All those who read these pages will not have failed to see the announcement made a few days ago that Sir Charles Darling, after 26 s of service as a Judge, hag resigned his position on the King's Bench. - His resignation had been prophesied some years ago, but he carried on his" work until the beginning of this term with the spruce bearing and mental vigour that had marked him from his early days.
And when we speak of his early days, there is nothing that we need add to the sentences which appeared a few days ago in this paper for the reason that Darling, although distinguished im his youth as a scholar, and_ well known as a member of Parliar ment, did not present himself tothe public view until the day when he was elevated to the Bench in 1897 by Lord Halsbury, then Lord Chancellor, and commenced to. show that ability for justice in human affairs that has brought his name so high. Suffice to say that he was called to the Bar in 1974, took silk in 1885, and was elevated to the Bench im 1897, three dates which are themselves significant as marking the length of service he has given to his profession and to the public,
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