He had been placed by a competent French tribunal under what is called in France a "Conseille de Famille," and it was alleged that under French law he was disqualified from suing without the consent of his "Conseille JudiDiaire," which had not been given. FRY, J., held that this did not disqualify the plaintiff from suing in this country. His lordship was of opinion that the language of Mr. Justice Story, in his Conflict of Laws (7th ed. p. 140), applied -that "personal disqualifications, not arising from the law of nature, but from the principles of the customary or positive law of a foreign country, and especially such as are of a penal nature, are not generally regarded in other countries where the like disqualifications do not exist." Such disqualifications are "strictly territorial."

COMPROMISE-RIGHT OF PARTY TO WITHDRAW ASSENT BEFORE ORDER DRAWN UP.-In a case of Davis v. Davis, before Fry, J., on the 29th ult., the question arose whether a party to an action, who has at the trial assented to a compromise, has a right to withdraw his assent before the order of the court carrying out the compromise is drawn up. At the trial of this action, after the plaintiff's case had been to a great extent heard, she agreed to a compromise, and Fry, J., made an order embodying the terms of it. Before the order had been drawn up the plaintiff desired to withdraw her assent. The defendant moved for an order that the plaintiff should deliver to the registrar certain briefs and other documents to enable him to draw up the order on the compromise. FRY, J., held the plaintiff was not at liberty to withdraw from the compromise, and granted the application.

PRACTICE-PARTIES-THIRD PARTY NOTICE-DETERMINATION OF QUESTION BETWEEN THIRD PARTY AND ORIGINAL DEFENDANT-Ord. 16, rr. 17, 18, 19, 20.-In a case of The Metropolitan Board of Works v. The Hammersmith Bridge Company, before Fry, J., on the 29th ult., a question arose as to the determination of questions between a defendant and third parties, added by amendment. The plaintiffs had been empowered by Act of Parliament to purchase the undertaking of the Bridge Company, which was, by the Act, defined as including "the bridge and the approach roads to the same.' The question arose whether certain roads leading from the bridge, were "approach roads" within the meaning of this definition, and the plaintiffs claimed a declaration that these roads were 46 approach roads," and formed part of the undertaking of the Bridge Company, and an order that the Bridge Company should, on the footing of this declaration, sell the roads in question to the plaintiffs. The writ was issued on the 24th of April, 1879. On the 28th of June the Bridge Company applied by summons to the Master of the Rolls that the plaintiffs might be ordered to issue and serve a third party notice, under rules 17 and 19 of order 16, upon the Fulham District Board and the Mortlake Highway Board, giving them notice of the action, and of a provision in the Act that, after the plaintiff's should have acquired absolute control of the undertaking of the Bridge Company, the approach roads to the bridge should be public highways, maintainable and repairable as other bighways in the parish or district in which the same should be situate respectively. And, further, giving the two boards notice that, if they wished to dispute the claim of the plaintiffs to have the declaration asked by their statement of claim made, they must cause an appearance to be entered within eight days after service of the notice, and that in default of their so appearing they would not be entitled in any future proceedings between the Bridge Company and themselves to dispute the validity of the judgment in this action, whether obtained by consent or otherwise. Upon this summons, Jessel, M.R., upon hearing the Bridge Company and the plaintiffs, made the following order :"It appearing to the judge that the questions in this action should be tried, not only between the plaintiffs and the defendants, but also between such parties and the Fulham District Board and the Mortlake Highway Board: it is ordered that the plaintiff's be at liberty to amend the writ of summons" by adding the two boards as defendants. The writ was amended in pursuance of this order. The plaintiffs also amended their statement of claim by adding some paragraphs showing the way in which the two boards were interested in the action, and alleging that they opposed the plaintiffs' claim in the action. The Fulham Board delivered

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a statement of defence by which they said that they never had opposed, and did not oppose, the plaintiffs' claim, and that they submitted to any order which the court might think fit to make. They further submitted that, as they had been made defendants solely for the convenience and at the instance of the other parties, those parties ought to pay their costs. The Mortlake Board delivered a statement of defence, by which they denied that the roads in question approach roads" or part of the undertaking of the Bridge Company, and they submitted that the whole of the roads in question and within their district would not, when the plaintiffs should have acquired complete control of the undertaking of the Bridge Company, be maintainable and repairable by the Mortlake Board. At the trial FRY, J., gave judgment in favour of the plaintiffs' claim, but he held that he could not determine any question as between the Bridge Company and the two defendant boards arising out of the obligation to maintain and repair the roads in question, and he ordered the Bridge Company to pay the costs of the plaintiffs and of the Fulham Board, but not those of the Mortlake Board.

