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LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL.

COUNCIL OF

LEGAL EDUCATION.-MICHAELMAS
PASS EXAMINATION.

As a result of the General Examination of Students of the Inns of Court, held at Gray's-inn, on the 13th, 14th, and 15th Oct., the Council of Legal Education have awarded to the following students certificates that they have satisfactorily passed a public examination :—

LINCOLN'S-INN.-Arthur M. Champernowne, Raghoba Mahadewa Doye, Sampatrao Kashirao Gaikwad, John W. P. Gibson, Hardeoram Nanabhai Haridas, Champat Rai Jain, Hon. Sidney C. Peel, Gobind Ram, Edgar H. Simpson, and George H. Stuart.

INNER TEMPLE.-Lucas D'Oyly Carte, Edward W. Cave, George Alfred M. Cheeke, William F. Cornewall, Jan H. H. de Waal, Montague K. Emanuel, Stafford B. Faulkner, Allen M. Galer, Charles E. Goetz, Harold E. Harrison, Robert S. V. O'Brien, John E. Otto, Charles M. Pitman, John P. Radcliffe, Haythorne Reed, Alexander A. Roche, Walter Rogers, Walter L. Seligman, and William O. Travis.

MIDDLE TEMPLE.-William J. Abel, George A. Blair, Albert W. C. E. Ganz, Harry T. Gillies, Reginald H. Goodman, James P. Hughes, Azeezur Rahman Khan, George F. Langford, James D. Millar, Charles E. Odgers, Percy Raby, Dhirojlal Panachand Shroff, and Arthur Sims.

GRAY'S-INN.-John R. C. Hall, Charles W. Hayward, Frederick Hinde, John W. Jones, Robert W. Lee, James G. Leslie, Robert Swaby, and Montagu White.

Number examined, 108: passed, 50. Of the fifty-eight candidates who failed, ten were postponed till the Easter Examination 1897, and two until the Trinity Examination 1897.

The following passed in Constitutional Law and Legal History :LINCOLN'S-INN.- Syed Mohammad Amir, Adams R. W. Atkins, Arthur C. T. Beck, Alnod J. Dodger, Diwan Mathra Das, Narayan Dass, William C. Dixon, Thomas M. French, Ernest Greenwood, Pandit Bishan Lal Kaul, Beni Parshad Khosla, Alfred Loosemore, Alexander Manson, Dudley F. Nevill, Syed Mohamed Shere, William R. Southeard, Edward W. Sutton, and Thomas Williams.

INNER TEMPLE. James Bradbury, Percy B. Brooks, Walter J. Burt, Charles E. A. Castellain, Charoon, Arthur J. Davis, Robert Ellis, Syed Hasan, Karl Wilhelm Thalman Biccord Juta, John Cecil Lancaster, Lascelles A. Lucas, George Morley, Frank H. Newnes, Thomas W. B. O'Neal, William B. Pike, Herbert I. Pilcher, Percy Shearman-Turner, Joseph L. S. Smith, George R. Toller, and Pelham F. Warner.

MIDDLE TEMPLE. Thomas R. Bethell, John S. Black, George F. W. L. Dillon, Francis Y. Eccles, Randolph A. Glen, John, E. Hilditch, Arthur L. Ingpen, Samuel R. Nightingale, Harold S. Stowe, Alfred Taffs, and William Thompson.

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LINCOLN'S-INN.-Arthur P. Braybrooke, Tat Toe Chia, William T. G. Lewis, Behari Lal Merh, Ernest F. E. Olivier, Bhalabhai Bhaibabhai Patel, Jeshingbhai Bhaibabhai Patel, Richard C. Pearman, and Mohanlal Jivanlal Vakil.

INNER TEMPLE. -John H. Barron, John R. Bryce, Halford G. Burdett, William E. Hirst, Arthur C. Hue, Harold J. H. Irish, Henry J. Jacobs, John H. Layton, Charles B. Martin, Robert P. B. Methven, Augustus F. Mochler-Ferryman, Wilfrid G. H. Price, and William T. H. Walsh.

MIDDLE TEMPLE.-Gerald A. Arbuthnot, Mirza Mohammed Zoolcadur Beg, Nai Theb Bhanuwongse, Campbell Burn, Alexander Cairns, Edward M. Coward, Thomas B. Curran, Henri O. Décugis, Carlton Hackney, William G. Hannah, Vincent D. Knowles, Samuel S. Mossop, Cecil R. Philip, Philip N. Richardson, Baliol E. Scott, and Deep Narayan Singh. GRAY'S-INN.-Edward J. S. Athawes. Alexander M. Cowan, Alfred J. Robertson, and Bachan Singh. Examined, 47; passed, 42.

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SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AT THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.-OCTOBER 1896.

THE following ninety-six candidates (whose names are in alphabetical order) were successful at the preliminary examination held on the 14th and 15th Oct. :

Adkins, Harry Francis
Bailey, Frederick William
Baily, John Arthur Stephen
Bartlett, Robert Hamilton
Beard. Mountjoy
Beardsley, Godfrey Leonard
Bentley, Walter Smith
Bird, Henry Soden
Bishop, John Walton
Bishop, William Herbert
Bois, Charles Gordon
Bond, Frederick Morten
Breach, Bobert
Burmester, Hubert L.
Cardew, Cornelius Seton
Cave, Stephe Aylwin
Clarkson, Charles
Coleman, Edward James
Collard, Douglas Argles
Coombs, William M.
Crafter, Herbert George E.
Darlington, Henry Clayton
Davies, Origen

Dawes, Bertram Jerman
Dewynter, Louis John
Dowse, Kenrick Alexander
Easterbrook, Samuel H.
Edge, Frank Travers
Eustace, Frederick
Evans, Roger

Fisher, Edward Lindesay
Fisher, Frank Holcroft

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Gaskell, Frank Hill
Gilchrist, Alexander F.
Gjemre, William Ingram S.
Goddard, John Theodore
Goody, Herbert Cady
Gotelee, Harry Scotchmer
Gravely, Charles Ewart
Grover, Henry Montague G.
Hatton, Frederick
Heddon, Christopher H.
Hibbit, Arthur Wenham
Hicks, Charles Hubert
Hinman, George Ernest
Hollingworth, Dennis
Hope, Herbert Ashworth
Jackson, Lancelot Archer
James, James Rowland
Jessop, George
Kay, William
Kyle, Robert Wood
Lamb, Robert
Leigh, Henry Richmond
Lockey, Robert
MacLeod, Roderick
Maddison, William G.
Marshall, Charles Bennett
O'Flynn, Patrick Horace G.
Parker. Wilkinson
Partington, Adam
Pemberton, William Taylor
Pitt, William Alfred
Player, Harold Stanley

Number of candidates, 144.

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Power, Thomas Costello
Preston, George Matthias
Pullen, Alfred George
Quayle, Arthur
Ram, Ernest Arthur
Read, James Frederick
Rendell, Harry Symons
Robertson, Norman Cairns
Robinson, Frederick Saville
Robinson, Norman
Rogers, Clement

Rooney, Valentine Gabriel
Sanders. William Henry
Schofield, James
Scott, Frank

Steele, Hugh R. C. B.
Sturton, Thomas Walter

Taylor, Howard

Taylor, Sancroft Grimwood
Thompson, Edmund C.
Twist, George Herbert
Upton, Gerald
Wall. Walter
Warman, William F. B.
Warne, Frank George
Warton, Robert Innys B.
Watson, George Herbert
Watts. William John V.
Weldon, Thomas William
Wolter, Percy Edwin
Woodgate, Albert Ernest
Wright, Geoffrey Herbert.

