the estate or of the moneys to arise from its sale. If the power were imperative, and the moneys were directed to be distributed as personal estate, the case would fall within the provisions of the Legacy Duty Act (55 Geo. 3, c. 184, sched. 3) (Attorney-General v. Holford, 1 Pri. 426), and, by force of sect. 18 of the Succession Duty Act, would be altogether exempt from the operation of the last-mentioned Act (See remarks of Lord Westbury in Attorney-General v. Littledale, L. Rep. 5 H. of L. 299). If the purchase-moneys were directed to be reinvested in land, to be settled, the case would not fall within the provisions of the Legacy Duty Act (Mules v. Jennings, 8 Ex. 830), but would come within the 29th section of the Succession Duty Act. If the power of sale were purely discretionary, as, for instance, if A. settled the estate and gave his trustees a power to sell it if they thought proper, succession duty would appear to attach upon the estate itself until the sale actually took place; but immediately upon the happening of that event the estate would be free from any claim for presumptive duty. In either of the cases a purchaser under the power would not be liable to any duty consequent upon the testator's death, nor to any duty to which the testator was not himself liable. I am further of the opinion, expressed in the paper above referred to, and for the reasons there stated, that the purchaser is not even liable to that duty to which the testator, if he had lived, would, on another's death, have been liable. I am, however, bound to admit that my opinion is somewhat opposed to the recent decision in the case of The SolicitorGeneral v. The Law Reversionary Interest Society (L. Rep. 8 Ex. 233). In the case before us the purchaser is clearly not liable to pay any duty in consequence of the death of the annuitant. The principal difficulty in the case as regards duty arises from the postponement of the sale for ten years from A.'s death. If the disposition in the will brought the case within the operation of the Legacy Duty Acts, legacy duty became payable upon A.'s death upon the value of A.'s interest in the estate viz., its value less the value of the annuity. If, on the other hand, the case falls within sect. 29 of the Succession Duty Act, then, whether the power was imperative or discretionary, succession duty was probably paid upon A.'s death upon the basis of the beneficiary's life estate in the balance of the annual rents after deducting the amount of the annuity: (Sects. 20 and 21.) Upon the sale taking place, if it were made in pursuance of a discretionary power, and the beneficiary were absolutely entitled to the proceeds, succession duty would be payable upon the capital of such proceeds, but credit would, of course, be given for the amount already paid. If, however, the beneficiary were only entitled to a limited estate or interest, the further succession duty payable upon the sale would only be in respect of his life interest in the increase of his income arising from what was practically the sale of the reversion to the rents eaten up by the annuity. In any case, if under the peculiar circumstances of the case the proper duty has not been paid, it must fall upon the investment of the proceeds of the sale, and the persons entitled to it, and not upon the estate or the purchaser. THE WRITER OF THE PAPER OF THE 4TH JAN. LAST. C. T. 28. MORTGAGE-STAMP.-A. mortgaged a farm to B for £1000; no covenant for payment of interest was inshould be paid. A. afterwards borrowed the further serted in the mortgrge, as it was not intended that any sum of £300 of B., and gave him a further charge on the farm for the £300 and interest, and also covenanted for payment of interest on the original principal sum of £1000 from the date of the further charge. Is the further charge liable to additional stamp duty in respect of this latter covenant? If so, would it be sufficient to stamp the deed as a security collateral to the original mortgage in addition to stamping it with ad valorem duty in respect of the further charge, or is ad valorem duty on the £1000 (as on mortgage) required? Reference to authority desired. CLERK. 29. RAILWAY-TRESPASS.-A. is convicted for trespassThe ing on a line of railway and fined 10s. and costs. railway company in a few days afterwards placed on their stations printed notices of the offence as a caution to others, giving A.'s name and address. Can they legally do so? Cases and authorities will oblige. A CONSTANT READER. 30. MARRIED WOMAN-ACKNOWLEDGMENT.-J. P., who died in 1869, by his will made in 1868, devised to trustees (his widow and two sons), freehold property upon trust for sale, the widow to receive interest of proceeds for life, then divisible amongst his children. The sons for appointment of new trustees, and the widow by deed (trustees) died in 1870. The will contains usual clause appointed another son and a daughter. The daughter shortly afterwards married, and the property has since been sold. Does the purchaser's conveyance require acknowledgment, the married daughter being simply a bare trustee, with a beneficial interest after her mother's strongly recommend it to those who remember what | portion of the real estate at a sale. Who are the neces- NOTES AND QUERIES ON POINTS OF PRACTICE. NOTICE.-We must remind our correspondents that this N.B. None are inserted unless the name and address of the Queries. 24. WILL AND CODICIL.-Is there a case in which a SEARCHES, INQUIRIES, AND NOTICES.-I should 25. CHEQUE-SUPPOSED SWINDLE.-A., a Londoner, S. 26. DEVISE-WORDS OF REVOCATION.-A. by his will, dated in 1839, devised certain estates (held on a lease for lives renewable for ever) in Ireland to C. in fee. A. afterwards, by a codicil to his will, revoked the devise and declared "that the said C. shall not at any time have or be entitled to the said estates or any share thereof." A. then devised said estate to D, "for the other sons successively in tail male." All D.'s sons are dead, and left no issue. D. is now dying. To whom will the estate go on his death? C. being the heir-at term of his natural life, with remainder to his first and property, and the entail having failed. Do the words A.'s heir-at-law? THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS' SOCIETY.-It PERSEVERANDO. 27. CONVEYANCE.