GAZETTE, JAN. 5. To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. SLATOR, JOHN ROSBE, late Buckingham, wine merchant. Pet. Dec 20. Order, Dec. 31. STEVENS, CHARLES LLEWELLYN, Mare-st, Hackney, bootmaker. Pet. Dec. 31. Order, Dec. 31. TAYLOR, WILLIAM JOHN. late Billiter-st, auctioneer Pet. Dec. 9. Order. Dec. 31. WELLS, WILLIAM, Crouch-hill, Finsbury Park, builder. Pet. Dec. 8. Order, Dec. 31. To surrender at their respective District Courts. BOOTH, ROBERT HENRY (also trading as the Stamford Sawmill Company), Stalybridge, beerhouse-keeper. Ct. Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge. Pet. Dec. 22. Order, Jan. 1. DAVIDGE, JOHN WILLIAM, Ton Pentre, hawker of greengrocery. Ct. Pontypridd. Pet. Jan. 1. Order, Jan. 1. EDMONDSON, CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Ripon, cattle dealer. Ct. Northallerton. Pet. Dec. 31. Order. Dec. 31. FLOYD, EDWARD CHARLES ROADS, Botley, market gardener. Ct. Southampton. Pet. Dec. 31. Order, Dec. 31. GLITHEROE, SAMUEL, Aberystwith, licensed victualler. Ct. Aberystwith. Pet. Dec 31. Order. Dec. 31. GODWIN, FREDERICK, Devizes, provision dealer. Ct. Bath. Pet. Dec. 31. Order, Dec. 31. HAYS, GEORGE, Pilsley, late butcher. Ct. Derby. Pet. Dec. 31. Order, Dec 31. HEPWORTH, WILLIAM, Ossett, plumber. Ct. Dewsbury. Pet. Jan. 2. Order, Jan. 2. HOWDLE, ALFRED, Howden, late confectioner. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull. Pet. Jan. 1. Order, Jan. 1. HANNAM, MESHACH, late Ealing, farmer. Ct. Brentford. Pet. Dec. 30. Order, HIMMENS, FREDERICK. Nutbourne, dealer. Ct. Brighton. Pet. Jan. 1. Order, Jan. 1. Order, Dec. 31. Ct. Plymouth and East STOCKDALE. HORACE EDWARD, Cardiff, boot manufacturer. STANNARD, WILLIAM FREDERICK, late Witham, licensed victualler. Ct. Chelmsford. Pet. Dec. 30. Order, Dec. 30. SANDON, ALFRED GEORGE, Merton, builder. SKEET, WILLIAM, Aldershot, ironmonger. Ct. Guildford and Godalming. Dec. 16. Order, Jan. 2. Ct. Croydon. Pet. Dec. 21. Order, Pet. Ct. Wolverhampton. Pet. STANLEY, GEORGE ENOCH, Wolverhampton, late grocer. THOMPSON, HENRY, Birmingham, furniture dealer. Ct. Birmingham. Pet. Dec. 31. TAYLOR, JAMES GREENWOOD, Bingley, beer dealer. Ct. Bradford, Yorks. Pet. Jan. 2. Order, Jan. 2. THOMPSON, CHARLES, Bishop Burton, farmer. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull. Pet. Dec. 14. Order, Dec. 31. VAUTIER, FREDERIC GASTON ROBERT, Bournemouth, late jobmaster. Ct. Poole. Pet. Dec. 30. Order, Dec. 30. WILLIAMSON, JOHN, Great Wigborough, farmer. Ct. Colchester. Pet. Jan. 1. Order, Jan. 1. WEBSTER, WILLIAM, Ipswich, butcher. Ct. Ipswich. Pet. Dec. 30. Order, Dec. 30. The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Gazette of Dec. 25. SHARRAD, JOHN HENRY, Loughborough, haberdasher. Ct. Leicester. Pet. Dec. 19. Order, Dec. 19. FIRST MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. ABBOTT, EDWARD HENRY, late Knightrider-st, publican. Ct. High Court. Meeting Ct. Kendal. Meeting, Jan. 9, at 11.30, at Grosvenor hotel, Kendal. Exam. Jan. 9, at 2, at Court-bouse, Kendal. COLLEY, WILLIAM HENRY, Fernhill Heath. late market gardener. Ct. Worcester. Meeting, Jan. 9, at 11 30, at office of Off. Rec. Worcester. Exam. Jan. 19, at 2.15, at Guildhall, Worcester. DAVIES, JOHN LEWIS, Abercynon, tailor. Ct Pontypridd. Meeting, Jan. 11, at 3, at 65, High-st, Merthyr Tydfill. Exam. Jan. 26, at 11, at Court-house, Pontypridd. EAGLES, CHARLES, Bedford. baker. Ct. Bedford. Meeting. Jan 11, at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Bedford. Exam. Jan. 19, at 11. at Shirehall, Bedford. EISENHOFER, ANTHONY AUGUSTUS, Twickenbam. tutor. Ct. Brentford. Meeting. Jan. 9, at 11.30. at 95, Temple-chmbrs, Temple-av. Exam. Jan. 19, at 2.15, at FREEMAN, ROBERT ENGLAND, Newcastle-on-Tyne, engineer. Ct Newcastle-on-Tyne. Jan. 12, at noon, at office of Off. Ree. Liverpool. Exam. Jan. 14, at 11, at Courthouse, Liverpool. GORHAM, ALFRED, late Marden, baker. Ct. Maidstone. Meeting. Jan. 13, at 10.30, at office of Off. Rec. Maidstone. Exam. Jan. 13, at noon, at Sessions-house, Maidstone. HEYWOOD, JAMES