VICE-CHANCELLOR WICKENS. THE late Vice-Chancellor Sir John Wickens, who died on the 23rd ult., at his residence, Chilgrove, near Chichester, in the fifty-ninth year of his age, was the second son of the late James Stephen Wickens, Esq., solicitor, of Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, London, by Anne Goodenough, daughter of John Hayter, Esq., of Winterbourne Stoke, Wilts, and sister of the Right Hon. Sir William Goodenough Hayter, of Southill Park, Berks. He was born in the year 1815, and was educated under Dr. Keate at Eton, where he obtained the Newcastle Scholarship, and soon afterwards he was elected to an open scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford, then in the height of its first successes under the late Dr. Jenkins, afterwards Dean of Wells. At Oxford he closed his undergraduate career, during which he obtained, among other distinctions, the Newdigate Prize for English Verse, by taking his Bachelor's degree in Michaelmas Term 1836, as a "double first class." He did not, however, obtain the much coveted honour of a Balliol Fellowship, as his facetious propensities had shown themselves in several practical jokes against the master and tutors of his college, which appeared to them to render it extremely doubtful whether he would ever settle down into a staid, sober, and demure lieutenant for the county of Durham, and served as high sheriff of that county in 1848. He was also for many years Custos Brevium of the Court of Common Pleas until the abolition of that office, when he retired with a pension, and he was like. wise formerly Major of the Durham Militia. According to Sir Bernard Burke, the family of the late baronet is descended from Robert de Eden, who died in 1413; and they have received two peerages, in the persons of Lord Henley and Lord Auckland. The baronetcy of West Auckland was conferred, in 1672, upon Robert Eden, Esq., of that place, M.P. for Durham, and that of Maryland in 1776, on the governor of the province of Maryland, who was the second son of the third baronet of the older creation. The issue of the eldest son having become extinct in 1844, the representation of the family and of the two baronetcies devolved on Sir William Eden, the baronet now deceased. The late baronet married in 1844 Elfrida, youngest daughter of Colonel Iremonger, of Wherwell Priory, Hampshire, by whom he had a family of four sons and five daughters. His eldest surviving son, William, who now succeeds to the title and estates, was born in 1849. 22 Petitions, short causes, adjourned summonses, general paper 24 General paper 25 Motions and general paper At the Rolls, unopposed petitions must be presented, and copies left with the secretary, on or before the Thursday preceding the Saturday on which it is intended they should be heard. Causes set down previous to Transfer. Benson v. Winkworth "Don," such as they who congregated in the THE COURTS & COURT PAPERS. Hay v. Bates Balliol Common Room. He afterwards settled in London to study for the Bar, and in Easter Term 1840, he was called by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-inn, and in a short time obtained a considerable practice. His reputation as an equity draftsman while at the Bar was very great, and he was believed to possess a most accurrate acquaintance with the science of Chancery pleading, which, as most of our readers know, is a branch of knowledge not now much cultivated. In 1868 he was appointed to succeed the present Lord Justice James, who was then made a ViceChancellor of England, as Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a position which has often proved a stepping stone to the bench of the High Court of Chancery. Mr. Wickens held at the same time another office which is now looked upon as giving its occupant a still greater claim to a judgeship. He acted for some time as what is called the Attorney-General's "Devil" in Equity. In April, 1871, the deceased judge succeeded Sir John Stuart, on his resignation, as one of the Vice-Chancellors of England. The career of Sir John Wickens on the judicial bench, though so short, was sufficient to show that he possessed the very highest qualities which can be looked for in an equity judge. Indeed, he had showed himself to be abundantly endowed with these even when practising at the Bar. There was always something fair and judicial in his In his judicial arguments as an advocate. capacity Sir John Wickens was called upon to deal with a number of difficult cases, including, in particular, many which involved the constructions of wills, and very few of his decisions were called in question with success. His name is perhaps best known to the public as the judge who decided the case of Aylesford v. Morris, which at the time was very much canvassed in all quarters. Vice-Chancellor Wickens, it will be remembered, relieved the Earl of Aylesford from a bargain by which he had agreed to pay within six months of his attaining his majority interest at the rate of sixty per cent. for a loan of money, and the ViceChancellor's decision was in March last upheld on appeal by the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices. He was a stuff gownsman down to his elevation to the Bench, an appointment which he held for many years as Equity