-A testator devises and bequeaths wife of one of the trustees (B.), and divide the rest of I 31. LIQUIDATION-CREDITOR-PROOF.-A. applies to B. for a loan of £100. B. not having the cash hands to A. certificates of shares in a building society, worth considerably more than that amount, which certificates A. deposits with C. as security for a loan of £100. A. files his petition for liquidation, and in his statement includes only B. in respect of this transaction. C. being secured, of course will not prove, and it is argued, as to B., that until he pays the £100 he is not a creditor, and has no claim proveable under the liquidation. He is therefore advised not to pay or attempt to prove; but, on the other hand, it is said that if he has not sustained a present loss to the extent of the value of the shares, he is at least £100 the worse, because he must pay that amount before he can recover his property, and should therefore prove for that amount. What is B.'s posiSUBSCRIBER. tion? 32. EDUCATION ACT 1871, AND AMENDING ACTS.Can you, or any correspondent of the LAW TIMES, oblige "Clerk" by giving him the title, publisher, and price, of any good and complete treatise on the Education Acts, up to the present time, for the use of School Board clerks. CLERK. (Q. 8.) INTEREST IN LAND.-As the mortgagor agrees to grant an "actual interest" in land, a written agreement is required under 29 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 4: (Crosby v. Wadsworth, 6 Ea. 602; Carrington v. Roots, 2 Mee. & Wel. 218; Jones v. Flint, 10 Ad. & El. 753, cited in Sugden's Vendors, 14 edit., Ch. 4, sect. 2.) It appears that the writing would be necessary even if the mortbridge v. Heald, 1 Bar. & Al. 722.) gage should be executed one day subsequently: (BraceA mortgage may be assigned by parol: (Richards v. Syms, Barnard 90; Martin v. Mow in, 2 Burr. 979; 1 Bligh, N.S., 541; see Bythewood's Coav., vol. 1, pp. 278, where the subject is discussed.) C. C. (Q. 9.) EJECTMENT.-Twenty years' possession confers a prima facie tltle, which it might be difficult to uproot effectually, although the legal estate is outtauding. If possible, it should be got in, for safety, and to prevent the necessity of joining several plaintiffs. See 15 & 16 Viet. c. 76, ss. 180-201; Doe d. Hanson v. Parke (4 A. & E. 816), cited in Cole on Ejectment, pp. 74-5, where it is stated that the names of the trustees should be joined with that of the cestui que trust (Doe d. Harding v. Cooke, 5 Moo. & Pay 181; Doe d. Wilkins v. Cleveland, 4 Man. & Ry. 656, cited in Bythewood's Conv., vol. 1 (1812(, and Doe d. Hurst v. Clifton, 4 A. & E. 89; Orchard v. Coulstrong, 6 Man, & Gr. 75; Doe d. Prosser v. King, 2 Dowl. 20; Doe d. Vine v. Figgins, 3 Taunt. 410; Doe d. Shepherd v. Roe, 2 Chit. R. 171; Doe d. Hummick v. Fellis, id. 170, may be referred to.) C. C. (Q. 10.) ARTICLES.-" Vetus" cannot present himself for intermediate examination earlier than Easter Term, 1874: (see Reg. Gen. Trinity Term, 1861, sect. 2, subsect. 1.) Should he not present himself in that or the ensuing term, his examination as to time will be subject to any rule which may be made relating thereto, should the judges in the exercise of their power and discretion as a lawful authority, think fit so to do: (see Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1573, part 3, s. 26.) H. L. (Q. 11.) STAMP.-By the Stamp Act 1870, the stamp duty on a memorandum of a surrender, if made out of court, is the same as on a sale or mortgage of a freehold COPYHOLD. (Q. 12.) POOR LAW.-" G. K." is referred to 43 Eliz. c. 2, ss. 6 and 7, which treats of relief by relations who must be natural relations by blood, and to the last edition of Archbold's "Poor Law." In the index to the latter he will find under the head of "Grandfather," liability to maintain grandchildren, and to be maintained by them. PAUPER. A grandson is not liable to keep a grandfather or grandmother: (see Justice of the Peace 31, p. 755.) F. W. F. (Q. 13.) LEGACY DUTY.-Assuming that J. G. did not marry a relative, A. T., his sister-in-law, would have to pay succession, not legacy duty, at the rate of tea per cent. upon the £70, to which she succeeds upon his death. J. T. would also be liable to succession duty upon the remainder of the settled property, at a rate to be settled by his relationship to J. G. (sect. 10). S. (Q. 15.) POWER-Sealing is not an additional solemmity within the Wills Act (vide Taylor v. Meade, 34 L, J., Ch. 203; in addition to the case quoted, West v. Ray, Kay 392). The following occurs in Prideaux, 6th edit., p, 298: "Where a power of appointment is to be exercised under hand and seal of the donee, it cannot be exercised by a will of the donee executed according to the formalities of the Wills Act if it is not also sealed." SIG. (Q. 17.) SALE of GOODS-STATUTE OF FRAUDS. chaser on his dishonoured cheque, leaving the latter to prove the want (if any) of consideration? Would not the vendor's best course be to sue the pur S. The meeting terminated in the usual manner. ARTICLED CLERKS' SOCIETY. A MEETING of this society was held at 1, Milfordlane, Strand, W.C., on Wednesday, the 19th Nov., Mr. E. F. Stanway in the chair. Mr. H. Saunders opened the subject for the evening's debate, viz., That a republican Government is best suited to the Spanish people." The motion was lost by a majority of three. The Judicature Act is also now under discussion by the members of this society, a portion of the Act being considered and discussed at each meeting. LEGAL PRACTITIONERS' SOCIETY. A PRELIMINARY meeting of members of both branches of the Profession took place on Thurs. last, at the rooms of the Social Science Association, 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, to consider the desirability of establishing the above society, the prospectus of which we published last week, and which has already received much support. The chair was taken by W. T. Charley, Esq., M.P D.C.L., and it having been resolved to establish the society, after much discussion, the meeting was adjourned to the 7th Jan. next. Pressure on which, however, we hope to do in our next issue. cur space prevents our publishing a full report, We understand that a large number of letters were received from members of both branches of the Profession, as well in country as in town, expressing regret at being prevented attending the