hereby guarantee to the said Halifax Commercial Banking Company (Limited) to the extent of £2500, the payment to them of all sums in which the said Maximilian E. Werner now is, or at any time hereafter shall become, indebted to the said banking company on any account whatever, in the aforesaid terms of a guarantee, intended as a collateral security by a surety to a bank for a bank customer's debt." And the agreement conclues thus-" And I, the said J. Graham Wheelwright, undertake to hold the said debentures and stock for the said banking company, until the said A. C. Bartrum is discharged from all liability to them hereunder, and then to hold the said debentures and stock upon lien to secure any balance that may be due to him hereunder; or if there be nothing due to the said A. C. Bartrum, then to hand the said debentures and stock to the said Maximillian Edward Werner, all claims of the said banking company having been first discharged." This document appears upon the face of it to have been prepared by a person not properly skilled in the preparation of legal instruments, and ignorant of the law applicable to such transactions as the document affects to deal with; and its proper construction, taking the document by itself, might not be altogether free from difficulty. It was contended on behalf of the bank, that as they had really given Werner the full benefit of his overdraft upon the faith of the agreement by Bartrum to increase his guarantee from £1000 to £2500, and the stock in question had by the agreement been, or intended to have been made the property of Bartrum in order to indemnify him against his liability under the guarantee, the bank had a right to treat the stock as having been converted by the agreement from the property of Werner into the property of Bartrum, and to be entitled to the benefit of all the consequences which would result from such conversion; one of which would be that in their proceedings for liquidation of the affairs of Werner they would not be bound to treat the stock as part of his estate, but as the estate of Bartrum, and held by them as a collateral security. This view of the case was met on behalf of the trustee by the argument that on the face of the agreement itself no property in the stock was vested or intended to be vested in Bartrum to the prejudice of the then existing security of the banking company, unless and until Bartrum had actually paid the banking company £2500 in his charge pro tanto of Werner's debt; and that as against Werner and his creditors Bartrum could acquire no interest in the property until as surety he had paid the principal debt. This he never did-he, like Werner, was hopelessly insolvent on the 23rd July 1873, and on the 25th July, twelve days after, filed his petition for liquidation in this court. On behalf of the trustee, the case of Ex parte Sherrington (1 M. D. & De G. 195), was cited to show that a surety cannot apply to have property pledged to him by way of indemnity sold under a bankruptcy, until he has paid the principal debt for which he is surety, and that, therefore, Bartrum could not as against Werner's creditors have disposed of the stock in question even if the property passed to him until he had paid the banking company the £2500, the amount of his guarantee, and certainly he could not have done so as against the banking company without their consent, and thus either way if the £2500 had been paid, and Bartrum had acquired the property in the stock, Werner's estate would have had the full benefit of the stock by the reduction of the banking company's debt at least an equivalent amount. In support of the company's contention that the agreement had made the stock the property of Bartrum, and thus operated as a conversion so as to make the security of the banking company a collateral security as being no longer a security on the estate of Werner, but a security on the estate of Bartrum, reliance was placed upon Ex parte Turney (3 M. D. & De G. 576). In that case a father seised of freehold estate of inheritance equitably mortgaged that estate to a creditor of his son for a debt of the son, and afterwards died intestate, indebted to an amount exceeding the amount of his assets, and the inheritance thus charged descended upon the son, who afterwards became bankrupt. Upon a proof being made by the creditor upon the estate of the son, it was contended that he held a security upon the estate of the son, and must deduct its value from his proof, and give it up for the benefit of the son's creditors, but it was held he was not bound to do so. In that case the security was originally a collateral security in the true sense of the term. The son (the debtor) had no interest in the father's estate when the security was created. When the father died the inheritance which descended upon the son was charged with debts of the father beyond its value, so that the son took no beneficial interest in it which could be made available for the benefit of his cre ditors-he was a mere trustee of the legal estate for the benefit of his father's creditors, and bound to deal with it as they should direct. Under those circumstances the learned judge (Knight Bruce, V.C.) held that the case was an exception to the general rule, as in effect the creditor is able to state truly that he takes no part of the bankrupt's estate within the "just expression and interpretation of the rule." I am at a loss to see how that case has any application to the present, favourable to the contention of the banking company. In that case a legal subtlety was not allowed to prevail to deprive a bona fide creditor of a bona file collateral security to give an unfair advantage to creditors. In the present case, as it seems to me, what is little better than a legal subtlety is relied upon as having had the effect of converting a bona fide security upon the property of the debtor, which would clearly have entitled his creditors to the benefit of the rule obliging the secured creditor to deduct the value of his security before proof, into a collateral security, by an attempt to convert the property of the debtor into the property of a third person for no real consideration moving from him for the benefit of the debtor's estate. I might, perhaps, safely have disposed of this case upon what appears upon the face of the agreement of the 23rd July 1873; but, upon the hearing, the trustee proposed to refer to certain examinations of Wheelwright and Bartrum taken before the registrar on the 5th Dec. 1873, and now on the file of proceedings, and both of which are referred to in the trustee's affidavit, but an objection was raised on the part of the banking company that no notice had been given to read them as evidence, and there had been no proper opportunity of cross-examining Bartrum. I held the objection good, and the notice stood over to give the trustee an opportunity of giving notice to read the examination, upon his undertaking to produce Bartrum for cross-examination. This was afterwards done, and Bartrum and Wheelwright have been since examined and crossexamined before me, and the result, as far as affects the part of Bartrum's examination, I am about to read, has been confirmed by those examinations. In his examination on the file Bartrum says: 66 As far as I am aware, the arrangement for the security to the bank originated