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.

RETIREMENT OF JUDGES.-The salary of a retiring judge is a mere fleabite as regards our public revenue; and I think that in the great majority of instances a new judge would do better work than one of more than fifteen years' service. The frequent infusion of new blood on the Bench, especially of men in the prime of life, would tend to keep the administration of the laws more abreast of the age, and to the more speedy correction of any defect which experience had brought to light. Nor can I regard the retirement of a competent judge on a suitable pension as by any means an unmixed evil. We want more men of leisure and ability fully acquainted with the existing law and practice, its merits and its defects. A few retired judges in the House of Commons would, I think, be much more useful as regards the amendment of the laws or new legal enactments than the same number of practising barristers. And even out of the House they could put their legal knowledge to such excellent uses as Mr. Montagu Crackanthorpe and Sir H. B. Poland are doing. If a judge is not retired until he is past his labour he is useless for these purposes, while his position on the Bench before retirement keeps him silent on many points on which the public might derive much profit from his views. B. L.

SOLICITORS' MANAGING CLERKS' ASSOCIATION.-I observe that one of the "Occasional Notes" in your issue of the 2nd inst. refers to the fact of this association having received a donation of £100, and it is asked, "What will they do with the money?" and it is also suggested that possibly it was intended for the United Law Clerks' Society. May I be allowed to tell the author of the note, through you, that the association will have no difficulty in applying the money in furthering its objects, though it is not a charitable association, and that, as I personally know the donor and as the amount was paid to me as treasurer, I am in a position to inform your querist that the donation was not intended for the United Law Clerks' Society, but beyond question for this association. The donation was absolutely unsolicited, and was promised subject to the performance of certain conditions. I may perhaps add that the objects of this association do not in any way conflict with those of the United Law Clerks' Society, but on the contrary they, the two bodies, can safely and properly exist side by side, each having for its objects the benefit of solicitors' clerks, though the one proceeds on lines entirely different to those governing the other. JOSH. WRIGHT, Treasurer.

ADMINISTERING THE OATH.-Since the condemnation by medical men and others for sanitary reasons (which appear to be well grounded) of the old form of administering oaths on the Testament, a real practical difficulty has arisen which ought to be removed. There is a reluctance to resort to the Scotch oath, which may be said to be a clumsy method and unsuited to an English police-court. The procedure should be simple and binding, rendering a witness liable for perjury. There seems to be an impression that the Legislature will have to be resorted to. This should, if possible, be avoided, seeing that Parliament would, in accordance with its modern practice, be sure to make things worse. All that is required is a short form dispensing with the Testament which might be generally adopted. It is much more convenient to administer an oath than that each individual should, as it were, be taught the oath he is about to take, and be asked to repeat it. Looking at 1 & 2 Vict. c. 105, at Mildrane's case and the other cases quoted in Oke, 13th edit., vol. i., p. 86, and bearing in mind the fundamental principle that all that is wanted is that an oath shall be administered in such a form as is binding on the witness's conscience and render him liable for perjury, I submit that the following is a good oath, and may be properly administered without a Testament: "You swear that the evidence you shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God, in token whereof and that you declare this oath to be binding hold up your hand." I shall be much obliged if you will kindly give me your own views as to this, and to hear also what any of your correspondents may have to say about it, because, if the above form be good, there is an end of the difficulty.

A JUSTICES' CLERK.

CONVEYANCING IN CORNWALL.-I can corroborate to the letter the facts stated by "Lex" in your last issue. Last September I was instructed by a purchaser to act for him on the purchase of property situate in Newquay, Cornwall. He informed me he had signed a contract. On perusing same, I was astonished to find that the vendor's solicitor, who practises at Newquay, had inserted a clause to the effect that he should act for both parties, and also specifying his remuneration. The purchaser assured me the clause was inserted without consulting him in the matter. The consequence was, I only got remunerated for preparing the mortgage deed. Surely this is a matter where the Incorporated Law Society might, with advantage, institute inquiry in the interests of its country members as to the prevailing practice in the county of Cornwall, and use its influence to bring about a more equitable state of things.

EDGAR THOS. KING.

ASPINALL'S MARITIME LAW REPORTS (New series).-Containing all the Decisions in the Admiralty Courts of England and Ireland, and in all the Superior Courts, with Notes by the Editor. Quarterly, price 5s. 6d., and will be sent free by post to subscribers. Aspinall's Vols. 1 to 5, N. S., containing Cases from 1871 to 1887, have been reprinted. Price, for complete set in half calf, £10.-HORACE Cox, "Law Times" Office, Windsor House, Bream's-buildings, E.C.-[ADVT.]

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.

Queries.

19. FISHERY. Has it been expressly decided by an English court whether or no the public have a right to fish in a navigable river above the ebb and flow of the tide? I understand there are recent decisions negativing the right. References will oblige. ΟΧΟΝΙΑΝ.

20. COMPANY-TRANSFER OF SHARES-BANKRUPTCY.—A. the registered proprietor of shares in a limited company transfers same to B. and hands certificates to him. B. neglects to register transfers for six months. In the meantime A. becomes bankrupt. Is the company justified in registering transfer after notice of bankruptcy? J. G. W.

LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL.

THE LONDON LL.B.

THE "pass" examination for this degree, which falls midway between the December Bar examination and the Solicitors' Final, always affords a fair opportunity for testing the respective merits of various systems of legal education. Since the University as at present constituted remains an examining body merely, students who have relied on their private reading, or the services of an outside "coach," can compete on equal terms with those who have sat at the feet of the lecturers at the Council of Legal Education, or the Incorporated Law Society, without fear of falling foul of the favourite "tit-bits" of some tutor who is probably also examining, or of being examined merely on some limited field of knowledge. For the purpose of replacing the present effete machinery of the Council of Legal Education, or the abortive attempt of the Incorporated Law Society to teach subjects (which to some extent ought to be learnt in the office), by something better, a great central law university might constitute a boon, but it will have its disadvantages in depriving the country of a common battle-field for testing the capacity of students variously trained. At present we have a body of impartial men who have made their mark in the Profession, but who do not teach, examining anybody who chooses to pay a small fee and pass a previous examination in the ordinary subjects of a liberal education. Any change, although it may have some advantages, will entail a loss, for we all know what a teaching body conducting its own examinations means in the long run.

