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debtor permanently to defraud his client, and it was not a case in which he had made false statements to shield himself." The debtor's difficulties began through his guaranteeing the repayment of a mortgage.—Mr. Registrar LINKLATER held that all the offences alleged were substantiated with the exception of the charge of fraud, for, taking into consideration the judgment of the Lord Chief Justice, no intention to defraud the creditors was proved. He was glad to be able to modify the report of the official receiver in this respect, and to agree with the more lenient view taken by the Divisional Court. He thought that the case would be sufficiently met by suspending the order of discharge for five years from this date.

UNDER a receiving order granted on the 28th April last against James Crowdy, accounts have at length been lodged, the delay having arisen in consequence of his temporary detention in Holloway Gaol pursuant to an order of commitment made by the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court. His liabilities are returned at £29,112, of which £23,712 are unsecured, with assets estimated to produce £3955, a large number of debts due to the debtor being considered bad. The debtor formerly practised as a solicitor at Howard-street, Strand, in partnership, and he was at one time the manager of the Princess's Theatre. He ascribes his insolvency to losses in connection with that theatre, to depreciation in the value of securities held by his late firm, of which he alone held the capital, and also to his temporary suspension from practice as a solicitor. He makes no proposal, and has been adjudicated bankrupt.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

TEMPLE CHURCH.

-First Versicles, &c.:

THE following is the order of the morning service for to-morrow: -
Lesson: Proverbs i. Second Lesson: Matthew xxi. v. 23.
Ferial, pp. 1-3. Te Deum Laudamus: King in C. Jubilate Deo :
King in C. Apostles' Creed: Harmonised Monotone, E. J. H., pp. 4
and 5. Preces and Responses, Ferial, pp. 6-8. Anthem : "Rejoice in
the Lord alway" (Purcell, No. 30, p. 12). Kyrie Eleison: King in C.,
No. 14. Doxology (before and after the Gospel): Tallis, p. 89. Nicene
Creed: J. H., p. 100. Hymn before Sermon: No. 179.

For Sunday morning, the 14th inst.:-First Lesson, Genesis i. and ii. to v. 4. Second Lesson, Revelation xxi. to v. 9. Versicles, &c. : Ferial, pp. 1-3. Benedicite: Rev. Lewis Meadows White, M.A. Jubilate Deo: Boyce in C. Apostles' Creed: Harmonised Monotone, E. J. H., pp. 4 and 5. Preces and Responses: Ferial, pp. 6-8. Anthem: "In the beginning" (Haydn, No. 176, p. 81). Litany and Suffrages: Pages, 9-15. Hymn before Sermon: No. 156.

For Sunday morning, the 21st inst.:- First Lesson: Genesis iii. Second Lesson: Matthew xxvii., v. 57. Versicles, &c.: Ferial, pp. 1-3. Te Deum Laudamus: Garrett in E. Benedictus: Garrett in E. Apostles' Creed: Harmonised Monotone, E. J. H., pp. 4 and 5. Preces and Responses: Ferial, pp. 6-8. Anthem: "Heaven and the Earth display" (Mendelssohn, No. 310, p. 139). Kyrie Eleison: Boyce in G, No. 6. Doxology (before and after the Gospel): Tallis, p. 89. Nicene Creed: J. H., p. 100. Hymn before Sermon: No. 275.

For Sunday morning, the 28th inst.:-First Lesson: Genesis ix. to v. 20. Second Lesson: Mark iv. to v. 35. Versicles, &c.: Ferial, pp. 1-3. Te Deum Laudamus: Turle in D. Jubilate Deo: Turle in D. Apostles' Creed: Harmonised Monotone, E. J. H., pp. 4 and 5. Preces and Responses: Ferial, pp. 6-8. Anthem: "Blessed be the God and Father" (Wesley, No. 279, p. 123). Litany and Suffrages: Pages 9-15. Hymn before Sermon: No. 220.

HEIRS-AT-LAW AND NEXT OF KIN. HEMSWORTH (William), deceased. Persons claiming to be entitled as nephews and nieces, under the will of the above, living at his death or born afterwards and previous to June 11, 1891 (the date of the death of the tenant for life), and if any have since died, their legal representatives, to come in, by March 24, at the chambers of Mr. Justice North, and prove their claims in the matter of the trusts of the sum of £700 58. 4d. cash representing the net residuary personal estate of the said W. Hemsworth, bequeathed by his will in favour of his nephews and nieces. March 26, at the said chambers, at one o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon claims. NOTE.-The testator, W. Hemsworth, was late of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and died there on June 23, 1869; he is alleged to have had two brothers, John Hemsworth and Thomas Hemsworth, and one sister, Mary Ann Gresham.

MATHISON (Thomas). Persons claiming to be his legal personal representative or claiming to be entitled to the £257 178. New Consols, £62 14s. 5d. money on deposit, and £279 168. cash respectively in court to the credit of De Perrin v. Eastland, the account of the plaintiff Thomas Mathison, and any interest to accrue on the said consols and money on deposit, to come in, by April 15, and prove their claims at the chambers of Mr. Justice North. April 22, at the said chambers, at twelve o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims (if any). The said T. Mathison was said to be a lieutenant in the 34th Regiment of Foot, and retired from the service on Aug. 24, 1832, and in 1836 resided at Brown's River, Van Diemen's Land.

WESTAWAY (William), Tiverton, tailor, who died on Oct. 1, 1847. His next of kin to send in, by Feb. 28, the particulars of their claims to Messrs. Ford, Harris, and Ford, solicitors, 25, Southernhay, Exeter.

APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE JOINT STOCK WINDING-UP ACTS. ANGLO-WESTERN PIONEER SYNDICATE LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Feb. 8, before the Court sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand. H. Clifford, Gosnell, and Tiernay, 73 and 75, Finsbury-pavement, petitioner's solicitors. Notices of intention to appear on the hearing of the petition must be signed by the person or firm, or his or their solicitor (if any), and must reach the above-named not later than two o'clock on Feb. 6.

BANGOR MUTUAL SHIP INSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Feb. 15, before the Court sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand. J. D. B. Lewis, 20, Bucklersbury, agent for R. Roberts, Carnarvon, solicitor for the petitioners. Notices of intention to appear on the hearing of the petition must be signed by the person or firm, or his or their solicitor (if any), and must reach the above-named not later than six o'clock on Feb. 13.

BRITISH FLAGS EXPLORATION SYNDICATE LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Feb. 8, before the Court sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand. Tatham and Lousada, 17, Old Broad-st, solicitors for the petitioners. Notices of intention to appear on the hearing of the petition must state the name and address of the person or firm, or his or their solicitor (if any), and must reach the abovenamed not later than two o'clock on Feb. 6.

COMPANY REGISTRATION SYNDICATE LIMITED. - Creditors to send in, by Feb. 23, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. T. T. Bradbury, 40, Holbornviaduct, the liquidator of the syndicate.