with the debtor. I was given to under. stand by Mr. Wheelwright that the agreement of the 23rd July 1873, was merely a form of converting a real security into a collateral security, and that I should not be injured thereby in any respect. I told Mr. Wheelwright that it appeared to me that the advantage which would be given to the debtor was entirely disproportionate to the advantage which the bank would gain by the transaction. He replied that he did not think so. He also gave me an honourable pledge that my being a party to it should in no way imperil my interests." The substance of this examination was repeated before me, and Mr. Wheelwright deposed that it was a condition of the arrangement that Bartrum should not be required by the banking company to pay or be under any real liability to pay any portion of his increased guarantee-namely, the difference between his original guarantee of £1000 and the guarantee of £2500 purported to be given by the agreement of 23rd July 1873. Viewed in the light afforded by these facts, this agreement, so far as it is the act of Werner, appears to me null and void - first, as a voluntary disposition of property made by an insolvent debtor to a third party, and therefore void as against creditors under the statute of Eliz.; secondly, as an act of bankruptcy by Werner being a fraudulent disposition of a part of his property within sect. 6, sub-sect. 2, of the Bankruptcy Act 1869. The banking company (whether Wheelwright knew it or not), in dealing with Werner, were dealing with an insolvent, and they must take the consequences. Bartrum was intended to be and was a mere cipher in the transaction; but through the instrumentality of Bartrum, Wheelwright co-operating with Werner sought to make Werner convert his property which Wheelwright held as security for the bank debt into the property of Bartrum, in order that in the event of the insolvency of Werner, the banking company might have the right to prove against Werner's estate for their whole debt relieved from the obligation to deduct the value of their security, an obligation under which they undoubtedly were up to the time of the execution of the agreement. To effect this result the agreement, as contended for by the banking company, must be considered as a transfer or disposition by Werner of the stock treated as his property (subject to the lien of the banking company, which for the purposes of the agreement they don't insist upon) to Bartram, so as to become his property as an indemnity against his liability for £2500, as to £1000, part of which sum, he held an independent indemnity, and as to £1500, the residue of which sum it was intended and expressly agreed that he should never be under any liability to pay anything, thus, in effect, by force of this contrivance, withdrawing from Werner's estate, and in fraud of his creditors, the stock in question. The agreement of 23rd July 1873, appears to me to be, upon the face of it, of no force or effect for the purpose of converting the property of Werner into the property of Bartrum; and when reviewed by the light of the evidence of Bartrum and Wheelwright as to the motive and object of the agreement, it was a transaction which the law regards as a fraud upon the right in bankruptcy of Werner's creditors, and it became therefore unnecessary, as it seems to me, to consider any question of actual fraud in the transaction; but that question is, by agreement of the parties, left open for inquiry hereafter before a jury, if my decision upon the case as it stands should be reversed, or substantially varied upon appeal. The question remains as to the form of the order. The notice of motion asks that the stock may be given up by the banking company to the trustee, leaving the proof for the whole debt to stand, and the banking company entitled to the benefit of the dividend. Upon the hearing it was agreed that as the value of the security was about equal to the dividend, the order (if my decision was adverse to the bank) should be that the banking company, insisting upon retaining their stock mentioned in the notice of motion, and refusing to realise or give credit for the value thereof in reduction of their proof, be and they are hereby excluded from all share in any dividend under this liquidation in respect of their proof now on the file, or any other proveable debt they may have against the estate of the debtor, M. E. Werner, covered by the security, And I order that the banking company do pay all the costs of this application to be taxed by the Registrar. I observe that the notice of motion is addressed to the trustee under Bartrum's liquidation, and to Bartrum, but they have not appeared, and no additional costs have been incurred in consequence. WARRINGTON COUNTY COURT. Thursday, March 12. (Before J. W. HARDEN, Esq., Judge.) Re JACKSON; Ex parte THE CROFT BURIAL SOCIETY. Petition for liquidation. Priority of friendly societies to payment out of the assets of their insolvent officer of moneys in his hands by virtue of his office. Necessity of friendly societies taking security from their officers, as required by the 18 & 19 Vict. c. 63. "leges HIS HONOUR this day delivered judgment in the above matter as follows:-This was an applica tion under the 23rd section of the Friendly Societies Act (18 & 19 Vict. c. 63), that a debt due from John Jackson, who has filed his petition for liquidation, to the burial society of which he has for several years acted as treasurer, should be declared to have priority over his other debts, and there can be no doubt that such priority is given both by the section of the Friendly Societies Act above referred to, and by the Bankruptcy Act of 1849. The question is, whether both have not been abrogated by the later Bank ruptcy Act of 1869, on the principle posteriores priores contrarias abrogant." By three consecutive sections in the Bankruptcy Act of 1849, viz., sects. 166, 167, and 168, priority is given to assessed taxes, debts due from the officers of friendly socities in their official characters, and three months' wages or salary; the 167th section is incorporated and amplified by the 23rd section of the Friendly Societies' Act 1855, and by the Bankruptcy Act 1861, sect. 156, the priority already given to assessed taxes is extended to parochial rates. Then comes the Bankruptcy Act 1869, which is silent as to the Friendly Societies' Act, but expressly repeals the three Acts of 1849 and 1861, and in sect. 32, reenacts the provisions having reference to rates and taxes and wages in the following words: "The debts hereinafter mentioned shall be paid in priority to all other debts, that is to say, all parochial or other local rates (to a limited amount) "all assessed taxes, land tax, and property or income tax" (to a limited amount) "all wages or salary of any clerk or servant, &c.' (to a limited amount), the section concluding with these comprehensive words: save as aforesaid all debts provable under the bankruptcy shall be paid pari passu," in other words, rates, taxes, and wages shall be the only exceptions within sect. 12 of the Act which provides that "where a debtor shall be adjudicated a bankrupt no creditor to whom the bankrupt is indebted in respect of any debt provable in the bankruptcy shall have any remedy against the property or person of the bankrupt in respect of such debt except in manner directed by this Act," that is, pari passu with other creditors. My attention has been called to an elaborate judgment by Mr. Herbert, the Judge of the County Court at Newport, in April 1872, and to one by Dr. Stephens, the judge of the County Court at Lincoln, reported in the LAW TIMES of the 24th Aug. 1872, arriving at opposite conclusions. I agree with Mr. Herbert, and am of opinion that one effect of the Bankruptcy Act 1869 is to Jones, the marshal under arrest in a suit for E. J. Nicholson.