The offices of Mr. A. D. Blackburn, the recently retired Senior British Assessor on the Mixed Court Bench, were on Monday the scene of an enthusiastic gathering of members of the Bar of the Court, who had assembled to bid him "bon voyage." As a mark of their esteem and admiration for him during four and a half years on the Bench, lis was presented with a silver salver. Among those present werd:—Mr. H. Broweit, Mr. Tycho Wing, Mr. A. G. Mossop, Mr. J. G. Priestwood, Mr, S. H. McKean, M. A. clu Pac de Marsoulies, Mr. N. H. Langley Smith, Mr. J. H. Teesdale, Mr.
K. Kentwell, Mr, Y. 8. Ziar, Mr. P. W. Goldring, Mr. F. Whitamore (British Assessor), Mr. F. P, Musso, Mr. J. E. Salmon, Mr. A. N. Fishman, M. J, Em. Lemitre, Mme. Rosemberg, Mr. C.
Franklin, and Mr. T. C. Liang.
Mr. H. Browett, senior member of the Mixed Court Bar, in making the presentation on behalf of his colleagues, said that after so many years of arduous work Mr. Blackburn was taking a well deserved holiday. Members of the Bar who had had the privilege of appearing before him would always retain very pleasant memories of the ability, patience and courtesy he had always displayed towards them. Ho had always shown the utmost consideration for their convenience, and this had been greatly appreciated. They would all miss his genial presence very much indeed, but they all know how necessary it was for hard workers like himself to have a long holiday sometimes. They wished him and his family "bon voyage," a pleasant stay in the homeland and a happy return to China. He could rest assured that whenever he visited Shanghai he would always receive a warm welcome from all the practitioners of the Court.
"On behalf of my legal friends and my own I present to you this salver," said Mr. Browett. "Whenever you use it we hope it will remind you that you have in Chinai a large body of legal men who always have felt and will continue to feel, respect and admiration for you."
Mr. Blackburn, thanking the gathering, recalled that he had sat on the Beech, at the Mixed Court for the past four and a half years. They had not been the most difficult years the Court had gone through. There were probably worse in front of it. He had not done very much to merit their gratitude. As far as his experience went, he did not think he had as much claim to that as many of his predecessors, He would like to say that he had noticed a tendency of late years among the better class of lawyers to obtain work at the Court. He
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