Bar, and he has occupied the office of Dean of Faculty, having been unanimously elected thereto by his fellow members, and having only recently resigned it, feeling that the two dignities of Lord Advocate and Dean of Faculty should not be monopolised by one individual. The Masters of the Bench of the Middle Temple have issued in two pamphlets the address delivered by the Master of the Temple at the Raleigh Tercentenary dinner, and the speeches upon the occasion of the United States ambassador coming up to the Bench. The former has an interesting note upon the claim made by Sir Edward Ridley in an interruption of the Master, that Drake was a member of the Inner Temple and, therefore, was not a Middle Templar. Dr. Barnes thinks that the suggestion made in Mr. Bedwell's Brief History of the Middle Temple that Drake was admitted during the period between 1524, and 1551 for which the books are missing, is unlikely, as at that time he would not have been more than thirteen years of age. But there are numerous examples of the admission of quite young boys, and some may be found so late as the last century. The late Mr. Alendar Glen was only nine years of age when he joined the Inn and Charles Abbot, first Baron Colchester, was admitted at the age of eleven years. The second pamphlet is probably unique in that it contains speeches which were delivered in the privacy of the Parliament Chamber. Guests of the Inns of Court are not expected to make speeches even in Hall, and it is believed that this is the first time upon which the proceedings after the benchers have retired from the Hall have been made public. The occasion aroused considerable public interest, and there will be general approval that the Treasurer (Lord Coleridge) should have been instrumental in taking this step to satisfy it. Although the Canadian and Australian legislation in connection with labour disputes has recently received attention in the LAW TIMES (the 15th Feb. and the 1st March respectively) it may be useful, as the subject is of so much importance at the present time, to direct attention to two reports in which it is dealt with in further detail. The operation of the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act is the subject of a special report prepared by Mr. B. M. Squires under the direction of the United States Department of Labour. To a careful description of the scope and operation of the Act are added precise statistics of the strikes and lockouts with their effect during the ten years for which it has been in operation. The Australian legislation is the subject of a report entitied "Arbitration and Wage-Fixing in Australia," published under the auspices of the National Industrial Conference Board in Boston. The result of an examination of the State legislation as apart from the Commonwealth legislation which formed the subject of the article in the LAW TIMES is the conclusion that "the State of Victoria presents one of the most perfectly developed systems of conciliation to be found anywhere in industrial history.' The South Australian system was identical with the Victorian until 1912, when a departure was made in favour of compulsory arbitration and mediation as found in the other States. The working of the different schemes is explained, and statistical information given as to their effect. The conclusion is reached that they have been effectual in giving a higher standard of living to the working classes, which has involved an economic cost in reduced efficiency of production. With these two reports may be mentioned the issue of the first volume of the South Australian Industrial Reports, in which the president of the court, Mr. (formerly Professor) Jethro Brown, has given a remarkable series of decisions dealing with many of the important labour problems of the day. For example, in one judgment he discusses the relation of the living to the minimum wage, in another the relation of wages to the cost of living, and in a third the functions of an industrial court. The learned author has a wide grasp of the subject, and this volume is a valuable contribution to the literature of one of the most difficult problems of the day. The approach of Budget day is invariably accompanied by considerable speculation as to the intentions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in regard to increasing existing, or tapping fresh, sources of revenue. Various suggestions have recently been advanced for the consideration of the Chancellor, among these being one frequently mentioned