GRAHAM, Didsbury, ironfounder. Ct. Stockport. Meeting, Jan. 8, at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Stockport. Exam. Jan. 28, at 10.15, at Court-house, Stockport. INGRAM, WILLIAM, Weston Turville, beerhouse-keeper. Ct. Aylesbury, Meeting, Jan. 11, at 10.30, at George hotel, Aylesbury. Exam. Jan. 11, at 11, at Countyhall, Aylesbury. JONES, DAVID, Craigfargoed, builder. Ct. Merthyr Tydfill. Meeting. Jan. 12, at 3, at 65. High-st, Merthyr Tydfil. Exam. Jan. 20, at 3, at Court-house, Merthyr Tydfill. JONES, THOMAS POWELL, Swansea, builder. Ct. Swansea. Meeting, Jan. 12, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Swansea. Exam. Jan. 21, at 11 20, at Townhall, Swansea. JAMES, GEORGE WILLIAM, Wolverhampton, grocer. Ct. Wolverhampton. Meeting, Jan. 11, at 11.30, at office of Off Rec. Wolverhampton. Exam. Jan. 11, at 2.30, at County Court, Wolverhampton. LEGG. WILLIAM. Othery, cornfactor. Ct. Bridgwater. Meeting, Jan. 8, at 11, at office of Mr. Tamlyn, High-st, Bridgwater. Exam. Jan. 18, at 10.45, at County Court, Bridgwater. LAWES, ERNEST LINGWOOD, Hove, draper. noon, at office of Off. Rec. Brighton. Brighton. Ct. Brighton. Meeting, Jan. 8, at Exam. Jan. 21, at 11, at Court-house, LEIGH, HARRY WILCOCK, Sale. salesman. Ct. Manchester. Meeting, Jan. 8, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Manchester. Exam. Jan. 18, at 11, at Court-house, Manchester. PARROTT, FREDERICK THOMAS, Felmersham, farmer. Ct. Bedford. Meeting. Jan. 11, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Bedford. Exam. Jan. 19, at 11, at Shirehall, Bedford. PACKER, EDMUND HORACE, late Crook, music master. Ct. Kendal. Meeting, Jan. 9, at 12.30, at Grosvenor hotel, Kendal. Exam. Jan. 9, at 2, at Court-house, Kendal. PRICE, JOHN, Penydarren, licensed victualler. Ct. Merthyr Tydfil. Meeting, Jan. 12 PICKERSGILL, WILLIAM (trading as Pickersgill Brothers), Wakefield, mineral-water SAUL, WILLIAM. Bowness on-Windermere, at noon, at Grosvenor hotel, Kendal. Keudal. Meeting, Jan. 11, Exam. Feb. 15, at 2, at County Court, draper. Ct. Kendal. Meeting, Jan. 9, Exam. Jan. 9, at 2, at Court-house, SHARRAD, JOHN HENRY, Loughborough, haberdasher. Ct. Leicester. Jan. 8, at 12 30, at office of Off. Rec. Leicester. Exam. Jan. 21, at 10, at the Castle, Leicester. Meeting, Ct. SMITH, JOSEPH MANTON, Northampton, builder. Ct. Northampton. Meeting, Jan. 9, at 11.30, at County Court-bldgs, Northampton. Exam. Feb. 16, at noon, at County hall. Northampton. SLATER. JOHN CLEMENT (trading as Slater Brothers), Longton, leather dealer. Stoke-upon-Trent and Longton. Meeting. Jan. 8, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Newcastle-under-Lyme. Exam. Jan. 28, at 10.15, at Townhall, Stoke-upon-Trent TIPPING, PATRICK, Bolton, greengrocer. Ct. Bolton. Meeting. Jan. 12, at 11, at 16, Wood-st, Bolton. Exam. Jan. 18, at 11, at Court-house. Bolton. THOMAS, SAMUEL (late trading with George Foster as Thomas and Co.). Ardwick, general carrier. Ct. Manchester. Meeting, Jan. 8, at 2 30, at office of Off. Rec. Manchester. Exam. Jan. 18. at 11, at Court-house, Manchester. THOMPSON, MICHAEL CAWTHORN (trading as Alexander Rhind and Co.), Newcastle-onTyne, engineer. Ct Newcastle-on-Tyne. Meeting, Jan. 11, at 11.30. at office of Off. Rec. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Exam. Jan. 19, at 11.30, at County Court, Newcastle-on-Tyne. WENZEL, JOHAN CARI. EMIL HUBERT, Buxton, hairdresser. Ct. Stockport. Meeting. Jan. 8, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Stockport. Exam. Jan. 28, at 10.15, at Courthouse, Stockport. WHITE, FREDERICK, Biggleswade, tinman. Ct. Bedford. Meeting. Jan. 11, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Bedford. Exam. Jan. 19, at 11. at Shirehall. Bedford. WHITTAKER, DAVID, Blackburn, late confectioner. Ct. Blackburn. Meeting, Jan. 13, at 1.30, at County Court-house, Blackburn. Exam. Jan. 13, at 11, at County Court-house. Blackburn. WEST, FREDERICK GEORGE, late Hove, jute merchant. Ct. Brighton. Meeting, Jan. 11. at 2.30, at office of Off. Rec. Brighton. Exam. Jan. 21, at 11, at Courthouse, Brighton. GAZETTE, JAN. 