Barkley Webster and Harold M. Chase, Kentville, N.S., have formed a law firm under the name of Webster & Chase.

David Tisdale, K.C., died at Simcoe on the 31st March. Col. Tisdale was called to the Bar in 1858, and appointed a Q.C., in 1872. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1887, and in 1896 became Minister of Militia.

O'Brien & Knox, barristers, Wetaskiwin, have opened a branch office at Leduc.

T. D. Delamere, K.C., of the law firm of Delamere, Reesor & Ross, Toronto, died on the 17th March.

H. C. Pope, barrister, Strathroy, has removed to Moose Jaw, where he will practise in future.

Jno. McNeil, barrister, has commenced practice at Glace Bay, N.S.

A. G. Murray, barrister, Gore Bay, is acting as Deputy Judge of Manitoulin during the illness of His Honour Judge Hewson.

R. G. Monroe, barrister, Blairmore, died on the 21st February.

Messrs. Eckstein & McTaggart, barristers, Fernie, have opened an office at Vancouver in charge of Mr. McTaggart.

A Bar Society was organized recently at Lethbridge, Alberta, the first president being L. M. Johnstone, 1st vicepresident, H. W. Church, 2nd vice-president, W. S. Johnston, and E. C. Mackenzie, secretary-treasurer. W. S. Ball and R. A. Smith were elected councillors.

Martin Malone, barrister, Hamilton, has resumed practice.

Walter Crowe and Hugh Ross, barristers, Sydney, have formed a partnership under the firm name of Crowe & Ross.

The degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred by McGill University on Sir Charles Fitzpatrick and Sir Lomer Gouin.

The Dominion Government has decided to grant the urgent request of the Bar of Montreal for three additional Judges for the Montreal Circuit District.

W. B. Allison, barrister, Strathcona, died on the 7th February.

The annual meeting of the New Brunswick Bar Society was held on the 14th February. The Attorney-General and Dr. T. C. Allen were appointed a committee to obtain subscriptions to pay for the painting of a portrait of the late Chief Justice Ritchie, to be hung in the Supreme Court room. The officers for the ensuing year are as follows:— President, R. W. Hewson; vice-president, J. B. M. Baxter; secretary-treasurer, Dr. T. C. Allen; members of the council:-A. B. Connell, H. A. Powell, M. G. Teed, A. J. Gregory, A. R. Slipp, R. A. Lawlor, and J. W. McCready. The president appointed a committee consisting of Messrs. Connell, Guthrie, Baxter, Fowler, Hewson and Lawlor to interview the Provincial Government in order to have the necessary legislation passed providing for the appointment of County Court stenographers, and having amendments made to the present County Court Act.

Horace Pratt, barrister-at-law, Ottawa, has been appointed Deputy Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the County Court, and Registrar of the Surrogate Court in and for the county of Carleton.

Geo. F. Harman, K.C., Toronto, has been appointed Registrar of the Surrogate Court for the county of York pro tempore.

D. Inglis Grant, barrister, has removed from Orillia to Toronto to enter the law firm of Johnston, McKay, Dods. & Grant.

R. D. McMurchy, barrister, has severed his connection with the law firm of Frame, Secord & McMurchy, Regina, Sask., and has opened an office on his own account in that city.

T. F. Battle and F. C. McBurney, barristers, Niagara Falls, Ont., have formed a law partnership there under the firm name of McBurney & Battle.

A. B. Thompson, barrister, Orillia, has taken over the law practice of D. Inglis Grant.

G. V. Pelton, barrister, Hastings, has removed to Edmonton, Alberta, where he will practise in future.

The law students of Calgary held a banquet on the 1st of April.

D. Buckles, barrister, North Sydney, has removed to the West.

E. A. Dunbar of the law firm of Dunbar & Dunbar, Guelph, has removed to Calgary.

P. R. Duncan, J. A. Maughan, G. R. Long, J. A. Findlay, N. V. Gilling, S. G. Footner, C. B. S. Phelan, E. T. J. Hyam, I. A. Gooston and A. E. Fulk have been called to the British Columbia Bar.

The annual dinner of the Kent Bar association was held on 20th March at Hotel Garner, Chatham, Ont.

Those present were:-President S. B. Arnold, past president, W. E. Gundy, N. H. Stevens, H. S. Pritchard, Thos. Scullard, His Honour Judge Frederick Stone, His Honour Judge Dowlin, Mayor R. L. Brackin, W. S. Richards, Ward Stanworth, J. W. White, Crown Attorney H. D. Smith, Chas. E. Beeston, John A. Walker, K.C., Magistrate Houston, Matthew Wilson, K.C., Murray Reeve, James Holmes, Edward McDonald and Walter Mills, K.C.