before-namely, a tax on bachelors. Presumably the idea underlying this proposal is either that bachelors escape too easily from the burdens that befall their married brethren or that they are lacking in their duty as good citizens. Whether this idea is well founded or not we do not decide, nor do we pretend to know whether the suggestion will be regarded with favourable eyes by the Chancellor of the Exchequer; but we may say this, that if it is adopted it will not be the first time that Parliament has imposed a tax upon celibacy. This was done by the statute 6 & 7 Will. & Mary c. 6, which is entitled "An Act for granting to His Majesty certain rates and duties upon marriages, births, burials, and upon bachelors and widowers, for the term of five years, for carrying on the war against France with vigour." As a rule the provisions of a statute, and especially a taxing Act, are the reverse of amusing; but this enactment contains an excellent specimen of unconscious humour on the part of the draftsman. This is in sect. 3, which is in these words:" "For and upon the birth of every person and child (except the child or children of such as receive alms) the sum of two shillings "-language which suggests that the draftsman was determined to provide for every possible contingency, even that of a modern Minerva springing full-armed from the forehead of a modern Jove. The statute is likewise curious in its attempts to graduate the tax. Thus, in the case of births, two shillings was what might be called the flat rate, but in addition to that sum, which was payable in respect of all birthe (except in the case of children of those who received alms), there was a further payment exacted from those in a more exalted social rank-a rate varying from two shillings to £30, the latter amount being payable on the birth of the eldest son of a Duke. These domestic taxes continued from 1695 to 1706, their yield during the first five years averaging slightly over £50,000 per annum, and somewhat less during the subsequent years they continued to be imposed. From the fact that this species of taxation was dropped after ten years it may be concluded that it was not considered to be worth the trouble involved in enforcing it. The resignation by Sir Auckland Geddes of his position in the Government as Minister of National Service and Reconstruction to take up the post of Principal of the McGill University, Toronto, although presenting an unusual incident of the retirement from a public to an exclusively academic life, is not without precedent. Thus Sir Alfred Hopkinson, K.C., retired from the House of Commons on becoming the Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University, Manchester. Great academic positions have, however, been held in conjunction with high Ministerial positions. Sir William Anson held simultaneously the position of Warden of All Souls' College, Oxford, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, while Mr. Hely Hutchinson was Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, from 1774 till his death in 1794 and Secretary of State for Ireland and Keeper of the Privy Seal. Sir Auckland Geddes, in his letter to the Prime Minister in announcement of his resignation of his position in the Government, state that his connection with the McGill University was not broken by his becoming a member of the Government. "Throughout the war," he writes, "I have been on leave from my chair (of Anatomy), and now the governors have invited me to become Principal." The offices of university professor have at times in these countries been combined with high offices of State. Viscount Bryce, for instance, was Regius Professor of Civil Law in the University of Oxford when Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Right Hon. Philip Crampton was Professor of Laws in Dublin University when SolicitorGeneral for Ireland, and the Right Hon. M. Longfield held that position likewise when a Judge of the Landed Estates Courts in Ireland, while the Right Hon. Montagu Bernard was Chichele Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford when one of the commissioners in the Alabama Claims at Geneva. The acceptance by former members of a Cabinet as in the case of Lord Durham, Lord Selborne, Lord Gladstone, and Lord Buxton of high positions in the Dominions, although of more frequent occurrence of late is not usual. The acceptance of the Principalship of a Dominion University by a Minister of the Crown-as in the case of Sir Auckland Geddes of Cabinet rank in