5. ANSTEY. ROBERT. late Bristol, grocer. Ct. Bristol. Meeting. Jan. 13, at 12.30, at office of Off. Rec. Bristol. Exam Jan. 15. at noon, at Guildhall, Bristol. ASTBURY, JAMES WILLIAM, Putney, solicitor's clerk. Ct. Wandsworth. Meeting. Jan. 15. at 12.30, at 24. Railway-approach, London Bridge. Exam. Feb. 4, at noon. at Court-house, Wandsworth. BYRNE, FREDERICK (trading as Frederick Byrne and Co), Wandsworth, cabinet manufacturer. Ct, Wandsworth. Meeting, Jan. 14, at 11.30, at 24, Railwayapproach, London Bridge. Exam. Feb. 4, at noon, at Court-house, Wandsworth. BRAMHALL, HERBERT, Sheffield. retail butcher. Ct. Sheffield. Meeting, Jan. 12, at 2.30. at office of Off. Rec. Sheffield. Exam. Jan. 21, at 3, at County Court-hall, Sheffield. COLLET, EDWARD FRANCIS, late Worthing, solicitor. Ct. Brighton. Meeting, Jan. 13, at 2.30, at office of Melville Green, Chapel-rd, Worthing. Exam. Jan. 21, at 11, at Court-house, Brighton. DANGERFIELD, RICHARD JAMES. Swansea, tobacconist. Ct. Swansea. Meeting, GRIFFETT, JOHN. Gloucester. coal merchant. Ct. Gloucester. Meeting, Jan. 16, HARDY, HENRY (trading as Henry Hardy and Co.), Leicester, fancy hosier. Ct. HUNTER, JOHN, Darlington, journeyman plumber. Ct. Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough. Meeting, Jan. 13, at 3. at office of Off. Rec. Middlesbrough. Exam. Jan. 13, at 10.30, at Court-house, Stockton-on-Tees. HOMAN, ARTHUR RICHARD, Cheltenham, draper. Ct. Cheltenham. Meeting. Jan. 14, at 3, at County Court-bldgs, Cheltenham. Exam. Jan. 14, at noon, at County Court, Cheltenham. Ct. Birmingham. Meeting, Exam. Jan. 27, at 2, at County HARFORD, JOSEPH WILLIAM, King's Norton. builder. HOEFFLER, MARTIN, late Craven Park-rd, Harlesden, baker. Ct. High Court. Meet- at 23, Colmore-row, Birmingham. Birmingham Ct. Birmingham. Meeting, Jan. 13, at 11, Exam. Jan. 27, at 2, at County Court, LYLE, JAMES, Crystal Palace-rd, East Dulwich, mining engineer. Ct. High Court. Meeting. Jan. 13, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Feb. 12, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. NOTT, JOHN GEORGE LATHAM PLEYDELL, Coventry-st. Piccadilly, captain in the auxiliary forces. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Jan. 13, at noon, at Bankruptcybldgs. Exam. Feb. 12, at 11.50, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. NFALE, CHARLES THOMAS, Orston, gentleman. Ct. Nottingham. Meeting, Jan. 12, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Nottingham. Exam. Jan. 20, at 11.30, at County Court-house, Nottingham. PERCIVAL, THOMAS, Appleton, farmer. Ct. Warrington. Meeting, Jan. 29. at 10.45, at Court-house, Warrington. Exam. Jan 29, at 11. at Court-house, Warrington. PROCTOR, JAMES (late trading as James Proctor and Co.). Nelson, cotton manufacturer. Ct. Burnley. Meeting, Jan. 29, at 1, at Exchange hotel, Burnley. Exam. Jan. 29, at 11, at Court house, Burnley, (Continued on page 286.) CHARITIES. MORAVIAN MISSIONS. OLDEST TO HEATHEN. FIRST TO LEPERS. Estimated INCREASE in Annual Expenditure of £8000. Owing to gratifying growth of the work, and unavoidable Extension and Expansion in several fields. To help to meet this, and thus prevent the inevitable hindrance of the work, THE LONDON ASSOCIATION issues this EARNEST APPEAL for Increased Funds to meet these increasing needs. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Rev. W. WETTON COX, Clerical Secretary, or Mrs. F. S. STAHLSCHMIDT, Lay Secretary. Office: 2, FURNIVAL'S INN, LONDON, E.C. CITY OF LONDON TRUSS SOCIETY, Estab. 1807.] 35, Finsbury Square. [Estab. 1807. Patron. H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G. The patients (numbering 10,186 in 1895) are of both sexes and all ages, from children a month old to adults over 95 Orer Half a Million Patients have been relieved since the LONDON CITY MISSION (FOUNDED 1835). EVANGELICAL AND PIONEERING. The City Missionary is a fri.nd in the formation of the Charity. Additional funds are greatly 480 MISSIONARIES EMPLOYED, needed to meet the increasing demands on the Charity. Premises recently enlarged, providing, inter alia, a separate entrance, waiting-room and female attendant for female patients. JOHN WHITTINGTON, Secretary. 