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lease is for a term of ninety years from Sept. 1883, and the consideration for it is an annual rent for £50 and a premium of £4400, payable by the lessees to the lessor. The solicitor delivered a bill for £59 10s., consisting of £3 10s. for disbursements and £56 for professional charges, calculated according to scale, made up of £14 in respect of the rent and £42 in respect of the premium; and the taxing master has allowed the £14 and struck out the £42. The taxing master has arrived at this conclusion as the result of the provision in the second part of schedule 1 to the General Order under the Solicitors' Remuneration Act 1881, which fixes two scales of charges, the first being that of charges payable to a lessor's solicitor for preparing, settling, and completing leases and counterpart in cases of lease or agreement for lease at rack-rent (not including mining or building leases); and the second that of charges payable to а vendor's or lessor's solicitor for preparing, settling, and completing conveyance and duplicate, or lease and counterpart, in cases of conveyances in fee or for any other freehold estates reserving rent; or building leases reserving rent; or other long leases not at rack-rents (except mining leases); and it is the latter scale, if either, which applies in the present case. Then the fifth of the rules applicable to part 2 provides, "where a conveyance or lease is partly in consideration of a money payment or premium, and partly of a rent, then, in addition to the remuneration hereby prescribed in respect of the rent, there shall be paid a further sum equal to the remuneration on a purchase at a price equal to such money payment or premium." The taxing master has allowed the sum of £14 as the fee according to the scale on the rent, but has not allowed the £42, the scale fee claimed upon the premium. His view is that any such scale fee must be a sum equal to the remuneration on a purchase at a price equal to this premium, viz., in the present case, £4400; but thinks the solicitor would not, if this were a purchase at that sum, be entitled to any scale fee because he has not negotiated or conducted the scale, nor deduced any title to the property; he therefore does not come within the provisions of part 1 of the first schedule, and there is no scale fee applicable to the case. He has held, however, that, although the solicitor is not entitled to any scale fee on the premium, he is entitled, in addition to a scale fee on the rent, to the remuneration prescribed by the Act in respect of business the remuneration for which is not prescribed in schedule 1, viz., remuneration according to the old system as altered by the second schedule, and he gave the solicitor an opportunity of bringing in a bill of costs to be based upon that footing. The solicitor, however, has not adopted that course, but insists that he is entitled to be allowed the £42, the scale fee on the premium. In giving this option of bringing in a bill to the solicitor the taxing master was, in my opinion, clearly wrong. Supposing the solicitor had, as he was invited to do, brought in a proper bill under the old system, it would have contaired tull charges for all the work done, and the master must have allowed the whole of it, for he would have had no option, under the new or old or any system, to have allowed such sum only in respect of that bill as bore to the total amount of the bill the same proportion that £4400 bore to the whole consideration for the lease, i.e., the preminm plus the rent. In this case, therefore, the solicitor would have got his full bill of costs under the old system as altered by schedule 2, and would have received in addition a scale fee calculated on the rent. This view of the case seems to me clearly inadmissible. A solicitor must, in my opinion, be paid according to the scale; or, independently of the scale, according to the old system as altered by schedule 2, and cannot in respect of one and the same piece of business be entitled to receive a compound remuneration made up in part of a scale charge and part of a bill of costs in addition for professional work as distinguished from disbursements. This is not authorised by the Act or order or rules, except expressly in one particular case hereinafter referred to; and it would be to some extent giving double remuneration for the same work. This was also the view I think Chitty, J. took in Re Hickly v. Steward (33 W. R. 320). The question then is whether the solicitor is to be paid (a) by a scale charge on the rent and on the premium; or (b) by a bill of costs according to the old system as altered by schedule 2. The case falls exactly within rule 5 of part 2 of the schedule, viz., the lease is partly in consideration of a real and partly of a money payment or premium. That rule provides that "in addition to the remuneration hereby prescribed in respect of rent there shall be paid "—not a bill of costs, but "a further sum equal to the remuneration on a purchase at a price equal to such money payment or premium." It does not say that the vendor's or lessor's solicitor is to be remunerated as if, to this extent, the transaction were a purchase; but that he is to be remunerated in the case of a loase for conveyance reserving rent, by a sum equal to the remuneration on a purchase; a sum to be ascertained by reference to something else in the Act, to which reference effect must be given if possible. As we are dealing with the case of vendor's or lessor's solicitor the rule would have been more happily expressed and more accurate if it had referred to remuneration on a sale instead of a purchase: but the meaning is obvious. Now, to what is reference here made? The remuneration on sales is given by part 1 of schedule 1 to vendors' solicitors for three things: (1) negotiating a sale by private contract; (2) conducting a sale by public action; (3) deducing title to property and completing conveyance. The first of these cannot be intended, for it is well settled by Re Field (29 Ch. Div. 688) and later cases that no charge can be allowed for negotiations in business coming within part 2 of schedule 1; nor can the second be meant, for there is very little connection between sales by auction and the matters dealt with in part 2. The reference must therefore be to the remuneration payable to a vendor's solicitor for deducing title and perusing and completing conveyance. And it is said that the scale fee on a purchase (or sale) is not payable unless the title is deduced, as well as the conveyance completed: (Law v. Lacey, 25 Cb. Div. 101; Newbould v. Bailward, 4 App. Cas. 17.) So it cannot be allowed on a lease where the business is completed without deducing title. But it is clear that the two cases are not assimilated for all purposes. For instance, on a sale under part 1 a solicitor who negotiates a sale and deduces title and prepares conveyance receives separate fees for each, while a solicitor who negotiates a conveyance or lease coming under part 2 receives no fee for negotiating. Again the law is established that a lessee is not in the absence of express contract to that effect entitled to call for his lessor's title, and such title notoriously is scarcely ever required, and it would be rather absurd, I think, to hold that the references in rule 5 to remuneration in respect of the premium had reference only to the very rare cases of leases on which the lessor had by special contract to deduce his title; and that far the larger number of cases in which leases are granted in consideration in part of a premium without any title being deduced are unprovided for by the rule. In fact, it is clear that the framers of the rules applicable to part 2 of schedule 1 had in mind that title is not ordinarily deduced on grants of leases, and

that those rules are not confined to leases on the grant of which title is not deduced; for the first rule applicable to part 2 provides that if a vendor or lessor furnishes an abstract of title it is to be charged for according to the existing system as allowed by schedule 2, and this is the one case in which the order allows remuneration by a bill of costs in addition to scale fees. It is obvious that this charge is in addition to and not in lieu of a scale fee; for the rule hereby allows a separate charge for what is but a small part of the deducing of title; and it could not be intended that in cases where the title is deduced the solicitor should not receive any remuneration for deducing title except the charge for the abstract. The provisions of rules 5 and I that the solicitor is to have a scale fee on the premium, and if an abstract is furnished (which is part of the deducing of title) is to have something more, is, in my opinion, quite inconsistent with the contention that if title is not deducted)-i.e., if an abstract is not furnished-he is not to have even any scale fee on the premium or other remuneration in respect thereof. If that were so, in the not uncommon case of a lease at a nominal or small rent and a large premium, no title being deduced, a solicitor would receive only a very moderate and possibly inadequate remuneration for his work-a state things scarcely contemplated by the framers of the Act, orders, and rules. In my opinion, the language of rule 5 referring to a further sum equal to the remuneration on a purchase at a price equal to the premium was intended to avoid the repetition of the table showing the rate or scale of remuneration as though there had been reference to it, mutatis mutandis, and was not meant to narrow its application to cases precisely identical, or to exclude almost all leases at a premium from its operation. Under those circumstances, I have come to the conclusion that the solicitor is entitled to the £56 he claims for remuneration; and the matter must go back to the taxing master to review his taxation, and the solicitor must have his costs of this application.

Mr. W. Mason Akerman, solicitor, Hereford, has been selected to fill the post of Conservative Registration Agent for the city of Hereford. THE CITY SOLICITOR. -We are glad to be able to state that the City Solicitor has recovered from his recent illness, and has returned to his duties.

ILLNESS OF JUDGE INGHAM.-The Deputy Recorder of Leeds presided over the Barrow County Court on the 7th inst., owing to the indisposition of Judge Hastings Ingham, this being the first time Judge Ingham has been absent for twenty years.

VISIT OF HER MAJESTY'S JUDGES TO THE SHIP CANAL. Baron Huddleston, Mr. Justice Lawrance, Lady Diana Huddleston, their Lordships' marshalls (the Hon. Reginald Villiers and Mr. T. D. Lawrance), the Mayor and Mayoress of Manchester, and their daughters, Miss Mark, Miss Florence Mark, and Mrs. Fred Lee, with the Hon. Colonel Legge and other officers of the 9th Lancers, paid a visit to the Ship Canal works on the 9th inst. The directors of the company courteously placed a saloon carriage at the disposal of the party. BIRMINGHAM SOLICITORS. What has come to the solicitors of Birmingham? In a case heard before Judge Chalmers in the Birmingham County Court, a local solicitor was alleged to have devoted to his own private speculations a sum of four hundred pounds, that had been intrusted to him by a young lady client, to invest on her behalf. This, however, is not all. The judge having suggested that the matter was a proper one to be submitted to the Law Society, took occasion to observe that during the week he had had before him three cases reflecting seriously on the conduct of gentlemen of the Legal Profession. This seems rather a large average.-Daily News.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A SOLICITOR.-Mr. W. R. Fawcett, of the firm of Faber and Fawcett. Stockton, died suddenly on the 7th inst., from heart disease. The deceased gentleman was born in 1841 at Yarm, and served his articles with Messrs Fawcett and Garbutt, his father being the senior partner. He was admitted in 1862, and became a member of the firm in 1869, opening and managing the Stockton branch. Upon the death of his father (in 1875), and Mr. Garbutt (in 1876), he took entire management of the business, but in 1883 entered into partnership with the late Mr. H. G. Faber, town clerk, &c., of Stockton, and after that gentleman's decease, in the same year, with his son Mr. T. H. Faber. Mr. Fawcett held the position of clerk to the Stockton county magistrates and also to the Yarm division (South Stockton) justices; was clerk to the Yarm Burial Board, and steward of the manor of Yarm.