THE STUDY OF JURISPRUDENCE.

THERE is no pursuit on which more ability and learning has been lavished than on the law of England, and there is no subject to which English literature has contributed so little as general jurisprudence. The real reason why general jurisprudence has been neglected in this country is to be found in the absence of the causes which in other countries induce men to study it. The popularity of general speculations, either upon law or any other subject, depends principally upon the degree of practical importance attached to them. For example, when the minds of men are occupied, as in France in the last century, with the presentiment that great social changes are impending, there is a strong inducement to theorise upon the constitution of society, and the nature and limits of political obligations, in order to furnish arms to the combatants in the struggle which is felt to be approaching. In the same way the degree in which men perceive the necessity for general principles and broad views on legal subjects depends upon the degree in which they feel the want of them; and, though it may appear paradoxical, it is strictly true, that under many circumstances, and in many states of society, the study of jurispru dence is injured by a good administration of justice and a good system of legislation, and favoured by a bad one.

The law of England may be not altogether unfairly described as a mass of details which no memory can embrace, and which hardly any understanding can reduce under the heads to which they properly belong; but this state of things which a knowledge of jurisprudence more widely diffused among lawyers would undoubtedly have gone far to remedy, can be distinctly traced to the fact that the administration of the law was for centuries more pure, systematic, and authoritative, and that legislation was more judicious and definite in this than in any other country in Europe.

The general object of jurisprudence is to lay down principles as to the nature of law, and to devise for legal purposes classifications of the various actions and relations of mankind; but the practical value of such theories is little felt where a system of law is established which is so administered as to fulfil satisfactorily the primary objects of the protection of person and property, and their direct influence on judicial decisions is diminished in exact proportion to the degree of anthority which practically attaches to the enactments of a well-ascertained sovereign legislature. In England the statutes, the law reports, and a few standard text-books, have for many centuries formed the only authorities to which persons acting judicially would listen. In France, even at the present day, a far greater latitude is allowed both to judges and to advocates, and the long absence of any standard authority, universally acknowledged and obeyed, has had much more to do with the fondness of French lawyers for general theories than any natural superiority in their understandings over those of our own legal writers. In France the line between theory and authority was traced, if at all, in the faintest manner. There was thus a strong inducement to writers to attempt to rise above the petty mass of intricate rules established amongst them, and to claim for their own theories a right to regulate the affairs of mankind on account of their inherent justice and wisdom. On the other hand, the absence of any general authorities binding on all courts alike naturally disposed the judges to encourage such speculations by attaching to them a degree of importance which in our own country they have never been allowed to obtain.

In England the jurisdiction is fixed, and the broad outlines of the law have been laid down from time immemorial, and the result of this has been that general theories as to what the law ought to be, or as to the principles which should regulate its proceedings, have always been relegated by the judges to the Legislature. No doubt legislative powers of great importance always have been, and from the nature of the case

always will be, vested in the judges, but the acknowledged supremacy of the Legislature, and the great authority of the courts, narrow the spirit in which they are exercised.

The purpose of Bentham was to investigate principles from which to decide what laws ought to exist, what legal rights and legal duties or obligations are fit to be established among mankind. This was also the ultimate end of Mr. Austin's speculations, but the subject of his special labours was theoretically distinct, though subsidiary, and practically indispensable, to the former. It was what may be called the logic of law, as distinguished from its morality or expediency. Its purpose was that of clearing up and defining the notions which the human mind is compelled to form, and the distinctions which it is obliged to make, by the mere existence of a body of law of any kind, or of a body of law taking cognisance of the concerns of a civilised and complicated state of society. A clear and firm possession of these notions and distinctions is as important to practice as it is to science. For only by means of it can the legislator know how to give effect to his own ideas and his own purposes. Without it, however capable the legislator might be of conceiving good laws in the abstract, he could not possibly so word them, and so combine and arrange them, that they should really do the work intended and expected. These notions and distinctions form the science of jurisprudence as Mr. Austin conceived it. But though the work which Austin did neither would nor could have been done if Bentham had not given the impulse and pointed out the way, it was of a different character from Bentham's work, and not less indispensable.

Austin does not specially contemplate legal systems in reference to their origin and to the psychological causes of their existence. He considers them in respect of what may be called their organic structure. Every body of law has certain points of agreement with every other, and between those which have prevailed in cultivated and civilised societies, there is a still greater number of features in common. Independently of the resemblances which naturally exist in their substantive provisions, there is also a certain common groundwork of general conceptions or notions, each in itself very wide, and some of them very complex, which can be traced through every body of law and are the same in all. These conceptions are not pre-existent, they are a result of abstraction, and emerge as soon as the attempt is made to look at any body of laws as a whole, or to compare one part of it with another, or to regard persons and the facts of life from a legal point of view. There are certain combinations of facts and of ideas which every system of law must recognise and certain modes of regarding facts which every such system requires. The proof is, that all legal systems require a variety of names which are not in use for any other purpose. Whoever has apprehended the full meaning of these names that is, whoever perfectly understands the facts and the combinations of thought which they denote-is a master of juristical knowledge; and a well-made lexicon of the legal terms of all systems would be a complete science of jurisprudence, for the objects, whether natural or artificial, with which law has to do must be the same objects which it also has occasion to name.

But to conceive distinoly a great mass of objects, partly resembling and partly differing from one another, they must be classed; and to make any set of practical provisions, which cover a large field, definite and intelligible, they must be presented to the mind on some principle of arrangement grounded on the degree of their connection and alliance with one another. The details of different legal systems are different, but there is no reason why the main classifications and heads of arrangement should not be in a great measure the same. The more general of the terms employed for legal purposes might stand for the same ideas, and be expounded by the same definitions, in systems otherwise different. The same terminology, nomenclature, and principle of arrangement, which would render one system of law definite, clear, and, in Bentham's language, cognoscible, would serve, with additions and variations in minor details, to render the same office for another. Such a result, however, has not been attained by the mode in which existing bodies of law have been formed. Laws having in general been made singly, and their mass having grown by mere aggregation, there has usually been no authoritative arrangement but the chronological one, and no uniform or predetermined phraseology, even in the case of statute law, while in many countries, and pre-eminently in England, the greater portion of the law, the part which serves as the basis for all the rest, does not exist at all in the form of general language, but lies imbedded in judicial decisions, of which even the general principle has to be evolved by abstraction, and made the subject of forensic disputation, when the time comes for applying it. Whatever definiteness in detail, and whatever order or consistency as a whole has been attained by any established system, has, in almost all countries, been given by private writers on law. All the generalisations of legal ideas, and all explicit statements of the meaning of the principal legal terms, have, speaking generally, been the work of these unauthorised persons, have passed from their writings into professional usage, and have ended by being, either expressly or oftener by implication, adopted by governments and legislatures. So far as any great body of law has been systematised, this is the mode in which the work has been done, and, being done piecemeal by persons who had seldom any other object in view than the convenience of professional practice, it has been, as a general rule, done very badly. Instead of classing objects together which agree in their main features, or in the points which are of chief importance to the ends of law, the classes formed consist of things which have either no common qualities or none but such as are common to them with other things. When the bond of connection is real, it seldom lies in the things themselves, but usually in the historical accidents of the particular body of laws. In actual systems of law "most of the leading terms," says Austin, "are not names of a definite class of objects, but of a heap of heterogeneous objects."