123 of whom visit special classes. FUNDS URGENTLY NEEDED. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN. ST. JOHN'S SKIN HOSPITAL, LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE AND LEICESTER SQUARE, W.C. ST. GILES' CHRISTIAN MISSION. assisting the innocent but uffering Wives and Children of 4, Ampton-street, Regent-square, London, W.C. ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL, PADDINGTON GREEN. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, W. Free to the Poor without letter of recommendation. 11,000 Yearly. FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED. Bankers-Lloyd's Bank Ltd., 16, St. James's Street, S. W. The In-Patients average 400 and New Out-Patients A REGISTERED HOSPITAL FOR THE UPPER AND This Institution is situated in a beautiful and healthy There is comfortable accommodation at moderate rates, Private Rooms and Special Attendants provided, if without certificates. P. MAURY DEAS. M.B., M.S. Lond., Treasurer-GEORGE HANBURY, Esq. NORTH-EASTERN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Hackney Road, Shoreditch, N.E. Established 1867. Patron-H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. President-JOSEPH GURNEY BARCLAY, ESQ. Chairman-LORD FREDERICK J. FITZ-ROY. Treasurer-J. LISTER GODLEE, ESQ. Bankers-MESSRS. BARCLAY, BEVAN & Co. 1894-In-Patients, 701. Out-Patients, 13,124 new cases; HOMES for the AGED POOR, METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL THE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. 25 and 27, ST. GEORGE'S-ROAD, and 10, SAUNDERSROAD, NOTTING HILL: 7.9, 11. 15, and 17, MINFORDGARDENS. WEST KENSINGTON PARK: 65, WALTERTON-ROAD. ST. PETER'S PARK, PAD. DINGTON; and 41 and 43, PENGE ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD: all of which are open to Visitors daily between the hours of 3 and 5. One Hundred and Thirty-five Inmates, varying in age from 60 to 90 years, are now resident in the Homes. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS will be thankfully received by MAJOR BOILEAU, R.E., Hon. Treasurer. 35, Beaconsfield-road, Ealing, W.; Miss HARRISON and Miss S. A. HARRISON, Hon. Secretaries, 5, Grandacre-terrace, Anerley, S.E. Contributions for the Building Fund are also earnestly solicited. Wellesley House, Twickenham, Middlesex. EDWIN MILLS, Esq., 4. Whitehall Place, S.W. ST. MARK'S HOSPITAL For Fistula and other Diseases of the Rectum. DUMB FEMALES, LOWER CLAPTON, E. FUNDS ARE MOST URGENTLY NEEDED. [Contribu- SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. FIELD LANE REFUGES AND VINE STREET, CLERKENWELL ROAD, E C. This Charity (founded in 1841) maintains constantly 200 Destitute and Homeless Children and Adults, and affords them the blessing of Religious Instruction and of Industrial Training. Carries on a Gospel Mission amongst some 6000 persons. DEPENDENT ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. HENRY W. GREEN, Secretary. For WOMEN and CHILDREN (Unendowed), MARYLEBONE ROAD, N.W. Patron-H.R.H. the DUKE of CONNAUGHT, K.G. REES. ROWLAND, Cardiff, decorator. Ct. Cardiff. Meeting. Jan. 15, at 11, at STEVENS, SIDNEY MACKENZIE, Bexhill, engraver. Ct. Hastings. Meeting, Jan. 19, at 2.15, at office of Young and Sons, Bank-bldgs, Hastings. Exam. Jan. 19, at noon, at Townhall, Hastings. SHORROCK, MOSES PETER (commonly known as Marcus Percy Shorrock), late Regentst, company promoter. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Jan. 13, at 11, at Bankruptcybldgs. Exam. Feb. 2, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. SLATOR, JOHN ROSBE, late Buckingham, wine merchant. Jan. 13, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. bldgs. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Exam. Feb. 2, at noon, at Bankruptcy STEVENS. CHARLES LLEWELLYN, Mare-st, Hackney, bootmaker. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Jan. 14, at 2.