KNOWLSON, JAMES, Leeds, Boot Manufacturer Leeds Pet May 13 Ord Aug 9 LAWS, JOHN FREDERICK, Kingsland High Court Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 LINE, THOMAS KIRK, Coalville, Leicesters, Tailor Burton on Trent Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 MCCULLOUGH, DAVID, Lewisham, Furrier High Court MACKINTOSH, JAMES, King's rd, Brownswood Park, Builder PILKINGTON, TIMOTHY, Blackpool, Joiner Preston Pet PORTLOCK, JOHN HENRY, Hereford, Bootmaker Hereford Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 PRICE, HENRY, Builth, Builder Newtown Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 ROBERTS, JOSIAH KITTO, Mevagissey, Cornwall, Builder ROBSON, MARY JANE, West Hartlepool, Dressmaker Sun- SULLIVAN, MATTHEW, jun, and GEORGE WASHINGTON HUGHES, Bromley by Bow, Paperhangings Manufacturers High Court Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 TAYLOR, WILLIAM, and JOHN ALBERT TAYLOR, Harrogate, Yorks, Fancy Drapers York Pet Aug 8 Ord Aug 8 THOMAS, JOHN DAVID, Whitchurch, nr Bristol, School- WESTON, DAVID, Dudley, Grocer Dudley Pet Aug 9 WOOD, HARRY, Wetherby, Yorks Leeds Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 WOODCOCK, JOSEPH JACKMAN, Leeds, Insurance Agent WRIGHT, ERNEST JAMES, Dudley, Bicycle Maker Dudley Amended notice substituted for that published in the Amended notice substituted for that published in the London Gazette of July 29: TERRY, LUKE FORD THOMAS, Eastbourne, Laundryman Eastbourne Pet July 25 Ord July 25 FIRST MEETINGS. ASTBURY, JOSEPH BARKER, Hendon, Farmer Aug 22 at 3 20 at 12 Grosvenor Hotel, Stramongate, Kendal CHAMBERS, THOMAS, Kendal, Picture Frame Maker Aug Aug Three 20 at 11.30 Grosvenor Hotel, Stramongate, Kendal DAVIES, MARY, Lampeter, Cardigans, Glass Dealer Aug DEXTER, JESSE, and WILLIAM LAIDLER, Newcastle on Tyne, Timber Merchants Aug 19 at 12.30 Off Rec, 30, LEAKE, THOMAS SAYER VILE, Chatham, Baker Aug 22 at 11.30 115, High st, Rochester LINE, WILLIAM WELLER, Burnley, Boot Maker Aug 26 at 1.30 Exchange Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley MARSDEN, FEARGUS EMMET, Batley, York, Innkeeper Aug 19 at 3 Off Rec, Bank chmbrs, Batley MIDGLEY, TOM, Burnley, Assistant Schoolmaster Aug 26 at 1 Exchange Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley MILLS, JANE ANN, and ANNIE MILLS, Basingstoke, Hants, Costumiers Aug 22 at 3.30 Off Rec, 172, High st, Southampton MORGAN, DANIEL, Llandovery, Innkeeper Aug 20 at 12.30 Off Rec, 4, Queen st, Carmarthen MULLINS, JOHN, Boscombe, Builder Aug 19 at 2.30 Grand NICHOLS, ROBERT WILLIAM, Kendal, Innkeeper Aug 20 PARKER, ALFRED, Stockton on Tees, Master Painter Aug Off Rec, 22, Fark row, Leeds RAY, BISCO, Telegraph st, Solicitor Aug 19 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st ROBERTSHAW, BENJAMIN, Bradford, Grocer Aug 19 at 11 Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford SANGER, EDWARD, Bournemouth, Baker Aug 19 at 3 Grand Hotel, Bournemouth SHEARS, GEORGE, New Barnet, Photographer Aug 22 at 12 Off Rec, 95, Temple chmbrs, Temple av SLADE, JAMES, Torquay Sept 1 at 10.45 Off Roc, 13, Bedfo:d circus, Exeter SWARBRICK, WILLIAM, Barrow in Furness, Joiner Aug 19 at 11.30 Off Rec, 16, Cornwallis st, Barrow in Furness TAYLOR, WILLIAM, and JOHN ALBERT TAYLOR, Harrogate, Yorks, Fancy Drapers Aug 22 at 12.15 Off Rec, 28, Stonegate, York TYSON, ROBERT, Barrow in Furness, Licensed Victualler VIVIAN, RICHARD, Smallridge, nr Axminster, Shoemaker WYKES, HERBERT, Bexley Heath, Kent, Undertaker ATTWELL, ARTHUR JOSHUA, New Swindon, Fishmonger BRINHAM, WILLIAM HYDEN, Brixham, Devon, Fisherman BROADHURST, JOHN, Warrington, Wholesale Confectioner Warrington Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 CHRIMES, WILLIAM, Over Winsford, Cheshire, Commercial Traveller Nantwich Pet Aug 4 Ord Aug 10 COOK, DIANA, Bridgwater, Grocer Bridgwater Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 CURNICK, HENRY ALBERT, Leatherhead, Builder Croydon Pet July 27 Ord Aug 8 DOURICK, JOHN HAYS, St Austell, Cornwall, Builder Trur Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 DYSON, ALFRED, Evesham, Worcester, Bootmaker Aug DrSON, ALFRED, Evesham, Worcs, Boot Maker Worcester 20 at 11.30 Off Rec, 45, Copenhagen st, Worcester EVANS, CHARLES, Swansea, Newsagent Aug 19 at 12.30 Off Rec, 31, Alexandra rd, Swansea Fox, ABRAHAM, Birstal, York, Innkeeper Aug 22 at 11 Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford FRAMPTON, ALBERT TOM, Branksome Park, nr Bournemouth Aug 19 at 12 Grand Hotel, Bournemouth FRYE, JOSEPH HENRY JAYE, Dalston, Surgeon Aug 19 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st GALLOP, WILLIAM ALHotel, Bournemouth Poole, Dorset, Builder Aug 19 at 3.30 Grand GIBBON, HARRY, Ipswich, Wholesale Grocer Aug 19 at 12.30 Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool st, London GILBERT, GEORGE, Old Compton st, Soho, Shoe Manufacturer Aug 19 at 1 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st GRESSWELL, FREDERIC, Southport, Confectioner Aug 23 at 12 Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool HAND, HERBERT, Parnsley Aug 24 at 10.15 Off Rec, HARDING, ELIZABETH ANN, Merthyr Tydfil, Boot Maker JONES, WILLIAM, Llanelly, Baker Aug 20 at 11 Off Rec, 4, Queen st, Carmarthen LAWS, JOHN FREDERICK, King-land Aug 19 at 11 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st LEAK, CHARLES, Carnarvon, Boot Dealer Aug 22 at 3 Crypt chmbrs, Eastgate row, Chester Pet Aug 8 Ord Aug 8 ELING, FREDERICK HARRY, Bradford, Confectioner Bradford Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 EVANS, GEORGE, Newport, Corn Merchant Newport, Mon Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 FISHER, GEORGE, Keynsham, Somerset, Butcher Bristol FITZMAURICE, DOUGLAS COMMERELL MENZIES, Tollington FRYE, JOSEPH HENRY JAYE, Dalston, Surgeon High Court GILBERT, GEORGE, Northampton, Shoe Manufacturer High Court Pet July 15 Ord Aug 10 GILES, Major GEORGE EDWARD, Jermyn st High Court Pet April 1 Ord Aug 10 GRAY, JOHN WILLIAM, Bristol, Tailor Bristol Pet Aug 8 Ord Aug 8 Stockton GREENBURY, CHARLES, Whitby, Yorks, Painter Doncaster, Bookseller HESELTINE, THOMAS, Earlsheaton, nr Dewsbury, Teamer Aug 8 Ord Aug 8 Oldham Pet JEFFS, JAMES, Low Eskrigg, nr Wigton, Farmer Carlisle LEAKE, THOMAS SAYER VILE, Chatham, Baker Rochester LINE, THOMAS KIRK, Coalville, Leicesters, Tailor Burton PADDINGTON, WILLIAM HENRY, Boscombe, Confectioner PARR, JOHN EDWARD, Marton Moss, nr Blackpool, School- Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 Pet PORTLOCK, JOHN HENRY, Hereford, Bootmaker Hereford Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 PRICE, HENRY, Builth, Builder Newtown Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 ROBERTS, JOSIAH KITTO, Mevagissey, Cornwall, Builder Truro Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 ROBSON, MARY JANE, West Hartlepool, Dressmaker Sunderland Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 Ross, ALFRED, Leeds Leeds Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 WARE, WILLIAM, Southsea, Cab Proprietor Portsmouth WESTON, DAVID, Dudley, Grocer Dudley Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 WHITFIELD, JOHN, and RICHARD WHITFIELD, Bramley, Leeds, Builders Leeds Pet July 5 Ord Aug 9 WILDING, JOHN, St Anne's on the Sea, Lancs Preston Pet July 21 Ord Aug 10 WILLIAMSON, J, Hornsey rise High Court Pet June 16 Ord Aug 8 WINTER, ROBERT GILROY, Willesden green, Solicitor High Court Pet June 10 Ord Aug 8 WOOD, HARRY, Wetherby, York Leeds Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 WOODCOCK, JOSEPH JACKMAN, Leeds, Insurance Agent Leeds Pet Aug 6 Ord Aug 6 WRIGHT, ERNEST JAMES, Dudley, Eicycle Maker Dudley Pet Aug 8 Ord Aug 8 WRIGHT, THOMAS HOLLIS, Streatham High Court Pet April 22 Ord Aug 8 WYKES, HERBERT, Bexley Heath, Undertaker Rochester Pet Aug 9 Ord Aug 9 Amended notice substituted for that published in the London Gazette of July 29: BLACKMAN, ARTHUR, and EDWIN PHILIP SHARP, Eastbourne, Builders Eastbourne Pet July 18 Ord July 25 ADJUDICATION ANNULLED. WOOLLEY, THOMAS, Sheffield, Temperance Hotel Keeper Sheffield Adjud Jan 21, 1888 Annul Aug 4 London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Aug. 16. RECEIVING ORDERS. ADDISON, WALTER, Ipswich, Seed Merchant Ipswich Pet BROOKS, HARRY, Southend on Sea, Bricklayer Chelmsford BROOMFIELD, MARY, Netley Marsh, Hants, Grocer Southampton Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 BROWN, SABAH ELLEN, Blackpool, Fancy Goods Dealer Preston Pet Aug 8 Ord Aug 11 COOKE, JAMES, Dewsbury, York, Herbalist Dewsbury Pet Aug 11 Órd Aug 11 DAVIES, EDWARD WILLIAM, Berriew, Montgomery, Butcher Newtown Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 DOODY, ROBERT, Handsworth, Cycle Maker Birmingham Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 