At the County Court of Suffolk, at IPSWICH, Dec. 29 at 10. John Foulkes, Mold, Flintshire, wine merchant, at Chambers's, Mold: 74d. in the pound. FRIDAY, DEC. 17. T BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH ROBESON, Ipswich, Suffolk, draper, Dec. 31 at THOMAS RAYMOND, Bishop's-road, Paddington, Mid- WILLIAM LAKE, Fleet-st., London, printer, Dec. 29 at 12, JOHN MORRISON, Cheapside, London, tailor and draper, dealer and chapman, Dec. 23 at half-past 10, and Jan. 28 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Belcher; Sols. Messrs. Linklater, Leadenhall-street. Fiat dated Dec. 14. WILLIAM BOYLS, Upper Lisson-street, Lisson-grove, HENRY EDWARD FIELD, Mark-lane, London, eating- HENRY JOHN HAMMON, Threadneedle-street, London, architect, and Greek-street, Soho, Middlesex, jewel case maker, dealer and chapman, Jan. 3 and 29 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sol. Bennett, 6, Bloomsbury-square.-Fiat dated Dec. 14. JOHN BINNS, Newland-place, Kensington, and Acton, Middlesex, linen draper, dealer and chapman, Dec. 27 at 2, and Jan. 31 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sol. Jones, Size-lane, London.-Fiat dated Dec. 9. GEORGE WORKMAN, St. George's-place, Water-lane, Brixton, Surrey, beer-shop keeper and cowkeeper, Dec. 22 at 11, and Jan. 20 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sol. Dollman, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Fiat dated Dec. 13. GEORGE RIGBY and JOHN RIGBY, Liverpool, coal merchants, railway contractors, dealers and chapmen, Dec. 30 and Jan. 20 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Morgan; Sols. Evans & Son, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London.-Fiat dated Dec. 3. ISAAC NEWTON PEARCE, Liverpool, stationer and book HENRY WHITE LAKE, Liverpool, commission merchant, Dec. 28 and Jan. 18 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Turner; Sols. Evans & Son, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London.-Fiat dated Dec. 10. JOHN PARRY PLATT, Liverpool, commission merchant, Dec. 27 and Jan. 19 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Morgan; Sols. Evans & Son, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London.-Fiat dated Dec. 10. ALGERNON HORATIO SWIFT, Crosby-hall-chambers, Bishopsgate-street, London, iron merchant, and Hyatt's Colliery, Rowley Regis, near Dudley, Staffordshire, coal master and iron merchant, dealer and chapman, Dec. 29 and Jan. 22 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Smith, Birmingham; Jones, Worcester.-Fiat dated Dec. 10. THOMAS HOLMES, Pendleton, Lancashire, bleacher, THOMAS STOTT, Liverpool, laceman, dealer and chapman, EDWARD BRIGGS, Castleton-mills, near Rochdale, Lanca- JAMES NORRIS, Manchester, woollen merchant and com- ADAM SINGER, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, grocer, dealer and RICHARD NEWMAN, Bristol, grocer, Jan. 6 and Feb. 1 SAMUEL BROWN FRY, Bristol, warehouseman, dealer JOHN DAVISON, Leeds, Yorkshire, coach builder, dealer binder, Dec. 30 and Jan. 20 at 11, District Court of Bank-JOHN LEEDHAM, Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, inn- ROBERT ROBERTS, Denbigh, innkeeper, dealer and chap- keeper, dealer and chapman, Dec. 30 and Feb. 3 at 11, MEETINGS. John Thies, Old Broad-street, London, baker, Jan. 7 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-George Armfield the younger, Croydon, Surrey, coach builder, Jan. 7 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Francis Clark the younger, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, innkeeper, Jan. 10 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-E. L. James, Queen-street, Cheapside, London, stationer, Jan. 10 at halfpast 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-J. Oakley and Benj. Oakley, Southampton, builders, Jan. 8 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-D. C. H. Lomer, London-st., DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Thomas Bench, Sonning, near Reading, Berkshire, out of business, Jan. 8 at 3, George Inn, Reading. INSOLVENT DEBTORS Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process. London, merchant, Jan. 8 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, Lon-ardson & Pringle, Maxwelltown, Torqueer, nursery and don, div.