JAMES ELLIS AND CO. LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 10, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. W. C. Spencer, 41, North John-st, Liverpool, the liquidator of the company. Peacock, Cooper, Gregory, and Bousfleld, solicitors for the liquidator.

KINTORE GOLD MINES LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. T. Wise, Portland House, Basinghall-st, the liquidator of the company. Bircham aud Co., 50, Old Broad-st, solicitors for the liquidator. LONDON FINANCE AND CONTRACT CORPORATION LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Feb. 8, before the Court sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand. W. Webb and Co., 23, Queen Victoria-st, solicitors for the petitioner. Notices of intention to appear on the hearing of the petition must be signed by the person or firm, or his or their solicitor (if any), and must reach the above-named not later than two o'clock on Feb. 6.

METEOR INCANDESCENT LIGHTING COMPANY LIMITED.-Order for continuation of voluntary winding-up subject to the supervision of the court made by Mr. Justice Romer on Jan. 11. Phelps, Sidgwick, and Biddle, 22, Aldermanbury, solicitors for the petitioners.

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY UNITED GOLD MINES LIMITED.-Holders of debentures to send in, by March 5, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Messrs. Hays, Schmettau, and Ancrum, solicitors, 31, Abchurch-la, E.C. March 15, at the chambers of the Registrar Companies Winding-up, Carey-st, at 2.15 o'clock, is the time appointed for adjudicating upon the claims.

RINGSTEAD BRITANNIA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard Feb. 17 before the County Court sitting at the County-hall, Northampton, at eleven o'clock. Morgan and Duke, 37, Guildhall-road, Northampton, solicitors for the petitioner. Notices of intention to appear on the hearing of the petition must be signed by the person or firm or his or their solicitor (if any), and must reach the above-named not later than six o'clock on Feb. 16.

RIGHTS AND EXPLORING OF RHODESIA LIMITED.-Creditors to send in. by Feb. 28, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. W. Milne, 10, St. Helen's-pl, the liquidator of the company. Ernest Salaman, Fort, and Co., 12, Union-ct, Old Broad-st, solicitors to the liquidator.

ST. DENIS GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. H. S. M. Killick, 30, Moorgate-st, the liquidator of the company. Bircham and Co., 50, Old Broad-st, solicitors to the liquidator.

SAILING SHIP AIGBURTH" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st. Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators.

SAILING SHIP "ALLERTON" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators.

SAILING SHIP CRESSINGTON " COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10. Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators.

SAILING SHIP DITTON "COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 208, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators. SAILING SHIP FULWOOD

COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchange-bldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators. SAILING SHIP GRASSENDALE" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 19, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators.

SAILING SHIP HALEWOOD" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators.

SAILING SHIP "LEYLAND BROTHERS" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchange-bldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators. SAILING SHIP LIVERPOOL "COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10. Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators.

SAILING SHIP "OTTERSPOOL" COMPANY LIMITED. Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchange-bldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators.

SAILING SHIP" RIVERSDALE" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchange-bldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickin son, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators. SAILING SHIP"ROBY" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators. SAILING SHIP"SPEKE" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators.

SAILING SHIP

TOXTETH "COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickenson, and Co., 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators. SAILING SHIP WAVERTREE" COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 15, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. R. W. Leyland, 19 and 20H, Exchangebldgs, Liverpool, one of the liquidators of the company. Hill, Dickinson, and Co. 10, Water-st, Liverpool, solicitors to the liquidators. TAPSCOTT STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up subject to the supervision of the Court of Chancery, of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Manchester District, to be heard Feb. 8, before the court at the sittings to be holden at the Assize Courts, Manchester, at half-past ten o'clock. C. Dunderdale, 2, Marsden-st, Manchester, solicitor for the petitioner. Notices of intention to appear on the hearing of the petition must be signed by the person or firm, or his or their solicitor (if any), and must reach the above-named not later than two o'clock on Feb. 6.

WILLIAM LANCASTER AND CO. LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by March 22, their names and addresses, and the particulars of their claims, to Mr. T. Waterworth, 68, Victoria-st, Blackburn, Lancashire, the liquidator af the company. WEST COAST STEAMSHIP INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.-Creditors to send in, by March 2, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims to Mr. R. H. March, the Exchange, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, the liquidator of the association.

CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY.

LAST DAY OF PROOFS.

ALEXANDER (John Cassels) 3, Great Winchester-st. and of 47, Porchester-ter, gentleman. March 1; 0. T. Hodges, solicitor, 60, Mark-la. March 10; Mr. Justice Stirling, at twelve o'clock.

GODDARD (Harry Robert), Loddon, Norfolk, yeoman. Feb. 23; F. S. Ellen, solicitor, Lowestoft, Norfolk. March 2; Mr. Justice Romer, at twelve o'clock. GREENHAUGH (Joseph), formerly of Bacup, Lancashire, beerhouse-keeper, late an inmate of the County Lunatic Asylum, Lancaster. March 1; Whitaker and Hibbert, solicitors, Pleasant-st, Haslingden. March 12; A. Pearce, registrar of the Preston District (Blackburn) of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 34, Richmond-ter, Blackburn, at eleven o'clock. JASPER (Thomas), Old Fountain inn, Dover, Kent. March 2; P. B. Claris, solicitor, Dover, Kent. March 16; Mr. Justice Stirling at twelve o'clock. LOMER (George), Barleycorn inn, Bishop's Waltham, Southampton, innkeeper. March 1; J. C. Warner, solicitor, Winchester. March 16; Mr. Justice Stirling, at twelve o'clock.

ROSTRON (Margaret), Bury, Lancashire. March 2; J. G. Openshaw, solicitor, 16, Bolton-st, Bury, Lancashire. March 12; H. Winstanley, registrar of the Manchester District of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Duchy-chmbrs, 2, Clarence-st, Manchester, at eleven o'clock. WESTCOTT (Emma Susan), deceased. The charitable institutions and persons claiming under the will of the above-named E. S. Westcott to be entitled to (a) a moiety of the net residuary estate of the said testatrix bequeathed by her for the benefit of the widows and fatherless children of clergymen of the Low Church of England" and (b) the other moiety of the same residuary estate bequeathed by her said will" for the benefit of Emmanuel Church, West Derby-rd, Liverpool, and the ecclesiastical district attached thereto," to come in by Feb. 27, and enter their claims at the chambers of the Registrar of the Liverpool District of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 9, Cook-st, Liverpool. March 12, at eleven o'clock.

CREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. c. 35. LAST DAY OF CLAIM AND TO WHOM PARTICULARS TO BE SENT. ARMITAGE (Joseph), Victoria hotel, Meltham, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, innkeeper. Feb. 27: J. F. Armitage. administrator, Meltham Mills, near Huddersfield. J. Bottomley, solicitor, 1, Union Bank-yd, New-st, Huddersfield. BLAKEMAN (William), Ely. Cambridgeshire, currier. March 4 Archer and Son, solicitors, Market-pl, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

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BOYD (Marion), Wampacks hotel, Folkestone, formerly of 62, Gloucester-grdns, Porchester-ter, Hyde Park, spinster. March 1; Upton, Atkey, and Co., solicitors, 14, Austin Friars.

