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gores we know little that is certain, and we have none of
his writings. Of Plato, we may distinctly say that the
evidence afforded by his works is decidedly against the
notion of Egyptian influence. He visited Egypt; but
seems to have brought nothing away from it except a pro-
found veneration for the orderly symmetry of society, and
perhaps also a certain inclination towards the symbolical,
though the latter he might very well have learned from the
Grecian mysteries, as M. Ampere suggests. And when he
wishes to express philosophical ideas by means of mytholo-
gical symbols, he employs the mythes of Greece, and not the
legends of Egypt.
As the writer elsewhere remarks, even Schmolders, " at
the very outset, stops to warn us that we can never speak
of Arabian philosophy, in the strict sense of the word,
as we speak of a Greek or a German philosophy:"
There is much justice, therefore, in gainsaying the old
misconception that science, and literature, and art, all
sprang from Egyptian and Arabic enterprise. Facts—
undeniable facts—prove to the contrary. The other
contributions are in a great measure beaming with iuttl-
ligence.

SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. November,
1846, to April, 1847.
As we have continually noticed this periodical in its
monthly form of publication, it is unnecessary to ob-
serve more than that, in its collected form, it presents
an accumulation of those advantages and excellencies
which were previously its characteristics when produced
piecemeal. Sharpe's London 111agazine is not merely a
melange of agreeable fragments of light literature—it is
diversified with clever illustrations and instructive
articles. As a specimen of the papers contained in the
present volume, we transcribe the following description
of the renowned meeting of the Emperors of France
and Russia at Erfurth, in 1808, the description
being translated from the lively account of Madame
Schopenhaner, who was an eyewitness of the august
festivities.—

" The epoch was, indeed, a striking one, in which the as-
tonishing man who for so many years has slept on the rock
of St. Helena from the fitful fever of his life, brought toge-
ther in this place, as with the stroke of an enchanter's wand,
emperors, and kings, and the most remarkable of living men.
Towns-people and peasants, strangers from all countries,
courtiers in costume richly embroidered, and somewhat ri-
diculous from the antiquity of their fashion ; Polish Jews,
statesmen and officers covered with ribbons and crosses, ci-
tizen's wives, ladies elegantly dressed, peasant girls, with
their baskets on their backs,—all hurried here and there,
jostling and labouring to make way. From time to time,
French troops, moving with the music of bands to the ground
appointed for review, added to the confusion of the streets.
The town of Erfurth was not large enough to hold the
strangers who came crowding into it. The principal inhabi-
tants were driven from their apartments to those of the ser-
y,ants.. tn mAka f.r the! suite of the Emperor of the
irench. In the streets more removed from the centre, the
owners of houses were delighted with the golden harvest af-
forded by those who tenanted them. The inns were filled to
overflowing.

The scene is then changed to the theatre, where Telma,
Mademoiselle Duchenois, Mademoiselle Mars, and
others, enraptured their majestic auditors:—

