pass it through a small aperture in a partition of the room in which the voting takes place, such ballot paper being received and the vote or votes recorded at once in a register by a presiding officer on the other side of the partition? I do not attempt to work out my proposal in detail, leav. ing rather to those more experienced in the working of the ballot, who could, no doubt, improve my suggested plan, which, after all, would be principally of use in large constituencies, and especially in large boroughs. In small constituencies at all approaching to pocket boroughs it would probably operate undesirably. No one will contend that the Ballot Act is such a perfect piece of machinery that it is not capable of improvement. CHARLES FORD.

Feb. 21.

NOTES AND QUERIES ON

POINTS OF PRACTICE.

NOTICE.-We must remind our correspondents that this column is not open to questions involving points of law such as a solicitor should be consulted upon. Queries will be excluded which go beyond our limits.

Queries.

67. COUNTY COURT PRACTICE.-A County Court summous has been issued against a client of mine who does not dwell or carry on business within the district of the court which issued the summons, and who has not done so at any time within six months, and the cause of action (if any) did not arise wholly or in part within the district, but my client dwells within 500 yards of the boundary of the district and was served at his dwelling-house. Has the Judge of the County Court which issued the summons (it is not in the Metropolitan District) jurisdiction in this case? I refer to 19 & 20 Vict., c. 108, s. 17, and to 30 & 31 Vict., c. 142, s. 1. A LONDON SOLICITOR.

68. BALLOT ACT-PERSONATION.-By the 24th section of the Ballot Act 1872, it is enacted that any person who "applies for a ballot paper in the name of some other person, &c.," shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence of personation. By the 6 & 7 Vict., c. 18, s. 86, it is provided "that, if at the time a person tenders his vote, or after he has voted and before he leaves the polling station, any agent appointed as aforesaid (i.c. personation agent) shall declare to the returning officer or his respective deputy, that he verily believes and undertakes to prove that the person voting is not in fact the person in whose name he assumes to vote, it shall be lawful and he is hereby required immediately after such person has voted to order him to be taken into custody." Assuming that a voter does apply for a ballot paper in the name of another person, and on the usual questions being asked by the presiding officer before the ballot paper has been delivered to him, the person so applying distinctly says that he is not the same person whose name appears as A. B. in the register and refuses to vote, would the presiding officer under such circumstances and reading the above schedules together be justified in ordering him into custody ? ESMOND.

69. QUALIFICATION OF JUSTICES.-B., a justice of the peace, is suspected of having spent property to an extent that would leave insufficient to give him a qualification to be made a justice, in case he were not already one. Such being the case, does his right to be and act as a justice cease? What steps are necessary to ascer tain his qualification, and, if necessary, prevent him from acting? COBWEB.

(Q. 65.) POWERS OF ADMINISTRATRIX.-The heir, who is an infant, is the party to convey; and the widow will only join for the purpose of releasing her right to dower. But as an intant cannot make a conveyance to bind him upon attaining twenty-one, to make a good title to a purchaser the property must be sold under the direction of the Court of Chancery. OWL.

LAW SOCIETIES. MANCHESTER INCORPORATED LAW

ASSOCIATION.

Cooper, H. Stanley Cooper, Thomas Claye, T. L. Farrar, J. A. Foyster, James Greenhalgh (Bolton), H. Galloway, James Gill, Thomas Holden (Bolton), C. H. Holden (Bolton), George Hadfield, jun., T. W. Heelis (Bolton), Thomas Jepson, W. W. Kirkman, Alfred Leaf, J. B. Payne, John Pea. cock, Richard Radford, T. L. Rushton (Bolton), G. F. Wharton, P. Watson (Bury), G. B. With ington, H. Wheeler, M. Bateson Wood, Henry Wood, Fercy Woolley, and S. Unwin (hon. sec.). After the banquet the chairman proposed the ordinary toasts.

Mr. P. F. Garnett, vice-president of the Incorporated Law Society of Liverpool, proposed the toast of the evening, "The Manchester Incorporated Law Association." He said these law associations, particularly the Manchester Law Association, had had very great weight of late and very great influence, not only internally upon the body of solicitors themselves, raising the standard and raising the status of the solicitor; and externally no one could be insensible to the influence and effect of late years, to the methodical and combined influence and zeal of the gentlemen connected with those associations, and above all with regard to the Manchester Association. Probably he had been asked to propose the toast from the fact of his being a member of the Liverpool Incorporated Law Society, and therefore probably better able to appreciate the advantages and good services rendered by the Manchester Association. To those services he, on the part of his society bore very ready testimony. (Applause.) He had very great pleasure in proposing the toast.

toast, and congratulated the members on the sucMr. Taylor, vice-president, responded to the cess of their association, both in respect to the funds, its influence on public opinion, and its maintenance of the status of the legal Profession. (Hear, hear.) This was an age of progress, but perhaps not altogether an age of real improve ment, but one thing was certain, that if they did not move they would get put aside. (Hear.) He was happy to see from the report that the new Judicature Bill and the bill for the remuneration of their Profession had occupied attention. He could not say much for the first, but the last was very important-(hear, hear, and laughter)-and it would have the good effect, at all events, that if they could make a bargain they would do better than some of them had done under the old system of taxation. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Mr. Cooper proposed the "Mayor and Corporation of Manchester."

The Mayor of Manchester (Mr. Ald. Watkin) in responding said when he went into the council he went with the notion that he was going to mix with a body of savages, but he had remained in it until he had come to the conclusion that he was associated with a body of honest and really intelligent men. (Hear, hear.) They had singularities arose, but from an experience of fifteen years, he among them, and all sorts of crotchets frequently could say that the business of this city was conducted with ability, and with a conscientiousness which would satisfy anyone who understood its operations. (Cheers.) He thought that in every sort of transaction co-operation and goodwill was always necessary to success. He thought it most useful that the authorities should always keep up the entente cordiale with every member of their profession, (Hear, hear.) The members of the council had the highest respect for the members of their Profession, and he, as their mouthpiece, thanked them for the handsome manner in which they had expressed their good wishes to the corporation. (Cheers.)

Mr. Rushton proposed the "Health of the Mayor of Salford," which was received with cheers.

(Q. 66.) TRESPASS-A. can sue for damages at law or The Mayor of Salford (Mr. Harwood) said the file a bill for an injunction to restrain the nuisance. As- honour of replying to the toast was greatly ensuming that it could not continue without B.'s cog-hanced by the fact that the gentleman who had nizance and permission, I think B. should be made proposed it was a personal friend of his own, one defendant; unless B. has sublet to the builder, when who had been mayor of Bolton for two consecuthe latter may be made defendant. I do not think action for trespass should be brought. OWL. tive years, and a member of that corporation for a quarter of a century, and one who had left his mark on all the improvements in Bolton during that time. He also felt ashamed to reply to the toast in the presence of Mr. Alderman Radford, whom he looked upon as one of the fathers of the Corporation of Salford. (Applause.) He (the Mayor) had not been connected with the Corporation of Salford long, but he found it was composed of a body of gentlemen who came there for no other purposes than to render the best services they could to those who had sent them to the Council. (Hear, hear.) The office which he held was no sinecure. Recently he had had to attend to the school board election, and that was no light matter. As they would have seen from letters in the papers, the Mayor of Salford's bill was challenged, and under the able guidance of Mr. Andrew, their clerk, he had had to apply to the Educational Board. The result was that the school board had decided to pay every farthing of that bill, thus proving that the bill was a just and proper one. He should have been ashamed

THE annual banquet of the Manchester Incorporated Law Association was held at the Albion Hotel, in that city. There was a large attendance. The chair was taken by Mr. W. H. Guest, the president; and the vice-chairs by Mr. J. Taylor (Bolton) and Mr. A. Percy Earle, the vice-presidents. Among the invited guests were-The Mayor of Manchester, the Mayor of Salford, the Principal of the Owens College (Professor Greenwood); deputation from the Incorporated Law Society of Liverpool, consisting of Mr. Garnett (vice-president) and Mr. Kenion (hon. sec.); and amongst those present were, Messrs. E. Andrew (town clerk, Salford), C. Aston, T. T. Bellhouse, Richard Brown (Stockport), John

to send in any bill which he could not stand by. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion he thanked them for the honour which they had conferred upon him as Chief Magistrate of Salford.