BATEMAN (Hugh Alleyne Sacheverel), Etwall Lodge, Derbyshire, gentleman.
March 16; R. S. Taylor, Son, and Humbert, solicitors. 4, Field-ct, Gray's-inn.
BREMNER (Thomas), formerly of Golden-sq, St. James's, late of 22, Patshull-rd,
Kentish Town. March 13: W. A. Jennings, solicitor, 179, Kentish Town-rd.
BREWSTER (Anne Elizabeth), Over, Cambridgeshire, widow. Feb. 20; Robinson and
Adams, solicitors, Saffron Walden.

BALCH (Robert), formerly of 223, Kentish Town-rd, butcher, late of 15, Gaisford-st,
Kentish Town. March 13; W. A. Jennings, solicitor, 179, Kentish Town-rd.
BORLAND (John), Eastwood, 111, Barry-rd, East Dulwich, formerly of 200, High-st,
Peckham, Surrey, retired cheesemonger and provision dealer.
March 8;
de Mortimer McIntosh, solicitor, 59 and 60, Chancery-la.
CUNDELL (Thomas), Thixendale, Yorkshire, farmer. March 15; T. Robson, solicitor,
Pocklington.

CLEMENTS (William), The Old Rose Public-house, Tanner-st, Bermondsey, licensed victualler. March 1; W. H. Matthews, solicitor, Union Bank-chmbrs, Southwark.

March 25;

CUTTS (James Freeman), 42, Alexander-rd, Upper Holloway, shoe mercer.
H. B. Wedlake, solicitor, Bank-chmbrs, Station-rd, Finsbury Park.
CARR (Henry Wilkinson), Belgrave House, Scarboro', Yorkshire. March 1; E. S. Carr,
solicitor, 325, High Holborn.
DURRANT (Agnes Anne), Littlehampton, Sussex, spinster. March 1; Holmes, Lear,
and Beldam, solicitors, Littlehampton.

DUCKWORTH (Robert Corby Jones), 9. Nab-la, Blackburn, gentleman. Feb. 28;
E. Dennison, solicitor, 26, Richmond-ter, Blackburn.
DUNCAN (Joseph), Holly Bank, Derbyshire-rd, Sale, Cheshire, confectioner. March 25
Needham, Parkinson, Slack, and Needham, solicitors, 10, York-st, Manchester.
EYKYN (Roger), Gayton House, Blisworth, Northamptonshire, and of 13, Upper
Grosvenor-st, gentleman. March 16; R. S. Taylor, Son, and Humbert, solicitors,
4, Field-ct, Gray's-inn.

Manchester.

FINCE (Thomas), 134, Ancomb-st, Greenheys, Manchester, Lancashire, com-
mission agent. March 1; W. L. Welsh and Sons, solicitors, 52, Brown-st,
FRANK (Margaret), wife of William Frank, of Collingwood-rd, West Hartlepool,
Durham, marine engineer. Feb. 27; J. R. Fryer, solicitor, Church-st, West
Hartlepool.

GRASSBY (Sarah Ann), 7, Joseph's-ter, Campbell-st, Kingston-upon-Hull, widow.
Feb. 27; Colbeck and Thompson, solicitors, 12, Parliament-st, Hull.
GREY (Charles), 39, Baker-st, formerly of 125, Finchley-rd, N. W., gentleman.
March 1; Upton, Atkey, and Co., solicitors, 14, Austin Friars.
HUTCHINSON (Mary Chapman), 20, Heath-ter, Leamington, widow. March 1; Wright
and Hassalls, solicitors, 11, Dormer-pl, Leamington.

HARRISON (Thomas), S, West View-ter, Preston, Lancashire, formerly innkeeper.
March 1; J. Clarke, solicitor, 2, Lune-st, Preston.

HUTCHINSON (George), 5, Gloucester-ter, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mechanical engineer; or his widow, HUTCHINSON (Ann). March 1; Dees and Thompson, solicitors, 117, Pilgrim-st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

HOLT, and not Holl as erroneously printed in the Gazette of the 26th ult. (Ellen), 101, Manningham-la, Bradford, Yorkshire, wife of James Holt, a labourer, March 15; Hutchinson and Sons, solicitors, Piccadilly-chmbrs, Piccadilly, Bradford. HAMPTON (Isaac). Kidderminster, Worcestershire, maltster and lime and coal merchant. Feb. 27; Ivens and Morton, solicitors, Kidderminster.

HARVEY (Susan), 28, Long-st, Devizes, Wiltshire, formerly of 3, Norfolk-bldgs, Bath Somersetshire, widow. March 1; Black and Moss, solicitors, 2, Clement's-inn, Strand. HAMMERSLEY (Charles Grey), formerly of 42. Gibson-sq, Islington, late of 20, Eriswellrd, Worthing, Sussex, gentleman. March 13; Leslie, Antill, and Arnold, solicitors, 1, Gresham-bldgs, Basinghall-st.

HONEYMAN (Elizabeth), 38, Ferntower-rd, Highbury, spinster. March 1; Jacobs and
Dixon, solicitors, 2, County-bldgs, Hull.

JONES (Rev. David), 7, Rhodes-st, Halifax, Yorkshire, Congregational minister.
March 1; L. J. Dey, solicitor, 2, Barum-top, Halifax.
JONES (Sarab), Acton Hall, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, wife of Richard Jones. April 1;
R. Oliver, solicitor, 1, Corbet-ct, Gracechurch-st.

JACKSON (George James William), formerly of Plevna-villa, Northumberland Park,
late of 76, Northumberland Park, Tottenham, professor of music. March 9;
W. A. Jennings, solicitor, 179, Kentish Town-rd.
KEEGAN (Elizabeth), 10, Onslow-cres, South Kensington, widow. March 15; Tolhurst,
Lovell, and Clinch, solicitors, Gravesend.

LISTER (Elizabeth), Oak Lodge, Hersham, Surrey, widow. March 1; F. Parkes,

solicitor, 52, Lincoln's-inn-flds.

LIMBERY (Thomas), Newport, Monmouthshire, surgeon. March 9; Rooker and Bazeley, solicitors, Bideford.

MARKEY (Edward Corrigan), C.B., 6, Norris-st, Haymarket, and of Queen's hotel,
Southsea, Hampshire, a surgeon-major-general army medical staff. Feb. 22;
Hopgoods and Dowson, solicitors, 17, Whitehall-pl.
March 1;

MARTIN (Rev. William Eycott), West Farleigh, Kent, clerk in holy orders.
Little and Mills, solicitors, Stroud.