" I was happy enough to be placed with two of my friends
in the front of a box near the stage, whence we could see all
that passed in the pit. We congratulated each other on be •
ing so well placed; but our joy was of short duration. The
boxes near us were filled to excess. The door of ours
was opened hastily. The gendarme, or whoever be was,
who stood sentinel over our box, came to say that three
chairs were too much for three ladies, and immediately in-
troduced to the seats two other ladies, who, fortunately,
however, were known to us. All the boxes, as well as ours,
were soon full. We were crowded unmercifully, so that we
could hardly stir. The heat was enough to make one faint;
but really we had not time for anything of the kind. The
importance of the grand spectacle which was forming itself
under our eyes in the pit, occupied our attention so much,
that every inconvenience was forgotten.
"Immediately before the stage were placed arm chairs
for the two Emperors, Alexander and Napoleon; and, at
their sides, ordinary chairs for the kings and reigning princes.
The space behind these seats began to be filled up. We saw
enter the statesmen and generals of the several powers of
Europe, men whose names were then famous, and have be-
come a portion of history. Uniforms covered with gold, and
an air of vivacity and assurance, distinguished the French
from the Germans, more serious and more modest. There
were Berthier, Soult, Caulaincourt, Savary, Lannes, Duroc,
and many others equally celebrated ; it seemed as if the
greatness of their master was reflected in the aspect of each.
Goethe was there, with his calm dignified look, and the
venerable Wieland. They had accompanied the grand Duke
of Weimar to Erfurth. The Duke of Gotha, and several
German princes, reigning or allied to those reigning, were
grouped about the two veterans of German literature.
" A rolling of drums was heard outside. 'lt is the Em-
peror ran through the hall in a murmur.
'"Fools! what are you about?' said the commanding
officer to the drummers ; it is but a king!'
" In effect, a German king it was who entered the hall.
Three others appeared in a little time after. Without noise
or splendour, the Kings of Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtem-
berg, entered. The King of Westphalia (Jerome), who
came later, eclipsed them by the eclat of his embroideries
and pearls. The Emperor Alexander, with his majestic
port, came next. The grand box, opposite the stage, dazzled
all eyes by its brilliancy. The Queen of Westphalia, covered
with diamonds, sat in the middle, and near her the charming
Stepanie, Grand Duchess of Baden, more remarkable for the
graces of her person than the richness of her dress. Some
German princesses were seated near the two reigning
princesses. The ladies and gentlemen of their courts occu-
pied the back of the box.
At this moment Talleyrand made his appearance in a
little box arranged expressly for himself near the stage, on
account of the weakness of his legs. The Emperor and the
Kings remained standing by this box, in conversation with
the Minister, seated comfortably within it. Everybody had
arrived ; he alone who had summoned all these great people
together was still looked fur; and he made them wait for
some time. _ _

"At last, a fresh rolling of the drums was heard, louder
than before, and all eyes were bent on the entrance with an
uneasy curiosity. He appeared at last—this most incom-
prehensible man of an inconceivable era. Dressed very
simply, as usual, he slightly saluted the Sovereigns present,
who had been obliged to wait for him so long, and took
his arm-chair on the right of the Emperor of Russia.
His short round person was strikingly contrasted with the
superb figure of Alexander. The four Kings took their
places on chairs without arms, and the play began. But
'Palma displayed his excellent art in vain. Jocaste Rau-
court, whose beauty and talents had fascinated Baron
Grimm, at Paris, during half a century, now found that she
could charm no more. We had no eyes or attention for any;
thing but the pit before us. In the meantime, the gens-
dames at the door of our box did all they could to correct
the deficiencies of our education, and to teach us, in the in-
tervals between the acts, the etiquette to be observed to-
wards the master of the world. Take down that opera-
glass—the Emperor does not like it ! ' cried one of them
leaning over the ladies seated behind us. Sit up, and don't
stretch out your neck—the Emperor does not like it;' cried
another. The impertinence, to be sure, was very great a but
we took pattern by the kings and princes before us, and bore
patiently at the hands of Frenchmen what we could not
remedy.
"Immediately after the opening of the tragedy, which he
had already seen a hundred times, Napoleon sat himself at
ease in his arm-chair, and was soon sound asleep. It is well
known that he could sleep at any hour of the day or night he
pleased. Eye-witnesses have declared that, even on days of
battle, he would designedly set himself to sleep during an
hour or two, for the purpose of recruiting his strength, and
wake at a fixed time. On the day of this representation at
Erfurt!' he had fatigued himself in reviewing the troops for
several hours together. It was a singular spectacle for us to
see buried in such a quiet sleep this terrible man, whose vast
plansinvolved one half the globe, either for good or evil. We
were never tired of contemplating, with an astonishment
mingled with fear, that fine antique profile relieved against
the sombre uniform of the Czar Alexander."
1 The other contributions are of variable interest.

