn-terrace, Chatham, Kent, widow. May 31; M. S. Stephens and Son, solicitors, Chatham. CROWTHER (James), Rotherham, Yorkshire, gentleman. July 1; Marsh and Son, solicitors, Rotherham. DICKIN (John), Tyndwfr, Llangollen, Denbighshire, gentleman. May 26; C. Richards and Sons, solicitors, Llangollen. DEAN (Richard), 33, Aberdeen-street, Preston, Lancashire, painter. May 31; W. and J. Cooper, solicitors, 9, Lune-street, Preston. EVANS (William), High Oak inn, Pensnett, Staffordshire, licensed victualler and brewer. June 10; 8. Ward, solicitor, 25, Wolverhampton-street, Dudley. EASTWOOD (William Anthony), Waterhill Friendly and Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire, tinsmith. May 28; G. Furniss, solicitor, Bank-buildings, Brighouse. FLEETWOOD (Elizabeth). 25, Chesnut-grove, Marsh-lane, Bootie, Lancashire, spinster. June 18; FIELD (Harry Eugene), 70, Oxton-road, Birkenhead, Cheshire, chemist. July 9; W. C. Kemp, 1 and 2, Unity-buildings, 22, Lord-street, Liverpool. FLEMING (John), 32, Grainger-street West, and of Gresham House, both in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GOLDING (James), 129, Lavender-hill, Clapham, Surrey, gentleman. June 15; J. A. Staverton June 7; Peckham, HAMER (Thomas), George Tavern, Walham Green, licensed victualler. HODGSON (William Henry), East View Marsh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. May 14; E. A. Beaumont, chartered accountant, 24, Queen-street, Huddersfield. HARRIS (Jane Diana), Yealmpton, Devon, widow. May 24; Woolicombe and Son, solicitors, 10, Princess-square, Plymouth. HAMMERSLEY (Susannah), Brownhills House, Tunstall, Staffordshire, widow. May 12; Hollinshead and Moody, solicitors, Tunstall. HARBOUR (John Lewis), 109, Thomas-street, and 22, Cornwallis-crescent, Clifton, Bristol, packing HUGO (John Edmund), 3. Addle-street, Wood-street, and of the Cornwall Lunatic Asylum, HENDERSON (William), Bradford, stuff merchant. June 16; Gordon, Hunter, and Macmaster, solicitors, 9, Market-street, Bradford. HAYTER (George William Albert), 7, Datchet-road, Windsor, Berkshire. June 17; R. B. Wheatley, Son, and Daniel, solicitors, 7, New-inn, Strand. HARRISON (Jane Elizabeth), formerly of Ulerneth, Cheshire, late of Heaton Park, near Manchester, spinster. May 31; J. and J. Hibbert and Westbrook, solicitors, Clarendon-place, Hyde. INGRAM (Edgar Frederick), 5, Sloane-square, baker. June 23; Blewitt and Tyler, solicitors, 79), Gracechurch-street. INGHAM (Sir James Taylor), 40, Gloucester-square, Hyde Park, and Sugwas Court, Herefordshire, knight, chief magistrate of the police courts of the metropolis. June 4; Darley and Cumberland, solicitors, 36, John-street, Bedford-row. JEE (Charlotte), Strela, Mannering-road, Liverpool, widow. June 30; W. F. Morecroft and Co., solicitors, British and Foreign-chambers, 5, Castle-street, Liverpool. JACKSON (William Thomas), Tadcaster, Yorkshire, wine merchant. July 1; Smith, Smith, and Elliott, solicitors, Meetinghouse-lane, Sheffield. JAY (Ellen), Steyne Hotel, Worthing, Sussex. June 7; Collet and Minton, solicitors, Worthing. JARRETT (George), Mill-lane, Margate, Kent, coal merchant. June 14; T. H. Boys, solicitor, Margate. KENDALL (Henry), 160, Burnt Ash-hill, Lee, Kent, formerly of Renfrew, Bexley Heath, Kent. July13; H. J. Godden, solicitor, 21, Lime-street. KENNETT (Richard Barlow), formerly of the Square, Petersfield, Southampton, and of Reading, Berkshire, late of 4, Blackfriars-road, Surrey, gentleman. June 24; 8. M. and J. B. Benson, solicitors, 1, Clement's-inn, Strand. KING (Francis), Theale, Berkshire, gentleman. June 10; Beale and Martin, solicitors, Townhallchambers, Reading. KNOWLES (Robert), Lytham, Lancashire, gentleman. May 31; Fullagar and Hulton, solicitors, 1, Mealhouse-lane, Bolton. LYTHGOE (James), 7, Stanley-terrace, Stamford-street, Old Trafford, near Manchester, law MELLAND (Stephen), the Longlands, Brampton, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, gentleman. MAY (John), 83, Rectory-road, Stoke Newington, hatter. June 16; W. J. Greig, solicitor, 15, MEDLEY (John Edward), 6, Hill-road, Abbey-road, St. John's Wood, gentleman. June 9; Badham and Williams, solicitors, 3, Salter's Hall-court, Cannon-street. NIXON (Francis Nevillia), Eden House, St. Mary, Jersey, spinster. June 18; Andrews, Barrett, and Andrews, solicitors, Weymouth. NEWTON (Jane), Windsor-street, Liverpool, spinster. June 7; J. R. Watkins, solicitor, 62, Dalestreet, Liverpool. OLDHAM (Harriett Kezia), 16. Northcote-street, Leamington, Warwickshire. June 2; Wright and Hassall, solicitors, Leamington. OWEN (Mary Ann), Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, widow. June 30; Field and Sons, solicitors, Leamington. PHILIPS (Marianne), 4, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent, formerly of Selwood, Beauchamp-square, PICTOR (Stephen), formerly of Cranhill Dairy, Sion Hill, Bath, late of Bathford, Somersetshire, PORTER (Thomas), Kippax, Yorkshire, farmer. June 23; C. A. Phillips, solicitor, Castleford. PEARCE (Susan), Plymouth, Devonshire. July 31; Whiteford and Bennett, solicitors, Courtenaystreet, Plymouth. PERCEVAL (Michael Henry), formerly of the Villa Vanneck, Capo di Monti, Naples, late of the Villa Marie, Monte Carlo, late commander R.N. May 28; Wordsworth, Blake, and Co., solicitors, South Sea House, Threadneedle-street. PRICE (Edward), 61, Irving-street, Birmingham, formerly a fish salesman. June 7; Balden and Son, solicitors, 2, Newhall-street, Birmingham. PURNELL (Henry Albert), 337, High-street,, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire chemist. June 14; C. L. Smiles, 15, Bedford-row, agent for R. E. Steel, solicitor, Cheltenham. REED (William), 7, Reed's-place, Great College-street, Camden-town, retired builder, June 16; T. F. Peacock, solicitor, 