was chiefly by his long career of nearly a quarter of a century as a judge that he had acquired the respect and admiration ef his fellow-men, and it is by that that he will, I believe, be remembered to the remotest posterity. He was a man of great natural ability and of vast and varied acquirements. He possessed a grace of manner and a refinement of diction equalled by few, and he used his great intellectual gifts and the ripe fruits of his experience for the public service and the furtherance of justice. We cannot forget that he seemed unaffected by the weight of advancing years. With unimpaired, or apparently unimpaired, physical powers and with undimmed intellect, he performed to the last day of his life with efficiency the duties of his high office. In lamenting his decease, as we all must, we cannot but feel that in losing him we have lost, not only an upright and able magistrate, but one of the brightest ornaments that ever adorned the English judicial bench. In the Queen's Bench Division, Mr. Justice Field said: It is with the deepest regret that I have to announce the sad loss which this Division, the bar, and indeed, England at large, has sustained, in the death of our lamented late Lord Chief Justice. I know the severe loss which, not only the public at large, but every individual who has ever known and experienced the kindness of heart and also admired the extraordinary talents and energy of our late Lord Chief Justice, has sustained in his death. Mr. Powell, Q.C., said: My lord, I am requested by the members of the bar present to express their own feelings and, I am sure, the feelings of the bar of England, upon the great loss we have all sustained, and to which your lord. ship has so feelingly alluded. My lord, even at this painful moment, it is some consolation to us to know that with the late Lord Chief Justice of England the long line of illustrious judges who have filled that high office has closed in fitting splendour, and whatever may be the designation of the future chief of this court, we presume to hope that be will bring to the bench, as the late Lord Chief Justice did, all the qualities-the great qualities-necessary to dignify, and all the accomplishments qualified to adorn, it. THE OFFICE OF LORD CHIEF BARON. THE following letter was addressed by the Lord Chancellor to the late Lord Chief Justice Cockburn: "30, Portland-place, Oct., 1880. "My dear Lord Chief Justice,-I hope you will agree with me in thinking that the question of retaining or consolidating the three Common Law' Divisions (as I may, for convenience, call them) of the High Court of Justice ought to be considered by the proper authority before any appointment is made to supply the vacancy created by the death of the late Lord Chief Baron, A fusion of the offices of these three divisions has already, to a very great extent, taken place in the Central Office. Under order 36, rule 16, the lists of actions for trial at the sittings in London and Middlesex must be prepared and the actions allotted for trial without reference to the division to which each action is attached. The business of the three divisions may be described as generally homogeneous; and every judge now may, and does, eit interchangeably in each division. The puisne judges in the Exchequer Division appointed since the Judicature Act came into operation are no longer called Barons. On the whole, it is difficult to perceive what object necessary or useful for the administration of justice is any longer facilitated by the continuance of the three divisions. I cannot but think that if they were consolidated into one, under the presidency of the Lord Chief Justice of England, there would be a better economy and more equal distribution of judicial power, and greater elasticity as well as regularity in all the arrangements for the transaction of business. "By the Judicature Act of 1873, s. 32, the Queen may, by Order in Council, upon a report or recommendation of a council of judges of the Supreme Court, reduce the aamber of divisions of the High Court, and give any necessary consequent directions for that purpose; and may also provide for the abolition, on vacancy, of the distinction of the offices and salaries, &c., of (inter alios) the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer from the offices, &c., of the paisne jadges. It has occurred to me that