SOCIETIES. LAW ASSOCIATION. At the usual monthly meeting of the directors, held at the hall of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery-lane, on Thursday, the 7th inst., the following being present-viz., Mr. Desborough, chairman, and Messrs. Boodle, Cronin, Desborough, jun., Lucas, Sawtell, Scadding, Sidney Smith, and Styan, a grant of £5 was made to the daughter of a nonmember, the annual general court was fixed for Thursday, the 26th of May, at three o'clock, and the ordinary general business was transacted. INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY. We We are requested to publish the following circular, which has been addressed to the members of the Incorporated Law Society Dear Sirs, -For some time past a committee has been sitting in secret upon the "Costs of Litigation." Our branch of the profession has, upon many occasions in past years, grievously suffered from legislation upon which we were not consulted, but at the same time the public interests have not been advanced. I have no doubt the recommendations of this committee will be well worthy of consideration and attention, but the manner in which it is constituted is not calculated beforehand to inspire either the public or the profession with that confidence which oaght to be reposed in any body of men whose discussions are devoted to an alteration of the law. The "Costs of Litigation" manifestly affect our branch of the profession more than the other, and the public more than either. Yet out of the professional gentlemen composing the committee, two only are solicitors, and the rest are, or were, barristers, and there is no one representing the general public. The council of our society has made suggestions to the committee which, from reports in the papers, appear to have been rejected with indifference if not with contumely. I cannot indorse all of these suggestions, but at the same time this rejection shows that our society receives no attention, although it is said to be composed of the most influential members of the profession. It seems as though we had recently become an object of derision, for I was told the other day by a bencher of one of the Inns that "what little influence the Incorporated Law Society had it had lost." Another member of his branch of the profession said, "he thought every solicitor who attempted to conduct his own business without the assistance of counsel ought to have his tongne cut out." I don't look upon these utterances as the sober reflections of sober minds, but they are an indication of the hostility which has set in against us. The articles and correspondence and spasmodic ejaculations of county court and other judges continually appearing in the press, are another indication. Yet for all this our council makes no sign. Complaints from individual members are heard on all sides, and without number, at the way in which we are harassed by officials and attacked for our profits; but not a single word is urged on our behalf to show the public the real_state_of the case. Let us paint the picture in its true colours. Let justice be done. Don't let us lie quiescent while other people tread upon us. It is the easiest thing in the world to blame a solicitor, and I think the time has now come when the solicitor should have something to say for himself and should be heard. The interests of the public will be found on examination to be ours too. Routine and red tape pay no one. The public want costs to be diminished. Very good. Do they imagine they can diminish them without consulting their producer? They might just as well tell a baker at what price he shall sell a loaf. Every single arbitrary vexation and restraint placed upon the agent of the law must necessarily increase the expense of the law. If it be not paid for according to the law of the land, it will be according to the law of supply and demand. No man in a free country can be forced to perform services which are useless or for nothing. Yet this is what this committee appears to be attempting to do. I doubt very much if her Majesty's Government are fully cognizant of their labours, though they may some day be asked to be responsible for them. At any rate, I think you will agree with me that our past services to the public have not been sufficiently recognized, and that we ought to protest, in a general meeting of our society, against any attempt to fasten upon us the responsi bility for the present state of litigation. We did not make the law, nor ourselves. We are only its instruments and creatures. There is no doubt the process of the law could be much simplified, economized, and accelerated, but this cannot be done while all its elements are out of joint. The evil of the present system