18 JUNE 1892, Page 3

We greatly regret to observe the resignation of Lord Justice

Fry, one of the ablest and subtlest of our Judges of Appeal, who is still in full possession of his remarkable powers. The Lord Justice was made a Judge in 1877, and Lord Justice of Appeal in 1883. We conjecture that his retirement is more or less due to his delight in the study of botanical science, and his wish for more leisure to pursue that study without interruption. He is succeeded as Lord Justice by Mr. Justice A. L. Smith, one of the three Judges in the Parnell Commission.