THE PARLOUR LIBRARY, IL MEMOIRS
OF A PHYSICIAN, Vol. I. By Alexander Dumas.
The doom of the Roman fcuilleton is sealed, and the
prince offeuilletenists, Alexander Dumas, is consequently
in danger of finding his occupation gone like that of
Othello. " Worse,' says the Westminster Review,
"worse than the lassitude of the brain-sucked author
writing desperately to order—worse than the utmost
malignity of slashing or sneering criticism—is the im
practicable vis inertia of a public who have ceased to be
amused and will not buy." The proprietor of the " Par-
lour Library" should have looked well to this alarming
fact before the re-issue of the first portion of the clever
AActbhoumiutlsirotstnieldgeeomntfht ephemeral " Memoirs of a Physician," and especially
he should not have depreciated the circumstance that
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this romance is the one where Joseph Balsamo is pre-
sented to Marie Antoinette, where the sorcerer shows the
future Queen the execution of herself upon the guillo
tine in the water of a golden Carafe. It is faithfully
and elegantly translated.

THE BEETHOVEN QUARTET SOCIETY.—The third ,
meeting was more fully attended than either of the others, ,
which may be in a great part attributed to the presence of
Joseph Joachim, one of the most accomplished and admirable
of living violinists, who led two of the quartets on the occa-
sion. The programme comprised the passionate and beautiful
C minor (No. 4, from Op. 18); the E flat (No. 10, Op. 74),
which may be regarded as the bridge passing over from the
early and middle quartets to the " posthumous;" and the A
minor (No. 12, Op. 132), one of the most profound and
imaginative of the last-mentioned. Joseph Joachim led the
first and third. His playing, both in style and execution,
was superb, and the audience were moved to the warmest
expressions of delight. Sainton led the second, in his usual
energetic manner. The tenor and violoncello playing of
Hill and Rousselot, as usual, elicited the highest marks of
approval.
SIR ROBERT PEEL IN BLACKBURN.—On Monday
evening last, at about half-past 7 o'clock, Sir R. Peel arrived
in Blackburn from Drayton. The Right Hon. Baronet
travelled by railway to Preston, and came thence in his own
private carriage. His arrival, having reference only to his
own private estates at Oswaldtwisle, in this neighbourhood,
was intended to be strictly private, the letter received at Miss
Garth's Hotel, Blackburn, simply stating that dinner would
be required for "two gentlemen," shortly atter 7, and that
beds would also be wanted. The second gentleman was Mr.
Spark, we believe, a practical agriculturist from London, who
had attended Sir Robert with a view to conducting some ex-
tensive improvements on his estates, such as thorough drain-
ing, &c. Notwithstanding the secresy which had so far been
observed upon the subject of the Right Hon. ex-Premier's
visit, it became known a few minutes after his arrival, and
inquiries were numerous as to the fact. He stayed but a
night at the hotel, and left at about 8 yesterday morning for
Oswaldtwisle, three miles from Blackburn, where, attended
by Mr. Westall, local steward of his estates, and Mr. Spark,
he walked about some five or six hours, suggesting and de-
termining upon various important improvements, and left
shortly before 4 o'clock for Manchester, where it was sup-
posed he would pass the night. Sir R. Peel's estates in the
neighbourhood of Oswaldtwisle produce him about 4,000/.
a year, and he has not visited them since 1834.—Blackburn
Standard.

SUGAR.—From a return issued yesterday, by order
of the House of Commons (on a motion of Mr. Moffatt), it
appears that 3,061,3591. is the amount of duty received in
the United Kingdom on sugar from April 6, 1846, to Jan. 5,
1847. Of this amount 3,067,954/. was the aggregate receipt
on sugar unrefined, and 23,4951. on refined sugar and sugar
candy. During the period above-mentioned a sum of
14,5711. was paid under protest at theCustom-house,London,
in respect of sugar that was stopped for alleged inaccurate
entry tberein.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback yes-
terday, attended by the Hon. Miss Kerr and the Equerries
in Waiting, Major-General Wemyss and Captain the Hon.
A. H. Gordon.
Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yester-
day, at Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal took an airing, in an open carriage and four,
yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice,
and the Princess Helena, took their accustomed airings yes-
terday, in the Royal Gardens.
The Royal dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham Palace,
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Liverpool,
Lord George Lennox, Colonel the Honourable C. B. Phipps,
Mr. Charles and the llonourable Mrs. Bruce, and Captain
Francis Seymour.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards attended during
dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Grand Selection from " Robert le Diable"—Meyerbeer.

False—" Fleur de Marie"—Barnet.
Duet—" What do I hear" (Matilda of llungary)—Wallace.
Wedding March from " Midsummer Night's Dream"—
Mendelssoli n.