Mr. Alderman Radford proposed "The Lord Chancellor and the Judges, including the Local Judges." He felt sure that in proposing that toast he carried with him the sympathy of every member of the society (hear, hear)-for there was not one among them, from the youngest to the oldest, but must regard with veneration the illustrious persons who filled the highest positions in their Profession. After eulogising the Lord Chancellor, he referred to our common law judges, and said we could not but regard with wonder the extraordinary power displayed by them in the discharge of their duties. Those who had looked to the marvellous charge now being delivered in that cause celebre, the Tichborne case, by the Lord Chief Justice (Sir A. Cockburn) must regard it as one of the most wonderful instances of the power of the elucidation of a case surrounded with difficulties and with an unequalled mass of evidence, which could only be dealt with by one who had had such an extensive legal training. (Applause.)

Mr. Jepson responded to the toast.

Mr. M. Bateson Wood proposed "The Incorporated Law Society of Liverpool," which was responded to by Mr. Garnett, the vice-president of that society; and the Mayor of Manchester then proposed "The health of the President of the Manchester Incorporated Law Association," who responded.

The proceedings were shortly afterwards brought to a conclusion.

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

THE half yearly general meeting of the society was held on Wednesday at the offices, King-street, Cheapside. Sir Sills John Gibbons, Bart., presided, and there was a large attendance.

The formal business having been transacted, the report and accounts were taken as read. The former was as follows:

"The revenue account and balance sheet for

1873, which the directors have the pleasure to lay before the members, are ready for deposit at the Board of Trade, and are prepared in the manner prescribed by the Life Assurance Companies' Act, 1870, which is now generally adopted. In this form comparions can easily be made with the accounts of other offices, and members of the Mutual can without difficulty ascertain the comparative position of the society. The accounts appended hereto present the following characteristics :-1. In. crease in the total assurances and policies in force; 2. In the assurance fund; 3. In the new assurances effected during the year; 4. In the new premiums; 5. In the rate of interest on investments; 6. In the expenses of management; total and 7. A decrease in the amount of claims. The assurances now in force amount to £2,477,374, under 4417 policies. The assurance fund has increased in the past year from £769,538 to £802,381. The new assurances have increased from 189 policies, assuring £96,506 in 1872, to 249 policies, assuring £150,140 completed in 1873, being an increase of 56 per cent. in the twelve months. The new premiums have increased from £3113, in 1872, to £4639 in 1873, being an increase of 49 per cent. The rate of interest on the total cash assets of the society has increased from £4 3s. 4d. per cent. in 1872 to £4 78. 2d. in 1873, being equivalent to a clear gain to the society of about £1540

year on the interest account alone. The exexpenses of management have increased by £1116 on the year. Against this is to be set a largely increased new business, which is steadily deve loping, and an increased new premium income for 1873 of £1526 over that of 1872. The increase on the average rate of interest of 3s. 10d. per cent., which on £802,381 is about £1540, brings a total of over £3066 per annum to the credit of the revenue account as a result of the extra expendi ture of the society during the past year. The directors have pleasure in stating that the claims for 1873 are only £58,285, against claims in 1872 amounting to £61,054. Notices to the members giving the particulars of the sums which will be added to their policies in the event of their becoming claims in 1874 will be sent out as soon as possible.

The Chairman said it became his very pleasing duty to address them in reference to the business of the year 1873. He did so with more than ordinary pleasure, because he felt sure that they had all given very minute and particular attention to the report of the directors, by which they would find that the business of the society had increased in a satisfactory manner. The improvement which had occurred was, in his judgment, of a very marked character. seeing that they were gaining to a greater extent than they had ever done before the confidence of the public, who were most anxious to become acquainted with this very flourishing office. When they looked

to the continued increase of the funds they would see that in the year just ended they amounted to £18,285. The income was in proportion. The new insurances had increased from £96,506 in 1872 to £150,140 in 1873, being an increase of 56 per cent. in the year. He wished to say most emphatically that the same care and scrutiny as usual had been observed. It was not for the sake of doing new business that the increase had been made-(hear, hear)-and therefore he thought the result of the past year's work was a sourse of very great gratification, and he thought it would be so regarded by the shareholders. (Hear, hear.) They had increased their business between £50,000 and £60,000; and the same vigilance was exercised as heretofore. From that vigilance very great results had been obtained. During the past year it was thought that the claims would reach something like what they were in 1871 and 1872, but the fact was that they were some £3000 below the amount which they reached in 1872. That was another very agreeable feature in the report, for it showed that they had not been wrong in their calculations which they had made in respect to the mortality that might be looked for. The rate of interest on the total cash assets of the society had increased from £4 38. 4d. per cent. in 1872 to £4 7s. 2d. per cent. in 1873, giving a clear gain to the society of about £1540 on the interest account alone. This tended to show to the proprietors that the directors had not lost sight of anything which would benefit the society. The tabular account of the society's progress during the last forty yearsnamely, from 1834 to 1873-was of a very gratifying character indeed. They all knew how the society was first constituted-that there was no proprietary capital; that a number of gentlemen bound themselves together, feeling certain that they could so found the society on mutual principles that they would require no capital whatever. They pledged themselves that in the event of certain losses occurring they should be defrayed pro ratô, as they stood. If those present examined the statement to which he referred they would see how rapidly the income of the society had increased from £4211 in the first year up to £10,447 in four years. In that he thought they had much to congratulate themselves upon, and with their permission he would now propose the adoption of the report. (Applause)

Mr. Ingall (late of the Imperial) seconded the

motion.

The motion was agreed to.

A proprietor proceeded to offer some remarks upon the tabular statement showing the progress of the office since its establishment, and observed that he thought it a very satisfactory state of affairs for any office to show to its members. He, for one, felt grateful to all the directors and offi. cials, past and present, whose watchful care had contributed to the present flourishing position of the society.

Mr. H. M. Dunphy proposed, and Mr. Stafford Northcote seconded, a vote of thanks to the chairman and board of directors for their exertions during the past year.

The motion was carried unanimously, and briefly acknowledged by the chairman.

Mr. Pellatt proposed, and Mr. Gull seconded, a vote of thanks to the actuary, Mr. Thomas Tully, to whom, said the proposer, the society was greatly indebted for his energetic and successful attempts to increase their business. (Applause.)

The motion having been unanimously agreed to, Mr. Tully, in acknowledging the compliment, expressed the gratification which it afforded him to have so soon obtained a public recognition of his services. He assured the meeting that the resolution just passed would act as an incentive to future exertions; and, without wishing to make any pledges for the future, he thought he might go so far as to say that no efforts would be left untried by him to augment the business and extend the popularity of the society. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings then terminated.

BRISTOL ARTICLED CLERKS' DEBATING

SOCIETY.

A MEETING of this society was held in the Law Library on Tuesday evening, the 3rd instant, at seven o'clock, F. Gilmore Barnett, Esq., solicitor, in the chair. The following was the point for discussion:-Do the words "cause of action," in sect. 18 of the Common Law Procedure Act 1852, mean the whole cause of action or only the breach of contract? (See Durham v. Spence, L. Rep. 6 Ex. 46, 19 W. Rep. 162). Mr. Fenwick opened, and Mr. Bryant opposed. The majority were in favour of the latter view.

KERR, DANIEL, surgeon, Northfield. Pet. Feb. 20. Reg. Chantler.
Sur. March 10
SCHOFIELD, EMANUEL, joiner, Bradford. Pet. Feb. 17. Reg.

Robinson.

Sur. March 13

Pet. Feb. 21. Reg.

LEGAL OBITUARY.

NOTE. This department of the LAW TIMES, is contributed by EDWARD WALFORD, M.A., and late scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, and Fellow of the Genealogical and Historical Society of Great Britain; and, as it is desired to make it as perfect a record as possible, the families and friends of deceased members of the Profession will oblige by forwarding to the Law TIMES Office any dates and materials required for a biographical notice.