DEATH OF THE TOWN CLerk of NorWICH.-The death is recorded of Mr. Henry Blake Miller, town clerk of Norwich. For many months Mr. Miller had shown symptons of declining health and increasing feebleness, and about a month ago he was peremptorily commanded to cease from the toil and care of his office, and to take absolute rest. Accordingly he retired to Cromer, in the hope of regaining strength and recovering health. But years of unremitting attention and labour had told on Mr. Miller, who gradually grew weaker and weaker till he died, just after midnight on Friday, the 25th April, at Cromer. The deceased gentleman, who was in his sixty-fifth year, was the son of the late Mr. Henry Miller, of Town Close, solicitor, and was in 1853 appointed by the Norwich Corporation as their Board of Health clerk in discharge of duties in relation to sanitation, and subsequently town clerk. No preceding town clerk of Norwich was ever called upon to carry through so many important matters as the late one. He was for some time president of the Norwich Solicitors' Amicable Society.

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY DINNER.-The president, Mr. Grinham Keen, the vice-president, Mr. Robert Cunliffe, and the council of the Incorporated Law Society entertained at dinner last Wednesday evening, at their hall, the Right Hon. the Lord Field, the Hon. Mr. Justice Harding (Queensland), Mr. Napier Higgins, Q.C., Mr. Meadows White, Q.C., the Treasurer of Gray's-inn (Mr. Sheil), Mr. Bayford, Q.C., Mr. K. M. Mackenzie, Q.C., Mr. W. W. Karslake, Q.C., Mr. de Rutzen, Mr. Buckley, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Walter Murton, the Rev. W. Jellicorse, Mr. H. G. Bowen, Mr. James Williamson, Mr. R. E. Cunliffe, Mr. C. E. Thorrhill, Mr. C. O. Humphreys, Mr. D. H. Witherington, Mr. T. H. Budd, Mr. A. Crossman, Mr. E. A. Nelson, Mr. J. G. Metcalfe, Mr. R. W. Tweedie, Mr. O. Leefe, Mr. J. E. C. Leslie, Mr. W. Wills, Mr. H. Bevir, Mr. T. Webster, and Mr. E. F. Turner. The following members of the council were also present:-Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ellett, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Janson, Mr. Morrell, Sir H. Parker, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Roscoe, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Walters, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Dryland, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Tozer, Mr. Woodhouse, Mr. Williamson, and Mr. Bucknill.

STAMMERERS should read a book by a gentleman who cured himself after suffering nearly forty years. Price 13 stamps. B. Beasley, Brampton Park, near Huntingdon. [Advt.]

UNCLAIMED STOCK AND DIVIDENDS IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND. [Transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and which will be paid to the persons respectively whose names are prefixed to each in three months from the date given, unless some other claimants sooner appear.]

RICHARDS (Evereld Catherine), 67, Regency-square, Brighton, widow. £2507 8s. 1d. £2 158. per Cent. Consolidated Stook. late Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities. Claimants, Rev. George Hustler and Rev. Henry Manning Ingram, executors of the said E. C. Richards. May 10.

HEIRS-AT-LAW AND NEXT OF KIN.

BERRY (John), 28, Nelson-street, Commercial-road, Whitechapel, bricklayer. His next of kin living at the time of his death on Nov. 12, 1889, or the legal personal representatives of such next of kin as are now dead, to come in. by June 6. and prove their claims before the Registrar of the Whitechapel County Court of Middlesex, Great Prescot-street, Whitechapel. June 17, before the Registrar of the said court, at twelve o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims.

CORK (Matilda), Fisherton House Asylum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, spinster. Persons claiming to be her heir-at-law living at the time of her death on Jan. 22, 1889, to come in, by May 30, and prove their claims at the chambers of Mr. Justice Chitty. June 13, at the said chambers, at eleven o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims. Cox (John), 2, Ivy-cottages, Boston-road, Hanwell, who died on March 5, 1890. Next of kin to apply to the Solicitor for the Treasury, Whitehall.

HOOKER (Frederick), formerly of Kingswinford, Staffordshire. His next of kin may hear of something to their advantage on applying to Messrs. Warner, solicitors, Winchester. MACKENZIE (George), Parker-street, Liverpool, Lancashire, shipping butcher. Next of kin to send in, by May 31, the particulars of their claims to Messrs. Evans, Lockett, and Co., solicitors, 6, Commerce-chambers, Lord-street, Liverpool.

MIDDLETON, formerly NICHOLS (Louisa), Rectory Cottage, Wavendon, Buckinghamshire widow, who died on March 22, 1889. Next of kin to apply to the Solicitor for the Treasury, Whitehall. PECK (William). Norwich, formerly an innkeeper. Nephews and nieces living at the time of his death (Nov. 25, 1851) to send notices of claims before Sept. 20 next to Cross, Barnard, and Cross, solicitors, 4, Surrey-street, Norwich.

STEPHENSON (Thomas Brockbank), Nettleslack, Ulverston, Lancashire, banker's clerk. Next of kin to send in, by June 24, the particulars of their claims, to Messrs. W. Butler and Sons, solicitors. Dalton-in-Furness.

STEPHENSON (Margaret), Greenbank, Ulverston, Lancashire, spinster. Next of kin to send in, by June 24, the particulars of their claims to Messrs. W. Butler and Sons, solicitors, Dalton-inFurness. STEPHENSON (Elizabeth), Greenbank, Lancashire, spinster. Next of kin to send in, by June 24, the particulars of their claims to Messrs. W. Butler and Sons, solicitors, Dalton-in-Furness.

APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE JOINT-STOOK WINDING-UP ACTS. ABOUKIR BAY TREASURE RECOVERY COMPANY LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard May 17, before Mr. Justice North. Murray, Hutchins, and Stirling, 11, Birchin-lane, solicitors for the petitioners. ARGENTELLA MINES LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by June 5, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, to Mr. C. F. Branton, 16, Philpot-lane, the liquidator of the company. BIRKENHEAD BRITISH WORKMAN PUBLIC-HOUSE COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by June 12, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Messrs. Brabner and Court, 10, Cook-street, Liverpool, the solicitors for the liquidators Messrs. 8. W. Davies and W. Brown. CHRISTIAN MILLION PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard May 17, before Mr. Justice Chitty. May, Sykes, and Batten, 2, Adelaide-place, London Bridge, solicitors for the company.

CLITHEKOE JUBILEE MILL COMPANY LIMITED.-The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancashire has, by an order dated March 28, appointed William Porter, King-street, Blackburn, Lancashire, accountant, to be official liquidator. Creditors to send in, by June 6, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. W. Porter. June 19, at eleven o'clock, at the chambers of the Registrar of the Preston District of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 10, Winckley-street, Preston, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims. COUNTIES' CONSTITUTIONAL MAGAZINE SYNDICATE LIMITED.-Petition for winding up to be heard June 7, before Mr. Justice Stirling. Morse, Hewitt, and Farman, 39, King-street, Cheapside, solicitors for the petitioner. CORDOVA UNION GOLD COMPANY LIMITED.-Mr. Justice Kay has, by an order dated May 7, appointed Julius Wilson Hetherington Byrne, 81, Gracechurch-street, chartered accountant, to be official liquidator.

DU TOIT SYNDICATE (EUROPEAN COMMITTEE) LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by June 10, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Messrs. M. J. Albracht, S. J. Du Toit, and T. R. Bradberry, the liquidators of the company, at the office of the company, 5, Throgmorton-avenue. Ingle, Cooper, and Holmes, City Bank-chambers, 20, Threadneedle-street, solicitors for the liqui dators. DRAMATIC OPINION LIMITED.-Mr. Justice Stirling has fixed May 20, at twelve o'clock, at his chambers, for the appointment of an official liquidator. EAST RIDING CLUB AND RACECOURSE COMPANY LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard May 17, before Mr. Justice Kay. Cunliffes and Davenport, 43, Chancery-lane, agents for Middlemiss and Pearce, 11, Parliament-street, Kingston-upon-Hull, solicitors for the petitioner. GENERAL EXHIBITIONS SYNDICATE LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by June 4, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. F. G. Clark, 8, Old Jewry, the official liquidator of the company. June 18, at twelve o'clock, at the chambers of Mr. Justice Chitty, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims. JOHN BARRAS AND COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by May 81, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. B. R. Reed, Tyne Brewery, Corporation-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, the liquidator of the company.

MANCHESTER SHIP COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by June 10, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. T. Pilling, 2, Clarence-buildings, Booth-street, Manchester, the liquidator of the company. Weston, Grover, and Lees, 10, Norfolk-street, Manchester, solicitors for the liquidator. MONTE CARLO GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED.-Petition for winding-up to be heard June 7, before Mr. Justice North. C. H. Hoare. 10, Moorgate-street, solicitor for the petitioners. MARINE AND GENERAL LAND, BUILDING, AND INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED.-Order for continuation of voluntary winding-up made by Mr. Justice Chitty on April 26. W. H. Hazard, 8, Old Jewry, eolicitor for the petitioner. MANCHESTER PRINCES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors of the above-named company, which ceased to carry on business on July 13 1889, to send in, by May 27, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitore (if any), to Mr. T. Pilling, 2, Clarence-buildings, Booth street, Manchester, the liquidator of the company. MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON AND STEEL COMPANY LIMITED.-Mr. Justice Chitty has fixed May 20, at twelve o'clock, at his chambers, for the appointment of an official liquidator. NEW BRUNSWICK TRADING COMPANY OF LONDON LIMITED.-Mr. Justice Stirling has fixed May 22, at twelve o'clock, at his chambers, for the appointment of an official liquidator. NORTH SHIELDS ICE COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by May 28, their names and addresses, and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. T. McKenzie, of the Corporation Fish Quay, North Shields, the liquidator of the company. R. F. Kidd, 60, Saville-street, North Shields, solicitor for the liquidator. SAVOY PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED.-Creditors to send in, by June 9, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to Mr. C. J. Singleton, 8, Staple-inn, Holborn, the official liquidator of the company. June 16, at twelve o'clock, at the chambers of Mr. Justice Kay, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims. STANDARD PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED.-Order for winding-up made by Mr. Justice North on April 28. Chinery, Aldridge, and Co., 2, Brabant-court, Gracechurch-street, soll. citors for the company and petitioners. WORCESTERSHIRE CATTLE PLAGUE MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. Order for winding-up made by Mr. Justice Kekewich on May 3. Stallard and Turner, 44, Bedford-row, agents for 8. M. Beale, Worcester, solicitor for the petitioner.

CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY.
LAST DAY OF PROOF.