EMBLING, DAVID, Newport, Mon, Confectioner Newport, Mon Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 FAIRCLOUGH, WILLIAM HENRY, Wigan, Oilcloth Dealer Wigan Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 FELDMAN, M, Duke st, Aldgate, Wine Merchant High Court Pet July 13 Ord Aug 12 FOSTER, JAMES, GEORGE ARTHUR RAWSON, and JAMES RowE, Leicester, Boot Manufacturers Leicester Pet Aug 6 Ord Aug 13 GALLOWAY, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Brighton, Fishmonger Brighton Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 GIBBONS, WILLIAM, Tiverton, Devons, Builder Exeter Pet July 30 Ord Aug 12 GRIFFITHS, JOHN, Canon Pyon. Herefords, Shoemaker Hereford Pet Aug 13 Ord Aug 13 HENTON, F W, & Co, King William st, Strand, Elec'rical ISBERN, ARTHUR FREDERICK, Kelvedon, Essex, Ionkeeper High Court Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 13 LETTS, S ALLEN, Camberwell, Upholsterer High Court Pet July 15 Ord Aug 10 MCGREGOR, ALEXANDER GRANT, Kingston upon Hull, Shipbuilder Kingston upon Hull Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 MAYER, BENJAMIN, Canonbury, China Dealer High Court Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 MERRYFIELD, ALBERT, Bulwell, Notts Nottingham Pet PARKER, ALFRED, Bishopgate st Within, Housekeeper ROURKE, CHARLES JOSEPH, Old Trafford, Lancs, Traveller SMITH, JOSEPH, Grenville st, Commercial Clerk High Bolton Pet SUMNER, WILLIAM THOMAS, Southwater, Horsham, Schoolmaster Brighton Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 TAYLOR, SHEMELDS, Forest Hill, Northumberland, Commercial Traveller Newcastle on Tyne Pet June 29 Ord Aug 12 THOMSON, ROBERT, Birmingham, Coachbuilder Birmingham Pet Aug 13 Ord Aug 13 TURNER, THOMAS, and PERCIVAL FREDERICK TURNER, Bingley, Yorks, Leather Tanners Bradford Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 WAKEFORD, ALFRED JOSEPH, Bradford Bradford Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 WAKELEY, JOSIAH, Corsham, Wilts, Clothier Bath Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 WALTON, FRANK, and MARIAN WALTON, Walsall Walsall Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 WABD, THOMAS SWALES, Gt Grimsby, Draper Gt Grimsby WARRICK, ALBERT, Crossgates, nr Leeds, Violin Manu- WING & Co, Kingsland, Commission Agents High Court WOOTTON, JOHN, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicesters, Clerk RUTHERFURD, JOHN SCHAW, Old Jewry High Court Pe FIRST MEETINGS. ASTINS, GEORGE SAMUEL, Ilford, Essex, Fine Art Publisher Aug 26 at 1 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st ATTWELL, ARTHUR JOSHUA, New Swindon, Fishmonger Aug 25 at 10.15 Off Rec, 46, Cricklade st, Swindon BARFORD, GEORGE, GEORGE SIDNEY BARFORD, and HERBERT GEORGE BARFORD, Luton, Straw Hat Manufacturers Aug 25 at 10.15 Chamber of Commerce bldgs, 53, George st, Luton BIDON, MARIUS, Broad st bldgs, Company Promoter Aug Off COOK, DIANA, Bridgwater, Grocer Aug 26 at 11 WH CONEY, ARTHUR EDWARD, Sleaford, Lines, Cabinet Maker FISHER, GEORGE, Keynsham, Somerset, Butcher Aug 31 at 11.30 Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol FRYER, FRANK, Cheltenham, Baker Aug 23 at 3.15 Off Off County Court bldgs, Cheltenham GITTIS, TIMOTHY HEWITT, Liverpool Aug 24 at 12 Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool GRAY, JOHN WILLIAM, Bristol, Tailor Aug 31 at 12 Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol GREENBURY, CHARLES, Whitby, York, Painter Aug 24 at 3 Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough GRIFFITHS, JOHN, Canon Pyon, Herefords, Shoemaker Aug 24 at 3 2, Offa st, Hereford GRIFFITH, JOHN, Llanrwst, Denbighs Aug 25 at 2.30 Crypt chmbrs, Eastgate row, Chester HALL, JOHN, Kidderminster, General Milliner Aug 24 at 2 Lion Hotel, Kidderminster HARDY, WILLIAM JOSEPH YORKE, Cheltenham, Bookseller Aug HENTON & Co, King William st, Strand, Electrical En- LINE, THOMAS KIRK, Coalville, Liecs, Tailor Aug 23 at 3 Builder Aug 24 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st MCNELLAN, J F, Leinster sq, Hyde Park Aug 24 at 1 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st, MAYER, BENJAMIN, Canonbury, China Dealer Aug 23 at 2.30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st, Off Rec, Aug 24 Builder NIXON, JAMES, Lanercost, Cumberland, Farmer Aug 24 at 12.30 Off Rec, 34, Fisher st, Carlisle PLOWS, ARTHUR, York, Painter Aug 25 at 