At the recent examination the University fully maintained its reputation. Candidates as usual were distinctly reminded to give reasons for their answers to the problems propounded, which often consisted of the facts of a decided though not necessarily a recent case, or of facts somewhat similar, from which an analogy or distinction might be drawn. The first Common Law paper opened with four searching questions on contract law, and dealt with agency, the duty of inquiry on discounting a bill, interest on debts and sale of goods. Then followed some easier questions on the special subjects of the year, viz., false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The remaining questions were on crimes and the law of evidence; the latter subject has always been a leading feature at the University, while at one time it was almost entirely neglected at the Bar examinations, although of late years there has been a little awakening. The afternoon paper went very much over the same ground, but the questions appear easier; and the facts of two comparatively recent cases, viz., Barker v. Furlong and Ultzen v. Nichols, turn up. There must have been some little slip in the arrangements, for, at the examination in common law, although candidates are reminded to give reasons, nothing is mentioned about commencing answers on a separate leaf, and against writing at the back of a leaf, while on the second day these admonitions duly appear. The Real and Personal Property paper was largely devoted to the special subjects of the syllabus, viz., powers, commons, and easements. As regards general points, the Contingent Remainders Act (40 & 41 Vict. c. 33) was required. Question 7 seems very wide, "Sketch shortly the history of English law with regard to the inclosure of commons." Under the heading of powers the examiner managed to drag in a practical point on estate duty, and the paper escaped the slur of becoming too academic. The Equity paper was a good all-round test. Many candidates might have given a good deal of time to the special subject of resulting trusts, and yet overlooked the important House of Lords decision in Cooke v. Smith, but the student with any fairly wide range of reading would be fairly familiar with it. The LL.B. degree should not be attempted by a man who intends to be a schoolmaster, and who merely wishes to get a degree and to shirk the ordeal of the B.A., but by those who intend or hope to make law their profession. The syllabus of equity subjects included the phrase "securities," but the event proved that it meant, what every sensible person expected it meant, mortgages pure and simple, and not such common law matters as "securities for the peace and good behaviour," &c. As regards Roman Law the questions from the Digest were fairly easy. This generally happens when there is no published translation of the portion of Digest selected, and we are not aware of any translation of De Interdictis. The questions on the History of Roman Law were not out of the way, perhaps a little too much on subjects on which a student would be inclined to be sketchy, and they may result in ploughing" a good many.

COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION.

THE Council of Legal Education have made the following awards on the Hilary Honour Examination of students of the Inns of Court, held at the Middle Temple on the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Dec. 1896 :

Cyril Atkinson, Lincoln's-inn, a studentship of 100 guineas a year, tenable for three years.

Cornelius Lyhane, Middle Temple, a special prize of £50 for the best examination in Constitutional Law (English and Colonial) and Legal History.

John Arthur Slater, Middle Temple, and Harry Procter, Lincoln's-inn, certificates of honour.

Walter George Salis Schwabe, Inner Temple, pass certificate. NOTE.-Messrs. Lyhane, Meggs, and Reed also qualified for pass certificates, but have been certified at previous examinations.

PASS CERTIFICATES.

The following awards are made on the result of the pass examination, held in the Middle Temple Hall on the 15th, 16th, and 17th Dec. 1896:

LINCOLN'S-INN.- William Valentine Ball, Alnod John Boger, Charles Arthur Bury, Kumud Nath Chaudhuri, Percyvall Hart Dyke, Augustin Stanislaus Ghosh, William Montague Harrison, Huntly Eugene Jenkins, Hasan Sherfudin Khalil, Nagendra Chandra Mitra, Kunwar Udaya Vir Singha Raghubansi, Miguel Francisco Ribeiro, Brian Walker, and Wee Theam Tew.

INNER TEMPLE.-Percy Maurice M Lardie Sheldon Amos, Algernon Edward Aspinall, Basil Ion Gawaine Temple Blackwood, John Pins Boland, Henry Alwyn Bros, Walter John Burt, Armar Loury-Corry Corry, Lionel Frank Christopher Darby, Walter Tice Gellibrand, Herman Barker Hahlo, Copley Delisle Hewitt, Ernest Augustus Hitchens, Bertram Hopkinson, James Leonard Johnston, Robert Bird Robertson Mair, George Morley, Thomas Woollcombe Barton O'Neal, Ralph Leigh Ramsbotham, Michael Edwin Reed, John Edward Bernard Seely, James Bellord Waldron, Pelham Francis Warner, and Ernest Wingate WingateSaul.

MIDDLE TEMPLE.-George Addison-Smith, William Joseph Fearfield Barton, Harold Eustace Brandon, Alexander Thomas Dawson, Francis Yvon Eccles, Thomas Charles Fenton, Albert Farrar Gatliff (awarded the "J. J. Powell" prize), Noel Ledbrook Griffith, William Pollock Ker, William Joseph Harding King, Christopher Sothern Lewis, Edwin May. field, Narindra Lal Mitter, Sisir Kumar Mullick, Savile Charles Petch, Maurice Salvador Pinto, and William Saunderson.

GRAY'S-INN. Hans Raj Bhandari, Harold Brodrick Gilbert Brodrick, Frederick Hugh Mackenzie Corbet, George Gregory Fisher, John Macdonald Henderson, George Darrell Keogh, and Isaac Petrus Van Heerden.