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H. MERIVALE, ESQ., LL.D., C.B. THE late Herman Merivale, Esq., C.B., Under Secretary of State for India, who died on the 8th inst., at his residence in Cornwall-gardens, of disease of the heart, after a short illness, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, was the eldest son of the late John Herman Merivale, Esq., Commissioner of Bankruptcy, of Barton-place, Devon, by Louisa Heath, daughter of the late Rev. Joseph Drury, D.D., of Cockwood House, Devon. was born in the year 1806, and was educated at Harrow, and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1827, taking first-class honours in the school of Literis Humanioribus; he was afterwards elected to a fellowship in Balliol College, and took his M.A. degree in 1833. He was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, in Michaelmas Term, 1832, and joined the Western Circuit, practising occasionally at the Exeter and Devon sessions, and he was also for some time Recorder of Falmouth, Helston, and Penzance. In 1837 he was appointed Professor of Political Economy in the University of Oxford, which he held for the usual period, and in 1848 he was appointed permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and subsequently, namely, in 1860, Under Secretary for the Indian Department, the duties of which office he fulfilled down to the period of his decease. Mr. Merivale, who was nominated a Companion of the Bath in 1858, was the author of "Lectures on the Colonies and Colonization," "Historic Studies," &c. married in 1834 Miss Caroline Penelope Robinson, daughter of the Rev. William Villiers Robinson, and sister of the late Rev. Sir George Stamp Robinson, Bart., of Crawford, Northamptonshire, by whom he has left a family.

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AND APPOINTMENTS. N.B.-Announcements of promotions being in the nature of advertisements, are charged 2s. 6d. each, for which postage stamps should be inclosed.

MR. FRED. D. COOKE, of 32, Full-street, Derby (successor to the late firm of Gamble and Cooke), has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in Chancery.

To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. CANNING, JOHN, secretary to an engineer, Great Winchester-stbldgs. Pet. Feb. 16. Reg. Brougham. Sol. Trinder, Bishopsgate-st-without. Sur. March 6

MARCHISIO, JOHN, merchant, Mark-la, Pet. Feb. 17. Reg. Hazlitt
Sol. Simpson, Borough High-st. Sur. March 4
PITCHFORD, EDWARD BEAUMONT, and PITCHFORD, ALFRED
THOMAS, lead manufacturers, Limehouse. Pet. Feb. 16. Reg.
Spring-Rice. Sols. Linklaters and Co. Walbrook, Sur. March 5

STIFF, GEORGE, and FLOWER, ALFRED, newspaper proprietors
Fleet-st. Pet. Aug. 21. Reg. Murray. Sols. Renshaw and
Rolph, Cannon-st. Sur. March 10

To surrender in the Country. AMBREY, THOMAS, grocer, Mountain Ash. Pet. Feb. 14. Reg. Rees. Sur. Feb. 28 DRAY, ALFRED HENRY, backsmith, Chiddingly. Pet. Feb. 17. Reg. Blaker. Sur. March 5 METCALF, FREDERICK, cotton broker, Liverpool. Pet. Feb. 17. Reg. Watson. Sur. March 5 TAYLOR, HENRY, builder, Howden. Pet. Feb. 7. Reg. Phillips. Sur. March 5

Gazette, Feb. 24.

To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. CROSLEY, EDWIN UNDECIMUS, stock broker, Cornhill. Pet. Feb. 21. Reg. Roche. Sur. March 12

Pet. Feb. 20.

To surrender in the Country. APSLEY, JOHN, builder, Park-row, Blackheath. Reg. Pitt-Taylor. Sur. March 10 BICKERTON, WILLIAM, steamboat agent, Cardiff. Pet. Feb. 20. Reg. Langley. Sur. March 10

HUNT, GEORGE, tailor, Sheffield. Pet. Feb. 20. Reg. Wake. Sur. March 11

JONES, FREDERICK, draper, Gellygare. Pet. Feb. 20. Reg. Russell. Sur. March 9

Feb. 20. Reg. Chauntler. Sur. March 10
WELSH, THOMAS, draper, High Wycomb,
Watson. Sur. March 12
WILLIAMS, WALTER LEWIS LLEWELLYN, ironmonger, Llanelly.
Pet. Feb. 21. Reg. Lloyd. Sur. March 11
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
Gazette, Feb. 17.

ADDISON, GEORGE, gentleman, Bath. Oct. 22, 1873
JACKSON, WILLIAM, yarn doubler, Manchester. Oct. 11, 1873
TURNER, GEORGE, blacksmith, Wonston. Feb. 5, 1872
Gazette, Feb. 20.

DUNN, GEORGE, dealer in pictures, Windsor. Nov. 1, 1873
HART, HENRY, Castle-st, Houndsditch. July 3, 1873

Liquidations by Arrangement.

FIRST MEETINGS.

Gazette, Feb. 20.

Pet. Feb. 17.

BARLOW, GEORGE RUSHTON, tailor, Blackburn. March 3, at eleven, ut offices of Sols. Messrs. Radcliffe, Blackburn BASSETT, RICHARD, tailor, Mansion-house-bldgs, Queen Victoriast, Pet. Feb. 17. March 4, at eleven, at the London Warehousemen's Association, 33, Gutter-la. Sol. Buchannan, BasinghallBEAZLEY, ROBERT, builder, Fratton. Pet. Feb. 17. March 5, at three, at office of Wainscot, accountant, Portsea. Sol. Walker, Landport BLACKBURN, WILLIAM, tailor, Chorley. Pet. Feb. 16. March 4, at offices of Sol. Morris, Chorley

street

BLAKE, ANDREW, commission agent, Pall-mall, and St. Luke'srd, Bayswater. Pet. Feb. 16. March 3, at two, at office of Sol. Christmas, Walbrook

Scarborough

BOWDEN, ROBERT WALKER, fancy goods dealer, Scarborough.
Pet. Feb. 12. March 3, at three, at offices of Sol. Williamson,
BURGESS, EDWIN, draper, Wilmslow. Pet. Feb. 16. March 4, at
three, at offices of Sols. Higginbotham and Barclay, Maccles
field
CARR, HENRY SAMWAYS, broker, Homer-st, Marylebone-rd.
Pet. Feb. 18. March 2, at three, at offices of Sol. Yorke, Mary-
lebone-rd
CARSLAKE HENRY, beerhouse keeper, Salisbury. Pet. Feb. 17.
March 6, at three, at F. Hodding, Market House, Salisbury
CAWDRON, WILLIAM, coal dealer, Moulton. Pet. Feb. 16.
March 9, at eleven, at office of Sols. Caparn and Wilders,
Holbeach

CLARKE, EDWIN RICHARD, builder, Cambridge. Pet. Feb. 16.
March 9, at eleven, ut office of Sols. Ellison and Burrows, Petty
Cury
CLARKE, JOHN, innkeeper, West Smethwick. Pet. Feb. 16.
March 3, at three, at the Carnarvon Castle inn, Wolverhampton.
Sol. Osborne, Shifnal

COPE, JOHN, farmer, Lipley. Pet. Feb. 12. March 3, at eleven,
at the Fox and Hounds ina, Cheswardin. Sol. Onions
CRUMP, GEORGE, fish dealer. Burslem. Pet. Feb. 17. March 9,
at eleven, at office of Sol. Sherratt, Kidsgrove
DANES, THOMAS RICHARD, coal merchant, Kentish-town-rd.
Pet. Feb. 13. March 6, at four, at office of Sol. Ablett, Cam-
bridge-ter, Hyde-pk

DAVEY, ROBERT, mall contractor, Dulverton. Pet. Feb 18. March 3. at two, at the Red Lion hotel, Dulverton. Sol. Rogers,

Exeter

DAWSON, WILLIAM, builder, Crewe. Pet. Feb. 17. March 12, at eleven, at office of Sol. Warburton, Crewe

EADES, ALFRED, and EADES, EDWARD, painters, Portsea. Pet. Feb. 14. March 3, at twelve, at offices of Edmonds, Davis, and Clark, 32, Poultry, London. Sols. Harvey and Addison, EATON, THOMAS, fishmonger, Farnworth. Pet. Feb 18. March 3, at eleven, at the Old Bowling Green hotel, Farnworth. Sol. Cork

Portsea

FIELD, MILBOURN GOODRICK, chemist, Wolverhampton. Pet.
Feb. 14. March 2, at eleven, at office of Sol. Gatis, Wolver-
hampton
FREETH, SAMUEL, grocer, West Smethwick. Pet. Feb. 16.
March 6, at eleven, at office of Sol. Shakespeare, Oldbury
GALE, BENJAMIN, soda water manufacturer, Leeds. Pet. Feb.
14. March 2, at one, at office of Sols. Rooke and Midgley,
Leeds

