20 OCTOBER 1900, Page 3

It was announced on Wednesday that Lord Alverstone (Sir Richard

Webster), the Master of the Rolls, had been ap- pointed Lord Chief Justice of England, and that the office of Master of the Rolls would be filled by Lord Justice A. L. Smith. Both are sound appointments, and will be popular with the Bar. Lord Alverstone's great experience in the Courts should render him a worthy occupant of a judicial office which yields to none in the splendour of its traditions. To sit in the seat of Holt and Mansfield is indeed no mean honour.