12, South-square, Gray's-inn. ROE (Rev. Henry Farwell), Revelstoke Rectory, Devonshire, clerk in holy orders. June 1; Coode, Shilson, and Co., solicitors, St. Austell, Cornwall. READ (Catherine Elizabeth), 10, Harley-street, Bow, widow. June 1; J. Frost, solicitor, 150, Leadenhall-street. ROTHWELL (Charles), 140, Clarence-street, Bolton, Lancashire, surgeon. June 30; Holden and Holden, solicitors, 20, Mawdsley-street, Bolton. STANDISH (Samuel), Falstaff inn, Rotherham, Yorkshire, licensed victualler. June 30; Harrop and Harrop, solicitors, Rotherham. SELWAY (William), 14, Chelsea-buildings, Bath, retired baker. June 12; Stone, King, and Co., solicitors, 13, Queen-square, Bath. SUMMERS (Maria), Glenowen, Llanstadwell, Pembrokeshire, widow. May 31; Eaton-Evans and Williams, solicitors, High-street, Haverfordwest. SWAINE (James), Pool House, Great Barr, Staffordshire, retired maltster. June 16; Ryland, Martineau, and Co., solicitors, 7, Cannon-street, Birmingham. STEPHENS (William), Presteign, Radnorshire, solicitor, olerk of the peace, and to the County Corncil of Radnorshire. June 24; E. Wood, solicitor, Rhayader. SPENCER (James), 3, Castle-hill, Windsor, Berkshire, carver and gilder. June 24; B. C. Durant, solicitor, Sussex-chambers, St. Alban's-street, Windsor. SHEPHERD (Henry Austin), Cranley House, Solsboro-road, Chelston, Torquay, Devonshire, gentleman. June 24; T. C. Lidop, solicitor, 74, Fleet-street, Torquay. TELLETT (Richard Joy), Plas-yn-Rhal, Ruthin, Denbighshire, farmer. June 2; Lloyd and Roberts, solicitors, Ruthin, North Wales. TIMINS (Mary Eleanora Clegg), 1, Buckingham-villas, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, spinster.. May 28; Bubb and Co., solicitors, 21, Clarence-street, Cheltenham. THOMSON (Elizabeth Fortune), Peterborough, draper. May 14; Hart and Norris, solicitors, Peterborough. TARRY (Edward Wallace), Langham Hotel, London, and of Kimberley and Cape Town, South Africa, merchant. June 30; E. Flux and Leadbitter. solicitors, 144, Leadenhall-street. TURNER (John), Elmwood, Whittington, and of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, auctioneer. July 1; Shipton, Hallewell, and Co., solicitors, West Bars, Chesterfield. TOLLEMACHE (The Hon. and Rev. Hugh Francis), Harrington, Northamptonshire, clerk, June 10; G. and H. Lamb and Stringer, solicitors, Kettering. TAYLOR (Barbara), Turners' Arms, Mortimer, Hampshire, widow. June 24; C. E. Hewett, solicitor, 165, Friar-street, Reading. THORNTON (Benjamin), Idle, Yorkshire. June 12; Gordon, Hunter, and, Macmaster, solicitors, 9, Market street, Bradford. UNWIN (Hannah), Eaton House, Lansdowne-grove, Neasden, widow. June 14; J. and C. Attenborough, solicitors, 16, Ely-place. VEALE (Thomas), formerly of Newlands, Preston, near Brighton, late of 11, Alexandra-villas, Brighton, Sussex, gentleman. June 16; Soames, Edwards, and Jones, solicitors, 58, Lincoln'sinn-fields. WEBBER (Henry Clarke), 5, South-crescent, Bloomsbury, and of Covent Garden Market, sales mun. June 3; J. C. Button and Co., solicitors, 6, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. WILSON (Jane), 2, Belgrave-place, Belgrave-square, spinster. June 13; Clabon and Parker, solicitors, 21, Great G.orge-street, Westminster. WILLOUGHBY (Thomas Burn), Melrose, Chestnut-road, West Norwood, Surrey, gentleman. June 14; Armstrong and Lamb, solicitors, 33, Old Jewry. WILMER (Ann), formerly of 13, Brighton-road, Liverpool-road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire, then of 2, Alexander-road, West Kirby, Cheshire, late of 3, Victoria-avenue, Prestatyn, Flintshire, widow. June 2: W. J. Challinor, solicitor, 18, Brazennose-street, Manchester. WILLIAMS (William Henry), Tredegar Arms hotel. Tredegar, Monmouthshire, licensed victualler and brewer. June 24; R. H. Spencer, solicitor, Castle-street, Tredegar. WILLIAMS (Arthur), Salisbury, Wiltshire, gentleman. June 1; Hodding and Jackson, solicitors, Market House-chambers, salisbury. WACKERBARTH (John Henry), Kingswood Lodge, Bexley, Kent, and of 27, Leadenhall-street, shipbroker. June 24: A. Armstrong, solicitor, 115, Chancery-lane. WHITAKER (William), Manor Cottage, Horton, Buckinghamshire, gentleman. June 12; W. H. Waller and Son, solicitors, 2, Duke-street, Adelphi WILKINSON (David), 14, Cromer-terrace, Armley, Leeds, forgeman. June 10; Cousins and Cousins, solicitors, Bank-chambers, Park-row, Leeds. YOUELL (Anne), 7, Charlotte-street, Bath, spinster. June 30; W. T. Chesterman, solicitor, Octagon-chambers, Bath. YATE (Rev. Charles Allix), late rector of Uppingham, Rutlandshire, May 14 C. M. Dix, solicitor, 2, Collingwood-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. THE BAR COMMITTEE. The following gentlemen, members of the_Bar Committee, will retire by rotation from the committee on the 14th June next, viz., Mr. Robinson, Q.C., Mr. Montague Crackanthorpe, Q.C., Mr. Gully, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Rigby, Q.C., Mr. Bosanquet, Q.C., Mr. Lockwood, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Channell, Q.C., Mr. Kennedy, Q.C., and Messrs. H. B. Deane, J. W. Dunning, W. Graham, W. E. Harrison, W. A. Meek, J. H. E. Smith, R. S. Wright, and A. Young. The annual election of members to fill the above vacancies will be held in the week ending the 7th June. Each candidate must be proposed in writing, such writing to be signed by at least ten barristers, and sent not later than the 17th inst. to Mr. S. H. Lofthouse, the hon. secretary, at his chambers, Farrar-buildings, Temple, where proposal forms may be obtained. If more than sixteen candidates be proposed the election will be by votingpapers, to be personally filled up and signed by the electors. Votingpapers may be had on application to the hon. secretary, or at the Common Rooms in the Temple, after the 24th inst. Voting-papers, when filled up and signed, must be delivered or sent by post to the hon. secretary within the week ending the 7th June. Voting-papers not so delivered or sent will be void. INNER TEMPLE.