of every rule there was a fine. If a member was absent for the whole space of a meeting; if he attended, but came after 8 o'clock; if, being president, he omitted to call the meeting in due form, or to bring with him the key of the chest; if he proposed any wager "on any pretence whatever"; if, being elected treasurer, he did not attend the meeting next after his election; if, during a meeting, he departed without leave; for these offences and many more too numerous to specify he was liable to be fined in amounts ranging from £5 to 1s. Nor were these fines lightly pretermitted; the penalty whenever and by whomever incurred was impartially exacted. Thus, on the first page of the minute-book now extant, we find under date 6th of September, 1774, the following entry : "The president, Mr. Daniel Burges, having omitted to summon the members, agreeable to the rules of the society, is adjudged to have forfeited the sum of 53., as witness his hand, D. Burges." The odd thing is that the same president was guilty of the same omission the following fortnight, for a similar entry appears in the minutes of the next meeting. Indeed, most presidents made themselves liable for the same omission. Perhaps they found it cheaper, and it certainly was less troublesome, to pay the fine than to summon the members, some of whom lived at a distance from Bristol. At any rate, the omission benefited the funds of the society, as, in addition to the fine payable by the president, there were the fines payable by absentees, which such an omission would, of course, tend to multiply. Again, it is the duty of the truthful historian to record that, in spite of the rule against wagering, many members so far forgot themselves as to back their opinions with the sanction of a bet, to the satisfaction, we may safely believe, of the treasurer for the time being. The favourite investments for the funds of the society were turnpike tickets and State lottery tickets, one of the latter securing a prize of £20. The society as a whole might gamble, though its members individually might not. Of the books bought by the society there is an incidental mention of "Ruffhead's Statutes," and a proposal was made, but not adopted, that thirty guineas should be applied in the purchase of " Viner's Abridgment." A more patriotic, if less appropriate, application of the society's funds took the form of contributions made from time to time towards the relief of sufferers in the American War. Thus, in 1775-the year of the battle of Bunker-hill-we find Mr. Burges moving that £10 should be subscribed to a fund in London "for the relief of the soldiers serving, and the widows and families of such soldiers as have lost or shall lose their lives in the prosecution of the measures lately adopted by Government against the rebellious North Americans." The motion was lost, but in the following year, marked by the declaration of independence, Mr. Burges moved, and this time successfully, "That the sum of twenty guineas be paid to George Daubeney, Esq., chairman of the committee for disposing of the moneys subscribed in this city for the relief of the soldiers serving in America and the widows and children of the slain." Again, in 1778, when the national gloom was deepened by the tragic death of Chatham, a sum of £50 was voted "for the committee of the Bristol subscribers for raising men for his Majesty's army in the support of the Constitutional authority of Great Britain over her rebellious Colonies in America." Nor was this martial ardour confined to subscriptions, for it appears from a minute of the same year that one of the members had, "for the laudable purpose of serving and protecting his country," entered the Somersetshire Militia. nevertheless allowed to remain a member of the society, and had, no doubt, the privilege of paying his fines for non-attendance. He was "It was The ordinary meetings of the society were passed in discussing cases put at the previous meeting, and in considering questions arising as to the infliction of