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Law Students' Journal.

UNITED LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. A meeting of this society was held on Monday evening, the 11th inst., at the Law Institution, Mr. R. B. Acland in the chair, when the following moot was discussed :-" Was the case of the Saffron Walden Building Society v. Rayner (28 W. R. 681) rightly decided; if so, can the law as therein laid down be deemed satisfactory?" Mr. MacLaren opened the discussion in the affirmative. Mr. Acland argued in favour of, and Messrs. Foy and Samuel against, the opinion of the opener. The opener replied, and upon a division the moot was decided in the affirmative by a majority of two votes.

The usual weekly meeting of this society was held on Wednesday, the 13th inst., at Clement's-inn, Mr. A. D. MacLaren in the chair. The motion on the paper was "That the Land League agitation in Ireland ought to be suppressed as treasonable." Mr. Pickersgill opened the debate in the negative; Messrs. Maxwell, Spence, Warburton, Godden, and Phillips, supported, and Messrs. Donner, Edlin, Foy, Acland, and Collyer opposed the opener. The opener replied, and upon a division the motion was rejected by a majority of four votes.

A meeting of this society was held on Wednesday, the 20th inst., at Clement's-inn, Mr. B. T. Bartrum in the chair. The motion on the paper: "That having regard to the recent action of the House of Lords a change in the

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constitution of this country is necessary," was brought forward by Mr. MacLaren, who was supported by Messrs. Jones, Maxwell, Spokes, and Pickersgill; and opposed by Messrs. M'Kay, Collyer, Spence, Donner, Jinks, and Clark

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Mr. MacLaren replied, and, upon a division, the motion was lost by a majority of five votes. The next debate at Clement's-inn will take place on Wednesday, the 27st inst., when the subject will be "That the present standard of compulsory education is needlessly high." A meeting at the Law Institution will also be held on Monday, the 25th inst., for the discussion of a legal moot.

He is an LL.D. of Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the frish bar in 1848, and is a member of the Munster Circuit. He was for several years professor of jurisprudence at Queen's College, Galway. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1868, and was law adviser to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from April till July, 1866. He was M.P. for the county of Tipperary in the Liberal interest from 1870 till 1874.

Mr. JUSTINIAN VERNON MUSGRAVE, solicitor, of Albert. buildings, Queen Victoria-street, has been appointed a Commissioner for taking Affidavits in the Supreme Courts of the Colonies of Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, and the Cape of Good Hope, and also a Commissioner for taking Affidavits and the Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women for the Supreme Court of the Colony of Western Australia.

Mr. JOHN BUCKLEY NORRIS, solicitor, of Eccleshall, has been appointed Clerk to the County Magistrates at Stone, in succession to Mr. William Tym Middleton, deceased. Mr. Norris is the son of Mr. John Stacey Norris, of Horsley, Eecleshall. He is an M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, and was admitted a solicitor in 1876.

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Appointments, Etc.

Mr. CHARLES FRANCIS EGERTON ALLEN, barrister, has been appointed to officiate as Recorder of Rangoon. Mr. Allen was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a senior optime in 1870. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1871, and he has for some time held the office of Government Advocate at Rangoon.

Mr. EDWARD CHILCOTT, solicitor, of Tavistock, has been appointed Clerk to the County Magistrates at that place, in succession to Mr. Robert Luxton, deceased. Mr. Chilcott was admitted a solicitor in 1947, and is clerk to the Tavistock Turnpike Trust.

Sir RICHARD HARINGTON, baronet, judge of county courts, has been elected Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Herefordshire, in succession to the late Mr. George Clive. Sir R. Harington is the eldest son of the Rev. Richard Harington, D.D., principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. He was born in 1830, and succeeded to a baronetcy in 1877, upon the death of his cousin, Sir John Edward Harington. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated first class in law and modern history in 1857, and he obtained the Vinerian Law Scholarship in the following year. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Michaelmas Term, 1858, and formerly practised on the Oxford Circuit. He was formerly junior counsel to the Admiralty. He was appointed a stipendiary magistrate at the Hammersmith and Wandsworth Police-courts in 1871, and in the following year he became judge of county courts for Circuit No. 22. Sir R. Harington is a deputy-lieutenant for Herefordshire, and a magistrate for Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire.

