Oyama
IWAO, PRINCE. A Japanese general. He was born in 1842 at Kagoshima, and studied the military art in Europe, supporting the throne in the rebellion of 1877. In 1885 he became minister with war portfolio in the Japanese cabinet and commanded the Second Army in the China War. He was made field-marshal in 1898, and in the war with Russia was commander-inchief of the Japanese forces that fought at Shoho and Mukden. Oyama was in Europe during the Franco-German War, and he had made a thorough study of Moltke's methods, and these methods he applied with entire success both at Liao- Yang and Mukden. He was made prince in 1907. of courts of criminal jurisdiction in the United States, generally held at the same time with the court of quarter sessions, and by the same judges, and which have power, as the terms imply, to hear and determine all treasons, felonies, and misdemeanors committed within their jurisdiction. beds in Long Island Sound is now com- puted by miles rather than by acres, and under cultivation, till the area of oyster beds in Long Island Sound is now computed by miles rather than by acres, and it is yearly extending.
Law as to Oysters. - The rule is that he who has the right of property in the soil or seashore is entitled to catch or keep a bed of oysters there. Whoever fully or willfully uses any dredge, net, oyster-bed which is private property is guilty of felony; and whoever unlawor instrument within the limits of a private oyster-bed, for the purpose of taking oysters, though none are actualprivate oyster-bed, for the purpose of taking oysters, though none are actually taken, is guilty of a misdemeanor. In the United States there are various laws for the protection of the oyster in- Jersey, being the most specific and those relating to Virginia and New Jersey, being the most specific and strict.