CONTRACT FOR BENEFIT OF THIRD PARTY-RIGHT TO SUE-FIDUCIARY RELATION.-On the 31st ult. FRY, J., mentioned again the case of Lloyds v. Harper (ante, p. 250), which he had reserved for further consideration on one point. The action, it will be remembered, was by the corporation of Lloyds' to enforce a guarantee which had been entered into with them by a father on behalf of his son on the occasion of the admission of the latter as an underwriting member of Lloyds'. The father had agreed to hold himself "responsible for all his (the son's) engagements in that capacity." It was the practice for the underwriting members of Lloyds' to underwrite policies of marine insurance for the benefit, not only of members of Lloyds', but also of outsiders. In the latter case the policies were effected through the agency of brokers who were subscribers to Lloyds', inasmuch as members could not transact business directly with outsiders. The corporation of Lloyds' as such, incurred no liability on the policies underwritten by its members. It was objected that the corporation could not recover more than nominal damages, for that they could not maintain the action on behalf of the persons for whom the son had underwritten policies which he had failed to pay. After considering the authorities, FRY, J., came to the conclusion that the corporation of Lloyds' could sustain the action on behalf of all the persons, whether members or outsiders, for whom the policies had been underwritten. The cases of Tomlinson v. Gill (1 Amb. 330), and Lamb v. Vice (6 M. & W. 467), he said, showed that, where a contract had been entered into for the benefit of a third party, the person with whom it had been entered into was to be treated as a trustee for him, and an action could be maintained by the trustee or by the third party in his name. In the present case the contract was with Lloyds' as agents clearly a right to call on their agents to enforce a contract for all the subscribers to Lloyds'. The subscribers had entered into with them for the subscribers' benefit, and the principals of the subscribers who were brokers had a right to call on the brokers to require their agents, Lloyds', to enforce the contract of guarantee for the benefit of those prin cipals. In this way Lloyds' were trustees for all the persons who were entitled to the benefit of the guarantee, and could maintain an action on their behalf to enforce it.

PRACTICE-FORECLOSURE ACTION-PERSONAL JUDGMENT FOR PAYMENT BY MORTGAGOR-SECURITIES TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THIRD PERSON REDEEMING MORTGAGEE-ORDER 17-LEAVE TO APPLY IN CHAMBERS FOR SALE.-In a case of Greenough v. Littler, before Fry, J., on the 31st ult., the action was brought by a mortgagee against the mortgagor and a purchaser from him, for foreclosure. The plaintiff also claimed a personal judgment against the mortgagor for payment of the mortgage debt. FRY, J. (following the precedent of Dymond v. Croft (24 W. R. 700, L. R. 3 Ch. D. 512), gave judgment for foreclosure against both defendants, and also a personal judgment for payment against the mortgagor, fixing three months after the date of the chief clerk's certificate of the amount due as the period within which the payment was to be made, and six months as the period for redemption. The counsel for the pur

chaser then asked that, in the event of his redeeming the mortgage, the personal judgment against the mortgagor might be transferred to him, as being one of the securities held by the mortgagee for the mortgage debt. FRY, J., said that if, under the old practice, the mortgagee had obtained judgment in a common law action for the mortgage debt, that judgment would have been one of the securities for the debt which the mortgagee must have transferred to the person who redeemed him, and there was no reason why the same thing should not be done when judgment for the debt and a foreclosure judgment were given in one and the same action. His lordship accordingly ordered that the personal judgment against the mortgagor should be included among the securities which the mortgagee was to transfer to the purchaser in the event of his redeeming the mortgage, and gave the purchaser liberty, on his properly indemnifying the plaintiff, to enforce the judgment in his name. His lordship also gave the purchaser liberty to apply in chambers for a sale, instead of a foreclosure, of the property, upon such terms as the judge might direct.

NUISANCE

INJUNCTION-JUSTIFICATION.-In a case of Linney v. Wood, before Fry, J., on the 31st ult., the action was brought to restrain an alleged nuisance caused by the erection by the defendant of a urinal. The urinal had been erected in a yard in the neighbourhood of the market-place | of a town. The plaintiff's and the defendant's houses abutted on the yard, through which there was a public right of way. It was attempted to justify the erection of the urinal on the ground that, prior to its erection, the public had been in the habit of committing nuisances over the yard indiscriminately, and that the effect of the urinal was to concentrate the nuisance in one spot, where it was minimized by means of a proper supply of water and other appliances, and it was said that the plaintiff was, in fact, benefited by what had been done. FRY, J., however, held that the previous commission of a series of illegal acts, which might have been stopped, if the proper steps had been taken, could afford no justification for the creation of a permanent legal nuisance. And he granted the injunction asked for.