Mr. DENIS CAULFIELD HERON, LI.D., Q.C., has been created a Serjeant-at-Law in Ireland, in succession to the late Mr. Richard Armstrong. Mr. Serjeant Heron is the eldest son of Mr. William Heron, and was born in 1826.

Companies.

WINDING-UP NOTICES.

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

DIRECT FISH SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.-Lord Coleridge has, by an order dated Oct 6, appointed Joseph Andrews, Ironmonger lane, to be official liquidator JAMES DODGE AND COMPANY. LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Dec 18, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to John Mather, King st, Manchester

LONDON AND SOUTHWARK INSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED.Petition for winding up, presented Oct 12, directed to be heard before the M.R. on Nov 6. Tilleard, Godden, and Holme, Old Jewry, solicitors for the petitioners

SEAFORD ESTATE, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Nov 8, to send their names and addresses, with particulars of their debts or claims to Clarke Tomalin, the liquidator. Wynne-Baxter and Rance, Lawrence Pountney hill, Cannon st, solicitors for the said liquidator

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BRISTOL STEAM FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas on Oct. 6, it was ordered that the Bristol Steam Ferry Company be wound up. Scott, Aldermanbury, agent for Waterhouse, Bristol, solicitor for the petitioner. THE COLONIAL ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented June 22, directed to be heard before the Master of the Rolls on Nov. 6. Blagden, Fenchurch avenue, solicitor for the petitioner.

EVAN, LEIGH, SON, AND COMPANY, LIMITED,-Creditors are required, on or before Nov. 1, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to the secretary of the Junction Iron Works Company, Limited, Newton Heath, Manchester.

[Gazette, Oct. 19.]

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Creditors' Claims.

CREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. CAP. 25. LAST DAY OF CLAIM.

ANDREW, THOMAS, Eltham, Kent, Gent. Nov 20. Street and Co,
Lincoln's inn fields

AVERY, EDWIN DOLPHIN, Solihull, Warwick, Farmer.
Mitchell and Son, Birmingham

Nov 1.

BARRY, JOHN BOYLE, Cannon st, Merchant. Nov 30. Harcourt, Moorgate st

BATTLE, ROBERT, Martlesham, Suffolk, Farmer. Nov 5. Welton, Woodbridge

BOWDLER, CHARLES, Runcton, nr Chichester, Esq. Nov 10. Denby, Frederick's pl, Old Jewry

BROWN, THOMAS, Old Bond st, Piccadilly, Licensed Victualler. Nov 16. Taylor, Old Jewry Chambers

BURNS, JOHN, Longsight, nr Manchester, Cabinet Maker. Dec 21. Storer, Manchester

COOKE, MARGARET, Kingston-upon-Hull, Licensed Victualler. Dec 9. Roberts and Leak, Hull

CROFTS, EDMUND WILLIAM, East Leigh, nr Southampton, a Captain in H.M.'s 23rd Regiment. Nov 9. Ingram and Co, Lincoln's inn fields

DOWDALL, GRANVILLE HOCKRIDGE, Southampton, House Decorator. Dec 7. Newman, Southampton

EDDY, HENRY, Kingsbridge, Devon, Upholsterer. Dec 2. Square, Kingsbridge

FOOKES, WILLIAM, Wool, Dorset, Gent. Dec 1. Andrews and Co, Dorchester

FULLAM, GEORGE TOWNLEY, Cottingham, York, Master Mariner. Dec 1. Rollit and Sons, Hull