The number examined was ninety-six, of whom sixty-one passed. Of the thirty-five candidates who failed six were ordered not to be admitted for examination again until the Trinity Examination 1897, and one until the Michaelmas Examination 1897.

The folowing passel in Constitutional Law and Legal History only:

LINCOLN'S-INN.-Mirza Nawroz Ali, Syed Zeauddin Ahmed Balkhi, Arthur Philip Braybrooke, Devi Dayal, Walter Devonshire Ellis, Walter Graham Everitt, Frederick Richard Finch, Jotirao Bhasker Khasgiwale, Behari Lal Merh, Bhailabhai Bhaibabhai Patel, Jeshingbhai Bhaibabhai Patel, Paul Peter Pillai, and Mohanlal Jivanlal Vakil,

INNER TEMPLE.-Reginald John Edward Baker, William Theodore Barneby, Robert Harrison Barron, John Miles Dawson, Stuart Downs, William Melville Foster, Claud George Gordon, Rupert Sackville Gwynne, Acheson FitzGerald Henderson, Henry Albert Hinkson, John Felix Kershaw, Edgar Arthur Kirby, Stephen Hamilton Langton, Ewen Reginald Logan, Kenneth M Lean Marshall, Robert Anstruther Bullock Marsham, Cyril Edgar Martineau, Robert Gordon Melville Mitchell, Ausgustus Ferryman Mochler-Ferryman, Denis Newman, Edward Camilo Oppenheim, Wilfrid George Hilton Price, Robert Amyatt Ray, Ernald Edward Richardson, Robert Bannerman Fraser Robertson, Frederick Holland Schwann, Richard Trevilbrick Gilbertstone Tangye, Ernest Edward Turner, and Bernard Kevington Rodwell Wilkinson.

MIDDLE TEMPLE.-Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot, John Bridge Aspinall, Douglass Horace Boggis-Rolfe, Alexander Cairns, Richard George Temple Coventry, Thomas Bartholomew Curran, Henri Omer Decugis, Charles Henry Joseph De Gannes, Trimbakrai Jadavrai Desai, Ignatius Stephanus Ferreira, William Spencer Clayton Greene, Carlton Hackney, Henry Francis Herford, Edmund King Houchin, Ralph Nevill, Baliol Edward Scott, Deep Narayan Singh, Ernest Hugh Snell, and Samuel Joyce Thomas.

GRAY'S-INN. Laurence Joseph Byrne, John Stanley, Griffith-Jones, and Dhanpat Rai.

Of eighty-one examined, sixty-four passed.

The following passed in Roman Law and Constitutional Law and Legal History:

:-

LINCOLN'S-INN.-Narayan Kesheo Aloni, Khrisnaji Waman Bhat, and Edward David Chetham Strode.

INNER TEMPLE.-Robert William Allen, George Francis Stephen Christie, John Wallis Davies, John Dove, Warwick Herbert Draper, Anthony Morton Henley, Cecil Arthur Hunt, Herbert Jenner-Fust, Arthur Maxwell Labouchere, Foster Macmahon Mahon, Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell, and John Guy Rutledge.

MIDDLE TEMPLE.-Rustomjee Nourojee Burjojee, James Dewsbury Chorlton, Victor Xavier de Verteuil, Arthur Henry Robinson, and Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner.

GRAY'S INN.-Dhayabhai Pitamberdas Derasari, and Sydney Charles Nichols Goodman.

Of twenty-seven examined, twenty-two passed. Of the five candidates who failed, one was ordered not to be admitted for examination again until the Trinity Examination 1897.

The following passed in Roman Law:--

LINCOLN'S-INN.-Mohammad Azim, Gopal Mukund Bootee, James Frederick Clyne, Valentine Francis Taubman Goldie, William Kent Lemon, Charles Knowles Rayson, Hugh Munro Ross, Edmund Heathcote Thruston, Arthur Harold Webster, and William George Willoughby.

INNER TEMPLE. William Grylls Adams, William Henry Allen, William Augeraud, Samuel Barker Bennett, John Arthur Bleackley, William Player Brigstocke, Raymond Henry Yates Bullock, Angus Campbell, Nigel George Davidson, David George Evans, John Devonald Fletcher, Arthur Grieve Jamieson, George Cruddas Jobling, John James Oswald Murphy, Harold Thomas Perkins, Frank Duerdin Perrott, Nigel Ross Playfair, Leonard Pomeroy, James Reginald Lea Rankin, George Radcliffe Shaw, Madhavrao Abaji Sitole, Oriel John Clotworthy Whyte Melville Skeffington, Thorold Arthur Stewart-Jones, Fritz van Warmelo, and William Joseph von Winckler.

MIDDLE TEMPLE. - Alfred Percy Carryer, Herbert Evelyn Crook, Reginald Bruce Fellows, Campbell Kirkman Finlay, Fitz Roy Hemphill, Syed Hosain, Hendrik Jacobus Hugo, John Hall Seymour Lloyd, David Mackinlay Menzies, Frank Lorymer Riseley, William James Parkinson Smith, Arthur Hepburn Walsh, Hamilton Willis, John Bertram Wood, and William M'Knight Young. GRAY'S-INN.

Cornelis Adrian Bergsma, Forrest Fulton, Syed Alay Hasan, Ernest Houghton, Sydney William Jones, Isardas Oodharam, Ramchandra Vasudso Paranjpé, Charles Porter, Sardar Mahatal Singh, Frederick Alan Vander-Meulen, and George Albert Woodcock.

Of sixty-eight examined sixty-one passed.

STUDENTS' SOCIETIES.

LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY.-The usual weekly meeting of the above society was held at the Law Institution, Chancery-lane, on Tuesday, the 12th inst.; chairman, Mr. Herbert Smith. The subject for debate was DXXVII.. " That the case of Fricker v. Van Grutten (75 L. T. Rep. 117; (1896) 2 Ch. 649) was wrongly decided." Mr. A. W. Watson opened in the affirmative, and Mr. E. L. Chapman seconded; Mr. G. Prosser opened in the negative, and Mr. W. Hudson seconded. The following members also spoke: Messrs. Archer, White, Gibson, Hair, Woodhouse. Mr. Watson having replied, the Chairman summed up, and on being put to the meeting the motion was carried by one vote.-The subject for debate at the next meeting of the society on Tuesday, the 19th Jan. 1897, is "That International Bimetallism is practicable and desirable," on which subject Mr. Henry McNeil, the secretary of the Bimetallic League, will open the debate in the affirmative, and the Hon. George Peel, the secretary of the Gold Standard Defence Association, in the negative.

HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS.-The second annual dinner of this society was held at the Palace Hotel, Hastings, on Thursday the 7th inst. Mr. Ben F. Meadows (town clerk) was in the chair, and the company to the number of about twenty, included as guests Mr. F. A. Inderwick, Q.C., and C. F. Baker (chief constable). Several gentlemen who had taken tickets found themselves unable to attend, and sent letters explaining absence. The President of the society (Lord Russell of Killowen) wrote expressing his regret at being unable to be present on this occasion, but that he hoped to attend the next dinner. The following also sent letters of apology: Mr. Justice Grantham (vice president), the Recorder, Mr. Albert Gibson (editor of Law Notes), Mr. D. W. Grantham, Mr. A. D. Thorpe, Mr. E. Chalinder (hon. treasurer), Mr. C. Sheppard, and Mr. J. R. Cochran. Music was alternated with the speaking, and songs were contributed by Messrs. F. G. Langham, E. H. Langham, H. G. Phillips, A. M. Elliott, and H. Poole (pianist). A very enjoyable evening was spent, the company separating at midnight. Mr. Inderwick has intimated his intention of becoming a member of the society.-On the 21st inst., Mr. A. H. Trevor, M.A., barrister-at-law, will deliver a lecture on the "Law of Negotiability and Negotiable Instruments."

HULL. The annual dinner of the Hull Law Students' Society was held on the 7th inst., at the Station hotel, the president (Mr. A. M. Jackson) in the chair. Amongst those present were Mr. H. S. Lambert, Mr. T. Hart, Mr. Sidney Clarke, Dr. T. C. Jackson, Mr. R. W. Aske,, Mr. T. R. Ferens, Mr. Alan Park, Mr. H. Hall, Mr. H. T. Kemp, Mr. J. H. Hill, Mr. T. L. Locking, Mr. Moss-Blundell, and Mr. J. T. Ferens (hon. sec.). The hon. secretary acknowledged apologies for absence from Mr. John Forbes, Q.C. (the Recorder), his Honour Judge Bedwell, his Worship the Mayor of Hull, his Worship the Sheriff of Hull, Mr. H. H. Grotrian, and Mr. E. C. Twiss.-The Chairman having submitted "The Queen," Dr. T. C. Jackson proposed "The Bench and the Bar." It was the greatest compliment that one could pay to the Bench and the Bar, he said, that there was so little to say about them. The English judiciary was at present in an extremely high state of efficiency. The only room for grievance was that some of the older and more learned judges would not retire to make room for the younger men, and give a leg-up right down to almost all the fresher members of the Profession. It was always said that a judge had to pass through three stages. The first was when he had just been appointed, and was so nervous that he thought everything he did was

wrong; the second was when he was beginning to feel his feet, and was practically assured that all he did was right; the third was when he didn't care a hang whether he was right or wrong. He had much pleasure in coupling with the toast the names of Mr. H. B. Grotrian and Mr. H. T. Kemp, whom he was sure they would hope to see occupy the last stage at which the judges arrived.-Mr. H. B. Grotrian, acknowledged the first part of the compliment. Mr. H. T. Kemp thought that any man who had the privilege of practising in Hull was a lucky man-because, whether they appeared before the magnificent specimen of humanity his Honour Judge Bedwell, or that most learned and canny Scot who sat in the Sessions Court, or their most painstaking and courteous stipendiary, they always received the greatest possible amount of kindness, courtesy, and consideration. -Mr. R. W. Aske gave the toast of "The Profession." He said that the topical historical lawyer had practically died out at the present time, and the Profession comprised none but men who were men of truth, and could be deemed worthy of the attributes and prestiges of the Profession. He ventured to say that the Legal Profession exercised the utmost influence upon all phases and classes of life, and that that influence had the most beneficial results in all directions.-Mr. H. Lambert, in a few brief and well-chosen words, responded.-The toast of "Mr. J. T. Hill," the vice president, and the only surviving solicitor of the pre-Victorian era in Hull, was next proposed by the Chairman and musically honoured."The Hull Law Society," "The Hull Law Students' Society," and "The President followed. The following gentlemen-Messrs. E. Manston, Wilson, W. W. Hall, H. B. Jackson, T. Hart, R. Slack, and H. Thompson, -contributed to the harmony of the meeting.

THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS.

SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE.-HILARY
SITTINGS, 1897.
Court of Appeal.

APPEAL COURT I.