12.15 28, Stonegate, York PORTLOCK, JOHN HENRY, Hereford, Boot Maker at 2.30 2, Offa st, Hereford ROBERTS, JOSIAH KITTO, Mevagissey, Cornwall, Aug 25 at 12 Off Rec, Boscawen st, Truro ROLFE, CHRISTIAN, East Dulwich Aug 26 at 11 Bankbldgs, Carey st, SAMUELS, SAMUEL. Abertillery, Pawnbroker Aug 24 at 12 65, High st, Merthyr Tydfil SILVESTER, FREDERICK JAMES, Waterlooville, nr Cosham, Hants, Builder Aug 23 at 3 Off Rec, Cambridge junction, High st, Portsmouth SPENCER, RICHARD, Leigh, Lancs, Grocer Aug 25 at 3 16, Wood st, Bolton SULLIVAN, MATTHEW, jun, and GEORGE WASHINGTON HUGHES, Bromley by Bow, Paperhangings Manufacturers Aug 26 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st THOMAS, JOHN DAVID, Whitchurch, nr Bristol, Schoolmaster Aug 31 at 12.30 Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol VERDON, MARY ANN, Grangetown, Cardiff, Grocer Aug 25 at 11 Off Rec, 29, Queen st, Cardiff WALKDEN, CHARLES, Richmond, Solicitor's Clerk Aug 23 Bir ADAMS, HARRY, Birmingham, Metal Manufacturer BAKER, JOSEPH, Chester, Travelling Draper Chester Pet BARFORD, GEORGE, GEORGE SIDNEY BARFORD, and HERBERT GEORGE BARFORD, Luton, Beds, Straw Hat Manufacturers Luton Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 BELL, JOSEPH EDWARD, Wolverhampton, Hosier Wolverhampton Pet July 27 Ord Aug 11 BOOTH, ARTHUR, Manchester, General Draper Manchester Pet June 30 Ord Aug 10 BROOKS, HARRY, Southend on Sea, Bricklayer Chelmsford Pet Aug 10 Ord Aug 10 BROOMFIELD, MARY, Bartley, Hants, Grocer Southampton Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 CLARKE, GEORGE EDWARD, Wolverhampton, Cycle Manufacturer Wolverhampton Pet July 25 Ord Aug 12 COOKE, JAMES, Dewsbury, Herbalist Dewsbury Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 DAVIES, EDWARD WILLIAM, Berriew, Montgomery, Butcher EMBLING, DAVID, Newport, Mon, Confectioner Newport, FAIRCLOUGH, WILLIAM HENRY, Wigan, Oilcloth Dealer Wigan Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 FOSTER, JAMES, GEORGE ARTHUR RAWSON, and JAMES GRIFFITHS, JOHN, Canon Pyon, Herefords, Shoemaker HOBSON, TOM ALFRED, Doncaster, Cycle Dealer Wakefield JACKSON, THOMAS ABSOLOM CAREW, Cannon st High Court Pet April 16 Ord Aug 12 JOLLY, HAMILTON WILLIAM, Liverpool, Surgeon's Assistant Liverpool Pet June 22 Ord Aug 11 KING, HENRY, Southsea, Fruiterer Portsmouth Pet Aug 3 Ord Aug 11 LEAPMAN, LEWIS, Durley rd, Stamford Hill, Watchmaker MACINTOSH, ROBERT HOWELLS, Southampton York Pet MAYER, BENJAMIN, Canonbury, Glass Dealer High Court Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 MERRYFIELD, ALBERT, Bulwell, Nottingham Nottingham Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 MUIR, THOMAS, Trowbridge, Wilts, Draper Bath Pet PARKER, ALFRED, Bishopsgate st Within, Housekeeper ROURKE, CHARLES JOSEPH, Old Trafford, Lancs, Traveller SHEARD, RICHARD ARTHUR, and HERBERT EMIL SHEARD, SMITH, JOSEPH, Grenville st, Commercial Clerk High Court Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 SPENCER, RICHARD, Leigh, Lancs, Grocer Bolton Pet STOCKEN, ALFRED HERBERT, Streatham, Insurance Agent TAYLOR, FREDERICK, ERNEST TAYLOR, and JOHN TAYLOR, TURNER, THOMAS, and PERCIVAL FREDERICK TURNER, Bingley, Yorks, Leather Tanners Bradford Pet Aug 11 Ord Aug 11 WAKEFORD, ALFRED JOSEPH, Bradford Bradford Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 WALKDEN, CHARLES, Richmond, Surrey, Solicitor's Clerk Wandsworth Pet July 5 Ord Aug 12 WARD, THOMAS SWALES, Gt Grimsby, Draper Gt Grimsby WARRICK, ALBERT, Crossgates, nr Leeds, Violin Manu- WILSON, THOMAS, Berwick, Cabinet Maker Newcastle on Ord Aug 11 WOOTTON, JOHN, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicesters, Auctioneer's Clerk Burton on Trent Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 YARWOOD, THOMAS, Northwich, Coal Merchant Nantwich Pet Aug 12 Ord Aug 12 Amended notice substituted for that published in the London Gazette of July 29: VILLENEUVE, CHARLES FREDERICK HERMAN, Lewisham Greenwich Pet July 20 Ord July 26 SPECIAL HOME READINGS. 