MACKESY (Jane Anne), Brimscombe, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, widow. March 1;
Littler and Mills, solicitors, Stroud.

MOSES (Henry), 31, 33, and 35, Garden-st, and 19, Brook-st, Kingston-upon-Hull,
undertaker. March 25; P. W. Dawson, solicitor, 10, Scale-la, Hull.
MCSWEENEY (Bridget), formerly of Sugar Loaf-ct, Garlick Hill, late of 5, Dodson-st,
Westminster Bridge-rd, spinster. March 13; T. C. Page, solicitor, 171, Queen
Victoria-st.

MURRAY (Nancy), 559. Abbeydale-rd, Sheffield, wife of Lewin Murray. March 2;
Watson, Esam, and Barber, solicitors, 29, Bank-st, Sheffield.
MAWKES (Ann Weston Fowler), Weymouth, and of Melcombe Regis, Dorset, widow.
March 11; Andrews, Barrett, and Andrews, solicitors, Weymouth.
MARS (William), 66, Jersey-st, Ancoats, Manchester, grocer. March 25; Marriott and
Co., solicitors, 12, Norfolk-st, Manchester.

MARRIOTT (John Slack), formerly of 22B, York-st, Manchester, Lancashire, and
of Elm-grove, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, yarn agent, late of Warrenhurst Higher
March 25; Marriott and Co.,
Downs, Rowdon, Cheshire, out of business.
solicitors, 12, Norfolk-st, Manchester.

MAFFETT (Richa d Steer), 11, Egerton-cres, Plymouth, Devonshire, shipwright.
March 20; G. Gidley and Son, solicitors, 17, Saltash-st, Plymouth.
MARSHALL (Samuel), formerly of Sheffield, Yorkshire, late of Heysham-rd,
Morecambe, Lancashire, gentleman. March 31; J. H. Richardson, solicitor, 1,
Bank-st, Bradford.

MARTIN (Sam Webster), Chesterfield, Derbyshire, veterinary surgeon. March 6: J. K. Swallow, one of the executors, at the office of G. E. Carline, chartered accountant, New-sq, Chesterfield; Jones and Middleton, solicitors, Chesterfleld.

MUNT (Jane Selina), 20, Trigon-rd, Clapham-rd, formerly of Lawn House, Harlesden Green-la, Willesden Green, widow. March 6; Burton and Son, solicitors, 82, Blackfriars-rd.

MCCARTHY (Mary), formerly of 25, Earl-st, Finsbury, a married woman. March 12; J. Geaussent, solicitor, 2, Bishopsgate-st Without.

NOAKE (Dorcas Ann), Weymouth, and of Melcombe Regis, Dorset, widow. March 11; Andrews, Barrett, and Andrews, solicitors, Weymouth.

NUTTLE (Elizabeth Williams), Higher Hooe, Plymstock, Devonshire, spinster. March 5: G. H, Selleck, solicitor, George-st, Plymouth.

NICOLL (Samuel John Luke). Westbourne, Winchester, Hampshire. Feb. 28; Shield and Mackarness, solicitors, Alresford, Hants.

PARRY (Ellen). Bagillt, Flintshire, widow. Feb. 5; H. A. Cope, solicitor, Holywell. PRENTIS (Edward), Chalk, near Gravesend, Kent, farmer. March 1; Winch, Greensted, and Winch, solicitors, Sittingbourne.

POLAK (Lewis Hart), 3 and 4, Fowkes-bldgs, Great Tower-st, wine merchant, formerly of Sherborne Farm, Albury, Surrey. March 9; W. Batham, solicitor, 7, Fowkesbldgs, Great Tower-st.

PAXTON (Jane Tod), Marchfield, Harrogate, Yorkshire, widow. March 1; Sanderson and J. K. Weatherhead, solicitors, 1, Quay Walls, Berwick-upon-Tweed. RAWLINSON (Robert), Newmarket, Suffolk, carman. March 1; D'Albani and Ellis, solicitors, Newmarket.

RICKARD (Alfred), the Rowans, Lovelace-grdns, Surbiton, Surrey, who died on board the steamship" Austral" at Port Adelaide in Australia. Feh. 26; Jenkins, Baker, and Co., solicitors, 34, Fenchurch-st.

ROBINSON (Thomas Whiting), Molescroft, near Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, farmer. March 1; H. W. Bainton, solicitor, Beverley.

ROBERTS (William), Hornton, Oxfordshire, farmer. Feb. 28; H. F. Bennett, solicitor, 46, High-st, Banbury.

SWINDELLS (John), The Shirleys, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk throwster. March 31; Barclay and Taylor, solicitors, Exchange-chmbrs, Macclesfield.

SMITH (Elizabeth Mary), Aughton, Lancashire, widow. March 16; Leo Kennedy and
Glover, solicitors, Ormskirk.

SMITH (Hannah Denbigh), New Dykes, Guiseley, Yorkshire, wife of Joseph Smith,
March 1; Ryott and Swan, solicitors, 7, Collingwood-st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
SMITH (Margaret), formerly of 58, Disraeli-rd, late of 12, Norroy-rd, both in Putney,
Surrey, spinster. March 13; W. A. Jennings, solicitor, 179, Kentish Town-rd.
SIMPSON (Arthur Barclay). Torrhill, Ivybridge, Devonshire, gentleman.
March 1;
Simpson, Palmer, and Winder, solicitors, 1, Southwark-st, Borough.
SCOTT (Thomas), East Lilburn, Eglingham, Northumberland, farmer. March 27;
Edell and Gordon, solicitors, 4, King-st, Cheapside.
STODDART (Frances), Mawson hotel, Frances-st, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester,
wife of James Samuel Stoddart. Feb. 22; Broadsmith and Stead, solicitors,
9, Albert-sq, Manchester.

SEED (Phoebe), Breck-rd, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, widow. March 14; Buck, Dicksons, and Cockshott, solicitors, 17, Winckley-st, Preston, Lancashire. SAUNDERS (Ellen Rebecca), 2, Selwyn-avenue, Richmond, Surrey, formerly of 5, Maristowe-ter, Saltash, Cornwall, spinster. March 9; Bolton and Co., 3, Temple-grdns, Temple.

SWINBURNE (Geraldine Bowden), Highfield, Hawkhurst, Kent, widow. March 31; A. Slater, solicitor, 70, Finsbury-pavement.

SHAW (Robert), Colne Hall, Colne. Lancashire, gentleman. March 25; Hartley and Pilgrim, solicitors, Colne, Lancashire.

THOMPSON (Maria), Temple Sowerby, Westmorland, spinster. March 4; Arnison and Co., solicitors, Penrith.

TEASDALE (John), Tyne Vue, Low Fell, Gateshead, gentleman. March I; Ryott and
Son, solicitors, 11, Wellington-st, Gateshead.