ALLAN (James Brands), formerly of 3, Hyde Park-terrace, Hyde Park, late of the Boyne, Knole-
road, Bournemouth, Southampton, doctor of medicine. June 16; F. Morgan, solicitor,
29, Somerset-street, Portman-square. July 1; Mr. Justice North, at twelve o'clock.
BLICK (John), Hill Court, Dodderhill, and of Droitwich, both in Worcestershire, solicitor.
June 9; L. J. Underwood, solicitor, 15, Furnival's-inn, Holborn. June 19; Mr. Justice
Stirling, at twelve o'clock.
FESENMEYER (John Philip), 12. Vicarage-crescent, East Margate, Kent. June 2; A. A. Timbrell,
solicitor, 24, Martin's-lane, Cannon-street. June 10: Mr. Justice Stirling, at twelve o'clock.
NICHOLSON (John), Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire, yeoman. June 4; Fraser, Wright, and
Fraser, solicitors, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. June 18; Mr. Justice Stirling, at twelve o'clock.
PESTERRE (Thomas Arthur), St. Aubyns, Hove, Sussex, previously of 47, Gloucester-place, Hyde
Park, gentleman. June 17: E. L. W. Chave, solicitor, 2, Devonshire-chambers, Bishopsgate-
street Within. June 23; Mr. Justice Chitty, at eleven o'clock.
WHITFIELD (Peter Cross). Kingston-upon-Hull, ship chandler. June 12; W. Hodgson, solicitor,
Parliament-street, Hull. June 26; Mr. Justice North, at half-past twelve o'clock.

OREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VIOT., 0. 35.

Last Day of Claim, and to whom Particulars to be sent. ATKINSON (Lucy). Clyde Villa, Queen's-road, St. John's Wood, spinster. June 14; J. Bartlett, solicitor, 26 and 27, Bush-lane.

ASTLEY (Lucy), 9, The Paragon, Clifton, Bristol, spinster. July 1; Crawley, Arnold, and Co., solicitors, 20, Whitehall-place.

ADAMS (Caroline), 9, Dale-street, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, spinster. July 8; Field and Sons, solicitors, Leamington.

BARTLETT (John), formerly of Bideford, Devonshire, late of Bude, Cornwall, gentleman. June 24; A. F. Seldon, solicitor, Bridge-chambers, Barnstaple.

BROWN (James), Kenton-lane Farm, Harrow Weald. June 9; Oldman and Clabburn, solicitors, 2, Old Serjeants'-inn, Chancery-lane.

BORLEY (William), North Wheatley, Nottinghamshire, retired innkeeper. July 1; Mee and Co., solicitors, Retford.

BISSHOPP (Clarissa Philippa), 115, Sinclair-road, Kensingcon, widow. June 7; Pyke and Minchin, solicitors, 2, Metal Exchange-buildings, Gracechurch-street. BRICKWOOD (Latham Christopher Norris Percy), 11, King's Bench-walk, Temple, and of Grove Cottage, Bath-road, Hounslow, gentleman, barrister-at-law. June 14; J. Bartlett, solicitor, 26 and 27, Bush-lane. BELFIELD (Frank William), New Malden, Surrey, gentleman. June 7; A. Newton and Co. solicitors, 24, Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street.

BURTON (General Cuthbert Ward), 11, Pencester-road, Dover. June 7; C. F. Leighton, solicitor, 12 and 13, Clement's-inn. BEESLEY (William), Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire. May 31; J. B. Allan, solicitors, 5, Furnival's.

inn.

BOUCH (Hannah), Fearon House, Aspatria, Cumberland, widow. July1; Dobinson and Watson,,
solicitors, Carlisle.
BOWMAN (Rev. Edward Lawson), Woodville, Wetheral, Cumberland, clerk in holy orders,
formerly a chaplain in the Royal navy. July 1; Dobinson and Watson, soiicitors, Carlisle.
BUTTERMER (Rev. Robert Durant), Ashdene, Regent's Park, Millbrook, Southampton. July 1;
Stanton and Bassett, solicitors, 9, Glorcester-square, Southampton.

BROWN (William), Brigham, Cumberland, gentleman. June 16; J. W. Plummer, solicitor,
Cockermouth.
CARTER (Luke), Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire, farmer. June 24; Maples and Son,
solicitors, Spalding.
CARDALL (Mary Ann), Sherwood Villa, Gravelly Hill, Aston, Warwickshire, widow. June 9;
R. M. Wood and Co., solicitors, 39. Temple-row, Birmingham.

CRAIG (Martha), Rock Bank, Prestbury-road, Macclesfield, Cheshire. June 10; J. F. May,
solicitor, Churchside, Macclesfield.
CLARKE (Isabella Augusta), 25, Kensington Park-gardens. June 12; J. M. Voss, solicitor, 14,
Bedford-row.
CHIBBETT (James), Williton, Somersetshire, builder. June 10; J. LL. W. Page, solicitor,
Williton, Somerset.

COWSILL (Charles Henry), Cardigan-street, Luton, Bedfordshire, gentleman. June 7; W. Austin, solicitor, 30, Upper George-street, Luton.

CLARKE (Susannah), Stebbing, Essex, spinster. May 31; Wade, Wise, and Wade, solicitors,
Dunmow, Essex.
CORBETT (Bridget), 28, Gartside-street, Manchester. June 24; T. H. Scholfield, solicitor,

Manchester.

CUMMINGS (Edmund), 3, East-view, Kendal, Westmoreland, corn merchant. June 17; Moser and
Sons, solicitors, Kendal.

COGSWELL (Elizabeth), Trowbridge, Wiltshire, widow. May 27; Mann and Rodway, solicitors,
Trowbridge.
CRUTTWELL (Elizabeth Anne), wife of Charles James Cruttwell, 15, Drayton-gardens, South
Kensington. June 10; A. B. Wheatley, Son, and Daniel, solicitors, 7, New-Inn, Strand.
DAVISON (Robert), Belford, Northumberland, gentleman. May 22; C. Percy, solicitor, Alnwick.
DEAN (Walter), 1, Brownlow-terrace, Pleasington, near Blackburn, Lancashire, slate merchant.
June 12; R. C. Needham, solicitor, 25, Richmond-terrace, Blackburn.
DUBBINS (Edward), formerly of Loughborough Park Tavern, Coldharbour-lane, Brixton, Surrey,
late of 10, Trelawn-road, Effra-road, Brixton, gentleman. June 30; Buchanan and Rogers,
solicitors, 10, Basinghall-street.

DUDFIELD (Benjamin Charles), 17, The Drive, Hove, Sussex, gentleman. June 15; Upperton and Bacon, solicitors, 54, Pavilion-buildings, Brighton.

DAVIS (Robert). Earlsfield, Wandsworth Common, Surrey, and 1, Little Love-lane, gentleman,
J.P. June 16; Collyer and Davis, solicitors, 12, Pancras-lane.
DIXON (Mary Elizabeth), formerly of 28, St. George's-avenue, Tufnell Park, late of 98, Tufnell
Park-road, widow. June 12: Yarde and Loader, solicitors, 1, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn.
DALLAWAY (Stephen), Warbleton, Sussex, farmer. June 14; Coles, Carr, and Coles, solicitors,
Hailsham.

DOBELL (William), West Malling, Kent, solicitor's clerk. June 8; Thacker, Cull, and Brett,
solicitors, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent.
DOBELL (Alfred Charles), West Malling, Kent, solicitor's clerk. June 8; Thacker, Cull, and
Brett, solicitors, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent.

EASTWOOD (Thomas), Stansfield Hall Lodge, Luddenden Foot, Halifax, Yorkshire, retired corn
merchant's traveller. June 16; W. H. Boocock, solicitor, Silver-street, Halifax.
FORSYTH (Sarah), 44, Gainsborough-grove, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wife of John William Forsyth.
June 1; J. M. L. Criddle, solicitor, Cross House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

FORBES (John), 8, Johnstone-street, Bath, gentleman. June 24; Grover and Humphreys, solicitors, 4, King's Bench-walk, Temple.

FELTON (John Joseph), 228, Old-street. St. Luke's, and of The Shrublands, 1, Lowther-road, Liverpool-road, Holloway, carriage builder. July 1; Sole, Turner, and Knight, solicitors, 69, Aldermanbury.

HOLLINGTON (George), Woodford Bridge, Essex, gentleman. July 1; Fraser and Christian, solicitors, 4, Finsbury-circus.

HOLROYD (Helen), Wingham Villas, Harrogate, Yorkshire, spinster. July 1; F. Walker. solicitor, 2, Harrison-road, Halifax.

HILL (William), Watchfield, near Highbridge, Somersetshire, yeoman. June 18; W. Brice, solicitor, Bridgwater.

HERONIMOS (Yousouf), 86, Queen's-road, Dalston, tobacconist, formerly of 39, Bishopsgate-
street, licensed victualler. June 14; J. Bartlett, solicitor, 26 and 27, Bush-lane.
HILLS (James), 5, Thornhill-terrace, Sunderland, Durham, sharebroker. May 31; Graham and
Shepherd, solicitors, 37, John-street, Sunderland.

HUNTER (John), 9, Pyrland-road, Highbury. June 6; E. C. Rawlings, solicitor, 2, Walbrook.
HUSSEY (Emily), 74, Coolinge-road, Folkestone, Kent, spinster. June 24; A. Hussey, solicitor,
52, Cornhill.
June 24;

HONEY (Thomas Wills), 4, Summerland-street, Plymouth, Devonshire, carpenter.
Rundle and Martyn, solicitors, 24, Ker-street, Devonport.

HORSMAN (Robert), Otley, Yorkshire, land surveyor. June 23; Simpson and Denham, solicitors, 47, Albion-street, Leeds.

HAM (Mary), 5, Cathedral-green, Wells, spinster. June 9; Newman, Paynter, Gould, and Williams, solicitors, 1, Clement's-inn, Strand.

JONES (John), Bryngwin, Llanegryn, Merionethshire, land agent. May 23; C. Millard, solicitor, Dolgelley.

JACKSON (Charles). Kingston-upon-Hull, shopkeeper. July 1; G. Martinson, solicitor, Bowlalley-lane, Hull.

JENNINGS (Benjamin Thomas), 2. Bright-street, Stanningley, Yorkshire, top maker. June 2; Harrison and Lupton, solicitors, 26 and 27, Bond-street, Leeds.

KNOWLES (Andrew), Swinton Old Hall, near Manchester, Lancashire, gentleman. June 30; Fullagar and Hulton, solicitors, 1, Mealhouse-lane, Bolton.

KING (Kate Sarah), 2, Cypress-villas, Junction-road, Andover, Southampton, widow. July 1; Smith and Son, solicitors, 32, High-street, Andover.

MOYS (Herbert), 69, Pendennis-street, Liverpool, master mariner. May 31; W. W. P. Shatwell, solicitor, 17, Sweeting-street, Liverpool.