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The only Act of first-rate importance is the Criminal LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE Act (c. 41), which enables rules to be made by the Home Secretary for the government of local prisons and convict THE PERFECTED SYSTEM of Life Assurance is peculiar to this Society (c. 62). There is also a Statute Law Revision Act (c. 22). WITH REFERENCE to the date of commencement of the above statutes, the Criminal Evidence Act comes into operation on the expiration of two months from its passing-that is, on the 12th of October. The same date is assigned for the Universities and College Estates Act. The Canals Protection Act, the Benefices Act, and the Inebriates Act come into force on the 1st of January next. The Locomotives Act comes into force on the same date, except so far as regards the making and confirming of bye-laws thereunder, and the commencement of the Prisons Act is also fixed for the 1st of January, except as to two sections, the operation of which is postponed until the first rules under the Act come into force. The Marriage Act comes into operation on the 1st of April, 1899. The other statutes came into operation on their passing, except the Vaccination Act, which is noticed subsequently. is likely to give rise, it states in succinct language the effect and operation of section 2, which, unlike the remaining provisions of the Act, takes effect from the 12th inst. (the date of its passing) and not merely from the 1st January next. As this section comprises the now celebrated conscience clause (subsection (1) it is important that it should speedily receive judicial interpretation. Meanwhile, some doubt appears to prevail as to what evidence should be deemed sufficient to satisfy justices or magistrates that the conscientious objector really believes that vaccination would be prejudicial to the health of a child. In this connection it is to be noticed that, in the case of each objector, the court will have to determine, not whether vaccination would really or probably prejudice the health of a child, but whether, rightly or wrongly, the objector conscientiously believes that it will do so (section 2 (1)). In other words, the question in issue in each case will be the reality of the belief of the objector and not whether such belief is well founded. It is, however, evident that in cases where the alleged conscientious belief is justified by some reasonable or probable cause, the objector will have less difficulty in establishing his right to a certificate under the Act than in cases where his belief has no solid foundation. Moreover, it is submitted that in some cases, at all events, the court will, before granting a certificate to the conscientious objector, require him to produce corroborative evidence, and, in default of his doing go, will refuse the application. That the court is at liberty to proceed in this way seems clear from the language of section 2 (1), which does not enable the objector to claim, as of right, a certificate of conscientious objection, but, on the contrary, requires him first to satisfy the court "that he conscientiously believes that vaccination would be prejudicial to the health of the child." IN THE CASE of Re Stockport Ragged, &c., Schools (ante, p. 730) the Court of Appeal have given an important decision on the effect of the proviso standing at the end of section 62 of the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853. The section confers exemption from the Act upon a number of institutions either specifically or in general terms, and in particular it exempts institutions for religious or other charitable purposes wholly maintained by voluntary contributions. Where a charity is maintained partly by voluntary subscriptions and partly by income arising from endowment, the Act applies only to the income from endowment. Then at the end of the section come the words, "Provided always that the said exemption shall not extend to any cathedral, collegiate, chapter, or other schools." If the proviso is to be read literally, it follows that no schools of any kind are exempted from the Act. Consequently, a school wholly supported by voluntary subscriptions would be subject to the control of the Charity Commissioners. An alternative construction, and one more in accordance with the spirit of the section, is to restrict the term "echools," upon the ejusdem generis principle, to schools of the same nature as those which have just been specifically enumerated namely, cathedral, collegiate, and chapter schools. This latter construction was adopted by STIRLING, J., when the case was before him (46 W. R. 455), and his view has now been endorsed by the Court of Appeal. The schools specifically mentioned