THOMAS (Mary Ann Susannah), 40, Braybrooke-rd, Hastings, Sussex, widow. Feb. 28;
Young, Son, and Coles, solicitors, Bank-bldgs, Hastings.
WHITE (Julia Anne), the Butts, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, widow.
March 6; R. Dauncey, solicitor, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
WOODS (John), the Nurseries, Woodbridge, nurseryman. March 27; J. Arnott, one
of the executors, Woodbridge; W. W. Welton, solicitor, Woodbridge.
WILSON (Fanny), Lincoln, widow. Feb. 13; Toynbee Larken, and Toynbee, solicitors,
Bank-st, Lincoln.

WHATELY (Elizabeth Rachel), 42, Oxford-ter, Hyde Park, spinster. Feb. 28; Lee and
Fembertons, solicitors, 44, Lincoln's-inn-flds.

WYSE (Robert), Auburn Hill, Malton, Yorkshire, land agent. March 1; Crust, Todd, Mills, and Sons, solicitors, Beverley.

WESTAWAY (William), Tiverton, tailor. Feb. 28; Ford, Harris, and Ford, solicitors, 25, Southernhay, Exeter.

WOODS (George), Great Glemham, Suffolk, grocer. March 3; W. Arnott and Son, Woodbridge, Suffolk. W. W. Welton, solicitor, Woodbridge.

LAW SOCIETIES.

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY-SPECIAL GENERAL

MEETING.

THE January special general meeting of the Incorporated Law Society took place on Friday, the 29th ult., at the Law Institution, the chair being taken by Mr. Joseph Addison, president.

QUEEN'S JUBILEE-LEGAL EDUCATION-LAND TRANSFER.

The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said there were one or two matters upon which the meeting would no doubt like to hear a few words from him. The first of these had reference to Her Majesty's Jubilee. The Council had recently appointed a committee to consider in what way it would be most fitting for the society to take part in the celebration, and as soon as a scheme had been formulated it would be communicated to the members. The next matter he would like to refer to was in connection with the communications which last year the Council had with the Council of Legal Education, in regard to making the law classes and lectures of that body more available to students in the solicitor branch of the Profession. He had personally had several communications with the Council of Legal Education during the Long Vacation, all of which were of the most friendly and favourable character; and since the Long Vacation he had had further communications with Lord Macnaghten, as representative of that body, and the proposals that the Council of the society put forward were entertained in substance. They had been submitted to the four Inns of Court, by whom the Council of Legal Education is supported, and the Council of the society hoped very soon to have confirmation, through the Council of Legal Education, of the scheme which they suggested. If in the result it could be arranged that the lectures and classes instituted by the Council of Legal Education could be made of real practical value in connection with what was done by the society the Council would only be too glad. The members had, doubtless, noticed in Her Majesty's speech a reference to the subject of land transfer. The Council were not aware whether any Bill had yet been prepared, nor exactly on what lines a Bill would be prepared for giving effect to that suggestion. The Bill which was very carefully framed some time since for the society by Mr. Wolstenholme, had been slightly amended in some by no means important particulars, and had again been forwarded to the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord Chancellor had written to the Council stating that its provisions would receive his most careful consideration. He (the chairman) might further mention that the society was perfectly prepared to give immediate and energetic consideration to any scheme which might be put forward the moment they were able to ascertain what it was, and that the organisation which was so admirably developed by Mr. Benjamin Lake, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Lawrence, for communicating with and ascertaining the views of the Profession through the provincial law societies was still perfectly available, and could be utilised without any delay. No doubt they had also noticed the fact that Mr. Brickdale had been employed and had made a very long report on land transfer in Germany. He (the chairman) imagined it would be found that the conditions affecting land transfer in Germany and the position of the official and professional classes with reference to it were wholly different from the circumstances prevailing in this country. The remuneration both of the official and professional classes in Germany was of such an absolutely unsatisfactory character that they were unable properly to bring up their families, and that was the subject of very considerable discussion and question there at the present time. But he thought that, although one would give every credit to Mr. Brickdale for having endeavoured to find out the facts, and to apply them accurately, he (the chairman) having gone through Mr. Brickdale's report, could not possibly agree with the facts as stated by him, or with the conclusions which he had drawn from those facts. The Council were now endeavouring to obtain full information from authentic sources upon these points; but assuming Mr. Brickdale's report to be correct, and assuming these proceedings of land transfer in Germany were the practice, the suggestion which had been put forward in the Solicitors' Journal was one which naturally occurred to them. The Land Register here had been established thirty-five years, and it had been claimed that in every way practically there had been a satisfactory system, and one in regard to which the cheapness and celerity and other benefits were absolutely incomparable. He was not sure that it told altogether in favour of land registry in this country that for thirty-five years the organisation as a voluntary system had absolutely failed to be either cheap or quite satisfactory to those who had had business with it, and if Mr. Brickdale drew the deduction that if that system were here made compulsory it would therefore necessarily be the delightful scheme it was in Germany, that would be a conclusion he (the chairman) should be slow to follow. At any rate, the matter would receive the very closest scrutiny and consideration. Mr. Ford had given notice of a motion, and he (the chairman) considered it out of place that he should by any remarks at all anticipate what Mr. Ford had to say; certainly he would not think of doing so unless Mr. Ford wished it.

TEACHING UNIVERSITY FOR LONDON.

Mr. CHARLES FORD (London) moved: "That it be an instruction to the council to include in its next annual report to the members of the society a full statement of the proposal to create a London University, so far as such proposal is likely to advance legal education, with special reference to the solicitors' branch of the Profession." He expressed his appreciation of the fact that the president had not attempted to iufluence the meeting by any remarks on the subject. He had had four or five matters he was desirous of bringing forward, but, as he had been told on former occasions that he took up too much of the time of the meetings. he had abstained from giving notice of more than one. The subject of