The only mode of correcting this evil is to free from confusion and set in a clear light those necessary resemblances and differences which, if not brought into distinct apprehension by all systems of law, are latent in all, and do not depend on the accidental history of any. These resemblances and differences are those which are alone fit to be made use of as the groundwork of a scientific arrangement. The fact that they exist in all legal systems proves that they go deeper down into the roots of law than any of those which are peculiar to some one system. That the main divisions of the subject should be grounded on these follows from the first principle of classification, that the general should take precedence of the special, and, as they are common to all systems, or to all which are of any scientific importance, the parts of any given system which are peculiar to it will still find, in this arrangement, a proper place in which to lodge themselves, which would not happen if the main arrangement were itself grounded on distinctions purely historical and belonging only to a particular system.

To clear up these general notions is, therefore, the direct object of the science of jurisprudence as conceived by Austin, and the practical result of the science, if carried to the greatest perfection of which it is susceptible, would be to provide, first, such a legal terminology (with a strict and precise meaning attached to every word and phrase) that any system whatever of law might be expressed in it; and next such a general scheme of arrangement that any system whatever of law might be distributed according to it; and that, when so expressed and distributed, every part of it would be distinctly intelligible, and each part would assist the comprehension of all the rest. Jurisprudence, thus understood, is not so much a science of law as of the application of logic to law. But by affording a clear and connected view of the whole field of lawilluminating it by large, comprehensive, and exactly discriminated conceptions and enabling every legal part to be classed at once with those with which it has the nearest alliance, it bestows on the student either of the philosophy of law, or of any existing legal system, a command over the subject such as no other course of study would have made attainable.

STUDENTS' SOCIETIES.

LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY.-The usual weekly meeting of the above society was held at the Law Institution, Chancery-lane, on Tuesday, the 3rd inst., chairman, Mr. C. Herbert Smith. The subject for debate was, "That the case of Paterson v. Gas Light and Coke Company (74 L. T. Rep. 640; (1896) 2 Ch. 476) was wrongly decided." Mr. J. S. Wilkinson opened in the affirmative, and Mr. Mellian Smith seconded. Mr. Haseldine Jones opened in the negative, and Mr. Cawley seconded. The following members also spoke: Messrs. Arthur E. Clarke, Horace Miller. Mr. Seager Berry replied. The motion was lost by nine votes.The subject for debate at the next meeting of the society on Tuesday, the 10th Nov. is, "That women ought now to be admitted to equal political rights with men." BIRMINGHAM.-The members of this society held their annual mock trial at the Temperance Hall on the 30th ult. The case for the plaintiff (Miss Trilby Treddler, a novelist) was that on the 1st April 1896, while riding a bicycle, she was run down by the defendant (Sir Horseless Tandem, Bart), who was driving a motor car. She was injured, and claimed £5000 as damages. The defence, of course, was a denial of negligence. As usual on such occasions those taking part contrived to introduce much amusement into the case, which added much to the interest which their friends took in the proceedings. Mr. H. A. Pearson sat as judge, Mr. H. Williams as his associate, Mr. F. O. Hopson and Mr. A. F. Lovatt were counsel, and Mr. H. S. Clapham and Mr. F. W. Green, solicitors for the plaintiff. The defendant was represented by Messrs. E. L. Hirsch, B.A., Mr. H. H. d'Egville (counsel), J. A. Lacy and F. H. Sharp (solicitors). H. F. Winterbotham went into the witness-box as the plaintiff. and Mr. E. Newey as the defendant; while the other witnesses were Messrs. S. S. Guest, M. C. Blewitt, C. B. Marston, S. Vernon, H. Eaden, W. Somers, C. H. Smith, F. Minton, and C. Bird.-A meeting was held on the 3rd inst., in the Law Library, Bennett's Hall, Mr. A. H. Coley being in the chair. A debate took place on moot point No. 853: "Smith sells some lands to Jones. The title deeds relate to other lands retained by Smith, and include not only the deeds abstracted, but also deeds and documents of a date anterior to the starting-point of the abstracted title. In the conveyance to Jones the usual acknowledgment and undertaking as to the deeds is given. Jones's solicitor insists that the acknowledgment must be made to extend to all the deeds in Smith's possession; but Smith's solicitor contends that the deeds, &c., to be set out in the schedule, must be confined to those which appear in the abstract, and he refuses to allow his client to bind himself to produce the earlier title deeds. Jones's solicitor wil not give way, and a summons is taken out in Chancery Chambers, under sect. 9 of the Vendor and Purchaser Act 1834, to determine the question in dispute." The speakers were-In favour of Jones's solicitor: Messrs. F. W. Green, H. Eaden, S. T. Talbot, A. F. Lovatt, G. T. Edalji, G. Green, and F. Whitehouse. In favour of Smith's solicitor: Messrs. J. A. Lacy, H. Winterbotham, F. O. Hopson, H. S. Clapham, and S. Vernon. The Chairman having summed up, the question was put to the meeting, and decided in favour of Smith's solicitor by a majority of three votes.

BRADFORD. The second ordinary meeting of the present session of this society was held in the Grand Jury-room, at the West Riding Court, on Wednesday, the 28th ult., Mr. R. J. Sugden being in the chair. The 'subject far debate was, "Smith sells some land to Jones. The titledeeds relate to other lands retained by Smith, and include not only the deeds abstracted, but also deeds and documents of a date anterior to the starting-point of the abstracted title. In the conveyance to Jones

the usual acknowledgment and undertaking as to the deeds is given. Jones's solicitor insists that the acknowledgment must be made to extend to all the deeds in Smith's possession, but Smith's solicitor contends that the deeds, &c., to be set out in the schedule must be confined to those which appear in the abstract, and he refuses to allow his client to bind himself to produce the earlier title deeds. Jones's solicitor will not give way, and a summons is taken out in Chancery chambers, under sect. 9 of the Vendor and Purchaser Act 1874, to determine the question in dispute. What will be the judge's decision?" Mr. J. Greaves opened on behalf of the purchaser Jones, being supported by Mr. J. - W. Perkins. He was opposed by Mr. H. Hammond for the negative, who was seconded by Mr. J. H. Heap. Messrs. Barraclough, Turnbull, Bolton, Dunn, and Marsden also spoke. After the Chairman had summed up a vote was taken, which resulted in favour of the negative by a majority of eight.

LEEDS. The fourth ordinary meeting of the half session was held on Monday evening, at the Law Institute, Albion-place, Mr. J. A. Compston, barrister, in the chair. The subject for debate was as follows: "Was the case of South Staffordshire Waterworks Company v. Sharman rightly decided?" This was a case in which the defendant, a labourer employed to clean out a pool, the property of the plaintiffs, found in the mud two gold rings. An action being brought by the plaintiffs for delivery of the rings to them, the County Court judge gave a verdict in favour of the defendant. The plaintiffs appealed, and the Divisional Court held that they (plaintiffs) were entitled. Mr. A. E. Masser led in the affirmative, and argued that the pool being the property of the plaintiffs they were in possession of everything in it whether they knew of its presence or not. He relied on the cases of Reg. v. Roe and Elwes v. Brigg Gas Company. Mr. W. Bowling, for the negative, contended that the rings were in no way part of the freehold, and, that being so, it did not matter whether the plaintiffs were freeholders or not. In support of his contention he quoted the cases of Bridges v. Hawkesworth and Armory v. Delamirie. After an animated discussion in which all the members present took part, the Chairman summed up, and, a vote being taken, there was a majority of two for the negative.