Final and Interlocutory Appeals from the Queen's Bench Division, the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division (Admiralty), and the Queen's Bench Division sitting in Bankruptcy. Monday, Jan. 11 Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions, and new trial paper if required Tuesday, Jan. 12, to Thursday, Jan. 14New trial paper

Friday, Jan. 15-Bankruptcy appeals and
new trial paper

Saturday, Jan. 16-New trial paper
Monday, Jan. 18-Appeal motions ex
parte, original motions, appeals from
orders made on interlocutory motions,
and Q. B. final appeals if required
Tuesday, Jan. 19, to Thursday, Jan. 21-
Queen's Bench final appeals
Friday, Jan. 22-Bankruptcy appeals and
Q.B. final appeals
Saturday, Jan. 23-Queen's Bench final
appeals

Monday, Jan. 25-Appeal motions ex parte,
original motions, appeals from orders
made on interlocutory motions, and new
trial paper if required
Tuesday, Jan. 26, to Thursday, Jan. 28-
New trial paper

Friday, Jan. 29-Bankruptcy appeals and
new trial paper
Saturday, Jan. 30-New trial paper
Monday, Feb. 1-Appeal motions er
parte, original motions, appeals from
orders made on interlocutory motions,
and Q.B. final appeals if required
Tuesday, Feb. 2, to Thursday, Feb. 4-
Queen's Bench final appeals
Friday, Feb. 5-Bankruptcy appeals and
Q.B. final appeals
Saturday, Feb. 6-Queen's Bench final
appeals

Monday, Feb. 8-Appeal motions er
parte, original motions, appeals from
orders made on interlocutory motions,
and new trial paper if required
Tuesday, Feb. 9, to Thursday, Feb. 11-
New trial paper
Friday, Feb. 12-Bankruptcy appeals and
new trial paper
Saturday, Feb. 13-New trial paper
Monday, Feb. 15-Appeal motions ex
parte, original motions, appeals from
orders made on interlocutory motions,
and Q.B. final appeals if required
Tuesday, Feb. 16, to Thursday, Feb. 18
Queen's Bench final appeals
Friday, Feb. 19-Bankruptcy appeals and
Q.B. final appeals
Saturday, Feb. 20-Queen's Bench final
appeals
Monday, Feb. 22-Appeal motions er
parte, original motions, appeals from
orders made on interlocutory motions,
and new trial paper if required
Tuesday, Feb. 23, to Thursday, Feb. 25-
New trial paper

Friday, Feb. 26-Bankruptcy appeals and new trial paper

Saturday, Feb. 27-New trial paper

N. B.-Admiralty appeals (with assessors) the Court.

Monday, March 1 Appeal motions ex parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions, and Q.B. final appeals if required

Tuesday, March 2, to Thursday, March 4-
Queen's Bench final appeals
Friday, March 5-Bankruptcy appeals and
Q.B. final appeals

Saturday, March 6-Queen's Bench final appeals

Monday, March 8- Appeal motions ex parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions, and new trial paper if required.

Tuesday, March 9, to Thursday, March 11 -New trial paper Friday, March 12- Bankruptcy appeals and new trial paper Saturday, March 13-New trial paper Monday, March 15 - Appeal motions ex parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions, and Q.B. final appeals if required

Tuesday, March 16, to Thursday, March 18 -Queen's Bench final appeals Friday, March 19- Bankruptcy appeals and Q. B. final appeals Saturday, March 20-Queen's Bench final appeals Monday, March 22 Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions, and new trial paper if required. Tuesday, March 23, to Thursday, March 25 -New trial paper Friday, March 26-Bankruptcy appeals and new trial paper Saturday, March 27-New trial paper Monday, March 29-Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions, and Q.B. final appeals if required Tuesday, March 30, to Thursday, April 1 -Queen's Bench final appeals Friday, April 2-Bankruptcy appeals and Q.B. final appeals Saturday, April 3-Queen's Bench final appeals Monday, April 5- Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions, and new trial paper if required Tuesday, April 6, to Thursday, April 8New trial paper Friday, April 9-Bankruptcy appeals and new trial paper Saturday, April 10-New trial paper Monday, April 12 Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions, and Q.B. final appeals if required Tuesday, April 13. and Wednesday, April 14-Queen's Bench final appeals will be taken on days to be appointed by

APPEAL COURT II.

Final and Interlocutory Appeals from the Chancery, and Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Divisions (Probate and Divorce), and the County Palatine and Stannaries Courts.

Wednesday, March 3-Appeal motions c parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions (sep. list), and Chancery final appeals if required Thursday, March 4 - County Palatine appeals and Chancery final appeals Friday, March 5, to Tuesday, March 9 Chancery final appeals

Wednesday, March 10-Appeal motions ex parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions (sep. list), and Chancery final appeals if required

Thursday, March 11, to Tuesday, March 16 -Chancery final appeals Wednesday, March 17-Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions (sep. list), and Chancery final appeals if required Thursday, March 18, to Tuesday, March 23 -Chancery final appeals Wednesday, March 24-Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions (sep. list), and Chancery final appeals if required. Thursday, March 25, to Tuesday, March 30 -Chancery Final Appeals Wednesday, March 31-Appeal motions er part, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions (sep. list), and Chancery final appeals if required

Thursday, April 1 — County Palatine appeals and Chancery final appeals Friday, April 2, to Tuesday, April 6Chancery final appeals

Wednesday, April 7-Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions (sep. list), and Chanc ery final appeals if required

Thursday, April 8. to Tuesday, April 13Chancery final appeals

Wednesday, April 14-Appeal motions er parte, original motions, appeals from orders made on interlocutory motions (sep. list), and Chancery final appeals if required.

N.B.-Lunacy matters (if any) are taken in Appeal Court II., on every Monday at eleven until further notice.

High Court of Justice.

Chancery Division.

CHANCERY COURT I.-Before Mr. Justice CHITTY.

