side should as of right and without leave be entitled to remove into the High Court any claim exceeding £100. Large jurisdiction is already given to the county court in other directions, and your committee append a list of anomalies (See Appendix B.). Service of Process.-The attention of your committee has been directed to the serious evils of the present system of the official service of process and execution of warrants by county court bailiffs, and the delay that frequently takes place. This urgently calls for the notice of the authorities. It is an anomaly to give a creditor a right to a default summons and to judgment within eight days, if the county court bailiffs take an unlimited time for service of such process. There is a widespread impression that in many instances bailiffs are very lax in the performance of their functions. The committee refrain from using stronger words of condemnation; the proceedings in a metropolitan county court, published some time since, being sufficient evidence of the evils which it is desired to redress. Your committee have referred to, and repeat, the recommendations contained in the report dated 1887 of the committee of the society appointed in 1882 upon this subject as follows: "All persons acting as bailiffs should be subject to more stringent control." Your committee recommend: "That where a solicitor is employed he be at liberty to serve any process issued out of the county court in the same manner as similar process issued out of the High Court, provided the costs are not thereby increased; and that, under special circumstances, service be allowed by registered post without order." Under the existing rules personal service of a judgment summons is absolutely necessary, and the county court bailiff can alone serve the first judgment summons. In practice he seldom succeeds. Your committee recommend: "That either the plaintiff or his solicitor, or anyone in their respective employment, be allowed to serve any judgment summons (including the first), and that provision be made for substituted service upon order or even by registered post without order under special circumstances, as, for example, after two abortive attempts at personal service." * Your committee refer, in support of their recommendations, to the statutory provision for service by registered letter of all process and documents allowed by the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883, in election petitions. Hearing.-Your committee recommend: "That when practicable special days be fixed for jury and remitted cases, and a list published two days before return day, and later cases to be marked 'Not before 12,' or as the case may require. That special days be similarly fixed for cases over £20, in which counsel or solicitor appears. That registrars have jurisdiction (without consent) in contract cases over £2 and not exceeding £5, with an appeal to the judge by leave of the registrar or judge. That registrars have power, with consent of parties, to hear and determine all money claims between £5 and £50; a registrar to have the right, after part hearing, to send any such case for trial by the judge, and that there be a right of appeal to the judge without special leave. That, instead of the provisions as to accounts and inquiries in ord. 12, r. 5a, cases involving accounts or inquiries be issued on a form similar to the High Court originating summons and an appointment at once obtained before the registrar, who, if satisfied that such account or inquiry could better be taken out of court than before the judge in court, should be empowered to order the same to be so taken and proceed thereon. That so soon as the account or inquiry be completed the case be set down for trial and the judge be supplied by the registrar with copy of the account or his certificate as to the result of the inquiry, and a note as to all items not admittedor disputed by either party. That the provisions of section 72 of the County Court Act, 1888, and of ord. 51, r. 1, relating to parties appearing by agents other than solicitors, be amended so as to prevent debt collectors appearing for suitors or as advocates under the guise of witnesses or otherwise, either on the hearing of claims or judgment summonses.' Audience in County Courts.-Your committee think that one solicitor should be allowed to represent another solicitor in county court matters, and hope that the council may be able to secure that right-at all events, in the case of clerks to solicitors who are themselves certificated solicitors. Default Summons Procedure.-Your committee consider the present procedure under this head to be very unsatisfactory. It involves in practice greater delay than in the case of an ordinary summons by reason especially of the invitation on the face of the summons to a defendant to tear off the printed notice to defend and so gain considerable time. The expense and trouble of a preliminary affidavit is an unnecessary deterrent; and the requirement of personal service by either the bailiff or by a clerk, in the exclusive employ of the plaintiff or his solicitor, is another deterrent. Your committee instance as also unsatisfactory the practice of some of the metropolitan courts requiring an affidavit of service of a default summons to be filed even where a defendant gives a notice of defence or consents to judgment, and in allowing no costs where a defendant does not appear at the trial after giving notice of defence. Your committee recommend: "That in an action commenced by default summons for a sum of £5 or upwards no defence be allowed except upon leave obtained from the registrar ex parte on oath or affidavit. That a notice of defence to, or notice of leave to defend, a default summons should bear a court fee of 1s. on amounts under £20 and 2s. on amounts over £20. That ord. 7, rule No. 33A, providing that judgment shall not be entered on a default summons after two months from service, be rescinded, as it has the effect of preventing any arrangement between the parties without paying the judgment fee, and increases costs and necessitates registration of the judgment if the debt exceeds £10. That in cases where a notice of defence is signed by a solicitor, or where a solicitor, two clear days before hearing, informs the court and his adversary that he is instructed, the case be put into the defended list for the hour at which the judge will The practice in the Mayor's Court, London. take such list. That the practice of all the metropolitan county courts be assimilated by allowing plaintiffs in all cases their costs of appearing on a default summons when the defendant has given notice to defend and does not appear to defend." Allowances to Witnesses.