ORGANISATION AMONG SOLICITORS. A PAPER read at the meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, at Birmingham, by Mr. Marshall, M.A., solicitor, Registrar of the Leeds County Court, and hon. sec. of the Leeds Incorporated Law Society, containing the follow. ing observations :

Organisation of the Profession.

I use these words to describe the manner in which the forces at the disposal of our branch of the Profession are applied to secure the ends which we desire. In order to determine whether this organisation is good or bad it is necessary to estimate, first, the amount of the force at disposal, and, secondly, the result produced by that force. If the result be considerable in proportion to the forces involved, we shall conclude the organisation to be good; if inconsiderable, we shall conclude it to be bad. Now the force at disposal, and which a theoretically perfect organisation would render effective, is the influence, direct or indirect, of some 10,000 attorneys (the real numbers are 10,350, of whom 3600 practise in London, 6750 in the country), spread like a net over the face of the country; collected in large numbers in the centres of population and business, more sparsely distributed in thinlypeopled districts, arranged, in fact, in a kind of rough proportion to the importance of the particular district. And the course of business is such that the attorneys of a given town or district are necessarily thrown together and know each other; they are acquainted more or less with the leading practitioners in the neighbourhood, and they are certainly associated with an agent in London of their own profession.

Influence of Solicitors.

While the nature of their business tends to throw them together, it also tends to give them considerable influence, especially in public and quasi-public affairs. These affairs have almost invariably their legal side, on which the opinion and assistance of a lawyer is desired, and he thus has an opportunity of causing his opinion to be felt without appearing to obtrude it on matters outside the professional sphere. It will be conceded that the force at the disposal of our profession is not only considerable in itself, but exercised under conditions which enable it to be used with great effect. To what effect and purpose has it been used? The answer to this question is really very curious. Our position as regards the State is this. The State says to us, "It is of importance to the community that you gentlemen should be properly qualified for your duties, and, therefore, we will take unusual precautions in your case. We will examine you before you enter upon your professional studies; we will examine you while you are engaged in them, and when you have finished them. You must be articled to some member of your own calling, and you must pay a considerable stamp duty for the privilege. You will, of course, have to pay an annual tax for the liberty to practice. But we must take care that you do not abuse the liberty. We will, therefore, frame a scale to regulate your charges, and we will be slow to alter that scale. You are officers of our courts, and, therefore, our judges have the fullest and most arbitrary powers over you. You are at liberty to make as much money as you can under these conditions, but the prizes of your own Profession are not for you." Such is our position as regards the State, and it is not so good but that it might easily be improved. The two branches of the Profession, the certificate duty and the reservation of all important appointments for the Bar, are matters which would bear a little alteration. It might not be an unwholesome change if we were permitted to exercise in all the Superior Courts the right of speech which is at present limited to the Court of Bankruptcy. I am not aware that any subversion of the relations between ourselves and the Bar has followed from that particular concession. What has happened is exactly what might have been expected. In important matters the most experienced barristers are engaged points of practice and cases which will not bear expense are argued by the solicitor, in whose hands the business lies, and with entirely satisfactory results. Remuneration.

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The Incorporated Law Society is a corporation consisting of about 2500 members, of whom more than one-third are country practitioners, and it has been in existence nearly half a century. (The members of the Incorporated Law Society were, on the 29th July, 1873, London members, 1806; country members, 689-total, 2495.) It is in many respects the official and accredited representative of our branch of the profession, and it is invested by the various Acts of Parliament with important duties relating to the examination, admission, and registration of attorneys and solicitors. It is, in a sense, the guardian of the profession, and the censor of its morals. All law bills, and especially bills directly affecting us, are watched by its Council, who frequently interfere with good effect during their progress through Parliament. But it is only in a limited sense the representative of the profession at large, considerably more than two-thirds of whom do not belong to it. A large number both of its members and of those who are not members complain of its policy, as too acquiescent-with what justice it is immaterial here to consider. One thing is clear; were the Incorporated Law Society disposed to be ever so active, the effective force which it could wield would be in no sense commensurate either with the needs or with the aggregate power of those on whose behalf it would assume to act. Suppose, for example, that some Chancellor of the Exchequer were to propose to increase the solicitors' certificate duty. What would the Incorporated Law Society do? It would no doubt prepare an able and conclusive statement on the question. Its council would address the Government, and would be listened to with the polite attention which people who have made up their minds bestow on adverse critics. Representation in the House of Commons. Some members of Parliament who are directly accessible to the council would be induced to support them. Then the scale of costs requires revision, as- The pressure of public opinion could not be suming that we are to have a scale of costs. brought to bear; if it came into the scale it would Physicians, barristers, engineers, land surveyors, probably be on the wrong side. A contest of this and accountants ask what they think they can kind is fought in the lobbies. Now, what would get, and the best of them get pretty nearly what be the answer of the gentlemen who advises the they choose to ask. The profits of mercantile Government on such matters where he asked the men are only limited by the effect of competition. probable result of a division depending on the The wage-earing population have succeeded by efforts of the Incorporated Law Society? It is combination in obtaining an advance which goes not necessary to answer that question. I have put far to meet the increased cost of the necessaries a case affecting our interests only, and uncompliof life. But our tariff is the same, and unless we cated with other considerations; still one on take steps to raise it nobody else will. If it be which the Incorporated Law Society would be objected that we get a monopoly as a set-off to bound to exert its whole strength, and I maintain this fixed charge, I reply that the monopoly is of that if we had to fight out such a battle with no

other resources, and no other machinery than such as the Incorporated Law Society could furnish, we should be hopelessly beaten. The society is not furnished with arms for this warfare. It has no means of getting at the 600 and odd members of the House of Commons. It has no means of getting at those who can influence those members.

Incorporated Law Society as representing
Solicitors.

In Manchester, out of 295 practising solicitors, thirteen only belong to the Incorporated Law Society. In Liverpool, out of 283 solicitors, it counts sixteen members only. In Birmingham, with 193 solicitors, it numbers twenty-four. In Bristol with 189 solicitors, there are ten who belong to it; and in Leeds, with 104 solicitors, five only are of that society.

The Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association occupies somewhat different ground. It has 614 members, 194 of whom are London solicitors, and 420 country solicitors; while in the Incorpo rated Law Society the country members form about one-third of the whole body, in the Metropolitan and Provincial Association they form more than two-thirds. I need not describe the consti tution of a society to which we all belong, nor need I say much as to the work it does. By its autumn meetings it has rendered us an invaluable service; it has brought representatives of the whole Profession together; it has made us acquainted with each other; it has rendered co-operation on a large scale possible. In this and in its provincial connection it contributes precisely that element of strength which is wanting to the Incorporated Law Society. But I am doing it no injustice in saying that in every other respect it is less powerful and less complete in its administrative machinery than the sister association. The actual work of this association is conducted in Londonnecessarily and inevitably the London members on the spot conduct it, just as the London members of the Incorporated Law Society, being on the spot, conduct its business. And I am not aware that there are any sufficient means of directing from this London office the power which is undoubtedly given by the wide-spread local connection of the associa tion. I do not forget the Northern Union, but from some reason or another that experiment has not worked well. With its own members the association communicates of course, but those members scarcely constitute more than a twentieth of the Profession. Sending circulars to individuals We know the fate which awaits circulars. Granted is not a hopeful way of inducing energetic action. that that which I believe has never yet been all the towns in which the Metropolitan and Proattempted were done, and committees formed in vincial Association possesses sufficient members to form a working body, what would that amount to ? At most to this-that active influences might be set up in some twenty or thirty different centres. That falls far short of our requirements. Considering then, that the ground in London is already occupied by the Incorporated Law Society, and that the ground in the country is, for purposes of conjoint action, scarcely occupied at all, I am led to conclude that this society is not an effective machine for the organisation of the proIncorporated Law Society nor in union with it, fession, and that, neither independently of the does it furnish adequate means for bringing to a focus the considerable, but diffused, force at our

disposal.

Local Law Societies.

I now come to this, the third and only remaining part of our existing machinery.

There are 6750 country solicitors in England and Wales, carrying on business in 1319 towns and villages. There are just thirty-five local law societies, some of which are probably rather in existence than in active operation. Let us consider the distribution of these thirty-five societies.

The county of Northumberland possesses one, at Newcastle. The county of Cumberland pos sesses one, at Carlisle. Westmoreland has one at Kendal, and Durham one at Sunderland. Lanca shire owns five; Manchester, Liverpool, Preston, Lancaster, and Bolton-le-Moors. Yorkshire has three, namely, Leeds, Hull, and the Yorkshire Society at York. The county of Lincoln is represented by the society of Lincoln; the county of Stafford counts the societies of Wolverhamptom and Bilston, and Leicestershire the society of Leicester. Worcestershire has one representative at Worcester, and Warwickshire one in the active society of this town. There are law societies in Northampton, and Cambridge for those counties. Suffolk gives us Bury St. Edmunds; and there is one at Buckingham. Gloucestershire has two, one at Gloucester and one at Bristol; and Devonshire has two at Exeter and Plymouth respectively. The county of Somerset has two, one at Bath and a county society whose head quarters are at Taunton; and the county of Dorset one at Dorchester. Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex are each represented by one county law society, while in Wales, Denbighshire and Flintshire have a joint

society, and Anglesea and Carnarvon a joint Society likewise. Of the forty English counties sixteen are unrepresented by any law society. Those counties are Nottingham, Derby, Chester, Salop, Rutland, Norfolk, Hereford, Huntingdon, Bedford, Hertford, Essex, Oxford, Berks, Wilts, Monmouth, Cornwall. In Wales it suffices to say that none of the twelve counties are represented, except the four which form the northern boundary of the principality. Considering, then, the geographical distribution of our thirty-five law societies, we find that twelve belong to the six counties north of the Humber; twelve belong to the twenty-three counties of the Midland District, including in that division those which lie on the north of a line connecting Gloucester with Ipswich and south of the six northern counties; and nine to the ten counties south of that line. In Wales the two law societies are confined to the four northern counties. The northern and southern counties are therefore relatively the best represented; the northern counties having an average of two law societies each, and the southern counties something less than one each, while the Midland counties possess as nearly as possible an average of one law society for every two counties. (To be continued.)

NOTES OF NEW DECISIONS. WILL INTERPOLATED SHEET PRESUMP. TION.-Testator's will was engrossed on fifteen sheets of paper by a law stationer. They were numbered consecutively, and on a sheet numbered sixteen, testator had written a codicil, and on another sheet, numbered eighteen, a schedule of plate, pictures, &c., referred to in his will. At testator's death the will was found with the original page four taken out, and a page substituted in the testator's handwriting, the numbering of which had been altered from seventeen to four. The several sheets were tied up with red tape, and the original page four was found loose in the testator's davenport. Held, that in the absence of any direct evidence, the presumption was, that when the will was executed the pages were bound together, and were in the same state as when it was found after the testator's death: (Rees v. Rees and Rees, 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 374. Prob.).

SOLICITOR AND CLIENT-COSTS CHARGING ORDER PROPERTY RECOVERED OR PRESERVED -23 & 24 VICT. c. 127, s. 28.-A solicitor is not entitled to a charging order under 23 & 24 Vict. c. 127, s. 28, in respect of costs incurred by him whilst acting for the plaintiffs in a suit in which a decree has been made for the administration of a testator's estate, and for the appointment of a new trustee where proceedings in the suit have been stopped by the plaintiff after the decree has been carried into chambers and accounts brought in by the defendant, and no certificate has been made by the chief clerk, and no new trustee appointed: (Pinkerton v. Easton, 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 364. M. R.)

WILL-TRUST TO LAY OUT PERSONALTY IN LAND TO GO ALONG WITH SETTLED PROPERTYOUTLAYS IN REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS ON SETTLED PROPERTY.-A testator by his will directed his trustees to lay out his residuary personalty in the purchase of lands, to go along with certain settled property. Held, that the court had no power to direct part of the residuary personalty to be laid out upon repairs and improvements on the settled estate: Re Lord Hotham's Trusts (L. Rep. 12 Eq. 76), not followed: Brunskill v. Caird, 39 L. T. Rep. N. S. 365. M. R.)