fines; and they terminated with a supper, to which each member contributed 3s., the balance of the bill being defrayed out of the common stock. Once a year the society had a dinner, to which the treasurer's sureties and the obligee in his bond were invited. Thus, on the 30th of September, 1777, the following minute was made: "Present befor 7 o'clock, Mr. William Bawden, president: Mr. Francis Ward, Mr. Jere Osborne, Mr. George Merrick. Before 8 o'clock, Mr. Daniel Burges, Mr. Jacob Kirby, Mr. Henry Witts, Mr. Richard Parker." unanimously agreed that the members of this society do meet to dine and spend the day together at the Bush Tavern, in Corn-street, on the 29th of October next. And that the expense thereof be paid in such manner as shall hereafter be ordered by this society, and that Mr. Jere Osborne, sen, and Mr. Richard Ward (the two sureties for the present treasurer, Mr. Francis Ward) and Mr. Hawkeswell, chamberlain of Bristol, the obligee in the treasurer's bond, be on that occasion invited, and that the president do send invitations as well to these gentlemen as to all the members of the society." The order of the words to dine and spend the day" is curious, and points to the early hour of dinner. The dinner was duly held, for shortly after the following entry was made, a not unimportant part being left blank. "That the sum of be paid by the treasurer towards discharging the tavern bill for the annual dinner, &c., of this society, on the 29th of October last, which with half a guinea paid by each member present, makes the amount of the said bill." Eheu fugaces! The Old Bush Inn and the little knot of Bristol lawyers which composed the Law Society of 120 years ago are long since departed. Nothing is left of their doings but the fading record of a mouldering minute-book, between the discoloured leaves of which still lie the memoranda of their supper bills. The antiquary of A.D. 2000 may perhaps find the newspaper accounts of the proceedings of the meetings of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom, now being held in this city, if more voluminous, exhibiting customs to him no less quaint and unlike those of his own day. W. W. W. Bristol, Oct., 1894. LEGAL NEWS. OBITUARY. Mr. MARTIN ARCHER SHEE, Q.C., died at Brighton on Tuesday last. Mr. Shee was the second son of Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A., and was born in 1804. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1839, and took silk in 1868. APPOINTMENT. Mr. EDWARD SNOW FORDHAM has been appointed a Metropolitan Police Magistrate in the room of Mr. James L. Hannay, resigned. Mr. Ford ham was called to the bar in 1883, and is a member of the Midland circui CHANGES IN PARTNERSHIPS, &c. DISSOLUTION. JOHN AUGUSTUS FRANCIS ELTOFT and HARRY ELTOFT, solicitors (Eltoft & Eltoft), Manchester. August 31. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said John Augustus Francis Eltoft. [Gazette, Sept. 6. | EDMUND WILSON and HAROLD INCHBALD WILSON, solicitors (E. & H. Wilson), Red Hall, Leeds. September 1. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Edmund Wilson. [Gazette, Sept. 9. GENERAL. The annual report of the proceedings of the London County Council for the year ended the 31st of March, 1898, has just been published. It forms a bulky volume of nearly 200 pages, and contains the chairman's address, reviewing the work of the council, the reports of the standing and special committees, statements relating to the debt, and a synopsis of the Acts of Parliament giving further powers to the council since the passage of the Local Government Act, 1888. At the North London police-court this week a solicitor's clerk applied to Mr. Dickinson to be allowed to make the conscientious objection under the new Vaccination Act. Mr. Dickinson said that the applicant had better wait a little time as the forms on which the declaration had to be made had not yet arrived. The applicant said that he attended at great inconvenience and he would like to make the declaration at once. At