lies chiefly in the vexation and annoyance caused to us in our daily practice by the carelessness, listlessness, and inattention of permanent offi. cials. Positive delight seems to be taken by some of them in giving solicitors and their clerks plenty of trouble for nothing. The offices of Registrars in Chancery are noted for this. They could, with advantage to the public and profit to the profession, be abolished altogether. The forms of orders now drawn up by them could just as easily be settled between the solicitors and counsel. Another economy which might easily be introduced would be allowing solicitors to appear in all cases without the intervention of counsel. The last annual and provincial meetings of the society pointed to this. The public demand it. The Lord Chancellor's "School of Law" had the same end. Several bills printed by order of the House of Commons indorse it, and the tardy concessions of the Inns of Court confess that this act of justice to us and the public cannot be far distant. Yet, who believes that a secret committee composed of distinguished gentlemen interested against it will breathe a word in favour of such a change? Individual members may favour it, but the prejudice, prestige, and patronage of them all are likely to stifle it. Are we, therefore, to say nothing? I ask you not to allow yourselves to be left in such a servile position. At least, it is right and proper when our council are able to do so little, and when they write to the papers and petition Parliament without consulting us in general meeting, that we should ourselves meet in our common hall for the purpose of discussing these great and important questions. I therefore beg to enclose a form of requisition to the council to call a meeting, which I shall be obliged by your signing and returning to me.-Yours faithfully, EDMUND KIMBER. LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL. LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. Tuesday, March 15, 1881.-Mr. J. K. Wright, LL.B., in the chair.-Mr. H. Waldron and Mr. H. Davies were elected members. Mr. Radford opened in the affirmative the question for debate, "Is it desirable that the British troops should be withdrawn from Candahar?" and was followed on the same side by Messrs. Kirk and Napier. The negative view was supported by Messrs. Hutton, Adams, Lloyd Jones, and Hemsley, and the further discussion of the question was, on the motion of Mr. Todd, adjourned. Tuesday, March 22.-Mr. Bartlett in the chair.-Mr. T. M. Reed was elected a member. The adjourned debate on the question, "Is it desirable that the British troops should be withdrawn from Candahar? was continued by Mr. Todd in the negative, who was supported by Messrs. Payne, W. F. Barry, C. E. Barry, Sargeant, and Neale ; Messrs. Hurst, T. W. Williams, Reed, H. Mossop, and Rhys spoke in favour of the affirmative. Mr. Radford having replied, the question was put to the meeting, and decided in the negative by 17 votes to 9. Tuesday, March 29.-Mr. Bower in the chair.-The question for the evening's debate was, "It is desirable that marriage with a deceased wife's sister should be legalized?" Mr. Bartlett opened the debate in the affirmative, and was followed on the same side by Messrs. Cook, Tomes, Sargeant, Napier, and James. The negative side was supported by Messrs. R. Mossop, Nicholls, C. E. Barry, and Chater. The opener having replied, the question was put to the meeting, and decided in favour of the affirmative by a majority of ten votes. Tuesday, April 5, 1881.-Mr. Spiers in the chair.-Mr. A. A. Michell was elected a member. The treasurer laid before the society a list of unpaid fines and subscriptions, and the secretary made a statement of the proceedings of the society during the preceding quarter. From this statement it appeared that the quarter commenced on the 11th of January and terminated on the 29th of March, during which time twelve meetings had been held, six being devoted to general questions, four to legal questions, and two wholly to the business of the society. Sixteen new members had been elected, and four members had resigned. The average attendance at the meetings had been twenty-six, the highest number at any one meeting being thirty-four, and the lowest thirteen. The average number of speakers was eight, and of voters eighteen. The average length of the debates was two hours twenty-six minutes. The rest of the evening was devoted to the discussion of motions, and amongst other business transacted, a resolution was passed appointing a special committee to consider the rules of the society, and to report to the society thereon. At the meeting of the society to be held on the 12th inst., Mr. A. M. Ellis, LL.B., will read a paper on