advantage might be taken of the present vacancy in the office of Chief Baron for the following purposes:-(1) To reduce the number of the divisions of the High Court of Justice by uniting in a single division (which might, I think, bear the name of the Queen's Bench Division) the three divisions now called respectively the Queen's Bench Division, the Common Pleas Division, and the Exchequer Division; (2) to abolish the titular and other distinctions between the office, now vacant, of Lord Chief Baron and that of a puisne judge, so that the present vacancy shall be supplied by the appointment of an additional puisne judge only; and (3) to provide for the abolition, in like manner, upon the next vacancy, of the distinctions between the office of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and that of a puisne judge. The new consolidated division would, of course, be under the presidency of the Lord Chief Justice of England, and would be capable, under his authority, of full and complete unity of administration. "As these changes, if they should appear to be desirable, can only be made under the present law upon the request or recommendation of a council of all the judges of the Supreme Court (which council ought, under section 75 of the Act of 1873, to assemble once at least in every year, on a day to be fixed by the Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of England), I should be glad, with your concurrence, to appoint an early day in November, on which the meet for the purpose judges may be requested to of holding such a council, and I should feel obliged if you would be so good as to suggest any day on which it may appear to you that such a meeting may conveniently be held. No change which may be recommended can come into operation till thirty days after the commencement of the next session of Parliament. So far as the assize business is concerned, any inconvenience from the continuance until that time of a vacancy upon the bench may be obviated by the appointment of a special commissioner. So far as the business of the Court of Appeal is concerned, I propose myself to sit in that court from the commencement of Michaelmas Term till the meeting of Parliament in February, except on such days as may be occupied by any appeals which ought at once to be heard in the House of Lords. At present I do not think there will be more than one such appeal. For the permanent aid of a judge of first instance in the Court of Appeal, in the place of the Lord Chief Baron, as an ex officio member of that court, the power given by 38 & 39 Vict. c. 77, s. 4 (the continuance of which appears to be recognized by 39 & 40 Vict. c. 59, 8. 19), may probably be sufficient. "I have sent a copy of this letter to Lord Coleridge and to the Master of the Rolls, on account of the manner in which the office held by Lord Coleridge might be affected by such changes as those suggested, and because the Master of the Rolls holds a position in the Chancery Division resembling that which the present Chief Justice of the Common Pleas would hold during his continuance in office in the division which would be formed, under your lordship as its head, by the union of the present Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer Divisions. To the rest of the judges I should also propose, with your approval, to make a similar communication when I am in a position to appoint a day for the meeting of the council of judges. "Believe me ever, dear Lord Chief Justice, yours faithfally, "SELBORNE. "The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice of England." A M'Mahon law studentship at St. John's College, Cambridge, value £150 per annum, and tenable for four years, has been awarded to Eldred John Brook Smith, B. A., scholar of the college. In a rating appeal before the Queen's Bench Division on the 20th inst., the original order had not been sent by the Clerk of the Peace to the Crown Office, and Mr. Justice Field said it ought to be clearly understood that though now the writ of certiorari was not the only mode which the Legislature had provided for bringing up a case into this court, it was still necessary that the same steps should be followed as in cases of certiorari to the extent that the original orders, and not certified copies of them, should be sent up by the Clerk of the Peace to the Crown Office. 