HENRY ANDREWS, Angel-place, Islington, Middlesex, JOHN DIXON PARRY, Manchester, share broker and THOMAS LIGHTFOOT, Nottingham, grocer, dealer and MICHAEL SLOANE, Bath, Somersetshire, licensed horse ROBERT STRONG, Box, Wiltshire, quarrymaster and MEETINGS. Court of Bankruptcy, London. - Frederick Wm. Farley, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Kinder and J. Sorrell, Jewry-street, Aldgate, attornies at law and solicitors.-J. Jas. Foquett and Leonard Worsley, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hants, attornies at law and solicitors. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Robert Logan, Paisley, baker. INSOLVENT DEBTORS of Bankruptcy, London.-Charles Clear the younger, South- John Lamb, Oxford-st., Middlesex, haberdasher, Jan. 30 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-Hen. Godfrey, Milton-road, Milton next Gravesend, Kent, builder, Feb. 10 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Rich. Riley, Wellesbourne Hastings, Warwickshire, corn dealer, Feb. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-F. Shaw, Manchester, victualler, Feb. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Feb. 12 at 12, div.--John Harrison, Bradford, Yorkshire, waste dealer, Jan. 26 Bartholomew Calway, Tooley-st., Southwark, Surrey, draper, Feb. 5 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. div.-Rowland Mitchell, Lime-st., London, merchant, Feb. 5 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Jos. Graham, Jewry-st., Aldgate, London, wholesale stationer, Feb. 9 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-The Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company, New Broad-st., London, Feb. 11 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Henry Alex. Douglas, Winchester-house, Old Broad-st., London, merchant, Feb. 9 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.Elijah Brentnall, Elizabeth-cottage, Cold Harbour-roadc North Brixton, Surrey, builder, Feb. 9 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John Cottingham Johnson, Lawrence Pountney-hill, Cannon-st., London, merchant, Feb. 9 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Thos. Oakley, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, farmer, Feb. 10 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Alfred Stocken and Wm. Utton, Halkin-st., Belgrave-square, coachmakers, Feb. 11 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. Andrew Valentine Leaman and Wm. Andrew, Fenchurch-st., London, wholesale mahogany merchants, Feb. 10 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John Massey, Etruria, Staffordshire, gas fitter, Feb. 9 at half-past 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, div.-Thos. Crane, Kegworth, Leicestershire, common brewer, Feb. 12 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, first and fin. div.-Wm. Baldock, Nottingham, grocer, Feb. 12 at 12, Exchange-rooms, Nottingham, div. CERTIFICATES. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting. Henry Mayhew, Shrubbery, Parson's-green, Middlesex, newspaper proprietor, Feb. 11 at Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Reeves, Horseferry-road, Limehouse, Middlesex, live stock dealer, Feb. 11 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Rich. Kent Payne, Brighton, Sussex, grocer, Feb. 12 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Arthur Burton, Ranelagh-wharf, Pimlico, Middlesex, coal merchant, Feb. 5 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-H. Newton, Northumberland-street, Strand, Middlesex, chemist, Feb. 10 at 11, Saturday, Jan. 16. The following Assignees have been appointed. Further Par- Chas. B. Paul, Great St. Andrew-st., Seven-dials, Middlesex, journeyman printer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-William Collins, Cranford, near Hounslow, Middlesex, out of business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Chas. Christ. C. Geary, Upper North-st., King's-cross, Middlesex, cheesemonger: in the Queen's Prison.-Wm. Marshall, Mary-st., Stangate, Lambeth, Surrey, ironmonger: in the Gaol of Horsemonger-lane.-Hen. Keene, Martha-st., Camberwell, Surrey, butcher: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Charles Rogers, Shoreplace-row South, Hackney, Middlesex, out of business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Geo. Boyd the elder, Staining-lane, Gresham-street West, London, commission agent: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Daniel Elliott, Britannia-row, Lower-road, Islington, Middlesex, baker: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Solomon Isaacs, Henry-st., Pentonville, Middlesex, out of business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-John Priestley, Ovenden, near Halifax, Yorkshire, butcher: in York Castle.