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clung more closely than England had done to its ancient forms; but in loving devotion to all that made English law what it really was, Americans and Englishmen were one, standing, as it were, under the same flag — not the flag of the country, but of the coun try's laws — the flag of the common law-of England — a flag that cast no shadow of in justice, und floated only over the free. Mr. James E. Beck, an Assistant Attor ney General of the United States, carried off the honors of the postprandial oratory in his response for the American Bar. The other toasts were " The Other Guests " proposed by Lord Alverston, the new Master of the Rolls, better known to Americans as Sir

Richard Webster, and responded to by Ed ward Blake, Q. C., of the Canadian Bar; the "English Bench and Bar," proposed by Mr. Francis Rawle, the Treasurer of the Ameri can Bar Association, and responded to by Lord Justice A. L. Smith, and the Attorney General. The health of the Chairman was proposed by the Lord Chief Justice of Ire land, and by Mr. Chauncey M. Depew. Altogether the occasion was a notable one and the only regret expressed by hosts or guests is that there was not a larger repre sentation present of the judges and lawyers of the United States, in whose honor the gathering was arranged. STUFF GOWN.