GOLDSTONE, SAMUBL, clothier, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 16. March 4, at two, at offices of Sols. Maher and Poncia, Birmingham

GOODALL, JOHN, timber dealer, Harestock. Pet. Feb. 13.
Feb. 8, at three, at 44, Cooper's-rd, Old Kent-rd
GRANT, ROBERT, grocer, Braintree. Pet. Feb. 13. March 9, at
two, at the London Warehousemen's Association, 33, Gutter-la,
Cheapside, London. Sol. Downes, Cheapside, London
GREGORY, FRANCIS JAMES, publican, Cheltenham. Pet. Feb. 17.
March 5, at half-past ten, at office of Sol. Boodle, Cheltenham
HALL, JOHN, plait dealer, Luton. Pet. Feb. 17. March 10, at
one, at office of Sol. Jeffery, Luton

HALL, THOMAS, beerseller, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Pet. Feb. 14.
March 2, at eleven, at the Copeland Arms hotel, Stoke-upon-
Trent. Sol. Cooper, Congleton

HAMPSON, JONAH, grocer, Watford. Pet. Feb. 14. March 9, at two, at office of Coker, accountant, Cheapside. Sol. Barrett, New-inn, Strand

HARRIS, ROBERT, builder, Trowbridge. Pet. Feb. 16. March 4, at twelve, at office of Sol. Rodway, Trowbridge

HEARTFIELD, JOHN, pork butcher, High-st, Mitcham. Pet. Feb. 17. March 6, at twelve, at office of Parry, Croydon-gr, Croydon. Sol. Parry, Gresham-bldgs

HIGHAM, JAMES, grocer, Chorley. Pet. Feb. 17. March 6, at eleven, at office of Sol. Morris, Chorley

HOLMES, ROBERT, jun., tobacco merchant, Leeds. Pet. Feb, 17. March 4, at three, at office of Sols. Messrs. North, Leeds HORNER, JANE, spinster, fancy stationer, High-st, Camden-town. Pet. Feb. 19. March 9, at two, at office of Sol. Oblein, Queen Victoria-st

HUNT, ALFRED, eating house keeper, Pimlico-rd, Pimlico. Pet. Feb. 5. March 2, at three, at othice of Sol. Marshall, Lincoln'sinn-fields

JAGGER, HIRAM, worsted spinner, Bradford. Pet. Feb. 18.
March 3, at twelve, at office of Sols. Terry and Robinson, Brad.
ford
JAMES, SARAH, baker, Syresham. Pet. Feb. 17. March 7, at ten,
at office of Small, Buckingham. Sols. Messrs Kilby, Banbury
JONES, JOHN, and JONES, THOMAS, builders, Lewyngog. Pet.
Feb. 19. March 3, at two, at offices of Sol. Jones, Aberystwith
KANE, GEORGE, bootmaker, Liverpool. Pet. Feb. 18. March 17,
at three, at office of Vine, accountant, Liverpool. Sol. Ritson,
Liverpool
KEDENTON, SAMUEL, boot manufacturer, Norwich. Pet. Feb. 16.
March 4, at one, at office of Sol. Stanley, Norwich
KULOW, PAUL FRIEDRICH WILHELM ERNST MORITZ, and
REUSS, GERHARD, inerchants, West Hartlepool. Pet. Feb. 14.
March 4, at eleven, at office of Sol. Todd, Hartlepool
LACKINGTON, HENRY, baker, Southend, Croydon. Pet. Feb. 13.
March 2, at two, at office of Sols. Messrs. Button, Henrietta-st,
Covent-gdn
LAWRENCE, ELIJAH STEPHEN, tailor, Marlborough. Pet. Feb.
16. March 9, at eleven, at office of Sol. Goulter, Hungerford
LEE, JOHN, tobacconist, Chester. Pet. Feb. 13. March 4, at three,
at office of Sol. Cartwright, Chester
LENNY, JAMES, jeweller, Liverpool. Pet. Feb. 18. March 9, at
two, at office of Sol. Etty, Liverpool
LEVERSAGE, EDWARD HOWARD, of no occupation, Coleherne-rd
South Kensington. Pet. Feb. 16. March 14, at three, at office of
Sols. Crook and Smith, Fenchurch-st
LEWIS, JOHN, labourer, Radstock. Pet. Feb. 11. March 4, at
three, at offices of Sol. McCarthy, Frome
LIPSCOMB, WILLIAM THOMAS, chairmaker, Wroughton. Pet. Feb
14. Feb. 23, at eleven, at the White Hart hotel, Newbury. Sol.
Lucas, Newbury
LISSON, CHARLES JOHN, diamond merchant, Devonshire-rd,
Greenwich. Pet. Feb. 17. March 10, at two, at the Guildhall
coffee-house, Greshum-st. Sol. Murray, Sackville-st, Piccadilly
LOWE, GEORGE WRIGLEY, carriage builder, Chesterfield. Pet.
Feb. 17. March 5, at ten, at office of Sol. Cowdell, Chesterfield
LUND, SAMUEL, shoemaker, Heckmondwike. Pet. Feb. 17.
March 4, at ten, at office of Sol. Wooler, Batley
MECOY, PHILIP, soda water manufacturer, Maryport. Pet. Feb.
16. March 3, at eleven, at offices of Sol. Collier, Maryport

MILES, WINIFRED, staymaker, Worthing. Pet. Feb. 18. March 11, at three, at offices of Sol. Holtham, Brighton

MUDGE, JOHN, builder, Plymouth. Pet. Feb. 16. March 4, at eleven, at office of Sols, Greenway and Adams, Plymouth MUSSELLWHITE, WILLIAM, and MUSSELLWHITE, JOHN CHARLES PEARMAN, builders, Basingstoke. Pet. Feb. 16. March 6, at one, at office of Sol. Chandler, Basingstoke

PATERSON, JOHN, grocer, Liverpool and West Derby. Pet. Feb. 16. March 5, at three, at office of Gibson and Bolland, accountants, Liverpool. Sol. Hunter, jun. Liverpool PEACOCK, ALBERT LOUIS, surgeon, Great Harwood. Pet. Feb. 18. March 5, at eleven, at office of Sol. Tattersall, Blackburn PERKS, EDWARD, shoemaker, Middlesbrough. Pet. Feb. 13. March 2, at two, at office of Sol. Dobson, Middlesbrough PICKSLEY, THOMAS, druggist, Burton-on-Humber. Pet. Feb. 17. March 4, at eleven, at office of Sols. Nowell and Priestley, Barton-on-Humber

POPE, CHARLES, jun., baker, Hungerford. Pet. Feb. 4. Feb. 28, at two, at the Greyhound hotel, Fordingbridge. Sol. Hicks, Annis-rd, South Hackney, and Gracechurch-st

POTTS, JOHN, wine merchant, Aldershot. Pet. Feb. 13. March 6. at two, at the Rainbow tavern, Temple Bar. Sol. Hull, Godalming

POWELL, WILLIAM ALFRED, grease manufacturer. Burdett-rd, Bow. Pet. Feb. 11. Feb. 28, at two, at office of Sol. Marshall, Lincoln's-inn-fields

ROBERTS, JOHN, metal broker, Liverpool. Pet. Feb. 18. March 10, at two, at office of Sol. Etty, Liverpool

ROSSITER, CHARLES, artificial florist, Edmonds-pl, Shepherdess. walk, City-rd. Pet. Feb. 10. March 2, at twelve, at offioe of Sol. Vickers, Southampton-bldgs, Holborn ROUNTHWAITE, THOMAS, clothier, Sunderland. Pet. Feb. 16. Feb. 23, at twelve, at office of Sol. Ritson, Sunderland SHEPHERD, JAMES, saddler, Bury. Pet. Feb. 17. March 5, at twelve, at the Clarence hotel, Manchester. Sol. Grundy, Bury SLATER, SAMUEL, gas fitting manufacturer, Wednesbury. Pet. Feb. 18. March 6, at cleven, at office off Sol. Slater, Darlaston. Sol. Edwards, Darlaston

SMITH, EDWIN, traveller, Bevington-road, Notting-hill.

