residence in St. John's Wood. Our readers will remember that Lord St. Leonards, when Lord Chancellor, after having a personal interview with Mrs. Cumming, and hearing a learned and elaborate argument in reference to the question, whether the petition for a traverse should be granted, decided, that Mrs. Cumming was entitled to a new trial. It was generally expected that the question of this lady...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

between the right to kill and the right to die he concluded that the official solicitor's appeal should be dismissed. Lord Justice Balcombe warned against setting down "an all embracing test since the circumstances of these tragic cases are so infinitely various." Similarly, Lord Justice Taylor thought that the proper criterion must be a matter of degree and that all the circumstances should be...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

ated Trade Unions, has recently ascended to the Throne on the death of Lord Williams, our beloved Monarch for so many years. His Lordship described the continuing success of the present form of government, which has so effectively resolved all the vexed Problems of party politics. He finished his distinguished oration by welcoming Lord Higgins, recently appointed to the peerage for his outstand...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

A species known from earlier behavioural studies as "Holoplatys sp.", is described as Trite pollardi sp. nov. Within the genus Trite, two species groups are distinguished: the planiceps-group (found in New Caledonia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island) and the incognita-group (limited to New Zealand). The three alternative scenarios of the Trite origin, relationships and radiation...

Hutton, I., Carlile, N. & Priddel, D. 2008 (31:x): Plastic ingestion Flesh-footed Shearwaters, Puffinus carneipes, and Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Puffinuspacificus. Papers andProceedings ofthe Royal Society ofTasmania 67-72. ISSN 0080-4703. Lord Howe Island Tours, PO Box 157, Lord Howe Island, NSW 2898, Australia Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), PO Box 1967, Hurstville, NSW 22...

Cosignatories Jean-Jacques Amy, Rob Beerthuizen, Martin Birkhäuser, Teresa Bombas, Mitchell Creinin, Philip D Darney, Lisa Ferreira Vicente, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Bruno Imthurn, Jeffrey T Jensen, Andrew M Kaunitz, Ali Kubba, Medard M Lech, Diana Mansour, Gabriele Merki, Thomas Rabe, Katarina Sedlecki, David Serfaty, Jacques Seydoux, Lee P Shulman, Regine Sitruk-Ware, Sven O Skouby, Anne ...

O you the creator, you the destroyer, you who sustain and make an end, Who in sunlight dance among the birds and the children at play, Who at midnight dance among the corpses in the burning grounds, You, Shiva, you dark and terrible Bhairava, You Suchness and Illusion, the Void and All Things, You are the lord of life, and therefore I have brought you flowers; You are the lord of death, and the...