In commemoration of the members of the Faculty of Advocates who lost their lives in the service of the country during the war, a tablet, designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, R.S.A., has been placed over the central fireplace of the main corridor of the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. The Memorial, which was unveiled by the Lord Justice-General (Lord Clyde) on 26th May, consists of an oak panel surrounded by an architectural framework, surmounted by a carved wreath and by the arms of the Faculty, and decorated in gold and colour. It is dedicated "To the memory of those members and intrants of the Faculty of Advocates who died in the service of their country during the war, 19141918," and the panel contains twenty-six names -twenty-two members and four intrants, viz. : Members-Napier Armit, Robert Burns Begg, Alexander Brown, John Russel Bruce, Vincent Connell Bruce, James Clark, C.B., K.C.; James Smith Clark, James Ferguson, K.C.; James Ferguson, jun.; Ivor Forsyth Grant, James Cook Gray, James Campbell Henderson-Hamilton, Archibald Wilson Jones, James Ogilvy Kemp, William Harrison Kirkland, William Lowson, David Lyell, Walter Scott Stuart Lyon, Arthur Stanley Pringle, John Small, Alexander Taylor, George Muir Thornton. Intrants-David Alex ander Beveridge, James Bruce, Gilbert Thomas Gordon, George Buchanan Smith. The Judges and Faculty assembled in the Parliament Hall at 3.15 P.M. At 3.30 the Judges, wearing their justiciary robes, entered the corridor in procession, headed by the Lord Justice-Clerk, and took their seats in the places which had been reserved for them facing the Memorial. They were followed by the Faculty, headed by the Dean, who was accompanied by the Lord Justice-General and the Rev. Dr Wallace Williamson. The Dean, the Lord Justice-General, Dr Wallace Williamson, the Lord Advocate, and the Solicitor-General took their places at the centre table in front of the Memorial; the members of the Faculty remained standing in the eastern half of the corridor. After an opening prayer by the Rev. Dr Wallace Williamson, the Dean of Faculty said: They were met to pay a tribute to their brethren who died in the service of their country. In the dark days of 1914 the national call to arms came to the Faculty as it did to all. Perhaps it was not inappropriate that those who had dedicated their life work to the vindication of civil right should be asked to bear their part in vindicating the freedom of the world. In any case, they were not unjustly proud of the answer that they made. The numbers of the Faculty were small, something like 400 all told. Many of them were of an age incompatible with military service. But of these, 149 members and 14 intrants actually joined the colours and served in the naval or military forces of the Crown. Of the rest, who were unfit, a very large proportion engaged in other forms of national service. Some there were-all honour to their namesin whom neither age nor office, that were amply sufficient to give them immunity, could suppress the burning desire for active service or withhold them from entering the fighting line. The record of their service and all of their hardwon honour was not for the present. Suffice it to say that there was none who failed to acquit himself as the Faculty would have desired him to do. The toll taken by the war was heavy. Twenty-two members left their ranks never to return; four whose steps were just on the threshold of the Faculty would never enter it. They included many of their brightest and their best. There was none who did not leave an empty space in the Faculty which it would be hard indeed to fill. And so, in affectionate remembrance, the Faculty had erected the tablet, which would thenceforth be dedicated to their memory. Their dust was scattered over many battlefields from Gallipoli to the Somme, but here might their spirit live, not, indeed, as they hoped and desired in the pursuit of one of the greatest and most fascinating pro fessions, but secure at any rate in the possession of that which lay very near to the heart of every advocate-the affection and respect of his brethren. For as long as the Faculty of Advocates endured, their name and their memory would be cherished; their service and their sacrifice would be honoured as one of the most precious heritages of the Bar. The Dean of Faculty then read the names inscribed on the tablet. He said it was the desire of the Faculty that the Lord JusticeGeneral should unveil the Memorial, not only as the honoured head of the Court, but because, as the leader of the Bar during the whole period of the war, none knew better, none appreciated more fully, the sacrifices that were made. The Lord Justice-General said the Memorial might be said to comprise one of the saddest and at the same time one of the brightest and proudest pages in the annals of the Faculty of Advocates. Events and incidents followed each other so fast on the current of life on which they were all borne that it seemed to him to be only as yesterday that these men shut behind them the gates of their College of Justice and turned to carry the thoughtful brows and the pleasant eyes they knew so well into the very portals of deaths. They enriched their corporate life while they were with them, but by their deaths they had touched their corporate life to a finer temper. They had illuminated finer issues in its texture. That day in the natural piety of sorrow they hung their wreaths of fragrant