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Feb. 2, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. SCOTT, ALBERT HOWARD (trading as A. H. Scott and Co.), Birmingham, bedstead- SNELL, JOSEPH. Ipswich, boot dealer. Ct. Ipswich. Meeting, Jan. 14, at 12.30, at TRAWFORD, JOHN, Bloxwich, brushmaker. Ct. Walsall. Meeting, Jan. 14, at 11.30, WILSON. GEORGE WILLIAM (trading as G. W. Wilson and M. Hodgson), Bradford, Yorks, confectioner. Ct. Bradford. Meeting, Jan. 15, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Bradford. Exam. Jan, 21, at 10, at County Court, Bradford. WOOD, ALBERT GEORGE, Fishponds, baker. Ct. Bristol. Meeting. Jan. 13, at noon, at office of Off Rec. Bristol. Exam. Jan. 22, at noon, at Guildhall Bristol. WILLIAMS, JOHN VAUGHAN, Cardiff, shipowner. Ct. Cardiff. Meeting, Jan. 14, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Cardiff. Exam. Jan. 22, at 10, at Townhall, Cardiff. WATSON, JAMES HENRY (late trading as Webbs's "T" Depot), late Bishop's Stortford, grocer. Ct. Hertford. Meeting, Jan. 12, at 3, at 221, Temple-chmbrs, Temple-av. Exam. Jan. 22, at noon, at Shirehall, Hertford. WEBSTER WILLIAM, Ipswich, butcher. Ct. Ip wich. Meeting, Jan. 14, at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Ipswich. Exam. Jan. 22, at 11, at Shirehall, Ipswich. WILLIAMS, HUBERT, Cwmcarne, boot merchant. Ct. Newport, Mon. Meeting, Jan. 13, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Newport. Exam. Jan. 26, at 10, at Townhall, Newport. BRUMBY, ELLERBY, late Wigan, journeyman joiner. Ct. Liverpool. Order, Dec. 30. BILLING, TIMOTHY, Southsea, butcher. Ct. Portsmouth. Order, Dec. 30. BIRD. ALFRED, White Horse-st, Stepney, cheesemonger. Ct. High Court. Order, Dec. 28. CRISP, ARTHUR FREDERICK ROWAN (trading as Ellis and Crisp), Cross-la, Eastcheap, wine merchant. Ct. High Court. Order, Dec. 28. DOBSON, LOUISA ANNE, Hastings, lodging-house proprietress. Ct. Hastings. Order, EDWARDS, THOMAS, Lye, late innkeeper. Ct. Stourbridge. Order, Dec. 10. GEORGE, CHARLES FREDERICK (trading as C. F. George and Co.), Midhurst, grocer. Order, Dec. 29. GUNBY, HENRY ARTHUR, Leicester, furniture dealer. Ct. Leicester. Order, KENDRICK, JOHN ADAMS, Chester, bill poster. Ct. Chester. Order, Dec. 29. SMITH, CHARLES, late Queen-st, Rotherhithe. Ct. High Court. Order, Dec. 24. TIPPING, PATRICK, Bolton, greengrocer. Ct. Bolton. Order. Dec. 29. WILSON, GEORGE WILLIAM (trading as G. W. Wilson and M. Hodgson), Bradford, Yorks, confectioner. Ct. Bradford, Order, Dec. 29. WEST, FREDERICK GEORGE, late Hove, jute merchant. Ct. Brighton. Order, Dec. 30. WARTSKI, JOSEPH, late Manchester, jeweller. Ct. Bangor. Order, Dec. 30. The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Gazette of Dec. 22. LEIGH, HARRY WILCOCK, Sale, salesman. Ct. Manchester. Order, Dec. 18. Ct. Southampton FLOYD, EDWARD CHARLES ROADS, Botley, market gardener. HEPWORTH, WILLIAM, Ossett, plumber. Ct. Dewsbury. Order, Jan. 2. HOWDLE, ALFRED, Howden, late confectioner. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull. Jan. 1. Order, Jan. 1. Order, Ct. Wolverhampton. Order, Jan. 2. Co.), Birmingham, cabinetmaker. Ct. INMAN, RICHARD (trading as R. W. Inman and Inman and Co.), Brighton, coach- NOTT, JOHN GEORGE LATHAM PLEYDELL, late Coventry-st, Piccadilly, a captain in the Order, Dec. 23. SHORROCK, MOSES PETER (commonly known as Marcus Percy Shorrock), late Regentst. company promoter. Ct. High Court. Order, Dec. 31. SLATOR, JOHN ROSBE, late Buckingham, wine merchant. Ct. High Court. Order Dec. 31. POTTERIES CO-OPERATIVE PRODUCTIVE BUILDERS' SOCIETY LIMITED, Stoke-uponTrent. Ct. Stoke-upon-Trent and Longton. Meeting, creditors, Jan. 13, at 2.50; contributories, at 3.15, at North Stafford hotel, Stolze upon-Trent. NOTICES OF DIVIDENDS. GAZETTE, JAN. 5. JOHN T. ILES AND SON LIMITED, Bristol. Ct. High Court. Amount per pound, 68. Sd. First. Payable any day (except Saturday), between 11 and 2, at 33, Carey-st. PRESERVATION SYNDICATE LIMITED, Bucklersbury. Ct. High Court. Amount per pound, 12s. Second and final. Payable any day (except Saturday), between 11 and 2, at 33, Carey-st. NOTICES OF RELEASES OF LIQUIDATORS. ARMY, NAVY, AND CIVIL SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY OF INDIA LIMITED, Queen NATIONAL MUTUAL BANKING SOCIETY LIMITED, Southampton-bldgs, Chancery-la. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. LLEWELLIN. On the 2nd inst., at 9. Highland-grins, St. Leonards, the wife of William Llewellin, of Morants Court, near Sevenoaks, Barrister-at-law, of a daughter. 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HUGHES.-Specific performance-Contract on lettersVol. CII.-No. 2807. ...... The ..... London LL.B.- Council of Legal Education-Students' Societies THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS.Supreme Court of Judicature, Hilary Sittings, 1897: Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice Business Papers High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, and Pro bate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division Cause Lists Probate Rules Northern Circuit, Winter Assizes, February-March, 1897 Rota of Registrars 252 253 254 254 254 256 484 LEGAL OBITUARY. Mr. Richard Vigors Doyne-Mr. Henry Davidson-Mr. F. W. Gundry THE GAZETTES.. 258 258 BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS... 260 OUR New York correspondent writes:" Associate Justice STEPHEN J. FIELD, of the United States Supreme Court, continues to sit with the other justices, although the feeble condition of his health is shown by the fact that his name has not recently appeared in the published reports as delivering opinions of the court. Justice FIELD is now in his eighty-first year, and he finds it difficult to walk even the short distance required on his daily visit to the Supreme Court-room. If he lives and holds his office for a few weeks longer, his term of service will have been longer than that of any of the other judges, except Chief Justice MARSHALL, in the history of the Courts. Justice FIELD was appointed to his present office on the 10th March 1863, and will complete his thirty-fourth year of service next March. Justice JOSEPH STORY served somewhat less than thirty-four years, having been appointed on the 18th Nov. 1811, and having died on the 10th Sept. 1845. Chief Justice MARSHALL was appointed to office on the 31st Jan. 1801, and died on the 6th July 1835. His term of service was therefore nearly thirty-four years and six months. Associate Justice FIELD must hold office until after the middle of August in order to equal the record of Chief Justice MARSHALL. It is said to be an ambition of Justice FIELD to occupy the office which he holds longer than any other person has done, and he will probably not resign his position until he has attained his ambition, although he might at any time retire on a full pension." THE same writer says: "The justices of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court for the New York City Department were guests of honour at a dinner at the Colonial Club on the 23rd Dec. Presiding Justice VAN BRUNT, of that court, gave an interesting description of the methods adopted in carrying out the work of the court, which has been in existence for just one year. It has decided 940 appeals within the year. There are seven judges in the court, and five sit to hear each case. A copy of each opinion prepared by one of the justices is submitted to each of his associates before it is made public. An opportunity is thus given for revision and correction, and each published opinion becomes the deliberate expression of the concurring judges. In many classes of cases the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is the final tribunal of review, and its work has been so satisfactory that there is no prospect of a return to the old system under which appeals were usually carried to the Court of Appeals." LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN presided on Wednesday evening last week, in the Ancient Concert Rooms, Dublin, at the inaugural banquet of the Castleknock Union of former pupils of that institution. In reply to the toast of his health, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE made the proud boast that he was