the Imperial Government-is, so far as we are aware, without precedent, and a matter of great significance in constitutional development, as an indication of the evolution on a basis of political and social equality of the relations between the Dominions the Mother Country. Questions addressed to the Postmaster-General embodying the charge that Ministers of the Crown have offended in the way of franking private correspondence and the promise that investigations will be instituted with a view to the abolition of this abuse will recall to recollection the privilege which Bulwer Lytton described as "the right divine to post office immunities" which members enjoyed till 1840 and its origin in the theory that communications between a member and his constituents should be free and unrestricted. The privilege of sending and receiving letters free by post was established in 1658 by the Commonwealth Parliament and was continued by statute at the Restoration. In the beginning of the reign of George III. every member of both Houses had the right of franking as many letters as he pleased by writing his name and the word 'free on the corner and he had also the right of receiving free letters addressed to himself. These privileges were soon enormously abused; one member of Parliament is said to have received no less than £30 a year from a great mercantile house for franking their correspondence, and as letters might be addressed without payment to members in places where they were not residing numerous other were persons were accustomed by an easily concerted fraud to receive their letters free under the hand of a member. It was computed that the Government lost by the franking of letters no less than £170,000 a year. There were subsequently various curtailments of the privilege of sending or receiving letters or newspapers free. The privilege however survived the Reform Act of 1832 and in 1837 it was computed by Sir Rowland Hill that the number of franked communications was almost 7,400,000 and those on which postage was collected 86,600,000. With the franked letters included of course the correspondence of the various state departments. In 1840 after the establishment of the penny post, and the introdution of adhesive stamps as a means of prepaying postage, the privilege of franking letters enjoyed for nearly two centuries by members of Parliament was abolished by statute (3 & 4Vict. c 96). The privilege of franking letters is associated with incidents in the biographies of two very celebrated Lord Chancellors. In 1660 Sir Heneage Finch (Lord Chancellor and Earl of Nottingham) denounced the privilege when embodied in a proviso to the Post Office Bill, as a poor mendicant proviso and below the honour of the House." When however it became the custom for a new member to use these first franks in letters to near relatives, which were much cherished by their recipients, John Scott (Lord Chancellor and Earl of Eldon) after his election for Westly in 1783 delayed sending news of his success to his mother and sisters until he had taken his seat, lest there should be a difficulty about the postage." 46 46 IRISH NOTES. THE local authorities throughout the country have completed their estimates for the expenditure of the current year. Without exception there is to be an increase of local rates, and in some instances it is quite alarming in its extent. In Dublin City the rates now stand at 17s. in the pound, and a fear is expressed that things must be worse before they become better. THE Bill, which has passed its second reading in the House of Commons, providing for applying the principle of proportional representation to the coming local government elections does not seem to be making real progress, and the time has come for taking steps to carry out the election under the existing law if the Bill be not passed. The Bill also provides for postponing the elections for one year. The Bill itself, which has been printed, leaves many questions arising on an election, and on petitions to set it aside, in the greatest doubt, and, if it is to be rapidly passed into law to enable it to carry out its purpose, there is little hope of its satisfactory amendment. THE Bill to amend the law of compensation for criminal injuries in Ireland, introduced by the Attorney-General for Ireland on the 8th inst., is a far-reaching drastic measure of exceptional legislation. Since 1836 there has been in existence in this country an Act which enabled compensation to be paid to any policeman or magistrate maimed