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PROMISSORY NOTE-İNTEREST-INSTALMENT OF A CERTAIN SUM OR MORE-INDEFINITE TIME FOR FINAL PAYMENT.-Defendant, on the 25th April 1872, promised in writing to pay to the plaintiff £170, with interest at 5 per cent. as follows: The first payment, to wit, £40 or more, to be paid on the 1st Feb. 1873, and £5 on the fi rst day of each month following, until the note and interest should be fully satisfied. Upon default in pay. ment of any of the said instalments, the full amount then remaining due was to be forthwith payable. Held, that this was a valid promissory note: (Cooke v. Horn, 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 369. Q.B.) PATENT-GENERAL AGENT-INFRINGEMENT -PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS-RIGHT TO SUEDEMURRER. To a bill stating an agreement made between a general agent of the patentees of an American invention to introduce and sell the invention in Great Britain, and the plaintiff, whereby the plaintiff was to have the sole agency and control of the working of the patent in England, upon certain terms, including a share of royalties and profits, praying for an account for damages, and an injunction to restrain future infringement, the defendants, who were alleged to be using the invention, demurred. Held, that the plaintiff was a mere agent for the sale of the invention, and was in no such position as gave him the right to file such a bill, which was in the form of a patentee's bill for infringement: (Adams v. The North British Railway Company, 29 L. T. Rep. N. §. 367. V.C. W.)

COSTS-COPYRIGHT-PIRACY-INQUIRY AS TO PROFITS.-Where in a suit for the infringement of copyright the chief clerk's certificate, made in pursuance of the decree, was, on the application of the plaintiff, referred back to the chief clerk and subsequently confirmed, the court refused to make any order as to the costs of the summons and subsequent reference: (Kelly v. Hodge, 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 387. V.C. B.).

NEGLI

INNKEEPER- Loss oF VALUABLES GENCE.-Where a guest at an inn has an opportunity given him of securing valuables in his possession, by giving them over to the custody of the innkeeper or otherwise, and neglects such opportunity: Held, by the Court of Exchequer (Kelly, C.B., and Martin, Bramwell, and Pigott, BB.), that his conduct amounts to such negligence as to deprive him of his rignt to recover against the innkeeper, in case of such valuables being lost or stolen: (Jones v. Jackson, 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 399. Ex.)

ATTORNEY

SUSPENSION OF BY SUPERIOR COURTS-DIFFERENCE IN PRACTICE.-When an attorney and solicitor has, for misconduct, been suspended by order of one of the courts of equity from practising in the Court of Chancery for ten years, the Court of Exchequer, upon proof and verification being laid before it, by affidavits, of, first, copies of the petition and order of the court of equity and the affidavit used there on the hearing of the petition; secondly, a transcript of a shorthand writer's notes of the judgment of suspension in Chancery; and thirdly, the identity of the attorney-will grant a rule nisi for suspension for a like period from practising in that court, and such rule will make itself absolute, without being further moved, in default of cause being shown within the time therein limited. In the Court of Queen's Bench, in such a case, the rule is granted absolute in the first instance, whilst the practice of the Court of Common Pleas in a similar case is to grant a rule to show cause: Re C. Wright (1 Ex. 658; 17 L. J. 128), and Re Brutton (26 L. T. Rep. N.S. 33; 41 L. J. 58, C. P) cited Re Marshall Turner (29 L. T. Rep. N.S. 345. Ex.).

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CONVEYANCE-COVENANT FOR CERTAIN LAND ΤΟ BE NEVER SOLD," BUT LEFT FOR THE COMMON BENEFIT OF BOTH PARTIESVALIDITY - CONSTRUCTION. A deed of conveyance contained an agreement that certain land, described in the deed, should "never be hereafter sold, but should be left for the common benefit of both parties and their successors." In a suit brought to compel the removal of a house alleged to have been built on the said land in contravention of the said agreement. Held (reversing the judgment of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Halifax, Nova Scotia), that the agreement was one the performance of which might be enforced in equity, because (1) on the true construction of its terms it amounted, not to a perpetual restriction of sale, but to an agreement on the part of the grantor to leave the land in the state in which it was at the time of the conveyance; and (2) the agreement contemplated, not an uncertain and indefinite use of the land by the parties, but that the land should be left open for the advantage of the parties as adjoining proprietors: (McKlean v. McKay, 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 353. Priv. Con.)

SUMMONS BEFORE A MASTER FOR SECURITY FOR COSTS, OR TO REMIT THE CAUSE TO A COUNTY COURT.-By the 30 & 31 Vict. c. 68, s. 1, the superior judges are directed to make general rules empowering the masters of the courts to do any such thing and to transact any such business, tion in respect of the same, as by virtue of any and to exercise any such authority and jurisdic. statute or custom, or by the rules and practice of the said courts are now done, transacted, or exercised by a judge of the said courts sitting at chambers. And by the General Rules of Michaelmas Term 1867, the judges ordered that the masters should transact all such business, except certain matters therein excepted. By a subsequent Act (30 & 31 Vict. c. 142) it is enacted by sect. 10 that it shall be lawful for anyone against whom any action of tort may be brought in a Superior Court, to make an affidavit that the plaintiff has no visible means of paying the costs of the defendant, should a verdict not be found for the plaintiff, and thereupon a judge of the court shall have power to make an order that unless the plaintiff shall, within a time to be therein mentioned, give full security for the defendant's costs, to the satisfaction of one of the masters, or satisfy the judge that he has a cause of action fit to be prosecuted to the Superior Court, all proceedings in the action shall be stayed, or in the event of the plaintiff being unable or unwilling to give such security, or failing to satisfy the judge as aforesaid, that the cause be remitted for trial before a County Court to be therein named : Held, that the master has jurisdiction, under the before-mentioned rules, to hear such an application: Held also, that the master having refused to make an order, the court will not review his decision: (Parker v. Roberts, 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 402. Ex.)