-I presume that your Honour makes no order against the burial society with regard to costs ? His HONOUR.-No; the costs of the trustee must be borne by the estate, and the burial society will pay its own costs. Solicitors for the burial society, Nicholson, White, and Nicholson. Solicitors for the trustee, Davies and Brook. LEGAL NEWS. THE next session of the Central Criminal Court commences on the 7th proximo. The judges on the rota are The Lord Chief Justice of England, Mr. Justice Brett, and Baron Cleasby. MR. JUSTICE HONYMAN.-We are glad to be enabled to state that Mr. Justice Honyman, who was compelled by ill health to leave his circuit and return to London, is making satisfactory progress towards recovery, and will, we hope, in no long time be enabled to resume his judicial duties.-Times. THE TICHBORNE COSTS. A supplementary estimate was issued on Saturday, presented to the House of Commons, of additional sums to the money already provided for 1873, required to be voted for the year ended the 31st March inst., in which appears a sum of £40,000 to defray the further costs of the prosecution in Reg. v. Castro. A REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.-A reporter at Marlborough-street Police-court says: "There was only one night charge this morning, and in that the prosecutor did not attend. Such a circumstance has not occurred at this court during the past twenty-five years." A large majority of the Associated Chambers of commerce has resolved that the abolition of imprisonment for debt is not desirable. A motion was also adopted for calling on the Government to institute an inquiry into railway management, with reference to a diminution of accidents both to passengers and railway servants. The Associated Chambers will meet next year at Newcastle. CONTEMPT OF COURT.-On Saturday an application was made to Sir Robert Phillimore, sitting at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as Judge of the Court of Admiralty for the dis. charge of a captain of a vessel and of the pilot who had taken the ship the Armenian out of Millwall dock while in the custody of Mr. Evan LORD COLERIDGE ON GAME LAWS.-In trying a serious case of night poaching at Salop Assizes, Lord Chief Justice Coleridge allowed his opinion upon the game laws to be pretty plainly seen in his charge to the jury. "It was to be regretted," he said," that so much money should be paid, and so much blood spilt, for what was after all the protection of the pleasures of but a few, but with this the jury had nothing to do;" and again, "however much we might be prejudiced against the people who filled our gaols for their pleasure, this feeling ought not to have any influence when the law had been broken." That is putting the matter in a strong light, in which the conduct of the game-preservers may easily be misunderstood. Of course, in one sense, they no more "fill the goals" for their pleasure than any honest citizen, who wishes to enjoy life peaceably, fills them for his comfort; but there is a certain amount of truth in what Lord Coleridge said, which, coming from the Bench, will strike the public mind, and ought to strike it. The question, whether the pleasures of a few shall be protected at the expense of the many, is rising to the surface, and will have to be decided. It cropped up in the agricultural discussion at Bridgnorth, where a reference to the cost of maintaining poachers in gaol was received with "great applause." question, the debt was admitted; and if the recorder was right, it is open to any attorney to sue an obstinate or poverty-stricken debtor in the court of record, and subject him, even if he pays on summons, to six or seven times the amount of costs incurred in the County Court! In the particular case under consideration the defendant brought the penalty upon himself by his neglect, but in legal matters precedent must be strictly guarded, and we are sure the recorder would not like to see his court extensively used for the recovery of small debts. There are, of course, two sides to the question. We have given one of them, and the other is stated with much force by an attorney, in our correspondence column. It is impossible to deny that County Courts are unpopular, both with tradesmen and attorneys, and the reason is plain enough. The irrational feeling against lawyers' costs-which are generally earned quite as honestly as tradesmen's profits-seems to be embodied in the constitution of the County Court, and plaintiffs are often punished either in feeling or pocket, as our correspondent points out, for trying to recover a just debt. It has long been apparent that a reform of County Court procedure was necessary, and we may perhaps hope that the subject will be taken in hand by the Legislature at the same time as various "ancient courts" which seem to many persons to have outlived their usefulness, though others would contend that they are worth preserving in these days, when the recovery of debt is becoming more and more difficult, if only to hold in terrorem over the heads of obstinate debtors. It sometimes seems as if the law of England were specially designed to enable people to incur debt with the smallest possible amount of danger of ever being made to pay it!-Oswestry Advertiser. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE PROFESSION. NOTE.-This Department of the LAW TIMES being open to free discussion on all professional topics, the Editor is not responsible for any opinions or statements contained in it LEGAL PRACTITIONERS' SOCIETY.-UNQUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS. As a law stationer of long standing, and undesirous that members of our craft should invade the province of the solicitor, I shall not object to see the Bill that is being promoted by the society pass into law, with a slight-but, to the law stationer, important alteration. I assume the society would allow that the calling of the law stationer is a useful and legitimate one, and that, therefore, the society have no desire to rob the law stationer of his chief source of occupation. Nevertheless, an injury to this extent will, I think, be inflicted by the proposed Bill if it passes as printed in your columns-by the importation into it, that is, of one word which does not appear in the provisions of the Stamp Act 1870, of which provisions the proposed Bill is but an amplification. The prohibitions in the Stamp Act are against drawing and preparing, whilst in the Bill they are extended to writing also; e.g., Any person who writes, draws, or prepares any instrument," &c. With this word "writes," allowed to remain, the law stationer would, it seems to me, be prohibited his chief and legitimate occupation, that of writing. I submit, on the other hand, that if this word be erased, there would be no real weakening of the protection intended to be effected by the Bill. A SUBSCRIBER. COURTS OF RECORD v. COUNTY COURTS.