-Geo. Thos. Day, Commercial-road, Pimlico, Mid-❘ seedsmen. dlesex, civil engineer, Jan. 8 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Wm. Hammer and John Hammer, Whitechapelroad, Middlesex, coach makers, Jan. 8 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Francis Rolfe, Great Marlborough-street, Middlesex, tailor, Jan. 8 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Joseph Turner, Ludgate-hill, London, jeweller, Jan. 8 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-George Maddison, Swaff ham, Norfolk, grocer, Jan. 8 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Edward Ridley, Leicester, linen draper, Jan. 8 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. Robert Powell Saph, Salisbury, Wiltshire, hatter, Jan. 8 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-I. C. Taylor, Change-alley, Cornhill, London, tailor, Jan. 7 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Joseph Deer, Bryanstone-street, Edgeware-road, Middlesex, wheelwright, Jan. 7 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-G. Gale, Winchester, Southampton, corn chandler, Jan. 7 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. CERTIFICATES. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting. John Sell, Dovor, Jan. 13 at 10, County Court of Kent, at Dovor.- Wm. Harbridge, Totnes, Devonshire, coach pro prietor, Dec. 30 at 11, County Court of Devonshire, at Totnes.-Nich. Gidley, Totnes, Devonshire, baker, Dec. 30 at 11, County Court of Devonshire, at Totnes.-Rich. Harvey, Dovor, Jan. 13 at 10, County Court of Kent, at Dovor.-Thos. Wilkinson, Oughtibridge, Bradfield, and Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, butcher, Jan. 5 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Sheffield.-J. Horner, Warley, Halifax, Yorkshire, tailor, Dec. 23 at 11, County Court of Yorkshire, at Halifax.—Fran. Lane the younger, Westfield, Radstock, Somersetshire, car penter, Jan. 1 at 10, County Court of Somersetshire, at Clut ton.-Mark S. Denton, Chatham, Kent, shoe manufacturer, Jan. 11 at 10, County Court of Kent, at Rochester.-Jok Field, Birmingham, pearl button manufacturer, Jan. 1 at 2, County Court of Warwickshire, at Birmingham.-Edward Weekes, Rochester, Kent, barge master, Jan. 11 at 10, County Court of Kent, at Rochester. John Harwood, Bury, Lanca shire, travelling draper, Jan. 5 at 10, County Court of Lanlaw, Jan. 1 at 2, County Court of Warwickshire, at Birming ham.-George Gillott, Sheffield, file grinder, Jan. 5 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Sheffield.-John Howarth, Bury, Lancashire, plumber, Jan. 5 at 10, County Court of Lancashire, at Bury.-Hen. Townson, Clitheroe, Lancashire, saddler, Jan. 4 at 11, County Court of Lancashire, at Cli theroe.-Chas. Walker, Leominster, Herefordshire, farmer, Jan. 12 at 10, County Court of Herefordshire, at Leominster. Thomas Burrell, Billericay, Essex, licensed victualler, Jan. 8 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-James E. Pye, Berkeley-square, Middlesex, milliner, Jan. 7 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Snook, Ledbury-road, Westbournegrove, Paddington, Middlesex, builder, Jan. 7 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thomas Halstead, Lower Smithfield, Middlesex, publican, Jan. 10 at 1, Court of Bank-cashire, at Bury.-Rich. H. Hall, Birmingham, attorney at ruptcy, London.-Wm. Jolley, Charing-cross, Westminster, Middlesex, poulterer, Jan. 11 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Gardiner Jackson, Newcastle-street, Strand, Middlesex, and Cour de Guise, Calais, France, importer and manufacturer of fancy papers, Jan. 11 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Whitfield Palmer, Uxbridge, Middlesex, jeweller, Jan. 11 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Dowsing, Ipswich, Suffolk, oilman, Jan. 11 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-T. G. Brown--Joseph Trim, Arundel, Sussex, confectioner, Jan. 1 at 1, smith, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, Middlesex, fringe manufacturer, Jan. 14 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Phoebe Maybury, Worcester, hosier, Jan. 18 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Henry Wilders, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, farmer, Jan. 18 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. To be allowed by the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, unless County Court of Sussex, at Arundel.