PRACTICE-COMPANIES ACT, 1862-GENERAL ORDER, Nov., 1862, RULE 3-COMPANY IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION -SERVICE OF PETITION FOR COMPULSORY WINDING up.An application was made to Vice-Chancellor Hall on the 31st ult., in Re Stewart & Brother, for directions as to the mode of effecting service upon the company of a petition for a compulsory winding up. The company was in volun. tary liquidation, and the present application was made under the following circumstances :-The registered office of the company was at Liverpool, but the premises were found to be now unfurnished, and, although there was a clerk there, he denied being a servant of the company. Rule 3 of the General Order of November, 1862, provides that "a winding-up petition shall, unless presented by the company, be served at the registered office, if any, of the company, and if no registered office, then at the principal or last known principal place of business of the company, if any such can be found, upon any member, officer, or servant of the company there, or in case no such member, officer, or servant can be found there, then by being left at such registered office or principal place of business, or being served on such member or members of the company as the court may direct; and that every such petition for the winding up of a company, subject to the supervision of the court, shall also be served upon the liquidator (if any) appointed for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the company." Service of the present petition had been effected upon the liquidator in the voluntary winding up, and HALL, V.C., held that such service was sufficient.

AFFIRMATIONIN LIEU OF OATH-COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT, 1854 (17 & 18 VICT. c. 125), s. 20-CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION- FOREIGN SUBJECT EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN LAW. In the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, on Tuesday last, a motion was made In the Goods of Prince Henry of Reuss Kortritz, who died at Reuss Kortritz, Germany, on the 21st of February, 1878, having duly executed, in accordance with the German law, a will and ten codicils, which were proved by Otto Theodore Von

Seydewitz, president of the Imperial German Parliament, the nephew and executor of the deceased. Probate of the testamentary documents was required in England, in order to realize certain property in this country, and instead of the usual affidavit identifying the foreign documents, the applicants produced an affirmation, made by the executor before the British Vice-Consul at Breslau. An application was now made to receive the papers, in order that probate might be granted in England, it being stated that, by the law of Germany, all voluntary oaths are illegal. HANNEN, P., rejected the application, and pointed out that, according to the general principle of English law, no matter can be proved before an English tribunal except upon oath. This was evident from section 20 of the Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, which made special provisions for cases of conscientious scruples, for which it provided a special form of affirmation. In the present case the deponent had not brought himself within the enactment by showing that he was prevented from taking an oath by conscientious motives, and therefore the court had no power to dispense with the oath. It had been alleged that voluntary oaths are illegal according to the law of Germany, and cannot be administered in that country to German subjects, but the statute could not apply to such a state of things; for if the law was as alleged, it did not follow that there was any power to substitute an affirmation for an oath. Moreover, although foreign subjects could not be forced to comply with the requirements of an English statute, an English tribunal was competent to fix the conditions upon which it would grant its decrees. His lordship also pointed out that there was not proper evidence as to the German law, there being only the statement of a gentleman who was said to be connected with the British Vice-Consulate at Breslau, to the effect that a certain course of proceeding had been advised by the British Consul at Konigsberg. The evidence of an expert in German law must be obtained, and at present the papers could not be received.

PRACTICE-COSTS-TRUSTEE.-In a case of In re Cooper, before the Court of Appeal (JESSEL, M.R., and BAGGALLAY and COTTON, L.JJ.) on the 4th inst., the question was as to the construction of a will. Counsel appeared for the trustees of the will, who had been served with notice of the appeal, and asked for their costs of the appeal. The trustees had no interest in the question of construction argued. JESSEL, M.R., said that he strongly objected to counsel appearing simply to ask for costs, when they could not be heard on either side, their clients having no interest whatever in the question at issue. The appellant must pay the trustees' costs as he had brought them before the court unnecessarily.

Under the provisions of the Prosecution of Offences Act, the Attorney-General has appointed the following gentlemen to act as clerks on the staff of Mr. Maule, Q.C., the recently appointed Director of Public Prosecutions, namely:-Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Henry Hall, and Mr. Frederick George Frayling. The temporary offices of this new department of the public service are situate at 5, Craig's-court, Charing Cross.