the magistrate's direction the form was written out and the applicant signed it and paid the shilling fee. Mr. Dickinson: Do you state publicly before me that you believe that vaccination would be prejudicial to the health of your child? Applicant: I do. Mr. Dickinson: And on that ground you conscientiously object to the vaccination of your child. Applicant: I do. Mr. Dickinson: Take your certificate. The Parliamentary list of persons receiving payments of public money from more than one source contains the following entries: Earl of Halsbury-as Speaker of House of Lords, £4,000; as Lord Chancellor, £6,000 (£10,000). Sir R. Webster-as Attorney-General, £7,000; fees for contentious business: Law Charges vote, £6,198 12s. 9d.; Inland Revenue vote, £897; Post Office vote, £121 1s. 2d; Board of Trade vote, £372 193.; Board of Trade (Bankruptcy Department) vote, £297 18s.; Woods and Forests vote, £184 16. 2d.; Local Government Board vote, £110 103. (£15,182 178. 1d.). Sir R. B. Finlay-as Solicitor-General, £6,000; fees for contentious business: Law Charges vote, £3,365 33.; Inland Revenue vote, £1,183 5s. 6d.; Board of Trade vote, £104 6s. 6d. ; Board of Trade (Bankruptcy Department) vote, £262 9. 6d.; Woods and Forests vote, £113 118. (£11,028 15s. 6d.). The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times telegraphs that Judge Thomas M. Cooley, first president of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, died on the 12th inst. at Ann Arbor, Michigan, aged 75. Judge Cooley was born at Attica, New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1846 He practised at Tecumseh for a time, and afterwards settled at Adrian, Michigan. For a time he edited a newspaper called the Watch Tower, and in 1857 the Michigan Senate entrusted him with the task of compiling the general statutes of the State. In the following year he was appointed reporter of the Supreme Court, an office which he held for seven years. In 1859 he was appointed professor of law in the University of Michigan. He was elected a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1864 to fill a casual vacancy, and in 1869 was re-elected for the full term of eight years. In 1868-69 he was Chief Justice, and in 1885 he retired from the bench. When a school of political science was established in the University of Michigan he took the chair of Constitutional and Administrative Law. He was afterwards appointed to the chair of American History in the University. Judge Cooley published a number of legal books, including "The Constitutional Limitations which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union (1868, enlarged edition, 1871), editions of Black-tone's "Commentaries" and "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Story's "General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States" (1880), and "Michigan: A History of Governments" (1885). A correspondent of the Times who signs himself "Landaff" writes:"I shall be much obliged to you if you will kindly permit me to announce through your columns that it is my intention to assume my title of Earl of Landaff of Thomastown, in the peerage of Ireland, on and after this 14th day of September, 1893. Any persons who may be interested in this peerage and desire to have a history of the branch of the Mathew family to which it belongs will find it set forth in an illustrated Genealogy of the Earls of Landaff,' which Messrs. Sands & Co., 12, Burleigh-street, are about to publish. A notice of it appeared in Dod's Peerage' of this year, and a fuller pedigree will be found in 'Debrett' and other printed peerages for 1899. I may add that copies of my proofs have been lodged at the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle, and I have notified my intention to assume the title, inalienable from me and my heirs, to the House of Lords through the Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor. The Committee of Privileges in June, 1810, permitted the second son of my great-grandfather, Lord Landaff, to succeed to