or injured on account of his exertions to bring disturbers of the peace to justice, and to his next of kin where such person was killed. The greatest of the Irish judges held that in every case under this provision it was necessary to show that the injured man was engaged in bringing prisoners to justice, and that the ordinary risks of a policeman's duty, or a magistrate's duty, were not covered. The present Bill not only sweeps away this distinction, but it extends the Act to members of the naval, military, and air force, as well as policemen and justices, and it applies to every form of malicious injury inflicted upon any such persons where it can be suggested that the injury was inflicted upon him in such capacity. The Bill is to be retrospective to the 1st Jan. 1917. Where the officer has been killed the application for compensation may be made by the AttorneyGeneral, and the distribution of any sum granted will rest in the discretion of the court. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. HEIRS-AT-LAW AND NEXT OF KIN BUSH (Anna Georgiana), who died at Teignmouth, Feb. 27, 1918. Next of kin should communicate at once with the undersigned sols., and send with their applications the necessary certificates of marriages, deaths, and births to establish their claims. Under the will of Miss Bush the executors will distribute the residue of her estate between all persons who shall on or before Feb. 27, 1920, have proved they are entitled as next of kin to share in the estate of Miss Bush had she died intestate. Tozer and Dell, Teignmouth, Devonshire, sols. to the executors and trustees. APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE JOINT STOCK NOTICES OF APPEARANCE AT HEARING MUST REACH THE SOLICITORS BY 6 P.M PAR (No. 1) STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by WILLIAM EDWARDS AND SONS, Dawes-st, Bolton.-Creditors to send in, by May 12, to J. R. Helme, 60, Dawes-st, Bolton, to whom all debts due and owing to the said partnership should be paid at once. CREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. c. 35. Ely. LAST DAY OF CLAIM AND TO WHOM PARTICULARS TO BE SENT. ARBER (Benjamin), Littleport. May 20; Hall and Campbell, BACKHOUSE (Arthur), Pilmuir, Torquay. May 31; Trewhitt, Clarke, and Robson, Sunderland. Cambs. BAILEY (Anselm Ernest), Torrington-sq, W.C. May 31; A. C. Dowding. BEDDOES (Col. Henry Roscoe), Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and Fawkham. BROADBENT (Dr. George Harry), Audenshaw. May 5; E. J. Carlisle, BROMLEY (Francis), Sheffield. June 1; Bagshawe and Co., Sheffield. CAIRIS (Nicholas Alexander), Andros, Greece. May 14; W. A. Crump and Son, 17, Leadenhall-st, E.C. CHADS (Caroline Maria), Southsea. June 1; Capron and Co., Savilepl, Conduit-st, W. CHITTY (Lieut. James Malcolm), Grenadier Guards, and Esher. May 12; Tomlin and Dinwiddy, 8, Old Burlington-st, W. 1. CICLITIRA (John Paul), Loughton. April 30; Attwater and Liell, 110. Bishopsgate, E.C. 2. CLARK (Godfrey Lewis), Talygarn. May 10; L. G. Williams and CUFF (Mary Anne), Aston Tyrrold. May 20; C. A. Pryce, Abingdon, DE POLO (John Anthony, otherwise John), Toxteth Park, Liverpool. EVANS (William Arthur), Newport. May 31; H. H. Howells, Newport. EVERS (Capt. Hugh Lancelot), Stourbridge. May 21; Harward and FITZGERALD (Annie Purcell), Southbourne. May 12; White, Borrett, and Queen Victoria-st, E.C. 4. May 14; Langford and Redfern, 84, Fox (William), Wortley. May 10; Peckover, Scriven, and Co.. Leeds. FRIEND (Elizabeth Radford), Crofton, Titchfield. May 12; C. R. Serpell, Plymouth. FURNIVAL (Edwin Henry), Mucklestone. April 23; B. S. Hawthorn and Son, Market Drayton. GARDNER (George William), Molland, Mayfield. May 31; C. Sawbridge and Son, 68, Aldermanbury, E.C. 2. GUNTHER (Robert George Louis), Queen-st-pl, E.C.; Englefield Green; and Princes-grdns, S.W. May 12; W. A. Crump and Son, 17. Leadenhall-st, E.C. HAMMETT (Alfred William), Little Heath, Potters Bar. May 16; A. E. Hammett, at the offices of H. Horcombe, 34, John-st, Bedford-row, W.C. 1. HARRIS (Thomas William), Chorlton-on-Medlock, and Piccadilly, Manchester. May 15; H. S. Potter, Piccadilly, Manchester. HART (William), Watford, Herts. May 18; Pattinson and Brewer, 30, HOARE (Charles Henry), Eltham, and Ventnor, I. of W. May 7; A. C. HODGSON (Herbert Arthur), Hightown. May 19; J. Hodgson, care of his May 31; Advances upon Stocks and Shares will be entertained upon favourable terms by the LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The transactions can be carried