portation of freight and passengers over railways. The bureau, by the proposed Bill, are to arrange the rates, if, when charged at the maximum, they yield a dividend of 10 to 15 per cent., estimated from the business of the preceding year; and other useful clauses are contemplated. THE FIRST PETITION UNDER 36 & 27 VICT. c. 69.-Within the last few days a summons and plaint" has been issued in the Court of Queen's Bench, in which even the illustrious rank and character of the defendant make the proceeding one worthy of some notice in the press. The plaintiff-or, as we believe we ought to call him, the "suppliant"-is Mr. James O'Grady, a contractor for some repairs to the barracks at Athlone. The defendant is no less a personage than Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. This is the first time that Her Majesty, or any English Sovereign, has ever referred a claim made against the wearer of the Crown to the adjudication of an Irish court. Up to last session any inhabitant of Ireland who made such a claim could only obtain an adjudication upon it in one of the English courts. This has been the case in all periods of our history. The only mode of obtaining redress in any case in which the Sovereign was concerned was by a "petition of right" addressed to the Sovereign, and stating the grievance of which the subject complained. The Sovereign endorsed on the petition the words, "Let right be done," and with this authority the tribunals proceeded to deal with the complaint as they would do if it were a case between subject and subject. But all these matters were only cognisable in the English courts. No Irish court ever entertained a petition of right." Even when the grievance com plained of originated in Ireland, the petition of was by a petition of right against Her Majesty, LEGAL EXTRACTS. THE JUDICATURE COMMISSION AND Report on the Application of the Principles [Read before the Statistical Society of Ireland.] SUFFICIENT, I think, has now been said to indi- The suggested improvement of the County Court officer of the court. Upon the first of these questions it is right to bear in mind that the institution of the County Courts in Irelend was borrowed from Scotland, where, upwards of a century and a half ago, analo. gous tribunals were established. The Scotch Court is presided over by a lawyer, whose official name as sheriff is likely to mislead in Ireland, and cause him to be confounded with the officer in this country who bears that title. The Scotch sheriff is the judge of what may be called the Scotch County Court. He has both a civil and criminal jurisdiction; but in trying criminal cases he has not any of the justice of the peace associated with him. He alone is the judge of the court; just like the case of a recorder of a borough in this country. pressed, but especially because it shows how the proposed alteration in the constitution of the Scotch court was regarded and dealt with in the case of a people who are so keenly alive to their true interests, and who know how so well to promote them. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the courts of law in Scotland had amongst them such men as Lord Colonsay, Lord Selborne, Lord Moncreiff, the late Mr. Justice Willes, the present Lord Advocate, the Lord Advocate of Mr. Disraeli's Administration, and Mr. Sclater Booth. In their fourth report, made in 1870, these commissioners, when dealing with the subject of the proposed changes in the constitution of the sheriff's court, say: "The most important general question in regard to the constitution of these courts which we had to consider, was a proposal, by no means new, to prohibit the sheriff from practising before the Supreme Court; to compel him to reside in his county. On this and other proposed changes there was submitted to us a very large body of evidence, which we have considered very anxiously, along with the views of the Law Commission. presided over by Sir Ilay Caulfield, which reported in 1818, and also the report of the Law Commission in 1834. That report, which is signed by very eminent names, including Professor G. J. Bell, Andrew Skene, Robert Jameson, Andrew Rutherford, and Adam Anderson, very elaborately discussed this question, and stated the result of their opinion in the following terms: Upon this subject it has been strongly pressed upon us that if resident sheriffs were appointed in all the larger and more populous counties, and if the other districts were enlarged so as to afford full employment to the principal sheriffs, a salary might be attached to the office sufficient to induce men in high practice and repute at the bar to accept of the situation. But, after much consideration, we are unanimously of opinion that this change would be highly prejudicial to the administration of the law in the local courts." When giving the grounds of their unanimous opinion, the Commissioners of 1818 remarked: "There is great risk of evil in the provincial residence of a judge, even when persons can be obtained confessedly competent to discharge the duties. An individual in that situation is exposed to all the influences, attachments, prejudices and local feelings disadvantageous to his character and authority, and even if he be supposed free from the operation of such bad influence, the mere circumstance that he has already reached the summit of his ambition, will tend to diminish his industry and utility as a judge, while his remote insulated situation excludes the salutary and counteracting effect of public opinion, by which the exertions of those who fill the highest judicial station are animated and controlled." "Nor is this mere speculation. We have ascertained it to be a matter of fact that, notwithstanding the well-known talent and integrity of the sheriff's substitute, there is in Scotland & strong feeling of confidence in the decision of a judge who is remote from all local influences, and independently of any superior qualifications for the office. The mere circumstance that the principal sheriff is not resident in the county is considered both by litigants and practitioners as a practical advantage." Many of the witnesses examined by us concur in this opinion; but if the feeling thus expressed is less marked than it was in 1834, it must be recollected that our predecessors reported under circumstances to which the Act of 1838 has practically put an end. At that time the practitioners and the public had witnessed before them the evils of an uncontrolled resident sheriff." The Commissioners of 1834 thus state the conclusion at which they had arrived: "We are decidedly of opinion, therefore, that such a change in the existing system of the local jurisdiction in Scotland is not only uncalled for, and unlikely to afford any solid advantage which we do not at present possess, but that it would be attended with the most injurious consequences to the administration of justice in our local court." Following on this report of the Commissioners of 1834, the statute of 1 & 2 Vict. c. 17, was It has been suggested that with the proposed passed in 1838. It contains the following proimprovement of the Irish County Court it will be vision in clause 3: "Every person who shall be necessary and desirable to prohibit the Irish hereafter appointed to the office of sheriff's County Court Judges from practising, and also to depute, shall be an advocate of three years' oblige them to reside in their counties. In that standing at least, and shall have been at the time suggestion I cannot agree, for I fail to perceive of his appointment in practice before, and in the necessity or expediency of making in the con- political attendance upon the court of session, or stitution of the Irish County Court so great a acting as sheriff's substitute; and after such apchange. In my humble judgment, such an altera-pointment every such