the peerage, without requiring the production by him of any documentary evidence whatever of his alleged right to vote. For this grave mistake I am in no way responsible, and I therefore hope that the House of Lords will do me the justice to correct it by authorizing Ulster King at Arms to restore my name to his roll at his discretion. This would not relieve me of the necessity of subsequently proving my right to vote, should I desire to exercise that right, before the committee. Irish peers do not of necessity prove their right to vote at the elections of representative peers, and de facto some of them prefer not to do so, since the process a costly one and the right to vote carries with it very few privileges. No portion of the ancestral property alienated from the rightful heir by sales effected by the reputed second earl in 1813 or by the will of his sister in 1841 can now be recovered. The peerage, however, remains to me and my heirs as an inalienable possession Mr. Plowden, upon taking his seat on the benca at Marylebone policecourt, on the 13th inst., says the Daily News, was applied to by a young man for a certificate under section 2 of the Vaccination Act. He believed that vaccination would be injurious to his child's health, and he founded that belief upon what he had read, and upon the experiences of his friends. Mr. Plowden.-Well, that is about as good a reason as you could give. But I cannot give you a certificate at present as they are not yet ready. Let me say, however, that in no case shall I grant a certificate hurriedly. I should like you to understand what I think about the matter. You are an anti-vaccinator? Applicant.-Well, yes, sir. Mr. Plowden.—Well, you may be right or you may be wrong. I express no opinion. At the same time, I cannot shut my eyes to the fact that you represent the voice of a very insignificant minority. That is a fact. Therefore, before granting you any certificate, I must be well satisfied that you have what the Act calls a conscientious belief; not a mere loose opinion, but Bomething well founded from personal experience. You see the Act requires that the magistrate granting the certificate must have a conscience in the matter as well as the anti-vaccinator. I cannot grant these things carelessly, but must be satisfied. If the views of the anti-vaccinators are wrong, granting you a certificate might mean the encouragement of an outbreak of smallpox. I want you to understand these certificates will not be granted as a matter of course because a person says he objects; it must be a real, conscientous belief-the sort of belief that would send a man cheerfully to the stake. Now that I have explained and pointed out the grave responsibility cast on the anti-vaccinators, I hope you will take the opportunity before the certificates are printed to further consider the matter. If you remain of the same opinion you shall have the certificate cheerfully. Applicant demurred at having to lose further time over the matter, and asked that the certificate might be forwarded to him. Mr. Plowden replied that he need not attend again unless he liked, and as to the certificate being forwarded he must not expect too much indulgence. Applicant: Can I have a manuscript?-Mr. Plowden: That is giving a lot of trouble to the court. You must take your chance with the rest of the other people. Eventually a manuscript certificate was prepared and supplied to the applicant. Before Mr. Lushington, on the 9th inst., says the Times, the National Liberal Club, the Charing-cross and Strand Electric Supply Corporation, and the Tivoli Restaurant (Limited) were summoned by Mr. G. W. Murnane, clerk to St. Martin's Vestry, for causing a nuisance by allowing large quantities of black smoke to escape from their works. Mr. Peter Grain, instructed by Messrs. Wilson & Wallis, supported the summonses on behalf of the vestry; Mr. Groser appeared for the National Liberal Club; and Mr. George Elliott for the Electric Supply Corporation. Mr. Grain said that very diverse