78 THE SOLICITORS' JOURNAL. LEGAL APPOINTMENTS. Mr. HENRY BIRKS, solicitor (of the firm of Stamp, Jackson, & Birks), of Hull, has been appointed UnderSheriff of the Town and County of the Town of Kingstonupon Hull, for the ensuing year. Mr. Birks was admitted a solicitor in 1862. Mr. FRANK BROOME (of the firm of Chester, Mayhew, Broome, & Griffiths), has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths, and a Commissioner for taking the Acknowledgments of Married Women, within the county of Middlesex, the city and liberty of Westminster, and the city of London. Mr. GUISEPPE CARBONE, LL.D., has been appointed Crown Advocate for Malta, in succession to Sir Adrian Dingle, who has been appointed Chief Justice of the island. Mr. JOSEPH FLINT ALEXANDER COTCHING, solicitor, of Horsham, has been appointed Registrar of the Horsham County Court (Circuit No. 50), in succession to Mr. Pilford Medwin, deceased. Mr. Cotching was admitted a solicitor in 1873. Sir ADRIAN DINGLE, K.C.M. G., LL.D., has been appointed Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal for the Island of Malta. Sir A. Dingle was born in 1817. He has been Crown Advocate for Malta since 1854, and he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1860. Mr. JOHN DOUGLAS JOHNSTONE, solicitor, of Tavistock has been appointed Clerk to the Tavistock Board of Guardians, Assessment Committee, and Rural Sanitary Authority, and Superintendent-Registrar for the district, in succession to his partner, the late Mr. Robert Luxton. Mr. Johnstone was admitted a solicitor in 1872, and is clerk to the Lydford School Board. COMPANIES. WINDING-UP NOTICES. Nov. 27, 1880. ASTON LOWER GROUNDS COMPANY, LIMITED -Petition for winding ANGLO-FRENCH BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up presented Nov 9 directed to be heard before the M.R. on Nov 27. Jaylor and Jacquet, South st, Finsbury sq, solicitors for the petitioner HEATHER COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, OSBORNE, HIGGINS, AND COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made EAST CANNOCK COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-By order made by the M.R., dated Nov 8, it was ordered that the voluntary winding up of the company be continued. Duignan and Smiles, Bedford row, agents for Duignan and Co, Walsall, solicitors for the petitioner FLAGSTAFF SILVER MINING COMPANY OF UTAH, LIMITED.-By an order made by the M.R., dated Nov 8, it was ordered that the company be wound up. Snell and Greenip, George st, Mansion House, solicitors for the petitioner WILLIAM LEVETT AND COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding GREENING AND FARDON, LIMITED.-By an order made by the M.R. LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING CORPORATION.-By direction of -The creditors are required on or before Dec 20 to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Trayton Pagden Child, Poultry. Monday Jan 10 at 12 is ap pointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims LONDON AND SOUTHWARK INSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED.-The credirors are required, on or before Dec 31, to send their full names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Henry Aste, Charles Kemp Dyer, and George Reckitt, 74, King objects of the proposed lution, and said it gave gets a president of the Incorpowas one point upon which be attached-namely, the imcommunity like that o drive from baving settle by of accomplished scholars an St that alone ought to cou the inhabitants of Liverpoo tw were a large and importa zny, and be ventured very earnes aid in the matter in a libe tait much as they could in He was sure that the ap , and that when the time o s from the legal professi it would be found that endhand in doing their part ce object. [The speech sport the resolution. ure as he thought the immense advantage A MEETING of gentlemen of the legal profession practising in the appointment of a c with power to add collecting subscription med that there were mense number of their sons should have at their own doors. sexaded the read of the movement. verpool had done a , and they ha : bat if the unive xes with which ored. The RECORDER, in opening the proceedings, said that the William st. Tilleard and Co, Old Jewry, solicitors for the liqui- teaching of law and jurisprudence were dators ONLLWYN AND DULAIS COLLIERIES COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition Jented ananimously. e) proposed tha Teasurer and M provided for." After some observations the recorder TUDENTS ES DE ect of this fund in furtherance of the several objects of the proposed college." Mr. SQUAREY seconded the resolution, and said it gave him great pleasure to do so as president of the Incorporated Law Society. There was one point upon which he thought the recorder had not touched-namely, the immense benefit that a commercial community like that of Liverpool was likely to derive from having settled amongst them a large body of accomplished scholars and scientific men. He thought that that alone ought to commend the undertaking to all the inhabitants of Liverpool. The solicitors of the town were a large and important section of the community, and he ventured very earnestly to ask them to come forward in the matter in a liberal and cheerful spirit, and do as much as they could in forwarding the undertaking. He was sure that the appeal would not be made in vain, and that when the time came for handing the contributions from the legal profession to the treasurer of the fund, it would be found that the members were not behindhand in doing their part in the furtherance of such a noble object. [The speech of the president was loudly applauded.] Mr. JAMES (barrister) support the resolution. He said he did so with great pleasure, as he thought the foundation of a chair would be an immense advantage to both branches of the profession. Mr. BATESON proposed the appointment of a committee of barristers and solicitors, with power to add to their number, for the purpose of collecting subscriptions for the object in view. He remarked that there were no doubt, in the legal profession, an immense number of men who would be delighted that their sons should have the benefit of a university education at their own doors. Mr. NEVILLE (barrister) seconded the resolution, and expressed hearty approval of the movement. He said that the law students of Liverpool had done a great deal by the establishing of lectureships, and they had done their best to get good lecturers; but if the university were in existence, the great difficulties with which they had to struggle would be removed. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. RAYNER (town clerk) proposed that Mr. Bateson should be appointed hon. treasurer and Mr. Morton hon. secretary. Mr. M'CONNELL (barrister) seconded the resolution, and said he concurred most heartily in the objects of the meeting. He was of opinion that it deserved the very best support of all the members of the profession. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. RAFFLES proposed a vote of thanks to the recorder for presiding, and said that that gentleman had authorized his name to be put down for thirty guineas. Mr. HARVEY seconded the resolution, which was carried amidst loud applause; and, the recorder having acknowledged the compliment, the meeting terminated. LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL. LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. The weekly meeting of this society was held at the Law Institution, Chancery-lane, on Tuesday evening last, Mr. J. K. Wright in the chair. The question appointed for the evening debate was the following:-"Is it desirable to establish a system of peasant proprietorship in Ireland by means of Government loans to the occupiers, or otherwise" and was opened in the negative by Mr. Corrie B. Grant. Mr. Lloyd Jones followed in the negative. Messrs. T. W. Williams, Neale, Moore, Pilney, and Nicholls upheld the affirmative, and Messrs. A. E. Ward and Adams the negative. On the question being put to the meeting it was decided in the negative by a majority of one vote. UNITED LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. Mr. Henry England Barren, of 44, Lyndhurst-road, Peckham, the secretary of the Legal Correspondence Department, writes to us: "I beg you will allow me to call the attention of law students, through the medium of your journal, to the above means of legal education. The object of the department is the discussion of legal questions of interest, through the medium of an organized system of correspondence. The department is divided into sections. Each question is issued to each section on a large sheet of paper on which is a list of the members in the section. The