his motion was one of great importance, and he thought he should show that under ordinary circumstances the members of the society could not expect more than a brief reference to it in the next annual report of the council. The members were aware that before many weeks, or months at all events, there would be a definite and settled scheme for the creation of a Teaching University for London. He believed there were two schemes in existence, and that in either there was a distinct reservation of a seat for some member of the society upon the governing body of that institution. He was naturally somewhat anxious in regard to the matter, because there was no time to be lost, and he rather fancied, not only from the reports of the Council, but perhaps a little also from the observations of the chairman, that there was now a disposition on the part of the council, or of some members of it, to throw themselves into the arms of the Inns of Court and the Council of Legal Education, rather than into the arms of this new body which was abont to be created. Speaking for himself he sincerely hoped that would not be the case. It would be a mistake which they would very soon after deeply regret. The chairman had addressed a large proportion of his remarks to the question of legal education. Members of the council would recollect that he (Mr. Ford) had often joined issue with the Council of the society in regard to what had been done by them in the matter of legal education. He had represented that it was a miserable and poor apology for legal education, and that it was so unsatisfactory that the provinces had been driven to make arrangements for themselves, notably Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham. Some remarks had been made on the subject of legal education in recent reports of the Council, and there were occasions where no reference whatever had been made to it. He was glad that the chairman had not allowed himself to make any observations on the subject, because in the address he delivered at the provincial meeting at Birmingham he (the chairman) referred to this important question, although in the annual report, which only preceded the meeting by a few months, not a solitary word had been said with regard to it. The report and the minutes of evidence of the Commissioners of 1889, with regard to the University of London, showed that Mr. Lake had then taken a decided view. It was clear that Mr. Lake was utterly opposed to the idea of the society having anything to do with a Teaching University for London. This might be the view of other members of the Council, and perhaps of members of the society, but there were certainly considerations which must be specially on the minds of the Council which would not operate so largely on the minds of those outside, and these were those connected with the financial aspects of the matter. If the society should co-operate heartily with the learned professions in establishing a Teaching University for London, they must make some contributions towards the expenses. He was glad to notice in one of the reports a statement that the commissioners had gathered that there wonld be a somewhat handsome contribution from the society. The commissioners said in their report that the society would be disposed to provide a substantial contribution to a system of instruction, and they therefore proposed that the society should be represented on the governing body of the university. Unfortunately, the next page of the annual report stated that the Council adhered emphatically to the views. expressed in 1892 in the evidence given before the commissioners by Mr Pennington, to the effect that no mere theoretical training in the law would suffice for the education of the solicitor, and that the society would not be prepared to part with their present control over the education of articled clerks in favour of that given by a teaching university. This was a most unfortunate state of things, because it seemed that there was a majority of the members of the Council who were opposed to assisting in this most excellent proposal. In most of the annual reports nothing at all was said about legal education, nothing certainly was said upon the question of the proposed Teaching University. In the annual report for 1896, however, there was a very short paragraph in which the members were told that the present system of instruction to articled clerks by tutors established at the Law Institution was making progress, and the results attained at recent examinations by candidates who had availed themselves of it had been very satisfactory; "but the system has not yet been largely adopted, although the number of students shows a considerable increase." That was the latest they were told upon this important subject. The remarks of the chairman to-day pointed to the notion that he was not at all satisfied. It was better than nothing to learn that the Council were in correspondence with the Inns of Court, with the view of taking advantage of the system of education provided in connection with the four Inns of Court, for the benefit of articled clerks. In the annual report for 1895 there was a reference to the subject of establishing a teaching university for London, but it was most discouraging. In the report of the Royal Commission, before which Mr. Lake gave evidence, it appeared from that evidence that there was a considerable increase amongst solicitors of men who had taken University degrees. Mr. Lake also told the Commission that the question of legal education had not been neglected, and, said he, £150 had been given to Liverpool, something to Birmingham, a small sum to Newcastle, and something to Manchester. And there it ended, so far as the society's endeavours to promote legal education in the provinces were concerned. But Mr. Lake had further said that the Council were prepared to extend the system of law lectures and classes wherever there was a sufficient demand for them. That statement had been made in 1889, and from that day to this no other contribution had been made to any other city or town for the purpose. Therefore, that was a statement by Mr. Lake which, so far as experience and facts went, did not appear to be borne out. The effect of his (Mr. Ford's) evidence before the Commission was, that he was desirous of taking away from the society altogether the matter of legal education, so far as articled clerks were concerned. That was a suggestion which must have a paralyzing effect upon the minds of some of the members of the Council, who were shrewd enough to see that the effect would be that the financial position of the society would at once be in a very bad state.

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Mr. GRINHAM KEEN (London) said that had nothing to do with it. Mr. FORD asserted that, if all control of legal education were taken away from the Council, it would follow that so much must be taken away of the revenue which was derived from law students. He knew there were members of the Council who took a deep interest in the subject, and none more so than the chairman, but he could not believe that every member of the Council, was equally earnest upon the question. He appealed to the Council that they would promise, whatever the view of the majority of their body might be, that when they presented their next annual report they would tell the members all they could upon this very important question, and of course the members could not object if the Council said also that they were not disposed to look very favourably upon any connection with the movement. He submitted that the very fact that in the last two reports there was no mention of the Teaching University justified him in bringing forward the motion. He did distinguish between the training of the lawyer's office and the training necessary to make a good sound lawyer. In his opinion both were necessary. In regard to the former all was done perhaps that might be required, but the instruction given in the law he had always felt was very far short of what it ought to be. The Council would remember that there were facilities for passing from one branch of the Profession to the other, and even from that point of view surely they ought to take care that solicitors should be men who would hold their own with the members of the other branch in regard to legal learning and knowledge and the study of the law.

The motion was not seconded, and therefore failed.

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The CHAIRMAN remarked that he did not know that he need say anything on the subject. He sympathised with Mr. Ford with regard to his anxiety in all that concerned legal education. He did not think that the Council or any member of the society was quite satisfied with the existing state of things. He thought, too, that, if Mr. Ford considered the society's balance-sheet, he would appreciate the fact that, much as they desired, it was very little the Council could do. The subject of a teaching university for London was of course a very weighty one. It included a very great number of learned bodies and learned professions. The Council understood that it was likely that this year some scheme would be put forward. It was probable that a Bill would be introduced into Parliament for the appointment of a commission to settle the scheme, and as soon as anything of the kind took place the members of the society might rely that the Council-there were many members of it who took a deep interest in the matter would give to any such scheme its best attention. But saying that, he doubted whether it would be expedient, and he thought the sense of the meeting was with him, that the society should pass a resolution directing the Council what it should or should not put in its annual reports.

HARDWICKE SOCIETY.

THE weekly meeting was held on Friday, Jan. 29, in the Inner Temple Lecture Hall, King's Bench Walk, at eight o'clock. Mr. J. F. Iselin (hon. sec.) moved, and Mr. E. T. Slater opposed the following resolution, which was carried: "That the Newspaper Press exercises an influence which is out of all proportion to its real importance."-Yesterday (Friday) evening Sir Herbert Stephen moved, "That persons accused of crime and tried before juries, ought not to be competent witnesses in their own cases."-On Friday, Feb. 12, Mr. F. O. Crump, Q.C., will propose: "That the constitution and procedure of our Common Law Courts require amendment."

UNITED LAW SOCIETY.

ON Monday, the 1st inst., Mr. C. W. Williams in the chair, after the disposal of private business, a debate was opened by Mr. C. H. Kirby on the motion, "That the decision of His Honour Judge Sir A. G. Marten, in Re Ginger (Law Times, 31st Oct. 1896), was wrong." Mr. W. J. Boycott opposed; and Messrs. A. M. Begg, S. E. Hubbard, N. Tebbutt, A. H. Richardson, W. F. Symonds, H. Reed, C. W. Williams, and W. S. Sherrington also spoke on the subject; Mr. Kirby replied, but eventually lost his motion by seven votes.

UNION SOCIETY OF LONDON.