views had been expressed by different magistrates as to the present smoke nuisance. It was customary for defaulters to excuse themselves on the ground that they could not get Welsh coal at present, but he would submit that they should have provided for such a contingency by availing themselves of the recently-invented furnaces by which it was possible, if not entirely to do away with, at any rate to mitigate very much, the escape of smoke. It was a fact, too, that the stokers did not discharge their duty properly, and for this their employers were in law responsible. Mr. Groser, on behalf of the National Liberal Club, said that the directors had done all in their power to mitigate the nuisance. Their engineer had personally supervised the stoking, and they ordered some time ago a Gregory & Simmons apparatus which was fixed about a week ago, and was working well. He could say that if all places in London were as well supplied as the National Liberal Club was now, the smoke nuisance would be a thing of the past. Mr. Lushington said that the defendants seemed to have relied too much upon Welsh coal, and to have made insufficient effort to provide themselves with apparatus capable of burning ordinary steam coal until very recently. Under the circumstances he should make an order for the abatement of the nuisance, with £5 58. costs to the vestry. For the Charing Cross Electric Supply Corporation Mr. George Elliott said that since they had been served with the summons they had used every endeavour to mitigate the nuisance, and with the exception of two days there had been no possible cause for complaint. He would guarantee that so long as they could get good hard steam coal, whether Welsh coal or not, there would be no further nuisance. Mr. Lushington said that in this case, as the company seemed to have succeeded in reducing the nuisance, he should make no order. The summons against the Tivoli Restaurant was by leave withdrawn. WINDING UP NOTICES. CARLTON MINERAL TRUST, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Sept 2, directed to SOUTH OF EUROPE EXPLORATION CO, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)-Creditors are required, on or before Oct 24, to send their names and addresses, with the particulars of their debts or claims, to William Barclay Peat, 3, Lothbury TEIFY VALE MINING CO, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Sept 2, directed to be heard on Oct 26. T. Protheroe Price, 4 and 5, Warwick et, Gray's inn, agent for Arthur Johnson Hughes, Aberystwyth, solor for petners. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of Oct 25 London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Sept. 13. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. LIMITED IN CHANCERY. H. 8. NICHOLS, LIM TED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE COURT) -Creditors are required, on or before Oct 26, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Herbert Alfred Deed and Douglas Hamilton Gordon, 1, Gresham bldgs, Basinghall st PRINCES RIVER GOLD MINES, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Sept 7, directed to be heard on Sept 21. Alpe & Ward, 3, Serjeant's inn, Temple, solors for petner. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of Sept 20 Kendal CREDITORS' NOTICES. UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. CAP. 35. LAST DAY OF CLAIM. ATKINSON, JOHN, Kendal, Westmorland, Yeoman Oct 30 C G Thomson & Wilson, & Co, New inn, Strand BENBOW, RICHARD, Burslem, Stafford, Draper Sept 29 Arthur Boulton, Burslem VALLANCE, JAMES, Leyton, Licensed Victualler Oct 31 George & Jackson, Stratford Fleet st WHEATLEY, MARY ANNA MARIA, Calverton, Notts Dec 1 Toller & Sons, Leicester WOODROFFE, HERBERT HENRY, Eiling Oct 3 Stanley & Co, Ludgate hill BURRELL, GEORGE WILLIAM, Birstall, Yorks, Aërated Ord COATES, ARMITAGE, Blackpool, Company Housekeeper Preston Pet Sept 6 Ord Sept 6 COATES, ELIZABETH, Blackpool Preston Pet Sept 6 Ord Sept 6 COATES, GEORGE HENRY, Whitley, Chartered Accountant Newcastle on Tyne Pet Aug 