Monday, Jan. 11-Sitting in Chambers
Tuesday, Jan. 12-Motions
Wednesday, Jan. 13, and Thursday, Jan. 14
Non-witness list

Friday, Jan. 15-Motions and non-witness

list

Saturday, Jan.

list

Monday, March 1-Sitting in Chambers Tuesday, March 2, to Thursday, March 4 -Non-witness list

Friday, March 5- Motions and nonwitness list

Saturday, March 6- Petitions, short causes, procedure. summonses, opposed petitions, and non-witness list

Monday, March 8-Sitting in Chambers.
Tuesday, March 9, to Thursday, March 11
-Non-witness list
Friday, March 12
witness list

Saturday, March

Motions and non

13-Petitions, short causes, opposed petitions, procedure summonses, and non-witness list Monday, March 15-Sitting in Cham

bers

Tuesday, March 16, to Thursday, March 18 -Non-witness list

Friday, March 19-Motions and nonwitness list Saturday, March

20-Petitions, short causes, procedure summonses, opposed petitions, and non-witness list Monday, March 22-Sitting in Chambers Tuesday, March 23, to Thursday, March 25 -Non-witness list

Friday, March 26-Motions and nonwitness list

Saturday, March 27-Petitions, short causes, opposed petitions, procedure summonses, and non-witness list Monday, March 29-Sitting in ChamTuesday, March 30, to Thursday, April 1 -Non-witness list

Tuesday, April 13, and Wednesday, April 14-Remaining motions, and nonwitness list.

N.B.-If the witness list should be taken on any days other than those above appointed, due notice will be given. When the witness list is being taken, further considerations will not be taken on the Tuesdays.

Any cause intended to be heard as a short cause must be so marked in the cause book at least one clear day before the same can be put in the paper to be so heard. Two copies of minutes of the proposed judgment or order must be left in court with the judge's clerk one clear day before the cause is to be put in the paper.

N.B.-The following papers on further consideration are required for the use of the judge, viz. :-Two copies of minutes of the proposed judgment or order, one copy pleadings, and one copy chief clerk's certificate, which must be left in court with the judge's clerk one clear day before the further consideration is ready to come into the paper.

CHANCERY COURT II.-Before Mr. Justice NORTH. Monday, Jan. 11-Motions and adjourned

Monday, March 1-Sitting in Chambers Tuesday, March 2, to Thursday, March 4 -General paper

Friday, March 3-Motions and adjourned

Any cause intended to be heard as a short cause must be so marked in the cause book at least one clear day before the same can be put in the paper to be so heard. Two copies of minutes of the proposed judgment or order must be left in court with the judge's clerk the day before the cause is to be put in the paper.

If witness actions can be taken on any other days than those appointed due notice will be given.

LORD CHANCELLOR'S COURT.-Before Mr. Justice STIRLING.
Monday, Jan. 11-Sitting in Chambers
Tuesday, Jan. 12-Motions, adjourned
summonses, and general paper
Wednesday, Jan. 13, and Thursday,
Jan. 14-General paper
Friday, Jan. 15 Motions, adjourned
sunimonses, and general paper.
Saturday, Jan. 16-Short causes, petitions.
adjourned summonses, and general
paper

Monday, March 1-Sitting in Chambers
Tuesday, March 2, to Thursday, March 4-
General paper

Monday, Jan. 18-Sitting in Chambers
Tuesday, Jan. 19, and Wednesday, Jan. 20
-General paper
Thursday, Jan. 21-Motions for Mr.
Justice Kekewich and general paper
Friday, Jan. 22-Motions, adjourned sum-
monses, and general paper
Saturday, Jan. 23-Short causes, petitions
(including unopposed petitions for Mr.
Justice Kekewich), adjourned sum-
monses, and general paper
Monday, Jan. 25-Sitting in Chambers
Tuesday, Jan. 26, and Wednesday, Jan. 27
-General paper
Thursday, Jan. 28- -Motions for Mr.
Justice Kekewich and general paper
Friday, Jan. 29- Motions, adjourned
summonses, and general paper
Saturday, Jan. 30-Short causes, petitions
(including unopposed petitions for Mr.
Justice Kekewich), adjourned sum-
monses, and general paper
Monday, Feb. 1-Sitting in Chambers
Tuesday, Feb. 2, to Saturday, Feb. 6-
Witness actions

Monday, Feb. 8-Sittings in Chambers
Tuesday, Feb. 9, to Saturday, Feb. 13—
Witness actions

Monday, Feb. 15-Sitting in Chambers
Tuesday, Feb. 16, to Thursday, Feb. 18-
General paper

Friday, Feb. 19-Motions, adjourned
summonses, and general paper
Saturday, Feb. 20-Short causes, petitions,
adjourned summonses, and general
paper

Monday, Feb. 22-Sitting in Chambers
Tuesday, Feb. 23, to Thursday, Feb. 25—
General paper
Friday, Feb. 26 Motions, adjourned
summonses, and general paper
Saturday, Feb. 27-Short causes, petitions,
adjourned summonses, and general paper

Friday, March 5-Motions, adjourned summonses, and general paper Saturday, March 6-Short causes, petitions,adjourned summonses, and general

paper

Monday, March 8-Sitting in Chambers. Tuesday, March 9, to Thursday, March 11— General paper

Friday, March 12-Motions, adjourned summonses, and general paper Saturday, March 13-Short causes, petitions, adjourned summonses, and general paper

Monday, March 15-Sitting in Chambers Tuesday, March 16, to Thursday, Jan. 18 -General paper

Friday, March 19-Motions, adjourned summonses, and general paper Saturday, March 20-Short causes, petitions, adjourned summonses, and general paper

Monday, March 22-Sitting in Chambers Tuesday, March 23, to Thursday, Mar. 25 -General paper

Friday, March 26

Motions, adjourned summonses, and general paper Saturday, March 27-Short causes, petitions, adjourned summonses, and general paper

Monday, March 29-Sitting in Chambers Tuesday, March 30, to Thursday, April 1 -General paper Friday, April 2 Motions, adjourned summonses, and general paper Saturday, April 3-Short causes, petitions, adjourned summonses, and general

paper

Monday, April 5-Sitting in Chambers Tuesday, April 6, to Thursday, April 8— General paper

Friday, April 9- Motions, adjourned summonses, and general paper Saturday, April 10-Short causes, petitions, adjourned summonses, and general paper Monday, April 12-Sitting in Chambers Tuesday, April 13-General paper Wednesday, April 14-Motions, adjourned summonses, and general paper.