In a case of Cooper v. Penrose, before the Probate Division on the 29th ult., the President took occasion to say that it had been laid down by many eminent judges, lastly and lately by the present very distinguished head of the law, the Lord Chancellor, that where a will was made in favour of a particular person, and that will was drawn by that person himself, nobody else communicating with the testator on the subject, it rested upon him to show that it truly represented the intentions of the testator, and to remove the suspicion which attached to it. There was the strongest presumption against such wills, and it was the duty of the tribunals which had to inquire into them to watch closely and see that the suspicions attaching to them were thoroughly removed. The proper and right course of conduct to be pursued in such cases was plain. When a testator desired to leave his property to any particular person, and asked that a will to that effect might be prepared for him, it was the duty of the person in whose favour it was to be made to say to the testator, "It must not be done through me; it must be done through some independent person."

Obituary.

SIR WILLIAM ERLE.

The Right Hon. Sir William Erle, D.C.L., F.R.S., many years Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, died at Bromshott Grange, Hampshire, on the 29th ult., at the age of eighty-six. The late Lord Chief Justice

was the third son of the Rev. Christopher Erle, and was born at Gillingham, Dorsetshire, in 1793. He was educated at Winchester, and was formerly fellow of New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.C.L. in 1818, and D.C.L. in 1857. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Michaelmas Term, 1819. He joined the Western Circuit and gradually obtained an extensive and lucrative practice as a junior. In 1834 he received a silk gown from Lord Brougham, and soon attained a position among the leaders of his circuit, although he had men like Follett and Wilde among his competitors. He also obtained a good leading business in London, and was for many years counsel to the Bank of England. In 1837 he was elected M.P. for the city of Oxford in the Liberal interest, but retired at the general election of 1841. In 1845, although a political opponent of the Government, he was selected by Lord Lyndhurst to succeed Mr. Justice Erskine as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and soon afterwards received the honour of knighthood. In the following year, on the death of Sir John Williams, was transferred to the Court of Queen's Bench, where he sat for thirteen years under the successive presidency of Lords Denman and Campbell. In June, 1859, on the accession to power of Lord Palmerston's second administration, Lord Campbell received the Great Seal, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn was promoted from the Common Pleas to the Queen's Bench, and Sir William Erle returned to the Common Pleas Court as Lord Chief Justice, and was sworn a member of the Privy Council. Under the presidency of Sir W. Erle (with such puisne judges as Williams, Crowder, Willes, Byles, Keating, and Montague Smith) the authority of the Common Pleas stood very high, and the court was much resorted to by plaintiffs. Sir W. Erle was a sound and well-informed lawyer,

with a dignified and unaffected manner, and his kindness and amiability rendered him extremely popular with the members of the bar. His judgments were always most carefully prepared, and evinced an extensive knowledge of law and great power of reasoning. Among the most important and interesting among them may be mentioned Kemp v. Neville, Kennedy v. Brown, Ionides v. Universal Marine Insurance Company, &c. Sir W. Erle retired at the age of seventy-three, after twenty-two years of judicial service, with his mental and bodily powers entirely unimpaired. He sat on the bench for the last time on the 26th of November, 1866. The court was filied to overflowing, and Sir John Rolt, who was then Attorney-General, made an eloquent valedictory address. Sir W. Erle rarely took part in the proceedings of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council after his retirement, but be rendered valuable public service as a member of the Royal Commission on Trades Unions, and he published a small treatise on "The Law relating to Trades Unions." He retained all his faculties until within a few

days of his death. He was extremely charitable to the poor in the neighbourhood where he resided, and took an active part in all parochial business. Sir W. Erle was an honorary fellow of New College, and a bencher of the Inner Temple, having been treasurer of that society in 1834. He was married to the daughter of the Rev. David Williams, D.C.L., Warden of New College, Oxford, but he leaves no family. His younger brother, the Right Hon. Peter Erle, Q.C., many years Chief Commissioner of Charities, died in 1877.

MR. JOHN LOCKE, Q.C., M.P.

Mr. John Locke, Q.C., M.P., died at 63, Eaton-place on the 28th ult., at the age of seventy-four. Mr. Locke was the only son of Mr. John Locke, and was born at Herne Hill in 1805. He was an M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Easter Term, 1833. He practised on the Home Circuit, and at the Surrey Sessions, where he obtained a leading

share of business, and he was for many years one of the common pleaders of the City of London. He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1857, and had for some time ceased to practise, though he was for several years one of the counsel to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and in that capacity held a brief for the Crown in the cele brated Alexandra case. Mr. Locke was the author of treatises on "Foreign Attachment" and on "The Game Laws." In 1861 he succeeded Mr. Edwin James as recorder of the borough of Brighton, and held that office until about a year ago. In 1852 he unsuccessfully contested the borough of Hastings in the Liberal interest. At the general election of 1857, he was returned for Southwark, and sat for that borough until his death. Mr. Locke was a hard-working member, and gave a careful attention to all questions of local government, and he was well-known as a humorous speaker. At the last two elections he was supported by many Conservatives as well as Liberals. His health had been for some time failing, and he had announced his intention of resigning his seat at the next election. Mr. Locke was a bencher of the Inner Temple, of which society he was treasurer in 1871, and he was also the oldest member of the Court of Assistants of the Skinners

Company. He was married to the daughter of Colonel Thomas Alexander Cobbe.