first member on the list, on receiving the form from the secretary, writes his opinion on it and forwards it to the next member, and so on, till it reaches the last on the list, who returns it to the secretary. He sends it round a second time, so that every member has the opportunity of seeing the opinions of others, of commenting upon them, and of amending or defending his own opinion. It is not obligatory on members to write opinions, though it is very desirable that all should do so. The advantages of the department are obvious. Firstly, the attention of members is called to questions of doubt or interest; secondly, members acquire the useful habit of expressing themselves clearly and forcibly on legal points. This habit proves of service in the answering of examination questions, as the finals of this and previous years disclose; thirdly, which is, . perhaps, the chief advantage, law students, in all parts of the country and in London, are brought into friendly intercourse, and become cognizant of one another's reasoning powers and acquaintance with the law. I shall be happy to give any further information to law students, and to forward them specimen papers." A meeting of this society was held on Wednesday, the 24th inst., at Clement's-inn, Mr. Acland in the chair. The motion on the paper, 66 That it is desirable that legislative measures should be passed for facilitating the acquisition of land in Ireland by the peasant occupiers," was brought forward by Mr. Owen, who was supported by Messrs. Napier, Spokes, Morice, Clarkson, Harvey, Dowson, and MacLaren, and opposed by Messrs. Jackson, Foy, Derry, Synott, and Edlin, and upon a division the motion was carried by a majority of six votes. GRAY'S INN MOOT SOCIETY. The The second meeting of the above society for the present term was held on Thursday, November 18, in the hall of Gray's-inn, under the presidency of Albert Venn Dicey, Esq., before several of the masters of the bench. question for argument was as follows:-" D., a Portuguese subject, domiciled in Portugal, married in England (in accordance with the rites of the Church of England) M., a Portuguese lady, a subject of Portugal, but domiciled in England. D. and M. are first cousins, and by the law of Portugal first cousins are (except by dispensation from the Pope) incapable of contracting marriage with each other. D. and M. did not at the time of their marriage either apply for or obtain a Papal dispensation. D. has now returned to and is resident in Portugal, where he is domiciled. M. has never left England and continues to reside there. M. has petitioned the Probate Division of the High Court to declare her marriage with D. on the above state of facts null and void. D. has entered an ap-pearance but has not filed an answer. The case against the petitioner is argued by counsel instructed by the Queen's Proctor on behalf of the Crown. The Probate Division of the High Court has delivered judgment dismissing the petition.. The Court of Appeal has reversed the judgment of the Probate Division. The case is now to be argued as on appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal before the House of Lords." The appellant was represented by Mr. E. H. Lawrence, barrister, of Lincoln'sinn, and Mr. F. B. de M. Gibbons, student, of Gray's-inn; Mr. S. H. Leonard, barrister, of Lincoln's-inn, and Mr. E. Robinson, student, of Gray's-inn, appearing for the respondent. The learned president in his judgment reversed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, and affirmed the original decision of the Probate Division. The next meeting of the society will be held in January. CREDITORS' CLAIMS. CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY. LAST DAY OF PROOF. Jan 1. Dec 7. BLYTH, RICHARD, Solihull Lodge, Warwick. Dec 7. Matthews v ALLUM, RICHARD, Streatham. Crafter, Blackfriars rd [Gazette, Nov. 12. J Dec 21. Allum v Allum, M.R. DYER, CHARLES BUNT, Amlwch, Anglesey, Mining Agent. Dec 20. Dyer v Paynter, V.C. Bacon. Paynter, Amlwch GRAVES, ELIZABETH, Eaton, Norwich. Dec 6. Paul v Asker, V.C. GOFF, HENRY ALEXANDER, Shoreditch, Licensed Victualler. Dec HOLMES, WHITAKER, Lincoln's inn fields, Solicitor. Dec 20. Smith v Holmes, M. R. Johnson and Weatherall, King's Bench walk, Temple LIVERMORE, JOHN, High Easter, Essex, Farmer. Dec 6. Liver- TUTIN, JOHN, Northallerton, York, Mercer. Dec 