MACKENZIE (George), Parker-street, Liverpool, shipping butcher. May 31; Evans, Lockett, and Co., solicitors, 6, Commerce-chambers, Lord-street, Liverpool.

MOON (William), 9, Colville-terrace, Bayswater, formerly of Penton Lodge, Andover, and Sunbury-on-Thames. June 14; E. A. Nelson, solicitor, 21, Godliman-street, Doctors' Commons. MURRAY (Eliza), 6, Ashburnham-road, Chelsea, widow. July 1; Vallance and Vallance, solicitors, 20, Essex-street, Strand.

MAY (John), 83, Rectory-road, Stoke Newington, hatter. June 16; W. J. Greig, solicitor, 15, Fenchurch-street.

MATHER (Emma), Sutton House, Drayton-road, Leytonstone, Essex, spinster. June 12; Stone, King, and Co., solicitors, 13, Queen-square, Bath.

METCALE (William), Cambridge, printer. June 20; Needham, Parkinson, and Slack, solicitors, 10, York-street, Manchester.

MILNER (William), Worston Hall, near Stafford, gentleman. June 30; F. Greatrex, solicitor, Bank-chambers, Stafford. June 15;

NOVARETTI (Catherine), 114, Ferndale-road, Harrow-road, Paddington, widow.

F. Bradley, solicitor, 75, Mark-lane.

NEWTON (Elizabeth Clark), Balgownie. Freshfield-road, near Formby, Lancashire, spinster. June 21; Thornely and Cameron, solicitors, 5, Fenwick-street, Liverpool.

ORD (Herbert William). Somerton, Somersetshire, brewer. June 6; Newman, Paynter, and Co., solicitors, 1, Clement's-inn. PRESTON (Anne Elizabeth), Llwynynn Hall, near Ruthin, Denbighshire, widow. June 10; Payne and Frodsham, solicitors, 7, Harrington-street, Liverpool.

PAYNE (Prudence Harttree), Hyde Cliff, Croom's Hill, Blackheath, Kent, widow. June 24; Sanderson, Holland, and Adkin, solicitors, 46, Queen Victoria-street.

POPHAM (Mary), formerly of South Brent, late of Wedmore, both in Somersetshire, spinster.
June 18; W. Brice, solicitor, Bridgwater.

PRICE (William Cater), Jun., formerly of Love-lane, Wood-street, London, and of Paisley, North
Britain, late of the Priory, Roehampton, Surrey, sewing cotton manufacturer. June 23;
Phelps, Sidgwick, and Biddle, solicitors, 18, Gresham-street.
PEILLON (Louisa Matilda), Nice, France, widow. June 10; Wadeson and Malleson, solicitors,
11, Austin Friars.

PITTAR (Rosalie Vale), 6, Redcliffo-square, South Kensington, widow. June 2; Hopgood and
Dowson, solicitors, 17, Whitehall-place.

PARKER (William Hennessey), Campbell-road, Southsea, Hampshire, retired Captain R.N. May 31; H. Dummer, solicitor, Elm-grove, Southsea.

PRESLEY (Alice Amelia). 29, Kill urn-priory, formerly of the Carlton tavern, Carlton-road, Maida
Vale, wife of John Mather Presley. June 27; Lindus and Bicknell, solicitors, 98, Cheapside.
ROCK (William Frederick), Hyde Cliff, Croom's Hill, Blackheath, Kent, gentleman. June 24;
Sanderson, Holland, and Adkin, solicitors, 46, Queen Victoria-street.

ROBINSON (John Liddell), 15, Vernon-terrace, Brighton, Sussex, gentleman. June 7; H. Tyrrell
and Son, solicitors, 3, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn.
ROBINSON (Abraham), Stalybridge, Cheshire, plasterer. May 31; Buckley and Miller, solicitors,
Stamford-street, Stalybridge.

RICHARDSON (Luke), Robinson-street, Stalybridge, Cheshire, innkeeper, and his widow,
RICHARDSON (Mary). May 31; Buckley and Miller, solicitors, Stanford-street, Stalybridge.
ROBERTSON (John), Rothbury, Northumberland, merchant and maltster. June 14; W. Draw-
bridge, solicitor, 74, Newborough-street, Scarborough.
ROBERTSON (Joseph Henry), Rothbury, Northumberland. June 14; W. Drawbridge, solicitor,
74, Newborough-street, Scarborough.
ROBERTSON (Rachel), formerly of Rothbury, Northumberland, late of Beulah-terrace, Scar-
borough, widow. June 14; W. Drawbridge, solicitor, 74, Newborough-street, Scarborough.
RICHARDSON (Charlotte Elizabeth), formerly of 12, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, and of
Douglas Dene Cockburnspath, Berwick, Scotland, late of 30, Montague-place, Bedford-square,
spinster. June 18; Perkins and Perkins, solicitors, Minster-yard, York.

ROBERTS (Rev. William), 74, Northumberland-terrace, Liverpool. June 30; M. H. Jones and
Milne, solicitors, 50A, Lord-street, Liverpool.
RAVENE (Elizabeth), 57, Hagley-road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, widow. June 9; G. W. Hickman,
solicitor, 33, Union-street, Birmingham.

RACKHAM (Willoughby Breare Still), 46, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and of 5, Kent-terrace, Regent's
Park, solicitor. June 30; Rye and Eyre, solicitors, 16, Golden-square.

RELF (Samuel), Reigate, Surrey, gentleman. June 30; G. C. Morrison, solicitor, Reigate,

Surrey.

ROBERTS (Maurice Davies), Rhyl, Flintshire, solicitor. June 1; J. P. Jones, solicitor, Valestreet, Denbigh.

RIGBY (Samuel Claudius), 4, Melmoth-place, Walham Green, butcher. June 19; F. W. Mount and
Son, solicitors, 17, Gracechurch-street.

SHAWCROSS (Ann), wife of William Henry Shawcross, 13, Grosvenor-crescent, Scarborough.
June 15; Birdsall and Cross, solicitors, Bar-chambers, Scarborough.
STEPHENSON (John), Nettleslack, Ulverston, Lancashire, yeoman. June 24; W. Butler and
Sons, solicitors, Dalton-in-Furness.
STEPHENSON (Thomas Brookbank) Nettleslack, Ulverston, Lancashire, banker's clerk. June 24;
W. Butler and Sons, solicitors, Dalton-in-Furness.
STEPHENSON (Elizabeth), Ulverston, Lancashire, spinster. June 24; W. Butler and Sons,
solicitors, Dalton-in-Furness.

STEPHENSON (Margaret), Greenbank, Ulverston, Lancashire, spinster.
Sons, solicitors. Dalton-in-Furness.

June 24; W. Butler and
STEPHENSON (Isabella), Greenbank, Ulverston, Lancashire, widow. June 24; W. Butler and
Sons, solicitors, Dalton-in-Furness.
STRIBLEY (John), Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, dock master. June 18; A. E. Nalder, soli-
citor, 80, Duke-street, Barrow in-Furness.
SWALE (Anne), 6, Scarsdale-villas, Kensington.
Yorkshire.

June 16; W. Hartley, solicitor, Settle,

SLINGSBY (Elizabeth), 86, Windsor-road, Shipley, Yorkshire, widow. June 7; Morgan and Morgan, solicitors, Market-square, Shipley.

SHAFTO (Evelyne Mary), 88, Springfield-road. St. John's Wood, spinster. June 24; CollyerBristow, Russell, and Hill, solicitors, 4, Bedford-row.

STYCH (William Charles). Stapleton, Gloucestershire, gentleman. June 9; Sinnott and Spofforth, solicitors, 12, Broad-street, Bristol.

SMITH (John), Rose-hill, Willington, and Wallsend, both in Northumberland, forge master. July 1: Hoyle, Shipley, and Hoyle, solicitors, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

THOMAS (Edward Croft Greenway), 15, Charing Cross, and of 1, Strode-orescent, Sheerness, Kent, formerly Civil and Sessions Judge at Vizagapatam, India. June 14; J. Bartlett, solicitor, 26 and 27, Bush-lane. TEED (Ann Susan), wife of George Teed, formerly of 33, Bouverie-square, Folkestone, Kent, late of 6, Den-orescent, Teignmouth, Devonshire. July 19; C. D. Woolley, solicitor, 1, Great Winchester-street. THOMAS (Samuel), High-street, Haverfordwest, draper. June 9; R. A. G. James, solicitor, Highstreet, Haverfordwest. TAYLOR (Isaac), 92, St. Stephen's-street, Salford, Manchester, grocer. June 3; Sutton, Elliott, and Turnbull, solicitors, Garrick-buildings, 51, Fountain-street, Manchester. TAYLOR (Zachariah), 23, Church-street, Hyde, Cheshire, foreman gasfitter. July 15; T. BrownRon, solicitor, Market-place, Hyde.

UNDERWOOD (Walter John), Stockwood-orescent, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw plait merchant's manager. June 7: E. Sykes, solicitor, 15, New-street, Huddersfield.

UTTERSON (James), Chippenham, Wiltshire, gentleman, and his widow, UTTERSON (Elizabeth). June 12; Wood and Awdry, solicitors, Chippenham, Wilts.

WILSON (Richard Herbert George), formerly of 105, Manchester-road, since of Ashdell Cottage, Ashdell-road, both in Sheffield, stock and share broker. June 30; Gould and Coombe, solicitors, 4, Paradise-square, Sheffield.

WEBBER (Anna), West Monkton, near Taunton, Somersetshire, spinster. June 16; Sweet and
Son, solicitors, Taunton.
WEBBER (Harriet), West Monkton, near Taunton, Somersetshire, spinster. June 16; Sweet and
Son, solicitors, Taunton.

WEBBER (Charlotte), West Monkton, near Taunton, Somersetshire, spinster. June 16; Sweet and Son, solicitors. Taunton.

WYLDE (Henry), St. George's Hall, Langham-place. 2. Harrington-gardens, South Kensington, and 10, Hobart-place, Grosvenor-gardens, Mus. Doc. Cantab. June 6; Rundle and Hobrow, solicitors, 80, Coleman-street.

WHITE (John), Market-square, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, grocer. July 1; Mee and Co., solicitors, Retford.

WAY (Thomas), 157, Hartfield-road, Wimbledon, Surrey, builder. June 14; J. Bartlett, solicitor, 26 and 27, Bush-iane.

WALTON (Rebecca), Brackley, Northamptonshire, widow. May 24; D. Pellatt, solicitor, Banbury, Oxon.