-" That Ord. 50, r. 26, be struck out, and both plaintiff and defendant, or any person in their employ, be entitled to the same allowances as other witnesses." Actions against Debtors Residing Out of the District of the Court.-Your committee had intended to offer some observations on this subject; but having at the request of the council recently made a separate and special report on the proposed new rules of practice, your committee refer to such report, which strongly urges that no substantial change should be made in the existing system. Execution. That steps should be taken to facilitate prompt execution of warrants, as the present delay is most unsatisfactory, and often amounts to a denial of justice to a creditor who has actually obtained judgment. Evidence.-Ord. 18, r. 10, as to evidence by affidavit, is practically futile. With the view of saving costs, your committee recommend: "That this matter receive the attention of the County Court Rule Committee, in order to make the existing rule effective." as Central Metropolitan Court.-Your committee have considered this question as remitted to them by the council, and take the opportunity of expressing their concurrence in the resolutions previously passed by the society to the effect, that, looking to the volume of substantial work now thrown into the scattered London county courts, a central metropolitan issuing office is immediately called for, and that in the interests alike of the bar, solicitors, and suitors all remitted town cases should be grouped and tried in some building adjacent to the Royal Courts of Justice." Your committee, however, recommend: "That having regard to the congested state of business in the metropolitan county courts, it is expedient, until the proposed Central Court for the hearing of remitted cases is formed, that orders remitting cases shall not continue to be made, of course' under section 65 of the County Courts Act, 1888." Judgment Summons Procedure.-Your committee consider this procedure at present to be too expensive and most unsatisfactory, and recommend "That the command to appear to a judgment summons after a tender of conduct money to the debtor be equivalent to a subpoena served upon a witness, the amount of such conduct money to be fixed on the issue of the summons. That a judgment summons contain an intimation in the same form as is set out in Form 145 B, with such additions as may be necessary to give effect to the preceding recommendation. That a judg ment creditor have the right to issue judgment summonses in the court in which judgment is obtained against a judgment debtor residing anywhere, on tender to the judgment debtor upon service of the judgment summons of reasonable and proper conduct money, the amount thereof to be fixed on the issue of the summons. That the registrars of metropolitan courts and of courts having bankruptcy jurisdiction have power to hear first judgment summonses and to make orders for payment by instalments. That, while agreeing that, whenever practicable, the summons should be personally served, if it appear to the court that reasonable efforts have been made to effect personal service, and either that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the summons has come to the knowledge of the debtor, or that he wilfully evades service, an order should be made as if personal service had been effected upon such terms as the court thinks fit." The Position of Solicitors practising in the County Court.-The attention of the committee has been directed to the anomalous position of solicitors. Even where a solicitor has issued the summons, and signed (in accordance with the existing rules) the particulars with a note that he will accept service of all process on behalf of his client, or where he has given notice of defence with a similar intimation, notices are often forwarded by the court officials to the litigants themselves, causing unnecessary trouble and expense. Your committee have referred to ord. 67, r. 7, of the Supreme Court Rules, and recommend: "That in cases in which a solicitor giving his address signs the particulars of claim or notice of defence on behalf of a client or clients, all court communications hitherto usually sent to the plaintiff direct, be sent to such solicitor." (Cf. Ord. 67, r. 7, of the Supreme Court.) Costs. "That the scale of costs in cases of £20 and upwards should include a special allowance to solicitor-advocate for preparing for and conducting hearing of not less than £2 28. or not more than £10 103. The amount to be fixed on taxation. That costs incurred, including court fees, in endeavouring to enforce a judgment or order by way of execution other than equitable execution and not recovered under such execution, or costs incurred in endeavouring to enforce a judgment or order by way of judgment summons for a committal or application for a fresh order for payment under ord. 23, r. 14, or commitment warrants, be included in the amount due under such judgment or order." Your committee recommend as stated under the heading Judgment Summons Procedure: "That rule 38A of order 25 be extended to allowing plaintiffs the costs of solicitors (limited to 103.), appearing on all judg ment or committal summonses," your committee recommend: "That solicitors be allowed a fee on issuing execution." With reference to