the following subject :-"The Tendency of Liberalism to Promote an Unconstitutional Theory of the Representation of the People," after which a discussion will take place. UNITED LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. A meeting of this society was held on Monday, the 14th ul., at the Law Institution, Mr. R. B. D. Acland in the chair, when the following moot was discussed: "A firm of brewers being inconvenienced by the refusal of a branch of a London bank to cash cheques drawn on other branches of the same bank, sent out the following circulars to their customers, about 140 in number: Messrs. H-hereby give notice that they will not receive in payment cheques drawn on any of the branches of the C. Bank.' A run to the amount of about £300,000 was made on the bank in consequence. Was the circular a libel?--Capital and Counties Bank v. Henty." The discussion was opened by Mr. Tillotson in the affirmative, and he was supported by Mr. Bartrum, and opposed by Messrs. Quicke, Maclaren, and Nelham. The opener replied, and upon a division the moot was decided in the negative by two votes. The usual weekly meeting of this society was held Wednesday evening, the 16th ult. at Clement's-inn, Mr. H. S. A. Foy in the chair. The motion on the paper, "That the Government does not deserve the confidence of the country," was brought forward by Mr. Le Breton, who was supported by Messrs. Clarkson, Phillips, and Brown, and opposed by Messrs. Dowson and Shirley. Mr. James Spence, who was present as a visitor, spoke in favour of the motion, after which speech the debate was, on the motion of the secretary, adjourned until the 6th of April. A meeting of this society was held on Wednesday evening, the 23rd ult., at Clement's-inn, Mr. W. Dowson in the chair. The motion on the paper, "That trial by jury ought to be abolished," was brought forward by Mr. Wade, and he was supported by Messrs. Kains-Jackson and Spence; and opposed by Messrs. Gamble, Phillips, Beaumont, Morice, Harvey, and Robinson. The opener replied, and upon a division the motion was lost by a majority of eight votes. A meeting of this society was held on Monday, March 28, at the Law Institution, Mr. B. T. Bartrum in the chair, when a discussion took place upon the following question :"A debtor who had made defauit in payment of the whole debt under a judgment, and had been imprisoned, was imprisoned again for default in payment of an instalment of the same debt under a new order. Was he imprisoned legally? The discussion was opened by Mr. Foy, who argued the question in the affirmative, and he was supported by Messrs. Spence and Gamble, and opposed by Messrs. Maclaren, Gatey, Phillips, Rundle-Levey, Nelham, Parsons, and Samuel, who argued the question in the negative. The opener replied, and after the chairman had summed up, the question was decided in the negative by a majority of four votes. A meeting of this society was held on Wednesday, the 6th inst., at Clement's-inn, Mr. W. Dowson in the chair, when the adjourned debate on the motion "That the Government does not deserve the confidence of the country' "" was continued. Messre. Hutton, Spence, and Newman spoke in favour of, and Messrs. Parsons, Ackland, Tillotson, and Symes spoke against, the motion. Mr. Le Breton replied, and upon a division the motion was carried by a majority of four votes. The debate of this society will, in future, commence at 8 o'clock p.m. instead of 7.30 p.m. MANCHESTER LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. The eleventh meeting of the session was held on Tuesday, the 15th of March, at the Law Library, Cross-street Chambers, at half-past six o'clock, when the chair was taken by C. R. Hardman, Esq., solicitor. The following was the subject for discussion:-"Are the proprietors of a newspaper, in the absence of negligence, punishable in respect of a libel published therein by their responsible editor without their knowledge?" Mr. Hislop opened in the affirmative, and was followed on the same side by Messrs. Ellison and Hilditch, whilst Messrs. Abell, Coward, and Whittington supported the negative contention. In an animated discussion which followed Messrs. F. W. Roe, Rycroft, Rayner, Read, Winser, and Birch took part. Mr. Hislop then replied and, the learned chairman having summed up, the question was decided in the negative by fifteen votes to eight. A vote of thanks to the chair:nan brought the proceedings to a conclusion. At a meeting of this society, held on the 22nd ult., under the presidency of J. B. Pavne, Esq., solicitor, a lecture was delivered by J. W. Hamilton, Esq., L.L.B., barrister-atlaw, on the "Employers' Liability Act, 1880." Mr. Hamilton sketched the state of the law affecting the liability of