MANCHESTER.-The first ordinary meeting of the session of this society was held on Tuesday, the 27th ult., Mr. A. C. Maberly, barrister-at-law, in the chair. Twenty-four new members were elected. Mr. F. S. Oppenheim proposed that law students of Owens College attending the day classes with the bond fide intention of taking a law degree should be eligible for election as ordinary members of the society. This was agreed to unanimously. A debate followed on the following lines: "Smith sells some lands to Jones. The title deeds relate to other lands retained by Smith, and include not only the deeds abstracted but also deeds and documents of a date anterior to the starting point of the abstracted title. In the conveyance to Jones the usual acknowledgment and undertaking as to the deeds is given. Jones's solicitor insists that the acknowledgment must be made to extend to all the deeds in Smith's possession; but Smith's solicitor contends that the deeds, &c. to be set out in the schedule must be confined to those which appear in the abstract, and he refuses to allow his client to bind himself to produce the earlier title deeds. Jones's solicitor will not give way, and a summons is taken out in Chancery Chambers under sect. 9 of the Vendor and Purchaser Act 1894 to determine the question in dispute. What will be the judge's decision? Mr. C. A. Buckley opened in favour of Smith's contention, and was supported by Messrs. E. C. Pearson, F. Preston, P. Hibberd, S. Taylor, E. A. W. Wragg, F. H. Williamson, and R. V. Clayton. Mr. F. W Watson opposed the motion, and was followed by Messrs. W. A. Wilkinson, F. G. Hindle, F. S. Oppenheim, and J. D. Pennington. The Chairman summed up the debate in favour of Smith's contention, and the meeting indorsed the opinion by a majority of nineteen.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE-An adjourned annual meeting of the above society was held on Wednesday, the 28th ult., in the library, for the purpose of electing a treasurer for the ensuing year, Mr. H. C. Harvey, M.A., in the chair. On the motion of Mr. E. C. Sanders (secretary), seconded by Mr. A. D. Minton Senhouse, Mr. H. F. Heath was unanimously elected treasurer. The first general meeting was immediately afterwards held. Mr. H. C. Harvey, M.A., in the chair. A motion to change the time of meeting was lost, so that for the remainder of the year the meetings will be held at 7 p.m. as heretofore. The subject of debate was as follows:--October "Law Notes" Moot: "Smith sells some lands to Jones. The title deeds relate to other lands retained by Smith, and include not only the deeds abstracted, but also deeds and documents of a date anterior to the starting-point of the abstracted title. In the conveyance to Jones, the usual acknowledgment and undertaking as to the deeds is given. Jones's solicitor insists that the acknowledgment must be made to extend to all the deeds in Smith's possession; but Smith's solicitor contends that the deeds, &c., to be set out in the schedule must be confined to those which appear in the abstract, and he refuses to allow his client to bind himself to produce the earlier title deeds. Jones' solicitor will not give way, and a summons is taken out in Chancery Chambers, under sect. 9 of the Vendor and Purchaser Act 1874, to determine the question in dispute. What will be the judge's decision? Mr. A. D. Minton Senhouse and Mr. J. H. Youll argued that Jones was right; Mr. G. A. Carpenter and Mr. C. S. Hadaway argued in favour of Smith's contention. There was a very keen debate, Messrs. Goodman, Elsdon, Holmes, Bruce, Stewart, Shortt, Chapman, Pybus, and Boothroyd also joining in the discussion. The Chairman summed up very fully, and on putting the question it was decided by a majority of eight that Smith's contention was right. A cordial vote of thanks was accorded to the chairman, who, in response, congratulated the society on the very large attendance (33) present.

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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.

Mr. Henry Mason Bompas, Q.C., has been appointed Judge of County Court Circuit, No. 11, in the place of Judge Gates, resigned.

Mr. S. Leslie Thornton, Attorney-General of St. Vincent, has been appointed to a Resident Magistracy in Jamaica.

Mr. William Henry Andrew, solicitor, Deputy Town Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Peace, Cardiff, has been appointed Town Clerk of the City of York, and Registrar of the Court of Record.

Mr. Philip Lovegrove, of the firm of Messrs. Long, Durnford, and Lovegrove, has been appointed Town Clerk of Windsor, in the place of Mr. G. H. Long, who has resigned. Mr. Lovegrove was admitted in 1871. Mr. Patrick Rose-Innes, of Blachrie, Aberdeenshire, and Crown Officerow, Temple, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for Aberdeenshire. Mr. William Stewart, for many years chief clerk to the Speaker (Mr. Gully, Q.C., M.P.), has been appointed Assistant Librarian in the House of Commons.

NOTES AND QUERIES.

None are inserted unless the name and address of the writer are sent, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of bona fides.

Queries.

1. UNCROSSED CHEQUES-NOT NEGOTIABLE.-Owing partly, I believe, to the fact of the Post Office printing the words "Not Negotiable" without a crossing, on Postal Orders, it has become a fairly frequent custom for drawers of uncrossed cheques to write on them the words far "Not Negotiable." The statute law, as as I am aware, deals exclusively with the effect of these words on crossed cheques. Is there any authority as to their effect on cheques that are not crossed? NOT NEGOTIABLE.

2. DIVORCE-NAME OF WOMAN.-A woman married twice divorces her second husband. What name will legally describe her in a deed or will? Does she take her former name before her second marriage? Authorities will oblige. DOUBTING.

3. SPORTING RATES. Is a tenant of sporting rights only liable for rates on the sporting rights as between himself and landlord where the tenancy agreement is silent on the point of who shall pay these rates? What is the law, and is there any established custom? Authorities will SPORTSMAN. oblige.

THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-SESSION 1896. SITTINGS FOR JUDICIAL BUSINESS DURING PROROGATION. List, as far as possible, of effective Causes only.

CAUSES STANDING FOR HEARING.

Set down-Session 1896.

Royal Insurance Company v. Watson. (England.)

Lord Sudeley and others v. The Attorney-General. (England.)
Clarke v. Earl of Dunraven (The Valkyrie). (England.)

Gibbon v. Mrerory. (England.)

North British Railway Company r. North-Eastern Railway Company. (Scotland.) Rickmann v. Thierry and another. (England.)

Lord Advocate v. Fleming or Robertson and another. (Scotland.)

Brunning (Pauper) v. Odhams Brothers Limited. (England.)

Government Stock and other Securities Investment Company Limited v. Manila Rail

way Company Limited and others. (England.)

Neville. Fine Art and General Insurance Company Limited. (England.)

McNab v. Robertson and others. (Scotland.)

Clutton and others v. George Attenborough and Son. (England.)

North-Western Bank Limited . Lingfield Steamship Company Limited. (England.)
Ogston v. Aberdeen District Tramways Company. (Scotland.)
Chastey and another v. Ackland. (England.)

Van Grutten v. Foxwell and others (original and cross appeals). (England.)

CAUSES WAITING FOR JUDGMENT.

Allen v. Flood and another. (Lord Chancellor, Lords Watson, Herschell, Macnaghten,
Morris, Shand, and Davey.)
Cory Brothers and Co. Limited v. The Turkish Steamship Mecca. (Lord Chancellor,
Lords Hershell, Macnaghten, Morris, and Shand.)