-Lord Justice Lopes, the Treasurer, and the Masters of the Bench entertained at dinner last Wednesday, being the Grand Day of Easter Term, the following guests:-Lord Stanhope, Lord Egmont, Lord Justice Cotton, Mr. H. C. Raikes, the Treasurer of Lincoln's-inn, the Treasurer of the Middle Temple, Sir J. Heron Maxwell, Sir Everett Millais, Sir Richard Paget, Sir. John Fowler, General Sir Daniel Lysons, the Attorney-General, Sir Henry Edwards, the Rev. Canon Ainger (Reader at the Temple Church) Mr. Burdett-Coutts, Mr. Milman, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Lawrence, the Sub-Treasurer, and Mr. Pickering, the Librarian. The Benchers present were Mr. Calvert, Q.C., Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., his Honour Judge Price, his Honour Judge Cooke, Mr. Bulwer, Q.C., Mr. Dowdeswell, Q.C., Lord Cranbrook, Sir Patrick Colquhoun, Q.C., his Honour Judge Lushington, Mr. Hare, Mr. Marten, Q.C., Mr. Baylis, Q.C., Sir L. Cave, Mr. Meadows White, Q.C., Mr. Poland, Q.C., Sir William Grantham, Mr. Potter, Q.C., Mr. Leonard Field, Mr. Addison, Q.C., Mr. Crossley, QC., Mr. Graham, Mr. Myburgh, Q.C., Mr. Horace Smith, Mr. Cooper Willis, Q.C., Mr. Colt, and Mr. Bosanquet, Q.C. GRAY'S-INN.-On Wednesday last, it being the grand day of Easter Term, the Treasurer (Mr. James Shiel) and Benchers entertained at dinner the following guests, namely-Lord Field, Mr. Justice A. L. Smith, Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, Mr. Godfrey Lushington, C.B., Mr. Staveley Hill, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Finlay, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Partridge, Mr. de Rutzen, and Rev. Edgar Sheppard (Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal), and the Masters of the Bench present in addition to the Treasurer were Lord Romilly, Mr. William Cracroft Fooks, Q.C., Mr. Henry Griffith, Sir Benjamin Pine, Mr. Hugh Shield, Q.C., Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Arthur Beetham, Mr. C. A. Middleton, Mr. W. D. Jeremy, Mr. Charles Forbes, Mr. Edwin Jones, Mr. John Rose, and the Rev. the Preacher (the Rev. J. H. Lupton). LAW AND CITY COURTS COMMITTEE DINNER.-The Law and City Courts Committee dined at the Guildhall Tavern on Monday evening, Mr. W. J. Foster (chairman), presiding. The company included: The Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Knill, Mr. C. S. Houlder, Mr. A. Pickering, Mr. E. Lee, Mr. T. Palmer, Mr. H. H. Richardson, Mr. H. Clarke, L.C.C., Mr. W. J. Fraser, Mr. L. Spyer, Mr. F. R. Hales, Mr. E. E. Harding, Mr. J. Tickle, Mr. A. Double, Mr. R. B. Warrick, Mr. Deputy Hora, Captain Hall, Mr. H. A. Alexander, Mr. H. H. Bridgman, Mr. J. Harris, Mr. A. J. Hollington, L.C.C., Mr. B. S. F. MacGeagh, J.P., Mr. Turner, the Common Serjeant (Sir W. T. Charley, Q.C.), the Registrar of the Mayor's Court (Mr. Jackson), Mr. Gannon, Mr. A. Saunders, the Registrar of the City of London Court (Mr. Wyld), the Assistant Registrar of the Mayor's Court (Mr. Harrison), Mr. C. H. Hopwood, Q.C., Mr. L. M. Aspland, Q.C., Mr. A. Cock, Q.C., Mr. C. Dodd, Q.C., Mr. E. T. E. Besley, Mr. L. Glyn, Mr. H. Fisher, Mr. W. V. Foster, Mr. S. R. Pollard, Mr. H. Gardiner, &c. The New York Life Insurance Company, in its recent report, states that the new business has steadily increased during the last five years, 39,499 new policies, insuring £31,094,462, having been issued in 1889. The accumulated fund on the 1st Jan. 1890 was £21,484,634, having increased £2,413,634 during the year. The income for 1889 was £5,932,124. The benefits received by policy-holders and their representatives during the year amounted to £1,035,487 in death claims, £507,681 in cash bonuses, and £950,890 for matured endowmen 3, purchased policies, and annuities (in all £2,494,058). BILLS OF SALE.-The number of bills of sale in England and Wales registered at the Queen's Bench for the week ending the 3rd May was 188. The number in the corresponding week of last year was 188, and the corresponding weeks for the three previous years 232, 242, and 182.— Stubbs Weekly Gazette. ILLNESS OF SIR HORACE DAVEY.-Sir Horace Davey is confined to his bed with a severe attack of influenza. THE MANCHESTER ASSIZES.-Sir W. Houldsworth has made inquiries in reference to the inconveniently short notice given of the holding of the Manchester Assizes, and learns that the responsibility rests with the judges. Their Lordships were late in arranging the date, and left no time for proper notice to be given to the parties most concerned. DEATH OF THE TOWN CLERK OF NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME.-Mr. Thomas Harding, town clerk of Newcastle-under-Lyme, one of the oldest town clerks in England, having been appointed in 1850, and who was also clerk of the peace for the borough, died on the 29th ult. He was eightyfive years of age. DECISIONS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.-Considerable dissatisfaction exists (says the Pall Mall Gazette of Saturday last) amongst suitors who have carried their cases to the House of Lords for final settlement at the delays which occur in giving decisions after the legal arguments have been presented. A number of these judgments are under consideration at the present moment, and it is said that the cause of the delay is the disinclination of one of the chief members of the court to put his views into writing. FUNERAL OF A SOLICITOR'S CLERK.