are all, as STIRLING, J., held, schools connected with ecelesiastical foundations, for he applied the phrase "collegiate schools" to schools attached to collegiate churches, not to schools connected with colleges, as in the case of Magdalen College School at Oxford. It is thus possible to construe the word "other as meant to sweep in any schools connected with ecclesiastical foundations, not designated as cathedral, collegiate, or chapter schools. It is also obvious and this consideration had weight both with STIRLING, J., and the Court of Appeal-that, if the Legislature intended to exclude from the exemption schools of every kind, there was no object in referring particularly to certain specific classes. It would have been easy to make the proviso extend to "any school whatever." Upon the construction now adopted it will be possible for the exemption to extend to an ordinary school, and whether it does so or not will depend on whether the school is supported wholly by voluntary contributions, or is supported partly by such contributions and partly by endowments, in which latter case the exemption extends only to the voluntary income, including under that term investments of donations which may lawfully be applied as income (Re Clergy Orphan Corporation, 43 W. R. 150; 1894, 3 Ch. 145). In the present case, however, there was a third source of income-namely, Government grants and payments by boards of guardians and school boards. Hence on this ground the case was held to be outside section 62 altogether. IN THE CASE of the Metropolitan Electric Supply Co. (Limited) Mr. HANNAY has not allowed the difficulties caused by the Welsh coal strike to be any excuse for causing a nuisance by the emission of black smoke. The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, provides against nuisance by smoke in two cases. Clause (a) of section 24 requires that every furnace which is used for working engines by steam, or which is used in any manufacturing or trade process, shall, as far as practicable, consume the smoke arising from the combustible used therein; but no offence is committed under this clause if the court hearing the complaint is satisfied that the furnace is constructed in such a manner as to consume, as far as practicable, having regard to the nature of the manufacture or trade, all smoke arising therefrom, and that the furnace has been carefully attended to by the person in charge. But the section is stricter when it comes to deal with the emission of black smoke, and it is provided by clause (b) that when any chimney (not being the chimney of a private dwelling-house) sends forth black smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance, it is a case to be dealt with summarily under the Act without the benefit of the priviso relating to the structure and care of the furnace. Against the stringency of this enactment the pressure of special circumstances is, according to the decision of Mr. HANNAY, of no avail. It would be of no avail in an ordinary case, and the Electric Supply Co. appear to be precluded by the terms of their Provisional Order from setting up their special duty to their customers. The order, so it is provided, is not to exonerate them from proceedings for a nuisance in the event of any being caused by them. nuisance ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY ONE OF SEVERAL THE decision of STIRLING, J., in Astbury v. Astbury (46 W. R. . . or Upon these enactments questions have arisen both with regard to part payment and acknowledgment. Section 42, it will be noticed, refers only to acknowledgment, and it does not, as STIRLING, J., has pointed out in Astbury v. Astbury, make any provision for the time for recovery of arrears of interest being enlarged by any payment on account. With respect to acknowledgment, both section 8 of the Act of 1874 and section 42 of the Act of 1833 require that the acknowledgment shall be given by the person by whom the principal or interest is payable; and section 5 of chapter 42 requires that it shall be given by the person liable. Apparently in section 8 of the Act of 1874, as in the earlier provision of section 40 of the Act of 1833, the words "by the person by whom the same shall be payable do not refer also to part payment; but even so the payment must still be by a person who is liable to make it. "The underlying principle of all the