13. Tutin v Tutin WITTON, MARY ANN, Offord rd, Islington. Dec 18. Witton v Tarrant, M.R. Weatherall, King's Bench walk, Temple [Gazette, Nov. 16.] CREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. CAP. 25. LAST DAY OF CLAIM. ASTLEY, JOSEPH, Dobroyd, Todmorden, Gardener. Dec 20. Nutsey, Shrewsbury ASTLEY, MARY ANN, Dobroyd, Todmorden. Dec 20. Nutsey, Shrewsbury ATKINSON, ANNE ELIZABETH, Kingston-upon-Hull. Jan 1. Peach, Hull ATKINSON, LAVINIA, Kingston-upon-Hull. Jan 1. Peach, Hull BANNISTER, MARGARET, Pembridge, Hereford. Dec 26. Bodenham and Co, Kington BLYTHE, REBECCA, St. Pancras rd, Licensed Victualler. Dec 1. Fitch, Bedford row BOUSFIELD, JAMES, Ambleside, Westmoreland, Gent. Dec 10. Scott, King William st BROOKMAN, FANNY, Sandford, Winscombe, Somerset. Woolfryes and Powell, Banwell. Dec 21. BUCKLEY, PETER, Runcorn, Chester, Retired Inspector of Police. Jan 1. Ridgway and Worsley, Warrington COOKE, ARTHUR, Hart st, Bloomsbury, Gent. Dec 8. Neal, Old Broad st COWARD, WILLIAM, Starkies, Bury. Banker. Dec 18. Woodcock, Bury DOBSON, ANN MARIA, Pall Mall. Dec 27. Keen and Rogers, Knight Rider st, Doctors' commons PARROCK, SARAH, Shrewsbury. Dec 20. Nutsey, Shrewsbury EDWARDS, THOMAS HENRY, Compton, Wilts, Farmer. Dec 21. EVANS, DAVID, Penyboutfawr, Montgomery, Innkeeper. Dec 1. FALCONER, MAGDALENE, Mornington rd, Camden Town. Dec 12. Walker, Norfolk st, Strand RAMSDEN, SOPHIA HARRIETT, Walthamstow, Essex. Jan 1, Ramsden and Austin, Leadenhall st GRUNDON, THOMAS, Pickering, York, Gent. Dec 31. Jackson, Malton REEVES, SARAH, Downtan, Wilts. Dec 1. Wilson and Sons, Salisbury HARPER, JOHN, Scragglethorpe, York, Retired Farmer, Dec 31. Jackson, Malton SCOTT, ANNE. Claughton, Chester. Dec 15. Banks and Kendall, Liverpool HASTINGS, MARY ANN, Hanley, Stafford. Dec 8. Tennant and Co, Hanley SNELL, EDWARD SAMUEL, St. George's rd, Pimlico. Dec 11. Hopgood and Co, Whitehall pl SPENCE, CATHARINE, Norton, York. Nov 27. Jackson, Malton STAWMAN, WILLIAM, Barnsley, York, Surgeon. Jan 1. Horsfield, Barnsley WHITE, AMELIA, Boundary rd, St. John's Wood, Brush Maker. Dec 20. Perry, Guildhall chmbrs, Basinghall st WHITESIDE, WILLIAM, Westbourne ter, Hyde park, Esq. Dec 21. Smith, Lincoln's-inn-fields WILLIAMS, HENRY, Llanthewy Vach, Monmouth, Farmer. Dec 25. Greenway and Bytheway, Pontypool BRUCE, JOHN CAMERON, Commander in Her Majesty's Royal Navy. Jan 1. White and Co, Whitehall pl, Westminster FARLEY, WILLIAM, Newton Abbot, Devon, Staff Commander, R.N. Dec 10. Francis and Co, Newton Abbot GARNER, ELIZABETH, Great Esersden, Cambridge. Jan 12. Whitehead, Cambridge GARNETT, JAMES, Ramsbottom, Lancaster, Contractor. Dec 15. Grandy and Co, Bury HARGITT, CHARLES, Liverpool, Gent. Nov 30. Lynch and Teebay, Liverpool JOHNSTON, SUSANNA, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Dec 30. Vincent, Ryde JOEL, ASHER, Plymouth, Jeweller. Dec 30, Pearse, Plymouth LEESE, JOHN WILLIAM, Guildford, Surrey, Esq. Dec 24. Stilwell, Dover LINDSAY, MARGARET, Cloudesley st, Islington. Dec 31. Markby and Co, Coleman st MITCHELL, WILLIAM WOODS, Arundel, Sussex, Newspaper Proprietor. Jan 1. Arnold and Cooper, Chichester ON WHYN, GEORGE, Russell st, Covent Garden, Wine Merchant. Dec 24. Tucker and Lake, Serle st, Lincoln's inn PETERS, THOMAS, Mintern st, Holton, Gent Dec 18. Parkes, Queen Victoria st SANDEMAN, GEORGE BAXTER, Market bldngs, Mincing lane, Colonial Broker. Dec 7. Trinders and Curtis-Hayward, Bishopsgate st Within SHELDRAKE, JOHN, Dedham, Essex, Builder. Dec 30. Goody and Son, Colchester SMALLPAGE, ISAIAH, Burnley, Lancaster, Cotton Spinner. Jan 1. Artindale and Artindale, Burnley SMITH, GEORGE, Hartley Wintney, Southampton Gent. Dec 15. Bayley, Basingstoke SUTTON, LOUISA, Erskine st. Leicester. Dec 27. Harris, Leicester. WAUD, WILLIAM, Bradford, York, Gent. Jan 1. ARCHBALD, JAMES BURT, Kingston-upon-Hull, M.D. Dec 31. Todd, Hull BABBAGE, SUSANNA, Stoke, Devonport. Dec 31. Gard, Devonport BARLING, Rev CHARLES HARBIS ALURED, Brooke, Norfolk. Jan 10. Whites and Co, Wymondham, Norfolk BASS, WILLIAM, Duffield, Derby, Esq. Jan 1, Jennings and Co, Burton-on-Trent BINGLEY, GEORGE, Weston-super-Mare, Esq. March 31. Pattison and Co, Queen Victoria st BOWER, ROV JAMES HENRY, East Sheen, Surrey. Jan 1. Crowder and Co, Lincoln's-inn-fields BOYER. Rev JOHN, Milverton. Warwick. Dec 31. Redpath and Holdsworth, Bush lane BRADLEY, PATRICK, Liverpool, Stevedore. Dec 