Pet. Feb. 10. March 3, at twelve, at office of Lewis and Day, solicitors, South-sq, Gray's-inn. Sol. Day

SMITH, JOHN, brewer's clerk, Hildrop-rd, Camden-rd. Pet. Feb. 17. March 6, at three, at office of Sol. Lewis, Wilmington-sq SURMAN, WILLIAM, broker, Cheltenham. Pet. Feb. 16. Feb. 28, at eleven, at office of Sol. Billings, Cheltenhamn SWALLOW, CHARLES, out of business, Shrewsbury. Pet. Feb. 17. March 5. at eleven, at office of Sol. Morris, Shrewsbury THOMAS, ROSINI ELIZABETH, widow, china merchant, Wardourst, Soho. Pet. Feb. 19. March 9, at twelve, at office of Sols. Bennett and Bretherton, Friday-st

THURSTANS, EMMA, milliner, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 18. March 4, at four, at office of Sol. Parry, Biriningham

TIM, CARSTEN, merchant, Hull. Pet. Feb. 16. March 4, at eleven, at office of Sols. Robert and Leak, Hull

TUCKER, FREDERICK WALTER, Commercial traveller, Heigham.
Pet. Feb. 18. Feb. 26, at four, at office of Sol. Sadd, Norwich
TURNER, THOMAS, Commercial traveller, Leeds. Pet. Feb. 16.
March 3, at two, at office of Sol. Pullan, Leeds
WAINWRIGHT, HENRY, brush manufacturer, Whitechapel-rd.
Pet. Feb. 16. March 4, at two, at office of Lols. Linklater, Hack-
wood, Addison, and Brown, Walbrook

WEBB, WILLIAM ESSINGTON, victualler, Worcester. Pet. Feb. 16.
Match 5. at eleven, at office of Sols. Rea and Miller, Worcester
WHITEOAK, PARKER BUCKLEY, Wood turner, Streeton-in-Craven.
Pet. Feb. 7. March 6, at three, at office of Sols. Wright and
Waterworth, Keighley

WOOD, GEORGE, corn chandler, Kingsland-rd. Pet. Feb. 13. March 2, at four, at office of Sol. Geaussent, New Broad-st

Gazette, Feb. 24.

ALIFFE, WILLIAM, labourer, Normanton. Pet. Feb. 18.
March 12, at eleven, at office of Sol. Stringer, Ossett
ATKISS, RICHARD, jun., chartermaster, Toll End. Pet. Feb, 18.-
March 7, at eleven, at office of Sol. Cresswell, Willenhall
BEANE, CHARLES FREDERICK, corn merchant, New Corn Ex
change, Mark-la, and Seething-la. Pet. Feb. 19. March 12, at
two, at office of Barnard, Clarke, McLean, and Co., 3, Lothbury.
Sols, Ashurst, Morris, and Co., Old Jewry
BELCHAMBER, GEORGE, hatter, Brighton. Pet. Feb. 20. March
13, at three, at 13, Queen-st, Cheapside, London. Sol. Chalk,
Brighton

BEVERLY, ABRAHAM MANHOOD, cheesemonger, Kentish-town-rd.
Pet. Feb. 21. March 11, at three, at offices of Berry, Greening,
and Co., Farringdon-st. Sol. Knight, Newgate-st
BLENKHORN, SARAH ANNE, and BLENKHORN, ELEANOR
MARIA WREN, schoolmistresses, Claythorpe. Pet. Feb. 17.
March 6, at half-past twelve, at office of Sol. Williams,
Lincoln

BOCKING, HENRY, basket maker, King-st, Covent-garden. Pet.
Feb. 20. March 7, at eleven, at office of Sol. Apps, South-sq,
Gray's-inn

BRIDGE, JOHN, Clee. Pet. Feb. 20. March 6, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Grange and Wintringham, Great Grimsby BROOKS, WILLIAM, builder, Birmingham." Pet. Feb. 20. March 10, at three, at office of Sol. Cottrell, Birmingham BUSSELL, JOSEPH, carpenter, Bath. Pet. Feb. 21. March 12, at eleven, at 3, Wood-st, Bath. Sols. Messrs. Moger CARTER, JOHN, farmer, Belchamp St. Paul. Pet. Feb. 19. March 12, at eleven, at the Four Swans hotel, Sudbury. Sol. Andrews, Sudbury CAVELL, WILLIAM, baker, Scarborough. Pet. Feb. 19. March 10, at twelve, at offices of Dawber, Scarborough. Sol. Calvert, York CLARKE, ALFRED, plumber, Brighouse. Pet. Feb. 21. March 6, at three, at offices of Bates, auctioneer, Brighouse. Sol. Barber, Brighouse COLBOURNE, JANE, milliner, Weston-super-Mare. Pet. Feb. 17. March 11, at twelve, at the George and Railway hotel, Bristol. Sol. Chapman, Weston-super-Mare CURRIE, JOHN, draper. Sheffield. Pet. Feb. 19. March 6, at four, at office of Sols. Messrs. Binney, Sheffield DANDY, JOHN, innkeeper, Scarborough. Pet. Feb. 18. March 9, at two, at office of Sol. Williamson, Scarborough DAVIES, CHARLES DAVID, refreshment room keeper, Halifax. Pet. Feb. 19. March 5, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Holroyde, and Smith, Halifax

DAWE, JOHN, grocer, Lofthouse.

Pet. Feb. 21. March 9, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Hunton and Bolsover, Stockton-onTees DE LA MARE, JOHN EDMUND, grocer, Croydon. Pet. Feb. 18. March 10, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Carter and Bell, Leadenhall-st, London

DOUGLASS, THOMAS BROWN, and DOUGLASS, WILLIAM BURNS, iron founders, Monkwearmouth. Pet. Feb. 18. March 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Skinner, Sunderland

DRAYCOT, CHARLES ANTHONY, agent, Blythe Bridge, near Longton. Pet. Feb. 17. March 5, at half-past one, at the Crown hotel, Stone. Sol. Welch, Longton

DRIVER, HENRY, bookbinder, Worcester. Pet. Feb. 21. March
13, at eleven, at office of Sol. Abell, Worcester
EASTWOOD, JONATHAN, wholesale fruit dealer, Huddersfield.
Pet. Feb. 19. March 9, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Craven and
Sunderland, Huddersfield

EHRMANN, FREDERICK, baker, Hereford-st, Lisson-gr. Pet. Feb.
19. March 6, at three, at office of Sols. Messrs. Button, Henri-
etta-st, Covent-gdn
ELFORD, HENRY, merchant, Oxford-st. Pet. Feb. 20. March 12,
at two, at the Guildhall tavern, Gresham-st. Sols. Messrs.
Vallance, Essex-st, Strand

ELLIS, GEORGE, tailor, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 18. March 6, at three, at office of Sols. Wright and Marshall, Birmingham EMERY, WILLIAM, builder, Bath. Pet. Feb. 16. March 10, at elevin, at the White Lion hotel, Bath. Sol. Dyer, Bath FLEN G, ROBERT, and GRIEVE, JAMES, groce, Barrow-inFurness. Pet. Feb. 18. March 6, at ten, at the Ship hotel, BarFRENCH, JOHN, beer retailer, Sheerness. Pet. Feb. 19. March 10, at eleven, at office of Sol. Mole, Sheerness FUCHS, ADAM JOSEPH, baker, Wandsworth-rd.

Pet. Feb. 14. March 9, at half-past three, at offices of Eves, the Old Corn Exchange, Mark-la, London. Sol. Heathfield, Lincoln's-innfields, London

GOLD, THOMAS, labourer, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 7. March 4, at
quarter-past ten, at office of Sol. East, Birmingham
HABERFIELD, THOMAS JOSEPH, tailor, Sutton-st, Oxford-st.
Pet. Feb. 17. March 13, at two, at office of Sol. Swaine, Cheap-
Ride
HAIGH, EDWARD, common brewer, Huddersfield.

Pet. Feb. 19.