out expeditiously and cheaply, and full particulars will be sent upon application to No. 10, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C. 4. JAY (Stephen James Edward), Clapton. May 14; Langford and Redfern, 84, Queen Victoria-st, E.C. 4. LEWIS (Lilian Mary), Torrington-sq, W.C. JEEVES (Samuel), Maulden. May 1; F. T. Tanqueray, Ampthill, Beds. MEASURES (Thomas). Bourne. May 17; C. W. Bell, Bourne, Lines. OLDFIELD (Joseph Ernest), Fulford. May 10; Allen Edwards and Oldfield, 16, Eastcheap, E.C. 3. OLIVER (Mona Anne), Stourbridge. May 16; Bernard King and Sons, Stourbridge. PARKER (Right Hon. Caroline Agnes, commonly called Carine Viscountess), Piccadilly, W. May 19; Lawrence, Graham, and Co., 6, New-sq, Lincoln's-inn, W.C. 2. PARRY (Lieut. Col. Claud Frederick Pilkington), Littlehampton, and PRITCHARD (Amy Ada Bertha Frieda), Brentmoor, South Brent. May 9; ROBERTS (James), Temple-grdns, E.C.. and Donnybrook, Dublin. May 15; G. Marris, 27, Chancery-la. W.C. 2. SALMON (John), Tadmarton. April 30; Fortescue and Sons, Banbury. Vincent. and Co., Bangor. TRUEMAN (Lieut.-Col. Arthur Philip Hamilton), June 1; Pyke, Franklin, and Gould, 63, Lincoln's-inn-flds, W.C. WARD (Private Harold Robert), H M. Army, and Gedling. May 17; J. and A. Bright, Nottingham. WATKINSON (Jane), Snaygill, Skipton. May 7; Charlesworth and Wood, Skipton. WINTERBOTTOM (Austin). Sheffield. May 31; Wake and Sons. Sheffield WOODHOUSE (Harriet), Bradford. May 10; Moore and Shepherd, Bradford. Awarded the Italian Croce di Guerra.-Staff-Capt. Charles Aikin Lawford, Infantry Brigade. Articled Clerks. Awarded a Bar to the Military Cross.-Temp. Capt. John Robert Dickinson, M.C., Royal Lancs. Regt. ; Capt. William Girven Wright, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Awarded the Military Cross-Lieut. Joseph Harrison Calvert, R.F.A. ; Capt. Henry Vaughan Edwards Jones, Welsh Regt., T.F.; Lieut. Garstang Bradstock Lockett, Cheshire Regt. ; Temp. Capt. Alfred Violti Rhodes, Tank Corps; Lieut. Herbert Otto Spatz, Middlesex Regt. ; Capt. George James Cullen Welch, Royal Berks Regt.; Capt. Cyril Frederick Wright, Leicester Regt. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Mr. JAMES AVON CLYDE, K.C., Lord Advocate, has been elected an Honorary Bencher of Gray's-inn. Mr. Clyde was called to the Scottish Bar in 1887, and took silk in 1901. Lieutenant-Colonel RAYMOND EWINGS NEGUS, D.S.O., barrister-at-law, has been appointed Attorney-General of the Island of Saint Lucia. Colonel Negus was called by the Inner Temple in 1909. Captain MAXWELL H. ANDERSON, R.N., has been appointed AttorneyGeneral at Gibraltar. Captain Anderson was called by the Middle Temple in 1909. Mr. JOSEPH HERBERT CUNLIFFE, K.C., has been elected a Bencher of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-inn. Mr. Canliffe was called in 1896, and took silk in 1912. Mr. ALFRED CLIVE LAWRENCE, barrister-at-law, has been appointed Junior Counsel to the Ministry of Labour. Mr. Lawrence was called by the Middle Temple in 1902. NOTES AND QUERIES. 37. WAIVER OF NOTICE TO QUIT.-Does receipt of rent dus after expiration of notice create a waiver of the notice when the landlord gives a receipt for the rent subject to the notice to quit previously given? Cases will oblige. LANDLORD. LAW SOCIETIES. THE LAW SOCIETY. PROBATE COURT PRACTICE. At a recent meeting of the council of the Law Society, Mr. Goddard reported an interview which he had had with the President of the Probate Division, at which the latter indicated certain difficulties in the way of providing for one surety being substituted by another in an administration bond, and that in the result, in accordance with the instructions of the Scale Committee, the suggestion had been abandone 1. INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST (WAR A letter was read from the Sussex Law Society and from members of the Law Society indicating the hardships caused to landlords and more gagees by the Acts. The Increase of Rents and Mortgage Interest (War R.striction) Bil 1919 was considered, and with the letters, referred to the Scale Committee with power to act. WEST LIBRARY, The West Library, which was closed in June, 1915, owing to reductions in the society's staff on account of the war, has been re-opened for the use of clerks and students. Service Distinctions and Honours. The following further list of service distinctions and honours awarded to solicitors and articled clerks has been compiled by the secretary (Mr. E. R. Cook), and published in the Law Society Gazette. Solicitors. Awarded a Bar to the Military Cross: Capt. John Windeatt, M.C., Devon Regt. T.F. Awarded the Military Cross; Staff-Capt. Charles Aikin Lawford, Infantry Brigade; Lieut (Temp. Capt.) James Harold Selfe, West Kent Regt. T.F.; Lieut. Percy Vere Stallon, Welch Regt.; Major John Venning, Royal Fusiliers. To be Officers of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.