GERRING, RICHARD, Faringdon, Berks, Farmer. Nov 20. and Sons, Faringdon

Crowdy GURNER, HENRY PAKEMAN, St. Paul's rd, Canonbury. Nov 25. Palmer and Co, Trafalgar sq

HALL, WALTER, Old Broad st, Esq. Nov 1. Phelps and Co, Gresham

st

HARMER, THOMAS FRANCIS, Carey st, Westminster, Ironmonger. Oct 31. Draper, Vincent sq, Westminster

HARRISON, WILLIAM MICHAEL, Northallerton, York, Gent. Nov 6. Jones, Crosby sq

Nov

HAWTON, CHARLES THOMAS, Acton st, Gray's inn rd, Draper. 1. Wells, Paternoster row MACKENZIE, GEORGE, Minehead, Somerset, Esq. Nov 13. Munns and Longden, Old Jewry

MACKENZIE, JOHN CAMPBELL, Rue St. Anne, Paris. Dec 6. Maugham, Paris

MEAD, THOMAS, Overton, Southampton, Farmer. Nov 15. Pain and Clarke, Winchester

PETERSON, SAMUEL, Kennington rd, Gent. Dec 1. Jones and Grove, Queen st, Cheapside

RINGER, THOMAS, Rougham, Norfolk, Farmer. Nov 27. Bailey and
Co, Norwich

ROBERTS, JOHN, Shrewsbury, Gent. Nov 15.
Shrewsbury

Clarke and Sons,

ROBERTS, WILLIAM, Acton, Denbigh, Farmer. Oct 30. Cartwright, Chester

SMITH, MARTHA BOWDEN, Southampton. Nov 1. Green and Moberly, Southampton

or a chemist and druggist. The hearing of the case took place on the 3rd of June last, but the defendant did not appear. The necessary proof was given, and the judge gave a verdict for the amount of the penalty sued for-£5, and costs. The interpleader was issued by the bailiff in order to determine the question under the bill of sale between the execution creditor, the plaintiffs in the action, and the claimants, who claimed defendant's goods under the bill of sale mentioned above.

Gatty appeared for the Pharmaceutical Society.
Wilson appeared for the claimants.

His HONOUR said :-This case was heard a long time ago, and the only question was whether a man who was not registered as a druggist and chemist under the Pharmacy Act was properly described in a bill of sale as a druggist. It is quite true the Act of Parliament says that no person shall be allowed to be registered-in fact shall incur a penalty-if he sells poisons mentioned in the schedule to the Act, not being a pharmaceutical chemist, not being a chemist and druggist, and not being either a chemist or druggist. The question is whether this man, not being a pharmaceutical chemist, is properly described according to the requirements of the Bills of Sale Act when he describes himself as a druggist. In point of fact, how otherwise could he describe himself? What was he if he was not a druggist? He sold drugsin point of fact, the Pharmaceutical Society say he sold poison, and they prosecuted him for so doing. Now, the Bills of Sale Act has no object whatever in carrying out any law with regard to the repression of improper acts by those who sell poisons, and are not entitled to do so. The sole object of the Bills of Sale Act is to give a knowledge to the grantor and all persons who execute a bill of sale of the occupation and residence of the person who gives the bill of sale. In this case the grantor truly describes his residence and also his occupation, and if a druggist is not a true description of his occupation, I ask how could he describe himself? I know no other way. It appears to me it does not come within the Bills of Sale Act at all. It is, in point of fact, a proper description of the man and of his occupation, and it appears to me to be the only true description of his occupation that could be given. Whether a person not registered under the Pharmaceutical Act is entitled or not to sell poisons is entirely beside the question. The only question is as to his occupation and residence. The residence was given correctly, and I have little doubt that his occupation was correct as well. It was stigmatized by the law as an improper one, still it is a proper description according to the Bills of Sale Act. Therefore my judgment is in favour of the bill of sale holder.

SPEAKMAN, ANNIE DAWSON, St. Helen's, Lancaster. Nov 12. dell and Sons, St. Helen's

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Oct. 7.-Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v. Wm.