Statutes of Limitation," said JESSEL, M.R., in Harlock v. Ashberry (19 C. D., p. 545), "is that a payment to take a case out of the statute must be made by a person liable, as an acknowledgment of right." interest saved the bar of the statute under section 42 of the Real Property Limitation Act, 1833. The difficulty begins when it is necessary to consider the case where there are several persons at the same time either interested in the estate or liable to pay the debt. From the reasoning adopted in Roddam v. Morley (supra) it seems to have been considered that even here payment by one person liable would be effectual to preserve the claim against all. But in practice the decision has been restricted to the case of tenant for life and remainderman with which it was immediately concerned. It certainly does not apply generally where there are several persons simultaneously interested in the mortgaged estate or under the same liability. Thus in Coope v. Cresswell (2 Ch. 112) payment of interest on a testator's specialty debt by his devisees in trust for the payment of debts was not allowed to be effectual to keep the debt alive against a beneficial devisee. So, part payment of a simple contract debt by an executor has been held to be ineffectual to keep the debt alive as against the devisee of the real estate (Putnam v. Bates, 3 Russ. 188); and, though the executors are also devisees of the real estate, yet payment made by them in the character of executors will not keep the debt alive against the real estate (Fordham v. Wallis, 10 Hare 217). The recent case of Astbury v. Astbury differed from those just referred to in that the acknowledgment upon which reliance was placed was made by one of two devisees in trust specifically as such. A testatrix had, in 1885, created an equitable mortgage by deposit of title-deeds to secure £500 and interest at £5 per cent. She died in 1887, having by her will appointed two Νο executors and devised her real estate to them in trust. interest had been paid, and in 1897 one of the executors and devisees, describing himself in both characters, gave an The mortgagee brought foreclosure, and in the foreclosure proacknowledgment in writing that the whole interest was due. ceedings claimed, on the strength of this acknowledgment, more than six years' arrears of interest. The presumption is, however, to judge from the above cases, that, as between several persons jointly interested, an acknowledgment giver. by one is effectual to keep the debt alive only as against that This is so as to part payment, and, as has been seen, the effect of an acknowledgment is apparently inferior to that of part payment. Indeed, the decision of Lord WESTBURY, L.C., in Bolding v. Lane (1 D. J. & S. 122) seems to show that for of interest under section 42 of the Real Property Limitation the purpose of charging land with more than six years' arrears Act, 1833, an acknowledgment is only effectual as against the person who makes it at any rate in the case where there are several persons simultaneously interested in the land. In the held that case accordingly STIRLING, J., acknowledgment of one devisee in trust was ineffectual to bind the other. Hence the land was not affected and in the foreclosure preceedings only six years' arrears of interest were one. The liability, however, need not be direct. It is enough that the person who makes the payment is interested to make it in the sense that he is liable to lose the land if it is not made. So, too, in interpreting the phrase "the person by whom the money is payable" as applied to acknowledgments, it has been held that, in the case of an equitable lien not involving any personal liability the money is payable by the person entitled to the land on which the charge is sought to be fixed. 