WEEN (Robert), 50, Fenchurch-street, London, and of 38, Oxford-terrace, Hyde Park, solicitor. June 16; Lucas and Son, solicitors, 50, Fenchurch-street.

WALTERS (Annie), formerly of Brighton, Sussex, late of the Hotel St. James, Paris, France, spinster. June 6: Hinde, Milne, and Bury, solicitors, 7, Mount-street, Manchester. WHARTON (William), formerly of Haverthwaite, Colton, late of Penny Bridge, Ulverston, both in Lancashire, gardener. May 31; T. Woodburne, solicitor, Ulverston.

WALLIS (Percival), 250, London-road, Croydon, Surrey, gentleman. June 10; Lovell, Son, and Pitfield, solicitors, 3, Gray's-inn-square.

WHITE (Edward Colston), West-street, Bedminster, Bristol, innkeeper. July 5; J. W. 8. Dix, solicitor, Exchange-buildings, Bristol.

WATSON (Mary), 9, Endsleigh-gardens, widow. June 24; Griffith, Eggar, and Griffith, solicitors,
47, Old Steyne, Brighton.
WEBB (Ann Maria), 15, Elm Grove-terrace, Salisbury, Wiltshire, widow. June 9; Hodding and
Jackson, solicitors, Market House-chambers, Salisbury.
WHEATSTONE (Augusta Maria), 19, Upper Westbourne-terrace, widow. Aug. 9; Hallowes and
Carter, solicitors, 39, Bedford-row.
WOOLHOUSE (Edward), 18, Kensington Gore, a major in Her Majesty's army. June 12; Fallows
and Rider, solicitors, 4, Lancaster-place, Strand.

LAW SOCIETIES.

UNITED LAW CLERKS' SOCIETY.

THE Commemorative festival to celebrate the fifty-eighth anniversary of the above society was held on Wednesday evening at the Cannon-street Hotel, the Lord Chief Justice of England (Lord Coleridge) being in the chair, supported by the Right Hon. J. W. Mellor, Q.C., A. Cohen, Q.C., W. Ambrose, Q.C., M.P., J. Cutler, Q.C., T. W. Wheeler, Q.C., Sidney Woolf, Q.C., and Messrs. H. F. Dickens, W. Graham, W. F. Webster, B. Houghton, W. Marshall, Lionel Hart, R. W. Wallace, S. D. Bolton, M.P., E. Bromley, E. Bannister, A. Burnie, H. W. R. Cooper, T. H. Devonshire, W. J. Holmes, Griffith Jones, E. E. Loyd, G. N. Marcy, G. E. Motion, G. Motion, Forbes Lankester, W. H. Gray, George Lewis, John Chester, T. Skewes Cox, A. R. Cluer, J. J. Keily, W. W. Wood, A. Cohen, jun., Mr. Lambert, Ralph Hardy (Actuary to the society), and Dr. Thompson (Physician to society).

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The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured, the Chairman, who was received with great applause, rose to propose the toast of the evening, Prosperity to the United Law Clerks' Society." He said: GentlemenIt is now my privilege to lay before you for your acceptance the toast for the purpose of drinking which we have really assembled here together to-night, the toast being Prosperity to the United Society which we represent, and I must say, looking around this room, if it is not an ungracious observation to make, that it seems to me there is very little necessity for drinking it, because it is plain that your society flourishes in all respects, that it is more and more recognised and appreciated as years roll by. It is something like eighteen or nineteen years ago since, by your favour, I was placed in the chair which I occupy to-night, and I must say that the hope and the promise of that day has been exceeded by the fulfilment of this. Yetitis certainly not without its use that we should have this gathering together of the members of the society and of those who take an interest in it, because it brings before us in a pointed and formal manner the use and the value, direct and practical, to those who are the members of the society, and the use, indirect perhaps, but yet most practical, to all of those who are gathered here together. Gentlemen, happily the time has long gone by when it was necessary to stand upon the defence in speaking of a society like this or to advance arguments against objections which were brought against this and other societies of a like character by men whom, with all respect for them, I presume to call fanciful and unwise. It used to be said, I remember, that these societies were not to be advocated because they did not tend to thrift, that they led men to rely upon the assistance of others rather than on what every man should rely-his own honest, independent exertions; and, further, it was suggested that men might sometimes even enter a profession for which they were entirely unfit, from the possibility that they might be assisted by societies of this kind when their hopeless incapacity for the profession was thoroughly and satisfactorily discovered. I confess it always seemed to me that arguments of this kind were very little to be distinguished from what I venture to call nonsense. If men join societies of this kind when they are young-and they ought to join them then-they are full of eager hope; they look forward and they expect success. The possibly gloomy decline of the departing day is seldom appreciated, never fully understood, by those who in the vigour of youth and health and strength are

rejoicing in life's bright beginnings. But, gentlemen, a prudent man knows that at least a dark day and a bad day may come, and the earlier he knows this and the more in reason he provides against it, the earlier will he learn those precious and inestimable lessons of thrift which, if he avails himself of them, he will find to be of unspeakable value to him through his whole life, however long that life may be prolonged. But, apart from this, there is also the direct benefit that ensues from a gathering of this kind-that it reminds us that we are bound together by a common profession, and that out of that profession, and out of that bond which draws us together, arise those duties of kindness and consideration-of charity, in the large sense in which St. Paul used the word, towards one another. In the proportion that we fulfil those duties, so do we not only do good to ourselves, but elevate and strengthen that great profession of which I hope we are all proud, and of which at least we are all members. Those are one or two of the direct advantages of a society of this kind; but, indirectly, can any man doubt the great advantage, the real benefit, of a gathering together of a meeting like this? Here to-night we have brought together the highest and the humblest members of a common profession, bound together by a common tie, united upon a common groundto further a common object-that object being the benefit of the clerks of barristers and solicitors who are members of the society. Is it nothing, gentlemen, that we should be able publicly, openly before all men, proudly to acknowledge that obligation which we lawyers well know to exist, but which the outer world knows very little or anything of? Judges, barristers, and solicitors know what they owe to their clerks. They know how much of the comfort of their lives depends upon them. They know how much they have to trust them, and how they (the clerks) justify the trust that is reposed in them; and many and many a man knowS that the success of a great cause in court-I will not say is wholly owing, but has been greatly owing to the intelligence, the sagacity, the integrity, and the absolute fidelity of the clerks; and therefore it is well that we should upon an occasion like this meet together and say openly what we feel is so true-that we value them, that we wish them success, and earnestly trust they will attain success, and have that comfort in their old age which their hard work has justified. Let me say this, however, to my friends, the clerks, as a man who has through his life owed a great deal to very good clerks, that the other day, when I saw that there was a meeting, and when I perceived that the speakers at that meeting thought that if their fees were tampered with they would be able to go before the country with a claim for compensation, I determined if I had the opportunity that I would venture as their friend to tell them that they must not nurse vain hopes, or indulge in delusive imaginations. At my time of life, having lived in public life a good deal, I know a great deal more about Chancellors of the Exchequer and my Lords of the Treasury than they do, and all I can say is, that I shall be exceedingly surprised-and I think if I were in my grave it would almost call me back to life-if I should ever see a head of compensation to solicitors and barristers' clerks presented as an estimate by any Chancellor of the Exchequer of any Government to any House of Commons. But, gentlemen, that only makes it the more necessary that we should help ourselves; that we should stand by one another; and that we should do what we can from the highest to the lowest to make it reasonably safe for a person to enter upon the career of the law clerk. Now, gentlemen, entering upon a matter in the presence of some of my friends, who have in old days instructed me-and as they know well is the case, a barrister often talks about what he has not the least notion of understanding-I venture to suggest whether it might be possible to extend the benefits of this society within a larger area than its present limits. It has been pressed upon me by divers kind friends who write letters to me, as if I could do anything in the matter; but the only thing I can do is to bring it before an assembly like this who do understand it, which I do not, and who may know that there are exceedingly good reasons which do not occur to me why the benefits of this society are confined as they are. Before I conclude, I wish to bring before your notice two or three very interesting letters which I have received, the expressions of which I desire to be the imperfect mouthpiece. I have a letter from Mr. Eyre inclosing a contribution of five guineas which he regrets very much he is not here to give himself. I have had a letter from my friend and former client-a strange thing that it should happen to come to me-Mr. George Lewis, who, as usual, comes forward whenever anything is wanted in the Profession, and sends a contribution of £25. I have received a letter also from the last addition to the House of Lords, Lord Field, who, besides saying something kind about myself with which I will not trouble you, says: I mark my sense of the great good done by the society and the interest in the welfare of the great and important body which it represents by asking you to beg their acceptance of the inclosed cheque from a former member of the body, and one who entertains the highest respect, for it." He incloses a cheque for fifty guineas. Those are sentiments worthy of the great lawyer. I hope that the feeling which he expresses there is the feeling of most of us here, and I hope that in our degree we shall follow his example; for it is certain, if we do so, that this society must flourish in the future as it has done in the past. .It has often been said that an after-dinner speech should consist of a joke, a platitude, and a quotation. I am too dull for a joke, but you have had plenty of platitudes, and I can end with a quotation-a well-seasoned one, but a good one nevertheless. You must remember that, in contributing to this society, and in doing this work, you will share the quality which Shakespeare attributes to mercy: It is twice blessed; it blesseth him that gives and him that receives. I give you Prosperity to the United Law Clerks' Society.'

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Mr. MELLOR, Q.C.-Gentlemen: The task which has been assigned to me -if what is really a pleasure may be described as a task-is a very easy one, because I have to propose the health of the Lord Chief Justice of England. The toast requires no recommendation from me nor anyone else. The Lord Chief Justice has fulfilled the duties of his most ancient and distinguished office to the great satisfaction of the country; but I think at no time has he made a kinder use of his great ability than he has made of it to-night by coming here to preside over this assembly, and in giving to it the advice he gave just now. I think I may repeat to you the notion of my circuit about the Chief Justice, although I say it in his presence. When he came that circuit on the last occasion a remark was made which I thought an exceedingly true one, that it was a pleasure to practise before a judge who never forgot that he had been a barrister. Now, gentlemen, we all know that unhappily at one time there was a certain amount of prejudice prevailing against lawyers, and I believe we may say that the distinguished body of judges, of which the Lord Chief Justice is the head, has done a great deal to dispel that unhappy prejudice; but that it does still exist in some places far and remote from this, I think I may testify. Some time ago a friend of mine, a solicitor, wished to get into Parliament, and asked me to go to a public meeting

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called together in his support. As our political sentiments in the main agreed I went to this meeting, and the chairman, addressing a large body of the future constituents, began in this way: he said, in a depressed way, "Gentlemen, our candidate is a lawyer. But then his countenance brightened, and he looked up and said: But, gentlemen, I am happy to say he is a solicitor, and not a barrister." Well, this was a very nice introduction for him. So, thereupon, my friend and I, instead of immediately addressing ourselves to the political topics of the day, had to set to work to defend the great profession to which we belong; and I hope we did it with some effect. I trust most sincerely that the Lord Chief Justice will long be spared to fill his office as he has done in the past, for, if he is, I have no doubt the prejudice to which I have referred will entirely disappear. Gentlemen, I have the honour to give you the toast of "The Lord Chief Justice of England."