Welton v. Saffery. (Lord Chancellor, Lords Watson, Herschell, Macnaghten, Morris, and Davey.)

Salomon (pauper) v. A. Salomon and Co. Limited (original and cross appeals). (Lord
Chancellor, Lords Watson, Herschell, Macnaghten, Morris, and Davey.)
Earl Russell v. Countess Russell (cross appeal). (Lord Chancellor, Lords Watson,
Hobhouse, Ashbourne, Herschell, Macnaghten, Morris, Shand, and Davey.)
Currie . McKnight. (Lord Chancellor, Lords Watson, Herschell, Morris, and Shand.)
Reimann Brothers v. Siddeley and Co. (part considered). (Lord Chancellor, Lords
Macnaghten, Morris, and Shand.)

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL ASSIZE ACTIONS. COMMERCIAL CAUSES AT THE AUTUMN ASSIZE. For the next ensuing Liverpool Assize, beginning the 14th Nov., and the Manchester resumed Assize, beginning the 30th Nov., commercial causes may, with the leave of the judge, to be obtained on summons, be entered for trial in a separate list to be entitled the "Commercial List."

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISIONAL COURTS.-ORDER

OF BUSINESS.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING Nov. 14.

Monday and Tuesday-Ex parte motions on the Crown side. Crown Paper.

Wednesday and Thursday-Ex parte and opposed motions on the Civil side. Special Paper.

Friday-Ex parte motions generally. Opposed motions on the Civil side. Special Paper.

Saturday-Registration Appeals.

COMMERCIAL CAUSES.

GREAT inconvenience has been caused in the arrangement of the Commercial List of cases, through parties who have had days fixed for trial not apprising the Court of the settlement or withdrawal of such cases. The result has been that other parties who would have been able to try their cases on those days have been unable to secure them, and days are thereby frequently wasted so far as the Commercial List is concerned.

The parties are required, therefore, in cases for which days have already been fixed, to give, where time will admit of it, notice to the clerk to the judge having charge of the Commercial List, seven days before the day fixed for trial that they will be prepared to try on such day, otherwise such cases will be struck out of the list.

Where time will not admit of seven days' notice, the earliest practicable notice must be given.

As to cases in which days for trial shall hereafter be fixed, a like notice must be given (unless otherwise specially ordered), and on failure to give the required notice in any case, such case will be struck out of the list. Order dated the 25th June 1896.

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CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.-AUTUMN ASSIZES, 1896. OXFORD (Lord Russell, C.J.).-Oxford, Tuesday, Nov. 10; Worcester, Thursday, Nov. 12; Gloucester, Tuesday, Nov. 17; Monmouth, Saturday, Nov. 21; Hereford, Wednesday, Nov. 25; Shrewsbury, Friday, Nov. 27; Stafford, Tuesday, Dec. 1; Birmingham (2), civil and criminal, Saturday, Dec. 12. End Saturday, Dec. 19.

MIDLAND (Day, J.).-Aylesbury, Monday. Nov. 9; Bedford, Thursday, Nov. 12; Northampton, Monday, Nov. 16; Leicester, Thursday, Nov. 19: Lincoln, Tuesday, Nov. 24; Derby, Saturday, Nov. 28; Nottingham, Wednesday, Dec. 2; Warwick, Monday, Dec. 7; Birmingham (2), civil and criminal, Saturday, Dec. 12. End Saturday, Dec. 19.

SOUTH-EASTERN (Pollock, B.).—Chelmsford, Tuesday, Nov. 10; Hertford, Monday, Nov. 16; Maidstone, Thursday, Nov. 19; Lewes, Thursday, Nov. 26. End Wednesday, Dec. 2.

NORTH AND SOUTH WALES AND CHESTER (Mathew, J.).- Carmarthen, Tuesday, Nov. 10; Brecon, Friday, Nov. 13; Swansea, Saturday, Nov. 14; Swansea (civil business), Monday, Nov. 23. End Tuesday, Dec. 1.

NORTH-EASTERN (Grantham and Williams, JJ.).-Newcastle, Monday, Nov. 16; Durham, Friday, Nov. 20; York, Friday, Nov. 27; Leeds (2), civil and criminal, Wednesday, Dec. 2. End Saturday, Dec. 19.

WESTERN (Wills, J.).-Bodmin, Saturday, Nov. 7; Exeter, Tuesday, Nov. 10; Winchester, Monday, Nov 16; Bristol, Wednesday, Nov. 25. End Monday, Nov. 30.

NORTHERN (Bruce and Kennedy, JJ.). Liverpool (2), civil and criminal, Saturday, Nov. 14; Manchester, civil to continue until finished, Monday, Nov. 30.

Hawkins, Cave, Charles, Lawrance, Wright, and Collins, JJ., remain in town during the whole of the circuits; the other judges till their respective commission days.

THE GAZETTES.

Bankrupts.

THE BANKRUPTCY ACTS 1883 AND 1890. RECEIVING ORDERS.

GAZETTE, OCT. 30.

To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy.

HENLEY, WILLIAM GORDON, late Mount-st, Grosvenor-sq, estate agent. Pat. Oct. 28. Order. Oct. 28.

NALDER, HENRY BRITTON, Leander-rd, Brixton Hill, late banker's clerk. Tet. Oct. 2. Order, Oct. 28.

PARKINS, GARNET, late Carysfoot-rd, Clissold Park. Pet. Oct. 8. Order. Oct. 28. REEDER, ROBERT, St. John's Wood-rd, licensed victualler. Pet. Oct. 28. Order, Oct. 28.

To surrender at their respective District Courts.

BIGGS, THOMAS, and NINNES, RICHARD, Reigate, ironmongers. Ct. Croydon. Pet.
Oct. 24. Order, Oct. 24.
DOBBS, FREDERICK, Mattishall, wheelwright. Ct. Norwich. Pet. Oct. 28. Order,
Oct. 28.

DE BERENSBERG, VICTOR CLAVER, Haverfordwest, professor of languages. Ct.
Pembroke Dock. Pet. Oct. 28. Order, Oct. 28.

EDWARDS, JOSEPH, and EDWARDS, ROBERT JOHN (trading as Edwards Brothers),
Lingfield, builders Ct. Tunbridge Wells. Pet. Oct. 27. Order, Oct. 27.
FIRKINS, WALTER WILLIAM, Bishop's Froome, late grocer. Ct. Worcester. Pet.
Oct. 27. Order, Oct. 27.

GRIFFITHS, THOMAS (trading as Thomas Griffiths and Son). Wednesbury, gas-fitting manufacturer. Ct. Walsall. Pet. Oct. 27. Order, Oct. 27.

HODGSON, JANE, Bradford, Yorks, lodging-house keeper, single woman. Ct. Bradford.
Pet. Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26.
HUMPHRY, ALBERT ALFRED, Chichester, saddler. Ct. Brighton. Pet. Oct. 8. Order,
Oct. 28.
Pet.

HOLDEN, EDWARD GEORGE, Maidstone, commercial traveller. Ct. Maidstone.
Sept. 23.

Order, Oct. 28.

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JENKINSON. WILLIAM HENRY, Hayes, coal merchant. Ct. Windsor. Pet. Oct. 27. Order, Oct 27.

KENT, EDWIN, Great Yarmouth, fish hawker. Ct. Great Yarmouth. Pet. Oct. 26. Order Oct. 26.