THE society met at the Inner Temple Lecture Hall, on Wednesday evening, the 3rd inst., Mr. J. A. Price, president, in the chair. After the reading of the minutes and the disposal of private business, Mr. W. R. Kinipple brought forward the motion on the agenda paper, viz.: “ That, in the opinion of this House, the so-called civilisation of the present age is detrimental to the best interests of mankind." Speakers: For the motion, Messrs. Willson, Lyons, and Stevens; against, Messrs. Brown and Price. The motion was carried.-The society will meet at the Inner Temple Lecture Hall, 3 (North) King's Bench Walk, on Wednesday evenings, Feb. 10, 17, and 24, at eight o'clock. Subjects for debate : Wednesday, Feb. 10, "That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to increase the strength of the army and navy without further delay." Opener, Mr. Edward Atkin.-Wednesday, Feb. 17, "That in the opinion of this House some restriction should be placed upon the liberty of the Press." Opener, Mr. R. Pike Glasgow.-Wednesday, Feb. 24, "That serious alterations are required in the laws relating to Divorce in this country." Opener, Mr. Haythorne Reed.Private business, Feb. 10: The Hon. Secretary will move the following resolution: "That the Committee is authorised to expend out of the

funds of the society a sum of (not exceeding) £10 on the occasion of the meeting of the House when ladies are invited. The Hon. Secretary will be obliged if members will enter subjects for debate in the book provided for that purpose. Members of the Oxford and Cambridge Unions, the Juridical Society of London, the Historical Society of Dublin, and the Speculative Society of Edinburgh are elected without ballot.

BLACKBURN INCORPORATED LAW ASSOCIATION. THE fifteenth annual general meeting of the association was held in the Law Library, Blackburn, on Friday, the 29th ult.: Mr. C. A. Sanderson, the President, in the chair. There were also present: Messrs. N. Backhouse, J. W. Carter, R. B. Cliff, Bancroft Haworth, J. W. Marsden, John Wilding, and George Porter (hon. sec.). The accounts and report were considered and passed, and the holidays for the year were fixed. Mr. H. J. Robinson was re-elected hon. treasurer, and Mr. George Porter was re-elected hon. secretary. Messrs. B. Haworth, R. B. Cliff, and C. W. Marsden were elected to serve on the committee for the term of three years, and Messrs. B. Haworth and A. Reed were re-elected auditors.

We take the following from the report of the committee :ADJUDICATION OF DEEDS THROUGH THE POST OFFICE.-Referring to the last report, your committee have conducted a long correspondence with the Board of Inland Revenue, but were unable to obtain the desired facilities. Your committee laid the correspondence before the Associated Provincial Law Societies, and by the direction of the committee the hon. secretary attended a meeting of these societies, and moved a resolution, which was unanimously passed, in favour of the desired facilities being granted, and your committee undertook, at the request of the societies, to prepare a statement for transmission to the board in support of the resolution. This statement was duly prepared and forwarded, with the resolution, to the board by the hon. sec. of the associated societies, and in reply the board have again intimated that they are unable to grant the facilities asked for. Your committee have under consideration the advisability of proceeding further in the matter. It may be useful to mention the objections stated by the board to the proposal. They are, briefly, that the board consider (1) That the personal attendance of a person leaving a deed cannot be dispensed with; (2) that the risk of loss of deeds will be increased both in course of transit and at the offices of the board; (3) that there would be additional expense to the revenue.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (LANCASHIRE SITTINGS) BILL.-Your committee have again supported this Bill. In view of the deputation of the 20th Feb. 1896, resolutions in favour of the Bill were passed and forwarded to the Lord Chancellor. Your committee understand that at the request of the Lord Chancellor a statement upon the subject has been prepared by the Liverpool Law Society, and forwarded to his Lordship, and that such statement is still under his Lordship's consideration.

SOLICITORS' MAGISTRACY BILL.-In accordance with a request from the Incorporated Law Society, U.K., your committee adopted a form of petition in favour of this Bill. The petition was presented by Sir William Coddington, Bart., M.P. The object of the Bill was to remove the existing disqualification of solicitors for appointment as magistrates for counties in which they practice, but at the prorogation of Parliament the Bill had only reached the Committee stage in the House of Commons.

COUNTY COURT (RIGHT OF AUDIENCE) BILL.-Your committee supported the provisions of this Bill. The object of the Bill, which was prepared by the Incorporated Law Society, U.K., was to give a right of audience to a solicitor-clerk in the permanent and exclusive employ of the solicitor in the case, and to enable a solicitor to instruct another to appear as his advocate in the County Court.

STAMPS ON TRANSFERS OF MORTGAGE.-The secretary of the Incorporated Law Society, U.K., forwarded to your committee a copy of a communication, dated the 26th Feb. 1896, from the Board of Inland Revenue to him, laying down the principle which in the future will be followed in the adjudication of stamp duties upon deeds of this kind. A copy of this communication has been sent to every member of the association.

COUNTRY REPRESENTATION ON THE COUNCIL OF THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY, U.K.-The Associated Provincial Law Societies have for some time been considering this question, and at a meeting of the societies, held on the 9th April last, a committee was appointed to prepare a scheme upon certain lines then settled. Your committee suggested some amendments to the scheme, which were agreed to, and the scheme was finally adopted at a meeting of the societies held on the 2nd July last. A copy of the scheme has been sent to all the members of the association.

YORKSHIRE LAW SOCIETY.

THE 110th annual meeting was held at the Station Hotel, York, on Thursday, the 28th ult., when, in the absence of the president, Mr. E. Gray, Mr. Atkinson, of Selby, the vice-president, occupied the chair. The report, which had been previously circulated amongst the members, showed that the society now consisted of 102 members. Reference was made to the important alteration of the rules last year, and to the adoption of a trust deed, whereby the property of the society had been vested in nine trustees. The removal of the Law Library to the old Council Chamber in the Guildhall, the purchase of new books and still further proposed purchases, the appointment of Mr. J. T. Atkinson as president for 1897 (who, we may observe, was president in 1895, and who was elected one of the extraordinary members of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society,

and had attended during his term of office every meeting of the Council, and that this is only the second time in 110 years anyone has been reelected as president), and also the proposed election of Mr. T. G. Mann, York, as vice-president, and concluded with drawing attention to various Acts of Parliament affecting the Profession.

After the confirmation of the minutes of the 28th July last, wherein reference was made to the visit of Mr. Addison, the president of the Incorporated Law Society that day, and a most cordial vote of congratulation having been given him also as a Yorkshireman on his appointment as president of the Incorporated Law Society, the election of Mr. T. G. Mann as vice-president was confirmed, and the report adopted, and the following gentlemen, along with the past presidents and vice-presidents and officers, were appointed the committee for the ensuing year, viz., H. Andrew (town clerk), H. W. Badger, Mr. Ald. Dale, H. Green (Howden), J. N. Jefferson (Northallerton). D. S. Mackay, A. Procter, H. L. Swift, J. Teasdale (Ripon), F. D. Wise, and P. R. Wood. A cordial vote of thanks was given to the officers and committee for their past services, and great regret was expressed at the absence of the president and the treasurer (Mr. R. Perkins).