-The late Mr. Henry Jepson, who died on the 2nd inst., was buried on Tuesday last at Norwood, in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends. Among the latter was Mr. W. E. Barnes, the chairman of the United Law Clerks Society, who attended on behalf of the committee of management, of which the deceased was a prominent and respected member. Mr. Jepson was very popular with a large section of the barristers and solicitors' clerks of London, and much respected by Messrs. Norton, Rose, Norton, and Co., of Westminster, the firm where he was employed. THE SPRING ASSIZES.-To-day (says the Pall Mall Gazette of the 3rd inst.) Baron Huddleston and Mr. Justice Lawrance start to open the spring assizes on the Northern Circuit, and their Lordships will not be back until it is time for the court to rise for the holidays. Mr. Justice Denman and Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams leave next Saturday for Leeds. We are in a position to state that these spring_assizes-at any rate, for civil business-are deemed undesirable by members of the Bar, as they come too close after the winter visits of the judges. Indeed, it is only five weeks since the four judges were on the same circuits, namely, the Northern and the North-Eastern. But what makes the present Manchester Assizes ridiculous is the fact that the proper ten days' notice of holding them was not given, and at present there are only two causes entered for trial-a common jury and a non-jury, both of which might have gone over to the summer. And yet the lists at the Royal Courts of Justice are full of actions which the parties are longing to have decided. GENEROSITY OF LAWYERS TO THEIR CLERKS.-A "Limb of the Law" writes as follows to the Globe of the 2nd inst; "I have read with great interest the instructive articles on 'Wig and Gown now appearing in your columns, and it occurs to me that you may like to chronicle the following very remarkable instances of the generosity of great lawyers to their clerks: Mr. Justice Quain, £5000; Mr. Justice Crowder, £3000; Mr. Justice Manisty, £2500 (and an annuity of £100 to his second clerk); Lord Justice Giffard, £1000; Lord Justice Thesiger, £1000; Sir John Karslake, Q.C., £2000; Mr. Southgate, Q.C., £2000. Moreover, the late Judge McIntyre on his death-bed expressed a wish that his clerk's long and faithful services should receive substantial recognition. This wish resulted in a gift of 1000 guineas. To the foregoing may be added two instances of generosity on the part of great judges now living, namely, that of a puisne judge who, on being transferred to the Privy Council (without a clerk), allowed his clerk the then salary of a judge's clerk (£600 a year); and of another puisne judge who, on being made a law lord, allowed his clerk £300 a year. The post of confidential clerk to a judge is a very precarious one, depending on the health of his chief, on whose death or resignation he receives no pension. It is always pleasant to record good deeds, and by reproducing these acts of thoughtfulness you may convey a gentle hint to other great lawyers to 'go and do likewise."" ADVOCATES IN COUNTY COURTS. On the 2nd inst., at the Hertford County Court, his Honour Judge Melville (referring to two cases heard at the last court, when Mr. Wallis appeared on behalf of Mr. Corner, who was unavoidably absent, in the one case, and Mr. Garrold for Mr. Corner in a bankruptcy motion) said that for the future he should insist upon strict compliance with sect. 72 of the County Courts Act 1888, which read as follows: "It shall be lawful for any party to an action or matter, or for a solicitor being a solicitor acting generally in the action or matter for such party, but not a solicitor retained as an advocate by such first-mentioned solicitor, or for a barrister retained by or on behalf of any party on either side, but without any right of exclusive audience, or by leave of the judge for any other person allowed by the judge to appear instead of any party, to address the court, but subject to such regulations as the judge may from time to time prescribe for the orderly transaction of the business of the court, the right of a solicitor to address the court shall not be excluded by reason only that he is in the permanent and exclusive employment of any other solicitor." A somewhat warm discussion ensued, at the conclusion of which Mr. Garrold said that, as an old practitioner there, and in a great many other courts, the dictum which his Honour had just laid down he had heard laid down by County Court judges, soon after their appointment, before, and that so long as such a severe order was carried out it caused a great amount of inconvenience and annoyance, and that the judge, after a few years' practice and experience, was very glad to withdraw it. His Honour replied that that might be so, but that he intended to adhere strictly to the rule in future. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND LIMITED.-The directors, in the fifty-seventh Annual Report, state that, after making ample provision for all bad and doubtful debts, and providing for the rebate of discount on current bills, the profits for the year 1889, including £33,350 18s. 11d. brought forward, amouut to £515,206 14s. 6d. The directors recommend that a bonus of 6 per cent. be paid, free of income tax, to the proprietors in July next (making, with the dividends and bonus already paid, 20 per cent. for the year), and that the balance of £54,706 14s. 6d. be carried to the profits of 1890. The PRACTICE of INTERPLEADER by SHERIFFS and HIGH BAILIFFS, with Acts, Rules, and Forms.-By Daniel Warde, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law; formerly Solicitor of the Supreme Court, and London Agent for the Officers of the Sheriff of Lancashire. Price 3s. 6d., post free, handy pocket size.-HORACE COX, "Law Times" Office, 10, Welling on-street, Strand, W.C.-[ADVT.] 