66 The money is payable by him in the only sense in which it is payable by anyone. Unless he pays it he will lose his land; and it is obviously in that sense that the statute speaks of the money as payable" (per Lord CRANWORTH, L.J., in Toft v. Stephenson, 1 D. M. & G., p. 40). But a payment, equally with an acknowledgment, must be made by a person who is thus either liable to make a payment, or at least entitled to make one. A payment by a mere stranger will have no effect in checking the operation of the statute (Chinnery v. Evans, 11 H. L. Cas., p. 133); nor will payment of rent to the mortgagee by the tenant of the mortgagor, although such rent will go in satisfaction pro tanto of the mortgage debt (Harlock v. Ashberry, 19 Ch. D. 539). But after it has been ascertained that a payment or acknowledgment may be effectual to stop the statute, it is still necessary to consider whether it is effectual generally, so as to stop the statute for all purposes, or whether it is effectual only as against the person by whom it is made. In this respect it would seem that there is a distinction between part payment and acknowledgment, and that to the former a greater effect will be ascribed than to the latter. Acknowledgment, it has been pointed out (Lewin v. Wilson, 11 App. Cas., p. 645), costs the person who makes it nothing, and it is no guarantee that he has any substantial interest in the matter; nor does it immediately and tangibly benefit the person to whom it is given. But it is otherwise with payment. "Payment," it was said in the case just referred to," is certain to be made only by those who have some duty or interest to pay. As regards the recipient, so long as he is paid according to the intention of the contracting parties, he is in full enjoyment of his bargain, and is not put upon any further assertion of his rights; but not so if he only receives acknowledgement." Hence the effect of acknowledgment is to be viewed less liberally than the effect of payment. As regards both acknowledgment and part payment, there is no absolute rule that the effect is limited to the person by whom the acknowledgment or payment is made. This is clearly shewn by the case of tenant for life and remainderman. It is well settled that payment of interest by a tenant for life keeps the mortgage debt alive, and that it keeps it alive as against every person interested in the mortgaged estate (per KAY, J., in Barclay v. Owen, 60 L. T., p. 222; Dibb v. Walker, 1893, 2 Ch. 429). And the principle has been applied even to the case of payment of interest by the tenant for life on a simple contract debt of his testator. This keeps the debt alive against the CONTEMPT OF COURT-ATTACHMENT-ORDER COMMITTING CUSTODY OF CHILD remainderman, notwithstanding that in such a case the payment is only effectual as implying a promise to pay the debt (Re Hollingshead, 37 Ch. D. 651). So under section 5 of 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 42, payment by a devisee for life of interest on a specialty debt of his testator is effectual to keep the action on the specialty alive against those entitled in remaindər (Roddam v. Morley, 1 De G. & J. 1). Under that section, as appears from the quotation given above, the debt is kept alive where an acknowledgment is given by part payment; in other words, the part payment must operate as an acknowledgment, and Roddam v. Morley supports the view that an acknowledgment given by a tenant for life will bind the remaindermen. There is, however, no doubt on the point. An opinion to this effect was intimated in Smith v. Smith (5 Ir. Ch. R., p. 101), and a direct decision was given in Re Fitzmaurices (15 Ir. Ch. R. 445), where it was held that the acknowledgment by the tenant for life of arrears of present recoverable. CASES OF THE BROWN v. BROWN. 24th August. the TO MOTHER-DISOBEDIENCE OF FATHER TO ORDER-WHETHER ORDER This was a motion on behalf of the respondent Catherine Brown for an order that he might be at liberty to issue a writ of attachment against her husband, Frederick William Brown, the appellant, for his contempt in disobeying an order of the court dated the 2nd of August, 1898, and in not delivering Doris Clements Brown, the child of the marriage, to the said Catherine Brown, the legal custody of which child had been committed to her by such order. By the order the court found that F. W. Brown had deserted his wife, Catherine Brown, and it was ordered that the wife be no longer bound to cohabit with her husband, and "that the legal custody of Doris Clements Brown, the child of the marriage, while under the age of sixteen years, be committed to the said Catherine Brown." Upon behalf of the husband the preliminary objection was taken that upon the face of the order no writ of attachment could issue. The order must be one to perform or abstain from performing some act. act, nor to perform it within any specific time. The order in the present case did not require the husband to perform any |