sheriff, with the exception tion will not tend to promote the efficiency of the tribunal or secure it public confidence; but may, on the contrary, be attended, I greatly fear, with results the reverse of beneficial. The same suggestion has been from time to time made as regards the Scotch County Court; and I beg to call attention to this fact, not merely because it fortifies the opinion which I have ex of the sheriffs of the counties of Edinburgh and Lanark, shall be in habitual attendance upon the said court of session during the sitting thereof." In 1853 the bill for the Act of that year, which at present regulates the procedure in the sheriff's court, was submitted to a select committee of the House of Commons; and this question in regard to the residence of the sheriff in his county was, we are aware, very fully brought before them, and it was resolved to adhere to the present constitution of those courts : "We (the commissioners of 1870) see no reason for disturbing the system thus deliberately and repeatedly approved of. The evidence before us proves that, as regards the functions of the judges, these courts are in thorough working order. Not a trace of the evils alluded to in the report of 1834 is to be found in the testimony of the witnesses we have examined. So complete, although imperceptible and silent, has been the executive control of the sheriffs, that the community have forgotten that there ever was a time when a resident sheriff was suspected of local partiality." It will be thus seen that the suggestion of making the County Court judges reside in their counties, and cease practising before the Superior Courts, has been repeatedly considered, as regards Scotland, by the eminent men who formed the commissions of 1818 and of 1834; by the Legislature itself in 1838, when the 1st and 2nd of the Queen was passed; again, in 1853, by a select committee of the House of Commons, when the statute which at present regulates the procedure of the Scotch County Court was passed; and finally by the commissioners of 1870. And on each of these occasions we see that the suggestion was strongly disapproved; and in 1838 the Legislature, so far from adopting the suggestion, passed a statute requiring all future appointed County Court judges to be in habitual attendance on the Superior Court during its sittings. For the proper and effective carrying out of the administrative duties that will arise when jurisdiction in equity is conferred on the Irish County Courts, the judge will require and should have the assistance of an efficient and competent officer to assist him in discharging these duties. To secure this object it will not be necessary to create any new office. It will be only requisite to apply to the office of clerk of the peace the same principles for the regulation of the office as exist in England. In this country the clerk of the peace is registrar by statute of the County Court (14 & 15 Vict. c. 57, s. 10). In England the patronage of those who appoint to the office of registrar of the County Court is restricted by an Act passed in 1846, by which the registrar of the County Court is required to be an attorney of one of the Superior Courts, and be approved of by the Lord Chancellor. The registrar in England is not enabled to appoint a deputy, except in cases of illness or unavoidable absence-and then only an attorney approved of by the judge. Had a similar restriction been adopted in 1851, when the present Irish County Court Act (the Civil Bill Act) was passed, the majority of the present clerks of the peace would all be qualified, as the corresponding officers are in England. It is unnecessary to disturb the existing patronage; it is only necessary to restrict it as in England. The office of clerk to the Crown has been long since recommended to be consolidated with that of clerk of the peace. For the diminution of crime in Ireland, and the large amount of criminal business disposed of at the quarter sessions, the duties of clerk of the Crown have been very considerably lessened from what they were formerly. As the clerks of the Crown and of the peace are each of them required to keep an office open every day in the county town, there would be a great economy in having only one office, and the consolidation of the two offices would enable the new officer to have an effective assistant to attend in his office, or assist him when the clerk of the Crown and peace would be elsewhere employed, or engaged in one or other of the courts at the assizes. Both the clerk of the crown and the clerk of the peace are paid upon a novel complicated system. By some statutes they were allowed expenses only; by others they were allowed both expenses and remuneration; some duties are covered by salary, and others are paid for by fees -the latter being of a most complicated nature under numerous statutes. This should all be terminated by the fees being converted into stamps, as has been done in the case of the petty sessions' clerks. The stamps should be under the regulation of the registrar of petty sessions' clerks, who should thenceforward be called the registrar of local court officers-all cases where expenses have been allowed to clerks of the peace, being provided for out of the stamps, and the balance handed over in aid of local rates, upon which salaries and superannuations are charged. This regulation of the office would enable the principle of superannuation, already applied to other county officers, to be extended to clerks of the peace. The consolidation of the offices of clerk of the Crown and clerk of the peace would be accelerated by extending to these cases the principles of superannuation applied in 1866 to the case of case of county treasurers, in order to facilitate the transfer of their duties to the county banks and secretaries of grand juries. The report of 1870 already referred to, upon the Scotch court, contains a valuable suggestion for consolidating the office of clerk of the commissary court and that of the registrar of the Scotch County Court. The clerkship of the Commissary Court is an office corresponding with our district registrarship of the Probate Court. In order to make the consolidation of the offices of clerk of the peace and clerk of the Crown as effective as possible, and also to secure an adequate salary, without creating unnecessary charges upon the taxpayers, and, further, to provide for more local means of proving wills and obtaining administration in the cases within the jurisdiction of the County Court, I would suggest that whenever the office of a district registrar under the Probate Court should become vacant, the duties of the office should thenceforward be transferred to and discharged by the clerks of the peace in each of the counties included in such district. In order to effect the improvement of the Irish county courts above recommended, I beg to submit the following summary, or heads of suggestions: 1. That the Irish County Courts should have, as in England, jurisdiction in any case where the title to any land, hereditaments, easement, or licence is in question, provided the value or rent of the land or hereditament in dispute, or affected by the easement or licence, does not exceed £20. 2. That the Irish County Court should have completed jurisdiction in all cases in equity limited in value and amount to the same extent as its probate jurisdiction is now limited-viz., where personalty is affected up to £200, and so far as realty is affected up to £300. 3. That the County Courts of Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, and Dublin, should have the same jurisdiction in probate cases as the other county courts in Ireland. 4. That whenever the office of district registrar becomes vacant, the duties of such office in each county within the district should thenceforward be performed by the clerk of the peace. 