Correspondence.

FINAL EXAMINATION.-Can any of your readers

inform me where some practical hints as to the books to be read for this examination and where the method of reading them can be found ?-EPSILON BETA-[Apply to the Secretary of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery-lane, for particulars of the lectures and classes; this will give you some clue, and inquire of someone lately passed. -ED. Sols.' Dept.]

When a clerk's articles expire in the long vacation, the first time he can offer himself for examination is in Trinity Term. If however he does not do this until Michaelmas, is it the prac tice of the examiners in such a case to take into consideration the extra time the candidate will have had to prepare himself and thus require more perfect answers than they would have done had he presented himself in Trinity Term.OMEGA. The examiners not being remunerated cannot be expected to and do not deal so precisely with applicants as is suggested by the question The object should be to win honours, not merely to pass.-ED. Sols.' Dept.]

unique that I beg to send it to your journal. The AGENCIES.-The enclosed is so remarkably circular in question was placed under the door of my private house on Saturday night last by the billsticker's man. SUBSCRIBER.

THE PROVINCIAL PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY.
(Under Professional auspices.)

Chief Offices:-192, Bute-road, Cardiff. A widespread want bas long been felt in the provinces,. and more especially in Welsh districts, of efficient, unencumbered, and highly experienced assistance in business and domestic matters, demanding the enlistment of thorough culture. As a rule, ordinary detectives, unavoidably, intermix with so vulgar a class, as necesmingle with its particular vein. Therefore, such men sarily to partake of its habits, and helplessly to interare rendered peculiarly unfit, for even temporary introduction into drawing rooms and other polite circles. That being so, satisfactory arrangements have been completed whereby, in painful domestic circumstances and delicate embarrassments of business, effectual and. experienced services are immediately available. The promoters of this agency are themselves gentlemen of good social position and undeniable business capabilities, that have been sharpened by lengthened and incessant services in such legal and general matters as peremptorily and invariably tend to mould the polished man of the world and complete man of business. These gentlemen can, at a moment's glance, point out the shoals and quicksands of life that are to be avoided, and surely rebuild, and safely pilot forth again into the calmest sea, smiling beneath an unsullied sky, the most shattered and hopeless social wrecks. They, therefore, confidently expect at the hands of a discriminating may always demand at the hands of Britons. It must public, that liberal patronage that talent and experience be remembered that the agency is under the immediate direction of a solicitor of many years professional experience, that has been principally derived from the very morning to night, it likewise commands the ever watchfirst London and Provincial law offices; whilst, from ful and energetic services of a gentleman of thorough experience in all matters of everyday, as well as peculiar and especial business. The agency has further at its ciples:-A consultation fee of three guineas is, in the immediate command, a potential staff of able and reliable men. The charges are based on the following prinfirst instance, payable by every patron, and at the same time, a further sum, proportionable to the distance to be travelled, &c., is agreed upon aud arranged. A final agreement, providing for the payment of a further sum, in proportion to the amount of success achieved, is at cations must, in the first instance, be addressed to the the same time prepared and executed. All communiGeneral Manager, Mr. HENRY WILLIAMS, or to WM. DAVIES, Esq., Solicitor, at the chief oflices of the agency, 192, Bute-road, Cardiff.

UNCLAIMED STOCK AND DIVIDENDS IN THE

BANK OF ENGLAND. [Transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and which will be paid to the persons respectively whose names are prefixed to each in three months, unless other claimants sooner appear.] FARRANT (Sarah), Chertsey, Surrey, spinster, £150 Three per Cent. Annuities. Claimant. said Sarah Farrant. LANDER (John Drought), Moyclare, King's Co., Esq.. HEALY (Rev. Robert), Tyrrel's Pass, Westmeath, and FRAZER Robert Enraght), Ferbane, King's Co., Esq., £299 Ss. Three per Cent Annuities. Claimants, said John. Drought Lander, Rev. Robert Healy, and Robert Enraght Frazer.

MIREHOUSE (Agnes), Upper Seymour-street, Portman

square, spinster, £74 68. Three per Cent Annuities, Claimant, Agnes Fisher, wife of the Rev. Cecil Edward Fisher, formerly Agnes Mirehouse, spinster. MORSE (Arthur), Swanham, Norfold, brewer, and MORSE (Rev. Herbert), Emsworth, Hants, clerk, £104 19s. 1ld. New Three per Cent Annuities. Claimants, Frances Denning, widow, sole executrix of Rev. Stephen Poyntz Denning, deceased, who was sole executor of Rev. Herbert Morse, deceased.

SMITH (Chas.), 21, Norfolk-st, Lower-road, Islington, Middlesex, gentleman, £215 128, 8d. New Three per Cert Annuities. Claimant, said Charles Smith.

WARNER (Rev. Geo. Brydges Lee); DANE (John). Canter-
bury and EDGELL (Alexander), Raymond-buildings,
Gray's-inn, Middlesex, gentleman; £3088 165. Reduced
Three per Cent. Annuities. Claimant, said Rev. Geo.
Brydges Lee Warner, the survivor.
WELLER (Elizabeth Jane), West Wycombe, Bucks, spinster.
23 13. 3d. Three per Cent. Annuities. Claimant, said
Elizabeth Jane Weller.

HEIRS-AT-LAW AND NEXT OF KIN. MORLEY (Geo.), Guisborough, York, landed proprietor. Next of kin to come in by Dec. 20, at the chambers of V. C. M. Jan 8, at the said chambers, at 12 o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims.

APPOINTMENT UNDER THE JOINT-STOCK WINDING-UP ACTS.

CO-OPERATIVE OMNIBUS ASSOCIATION (Limited.)-Creditors to send in by Dec. 1 their names and addresses, and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any) to J. Cooper, 3, Coleman-streetbuildings, London, the official liquidator of the said association. Dec. 15, at the chambers of the M. R., at 11 o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims.