The toast having been heartily received, Lord COLERIDGE again rose and said Gentlemen, I thank you with all my heart for the kind way in which you have received the toast of my health, proposed by my old and honoured friend Mr. Mellor. The best of us, the soundest, the wisest, and the coolest of us are apt to have our judgments disturbed after dinner, and, for my own part, I could hardly recognise in the language he was kind enough to use of me anything resembling the original he was depicting. I remember very well the precept of a great French painter. He said: "The great thing in painting a portrait or in modelling a bust was to see with how little likeness you would do it." But I have no doubt that my right hon. and learned friend intended what he said, and I thank him for it from the bottom of my heart. I have been called an "indolent amateur," and other things of that kind, which perhaps are accurate, but I never was so foolish as to suppose that I had any right to be where I am. Putting aside Lord Mansfield, perhaps the greatest man, except Lord Bacon, who ever sat on the English bench, I never for a moment thought I could fill the place of Lord Tenterden, Lord Denman, Lord Campbell, or Sir A. Cockburn-four Chief Justices whom I am old enough to remember sitting in the seat I at present occupy; but this I can safely say for myself, that I believe it is true that I have never forgotten that I was at the bar. Gentlemen, I have done my best during the time that I have been Chief Justice to make the course of the court easy and reasonably comfortable for the Bar, believing that what is reasonably comfortable for the Bar and for the solicitors is really and truly for the interests of their clients. As for my coming here, it has been a simple pleasure. It has been no trouble to me to come here, but a delight; and if you are not tired of old stories I will tell you one, the application of which I leave to you. A great many years ago there was a certain considerable musician called Sir George Smart. Many of my au litors may not have heard of him, but his name may linger yet, as he was a considerable musician. In the days when Napoleon shut up the ports of the Continent against us, Sir George was very anxious to get a score of Beethoven's Mount of Olives. He could not get it in the ordinary way, and he therefore advertised in the Press that he would give fifty guineas to anybody who would give him a score of Beethoven's Mount of Olives. One day he was very much surprised by a roughish customer coming into the room, bringing the score. He thanked him very much indeed, and was going to draw the cheque, but the man said, "Not at all; you are very heartily welcome to it; I have great pleasure in giving you this score.' Thereupon Sir George said, "Is there anything I can do for you?" "Well, Sir," the man said, "I am a publican, and on Tuesday night I have got a benefit. Some of the best boxers of the day are going to have a turn up there. If you and your friends would come I would take it as a very great honour indeed." Well," Sir George Smart said, "I will come; and he took a number of gentlemen down, and they had an exceedingly nice supper-admirably free-and a very pleasant evening they passed. Going away, he said to the publican, "I can hardly thank you enough." "Not at all, sir," said the publican, "my maxim has always been that artists of whatever kind should always stand by one another."

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Mr. AMBROSE, QC., M.P., in proposing "The Bench, the Bar, and the Profession," remarked that the Profession included not only the Bench and the Bar, but the solicitor in most extensive practice and the humblest clerk of the humblest solicitor. He had some right and was also under some obligation to propose the toast, because the humblest member of the humblest branch of the Profession was not discharging duties in connection with the Profession that he (Mr. Ambrose) had not himself discharged under similar circumstances. He had engrossed hundreds of sking of parchment, and in his early days could write a bold engrossing hand, a feat which he was sure he could not accomplish now, through he was proud of having once done it. He fully indorsed Lord Coleridge's observations with regard to the Profession being a common profession, and appreciated the assistance they all received from their clerks. The confidence which was bestowed upon solicitors' clerks in their management of estates and causes was deserved, and it was highly to the credit of that branch of their Profession that the clerks discharged their duties so faithfully and with so much credit to themselves.

Mr. WILLIAM GRAHAM responded for the Bar, and Mr. William Holmes (Ingle, Cooper, and Holmes) for the Profession.

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Mr. DICKENS then, in a most humorous speech, proposed the Honorary Stewards," on whose behalf Mr. T. W. Wheeler, Q.C. replied.

Mr. FORBES LANKESTER having proposed "the Ladies," and Mr. W. Marshall having responded for them, one of the most successful anniversary dinners of this society was brought to a close, the evening's enjoyment having been greatly contributed to by the singing of Miss Effie Clements, Mr. Edward Branscombe, and Mr. Charles Copeland, under the able direction of Miss Ellen Thomson.

During the evening donations were announced amounting to £400.

SOCIETY OF SOLICITORS (SCOTLAND). AT a special general meeting of the Society of Solicitors before the Suppeme Courts, held in Edinburgh on the 7th inst., five reports by the council of the society were approved of. In reporting upon the present position of legal education in Scotland, as affecting the solicitors' branch of the Profession, the council, dealing first with the training and admission of law agents, point out that the faults of the present system, introduced with the Act of 1873, and but little modified since its institution, are principally its stereotyped character and want of elasticity to meet the requirements of the day, arising from the fact that the law agents themselves have no control over the examination or admission of candidates, the whole being vested in the judges of the Court of Session and the Board of Examiners appointed by them. The council now urge that the time has come for united action with their brethren in the assertion

of the rights of the law agents in Scotland to control the training and examination of the recruits to their ranks. Such a measure of reform will require careful consideration and discussion and Parliamentary sanction. Proceeding to deal with several pressing practical grievances connected with the present regulations for admission to the Profession, the council recommend that the apprentices' entrance examination should be abolished, and that the present general knowledge examination (omitting book-keeping as unsuited for a youth who has not seen some office work) should be exacted from apprentices prior to their entering on indenture. The examinations for law agents have not kept pace with the examinations for other professions in Scotland, and the present standard is much inferior to the similar one in England. It is strongly recommended that a higher grade leaving certificate in any three subjects should exempt from the general knowledge examination. The opinion is expressed that the final examination is overcrowded at present; that the long period which may elapse between the passing in general knowledge and the final tends to discourage systematic study; and that the law or final examination is thus too often left to a supreme effort of a few weeks' cramming. The council propose that an intermediate examination should be introduced; that provision should be made for local quarterly diets for the entrants' general knowledge, and intermediate examinations being regularly held in various centres throughout Scotland; and that the law or final examination should, as at present, be confined to Edinburgh. The council also recommend, with every respect to the members of the present Board of Examiners, that the appointments should not be made; as has been since 1873, practically for life, but for limited terms. Crystallising of the examinations is thus avoided, and the evils of cramn.ing are much reduced. It is, the council venture to think, open to doubt whether the court have power by Act of Sederunt to increase the statutory fees as they have done from £6 6s. for three examinations to £11 0s. 6d. in order to defray expenses. In dealing with University classes and the law degrees, regret is expressed that the connection between the Universities and the law agents' branch of the Profession should have been so slender and unstable. The repeal of the provision in the Act of Sederunt requiring all apprentices to spend two years in the University towns is alluded to, and it is stated that the practical question now is, how systematic legal education can be provided without a renewal of the hardship. The council strongly urge that the difficulty will be best met by a large extension, under the recognition of the Universities, of law lectures both in the University seats and in other principal towns throughout Scotland. Concerning the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Extracts Bill, the council report that it does not appear to them that it will effect any of the reforms which it seeks to accomplish, and they think it should be opposed. They do not see that the Servitudes Redemption (Scotland) Bill is necessary or expedient. The object aimed at by the promoters of the Bill to enable municipal authorities and county councils in Scotland to acquire building lands compulsorily seems to the council a good one. The Bill to amend the procedure in regard to private Bills relating to Scotland is generally approved of by the council.

CORRESPONDENCE.

This Department being open to free discussion on all Professional topics, the Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions or statements contained in it.

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THE WAIVER CLAUSE IN PROSPECTUSES.-May I trespass on your valuable space, as Mr. Kimber has raised the discussion, to call attention to the point of law involved in the waiver clause. As to the validity of that clause the experts, as usual, disagree. Lord Justice Lindley thinks waiver clause is questionable,' Mr. but neither give their reasons. Buckley conceives that the applicant for shares may "covenant not to sue in respect of the right of action. Mr. Buckley here treats the question as one of contract, but where is the contract to be found. The section (38) imposes a statutory duty on promoters and directors a duty of personal obligation. The offer of the applicant for shares to waive disclosure, even if it can be treated as addressed to the promoters or directors personally, is a mere nudum pactum. There is no consideration moving from them to the applicant. The allotment of shares cannot be treated as consideration, for it moves from the company. Whatever might be the effect of a covenant under seal, it is enough to say that the application for shares is no such covenant. A more plausible view is that the maxim Volenti non fit injuria applies. It is abundantly clear that in such a case the applicant for shares is willing, wisely or unwisely, to waive disclosure. He knows his rights under the section, and he expressly says by the form of his application that he will forego them. If he afterwards finds that he has been wronged by some expressio veri, what can be said of him bat Qui vult decipi decipiatur? But the further question remains, is the section waivable? This is the real point. The maxim Cuilibet licet renunciare juri pro se introducto is qualified by the maxim Privatorum conventio juri publico non derogat. If sect. 38 embodies a principle of public policy it is not waivable. Look at its language. Every prospectus of a company shall specify." The words are peremptory; the policy is the protection of the public and the discouragement of illegitimate trading. Does the fact that the section goes on to give a right of action against the delinquent director or promoter derogate from its imperativeness? Surely not. On this it is not irrelevant to observe that the duty of disclosure existed long before sect. 38, as Vice-Chancellor Kindersley laid down in New Brunswick Railway Company v. Muggeridge (1 Dr. & Sm. 381), and that section is superfluous unless it was meant to make disclosure indispensable. The sooner the question is settled either by the Legislature or judicial authority the better. The clause owed its origin to a bona fide uncertainty as to the contracts to be disclosed under sect. 38, but it has been perverted by promoters to a less legitimate purpose, i.e., preventing an inconvenient disclosure of the transactions in which the company originated. It is well that they should know that they are leaning on a broken reed. EDWARD NANSON.