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This was an interpleader summons arising out of an execution issued by the plaintiffs against defendant's goods, which goods were claimed under a bill of sale. The facts were these: The action brought by the plaintiff's was for the recovery from defendant of a penalty under the 15th section of the Pharmacy Act of 1868 for selling poison, it being by that section rendered "unlawful for any person to sell or keep an open shop for the retailing, dispensing, or compounding poisons, unless such person shall be registered under this Act," that is, registered either as a pharmaceutical chemist

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N.B.-The days, if any, on which the Master of the Rolls shall be engaged in the Court of Appeal are excepted.

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nesses are to be examined before the court will be taken on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, and causes and actions without witnesses will be taken on Mondays; but when the list of causes and actions without witnesses is exhausted, causes and actions with witnesses will be taken on Mondays also.

Further Considerations will be taken as part of the General Paper in priority to Original Causes which have not already appeared in the paper. Unopposed petitions must be presented, and copies left with the secretary, on or before the Thursday preceding the Saturday on which it is intended they should be heard; and any cause intended to be heard as a short cause must be so marked in the cause-book at least one clear be day before the same can put in the paper to be so heard, and the necessary papers must be left in court with the judge's officer the day before the cause is to be put in the paper.

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HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
CHANCERY DIVISION.-ORDER of Court.

Friday, the 6th day of August, 1880. Whereas, from the present state of the business before the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellors Sir James Bacon and Sir Charles Hall, and Mr. Justice Fry respectively, it is expedient that a portion of the causes assigned to the Master of the Rolls, and the Vice-Chancellor Sir Charles Hall, and now standing for trial or hearing before their lordships, should be transferred to the Vice-Chancellor Sir James Bacon; and that the causes so to be transferred should for the purpose only of trial or hearing be transferred from the Vice-Chancellor Sir James Bacon to Mr. Justice Fry: Now I, the Right Honourable Roundell Baron Selborne, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, do hereby order that the several causes set forth in the schedule hereto be accordingly transferred from the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor Sir Charles Hall to the Vice-Chancellor Sir James Bacon, and taken as causes assigned to the Vice-Chancellor Sir James Bacon, and be marked in the cause books accordingly. And I do further order that the same causes, when so transferred, be for the purpose only of trial or of hearing transferred from the ViceChancellor Sir James Bacon to Mr. Justice Fry. And this order is to be drawn up by the registrar and set up in the several offices of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice.

SCHEDULE.

FROM THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS' CAUSE BOOK. Sharp v Pickett act, wits 1879 S. 390.

March v Woodall act & motn for judgt, wits 1879 M. 343
Samuel v Druiff act, wits 1880 S. 98

Maltby v Corbidge act, wits 1879 M. 1,583
Robson v Robson act, wits 1880 R. 48

Eley v Lord act, wits 1880 E. 47

Riviere v Pickmere act & motn for judgt, wits 1879 R. 240

1878 B. 624

Barfield v Waterman act, wits Williams ▾ Chilcott act, wits 1880 W. 32 Hale v Earl de la Warr act, wits 1878 H. 513 act, wits 1879 W. 197 1880 S. 21 1880 P. 0,154 1880 H. 133 1879 P. 148

1880 L. 0,322 1880 W. 14 1879 P. 371 1880 B. 64 1879 R. 280

Slack v Midland Ry. Co.
Smith v Lea act, wits
Post▾ Marsh act, wits
Holt ▾ Collyer act, wits
Porter v West act, wits
Lawson v Braine act, wits
White ▾ Spargo act, wits
Parrot v Ellis act, wits
Bailey ▾ Prout act, wits
Radford v Black act, wits
Kent v Royal Lon. Panorama
Eames v Hacon act, wits
Sykes v Haigh act, wits
Ambroise v Heynemann
Smith Pettit act, wits
Laird v Briggs act, wits
Laird v Pettman act, wits
Laird v Pettman act, wits
Rudow v Great Britain Mutual Life Assce. Society act,
wits 1879 R. 200

act, wits 1880 K. 0,122
1880 E. 21
1879 S. 440
act, wits 1879 A. 170
1880 S. 01,382
1879 L. 148
1879 L. 126
1879 L. 125