MR. ALDBOROUGH HENNIKER, Q.C.

Mr. Aldborough Henniker, Q.C., died at 26, Leinstersquare, Bayswater, on the 28th ult. Mr. Henniker was the eldest son of Mr. Aldborough Brydges John Henniker, of Mayfurlong, Staffordshire, and he was great-grandson of the first Lord Henniker. He was born in 1821, and was He was called to the bar at educated at the Charterhouse.

He was

Gray's-inn in Easter Term, 1844, and he formerly practised on the Home Circuit and Essex Sessions. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1874, but he had for some time ceased to practise. a bencher of Gray's-inn, and was treasurer of that society in 1877. On Monday, the 26th ult., Mr. Henniker dined with the benchers of his Inn, and afterwards proceeded to King's Cross in order to take the train to Bayswater. In descending the staircase of the station his foot slipped, and he fell down and broke his collar-bone, besides sustaining internal injuries, from the effects of which of Dr. David Henderson, and he leaves one son and two he died two days later. He was married to the daughter daughters.

MR. ARCHIBALD JOHN STEPHENS, LL.D., Q.C.

author of works on

Mr. Archibald John Stephens, LL.D., Q.C., and F.R.S., died on the 30th ult., from bronchitis, after a very short illness. Mr. Stephens was born in 1810, and was called to the bar at Gray's-inn in Easter Term, 1832. He formerly as an equity draftsman and conveyancer, practised He was being also a member of the Western Circuit. "The Municipal Corporation Acts," "The Law of Elections," "The Ecclesiastical Statutes," "The Laws Relating to the Clergy," and other legal topics. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1859, and had for many years devoted all his attention to ecclesiastical law, upon which his opinion was often sought. He had been engaged in many important ecclesiastical suits, including Flamank. Simpson, Elphinston v. Purchas, Sheppard v. Bennett, and Martin v. Mackonochie and the Clewer case, (R. v. Bishop of Oxford) in which last case he was to have been the leading counsel for the appellants before the House of Lords. He was also counsel for the plaintiff in the recent case of Duke of Norfolk v. Arbuthnott. Mr. Stephens was formerly recorder of Andover, and he had been recorder of the city of Winchester since 1857. He was chancellor of the dioceses of Bangor and St. David's, a bencher of Gray's-inn, and a member of the Council of Legal Education. He took part in several consultations upon the day preceding that of his death.

MR. EDWARD HEARLE RODD. Mr. Edward Hearle Rodd, solicitor (of the firm of Rodd & Cornish), town clerk of Penzance, died at that place on the 25th ult. from congestion of the lungs, after a very short illness. Mr. Rodd was born in 1809, and was admitted a solicitor

in 1832, and he soon afterwards began to practise at Penzance. He was originally associated in partnership with Mr. John Dennis, next with Mr. Thomas Darke, and finally with Mr. Thomas Cornish, who is registrar of the Penzance County Court, and clerk to the magistrates for the borough of Penzance, and for the Western Division of Penrith Hundred. Mr. Rodd was a perpetual commissioner for the county of Cornwall, town clerk of the borough of Penzance, and clerk to the magistrates for the Eastern Division of Penrith Hundred, and he had a large and important private practice. He was also for about thirty years clerk to the Penzance Board of Guardians, and superintendent-registrar for the district. Mr. Rodd devoted much of his leisure time to the study of ornithology. In 1870 he published "A List of British Birds of Cornwall," and his large collection of stuffed birds had attained some celebrity in the West of England.

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Appointments, Etc.

Mr. WYNNE EDWIN BAXTER, solicitor (of the firm of Baxter & Rance), of 9, Lawrence Pountney-lane, and of Lewes, has been elected (without opposition) to the office of Coroner for the Eastern Division of the County of SusMr. Baxter is the son of Mr. William Edwin Baxter, of Lewes. He was admitted a solicitor in 1867, and has served the office of under-sheriff of London and Middlesex. He is also clerk to the Farriers' Company, to the Commissioners of the Lewes Provision Market, and to All Saints and Cliffe Burial Boards, and solicitor to the Shipwrights' Company, to the Lewes Co-operative Benefit Building Sosiety, and to the Lewes School of Science and Art. Mr. Baxter is author of works on "Practice under the Judicature Acts," and on "The Higher Education of Solicitors."