-It is quite possible there are many of our Oswestry readers who never heard of the ancient Court of Record in which an action was tried last week. The court has been virtually superseded by the County Court, and although several issues have been entered, we believe, the recorder has only been troubled with the hearing of one or two for a very long period. In fact, the Court of Record may almost be said to have fallen out of the memory of the lawyers themselves, and its revival has given rise to good deal of criticism. The sole question to be decided on Thursday was one of costs. If the action had been heard in the County Court, a few shillings would have covered the official expenses, whereas the defendant will now have to pay £7 5s. 10d., taxed costs, on a debt of £1 3s., to say nothing of the fees which his own attorney has a right to charge! In fact, we are not overstating the case when we say that for a debt of a pound a total bill of £13 or £14 might be run up in the Court of Record; and it is obvious, therefore, that debtors in Oswestry are exposed to a serious danger, and that a resort to the court ought to The suggestions contained in the letter of be regarded with a certain amount of suspicion. Mr. George Whale in your last week's issue with The matter is one which intimately affects the towns-reference to sect. 3 of the proposed bill were people, because, if the custom of trying issues in anticipated and fully discussed by the Parliamenthis court is to be revived, anyone, however tary Committee of the society on settling the honest, is liable to be heavily fined for dis- draft. It was the unanimous opinion of the puting a debt. The safeguard, of course, is the members that in no case did the public require recorder, with whom it rests whether costs shall greater protection than in the matter of wills, be certified for, and although no intelligent which it was thought highly improper unqualified Englishman ever doubts the honour of an English persons should prepare for remuneration. It was judge, and Mr. Kenyon's desire to do justice is also considered that agreements under hand often above suspicion, it is open to question whether it comprise matters of equal importance and inis desirable to maintain a tribunal where such tricacy as deeds. I think your correspondent will serious risks are run, side by side with another find that transfers of stock are included in subwhere justice is so much more economically sect. 3 under the term of "any instrument relating administered. Mr. Kenyon would be the first to to stock or shares." The law, I submit, should acknowledge that he might make a mistake, and not be less effectual by being consistent in its if the defendant, on Thursday, instead of having objects. A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. wrongfully neglected to pay a debt, had honestly disputed it, and discovered that the law was against him, he might still have found himself saddled with these extravagant costs. With all deference to the recorder, we venture to think the Legislature never intended that costs should be certified for in a case like that of Bennion v. Jones. The custom of the Superior Courts, we believe, and it is a reasonable custom, is to certify for costs in cases where certain points have to be tried which can be better disposed of there. In this case, so far from there being any difficult THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS' ACT 1874.-I am extremely anxious for the success of the Legal Practitioners' Society, and feel confident that it can secure to the Profession many useful measures if the committee go properly about their task. Sufficient materials are in their hands to enable them to carry a strong Bill for the suppression of unqualified persons and their practices. This being so, I do most strongly protest against the miserably feeble bantling printed in your last edition. The proposed Bill really consists of two sections. Sect. 3 is to inflict a certain penalty upon an unqualified person for preparing certain documents for or in expectation of gain, fee, or reward," but the complaining party, who is to risk an expensive and doubtful issue in the Superior Courts as a common informer, is to prove that some reward has actually reached the offender. Knowing, as the committee do, the class of men we are proposing to legislate against, what chances are there in nine cases out of ten of action being taken to recover a penalty, of the success of such an action against men of this class, or of the recovery of either penalty or the "full costs" provided for by the Act? Sect. 4 has nothing to do with our grievances. It merely assumes that ignorant or imprudent people sign their names without advice, and are injured. That is not a matter for this society to expend its time and money upon. By far the most important ground is (for what reason I have not the remotest idea) left to be dealt with in another bill. Why another Bill when a couple of clauses to the present Bill would suffice! Every practitioner knows that an enormous share of professional work in the County Courts, Magistrates, and Bankruptcy Courts is usurped by unqualified persons, and that without these sources of revenue the class could not exist. Why not annihilate them by a blow at the foundations of their existence, instead of wasting valuable time upon this feeble attempt at legislation? A DISAPPOINTED MEMBER. 66 Conveyancing (sixth edition), we find a clause giving power to an architect to determine on the legal effect of the entire instrument (a building contract) as well as on those matters in it with which an architect is supposed to be conversant. The practice of drawing clauses in this form is one (amongst many others) of the causes which lead to so many legal documents being found in the offices of persons who are not lawyers, and which furnish them with precedents highly detrimental to the Profession. SCIPIO. COPYRIGHT IN PHOTOGRAPHS.-Will some of your readers be good enough to state what are the relative rights under the Act 25 & 26 Vict. c. 68, of the author and owner of a photograph of a picture in which the person for whom the photo. graph is executed for reward has the registered copyright, or who shall have registered the photograph, there being no registered copyright in the picture, and their assigns, in the absence of express agreement. T. C. S. stantial reduction of the impost, which produces THE PROSECUTION OF BANKRUPTS.-In your none of paid," and Peter Platts would have been paid since the adjudication. All other creditors' NOTES AND QUERIES ON 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. writers are sent, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee for bona fides. Queries. 89. STAMP.-I observe a receipt stamp on some legacy receipts (Government form) and none on others, in each case the legacy being over £2. Which is strictly correct? NEMO. 90. ELECTION PETITIONS.-Will any of your corre spondents who have had an election petition tried in their borough, favour me with information as to what is necessary to be done for the reception of the judge? W. H. BAILES. And what expenses, and how much the Treasury will allow? Answers. (Q. 79.) PROBATE DUTY.