ESSEX BREWERY COMPANY (LIMITED).-Creditors to send in by Dec. 12 their names and addresses, and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors, if any, to A. Thomas, 2. Adelaide-place, London-bridge. London, the official liquidator of the said company. Dec. 19, at the chambers of the M.R., at eleven o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims.

LA GAULOISE COMPANY (LIMITED).-Petition for winding. up to be heard Dec. 13, before the M.R. LICENSED VICTUALLBRS' CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION (LIMITED).-Creditors to send in by Dec. 1, their names and addresses and the particulars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors, if any, to James Boyes, 2. Carey-lane, London, the official liquidator of the said association. Dec. 20, at the chambers of the M. R. at eleven o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims.

MALAGA LEAD COMPANY (LIMITED).-Petition for winding. up to be heard Dec. 6, before the M. R.

SATURN SILVER MINING COMPANY OF UTAH (LIMITED).— Petition for winding-up to be heard Dec. 5, before V.C. M. SKAGER HOLM ESTATE Co. (Limited).-Creditors to send in by Dec. 30 their names and addresses, and the particu lars of their claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors, if any, to L. Tiden, 34, Clement's-lane, London, the liquidator of the said company. Jan. 14, at the chambers of the M.R., at twelve o'clock, is the time appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon such claims.

CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY. LAST DAY OF PROOF.

BILLINGTON (Wm.), Nelson-street, Greenwich, Kent, undertaker. Dec. 15; Wm. Bristow, solicitor, Greenwich. Dec. 99, at twelve o'clock. BULL Henry W.), formerly of 12, Wilton-crescent, afterwards of 25. Ely-place, and late of 21, James-street, Buckingham-gate, Middlesex, gentleman. Dec. 6; J. C. Deverell, solicitor, 9, New-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex. Dec. 22; M. R., at twelve o'clock. CARR (Ralph), 1, Savage-gardens, London, and Walthamstow, Essex, cork merchant. Dec. 6; B. F. French, solicitor, 51, Crutchedfriars, London. Dec. 15; V.C. M., at twelve o'clock.

CLEMENTS (Geo.), Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, brewer. Dec. 15; Chas, Cole, solicitor, Portsea. Jan. 8; V.C. M., at twelve o'clock.

COMBS (Joanna), 11, Belitha-villas, Barnsbury, Middlesex, spinster. Dec. 12; J. Combs, solicitor, 25, Bucklersbury, London. Dec. 22; V.C. B. at twelve o'clock. DEACON (Grosvenor), 155, Stanhope-street, Morningtoncrescent, Middlesex. gentleman. Dec. 1; E. Pope, solicitor, 12, Gray's-inn-square, Middlesex. Dec. 15; V.C. B. at twelve o'clock.

GOMON (Mary) formerly of Goodwyns East Cosham, Southampton, late of Granville House, Nelson-street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, widow. Dec. 8; F. Jackson, solicitor, 55, Chancery-lane, Middlesex. Dec. 15; V.C. M., at twelve o'clock.

GRAHAM (Chas. J.), Brighton, Sussex. Dec. 1; Crawley and Arnold, solicitors, 20, Whitehall-place, Middlesex. Dec. 5; V.C. B., at twelve o'clock.

HIGTON (Ellen S.), Southport, Lancaster. Jan. 5; Blagg and Son, solicitors, Cheadle, Stafford. Jan. 15; V.C. M., at twelve o'clock.

HODGSON (Jos.), formerly of 12, Church-row, Limehouse, Middlesex, and late of 4, Tyndale place, Islington, Middlesex, iron merchant. Dec. 22; H. F. Pullen, solicitor, 2. Gresham-buildings, Guildhall, London. Jan. 14; V.C. H., at twelve o'clock. HOLBOROW (Ethelbert), 18, Ledbury-streeet, Peckham, Surrey, elastic gusset manufacturer. Dec. 8: F. C. Adams, solicitor, 61, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Middlesex. Dec. 20; M. R., at twelve o'clock. HOLT Robert), Bury, Lancashire, timber merchant. Dec. 6: Thomas Dodds, solicitor, Bury. Dec. 15; V.C. M., at twelve o'clock.

HORN (John), Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham, tailor and
draper. Dec. 5; Wm. Robinson, solicitor, Darlington.
Dec. 15; M. R,, at eleven o'clock.
HOYLE (Henry), Little Harwood, near Blackburn, Lan-
caster, gentleman. Dec. 15; H. J. Robinson, solicitor,
Blackburn. Jan. 9; M. R., at twelve o'clock,
HUGHES (Jenny), Netley Cottage, Fawley, Southampton,
widow. Dec. 4: J. Thomson, solicitor, 23, Great Win-
chester-street, London. Dec. 18; M.R., at twelve o'clock.
IRVING Wm.), Workington, Cumberland, colliery proprie-
tor. Dec. 13; A. Helder, solicitor, Whitehaven. Dec. 22;
V.C. M., at twelve o'clock.
PANNELL JOS., Liverpool, bookseller and stationer. Dec.
3: Thos. H. Sampson, solicitor, Liverpool. Dec. 23;
M.R., at eleven o'clock.

PHILLIPS John A. P.), 3, Alexander Villas, King Edward-
road, Hackney. Middlesex, warehouseman. Dec. 1; Geo.
Webb, solicitor. 3. Crosby-square, London. Dec. 12;
V.C. B., at twelve o'clock.
BESTALL (Henrietta),

101, Marylebone road, Middlesex, spinster. Dec. 15; Thos. S. Lewis, solicitor, 7, Wilming ton-square, Middlesex. Jan. 7; M. R. at eleven o'clock. RUSSELL (John), Terhill House, Cheltenham, Esq. Dec. 8; Chas. J. C. Prichard, solicitor, Bristol. Dec. 20; M. R. at twelve o'clock.