Mr. THOMAS BEARD, solicitor, of 10, Basinghall-street, has been elected Chairman of the Gas and Water Committee of the Court of Common Council. Mr. Beard was admitted a solicitor in 1858, and is in partnership with his sons, Messrs. Walter James Westcott Beard and Thomas George Beard. He is a common councilman for Bassishaw Ward, and has served the office of under-sheriff of London and Middlesex.

The HON. FREDERICK GEORGE BRABAZON PONSONBY, barrister, has succeeded to the Peerage as sixth Earl of Bessborough on the death of his elder brother. The new peer is the second son of the fourth Earl of Bessborough, and was born in 1815. He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Trinity Term, 1840, and he was formerly a member of the Midland Circuit, and a revising barrister. He is a deputy-lieutenant for King's County.

Mr. JAMES REDFOORD BULWER, Q.C., M.P., has been elected Treasurer of the Inner Temple for the ensuing year.

Mr. THOMAS BURTON, of Manchester, has been appointed an Assistant Solicitor to the Metropolitan Board of Works.

Mr. GEORGE TRENCHARD CANNING, solicitor, of Chard, has been elected Chairman of the Chard School Board. Mr. Canning was admitted a solicitor in 1843, and is clerk to the Chard Burial Board, and he has been three times mayor of Chard. His partner, Mr. Arthur Venables Kyrke, is regis trar of the Chard County Court.

Mr. SAMUEL HAND, train-bearer to the Lord Chancellor, has been appointed Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords, in succession to Mr. George Wallace Goodbody, deceased.

Mr. ALEXANDER HELLARD, solicitor, of Portsmouth, has been elected Town Clerk and Clerk to the Portsmouth Urban Sanitary Authority, in succession to Mr. John Howard, deceased. Mr. Hellard had acted for several months as deputy towu clerk. He was admitted a solicitor in 1859, and is in partnership with his father, Mr. Charles Bettesworth Hellard, the clerk to the Portsmouth Burial Board.

Mr. FRANCIS LAW LATHAM, barrister, of Bombay, has been appointed to officiate as Advocate-General of the Bombay Presidency. Mr. Latham was formerly scholar

of Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated first class in Literæ Humaniores in 1860. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1864, and formerly practised in the Court of Chancery. He is author of a treatise on "The Law of Window Lights."

Mr. EDWARD MOYLAN, Attorney-General of the Island of Tobago, has been appointed Attorney-General of the Island of Grenada.

Mr. ALBERT AUGUSTUS NEWMAN, solicitor, late of Bolton, has been elected Deputy Town Clerk of the borough of Newport, in succession to Mr. Charles Robert Lyne, resigned. Mr. Newman was admitted a solicitor in 1877.

Mr. PHILIP OXENDEN PAPILLON, barrister, has been appointed an Assistant Inspector of Convict Prisons. Mr. Papillon is the eldest son of Mr. John Papillon, of Crow hurst Park, Sussex, and was born in 1826. He was educated at Rugby, and at University College, Oxford, where he graduated second class in mathematics in 1848. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Hilary Term, 1852, and he was formerly a member of the Home Circuit. Mr. Papillon is a magistrate for Sussex, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Essex, and a magistrate and alderman for Colchester. He was M.P. for Colchester in the Conservative interest from 1859 till 1865, and he has been twice mayor of the borough.

Mr. EDWARD HENRY PEMBER, Q.C., has been appointed a Magistrate for Hampshire. Mr. Pember was educated at the Charterhouse, and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he He graduated first class in Literæ Humaniores in 1854. was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Hilary Term, 1858, and he is a member of the Midland Circuit, practising also at the Parliamentary Bar. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1874, and is a bencher of Lincoln's Inn.

Mr. WILLIAM LUCIUS SELFE, barrister, has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Lord Chancellor, in succession to Mr. Henry John Lowndes Graham, who has been appointed a Master in Lunacy. Mr. Selfe was formerly scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated first class in Litere Humaniores in 1867. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1870, and he practises in the Chancery Division.

Mr. SOLOMON SPYER, solicitor, of Winchester House, Old Broad street, has been elected Chairman of the Law and City Courts Committee of the Court of Common Council. Mr. Spyer is the son of Mr. Joseph Spyer, solicitor. He was admitted a solicitor in 1851, and represents the Ward of Broad-street in the Common Council.