March 6, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Hesp, Fenton, and Owen, Huddersfield

HALL, EPHRAIM, and STEPHENSON, EDWARD, woollen manufacturers, Ossett. Pet. Feb. 20. March 13, at eleven, at office of Sol. Stringer, Ossett

HAMMOND, WILLIAM, upholsterer, Lewes. Pet. Feb. 21. March 11, at twelve, at the London Warehousemen's Association, Gutter-la. Sol. Stuckey, Brighton

HARRISON, JOHN MABSON, wine merchant, Leeds. Pet. Feb. 18.
March 9, at three, at office of Sols. Fawcett and Malcolm, Leeds
HEPWORTH, HENRY, brass founder, Sheffield. Pet. Feb. 21.
March 10, at eleven, at office of Sol. Auty, Sheffield
HIRON, JOHN SAMUEL, journeyman printer, Hereford.
Feb. 19. March 11, at ten, at offices of Sols. Underwood, Knight,
and Underwood, Hereford

Pet.

HOLDER, WILLIAM, ironmonger, Yalding. Pet. Feb. 18. March 10, at four, at the Mitre hotel, Maidstone. Sol. Goodwin, Maidstone HOWES, WILLIAM, gentleman, Gilbert-st, Hanover-sq. Pet. Feb. 23. March 14, at two, at office of Sol. Pullen, Cloisters, Temple INGLEDEW, JOSEPH, auctioneer, Bishopsgate-st-without. Pet. Feb. 19. March 10, at two, at office of Sol. Christmas, St. John'schbs, Walbrook

KELLETT, HENRY, slater, Ripon. Pet. Feb. 20. March 12, at
half-past two, at office of Sol. Bateson, Low Harrogate
row-in-Furness. Sols. Pierce and Rundle, Barrow-in-Furness
KELVIN, HARKNESS, and KELVIN, MATILDA, painters, Now-
castle-upon-Tyne. Pet. Feb. 12. March 10, at two, ut offices of
Sols. Messrs. Joel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

KNAPP, EDWARD SEYMOUR, grocer, Ryde. Pet. Feb. 19. March
9, at eleven, at office of Sol. Hooper, Newport
LANSDOWN, JAMES CHESTER, architect, Farringdon-st. Pet.
Feb. 19. March 10, at two, at office of Sol. Truefitt, Essex-st,
Middle Temple

LANT, ROBERT, hatter, Halifax. Pet. Feb. 21. March 10 at
three, at the Brown Cow hotel, Halifax. Sol. Boocock, Halifax
LEAKE, THOMAS, innkeeper, Albrighton, near Shrewsbury.
Pet. Feb. 29. March 16, at twelve, at offices of Corser and
Nevett, solicitors, Shrewsbury

LEGEYT, Rev. CHARLES JAMES, clerk in holy orders, Stoke New-
ington. Pet. Feb. 21. March 16, at two, at offices of Buffen,
public accountant, 52, Moorgate-st. Sol. Handson, King-street,
Cheapside
LINEKER, ROBERT, farmer, Shinfield, near Reading. Pet. Feb.
19. March 17, at two, at the Queen's hotel, Reading. Sol.
Barrett, New-inn, Strund, London
LINES, MARTIN, wheelwright, Sutton Veny. Pet. Feb. 19.
March 9, at one, Jat offices of Sols. Wakeman and Bleeck, War-
minster
LOVELAND, WILLIAM JOHN, grocer, Tunbridge. Pet. Feb. 14.
March 4, at twelve, at office of Slater and Panell, Guildhall-chbs,
Basinghall-st. Sol. Palmer, Tunbridge

MAY, WILLIAM JOSEPH, far.cy-shop keeper, Old Kent-rd. Pet.
Feb. 17. March 7, at two, at office of Sol. Miller, Bond-court,
Walbrook
MILLINGTON, JOHN, coal merchant, Chester. Pet. Feb. 19. March
7, at twelve, at office of Sols. Duncan and Pritchard, Chester
MILLS, HENRY, sen., and MILLS, HENRY, jun., shipchandlers,
Swansea. Pet. Feb. 21. March 10, at twelve, at office of Sol.
Cox, Swansea

NASH, EDWIN, joiner, Shrewsbury. Pet. Feb. 19. March 12, at eleven, at office of Sol. Morris, Shrewsbury

NASH, THOMAS, blacksmith, Great Missenden. Pet. Feb. 21. March 9, at three, at the Red Lion inn, Great Missenden. Sol. Clarke, High Wycombe

NORMAN, FREDERICK, dealer in boots, Chesterfield. Pet. Feb. 20. March 9, at three, at the Stag and Pheasant, Leicester. Sol. Gee, High-st, Chesterfield

NORTHERN, JOHN, shoemaker, Bedford. Pet. Feb. 19. March 6,
at twelve, at office of Sol. Conquest, Bedford
PALMER, ROBERT, ironmonger, Haslemere. Pet. Feb. 19.
March 9, at one, at office of Sol. Geech, Guildford
PARROT, EDWARD, dairyman, Aldershot. Pet. Feb. 17.

March
10, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Messrs. Bayley and Foster,
Aldershot
PHILLIPS, GEORGE, carpenter, Wattlesborough, par. Westbury.
Pet. Feb. 20. March 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Morris,
Shrewsbury

stone

QUINEY, ALFRED RICHARD, and QUINEY, ARTHUR EDWARD, indigo merchants, Mincing-la. Pet. Feb. 19. March 10, at three, at office of Sols. Plews and Irvine, Mark-la REEVE, WILLIAM, butcher, Wateringbury. Pet. Feb. 18. March 5, at four, at the Mitre hotel, Maidstone. Sol. Goodwin, MaidRILEY, ELIZABETH, stationer, Manchester. Pet. Feb. 20. March 9, at three, at offices of Pritchard, Englefield, and Co., Painter's Hall, Little Trinity-la, London. Sols. Edwards and Bintliff, Manchester ROBERTS, PETER, farm bailiff, Brindiewys. Pet. Feb. 19. March 14, at eleven, at the Blue Bell inn, Gwyddelwern. Sol. James, Corwen

Pet.

ROBERTS, RICHARD HENRY, and ROBERTS, SAMUEL, Angola yarn spinner, Huddersfield. Pet. Feb. 20. March 12, at halfpast two, at offices of Sol. Berry, Huddersfield SEWED, GEORGE EDWARD, flock dealer, Huddersfield. Feb. 20. March 9, at three, at office of Sol. Haigh, Huddersfield SHOTTON, JOHN GEORGE, grocer, Winlaton. Pet. Feb. 19. March 6, at three, at office of Sol. Sewell, Newcastle-uponTyne SOFIANO, ANASTASIUS, merchant, Manchester. Pet Feb. 6. March 6, at three, at office of Sols. Grundy and Kershaw, Manchester STANLEY, THOMAS, tea dealer, Leeds. Pet. Feb. 19. March 9, at two, at offices of Sols. Simpson and Burrell, Leeds STEPHENSON, RICHARD, jun., timber merchant, Kingston-uponHull. Pet. Feb. 20. March 9, at four, at office of Sols. Messrs. Hearfield, Kingston-upon-Hull

STOTT, THOMAS, umbrella frame maker, Manchester. Pet. Feb. 21. March 10, at three, at office of Sols. Cobbett, Wheeler, and Cobbett, Manchester

THEOBALD, WILLIAM, grocer, Croydon. Pet. Feb. 18. March 11,
at twelve, at offices of Sols. Carter and Bell, Leadenhall-st,
London
Pet. Feb. 11.

THOMAS, JANE JULIA, widow, Chapel-rd, Ealing.

March 5, at three, at office of Sol. Howell, Cheapside THORNTON, THOMAS, woollen manufacturer, Huddersfield. Pet. Feb. 21. March 13, at three, at office of Sol. Berry, Huddersfield TROUGHTON, JOHN, labourer, Muncaster. Pet. Feb. 20. March 11, at twelve, at office of Sol. Atter, Whitehaven TUCKER, GEORGE, jeweller, Southampton. Pet. Feb. 16. March 6, at twelve, at office of Sol. Robins, Southampton VANNER, JOHN, woolsorter, Blandford Forum.

Pet. Feb. 20. March 16, at twelve, at the Railway hotel, Wimborne Minster. Sol. Moore, Wimborne Minster VEARNCOMBE, JOHN, bootmaker, Bridgewater. Pet. Feb. 20. March 9, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Reed and Cook, Bridgewater VICKERY, WILLIAM, Ironmonger, Bridport. Pet. Feb. 17. March 14, at eleven, at office of Sol. Day, Bridport

20.