5. That the clerk of the peace in the counties of Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, and Dublin, repectively, should perform the duties of a district registrar for these counties. 6. That the Irish County Courts in all maritime counties should have the same jurisdiction in cases of freight and demurrage and Admiralty cases as the English County Court has. 7. That the Irish County Court should have jurisdiction in bankruptcy to the same limit as it now has in cases of wills already referred to. 8. That the rules of law for fusing law and equity, and for giving preference to equitable principles, and all the rules of law enacted and declared by the Judicature Act, 1873, should be in force and have effect in the Irish County Court, so far as the matters to which such rules relate shall be respectively cognisable by such court, to the same extent as such rules will, after the 2nd Nov. 1874, be in force and receive effect in the English County Courts. 9. That the principles of the law enacted by the 1 & 2 Queen, c. 119, requiring the judge of the Scotch County Court, when not discharging the duties of his office, to be in "habitual attendance upon the Superior Courts during their sittings, should be extended to Ireland, and apply to all future County Court judges in this country." LAW SOCIETIES. BIRMINGHAM LAW SOCIETY. THE annual meeting was held at the Queen's Hotel, on Friday last; Mr. W. S. Harding (vicepresident) in the chair. that the number of members was 163 as against The report, which was taken as read, stated 160 for the year 1872. The committee had sought to maintain the efficiency of the library by purchasing the principal legal works published during the year, and in addition to the Inclosure Acts referred to in the report of the committee for the year 1872, the committee had now been able to acquire, as they believed, all the local and personal Acts relating to the counties of Warwick, Worcester, and Stafford, from the 1st Geo. 2. to the present time, with a very large collection of canal, railway, and road Acts, affecting the midland counties. The expectation the committee had of being able to commence the liquidation of the large balance due from the society to the honorary treasurer had not been realised, the whole of the income for the year having been absorbed in further additions to the library which it appeared most expedient to make before the publication of the new catalogue, which was now in the hands of members. The number and value of the additions would be seen by a cursory inspection of the catalogue, which had grown from a mere pamphlet into a volume. During the year four examinations had heen held in Birmingham, and Mr. C. T. Saunders had supplied the following statistics of the results:-Number of candidates presented, 60; passed, 42; postponed, 7; absent, 11. The report dealt also with the following subjects: : Supreme Court of Judicature Act. detail the provisions of this important measure, Your committee do not propose to discuss in which received at their hands in conjunction with the associated law societies, the closest consideration. Mr. W. Evans and Mr. C. T. Saunders, as meeting of deputations from the associated proa deputation from your committee, attended a vincial law societies at Manchester, upon the such meeting was appointed to bring under the provisions of the Bill, and a sub-committee at notice of the Lord Chancellor the suggestions then agreed upon, and action in support of the district registries clauses was afterwards taken, upon such clauses being threatened with opposition in the interest of the London practitioners. The beneficial working of this all-important meaOrders now in course of preparation, and with sure will, in the main, depend upon the Rules and reference to which it is hoped the provincial law societies will be consulted before the same are issued for adoption as a code of practice. Your committee are not unanimous in opinion as to the but they agree that for some time to come large practical value of the district registry clauses, powers of removing proceedings to the London or other registries, at the instance of defendants, must be accorded, to prevent delay, inconvenience, and, in many instances, useless expense. Land Transfer Bill. Upon this Bill being issued, its provisions were at once considered by your committee, and an elaborate analysis made by Mr. G. J. Johnson, afterwards enlarged into the paper read by that gentleman at the meeting, in this town, of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, a 10. That the power of appointing to the office copy of which paper has been sent to each memof clerk of the peace should continue as at pre-ber of your society. Your committee refer to that sent, but subject to the same restriction as in paper as containing an exhaustive summary of England, so that every future clerk of the peace the principles of the proposed measure, and for shall be a solicitor approved of by the Lord Chan- such summary the Profession generally are, in cellor, or one of the existing deputies who has the opinion of your committee, much indebted to discharged the duties of his office to the satis- the author. faction of the County Court judge. 11. That the right of appointing a deputy by any future clerk of the peace should, as in England, be limited to cases of illness or unavoidable absence, and to a person who may be qualified to be a clerk of the peace, and approved of by the judge. 12. That all fees received by the clerk of the peace should be converted into stamps, and be accounted for with the registrar of petty sessions' clerks, to be thenceforward called the registrar of local officers, and the surplus, after payment of salaries, to be applied in relief of the local taxes. 13. That the salaries of all future clerks of the peace, and of such existing clerks of the peace as submit their emoluments to regulation, shall be fixed by the Lord Lieutenant, who shall also have power to apply the rules of the General Superanuation Act to their superannuation. 14. That in any county where, from its size or other cause, the Lord Lieutenant shall approve of an assistant to the clerk of the peace being employed, the salary and superannuation of such assistant shall be subject to the like regulation, and an assistant shall be provided in every case where the offices of clerk of the Crown and clerk of the peace are consolidated. Married Women's Property Bills. These Bills, upon their introduction, received the consideration of your committee, and a report thereon, afterwards embodied into a petition to Mathews. The provisions of the Act of 1870, if the Legislature, was prepared by Mr. C. E. continued, unquestionably require to be supplemented in many respects, to bring the law of husband and wife, as regards property, into a digested proposals of the last session were far satisfactory condition; but the crude and illfrom accomplishing this result, and would have worked an entire revolution in the social and legal relationship of husband and wife; and neither Bill effectually grappled with the serious questions arising upon the Act of 1870 between married people and their creditors. Tribunals of Commerce. The Judicature Commissioners having issued a series of questions with reference to the desirability of the establishment of tribunals of commerce, and requested the answers of your com. mittee thereto, your committee unanimously concurred in replying-that it was undesirable to establish tribunals of commerce or any special tribunal for the trial of commercial cases, the reasons for such opinions being that all cases, whether commercial or otherwise, ought to be decided according to law and by the ordinary tribunals, unless the parties by mutual consent choose to substitute an arbitrator with unlimited discretion-in fact, a friendly