meeting. estate. The admittance generally forms part of the America. The Vienna Patent Congress on this | result. Authors, who formerly were paid by surrender, and which may be arranged under the follow-subject was attended by a large body of Ameri- patronage, were now rewarded according to their ing clauses: Consideration. Surrender, Parcels, Estate, can masters, and an accredited representative labours, the value of which were fully recognised, Admittance, Habendum, Fine, Signature of Steward. The admittance of a mortgagee is analogous to that of from the Government of the United States. In and there did not appear to be a better regulation a purchaser, the stamp du y being payable only on the the course of the discussion, some of the Ameri- than this possible. principal deed, viz., the surrender, and under sect. 84, can speakers who were insisting on the rights of cl. 2, the steward can refuse to admit any person inventors, were met with the question, what do tenant under, or by virtue of any surrender, &c., which you say as to the rights of authors? If you ask is not duly stamped. The stamp duty of 2s. 6d. on copyhold admittances (13 & 14 Vict. c. 97) has been Europe to give an international patent law, surely repealed. the United States should give a copyright law, upon which there was an unanimous expression of opinion in favour of such a law, with a promise to follow up the subject. It had been found convenient to distinguish between the two senses which might attach to the word "copyright" with reference to rights existing before and after publication. Copyright before publication was the common law right to property founded on labour and occupancy; property existed in ideas embodied in words, lines, or symbols, by being com. mitted to paper. That embodiment was in the sole possession and sole control of the author: he could retain in secret or disclose its subject in a limited or partial manner, or publish it by print-day ing or sale in the usual manner. Copyright after or on publication was the creation of the municipal law, regulated by the ordinances and statutes of each country. To property in the product of intellectual labour before publication, the term claim or right might be applied with equal propriety: but to property in such product after publication the term claim should be applied, inasmuch as the "right" was that which the law of each individual country afforded. The right after publication consisted in the right of the sole and exclusive liberty of multiplying Copies of the work so published, the conditions of which it might be expedient to vary according to the circumstances and exigency of each country. The word "author" used in the statute is employed without limitation or restriction; it must, therefore, include every person who shall be an author, unless from the rest of the statute sufficient grounds could be found for giving the term a limited signification. preamble of the Imperial Copyright Act 1812, was quite inconsistent with the conclusion that the protection given by the statute was intended to be confined to the works of British authors. On the contrary, it seemed to contain an invitation to men of learning in every country to make the United Kingdom the place of first publication of THE COURTS & COURT PAPERS. their works; and an extended term of copyright throughout the whole of the British dominion was the reward of their so doing. So interpreted and applied, the Act was auxiliary to the advancement of learning in this country. The real condition of obtaining its advantages was the first publication by the author of his work in the United Kingdom. After many representations from the colonies, it was suggested, by authority of the Board of Trade, that each colony should take its own steps to protect the British author, and an Act was passed (10 & 11 Vict. c. 95, 1847), by which provision was made for supending the prohibition of the importation of foreign reprints of English books into a colony, in cases where the colony might make the provision for protecting CLEMENT and SON, attorneys and solicitors, Alton. the rights of the author, such provisions having the approval of Her Majesty in Council. Then the Government became empowered to suspend the operation in the colony of the Imperial Copyright Act. The different Acts afterwards made with regard to the subject were said to have been a complete failure. Under them the colonists collected next to nothing for the British author, and were supplied with United States reprints, DOBSON, JOHN THOMAS, financial agent, West Kensington-gdns, smuggled across the border without paying duty. The inefficiency of the Act rendered it necessary that some arrangements with both Canada and the United States should be made. (Q 18.) INNKEEPER.-See case precisely in point answered in Justice of the Peace for 15th Nov. 1873, p. 733. F. W. F. (Q. 20.) COUNTY COURT-EQUITY-FEES.-For (A) Registrar of County Court can charge as he takes accounts in every sense of the word; for (B) he is not entitled. His duties are purely ministerial, and although the decretal order directs that the conditions of sale and abstract should be approved of by the registrar, nothing is generally done in respect of them by way of investigation. The responsibility rests with the solicitor who has the conduct of the sale. In a sale under the Partition Act 1868, in which I was interested, Registrar of the County Court of the district charged for (A) but not for (B). LAW SOCIETIES. QUID. LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY. The chair was taken by Mr. Henry Reeve, C.B., who, in introducing Mr. Webster, dwelt upon the importance of the subject about to be introduced of International Copyright. Besides the interest which the subject had for authors, he said, and those who were financially connected with copyright, it had a legal bearing, as it raised questions of law, both in this country and in the colonies, which had not been as fully considered as perhaps they should be. The object the society had in view was to call attention to the questions of this kind, and to afford information on various points which presented themselves to the members; and he had no doubt that the paper about to be read would contribute to that result. In the course of Mr. Webster's remarks, he said that property in intellectual