WADE, WILLIAM, provision dealer, Birmingham. Pet. Feb. 7. March 6, at quarter past ten, at office of Sol. East, Birmingham WALTERS, FREDERICK, licensed victualler, Sheffield. Pet. Feb. March 16, at three, at office of Sols. Messrs. Binney, ShefWALTON, WILLIAM JAMES, general agent, John-st, Clerkenwell, Pet. Feb. 20. March 7, at two, at offices of Calverley, Essex-st. Strand

field

Bubb and Harris, merchants, first and final, 4d. At Trust. H. W. Banner, 24, North John-st, Liverpool.-Cumer, W. butcher, first 10s. At Trust, K. Snelgrove, Queen-st, Exeter.-Guild and Chap. man, merchants, fifth and final 4d. At office of W. J. White and Co. 33, King-st, Cheapside.-Harrison, G. farmer, second and final 1s. At office of C. C. Becke, 20, Market-sq, Northampton.-Hill, S. B. merchant, first 5s. At Trust. H. W. Banner, 24, North Johnst, Liverpool.-Moore, W. worsted manufacturer, first and final 58. 9d. At Trust. C. J. Buckley, 43, Market-st, Bradford.-Nell and Harrison, commission agents, first 1s. At Trust. W. T. Ogden, 48, Watling-st.-Newstead, F. G. metal broker, Is. At office of Hud son and Pybus, Mechanics' Institute, Stockton-Schiearz, H. merchant tailor, 11s. At Trust. W. Butcher, 73, Princess-st, Man chester. Sfezzo, A. D. stock dealer, second and final 7d. At Trust. J. Waddell, Mansion-house-chmbs, 12, Queen Victoria-st.-trangroom, A. L. fish salesman, first 18. 9d. At Trust. J. Etheridge, 28, King-st, Great Yarmouth.-Thomas, J. earthenware dealer, 13s. 4d. At Trust. M. Smith, 9, Park-st, Denbigh-Williamson, J. paper merchant, Is. 7d. At Trust. W. Butcher, 73, Princess-st, Manchester

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS

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BIRTHS.

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DEATHS.

PINKNEY.-On the 17th inst., at Park House, Stoke Newington
Thomas Francis Pinkney, Esq., solicitor.
PHILIPE.-On the 17th inst., at Wood-green, Middlesex, aged 79,
George Peter De Rhe Philipe, Esq., formerly of Gray's-inn-
square, solicitor.

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Feb. 17. March 9, at eleven, at the Union hotel, Birmingham. Sol. Shakespeare, Oldbury

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WINTER, HARRIS, clothier, Commercial-st, Spitalfields. Pet. Feb. 18. March 6, at three, at offices of Sol. Montagu, Bucklersbury, E.C.

WOOD, WILLIAM, fancy box manufacturer, Manchester. Pet.
Feb. 19. Feb. 26, at three, at office of Sol. Storer, Manchester
YARDLEY, BARON, herring curer, Monmouth. Pet. Feb. 13.
March 2, at three, at office of Sol. Williams, Monmouth
YELF, ROBERT, wine merchant, Southampton. Pet. Feb. 20.
March 9, at three, at offices of Edmonds, Davis, and Clark,
Southampton. Sol. Shutte, Southampton

Orders of Discharge.

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Gazette, Feb. 20.

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worth, and Wertemburg-st, the Grove, Clapham
WILKINS, GEORGE, butcher, Kenley, near Croydon

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Mr. EDLIN, Q.C., was on Thursday sworn in and took his seat as Assistant-Judge of Middlesex. Mr. POWNALL, after passing a very warm eulogium on Sir W. BODKIN, congratulated the new Judge on his appointment. Mr. BRINDLEY and Mr. W. SLEIGH, on the part of the Bar, expressed their concurrence in the remarks of Mr. POWNALL. They begged also to express their sense of the ability and courtesy with which Mr. Serjt. Cox had so long discharged the duties of the court during the illness of the late Judge. Mr. EDLIN, in response, hoped that the most cordial relations would always subsist between himself and the Bar, and Mr. Serjt. Cox said that it would be affectation in him to conceal a deep sense of disappointment that he had not been permitted to reap VOL. LVL-No. 1614.

the reward of his long public service, but in retiring from that bench it was a satisfaction to learn that he took with him the approval of those who had acted with him. He added, however, that he could most heartily congratulate the county on so efficient a successor having been appointed. He had known Mr. EDLIN for many years on circuit and as a private friend, and he could say that as a laywer and a gentleman he deserved to be heartily welcomed by the magistrates and by all connected with the court. A better man for the office could not have been found. The new Judge then proceeded with the trial of prisoners.

As a matter of practice in bankruptcy attention may usefully be called to the case of Ex parte Jacobs, re Carter, before the CHIEF JUDGE on Monday last. The Registrar of the Birmingham County Court upheld an objection to the proof of a bank in respect of certain bills of exchange, such bills not being produced at the first meeting of creditors. On appeal to the County Court Judge he ordered the proof to stand admitted, thus reversing the decision of the registrar. The CHIEF JUDGE has confirmed the already established practice, which is that a creditor coming to prove his debt, holding a bill of exchange, ought to produce it. He added that in case of difficulty in producing the securities a discretion may be exercised.

MR. BUSHBY, one of the metropolitan police magistrates, has drawn attention to the fact of an Act of Geo. 1, affecting the relation of master and servant, remaining unrepealed as to one of its sections, such section making a singular provision for the punishment of servants who fraudulently purloin or embezzle their master's property. The section of the Act (9 Geo. 1, c. 27, s. 4) is expressly named in the first schedule of the Master and Servant's Act of 1867, as specifying a contract to which the latter Act shall apply. The Act itself is entituled " An Act for preventing journeymen shoemakers selling, exchanging, or pawning boots, shoes, slippers, cut leather, or other materials for making boots, shoes, or slippers, and for better regulating the said journeymen.' And the punishment provided for offences covered by the 4th section includes whipping, which is not a punishment considered in the present day appropriate in the case of felony by adults without violence to the person. The Act was passed in 1740, and was adapted to a condition of things very different to that which now prevails. There is, of course, no objection to the Master and Servant's Act (if it is maintained unmodified) being made applicable to offences by journeymen shoemakers, but the penal provisions of the old Act ought to be removed from the Statute Book.

THE lawyers as a body have suffered considerably by the Tichborne incubus. That the services of three Judges of one court should be lost to the public for a period of seven months-the remaining three extending over the Long Vacation were sacrificed by the Judges from their own leisure-is a great calamity, and it has largely obstructed the dispatch of business. The state of things at Guildhall, which is to some extent owing to a want of Judges, is forcibly illustrated by the figures. The court of Queen's Bench commenced the sittings with a list of 214 causes; of these eighty causes were tried, withdrawn, or struck out. This leaves 134 remanets, 111 of which are special jury cases. The list of remanets of special jury cases left at the end of the previous sittings is not yet cleared off, so that not one of the special jury cases entered for the last sittings has been tried. For four days during last week no second court was sitting. To be defendant in a cause at the bottom of the Queen's Bench list of special juries at Guildhall is to be safe for twelvemonths from the possible inconvenience of an adverse verdict. This, assuredly, is a scandal only second in magnitude to the Tichborne case itself.

THE legal aspects of the Tichborne case might be treated with great elaboration, but when the points arose in the progress of the trial they were noticed by us, and our readers, we apprehend, would not desire to see them redressed. The conclusions which strike us as the most important are few. In the first place, we are inclined to agree with the Times, that the scandal of the great length of the trial, if a scandal at all, was inevitable. That the proceedings might have been abridged, had the interrogation of the defendant been possible, or had the Judges possessed the power to call the Orton family, seems to be generally admitted. This, however, as a reflection upon the case itself, is little to the purpose. As an argument in favour of the reform of our law of evidence it is extremely cogent. One of the greatest lessons furnished by the case has reference to the amendment of our system of trial by jury. It is a subject for wonder that twelve men who had never, probably, met before, should have continued to assemble day by day, with short holidays, for a period of ten months, in a vitiated atmosphere, without any one of them contracting serious illness. It can hardly be doubted that the illness or death of a juryman was among the calculations of the defendant, and he must be considered in this sense, if in no other, very unfortunate. Lord COLERIDGE, in his Juries Bill, provided against so disastrous a termination to a great trial by making the verdict of

the remaining jurymen valid and effectual, and no time should be lost, supposing a comprehensive measure dealing with our jury system cannot be passed, in placing such an enactment upon the statute book. Another very important question is whether the huge swindle might not have been exposed had a public prosecutor existed, who could have proceeded against the claimant on his landing in England, for obtaining money under false pretences. The improbabilities which lay on the surface of the case would have justified such a step. The mass of evidence subsequently obtained from sources foreign to the man's own knowledge would have been absent, and the cheat would have been speedily detected. The purely professional aspects of the case we deal with in another column, and we leave the subject of the trial with a feeling of the most intense relief.

