PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Information intended for publication under the above heading should reach us not later than Thursday morning in each week, as publication is otherwise delayed. His Honour Judge HOOPER, of the Leicester County Court, has been transferred to Circuit 55, vacant by the death of his Honour Judge Mackonochie. Mr. JAMES VALENTINE AUSTIN has been appointed Judge of County Courts Circuit No. 54. The Hon. GILBERT COLERIDGE has been appointed to the office of Assistant Master in the Crown Office Department of the Supreme Court, and Mr. EGERTON BARING LAWFORD has succeeded him as Private Secretary to the Lord Chief Justice. Mr. THOMAS RICHARDSON KEMP, Q.C. has been appointed Recorder of the City of Norwich. Mr. MONTAGUE JOHNSTONE MUIR MACKENZIE has been appointed Recorder of the Borough of Deal. Mr. CHARLES PETER LAYARD has been appointed Attorney-General for the Island of Ceylon. Mr. GEORGE HENRY WITHERS, barrister-at-law, has been appointed a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylon. Mr. ISAAC WHITSED, of Peterborough, has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths. Mr. Whitsed was admitted in August 1886. Mr. JAMES MCDONALD, of 23A, King-street, Manchester, has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths. Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD ROWCLIFFE (Rowcliffe, Law, and Co.), of 30, Cross-street, Manchester, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths. Mr. Rowcliffe was admitted in August 1886. NOTICE UNDER THE PUBLIC OFFICES FEES ACT 1879. WHEREAS by sect. 3 of the Public Offices Fees Act 1879, it is provided that the Treasury may, from time to time, make, and, when made, revoke, alter, and add to regulations for all or any of the following purposes respecting fees in any public office, that is to say: 1. Regulating the manner in which the fees taken in money are to be taken, accounted for, and paid over. 2. Determing the use of impressed or adhesive stamps, and the mode of cancellation of adhesive stamps. 3. Regulating the use of stamps, and prescribing the application thereof to documents from time to time in use, and requiring documents, to be used for the purpose of such stamps. Now we, the undersigned, being two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, do hereby give notice, and order and direct: That, from and after the date of this Order, in lieu of any regulations on the subject heretofore in force, the fees and percentages set forth in the annexed schedule, and imposed by the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Acts 1883 to 1888, or by rules made under those Acts, shall be taken in stamp or cash, as stated in the said schedule; and that fees and percentages hereafter imposed under the said Acts, or by any Act amending the same, or by any rule made under any or all of such Acts shall, unless otherwise directed, be taken in impressed stamps. The stamps shall be of such a character as the Commissioners of Inland Revenue may from time to time adopt for the purpose. The official forms required to be impressed with stamps in any proceedings under the said Acts or rules or amendments of the same shall be kept and issued at the Inland Revenue Office, Royal Courts of Justice, and at such other places as the Commissioners of Inland Revenue may deem necessary or expedient. And we do further give notice and direct that this Order shall be binding on all officers and persons whom it may in any way affect. THOMAS E. ELLIS, W. A. MCARTHUR, Two of the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury. Dated the 14th day of December 1892. 19. Before the expiration of the 9th year from the date of the patent and in respect of the 10th year 20. Before the expiration of the 10th year from the date of the patent and in respect of the 11th year 21. Before the expiration of the 11th year from the date of the patent and in respect of the 12th year 22. Before the expiration of the 12th year from the date of the patent and in respect of the 13th year ... ... 23. Before the expiration of the 13th year from the date of the patent and in respect of the 14th year On enlargement of time for payment of renewal fees : 24. Not exceeding one month 3 0 0 500 each 010 2 0 0 0 28. For duplicate of letters patent... 29. On notice to comptroller of intended exhibition of a patent under Sect. 39 each 30. Search or inspection fee 31. For office copies ... every 100 words (but never less than one shilling) 32. For office copies of drawings, cost according to agreement. 