Junior to the Attorney-General being incompatible with his taking silk, and he never aspired to a seat in Parliament. "Sir John Wickens," says a contemporary," was one of those men whose elevation did not place a distance between himself and his contemporaries at the Bar. He was always easy and unaffected in his manners, both in and out of court, and even since his elevation to the Bench the Vice-Chancellor walking away from his court with his cigar in his lips was not an unfamiliar figure in the precincts of Lincoln's Inn." The late Vice-Chancellor Wickens married, in 1845, Harriet Frances, daughter of William Davey, Esq., of Cowley House, Gloucestershire, by whom he leaves a family to lament his loss. Re Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan (Limited), and Company's Acts (Campbell's case) Re same Bank (Hippesley's case) Re same Bank (Alison's case) Carter v. Stevens Marseilles v. Masterman Re Matlock Old Bath Hydropathic Company (Limited), and Company's Acts (case of Manchester Finance Company) Re same Company (Maynard's case) Appeals. v. City of London Brewery SIR W. EDEN, BART. THE late Sir William Eden, Bart., of Windlestone Hall, in the county of Durham, late Custos Brevium of the Court of Common Pleas, who died on the 21st ult., in the seventieth year of his age, was the eldest surviving son of the late Sir Frederick Morton Eden, Bart., of Maryland, U.S. (who died in 1809), by Anne, daughter of James Paul Smith, Esq., of New Bond-street, and was born in the year 1803. He succeeded to his father's title, on the death of his brother, in 1814, and to that of his cousin, the late Sir Robert Johnson Eden, Bart., of West Auckland, in 1844. Sir William was a magistrate and deputy. Monday Nov. 3 Motions Cavander v. Bulteel Rolls Court. At Westminster. Clowes v. Hogg Wood v. Wood King v. Dixon Pritchard v. Collette Collette v. Pritchard Patrick v. Gye Ridgway v. Ridgway Ridgway v. Ridgway Remaining Causes transferred from the Books of the Fortune v. Thompson Enfield v. Roscoe Clarke v. Allison Dent v. Hoye Hill v. ill Burton v. Maw Mapleson v. Bentham Somes v. Renton Hayne v. Hayne Graesser v. Crowther Cleary v. Kennington Machine Company (Li- Wynne v. The North Staffordshire Railway Company Bolton v. White Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited) v. Brett Stokes v. King Fletcher v. Fletcher Coast Railway Company The Ramsgate District Averill v. Beeston Holden v. Holden Smith v. Smith Causes set down since the Transfer. Matthews v. Roberts Ibbetson v May Fulford v. Hilliard Smith v. Holroyd St. John's College Cam- Mitchelson v. Thompson Waring v. Currey Jones v. Church bridge v. Earl of Effing- Newcomen v. Wharton Birks v. Wells Glegg v. Rees May v. Porter | Bond v. Surman Homes v. Postlethwaite Grant v. Provest Raiuford v. Moreton Evans v. Evans Gibbons Gibbons Coulson . York-York v. The Patent Marine Inven- Icke v. Underhill Lord Abinger v. Ashton Prait v. Carnsew Miller v. Crockett Atherton v. Merriman Still. Elliott Price v. Baines Tuesday. 11 Ditto Monday 17 In Bankruptcy 18 General paper Wednesday 12 Ditto Thursday Wednesday ... 19 Ditto Frida v 14 Petitions and general paper 15 Short causes, adjourned sum monses, and general paper 18 General paper County Court appeals and gene- Saturday 22 Petitions, short causes, aud Wednesday 19 Ditto 20 Motions and general paper 24 General paper 25 Motions and general paper Investment Co. Smith v. Government Stock Investment Co. Coulthurst v. Smith Burgess v. Bennett Mayor, &c., of Hastings v. Emson v. Saffron Walden Blakey v. Rushworth De Witte v. Denne Hall v. Harland Jones v. Habershon Bain v. Percy Taylor v. East London Ry. Pudge v. Pudge Randell v. Samels Carey v. Lloyd Souch v. East London Rail- Peel v. Smith Ex parte Brain and others Smith v. Smith Moses v. James Maddin v. Driscoll Fisher v. Harrison Nalborough v Jackaman Collins v. Thorn Blayney v. Lawrence Pearce v. Londan Tram ways Company (Limited) Wier v. Gisborne Ward v. Ramsden Angell v. Angell Motions and adjourned sum monses 24 In Bankruptcy 25 Motions and adjourned sum Lyall v. Fluker Causes. Stanford v. Fune Attorney-General v. The Wilson v. The Furness Ry. Groom v. Savery Remaining Causes transferred from the Books of the Vice- Sykes v. Wilde Dutton v. Hockenhull Smith v. Smith Rodgers & Sons (Limited) v. Rodgers Monday Council of City of Lon don Norris v. Barber Clark v. Adie Maule v. Davis Sykes r. Smith Stenhouse v. Davidson V.C. Wickens' Court. At Westminster. Nov. 3 Motions At Lincoln's-inn. Nov. 4 General paper Oakes v. Oakes Collins v. Slade 5 Ditto 6 Ditto 7 Petitions, adjourned Marshall v. Redford Tosswill v. Gillman De Tourville v. Barton Waldy v. Bradshaw Saull v. Saull Stansfield v. Peverall Estate-Brown v. Rye Re John Evans' Howlett v. Cole Walker v. Lawton Lanza v. Lewin Baron Howard of Glossop Any causes intended to be heard as short causes before the Master of the Rolls or either of the ViceChancellors must be so marked at least one clear day before the same can be put in the paper to be so heard. N.B.-In Vice-Chancellor Wickens' Court no cause, motion for decree or further cousideration, can, except by order of the court, be marked to stand over, if it be within twelve of the last cause or matter in the printed paper of the day for hearing. monses, and general paper 8 Short causes, adjourned sum- 10 General paper 11 Ditto 12 Ditto 13 Motions, adjourned summonses, and general paper Friday.................. 