SAUSSE Sir Matthew R.), formerly Chief Justice of Bom. bay, late of 5, Hume-street, Dublin. Ireland. Feb. 14; A. Norris, solicitor, 2. Bedford-row, Middlesex. March 6; M. R., at eleven o'clock. STACKHOUSE (Thos.), Taitlands, Stainforth, Giggleswick, York, gentleman. Dec. 20; Wm. Hartley, solicitor, Settle. Jan. 13; V.C. M., at twelve o'clock. TIZARD (John). Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorset, solicitor, and late a partner in the firm of Eldridge, Pope, and Co., Dorchester, brewers. Dec. 17; H. T. George, solicitor, Weymouth. Jan. 12; M. R., at eleven o'clock. TURNER (Mary), Derwent-hill, Crosthwaite, Cumberland, widow. Jan. 12; V.C. H. at one o'clock. WESTBURY (Right Hon. Richard, Baron), Westbury, Wilts. and 75, Lancaster-gate, Hyde-park, Middlesex. Jan. 7; Harrison and Co., solicitors, 19, Bedford-row, Holborn, Middlesex, Jan. 21, M. R., at eleven o'clock.

WILDING (John), New Accrington, Lancaster, innkeeper. Dec. 16; H. Bannister, solicitor, Accrington, Dec. 22, V.C. B., at twelve o'clock.

CREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. c. 35.

Last day of Claim, and to whom Particulars to be sent. ADAMS (Thos.), Nottingham and Lenton Firs, Lenton, Nottingham, Esq. Dec. 31; Watson and Wandsworth, solicitors, 13, Weekday Cross, Nottingham. ANDREW (Geo.), Ludworth, Derby, of Compstall, Chester, of Manchester and of Leamington, cotton manufacturer, calico printer, collier, and merchant. Jan. 6; Stevenson Lycett and Co., solicitors, Chancery-place, Manchester. ASHTON (Jas.), Mimwood, Herts, Esq. Jan. 12; Cunliffe and Leaf, solicitors, 56. Brown-street, Manchester. ASTON (Wm.), 1. St. Ethelbert-street, Hereford, solicitor. Dee. 25; 8. Farmer, solicitor, Hereford. BAINBRIDGE (John H.), Bishop Auckland, Durham, brewer. Jan. 1; J. Proud, solicitor, 16, Market-place, Bishop Auckland. BELLMAN (Rayner, Earl Soham, Suffolk. surgeon. Dec. 1; Kerrison and Preston, solicitors, Bank-street, Norwich. BENSON (Amelia St. George B.), formerly of Gloucesterplace, Portman-square, and 34, York-street, Portmansquare, and late of 13, Wyndham-place, Bryanstonesquare, Middlesex, widow. Dec. 15; Merediths, Roberts, and Mills, solicitors, 8, New-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex. BIDWELL (John), formerly of the Foreign Office, then of 91, Onslow-square, Middlesex, late of Danygarth House, Crickhowell, Brecon, Esq. Jan. 1; Newman and Lyon, solicitors, 7, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London. BINDLEY (Geo.), Coventry, haberdasher. Jan. 14; Twist and Sons, solicitors, 16, Hertford-street, Coventry. BLISS (Henry), Q.C., 5, Paper-buildings. Temple, and 26, Eccleston-square, Middlesex, Esq. Jan. 24; Young and Co., solicitors, 6, Fredericks-place, Old Jewry, London. BROWN (Wm. H., 40, Chrisp-street, Poplar, Middlesex, draper. Dec. 31; Wm. Sturt, solicitor, 14, Ironmonger. lane, London.

BUTLER (Martha), 1, Merton-terrace, Iffley-road, Oxford, spinster. Dec. 18; W. H. Walsh, solicitor, Oxford. CHRISTIE (Robert M.), late of Bankside, Surrey. civil engineer, but afterwards at the time of his decease of Blanc Pignon, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Dec. 15; Lewis and Watson, solicitors, 89, Gracechurch-street, London.

COWELL (Richard), Cardiff, Glamorgan, merchant. Feb. 1; Ingledew, Ince, and Vachell, solicitors, 124, Bute-street, Cardiff.

CROOK (John), North-street, Bedminster, Bristol, brewer. Jan. 1; Fry, Otter, and Brown, solicitors, Shannoncourt, Bristol.

DANIELS (Lydia), Bocking, Essex, widow. Jan. 1; Edward E. Clark, solicitor, Snaith, near Selby, York. DETTMAR Harriott), 33, Lansdown-place, Brighton, Sussex, widow. Dec. 8;1Humphreys and Morgan, solicitors, Giltspur-chambers, Holborn Viaduct, London. EDGELL (Caroline), 21, Cadogan-place, Chelsea, Middlesex, widow. Nov. 10; J. Edgell, solicitor, 17, Clifford's Inn, Fleet-street, London.

EDWARDS (Richard W.), 40, Harnington-street, Hampstead. road, Middlesex, gentleman. Deo. 2; Whittakers and Woolbert, solicitors, 12, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Middlesex. EIN (John), 4, Great Winchester-street-buildings, London, nd 7, Kent-terrace, Regent's-park, Middlesex, merchant. Jan. 1; Bischoff and Co., solicitors, 4, Great Winchester-street-buildings, London.

ELLERTON (Richard), Ellerton Lodge, Downholme, York, gentleman. Jan. 1; John Wm. Teale, solicitor, Leyburn. ELSDEN (Wm.), formerly of 57, Regent-street, Lambethwalk, and 21, Lambeth-walk, Surrey, late of 60, or 69, Loughborough-road, North Brixton, Surrey, gentleman. Dec. 5; Whitakers and Woolbert, solicitors, 12, Lincoln'sinn-fields, Middlesex.

ELSMERE (Peter), Birmingham, secretary to the Society of Artists. Dec. 15; Webb and Spencer, solicitors, 56, Newstreet, Birmingham.

FFINCH (Rev. Benjamin S.), The Rectory House, St. Paul, Deptford, Kent, clerk. Dec. 7; Park and W. B. Nelson, solicitors, 11, Essex-street, Strand, London. FLEWKER (John), formerly ot Derby, late of Dawlish, Devon, gentleman. Dec. 6; Pearson and Whidhorne, solicitors, Dawlish, Devon.