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. JOHN MASON, Official Receiver of the County Courts holden at Cockermouth and Whitehaven, has been appointed Official Receiver of the County Court holden at Carlisle. Mr. GEORGE APPLEBY JENKINS, solicitor, of Penryn, Cornwall, has been appointed Clerk to the Justices of the Petty Sessional Division of East Kerrier, Cornwall, in succession to Mr. J. Genn, resigned. Mr. Jenkins was admitted in Easter Term 1857, and is town clerk and clerk to the justices of the borough of Penryn and to the Highway Board for the district of Falmouth. He is also the official receiver in bankruptcy for the Truro district. Mr. GEORGE CLARKE PILE, president of the Legislative Council, and Mr. WILLIAM HERBERT GREAVES, Q.C., have been appointed Members of the Executive Council of the Island of Barbados. Sir LUDOVIC GRANT, advocate, has been appointed Professor of Public Law in the University of Edinburgh, in the room of the late Professor Lorimer. Mr. JOSEPH GRIFFITH, Solicitor, Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been appointed Town Clerk, Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, and Clerk of the Peace for that borough. Mr. Griffith was admitted in Dec. 1875. Mr. T. H. F. LAPTHORN. of the firm of Messrs Blake, Reed, and Lapthorn, solicitors, Portsea, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths. 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. THE CHANCERY TAXING MASTER'S OFFICE.-RESIGNATION OF MR. NORTON.-The Legal Profession will learn with regret that Mr. Norton, the principal clerk in the office of Mr. Taxing Master Buckley, has resigned, after nearly forty-six years' faithful activity in the public service. It is only saying what every Chancery practitioner would at once corroborate, when I assert that the resignation of such a man is a positive loss to the Profession, and that loss will be long felt in the office from which he has retired. Mr. Norton's father was a surgeon in very good practice, and his son, the object of these remarks, would in all probability have been a surgeon too but for one of those chances which sometimes present themselves, and being taken advantage of, entirely change the thoughts and currents of our lives. When Mr. Norton was about twenty years of age, studying for the medical profession, it happened that the clerk to Mr. Taxing Master Gatty fell sick, and Mr. Norton was asked to take his place as locum tenens. He did so, and gave such satisfaction that he was asked to continue, and he did continue, turning from physic to law, from dissecting bodies to dissecting bills of costs, an operation which he always performed with a steady hand, great presence of mind and delicacy of feeling. Mr. Norton has served under many masters. Taxing Master Mills he served for twenty-five years, and since then Taxing Master Johnson and Taxing Master Buckley. On the retirement of Taxing Master Wainewright and Mr. Taxing Master Skirrow, Mr. Norton became a candidate for the office; but was unsuccessful. Mr. Norton, though only about sixty-six years of age, is probably the senior officer in the Chancery Division, most, if not all, of the officers who were in office before him having died or retired. Mr. Norton possessed great ability, great urbanity, uniform cheerfulness, and it was a pleasure to go before him. He will carry with him the good wishes of every member of the Profession with whom he has come in contact, and his good work and long service are worthy of recognition by the solicitors' branch of the Profession. JAMES RAWLINSON. MIDDLESEX REGISTRY.-Let me thank various writers for useful notes supplied. Without exception my correspondents say that they use the lexicographical index and object to half-a-crown per name. I have now only to ask one final question: Is there anybody who uses and is satisfied with the parliamentary index ? FRANCIS K. MUNTON. NOTES AND QUERIES. None are inserted unless the name and address of the writer are sent, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of bona fides. Answers. (Q. 48.) LANDLORD AND TENANT.-We cannot adopt the suggestion that we should answer queries. We should soon have much of the work to do which is usually done by counsel.-ED. L. T.] (Q. 49.) WARRANT OF DISTRESS-BAILIFF'S RIGHT TO CHARGE.-In reply to "R. J.," I would point out to him that a distress can no longer be levied under the Agricultural Holdings Act, as sects, 49, 50, 51, and 52 of that Act were repealed by sect. 9 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888. Under sect. 7 of the latter Act no person can act as a bailiff to levy any distress for rent unless he be authorised in the prescribed manner. The bailiff, whether a solicitor or not, can only charge the fees prescribed by Appendix II., which does not include a charge for preparing warrant of distress. R. B. PHILLIPS. THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS. COURT OF APPEAL AND HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (CHANCERY DIVISION).-EASTER SITTINGS 1890. ROTA OF REGISTRARS IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 17. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday. Friday. Saturday. APPEAL OT. II. Beal Pugh Beal Pugh Beal KAY, J. Bolt......... Farmer Rolt. Farmer Rolt. CHITTY, J....... Godfrey Leach Godfrey Leach NORTH, J. Clowes Jackson... Olowes ...... Jackson STIRLING, J.... Carrington Lavie ...... Carrington Lavie KEKEWICH, J. Ward Pemberton Ward Pemberton Ward ... ...... ...... ...... Pugh ...... Farmer Godfrey Leach Jackson Olowes Carrington Lavie Pemberton PRIME, EDWARD, Barrington, cement manufacturer. Jan. 23. Ct. Cambridge. Order, April 29. Pet. PARIS, MARY ANNE, Ringmer, grocer. Ct. Lewes and Eastbourne. Order, April 28. Pet. April 21. ROBINSON, JAMES, Clova-rd, Forest Gate, saw-mill proprietor. Ct. High Court of Justice, in RAYSON, WILLIAM, Leicester, yeast dealer. Ct. Leicester. Order, April 30. Pet. April 17. SIMMS, CHARLES HEMMING, Derby, horse dealer. Ct. Derby. Order, April 29. Pet. April 29. SHARROCK, THOMAS, Lower Ince, painter. Ct. Wigan. Order, April 29. Pet. April 29. TATE. SAMUEL, Bradford, contractor. Ct. Bradford. Order, April 29. Pet April 29. WITHERAGE, JOHN, Falmouth, grocer. Ct. Truro. Order, April 28. Pet. April 28. Gazette, May 6. AYLWIN, ALBERT, late Poole, corn merchant's clerk. Ct. Poole. Order, May 2. Pet. April 30. BUTTERFIELD, ANN, Liverpool, draper. Ct. Liverpool. Order, May 1. Pet. May 1. COATES. LEONARD, Knightrider-st, umbrella manufacturer. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Order, May 3. Pet. March 19. CLARKE, SAMUEL, late Birmingham, fruiterer. Ct. Birmingham. Order, May 3. Pet. May 1. CULLEN, JOHN, Silloth, yeoman. Ct. Carlisle. Order, May 3. Pet. April 19. DUGON, FRANCIS, Bunhill.row, printer. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Order, May 8. Pet. April 14. DAVIS, WILLIAM, Dover, licensed victualler. Ct. Canterbury. Order, May 2. Pet. May 2. DENHAM, SILAS, Brighouse, picture dealer. Ct. Halifax. Order, May 3. Pet. April 26. March 10. GRANT, EMILY, Great Bridge, bread dealer. Ct. Dudley. Order, May 1. Pet. March 29. GOLDBARD, HERMAN, Kingston-upon-Hull, tailor. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull. Order, May 2. Pet. April 26. GRUNSELL, JAMES, late Christchurch, coachbuilder. Ct. Poole, Order, May 2 Pet. April 30. HARRIS, SAMUEL, Bishopsgate-st Without, bookseller. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Order, May 3. Pet. May 3. HOOPER, JOHN DAVID, St. Swithin's-la. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Order, May 3. Pet. May 1. HANSON, ANN, Ravensthorpe, milliner. Ct. Dewsbury. Order, May 2 Pet. May 2. HIRST, JOE SANDFORD, Milnsbridge, painter. Ct. Huddersfield. Odder, April 1. Pet. March 7. JOHNSON, ROBERT HENRY, Hemel Hempstead, licensed victualler. Ct. St. Alban's. Order, KELHAM, MARTHA JANE, and KELHAM, ELIZA, ANN, Lincoln, milliners. Ct. Lincoln. Order, LYON, WILLIAM, late Cambridge, chemist. Ct. Cambridge. Order, May 3. Pet. May 2. LANE, ANDREW, Hanley William, blacksmith. Ct. Kidderminster. Order, April 24. Pet. April 24. LUMSDEN, SINCLAIR CAMPBELL, late Basing, proprietor of dairy businesses. Ct. Reading. Order, April 30. Pet. April 22. LUCAS, GEORGE EDWARD, Romsey, coachbuilder. Ct. Southampton. Order, May 3. Pet. MULCOCK, WILLIAM JOHN, Cheltenham, clothier. Ct. Cheltenham. Order, May 1. Pet. April 2. PANE, LEONARD, Birmingham, brass tube manufacturer. Ot. Birmingham. Order, May 1. Pet. PILCH, ARTHUR, Norwich, builder. Ct. Norwich. Order, May 2. Pet. April 18. SHAW, GEORGE BENNETT (trading as Steer and Co., and as Steer, Pinhey, and Co.) Dionis-yd, ADJUDICATIONS ANNULLED. Gazette, May 2. ESKON, ADOLPH, late Scarborough-st, Whitechapel, money-lender. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Adjudication, Jan. 11, 1889. Annulment, April 28, 1890. Grounds of annul. ment, debts having been paid in full, together with interest at 4 per cent. Gazette, May 6. COOPER, WILLIAM, and COOPER, WALTER, Manchester, glass merchants. Ct. Manchester. Adjudication, Jan. 2. Annulment, April 30. Grounds of annulment, that the whole of the debts in this matter have been paid or discharged. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. PARSONS.-On the 30th ult., at 55, Bedford-gardens, Kensington, W., the wife of James Parson BOWEN-MILLER-STAUNTON-KIRWAN.-On the 25th ult., at Lusk, co. Dublin, Ormsby Bowen. BLAKE.-On the 29th ult., at her residence, Camberwell, Jemima Anne, wife of Henry N. Blake, daughter of the late Charles Hayes, of London, and step-daughter of the late J. K. Picard, Barrister-at-law, Deputy Recorder of Hull. DAVIES.-On the 28th ult., at Bridgend, W. Rees Davies, Solicitor, of Frederick-place, Old Jewry, London, only son of John Davies, J.P., Brecknook Villa, Bridgend, and nephew of Wm. Davies, M.P., Pembrokeshire. GORDON. On the 25th ult., at Liverpool, Caroline Sarah, widow of the late Hon. Daniel Gordon, Chief Justice of the Virgin Islands, West Indies. HIGHLEY. On the 29th ult., at Bournemouth, Henry Ashton Highley, Solicitor, Halifax, eldest son of Thomas 8. Highley, Halifax, aged 27. VERNON. On the 29th ult., John E. Venables Vernon, D.L., of Clontarf Castle, co. Dublin, aged 77 years. BENTLEY'S FAVOURITE NOVELS. EACH WORK CAN BE HAD SEPARATELY, PRICE 6s., OF ALL BOOKSELLERS IN TOWN OR COUNTRY. REPORTS. CONTENTS. Mortgage-Co-owners-Arrest of ship 406 Master's claim-Priorities-Compulsion of law-Bristol Dock Act 1881 ...... 407 MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES OF BURTON-ON-TRENT (apps.) v. THE CHURCHWARDENS AND OVERSEERS OF THE PARISH OF EGGINTON AND OTHERS (resps.) SAME (apps.) v. THE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE OF THE BURTON-ONTRENT UNION AND THE CHURCHWARDENS AND OVERSEERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF STRETTON (resps.)Poor-rate-Sewage farm-Purchase and occupation of lands for the purpose of carrying out statutory works HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.-CHANCERY 412 Trustee Corporation holding funds for charitable purposes-Power of investment Trust Investment Act 1889 ...... 419 Be WORMALD; FRANK v. MUZEENForfeiture-Married woman-"Without power of anticipation "-Gift over "on her anticipating" COLLEY v. HART— ...................... QUEEN'S BENCH (DIVISION. WHITEHURST (app.) v. FINCHER (resp.)Gaming-Betting-Room "open, kept, or used" for betting-Person making bets in bar-room of public-house........ 