-Jos. B. Scott, Wottonunder-Edge, Gloucestershire, grocer, Jan. 10 at 10, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Dursley.-Wm. Panniers, Man ston, Holmer, Herefordshire, carpenter, Jan. 13 at 10, County Court of Herefordshire, at Hereford.-John Embleton, Car. lisle, engine-wright, Dec. 28 at half-past 9, County Court of Cumberland, at Carlisle.-John Mellor, Stafford, shoemaker, Dec. 27 at 10, County Court of Staffordshire, at Stafford. in the Court, have obtained Interim Orders for Protection from Process, are required to appear in Court as herein after mentioned, at the Court-house, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn, as follows, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute: John Taverner, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, silk manufac-The following Persons, who, on their several Petitions filed Houghton, Dudley-grove, Paddington, Middlesex, ironmonger. FIAT ANNUlled. Wm. Thacker, Birmingham, licensed victualler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. John E. Clowes, H. B. Wedlake, and Ellis Clowes, King'sbench-walk, Temple, London, attornies and solicitors.-T. F. Cole and Chas. Stokes, Ryde, Ventnor, and Cowes, Isle of Wight, attornies and solicitors. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Jan. 1 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Edu. Harrison, Kingsland-road, High-street, Shoreditch, street, Middlesex, hair dresser. Mary Whiting, Franci-st. Middlesex, tarpauling maker. Fred. H. Gascoyne, Bruton Weymouth-terrace, Hackney-road, Middlesex, scale board manufacturer.-John Westron, Crown-st., Soho, Westminster, Middlesex, cheesemonger.-Geo. F. Giles, Great Tarnstile, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Middlesex, carver.-Wm. Rains, King-street, Covent-garden, and Hungerford-market, Strand, Middlesex, fruiterer. Jan. 3 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner LAW. Anne Haynes, spinster, Gloucester-st., Commercial-road East, Middlesex, not in any business.-John Dowd, Wormwood-street, London, auctioneer.-Alfred Bell, Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, Middlesex, printer.-Robert D. Lancaster, Alfred-terrace, Bath-st., Commercial-road East, Middle, clerk to the East and West India Dock Company.-Wm. M. Elkins, Dyer's-buildings, Holborn, London, attorney at law. Geo. Rogers, New Montague-st., Spitalfields, wheelwright. Henry Smith, Downhamn road, Kingsland-road, Middlesex, builder. John Lloyd, Coalharbour-lane, Camberwell, Surrey, clerk in the Money Order Office, General Post-office.-Robt. chant. Thomas Nicol, Alloa, draper.-James F. Montgo- B. Chambers, Brook-place, Tottenham, Middlesex, attorne mery, Edinburgh, advocate.-Wm. Murray & Co., Glasgow, and solicitor.-Chas. Cole, Arnold's Paragon, Francis-street, James Rogers, Glasgow, ironmonger. - Charles Rogers, Glasgow, ironmonger. John F. Tress & Co., Edinburgh, tea dealers.-R. Forrester & Co., Glasgow, warehousemen.-C. B. Merard & Co., Edinburgh, hat manufacturers.-Christopher Boddy, Edinburgh, artificial flower, feather, and bonnet manufacturer.-W. B. S. Campbell, Edinburgh, writer to the signet.-John Martine, jun., Haddington, brewer.George Green, Glasgow, underwriter.-Peter Thoms, Dundee, mer tailors.-John M'Farlan & Co., Glasgow, stationers.-Rich Newington, Surrey, coal dealer. Jan. 3 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignee Barber v. Lemon-Judgment for plaintiff. MASTERS IN CHANCERY.-The Lord Chancellor has Jos. Rice, New-st., Dorset-sq., Middlesex, baker: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-John Paddon Williams, James-st., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, Mid- Lord Denman, C. J., added, we have given so much dlesex, clerk to an engineer: in the Debtors Prison for Lon- time to the Special Paper, that we shall give the Spedon and Middlesex.