-Francis Goadsby the younger, Liverpool, and Paticroft, near Manchester, druggist: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Humphrey Dyke, Chirk, near Ruabon, Denbighshire, shopkeeper: in the Gaol of Shrewsbury. (On Creditor's Petition). Jane Walker, Gomersal, Birstal, Yorkshire, farmer: in York Castle. The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before the Court, in Portugal-st., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 9. Wm. Rogers, St. Mary-st., Walcot-sq., St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, goldsmith.-John Scoffern, Great Portland-st., Portland-road, Middlesex, bachelor of medicine.-William S. Martin, Belgrave-cottage, Croydon-common, Croydon, Surrey, out of business. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' DIVIDENDS. John Bird, Royal-street, Lambeth, Surrey, clerk in the War Office: 38. 9 d. in the pound.-Wm. Henry Chinner, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth, Surrey, clerk in the War Office: 58. 7 d. in the pound. Apply at the Provisional Assignee's Office, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, between the hours of 10 and 1. Nathaniel Brown, captain in the army on half-pay, Dawson's, Holt, Norfolk: 48. 11d. in the pound, (in addition to 12s. 2d., already declared). FRIDAY, JAN. 22. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER WELLS, Claremont-terrace, CORNELIUS JOSEPH SEVER, Leeds, Yorkshire, baker ELIZABETH ELLETT, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devon- MEETINGS. Wm. Brown and Thos. Preston the younger, Manchester, cotton spinners, Feb. 3 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, pr. d.-Chas. Borer, Elliott's-row, Lower-road, Islington, Middlesex, grocer, Feb. 3 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-Thos. Yates, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, Feb. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-Wm. Marsden, Manchester, commission agent, Jan. 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-Wm. Locks, Leonard-st., Curtain-road, Shoreditch, Middlesex, timber merchant, Feb. 2 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-John Spence, Queen-st., Charles-square, Hoxton, Middlesex, dealer in china, Feb. 15 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. Leonard Robinson, Otley, Yorkshire, innkeeper, Feb. 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.-Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth, Robert Chaloner, Thos. Rishworth, Thos. Rishworth the younger, and John Hartley, York, bankers, Feb. 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac. sep. est. of Thos. Rishworth.—James Ramsden and Jas. Ramsden the younger, Armley, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturers, Feb. 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; Feb. 16 at 11, div.-Jas. Stout, Liverpool, shoemaker, Feb. 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.; March 1 at 11, div.-Wm. Harding, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton manufacturer, Feb. 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.-George Potter, Sam. Potter, and John Krauss, Manchester, and Birkacre, near Chorley, Lancashire, calico printers, Feb. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Feb. 19 at 12, fin. div.-John Knight, Preston, Lancashire, mercer, Feb. 15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Feb. 22 at 11, fin. div.-Wm. Tunley and Richard Smith Potts, Old Change, London, common carriers, Feb. 12 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. CERTIFICATES. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on the JOSIAH SLOUGH, Twickenham, Middlesex, baker and Alex. Henderson, Old Burlington-st., Middlesex, tailor, coal merchant, Jan. 28 at half-past 11, and March 3 at 12, Feb. 12 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Saul Charles Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sol. Aaron, Brighton, Sussex, auctioneer, Feb. 13 at 1, Court of Ablett, Newcastle-street, Strand.-Fiat dated Jan. 20. THOMAS BOWYER, Strand, Westminster, bookseller, Potts, Old Change, London, common carriers, Feb. 12 at 11, Bankruptcy, London.-William Tunley and Richard Smith (late carrying on business in partnership with Thomas GilCourt of Bankruptcy, London.-Jos. Graham, Jewry-street, bert Sherwood, under the firm of Messrs. Sherwood & Aldgate, London, wholesale stationer, Feb. 12 at 12, Court of Bowyer, as booksellers, in the Strand), Feb. 4 at 11, and Bankruptcy, London.