the first Irishman who had ever held the office of Lord Chief Justice of England, and the first Roman Catholic who had occupied that position since the Reformation. AFTER sentencing the leading defendant in Reg. v. Scott, Mr. Justice HAWKINS, on application by her counsel, directed 66 that she should be considered "at present" as a first-class misdemeanant, but added that he did not wish to interfere with the discretion of the HOME SECRETARY in the matter. The 67th section of the Prison Act 1865 is very specific in leaving the question entirely to the judge who tries any particular case. It enacts that "prisoners convicted of misdemeanour and not sentenced to hard labour shall be divided into at least two divisions, one of which shall be called the first division,'" and that whenever any person convicted of misdemeanour is sentenced to imprisonment without hard labour, it shall be lawful for the court or judge before whom such person has been tried to order, if such court or judge think fit, that such person shall be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division," adding that a misdemeanant of the first division shall not be deemed to be a criminal prisoner" within the meaning of the Prison Act. It will be remembered that in Dr. JAMESON's case, after a refusal by the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE to order that the prisoner should be treated as a first-class misdemeanant, the Home Office interfered, and directed that he should be. 46 THE promotion of Mr. Justice CHITTY to a Lord Justiceship of Appeal must be regarded as an appointment made solely on the merits and absolutely independent of all political and party considerations. Lord Justice CHITTY was elected to the Bench in 1881 by a Liberal Government, when he sat in the House of Commons as Liberal member for Oxford city, having as his colleague Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT. THE promotion to higher positions on the Judicial Bench of judges who owed their first elevation to a Government of a different party is not unusual. Thus the late Lord HANNEN was made a judge of the Queen's Bench, and subsequently judge of the Court of Probate, by a Liberal Government, and a Lord Justice of Appeal and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary by a Conservative Government. So, too, the late Lord BLACKBURN was appointed a Puisne Judge by a Liberal Government, but was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary by a Conservative Government. To give another instance, Lord BOWEN became a Puisne Judge under a Conservative Administration, but a Lord Justice of Appeal under a Liberal Government. THESE illustrations-to say nothing of instances in which political opponents of the Government in the House of Commons have been raised to judicial office, as in the case of Mr. Justice MONTAGUE SMITH, who was elevated to the Bench in 1865 by a Liberal Government when Conservative member for Truro, and Lord Justice HOLKER, who, as an exlaw officer of the Crown in a Conservative Administration, was made by a succeeding Government a Lord Justice of Appeal do much to produce public confidence in the Judicial Bench as evidence that the judges, as in theory, so, too, in some instances, in practice, owe their positions to merit rather than to political considerations. THE agitation in Ireland created by the report of the Financial Relations Commission has given rise to an argument which is highly absurd from a constitutional point of view. It is urged that the over-taxation of Ireland, disclosed by the report, is contrary to the provisions of the Act of Union. It rests, however, both legally and constitutionally, in the discretion of a supreme Parliament, waiving all moral considerations, to disregard these provisions. No guarantee could be more solemn than that contained in the Act of Union for the maintenance of the Established Church in Ireland. The compact, however, of the Union was made with an extinguished body-the Irish Parliament, to which the Union put an end. A legislative compact is an absurdity. when