Any cause intended to be heard as a short cause must be so marked in the cause book at least one clear day before the same can be put in the paper to be so heard, and the necessary papers, including minutes of the proposed judgment or order, must be left with the judge's clerk one clear day before the cause is to be put into the paper.

Witness actions will probably be taken on other days than those mentioned above. Of these due notice will be given.

CHANCERY COURT IV.-Before Mr. Justice KEKEWICH.

The following will be the order of business according to the days of the week: Monday (including the first day of the sittings, Monday, Jan. 11), sitting in Chambers; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, general paper; Friday (except Jan. 22 and 29), motions and adjourned summonses. Tuesday, Jan. 12, will also be a motion day. In addition Mr. Justice Stirling's motions and unopposed petitions will be taken on Thursdays, Feb. 4 and 11. Saturday (except Jan. 23 and 30), short causes, petitions, and adjourned summonses. Actions for trial with witnesses will be taken on Tuesday, Jau. 19, and continued until the end of the following week. Motions and uuopposed petitions will be heard during that period by Mr. Justice Stirling. Actions for trial with witnesses will also be taken at other times. Notice will be given in the daily cause list.

Business in the Liverpool and Manchester district registries will be taken as follows:-Summonses in chambers on every other Friday afternoon, comtnencing with Friday, Jan. 15. Motions, short causes, petitions, and adjourned summonses on every other Saturday, commencing with Saturday, Jan. 16 (except Saturday, Jan. 30).

CHANCERY COURT III.-Before Mr. Justice ROMER.

Actions transferred for trial or hearing only will be taken in the order in the cause list on every day of the sittings, from Jan. 11 to April 14, both inclusive.

Re Bottomley: Ex parte Smith v. Haydon | Re Pepperell; Ex parte Pepperell v.
Re Linton; Ex parte Debtor and Wife v.
Brown, Janson, and Co.

Re Same; Ex parte Same v. Walpole, Greenwell and Co.

Re Same; Er parte Same v. Janson, Cobb, Pearson, and Co.

Re Same; Er parte Mrs. Linton v. Brown, Janson, and Co.

Re Beauchamp Brothers; Ex parte Carr v. Trustee

Re Jones, J. T.; Ex parte Board of Trade v. Trustee

Re Minto; Ex parte Same r. Same
Re Levy; Ex parte Quass r. White
Re Buck; Ex parte Board of Trade v.
Trustee

Official Receiver

Re Gray: Ex parte Official Receiver v.
Stewart and others

Re Medhurst; Ex parte Bunting and others
v. James

Re Tillett; Ex parte Harper v. Mrs.
Tillett

Re Johnston; Ex parte Drummond and
Co. v. James

Re Montague; Er parte Ward v. L. &
S. W. Bank

Re Bradley; Ex parte Salaman v. Pulleyne
and another

Re Tetley Ex parte Jeffreys v. Dickson
Re Grimsdale; Ex parte Board of Trade v.
Trustee

Re Stephenson; Ex parte Brown v. Trenan Re Gallard; Ex parte Gallard v. Harris
Re Ashwin; Ex parte Pollock v. Ball Re Same; Ex parte Same v. Same.
Matters in Bankruptcy.-Total Appeals and Motions, 33.

PROBATE RULES.

ADDITIONAL RULES AND ORDERS, DATED DECEMBER 11, 1896, for THE REGISTRARS OF THE PRINCIPAL AND DISTRICT PROBATE REGISTRIES WITH REGARD TO NON-CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS.

By virtue and in pursuance of the provisions of the statutes 20 & 21 Vict. c. 77, and 38 & 39 Vict. c. 77, I, the Right Honourable Sir Francis Henry Jeune, Knight, President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, with the concurrence of the Right Hon. Hardinge Stanley, Baron Halsbury, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and of the Right Hon. Charles, Baron Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England, do make and issue the following additional rules and orders for the registrars of the principal and district probate registries with regard to non-contentious business.

Additional Rule and Order for the Registrars of the Principal and District Probate Registries.

"In any case in which it is intended to apply for the resealing in Ireland of any grant of probate or letters of administration made in the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice in England, the executor or administrator may deposit in the principal or district probate registry where the grant has been made a copy of such grant of probate or letters of administration, together with the original and any certificate or certificates that may be required, and the fees payable in Ireland in respect of such resealing, and the registrar shall transmit by post the documents so deposited, together with such fees to the registrar of the principal probate registry in Ireland, for the purpose of such grant being resealed under the provisions of 20 & 21 Vict. c. 79, s. 94."

The number of this rule for the principal registry is 107; and for the district registries is 102.

Further additional Rule and Order for the Registrars of the Principal Probate Registry.

"The registrar of the principal probate registry in England shall, upon receiving by post from a probate registry in Ireland any grant of probate or letters of administration made in the Probate and Matrimonial Division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland, together with a copy thereof, and any certificate or certificates that may be required, and the fees payable in England in respect of the resealing of an Irish grant, cause such grant to be resealed in conformity with the provisions of 20 & 21 Vict. c 79, s. 95, and shall transmit the grant so resealed to the registrar of the probate registry in Ireland from whom it was received. The number of this rule is 108.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT-WINTER ASSIZES-FEBRUARYMARCH, 1897.

THE Commissions for holding these Assizes will be opened at Appleby on Wednesday the 10th Feb., at Carlisle, on Friday the 12th Feb., at Lancaster, on Wednesday the 17th Feb., at Manchester, on Monday the 22nd Feb., and at Liverpool, on Wednesday the 10th March.

Civil business at Appleby, Carlisle, and Lancaster will commence as soon as the criminal business is disposed of; at Manchester, on Tuesday the 23rd Feb., at 11 a.m., and at Liverpool, on Thursday the 11th March, at 11 a.m.