433 THE MAYOR, &C., OF SALFORD v. LEVERPractice Interrogatories-Corporation -Order to administer interrogatories to town clerk of....... DAVIS (app.) v. STEPHENSON (resp.)Illegal betting-Betting outside licensed premises-Depositing money inside35 & 86 Vict. c. 94, s. 17.. LEADING ARTICLES, &c. 434 436 Could anything be more grotesque than five judges sitting together it is sometimes six or seven-to hear an appeal about the repair of a highway or the meaning of a false pretence, when questions of life and death are decided in camerâ by a Home Secretary? THERE can be no question about it that the judges themselves are conscious of the grievous anomalies of our judicial system. It is not generally known that judges who have found themselves with leisure days on Circuit have clamoured to be employed in the great "congested district," the Strand; and they will, it is believed, support any scheme which will enable them to do hard work, and wipe reproach from the High Court of Justice. Ir is all the more important that Mr. FINLAY'S Bill should pass speedily, because the County Courts Act of 1888, which extended the jurisdiction of County Courts, is not regarded as an unmixed blessing. The inferior tribunals have too much small work to get through to allow of more important cases receiving due consideration. County Court judges have candidly admitted that they have not now the time to consider their judgments, as they did when the more difficult cases were few and far between. These cases should be kept in the High Court. It is to be hoped, therefore, that Parliament will realise that there is no course before it but to adopt the measure now submitted to it, and thereby to constitute each judge of the High Court a court and a law to himself-administering law with a full sense of individual responsibility and individual importance. And further, that the salary of another Lord Justice will not be grudged if thereby the delays and expense of intermediate appeals can be spared to the suitor. Ir is by no means a mere matter of curiosity to inquire what is happening to the judicial mind. A few days since Lord COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice MATHEW expressed amazement at the decision of the Court of Appeal in Thomas v. Quartermaine. The latter learned judge spoke of it as showing of what feats the human intellect is capable-although it had not satisfied or convinced him. Lord Justice LOPES in Reg. v. Colquhoun saw his way perfectly clear, whilst Lord Justice FRY found it impossible to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, doubting so much that he could not concur, although not delivering a dissentient judgment. It is certainly remarkable that what to one trained mind is plain to another is incomprehensible. And yet our law is largely judge made. v. Rochester County Court. Biggs v. Lewis 47 423 Heirs-at-Law and Next of Kin Creditors under Estates in Chancery Creditors under 22 & 23 Vict. c. 35........... LAW SOCIETIES United Law Clerks' Society........ Society of Solicitors (Scotland) CORRESPONDENCE NOTES AND QUERIES THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS Rota of Registrars......... THE GAZETTES.... BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS The Law and the Lawyers. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL will entertain at dinner HER MAJESTY'S Counsel and other leading members of the Bar on the 21st inst. in celebration of the QUEEN's Birthday. THE Courts rise for the Whitsun Vacation on Friday next. It is to be hoped that they will celebrate the QUEEN's birthday, not by taking an unnecessary holiday, but by sitting steadily the whole of the 21st. THERE is no foundation for the rumour that Judges' Chambers, or any other branch of the High Court, is to be removed to Newmarket, Ascot, Epsom, or Sandown. It was a wholly unpremeditated coincidence that a learned judge who was nominally at judges' chambers was in fact at Newmarket last week. THE Times is not disposed to call Mr. FINLAY's Bill a revolution; but when carried it will prove so. And a revolution is necessary to put things upon a sound footing in the Queen's Bench Division. The judges of this division must be relieved of nearly all their appellate business. They ought to be spared the ordeal of forming a court for the consideration of Crown Cases Reserved. Vol. LXXXIX.-No. 2459. A CONTRIBUTOR expresses a growing opinion thus:"The Universities have not yet become what the Times would call a 'recognised avenue "of approach to the solicitors' Profession, but the published list of successful candidates would seem to show that increasing numbers of articled clerks are provided-thanks to parents and guardians-with a University education. Whether such an education, with all that it implies, constitutes an advantage or the reverse must, professionally speaking, depend on the extent to which the path has been made smooth for the young solicitor after his name has been placed on the Rolls. If there is a junior partnership awaiting him in a well-established family business, his degree may stand him in good stead. If, on the other hand, his lot should be that of the majority of young practitioners, who must needs begin at the beginning, and establish a professional connection amongst the less cultured orders of society, the tastes and associations of the past may rise in conflict with the necessities of the present. The humbler type of client has a liking for a professional guide, philosopher, and friend, who does not stand on too lofty a pedestal, and the solicitor, or, at any rate, the young solicitor discovers presently that, if he wants to get on in the world, he must pay heed to the apostolic injunction and be all things to all men. This, he will find, is as essential as a knowledge of law. "The curse of England," wrote Lord MACAULAY in one of his letters, "is the obstinate determination of the middle classes to make their sons gentlemen. So we are overrun by clergymen without livings; lawyers without