-No. A donatio mortis causi differs from a legacy in these respects: (1) It takes effect sub modo from the delivery in the lifetime of the donor; and, therefore, it cannot be proved as a testa mentary act in the Court of Probate. (2) It requires no assent or other act on the part of the executor or administrator to perfect the title of the donee. Smith's Manual of Equity, 11th edit., p. 120. D. (Q 80.) SETTLEMENT OF FURNITURE.-The sale in the first case being notorious as having been made by the sheriff, and the possession being consistent with the terms of the deed of assignment to trustees, I do not D. think registration is necessary. (Q. 81.) BANKRUPTCY-PRACTICE IN COUNTY COURTS. Certainly not. Even registrars of County Courts, possessing jurisdiction in bankruptcy, charge for taking affidavits of proofs of debt, &c. D. (Q. 83.) SOLICITOR'S ACCOUNTS.-By action at law. The relation of principal and agent does not of itself entitle the principal to come into equity for an account if the matter can be fairly tried at law: (Barry v. Stevens, 31 Beav. 258; Smith v. Leveaux, 1 Hem. & M. 123; 2 D. J. & S. 1.) An action of account was brought recently at common law; vide Beer v. Beer (12 C. B. 2.) D. A correspondent in your last issue suggests that the proposed Legal Practitioners' Act 1874 should not be drawn so as to prevent unprofes. sional persons from preparing for gain wills, agreements under hand, and transfers of stock containing no trust or limitation." I think that the mischief and litigation caused by ignorant "will-makers" is almost incalculable, and that to make a special exception in their favour would be anything but an advantage to the public. Every professional man knows that considerably more skill and discretion is required for the preparation even of a comparatively simple will than is required for the preparation of an ordinary conveyance, and it has been said by an eminent legal authority that the drawing of an elaborate will is the task which tests most severely the skill of an experienced conveyancer. Every professional man, too, knows that there are no documents in the preparation of which so much is left to his own individual discretion and judgment, and there are assuredly no documents which affect more vast and varied interests, or the preparation of which is more clearly within the special province of the legal profession. I think, therefore, that the alteration suggested by your correspondent would hardly be an improvement on the section as drawn. I would, however, suggest that the section should be amended, so that the defendant might be sued in the County Court for the penalty, instead of at the assizes, if the plaintiff should prefer to take this course; and also that some provision should be made to meet the common case of a solicitor lending his name to some unprofessional person on the terms of receiving a share of the profits of the business done by him. In many towns in the north of England it is quite a common thing for a solicitor's clerk who has managed to make the acquaintance of a number of clients, to commence practice on his own account, under the name of some solicitor, who, beyond receiving a share of the profits, in the pound, to pay themselves, without control, now vested in the creditor's trustee by virtue of his ap never exercises the smallest supervision over the business done in his name. If a clause were inserted, prohibiting solicitors from entering into any arrangement in the nature of a partnership with unadmitted persons, it would do something at all events to mitigate the evil, and a good deal of disreputable touting for business on the part of such persons would be done away with. I observe that the new Government propose to bring in a bill for lessening "the delay and expense of land transfer," which are said to be "a reproach to our system of law and a serious obstacle to dealings in real property." Now it seems to me that a very considerable proportion of the expense of dealings with real property arises from the excessive stamp duty charged upon transfers thereof. In conveyances of large or even moderately-sized estates, the stamp duty frequently amounts to hundreds of pounds, all of which goes to swell the solicitor's bill, which in many instances would be cut down more than one half if the payments for stamp duty were taken out; for instance, the stamp duty on the conveyance of a couple of farms producing £500 a year will be over £60, which, in an ordinary case, would probably be as much as all the rest of the charges which the purchaser would have to pay put together. There can be no doubt whatever that the heavy stamp duty payable on conveyances is really one of the most "serious obstacles to dealings with real property," and no greater boon could be conferred upon the landed class than a sub whatever money they may choose to spend in this AN ATTORNEY. ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND THE PROFESSION. -Now that the interests of the Profession are being somewhat more carefully looked after than they have been hitherto, I should like to direct the attention of solicitors to the way in which arbitration clauses in agreements, &c., are generally framed. For example: on page 114, vol. I. of Prideaux's Precedents in (Q.88.) LIQUIDATING DEBTOR-Conveyance.-It is not necessary that the liquidating debtor should concur in the conveyance. On the bankruptcy of any person the whole of his freehold as well as his personal estate is pointment in trust for the whole body of the creditors. 32 & 33 Vict. c. 71, s. 25, par. 5, empowers the trustee "to exercise any powers the capacity to exercise which is vested in him under this Act, and to execute all powers of attorney, deeds, and other instruments, expedient or necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act." The trustee can even bar estates tail and exercise powers of appointment in the same manner as the bankrupt (which term also includes liquidating debtors) might have done for his own benent ARTICLED CLERKS' SOCIETY. A MEETING of this society was held at Clement's Inn Hall on Wednesday, the 25th March, Mr. Rubinstein in the chair. Mr. Baker opened the subject for the evening's debate, viz., "That the Government was not justified in making war on the Ashantees." The motion was lost by a majority of two. BIRMINGHAM LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. AT a meeting of this society, held on Tuesday evening last, Dr. Sebastian Evans, Barrister-atLaw, in the chair, a discussion took place on the following subject: "That the breach of a contract for personal service should not be treated as a criminal offence." Mr. Glaisyer, LL.B., (solicitor), read in the affirmative, and was supported by Messrs. Wm. Johnson, F. Smith, and Heath (Walsall); Messrs. F. W. Lowe, David, and W. H. Warlow spoke in the negative. After which the chairman summed up the various arguments, remarking that in many civil cases imprisonment was as merited a punishment as the being mulcted in damages, the sin against morals being scarcely less than in some criminal offences; also, that the labour struggle was not so much one between master and employé as between the former and trades unions, which at present were richer than a small employer standing by himself, but now that the masters were combining this would not long be so. The voting was in favour of the negative by a large majority. 