14 Petitions, adjourned Saturday 15 Monday ............... 17 sum monses, and general paper Short causes, adjourned summonses, and general paper General paper 6 Thursday 7 Friday 8 Saturday CAUSES. Court itself. Beale v. Beale (otherwise Wrench Slater v. Scattergood and others Murray . Murray and Simons and others Harris Stevenson v. Stevenson Baker v. Baker & Williams Smith v. Smith called Monck . Monck Fozier, falsely Wheeler v. Wheeler O'Brien v. O'Brien Cowne, Cowne Tombs. Tombs Rousby v. Rousby Scott #. Scott and Burnett Before the Court Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald Thomas Collett v. Collett & Bruck- Eagleton r. Eag'eton Steel r. Steel Pratt . Pratt and Spry Stotherd v. Stotherd, Mont- Thompson v. Thompson, and Thomas r. Thomas Allan v. Allan and Somer- Casson v. Casson & Morton Carroll v. Carroll and Max- Cook v. Cook Nettleton v. Nettleton and Tittensor v. Tittensor and v. Schott Price v. Price Morris r. Morris and Jones Essell v. Essell & Harding Harper v. Harper & Lyttle | Noverre (Queen's Proctor inter- Tanner v. Tanner falsely called The judge will sit in chambers to hear summonses at half-past ten o'clock, and in court to hear motions at twelve o'clock, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and on each succeeding Tuesday until Tuesday, Dec. 16, inclusive. All papers for motions on Tuesday, Nov, 1, must be left with the clerk of the papers in the Registry of the Court of Probate at Doctors' Commons, or with the chief clerk of the Registry of the Court for Divorce aud Matrimonial Causes at Doctors' Commons, before two o'clock on the preceding Wednesday, and for motions on subsequent Tuesdays before two o'clock on the preceding Thursdays. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. PARK, JAMES ALLAN, Cadogan-ter, Sloane-st. Pet. Oct. 24. Reg. To surrender in the Country. BYAM, EDWARD G., captain in H. M.'s army, Woolston, near Reg. Patchitt. Sur. Nov. 10 SIMPSON, CHARLES, builder, Kingston-upon-Hull. Reg. Phillips. Sur. Nov. 8 SPICER, WILLIAM, baker, Wareham. Pet. Oct. 24. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Gazette, Oct. 21. Pet. Oct. 24. Pet. Oct. 24. Reg. Dickin ABRAHAMS, ABRAHAM, boot warehouseman, Bath. June 3, 1873 Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS. Gazette, Oct. 24. ABEL, GEORGE, schoolmaster, Brighton. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 10, BATTY, JOHN, wholesale druggist, Hull. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 5, at BELCHER, NAPOLEON, and STAGG, WILLIAM, brewers, Hasard- BISHOP. WILLIAM ROBERT, butcher, Broadway, Ealing. Pet. Oct. BROOKE, WILLIAM, hotel keeper, Essex-st, Strand. Pet. Oct. 22. BROOKS, FREDERICK, out of business, Malden-rd, Kentish-town. BROWN, DAVID, tailor, Bolton. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 6, at three, at CARTER, ROBERT, gold chain maker, Birmingham. Pet. Oct. 20. CHRISTIE, JAMES COKE, wine merchant, Liverpool. Pet. Oct. 21. COLLINGE, JAMES, provision dealer, Manchester. Pet. Oct. 22. Sol. DAVIDSON, RICHARD, tailor, St. Helen's. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 5, at three, at office of Sol. Ritson, Liverpool DEAN, WILLIAM, grocer, Manchester. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 5, at FELTON, JAMES, bootmaker, Bradford. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 4, at FORRESTER, JARVIS, in lodgings, Longton. Pet Oct. 16. Nov. 6, FRANKLYN. BENJAMIN, tailor, King's-rd, Chel-en. Pet. Oct. 22. GARDINER, GEORGE, bricklayer, "Huddersfield. Pet. Oct. 21. HARRIS, CHARLES BUTLER, clerk in holy orders, Dunstable. HARRISON, ROBERT, tailor, Barnsley. Pet.O ct. 18. Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Royal hotel, Barnsley HARVEY, JAMES, grocer, Newport. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 5, at eleven, at Nicholls and Leatherdale, Old Jewry-chmbs. Sol. Joyce, Newport HARWOOD, THOMAS, plumber, Bolton, Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 7, at HEALD, BENJAMIN, fruiterer, Stokton. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 7, at NICHOLSON, GEORGE, grocer, Horsforth, near Leeds. Pet. Oct 18. PARTRIDGE, FREDERICK, machinist, Stoke. 4, at one, at the Lamb Lotel, Nantwich. Sol. Lisle, Nantwich, Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. and Crewe PEACEY, ARTHUR THOMAS, out of business, St. Paul's rd, Cannonbury. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 15, at three, at office of Sol. Downing, Basinghall-st PERMAN, WILLIAM, yeoman, Mottisfont. Pet. Oct. 29. Nov. 11, at twelve, at office of Sols. Stead, ylee and Potter, Romsey POUPART, ANN, and POUPART. JAMES, market gardeners, Walham-green, Fulham. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 12, at twelve, at offices or Sols. Chinery and Aldridge, Essex-st, Strand RAWCLIFFE, JOHN, cloth manufacturer, Leeds. Nov. 4, at one, at office of Sol. Hardwick, Leeds RICHARDSON, GEORGE THOMAS, Couch builder, Barbican. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 10, at eleven, at office of Sol. Howell, 112, Cheapside Pet. Oct. 17. SAMUEL, ABRAHAM, job draper, Great Alice st, Goodman'sflelus. Pet. Oct. 13. Nov. 3, at two, at office of Sol. Barnett, New Broad-st SANDS, OSBORN ROBERT, tea dealer, Lower Sloane-st, Chelsea. Pet. Oct. 18. Nov. 4, at two, at Izard and Betts, accountants, 46, East cheap. Sols. Reed and Lovell, Basinghall-st SAVORY, JOHN, shoemaker, Northrepps. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Deg inn, Aylsham. Sols. Winter and Francis, Norwich SEED, SAMUEL, builder, Rochdale. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 5, at three at office of Sol. Ashworth, Rochdale SELL, EDWARD MARK, victualler, Rotherhithe-st. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 7, at twelve, at office of Sols. Taylor and Ward, Great James st, Bedford-row SHEIL, LAWRENCE, ironmonger, Liverpool. Pet. Oct. 21. Νον. 10, at two, at office of Sol. Hughes, Liverpool SPRING, HENRY ALFRED, saddler, Gloucester. Pet. Oct. 18. Nov. 3, at one, at I, College-bldgs, Gloucester STACEY, CATHERINE JANE, teacher of millinery, Clarence-st, Upper Brook-st. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 6, at three, at office of Sols. Smith and Boyer, Manchester STONE, JAMES, tailor, Exmouth. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Bue Haven hotel, Exeter. Sol. Sobey SYMONS, ROBERT, photographer, Tenby. Pet. Oct. 18. Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Townhall, Carmarthen. Sol. Stokes, Tenby TASKER WILLIAM, joiner, Hessle. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 3, at two, at office of Sol. Messrs. Rollit, Hull THOMAS, WILLIAM LOUIS, grocer, Brushfield-st, Bishopsgatewithout, and Market-row, Crosslana-rd, South Hackney. Nov. 3, at three, at office of Sols. Hicklin and Washington, Trinitysq. Southwark TOMLIN, JAMES, painter, Barnsley. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 6, at ten, at office of Sols. Dibb and Raley, Barnsley TUBBY, ROBERT JOHN, stationer, Broad-s, Teddington. Pet. Oct. 20. Out. 28, at the Guildhall tavern, Gresham-st, in lieu of the place originally named TURNER, HENRY WILLIAM. grocer, Hulme. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 7, at three, et office of Sols. Eltoft and Hampson, Manchester WALKER, THOMAS, joiner, Huddersfield. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 6, at half-past two, at office of Sols. Mes-rs. Sykes, Huddersfield WALKER, WILLIAM, gentleman, Bournemouth. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 6, at eleven, at office of Sol, Guillinum, Fleet-st WARE, FREDERICK, and LAVERACK, GEORGE EDWARD, engi neers, City bridge, and Marshgate-la, High-st, Stratford. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 12, at two, at the Guildhall tavern, Gresham-st. Sol. Swaine, Cheapside WHITE, WILLIAM, grocer, Burnley. Pet. Oct. 18. Nov. 7, at three, WILLIAMS, JOHN, wheelwright, Manchester. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. ADCOCK, WILLIAM, brickmaker, Sileby. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 12, at twelve, at office o Sols. Deane and Lickorish, Loughborough, and Walbrook, London ADUTT, LEON MARCO, and FINZI, HENRY WARBURG, com- AUSTIN, THOMAS HENRY, ironmonger, Crewkerne. BAKER, WALTER WALTON, saddler, Didmarton. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 10, at two, at offices of Barnard, Thomas, Tribe, and Co., Bristol. Sols. Fussell, Prichard and Swann, Bristol BARRATT, WILLIAM, bootmaker, Edgware-rd. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 10, at three, at the Guil lhall tavern, Gresham-st. Sol. Clarke, St. Mary's sq. Paddington BASTIN, THOMAS FRANCISs, grocer, Bristol. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 17, at eleven, at office of Sol. Ward, Bristol BATCHELOR, MARK, oilman, Maidstone. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 7, at one, at the Bridze House hotel, London Bridge, Southwark. Sol. Goodwin, Maidstone BIBBY, SAMUEL JORDAN, jeweller, Carnarvon. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 7, at two, at the Queen's hotel, Chester. Sols. Picton, Jones, and Roberts, Carnarvon BISHTON, WILLIAM, timber merchant, Wolverhampton. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 8, at twelve at office of Sol. Barrow, Wolverhampton BLYTH, CHESLYN ABNEY, captain in Her Majesty's 2nd regiment of foot, Cathedral hotel, St. Paul's Churchyard. Pet. Sept. 1. Dec.15, at three, at office of Sols. Raven and Ellis, Queen Victoria-at BONNEY, EDWARD CORNELIUS, grocer, Southampton. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 11, at twelve, at office of Nicholls and Leatherdale, accountants, Old Jewry-chmbs, London. Sol. Swayne, Southampton BOTT, JOHN MALING, and BOTT, JOHN, wire workers, Birming ham. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 7, at twelve, at office of Sol. Hodgson, Birmingham BRAY, RICHARD, bootmaker, Upper Berkeley-st-west, Hyde-pk. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 11, at two, at offices of Messrs. Broad, Walbrook. Sol. Ellerton, Queen-st, Cheapside BROOKS, CHARLES CHRISTOPHER, commercial traveller. Elginter, Catford Bridve. Pet Oct. 13. Nov. 6, at two, at the Sambrook hotel, Sambrook-et, Basinghall-st. Sol. Gowing, Basinghall-street BROWN, JOHN, and BROWN, CALEB, draver, Birmingham. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 12, at twelve, at offices of Sol. Buller, Birmingham CAWDRON, JOSEPH, no occupation, Heighington. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 8, at eleven, at office of Sol. Page, jun., Lincoln CLARKE, HENRY, builder, Shifnal. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 8, at eleven, at office of Sol. Osborne, Shifnal COKER, JOHN, jun., contractor, Ryde. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 11, at half-past twelve, at the Crown hotel, Ryde. Sol. Joyce, Newport COBB, JOHN, gardener, Grove-rd, Richmond. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 6, at twelve, at office of Sol. Hynes, Grecian-chmbs, Devereuxct, Temple COLLINS, JAMES, butcher, Walworth-rd, Lambeth. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 18, at twelve, at office of Sol. Cooke, Devereux-court, Temple COOKES, JOHN MEASURES, auctioneer, Leamington Priors. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 10, at three, at the Bath hotel, Leamington Priors. Sols, Sanderson and Hassall, Leamington COOK, JOSEPH, greengrocer, Bradford. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 7, at three, at offices of Sol. Neill, Bradford COOK, THOMAS HARRISON, outfitter, South Shields. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 10, at three, at office of Sol. Duncan, South Shields CORDINGLEY, JOSEPH BINKS, b erhouse keeper, Manchester. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 10, at three, at office of Sols. Sutton and Elliott, Manchester CORFE, JOHN, out of business, Birmingham. Pet. Oct. 6. Nov. 6, at ten, at offices of Sol. East, Birmingham COX. LEWIS. grocer, Birming ani. Pet. Oct. 13. Nov. 6, at twelve, at office of Sol. Fallows, Birmingham CRAIG. ROBERT, draper, Portsea. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 7, at four, at offices of Sol. King, Portsea EDISS, THOMAS WYATT, builder, Southsea. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 8. at eleven, at office of Paice, Landport. Sol. Walker, Landport EDMONDSON, EDWARD, Seamen's outfitter, North Shields. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 14, at three, at office of Sol. Duncan, South Shields FARRAH, FREDERICK, out of business, West End-grove, Mortlake. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 15, at one, at office of Sol. Warrand, Ludgate-hill FRENCH, GEORGE, bootmaker, High-st, Marylebone. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 14, at eleven, at office of Sol. Chalk, Moorgate-st GERRISH, WILLIAM HALL, corn merchant, Cardiff. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 13, at two, at offics of Barnard, Thomas, Clarke, and Co., Cardiff. Sol. Ensor, Cardiff GIBSON, JOHN CHARLES, surgeon, Droitwich. Pet. Oct. 20. Nov. 8, at three, at the Hop Market hotel, Worcester. Sol. Corbet GOOLD, GIDEON, factor, Handsworth. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 7, at three, at offices of Sol. Hodgson, Birmingham GROVES, JOHN JAMES, corn me chant, Surbiton. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 21, at four, at office of Sol. Wetherfield, Gresham-bidgs, Guildhall, London HOLLISS, THOMAS ROBERT, contractor's assistant, Yalding-rd, Blue Anchor-rd, Bermondsey. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 8, at eleven, at offices of Sols. May and Sykes, Adelaide-pl HOBDEN, WILLIAM JOHN, bootmaker, High-st, Lower Norwood. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Greyhound hotel, Croydon. Sol. Parry JIBSON, RICHARD PRINCE, shopkeeper, York. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 6, at eleven, at office of Sol. Crumble, York JOHNSON, JOSEPH, and WADDINGTON, EDWIN ARTHUR, okum manufacturers, Burdett-rd, Limehouse. Pet Oct. 23. Nov. 13, at three, at office of 81s. Raven ani Curtis, Queen Victoria-st LEVASTON, LEWIS EDWARD, professor of music, Wimborne. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 17, at twelve, at office of Sol. Whitehead, Bournemouth Pet. Oct, LITTLE, ROBERT, bricklayer, 'Edgware-rd, Hendon. 13. Nov. 10, at three, at office of Sol. May, Golden-sq LONG, GEORGE, printer, Cinderford. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 8, at one, at offices of Sol. Jackson, Stroud MACVEIGH, JAMES, jun., draper. Maxwell-rd, Fulham. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Chamber of Commerce, Cheapside. Sols. Peacock and Goddard, South-sq. Gray's-inn MARTIN, JOHN, warehouseman, Manchester Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 7, at three, at the Star hotel, Manchester MERIGOT, JEAN LOUIS, wine merchant, Liverpool. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 10, at twelve, at office of Ivey, accountan, Liverpool. Sol. Hughes, Liverpool st. MERRIN, HENRY, crinoline skirt manufacturer, Wood-st, City, and draper, Stoke Newington-rd. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 10, at two, at offices of Gamble and Harvey, 1, Gresham-bldgs, BasinghallSols. Miller and Miller, Sherborne-la MITCHELL, HENRY, licensed victualler, Tiverton. Pet. Oct. 22. Nov. 18, at twelve, at office of Sol. Toby, Exeter MITCHELL, JOHN, fish dealer, Halifax. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 10, at four, at offices of Sol. Storey, Halifax MYERS, MORRIS, wire worker, Euston-rd. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 11, at four, at offices of Dubois, accountant, Gresham-bldgs. Sol. Sydney, Leadenhall-st NUTTALL, SAMUEL, wood turner, Bury. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 12, at three, at offices of Sols. Messrs. Grundy and Co., Bury OLIVER, THOMAS, quarryman, Llanddeiniolen. Pet. Oct. 18. Nov. 8, at twelve, at offices of Sol. Jones, Conway PITHER. WILLIAM, builder, Ascot, par, Sunninghill. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 14, at three, at offices of Sol. Long, Windsor RESTELL, JAMES HENRY, wine merchant, Jewry-st, and Lee-rd, Blackheath. Pet. Oct. 25, Nov. 11, at two, at office of Sols. Fallows and Whitehead, Lancaster-pl, Strand RICHARDSON, JOSEPH HAYTON POLLARD, licensed victualler, Bootle, near Liverpool. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 10, at three, at office of Vine, 30, Cable-st, Liverpool. Sol. Worship, Liverpool ROBERTS, GEORGE, jeweller, Kingston-upon-Hull, and Cottingham. Pet. Oct 20. Nov. 10, at twelve, at office of Sol. Spink, Kingston-upon-Hull RULE, CHARLES, mining agent, Gracechurch st. Pet. Oct. 25. SEWELL, GEORGE ROBINS, licensed victualler, Tooley-st. Pet. STANLEY, JOSEPH BIRD, builder, Leamington Priors. Pet. STARK, JOHN, tobacconist, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Pet. Oct. 22. STEVENS, MATTHEW, baker, Cardiff. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 7, at sey. THOMAS, WILLIAM, jun., potato salesman, Birmingham. Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 17, at three, at office of Sols. Rowlands, Bagnall, and Rowlands, Birmingham TODD, WILLIAM, gardener, Manthorpe-cum-Little Gonnerby. Pet. Oct. 21. Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Angel hotel, Grantham. Sol. Belk, Nottingham TRIGG, CHARLES, tailor, Leicester. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 11, at three, at office of Sol. Owston, Leicester TURNER, ROBERT JOHN, bookseller, Ridgway-rd, Wimbledon. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 11, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Flux and Leadbitter, Leadenhali-st VULLIAMY, HENRY, surveyor, Gracechurch-st, and Fairview, Macaulay-rd, Chapham common. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 20, at t vo, at office of the Mercantile Association, 33, Gutter-la. Sol. Vanderpump, South-sq, Gray's-inn WALKER, JOHN, farmer, Halifax. Pet. Oct. 18. Nov. 10, at three, at offices of Sol. Rhodes, Halifax WHITE, EDWARD, bootmaker, Priors Hardwick. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 13, at four, at the Buck and Bell inn, Banbury. Sol. Wood, Southam WHITE, GEORGE, poulterer, Exeter. Pet. Oct. 25. Nov. 12, at three, at office of Sol. Friend, Exeter WHITNELL, JAMES RAMSEY, grocer, South Shields. Pet. Oct. 23. Nov. 11, at three, at offices of Sol. Duncan, South Shields WRIGHTSON, MARIA, widow, milliner, Coburg-cottages, Albertrd, Richmond, Pet. Oct. 24. Nov. 11, at three, at office of Sols. Wood and Hare, Basinghall-st, also at Croydon and Reigate Dividends. BANKRUPTS' ESTATES. The Official Assignees, &c., are given, to whom apply for the Dividends. Bloomfield, G. C. grocer, second and final, 7d. At Sol. Coaks, Norwich.-Culshaw, G. joiner, final, 3d. At Trust. J. Platt, 36, London-st, Southport.-Gribble, F. J. builder, first and final, 5s. At Trust. R. E. James, 52, Moorgate-st.-Houchen, J. draper, first and final, 1s. At Barnard, Clarke, McLean, and Co., 3, Lothbury. -Kinsey, B. C. wine merchant, first, 2s. 6d. At Trust. J. Slater, 1, Guildhall-chmbs, Basinghall-st-Lannigan, T. R. draper, second and final, 78, 5d. At Barnard, Thomas, Tribe, and Co. Albionchmbs, Bristol.-Lidbetter, W. farmer, first and final, 44d. At Sol. Glover, Walsall-Me Ara, D. S. outfitter, first and final, 5s. 9d. At Honey, Humphrys, Baggs, and Co., accountants, 28, King st, Cheapside-Watson, H. stationer, first, 2s. 41. At Trust. S. Smith, Harvey, and Co., 65, Basanghall-st.-Wike, G. and J. M. merchants, second, 81. At Trust. A. Murray, 102, King-st, Manchester. Michael, W. shopkeeper, second, 2d. Shepard, Tredegar Bower, L. stone merchant, first and final, 208. At Trust. J. S. Jennings, 7. Charles-s, Bradford.-Busst, J. ironfounder, first and final, 38. At Trust. W. G. Dixon, 46, Queen-st, Wolverhampton.Cumes, W. butcher, second and final, 1s. 6d. At Trust. K. Snelgrove, Queen-st, Exeter.-Eunit, P. farmer, first, 1s. At Trust. W. G. Smith, Shannon-et, Corn-st, Bristol.-Hill, G. auctioneer, first and final, 28. 101. At Trust. D. Shaw, Pierpoint-st, Worces ter.-Illingworth, H. joiner, second and final. 18. 7d. At Trust. G. Chambers, Darley-st, Bradford.-Jepson, H. hat manufacturer, first and final, 8s. 3d. At Trust. H. Vaughan, 61, Princess-st, Manchester.-Jones, H. O. provision merchant, first, 6d. At Trust. H. Bollond, 10, South John-st, Liverpool.-Juby, W. F. draper, first and final, 8id. At Trust. J. D. Viney, 99, Cheapside-age, F. tobacconist, first 2s. At Trust. E. C. Chatterley, 25, Old Jewry. -Pearson, T. coal dealer, third, 8d. At Trust. W. Heaton, Old Townhall-chmbs.-Salmon, F. W. manufacturer of incubators, final, 38. 1d. By Trust. H. W. Newton, at office of J. C. Warden, 11, Guild-st, Stratford-on-Avon-Smith, W. C. coprolite merchant, final, 18. 1d. At Trust. C. Wisbey, 26, Trinity-st, Cambridge.Webb, C. J. retired paymaster from navy, 1s. 3d. At office of J. Howard, registrar of Portsmouth County Court. BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS BIRTH. CARLESS.