memory upon their familiar names; but they did more than that-they said they were proudly grateful to their dead. At a moment when civilisation was trembling on the brink, true to the staunch Scottish breed to which they belonged, they threw upon the altar of right, not merely whatever they had won of ease, but every hope of their hearts that was unfulfilled, every ambition of their minds that was unachieved; and by the victory they won over forces of darkness that knew not justice and despised mercy they wrote their names in crimson letters in the roll of the human saviours of mankind. Therefore it was that, as representing the College of Justice, his Lordship proudly and in reverence and in gratitude unveiled the Memorial. The Rev. Dr Williamson offered dedicatory prayers, and thereafter the Dean of Faculty placed a wreath at the base of the Memorial. The sounding of "The Last Post" by a bugler in the Library Vestibule brought an impressive ceremony to a close. LONDON'S NEW SHERIFF.-The resignation through ill-health of Mr Henry Newton Knights, M.P., as Sheriff of the City of London, was tendered yesterday, and in his place Alderman J. R. Pyke has been elected for the remainder of the current year. 1921 GLASGOW PROCURATORS. The annual meeting of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow was held in the Library Hall, St George's Place, on Thursday, Mr James Andrew, Dean of Faculty, in the chair. After the minute of last meeting had been read and approved, the Dean referred to the losses the Faculty had sustained since last meeting-eight in number-and especially to the late Mr Robert Guy, Sheriff Clerk of the County, and Mr David Johnston, one of the senior members of Faculty. RESTRICTION OF APPLICATION. sioners of Customs and Excise state that under the German Reparation (Recovery) No. II. Order, dated 27th May, goods of the following description are exempted from the operation of the Act: Goods which are proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise not to have been first consigned from Germany to the United Kingdom. This Order has the effect of confining the operation of the Aet to goods first consigned from Germany to the United Kingdom directly or indirectly. The place of manufacture or production of the goods is immaterial. The test is whether the The following enrolled law agents were adcountry whence the goods are first consigned to mitted members of Faculty: Abraham Levy, the United Kingdom is Germany. Goods on 227 West George Street, Glasgow; George which the reparation levy is paid on importa- Thomson Harvey, LL.B., 45 West George tions into the United Kingdom will not be Street, Glasgow; James Arthur M'Millan, subject to the export levy to be made in 174 West George Street, Glasgow; Adam Germany. The requirements of a Consular Myron, 77 St Vincent Street, Glasgow ; certificate of non-German origin in the case of Alexander Kay, LL.B., 77 St Vincent Street, goods consigned from European countries other than Germany will no longer be enforced. In the case of goods shipped from German ports which are claimed not to have been first consigned from Germany documentary evidence in the form of through consignment to the United Kingdom from the original point of despatch must in all cases be produced to the Collector of Customs and Excise at the port of importation. These modifications in the requirements and procedure under the Act have effect only as regards goods imported by ships arriving in the port of discharge after midnight on 26th-27th May 1921. WE regret to announce the death, at 18 Henderson Row, Edinburgh, of Mr David Donaldson Buchan, S.S.C., who was formerly a magistrate of Edinburgh. Mr Buchan was the son of Mr Henry Buchan, S.S.C., 30 Dublin Street, and was born in 1856. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. in 1879 and LL.B. in 1880, joining the Society of Solicitors to the Supreme Court in 1878. In 1908 he entered the Town Council of Edinburgh as the representative of St Bernard's Ward, and gave twelve years' devoted service in municipal work. The Council recognised his services by appointing him one of the magistrates: he retired from the Council last year. The late Councillor was well-known in Edinburgh. In the Town Council, although not one of its prominent speakers, he was always listened to with great respect, and his sound opinion and judgment could invariably be relied upon. Mr Buchan took a prominent part in the affairs of the General Council of Edinburgh University, and in 1909 was appointed a member of the Edinburgh University Court on the nomination of the General Council.. Glasgow; William James Guthrie, B.A.(Oxon.), The Dean submitted the annual report of the Council along with abstract of the treasurer's accounts. He pointed out that all the additions now being made to the library were law books, and referred to the retiral of Mr Muir, librarian, whose connection with the Faculty library extended over sixty years, forty-six of which were in the responsible position of librarian. It was with the greatest regret that the Library Committee of Faculty had to accept the resignation of Mr Muir. The report dealt with the exposures and sales of property in the Faculty Hall, professional remuneration, and the service of English writs in Scotland. With reference to the last, attention was called to a memorial presented to the Secretary for Scotland and the Lord Advocate, which had been prepared by the legal societies throughout the country and