LEWIS, JAMES. late Hyde, furniture dealer. Ct. Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge. Pet. Oct. 28. Order, Oct. 28.

MCCRAITH, FRANCIS ALBERT, late Ynysybwl, no occupation. Ct. Pontypridd. Pet. Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26.

ODDY, NATHANIEL, Eastbourne, hotel proprietor. Ct Eastbourne and Lewes. Pet. Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26.

OSBORNE, JAMES, Kidderminster, upholsterer. Ct. Kidderminster. Pet. Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26.

ORMROD, WILLIAM (trading as William Ormrod and Sons), Pemberton, brick manufacturer. Ct. Wigan. Pet Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26.

POWERS, JAMES, Birmingham, late grocer. Ct. Birmingham. Pet. Oct. 28. Order,
Oct. 25.

RHODES, SAMUEL THOMAS, Derby, goods guard. Ct. Derby. Pet. Oct. 26. Order,
Oct. 26.
ROBINSON. WILLIAM. Leeds, painter. Ct. Leeds. Pet. Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26
ROSSER. DAVID. jun., Tonna, school attendance officer. Ct. Neath. Pet. Oct. 27.
Order, Oct. 27.

REA. JAMES, Newcastle-on-Tyne, confectioner. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Pet. Oct. 26.
Order, Oct. 26.

SMEATON, THOMAS, Birmingham, draper's assistant. Ct. Birmingham.
Order, Oct. 27.

Pet. Oct. 27. STEPHENSON, JAMES, Burnley, grocer. Ct. Burnley. Pet. Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26. STAMMERS, JOSEPH, Leeds, boot manufacturer. Ct. Leeds. Pet. Uct. 27. Order, Oct. 27.

STONE, HARRY, and MARTIN, WALTER GEORGE, Snodland, cycle manufacturers. Cr. Maidstone. Pet. Oct. 28. Order, Oct. 28.

SMITH, CHARLES THOMAS, Whitby, tobacconist. Ct. Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough, Pet. Oct. 27. Order, Oct. 27.

TAYLOR. WILLIAM EDWARD; GLEDHILL, DAVID JAMES; and GLEDHILL. LEWIS (trading as Peel Brothers and Pym), Meltham, theatre proprietors. Ct. Huddersfield. Pet. Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26.

WILLER, RICHARD, North Walsham, cattle dealer. Ct. Norwich. Pet. Oct. 26. Order, Oct. 26.

WATKINS, HENRY, and WATKINS, WILLIAM (trading as Watkins and Nephew), Cardiff, glass dealers. Ct. Cardiff. Pet. Oct. 23. Order, Oct. 28.

The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Gazette of June 9. SHIMELD, SIDNEY GEORGE, and SHIMELD, ARTHUR WILLIAM (late trading as Shimel Brothers), Penarth, printers. Ct. Cardiff. Pet. June 5. Order, June 5.

The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Gazette of Def 9. MCPHERSON. JAMES WILLIAM (trading as James McPherson), Deptford, brass finisher. Ct. Greenwich. Pet. Oct. 6. Order, Oct. 6. GAZETTE, Nov. 3.

To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy. DEWAR, HARRY GEORGE, late Trowbridge, china merchant. Pet. Oct. 20. Order,

Oct. 30.

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ULLMANN, CHARLES, late Ryder-st, St. James's, oyster merchant. Pet. Sept. 2›.
Order, Oct. 29.
WENDT, AUGUSTUS, late Teeobald's-rd, corset maker. Pet. Oct. 30. Order, Oct. 30.
To surrender at their respective District Courts.
ANDREWS, WILLIAM, Carmarthen, licensed victualler. Ct. Carmarthen. Pet. Oct. So.
Order, Oct. 30.
Pet. Oct. 29. Order.

ARMSTRONG, JOHN, Kirkby Stephen, dog breaker. Ct. Kendal.
Oct. 29.

BOWEN, EBENEZER, Pontardulais, chemist. Ct. Carmarthen. Pet. Oct. 10. Order.
Oct. 30.

BOYD, PETER SMITM, South Shields, baker. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Pet. Oct. 31. Order, Oct. 31.

BRAY, ARTHUR (late trading as the New Floral Hall Company), Richmond, late florist. Ct. Wandsworth. Pet. Oct. 28. Order, Oct. 28.

COOK, GEORGE, Great Missenden, builder. Ct. Aylesbury. Pet. Oct. 29. Order,
Oct. 29.

CREBER, GEORGE MICHELMORE, late Bristol, licensed victualler. Ct. Bristol.
Oct. 30. Order, Oct. 30.

CLAYTON, GEORGE, Skegby, shoemaker. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. Oct. $1. Order Oct. 31.

Pet.

COLES, JAMES WILLIAM, late Chepstow, baker. Ct. Newport, Mon. Pet. Oct. 1 Order, Oct. 31.

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ALDRIDGE, HENRY GEORGE (trading as Henry Aldridge and Son), High-st, Marylebone, china merchant. Pet. Sept. 10. Order, Oct. 27.

BOOT, CHARLES WEBSTER, late Charlwood-st, Pimlico, major in army. Pet. Oct. 8.
Order, Oct. 26.

J. COLE and Co., Broad Arrow-ct, Milton-st, wholesale gold mounters.
Order, Oct. 26.

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WILLIAMS, DAVID, Blaengarw, haulier. Ct. Cardiff.

Pet. Oct. 29. Order. Oct. 29. WILLMOTT, GEORGE, jun, late Rushden, butcher. Ct. Northampton. Pet. Oct. 28. Order, Oct. 28.

WOOD, JAMES HENRY, and COMPTON, WILLIAM, Rushden, shoe manufacturers. Ct. Northampton. Pet. Oct. 12. Order, Oct. 27.

The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Gazette of Sept. 22. PRESTON, JOHN WILLIAM, Old Parks, farmer. Ct. Burton-on-Trent. Pet. Sept. 15. Order, Sept. 15.

The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Gazette of Oct. 13. WINDUST, CHARLES (late trading as Charles Windust, Charles A. Windust, and Charles Ashby Windust), Tooting. Ct. Wandsworth. Pet. Sept. 7. Order, Oct. 8. The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Gazette of Oct. 23. WINDSOR, WILLIAM GIBSON (trading as W. Windsor, and commonly known as William Windsor), Mitcham, builder. Ct. Croydon. Pet. Oct. 19. Order, Oct. 19

FIRST MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
GAZETTE, OCT. 30.

ALDRIDGE, HENRY GEORGE (trading as Henry Aldridge and Son), High-st. Maryle-
bone, china merchant. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 9, at 11, at Bankruptcy-
bldgs. Exam. Dec. 2, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs.
BOOT, CHARLES WEBSTER, late Charlwood-st, Pimlico, major in the army. Ct. High
Exam. Dec. 2, at 11, at

Court. Meeting, Nov. 6, at 2.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs.
Bankruptcy-bldgs.

BERFARD, ALEXANDER, Bath, surgical dentist. Ct. Bath. Meeting, Nov. 11, at noon,
at office of Off. Rec. Bristol. Exam. Nov. 20, at 11.30, at Guildhall. Bath.
BERNERD, MONTAGUE, Birmingham, tobacconist. Ct. Birmingham. Meeting, Nov. 9,
at 11. at 23, Colmore-row, Birmingham. Exam, Nov. 23, at 2, at County Court,
Birmingham.