--Maj. Philip Austin Ottley Read, Loyal North Lancs Regt. Maj. Alfred Walters, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. To be a Member of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order.-Capt. Joseph Walker, West Riding Regt. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.-Alexander Arnold Hannay, French Red Cross; Acting Major Anthony Hedley Leathart, R.F.A.; Alexander Hamilton McBean, Queen's Own Cavalry Highlanders; Capt. William Lacy Sanders, K.R.R.C. Awarded the Italian Silver Medal.-Capt. (Acting Lieut. Col-) William Charles Coleman Gell, D.S.O., M.C,, R. War. Regt. T.F. 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. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE OVERSEAS DOMINIONS.-On p. 295 of your journal it is said that "According to the strict letter of the Consti. tution the Dominions and Colonies of the Crown have no voice whatever in the direction of the trend of the foreign policy of the Empire, and are absolutely bound in their domain of government by the prerogative of the King acting on the advice of a Cabinet responsible to the House of Commons, and, through the House of Commons, to the people of the United Kingdom." It is one of the peculiarities of the British Constitu tion that it has never been reduced to writing; when, therefore," the letter of the Constitution" is referred to, it is something that has no existence in fact. Certain conventions and customs exist which govern the constitutional affairs of the Empire, but they are subject to change from time to time as the exigencies of the State require, without any formal amendment of "the Constitution," because there is in fact no written Constitution to amend. The Executive Government of the United Kingdom and of the Empire is intrusted to certain Ministers in fact appointed by the Crown, although it is true such appointment is very materially controlled by the House of Commons; but is there any violation of the Constitution in the King, on the advice of his Ministers, calling to his council for the advice and assistance in framing treaties of peace or any other matters representative statesmen from his overseas Dominions? So far from such a proceeding being regarded as in the least degree "unconstitutional or "contrary to the letter of the Constitution," I would submit to your readers it is in the highest degree most constitutional, and merely a proper and legitimate development of the Constitution consequent upon the growing proportions of the overseas Dominions of the Crown. We do not lose our fundamental rights as British people by coming across the seas to found new Englands in other lands of the British Crown. The fundamental doctrine of our Constitution is that of responsibility to "the people," and the overseas subjects of the Crown are part of "the people" to whom that responsibility is of right due. For the present we are represented in international affairs by ministers responsible to the people of the British Isles, but the time, I think, is coming when we shall be directly represented in the councils of the Empire. Perhaps that may come by Parliament establishing another legislature to deal with the local affairs of the United Kingdom and by reducing the number of the present House of Commons, and extending the franchise therefore to overseas subjects of the Crown so that it may become in fact, as well as in name, an Imperial Parliament but whatever form the necessary constitutional changes may take, we may be sure they will be in accordance with the fundamental principles of representative and responsible government. Toronto, March 12, 1919. " GEORGE S. HOLMESTED. LEGAL OBITUARY. Mr. LESLIE HOWARD BEARDMORE, solicitor, who had been assistant solicitor to the Wallasey Corporation since January 1914, died on the 8th inst., aged twenty-nine. Mr. Beardmore served his articles in Birmingham, and was admitted in 1914. Mr. ARNOLD MILLEN JOHNSON, solicitor, and assistant clerk to the Sunderland County Bench of magistrates, died on the 7th inst., aged thirty-five. Mr. Johnson served bis articles with Mr. W. A. Kidson, the clerk to the County Bench, and