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1879 W. 344 1880 I. 7

In re Bridges, Mason v Bridges act, wits 1880 B. 0,305
Glover v Giles act, wits 1879 G. 282
Stephenson v Scholefield act, wits 1880 S. 61
Tregan v Wells act, wits 1880 T. 59
Wyburn v Haden act, wits 1880 W. 0,431
Nicholls v Nicholl issue of fact 1880 N. 23
Aspinall v Cox act, wits 1880 A. 0,224
Leaming v Reed act, wits 1880 L. 61
Marshall ▾ Vallianny act, wits 1880 M. 58

Heald ▾ the Midland Ry. Co. act, wits 1880 H. 149
Collinge v Rhodes act, wits 1880 C. 0,490

Bergmann ▾ Macmillan act & motu for judgt, wits 1879

B. 691

Ridsdale v Great Western Ry. Co. act, wits 1879 R. 105
Nurse v Ellston act, wits 1880 N. 0,260
Phillips v Phillips act, wits 1879 P. 138
In re Jones, Jones v Thomas act, wits 1879 J. 155
Fraser v Green act, wits 1880 F. 46
Power v Tugall act, wits 1879 P. 302
Champitt v Paine act & motn for judgt, wits 1879 C. 447
Langdale's Chemical Manure Co. limd. v Spence act, wits
1879 L. 3

FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR SIR CHARLES HALL'S
CAUSE BOOK.

Kempe v The Anglesea, &c., Quarries Co. act, wits 1880
K. 17
Jausson v Berner act, wits 1880 J. 12
Snow v Bolton act, wits 1879 S. 562
Smith v Day act, wits 1879 S. 482
Kettlewell ▾ Watson act, wits 1879 K. 65
Vivian ▾ Moat act, wits 1878 V. 52
act, wits 1878 V. 54
Simmonds v Bowden act, wits
Cockburn v Edwards act, wits
Lane v Evans act, wits 1880 L. 0,450
Blenkhorn v Penrose act, wits 1879 B. 203
Beddall v Maitland act, wits. 1879 B. 661

Vivian v Walker

1879 S. 303 1880 C. 127

Reeve v Freeman act and mtn for judgt, wits 1879 R. 249
Oriel College, Oxford v Lock act, wits 1880 0. 21
Pepper v Wiggins act, wits 1880 P. 84
Mitchell-Henry v Tidy act, wits 1880 H. 116
Clark v Evans act, wits 1879 C. 420
White v Hunt act, wits 1880 W. 0,534

Joy v Earnshaw act and mota for judgt, wits 1879 J. 46
James v The Capital and Counties Bank act, wits 1880 J. 1
Blackwood v Charsley act, wits 1880 B. 0,569
SELBORNE, C.

R. H. LEACH, Registrar.

Legal News.

Lord Ormidale, who for some weeks has been suffering from illness, has resigned his position as one of the judges of the Second Division of the Court of Session in Scotland. Tuesday's Gazette announces the issue of a Royal Commission to inquire into the operation of the law for the measurement of tonnage, and to report "whether, having regard to just principles of taxation, to the convenience and furtherance of trade, to international arrangements, and above all to safety, it is desirable to make any and what alteration in such law."

The following dates have been fixed for the Winter Assizes: -North-Eastern Circuit (Field, J.)-Newcastle, Monday, October 25; Durham, Wednesday, October 27; Leeds, Tuesday, November 2. Oxford Circuit.-For the combined counties of Berks and Oxford, at Oxford, on Monday, October 25; for the counties of Worcester, Hereford, and Monmouth, at Gloucester, Friday, October 29; and at Stafford on Thursday, November 4. Western Circuit (Denman, J.)-Bristol, Saturday, October 30; Exeter, Saturday, November 6; Winchester, Saturday, November 13.