a question submitted to your committee by the council as to the costs incurred where a litigant withdraws within five days of the return day, your committee are of opinion: "That in all cases where a litigant withdraws within five days of the trial he should be liable for all reasonable costs incurred by his opponent up to the date of such withdrawal." The attention of your committee was drawn to a practice of the City of London Court, when the amount recovered is reduced below £10, and counsel attending is not certified for, of disallowing the solicitor's costs of attending, so that the adversary neither pays counsel nor solicitor. Your committee were of opinion that this was a mistaken construction of the rules * and on their recommendation the society supported an appeal. The existing practice of allowances to solicitor litigants in person in the county courts being inconsistent with the decision in London Scottish Benefit Society v. Chorley (L. R. Q. B. 13). Your committee are of opinion "That a solicitor litigant in person, whether plaintiff or defendant, be allowed the proper costs of a solicitor in the county court, in accordance with the decision in the above case." Your committee adopt the recommendations contained in the report, dated July, 1887, of the Committee of 1882 (so far as unaffected by subsequent legislation), as follows:-"There should be, as far as possible, uniformity of practice. In remitted cases, and in cases of £20 and upwards, the judge be empowered to issue commissions to take evidence abroad. The registration of all county court judgments be suspended for fourteen days after final ascertainment of the amount due thereon and default in payment thereunder " (as in the City of London Court. Cf. Order 36, Rule 1.) "County court judgments for sums exceeding £20 (exclusive of costs) should carry interest as in the superior courts." Generally.-Your Committee have considered a question submitted to them by the council, as to how far a solicitor may, having regard to section 118 of the County Court Act 1888, make charges for work done on the instructions of his client, incidental to a County Court action, but which work is not covered by the scale allowances. Having regard to the decision in Re Dod, 21 Q. B. D. 242, in which Re Emanuel, 9 Q. B. D. 408, was considered, it would appear that all work done in the course of employment to conduct a county court action is covered by the scale allowances, and nothing beyond can be charged as between solicitor and client unless the Judge otherwise certifies-at all events in cases under £10. Yo ir committee, however, propose to make, at an early date, a supplement report dealing with costs only, and to make further reports, when time I ermits, on such other matters as may seem needfu'. Your committee trust that with the view of obtaining alterations in the rules on such of the above matters as can be altered without legislation, the council will forward to the County Court Rule Committee a copy of this report, together with such resolutions as the council itself may think fit to pass thereon. It is also hoped that provision will be made that a member of the council, nominated by the council, shall become a member of the County Court Rule Committee, in the same manner as the President of the Incorporated Law Society is now an ex officio member of the Supreme Court Rule Committee. Signed on behalf of the Committee, FRANCIS K. MUNTON, Chairman. LAW INSTITUTION: December, 14, 1897. For every Judgment Summons under the Debtors Act, 1869, upon a Judgment or order of a County Court, 3d. in the pound on so much of the amount of the original demand and costs as, in obedience to the order of the Curt, should have been paid at the time of the issue of the summons. Where such last-mentioned amount does not exceed 203., an additional fee of 6d.; and where such amount does exceed 20s., an additional fee of 1s. For every hearing of the matters mentioned in any Judgment Summons, 6d. in the pound on the amount upon which the fee on the summons would have been calculated had the summons been issued upon a judgment or order of a County Court. NOTE.-The Divisional Court (Day and Lawrance, JJ.) has since held that the practice in the City of London Court is unwarranted (Wool's Patent Brick Co. (Limited) v. Cloke, not publicly reported). For issuing every order of Commitment, upon a judgment or order of a County Court, 1s. 6d. in the pound on the amount upon which the fee on the hearing is calculated. REGISTRAR'S FEES.-(Additional to above.) For sealing every Warrant, Order of Commitment, Precept, or Writ issued from, or on a judgment of, a court other than a County Court, 6d. in the pound on the amount for which it issues (so that the total fee does not exceed 10s.). For issuing a Judgment Summons upon a judgment or order of a court other than a County Court, 2s. 6d. HIGH BAILIFF'S FEES.-(Also additional.) For every Default Summons where not served by a solicitor, 18. For service of every Judgment Summons issued upon a judgment of a court other than a County Court, 58. Note. The Courts insist upon trying to serve the first Judgment Summons. For executing every Warrant or Order of Commitment, issued on a judgment of a court other than a County Court, 1s. in the pound on the amount for which it issues, so that the total fee does not exceed 20s, Interpleaders transferred from High Court ... SOCIETIES. PECUNIARY LIMIT. Unlimited. £50. £50. Unlimited. ... £50 annual value. £500. ::: £200 personalty und £300 realty £300. Unlimited. Unlimited. £500, £100. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY. THE Annual General Court of the Alliance Assurance Company was held on Wednesday at the Head Offices, Bartholomew Lane, the Rt. Hon. LORD ROTHSCHILD, the chairman, presiding. The report stated that the volume of new life business transacted during the year had exceeded that of any previous year in the history of the company. The number of new policies issued was 1,571, the gross sum assured by such policies amounting to £1,216,568, while the net sum assured, after deducting reassurances, was £1,002,068. The gross new premiums, including single premiums, amounted to £64,032, and the net new premiums, after deducting premiums on reassurances, to £56,706. The total life premium income on new policies and on renewals amounted to £315,670 12s. 5d.; the consideration for annuities to £51,056 15s. 9d.; and the interest (less Income Tax) on Life Assurance Fund and registration fees to £105,874 3s. 3d., making a total of £472,601 11s. 5d. The claims, surrender values, cash bonuses, annuities, &c., amounted to £224,513 15s. 11d., and the expenses of management, including commission (being 10 per cent. of the net life premiums), to £31,567 1s. 3d., making a total of £256,080 17s. 2d.; and leaving a net surplus of £216,520 14s. 3d.; the net fire premium income for the year was £536,651 6s.; fire claims, including ample provision for all outstanding claims, amounted to £54 4s. 6d. per cent. of the premium income and the expenses of management (including commission) at the head office and all the branches and agencies of the company to £34 53. 10d. per cent. of the premium income. The surplus on these accounts, including interest (less Income Tax), amounted to £113,694 10. 8d. Such surplus had been applied as follows:-£5,000 in writing down the cost of the company's premises; £3,216 163. 5d. in payment of Income Tax on profit, &c.; £100,000 to cover the dividend on the share capital for the year 1898; £5,477 14s. 3d. to increase the Fire Insurance Fund, making a total of £113,694 10s. 8d. The amount of the Leasehold and Investment Policies Fund had increased during the year from £50,188 2s. 5d. to £63,501 10s. 7d. The total funds of the company amounted to £4,591,448 5s. 9d.-viz.: Paid-up capital, £550,000; Life Assurance Fund, £2,946,582 16s. 4d.; Fire Insurance Fund, £787,372 18s. 8d.; Leasehold and Investment Policies Fund, £63,501 10s. 7d.; Profit and Loss Account, £100,000; reserve for outstanding claims, dividends, accrued commission and expenses, £143,991 Os. 2d. The directors had rosolved on paying the same dividend as in the previous year-namely, £100,000, being 8s. per share on the paid-up capital of £550,000. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said: It is now my pleasing duty to make the annual statement to the shareholders, but before I proceed to make any remarks on the general business of the company, I think that the shareholders will be gratified to know that the action which the Alliance Company was bringing against Sir Tatton Sykes has, I will not say fallen to the ground, but has been virtually won by the company, inasmuch as Sir Tatton Sykes has withdrawn his defence to the first action, and has paid us the interest which we have claimed. It is a matter of great relief, I am sure, to all our shareholders, to see that we have not advanced money on valueless security. I want now to call attention to the annual report, which has been sent to all the shareholders. No doubt they have noticed that the amount of new business in the Life Department is unprecedentedly large, and I only hope it will increase. The shareholders will remember that, some few years ago, our life business was put on a different footing from what it had been before, and we stated to all those who were likely to insure that the expenditure in that department was guaranteed to be not more than 10 per cent. Such a step as that naturally would at first throw a portion of the expenditure on the Fire Account, but the increase in our Life business has been so great that, although the expenditure in the Life Account is limited to 10 per cent., the Life Account can pay the whole of the expenditure, and I think that presently it will make hardly if any claim upon the Fire Account; so that, if our Life business increases, certainly the 10 per cent. will fully cover all expenditure in that branch. The Fire Account is a very simple one, and the shareholders will see that we are enabled to pay the same dividend as last year, and to increase our Reserve Fund or Fire Insurance Fund by about £5,000. No doubt this may be considered, and ought to be considered, very satisfactory, that we should be in a position, without entrenching on our Reserve Fund, to pay the same dividend as we have done for so many years back. But I must tell the share holders that, so far as I personally was concerned, the account was rather a disappointing one to me, because, certainly up to the first ten months of the year, I thought we were going to have a very good year, and our losses-our great losses-only occurred almost at the end of the year. There was then a great fire in Cripplegate, a fire at King's Lynn, and also a large fire in Australia, so that instead of increasing our Reserve Fund as I had hoped by a substantial sum, we are only able to increase it by £5,000. I think the lesson which the past year has taught us is a very clear one. I hope that we shall have very good years, and that we may be able to shew larger profits than we have done this year. When that is the case, we ought to carry considerable sums to the Reserve Fund, and not increase our dividend until we can do so by the interest on the Reserve Fund. I do not think I have anything more to say. Mr. Nichols, the professional auditor and accountant, is present here. In compliance with the wishes of many shareholders, Mr. Nichols has given his assistance to the auditors in auditing the accounts. I believe he is not only fully satisfied at the way the accounts are kept, but it has filled him with admiration. have to move "That the report, together with the account and balance sheet for the year 1897 annexed thereto, be received and adopted and entered on the minutes." Mr. F. A. LUCAS seconded the motion. I The CHAIRMAN: I do not know if Mr. Nichols wishes to make any statement. Mr. C. L. NICHOLS, F.C. A., said that perhaps it might be convenient if he were to tell the meeting the course which had been adopted with reference to