labour, as embodied in a "book or "dramatic piece," the subject of Talfourd's Act, 5 & 6 Vict. c. 45 (the Imperial Copyright Act 1842), was recognised by most civilized nations, and maintained and protected by them in some way. The laws of such property, as regarded subject matter and ownership, might be regarded as substantially the same in all countries, but the practice and procedure were widely different. The assimilation of the law practice and procedure, affecting or relating to such property, was a subject well deserving the attention of this society. It had been touched upon on various occasions. The late Mr. Robertson Blaine brought the subject of international copyright before the jurisprudence section at the Bradford Congress of the Social Science Association in 1862. A number of gentlemen, interested as authors and publishers, had brought the subject from time to time before the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the Board of Trade; communi. cations had also taken place with Canada and the United States. Draft Bills had been prepared and schemes proposed with the common object of securing some more satisfactory arrangement as regarded the colonies and the United States of The In the discussion that followed the reading of the paper Mr. Frederick Hill said that the proceedings at the Vienna Congress augured well for the success of the measure which contemplated allowing authors, wherever they might issue their works, the right over the proceeds of the labour. It seemed that we were on the point of inducing the Americans to agree to some satisfactory arrangement. Under the present circumstances the reward of intellectual labour was diminished, the motive for exertion was reduced, the character of literature was to a certain extent marred, and the true interest of all was in the protection of the very best works of literature. He then moved that the paper be referred to the Jurisprudence section of the association for their consideration. with a view to action. Mr. White was of opinion that the difficulty and unfairness which existed under the Copyright Act was in the power of Parliament to remedy. Mr. Thomas Longman thought that if copyright was property it should be protected and guarded in the most careful manner. Lord Macaulay, speaking in the House of Commons on the subject, said that there was no doubt that copyright was a monopoly; but was of the very best kind, and was created for the best object, and with the best MANCHESTER LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING "The BANKRUPTCY COURT. THE following notice has been issued Chief Judge will not sit on Monday next, the 24th, but will sit on Wednesday, the 26th, and following days." THE GAZETTES. Professional Partnerships Dissolbed. Gazette, Nov. 7. (James Bankrupts. Gazette, Nov. 14. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall street. To surrender in the Country. JOHNSON, RICHARD, and JOHNSON, WILLIAM HENRY, watch. Pet. TILLEY, HENRY ARTHUR, schoolmaster, Hanwell. Pet. Nov. 1. WARD, JAMES, lessee of tolls, Tiverton. Pet. Nov. 11. Dep-Reg. WORRAD, CHARLES, fruiterer, Birmingham. Pet. Oct. 29. Reg. Gazette, Nov. 18. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. PHILLIPS, T. J. gentleman, Elgin-villas, Clapham. Pet. Nov. 13. Dec. 2 Penton-pl, Kennington pk-rd. Pet. Nov. 13. Reg. Roche. Broad-st. Pet. Nov. 14. Reg. Murray. Sur. Dec. 2 COHEN, FORTUNI, merchant, Manchester. Pet. Nov. 13. Reg. Kay. Sur. Dec. 4 COLLINS, CHARLES, coal merchant, Addlestone. Pet. Nov. 8. Reg. Bell. Sur, Dec. 2 GLOVER, WALTER JOHN, merchant tailor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Pet. Nov. 15. Reg. Mortimer. Sur. Dec. 2 HILL, GEORGE, wool dealer, Halifax. Pet. Nov. 15. Reg. Rankin. Sur. Dec. 4 HURDLE, HENRY JOHN, cheesefactor, Hillfield. Pet. Nov. 13. Reg. Symonds. Sur. Dec. 1 KEARSLEY, EDWARD, gentleman, Woolton. Pet. Nov. 14. Reg. Watson. Sur. Dec. 2 KINGSLAND, MARK WILLIAM, miller, Hadlow. Pet. Nov. 13. Reg. Cripps Sur. Nov. 29 MUGLESTON, THOMAS BARROW, innkeeper, Brasted. Pet. Nov. 13. Reg. Cripps. Sur. Nov. 29 SMITH, GEORGE, car proprietor, Llandudno. Pet. Nov. 13. Reg. Jones. Sur. Nov. 29 STERRATT, ISRAEL, wood turner, Manchester. Pet. Nov. 13. WILKES, EDWARD, nut and bolt manufacturer, Darlaston. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Gazette, Nov. 11. Pet. BAILEY, HERBERT, of no occupation, Cresswell. Pet. Nov. 5 Nov. 24, at four, at the Eagle hotel, Winchester. Sols. Godwin and Shenton, Winchester BARON, JOSEPH, reed manufacturer, Old Accrington. Pet. Nov. 10. Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Crown hotel, Old Accrington. Sol. Barlow, New Accrington. BAXTER, JOSEPH, buyer, Bradford. Pet. Nov. 8. Nov. 28, at ten, at office of Sol. Hutchinson, Bradford BESCOBY, EDWARD, out of business, Ashchurch-ter, New rd, Hammersmith. Pet. Nov. 8. Nov. 27, at one, at office of Sol. Warrand, Ludgate-hill BETTAM, RICHARD, boot dealer, Cheltenham. Pet. Nov. 12. Dec. 1, at eleven, at offices of Sol. Chesshyre, Che tenham BRYANT, WILLIAM, bootmaker, Princes-rd, Notting-hill, and Caledonian-rd, King's-cross. Pet. Pet. 7. Nov. 27, at three, at the Mason's Hall tavern, Mason's-avenue, Basinghall-st. Sol. Watson, Basinghall-st BUTLER, WILLIAM HENRY, bridle cutter, Walsall. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 25, at eleven, at office of Sol. Glover, Walsall BUTTERWORTH, JOHN, sen.. BUTTERWORTH, JOHN, jun., and BUTTERWORTH, JOSEPH, flannel finishers, Saddleworth. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Railway hotel, Saddleworth. Sol. Buckley, Stalybridge CHADWICK, WILLIAM HENRY, beerhouse keeper, Chorlton-on- CHAPMAN, WILLIAM, and HALL, CHARLES, bootmakers, Horn- Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 26, at three, at offices of Sols. Evans and Lockett, Liverpool COBHAM FRANCIS ALGERNON, judge's clerk, Southwick-cres, Hyde-pk, and Judges' chmbs, Rolls-gdn, Chancery-la. Pet. Nov. 11. Dec. 8, at twelve, at office of Sols. Turner, Lempriere, and Turner. Lincoln's-inn-fields COLEMAN, JOHN, contractor, Scarborough. Pet. Nov. 10. Dec. 1, at two, at the Bull hotel, Scarborough. Sul. Watts, Scar. borough COLLIN, CAMPBELL, flock bed manufacturer, Liverpool. Pet. Nov. 12. Dec. 8, at two, at Theobalds, Ockleston, and Co., sccountants, Liverpool. Sol. Cotton, Liverpool COLLISON, WILLIAM HALL, carman, Lower Thames-st. Pet. Nov. 12. Dec. 1, at two, at office of Sol. Trass, Lincoln's-innfields COLQUHOUN, PETER, commission merchant, Manchester, and Glasgow. Pet. Nov. 11. Dec. 2, at three, at office of Sols. Addleshaw and Warburton, Manchester DAVIES, DANIEL, grocer, Tredegar. Pet. Nov. 12. Dec. 1, at eleven, at office of Sol. Dixon, Newport DAVIS, SAMUEL, baker, Weston-super-Mare. Pet. Nov. 11. DAVISS, JOSIAH, manufacturing confectioner, Roman-rd, St. DAWSON, GEORGE LODOWICK, trainer of race horses, Middleham. ELLWOOD, CHARLES, chessemonger, Moore.pk-ter, King's-rd, Fulham. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 27, at four, at office of Sol. Aird, Eastcheap FAUST. JOHN, grocer, Frieston, near Boston. Pet. Nov. 11. GAGE, THOMAS HASTINGS, tobacconist, Great Yarmouth. Pet. GOMER, CHARLES, boot dealer, Brighton. Pet. Nov. 10. Dec. 1' at three, at Edmonds, Davis, and Clark, 32, Poultry, London. Sola. Black, Freeman, and Gell, Brighton GOODERSON, WILLIAM, flour factor, Dean-st. Commercial-rd. Pet. Nov. 8. Nov. 25, at three, at offices of Sol. Shearman, Little Tower-st GRANT. RICHARD, house decorator, Crawford-st, St. Marylebone, GREGORY, JOHN, victualler, Northumberland-pk, Tottenham. Pet. Nov. 11. lane HERRING, EDWARD. and DOBIE, THOMAS MELDRUM, edge tool manufacturer, St. George's-st East. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 28, at two, at Mosley and Co., Chapel-pl, Poultry. Sol. Rae, MincingHETLEY, WILLIAM, farmer, Peterborough. Pet. Nov. 11. Nov. , at eleven, at office of Sol. Gaches, Peterborough HIDE, CHARLES, grocer, Luton. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 28, at three, st J. Bath and Co. 40A, King William-st, London HOLBOYD, JOSEPH, grocer, Bingley. Pet. Nov. 11. Nov. 28, at two, at office of Sis. Me srs. Robinson, Keighley, HUXTABLE, EDWIN BEEDLE. out of business, Cheltenham. Pet. Nov. 5. Nov. 29, at eleven, at offices of Sol. Marshall, Cheltenham JAME, CHARLES, mercantile clerk, Birmingham. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 25, at three, at office of Sol. Jaques, Birmingham JONES, EDWARD WHITE, glasa dealer, Nottinghim. Pet. N ov. 11 KELSEY, WILLIAM, trimming manufacturer, Chilton-st, Beth. KING, THOMAS, out of business, Ryde. Pet. Nov. 3. Nov. 25, at MANLEY, HERBBRT, oil merchant, Manchester. NICOLL, DONALD, wholesale clothier, Paternoster-row. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 28, at two, at the Guildhall tavern, Gresham-st. Sols. Morley and Shirreff, Mark-la PARK, WILLIAM, beerhouse keeper, Trowbridge. Pet. Nov. 10. PARSON, HENRY, commercial traveller, Ipswich. Pet. Nov. 12. PRICE. JAMES PALMER, broker, Handsworth. Pet. Nov. 8. RICHARDSON, EDWARD SAMUEL, bootmaker, Derby, Nov. 29, SMITH, JOHN, and HEWITT, JOHN, engineers, Old-st, St. Luke's. Pet. Nov. 11. Nov. 26, at three, at office of Sols. Harcourt and Macarthur, Moorgate st SPINK, EDWARD, grocer's assistant, Hull. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 27, at twelve, at office of Sol. Bell, Hull STAPLEY, EDWARD MAITLAND, and STAPLEY, GEORGE. commission merchants, Old Jewry-chbs. Pet. Nov. 6. Dec. 2, at twelve, at the City Terminus hotel, Cannor-st. Sols. Messrs. Linklater, Walbrook STEPHENS, HENRY EDWARD, tailor, Bristol. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 22, at eleven, at office of Sol. Es-ery, Bristol STEWART, ROBERT, and LORD, WILLIAM, cotton spinner, Bacup. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov 28, at three, at the Wheat Shear hotel, Manchester. Sol. Standring, Rochdale STIMPSON, EDWARD, engine turner, Lincoln. Pet. Nov. 11. Nov. 2, at eleven, at offices of Sol. Harrison, Lincoln TAINTON, ALFRED, ironmonger, Stamford. Pet. Nov. 8. Dec. 1, at three, at office of Scl. King. Birmingham TAYLOR, JOHN BRAIN, printer, Bristol. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 29, at two, at 6, Bath-st, Bristol TOWNSEND, WILLIAM butcher, Birmingham. Pet. Nov. 12, Nov. 28, at t40, at office of Sol. Brown, Birmingham VARLEY, SAMUEL ALFRED, telegraph engineer, Roman-read, Barnsbury. Pet. Nov. 11. Dec. 1, at three, at the Guildhall tavern, Gresham-st WALKER, EBENEZER, and WALKER, JAMES, chemists, Malmes. bury. Pet Nov. 12. Nov 29, at two, at the Queen's hotel, Swindon Sols Jones and Forester, Malmesbury WALKER, JOHN, tea merchant, Manchester. Pet. Nov. 11. Dec. 1, at three, at offices of Sols. Addleshaw and Warburton, Manchester WARD, WILLIAM JOSIAH, carpenter, Litchfield-st, Soho. Pet. Nov. 7. Nov. 22, at three, at Grayson, solicitor, Hunter-street, Brunswick-sq. Sol. Cooper, Charing-cross WATSON, HENRY, spring knife manufacturer, Sheffield. Pet. Nov. 8. Nov. 21, at four, at office of Sols. Messrs. Binney, Sheffield WATSON, JOHN, whitesmith, Wakefield. Pet. Nov. 6. Nov. 27, at three, at the Manor-house inn, Wakefield. Sols. Stocks and Nettleton WEBBER, SIMON, clothier, Birmingham. Pet. Nov. 8. Nov. 25, at ten, at office of Sol. East, Birmingham WELBURN, JOHN, provision dealer, Bradford. Pet. Nov. 11. Nov. 23, at three, at office of Sol. Atkinson, Bradford WESTON, WILLIAM, shoe manufacturer, Leicester. Pet. Nov. 11, Nov. 27, at twelve, at office of Sols. Fowler, Smith, and Warwick. Leicester WESTON, WILLIAM EDWARD, clothier, Birmingham, and Stour. bridge. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 26, at three, at office of Sols. Wright and Marshall, Birmingham WHEELER, GEORGE SAMUEL. animal preserver, Bristol. Pet. Nov 11. Nov. 29, at eleven, at Miles and Read, accountants, Bristol. Sol. Price, Bristol WHITAKER, JEREMIAH RIDGE, tailor, Shipley. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 29, at eleven, at office of Sols. Terry and Robinson, Bradford WICKHAM, EDWARD, farmer, 'Snaith. Pet. Nov. 11. Dec. 2, at three, at the Green Dragon hotel, Pontefract. Sol. Brown WILSON, BENJAMIN, grocer, Boston. Pet. Nov. 7. Nov. 24, at twelve, at Blake's Private hotel, Manchester-st, Manchester-sq. Sol. Goren, South Moulton-st, Oxford-st WOOD, WILLIAM, painter, Darlaston. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 29, at eleven, at offices of Sol. Sheldon, Wednesbury WOODALL, JAMES, oil merchant, Preston. Pet. Nov. 7. Nov. 24, at two, at the White Horse inn, Preston. Sol., Edelston, Preston WOODS, JOSIAH, mineral water manufacturer, Birkenhead. Pet. Nov. 11. Nov. 27, at two, at office of Sol. Downham, Birkenhead HIRSCHMANN, JOSEPH (trading as Oldham and Co,), wine importer, Cannon-st. Pet. Nov. 1. Nov. 27, at 145, Cheapside, in lieu of the place originally named Gazette, Nov. 18. ANDREWS, BENJAMIN. bank clerk, Cambridge-gdns, Nottingbill. Pet. Nov. 8. Nov. 27, at two, at offices of Dubois, ac. countant, Gresham-bldga, Basinghall-st. Sol. Maynard BARNES, THOMAS, butcher, Medmenham. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 29, at two, at office of Sol. Spicer, Great Marlow BARNETT, WILLIAM JAME, hat manufacturer, Exeter. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 4, at half past ten, at Haxell's Exeter hotel, Strand, London. Sol, White, Exeter BLECH, HENRY FERDINAND, accountant, Middlesborough. Pet. BUFFEN, FREDERICK FORSTER, accountant, Moorgate-st, and CANHAM, JAMES, job master, Anerley. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 26, at ten, at the Southampton Arms, Southampton-bldgs, Chaucery. la. Sol. Bolton, Renfrew-rd, Kennington-la CHARLESWORTH, JOHN, and WATSON, JOSEPH, joiners, Batley. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 2.9 at two, at office of Sol. Wooler, Batley CLARK, THOMAS WALTER, draper, Luton. Pet. Nov. 13. Dec. 4, at eleven, at office of Shepherd, 29, Park-st West, Luton. Sol. Neve, Luton COLLINS, SAMUEL, bookseller. High-st, Bromley. Pet. Nov. 10. Dec. 1. at three, at the Guildhall coffee-house, Gresham-st. Sols. Messrs. Piesse, Old Jewry-chbs COPSEY, GEORGE, and COPSEY, JAMES, woollen drapers, King's Lynn. Pet. Nov, 14. Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Court House, Downham Market. Sol. Reed, Downham Market CROMBLEHOLME, JOSEPH, provision dealer, Preston. Pet. Nov. 13. Dec. 1, at two, at the White Horse inn, Preston. Sol. Edelston, Preston DEVERILL, JOHN, and TITTERTON, ARTHUR, East India merchants, Crosby-sq. Bishopsgate-st. Pet. Nov. 14. Nov. 29, at two, at the Masons Hall tavern, Masons-avenue, Basinghall-st. Sol. Downing, Basinghall-st EBISON, HENRY, road manager, Horsforth. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 26, at three, at office of Sol. Hardwick, Leeds EDMONDS, THOMAS, innkeeper, Barnwood. Pet. Nov. 14. Nov. 29, at two, at office of Sol. Jackson, Stroud ELLIOTT, ISABELLA, furniture dealer, Birmingham. Pet. Nov. 13. Nov. 28, at three, at office of Sol. Fitter, Birmingham EVANS, DANIEL, builder, Llanllechid. Pet. Nov. 7. Nov. 23, at two, at the Railway hotel, Bangor. Sol. Jones, Menai-bridge EYRE, JOHN, and EYRE, THOMAS, shoe manufacturer, Long Buckby. Pet. Nov. 15. Dec. 4, at three, at offices of Sol. Shoosmith, Newland FILMER, THOMAS, jun., miller, Newnham. Pet. Nov. 13. Nov. FORD, WILLIAM, builder, Watford. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 28, at four, HOLDER, HENRY, gas fitter, Eltham-pl, Kent-st, Borough. Pet. LYONS, LEWIS HENRY, umbrella manufacturer, Redcross.st. LAGERWALL, RICHARD EMIL MAGNUS, commission agent, LEVER, GILES, tripe dresser, Liverpool. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 10, MATHER, JOHN JOSEPH, dealer in velveteens, Manchester. Pet, Nov. 15. Dec. 3, at three, at office of sols. Farrar and Hall, Man. chester MOORE, JOHN, Trinter, Beauf rt-bldgs, Strand. Pet. Nov. 10. Nov. 28, at eleven, at office of Lomax, Jermyn-st, St. James's. Sol. Morris MOTTRAM, GEORGE, potato dealer Sheffield. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 3, at three, at offices of Sol Patteson, Sheffield MURRAY, WILLIAM, ship joiner, Kin ston-upon-Hull. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 27, at twelve, as offices of Sol. Stead and Sibree, Kingston-upon-Huil stre t NICHOLS, JAMES, agent, Hurst-st, Dulwich rd, Lambeth. Pet. Nov. 13. Dec. 6, at two, at office of So!. Downing, Ba inghallPACKMAN, WILLIAM GOLDUP, veterinary surgeon. Wennington-rd, Old Ford, London, and St. Neots. Pet. Nov. 7. Nov. 2, at ten, at the Victoria tavern, Morpeth-rd, par. Bethnalgreen. Sol. Long, Lansdowne-ter, Grove-rd, Victoria.pk PARRY, JOHN, and MACKINTOSH, BENJAMIN, joiners, Liverpool. Pet. Nov. 13. Nov. 28, at twelve, at office of Sols. Fowler and Carruthers, Liverpool PATTISON, THOMAS, painter. Malton. Pet. Nov. 13. Dec. 1, at eleven, at offices of Sol. Jackson, Malton PHILLITS, DAVID, grocer, Aberystwith. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 2, at two, at offices of Barnard, Thomas, and Cc. public accountants, Bristol. Sols. Cox, Davies and Browne, Brynmawr ROBERTS, OWEN, painter, Upper Bangor. Pet. Nov. 6. Nov. 21, at two, at the Railway hotel, Bangor. Sol. Jones, Menai-bridge ROBINSON, SIMEON, tailor, Bacup. Pet. Nov. 13. Dec. 2, at three at the Thatched House, Manchester. Sol. Tattersall, ManchesRODDIS, JOHN, baker, Moulton. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 1, at eleven at office of Sol. Jeffery, Nortampton tor ROGERS, GEORGE, draper, Pewsey. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 3, at one at office of Barnard, Thomas, Tribe, and Co. public accountants, Bristol. Sols. Brittan, Press, and Inskip, Bristol RUST, THOMAS, coal merchant, Bedford. Pet. Nov. 15. Dec. 9, at twelve, at office of Sol. Jeffery, Luton, and Northampton SALISBURY, ROBERT BELL, jun., miller, Valentine-pl, Blackfriars.rd. Pet. Nov. 11. Dec. 1, at two, at office of Sol. Hilbery, Crutched-friars SCHOTT, JOHN BERNARD, tavern keeper, Upper Marsh, Lambeth. Pet. Nov. 13. Dec. 2, at three, at offices of Sols. Lumley and Lumley, Conduit-st, Bond-st SEAGRAVE, GEORGE, SEAGRAVE, FREDERICK, and SEAGRAVE, CHARLES, Commission agents, Liverpool. Fet. Nov. 15. Dec. 9, at two. at office of Hime, Liverpool. Sol. Pearson, Liverpool SHEA, DANIEL, out of employment, Florence-rd, New-cross. Pet. Nov. 13. Dec. 1, at three, at office of Sol. Carter, Old Jewrychambers Pet. Nov. 11. SMITH, WILLIAM, out of business, Weston-under-Penyard, near TAYLOR, THOMAS GIDEON, draper, Marlborough. Pet. Nov. 11. TIER, FREDERICK FIGG, innkeeper, Birdham. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 3, at three, at the Dolphin hotel, Chichester. Sol. Janman, East Pallant TOUT, EDWARD, baker, Aberystruth. Pet. Nov. 15. Dec. 4, at two, at filces of Sols. Cox. Davies and B owne, Brynmawr TRUMAN, CHARLES, saddler, Pontypool. Pet. Nov. 11. Dec. 2, at two, at Messr. Hancock, Triggs, and Co. accountants, Bristol, Sol. Lloyd, Pontypool TUCKETT, EDWARD PARKIN, innkeeper, St. Thomas the Apostle. Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Railway hotel, Blandlord. So. Moore WALLACE, WILLIAM THOMAS, hote; keeper, Dorking. Pet. Nov. 11. Nov. 3, at three, at the Guildhall coffee house, Gresham-st. Sol. Baker, Old Jewry-chbs WATSON, JOHN, carpet warehouseman, Church-passage. Gres. ham-st, and manufacturer, Watling-st. Pet. Nov. 7. Nov. 25, at two, at offices of Sols. Phelps and Sidgwick, Gresham. street WATSON, WILLIAM. chemist, Old Broad-st. Pet. Nov. 12. Nov. 28, at three, at offices of Sols. Reep, Cane, and Co., Bush-la, Cannon-st WATT, HODGSON, and PEARSON, ARRAN, colonial brokers, Mincing-la. Pet. Nov. 15. Dec. 2, at two, at office of Turquand, Youngs, and Company, public accountants, Tokenhouse-yd. Sols. Ellis and Crossfield, Mark-la WHITING, SAMUEL, journeyman gas fitter, Lowestoft. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 8, at twelve, at office of Sol. Archer, Lowestoft WICKS, JOHN HENRY, printer, Rolls-bldgs. Fetter-la. Pet. No 13. Dec. 1, at twelve, at office o: Sol. Morris, Leicester-sq WILLIAMS, DAVID OWEN, linen draper, Swansea. Pet. Nov. 12. Dec. 1, at twelve, at office of Sol. Stockwood, jun., Bridgend WILLOUGHBY, ROBERT SAUNDERS, out of employment, Lockwood-rd, Drummond rd, Bermondsey. Pet. Nov, 6. Nov. 29, at three, at office of Sol. Porter, Leadenhall-st WILSON, HARRIETT, stationer, Winsford. Pet. Nov. 1. Nov. 22, at one, at offices of Sols. Messrs Cooper, Tunstall WOOD, SAMUEL, shoe manufacturer, Northampton. Pet. Nov. 15. Dec. 5, at three, at office of Sol. Shoosmith, Newland WRIGHT, JOHN, stonemason, Barrowby, Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 5, half-past two, at the Three Tuns inn, Thirsk. Sol. Waistell, Northallerton WYNNE, RICHARD HAWKINS, tobacconist, Portobello-rd, Notting-hill. Pet. Nov. 14. Dec. 2, at ten, at office of Sol. Digby, Lincoln's-inn-fields Dibidends. BANKRUPTS' ESTATES. The Official Assignees, &c., are given, to whom apply for the Dividends. Bancks, J. non-trader, first, 1 29-32d. Paget, Basinghall-st.Chambers, W. M. wine merchant, second, 1s. 2d. (and 3s. 2 d. to new proofs). Paget, Basinghall-st.-Colombine, D. E. money scriviner, first, 8id. Paget, Basinghall-st.-Harrison and Sherratt, St. Helen's, fourth, 1. Stone, Liverpool.-Inif, S. plumber, first, 4d. Stone, Liverpool.-Yeo, R. W. order clerk, fifth, 1s. 11d. Paget, Basinghall-st KI This celebrated and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very CREAM OF IRISH WHISKIES, In quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome FIG. 1. At Trust. J. C. G. DOWIE AND Bennett, S. orthopaedic practioner, first, 4d. Bennett, 30, Friday-st.-Bowman, W. agent, first, 5s. 8d. At Trust. R. Buck, 56, Fawcett-st, Sunderland.-Caven, N. draper, second, 8d. At Trust. A. McDowall, 21a, Watling-st.-Cooper, A. boot manufacturer, first, 1s. At Trust. B. Nicholson, 7 and 8, Londonbridge Railway approach.-Dickinson, J. bootmaker, second, 1s. 3d. At Trust. H. Bolland, 10, South John-st, Liverpool.Edwards, J. timber dealer, third and final, 8d. At Trust. H. G. Nicholson, 7, Norfolk-st, Manchester.-Fayer, W. baker, first, 108. 6d. At Trust. T. W. Read, 30, Castle-st, Liverpool.-Hinde, A. W. out of business, 20s. At Trust. P. Vine, 20, Cable-st, Liverpool.-Hully, M. butcher, 9s. At Trust. I. P. Heap, Highgate, Kendal.-McDowall, T. draper, first and final, 4s. 2d. At Trust. G. Pye, 3, Bank-bldgs, Colchester.-McIntyre, D. draper, second, 2s. 8d. At Trust. W. H. Richards, 54 and 55, Causeway. At Trust. head, Penzance.-Thomas, B. wine merchant, first, 1s. H. A. Murgatroyd, Windmill, par. Calverley.-Whittaker, G. bleacher, first and final, 1s. 24d At Trust. C. Wolfenden, 10, Acresfield, Bolton. Beale, E. cattle dealer, 5s. At Trust. J. Moore, High-st, Andover -Brooke, I. woollen manufacturer, first and final, 7d. At Trust. J. D. Good Market-pl, Dewsbury.-Copping, W. T. miller, final, 1s. 6d. At Trust. E. J. Craske, Head-st, Colchester.-Davies, J. estate agent, first and final, 8s. At Trust. F. W. Read, 30, Castlest, Liverpool.-Fisheo, E. butcher, 9d. At Trust. T. H. Palmer, Bedwell-st, Norwich.-Galland, T, S. gentlemen, final, 208.- Love, A. widow, first, 6s. 8d. At Sols. Simmonds and Clark, Bath.Mason, R. and J. builders, second and final, 9d. At Trust. T. Y. Strachan, Central-bldgs, Grainger-st-west, Newcastle.-Sheldrake, F. farmer, first and final, 7s. 6d. At G. Pye's, 3, Bank-bldgs, Colchester.-Webb, B. P. cheesemonger, first and final, 6d. At Sol. Mossop. Cannon-st.-Whinnerah, H. contractor, first and final, 48. 3d. At Trost. T. Grundy, 9, Lawson-st, Barrow-in-Furness.Wright, H. lead merchant, first and final, 6s. At Sussex-rd, Southampton. Sols. Stocken and Jupp, Leadenhall-st INSOLVENTS' ESTATES. Apply at Provisional Assignee's Office, Portugal-st, Lincoln'sinn, between 11 and 2 on Tuesdays. Halloran, A. L. master in the navy, third, 3s. 1d. Pearce, East Stonehouse-Wotton, A. J. superannuated master baker, third, 28. 7d. (and (d.). Pearce, East Stonehouse BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS BIRTHS. CANADA: ST. PAUL-STREET, MONTREAL. 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WORKS-LARBERT, N.B. Now ready, price 5s. 6d., PART I., VOL. II., of MARITIME LAW REPORTS (New Series). By J. P. ASPINALL Esq., Barrister-at-Law, in the Admiralty Courts of England and Ireland, and in al the Superior Courts, with a Selection from the Decisions of the United States Courts with Notes by the Editor. The First Series of "Maritime Law" may now be had com plete in Three Volumes, half bound, price £5 5s. for the set, or any single volume fo 22 28. Back numbers may be had in complete sets. London: HORACE COX, 10, Wellington-street, Strand, W.C. 436 TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS......... 65 LEADING ARTICLES: Topics of the Week Some Bankruptcy Decisions 88 8 588 one institution, in consideration that B. will give him votes for his candidates at another institution, A. having given his votes is entitled to have B.'s promise fulfilled. So the Court of Queen's Bench has decided. AN instance of the responsibility which a husband may incur by letting his wife have money to dispose of as she pleases, occurred in Dr Ouseley's case before Lord ROMILLY this week. The wife had a legacy of £1000 left her by her aunt; and the husband consented to her receiving the money and employing it as she thought fit. Thereupon she invested a portion of it in the purchase of 800 