-On the 17th ult., at Hereford, the wife of Joseph Carless, Town Clerk of Hereford, of a daughter. MARRIAGE. SHEE-INNES. On the 14th ult., at Thomas-town, county Kil. kenny, George Shee, of 11, K ng's Bench walk, Temple, barris. ter-at-law, to Jane, eldest daughter of H. Innes, Esq, of Thomas town. DEATHS. PEEL-On the 15th ult., aged 46 years, Arthur Peel, H.M.'s Chief Justice for the Island of Antigua. TALBOT.-On the 23rd ult., aged 70 years, Henry Talbot. Esq., of Oakland, near Kid terminster, Justice of the Peace, and Deputy. Lieutenant for the county of Worcester. WICKENS. On the 23rd ult., at Chilgrove, Chichester, aged 68 years, Vice-Chancellor Sir John Wickens. THE NEW SYSTEM OF BUYING A HOUSE WITHOUT MONEY. BIRKBECK BUILDING SOCIETY, 29 AND 30, SOUTHAMPTON-BUILDINGS, CHANCERY-LANE, LONDON. TOST PERSONS ARE FAMILIAR with what is known as the " THREE YEARS' SYSTEM" of the Pianoforte Makers, by which anyone who Hires an 1rument and pays the Hire for that period, becomes the ABSOLUTE OWNER OF THE PIANOFORTE. Previously to the introduction of this plan it was almost as difficult for those of limited income to buy a good Pianoforte as BUY A HOUSE; and persons went on year after year, paying for the Hire of an Instrument, and expended as much money as would have bought the Pianoforte sev ral times over. What will hold good for Pianofortes will hold good for HOUSES; and there are many who would no doubt AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE OPPORTUNITY, if it was afforded them, of becoming THE OWNER OF A HOUSE in the same way as they have already become the owner of their planoforte. THE DIRECTORS New System of Purchasing a House, MAY DE SUMMED UP AS FOLLOWS: 1. Persons of Limited Income, Clerks, Shopmen, and others, may, by becoming Tenants of the BIRKBECK BUILDING SOCIETY, be placed at once in a position of independence as regards their Landlord, 2. Their RENT CANNOT BE RAISED. 3. They CANNOT BE TURNED OUT OF POSSES. SION so long as they pay their Rent. 4. NO FEES or FINES of any kind are chargeable. 5. They can leave the House at any time without notice. rent being payable only to the time of giving up possession. 6. If circumstances compel them to leave the House before the completion of their Twelve and a half Years Tenancy, they can Sub-let the House for the remainder of the Term, they c Transfer their right to another Tenant. 7. Finally, NO LIABILITY or RESPONSIBILITY any kind is incurred, beyond the Payment of Rent by the who acquire Houses by this New System. The BIRKBECK BUILDING SOCIETY have on their Last several HOUSES, which they are prepared to LET & the TWELVE AND A HALF YEARS' SYSTEM, and many cases Immediate Possession may be obtained. The Terms on which Houses can be placed on th Register may be obtained on application to FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT. Manager.. Now ready, price 68. 6d. (including Index to Volume), PART VIII. 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, alf bound, price £5 58. for the set, or any single volume fo £2 28. Back numbers may be had in complete sets. R London: HORACE COX, 10, Wellington-street, Strand, W.C. Just published, price 5s. 6d., PART III. of VOL. VIII. of London: HORACE COX, 10, Wellington-street, Strand, W.C. 15 327 888 10 20 21 by local professional men of the tedious mode of procedure and of the whole system of trial by naval courts martial. Reform is absolutely necessary, and we wish the petitioners success. The JUDGE ADVOCATE should be a member of the Bar, one of standing trained in the practical work of his profession; and solicitors in naval arsenals should be appointed Deputy Judge Advocates. ALTHOUGH the appointment of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL to the Chief Justiceship of the Common Pleas has not been made at the time we write, there is no doubt that the position will be offered to him, and we have reason to know that it will be accepted. Therefore we may treat Sir JOHN COLERIDGE as the new Lord Chief Justice. He is the eldest son of the Right Hon. Sir JOHN TAYLOR COLERIDGE, was born in 1821, and educated at Eton; he was scholar of Balliol College,' and afterwards Fellow of Exeter College Oxford. He was called to the Bar of the Middle Temple in 1847, was made Recorder of Portsmouth in 1855, and received a silk gown in 1861. He contested Exeter in the Liberal interest in July 1864, and though defeated on that occasion, was returned for that city at the general election in 1865. He was appointed Solicitor-General in Dec. 1868, on which occasion he received the honour of knighthood. In Nov. 1871 he succeeded Sir R. P. COLLIER as Attorney-General. He has been called the "West of England lawyer," and his career on the Western Circuit in a measure entitles him to be so designated, but we do not think that he would put foremost his claim to be a lawyer. In an address delivered to the Articled Clerks' Society he too modestly, no doubt, expressed his surprise at his own success at the Bar. That success, however, is easily to be accounted for. Elegant and polished speakers are not numerous at the Bar-their occupation, indeed, is almost gone. Consequently Sir JOHN COLERIDGE was able to take a position which, if not