adopted by many public bodies. It was now before the Lord Chancellor and the Rules Committee of the English Court, and it was understood that the Rules Committee had under consideration the withdrawal of the rule complained of and the substitution of a new rule. The report also dealt with the practice at settlements between purchasers and sellers of real property in regard to the respective proportions of premiums of fire insurance as to which a rule had been recommended by the Council. The accounts were approved, and the resignation of Mr Muir, the librarian, accepted. The meeting proceeded to the election of office-bearers, when the Dean, on the motion of Mr James Mackenzie, LL.D., was unanimously re-elected, and the members of Standing Committees were thereafter appointed. THE SUM TO THE TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY BANKRUPTCY ACT 1914 (4 & 5 GEO. V. CAP. 59), SECTIONS 11, 37, AND 45.-A debtor against whom a receiving order had been made obtained a stay of the advertisement thereof, pending an appeal by him against the order. In the interval he paid into the bank money obtained from his creditors and drew part of it, the bank being unaware of the receiving order. His appeal was thereafter dismissed and he was adjudged bankrupt. In an action by the trustee in bankruptcy to recover from the bank the moneys paid into it by the debtor, held that all sums paid into the bankrupt's account between the making of the receiving order and the hearing of the appeal belonged to the trustee and that the bank was not entitled to credit to itself anything paid out during that period. Decision of Divisional Court affirmed (1921, 1 S.L.T. 63).-Court of Appeal (Lord Sterndale M.R., Serutton and Younger L.JJ.). -15th March 1921. damage they had sustained, following the rule where there is no market but subject to the principle that such damage must have been within the contemplation of the parties.-K.B. Div. (Roche J.).-16th March 1921. Morgan v. Parr. CHILD-EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN ACT 1903 (3 EDW. VII. CAP. 45), SECTION 13-MEANING OF "EMPLOYMENT "STREET TRADING.-A newsagent handed a parcel of newspapers to a boy of under eleven years, who sold them in the street. The boy paid the newsagent 9d. a dozen for the papers, which gave the newsagent a profit. The newsagent got back unsold copies. The boy made 3d. a dozen profit. He was not under the newsagent's control, except that the latter would have prevented him destroying unsold newspapers. Held that the boy was the agent of the newsagent and that the latter had committed the offence of employing a child in street trading, as in the above-cited statute the word "employ "related to the relationship of principal and agent as well as that of master and servant.-K.B. Div. (Darling, Avory, and Salter JJ.).-23rd March 1921. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES IN SCOTLAND. The following have been registered for week ending 29th May: 11726-Stornoway Fish Carrying Co. Ltd. (private com. pany). Capital-£5000 in £1 shares. 11727-The Flash Gun Ltd., 204 St Vincent Street, Glasgow (private company), to carry on the business of electricians, mechanical engineers, etc. Capital-£2000 in £1 shares. 11728-W. G. Black Ltd., 56 Jamaica Street, Glasgow (private company), to carry on the business of brattice, oilclothing, cover, packing, and tarpaulin manufacturers and merchants, waterproofers, etc. Capital-£5000 in £1 shares. 11730-Fraserburgh Shipping Co. Ltd. (private company). Capital-£15,000 in £1 shares. 11731-The Hyndland Residence Co. Ltd., 6 Hanover Terrace, Kelvinside, Glasgow (private company), to carry ou the business of a residential house, boarding-house, hotel, etc. Capital-£7000 in £1 shares. 11732-The Douglas Hotel (Glasgow) Ltd., 40 St Vincent shares. Place, Glasgow (private company). Capital-£5000 in £1 SIR JOHN RANKINE, K.C., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF SCOTS LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. and in 1888 was elected to the chair of Scots Law in the University of Edinburgh. His success in that onerous chair is beyond question. The many thousands of students whose There is probably no more familiar figure in earliest knowledge of "little Erskine" and of legal circles in Edinburgh than the learned the principles of Scots Law was derived under Professor of Scots Law in the University, and his able and kindly guidance will testify to a we venture to think that no honour will be popularity seldom accorded to a holder of a promore acclaimed or has been more deserved than the recent knighthood conferred on Professor Rankine. fessorial chair, especially in a Faculty of Law. His genial presence, apt terminology, and homely examples invested even the dry bones of the law with continuous interest. Sir John may look back on over thirty years in the Scots Law classroom with every feeling of a pride that is born of success. Sir John Rankine is the eldest son of the late Rev. John Rankine, D.D., minister of Sorn, Ayrshire, where he was born on 18th February 1846. He graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University and thereafter studied law at the But to the legal profession in general, Sir John Universities of Edinburgh and Heidelberg, is probably best known for his achievements in ultimately being admitted to the Bar in 1869. the realm of legal literature. "The Law of In 1885 he was appointed an Advocate-Depute, Land-Ownership in Scotland"-a most erudite |