employers prior to the passing of the Act, and the changes which that measure introduced. Speaking of the procedure under the Act, he pointed out that the condition precedent to the maintenance of an action was the giving of notice of injury within six weeks from the occurrence of the accident causing the injury. In case of death the want of such notice was not to be a bar to an action if the judge should be of opinion that there was reasonable excuse for the want of the notice. The time within which the action must be taken was six months from the occurrence of the accident, and in case of death within twelve months from the time of death. The action must always be commenced in the county court, but could be removed to a superior court. As to the measure of damages, it was provided that the compensation recoverable should not exceed a sum equivalent to the estimated earnings during the three years preceding the injury of a person in the same employment, and the same grade, and in the same district as the injured workman. It had been doubted by some whether employers had the power to contract themselves out of the Act. In his judgment the law did permit employers to enter into contracts with their workmen to exclude the operation of the Act; and there could be no doubt a contract of that kind would be beneficial to workmen if it were so drawn as to entitle them to equitable compensation in case of injury or death. A more difficult question was whether such a contract would exclude the right of the personal representative of a workman to sue in case of his death resulting from the accident. He inclined to the opinion that it would not. If death took place the personal representative of the deceased man might, he believed, sue the employer, notwithstanding that the employer had contracted himself out of the Act. For this reason the Act made the cause of action in case of death accrue to the personal representative and to the persons who would benefit under Lord Campbell's Act, and this being so he did not think a contract made by the workman with his employer would deprive them of their right of action. The lecture was then discussed by Messrs. Attkins, Rycroft, Norton, Hardman, Winser, Innes, Price, Law, Smith, and the hon. sec. (Mr. Batcher), and after a few words from the learned chairman, Mr. Hamilton replied to their criticisms and questions. Votes of thanks to the lecturer and chairman concluded a highly interesting and instructive meeting. A meeting of the above society was held on the 29th ult. at the Law Library, Cross-street, Manchester, with Mr. Hislop in the chair, when Mr. T. K. Peacock was elected hon. sec. in the place of Mr. Butcher, who had retired, his time being fully occupied with other matters. The chair was then taken by J. H. P. Leresche, Esq., barrister-at-law. The following was the subject for discussion: "Can a foreigner not resident in the British dominions obtain a copyright in a book first published in this country?" Messrs. Butcher, Rayner. and Hargraves argued on the affirmative side of the question, and Messrs. Innes and Schofield undertook the negative side. Messrs. Rycroft, Hislop, Branthwaite, Law, Hardman, J. Price, and Coward then joined in the discussion. Mr. Butcher having replied, the chairman summed up, and the question was decided in the affirmative by a majority of five votes. A vote of thanks to the chair. man concluded the business of the meeting. BIRMINGHAM LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. A meeting of the above society was held on Tuesday last, at the Law Library, Bennett's-bill, Birmingham, when J. Barham Carslake, Esq., took the chair, and the following moot point was discussed :-" A. is the owner of a piece of freehold land, subject to a rent-charge and other onerous covenants within the meaning of section 23 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1869. B. purchases this land from A., and indemnifies him against the non-payment of the rentcharge, and non-performance of any of the covenants. B. afterwards becomes bankrupt, and the trustee in bankruptcy executes a disclaimer of the property under the said section. Does the land revert to the Crown?" The speakers on the affirmative were Messrs. Lane, Ludlow, Robinson, and O'Connor. The speakers on the negative were Messrs. Barber, Barrow, Rogers, Steere, and Ryland. After an able summing-up by the chairman, the question was put to the meeting, and carried in the affirmative. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting. LEGAL APPOINTMENTS. Mr. JUSTICE MATHEW and Mr. JUSTICE CAVE have received the honour of Knighthood. Mr. LLEWELYN ADAMS, solicitor, of Ruthin, has been apby the high sheriff of Anglesea (Tbomas Edward John Lloyd, Esq.) to be Under-Sheriff of that county, and has also been appointed by the high sheriff of Denbighshire (Oliver Burton, Esq.) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Adams was admitted a solicitor in 1845. He is deputy-clerk of the peace of Denbighshire, clerk to the Ruthin Highway Board, clerk to the magistrates for the borough of Ruthin, and of the petty sessional division of Ruthin, in the county of Denbigh. Mr. EDWARD HARRY ADCOCK, solicitor, of Palmerstonbuildings, Old Broad-street, and Penge, has been appointed a Commissioner to take Affidavits in England for use in the High Court of Oudh, in India Mr. LEWIS ERRINGTON BOLINGBROKE, solicitor, of Norwich, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Mr. Mr. ROBERT JOSEPH CROSTHWAITE, barrister, has been appointed to act as Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Legislative Department. Crosthwaite was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and he was formerly scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1862. He has been a member of the Bengal Service since 1863, and he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Trinity Term, 1868. He is registrar of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. Mr. ALFRED WILLIAM GRANGER, solicitor, of Durham, has been appointed by the high sheriff of Durham (Mr. Matthew Kearney) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Granger was admitted a solicitor in 1868. Mr. LEONARD HOPWOOD HICKS, solicitor, of 5, Gray'sinn-square (Hicks & Son), has been appointed by the high sheriff of Essex (Thomas Jenner Spitty, Esq.) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Hicks was admitted a solicitor in 1846. Messrs. T. M. Gepp & Sons, of Chelmsford, will be the acting undersheriffs, and Messrs. Paterson, Snow, & Bloxam, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, the town agents. Mr. EDWARD HOLROYD HOULDITCH, solicitor (of the firm of Follett, Battishall, & Houlditch), of Exeter, has been appointed by the high sheriff of Devonshire (Mr. Charles Arthur William Troyte) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Houlditch was admitted a solicitor in 1870. Mr. THOMAS MAYNARD HOW, solicitor, of Shrewsbury, has been appointed by the high sheriff of Shropshire (Mr. Robert Jasper More) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. How was admitted a solicitor in 1846. Mr. ROBERT HARDING MILWARD, solicitor and notary (of the firm of Whateley, Milward, Balden, & Spencer), Birmingham, has been appointed by the high sheriff of Stafford. shire (the Hon. Augustus Cholmondeley Gough Calthorpe) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Milward was admitted a solicitor in 1861, and is a justice of the peace for the county of Worcester. Mr. ALBERT Edward OverelL, solicitor (of the firm of Overell & Son), of Warwick and Leamington, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Mr. CHARLES PENHALLOW PETERS, solicitor, of Knighton, has been appointed by the high sheriff of Radnorshire (Captain Cecil Alfred Tafton Otway) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Peters was admitted a solicitor in 1872, and is registrar of the county court, Knighton, Radnorshire. Mr. CHARLES HORACE REILY, barrister, has been appointed to act as Assistant Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Legislative Department. Mr. Reily was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Trinity Term, 1870. Mr. GILES SYMONDS, solicitor, of Dorchester, has been appointed by the high sheriff of Dorsetshire (Mr. John Batten) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Symonds is town clerk and clerk to the county and borough magistrates at Dorchester, registrar of the Dorchester County Court, and one of the coroners for the county. He was admitted a solicitor in 1834, and is in partnership with his son, Mr. Henry Symonds. Mr. HENRY ROBY THORPE, solicitor, of Nottingham, has been appointed by the high sheriff of Nottinghamshire (Mr. George Coke Robertson) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Thorpe was admitted a solicitor in 1858. Mr. EDWARD LAMB WAUGH, solicitor, of Cockermouth, has been appointed by the high sheriff of Cumberland (Mr. Samuel Porter Foster) to be Under-Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. Mr. Waugh is the son of Mr. Edward Waugh, solicitor, M.P. for Cockermouth. He was admitted a solicitor in 1873, and he is registrar of the Cockermouth County Court. WINDING-UP NOTICES. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. LIMITED IN CHANCERY. DARLINGTON IRON COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Apr 30 to send their names and addresses and the particulars of their debts or claims to Edwin Waterhouse and William Barclay Peat, Albert hill, Darlington ENGLISH YEAST COMPANY, LIMITED.