shares in the European Assurance Society. She received all the dividends, and the husband never dealt with the shares at all. A few years after the society is wound-up, and the husband is held to be liable to contribute in respect of the shares. Lord ROMILLY considered the case a very hard one, but held that the husband allowing his wife to invest the money did not prevent is being liable in the same manner as if any other agent had invested it for him. THE Licensing Act has many terrors for licensed victuallers and one, perhaps, somewhat unfamiliar, has been unearthed at the Chester City Police Court. By the 17th section of 35 & 36 Vict. c. 94, if any licensed person suffers any gaming or any unlawful game to be carried on on his premises, he is liable to a penalty of £10. And any conviction for an offence under this section shall, unless the convicting magistrates shall otherwise order, be recorded on the licence of the person convicted. The unlawful game which it was alleged was going on at the Chester publican's bore the pleasant title of " sudden death," which consists of shaking coins in a hat and turning them out on to a table-a species of pitch and toss. The solicitor for the defence submitted that this was not unlawful gaming, what occurred being no more than pitching and tossing in a private room. His point seems to have been that stakes must be played for to make pitch and toss in a licensed house illegal. We think the magistrates were right in convicting. Any other decision would open a wide door to cvasion of the plain provision of the Act. A LESSON has been read to returning officers at School Board elections by Mr. HAWKES, a Birmingham solicitor, which may prove of service generally. The deputy returning officer, who was an alderman of the city, published an analysis of the voting, showing the number of Catholic, denominational, and unsectarian votes given in the respective districts. Mr. HAWKES points out that this publication is a direct infraction of the Ballot Act, the 34th rule being in the following words:"31. Before the returning officer proceeds to count the votes, he shall, in the presence of the agents of the candidates, open each ballot box, and, taking out the papers therein, shall count and record the numbers thereof, and then mix together the whole of the ballot papers contained in the ballot boxes.' The object of the Legislature he points out was to conceal the local complexion of the votes, and, he adds, no one having electioneering experience in counties, or in boroughs like Tamworth, can fail to appreciate the great protection to voters which 75 such an arrangement secures. The justice and accuracy of this 73 73 65 414 66 Will Illiterate person Indefinite estate...... 416 The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 67 The Liability of Railway Companies for 68 Company-Voluntary winding-up......... 417 The Capture of the Virginius 69 PAULL v. MORTIMER- Executors-Omission to provide for SOLICITORS' JOURNAL: Topics of the Week V.C. BACON'S COURT. Decisions affecting Service under Articles 70 70 BEATTIE. LORD EBURY Practice-Taxation of costs-Separate answers filed by same solicitor Notes of New Decisions... 72 V.C. HALL'S COURT. PATCH. HOLLAND Unclaimed Stock and Dividends in the 72 Heirs-at-Law and Next of Kin Appointments under the Joint-Stook COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Creditors under Estates in Chancery. Creditors under 22 & 23 Vict. c. 35 Experte MOSES Reports of Sales Articled clerk-Service under articlesAbsent abroad for one year on account of illness REDWAY F. MACANDREW AND ANOTHER- Chester City Police Court.. Hammersmith Police Court for-Delaration 421 74 74 74 73 1313 75 CORRESPONDENCE OF THE PROFESSION...... 78 NOTES AND QUERIES ON POINTS OF PRAC- 78 Debating Society Articled Clerks' Society Bristol Articled Clerks' Debating Society 80 Vendor and purchaser-Liquidation 431 Ex parte JEFFERY; Re HAWES LEGAL OBITUARY THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS: Sittings after Michaelmas Term, 1873 80 81 COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 8PEAK (app.) . POWELL AND CLARKE (rexps.) Excise licence for a carriage-A carriage used solely for the conveyance of any goods or burden in the course of trade or husbandry.. remark is quite obvious, and returning officers at School Board elections will make a great mistake if they are less diligent than such officers at municipal and Parliamentary elections in carrying out the ballot system. THE remedy of a judgment creditor against the land of his debtor has been further considered in a case which we reported last week (Hatton v. Haywood, 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 385). There the creditor had issued a writ of elegit, and obtained a return from the sheriff. The debtor, however, had become bankrupt, and the land had been handed over to his trustee before it had been actually delivered over to the plaintiff under his writ of elegit. This raised a discussion as to the meaning of "actually delivered in execution," the words of the Law of Judgments Amendment Act (27 & 28 Vict. c. 112). The first section says that no judgment, statute, or recognizance to be entered up after the passing of the Act, shall affect any land (of whatever tenure), until such land shall have been actually delivered in execution by virture of a writ of elegit, or other lawful authority, in pursuance of such judgment, statute or recognizance. In the Earl of Cork v. Russell (26 L. T. Rep. N. S. 230), it was decided that a judgment creditor who had not issued execution had no interest in the land so as to entitle him to be a party to a suit for foreclosure. This was a decision of ViceChancellor MALINS, and the same learned Judge decided Hatton v. Haywood in accordance with it. Vice-Chancellor PAGE WOOD took a different view in Re Cowbridge Railway Company (18 L. T. Rep. N. S. 102), and expressed the opinion that it could not have been intended by the Legislature that a judgment creditor should have no interest in the land until he had obtained actual possession of it, for the very sufficient reason that incorporeal hereditaments which are expressly made land within the meaning of the Act, could not be the subject of actual delivery. "The intention must have been," said Vice-Chancellor WooD, "simply that all those |