BADINGTON, JOSHUA, Great Grimsby, late baker. Ct. Great Grimsby. Meeting, Nov. 7, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Great Grimsby. Exam. Nov. 4, at 11, at Townhall. Great Grimsby.

BACH. ELIZABETH SARAH (trading as E. S. Bach and Co.), Tenbury, tailor. Ct. Kidderminster. Meeting, Nov. 6, at 2, at offices of J. Nicholls, auctioneer, Kidderminster. Exam. Nov. 6, at 2.45, at Townhall, Kidderminster. BELFIELD, HENRY, Leicester, grocer. Ct. Leicester. Meeting, Nov. 6. at 12.30, at office of Off. Rec. Leicester. Exam. Nov. 19, at 10, at the Castle, Leicester. BLOOM, EMANUEL. Newport, Mon., pawnbroker. Ct. Newport. Meeting, Nov. 6, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Newport. Exam. Nov. 24, at 10, at Townhall, Newport. BRYSON, GEORGE, late Winchester, grocer. Ct. Winchester. Meeting, Nov. 6, at 3.30, at office of Off. Rec. Southampton. Exam. Nov. 9, at 11, at the Castle, Winchester. COHEN, MOSES, late Maesteg, furniture dealer. Ct. Cardiff. Meeting, Nov. 12, at 3, a: office of Off. Rec. Cardiff. Exam. Nov. 13, at 10, at Townhall, Cardiff. COOK, JOHN WILSON, Sunderland. commission agent. Ct. Sunderland. Meeting, Nov. 6, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Sunderland. Exam. Nov. 5, at 11, at Courthouse, Sunderland.

COOKE, JOHN FREDERICK, late Orford, farmer. Ct. Warrington. Meeting. Nov. 6, at 10.50, at Court-house, Warrington. Exam. Nov. 6, at 11, at Court-house, Warrington.

J. COLE and Co., Broad Arrow-ct, Milton-st, wholesale gold mounters. Ct. High
Court. Meeting, Nov. 9, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Dec 2, at 11.50,
at Bankruptcy-bldgs.
DE JACOBWICZ, F., Hatton-grdn, pearl dealer. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 6,
at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Nov. 27, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-blags.
EVANS, ELIAS, jun. (commonly called Elias C. Evans), Old Colwyn, plumber. Ct.
Bangor. Meeting, Nov. 11, at 3, at Crypt-chmbrs, Eastgate-row, Chester. Exam.
Dec. 3, at 12.15, at Magistrates'-room, Bangor.

FIRTH, JOSEPH, and FIRTH, WILLIAM (trading as William Firth and Sons), Stanningley, topmakers. Ct. Bradford, Yorks. Meeting, Nov. 9, at 3. at office of Off. Rec. Bradford. Exam. Nov. 20, at 10, at County Court, Bradford.

GRIEVES, JOHN WILLIAM (trading as the International Trade Exhibition Syndicate), St. Martin's-house, Gresham-st, exhibition promoter. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Nov. 26, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. GASSER, MARK WILSDON, Sharpness, baker. Ct. Gloucester. Meeting, Nov. 7, at 4, at office of Off. Rec. Gloucester. Exam. Nov. 12, at noon, at Shirehall, Gloucester.

GEDDES, WILLIAM, South Shields, provision dealer. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Meeting, Nov. 9, at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Exam. Nov. 5, at 11.20, at County Court, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

HAVERGAL, ERSKINE F. E., late Philbeach-grdns, South Kensington, gentleman. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 10, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Nov. 26, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs.

LLEWELLYN, HENRY, Stroud, fishmonger. Ct. Gloucester. Meeting, Nov. 7, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Gloucester. Exam. Nov. 17, at noon, at Shirehall, Gloucester. MOOR. JAMES MAITLAND HOARE, late Rugby, clerk. Ct. Coventry. Meeting, Nov. 9, a 11.50, at office of Off. Rec. Coventry. Exam. Nov. 9, at 2.30, at County hall, Coventry. MOORHOUSE, EDWARD, Warwick, gardener. Ct. Warwick. Meeting, Nov. 9, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Coventry. Exam. Nov. 11, at 2, at Shirehall, Warwick. NI OLSON, JONATHAN (late trading as J. Nicolson and Co.), Birmingham, late wine merchant. Ct. Birmingham. Meeting, Nov. 11, at 11, at 23, Colmore-row, Birmingham. Exam. Nov. 23, at 2, at County Court, Birmingham.

GRYROD, WILLIAM (trading as William Ormrod and Sons), Pemberton, brick manufacturer. Ct. Wigan. Meeting, Nov. 9, at 3, at 16, Wood-st, Bolton. Exam. Nov. 19, at 10.45, at Court-house, Wigan. PARKES, JOHN BRAZIER (trading as John B. Parkes and Co.), Birmingham, cycle tyre lealer. Ct. Birmingham. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 11, at 28, Colmore-row, Birmingham. Exam. Nov. 26, at 2, at County Court, Birmingham. PEAKE, JOHN CECIL, Penzance, grocer. Ct. Truro. Meeting, Nov. 10, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Truro. Exam. Nov. 21, at 11.45, at Townhall, Truro. ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER. Castleford, grocer. Ct. Wakefield. Meeting, Nov. 6, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Wakefield. Exam. Dec. 3, at 11, at Court-house, Wakefield.

RHODES, SAMUEL THOMAS, Derby, goods guard. Ct. Derby. Meeting, Nov. 6, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Derby. Exam. Nov. 10, at 11, at County-hall, Derby,

Meeting,

RIDDLE, GEORGE, late St. Leonards, cab proprietor. Ct. Greenwich. Nov. 10, at 11.30. at 24, Railway-approach, London Bridge. Exam. Nov. 17, at 1, at Court house, Greenwich. SAYERS, JOHN, Brighton, confectioner. Ct. Brighton. Meeting, Nov. 9, at 2.30. at office of Off. Rec. Brighton. Exam. Nov. 19, at 11, at Court-house, Brighton. TRIPPIT, JOHN, South Shields, bootmaker. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Meeting, Nov. 9. at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Exam. Nov. 5, at 11.50, at County Court, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

THOMAS, WILLIAM. late Caerllwyn, Mynyddyslwyn, farmer. Ct. Newport, Mon. Meeting, Nov. 6, at 12.30, at office of Off. Rec. Newport. Exam. Nov. 24, at 10, at Townhall, Newport.

WILLIAMS, DAVID JOHN, late Erwood, saddler. Ct. Newtown. Meeting. Nov. 9,
at 1, at office of Off. Rec. Llanidloes. Exam. Nov. 18, at 11.30, at County Court,
Newtown.
WOOD, HENRY, late St. Alban's, brickmaker's manager. Ct. St. Albans. Meeting,
Nov. 9, at 3, at 95, Temple-chmbrs, Temple-av. Exam. Nov. 20, at noon, at
Court-house, St. Albans.

WINDSOR, WILLIAM GIBSON (trading as W. Windsor), Mitcham, builder. Ct. Croydon.
Meeting, Nov. 6, at 11.30, at 24, Railway-approach, London Bridge. Exam. Dec. 9,
at 11, at County Court, Croydon.
WEST, ROBERT, Brampton, blacksmith. Ct. Great Yarmouth. Meeting, Nov. 7,

at 12.30, at office of Off. Rec. Norwich. Exam. Nov. 24, at 11, at Townhall, Great Yarmouth.

GAZETTE, Nov. 2.