20. Quinn, Liverpool BROOK, WILLIAM THOMAS, Stoke Damerel, Devon, Painter. Dec 31. Whiteford and Bennett, Plymouth Dec 31. HILL, JOHN, Fairfield, Liverpool. Dec 20. Whitley and Co, Liverpool BROWNE. GEORGE, Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law, Q.C. Pyke and Parrott, Lincoln's-inn-fields HILLS, EDWARD HENRY, Richmond, Surrey, Gent. Dec 16. Paterson and Co, Lincoln's-inn-fields CARTER, CHALLIS, Little Totham Hall, Essex, Farmer. Digby and Evans, Maldon Dec 20. CHADBURN, WALTER, Southwell, Nottingham, Draper. Jan 1. Kirkland, Southwell CHINNERY, ALFRED, Otten Belchamp, Essex, Farmer. Dec 31. Andrewes and Co, Sudbury CLIVE, GEORGE. Perrystone, Hereford, Esq. Dec 20. Ingram and Co, Lincoln's-inn-fields CORTNEY, ELIZABETH, Whitefield lane, Liverpool. Nov 30. Oliver and Co. Liverpool CREFT, ISABELLA, Hill park crescent, Plymouth. Dec 31. Gard Devonport Trainer of Race-horses. Joles ( Merchant. Dec 31. R.der, sier. Dec . Davenport and Co, Reared Farmer. Dec 31. * takva, or Sheffield, Farmer. Dec arla Bax, Leeds, Gent. Dec 31. Dee 31. Wilkinson and Rochdale, Farmer. Dec 13. laser. Jan 1. Johnson, Lincoln's-inStuds, Gent, Dec 1, Blair, Scunth The fanlican, a Brevet-Major in the Embe, High Holborn Su, Chester, Draper. Dec 21. Davies ser, Farmer. Dec 13- Roberts, Dec 14. Bentwitch, Mocrate st Fab, Burton-on-Trent, Jan 1. Dec 31. Howlett and Son, komen. Macclesfeld, Chester, Sate 27 and Henstock, Macclesfeld , Entry New Park, Tobacco the Son, Furnival's inn Park pi, Southampton. Dec 20. A Dec 31. Booty and Bayre, Garthwaite, Lancaster, Retired Canofrana Jan 1. Johnson, Lincoln se Farmer Jan 17. Bigneld, Norwich 1 Dorset. Dec 16. Paterson and laaser, Common Brewer. Jan 1. Dla Bromo, Somerset, Stock and Share Carpenter, Bristcl Captam, Esq. Dec 24, BurroWS 14 Kagan, Oxford, Farmer. Dec 19. Testreland. Dec 17. Little and k, Brickmaker. Jan 1. Holtby, Ich Taman. Dec 3. Sall, Otier [Gazette, Nov. 19.1 EGAL NEWS. Court on Tuesday, James George , and that a committee, of which e therefor recited a number of acts Limerick has been warned azata in pain of being "Boycotted." He in the plea was not considered satis DANIELL, REBEKAH PRITCHARD, Newport, Monmouth. Jan 1. Gwynn and Co, Bristol DAWSON, JOSEPH, Bedford, nr Newmarket. Trainer of Race-horses. Dec 20. Ingram and Co, Lincoln's-inn-fields DENNY, ARTHUR EDWIN, Leeds, Oil Merchant. Dec 31. Rider, Leeds DOCWRA, WILLIAM, Hastings, Hosier. Dec 25. Davenport and Co, Hastings EAST, JAMES, Hibaldstowe, Lincoln, Retired Farmer. Dec 31. Howlett and Son, Kirton-in-Lindsey FALDING, JOSEPH BENNET, Chapeltown, nr Sheffield, Farmer. Dec 20. Smith and Co, Sheffield FALENES, ALEXANDER, Roseville, Halton, nr Leeds, Gent. Dec 31. Rider, Leeds GIBSON, MARY, Alverstoke, Sonthampton. Dec 31. Wilkinson and HALSTEAD, ROBERT, Whitworth, Rochdale, Farmer. Dec 13. HAWKINS, ELIZA, Burnham, Eessex. Jan 1. Johnson, Lincoln's-innfebis HINDMARSH, ROBERT, South Shields, Gent. Dec 1, Blair, South HOLCOMBE, FRANCIS, Aberystwith, Cardigan, a Brevet-Major in the Davies LAYCOCK, JOHN, Rochdale, Lancaster, Farmer. Dec 13- Roberts, Rochdale LEVY, CECILIA, Mildmay grove, Dec 18. Bentwitch, Moorgate st MALKIN, MARY, Ashfield, Winshill, nr Burton-on-Trent. Jan 1. Jennings and Co, Burton-on-Trent HAW, MATTHEW, Manton, Lincoln, Esq. Dec 31. Howlett and Son, MIDDLETON, NATHANIEL SOMERSET, Macclesfield, Chester, Slate POLTICE, SOPHIA, Wrotham, Kent. Dec 31. Booty and Bayliffe, RAWLINSON, GEORGE ROMNEY, Graythwaite, Lancaster, Retired Lieut.-Col. of H.M.'s Dragoon Guards. Jan 1. Johnson, Lincoln'sina-fields RIX, JOHN, Wilby, Norfolk, Farmer. Jan 17. Bignold, Norwich SMITH, Rev WILLIAM, Weymouth, Dorset. Dec 16. Paterson and Co, Lincoln's-inn-fields SWIFT, SARAH, Pemberton, Lancaster, Common Brewer. Jan 1. Heald, Wigan TILLY, JAMES TUCKER, Flax Bourton, Somerset, Stock and Share Broker, Dec 11. Benson and Carpenter, Bristol THELOAR, THOMAS, Macaulay rd, Clapham, Esq. Dec 24, Burrows and Barnes, Sackville st WHITE, RICHARD THOMAS, Mollington, Oxford, Farmer. Dec 18. Kilby and Mace, Banbury WILSON, AGNES, Morland, Westmoreland. Dec 17. Little and Lamonby, Penrith WRIGHT, JOHN, Dringhouses, York, Brickmaker. Jan 1. Holtby, York YOUNG, WILLIAM, Otley, York. Yeoman. Dec 3. Siddall, Otley [Gazette, Nov. 19.] fully bear out what Mr. Greening has stated with reference to the utter want of