-Fry, J., has by an order, dated March 18, appointed Frederick Bertrain Smart, Cannon st, to be official liquidator. Creditors are required, on or before May 2, to send their names and addresses and the particulars of their debts or claims to the above. May 11 at 12 is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims LAGER BEER BREWERY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented March 30, directed to be heard before the M. R. on Apr 9. Pyke and Minchin, Newgate st, solicitors for the petitioners ST. BRIDE'S WELSH SLATE AND SLAB COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented March 30, directed to be heard before the M.R. on Apr 9. Marsland, St Swithin's lane, solicitor for the petitioner STOCKS AND COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented March 30, directed to be heard before the M. R. on Apr 9. Bell and Co, Bow churchyard, agents for Woodhouse, Hull SWADLINCOTE COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Hall, V.C., has by an order, dated March 21, appointed Harry Seymour Foster, 3, Copthall bldgs, to be official liquidator TRAMWAYS CORPORATION, LIMITED.-Hall, V.C., has by an order dated March 25, appointed Francis Thomas Large, 20, Bucklersbury, to be official liquidator [Gazette, Apr. 1.1 BROOKE, SWINDELLS, AND COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by the M.R. dated March 26, it was ordered that the voluntary winding up of the company be continued. Milne and Co, Harcourt bldgs, Temple, agents for Wood and Co, Manchester, solicitors for the petitioners LONDON FOOD STORES, LIMITED.-The M.R. has by an order, dated Jan 27, appointed Frederick Bertram Smart, 53, Cannon st, to be official liquidator PATENT TUBE COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Apr 1, directed to be heard before Hall, V.C., on Apr 29. Myatt, Abchurch lane, Cannon st, solicitor for the petitioner [Gazette, Apr. 5.] UNLIMITED IN CHANCERY. HOLLY HOUSE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.-The M.R. has fixed Apr 9 at 12 at his chambers for the appointment of an official liquida[Gazette, Apr. 1.1 YORKSHIRE PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY.-By an order made by the M.R. dated March 26 it was ordered that the society be wound up. Peace and Waller, Grocer's Hall ct, agents for Learoyd and Co, Huddersfield, solicitors for the petitioners [Gazette, Apr. 5.] tor MR. EDWARD BREESE. Mr. Edward Breese, solicitor (the head of the firm of Breese, Jones, & Casson), of Dolgelly, Portmadoc, and Pwllheli, died rather suddenly at Morva Lodge, Portmadoc, on the 11th ult. Mr. Breese was born in 1835, and was admitted a solicitor in 1857, having been articled to Mr. John Breese, of Portmadoc, to whose practice he soon afterwards succeeded. He had ever since practised at Portmadoc, and more recently also bad offices at Dolgelly and Pwllheli. Mr. Robert Jones and Mr. Randall Casson had been for several years associated in partnership with him. He was for a short time deputy-clerk of the peace for Merionethshire, and in 1859 he was appointed clerk of the peace by Lord Mostyn, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county. Mr. Breese was also clerk to the lieutenancy for Merionethshire, and clerk to the county magistrates for the Penrhyn, Portmadoc, and Ardudwg Divisions. He was an active supporter of the Liberal party in North Wales, and he had been accepted as a candidate for the Carnarvon Boroughs at the next vacancy. MR. GRANVILLE ROBERT HENRY Mr. Granville Robert Henry Somerset, D.C.L., Q.C., recorder of Gloucester, died at his residence, 18, Queen Anne'sgate, on the 23rd ult. The deceased was the eldest son of the late Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset (his mother having been a daughter of the first Lord Carrington), and grandson of the sixth Duke of Beaufort. He was born in 1824, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where be graduated B.A. in 1845. He obtained a fellowship at All Souls' College, and afterwards proceeded to the degree of D.C.L. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Hilary Term, 1851, and he formerly practised on the Oxford Circuit and at the Monmouthshire Sessions. Mr. Somerset became a Queen's Counsel in 1868, and had since confined himself to parliamentary practice. He had been counsel for many of the leading railway companies, and he was engaged in the committee rooms within a few days of his death. He was a magistrate and deputy-chairman of quarter sessions for Monmouthshire, and a bencher of the Inner Temple, and he had been recorder of the city of Gloucester since 1877. Mr. Somerset was married to a daughter of the late Sir George Dashwood, Bart. MR. CHARLES SPENCER OWEN. Mr. Charles Spencer Owen, solicitor (the head of the firm of Owen, Middleton, & Marshall), of Harwich, Manningtree, and Mistley, died at Manningtree, on the 20th ult., in his seventy-ninth year. Mr. Owen was born in 1802. He was admitted a solicitor in 1835, and he formerly carriod on business in Chancery-lane, where he was for several years in partnership with Mr. Elijah Litchfield. A few years later he removed to Manningtree, where he practised until his death. A few years ago he was joined by Mr. Thomas Alfred Middleton and Mr. Charles Henry Thomas Marshall, and he had also offices at Mistley. Mr. Owen was a perpetual commissioner for the counties of Essex and Suffolk and he had a very good private practice. MR. RICHARD LUDLAM ROOKE. Mr. Richard Ludlam Rooke, solicitor (of the firm of Rooke & Midgley), of Leeds, died suddenly on the 20th ult. Mr. Rooke was the eldest son of Mr. William Rooke, of Leeds. He was admitted a solicitor in 1845, and he had practised over thirty-five years at Leeds. He was formerly in partnership with Mr. Francis Ferns. He next practised for several years alone, but latterly Mr. James Midgley was associated in business with him. Mr. Rooke was highly respected at Leeds, where he carried on a very extensive private practice, and he was solicitor for the Leeds Licensed Victuallers' Association, the Yorkshire Warehouse Company, and the Bradford Canal Company. MR. WILLIAM CORRIE. Mr. William Corrie, barrister, many years Remembrancer of the city of London, died at 26, Cleveland-square, on the 24th ult., at the age of seventy-five. Mr. Corrie was born in 1805, and was admitted a solicitor in 1827, and he practised first in Grosvenor-street, and afterwards in Adamscourt, Broad-street, having been for a short time in partnership with Mr. Henry Charles Verbeke. A few years later he relinquished his practice and entered at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the bar in Trinity Term, 1836. He practised on the Northern Circuit, and he was also one of the counsel in the Palace Court, of which he was for some time the deputy-steward. In 1851 he was selected by Sir George Grey to be a magistrate at Clerkenwell Police Court, and in 1860 he was transferred to Bowstreet, where he presided with great ability till 1863, when he was elected (out of a large number of candidates) to the office of remembrancer of the city of London, in which office he succeeded in obtaining the respect and esteem of the Common Council and all the officers of the corporation. Mr. Corrie held the post of remembrancer for nearly fifteen years, but in 1878 he was compelled by ill-health to tender his resignation, and he retired with a full pension. MR. GEORGE WAGSTAFF HODGKINSON. Mr. George Wagstaff Hodgkinson, solicitor (of the firm of Hodgkinson & Pashley), town clerk of Rotherham, died at that place on the 24th ult. Mr. Hodgkinson was the son of Mr. Richardson Hodgkinson, of Worksop. He was born in 1843, served his articles with his relative, Mr. Grosvenor Hodgkinson, late M. P. for Newark, and he was admitted a solicitor in 1865. He was for a short time a clerk in the office of Mr. John Postlethwaite Cartwright, of Chester, and afterwards in that of Messrs. Ford & Lloyd, of Bloomsbury-square. A few years later he commenced practice at Stone in partnership with Mr. Robert Wright, whom he afterwards succeeded as clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes for the Firehill Division, but in 1876 he removed to Rotherham, where he joined Mr. William Fretwell Hoyle, the registrar of the Rotherham County Court. This partnership was subsequently dissolved, and more recently be was joined by Mr. Robert Pashley. In 1878 he was elected town clerk of Rotherham, on the death of Mr. William Whitfield. Although he held the office less than three years, he had discharged his public duties with great ability, and he had succeeded in introducing considerable improve. GRAINGER, WILLIAM, Brandsby, York, Yeoman. Apr 14. Grainger v Grainger, V C. Hall. Richardson, Thirsk GRANGE, STEPHEN, St John's wood rd. Apr 23. Cooper v Todd, Fry, J. Hughes, Bedford st, Covent garden GRENFELL, CHARLES GRANVILLE, North End, Fulham, Metal Broker. Apr 27. Grenfell v Grenfell, V.C. Hall. Batten, Fetter lane, Fleet st HERVEY, MARY ANN, Alexander st, Westbourne pk. Apr 25 Ward v Watkins, V.C. Hall. Parrott, Lincoln's inn fields HODGE, JOHN, Sen, Silverton, Devon, Farmer. Apr 14. Hodge v Dyer, V.C. Bacon. Denshaw, Bampton Hodge v HODGE, JOHN, Jun, Silverton, Devon, Farmer. Apr 14. JOHNSON, THOMAS, Horncastle, Lincoln, Wine Merchant. Apr 25. LENNOX, JAMES, Poplar walk rd, Camberwell. Apr 25. 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