FORD (Walter), 159, Gray's-inn-road, Middlesex and Guildford Lodge, Margate, Kent, gas meter manufacturer. Dec. 12; Sharp and Ullithorne, solicitors, 1, Field-court, Gray's-inn, Middlesex,

FOSKETT (Maria M. G.), Ashley House, Southlands-grove, Bickley, Kent, widow. Dec. 31: Shepheard and Sons, solicitors, 32, Finsbury-circus, London.

Dec. 22;

FOWLES (Ralph), Malpas, Chester, yeoman. Eyton P. Jones, so.icitor, Whitchurch, Salop. GARDNER (John P.), Kendal, brazier. Dec. 15; C. Gardner Thomson, solicitor, Finkle-street, Kendal, Westmoreland. GARNIER (The Very Rev. Thos.), D.C.L., The Close, Winchester, clerk, formerly Dean of the Cathedral Church. Dec. 20; F. Bowker, solicitor, 23, St. Peter's-street, Winchester.

GERARD (Josiah), African trader, late of Lagos, Africa, and formerly a lieutenant in H.M. 2nd West Indian Regiment, and police magistrate. April 15, 1874; H. Quinn, solicitor, 2, South John-street, Liverpool, England. HALE (Wm.), Ropley, Southampton, yeoman. Dec. 24; Blackmore and Son, solicitors, Alresford, Hants. HANBURY (Sarah), formerly of Merfield, Yorkshire, late of 88, Piccadilly, Westminster. Dec. 31; Woollacott and Leonard, solicitors, 61, Gracechurch-street, London. HARRISON (Wm.), Leicester, gentleman. Jan. 31; Miles and Co. solicitors, Bank-street, Leicester. HOGG (Charles), Lanesfield, Cheltenham, Esq. Dec. 17; Ticehurst and Sons, solicitors, Essex-place, Cheltenham. HOKER (Samuel), Waterhouses, near Ashton-under-Lyne, yeoman. Dec. 18; Rushton and Co., solicitors, 7, Meal. house-lane, Bolton-le-Moors.

HOLT (Jas.), formerly of Sydney, New South Wales, and late of Lawn House, Upper Tooting, Surrey, Esq. Dec. 8; T. W. Denby, solicitor, 8, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London.

HORNE (Margaret) Kendal, Westmoreland, widow, Dec. 15; E. Gardner Thompson, solicitor, Finkle-street, Kendal. HOYLE (Eliza K.), formerly of 1, Camden-cottages, Denmark-road, Camberwell, Surrey, late of 272, Camberwellroad, Surrey, widow, Jan. 14; C. Mott, solicitor, 15, Paternoster-row, London.

IZARD (William), Brigton, Sussex, gentleman. Dec. 31; W. A. Stuckey, solicitor, 4, Prince's-place, North-street, Brighton.

JOHNSON (William S.), North Shields, gentleman. Jan. 30; Leitch and Dodd, solicitors, Howard-street, North Shields.

JOHNSTON (Alexander), Shanghai, China, Esq. Dec. 20; Nelson and Son, solicitors, 6, Godliman-street, Doctor's Commons, London.

JONES (Hugh), Rumworth, Lancaster, brickmaker. Dec. 18; Rushton, Armitstead and Co., solicitors, 1, Mealhouselany, Bolton-le- Moors.

KIRK (John), late of Richmond Lodge, Devon, linen merchant. and lately trading at Belfast, Co. Antrim, and at Keady, Armagh, and in New York, U.S., under the style and firm of William Kirk and Son. March 1; William Miller Kirk, 12, Bedford-street, Belfast.

Kiss (William D.), 2, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, London, and 32, Deacon-street, Walworth, Surrey, gentleman. Dec. 30; J. W. Marsh, solicitor, 2, Fen-court, Fenchurch. street, E.C.

LACY (Bernard G.), late of 32, Hampden-road, Brighton, and formerly of Poole, Dorset. Dec. 23; Thomas C. A. Brine, solicitor. Market-street, Poole, Dorset. LANDS (Christopher), Running Horses, 1, Austin-road, Battersea, Surrey, carpenter and beershop keeper. Dec. 13; R. Wastell, solicitor, 24, Cecil-street, Strand, Middle

sex.

LEESON (Henry), Ship and Rising Sun, High-street, Shadwell, and the Fishmongers' Arms, Holles-street, Claremarket, Middlesex, licensed victualler. Dec. 10; Young, Jones, and Co., solicitors, 2, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London.

LEWIS (Lieut.-Col. John), 27, Dorchester-place, Marylebone, Middlesex. Dec. 12; Law, Massey, and Halbert, solicitors 10, New square, Lincola's-inn, Middlesex. LLOYD (Ann), 67, Brecknock-road, London, spinster. Jan. 1; Henry Sowton, solicitor, 13, Bedford-row, London. LONG (Wm. H.), Brackley park, Great Lever, near Bolton, commercial traveller. Dec. 18; Rushton, Armit stead, and Co., solicitors, 1, Mealhouse-lane, Bolton-leMoors.

MAITLAND (Lady Sarah). The Palace, Hampton Court, Middlesex, widow. Dec. 31: Parkin and Pagden, solicitors, 5, New-square, Lincoln's inn, Middlesex. MALLET (Henry), Nottingham and Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, lace manufacturer. Dec. 81; Watson and Wadsworth, solicitors, 13, Weekday Cross, Nottingham. MIERS (Simeon L.), 4, Upper Montague-street, Russellsquare, Middlesex (carrying on business at 45, Hounds. ditch), wholesale clothier. Jan. 1; H. Harris, solicitor, 34A, Moorgate-street, London.

MOON (William), formerly of Liverpool, late of Woolton Hill-house, within Woolton, Lancaster, Esq. Dec. 1; Pears and Co., solicitors, 3, Harrington-street, Liverpool. MOSES (Samuel), 19, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Middlesex, Esq. Dec. 28; Montagu, solicitor, 3, Bucklersbury. London, E.C. NIXON (Jas. C.), Nottingham and Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, ironmonger, Dec. 31; Watson and Wadsworth, soli citors, 13, Weekday Cross, Nottingham. ORGAN (Richard), Brockworth, Gloucester, timber merchant, innkeeper, and farmer. Dec. 29; Mullings, Ellett, and Co., solicitors, Cirencester.