mediator; and that if the existing tribunals were not competent or convenient tribunals for the decision of commercial questions of any complexity (and it was conceded that in some instances they are not), they conceived the true remedy to be not to create a new or nondescript tribunal, which would combine the defects of a judicial tribunal and a nonjudicial arbitrator without the benefits of either, but to improve the procedure of ordinary tribunals. Legal Education and Law Lectures. These important questions have received considerable attention from your committee, and they have, after an interview upon the subject with a deputation from the Law Students' Society, sent to the latter society a paper of suggestions for their consideration. Your committee, while fully admitting the defects in the existing system of legal education, are not prepared to assent to the proposition that the only remedy is to be found in a system of lectures. Law lectures, at the present time, to be of any practical value to students seeking admission on the roll of solicitors, should be of an elementary, tutorial character, rather lessons than professional lectures, and the difficulty of providing competent tutors will readily occur to all; nor must the financial obligations arising upon undertaking such an obligation by the society be overlooked. The last report of the Liverpool Law Society records a great falling off in the number of subscribers and in the attendance at the law lectures, established there under professors of acknow. ledged eminence, and the probable necessity of recourse to the guarantee fund to supplement the fees paid by students. Remuneration by Commission. A revised scale of charges by commission was submitted to your committee for consideration by the council of the Incorporated Law Society. Your committee approving, as they do, of the principle of charging by commission, urged in reply that action should be taken to obtain legal sanction to the principle before settling the details. This sanction cannot now be long withheld, and your committee are glad to find the scale adopted by them in conjunction with other provincial law societies in such general use, and with, so far as their information goes, satisfaction to the client as well as the practitioner. Requirement of written Authorisation for Payment of Money to Solicitors. The attention of your committee has been directed to the lax practice, now so general in this neighbourhood, of paying money to the solicitor concerned without the written authority of the client. This practice, involving such serious responsibility to practitioners, should, we think, be abandoned, and a written authority required and given in all cases, and no question of distrust or doubt should be implied from the requirement. A resolution upon this subject will be submitted to the meeting. Organisation of the Profession. The increase of the number of country members of the council of the Incorporated Law Society, under the new charter, was welcomed by your committee as an important point gained in improving the organisation of the Profession; and, with a view to secure a proper representation of the Midland Counties, they caused Mr. C. T. Saunders to be nominated as a candidate for the council, and they report his election thereon. Your committee while noticing that of all the provincial towns Birmingham has by far the greatest number of practitioners members of the Incorporatad Society, would still urge upon their constituents that as the Incorporated Society is now the recognised centre of the organisation of the Profession. the desirability of further increasing the roll of country members. Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association. The annual meeting of this society was held here on the 21st and 22nd Oct. last, and was well attended. Several papers of considerable importance were read and discussed, and your committee have received from nearly all the visitors acknowledgments of the attention and hospitality shown them. Mr. G. J. Johnson moved the adoption of the report. He said he did not think it contained anything calling for remark except the question of finance. The fact of the committee coming before them with outstanding liabilities amounting to £635 called for their serious consideration. Every member, however, should understand that the expense incurred had not been unauthorised. It had been contracted in pursuance of a resolution passed at previous annual meetings, and with the full authority of the committee. When the question of extending the library came up they found they must either run into debt or do half the work they wanted to do. The right way of dealing with the matter would be to enter into a subscription for the purpose of liquidating the debt; and with that in view, he would move the following addition to the resolution: "And that this meeting is of opinion that the balance of debt and liability should be forthwith cleared off by a subscription among the members of the society." He reminded them that, with the passing of the Judicature Act, they would all have to go to school again; and, such being the case, more books would be required, so that the library would be more valuable than ever. Mr. Lewis seconded the motion, which was carried. A subscription list was handed round among the members present, and donations to the amount of £320 promised towards the liquidation of the library debt. seconded, that the members of the committee be Mr. Rowley proposed, and Mr. Crompton increased from fifteen to twenty-one, which was carried; and on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Horton, thanks were voted to the retiring auditors, and Messrs. Jelf and Griffin were appointed auditors for the ensuing year. Mr. Allen moved: "That in the opinion of this meeting the practice of paying money to the solicitor concerned, without the written authority of his client, should, from the serious responsibilities resulting therefrom to practitioners, be abandoned, and the written authority of the client given and required in every instance without the least idea of doubt or distrust being implied from such requirement." He said the chief difficulty would arise from purchase moneys and mortgage moneys. He had heard that there were practitioners of high respectability who felt that a sort of distrust was thrown upon them when they were asked for the written authority of their clients on occasions when money was paid, and the intention of the resclution was to meet that difficulty. After some discussion the resolution was amended as follows: "That, in the opinion of this meeting, the practice of paying money to a solicitor concerned, without the written authority of his client, should, from the serious responsibilities resulting therefrom to practitioners, be abandoned, and the written authority of the client given and required in every instance where the reeeipt of the solicitor himself would not be a legal discharge, without any idea of doubt or distrust being implied from such requirement." Mr. Lee seconded the motion, and it was carried. A proposition that the Profession should observe as general holidays the days appointed as bank holidays was withdrawn, several members contending that it would be very inconvenient to close their offices on those days. The retiring members of the committee were reelected. BIRMINGHAM LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. THE annual dinner of the Birmingham Law Students' Society took place on Wednesday night, the 5th inst., at the Great Western Hotel, Monmouth-street. most serviceable to articled clerks by Mr. W. H. B. Rosher and Mr. G. J. Johnson. The President then proposed, "Prosperity, to the Birmingham Law Students' Society." He believed he was expected to give them a little advice, and also to address them to some