33. For certifying office copies MSS., or printed, 38A. On postal record for printed copy speciflcation ... 34. On request to comptroller to correct a clerical each 35. For certificate of comptroller under sect. 96 36. For altering address in register 37. For enlargement of time for filling complete specification, not exceeding one month 38. For enlargement of time for acceptance of complete specification: Not exceeding one month... ... 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 50 same as registration fee 5 0 NOTE. The term "set" to include any number of articles ordinarily on sale together irrespective of the varieties of size and arrangement in which the particular design may be shown on each separate article. TRADE MARK FEES. 1. On application to register a trade mark for one or more articles included in one class, 2. For registration of a trade mark for one or more articles included in one class 3. For registering a series of trade marks, for every additional representation after the first in each class 4. On appeal from comptroller to Board of Trade-by appellant 5. On notice of opposition for each application opposed-by opponent 6. On hearing by controller-by applicant and by opponent respectively 7. On application to register a subsequent proprietor in cases of assigument or transmission, the first mark... 100 0 50 10 0 1 0 0 0 50 Impressed stamp 1 0 0 100 8. For every additional mark assigned or transmitted at the same time... 020 9. For continuance of mark at expiration of 14 100 ... 0.10 O 1 00 0 50 years 10. Additional fee where fee is paid within three months after expiration of 14 years 11. Additional fee for restoration of trade mark where removed for non-payment of fee 12. For altering address on the register, for every mark 0 10 0 050 0 50 ... 1 0 0 16. For certificate of refusal to register a trade mark under sect. 77... 17. For certificate of refusal at the same time for more than one trade mark, for each additional trade mark after the first 18. For certificate of registration to be used in legal proceedings 19. For certificate of registration to be used for the purpose of obtaining registration in foreign countries 20. For certificate of comptroller under sect. 96, other than certificate of registration to be used in legal proceedings, or for the purpose of obtaining registration in a foreign Country 24. For making a search amongst the classified representations of trade marks, for every quarter of an hour 25. For office copy of documents, for every 100 words (but never less than one shilling). 26. For certifying office copies, MS. or printed... 27. In cases where the wood-block or electrotype of the trade mark exceeds 2 inches in breadth or depth, or in breadth and depth -For every inch or part of an inch over 2 inches in breadth ... For every inch or part of an inch over 2 inches in depth 28. Manchester Trade Marks Office 2 THE GAZETTES. Professional Partnerships Dissolved. GAZETTE, DEC. 16. SISSON, ROBERT FREDERICK, of St. Asaph, and GEORGE OLIVER, of Rhyl, solicitors, St. Asaph and Rhyl. Dec. 14. Bankrupts. THE BANKRUPTCY ACTS 1883 AND 1890. RECEIVING ORDERS. GAZETTE, DEC. 16. To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. BLANCHARD, JOHN, St. Leonard-rd, Bromley-by-Bow, confectioner. Pet. Dec. 12. Order. Dec. 13. BORRAS, THOMAS, Craven-st, Strand, scrivenor. Pet. Oct. 5. Order, Dec. 18. BRUCE, MARY LANGDON, Regent-st, milliner. Pet. Nov. 22. Order, Dec. 13. CURTIS, ALFRED, late Cambridge-mews, Albany-st, Regent's Park, jobmaster. Pet. DAVIS, JOHN, late Milman-st, Bedford-row, commission agent. Pet. Dec. 14. Order, DIMMOCK, WILLIAM, Luton, straw-hat manufacturer. Ct. Luton. Pet. Dec. 13. Order, Dec. 13. EDMONDS, JAMES ROBERT, Falmouth, baker. Ct. Truro. Pet. Dec. 13. Order, Dec. 13. GREGORY, JAMES WILLIAM, late Clarborough, farmer. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. Dec. 18. Order, Dec. 13. HEDDON, HENRY, Bridgerule West, farmer. Ct. Barnstaple. Pet. Dec. 14. Order, Dec. 14. HALL, FREDERICK, Norwich, carpenter. Ct. Norwich. Pet. Dec. 2. Order, Dec. 13. HEDGES, JOHN, Henley-on-Thames, carrier. Ct. Reading. Pet. Dec. 9. Order. Dec. 9. JONES, JOHN, Lampeter, draper. Ct. Carmarthen. Pet. Dec. 1. Order, Dec. 14. JONES, WILLIAM, Hanley, butcher. Ct. Hanley, Burslem, and Tunstall. Pet. Dec. 12. Order, Dec. 12. MITCHELL, CHARLES; MITCHELL, FREDERICK: and MITCHELL, HEZEKIAH. Silsden, MAW, THOMAS, late Blyth, cab proprietor. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. MARTIN, CHARLES ERNEST, Nottingham, grocer. Ct. Nottingham. NOBLE, WILLIAM HENRY, Leicester, upholsterer. Ct. Leicester. Pet. Dec. 1. Pet. Dec. 12. Pet. Dec. 14. PRATT, GEORGE, Aston, gardener. Ct. Birmingham. Pet. Dec. 14. Order, Dec. 14. PATTERSON, SARAH HANNAH (trading as Thorp's Paper Hangings, Glass, Oil, and Colour Warehouse), West Croydon, paper hanger, widow. Ct. Croydon. Pet. Dec. 9. Order, Dec. 9. RHODES, JACK, Ossett, tailor. Ct. Dewsbury. Pet. Dec. 13. Order, Dec. 13. RIMINGTON, JOHN, Pickworth, late farmer. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. Dec. 14. Order, Dec. 14. RUSSELL, EDWARD, Harrow-on-the-Hill, grocer. Ct. St. Albans. Pet. Dec. 12. Order, Dec. 12. RYE, GEORGE THOMAS, Bailey's Hill, farmer. Ct. Tunbridge Wells. Pet. Dec. 14. Order, Dec. 14. STOCK, CHARLES JOHN (trading as the Herefordshire Provision Company), Ramsgate, provision dealer. Ct. Canterbury. Pet. Dec. 10. Order, Dec. 10. SALTER, WILLIAM, Tavistock, butcher. Ct. East Stonehouse. Pet. Dec. 13. Order, Dec. 13. SUDDABY, WILLIAM COLLETT, Leeds, tailor. Ct. Leeds. Pet. Dec. 14. Order, Dec. 14. THOMAS, DAVID WILLIAM, Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, joiner. Ct. Cardiff. Pet. Dec. 10. Order, Dec. 10. WATSON, HENRY HAYCOCK, Leeds, late grocer. Ct. Leeds. Pet. Dec. 12. Order, Dec. 12. WALKER, WALTER, Filey, assistant to aërated-water manufacturer. Ct. Scarborough. Pet. Dec. 14. Order, Dec. 14. WEST, SAMUEL, Swansea, grocer. Ct. Swansea. Pet. Dec. 12. Order, Dec. 12. GAZETTE, DEC. 20. To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. FRY, HENRY WILLIAM, Fenchurch-avenue, late paint manufacturer. HARRISON, JOHN, Newcastle-st, Strand, publican. Pet. Oct. 28. HOLMES, ROBERT CAMPBELL, Change-alley, commission agent. Pet. Dec. 6. Order, Dec. 16. Pet. Dec. 16. Order, Pet. Dec. 15. Order, WILSHER, S. M., Seven Sisters-rd, Stamford Hill, builder, Pet. Nov. 26. Order, Dec. 15. To surrender at their respective District Courts. AINSCOUGH, JOHN WALTER (trading as Kelleys), Barry Dock, tailor. Ct. Cardiff. Pet. Dec. 15. Order, Dec. 15. ARMITAGE, EDWARD, Stocksmoor, woollen draper. Ct. Huddersfield. Pet. Dec. 6. Order. Dec. 16. BOOTH, HENRY, Romford, builder. Ct. Chelmsford. Pet. Dec. 15. Order, Dec. 15. BURDETT, REUBEN, Greetland, publican. Ct. Halifax. Pet. Dec. 17. Order, Dec. 17. BARTLE, FRED, Leeds, late carrier. Ct. Leeds. Pet. Dec. 15. Order, Dec. 15. BYWATER, JOHN, Nottingham, grocer. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. Dec. 15. Order, Dec. 15. BOWES, GEORGE, Great Barugh, tailor. Ct. Scarborough. Pet. Dec. 16. Order, Dec. 16. BEWS, JAMES RANDALL, late Cleobury Mortimer, farmer. Ct. Walsall. Pet. Dec. 13. GIBBONS. GEORGE, Birmingham, baker. Ct. Birmingham. Pet. Nov. 29. Order, PEARSON, JOHN, Low Dunsforth, farmer. Ct. York. Pet. Dec. 15. Order, Dec. 15. RICHARDS, G. H., Stonebridge-rd, South Tottenham. Ct. Edmonton. Pet. Nov. 4. Order, Dec. 12. ROBERTS, VALENTINE, Broseley, innkeeper. Ct. Madeley. Pet. Dec. 16. Order, Dec. 16. RUTHVEN, THOMAS GEORGE, Milford Haven, fish buyer. Ct. Pembroke Dock. Pet. Dec. 16. Order, Dec. 16. ROBINSON, JOHN, Darlington, builder. Ct. Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough. Pet. Dec. 15. Order, Dec. 15. SMITH, JOHN, Mansfield, boot manufacturer. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. Dec. 16. Order, Dec. 16. SADLER, EPHRAHIM, Salford, glass merchant. Ct. Salford. Pet. Dec. 17. Order, Dec. 17. SMITH, CHARLES, Doncaster, horse dealer. Ct. Sheffield. Pet. Dec. 16. Order, Dec. 16. SEALY, GEORGE. Fitzhugh, commission agent. Ct. Southampton. Pet. Dec. 15. Order, Dec. 15. THOMPSON, GWENDOLINE (trading as Eugenie et Cie.), Liverpool, miller. pool. Pet. Dec. 15. Order, Dec. 15. Ct. Liver MEEK. CHARLES LYON, late Wandsworth, brewer. Ct. High Court. Order, Nov. 16. Rescission, Dec. 14. Grounds of rescission, it appearing that all the creditors of the said Charles Lyon Meek had been paid in full. ORDER DISMISSING PETITION AND RESCINDING RECEIVING ORDER. GAZETTE, DEC. 20. DE MURIETTA, C., AND CO., Adam's-ct, merchants. Ct. High Court. Pet. July 30. Order, Aug. 15. Dismissal and rescission, Dec. 19. Grounds of dismissal and rescission, the Court being of opinion that the receiving order ou ght not to have been made in the first instance. FIRST MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. ASHTON, CHARLES JAMES, Essex-rd, Islington, provision dealer. Ct. High Court. Ct. Burnley. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 3, at Exchange hotel, Burnley. Exam. Jan. 19, at 11, at Court-house, Burnley. BOSLEY, HERBERT EDWARD, Penarth, grocer. Ct. Cardiff. Meeting, Dec. 30, at 2.30, at office of Off, Rec. Cardiff. Exam. Jan. 6, at 10, at Townhall, Cardiff. BROWN, EDMUND, Aintree, hay dealer. Ct. Liverpool. Meeting, Dec. 28, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Liverpool Exam. Dec. 29, at 11, at Court-house, Liverpool. BRAY, DAVID HENRY, Pontypridd, confectioner. Ct. Pontypridd. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Merthyr Tydfil. Exam. Jan. 24, at 2, at Court-house, Pontypridd. BURNS, WILLIAM THOMAS, Penkridge, tailor. Ct. Stafford. Meeting, Jan 12, at 2, at offlee of Off. Rec. Stafford. Exam. Jan. 12, at noon, at County Court-office, Stafford. BROWN, ISABELLA, South Hylton, rivet manufacturer. Ct. Sunderland. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 2.50, at office of Off. Rec. Sunderland. Exam. Jan. 5, at 11. at Courthouse, Sunderland. COOPER, JOHN BARTLETT, Bryanston-st, Edgware-rd, coffee-house keeper. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 18, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. CROCKER, GEORGE, late Dalston-lane, baker. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 18, at noon, at Bankruptcy bldgs. COTTAM, WILL WHALLEY, Bury, late licensed victualler. Ct. Bolton. Meeting. Dec. 23, at 10.30, at 16, Wood-st, Bolton. Exam. Dec. 29, at 11, at Court-house, Bolton. CHAMBERS, ALFRED, Reading, shoeing smith. Ct. Reading. Meeting, Dec. 23, at noon, at 95, Temple-chmbrs, Temple-avenue. Exam. Jan. 19, at 2, at Assize Courts, Reading. DIXSON, ALEXANDER (described in the receiving order as Dixon, A. H.), Upper Bedfordpl. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 19, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. DEAN, HENRY BARTON, Abergavenny, ironmonger. Ct. Tredegar. Meeting, Dec. 23, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Merthyr Tydfil. Exam. Jan. 13, at 10.30, at County Court-office, Tredegar. FINLAY, WILLIAM PATON, Jackson's-bldgs, Finsbury Park, builder. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 1, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 19, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. FORDER, FREDERICK, Long-acre, coach builder. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 2.80, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 19, at 12.30, at Bankruptcy-bldes. GWYTHER, JOHN, Lamphey, shipwright. Ct. Pembroke Dock. Meeting, Jan. 4, at 2.15, at Temperance-hall, Pembroke Dock. Exam. Jan. 4, at 11.30, at Temperancehall, Pembroke Dock. HEAVENS, WILLIAM EDWARD, New-st. Victoria Station, brassfounder. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 19, at 12.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. HENRY POLCHET and COMPANY, late St. Michael's House, Cornhill, company promoters. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 16, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. IBBITSON, JAMES HENRY, Leeds, late greengrocer. Ct. Leeds. Meeting, Dec 23, at 11, at LANGLEY, WILLIAM GEORGE, Liverpool, insurance clerk. Ct. Liverpool. Meeting, Dec. 28, at 3.50, at office of Off. Rec. Liverpool. Exam. Dec. 29, at 11, at Courthouse, Liverpool. MILLS, REUBEN, West Hartlepool, grocer. Ct. Sunderland. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 3.30, at office of Off. Rec. Sunderland. Exam. Dec. 22, at 11, at Court-house, Sunderland. Ct. Newport, Mon. Meeting, Dec. 23, Exam. Jan. 24, at 11, at Townhall, MAPP, WILLIAM, late Monmouth, innkeeper. at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Newport. Newport, RADCLYFFE, WILLIAM, High-st, Camden Town, watchmaker. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 2.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 16, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. ROW, SIDNEY, Cardiff, grocer. Ct. Cardiff. Meeting, Dec. 30. at noon, at office of KOGERS, THOMAS, Pembroke Dock, licensed victualler. Ct. Pembroke Dock. Meeting, SHARP, HENRY, Brockenhurst, managing director of a pottery. Ct. Poole. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 12.30, at Grand hotel, Bournemouth. Exam. Jan. 11, at noon, at Townhall, Poole. SIMS, SIMON, Mountain Ash, stoker. Ct. Aberdare. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 2, at office of Off. Rec. Merthyr Tydtil. Exam. Jan. 9, at 10.30, at Temperance-hall, Aberdare. SINGER, ABRAHAM, late Thomas-st, Bucks-row, Whitechapel, fancy shoe manufacturer. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 23, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 24, at 12.30, at Bankruptcy-bidgs. SOUTHERN, GEORGE H., Harrington-rd, South Kensington, hotel proprietor. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 28, at 11, at Bankruptey-bidgs. Exam. Jan. 24, at 12.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. SUMMERS, WILLIAM, Lower-rd, Rotherhithe, cheesemonger. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 28, at 2.50, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 24, at 12.80, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. TAUNTON, GEORGE EDWIN, George-st, Mansion House, financial agent. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 29, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 24, at 12.50, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. TWIST, SAMUEL, Birmingham, haulier. Ct. Birmingham, Meeting, Dec. 29, at 11, at 23, Colmore-row, Birmingham. Exam. Jan. 10, at 11, at County Court, Birmingham. GAZETTE, DEC. 20. ARMITAGE, EDWARD, Stocksmoors, woollen draper. Ct. Huddersfield. Meeting, Dec. 30, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Huddersfield. Exam. Jan. 16, at 11, at County Court, Huddersfield. AKED, WILLIAM, Macclesfield, mineral-water manufacturer. Ct. Macclesfield. Meet ing, Dec. 29, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Macclesfield. Exam. Jan. 5, at 10.30, at Townhall, Macclesfield. BLANCHARD, JOHN, St. Leonard's-rd, Bromley-by-Bow, confectioner. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 28, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Feb. 1, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. BORRAS, THOMAS, Craven-st, Strand, scrivener. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 29, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Feb. 1, at 12.50, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. BRUCE, MARY LANGDON, Regent-st, milliner, widow. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 29, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Feb. 1, at 12.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. BABROW, CHARLES, Great Yarmouth, late painter. Ct. Great Yarmouth. Meeting, Dec. 31, at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Norwich. Exam. Jan. 31, at 11, at Townhall, Great Yarmouth. BUSFIELD, RICHARD, Harmby, cattle dealer. 11.30, at Court-house, Northallerton. Northallerton. BRADFORD, FREDERICK, Leominster, saddler. Ct. Leominster. Meeting, Dec. 30, at 10.30, at 18, Corn-sq, Leominster. Exam. Dec. 30, at 10.30, at Townhall, Leominster. Ct. Northallerton. Meeting, Dec. 30, at Exam. Dec. 30, at 11.30, at Court-house, BARRATT, HARRY, Northampton, engineer. Ct. Northampton. Meeting, Jan. 2, at 1.15, at County Court-bldgs, Northampton. Exam. Jan. 17, at noon, at Countyhall, Northampton. BOORNE, CHARLES JAMES, Twickenham, of no occupation. Ct. Walsall. Meeting, Jan. 12, at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Walsall. Exam. Jan. 12, at noon, at Courthouse, Walsall. CHRISTIE, WILLIAM, Friern-rd, East Dulwich, late watchmaker. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 28, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Feb. 1, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. CURTIS, ALFRED, late Albany-st, Regent's Park, jobmaster. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 50, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Feb. 1, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. CAUSBY, THOMAS, Lower Winchenden, carrier. Ct. Aylesbury. Meeting. Dec. 30, at noon, at 1, St. Aldate's, Oxford. Exam. Jan. 4, at 11, at County-hall, Aylesbury. CURTIS, JOSEPH, Bilston, baker. Ct. Wolverhampton. Meeting, Jan. 16, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Wolverhampton. Exam. Jan. 16, at 2, at County Court, Wolverhampton. DAVIS, JOHN, Thornhill-crescent, Barnsbury, commission agent. Ct. High Court. EDMOND, JOHN HERBERT WILLIAM, late Forestfach, brewer's traveller. Ct. Swansea. EDMONDS, JAMES ROBERT. Falmouth, baker. Ct. Truro. at office of Off. Rec. Truro. Exam. Jan. 14, at 11.30, at Townhall, Truro. GIBBS, THOMAS, Great Marlborough-st, licensed victualler. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 28, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 26, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. GILES, W. O., late Dover-st, Piccadilly, no occupation. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 29, at 1, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 26, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. HENRY LINKLATER and Co., Leadenhall-st. shipbrokers. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 30, at 1, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 20, at 1, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. HOPKINS, EDITH (late trading as W. Bradnee), late Torquay, photographer. Ct. Exeter. Meeting, Dec. 31, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Exeter. Exam. Jan. 5, at noon, at the Castle, Exeter. HUGHES, WILLIAM, Portmadoc, butcher. Ct. Portmadoc and Blaene au Festniog. Meeting, Jan. 12, at 11.45, at Police-court, Portmadoc. Exam. Jan. 12, at noon, at Police-court, Portmadoc. JONES, WILLIAM, Hanley, butcher. Ct. Hanley, Burslem, and Tunstall. Meeting, Dec. 29, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Newcastle-under-Lyme. Exam. Dec. 30, at 11, at Townhall, Hanley. JOHNSON, JOSEPH, Short Heath, beerhonse-keeper. Ct. Wolverhampton. Meeting, Jan. 16, at 12.30, at office of Off. Rec. Wolverhampton. Exam. Jan. 16, at 2, at County Court. Wolverhampton. LEE, HENRY, Gorleston, boat builder. Ct. Great Yarmouth. Meeting, Dec. 31, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Norwich. Exam. Jan. 31, at 11, at Townhall, Great Yarmouth. LLOYD, EDWARD, Whitton, wheelwright. Ct. Leominster. Meeting, Dec. 30, at 10.30, at 18, Corn-sq, Leominster. Exam. Dec. 30, at 10.30, at Townhall, Leominster. LAVIS, WILLIAM HENRY, Nottingham. stationer. Ct. Nottingham. Meeting, Dec. 29, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Nottingham. Exam. Jan. 6, at 10, at County Courthouse, Nottingham. MARTIN, CHARLES ERNEST, Nottingham, grocer. Ct. Nottingham. Meeting, Dec. 29, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Nottingham. Exam. Jan. 5, at 10, at County Courthouse, Nottingham. MILLER, JOSIAH, Kingsland-rd, Shoreditch, cabinetmaker. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 29, at 2.30, ac Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 20, at 1, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. MITCHELL, CHARLES; MITCHELL, FREDERICK; and MITCHELL, HEZEKIAH, Silsden, worsted-coating manufacturers. Ct. Bradford, Yorks. Meeting, Dec. 29, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Bradford. Exam. Jan. 6, at 10, County Court Bradford. MERRYFIELD, WALTER, late Badlesmere, farmer. Ct. Canterbury. Meeting, Jan. 6, at 10, at office of Off. Rec. Canterbury. Exam. Jan. 6, at 10.50, at Guildhall, Canterbury. MOORE, HERBERT ERNEST, Beckenham. Ct. Croydon. Meeting, Dec. 29, at 11.30, at 24, Railway-approach, London Bridge. Exam. Jan. 4, at 11, at Townhall, Croydon. MAW, THOMAS, late Blyth, cab proprietor. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Meeting, Dec. 28, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Exam. Dec. 29, at 11.30, at County Court, Newcastle-on-Tyne. MILLS, ROBERT BEST, Kettering, machinist. Ct. Northampton. Meeting, Jan. 2, at 12.30, at County Court-bldgs, Northampton. Exam. Jan. 17, at noon, at Countyhall, Northampton. PARFREY, JAMES, Swansea, cycle maker Ct. Swansea. Meeting. Dec. 27, at 2, at at office of Off. Rec. Swansea. Exam. Jan. 27, at noon, at Townhall, Swansea. PEARSON, JOHN, Low Dunsforth, farmer. Ct. York. Meeting, Dec. 29, at 12.50, at, offee of Off. Rec. York. Exam. Jan. 13, at 11, at Courts of Justice, York. PINDER, JOHN WILLIAM, West Hartlepool, general draper. Ct. Sunderland. Meeting, Dec. 28, at 3.30, at office of Off. Rec. Sunderland. Exam. Dec. 29, at 11, at Courthouse, Sunderland. RANKIN, HENRY GEORGE, and ROBINSON, RALPH, Sunderland, tailors. Ct. Sunderland. Meeting, Dec. 28, at 2:30, at office of Off. Rec. Sunderland. Exam. Dec. 29, at 11, at Court-house, Sunderland. STOCK, CHARLES JOHN (trading as the Herefordshire Provision Company), Ramsgate, provision dealer. Ct. Canterbury. Meeting, Dec. 31, at 11.15, at Bankruptcybldgs. Exam. Jan. 6, at 10.30, at Guildhall, Canterbury. SARTER, JAMES, South Norwood, builder. Ct. Croydon. Meeting, Dec. 29, at 12.80, at 24, Railway-approach, London Bridge. Exam. Jan. 4, at 11, at Townhall, Croydon. SALTER, WILLIAM, Tavistock, butcher. Ct. East Stonehouse. Meeting, Dec. 30, at $. at 10, Athenæum-ter, Plymouth. Exam. Jan. 13, at 11, at County Court, East Stonehouse. SCOTT, JOHN, Ripon, painter. Ct. Northallerton. Meeting, Dec. 50, at 11.30, at Courthouse, Northallerton. Exam. Dec. 50, at 11.30, at Court-house, Northallerton. SPALDING, MONTAGUE, Marylebone-la. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 30, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 31, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. THOMASSIN, CLEMENT DAVID, Southampton-row, Bloomsbury, portmanteau manufacturer. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Dec. 30, at 2.50, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Jan. 31, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. THOMAS, DAVID, late Llandyssul, woollen manufacturer. Ct. Carmarthen. Meeting. Jan. 7, at 2.30, at office of Off. Rec. Carmarthen. Exam, Jan. 7, at 10.30, at Guildhall, Carmarthen. TANTRUM, JOHN, Bucknell, farm labourer. Ct. Leominster. Meeting, Dec. 30, at 10.30, at 18, Corn-sq, Leominster. Exam. Dec. 30, at 10.30, at Townhall, Leominster. BLANCHARD. JOHN, St. Leonard-rd, Bromley-by-Bow, confectioner. Ct. High Court. Order, Dec. 13. BRUCE, MARY LANGDON, Regent-st, milliner, widow. Ct. High Court. Order Dec. 13. BEEVERS, ROBERT, Leeds, musical instrument dealer. Ct. Leeds. Order, Dec. 12. BATES, HENRY BAKER, St. Helens Junction, physician. Ct. Liverpool. Order, Dec. 13. BISHOP, ALBERT, Bassaleg, coal merchant. Ct. Newport, Mon. Order, Dec. 14. BURNS, WILLIAM THOMAS, Penkridge, tailor. Ct. Stafford. Order, Dec. 10. BARKER, MARY EMILY, East Sheen, widow. Ct. Wandsworth. Order, Dec. 10. DUCKWORTH, TATTERSALL, Accrington, general draper. Ct. Blackburn. Order, Dec. 12. Dec. 13. Order, MUNCEY, RICHARD LEWIN, Milton-rd, Acton, no occupation. Ct. Brentford. Order, Dec. 12. MOORE, HERBERT ERNEST. Beckenham. Ct. Croydon. Order. Dec. 6. MARTIN, CHARLES ERNEST, Nottingham, grocer. Ct. Nottingham. Order, Dec. 12. RYE, GEORGE THOMAS, Sevenoaks, farmer. Ct. Tunbridge Wells. Order, Dec. 14. SALTER, WILLIAM, Tavistock, butcher. Ct. East Stonehouse. Order. Dec. 13. SINCLAIR, ELIZABETH (late trading as Elizabeth Ellis), Liverpool, late licensed victualler. Ct. Liverpool. Order, Dec. 12. THOMAS, DAVID WILLIAM, Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, joiner. Ct. Cardiff. Order. Dec. 10. WRIGGLESWORTH, FREDERICK STEPHEN, Kidderminster, grocer. Ct. Kidderminster. WATSON, HENRY HAYCOCK, Leeds, late grocer. Ct. Leeds. Order, Dec. 12. WILLIAMS, CAROLINE, Welling, market gardener. Ct. Rochester. Order, Dec. 12. WALKER, WALTER, Filey, assistant to aërated water manufacturer. Ct. Scarborough. Order, Dec. 13. WEST, SAMUEL, Swansea, grocer. Ct. Swansea. Order, Dec. 12. WILLIAMS, ISAAC, Rhyl, bootmaker. Ct. Bangor. Order, Dec. 10. CAUSBY, THOMAS, Lower Winchenden, carrier. Ct. Aylesbury. Order, Dec. 16. GLADWISH, JAMES, Croydon, grocer's assistant. Ct. Croydon. Order, Dec. 18. GRIFFITH, GEORGE, Pontypridd, builder. Ct. Pontypridd. Order, Dec. 14. HOLMES, ROBERT CAMPBELL, Change-alley, commission agent. Ct. High Court. Order, HUGHES, EDWARD, late Handsworth, builder. Ct. Birmingham. Order, Dec. 15. HUTCHINSON, ISRAEL, late Bishop Auckland, general dealer. Ct. Durham. Order, Dec. 15. HALL, FREDERICK, Norwich, carpenter. Ct. Norwich. Order, Dec. 16. JENKINS, HENRY DIX, Teddington, gentleman. Ct. Kingston, Surrey. Order. Dec. 16. MEDD, GEORGE TATE, Whitchurch, clerk in holy orders. Ct. Aylesbury. Order, Dec. 15. PEARSON, JOHN, Low Dunsforth, farmer. Ct. York. Order, Dec. 15. ROBERTS, VALENTINE, Broseley, innkeeper. Ct. Madeley. Order. Dec. 16. WESTERGAARD, JENS CHRISTIAN, Close, importer. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Order, WILLIAMS, CALEB, Malvern, coffee-house keeper. Ct. Worcester. Winding-up of Companies. THE COMPANIES ACTS 1862 TO 1890. WINDING-UP ORDERS. GAZETTE, DEC. 16. ELLIS DREW AND COMPANY LIMITED, Burgess Hill. Ct. Brighton. Order, Dec. 9. Pet. Nov. 19. GAZETTE, DEC. 20. RAILWAY AND GENERAL AUTOMATIC LIBRARY LIMITED, Princes-chmbrs, Copthallavenue. Ct. High Court. Order, Dec. 3. Pet. Nov. 17. NOTICE OF DIVIDENDS. GAZETTE, DEC. 16. VAN MINING COMPANY LIMITED (registered in 1884). Dashwood House. New Broad-st. Ct. High Court. Amount, 48. in the pound. Second. Payable any day except Saturday between 11 and 2, at office of Off. Rec. Carey-st. VAN MINING COMPANY LIMITED (registered in 1891), Dashwood House, New Broad-st. Ct. High Court. Amount, 4s. in the pound. Second. Payable any day except Saturday between 11 and 2, at office of Off. Rec. Carey-st. GAZETTE, DEC. 20. KRASNAPOLSKY RESTAURANT AND WINTER GARDEN COMPANY LIMITED, Oxford-st. Ct. High Court. Amount per pound, 3s. 4d. First. Payable any day except Saturday between 11 and 2, at office of Off. Rec. Carey-st. APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATOR. GAZETTE, DEC. 20. DALE MILLS COMPANY LIMITED, Rossendale. Ct. County Palatine of Lancaster. Liquidator, James Clegg, Southport. App. Nov. 4. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. LINTHORPE. On the 15th inst., at Dene Lodge, Portswood Lawn, Southampton, the MARRIAGES. FARRER SMITH.-On the 15th inst., at St. Peter's Cranley-grdns, Bryan Farrer, of Lincoln's-inn, Barrister-at-law, third son of the late Oliver William Farrer, of Binnegar Hall. Dorset, to Mabel Gertrude, second daughter of the late John Smith, of Mickleham Hall, Surrey, and stepdaughter of Sir Dyce Duckworth, M.D. MCKEAND-HUMBER.-On the 15th inst., at the Parish Church, Preston. 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THE minority in the Bar Committee which prevented their report to the CHANCELLOR on the Judges' Resolutions being unanimous, consisted of One. This One is in favour of a single Court of Appeal, consisting of the legal members of the House of Lords and all the Lords Justices. He expressed this view in the Law Quarterly in 1891, and is evidently astonished that it has not been adopted. ANOTHER good lawyer has been appointed to the County Court Bench. Mr. FRENCH, Q.C., of the Northern Circuit and a Bencher of the Middle Temple, has been selected to succeed Judge HOOPER in County Court Circuit No. 20. Mr. FRENCH enjoyed a very large junior business on his circuit, and has acted as arbitrator recently in some very heavy matters. He will undoubtedly make an excellent County Court judge. He has been at the Bar twenty years. THE death of Mr. MONTAGU WILLIAMS removes a man who for many years occupied a prominent position before the public. A leading criminal barrister is necessarily associated with matters of absorbing public interest, and the career of Mr. WILLIAMS before going to the Bar gave to his personality an exceptional attraction. Ordinarily such a career ending on the metropolitan police-court bench would not be considered one of much distinction. But Mr. WILLIAMS, by his benevolence and active charity, was something more than a magistrate, and won for this and other personal reasons an unusual amount of public consideration and sympathy. 66 HIS HONOUR JUDGE HUGHES would like to see all cases under the Employers' Liability Act, when the employé is killed, The Act would have to be disposed of by the coroner. amended first. To introduce a coroner, say, a medical coroner, to the beautiful cluster of conundrums connected with "the condition of the ways," the negligence of one having superintendence," and Volenti non fit injuria, would produce consequences the extent of which it is difficult to foresee. No doubt as matters stand much injustice is done, and the work is very troublesome. But to leave a coroner and his jury to say what compensation is to be paid to the widow and children would be an appalling innovation. If this kind of view is adopted by judges, convenient alternatives for courts of law will be found for every species of contested claims. SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK has been discoursing in Glasgow upon "Archaism in Modern Law," before the Juridical Society of that city. As reported in the North British Daily Mail, the address does not seem to have been very brilliant. The most interesting features in the report are the misprints. Sir FREDERICK was abusing the Statute of Frauds. A quotation from that Act is thus given by the printer: "Except the lawyer shall accept part of the goods so sold and actually receive the same." Again, "The contrast was real, not consensual." And yet again, "The relation of the two orders of ideas was more like that of a hyperbole and its asymbole than that of two words, which coming from different directions, ultimately coincided." Sir FREDERICK concluded by the remark: One way and another there was a great deal of ancient human nature about man, and it did not forsake him when he determined to be rational and a lawyer." 66 Vol. XCIV.-No. 2596. |