briefs; physicians without patients." Without for one moment suggesting that a year or two at a University is essential to the education of " gentlemen,' it may be allowed to be an advantage, as we have suggested, to the man whose career is assured. But a career rarely can be assured, and thus it may turn out that the opportunities afforded at Oxford or Cambridge have constituted a cruel kindness after all." THE Statute Law Revision Bill having been referred to a Select Committee of the House of Commons, that committee, having regard to the fact that no previous Statute Law Revision Bill has been so referred, has issued a special report showing the principles on which they have acted in amending the Bill. "In examining the statutes," it is stated "in order to consider the verbal amendments proposed, your committee came to the conclusion that the process of revision might be safely made much more extensive and valuable by the repeal of such of the PRIME, EDWARD, Barrington, cement manufacturer. Ct. Cambridge. Order, April 29. Jan. 23. PARIS, MARY ANNE, Ringmer, grocer. Ct. Lewes and Eastbourne. Order, April 28. April 21. Pet. Pet. ROBINSON, JAMES, Clova-rd, Forest Gate, saw-mill proprietor. Ct. High Court of Justice, in RAYSON, WILLIAM, Leicester, yeast dealer. Ct. Leicester. Order, April 30. Pet. April 17. SIMMS, CHARLES HEMMING, Derby, horse dealer. Ct. Derby. Order, April 29. Pet. April 29. TATE. SAMUEL, Bradford, contractor. Ct. Bradford. Order, April 29. Pet April 29. WITHERAGE, JOHN, Falmouth, grocer. Ct. Truro. Order, April 28. Pet. April 28. Gazette, May 6. AYLWIN, ALBERT, late Poole, corn merchant's clerk. Ct. Poole. Order, May 2. Pet. April 30. BUTTERFIELD, ANN, Liverpool, draper. Ct. Liverpool. Order, May 1. Pet. May 1. COATES. LEONARD, Knightrider-st, umbrella manufacturer. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Order, May 3. Pet. March 19. CLARKE, SAMUEL, late Birmingham, fruiterer. Ct. Birmingham. Order, May 3. Pet. May 1. CULLEN, JOHN, Silloth, yeoman. Ct. Carlisle. Order, May 3. Pet. April 19. DUGON, FRANCIS, Bunhill.row, printer. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Order, May 3. Pet. April 14. DAVIS, WILLIAM, Dover, licensed victualler. Ct. Canterbury. Order, May 2. Pet. May 2. DARKE, THOMAS WILLIAM, Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, grocer. Ct. Cardiff. Order, May 2. Pet. April 26. March 10. DENHAM, SILAS, Brighouse, picture dealer. Ct. Halifax. Order, May 3. Pet. April 28. GRUNSELL, JAMES, late Christchurch, coachbuilder. Ct. Poole, Order, May 2 Pet. April 30. HARRIS, SAMUEL, Bishopsgate-st Without, bookseller. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Order, May 3. Pet. May 3. HOOPER, JOHN DAVID, St. Swithin's-la. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Order, May 3. Pet. May 1. HANSON, ANN, Ravensthorpe, milliner. Ct. Dewsbury. Order, May 2 Pet. May 2. HIRST, JOE SANDFORD, Milnsbridge, painter. Ct. Huddersfield. Odder, April 1. Pet. March 7. JOHNSON, ROBERT HENRY, Hemel Hempstead, licensed victualler. Ct. St. Alban's. Order, KELHAM, MARTHA JANE, and KELHAM, ELIZA, ANN, Lincoln, milliners. Ct. Lincoln. Order, LYON, WILLIAM, late Cambridge, chemist. Ct. Cambridge. Order, May 3. Pet. May 2. LANE, ANDREW, Hanley William, blacksmith. Ct. Kidderminster. Order, April 24. Pet. April 24. LUMSDEN, SINCLAIR CAMPBELL, late Basing, proprietor of dairy businesses. Ct. Reading. Order, April 30. Pet. April 22. LUCAS, GEORGE EDWARD, Romsey, coachbuilder. Ct. Southampton. Order, May 3. Pet. MULCOCK, WILLIAM JOHN, Cheltenham, clothier. Ct. Cheltenham. Order, May 1. Pet. April 2. PANE, LEONARD, Birmingham, brass tube manufacturer. Ot. Birmingham. Order, May 1. Pet. April 29. PEARSON, WILLIAM, Blackburn, fruiterer. Ct. Blackburn. Order, May 1. Pet. April 30. PILCH, ARTHUR. Norwich, builder. Ct. Norwich. Order, May 2. Pet. April 18. SHAW, GEORGE BENNETT (trading as Steer and Co., and as Steer, Pinhey, and Co.) Dionis-yd, Order, STRETTON, GEORGE, Nottingham, hairdresser. Ct. Nottingham. Order, May 1. Pet. April 28. WOOD, JAMES, Cardiff, clothier. Ct. Cardiff. Order, May 3. Pet. April 17. ADJUDICATIONS ANNULLED. ESKON, ADOLPH, late Scarborough-st, Whitechapel, money-lender. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Adjudication, Jan. 11, 1889. Annulment, April 28, 1890. Grounds of annul. ment, debts having been paid in full, together with interest at 4 per cent. Gazette, May 6. COOPER, WILLIAM, and COOPER, WALTER, Manchester, glass merchants. Ct. Manchester. Adjudication, Jan. 2 Annulment, April 30. Grounds of annulment, that the whole of the debts in this matter have been paid or discharged. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. PARSONS. On the 30th ult., at 55, Bedford-gardens, Kensington, W., the wife of James Parson BOWEN-MILLER--STAUNTON-KIRWAN.-On the 25th ult., at Lusk, co. Dublin, Ormsby Bowen- BLAKE.-On the 29th ult., at her residence, Camberwell, Jemima Anne, wife of Henry N. Blake, daughter of the late Charles Hayes, of London, and step-daughter of the late J. K. Picard, Barrister-at-law, Deputy Recorder of Hull. DAVIES.-On the 28th ult., at Bridgend, W. Rees Davies, Solicitor, of Frederick-place, Old Jewry, London, only son of John Davies, J.P., Brecknock Villa, Bridgend, and nephew of Wm. Davies, M.P., Pembrokeshire. GORDON.-On the 25th ult., at Liverpool, Caroline Sarah, widow of the late Hon. Daniel Gordon, Chief Justice of the Virgin Islands, West Indies. HIGHLEY. On the 29th ult., at Bournemouth, Henry Ashton Highley, Solicitor, Halifax, eldest son of Thomas 8. Highley, Halifax, aged 27. VERNON.-On the 29th ult., John E. Venables Vernon, D.L., of Clontarf Castle, co. Dublin, aged 77 years. BENTLEY'S FAVOURITE NOVELS. EACH WORK CAN BE HAD SEPARATELY, PRICE 6s., OF ALL BOOKSELLERS IN TOWN OR COUNTRY. |