the audit. He attended at the offices quarterly and did the books, going through the accounts and vouchers and verifying the cash balance, and he saw that all the income was accounted for. All the securities representing the company's investments were examined each half year, and all mortgages and other deeds relating to property were examined annually. The certificate appended to the balance-sheet would inform the shareholders that all those securities, and, indeed, all the assets set forth on the balance-sheet, were in order. He might perhaps be permitted to say that the books were kept on a very excellent system. He considered the administration of the office practically perfect. Mr. Fox BATLEY observed that he would merely like to say he had noticed in the balance-sheet amongst the assets a number of the company's own shares. He was acquainted with the County Fire Office, but possibly the Alliance might be on different lines. In the case of that office, it was declared a short time back that it was not legal for an office to invest in its own shares, and the County Fire Office sold its shares. He was not asking the directors to adopt a similar course, but he wished to know whether the Alliance was in a different position from the County? The CHAIRMAN said he was not at all astonished at the question, because it was unusual for an office to hold its own shares. The Alliance had power by its deed to hold shares in this way, and they were bought originally for a specific purpose, which did not come to anything-namely, for the purchase of another office. They paid the company, and certainly the Life Department, very well at the present moment, and they would be retained; but if an opportunity should occur of purchasing another office they would probably be used for the purpose. The motion was agreed to unanimously. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the retiring directors were elected as follows:-Mr. Jas. Alexander, Mr. Jas. Fletcher, Mr. Rd. Hoare, Sir Chas. Rivers Wilson, G.C.M.G., C.B., and Maj.-Gen. Sir Arthur Ellis, K.C.V.O. On the motion of Mr. WHITE, seconded by Mr. DOUGLAS ARDEN, Mr. Victor Wm. Cavendish was elected an auditor in the place of Mr. JOHN CATOR, who retired. The CHAIRMAN presumed he was right in assuming it to be the wish of the shareholders that Mr. Nichols' appointment should be considered permanent, and to this the meeting assented. Mr. WHITE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors and working staff for the energy they had displayed in promoting the interests of the company during the past twelve months. He considered the report was most favourable. There were, as regarded the Life business, £56,000 in new premiums, and he had no hesitation in saying that some offices took twenty years to acquire that amount. Life premiums were far more satisfactory than fire, because a man insured in an office did not readily change to another. The loss by fire was not so great as he had anticipated, because, as everybody knew, some offices suffered very severely by the Cripplegate fire; but he had been very pleased to learn by inquiry at the office shortly afterwards, that a great many risks in that locality had been cut up. He supposed the directors had been prudent not only with regard to Cripplegate, but also to other parts of the City where the thoroughfares were very narrow, ten or twelve feet wide, with windows on each side. In case of fire in such localities there was bound to be heavy loss. The fire in Australia was simply a case of the fortune of war. He asked the directors whether, having regard to the fact that last year was the Jubilee year, it might not be well to add some small bonus to the salaries of the staff. Mr. Fox BATLEY seconded the motion, which was carried with acclamation. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, observed that next year was the quinquennium, when it was usual to present a bonus to the staff, and it would perhaps be better to leave the consideration of Mr. White's suggestion until then. Mr. WHITE said he was perfectly satisfied, and the proceedings terminated. SOLICITORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. The usual monthly meeting of the board of directors of this association was held at the Law Institution, Chancery-lane, London, on the 9th inst., Mr. Henry Morten Cotton in the chair; the other directors present being Messre. Wm. Geare, Samuel Harris (Leicester), John Hunter, F. H. Janson, F. Rowley Parker, Henry Roscoe, Sidney Smith, Richard W. Tweedie, F. T. Woolbert, and J. T. Scott (secretary). A sum of £280 was distributed in grants of relief, two new members were admitted to the association, and other general business transacted. UNITED LAW SOCIETY. Lecture-hall on Monday, March 7, Mr. C. W. Williams in the chair. Mr. LEGAL NEWS. APPOINTMENTS. Mr. JOHN BAYLDON WALKER, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Island of St. Vincent. Mr. CECIL HOLDEN, solicitor, has been appointed Coroner for the Borough of Birkenhead. Mr. Holden was admitted in 1888. CHANGES IN PARTNERSHIPS. DISSOLUTIONS. GEORGE JAMES DowSE and FRANK EDWARD LAWSON, solicitors (Dowse & Lawson), 5, Dalston-lane, London. Feb. 2. [Gazette, Feb. 25. JOHN HAYWARD, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE HAYWARD, FRANCIS CHARLES wards & Peccock), Stowmarket and Needham Market. March 1. PERCOCK, and PERCY CHRISTOPHER GALLIMORE HAYWARD, solicitors (Hay. JAMES GUDGEON and GEORGE GUDGEON, Eolicitors (J. & G. Gudgeon), Stowmarket. March 2. [Gazette, March 4. GENERAL. Mr. Justice Mathew having recovered from his recent severe cold, resumed his sittings on Wednesday. years of age to be appointed notarios public has passed the Ohio House of The Albany Law Journal says that a Bill to allow wonen over twenty-one Representatives, and will, in all probability, become law. The death is announced of the Hon. Theodore Davie, Chief Justice of British Columbia. He was Premier and Attorney-General of British Columbia prior to 1895, and in that year became Chief