Original. Polonaise—Jullien.
Among the visitors yesterday to view the pictures of the
Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, in St.
James's Palace, were the Portuguese Minister and the
Baroness de Moncorvo, the Earl of Ripon, the Earl and
Countess St. Germans, the Earl and Countess of Minto, Sir
Charles Adam, Lord Campbell, and Sir Robert and Lady
Peel.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Mr. Moon
yesterday by inserting their Royal autographs in the sub-
scription books for the forthcoming engravings from the
pictures by F. Winterhalter.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kant took an airing
in a carriage and four yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and ➢lr. El-
mond Mildmay, honoured the Duke of Wellington with their
company at dinner yesterday at Apsley Jiouse. In the
evening their Royal Highnesses accommuned the Duke of
Wellington to the Concert of Ancient Music, at the Hano-
ver-square Rooms, his Grace being the Director for the even-
The other Noble Directors also accompanied the illus-

trious party to the performance.
Sir T. B. -Lethbridge, Bart., and Mr. Henry Chard had an
interview with Viscount Palmerston, yesterday.
The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-
Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Rev. NV. Tyrrell had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the Colonial office.
Lord Colborne and Mr. Hamilton had an interview with
the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the office of the Board
of Trade.
Mr. Robert Hyde Greg had_ an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street.
Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Bart., Mr. Henry Chard, and Mr.
C. W. Stokes had an interview with his Excellency the
Spanish Ambassador yesterday respecting the claims of the
Spanish bondholders.
Mr. Rigby Wason had an interview yesterday with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. •
Viscount Torrington, Governor of Ceylon, attended by his
suite, has proceeded in the Oriental, on his way to the seat of
Government, Ceylon.

GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF
EDUCATION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Lord Lansdowne and Lord John Russell are
reported to have admitted in Parliament that the Roman
Catholic schools are precluded from educational grants
by the existing Minutes of Council, while cautiously
leaving the door open for their future admission through
a revision of the Minutes. The Minutes of 1839, now
in force, are said to require the use of the authorised
version in schools. Can you point to such a minute? I
cannot find it. I find that the National and the British
Schools are entitled, as such, to Claim grants under certain
economical conditions, but that any other schools have
to make out a special case. What then does the Minute
say about the use of the Scriptures in the special class of
schools? Nothing at all about the version—even the
use of the Scriptures is not absolutely required, but a
preference is promised to the schools that use them
daily. The words are these:—
" The Committee will further give a preference to
schools in which the religious instruction will be of the
same character as that given in schools in connexion
with one or other of the above-named societies ; and to
those in which the school committee er trustees, while
they provide for the daily reading of the Scriptures in
the schools, do not enforce any rule by which the
children will be compelled to learn a catechism, or
attend a place of Divine worship, to which their parents,
on religious grounds, object."—Minutes of 1839-40, p. 14.
Such, Sir, is the Minute in question. Nothing about
authorised version here. That phrase occurs in reference
to Church of England Schools, but I believe nowhere
else. Under this Minute the Catholics are just as ad-
missible as Methodists, or Unitarians, or any class not
connected with one of the privileged school societies.
Few applications have, it is said, been made from any
such classes ; no doubt, because it is not pleasant to
apply specially and get a grant as a mighty favour, or be
refused as not special enough. By all means let this
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as to its being the honest purpose of
Minutes, throughout the country, to assist education
without any religious preference or exclusion whatever.
I am, Sir, yours,
ED W. IIIGGINSON,
Unitarian Minister.
Wakefield, April 16, 1847.