MR. NEATE'S gallant effort to free himself from the control of the Inn, of which he became a member thirty-two years ago, is one which will excite the sympathy of many who are similarly placed. The short point in the case is this: Is an Inn of Court entitled to decline to relieve a member from the bond into which he enters on joining the society if he, on his side, declines to sign conditions restricting the practice of his profession as a barrister. Mr. NEATE'S argument was that any such restriction is contrary to public policy and void. The prayer of his bill was that Mr. NEATE might be allowed to withdraw without paying any fine or composition, or signing any conditions restricting his liberty in his Profession. Vice-Chancellor HALL allowed a demurrer to the bill for want of equity. The inevitable answer to all appeals to the courts against the acts of the Inns of Court is that they are voluntary societies." The government of the societies is in the hands of the Benchers, from whom an appeal lies to the Judges. Rules be may made and bonds inflicted upon members who join, and the courts will grant no relief. It does not appear unreasonable, however, that the Inns should give up their control over barristers who may possibly resume practice. The Inns of Court alone have control over a barrister, and if he ceased to belong to any Inn it might be difficult to deal with him for misconduct. The jurisdiction, however, is in many respects ridiculous and unsatisfactory, and we shall be very glad to see the Bar governed as a public institution instead of as a private club.

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Ir is always satisfactory to find a defence which is more technical than meritorious got over by a judge. This was the result in the case of Sale v. Lambert, before the MASTER of the ROLLS on the 2nd inst. There was a sale of buildings by auction to the defendant, and in a suit for specific performance of the contract a defence was set up that there was no contract within the Statute of Frauds, because the vendor's name was not inserted in the contract. The printed particular was indorsed with a memorandum, signed by the solicitors of both parties. The purchaser was mentioned but not the vendor, and the question was whether this omission brought the case within the Statute of Frauds. The MASTER of the ROLLS said he did not remember a case in which the vendor's name was inserted in the conditions of sale, and that the real question in such cases is, "Can you find out from the contract who it is who is selling the property?" The vendor's solicitor had undertaken by the memorandum "that the vendor shall, in all respects, fulfil the conditions of sale mentioned in the said particular." Sir GEORGE JESSEL held that "vendor" was as good a description of a man as his Christian name and surname, and that evidence might be admitted to show who was meant by the vendor, as well as to show who was meant by the name of John Smith. This is a decision of great practical importance, but it need not prevent greater strictness being observed so that similar difficulties may be avoided.

THE fire at the Pantechnicon causing a most lamentable loss of property has raised a question of great importance with respect to the liability of the proprietors, Messrs. SMITH and RADERMACHER. There seems to be a disposition on the part of some of the depositors of property to litigate the matter, and whilst considering the general principle of law applicable to the case, we shall avoid remarking on the incidents of it which, to some extent, are considered as raising the question of negligence. The great authorities on the law of bailments, Sir WILLIAM JONES and Lord HOLT, make no mention of the class known to the civilians as locatio custodice, or the hiring of care to be bestowed in guarding a thing bailed, and it is doubtful whether it is strictly within what is understood in law as a bailment. In bailments proper the care to be bestowed with reference to the keeping of the property bailed is only an incident of the bailment; but in the hiring of care to be bestowed in guarding a thing deposited, the bailment is a necessary incident of the contract. The question, therefore, between the proprietors of the Pantechnicon and the depositors is one of contract. A. says to B., "In consideration of your taking care of my property, I will pay you so much." B. says to A., "In consideration of your paying me so much, I will take care of your property."

There is mutual benefit and a binding contract, and simple negligence causing loss would be a breach of it, for which B. would be liable. But B. is not an insurer, as carriers of goods are, and if he has exercised due care, there is no remedy against him. What is due care is a question for a jury in each case. There can be no suggestion in this instance of a false representation as to the fireproof nature of the building; but we should rather say that the belief of the proprietors in its fireproof construction was a circumstance in their favour in considering the question of neg ligence. A very recent case in the Queen's Bench would seem to go somewhat beyond our view, and to make the contract one of bailment. In Searle v. Laverick (L. Rep. 9 Q. B. 122), the proprietor of some carriages, sought to recover damages against a livery stable keeper for injuries sustained by some carriages by the fall of a shed in which they had been placed by the defendant. In delivering the judgment of the court, Mr. Justice BLACKBURN said, "The question which we have to determine is what was the extent of the obligation of the defendant as to the security of the shed in which he placed the plaintiff's carriages. We think it is beyond question that he did come under some obligation; but it is a different and difficult question what the precise obligation was." In the end the court concluded that it was necessary to show some negligence, and that a competent builder having been employed, the defendant was not liable if by want of care or skill on the part of the builder, the shed fell. A nonsuit directed by Baron POLLOCK at the trial was therefore sustained. Whatever the obligation of such persons as the proprietors of the Pantechnicon therefore may be called in law, the difficulty of fixing them with liability is manifest.

WE find some interesting cases reported in the Irish Law Times of last week on the practice under the Debtors' Act and in bankruptcy, and we will briefly summarise the decisions. In M'Blain V. Weir, in the Queen's Bench, it was sought to obtain an order to arrest a defendant unless he gave security that he would not leave Ireland. It was admitted that the plaintiff could prove his case without the defendant, but it was urged that the action would have to be abandoned if the defendant were allowed to leave, whereas if arrested he would pay the debt. There is a section in the Irish Act analogous to sect. 6 in the English Act, and the words are "that the absence of the defendant will materially prejudice the plaintiff in the prosecution of his action." It has been held by our Court of Exchequer that the section is not intended to give imprisonment as a means of enforcing payment of a debt, the defendant in Hume v. Druyff (L. Rep. 8 Ex. 214; 29 L. T. Rep. N. S. 64) being ordered to be discharged from custody after final judgment obtained in the action. The motion in M'Blain v. Weir was evidently made under a misapprehension as to the effect of the abolition of imprisonment for debt. The body of a debtor can only be detained so long as it is necessary to enable a creditor to obtain judgment giving him power to attach the debtor's goods or to compel payment where there is ability to pay. In a case of O'Donnell v. Smith in the Consolidated Chamber, application against a debtor for payment was made in court. By the Act, a "Judge sitting in chambers" is given the power to commit for non-payment. The motion was refused, it being held that it should be made to a Judge in camerâ. We should have thought the point barely arguable. In the matter of a disputed adjudication a question arose in the Court of Bankruptoy whether rent accruing due and payable after the passing of the Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872, by a lessee or assignee of a lease, executedor assigned before the passing of the Act, was a good petitioning creditor's debt. Mr. Justice HARRISON delivered an elaborate judgment, and said that his first view was that as there was no debt until the respective gales of rent in question fell due, which they admittedly did after the passing of the Act of 1872, it must be considered that the debt was then contracted, and was a good debt to support an adjudication against a non-trader. Further consideration, however, convinced him that this view was not correct, the authority which he mainly relied upon in coming to an opposite conclusion being the case of Ex parte Harding, re Williams (10 L. T. Rep. N. S. 117; 33 L. J. Bank. 22.) In that case it was held by Lord WESTBURY that a call ordered to be made after the passing of the Bankruptcy Act 1861, on the winding-up of a joint stock company, whose deed of settlement bore date the 15th March 1847, was a debt contracted after the passing of the Act of 1861, on which the official manager could present a petition in bankruptcy on which a valid adjudication could be made against the party making default in payment of such calls. That case was affirmed in the House of Lords. Our present Act differs from the Act of 1861, so as to make the discussion of the Irish Court unimportant in this country.