A resolution congratulating Mr. McGuire, the late Town Clerk of York, on his appointment as Town Clerk of Bradford, and thanks for his services as librarian, was unanimously passed.

Five new members were unanimously elected, and afterwards the members aud their friends dined together at the Station Hotel, under the presidency of Mr. Atkinson, who was supported by the Lord Mayor of York, Mr. A. Middleton, president Leeds Law Society, and Mr. E. T. Wilkinson, as guests of the society.

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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.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has selected Lord HERSCHELL and Mr. Justice HENN COLLINS to be the British members of the Tribunal of Arbitration on the boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela.

Mr. MATTINSON, Q.C., Recorder of Blackburn, has been elected Treasurer of the Honourable Society of Gray's-inn, for the ensuing year, in succession to Master James Mulligan, whose term of office will expire on the 26th April.

Mr. M. S. GROSVENOR WOODS, Q.C., has been elected a Bencher of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-inn, in succession to the late Sir Travers Twiss, Q.C.

Mr. WILLIAM WALTER BRODIE, solicitor, has been appointed Clerk to the Magistrates of the Llanelly Division, Carmarthenshire. Mr. Brodie was admitted in March 1885.

Mr. J. H. HALLSWORTH, solicitor, of 36, Clegg-street, Oldham, has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths. Mr. Hallsworth was admitted in Aug. 1889.

Mr. CLEMENT E. ARNOULD, of the firm of A. H. Arnould and Son, 10, New-court, Lincoln's-inn, has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths. Mr. Arnould was admitted in Nov. 1888.

LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL.

THE JANUARY INTERMEDIATE. THE January Intermediate was a fair examination, and is a good specimen of the kind of test to which an articled clerk should be subjected at this stage of his articles. In the present edition of Stephen's Commentaries there is a quantity of new matter, especially on Death Duties and in the chapter on Uses and Trusts. The examiners, however, let candidates off easily in this respect; in fact, it would hardly have been fair on a candidate who failed in November, and who had scarcely six weeks between the result of the November examination and the present ordeal to expect from him a quantity of additional knowledge. So in Head I. we find the usual kind of question on the modes of destroying a joint tenancy, parol leases, the rule in Shelley's case, &c. One question came from the Settled Land Acts. The devolution of property on an intestacy came in for two questions, one in Head I. on realty, and the other in Head II. It is curious that the whole blood and half blood should have figured so prominently in each. The chapters on "rights in private relations" had allotted to them as many as four questions, and as the important chapter on contracts absorbed two more, there was not very much left for the rest. Still, it would be rather an advantage if the preliminary portion of vol. 1 of Stephen could be dealt with under this head rather than in Head III., for the mass of reading to be done in vol. 3 is much heavier than that in vol. 2. The only point taken from the preliminary portion of Stephen was on "The Colonial Laws Validity Act (28 & 29 Vict. c. 63.) Other matters dealt with were distress. mischievous dogs, malicious prosecution, and the difference of effect between the real property limitation statutes and those barring personal

claims.

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.

CHANCERY BUSINESS.-I read with a great amount of surprise the letter of your correspondent who describes himself "Chancery Solicitor" in your last Saturday's issue. I have for the last twenty years been a clerk in the Chancery department of a firm of solicitors practising in London, and spent mostly four or five hours a day in the various Chancery offices, and, as far as my experience is concerned, the complaints made in your correspondent's letter as to the manner in which the Chancery business is carried on by the junior clerks in chambers are wholly unfounded. I have myself always been met with civility, attention, and expedition in the drawing up of orders in chambers, and more especially Paymaster-General's orders. I also disagree with your correspondent's remarks relating to the transaction of business in the registrars' chambers. I will give you my reason in only one case as a specimen. A short while ago I obtained an injunction in court, the registrar drew up the order, it was passed and entered and served on the defendant by four o'clock the same day the order was made, and this happened to be on a Saturday. I do not see the "obvious reasons "for your correspondent withholding his name, and I may add that the mere drawing up of an order is work generally conducted by a clerk, but your correspondent seems to have taken the work out of his clerk's hands, and this may account for his not getting on so fast with his order as he desired. W. D. MACFARLANE.

NOTICE TO SOLICITORS.-The Provincial Solicitors' Union Limited (93, Chancery-lane, W.C.) undertakes only such lay agency as is usually transacted by Law Stationers, and accepts the same scale of charges. The Union does not undertake any agency which legally requires the services of a London solicitor. All the members of the Union are solicitors. Established 1894.-[ADVT.]

THE VOLUNTARY HONOURS EXAMINATION. COMPARATIVELY recent case-law and legislation are the subjects more especially touched upon at the "honours" examination, and to some the examination looks easier than the "pass." In the first question the student would have ample opportunity to deal with the series of cases which commenced with Re Briggs and Spier (L. Rep. 2 Ch. 127) and culminated with Re Brall (69 L. T. Rep. 323; 62 L. J. 457, Q. B.). Questions on the Finance Act 1894, Conveyancing Act 1881, Married Women's Property Act 1882, and the Settled Land Act 1890, are sprinkled over the paper. In Question 5 the examiner instructs on the danger of reciting in conveyance the fact that the property was purchased at auction under certain particulars and conditions. The validity of destroying a power of appointment by release as exemplified by some recent cases was required from the candidates who were ambitious of obtaining the "John Mackrell" prize. Any decently prepared candidate would manage to do a creditable equity paper, but it would require a very strong man to approximate closely to full marks, as it opened with a question which involves the pith of a refined judgment of Lord Justice Bowen in the case of Re Rownson; Field v. White (52 L. T. Rep. 825; 29 Ch. Div. 358). Among other cases which will be found useful we notice Dickinson v. Dodds (34 L. T. Rep. 607), Barnes v. Addy (30 L. T. Rep. 4; L. Rep. 9 Ch. 244), &c. Question 17, on an infant's marriage settlement, was a little too easy for an honours test. The Common Law and Bankruptcy paper contained a question on Xenos v. Wickham (16 L. T. Rep. 800; L. Rep. 2 H. of L. Cas. 296), a case which does not appear to disclose a very satisfactory state of law, but beyond two good bankruptcy questions there was nothing remarkable about this paper. The examiner in Probate wanted to know what degree of undue influence must be established to invalidate a will-a point which a good many people would like to know. That entering a caveat by a married woman is not "instituting proceedings" within the meaning of the Married Women's Property Act 1893 has been tested in a recent case, which most of the candidates would know. Among the Divorce questions, the well-known case of Stanhope v. Stanhope and Adye (54 L. T. Rep. 906) is noticeable. As regards very recent legislation the Larceny Act 1896

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