In the case of The People v. Helen Schuchardt, the Circuit Court of Union County, Illinois, recently solemnly held that a woman could not be appointed master in chancery. It appears that on the 16th of June, 1879, the Circuit Court of Union County, Judge John Dougherty presiding, appointed to the office of master in chancery, for

two years then following, Helen A. Schuchardt, a female resident of the county. On the same day Mrs. Schuchardt gave bond with security approved by the court, and took and subscribed the required oath of office. Since that date she has been the acting master in chancery of the court, taking proofs, making judicial sales, and performing the other various duties incident to such office. On an information in the nature of a quo warranto, the court said that "an inquiry into the origin and history of this important office led to the fixed conclusion that it was never contemplated by the common law that a woman could be a master in chancery," nor did the court find in the statutes any authority for the appointment of a woman to that office. But the court added, "It is my sincere hope that at its next session the Legislature will make this office accessible to females."

Messrs. Saxelby & Faulkner, solicitors, of 7 and 8, Ironmonger-lane, E.C., write to the Times under date October 14 :-"This morning a neatly-dressed young lady, who represented that she was the niece of a medical gentleman residing in Surbiton, called on us. She stated that she had been sent by her uncle, whose solicitor had recently died, with some valuable papers, among them a will which he desired us to prove at once, and that he had been recommended to us by some friends of ours at Croydon, whose names she mentioned. She stated that, unfortunately, she had left her satchel containing the papers in a firstclass carriage at Waterloo, and that she had made inquiries there and at Scotland-yard, but without success, adding that the satchel contained her purse and railway ticket, and that she did not know how she was to return home. Having some suspicions we intimated that we would telegraph to her uncle,' and desired her to call again. Her 'uncle,' in reply to our telegram, stated that he knew nothing of the lady or the papers, and we need scarcely add that she did not return to our office to keep her appointment. We send you these facts for the information of other solicitors, upon whom, perhaps, this young lady may also call." [It appears that she has in fact called on a good many other solicitors, and that she is "wanted" by the police.]

Quarter sessions have been a good deal exercised with the question of juvenile offenders. At the Oxford Sessions on Monday, the question of the punishment of juvenile offenders was brought before the court, and after a long discussion it was resolved, on the motion of the Earl of Jersey, seconded by Major Fane, to apply to the Home Secretary for instructions as to the course they should adopt in cases where children of tender years were charged with the commission of serious offences. The Somerset Quarter Sessions, upon the suggestion of the chairman, appointed a committee, to consist of one justice from each petty sessional division, who is to obtain the opinion of his colleagues as to the amendments in the law that are desirable, these suggestions to be sent to the clerk of the peace and by him arranged and printed, and then supplied to the committee, who will found their report thereon and prepare it for consideration at the January sessions. At the Chester Quarter Sessions the recorder, Mr. Horatio Lloyd, said that he had always had a strong objection to contaminate a child by sending him to prison, and during the fifteen or sixteen years that he had taken part in the administration of criminal justice he had never sent one to prison except as a preliminary to sending him to a reformatory.

At the Cockermouth Police-court, on Tuesday, the chairman, Mr. J. Wybergh, drew attention to a letter he had received from the Home Secretary, in reference to the imposition of small fines. Mr. Wybergh said that ever since he had sat on the bench Le had felt it to be an anomaly in the administration of justice that they should fine a person, say, one shilling, and then proceed to costs. He had written to the Home Office suggesting that the Home Secretary should issue some authoritative opinion upon the subject. In reply he had received a letter stating it was no part of the Home Secretary's duty to interpret Acts of Parliament, and that his opinion thereon had no binding effect; but he pointed out that since the passing of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, justices had power to remit fees in any case whatever, and that the object of the Legislature in passing the 8th section of the Act undoubtedly was that in cases to which that section referred-namely, where a fine adjudged on onviction did not exceed five shillings-the court should, as

a rule, not order the defendant to pay any costs to the infor mant, and should remit all fees payable by the informant. In order that this rule should not be departed from, except in special circumstances, the section made its observance obligatory, except so far as the court might think fit to expressly order otherwise. Mr. Wybergh said that he should individually act upon the rule laid down by the Home Secretary, and in future would not consent to impose costs upon any person where the penalty imposed did not exceed five shillings.