The first toast was to "The King." It was followed by the toast to "Canada and the Empire," responded to by Walter Mills, K.C., of Ridgetown, who made a brilliant address on the eminence of Britain among the nations. He also paid high tribute to the guest of honour for the evening, Judge Stone.

Thomas Scullard followed on the same toast. He dilated on the systematic but humane manner in which England maintained her supremacy. This was the age of the supremacy of the ordinary man. England did not rule by force and by military, but by her common people. He also prophesied that the twentieth century would be the greatest in the history of the whole world, which had learned from bitter experience that war was a detriment to progress. This is happily an age of peace.

Mayor Brackin was next on this toast. He made a witty address. He bespoke the general regret at the loss the city would sustain in the departure of Col. Stone.

The Upper Canada Law Society was responded to by Matthew Wilson, K.C., Magistrate M. Houston and J. A. Walker, K.C.

Mr. Wilson made a scholarly address, taking up the history and work of the Society. He had a few caustic remarks to make on Toronto Police Court matters.

Magistrate Houston followed on the same toast. He was glad to be present to do honour to his former partner, Judge Stone, whom he had known since he was a very little. boy. He would miss him very greatly when he was gone. He gave a very interesting review of the Upper Canada Law Society.

John Walker, K.C., also voiced his regret at the departture of Judge Stone. He referred to the remarks of Mr. Wilson regarding Toronto Police Court. The present state of Toronto Police Court did not go to sustain the contention that a police magistrate should not also be a practising lawyer.

The Bench was responded to by His Honour Judge Dowlin, who made a brief but learned address, in which he paid high compliment to Judge Stone. The appointment reflected credit not only on Judge Stone but on the men who had appointed him.

The toast of the evening was that to "Our Guest." In proposing this toast, Mr. Gundy made feeling references to his high regard and friendship for Judge Stone, who had honoured him as a partner for some years past. He then turned over the program to the vice-chairman, S. B. Arnold.

Mr. Arnold stated that he had served his apprenticeship at the Bar with Judge Stone, and he added his compliments and congratulations to those already tendered the new Judge.

The toast to the guest of honour was then drunk with a vim amid the singing of "He's a jolly good fellow."

Judge Stone thanked his brother members of the Bar for their kind expressions which he assured them were most highly appreciated. It was highly gratifying to him to learn that he had gained such high esteem among his fellows, and he hoped he would be able to sustain the confidence expressed in his ability to take up the duties of his new and very high duties in life. It was not enough that justice should be administered, but it is also necessary that the people should be made to feel that justice had been administered.

W. G. Richards and Ward Stanworth responded to the toast to the Kent Law Association.

A bright address, burnished with many appropriate witticisms, was delivered by Mr. Richards, who believed that the Kent Law Association was graced by some of the brightest minds in the country. "I have this to say of Fred. Stone," he concluded, "I have always found him the highest type of man and a gentleman."

Ward Stanworth, who was the first secretary of the Kent Law Association, went into a brief history of the Kent Law Association.

The "Army and Navy" was responded to by H. D. Smith, N. H. Stevens and J. W. White.

Mr. Smith opened with a tribute to his brother officer and brother practitioner, now Judge Stone. He then went on with a brief but very interesting address on the army and navy of the Empire.

Mr. N. H. Stevens thanked the Bar for the kind and hearty reception tendered him and for inviting him as a guest to the banquet. He had been entertained and delighted by the speeches which had been made previously. He kept those present in a continual good nature and merriment with his humorous sallies. Mr. Stevens is an ex-police magistrate, and he gave some of his experiences. He was pleased to find the unanimity of feeling that existed at the appointment of his friend, Fred Stone, to a judgeship. "May the day never cease when the whole world will stand in respect of England's army and navy," said Mr. Stevens. He advocated more military and naval training for the youth of Canada.

J. W. White made an extraordinary reply to the toast. He provided a lot of laughs and added whatever Mr. Wilson might have forgotten to say in regard to the Toronto Police Court. He prophesied that in five years that Judge Fred Stone would be a member of the High Court of Canada.

The toast to "The Ladies" was ably responded to by H. S. Pritchard. Murray Reeve and Edward McDonald. Each made gallant addresses and appropriate references to Judge Stone.

The toast to "The Press" was responded to by Charles Jenkins and Ross Duncan.

Lastly came the toast to "Mine Host, W. S. Richards," which was proposed with enthusiasm: and replied to in appropriate style by Mr. Richards.