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1. COMPANY'S RECEIPT STAMP.-In many instances public companies, in paying dividends to shareholders, send (on one piece of paper) a cheque (or warrant) bearing a penny stamp for the dividend, and a form of receipt for it to be signed by the payee of the cheque or warrant. Is such a receipt liable or exempt from stamp; in other words, is such a receipt within the exemption No. 9 (Receipt) of the Stamp Act 1870, bearing in mind sect. 48 (1)? W. E.

2. COPYHOLDS.-(1.) Must the courts be held within the manor, or may a court be held for ordinary purposes outside the manor? (2.) A. devises copyholds of inheritance to B. for life and then to C. B. survives A.. but dies without being admitted. On or before the admission of C., is the lord of the manor entitled to anything in respect of B.'s life estate; i.e., is he entitled to a fine? If so, must C. pay it, or who? Does it depend on the custom of the manor? X.

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To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. BEARDON, WILLIAM HENRY LENDON, Liverpool-rd, Islington, coachbuilder. Order, May 6.

Pet. May 6.

BRYANT, THOMAS, Curtain-rd, chairmaker. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.
CORBETT, JOHN, Catherine-st, Buckingham-gate, publican. Pet. April 18. Order, May 6.
FORD, FREDERICK HENRY ALFRED (lately trading as the Association of Tobacco and Cigar
Manufacturers, and as the Limehouse Tobacco Company), Commercial-rd. Pet. May 1. Order,
May 7.
FRANKENHEIM, FERDINAND, Hanway-st, Oxford-st, dealer in works of art. Pet. May 7. Order,
May 7.
GARNAR, ARTHUR, and GARNAR, WALTER, Frankton-rd, Hill-st, Peckham, builders. Pet. May &
Order, May 6.
KETTLE, CHARLES, Townshend-rd, St. John's Wood, bootmaker. Pet. May 6. Order, May 6.
LILLEY, BENNETT, and Co., Lombard-st, timber merchants. Pet. April 1. Order May, 7.
LOADS, HERBERT WALTER, Parliament Hill-rd, Hampstead, boot manufacturer's manager.
Pet. May 6. Order, May 6,

MITCHELSON, HENRY, Squires Mount-cottages, Hampstead Heath, late bank clerk. Pet. May 6.
Order, May 6.

SCHAFER, JACOB WILLIAM HENRY, Great Tower-st. Pet. April 18. Order, May 1.
WALLIS, RICHARD, Tower-villas, Stafford-rd, Upton Park, builder. Pet. May 6. Order, May 7.
To surrender at their respective District Courts.

Order. April 24. 5. Order, May 5. Order, May 5. Order, May 5.

ALDRIDGE, ANTHONY, Petersfield,stonemason. Ct. Portsmouth. [Pet. April 11.
ADAMS, GEORGE THOMAS, Milton, wheelwright. Ct. Southampton. Pet. May
BADGER, JAMES, Canterbury, licensed victualler. Ct. Canterbury. Pet. May 5.
BOWD, WALTER, late Hurlingham, builder. Ut. Kingston, Surrey. Pet. May 5.
BARKER, THOMAS, Leeds, butcher, Ct. Leeds. Pet. May 6. Order, May 6.
BLACKBURN, HENRY, Milnrow, flannel manufacturer. Ct. Oldham. Pet. May 6. Order, May 5.
BOASE, JOHN, Sevenoaks, builder. Ct. Tunbridge Wells. Pet. May 5. Order, May 5.
BREWER, ELIZA JANE, Penzance, butcher. Ct. Truro. Pet. May 3. Order, May 5.
COGSWELL, J. M., sen., Purley, builder. Ct. Croydon. Pet. March 25. Order, May 6.
COOPER, GEORGE, Leatherhead, plumber. Ct. Croydon. Pet. April 25. Order, May 6.
CRANSTON, GEORGE, late Manchester, travelling draper. Ct. Manchester. Pet. April 23. Order,
May 7.

EDWARDS, FRED, Gillingham, plumber. Ct. Salisbury. Pet. May 5. Order, May 5.
FARLEY, JOHN THOMAS, Truro, builder. Ct. Truro. Pet. April 28. Order, May 6.

GARNER, WILLIAM THOMAS, sen., Willenhall, brass caster. Ct. Wolverhampton. Pet. May 3.
Order, May 5.

HERRING, WALTER BENJAMIN JOSEPH, Hendon, oilman. Ct. Barnet. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.

HAWCROFT, WILLIAM, Worsborough Bridge, grocer. Ct. Barnsley. Pet. May 5. Order, May 5. HOOK, GEORE EMANUEL SAMUEL LUPINO, Birmingham, pantomimist. Ct. Birmingham. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.

HUTCHINGS, SAMUEL, Halberton, dealer. Ct. Exeter. Pet. May 6. Order, May 6.

HOARE, JAMES ROBERT BUTLER, Ipswich, grocer. Ct. Ipswich. Pet. May 3. Order, May 3. HARGRAVES, ISAMUEL, and HARGRAVES, MARY ELIZABETH, Leicester, boot manufacturers. Ct. Leicester. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.

HARDY, JOSEPH STEERE, Nottingham, lace manufacturer. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. May 6. Order, May 6.

HONOUR, ALBERT STEPHEN, Harrow, grocer. Ct. St. Albans. Pet. May 5. Order, May 5.
HOSKYNS, THOMAS SNOW, Leamington, grocer. Ct. Warwick. Pet. May 5. Order, May 5.
HUNTINGFORD, ROBERT RICHARD PRIDEAUX, Winchester, tobacconist. Ct. Winchester. Pet.
May 5. Order, May 5.

HOPE, HENRY, York, provision dealer. Ct. York. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.
LATTER, GEORGE, Dorking, draper. Ct. Croydon. Pet. May 3. Order, May 3.

LOCHHEAD, WILLIAM KERB, Gringley-on-the-Hill, physician. Ct. Lincoln. Pet. May 5. Order,
May 5.

LEMMENS, JOHN CHARLES, Liverpool, dental surgeon, Ct. Liverpool. Pet. April 23. Order,
May 17.

MATTHEWS, CHARLES, Southport, plumber. Ct. Liverpool. Pet. April 15. Order, May 7.
MARTIN, WILLIAM, Brighton, plumber. Ct. Brighton. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.
MARTIN, HENRY, Trawden, cotton waste bleacher. Ct. Burnley. Pet. May 6. Order, May 6.
MELLORS, HUBERT CHARLES, Burton-on-Trent, builder. Ct. Burton-on-Trent. Pet. April 29.
Order, April 30.

PERKINS. JOHN, Gainsborough, late provision dealer. Ct. Lincoln. Pet. May 5. Order, May 5.
PERRONS, JOSEPH, Nottingham, late butcher. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. May 5. Order, May 5.
RANZATTO, JOSEPH, Maindee, grocer. Ct. Newport, Mon. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.
REYNOLDS, THOMAS, Kidwelly, draper. Ct. Carmarthen. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.
SALTERN, WILLIAM HENRY, Plymouth, grocer. Ct. East Stonehonse. Pet. May 7. Order,
2.
Ct. Great Yarmouth. Pet. April 28. Order,

SUXXERS, GEORGE, Great Yarmouth, grocer. May 7.

Pet. May 0. Order,

SMITH, JAMES, Box, builder. Ct. Bath. Pet. May 5. Order, May 5.
THOMPSON, ROBERT, late Carlisle, tailor. Ct. Carlisle. Pet. May 7. Order, May 7.
THORPE, GEORGE, Kingston-upon-Hull, builder. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull.
May 6.
TOMES, ALFRED, Liverpool, boot dealer. Ct. Liverpool. Pet. May 6. Order, May 6.
WHEELER, RICHARD, Glastonbury, farmer. Ct. Wells. Fet. May 6. Order, May 6.

Gazette, May 13.

To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy.

FILEMAN, HENRY, Hornsey-rd, pawnbroker. Pet. May 9. Order, May 10.
GODFREY, THOMAS, late Station-rd, Shepherd's Bush, of no occupation. Pet. March 21. Order
May 9.
MCLAUGHLIN, VIVIAN, Stanley-grdns, Kensington Park, gentleman. Pet. April 16. Order,
May 7.
STONE, JOSIAH, and HUMPHRIES, WILLIAM, Railway-arches, Hop Exchange, Southwark,
builders. Pet. May 8. Order, May 8.
WORTHAM, HALE, Portobello-rd, tripe seller. Pet. May 8. Order, May 8
To surrender at their respective District Courts.

ATKINSON, THOMAS, Leeds, chemist. Ct. Leeds. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.
BULLIVANT, RICHARD ARTHUR, Leeds, architect. Ct. Leeds. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.
BRAY, ROBERT, Holme, farmer. Ct. Great Grimsby. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.
CROFT, THOMAS HENRY, Clay Cross, baker. Ct. Chesterfield. Pet. April 28. Order, May 7.
CURTIS, WILLIAM, Kingston-upon-Hull, bricklayer. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull. Pet. May 9.
Order, May 9.
CHARLESWORTH, FREDERICK CORDER, and CHARLESWORTH, RICHARD SIMMONS, Sheffield,
Joiners. Ct. Sheffield. Pet. April 24. Order, May 8.

ELLSON, WILLIAM, Sunderland, draper. Ct. Sunderland. Pet. April 25. Order, May 9.
HAIGH, EDWARD, late Wibsey, innkeeper. Ct. Bradford. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.
HARDWICK, WILLIAM, and HARDWICK, HENRY SMITH, Keighley, worsted spinners.
Bradford. Pet. May 6. Order, May 8.

HARRIS, DAVID, Staplecross, butcher. Ct. Hastings. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.
HOLDEN, RALPH, Southport, grocer. Ct. Liverpool. Pet. May 10. Order, May 10.

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HUNT, HENRY, and HUNT, JAMES, late Willenhall, coal masters. Ct. Walsall. Pet. May 7. Order,
May 7.

JONES, JOHN EDWARD, Aberavon, grocer. Ct. Neath. Pet. May 8. Order, May 8.
JONES, JOHN MARCHANT, late Kilmersdon, grocer. Ct. Frome. Pet. May 8. Order, May 8.
KENT, ARTHUR, late Sandal Magna, journeyman blacksmith. Ct. Wakefield. Pet. May 8. Orde,
May 8.

LUSH, JOHN, Bradford, tobacconist. Ct. Bradford. Pet. May 8. Order, May 9.

MEATS, WILLIAM, Clacton-on-Sea, engineering contractor. Ct. Colchester. Pet. May 6. Order,
May 6.