system in the custody of affidavits used at chambers. In a case in which we were recently concerned the drawing up of an order of considerable importance to our client was delayed for nearly a fortnight in consequence of the loss of an affidavit which had been filed in support of an application at chambers, and marked as read by the master in the indorsement upon the summons. After waiting two or three days while a fruitless search was instituted, we were ultimately compelled to carry in a further special affidavit stating the facts, which, of course, entailed extra expense. Our common law clerk informs us that he has frequently wasted hours in seaching for affidavits which have been filed, but which for some days afterwards remained in a miscellaneous bundle in the affidavit room at the Royal Courts of Justice." A proposed statute of Oxford University relating to the Vinerian Professorship of English Law was promulgated on the 23rd inst. by the Hebdomadal Council. It provides that the professor shall be elected by an electoral board consisting of the Chancellor of the University, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Regius Professor of Civil Law, the Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence, and a person nominated on each occasion by All Souls' College. He is to receive the annual proceeds of the trust estate of Mr. Viner's foundation remaining after payment of the statutory emoluments of the scholars of that foundation, and he is also to be entitled to the emoluments appropriated to the professorship out of the revenues of All Souls' College. As long as his total income from those sources does not amount to £700, it is t be augmented to that sum by an annual payment from the university chest. LEGAL NEWS. At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, James George Tedder, described as a solicitor, pleaded guilty to indictments charging him with stealing £900, the money of Messrs. Richard Shaw, Bond, & Co., Fetter-lane, also to stealing cheques. He was sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour. The Daily News understands that the old proposal for amalgamating the departments of Customs and Inland Revenue has again been revived, and that a committee, of which Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. John Holms are active members, is at present engaged in making the necessary inquiries as to the practicability of carrying out at an early daie this long-projected scheme of administrative reform. The Pacific Coast Law Journal says that a rising young attorney recently filed a petition for divorce for a female client, and for cause therefor recited a number of acts of cruelty on the part of defendant, closing his declaration as follows: "That each and all of said acts were indulged in by defendant for the purpose of injuring and destroying her peace of mind, and her health and life, and that the same has done so." It is stated that a solicitor in Limerick has been warned by a member of the Land League not to take part in proceedings against tenants on pain of being "Boycotted." He justified his professional action on the ground that if the local solicitors did not undertake such duties the business would be transferred to Dublin solicitors, who would not spare the tenants; but the plea was not considered satisfactory, and the warning was repeated. Messrs. Hunter & Downes write to the Times: "We can Ward Pemberton Thursday 2 Farrer Ward Friday.... 3 Saturday 4 Leach Mr. Justice Mr. Jackson. FRY. Koe Clowes Merivale King Cobby Jackson Merivale Cobby Jackson Cobby Monday, Nov. 29Mr. Clowes .... Koe SALES OF ENSUING WEEK. Nov. 30.-Messrs. FULLER & FULLER, at the Mart, at 2 p.m.,. Dec. 2.-Mr. WALTER KNIGHT, at the Mason's Hall Tavern, Basinghall-street, Hotel Properties (see advertisement, this week, p. 6). BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BRAND.-On Nov. 23, at 9, Albany-street, Edinburgh, the wife. of David Brand, advocate, of a son. Cook. On Nov. 16, at Weybridge, Surrey, the wife of John Cook, barrister-at-law, of a son. MARSHALL.-On Nov. 23, at Corby-villa, St. Marychurch, Torquay, the wife of the Hon. James Marshall, Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony, of a daughter. SLATER.-On Nov. 18, at 47, Argyll-road, Kensington, W., the wife of Cyrus Slater, of Lincoln's-inn, barrister, of a. daughter, stillborn. |