Justice. A London correspondent of the Newcastle Chronicle hears that there is abolish the English form of taking the oath and make the Scotch form some probability of a Bill being introduced into Parliament this session to compulsory in all cases. A sample of colonial judicial humour is, says the St. James's Gazette, brought by this week's Australian mail. In the course of an appeal case before the Supreme Court in Melbourne, Mr. Justice Hood sarcastically interjected, "We are not talking as lawyers, but as ordinary reasonable men. This week's Australian mail, says the St. James's Gazette, brings news of the sudden death of the Hon. Edward O'Donnell McDevitt, Q.C., formerly Attorney-General of Queensland. At the mature age of fifty-three h considered it his duty to master the mysteries of cycling, and was in the act of receiving a lesson in the art when he dropped dead. Wales Circuit in order to be present at the dinner to be given him by the After long delay, says the Albany Law Journal, the jury in an Illinois case, to whom the judge had given a charge written by himself as to the mode of computing the damages, if any, came in and reported in favour of the plaintiff, Lut without having made the computation. The court, somewhat impatiently, informed them that they must again retire and compute the amount as he had instructed them. But the foreman arose and said: "Well, judge, the trouble was, none of us could read your writing. took a try at it, and could not make out a word of it, so we had to do the best we could without any instructions." The judge said hereafter he would have all instructions typewritten. We all The American Law Review says that Judge Dillon in the course of his upward career was successively the driver of a dray, clerk in a drug store, doctor of medicine, attorney-at-law, State prosecuting attorney, State district judge, State Supreme Court judge, State Supreme Court Chief Justice, United States Circuit Judge, Professor of Municipal Law in the law school of Columbia University, a chair founded by Chancellor Kent, and counsel for more and greater interests, corporate and unincorporate, than any lawyer that has lived in the annals of our country. "So far as we know," continues the Review, "no other man in the course of American history, not holding a public office, not a candidate for a public office, not Occupying a public position nor seeking any, but pursuing a strictly private walk in life, has been the recipient of an honour in the form of a banquet spontaneously bestowed upon him by the bar and the people of a State 2,000 miles distant from the place of his residence, which State he perhaps never visited in his life, and where there are probably no interests whatever represented by him in a professional capacity. This remarkable event took the form of a banquet spontaneously tendered in his honour on the 20th of December last, it being the anniversary of his sixty-sixth birthday. The banquet was given by Judge and Mrs. Charles A. Pollock, of Fargo; and while some of his former friends, neighbours and associates were present, the 160 guests which surrounded the table were made up of Federal judges, judges of the State Supreme Court, of the State district courts, and members of the bar and other citizens." March 15.-Messrs. DEBENHAM, TEWSON, FARMER, & BRIDGEWATER, at the Mart, at 2 p,m., Freehold Property in Gracechurch-street of the present rental of £660; leases expire in 1912, when the value of the property will be considerably increased. Solicitors, Messrs. Burne & Wykes, London. Freehold Premises in St. James'sstreet; let to Messrs. Thompson for 28 years at £240 per annum. Solicitors, Messrs. Freer, Blunt, Rowlatt, & Winterton, of Leicester. (See advertisements, March 5, p. 5.) March 16-Messrs. H. E. FOSTER & CRANFIELD, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Leasehold Investments producing £438 per annum; secured upon properties in St. Pancras, Hornsey-road, and Holloway. Solicitors, Messrs. Rundle & Hobrow, J. T. Theobald, E-q., and Thomas Young, Surveyor, all of London. Short Leasehold Investments producing £196 per annum; secured upon Stabling premises near Regent's Park. Solicitors, Messrs. Taylor & Taylor, London. Freehold and part Copyhold Residential, Agricultural, and Manorial Estate, near the market-town of Royston, Cambridgeshire; comprising in all about 129 acres, and producing a rent-roll of nearly £2,000 per annum. Solicitors, Messrs. Mear & Fowler, of London, and Messrs. Francis & Francis, of Cambridge. March 17.-Messrs. H. E. FOSTER & CRANFIELD, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Perpetual RentCharge of £1,600, secured upon the estates of Castlehill and Ashgrove, in Ayr and Kilwinning. Solicitors, H Stanley-Jones, Esq., of London, and Messrs Davidson & Syme, of Edinburgh; and Messrs. John Emslie & Guthrie, of Ardross in, Ayrshire. REVERSIONS: To Four One-seventh Shares of a Trust Fund, £16,680 India 33 per Cent. Stock, £9,500 India 3 per Cent. Stock, and £3,049 Bank of England Stock; lady aged 81. Solicitors, Messrs. Johnson & Co., Birmingham. To One-third of a Trust Estate, value £13,715, Freeholds and on Mortgage; lady aged 70. Solicitors, Messrs. Edgar Robins & Clark, London. To One-fourth of £5,694 L. & N. W. Ry. Stock, £925 Preference ditto. ; lady aged To One-fourth of a Residuary Estate, value about £35,000; lady aged 55. Also To Freehold at Milverton, near Leamington, value £2,250, and producing £115 To One-third of a Trust Estate, value £8,844, Colonial Stocks and Freeholds lady aged 54. To One-third of a Trust Estate, value £3,400, Consols and Leaseholds; ladies aged 51 and 61, provided reversioner, aged 24, survive them. To a Moiety of £1,838 India 33 per Cent. Stock; lady aged 78 and gentleman aged 79. Solicitors, Messrs. Dangerfield, Blythe, & Hodgson, London. To £913 Leeds Corporation Funds; lady aged 55. Also to One-fourth of £626; lady aged 80. Solicitors, Messrs. Douglas Norman & Co., London. To Two Sixths of a Trust Fund, value £5,319 North-Eastern Railway Stock; lady aged 62, provided_gentlemen aged 35 and 27 survive her, with policies. Solicitors, Messrs. Hargreaves & Joblin, London. REVERSIONARY LIFE INTEREST: Of a gentleman aged 43, on the decease of two ladies aged 64 an185; securel upon 4,425 acres in Sussex. Solicitor, R. E. Campbell, Esq., London. POLICIES: For £1,400, £1,400, £1,250, £1,250, £1,200, £1,000, £650, £600, £250. Solicitors, Messrs. Gedge, Kirby, & Millett, London. SHARES: Fifteen Shares of £10 in Messrs. H. R. Baines & Co., Proprietors of the Graphi: and Daily Graphic. In Cheadle Railway Co., Pike's Peak Tunnel Mining Railway, and the Railway to India Pioneer Co. Solicitors, Messrs. Woodburn, Kirby, Page, & Co, London. (See advertisements, this week, p. 6.) March 18.