-Jas. Jeffs, Margaret-st., CavendishMarch 3 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. square, Middlesex, saddler, Feb. 15 at 11, Court of BankBell; Sol. Hudson, Bucklersbury.-Fiat dated Jan. 20. CHARLES ASHBY, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, censed victualler, Feb. 15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptruptcy, London.-Wm. Watson, Birkenhead, Cheshire, litailor, Feb. 3 at half-past 1, and March 4 at 2, Court of cy, Liverpool.-Wm. Smith Dorsett, West Bromwich, StafBankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sol. Jackson, New-fordshire, corn dealer, Feb. 13 at 12, District Court of Bankinn, Strand.-Fiat dated Jan. 14. WILLIAM SKINNER, Burslem, Staffordshire, licensed victualler, dealer and chapman, Feb. 9 and March 2 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Christie; Sol. Williams, Hanley.-Fiat dated Jan. 12. To be allowed by the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, unless THOMAS CLARKE, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, licensed Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before Feb. 12. victualler and maltster, Feb. 5 at half-past 1, and March 5 Wm. Imray, Liverpool, stationer.-John Rawlinson, Spalat 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. ding, Lincolnshire, tailor.-Geo. Ben. Franklin, Shrewsbury, Hutton; Sol. Lovegrove, Gloucester.-Fiat dated Jan. 12. Shropshire, printer.-John Knight, Birmingham, timber merJOSEPH WENMAN, Birkenhead, Cheshire, wine merchant, Jan. 29 at 12, and Feb. 26 at 11, District Court of Milner's-mews, Hardington-street, Paddington, Middlesex, chant. Charles Hambridge, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, and Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sols. Wat- coach smith.-Robert Kirkpatrick, Manchester, iron founder. son, Liverpool; Gregory & Co., Bedford-row, London.--Joseph Pidwell, Falmouth, Cornwall, general furnishing Fiat dated Jan. 11. JOHN HASKINS GANDELL, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, ruptcy, Birmingham.-Thos. Anderton, Sarehole-mill, Yardley, Worcestershire, miller, Feb. 16 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. ironmonger.-Richard Lea, Bewdley, Worcester, surgeon.John Marston, Birmingham, surgeon. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. Edwin C. Hopps and Thos. C. Brian, Leeds, Yorkshire, solicitors. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. near Halifax, Yorkshire, beerseller: in the Gaol of York.— Walter Thorburn & Co., Glasgow, coach builders.-James James Hodgson, Bradford, Yorkshire, out of business in the Watson, Abingdon, Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, wright.-Gaol of York.-John Mason, West Rounton, near NorthalJohn La Guerrande & Co., Glasgow, commission agents.- lerton, Yorkshire, out of business: in the Gaol of York.John Marshall, Glasgow, provision merchant.-Mitchell & Thomas Joseph Hart, York, boot maker: in the Gaol of York. Ure, Glasgow, fish merchants.-Peter Mackellar, Glasgow, Robert Howard Page, Lowestoft, Suffolk, out of business: piano-forte manufacturer. in the Gaol of Norwich.-Wm. Brear, Bradford, Yorkshire, tea dealer: in York Castle. Thomas George Medhurst, Brighton, Sussex, porter merchant in the Gaol of Lewes.James Spearman, Ipswich, Suffolk, scourer: in the Gaol of Ipswich.-George Burnett, Egton, near Whitby, Yorkshire, inspector and overlooker of railway works: in the Gaol of York. INSOLVENT DEBTORS Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process. William Mead, Hanover-st., Islington, Middlesex, watch finisher, Feb. 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Steph. Dobson, Seymour-place, Bryanstone-sq., Middlesex, schoolmaster, Feb. 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-C. J. Pegus, Prawle Coast Guard Station, near Kingsbridge, Devonshire, commanding officer of the said station, Feb. 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Geo. Jones, Drury-court, Drury-lane, Middlesex, dairyman, Feb. 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thos. Trumper, Harefield, Middlesex, innkeeper, Jan. 28 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London. -Charles Green, Castle Hedingham, near Halstead, Essex, shoemaker, Feb. 4 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.Jos. Godfrey, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw plait dealer, Feb. 4 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Gerrish, Keynsham, Somersetshire, butcher, Feb. 