Mr. JAMES WILLIAM STIRK, solicitor, of Wolverhampton, has been elected President of the Wolverhampton Law Association for the ensuing year. Mr. Stirk was admitted a solicitor in 1856, and is clerk to the Wednesfield and Heath Town Local Boards.

Mr. HENRY THOMAS WRENFORDSLEY, barrister, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Colony of Western Australia, in succession to Sir Archibald Paull Burt, deceased. Mr. Wrenfordsley was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Easter Term, 1863, and was a member of the old Norfolk Circuit. He was appointed Second Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Mauritius in 1877, and Procureur and Advocate-General for the Mauritius in 1878.

Companies.

WINDING-UP NOTICES. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

CLITHEROE LIME COMPANY, HORROCKSFORD, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Jan 29, directed to be heard before V.C. Bacon, on Feb 7. Shaw and Tremellen, Gray's inn sq, solicitors for the petitioners

GIBBS AND CANNING, LIMITED-Petition for winding up, presented Jan 27, directed to be heard before the M.R., on Feb 7. Owles, Chancery lane, solicitor for the peritioners

HAMPSHIRE CO-OFERATIVE MILK COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by V.C. Hall, dated Jan 24, it was ordered that the above company be wound up. Lydall, Southampton bldgs, Chancery lane, solicitor for the petitioner

LONGTON HALL HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Jan 23, directed to be heard before the M.R., on Feb 7. Bellamy, Strong, and Co, Bishopsgate st Within, solicitors for the petitioner

dated Jan 24, it was Russel, Coleman st,

COLOMBIA CHEMICAL FACTORY. MANURE LIMITED. By an order made by V.C. Hall, ordered that the above Company be wound up. solicitor for the petitioners HUNGARIAN TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Jan 31, directed to be heard before V.C. Hall, on Feb 13. Carter, Old Jewry chmbrs, solicitor for the petitioners

LYDGATE SPINNING COMPANY, LIMITED.-The M.R., has, by an order dated June 26, appointed Hugh Shaw, Clegg st, Oldham, to be official liquidator

OAK PITS COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Jan 30, directed to be heard before the M.R., on Feb 14. Venn and Son, Finch lane, Cornhill, solicitors for the petitioner SUBURBAN FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.-By an order made by V.C. Hall, dated Jan 24, it was ordered that the above association be wound up. Yorke, Conduit st, Bond st, solicitor for the petitioner WHITE HART HOTEL COMPANY, HARROGATE, LIMITED.-By an order made by the M.R., dated Jan 24, it was ordered that the voluntary winding up of the above company be continued. Bower and Cotton, Chancery lane, agents for Plant and Abbott, Preston, solicitors for the petitioners

WILLIAM RAMSEY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Feb 2. directed to be heard before V.C. Malins, on Feb 13. Allen and Edwards, Old Jewry, solicitors for the petitioner

[Gazette, Feb. 3.]

UNLIMITED IN CHANCERY. ELSWORTH, TUNNICLIFFE, AND COMPANY.-Petition for winding up, presented Jan 30, directed to be heard before V.C. Malins on Feb 13. Speechly and Co., New inn, agents for Rooke and Midgley, Leeds, solicitors for the petitioner [Gazette, Feb. 3.]

COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. HILTON HOUSE AND RED Moss COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Jan 28, directed to be heerd before the V.C. on Feb 9, at 6, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn. Houghton and Myres, Preston, solicitors for the petitioner

STANDARD IRON AND STEEL COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by V.C. Little, dated Jan 19, it was ordered that the company be wound up. Cooper and Jones, Manchester, solicitors for the petitioners

[Gazette, Jan 30.3

CRANK COAL AND FIRECLAY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Jan 30, directed to be heard before the V.C. at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, on Feb. 17, at 10. Mather, Liverpool, agent for Darlington and Sons, Wigan, solicitors for the petitioner. [Gazette, Feb. 3.]

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DISSOLVED. CHATHAM UNION BENEFIT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Schoolroom, Union st, Chatham, Jan 26

INDEPENDENT DRUIDS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Colliers' Arms Ian, Ashtonin-Makerfield, Lancaster. Jan 24

SONS OF INDEPENDENCE BENEFIT SOCIETY, Britannia Tavern, Fish st hill. Jan 24

Societies.

LAW ASSOCIATION.

[Gazette, Jan. 30.