was admitted in 1914. Mr. ARTHUR JAMES WALTER, K.C. was killed on the Underground on the 9th inst. aged 57. Mr. Walter was called by the Inner Temple in 1885, in which year he was Equity scholar. He was widely known as an authority on Patent Law and was in great request in all technical litigation. He was called within the bar in 1906. MR. THEODORE MARC WRATISLAW, solicitor, of the firm of Messrs. Wratislaw and Thompson, Rugby, died there recently aged eighty-eight. He was a son of the late William Ferdinand, Count Wratislaw, who came to England in 1770 after having participated in the Czech rising. Mr. Wratislaw was admitted in 1852, and formerly was for forty-six years clerk to the Rugby Council. Mr. HENRY JOHN ALEXANDER KIRBY, solicitor, of the firm of Messrs. Charles Warner and Kirby, of Winchester, died on the 5th inst., aged forty-four. He was the youngest son of the late Mr. T. F. Kirby, of Inhurst, Hants, was educated at Charterhouse, and articled to the firm of Messrs. F. I. and J. C. Warner. Mr. Kirby was called in 1899. THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS. CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.-INTERMEDIATE SPRING ASSIZES 1919 NORTHERN (SHEARMAN and SANKEY, JJ ). Liverpool, Wednesday, April 30 (civil and Manchester, Monday, May 19 (civil and criminal). criminal). NORTH-EASTERN (A. T. LAWRENCE and COLERIDGE JJ.). CALLENDER, GEORGE MARSHALL, Victoria-st, Westminster. Ct. High Court. April 8. CAMPBELL, WILLIAM, Cilfynydd, collier. Ct. Pontypridd, Ystradyfodwg, and Porth. April 7. DAVIES, EDWARD ASTON, Pontypridd, colliery labourer. Ct. Pontypridd, DE MERINDOL, RAOUL FERNAND JOSEPH, Washington House, Basil-st, PEMBERTON, ROBERT ERIC, Wandsworth. GAZETTE, APRIL 15. BARNES, FREDERICK (trading as Southampton and District Clothing Club), Bitterne, clothier. Ct. Southampton. April 10. CLAY, RICHARD ARNOLD, Handforth, farmer. Ct. Stockport. April 11. JONES, JOHN GUY SIDNEY (described in receiving order as Guy Jones), SPEAKMASTER, ABRAHAM, Belgrave-rd, Stoke Newington, woodware manufacturer's manager. Ct. High Court. April 12. STEINBERG, ALEXANDER (described in receiving order as Alex Steinberg), WALKER, FRANK, late Shenley, gentleman. Ct. High Court. April 11. ADJUDICATIONS ANNULLED. GAZETTE, APRIL 15. DONOHUE, THOMAS, late Uppingham, hairdresser. Ct. Leicester. April 3. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. DEATH. TAYLOR. On the 4th inst., at a nursing home, Norwich, Charles Fisher Taylor, Solicitor, of 26, College-rd, Norwich, aged 64. GAZETTES. Professional Partnerships Dissolved. GAZETTE, APRIL 11. MAXWELL, JOHN A., and DAMPNEY, GEORGE W., solicitors, 52, Bishopsgate, E.C. 2. Aug. 31, 1918. REGGE, ROBERT WILLIAM, and ACKROYD, SAMUEL HOOLEY, solicitors, Broad-st-pl, Finsbury-circus, E.C. March 25. Debts by R. W. Regge, who will continue the business under old style of Regge and Ackroyd. GAZETTE, APRIL 15. BRIGHTEN, WILLIAM GREEN, and LEMON, ARTHUR WILLIAM, solicitors, 1, Crutched Friars. April 5. Debts by A. W. Lemon and Lieut.-Col. George Stanley Brighten, D.S.O., who will carry on the business in future under style of Brighten and Lemon. WILSON, ERNEST, and KEER, JOSEPH IBBOTSON, solicitors, Sheffield. March 31. Debts by E. Wilson. Bankrupts. THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1914. RECEIVING ORDERS. GAZETTE, APRIL 11. To surrender at the High Court of Justice in Bankruptcy. BULKELEY, WARREN, St. James's-st. April 8. HOARE, CYRIL THORNTON, Knightsbridge, gentleman. April 2. ROSEN, PHILLIP (trading as Spiro Bros.), Duke-st, Manchester-sq, ladies costumier. April 8. To surrender at their respective District Courts. CAMPBELL, WILLIAM, Cilfynydd, collier. Ct. Pontypridd, Ystradyfodwg, and Porth. April 7. DAVIES, EDWARD ASTON, Pontypridd, colliery labourer. Ct. Pontypridd, Ystradyfodwg, and Porth. April 7. EARLE, FREDERICK JAMES, Truro, electrician. Ct. Truro and Falmouth. 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Such testator, who died before the war, did not foresee the possibility of a war wherein the great bulk of the young manhood of the country either voluntarily joined the Army or came under the provisions of the Military Service Acts, and therefore left their employments. The recent case as an authority has a bearing, however, not only on cases of wills, but also on contracts for service and similar contracts. It is one which, from the state of things subsisting in the dark years which now fortunately have ended, must necessarily apply to many other similar cases, |