-Messrs. MONTAGUE & ROBINSON, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold Shop in Finsbury-pavement, of the rental value of £450 per annum. Solicitors, Messrs. Joseph & Hyam, of London. (See advertisements, March 5, p. 5.) WINDING UP NOTICES. London Gazette.-FRIDAY, March 4. ARIEL ARC LAMP SYNDICATE, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Feb 28, directed to be heard on March 16. Pollock & Co, Lincoln's inn fields, solors for petners. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of March 15 ARROW BROWNHILL GOLD MINING CO, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)-Creditors are required, on or before April 15, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Charles Bennett Jessop, 4, Gt Winchester st. Duffield & Bruty, New Broad st, solors to liquidator BRAYTON OIL ENGINE CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before Friday, March 18, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Charles William Middleton Kemp, 73, Lombard st. G. S. and H. Brandon, solors for liquidator BRITISH PRODUCE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented March 2, directed to be heard on Wednesday, March 16. Beyfus & Beyfus, 69, Lincoln's inn fields, solors for petner. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of March 15 CAPITAL INVESTMENT CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before April 30, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Mr J W Knowles, 6, Clement's lane CARDIFF CASTLE GOLD MINES, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before April 20, to send their names and addresses, and the particnlars of their debts or claims, to Charles Arthur Clulow, 9, Gracechurch st CHAMPION REEF (NANNINE, W.A.) GOLD MINING CO, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) -Creditors are required, on or before May 1, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to John William Woodthorpe and Robert Henry Household, Leadenhall bldgs, Leadenhall st. Gibson & Co, 27, Chancery lane, solors to liquidators CHARLES WELLS & CO, LIMITED (Brighton)-Creditors are required, on or before April 16, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Edward James Reeves, Queen's rd, Brighton. Nye & Treacher, Brighton, solors to liquidators "CORDILLERA" SHIP CO, LIMITED--Creditors are required, on or before March 31, to send in their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Henry Edward Abbott, 5, Fenwick st, Liverpool. Collins & Co, Liverpool, solors for the liquidator "GATHORNE" STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before April 5, to send their names and addresses, and particulars of their debts or claims, to James Jenkins and William John Williams, 31, Mount Stuart sq, Cardiff. Vachell & Co, Bute Docks, Cardiff, solors for the liquidators GENERAL GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)-Creditors are required, on or before April 2, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to John Holtom, 7, Union ct, Old Broad st GOLD EXPLORATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before April 20, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Mr. Clarence H, Poulton, 33, Old Broad st Ashurst & Co, Throgmorton av, solors to the liquidator. LEROY'S ANTI-MICROBE AND WINES AND SPIRITS CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before March 21, to send in their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts and claims, to H Wilcock, 26, Brown st, Manchester VICTORIA HOTEL, LIVERPOOL, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before March 18, to send in their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims to Walter Ward Platt, 67, Lord st, Liverpool. Collins & Co, Liverpool, solors for the liquida tor. WALKER & SMITH, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Feb 26, directed to be heard on March 16. Trass & Enever, 25, Coleman st, agents for Jessopp & Godson, Sleaford, solors for petner. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of March 15 WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLD CONCESSIONS, LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN 1894), IN LIQUIDATION -Creditors are required, on or before April 20, to send their names and addresses and the particulars of their debts and claims, to Mr. John F. Copeland, 33, Old Broad st. Ashurst & Co, Throgmorton avenue, solors to the liquidator WEST AUSTRALIAN TOWN SITES SYNDICATE, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before April 20, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Mr. Clarence H. Poulton, 33, Old Broad st. Ashurst & Co, Throgmortonavenue, solors to the liquidator FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DISSOLVED. BRUTUS FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Schoolroom, Boundary st, Liverpool. Feb 9 CLEVELAND LODGE, Independent Order of Oddfellows Kingston Unity, 59, Northgate, Guisborough, York. Feb 23 LOUGHBOROUGH PARK SICK AND BURIAL SOCIETY, Brixton Temperance Hall, 8, Mayall rd, Brixton. Feb 16 London Gazette.-TUESDAY, March 8. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. BAYLEY'S No. 2 SOUTH GOLD MINING CO, LIMITED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION)- to be heard on Wednesday, March 16. Malkin & Co, 29, Martin's In, Cannon st, solors for the petnr. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of March 15. LIONSDALE ESTATES, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before April 28, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Edward Russell Cummins and William Watkins, 85, Gracechurch st. Dale & Co, Cornhill, solors to the liquidators MANCHESTER CYCLE MANUFACTURING CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before April 28, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Richard Brutton, St James's sq, Manchester. Sale & Co, Manchester, solors to the liquidator SLIDE AND SPUR GOLD MINES, LIMITED - Creditors are required, on or before April 21, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Mr W. R. Caldwell Moore, Palmerston bldgs, Old Broad st. Robinson & Stannard, 19, Eastcheap, solors for liquidator WHITE FEATHER MAIN REEF GOLD MINING CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before April 20, to send their names and addresses, and particulars of their debts or claims, to W B Peat, Benno Seimert, and Edwin Perry, 6, Drapers' gardens. Vallance & Co, George yd, Lombard st, solors to liquidators FRIENDLY SOCIETY DISSOLVED. GLANMOR FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Union Inn, Victoria rd, Llanelly, Carmarthen Feb 23 CREDITORS' NOTICES. UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY. LAST DAY OF CLAIM. London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Feb. 25. GLIDDON, CLARA JOANNA, Brussels, Belgium March 18 Gliddon v Stewart, Romer, J Markby & Co, Coleman st UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. CAP. 35. LAST DAY OF CLAIM. AGAR, ELLEN FRANCES ELIZABETH, Teignmouth April 7 Halse & Co, Cheapside BAGOT, HON CONSTANCE, Grey Coat grdns, Westminster Mar 25 Lowe & Co, Temple grdns BRADLEY, MARY ANN ISABELLA, St John's Wood April 25 Byrne, Surrey st, Strand BUBB, EMMA JANE, Aberystwith April 1 Davies, Aberystwith BURRELL, ELIZABETH Harriet, Scarborough Mar 26 Birdsall & Cross, Scarborough COSNETT, SAMUEL, Pershore, Worcester March 31 Martin, Pershore COTTON, FANNY, Norton, Freshwater, I of W March 28 James Eldridge & Sons, Newport BANKRUPTCY NOTICES. London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Mar. 4. RECEIVING ORDERS. High ANDERSON, HERBERT WILLIAM, Walthamstow BATEY, WILLIAM, Gateshead, Durham, Builder Newcastle on Tyne Pet Feb 12 Ord Feb 29 BELL, WILLIAM HENRY, Marygate, York, Clerk York Manufacturer Manchester Pet Feb 28 Ord Feb 28 BOURKE, ISIDORE MCWILLIAM, Earl's Court, Doctor High Court Pet Feb 9 Ord Mar 1 BOWDEN, WILLIAM, Exeter, Home Missionary Exeter Pet Feb 28 Ord Feb 28 BROWN, CHARLES HENRY, Bradford, Printer Pet Feb 26 Ord Feb 26 Bradford BURNISTON, HARRY, Leeds, Bookseller Leeds Pet Feb 26 Ord Feb 26 BURRELL, ROBERT, Great Yarmouth, General Cooper Great Yarmouth Pet Feb 23 Ord Feb 28 CARLTON, EDWARD, Leeds, Butcher Leeds Pet Feb 28 Ord Feb 28 CORNEY, WILLIAM, Chelsea, Cab Proprietor High Court Pet Feb 8 Ord Mar 1 CROCKER, JAMES JOSEPH, Swansea, Yeast Dealer Swansea Pet Mar 2 Ord Mar 2 CUTLER, EDMUND, Boscombe, Butcher Poole Pet Feb 28 Ord Feb 28 DAVIES, WILLIAM, Tonypandy, Glam, Ironmonger Pontypridd Pet Feb 28 Ord Feb 28 DEAKIN, SAMUEL WILLIAM, Wigan, Butcher Wigan Pet DENNETT, THOMAS LAWRENCE, Hart st, Bloomsbury High Greenway, James, Birmingham, Baker March 25 Pepper & Tangye, Birmingham MOUNTFORD, GEORGE THOMAS, Stoke upon Trent, Earthenware Manufacturer March 31 PEARSE, FRANCIS, Churchill, Oxford, Shopkeeper April 18 Wilkins & Toy, Chipping Norton PRITCHETT, WILLIAM DELABERE, Bishops Stortford April 1 E F & H Landon, New Broad st RAKE, STEPHEN THOMAS, King's Lynn, Norfolk, Fish Merchant April 14 Jackson, STRANGE, ALICE SIBYLLA, Folkestone March 23 Stibbard & Co, Leadenhall st VOKES, VICTORIA ROSALIE SARAH, St John Wood Mar 25 Ramsden & Co, Leaden- WILLIAMS, SOPHIA ELIZABETH, Wimborne, Dorset Mar 24 Prideaux & Son, Goldsmiths' ISAACS, SIMON, Shoreditch, Cook High Court Pet Feb 12 Ord Feb 26 West JONES, ARTHUR GEORGE, Birkenhead, Greengrocer Birken- MARTIN, MAURICE WILLIAM, Norwich, Boot Manufacturer MENSFORTH, EDWARD, Bradford, Commission Agent Bradford Pet Feb 28 Ord Feb 28 MEREDITH, JOSEPH EDWIN, Aberdare, Glam, Chemist's MORRIS, HENRY, Walkden, Lancs, Winder Salford Pet MORTIMER, WILLIAM HENRY, Weston super Mare, Leather MOULD, TOM, Leicester, Cake Manufacturer Leicester NICHOLS, JAMES BULLOSS, Bolsterstone, nr Sheffield, Green Licensed Victualler Sheffield Pet Mar 1 Ord Mar 1 NORSWORTHY, CYRIL PROCTOR, Barnhurst, Kent wich Pet Jan 14 Ord Mar 1 PATTERSON, HUGH, Thornaby, York, Fish Hawker Stockton on Tees Pet Feb 26 Ord Feb 26 REED, JOHN WILLIAM, Sunderland, Butcher Sunderland Pet Feb 25 Ord Feb 25 ROBERTS, RICHARD, Mortlake, Surrey, Coffee house Keeper, SMITH, WILLIAM JOSEPH, and HERBERT SMITH, Headingley, WHITEHURST, JAMES, Longton, Staffs, Grocer Stoke upon Birming Amended notice substituted for that published in the London Gazette of Jan 25: CRISP, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Birmingham, Grocer ham Pet Jan 20 Ord Jan 20 Amended notices substituted for those published in the London Gazette of March 1: RAY, LOUIS, Miles Platting, Lancs Manchester Ord Feb 24 MILLS, JOHNSON, Blackpool, Mechanical Engineer Salford Pet Feb 11 Ord Feb 25 RECEIVING ORDER KESCINDED. HASTINGS, BEAUMONT EDWARD, Pall Mall, Builder High ANDERSON, HERBERT WILLIAM, Walthamstow March 11 11 16, Wood st, Bolton DENNETT, THOMAS LAWRENCE, Hart st, Bloomsbury March 11 at 11 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st GUBBINS, JOSEPH GARD, Staines, Draper March 11 at 12.30 24, Railway app, London Bridge HANDCOCK, WILLIAM GUSTAVUS, Pentonville rd, Cycle Maker March 11 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st HANNAH, ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE, Liverpool March 15 at 12 Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool HARRIS, WILLIAM, Dowlais, Glam, Grocer March 11 at 3 65, High st, Merthyr Tydfil HARRISON, WILLIAM, Abbey Town, Cumberland, Farmer March 11 at 12 Off Rec, 34, Fisher st, Carlisle |