ALLEN, CHARLES, Chichester, tobacconist. Ct. Brighton. Meeting, Nov. 16, at 3, at Dolphin hotel, Chichester. Exam. Nov. 19, at 11, at Court-house, Brighton. BROOKES, ALFRED, Chasetown, draper. Ct. Walsall. Meeting, Nov. 12, at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Walsall, Exam. Nov. 12, at noon, at Court-house, Walsall. CREBER, GEORGE MICHELMORE, late Bristol, licensed victualler. Ct. Bristol. Meeting, Nov. 11, at 12.30, at office of Off. Rec. Bristol. Exam. Nov. 20, at noon, at Guildhall, Bristol.

CALVER, FRED, Pakenham, blacksmith. Ct. Bury St. Edmunds. Meeting, Nov. 26, at 11.30, at Angel hotel, Bury St. Edmunds. Exam. Nov. 26, at 12.15, at Guildhall, Bury St. Edmunds. CHARD, JAMES RICHARD, Stoke Newington, florist. Ct. Edmonton. Meeting. Nov. 10, at noon, at 95, Temple-chmbrs, Temple-av. Exam. Nov. 30, at 11.30, a Court-house, Edmonton. DEWAR, HARRY GEORGE, late Trowbridge, china merchant. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 12, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Dec. 2, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs.

FIRMAN, JOSEPH SPENCER, Rattlesden, farmer. Ct. Bury St. Edmunds. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 12.30, at office of Off. Rec. Ipswich. Exam. Nov. 26, at 12.15, at Guildhall, Bury St. Edmunds.

GRIMSHAW, JOHN, Newton Moor, bleacher. Ct. Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 3, at Ogden's-chmbrs, Bridge-st, Manchester. Exam. Nov. 12, at 12.45, at Townhall, Ashton-under-Lyne. GRIFFITS, JOHN ALONZO, Torrington, chemist. at 1.15, at King's Arms hotel, Barnstaple. Barnstaple.

GODARD, RAWSON HENRY, Tibberton, farmer. at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Worcester. Worcester.

Ct. Barnstaple. Meeting, Nov. 10, Exam. Nov. 10, at 2, at Bridge-hall, Ct. Worcester. Meeting, Nov. 12, Exam. Dec. 8, at 2.15, at Guildhall,

HOLDEN, EDWARD GEORGE, Maidstone, commercial traveller. Ct. Maidstone. Meeting, Nov. 18, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Maidstone. Exam. Nov. 18, at noon, at Sessions-house, Maidstone.

HODGSON, JANE, Bradford, Yorks, lodging-house keeper. Ct. Bradford. Meeting, Nov. 11, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Bradford. Exam. Nov. 20, at 19, at County Court, Bradford.

JONES, BENJAMIN RICHARD, Llangollen, baker. Ct. Wrexham. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 11.30, at the Priory, Wrexham. Exam. Nov. 10, at noon, at the Priory, Wrexham.

KENT, EDWIN, Great Yarmouth, fish hawker. Ct. Great Yarmouth. Meeting, Nov. 14, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Norwich. Exam. Nov. 24, at 11, at Townhall, Great Yarmouth.

KETTERINGHAM, JOHN HAZELWOOD, York-rd, Battersea, draper. Ct. Wandsworth. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 12.30, at 24. Railway-approach, London Bridge. Exam. Nov. 12, at noon, at Court-house, Wandsworth.

LUND, JOHN ROBERT HUNTER, Middleton, grocer. Ct. Cldham. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 330, at office of Off. Rec. Manchester. Exam. Nov. 20, at 11, at Court-house, Oldham.

MCKAY, JOHN, Darlington, labourer. Ct. Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough. Meeting, Nov. 18, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Middlesbrough. Exam. Nov. 18, at 10.50, at Court-house, Stockton-on-Tees.

NALDER, HENRY BRITTON. Leander-rd, Brixton Hill, late banker's clerk. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 11, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Nov. 27, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs.

ODDY, NATHANIEL, Eastbourne, hotel proprietor. Ct. Eastbourne and Lewes. Meeting. Nov. 11, at noon, at office of Coles and Sons, Seaside-rd, Eastbourne. Exam. Dec. 1, at 2.30, at Townhall, Eastbourne. PARKINS, GARNET, late Carysfoot-rd, Clissold Park. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 10, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Nov. 27, at 11.30, at Bankruptcybldgs. PEMBERTON, CHARLES, Manchester, tripe dresser. Ct. Manchester. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 2.45, at Ogden's-chmbrs, Bridge-st, Manchester. Exam. Nov. 16, at 11, at Court-house, Manchester. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 3, at

POND, REUBEN, Portsea, late butcher. Ct. Portsmouth.

office of Off. Rec. Portsmouth. Exam. Nov. 30, at noon, at Court-house, Portsmouth. REEDER, ROBERT, St. John's Wood-rd, licensed victualler. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 1, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Nov. 27, at noon, at Bankruptcybldgs.

RICCI, LUIGI, Fleet-st, journalist. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 11, at 1, at Bank-
ruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Nov. 27, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, Leeds, painter. Ct. Leeds. Meeting, Nov. 12, at 11, at office of
Off. Rec. Leeds. Exam. Nov. 24, at 11, at County Court-house. Leeds.
RATCLIFFE, RICHARD (trading as Ratcliffe and Co.), Leicester, fruit merchant. Ct.
Leicester. Meeting, Nov. 10, at 12.30, at office of Off. Rec. Leicester. Exam.
Nov. 19, at 10, at the Castle, Leicester.

SILVERMAN, MORRIS PHILLIP, Union-st, Commercial-rd, wholesale provision dealer. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 11, at 11, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Dec. 1, at 11.30, at Bankruptcy-oldgs.

Exam.

STONE, HARRY, and MARTIN, WALTER GEORGE, Snodland, cycle manufacturers. Ct.
Maidstone. Meeting, Nov. 18, at 10.30, at office of Off. Rec. Maidstone.
Nov. 18, at noon, at Sessions-house, Maidstone.

SAUNDERS, BENJAMIN, jun., Shimpling, poultry dealer. Ct. Ipswich. Meeting,
Nov. 10, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Ipswich. Exam. Nov. 19, at noon, at
Shirehall, Ipswich.

TILLEY, SAMUEL YARDLEY, late Bedford-row, solicitor. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 11, at noon, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Dec. 1, at 11.80, at Bankruptcy-bldgs.

THACKER, JOHN, Cleethorpes, grocer. Ct. Great Grimsby. Meeting, Nov. 11, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Great Grimsby. Exam. Dec. 3, at 11, at Townhall, Great Grimsby. TAYLOR, WILLIAM EDWARD; GLEDHILL, DAVID JAMES; and GLEDHILL, LEWIS (trading as Peel Bros. and Pym), Meltham, theatre proprietors. Ct. Huddersfield. Meeting, Nov. 11, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Huddersfield. Exam. Dec. 7, at 2, at County Court, Huddersfield.

THACKARA, WILLIAM, Henley-upon-Thames, stationer. Ct. Reading. Meeting, Nov. 12, at 1.15, at Queen's hotel, Reading. Exam. Nov. 12, at 2, at Assize Courts, Reading.

TYE. WILLIAM KIBBLER, Darlaston, licensed victualler. Ct. Walsall. Meeting. Nov. 12, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Walsall. Exam. Nov. 12, at noon, at Courthouse, Walsall.

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