of the highest kind recognised by practical lawyers, was certainly unique. But with this fine faculty of speech he unites a singular capacity for apprehending rapidly the legal bearings of a case and applying legal principles. For this reason we anticipate that he will make an admirable Judge. AMONG the publications made under the authority of the MASTER of the ROLLS, there appeared three years back an interesting work entitled, "The Black Book of the Admiralty," and edited by Sir TRAVERS TWIss. In the preface to the work the learned editor regrets the loss of the original Black Book, which was a sort of record of the ancient statutes or laws governing the admiralty jurisdiction, and was supposed to have been written, in part at least, as far back as the reign of Edward III. or Richard II., before the prohibitions restraining the court from exercising jurisIts loss seems to have dion over foreign contracts commenced. been discovered by a Mr. LUDERS on 2nd June, 1808, when he applied at the office at Doctors' Commons and was informed "by the proper officer" that they had never seen such a book, and knew nothing of it. The value of the book as a legal authority may not be very great, but as a literary curiosity, and perhaps as evidence of the jurisdiction claimed, if not exercised, by the Court of Admiralty in early days, it is most interesting. Hence we are glad to be able to announce that the missing volume has been discovered by the Assistant Registrar of the Court of Admiralty, Mr. BATHURST, among some private papers belonging to a former Registrar of that court. Its identity can scarcely be doubted, because it answers so accurately all the descriptions given of it, and moreover, among the same papers was found a document, dated in the year 1808, and signed with the initials of Sir CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, afterwards Judge of the Admiralty Court (as well as those of other persons), purporting to be a report to the College of Advocates, as to the Black Book in the Admiralty registry. This report, which is in print, so accurately describes the volume which has been found that its authenticity cannot be doubted. The Black Book is written on vellum, and some of its pages are illuminated. It was originally 26 bound in black-hence its name; but now the colour has much worn away. At the same time some other old manuscripts of considerable interest were discovered. 22 658 888 314 HOUSE OF LORDS. MANSFIELD (falsely called CUNO) v. CUNO Suit for nullity of marriage-Impotence 316 TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS......... 15 18 18 19 COURT OF APPEAL IN CHANCERY. STEVENS . THE MID HANTS RAILWAY COMPANY: THE LONDOX FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION E. STEVENS Court of Appeal in Chancery 20 20 23 324 BANKRUPTCY LAW: V.C. BACON'S COURT. Re THE MATLOCK OLD BATH HYDRO- BURNS. POULSON COURT OF EXCHEQUER AND EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. ALLOOOD AND OTHERS v. BLAKE; ROACH t. THE SAME; CLENNELL . THE SAME; REED . THE SAME; ALLGOOD AND OTHERS P. F. BLAKE Will-Limitations of estates tail-Ultimate limitation "for default of such issue to all and every other the issue of my body" 331 Bank of England Creditors under 22 & 23 Vict. c. 35 Metropolitan and Provincial Law Asso- Articled Clerks' Society Solici ors' Benevolent Association Law Students' Debating Society. Law Association Huddersfield Law Students' Debating LEGAL OBITUARY 22 23 26 26 26 27 27 BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS 23 THE GAZETTES. The Law and the Lawyers. So great is the dissatisfaction felt amongst the Profession in most of what we may call Government seaport towns, upon the subject of naval courts martial, and the mode of conducting them, that a movement is on foot with a view of bringing the matter under the consideration of the House of Commons; indeed, we are informed that at Plymouth a petition addressed to the House has been prepared and submitted to the members of the Law Society there. It is reported that the Lords of the Admiralty and the Privy Council will also be memorialised upon the subject. We know that at Portsmouth great complaint is made VOL. LVI.-No. 1597. We are happy to say that the anticipations concerning the vacancy in Vice-Chancellor Wickens' Court, which we expressed last week, have been disappointed. The LORD CHANCELLOR recommended Mr. CHARLES HALL for the appointment, and he has accordingly been raised to the Bench. It was expected, we believe, that a member of the Common Law Bar would be selected to succeed Vice-Chancellor WICKENS, so as to prepare for the coming into operation of the Judicature Act. The maintenance of the divisions of the courts would seem to render such a step unnecessary, and it is difficult to point out a common lawyer, who could have filled the post, who would have accepted it. Under all the circumstances, therefore, we may congratulate the Government on having made a perfectly satisfactory appointment. The new VICE-CHANCELLOR is the fourth and eldest surviving son of the late JOHN HALL, Esq., of Manchester. He was a pupil of Mr. LEWIS DUVAL, the most eminent Conveyancer of his day, and subsequently of the late JAMES RUSSELL then an equity draftsman in very large practice. He was |