MONY, SAMUEL ERNEST, Cambridge, draper. Ct. Cambridge. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.
MORRIS, ARTHUR, sen., Carlton, general carter. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9. [
MYERS, JACOB, Southsea, traveller. Ct. Portsmouth. Pet. May 8. Order, May 8.
OWEN, ARTHUR, Silloth, hotel-keeper. Ct. Carlisle. Pet. May 8. Order, May 8.
PRICE, ARTHUR, Walsall, butcher. Ct. Walsall. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.

RUTTER, THOMAS, Stockton-on-Tees, weighman. Ct. Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough.
Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.

REYNOLDS, JABEZ, late Tunbridge Wells, builder. Ct. Tunbridge Wells. Pet. April 3. Order, May 8.

SOAN, HERBERT, Crawley, plumber. Ct. Brighton. Pet. April 14. Order, May 8.

STAGG, ADOLPHUS, and STAGG, FRANK, Sheffield, steel manufacturers. Ct. Sheffield. Pet.
May 9. Order, May 9.

THOMAS, WALTER DAVID, Swansea, grocer. Ct. Swansea. Pet. May 10. Order, May 10.
WRIGHT, JOHN, Cannock, butcher. Ct. Walsall. Pet. April 15. Order, May 8.

WHITTAKER, WILLIAM, Warrington, fishmonger. Ct. Warrington. Pet. May 8. Order, May 8.
WILLIAMS, ELLIS, Bethesda, draper. Ct. Bangor. Pet. May 8. Order, May 8.:

Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.

WRIGHT, FREDERICK ARTHUR, and WRIGHT, MARY JANE, Wombwell, grocers. Ct. Barnsley.
Pet. May 8. Order, May 9.
WILES, HENRY, Bedford, tailor. Ct. Bedford.
WILLIAMS, ALFRED, late Birmingham, grocer.
WEST, W., Noel Park, builder. Ct. Edmonton.
WINFIELD, HENRY, Gloucester, ship chandler.

Ct. Birmingham. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.
Pet. April 10. Order, May 9.
Ct. Gloucester. Pet. May 9. Order, May 9.

The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the London Gazette of May 2. GRUNSELL, JAMES, late Christchurch, coachbuilder. Ct. Poole. Pet. April 30. Order, April 30.

RECEIVING ORDER RESCINDED. Gazette, May 9.

BENNETT, WILLIAM, Liverpool, ironmonger. Ct. Liverpool. Receiving order, Sept. 15, 88. Rescission, May 7, 1890. Grounds of rescission, the debtor having carried out the terms of he cheme approved by the court on Nov. 9, 1888.

FIRST MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
Gazette, May 9.

ALDRIDGE, ANTHONY, Petersfield, stonemason. Ct. Portsmouth. Meeting, June 2, at 3.30, at
166, Queen-st, Portsea. Exam. June 2, at noon, at the Court-house, Portsmouth. Order sum.
adm. May 3.
ADAMS, GEORGE THOMAS, Milton, wheelwright. Ct. Southampton. Meeting, May 23, at 11, at
office of Off. Rec. Southampton. Exam. May 23, at noon, at the Court-house, Southampton,
Order sum. adm. May 7.
BARLOW, NATHAN, Stoke-upon-Trent, builder. Ct. Stoke-upon-Trent and Longton. Meeting,
May 16, at 4, at the North Stafford hotel, Stoke-upon-Trent. Exam. May 20, at 3.15, at the
Townhall, Stoke-upon-Trent.
BONE, GEORGE ROBERT, and MYALL, EDWARD, Wood-st, straw-bonnet warehousemen. Ct.
High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Meeting, May 30, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldngs,
Portugal-st, Lincoln's-inn. Exam. June 11, at 11, at 34, Lincoln's-inn-fids.
BADGER, JAMES, Canterbury, licensed victualler. Ct. Canterbury. Meeting, May 21, at 3, at
office of Off. Rec. Canterbury. Exam. May 23, at 10.30, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Order
sum. adm. May 7.

BUTTERFIELD, ANN, Liverpool, draper. Ct. Liverpool. Meeting, May 22, at 3, at office of off.
Rec. Liverpool. Exam. May 22, at 11, at the Court-house, Liverpool. Order sum. adm. May 2.
BREAKELL, JOHN WILLIAM, Manchester, quarry owner. Ct. Manchester. Meeting, May 16, at
2.30, at office of Off. Rec. Manchester. Exam. June 20, at 1, at the Court-house, Manchester.
BLACKBURN, HENRY, Milnrow, flannel manufacturer. Ot. Oldham. Meeting, May 20, at 11.15,
at the Townhall, Rochdale. Exam. June 6, at 11, at the Townhall, Oldham.
BREWER, ELIZA JANE, Penzance, butcher. Ct. Truro. Meeting, May 17, at nocn, at office of Off.
Rec. Truro. Exam. June 7, at 11.30, at the Townhall, Truro. Order sum. adm. May 6.
BALCOMBE, BENJAMIN ALFRED, Southall Green, grocer. Ct. Windsor. Meeting, May 16, at 3, at

95, Temple-chmbrs, Temple-avenue. Exam. May 24, at noon, at the Townhall, Windsor. Order sum. adm. May 5.

CARTMAN, THOMAS, Ripon, baker. Ct. Northallerton. Meeting, May 16, at 11.30, at the Railway hotel, Northallerton. Exam. May 19, at 11.30, at the Court-house, Northallerton. Order sum. adm. April 25.

DAVIS, WILLIAM, Dover, licensed victualler. Ct. Canterbury, Meeting, May 21, at 4, at office of
Off. Rec. Canterbury. Exam. May 23, at 10.30, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Order sum. adm.
May 5.
EDWARDS, FRED, Gillingham, plumber. Ct. Salisbury. Meeting, May 19, at 12.30, at office of
Off. Rec. Salisbury. Exam. June 13, at 2, at the Council-house, Salisbury.
FAIRHURST, WILLIAM, Blackpool, builder. Ct. Preston. Meeting, May 19, at 2.15, at the Lane
Ends hotel, Blackpool. Exam. June 6, at 11, at the County Court-offices, Preston.
GRAY, JOSEPH BENJAMIN, Mincing-la, merchant. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy.
Meeting, May 20, at noon, at 33, Carey-st, Lincoln's-inn. Exam. June 5, at 11.30, at 34,

Lincoln's-inn-filds. Order sum. adm. April 26.

HUNTINGFORD, ROBERT RICHARD PRIDEAUX, Winchester, tobacconist. Ct. Winchester.
Meeting. May 23, at 2.30, at office of Off. Rec. Southampton. Exam. June 11, at 10, at the
Castle, Winchester. Order sum. adm. May 6.

HOPE, HENRY, York, provision dealer. Ct. York. Meeting, May 16, at 11.30, at office of Of.
Rec. York. Exam. May 30, at 11, at the Guildhall, York. Order sum. adm. May 7.
HUTCHINGS, SAMUEL, Halberton, dealer. Ct. Exeter. Meeting, May 20, at 11, at office of Off.
Rec. Exeter. Exam. May 22, at 11, at the Castle, Exeter. Order sum. adm. May 6.
HOARE, JAMES ROBERT BUTLER, Ipswich, grocer. Ct. Ipswich. Meeting, May 16, at noon, at
office of Off. Rec. Ipswich. Exam. June 12, at 11, at the Shirehall, Ipswich.
HODGES, FANNY, Aberdare, boot dealer. Ct. Aberdare. Meeting, May 20, at 2, at office of Of.
Rec. Merthyr Tydfill. Exam. June 2, at 10.30, at the Temperance-hall, Aberdare. Order sum.
adm. May 3.

JARDINE, DAVID MCMICHAEL, Blackburn, travelling draper. Ct. Blackburn. Meeting, May 20, at 4, at the County Court-house, Blackburn. Exam. May 20, at 10.30, at the County Courthouse, Blackburn. Order sum. adm. May 6.

JONES, BENJAMIN WILLIAM, Neath, grocer. Ct. Neath. Meeting, May 19, at noor, at office of
Off. Rec. Swansea. Exam. May 27, at 11.30, at the Townhall, Neath. Order sum. adm. May 2.
LANDQUIST, JUSTUS FERDINAND, Mark-la, commission agent. Ct. High Court of Justice, in
Bankruptcy. Meeting, May 20, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldngs, Portugal-st, Lincoln's-inn.
Exam. June 6, at 2, at 34, Lincoln's-inn fids. Order sum, adm. April 14.
LATHBURY, THOMAS ARTHUR, City-rd, surgeon. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy.
Meeting, May 20, at 2.30, at 33, Carey-st, Lincoln's-inn. Exam. June 6, at 1, at 34, Lincoln's-inn-
fids. Order sum. adm. May 3.

LANE, ANDREW, Hanley William, blacksmith. Ct. Kidderminster. Meeting, May 16, at 2.15, at office of Hooper and Weston, Kidderminster. Exam. May 16, at 2.45, at the Townhall, Kidder. minster. Order sum. adm. May 6.

MYERS, JOSEPH, Duke-st, Aldgate, wholesale optician. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Meeting, May 22, at 11, at 33, Carey-st, Lincoln's-inn. Exam. June 6, at 2, at 34, Lincoln's inn-fids.

MELLORS, HUBERT CHARLES, Burton-on-Trent, builder. Ct. Burton-on Trent. Meeting, May 19, at 2.30, at the Midland hotel, Burton-on-Trent.

MOORE, FREDERICK, Leicester, bootmaker. Ct. Leicester. Meeting, May 16, at 12.30, at office of Of. Rec. Leicester. Exam. June 11, at 10, at the Castle, Leicester.

MARTIN, ROBERT, Liverpool, late builder. Ct. Liverpool. Meeting, May 20, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Liverpool. Exam. May 15, at 11, at the Court-house, Liverpool. Order sum. adm. May 1.

NATHAN, HENRY, Central Meat Market, Smithfield, meat salesman. Ct. High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. Meeting, May 22, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldngs, Portugal-st, Lincoln's-inn. Exam. June 6, at 2, at 34, Lincoln's-inn-fids. Order sum. adm. April 14. PARKER, J. MELLOR, Liverpool, cotton broker. Ct. Liverpool. Meeting, May 22, at 2.30, at office of Off. Rec. Liverpool. Exam. May 22, at 11, at the Court-house, Liverpool. PERKIN, JOHN GRAHAM, Wakefield, mechanic. Ct. Wakefield. Meeting, May 16, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Wakefield. Exam. June 5, at 11, at the Court-house, Wakefield. Order sum. adm. May 7.

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