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. SENATOR SUMNER. soon THE late Mr. Charles Sumner, the distinguished American politician and author, whose death, at New York, has just been announced, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in January, 1811, so that he had just completed his sixty-third year. He was educated at the Boston Latin School and at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1830; he studied law in the same institution after taking his degree. Being called to the Bar in 1831, he began to practise at Boston, and was esteemed a sound lawyer. Prior to his admission to the Bar he had contributed to, and afterwards became editor of, the American Jurist, a quarterly law journal, and shortly after his admission he was appointed lecturer on constitutional law and the law of nations to the Cambridge Law School. In 1836 he edited Dunlop's "Treatise on the Practice of the Admiralty Courts in Cases of Civil Jurisdiction at Sea," and in the same year he was offered a professorship in the law school, and also one in Harvard College, both of which he declined. Mr. Sumner visited Europe the following year, and was present in Paris during General Cass's embassy. He remained in Europe nearly three years, of which one was spent in England, where he was received with great cordiality by some of the most eminent jurists. Whilst at Paris he wrote, at the request of the ambassador, a defence of the rights of the United States in reference to the questions then pending between the two Governments. On his return to Boston, in 1840, he resumed practice, and in 1844-6 published, with annotations, "Vesey's Reports," in 20 vols. In 1845 Mr. Sumner avowed himself an advocate of peace in a speech before the municipal authorities at Boston, on the "True Grandeur of Nations." He subsequently signalised himself by his opposition to the annexation of Texas, and by his support of Mr. Van Buren, as candidate for the presidency in 1848. In this year he also became associated with the Freesoil party, and gave them efficient aid. Two years later, on the resignation by Mr. Webster of his seat in the Senate, to enter Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet, Mr. Sumner was, after a severe contest, elected his successor by a coalition of Freesoilers and Democrats. His first important speech was an attack upon the then pending Fugitive Slave Law, which he strongly denounced. In 1856, after a protracted struggle against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the wrongs done to Kansas, he made an eloquent speech of two days, subsequently published under the title of "The Crime against Kansas." in which he severely denounced the action of some of the Southern members of Congress. For this, two days afterwards, he was brutally attacked by Mr. Brooks, a Southern member; and the result of the injuries he received was a long and serious disability, from which he was three or four years in recovering. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1857; but though he resumed his seat for a few months, in 1858, he was unable to perform any active dutics till the latter end of 1859. Mr. Say, if envelope addressed to the vacation registrar, and such other papers as may be thought necessary. On applications for injunctions or writs of Ne exeat Regno, there must be sent in addition to the above, a copy of the bill, a certificate of bill filed and office copies of the affidavits in support of the application. The counsel's brief sent to the Master of the Rolls will, when any order is made thereon, be indorsement on counsel's brief of the order made returned direct to the registrar, and a copy of the will be sent by post to the solicitor making the application. The address of the Master of the Rolls can be obtained at the Rolls House. The chambers of the Master of the Rolls will beThursday, and Friday, the 8th, 9th, and 10th open on Thursday the 2nd, and Wednesday, April, 1874, from eleven to one o'clock. The equity judges' chambers (other than those nesday, the 1st April, at 4 p.m., and be re-opened of the Master of the Rolls) will be closed on Wedon Monday, the 13th April, at ten o'clock a.m. THE GAZETTES. Professional Partnerships Dissolved. Gazette, March, 13. Bankrupts. Gazette, March 20. Sumner's name is famous in Europe as the cham- To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. REDWOOD, MARY, widow, Sloane-st, Chelsea. Pet. March 17. ELLIS, WALTER, farmer, Thornthwaite, near Ripley. Pet. Sur. April 1 Gazette, March 24. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. ALLEN, JOHN, farmer, Bisbrooke. Pet. March 19. Reg. Ing am. WARREN, GEORGE, victualler, Bournemouth. Pet. March 19. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS. Gazette, March 20. ASHBURN, HENRY, grocer, Blackburn. Pet. March 17. April 9, ATKINSON, JOHN WALTON, saddler, Carlisle. Pet. March 16. BLACKMORE, MARY, school proprietress, Brighton. Pet. March 31, at quarter-past ten, at office of Sol. Green, Birmingham THE late William Weall, Esq., solicitor, of Bell- THE COURTS AND COURT COURT OF CHANCERY-EASTER VACA- DURING the Easter vacation all applications The Master of the Rolls will sit at the Rolls In cases of great emergency, applications to the Master of the Rolls may be sent by book post, prepaid, accompanied with the brief of counsel, endorsed with the terms of the order applied for, and a copy of such endorsement on foolscap paper with a stamped envelope addressed to the solicitor making the application, and a stamped water April 1, at twelve, at the County Court, Madeley. Sol. Free, Birmingham BUCHAN, CHARLES FORBES, surgeon, Bridgwater. Pet. Marah 16. April 7, at twelve, at office of Sols. Reed and Cook, BridgBUSKIN, HENRY MASON PLAISTO, Corn factor, Mark-la. Pet. March 12. April 7, at three, at office of Sol. Kearsey, Old Jewry CARLSSON, VICTOR HUGO, and LILLJA, JOHN WILLIAM, commis sion merchants, Great St. Helen's. Pet. March 17. April 13, at three, at 6 and 8, Lime-st-sq. Sols. Stocken and Jupp, Leaden hall-st CHERRY, ELIZA, furniture dealer, Uxbridge. Pet. March 17. April 10, at three, at offices of Sol. Garner, High-st, Uxbridge CHURCHILL, GEORGE, bootmaker, Sutton Coldfield. Pet. March 14. March 30, at three, at office of Sols. Rowland and Bagnall, Birmingham CLAYTON, SAMUEL, bootmaker, Aberavon. Pet. March 17. April CORRI, HENRY, Talbot-rd, Bayswater. Pet. March 14. Apr 10, DALE, JOHN, baker, Kettering. April 15, at two, at the Mitre hotel, Manchester March 15. April 2, at one, at offices of Sol. Tattershall, Sheffield Pet. EMMERTON, ALFRED, out of business, Middlesbrough. March 17. April 8, at half-past two, at Mrs. Barkerjs Temperance hotel, Middlesbrough. Sol. Bainbridge, Middlesbrough EVANS, THOMAS, punter, Birmingham. Pet. March 17. April 2, at three, at offices of So's. Wright and Marshall, Birmingham FAIRHURST, ROBERT, joiner, Macclesfield. Pet. March 17. April 8, at three, at office of Sols. Higginbotham and Barclay, Maccles field FREEMAN, THOMAS, slater, Nottingham. Pet. March 14. April 8, at twelve, at office of Sol. Belk, Nottingham GASKIN, JOSEPH, grocer, Plymouth. Pet. March 17. April 6, at eleven, at offices of Dawe, Union-ter, Union-st, Plymouth. Sol. Harrison, Plymouth GENT, FRANCIS, farmer, Kingsley. Pet. March 10. March 27, at Pet. March 17. April 8, at three, at the Telemachus room, Old Ship hotel, Brighton. Sol. Chalk, Brighton HUME, RICHARD, jeweller, Workington. Pet. March 17. April JONES, JOHN, victualler, Swansea. Pet. March 18. April 1, at two, at offices of James, accountant, Post-office-bldgs, Swansea JULL, PROCTOR, grocer, Caledonian-rd. Pet. March 17. April 13, at two, at offices of Sols. Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chmbs KENT, GEORGE, builder, Prospect-villas, Lower No wood. Pet. March 17. April 2, at three, at offices of Sol, Walls, Walbrook LAMB, DAVID, innkeeper, Haverfordwest. Pet. March 16. March 31, at eleven, at the Mariners' hotel, Haverfordwest. Sol. Price, Haverfordwest LEE, THOMAS, farmer, Berghill. Pet. March 16. April 7, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Oswestry. Sol. Davies, Oswestry LEES, JOHN, farmer, Woodhouses. Pet. March 12. March 30, at two, at the Green Man hotel, Ashborne. Sol. Holland, Ash borne LEWIS, ABRAHAM, general dealer, Great Chapel-st, Westminster. Pet. March 13. March 30, at three, at office of Sol. Lind, Beaufort-bldgs, Strand LUMSDEN, JAMES PERCY, grocer, York-pl, Nunhead, Peckham LYONS, EDWARD, tailor, High-st, Borough. Pet. March 18. MACEY, THOMAS OSBORNE, grocer, Birmingham. Pet. March 18 Pet. March 9. March 31, at three, at office of Sol. Morris, Swansea MATHER, JOHN, tailor, Manchester. Pet March 16. April 1, at three, at offices of Sols. Marriott and Woodall, Manchester MEDLEY, JAMES, haulier, Gellygaer. Pet. March 14. March 30, at one, at offices of Sols. Simon and Plews, Merthyr Tydfil MORRELL, GEORGE, baker, Birmingham. Pet. March 18. April 4, at eleven, at office of Sol. Duke, Birmingham MORRIS, JOHN, coal dealer, Runcorn. Pet. March 16. April 2, at three, at J. Davies and Co. Bewsey-st, Warrington. Sols. Davies and Brook, Warrington NEIL, AITKEN, and RANDALL, CALEB, manufacturing ironmongers, Leighton Buzzard. Pet. April 17. April 8, at three, at the White Hart hotel, Banbury. Sols. Lumley and Lumley, Old Jewry-chmbs, London ORMEROD, PETER, hay dealer, Blackburn. Pet. March 18. April 7, at twelve, at office of Sols. Hall and Holland, Blackburn OWEN, JOHN, innkeeper, Llandderfel. Pet. March 17. April 4, at twelve, at the Derfel Gadarn inn, Llandderfel. Sol. James, Corwen OWENS, WILLIAM, butcher, Merthyr Tydfill. Pet. March 16. April 1, at eleven, at offices of Sol. Lewis, Merthyr Tydfil PARKER, JOHN ROBERT, victualler, Bridgnorth. Pet. March 14. April 1, at twelve, at the County Court, Madeley. Sol. Free, Birmingham POOLE, CLEMENT WILLIAM, manufacturing chemist, Duke-st, Bloomsbury, under firm of George Barth and Co. Pet. March 18. April 13, at twelve, at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Greshamst. Sols Treherne and Wolferstan, Ironmonger-la, Cheapside PRUST, WILLIAM EDWARD, engineer, Hackney-rd. Pet. March 17. April 2, at three, at the Guildhall tavern, Grasham-st. Sol. Walter, Moojen, and Son, St. Benet's-place, GracechurchPUGH, WILLIAM THOMAS, builder, Birmingham. Pet. March street 18. April 2, at two, at offices of Sols. Maher and Poncia, Birmingham RANDALL, ROBERT WILLIAM, retailer of beer, Reading. Pet. March 16. April 1, at ten, at the Catherine Wheel inn, Reading. Sol. Cave, Newbury RATHBONE, WILLIAM, and WEBBER, RICHARD JOHN, corn merchants, Mark-la, and Upper Thames-st. Pet. March 17. April 9, at two, at the Chamber of Commerce, 145, Cheapside. Sol. Bunton, Abchurch-la REED, WILLIAM, grocer, Bristol. Pet. March 13. April 1, at two, at offices of Barnard, Thomas, and Co., accountants, Bristol. Sol. Beckingham, Bristol RICHARDS, RICHARD WILLIAM, clock maker Petersfield. Pet. March 18. April 7, at two, at office of Soaines, New-inn, Strand. Sol. Soames, Petersfield RIDSDALE, GEORGE, surgeon, Euston-sq. Pet. March 9. March 30, at twelve, at office of Sol. Godfrey, Gresham-bldgs, Guildhall ROBERTS, WILLIAM, STOcer, Swansea. Pet. March 14. March 31, at eleven, at office of Sols. Davies and Hartland, Swansea RUNCIMAN JAMES ANDREW, bootmaker, King-st, St. James's, and St. Georges-sq. Pet. March 17. April 1, at two, at 23, Old Burlington-st. Sols. Messrs. Pike SCHOFIELD, JOSEPH WALTON, hatter, Trowbridge. Pet. March 18. April 10, at eleven, at office of Sols. Clark and Collins, Trowbridge SCOFIELD, WILLIAM, currier, Maldon. Pet. March 14. April 9, at two, at office of Sol. Warmington, Gresham-bldgs, Basinghall street SELLARS, THOMAS, confectioner, Sheffield. Pet. March 16. April 2, at twelve, at office of Sol. Tattershall, Sheffield SHAW, JOSEPH, and NORTH, BENJAMIN, dry soap manufacturer, Huddersfield. Pet. March 17. April 2, at half-past ten, at office of Sols. Messrs. Barber, Huddersfield SHEPHERD, JOSEPH, saddler, Bradford. Pet. March 18. April 3, at three, at office of Sol. Atkinson, Bradford SILVERSTON, ABRAHAM, jeweller, High Holborn, and Ludgatehill. Pet. March 17. April 9, at two, at office of Howse, accountant, 49, Leicester-sq. Sol. Morris, Leicester-sq SKYRME, GEORGE, jun., grocer, Hay. Pet. March 18. April 4, at 1, at the Mitre hotel, Hereford. Sol. Cheese, Hay SMITH, JOHN, paper manufacturer, Durham. Pet. March 16. March 30, at twelve, at the County hotel, Durham. Sol. Brignal, Durham SPARLING, MARIA LOUISA, schoolmistress, Tunbridge. Pet. March 14. March 30, at four, at the Rose and Crown hotel, Tunbridge. Sols. Stone and Simpson, Tunbridge Wells STONIER, HORATIO, engine tenter, Hanley. Pet. March 14. March 2, at ten, at the County Court offices, Hanley. Sol. Shires, Leicester SUGGETT, RICHARD SAMUEL, coal merchant, Durham-wharf, and King's-rd, Peckham. Pet. March 16. March 31, at three, at office of Sol. Lea, Old Jewry-chmbs, Old Jewry TAYLOR, ALFRED, wheelwright, Disley, Pet. March 17. April 2, at three, at office of Sol. Hardy, Manchester TAYLOR, THOMAS, gasfitter, Lowestoft. Pet. March 18. April 8, at twelve, at office of Sol. Seago, Lowestoft TERRY, JOSEPH, grocer, Bradford. Pet. March 17. April 2, at THORN, RICHARD, clothier, Plymouth. Pet. March 16, TROWBRIDGE, GEORGE, printseller, Liverpool. Pet. March 16. WEBBER, GEORGE, greengrocer, Exeter. Pet. March 16. April 2, WEST, CHARLES, shoemaker, Gosport. Pet. March 16. April 10, WIGHT, GEORGE, painter, Oldham. Pet. March 17. Gazette, March 24. ALDOUS, ROBERT, grocer, Kilsale. Pet. March 21. April 8, BARKER, JOHN, ironmonger, Manchester. Pet. March 21. ter BARNES, GEORGE, and CARTER, JOHN, jun., iron bedstead manufacturers, Liverpool. Pet. March 21. April 7, at two, at offices of Sol. Williams, Liverpool BARTON, JOHN, licensed victualler, Derby. Pet. March 28. April 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Hextall, Derby BEALE, WILLIAM, coal merchant, Oswey. Pet. March 11. April 2, at two, at office of Sol. Cooper, Charing-cross, London BLACKLEY, JAMES, florist, Oliver-rd, par. Leyton. Pet. March 17. April 16, at three, at offices of Holloway, accountant, 173, Ball's Pond-rd, Islington. Sol. Pyke, Leighton-rd, KentishBOWEN, THOMAS, grocer, Stockton-on-Tees. Pet. March 17. April 8, at half-past two, at Mrs. Barker's Temperance hotel, Middlesborough. Sol. Bainbridge, Middlesborough town BRAGG, MATTHEW JAMES, builder, Paignton. Pet. March 20. April 7, at twelve, at office of Sol. Eastley, Paignton BREAD, FREDERICK, shopkeeper, Halifax. Pet. March 20. April 4, at four, at office of Sol. Hill, Halifax BROCKBANK, GEORGE HENRY, pianoforte manufacturer, Montgomery-rd, Acton-gr. Pet. March 17. April 2, at two, at offices of Sol. Arnold, Finsbury-pavement CADDICK, JAMES, grocer, Middlesborough. Pet. March 