-Isaac Stacey, Clarendon-st., Camber-cial Paper Days as well as the New Trial Paper Days well New-road, Surrey, retailer of beer: in the Queen's in next term to the New Trial Paper. 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PRICE 18. *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: A Mr. Scorr has lately addressed to one of the Queen's judges a letter of complaint, on which as it was read in open court, all the world is perfectly at liberty to comment; and we must say that the doctrine and reasoning of that letter are of the strangest character. The sum of the complaint, stripped of certain vituperations, couched in a not unambitious style, and levelled at both the Vice-Chancellor of England and the Bar, was this:-That his Honor had permitted the time of his Court to be taken up, to the exclusion of other business, by The Great Western Railway case, (commonly known as the broad and narrow gauge case), and the lengthened arguments of counsel thereon; and that he had done so uselessly, because he well knew, that, whatever his decision was, there would be an appeal from it to the Lord Chancellor. Inferring from the statement made by Mr. Scott of that which he considers wrong in the conduct of the Vice-Chancellor, what is the course of conduct that he would have considered right, we presume it would be this: that the Vice-Chancellor should either have refused to hear the case at all; or, pro formâ hearing it, should have refused de facto to hear counsel, and should have made a decision au hasard; or that, pretending to hear the case, and to hear counsel thereon, he should have, in fact, cut short the arguments of counsel, after some definite consumption of time; or, lastly, that he should have postponed the case, because it was long and intricate, to make way for others, because they happened to be moderately short and easy to be disposed of. Unless he was to take one of these courses, we know not what course he was to take, except that which he did take, and which is usual, viz. to hear the broad and narrow gauge case at the time when the counsel opening it was, according to the practice of the Court, VOL. XI. XX entitled to bring it on; and to hear it through, if counsel thought fit to argue it, without permitting himself to be influenced by the anticipation of an appeal, a course of proceeding the occurrence of which was obviously, in fact, uncertain, and of the occurrence of which, if it had been quite certain, the Court could not judicially take the slightest notice. The broad and narrow gauge case differed in no way from any other case, except in this, that it was long and intricate, and involved interests of vast amount. The consequence of these properties was, that eminent counsel were retained by both sides; and we presume those counsel were so instructed by their clients, as to consider it their duty to present the case to the Court in all its bearings, and with all the argument which, in their judgment, they thought likely to influence the Court. In all this there was nothing unusual, nothing but what was consistent with the strict rights of the parties, nothing that the Court could have checked or interrupted, or even negatived, without injustice to the parties to the suit; nothing in the conduct of counsel that could have been neglected without a dereliction of the duty they owed to their clients. The sum and substance of Mr. Scott's argument comes simply to this, that persons who have vast interests at stake in their litigation, ought not to be heard in their turn, or ought not to be heard fully, because their business being heavy and taking up much time, postpones the business next after it, more than if it were light. Before Mr. Scott can establish his case against the Court and the Bar, he must shew that there is a distinction between suitors having great amounts at stake, and smaller suitors, as to their right to be represented by counsel. It is not yet, certainly, the rule of any Court, and we trust it never will be, that a suitor is to be limited in his right to select his counsel, in the inverse ratio of the importance of his suit, or at all. There is, as is well known, a whole-- NEW |