SMELTING ORES.
(From the South Australian Gazette, Sept 26.)
A meeting was held on Monday last, on the smelting
question, and more especially for the purpose of taking
into consideration some advice recently received from
Van Diemen's Lnnd relative to the advantages possessed
by Schonter Island for the establishment of smelting
works. This island lies off the eastern coast of Van
Diemen's Land, to the northward of Port Arthur, is little
exposed to the weather. and abounds with coal, which is
said to be of quality similar to the Welsh coal. It was
represented that coals can there be supplied to the fur-
nace at 2s. per ton; that convict labour could be ob-
tained at a cost of from 6d. to ls. per day; that the
freight would be about 11. per ton, or if cargo were sent
both ways, by sending ore to the island. and bringing
the Swansea of Australia, or, at least,
coal to Port Adelaide, it was estimated that it could be
done as low as.los. per ton.
The first view of the subject would lead to the almost
irresistible conclusion that Schonter Island must become
a portion of ores in that place we shall be enabled to ob-
tain fuel in return cargo at so low a rate as greatly to
enhance the economy of operating here upon the other
more tractable portions. Before, however, acting upon
this suggestion that by. smelting
, which would necessarily involve the
maintenance of two establishments, and thus, to a certain
extent, a double expense, to sa nothing of the ques-
tionable economy which is usually consequent on similar
works carried on in different places on a small scales it
would be well to look more closely into the question.
The first remark which suggests itself refers to the
data upon which the proposition is founded. Taking
for granted the sufficiency and convenience of the
harbour, the quality of the coal, and the price at which
it can be supplied, and confining ourselves at present to
the labour question, and considering the peculiar nature
of the work to be done, it is
perfectly clear that the idea
of obtaining even convict labour for such a purpose as
smelting at Is. per day per man will prove on trial
altogether delusive. A man working over the furnace,
although a convict, could not be maintained upon such
a scale of diet as might suffice for the shepherd, the farm
servant, or the Tiarryman. The operations to be per-
formed will require, for the most part, not only a superior
degree of intelligence, which
perhaps may be found among
convicts as readily as elsewhere, but also a degree of care-
fulness and attention, and even of zeal in the success of
what is going forward, all which we fear cannot be com-
manded in the class of persons proposed to be employed.
Powerful inducements, in the shape of pardons or other
indulgences may be held out;. but, in the interim, the
expense of labour will be found to cost at least double
or treble the estimated sum, with the exception of
those to whom the mere mechanical part of the work is
intrusted.

esti-
mates of fuel, labour, and freights as they are given, the
Assuming, however, the entire correctness of the
apparent saving upon establishing two smelting works,
theone in this colony, and the other in Schonter Island
(for on no other supposition would there be any saving,
after paying for the freight of the ore), would amount to
about 21. 16s. per ton of metal, over and above the saving
to be effected by smelting it here, according to the plan
originally proposed, either with charcoal or imported
coal, or a mixture of both.
To set up against this apparent saving, we have the
expense of setting up two establishments instead of one;
the double cost of superintendence and management;
the dispersion of property, with the many inconve-
niences consequent upon that dispersion, so well knewn
to men of business; the unavoidable mixture of ores of
different qualities, which, as it has been repeatedly
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pointed out, require distinct modes of operating upon
them; and, last of all, the fact that we are not likely,
for some time to come, to raise more ore than would
properly supply a single establishment, Use success
of which will
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its operations. If Swansea, which smelts for three-
fourths
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tion imposes a certain limit upon the productiveness of
our mines, and until labour is procured in adequate
abundance, their productive capabilities cannot be greatly
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increased. The ore upon the ground, at present, is not
in the unmanageable profusion which would warrant the
summarily, of the proposed
adoption, plan; and we con-
fess, moreover, that it would be scarcely fair to our
neighbours across the strait to throw upon them the re•
sponsibility and expense of a first experiment. Let us
begin with one establishment here, for which we possess
all the requisite scientific and mechanical knowledge.
If that succ'eed, the credit and the profit will be our own ;
if it fail, either from the deficiency of fuel, or its greater
expensiveness, or it it become insufficient for the wants
of our mines, then we shall be legitimately entitled to
engage the assistance of our Van Diemen's Land friends,
and to share with them a full portion of our mineral
advantages and pains.