At the usual monthly meeting of the directors, held at the hall of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery-lane, on Thursday, the 5th inst., the following being presentviz., Mr. E. Tylee (chairman), and Messrs. Boodle, Cronin, Desborough, jun., Lucas, Sawtell, and Williamson, and A. B. Carpenter (secretary), the treasurers were authorized to accept the offer of the Secretary of State for India to exchange £5 per Cent. Stock for an equal amount of India £4 per Cent. Stock. One new member was elected, and the ordinary general business was transacted.

NOTTINGHAM INCORPORATED LAW

SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Nottingham Incorporated Law Society was held on the 28th ult., in the Town Hall, when the president, Mr. Henry Wing, was in the chair, and there were also present Messrs. Henry Thorpe, Gilbert A. Williams (hon. sec.), A. Brown, C. L. Rothera, F. W. Rothera, Bryan, Hodgson, Whittingham, H. Browne, S. Gilbert, Roby Thorpe, W. H. Stevenson, J. K. Wright, H. Wyles.

The PRESIDENT said he had great pleasure in introducing the annal report, to which he had very few observations to add. The four new members who had been elected brought up the present total number from eighty-six to ninety. At the commencement of the society a few years ago there were fifty-seven members only. In addition to the members now there were two associates of the society, having the privi

leges of the law library, and who, in fact, formed the local bar. Fourteen council meetings had been held during the year, and the different committees of the council had been With regard to the law library it was decided at the last meeting that the reference department be not allowed to circulate in the same manner as the reports, and it was also suggested that they should increase the number of books in that particular department. With respect to bills of sale they had forwarded to the Associated Provincial Societies a resolution which was passed at their meeting; it was unanimously adopted, and had been substantially adhered to throughout most of the country. Another question referred to in the report was one as to the preliminary examinations, and upon that a resolution was also submitted to the Associated Provincial Societies, by whom it was unanimously approved and forwarded to the Incorporated Law Society; and, as the report mentioned, an early opportunity would be taken to make an application to Parliament to give to the society the power of exempting clerks about to be articled from passing the preliminary examination. Since the

report had been printed the Incorporated Law Society had prepared a bill relating to the admission of solicitors to the bar, and in it they set out the particulars of what had been done. For the information of those who did not know, he might mention that in 1877 the Master of the Rolls granted dispensation from the first examination to 6, in 1878 to 9, in 1879 to 3; the Lord Chief Justice of England in 1877 to 6, in 1878 to 2, in 1879 to 2; Lord Coleridge in 1877 to 3, in 1878 to 3, and in 1879 to 1; whereas the Lord Chief Baron in 1877 granted dispensation to 68, in 1878 to 73, and in 1879 to 76. The Bill which the Incorporated Law Society would promote in Parliament next session would enact substantially that the exemption from the preliminary examination was to be intrusted in future to the 1ncorporated Law Society acting_by_their council, subject only to appeal to the Master of the Rolls. The Nottingham law students had also prepared a suitable memorial to the judges from their society; it was taken up and culminated in this Bill, which would probably become law during the present session. The president continued by alluding to conveyancing charges and other technical matters. The local prize had been awarded to Mr. Henry Barber, who had been articled to Mr. S. G. Johnson, and had passed most creditably. Since the raport was printed he had heard that Mr. Barber had been awarded the best gold medal for the best conveyancing paper of the past year. He (the president) submitted the annual report, and moved that it be adopted.

Mr. Gilbert seconded the motion, which was adopted.

The CHAIRMAN, in a few complimentary observations, proposed that Mr. Charles Butlin be president for the ensuing year. The motion was seconded by Mr. Gilbert, and carried.-Mr. Williams said they had fourteen or fifteen country members who, it was thought, should have a share in the representation. He proposed that Mr. Brian, of Mansfield, be the vice-president for the year.-Mr. H. B. Thorpe seconded, and the motion was carried.-Mr. Williams also proposed that Mr. J. K. Wright be treasurer, whose post was now necessarily vacated by Mr. Butlin, and the motion being seconded by Mr. Roby Thorpe, was carried.-On the motion of Mr. Gilbert, seconded by Mr. Whittingham, Mr. Williams was re-elected secretary. -Mr. Williams proposed that Mr. Wyles and Mr. F. Rothera be re-elected auditors, but Mr. Wyles objecting to continue in office, his place was filled by the substitution of Mr. Whittingham.

Eight vacancies for seats on the council of the society were then balloted for, and the following gentlemen declared elected:-Messrs. Enfield, H. R. Thorpe, H. Wing, M. Gilbert, G. V. Rothera, F. Lees, J. Watson, and A. Browne. The meeting shortly afterwards terminated.