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Peter Burns the younger, Liverpool, assistant to a livery-stable keeper, Jan. 27 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Sir Joseph A. D. Knight, Pelham-crescent, Brompton, Middlesex, master in her Majesty's navy, Jan. 27 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.Samuel Wm. Cross, Broadway, Stratford, Westham, Essex, twopenny post letter carrier, Jan. 30 at half-past 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-W. Bates, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, schoolmaster, Feb. 10 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-C. Hunt, High-st., Kensington Gravel-pits, Middlesex, plumber, Feb. 11 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.Jesse Dadson, Oxford-place, Hackney-road, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, baker, Feb. 10 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Andrew Cousani, St. James, Bristol, plaster of Paris manufacturer, Feb. 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Henry Taylor, Liverpool, coal dealer, Jan. 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-George B. Spencer, Liverpool, collector, Jan. 27 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Fred. Walker, Tranmere-vale, Bidston, Cheshire, commission agent, Jan. 26 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Wm. Hayden, Liverpool, ship chandler, Jan. 28 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Henry Warner, Stroud, Gloucestershire, brazier, Feb. 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-John S. Rowe, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancashire, salesman, Feb. 4 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-George Langton, Manchester, retailer of beer, Feb. 2 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-Charles Wolstenholme, Hulme, Manchester, journeyman whitesmith, Feb. 2 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-Joseph Eccles, Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull, grocer, Feb. 10 at 10, Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Wednesday, Jan. 20. Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignees James Hide, Compton-mews, Compton-street, Brunswicksquare, Middlesex, farrier: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Richard Elkanah Hoyle, Trigon-road, Kennington, Surrey, surgeon: in the Queen's Prison.-John Brockbank, Bermondsey New-road, Surrey, out of business: in the Queen's Prison.-John Philip Perry, Mill Pond-street, Bermondsey, Surrey, commission agent for the sale of teas: in the Gaol of Surrey.-James Longstreeth, Fetter-lane, Holborn, eating-house keeper: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Moses Burston, Southampton-street, Pentonville, Middlesex, mason: in the Queen's Prison.-Edward Oldrey, Surrey-terrace, Battersea, Surrey, jobbing master plasterer: in the Queen's Prison.-James Alexander, Hillstreet, Walworth, Surrey, baker: in the Gaol of Surrey.Henry Frederick Holmes, Providence-place, Canal-road, Mile-end, Middlesex, out of business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Joseph Ashworth, Greetland, The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before Feb. 8, at the same hour and place. 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With fixed Annual Additions, after ten years ........ } WHOLE WORLD POLICIES, which will not be invalidated by the party going to Foreign Countries, are granted by the Company. sued, only one half of each of the first Seven Years ordinary Premiums BY THE HALF-PREMIUM SYSTEM, on which Policies are is is required, the other half being payable at the convenience of the insured. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company, Liverpool. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Resident Secretary, London. *** The usual Commission allowed. Orders for THE JURIST given to any Newsman, or letter (postPaid) sent to the Office, No. 3, CHANCERY LANE, or to V. and R. STEVENS & G. S. NORTON, (Successors to J. & W. T. Clarke, late of Portugal Street), 26 and 39, BELL-YARD, will insure its punctual de livery in London, or its being forwarded on the evening of publication, through the medium of the Post Office, to the Country. Printed by WALTER M'DOWALL, PRINTER, residing at No. 4, Pemberton Row, Gough Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London, at his Printing Office, situate No. 5, Pemberton Row aforesaid; and Published at No. 3, CHANCERY LANE, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, by HENRY SWEET, LAW BOOKSELLER and PUBLISHER, residing at No. 11, John Street, Bedford Row, in the County of Middlesex. Saturday, January 23, 1847." The following are