In pursuance of Order XXXVI., г. 22в, and by leave of the judges appointed to go the above circuit, causes for trial, where notice of trial has been given, can now be entered with the Associate, at his office, 1, Chapel-street, Preston, or at the District Registries, during office hours, at any time not later than 4 p.m. of the day next but one before the Commission day, Sunday excepted.

On entering a cause, two copies of the pleadings must be lodged, one for the use of the judge, and the other for the Associate. The necessary £2 stamp must in all cases accompany the pleadings. Money will not be received.

The nature of the actions must be shortly indorsed on the pleadings, e.g., "slander" "goods sold." The notice of trial must not be

indorsed.

The trial of special jury causes will commence at Manchester on Thursday, the 25th Feb., and at Liverpool on Saturday, the 13th March, at the sitting of the Court, unless otherwise ordered.

A list of causes for trial each day at Manchester and Liverpool will be posted in the corridor of the court and in the library, at 3.30 p.m. on the preceding day. On the first day at Manchester and Liverpool the Court will not go beyond the eighth common jury cause.

The Civil Court at Manchester and Liverpool will, in the absence of special circumstances, sit at 10.30 a.m.. and rise not later than 5.30 p.m. By order of the Judges,

ARTHUR SHUTTLEWORTH, Associate,

Associate's Office, Preston, 9th Jan. 1897.

The Associate's fees must be paid in judicature stamps.

To avoid correspondence and delay, solicitors are requested to apply to the Associate for their certificates during the assizes, and afterwards at his office in Preston.

No certificates will be given out unless the proper £1 stamp is provided. Money will not be received. N.B. Where a cause in the list has been settled, immediate notice thereof must be given to the Associate by the party who entered it.

Mr. RICHARD VIGORS DOYNE, barrister-at-law, who for many years appeared in Indian cases before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, died suddenly a few days ago in his seventy-third year. In his early career he had a lucrative practice in Calcutta, and at the commencement of the sixties he, in conjunction with one or two other gentlemen, opened up the well-known and extensive Singel tea garden in Darjeeling. His death will be regretted by a large circle of friends. He was called to the Bar in 1854.

Mr. HENRY DAVIDSON, barrister-at-law, of the Inner Temple, died on the 7th inst. Born in Feb. 1837, he was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and University. He afterwards went to Cambridge, where he took a Wrangler's degree in 1859, and LL.B. in 1860. He was elected a Fellow of Trinity Hall. On being called to the Bar in 1862, he obtained a good practice as a junior at the Parliamentary Bar until he was appointed one of the secretaries to the Cambridge University Commission. At the time of death he was auditor of the Inner Temple.

Mr. F. W. GUNDRY, a well-known Dorset solicitor, of Slape House, Netherby, near Bridport, died on the 4th inst., after a brief illness, at the age of seventy-three. Deceased held various public appointments, including that of the town clerk of Bridport, clerk of the borough and county bench, president of the Dorset Law Society, and various other offices. He leaves a widow and an only son-Mr. Harold Gundry, barrister on the Western Circuit. The deceased was admitted in 1846.

THE GAZETTES.

Professional Partnerships Dissolved.

GAZETTE, JAN. 8.

TALBOT, PEMBERTON ERNEST JOHN, and FOOTNER, STEPHEN GEORGE, soliciters, Andover. Jan. 1. Debts by P. E. J. Talbot, who will continue to practise under style of Footner, Son, and Talbot. S. J. Footner will practise on his own account.

GAZETTE, JAN. 12.

ENSOR, FREDERICK WILLIAM: WARD, CHARLES ALBERT JOHN; and GILLING, HENRY THOMAS, Solicitors, Cardiff; so far as regards F. W. Ensor. May 16, 1896. Debts by C. A. J. Ward and H. T. Gilling, who will continue the business under style of Ensor. Ward, and Gilling.

HUGHES, FRANCIS EDWARD, and SWEET-ESCOTT, WILLIAM SYDNEY, solicitors, Cardiff. Jan. 1. Debts by W. S. Sweet-Escott, who will continue to carry on the practice under style of Hughes and Swe t-Escott.

MOODIE, JOHN; MILLS, JOHN; and MOODIE, HERBERT JOHN, solicitors, Dunedin House, Basinghall-av, City. Dec. 25, 1896. Debts by either Messrs. Moodie and Son, Dunedin House, or J. Mills, 28A, Basinghall-st. E.C. WARD, JOHN EDWARD: COLBORNE, GEORGE FRANCIS; and COULMAN, EDWARD, solicitors, Newport (Mon.). Dec. 31, 1896. Debts by G. F. Colborne and E. Coulman, who will continue to carry on the business under style of Ward, Colborne, and Coulman.

ELLIS, JOHN PHILLIPS, Millbrook, baker. Ct. Plymouth and East Stonehouse. Jan. 6. Order, Jan. 6.

Pet.

FRENCH, CHARLES FREDERICK, Plymouth, fisherman, Ct. Plymouth and East Stone-
house. Pet. Jan. 6. Order. Jan. 6.
FLETCHER, WILLIAM, Ratby, baker. Ct. Leicester. Pet. Jan. 6. Order, Jan 6.
JELLY, HERBERT, Hirwain, builder. Ct. Aberdare. Pet. Jan. 4. Order, Jan. 4.
LISCHEID, R.. Stoke Newington, baker. Ct. Edmonton Pet. Dec. 14. Order, Jan. 4.
LOCKWOOD. RICHARD EVISON, Belle Vue, labourer. Ct. Wakefield. Pet. Jan. 5.
Order, Jan. 5.
Pet. Jan. 4. Order
Pet. Jan. 4. Order,

MANTON, MATTHEW, Colwall, cab proprietor. Ct. Worcester.
Jan. 4.

MABE. ALFRED, Templeton, farmer. Ct. Pembroke Dock.
Jan. 4.