extent upon the question of law reform. He was a fellow student of theirs, and he said no man who was worth anything ever ceased to study. (Hear, hear). A man would go on studying to the end of his days if he were worthy the name of a lawyer, therefore he advised them to study on, but let them not work too hard. They had a very long race to run, and it would be well not to run too fast at first. There was another thing which he scarcely needed to remind them of, and that was that a lawyer ought to be an honest man. (Laughter.) It was said by an eminent judge, and he agreed with his Lordship, that a man might be an honest man who was not a lawyer. (Laughter.) He (the honest did not deserve the name of a lawyer. (Hear, Chairman) was quite sure that a man who was not hear.) The man who began by deceiving others generally ended by deceiving himself. (Hear, hear.) As to law reform, he might say that those who were young had the advantage of the older students of the law, because all would have to go to school again. He had been anxious for law reforms for many years, and, according to the best of his opportunities and abilities, in many dif ferent ways, he had advocated changes, some of which, he was happy to say, had come to pass, and he hoped that more would come to pass. (Hear, hear.) In many respects nothing could be more unfortunate than our present system, and, he was almost going to say, that almost any The change would have been for the better. system of law and the system of equity were a wonderful anomaly. The most extraordinary part of the thing was that they had equity, which originated in a liberal system, and which was intended to control the harshness and rigidity of the common law, freezing into a system of dry and hard technicalities. (Hear, heur.) Common law, which originated in a system of harsh, dry, hard, rules, was administered in a much more liberal spirit than were the rules of equity, which origi. nated in liberal principles. It was high time that such a state of things should come to an end. (Hear, hear.) What was wanted was a fusion of law and equity, and he would like to see equity administered in the same liberal spirit in which common law was now administered. He would also like to see the same principles of law carried out without the necessity of beginning, as one must now, in one court, and then, if they were wrong, or turned out, having to go to another court. He did not think it desirable that the success of a suitor should be made to depend upon the door through which he entered, as was the case at present. In theory, the doors of the temple of justice were open to all, but in practice it was not so. He thought that in carrying out the reforms contemplated the great principle of the division of labour should not be lost sight of. His opinion was that the law was far too great for any man to be acquainted with the whole of it. He would like to have things arranged so that every man's suit should be relegated to that court which was best qualified to deal with the points involved. He would like to see a mercantile court Mr. Joshua Williams, Q. C., presided; and presided over by a judge thoroughly acquainted amongst those present -Dr. Sebastian with mercantile law-(hear, hear)-and he would Evans, Messrs. W. H. B. Rosher, Loxdale War-like to see the same principle adopted with regard ren, F. Williams, C. T. Saunders, Jacob Rowlands, to real property, criminal, and other cases. In E. L. Tyndall, W. Lowe, E. B. Rawlings, G. H. conclusion, he said their great aim should be to Hickman, T. H. Gem, T. Spencer, C. Davies, &c. improve and advance the civilisation of the After dinner the Chairman proposed the health country-to lead people, as far as they could, to of the Queen, which was duly honoured. amass wealth; and, having obtained wealth, to take care that they should have the enjoyment of legal Profession would be a state of communism, it. The worst thing that could happen to the when the whole framework of society would be dissolved. He had heard of some wonderful were The statement of accounts showed that the receipts for the year amounted to £61 11s.: disbursements, £53 138. 4d.; showing a balance of receipts in excess of expenditure of £7 7s. 8d. This sum, with the balance in hand at the end of 1872-£13 88. Gd.-amounted to £20 16s. 2d.; £15 of which has been expended in books. On the motion of Dr. Evans, seconded by Mr. Rawlings, the report and statement of accounts were unanimously adopted. The annual report of the committee was then read by the secretary (Mr. W. H. Warlow). The committee congratulated the members on the marked improvement which had taken place in the state of the society, numerically and financially, and on the increasing importance and usefulness of the society. The number of members had increased from 168 honorary members last year to 172 this year, and from fifty-one to sixty. two ordinary members, five of the latter having been admitted, and sixteen new members having been elected. Of those who had passed the first examination, Mr. R. A. Pinsent obtained the distinction of a certificate of merit from the London Incorporated Law Society. There had been twenty ordinary meetings, the attendance at which had doubled itself within the last two years. Legal and jurisprudential subjects had been debated; and lectures had been delivered upon subjects promises made in Birmingham about free land. Being one of the timid class-(laughter) -he feared the time would never come when every man should have as much land as he liked-(laughter). It would be a bad thing for lawyers if all the taxes were paid by those who had property, and all the laws made for those who had none. (Laughter and applause.) He thanked them heartily for the cordial manner in which they had received him. (Applause.) Mr. H. Johnson responded. Mr. Saunders proposed "Health and prosperity to the Bench and Bar," to which Mr. Loxdale Warren responded. Several other toasts followed. ARTICLED CLERKS' SOCIETY. A MEETING of this society was held at Clement's Inn Hall on Wednesday, the 11th Feb., Mr. H. H. Crawford in the chair. Mr. Castle opened the subject for the evening's debate, viz., "That the Criminal Law Amendment Act should be abolished." The motion was lost by a majority of eight. LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. THE question appointed for discussion on Tuesday evening last was No. CCXXV., Jurisprudential: -Would the establishment of Home Rule in Ireland be beneficial for the United Kingdom? There was a fair attendance of members; Mr. Nicholls presided. After a good debate the question was decided in the negative, by a large majority. LEGAL OBITUARY. NOTE.