the Names of the Gentlemen who favour THE JURIST with Reports of Cases argued and decided in the several Courts of Law and Equity: LONDON, JANUARY 30, 1847. We have selected for the subject of some remarks the case of Wilson v. Lord Curzon, reported in our last number, (p. 47), because it throws some additional light on the character of a promoter of a railway company. The plaintiff sued for his salary as secretary to the "Canterbury and Herne Bay Railway Company," of which the defendant was a committee-man. The company had been provisionally registered, with the name of the plaintiff as one of its promoters, and on this ground it was decided that he could not recover against the defendant as a member of the committee. It was suggested by the court that he might have recovered had he shewn that the defendant contracted in his individual capacity. In the words of Baron Parke, "The plaintiff is one of the promoters of the company, and the question therefore is, is he not so deeply implicated in the scheme that all the acts of the provisional committee must be considered as his acts, and consequently that he is one of his own employers? Now, the provisional committee are delegated by others to act for them; primâ facie they act for the promoters, and therefore, primâ facie, orders given by them are the orders of all the projectors including the plaintiff, unless he has elected to give credit to some particular persons among them. The plaintiff, therefore, was bound in this case to give further evidence to shew that the defendant meant to contract as a principal, independent of his acts as provisional committee-man of the company." And it was observed by Mr. Baron Alderson, "This is the case of a man appointing himself to an office, and if he is to be paid at all,-which, however, I doubt, he appoints himself, and must therefore pay himself; it is Holmes v. Higgins over again. This seems like the case of a club, where one member writes for the rest, and is called the secretary.". VOL. XI. с Court.... Court of Queen's Bench F. FISHER, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law. G. J. P.SMITH, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. {4. Esq. of Gray's Queen's Bench Bail Court Court of Common Pleas, including Appeals under Registration of Voters Act.... Inn, Barrister at Law. D. PoWER, Esq. of Lincoln's (W. PATERSON, Esq. of Gray's Court of Exchequer...{ W. M. BEST, Esq. of Gray's Inn, Barrister at Law. Ecclesiastical and Admi- JJ. P. DEANE, D.C.L. of Doctors! ralty Courts Court of Review ........ ...... { Commons. W. W. COOPER, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. It is, therefore, now decided, that a registered promoter of a company cannot recover against the provisional committee of it, as such, for services in doing things incidental to its formation. This is not on the ground that they are partners. It was decided in Reynell v. Lewis and Wild v. Hopkins, (10 Jur. 972), that the relation of provisional committee-men creates neither a partnership nor a quasi partnership, as, although they are associated for the promotion of one common object, it does not constitute an agreement to share profit or loss, and the same reasoning would apply to the relation in which the registered promoter stands to the committee. The principle of the decision is the identity of interest which exists among co-promoters of a scheme, simply considered as such. There is no more reason for the secretary, being also a promoter, to be allowed to sue the committee, than that the committee should be allowed to sue the secretary, as such promoter, for their trouble and attendance.. The majority of the cases on this subject have proceeded on the question of partnership, but they tend, as we have said, to illustrate this principle. In Holmes v. Higgins, (1 B. & C. 74; S. C., 2 D. & R. 196), the defendant had acted as chairman of a projected company, of which the plaintiff, a subscriber, was appointed agent; and the plaintiff having sued the defendants for business done in that capacity, the Court of King's Bench held that he could not recover; and, per Abbott, C. J., "If a number of persons associate together for the purpose of carrying on some undertaking for their joint benefit, and any one of them is employed as surveyor or agent for the purpose of carrying the object in view into effect, the question *There is, without doubt, a strong analogy between the interest of co-promoters and of partners, as far as regards a community of object; and the rules of law applicable in this respect to the one will be found also applicable to the other. EWS |