22 Ord Sept 5 DAVIS, JAMES, Albemarle st, Financial Agent High Court Pet Aug 12 Ord Sept 5 DAVIS, ROBERT, Tredegar, Mon, Boot Dealer Tredegar Pet Sept 6 Ord Sept 6 DINGLE, JOHN HICKS, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, Coal Merchant Truro Pet Sept 5 Ord Sept 5 ERRINGTON, THOMAS, Gateshead, Whitesmith Newcastle on Tyne Pet Sept 3 Ord Sept 3 FERNLEY, THOMAS, Breinton, Herefords Hereford Pet Sept 7 Ord Sept 7 FRAZIER, WILLIAM CRUDDAS, Felling, Durham, Painter Newcastle on Tyne Pet Sept 5 Ord Sept 5 GOAT, REUBEN ROBERT, Gt Shelford, Cambridges, Carpenter Cambridge Pet Sept 3 Ord Sept 3 GWYTHER, ANN, and JAMES FREDERICK GWYTHER, Aber dare, Butchers Aberdare Pet Sept 5 Ord Sept 5 HASWELL, JE, Fratton, Hants, Builder Portsmouth Pet Aug 22 Ord Sept 5 JAGGER, JOHN, Huddersfield, Hay Dealer Huddersfield LAY, ALFRED HAROLD, Westbourne grove, Shirt Dresser MUGGERIDGE, WILLIAM JOHN, Greenwich, Furniture Dealer PEACOCK, WILLIAM, Exelby, Yorke, Innkeeper Northallerton Pet Sept 5 Ord Sept 5 RAMSDEN, JOHN, Reigate, Jeweller Croydon Pet Aug 20 Ord Sept 5 ROULSTONE, HERBERT, Scarborough, Grocer Scarborough Pet Sept 7 Ord Sept 7 SCOTT, THOMAS SMOULT, Bradford Bradford Pet Sept 6 SIMPSON, ROBERT HENRY, Bridlington Quay, Commercial SUTCLIFFE, ALFRED HENRY, Pendlebury, Lancs, Baker TUBNER, WALTER WILLIAM, Jarrow, Durham, Hatter BAINES, WILLIAM, Headingley, Leeds, Iron Plate Worker BLAKEMORE, ALFRED, Leamington, Cabinet Maker Sept 16 at 12.30 Off Rec, 17, Hertford st, Coventry BLAKEMORE, WILLIAM, Cardiff, Consulting Engineer Sept 19 at 11 Off Rec, 29, Queen st, Cardiff BoZWARD, JOHN LLOYD, Worcester Sept 17 at 11 Off Rec, 45, Copenhagen st, Worcester BRUNSDEN, STEPHEN HUNT, Wandsworth Sept 16 at 1 BULMAN, JOHN, Caldewgate, Carlisle, Cabinet Maker Sept DAVIS, JAMES, Albemarle st, Financial Agent Sept 16 at 11 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st DOODY, ROBERT, Handsworth, Cycle Maker Sept 20 at 11 GRAVES, JAMES, Cottenham, Cambs, Butcher Sept 16 at 11 ENKINS, THOMAS, Abercynon, Glam, Grocer Sept 19 at 12 LAY, ALFRED HAROLD, Westbourne grove, Shirt Dresser ROBERTSON, DAVID, Huddersfield, Doctor Sept 19 at 12 SAUNDERS, ASHBY VARLEY, Cleckheaton, Yorks, Chemical Works Manager Sept 16 at 11 Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford SHINGLER, EDWARD ISAAC, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Metal Merchant Sept 19 at 11 174, Corporation st, Birmingham SMITH, JAMES, Ossett, Travelling Draper Sept 16 at 11.30 Off Rec, Bank chmbrs, Batley SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM, Gt Yarmouth, Cabdriver Sept 17 at 1.30 Off Rec, 8, King st, Norwich SMITH, TOM, Low Moor, Boot Maker Sept 16 at 12 Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford SUMMERS, SOLOMON, Birmingham, Warehouseman Sept 19 at 12 174, Corporation st, Birmingham THOMPSON, THOMAS HENRY, Gt Grimsby, Fish Merchant Sept 16 at 11 Off Rec, 15, Osborne st, Gt Grimsby VIGUS, WILLIAM EDWARD THOMAS, Plymouth, Cab Proprietor Sept 17 at 11 6, Athenæum ter, Plymouth WILLIAMSON, FRANK, Derby, Provision Merchant Sept 16 at 11 Off Rec, 40, St Mary's gate, Derby Amended notice substituted for that published in the London Gazette of Sept. 6: ROBARTS, NATHANIEL FRANCIS, Fenchurch avue, Merchant Sept 13 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st ADJUDICATIONS. BEESON, WILLIAM, Northampton, Cycle Maker Northampton Pet Sept 6 Ord Sept 6 BENTLEY, JOHN HENRY, Holmfirth, York, Solicitor Huddersfield Pet Aug 12 Ord Sept 6 CARTER, HENRY, Pontefract, Yorks, Boxmaker Wakefield Pet Aug 23 Ord Sept 5 COATES, ARMITAGE, Blackpool, Company Housekeeper Preston Pet Sept 6 Ord Sept 6 COATES, ELIZABETH, Blackpool Preston Pet Sept 6 Ord Sept 6 COLE, FREDERICK, Kidderminster, Carpet Manufacturer Kidderminster Pet Aug 26 Ord Sept 6 DAVIS, ROBERT, Tredegar, Mon, Boot Dealer Tredegar Pet Sept 6 Ord Sept 6 DINGLE, JOHN HICKS, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, Coal Mer chant Truro Pet Sept 5 Ord Sept 5 DOODY, ROBERT, Handsworth, Cycle Maker Birmingham