From a note of the reporter in 2 Oldright, 179, it appears that Judge Bliss was absent from illness during the whole Michaelmas Term, 1865, and so far as I can ascertain he never was present in the full Court after that date—certainly there are no further decisions of his to be found. I have heard it stated that he presided at the October Term of 1866 at Windsor, and if so that must have been the last occasion on which he went on circuit. Ill health compelled him at this time to give up all active work in the Courts. In 1869 he resigned his seat on the Bench after thirty-four years service, which caused general regret throughout the Province. The feelings of the Bar on this occasion are eloquently expressed in an address presented to him with the accompanying remarks of the Attorney-General at that time Martin I. Wilkins.

At I I-2 o’clock today the Committee appointed to present the address of the members of the Bar to Mr. Justice Bliss attended at his residence where they were received by the Judge, -Mrs. Bliss, their daughters Mrs. Odell, Mrs. Binney, and Miss Bliss and his granddaughter Miss Odell. Mr. Odell and the Rev. Mr. Bliss, his son -in-law, were also present.