-This department of the LAW TIMES, is contributed by EDWARD WALFORD, M.A., and late scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, and Fellow of the Genealogical and Historical Society of Great Britain; and, as it is desired to make it as perfect a record as possible, the families and friends of deceased members of the Profession will oblige by forwarding to the LAW TIMES Office any dates and materials required for a biographical notice. S. STONE, ESQ. HUDDERSFIELD LAW STUDENTS' DEBAT. THE late Samuel Stone, Esq., solicitor, and ING SOCIETY. THE first meeting for the present year took place on Monday evening last at the County Court, Mr. J. W. Piercey in the chair. The subject for discussion was, "Should all disputes between employers and employed, respecting breaches of contract, be tried in the Civil Courts ?" Messrs. R. Welsh and E. F. Brook conducted the affirmative and Messrs. G. L. Batley and J. H. Dransfield the negative side of the argument. The question having been thoroughly discussed in its political and social bearings, was decided in the negative by the chairman's casting vote. LEGAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Ar a meeting of the executive committee, he'd on the 6th Feb., present Baron Amphlett (in the chair), Mr. Justice Quain, Professor Sheldon Amos, Mr. Westlake, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Burton, Mr. C. Harrison, jun., and several other members of both branches of the Profession. Baron Amph. lett resigned the office of president of the association. Mr. A. G. Marten, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. F. T. Bircham were elected members of the executive committee; and the following members of the association were appointed a sub-committee to consider and report upon the draft of a Bill having for its object the incorporation of a general school of law-Baron Amphlett, Mr. Justice Quain, Professor Sheldon Amos, Mr. Bryce, Mr. Burton, Mr. Clabon, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Janson, Mr. Jevons, Mr. Longbourne, Mr. J. C. Mathew, Mr. Ralph Palmer, Mr. Ryland, Mr. Fitzjames Stephen, Q.C., Mr. Westlake, Q.C., Mr. Arthur Williams. The following circular has been issued :— Dear Sir,-When the Legal Education Associa. tion was formed more than four years ago, contributions to the amount of nearly £1000 were sent in by its supporters; and many of the contributors expressed a wish to make their contributions annual subscriptions. The executive committee, however, declined to receive at that time any annual subscriptions. They considered that the sum already contributed would be sufficient to meet the expenses of the association for some time, and they thought it desirable to postpone any further appeal for money until it was actually required. That time has now arrived. During four years the committee have printed the statements, circulars, and reports of the association, the speeches of their president, and the reports of their annual meetings. They have circulated them widely amongst both branches of the Profession, and sent them to the members of both Houses of Parliament. They have distributed forms of peti. tion in favour of the motion, twice brought forward in the House of Commons by the present Lord Chancellor, all over the kingdom. formerly town clerk of Leicester, who died on the Leicester, in the seventieth year of his age, was 5th inst., at his residence, Elmfield, Stonygate, born in 1804, and was admitted a solicitor in Michaelmas Term 1825. In 1837 he was appointed town clerk of Leicester and clerk to the Leicester magistrates, the duties of which offices he performed with great zeal and efficiency for a period of thirty-five years. On his retirement, at the close of 1872, he was appointed a magistrate for the borough of Leicester. Mr. Stone was the author of Stone's Justices' Manual, and of other works well known to the legal profession. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. HENNINGS, HENRY, ironmonger, Berwick-st, Soho. Pet. Feb. 3. Reg. Hazlitt. Sol. Wetman, Great George-st, Westminster. Sur. Feb. 18 OFFORD, GEORGE, and FORDER, HERMAN, fancy paper manu. Pet. FIELDEN, JAMES WILLIAM, out of business, Southport. Pet. Feb. 3. Reg. Hime. Sur. Feb. 18 ham. GRAY, JAMES THOMAS, no occupation, Shirley, near Birming- All this work has been done by the association at a very moderate expense, owing to its having had the use of offices rent free, and to its having SNOWDEN, GEORGE, draper, Flamborough. Pet. Feb. 4. Reg. been able to dispense with paid assistance. It will be seen, from the accompanying papers, that steps will probably be taken next session for giving legislative effect to the objects of the association; and the committee consider it desirable that they should be prepared with the funds which will be required to meet the heavy expenses which, on the introduction of a Bill, must be incurred in holding public meetings, and for printing and other similar purposes. They feel that it is only necessary to make known the fact in order to obtain the necessary contributions. Contributions should be sent to the treasurer of the association, J. M. Clabon, Esq., 21, Great George-street, Westminster, or they may be paid in to the account of the association at the Temple Bar Branch of the London and Westminster Bank. We are, Dear Sir, yours truly, RALPH PALMER. WILLIAM A. JEVONS. ARTHUR J. WILLIAMS. JOHN V. LONGborne. Hon. Secs. 51, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn, W.C., Jan. 1874. STATISTICAL SOCIETY. THE fourth ordinary meeting of the present session, will be held on Tuesday, the 17th inst., at the Society's Rooms, 12, St. James's-square, when a paper will be read on "Some statistics of courts of justice and legal procedure in England," by F. H. Janson, Esq., F.L.S. The chair will be taken at 7.45 p.m. Woodall. Sur. Feb. 23 Gazette, Feb. 10. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. VAUGHAN, WILLIAM, gentleman, Cornwall-gdns, South Kensing To surrender in the Country. BELL, JAMES GEORGE, wine merchant, Blackheath. Pet. Feb. 3. Reg. Pitt-Taylor. Sur. Feb. 21 FORWOOD, HENRY PEPLOW, cotton broker, Liverpool and Southport. Pet. Feb. 6. Reg. Watson. Sur. Feb. 23 LUKER, GEORGE, commission agent, Banbury. Pet. Feb. 5. Reg. Fortescue. Sur. Feb. 23 MILES, THOMAS, grocer, Manchester. Pet. Feb. 5. Reg. Kay. Sur. Feb. 26 TOWARD, WILLIAM, metal dealer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Pet. WALDRON, HENRY, dealer in scythes, Aston, near Birmingham. DOWLING, EDWARD PLASKET, farmer, Hitchin. May 16, 1863 BENJAMIN, SOLOMON, clothier, Greenfield-st, Commercial-rd-east Pet. Jan. 29. Feb. 16, at two, at office of So.. Barnett, New Broad-st BERRY, RICHARD, draper, Farnworth. Pet. Jan. 31. Feb. 18, at three, at offices of Sol. Smith, Manchester BINT, SAMUEL, builder, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 18, at eleven, at the King's Head hotel, Birmingham. Sol. Assinder, Birmingham BIRETTA, PIETRO, hotel keeper, Great Windmill-st. Pet. Jan. 28. Feb. 12, at three, at 43, Great Windmill-st. Sol. King BODLEY, EDWIN CLARKE, baker, Fulham-rd. Pet. Jan. 31. Feb. 21, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Evans, Laing, and Eagles, Johnst, Bedford-row BOSTOCK, EDWIN CHUBB, bookkeeper, Leeds. Pet. Jan. 31. Feb. 23, at two, at office of Sols. Bond and Barwick, Leeds BOURNE, SAMUEL, saddler, Wybunbury. Pet. Feb. 2. Feb. 20,.. at three, at offices of Sol. Lisle, Nantwich BRILMAYER, JOHN BAPTIST, baker, Lancaster-st, Newington- BROWN, MALCOLM JANSON, clerk, Hoddesdon. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. DEVON, CHARLES, merchant's clerk, Reading. Pet. Jan. 31. Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Forbury, Reading DICKINS, EDWARD, greengrocer, Derrick-st, Rotherhithe. Pet. Jan. 29. Feb. 16, at three, at office of Chipperfield and Sturt, Trinity-st, Southwark DICKS, ROBERT, butcher, Norwood. Pet. Jan. 29. Feb. 25, at three, at the Red Lion, Southall. Sol. Philp, Pancras-la and Hayes ELLISON, THOMAS, photographer, Bath. Pet. Jan. 31. Feb. 18, at one, at office of Sol. Ellison, Bath FAEHNLEIN, EMILE, warehouseman, Noble-st. Pet. Feb. 3. March 2, at three, at office of Sol. Davies, Furnival's-inn FARR, ALLEYNE EBENEZER DANIEL, schoolmaster, Francis-st, Tottenham-ct-rd. Pet. Jan. 29. Fob. 14, at eleven, at office of Sol. Parker, Lombard-st FARROW, WILLIAM MORLEY, author, Chapel. Pet. Jan. 31. Feb. 18, at one, at office of Aldridge and Thorn, Bedford-row. Sols Harris and Morton, Halstead FIELDER, FREDERICK, grocer, Barnet. Pet. Jan. 31. Feb. 16, at GRAHAM, ROBERT, mustard manufacturer, Liverpool. Pet.. Pet. Feb. 3. HARRISON, GEORGE, grocer, Sheffield. Pet. Jan. 26. Feb. 12, at HILL, JOHN VICTOR, and HILL, WILLIAM ALFRED, merchants, HOOPER, CHARLES HORN, brickmaker, Aylesbeare. Pet. Feb. 2.. HOWES, THOMAS, out of business, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 2. HUZZEY, JOSHUA, grocer, Pembroke-dock. Pet. Feb. 2. Feb. 21, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Carmarthen. Sol. Williams, Pembroke-dock IRVING, WASHINGTON, commission merchant, Manchester. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 25, at three, at offices of E. Cotton, solicitor, Liverpool. Sols. Messrs. Earle, Son, Orford, Earle, and Mune, Manchester JONES, WILLIAM, draper, Carnarvon. Pet. Jan. 30. Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Railway hotel, Bangor. Sol. Jones, Carnarvon KANITZ, IGNATES, importer of foreign goods, Cannon-st. Pet. Jan. 28. Feb. 19, at twelve, at office of Sol. Salaman, King-st, Cheapside LIDWELL, JOSHUA EDWARD, chemist, High-st, Notting-hill. LYONS, HENRY JAMES, commission agent, Hull. Pet. Feb. 2. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 24, at Pet. ORVIS, PHILANDER DENSLOW, commission agent, Princess-st, Oxford-st. Pet. Feb. 3. March 3, at one, at office of Sol. Godfray, Bedford-row PANNELL, JOHN, refreshment-house keeper, High-st, Borough. RALSTON, NIVEN, out of business, Higher Broughton. Pet. Feb. 2. Feb. 19, at three, at office of Sols. Grundy and Kershaw, Manchester REID, WILLIAM HENRY, architect, Plymouth. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 24, at twelve, at office of Sols. Whiteford and Bennett, Ply mouth ROBERTS, GEOFFREY ARTHUR, leather dyer, Richardson-st, Bermondsey. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 19, at three, at the Guildhall offee house, Gresham-st. Sol. Chidley, Old Jewry ROGERS, WILLIAM, pawnbroker, Liverpool. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 27, at half-past three, at the Bee hotel, Liverpool. Sol. Day, Runcorn SEABORN, GEORGE THOMAS, bone boiler, Glaucus-st, Bow-comPet. Feb. 3. Feb. 19, at one, at the Guildhall tavern.. Gresham-st. Sols. Townley and Gard, Gresham-bldgs, Basinghall-st mon. SEWELL, WILLIAM, livery-stable keeper, Leamington Priors. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 23, at one, at office of Sol. Young, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-st SMITH, GEORGE WILLIAMS, tailor, Norwich. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 17, at one, at 4, Bishopsgate-st-without. Sol. Clabburn, Norwich STACY, SAMUEL, and STACY, BENJAMIN, wholesale stationers, High-st, Shoreditch, and New-inn-yd. Pet. Jan. 30. Feb. 16, at one, at the Guildhall coffee house, Gresham-st. Sol. Angell, Gresham-st STIBBS, JOHN, builder, Gloucester. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 14, at eleven, at office of Sol. Essery, Bristol STRANGWARD, JAMES, bootmaker, Spaldwick, near Kimbolton. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 20, at eleven, at the George hotel, Huntingdon. Sol. Gaches, Peterborough TATTERSALL, THOMAS, grinding frame maker, Burnley. Pet. Jan. 18. Feb. 18, at three, at office of Gill, accountant, Burnley. Sol. Read, Burnley TAYLOR, JOHN, draper, Sandown. Pet. Feb. 2. Feb. 25, at three, at office of Sols. Fardell and Wooldridge, Sandown WAINWRIGHT, HENRY, brush manufacturer, Whitechapel-rd. Pet. Jan. 30. Feb. 19, at two, at office of Sols. Linklater and Co. Walbrook WHITFIELD, EDWIN, victualler, Kent-st. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 24, at two, at office of Sol. Layton, Suffolk-la, Cannon-st WILLIS, JOHN BENJAMIN. Pet. Jan. 30. Feb. 14, at a quarterpast ten, at the Victoria Tavern, Morpeth-rd, Bethnal-green. Sol. Lord, Landsdowne-ter, Grove-rd, Victoria-pk WRIGHT, MORDEN, surgeon, Walworth-rd. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 19, at two, at the Chamber of Commerce, 145, Cheapside. Sols. Rooks, Kenrick, and Co., King-st, Cheapside. Gazette, Feb. 10. ALLARD, WILLIAM, and ALLARD, HENRY, stampers, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 7. Feb. 23, at three, at office of Sol. Jaques, Birmingham ASHWORTH, MILES, and ATKINSON, MALCOLM JOSEPH, builders, Bacup. Pet. Feb. 7. Feb. 24, at three, at the Market hotel, Bacup, Sol. Tattersall, Blackburn BALL, THOMAS, provision dealer, Cradley. Pot. Jan. 28. Feb. 19, at eleven, at office of Sol. Pidcock, Worcester BANKS, FREDERICK RICHARD, coal merchant, Tooting Station, and Mitre-ter, Mitcham-rd. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 23, at two, at offices of H. Howse, 49, Leicester-sq. Sol. Morris BATTIE, EDWARD HICKSON, Doncaster. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 23, at two, at office of R. Ellis, 6, St. George-gate, Doncaster. Sols. Burdekin and Co., Sheffield BLOMFIELD, FRANCIS, manufacturing cutler, Barron's-pl, Waterloo-rd. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 24, at two, at office of Howse, Leicester-sq. Sol. Morris, Leicester-sq BREWER, GEORGE BANNISTER, concrete manufacturer, Manchester. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 25, at two, at office of Sols. Addleshaw and Warburton, Manchester BRIGGS, WILLIAM, patent manure manufacturer, Wills's-ter, Rotherhithe. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 24, at three, at office of Sol. Aird, Eastcheap BROWN, WILLIAM, plasterer, Stockton. Pet. Feb. 7. Feb. 24, at three, at office of Bellringer, Stockton-on-Tees CARTER, AARON, timber merchant, Hutton Rudby. Pet. Feb. 5. COHEN, ALFRED COLEMAN, factor, Bury-ct, St. Mary-axe. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 26, at four, at office of Sols. Crook and Smith, Fenchurch-st COHEN, MICHAEL COLEMAN, mineral broker, King-st, Finsbury. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 23, at two, at office of Sol. Christmas, St. John's-chbs, Walbrook COOPER, HENRY DUDLEY, clerk, Walham-grove, Fulham. Pet. Jan. 21. Feb. 28, at three, at office of Sol. Jenkins, Tavistock-st, Covent-gdn COOPE, THOMAS, ropemaker, Constable, near Rawtenstall. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 24, at three, at the Fox hotel, Manchester. Sol. Fletcher, Bacup COOPER, EDWARD SIMMONS, portmanteau manufacturer, Queenst, Cheapside. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Guildhallcoffee-house, Gresham-st. Sols. Ingle, Cooper, and Holmes, City Bank-chbs, Threadneedle-st COTTERELL, HENRY, dealer in glass, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 17, at twelve, at office of Sol. Fallows, Birmingham CREESE, CHARLES, farmer, Tewkesbury. Pet. Feb, 5. Feb. 20, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Moores and Romney, Tewkesbury DAVIES, HENRY, joiner, Runcorn. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 24, at twelve, at Wilson's hotel, Runcorn. Sols. Davies and Brook, Warrington Pet. Feb. 7. DAVIES, RICHARD, joiner, Manchester. Pet. Feb. 7. Feb. 27, at FARMER, LOUIS, merchant, Great Winchester-st. Pet. Feb. 3. GLOVER, PHILIP, shoemaker, Rodsley. Pet. Jan. 27. Feb. 24, at three, at the Green Man hotel, Ashborne. Sol. Holland, Ash borne GOLDSMAN, JOSEPH SAMUEL, picture frame maker, Camden-pas, Islington-green. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 23, at three, at office of Sol. Irving, Serjeant's-inn, Chancery-la GOODE-HUTT, RICHARD, clerk in holy orders, Durham. Pet. Feb, 4. Feb. 26, at eleven, at office of Sol. Hargreaves, Durham GRAYSON, GEORGE, plumber, Knottingley. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. Pet. 23, at two, at office of Sol. Bolton, Pontefract HARE, THOMAS, farmer, Easingwold. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 20, at eleven, at office of Sol. Crumbie, Stonegate HARROP, JOHN, boiler coverer, Chorlton-upon-Medlock. Feb. 6. Feb. 24, at three, at office of Sol. Bent, Manchester HASTIE, JAMES, gentleman, Brighton. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 23, at three, at offices of Clennell, G, Great James-st, Bedford-row, London. Sol. Brandreth, Brighton HATCH, WILLIAM, fruiterer, Swansea. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 19, at eleven, at offices of Thomas, Cawker, and Co., Swansea. Sols. Davies and Hartland, Swansea HUTTON, JOHN, fishmonger, Newark-upon-Trent. Pet. Feb. 7. IVIMEY, CHARLES, tailor, Blackheath-hill, Greenwich, and Sey- JONES, WILLIAM EDWARD, saddler, Wellington and Dawley. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 25, at three, at offices of Sols. Messrs. Knowles, Wellington, Salop KEY, JOHN, gentleman, Hampton-ct. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 23, at twelve, at offices of Brett, Milford, Pattinson, and Co., public accountants, 150, Leadenhall-st. Sol. Musgrave, Albert-bldgs, Queen Victoria-st KING, THOMAS, general dealer, Hall-ter, St. James's-rd, Bermondsey. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 23, at two, at offices of Sol. Nind, St. Benet-pl, Gracechucrh-st KINGHORN, THOMAS, cart proprietor, Gateshead. Pet. Feb. 7. Feb. 24, at two, at offices of Sols. Messrs. Joel, Newcastle-uponTyne LAZARUS, SOLOMON, general dealer, Wardour-st, Oxford-st. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 23, at eleven, at office of Sol. Haigh, jun., King-st, Cheapside LISHMAN, THOMAS, iron agent, East India-avenue, Leadenhall-st. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 27, at three, at office of Charlton, 9, Gracechurchst. Sols. Rowley, Page, and Rowley, Great Winchester-streetbuildings LOCKWOOD, CHARLES, tailor, Fleet-st. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 23, at one, at office of Sols. Reed and Lovell, Guildhall-chmbe, Basinghall-st MAKIN, GEORGE, beer retailer, Hulme. Pet. Feb. 7. Feb. 23, at MINHINNETT, WILLIAM EDWARD, licensed victualler, Tavistock. PARKER, CHARLES THOMAS, watchmaker, Ashbourne. Pet. Feb. PURKIS, WILLIAM JOHN, hair dresser, Chipping Ongar. SALTER, JOHN, confectioner, Leeds. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 24, at three, at office of Sol. Carr, Leeds SCALES, RICHARD, grocer, Rawtenstall. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 24, at two, at office of Sols. Addleshaw and Warburton, Manchester SHERLOCK, WILLIAM, joiner, Bolton. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 24, at ten, at office of Sol. Richardson, Bolton SHORT, CHARLES, jun., grocer, Stafford. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 19, at three, at office of Sol. Collis, Stourbridge SIBSON, GEORGE, bootmaker, Leeds. Pet. Feb. 23. Feb. 23, at three, at offices of Sols. Fawcett and Malcolm, Leeds SLADE, HENRY, butcher, Woolston. Pet. Feb. 3. Feb. 20. at three, at office of Sol. Swayne, Southampton SNOWDEN, WILLIAM, coal merchant, Boyson-rd, Walworth. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 25, at twelve, at offices of Crump, public accountant, Rood-la. Sol. Johnson, Stonefield-st, Islington STEPHENS, HENRY, manufacturer, Maidenhead-ct, Cripplegate. Pet. Jan. 26. Feb. 24, at three, at office of Sol. Cooper, Charing cross STEVENS, THOMAS, grocer, Smith-st, Camberwell New-rd. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 23, at eleven, at office of Sol. Russell, Walbrook STODDART, HERBERT, superintendent of police, Bow. Pet. Feb. 6. March 2, at three, at the Castle hotel, Exeter TAYLOR, HENRY, oil cloth manufacturer, Halifax. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 23, at eleven, at office of Sol. Rhodes, Halifax THORNBACK, JAMES, grocer, Dorset-rd, Clapham-rd. Pet. Feb. 7. Feb. 25, at three, at office of Sol. Butcher, Cheapside TUCKER, GEORGE, labourer, Ilfracombe. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 21, at two, at the Queen's hotel, Ilfracombe. Sol. Bencraft, Barnstaple WADE, JOSEPH, butcher, Bradford. Pet. Feb. 5. Feb. 20, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Wood and Killick, Bradford WALPOLE, FREDERICK, bobbin menders, Nottingham. Pet. Feb. 6. Feb. 28, at ten, at offices of Rogers, Nottingham. Sol. Black The Official Assignees, &c.. are given, to whom apply for the Dividends. Nicholas, J. J. timber merchant, sixth, Is. 44d. Harley, Bristol. Brawn, J. M. carpenter, first 5s., and second and final 18. 3d. At office of Trust. W: W. Arliss, accountant, 32, Westwell-st, Plymouth.-Crang, J. brewer, first and final 18. 10d. At Trust. J. O. Harris, Gandy-st-chmbs, 37 and 38, Gandy-st, Exeter.-Hancock and Burbrook, jewellers, second 3s. 6d. At Sol. Richards, Warwickst, Regent-st.-Hawkins, S. M. wholesale jeweller, 1s. 2d. At office of M. A. Fitter, 5, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham.-Hill and Kennard, cork merchants, final 1s. 2d. At Trust. J. B. Styles, 30, King-st, Cheapside. Hoult, R. spinster, Sheffield, 208. At the County Court hall, Bank-st, Sheffield.-Kenward, N. corn merchant, first and final 2d. At Sol. Hillman, Lewes.-King, J. C. merchant, second 41d. At office of G. Stone, high bailiff, Eldon chmbs, South John-st, Liverpool.-Murray, M. draper, second and final 58. 4d. At office of Benson, Elland, and Co. accountants, Westgate-rd, Newcastle.-Northcote, R. C. victualler, first and final 1s. 7d. At Trust. W. Tricks, the City-chmbs, Nicholas-st, Bristol. Powis, H. fringe manufacturer, first 2s. At Trust. J. A. Josolyne, 28, King-st, Cheapside.-Stockdale, W. D. of Holton-cum-Beckering, second and final d. At the County Court office, Corn Exchange, Market Rasen.-Weeks, F. leather seller, first 4s. 2d. At Rogers and Barron, 49, Moorgate-st BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. POWELL. On the 7th inst., at 52, Blenheim-crescent, Notting. hill, the wife of Alfred Powell, solicitor, of a son. MARRIAGES. MORRELL-MORRELL-On the 4th inst., at Streatly Church, Berks, G. Herbert Morrell, M.A., and B.C.L., of Exeter College, Oxford, and of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Emily Alicia, only child of the late James Morrell, Esq., of Headington-hill Hall, Oxford. TWYNAM-PIGGOTT.-On the 7th ult., at the Catholic Church, Brewood, Staffordshire, Charles Henry Twyman, formerly of Westminster, solicitor, to Mary Sophia, youngest daughter of Francis Piggott, Esq., of Cannock, Staffordshire. WALLROTH-WELLS.-On the 3rd inst., at St. George's Church, Bickley, Kent, Frederick Anthony Wallroth, Esq., M.A., of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, to Caroline Sibella, fourth surviving daughter of the late J. J. Wells, Esq., of Southborough, Kent. WEBSTER-MILLER-On the 4th inst., at 2, Melville-crescent, Edinburgh, John Webster, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Jessie, third daughter, of John Miller, Esq., of Leithen and Drumlithie. WILLIAMS-MORLEY, On the 5th inst., at Holy Trinity, Nottingham, Arthur Williams, of Standard-hill, Nottingham, solicitor, to Mary, the eldest daughter of Thomas Morley, of Nottingham DEATHS. BABINGTON-On the 5th inst., at The Rookery, Horncastle, aged 54, Edward Babington, solicitor. GARDNER-On the 5th inst., at Sion Hill, Garstang, aged 49, Henry Gardner, Esq., barrister-at-law. HOLLIST-On the 30th ult., aged 76, Hasler Hollist, Esq., of Lods. worth, J.P., and Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Sussex. JAMES-On the 3rd inst., at Hagley-road, Edgbaston, aged 64, Thomas Smith James, of Birmingham, solicitor. REDGATE-On the 6th inst., aged 64, Thomas Blatherwick Redgate, Esq., solicitor, Scarthing Moor. STONE-On the 5th inst., at his residence, Elmfield, Stonygate, Leicester, aged 69, Samuel Stone, Esq. SUCKLING-On the 8th inst., at Edgbaston, aged 43, John Suckling, solicitor, Birmingham. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER WHOLESALE & RETAIL STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET, AND 1 & 2, CHANCERY-LANE, LONDON, E.C. Carriage paid to the Country on Orders exceeding 20s. DRAFT PAPER, 5s., 6s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 78. 9d., and 9s. 9d. per ream. BRIEF PAPER, 15s. 6d., 17s. 6d., and 23s. 61. per ream. "We should direct particular attention to their New Clubhouse Paper: in our opinion it is the very best paper we ever wrote upon."-London Mirror. INDENTURE SKINS, Printed and Machine-ruled, to hold twenty or thirty folios, 2s. 3d. per skin, 26s. per dozen, 125s. per roll. 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