ERRINGTON, THOMAS, Gateshead, Durham, Whitesmith HALL, JOHN JAMES, Dover, Builder Canterbury Pet Aug 15 Ord Sept 5 JENKINS, THOMAS, Abercynon, Glam, Grocer Pontypridd Pet Aug 10 Ord Sept 6 LAY, ALFRED HAROLD, Westbourne grove, Shirt Dresser Sept 5 Ord Sept 5 Pet MORRIS, JOSEPH JAMES, Leicester, Boot Manufacturer Leicester Pet Aug 20 Ord Sept 5 MUGGERIDGE, WILLIAM JOHN, Greenwich, Furniture Dealer Greenwich Pet Sept 5 Ord Sept 5 PEACOCK, WILLIAM, Exelby, Yorks, Innkeeper Northallerton Pet Sept 5 Ord Sept 5 PILLERS, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Keynsham, Somerset Bristol Pet Sept 2 Ord Sept 5 ROULSTONE, HERBERT, Scarborough, Grocer Scarborough Pet Sept 7 Ord Sept 7 SCOTT, THOMAS SMOULT, Bradford Bradford Pet Sept 6 SHINGLER, EDWARD ISAAC, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Metal SUTCLIFFE, ALFRED HENRY, Weaste, Lancs, Baker Salford TURNER, WALTER WILLIAM, Jarrow, Durham, Hatter ADJUDICATION ANNULLED. London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Sept. 13. Preston BARRY, WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHY, Hove, Sussex, Doctor BEAGLEY, GEORGE JAMES, Windsor, Berks, Publican BLUNT, HENRY WILLIAM, Atherstone, Warwicks, Farmer BURY, SYDNEY JOHN, Panfield, Essex, Farmer Chelmsford Pet Sept 9 Ord Sept 9 DRIVER, WRIGHT, Burnley, Lancs, Organ Builder Burnley Pet Sept 10 Ord Sept 10 EVANS, PETER, Liverpool, Timber Merchant Liverpool Pet Sept 9 Ord Sept 9 GARDNER, FITZROY, Shaftesbury av, Journalist High Court Pet July 12 Ord Sept 9 GREY, F B, New Broad st High Court Pet Aug 22 Ord Sept 9 HARMAN, JAMES, and CHARLES HARMAN, Abridge, Essex, Builders Chelmsford Pet Sept 8 Ord Sept 8 HASSELL, LEWIS, and WILLIAM EDWARDS, Birmingham, Tailors Birmingham Pet Aug 19 Ord Sept 8 HUGHES, HUGH, Holyhead, Anglesey, Third Mate Bangor Pet Sept 9 Ord Sept 9 JOHNSON, GEORGE HENRY, Cheltenham, Grocer Cheltenham Pet Sept 8 Ord Sept 8 PILLING, JOHN ROBERT, Arundel st, Strand High Court Pet Aug 13 Ord Sept 7 PITMAN, GEORGE, Milborne Port, Somersets, Builder Yeovil Pe Sept 10 Ord Sept 10 PRESTON, JOHN, Beeby, Leicester, Farmer Leicester Pet Sept 8 Ord Sept 8 ROWAN, THOMAS, St Mary axe High Court Pet July 8 SAVAGE, WILLIAM, jun, Sittingbourne, Kent, Gener al SMITH, JOSEPH, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Pet WALLACE, HENRY, Bread st, Cheapside, Merchant High Court Pet July 22 Ord Sept 8 WARLEY, GEORGE JACKSON, Middleton on the Wolds, York, Joiner Kingston upon Hull Pet Sept 9 Ord Sept 9 WELSTEAD, WALTER JOHN, Arreton, I of W, Grocer Newport Pet Sept 8 Ord Sept 8 WHITE, G, Bolt ct, Fleet st, Commission Agent High Court Pet Aug 4 Ord Sept 8 WHITEHOUSE, THOMAS, Scarborough, Working Jeweller Scarborough Pet Sept 10 Ord Sept 10 WILLIAMS, FRANCIS HAYDN, Whitby, York, Stockton on Tees Pet Aug 24 Ord Sept 7 WINN, JOHN ARCHIBALD, Wakefield, Newsagent Wakefield Pet Sept 9 Ord Sept 9 WINTERS, GEORGE, Rushden, Tailor Northampton Pet Sept 8 Ord Sept 8 Amended notice substituted for that published in the London Gazette of Aug. 5: BoZWARD, JOHN LLOYD, Worcester Worcester Pet July 14 Ord July 30 FIRST MEETINGS. ALDRIDGE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, Morden, Dorset Sept 21 at CLOSE, THOMAS WILLIAM, Darlington, Moulder Sept 20 at COAT ES, ELIZABETH, Blackpool, Housekeeper Sept 20 at 2.30 Off Re3, 14, Chapel st, Preston COLLIS, HENRY ALLEN, Swansea, Fruiterer Sept 21 at 12 Off Rec, 31, Alexandra rd, Swansea DIXON, JOSEPH, Sunderland, Builder Sept 20 at 3 Off Rec, 25, John st, Sunderland GARDNER, FITZROY, Shaftesbury av, Journalist Sept 21 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st GASSON, ANNIE, Forest Hill, Kent, Timber Merchant Sept 20 at 12.30 21, Railway app, London bdge GRIFFITHS, JOHN, Canon Pyon, Herefords, Shoemaker GRIFFITHS, SAMUEL, sen, and SAMUEL GRIFFITHS, jun, Cilfynydd, Glam, Colliery Proprietors Sept 20 at 12 65, High st, Merthyr Tydfil HARRINGTON, ROBERT, Seaforth, Lancs, Fruit Dealer Sept HILL, WILLIAM, Worcester, Innkeeper Sept 20 at 10.30 Sept 21 at 2 Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool MOORE, JAMES, Salisbury, Wilts, Bootmaker's Manager Sept 20 at 11 Off Rec, Endless st, Salisbury MUGGERIDGE, WILLIAM JOHN, Greenwich, Furniture Dealer Sept 20 at 11.30 24, Railway app, London bridge NICHOLLS, CHARLES, Great Eccleston, Lancs, Tailor Sept 20 at 3.30 Off Rec, 14, Chapel st, Preston PHILLIPS, ALFRED, Pontlottyn, Glam, Grocer Sept 21 at 12 65, High st, Merthyr Tydfil PILLERS, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Keynsham, Sept 21 at 12__Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol PORTLOCK, JOHN HENRY, Hereford, Bootmaker PREECE, JOHN HENRY, Liverpool, Photographer Sept 21 at 3 Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool PROCTOR, AMOs, Highfields, Sheffield, Organ Builder Sept 20 at 2 Off Rec, Figtree In, Sheffield QUICK, WILLIAM THOMAS PATEY, Kensal Rise Sept 22 at 1 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st Somerset SAVAGE, WILLIAM, jun, Sittingbourne, Kent, General Sept 21 at 11.30 Off TAYLOR, SHEMELLS, Forest Hall, Northumberland, Com- WILLIAMS, FRANCIS HAYDN, Whitby, York Sept 21 at BARUGH, JOSEPH JASPER, Stokesley, York, Painter Stock- BARWICK, RICHARD, Margate, Kent, Builder Canterbury BURY, SYDNEY JOHN, Panfield, Essex, Farmer Chelmsford COATES, GEORGE HENRY, Whitley, Northumberland, CUYLER, FRANCIS JERROLD, Jermyn st, St James's High DRIVER, WRIGHT, Burnley, Organ Builder Burnley Pet EVANS, PETER, Liverpool, Timber Merchant Liverpool HANSEN, STEEN OLLEMAR, Liverpool, Boarding-house HUGHES, HUGH, Holyhead, Anglesey, Third Mate Bangor JOHNSON, GEORGE HENRY, Cheltenham, Grocer Chelten- KNÖS, ANDERS GABRIEL, Tokenhouse bldgs, Match Mer- PAGET, HENRY FENWICK, South Hampstead, Stockbroker RAMSDEN, JOHN, Reigate, Surrey, Jeweller Croydən Pət EQUITY AND LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Number of Accounts, 83,694. 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LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE Transfer Act, 1897, in the county of London, which we announce THE FURTHER postponement of the operation of the Land above, augurs favourably for the prudence of the authorities. Nothing would be more detrimental to the reputation of the new system than a block of work at or soon after its commencement, with the consequent delays in completion of transactions requiring to be immediately carried through. It would be a serious matter to dislocate the dealings in land even in respect of the comparatively limited area to be first brought within the operation of the Act. Moreover, the postponement will have the advantage of giving practitioners more time to master the complicated provisions of the new system. When are we to be favoured with a book bringing together these provisions in intelligible, connected, and convenient form? No FIGURE was better known in the Temple, up to quite a recent date, than that of the late Mr. GEORGE BAUGH ALLEN, who died on Monday last, at the age of seventy-seven years. And though in the flesh he was unknown in courts of justice, being neither a barrister nor a solicitor, still for some forty years no name has more often appeared in the records of common law actions than that of this famous Special Pleader. He was practically the last of a class of lawyers which was destroyed by the operation of the Judicature Act, 1873, although we believe that one certificate is still taken out by a gentleman in the provinces. Every barrister is entitled to call himself a special pleader and to practise as such, but the members of the class to which Mr. G. B. ALLEN belonged were not barristers. They were, however, necessarily members of an Inn of Court, but devoted themselves entirely to the drawing of pleadings and to the business of judges' chambers. In former times it was common for a man to practise as a special pleader for a considerable time before being called to the bar. Probably Mr. WILFRED BAUGH ALLEN, the son of the late Mr. G. B. ALLEN, was one of the last so to do. Special pleaders have to take out an annual |