SALES OF ENSUING WEEK.

Oct. 25.-Messrs. BAXTER, PAYNE, & LEPPER, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., leasehold property (see advertisement, Oct. 16, p. 4). Oct. 25.-Messrs. FULLER & FULLER, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., reversion (see advertisement, Oct. 16, p. 4.)

Oct. 29.-Messrs. EDWIN Fox & BOUSFIELD, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., freehold estate (see advertisement, Oct. 2, p. 4).

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

LAYTON.-Oct. 10, at 9, Belsize-road, N.W., the wife of
MAXWELL.-Oct. 14, at 12, India-street, Edinburgh, the wife
Thomas Layton, Gresham House, London, of a daughter.
of W. J. Maxwell, advocate, of a son.
SMITH.-Oct. 15 at 12, Fellows-road, South Hampstead, the
wife of Vernon R. Smith, of 8, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn,
barrister-at-law, of a son.

WILSON.-Sept. 29, at 21, Marlborough-hill, N.W., the wife
of J. J. Wilson, barrister-at-law, of a daughter.
YOUNG.-Oct. 8, at 53, Ernismore-gardens, the wife of Francis
Young, barrister-at-law, of a daughter.

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TYLOR.-Sept. 29, at Weston-super-Mare, G. E. Cruickshank, barris-ter-at-law, to Sarah Maria, daughter of the late Joseph Savory Tylor, M.D. BURNEY

CAVE-BROWNE.-Sept. 9, at Maidstone, Arthur George Burney, barrister-at-law, to Annette Forbes, daughter of the Rev. J. Cave-Browne, M.A., Vicar of Detling. CORRIE-COOKE.-Oct. 9, at the parish church, St. Marylebone, Edward Knowles Corrie, M.A., of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Mildred Alice, daughter of William Major Cooke, of 31, Wimpole-street, W.

MAGILL-RUSS.-Oct. 5, at Holy Trinity Church, Clapham, Charles Malcolm Magill, solicitor, to Eliza Courtney, daughter of William Russ, M. Inst. C.E., 39, Cedars-road, Claphamcommon, S.W.

ROBINSON-ASHLEY.-Oct. 14, at Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, James Wills Robinson, barrister-at-law, to Frances Kate, daughter of the Rev. F. B. Ashley, vicar of Wooburn. SWAN-BROWNE.-Sept. 14, at St. Anne's, Tollington-park, Charles Malcolm Henry Swan, solicitor, to Josephine, daughter of J. Browne, of Holloway.

WILKINSON-WINZAR.-Oct. 12, at Castleton, Sherborne, Dorset, Benjamin Gay Wilkinson, solicitor, Bermondsey, to Isabel Mary, daughter of the late John Win zar, surgeon, Salisbury.

DEATHS. CROSBY.-Aug. 30, at Georgetown, Demerara, the Hon. James Crosby, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, aged 74. SELFE.-Oct. 17, at Trentham, Staffordshire, Edward Henry Selfe, barrister, of the Middle Temple, aged 37. TENNANT.-Oct. 10, at King's Bench-walk, Temple, Sanderson Tennant, barrister-at-law, son of the late Rev. Sanderson Tennant, aged 38.

WRIGHT.-Sept. 30, at Laburnam Villa, Russell-terrace, Leamington, Thomas S. Wright, solicitor, aged 86.

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