PARROTT (John), 2, City-terrace, Peterborough, Northampton, city missionary. Dec. 14; J. H. Lydall, solicitor, 12, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London. PENNELL (Dr. Richard L.) M.D., Venbridge, Cheriton Bishop, Devon. Dec. 30; Geare and Co., solicitors, Queenstreet, Exeter.

PEPPERCORN (Francis), late of Wood-green, Middlesex, gentleman, formerly of West-street, Hereford. Dec. 6; Burdekin and Co., solicitors, Sheffield. RANSON (John), Manor Farm. Monksleigh, Suffolk, farmer. Dec. 31: G. C. Sherard, solicitor, 11, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Middlesex.

RAVES (Mary A.), 33, Amwell-street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, spinster. Jan. 1; J. L. Dale, solicitor, 8, Furnival'sinn, Holborn, Middlesex.

SALE (Rev. Canon), Sheffield, clerk, doctor of divinity, and vicar of Sheffield. Dec. 13; Rodgers and Thomas, solicitors, Bank-street, Sheffield.

SALB (Edward). Honington, Warwickshire, gentleman. Dec. 18: E. V. Nicoll, solicitor, Shipston-on-Stour. SEMPER (Harriet), 14, Grove-road, St. John's-wood, Middlesex, widow. Dec. 18; Norris and Sons, solicitors, 2, Bedford-row, Middlesex.

SMITH (John B.), formerly of Honiton and Comberaleigh, late of Awliscombe, Devon, solicitor. Jan. 1; Stamp and Son, solicitors, Honiton, Devon.

SOLOMON (Samuel), Pineapple-lodge, Peckham Rye, Surrey, and of Covent-garden, Middlesex, grower of fruit. Dec. 1; W. H. Oliver, solicitor, 64, Lincoln's-inn, London SOWERBY (Wm.). Massingham, Lincoln, farmer. Dec. 16; Oldman and Iveson, solicitors, Gainsborough.

SULIVAN (Emily A. F.), 4, Grange-terrace, Brompton, Middlesex, spinster. Jan. 1; J. V. Franklin, solicitor, 2, Tanfield-court, Inner Temple, London.

TOOTAL (Edward), The Wenste, in Pendleton, Lancaster, Esq. Dec. 31; Slater, Heelis, and Co., solicitors, 74, Princes-street, Manchester.

TRAVIS (Dr. Nathaniel A.), M.D., Nice. Feb. 1; E. S. Wilson, solicitor, 6, Whitefriargate, Hull, England. VICARS (Jas.), 2, Scotland-place, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant. Dec. 30: Taylor and Son, solicitors, 1, Mawdsley-street, Bolton.

WADE (John), late of S, Beech Grove-terrace (formerly of 22, Moorland-road), Leeds, gentleman (formerly wool merchant). Dec. 23; Burdekin and Co., solicitors, 41, Norfolk-street, Sheffield.

WARNER (Stephen), North Petherton, Somerset, tailor. Dec. 20; Ruddock and Auber, solicitors, Bridgewater, Somerset.

WHITE (Henry), 53, Great Marlborough-street, Regentstreet, Middlesex, tailor. Jan. 1; Crouch and Spencer, solicitors, 8, Gray's-inn-square, London.

WHITNEY (Susan), formerly of Cork, late of 7, Draytongrove, Old Brompton (now known as 77, Thistle-grovo, West Brompton), Middlesex, spinster. Dec. 1; H. Tyrrell, solicitor, 14, Gray's-inn-square, London. WHITTAKER (John), Strand-lane, Radcliffe, Lancaster, ironmonger. Feb. 1; Greenhalgh and Finney, solicitors. 8, Acres-field, Bolton.

WHITTLE (Geo. S.), lately residing at 31, Brixton-road, Brixton, Surrey, and carrying on business as a wine and spirit merchant, at 20, Miles-lane, London. Dec. 31: G. B. Welsford, solicitor, Weymouth. WILLIAMS (John), Park-terrace, Regent's-park, Middlesex, fishmonger. Dec. 1;. Walker and Co., solicitors,

Founders'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane, London. WINNINGTON (Henry J.), 18, Petersham-terrace, Kensington. Middlesex, Esq. Jan. 1; B. Gardner, solicitor, Bewdley.

REPORTS OF SALES.

Thursday, Nov. 20.

By Messrs. WILKINSON and HORNE.

City of London.-Nos. 1, and 2, Poultry, partly freehold and partly leasehold, was knocked down at the sum of £25,500 to a person in the room who had no means of paying the deposit; the property will in consequence be again offered to public competition. at the Mart, on Wednesday, the 3rd of December, at two o'clock.

By Messrs. WINSTANLEY and HORWOOD, at the Mart. Pimlico.-No. 4, Vauxhall-bridge-rd, term 58 years-sold for £610.

Nos. 6 and 8, same road, term 54 years-sold for £1050. Bloomsbury.-No. 41, Devonshire-street, freehold-sold for

£845.

West Croydon.-St. James's-road, a plot of land-sold for £390.

Shadwell.-No. 93, Anthony-street, and No. 1, Cornwallstreet, term 19 years-sold for £205.

No. 93, Anthony-street, and Nos. 3 and 5, Cornwall-streetsold for £150.

Thirty-three houses in Cornwall-street, term 19 years-sold for 1195.

Nos. 205 and 207, Cable-street, same term-sold for £205. By Messrs. NEWBON and HARDING. Islington.-Nos. 65, 67, 69, Canonbury-road, and an improved ground rent of £20 per annum, term 45 years-sold for £1130.

Nos. 36, 38, and 40, Spencer-road, same term-sold for £800. South Hackney.-Nos. 48 and 49, Hedger's-grove, term 80 years-sold for £195.