... EDTED BY A BARRISTER AT LAW. No. CLXXVIL v ti A7SWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W, WLLS. ti W. H.-We cannot tell without seeing the will, or a copy of it. If the brothers and sisters died before c the testatrix their children would not be entitled to their shares. The descendants of an illegitimate son I would have no claim. In order to advise you on thel,° case it would be necessary to see a copy of ...

... YESTEPRM'R PARLIMAIM.U I HOUSE OF LORDS. The House met at a quarter past four o'clock. PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND EXECUTOR. The Earl of CARNARVON inquired whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any bill for the appointment of a public trustee and iexecutor. The LOaD CHAsCELLOR hoped very shortly to be able to introduce a bill for the appointment of a public trustee, but was not ...

... ocLO 06. I ST. JAM&ES'S THEATRE.-The play at this theatre bears the title of The Dawn of Hope: A Story of Two Worlds. California, Paris, and Lon- ion furnish the scenes, and the characters are familiar stage acquaintances. The play is well staged. and is received very cordially. The Dean and Canons of Manchester have offered the rectory of St. Michael's Angel Meadow, ?? by the prefermentof ...

... i -. LIBERATION SOCIET. I, The Triennial Conference of the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Con- trol was opened at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon- street, London, on Wednesday morning. Mr. Stans. feld LP. occupied she chair. On the motion of -ir. J. Ells, 31P., seconded by Mr. Broadhurst, 3LP., and supported by Dr. Hutton (Paisley) and Mr. A. Williams, ?? a ...

... i THE AMAIWGAYATION SCHEE ?? DEBATE AT THE SALFORD COUNCIL. A- special meeting of the Salford County Borough Council was held on Wednesday morning, the Mayor (Mr. Alderman Diciins) presiding. The first business was to consider the report of the Special Committee appointed on the 9th November last to consider the report of the Association for the Consideration of the Amalgamation of Manchester ...

... EVIDENCE OF MR. PARNELL. Le )f CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE d ATTORNEY-GENERAL. '6 d TUESDAY.-Sv.avsnqlrw-FI1ST DAY. i The Bpeeial Commission resumed its sittings on wT aegd maorning after the Easter recess. - iMr. Parnell was called, and examined by Mr. c- Asquith. He said: I am the son of the late Mr. John Parnell. He was a landowner in Wicklgw..Carlow, K Kildare, and Armagh. He was also a very ...

... iIEUSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD I -. . ---BIL i This bilM under which various new powers are sough lit for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, has been before a Select Committee of the House of Conmmons this week. Amongst the petitioners are the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the Blackburn Corporation, and other Lancashire public bodies, who are seeking, amongst other things to effect changes ...

... 'WOIRK AMID IVAGES The strike of Leeds ironmoulders ispractically I ended, most of the men having returned to work at the old rates. - The riveters in the Port Glasgow and I Greenock shipbuilding yards struck work on Tuesday I morning for an increase of piecework prices. TIE NORTHRUMBERLAND MINERS. -At the| annual meeting of the Northumberland Miners' Uniou, at Newcastle, on Saturday afternoon ...

... TfilE QI3EEN ATETON COLLEGE. -I Shortly after eleven o'clock on Saturday forenoon the Queen drove from Windsor Castle to Eton Co(lege, in order to lav the memorial stone of the new school buildings, which, as well as a handsome chapel for younger boys, are being erected at a cost of about £30,003. The quadrangle, around which the lecturehail,rmuseum. chapel, and other erections are arranged, ...

... A t a quarterly meeting of the Manchester City; C t 1ouncI Wild on Wednesday, the Mayor (Mr. Alder- roan Batty) in the chair, it was intimated by M-Lr. Alderman Thompson that operations mrust soon be begun in connection with the sewvage scheme, and that It-tow nsbip)5 wishing to come in must join the city. Some remarks were offered byrnenibers of the Council on the largeness of the precept for ...

... T WE PR.ENCH CENTENARY FETE. - THE PRESIDENT FIRED AT. 5. Carnot started from the Elyses at noon on Sun- ,d.ovijis way to attend the centenary _eldbrstioi at Versidilles. Just as his carriage wrae st-rthmg an indiridual fired X revolver at ?? but-as .thecvfRec proceeded on its way it was apparent-that 'hI. Calnot was not hurt. The man as i&mediatelv arrested, when it was ,fonmd that he had ...

... muTE LAWYER. EDITED BY A BARRISTER AT LAW. No. CLXXVL ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, WILL%. J. GILLAIRD.-It appears from your statement that the money Mwas not called in by the ewecutor, but was paid off by the surviving partner acting vithin his rights. Under the circumnstacees, it seems to us that the executor was the proper person to receive the money and he must account for it, and that the ...