there is no one either to enforce it or to release it. We say "to release it" designedly, for attempts irrevocably to bind men in future ages are always vain. THE public comments upon the unsavoury, wire-drawn, and painful case of Reg. v. Scott and others are a warning to both Bench and Bar. There is little room for purely legal criticism. Lay comment has been unusually free. The Times fell foul of the judge and the prosecuting counsel, the one for stimulating scenes, and the other for not freely admitting any amendment of the particulars of justification. Other journals assert that the judge evinced a bias from the first. against the defendants, and blame the counsel for the latter for keeping up a game of bluff. The jury also complained of what proved a long contest of words, and the conclusion which seems to be unanimous is, that the case has added to no one's reputation. There is nothing more dangerous, more prejudicial to the law and its administration, than the existence of a belief in the public mind that the scales have not been held with absolute impartiality; whilst scenes in which judge and counsel engage, unseemly enough at Nisi Prius, are apt to become a grave scandal in a criminal trial. Consequently, we regret to see the comments which on this case have pervaded the lay press, and that there should be even a bare foundation for them. 66 CLERGYMEN are, by sect. 9 of the Juries Act 1870, exempted from serving upon any juries or inquests whatsoever," and in Re Dutton (66 L. T. Rep. 324), in which a solicitor's managing clerk was held to be exempt, it was decided that the general statutory exemption applied to coroners' juries. Not long ago, however, a clergyman having been summoned on a coroner's jury, and attended in pursuance of the summons, was informed by the coroner, in answer to a claim for exemption, that the point was a doubtful one, whereupon the claim of exemption was withdrawn, and the clergyman served upon the jury. The duty of making out proper lists of persons liable to serve appears to be thrown upon the overseers by the County Juries Act 1825, and by the same Act any person whose name has been wrongly inserted may procure it to be struck out at the revision of the lists at For wilful insertion on any of these lists of petty sessions. a person not liable to serve, there is a fine of not more than £10 by sect. 45 of the same Act, and by sect. 9 of the Act of 1870 there is an express direction that the persons exempted by that Act shall be severally exempt from being returned to serve as well as from serving. Ar the Wilts Assizes at Devizes, on Tuesday, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in the course of his charge to the grand jury, made an important judicial pronouncement. He said no doubt some of them had seen the volume of criminal statistics which had recently been published. These statistics contained much food for reflection which those who had to administer justice should digest. They seemed to show that there was great room for improvement in the method of the punishment of prisoners. He thought it would be a great advantage if those who had to administer justice should confer together more frequently as to the punishment which should be inflicted in certain classes of crime. At present, it was true, magistrates in quarter sessions conferred together, but judges and recorders of large towns worked on separate lines. He thought, if judges and chairmen of quarter sessions could confer together, or if permanent prison commissions could be appointed, more uniformity of sentences could be secured throughout the country. THE following is a copy of a notice posted in the Registrar's office of the Brompton County Court:-- LAW OF DISTRESS AMENDMENT ACT 1895. Take notice that, in accordance with the Rules dated the 29th day of November 1895, made under this Act, the general certificate held by you will not remain in force after the 1st day of February next, unless before that date the same shall be renewed. Applications for the renewal of certificates should be made to the |