TEE QUICKEST VOYAGE TO RIO DE JANEIRO
FROM FALMOUTH.—Her Majesty's packet brigantine Sea-
gull, under the command of Lieutenant J. Parsons, sailed
from this port on the 6th of December last, arrived at
Madeira on the 13th, sailed thence on the 14th, touched at
Teneriffe and delivered the mails on the 16th, arrived at
Pernambuco on the 30th ; sailed on the Ist of January for
Bahia, where she arrived on the 4th, and sailed again on
the sth for Rio de Janeiro, where she arrived on the morning
of the 13th and delivered the mails, having performed the
voyage, including all stoppages, in 37 days 21 hours. This
is considered the shortest voyage out to Rio Janeiro ever
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othetire roaMajesty's service teuclliug
psetreliforsirodrthby any packet

BANKRUPTCY and INSOLVENCY.
The following is an abstract of Lord Brougham's Bill
(first introduced into the House of Lords) "To repeal
the jurisdiction of her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy
and District Courts of Bankruptcy, in matters of insol-
vency, to abolish the Court of Review, and to reduce the
number of Commissioners."

The preamble states that whereas it hath been found
that the jurisdiction in matters of insolvency given to
her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy and District Courts
of Bankruptcy, by the Acts passed in the fifth and sixth
and seventh and eighth years of the reign of her pre-
sent Majesty, is attended with inconvenience to the
suitors in those Courts, and is prejudicial to such Courts
as Courts for the administration of bankrupts' estates,
and the distribution of assets. Be it therefore en-
acted—

Clause 1 declares that after the passing of this Act, 5
and 6 Vic.' c. 116, and 7 and 8 Vic., c. 96, and all powers,
&c., given by the same, will be repealed.
2. Petitions under recited Acts which are now in de-
pendence, &c., to remain in force, &c.
3. Courts and Judges appointed under 9 and 10 Vic.,
c. 95, to have jurisdiction in all matters of insolvency, &c.
4, Court fur Relief of Insolvent Debtors and Judges cf
County Courts shall have, within their jurisdictions,
powers to make interim orders, &c.
5. Court of Review and offices of the Chief and Puisne
Judges abolished.
6. Power of Appeal to the Lord Chancellor against the
decision of any such commissioner, in the same manner
as appeals are now made from decisions of the Court of
Review.

7. On the next three vacancies of Commissioners hap-
pening in London, offices to be abolished.
8. Appeals from decisions of Courts of Bankruptcy
to be heard by Lord Chancellor or one of the Vice-
Chancellors. _ _ _ _

9. If Commissioners in London be reduced to three,
senior Commissioner in the country to succeed to va-

cancy.
10. Matters heretofore referred to a Subdivison Court
to be decided by the Commissioner acting in the prose•
cution of the fiat under which the same shall have arisen,
or by any other Commissioner of the Court of Bank-
ruptcy who may be acting for him, and that any one
Commissioner shall henceforth have and exercise the
same power, jurisdiction, and authority as has hereto-
fore been vested in such Subdivision Courts.

11. Every fiat issued to be allotted to the Court er
District Court of Bankruptcy by the Secretary of Bank-
rupts, &c.
12. Office of chief registrar of Court of Bankruptcy
to be abolished, and duties transferred to the master of
the Court.

13. After passing of this Act no fees to be taken ex-
cept those enumerated in schedule.
14. All papers, &c., in the office of the chief registrar
shall be transferred to the office of the master, and all
documents heretofore filed, &c., shall be hereafter filed,
&c., in the said office.
15. On death, &c., of Clerk of Enrolments duties of
office to be transferred to the master, and the Lord
Chancellor may make rules, &c., appertaining to the
said office.
16. Chief clerk or master may, in certain cases, act as
deputy to the master, under an order of the Lord Chan-
cellor.
17. Providing for reduction of commissioners in
London.
18. Providing for reduction of commissioners in the
country.
19. On registrars in London being reduced in num-
ber to three, the senior registrar in the country entitled
to vacancy.
20. In case of illness, &c., of commissioner, registrar
may act for him, &c.
21. Registrar to be a barrister, special pleader, or an
admitted attorney, of certain standing.
22. Lord Chancellor may order certain annuities on
retirement to be paid.
23. Time within which clerk or usher whose office may
be abolished is to make his claim for compensation to
the Commissioners of the Treasury, who are to examine
into the same.
24. Official assignees, &c., to be transferred to other
Courts, as Lord Chancellor may direct.
25. Lord Chancellor, &c., to make rules for carrying
this Act into execution.
26. Interpretation of Act.