17. April 8, at eleven, at Mrs. Barker's Temperance hotel, Middles borough. Sol. Bainbridge, Middlesborough CAPPS, EDMUND, builder, Kessingland. Pet. March 19. April 9, at three, at the Suffolk hotel, Lowestoft. Sol. Stanley, Norwich CARTER, JABEZ, bolt manufacturer, Darlaston. Pet. March 20. CAVELL, CHARLES, milliner, Old Burlington-st. Pet. March 20. CHEESMAN, JOHN, grocer, Faversham. Pet. March 19. April 6, DOWNES, EDWARD, carman, Long-la, Southwark. Pet. March 20. April 6, at two, at offices of Sols. Saffery and Huntley, Tooley-st, London-bridge DUCKETT, RICHARD, dyer, Northampton. Pet. March 20. April FORD, JOHN, jun., out of business, Commercial-rd, Peckham. GARLAND, RICHARD JAMES. builder, Addington-sq, Camberwell. Pet. March 12. March 28, at four, at the Mason's Hall tavern, Mason's-avenue, Basinghall-st. Sol. Rigby, Southwarkbridge-rd GUIVER, JAMES, theatrical manager, Oxford-st, and Tufnellpark-rd, Holloway. Pet. March 21. April 11, at two, at the Bridge House hotel, Borough High-st, Southwark. Sols. Harris and Finch, Borough High-st, Southwark HALLEN, THOMAS CHAMBERS, farmer, Raglan. Pet. March 21. April 6, at eleven, at office of Sols. Messrs. Williams, Newport HANCOCK, BENJAMIN, cutlery manufacturer, Sheffield. Pet. March 20. April, at twelve, at office of Sol. Mellor, Sheffield HILL, JOSEPH JOHN, wharfinger's clerk, Elton Villa, Leyton. Pet. March 21. April 10, at twelve, at the Inns of Court hotel, Holborn. Sols. Barrett and Dean, Slough HOCKLEY, WILLIAM ROBERT, leather seller, Northampton. Pet. March 19. April 6, at eleven, at office of Sol. Jeffery, Northampton HOUGHTON, RICHARD, bootmaker, Bury. Pet. March 19. April 8, at three, at office of Sol. Anderson, Bury HARRIS, FREDERICK, grocer, Birmingham. Pet. March 21. April 8, at three, at office of Sols. Coleman and Coleman, Birmingham HARRISON WILLIAM, builder, York. Pet. March 19. April 9, at three, at office of Sol. Paley, York HASTINGS, CHARLES, builder, New Swindon. Pet. March 20. April 6, at half-past twelve, at office of Sol. Wilton, Swindon JENKINS, HENRY GIDOIN, late a major on the retired list of the Indian army, Chippenham. Pet. March 21. April 8, at twelve at office of Sol. Smith, Warnford-ct, Throgmorton-st, London KELLETT, ROBERT, pawnbroker, Preston. Pet. March 19. April 6, at eleven, at office of Sol. Fryer, Preston KELF, JAMES, hosier, Brighton. Pet, March 21. April 14, at two, at offices of Baggs, Clarke, and Josolyne, 28, King-st, London. Sols. Phelps ank Sidgwick, Gresham-st, London LANCASTER, JAMES, upholsterer, Tottenham-et-rd, and Springfield-ter, Brecknock-rd. Pet. March 19. April 8, at two, at offices of Sol. Briant, Old Broad-st LANCASTER, THOMAS, out of business, Liverpool. Pet. March LINSEY, JOHN HENRY, bookbinder, Stanhope-st, Strand, also MANSELL, JOHN, out of business, Evesham. Fet. March. 18. MATTHEWS, THOMAS, out of business, Castle Cary. Pet. March 19. April 7, at twelve, at office of Gamble and Harvey, Greshambldgs, Basinghall-st. Sol. Watts, Yeovil MCDERMOT, GEORGE, and SMITH, WILLIAM, engineers, Long-la, Bermondsey. Pet. March 19. April 4, at eleven, at the Swan tavern, Great Dover-st, Southwark. Sol. Rigby MCDERMOTT, JAMES, grocer, Maesteg. Pet. March 18. April 6, at three, ut office of Sol. Tennant, Aberavon MILLAR, JOSEPH, clerk, Harrow. Pet. March 19. April 8, at four, at Ridler's hotel, 133, Holborn. Sol. Yorke, Maryleboneroad, London MILLER, ROBERT FREDERICK, carriage builder, King-st West, Hammersmith. Pet. March 10. March 27, at eleven, at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Gresham-st. Sol. Marshal, King-st West, Hammersmith MINTER, THOMAS, milliner, Bridgnorth. Pet. March 18. April 2, at twelve, at office of C. Marris, accountant, Birmingham. Sol. Rooke, Birmingham MORGAN, HARRIET, bootmaker, Tredegar. Pet. March 19. April 6, at eleven, at the King's Head hotel, Newport. Sol. Harris, Tredegar MORGAN, THOMAS, innkeeper, Yeovil. Pet. March 21. April 16, at twelve, at the Three Choughs hotel, Yeovil. Sol. Day, Bridport MORTIMER, EDWARD, grocer. Winfrith Newburgh. Pet. March 14. April 8, at two, at office of Sol. Weston, Dorchester MOSE, JONATHAN, grocer, Montebello-ter, Tottenham. Pet. March 18, April 14, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Peckham, Maitland, and Peckham, Knight Rider-st, Doctors' Commons MURRELL, HENRY, coal merchant, Colchester. Pet. March 20. April 7, at two, at offices of Sol. Jones, Colchester NEWBY, RICHARD DOBSON, lay vicar, Winchester. Pet. March 17. April 7, at eleven, at office of Sol. Godwin, Winchester NORTON, SELBY, doctor of medicine, Queen Victoria-st, and Putney-hill, Putney. Pet. March 19. April 14, at two, at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Gresham-st. Sol. Miller, King-st OSBORNE, THOMAS HENRY, and DAVIS, HENRY JOHN, grocers, Bristol. Pet. March 18. April 2, at two, at offices of Collins, jun.. accountant, 39, Broad-st, Bristol. Sol. Beckingham, Bristol PAYNE, JOHN, butcher, Teignmouth. Pet. March 21. April 7, ut half-past eleven, at office of Sol. Templer, Teignmouth PIERCE, WILLIAM ADAMS, sapdler, Woolston. Pet. March 18. April 8, at three, at offices of Edmonds, Davis, and Clark, 29, High-st, Southampton. Sol. Shutte, Southampton PIPER, ROBERT, shopkeeper, Cowick. Pet. March 20. April 10, at three, at offices of Sols. Fernandes and Gill, Wakefield RAMWELL, JAMES, and RAMWELL, ROBERT, brewers, Hulme, near Manchester. Pet. March 19. April 8, at two, at office of Sols. Addleshaw and Warburton, Manchester RAYNER, CHARLES, and RAYNER, WILLIAM, drapers, Bolton. Pet. March 19. April 7, at three, at office of Sols. Hardings, Wood, and Wilson, Manchester REES, EDWARD, builder, Swansea. Pet. March 16. April 7, at two, at offices of Sols. Clifton and Woodward, Swansea SHEPHERD, JOSEPH, saddler, Bradford. Pet. March 21. April 8, at three, at offices of Sol. Atkinson, Bradford SMITH, GEORGE MATTHEW, silk finisher, Palm-st, Grove-rd, Mile End-rd East. Pet. March 20. April 9, at three, at offices of Sol. Aird, Eastcheap SMITH, ISAAC, shopkeeper, Ossett. Pet. March 19. April 13, at eleven, at office of Sol. Stringer, Ossett SMITH, RICHARD HIX, clerk to a draper, Shrubland'grove, par. SMYTHERS, HENRY, grocer, Southampton. Pet. March 12. Pet. TILLOTSON, THOMAS THOMPSON, shopkeeper, Dewsbury. TILLSON, WILLIAM SELVESTER, miller, Stanground. Pet. March WHITTAKER, JAMES SAVILE, boot maker, Brighton. Pet. March 18. April 10, at three, at offices of Clennell and Fraser, 6, Great James-st, Bedford-row, London. Sol. Nye, Brighton WHITE, THOMAS, butcher, Glastonbury. Pet. March 19. April 4, at twelve, at office of Sols. Holman and Bath, Glastonbury WISHART, BASIL DOUGLAS, fishmonger, Liverpool. Pet. March 21. April 6, at eleven, at office of Sols. Miller, Peel, and Hughes, Liverpool WRATTEN, ROBERT EDWARD, baker, Sittingbourne. Pet. March 18. April 9, at eleven, at offices of Sol. Gibson, Sittingbourne Orders of Discharge. Gazette, March 17. HEWETT, EDWARD, and SCHWARZ, HERMANN, merchant tailors! Manchester Dibidends. BANKRUPTS' ESTATES. The Official Assignees, &c., are given, to whom apply for the Dividends. Brie, J. widow, outfitter, second 34d. Paget, Basinghall-st.Colquhoun, M. Y. printer, second 2d. Stone, Liverpool.-Fead, C. C. Clapham-rd, first 78. 4d. Paget, Basinghall-st-Joseph, J. importer of foreign goods, second id. (and Is. 11id. to new proofs)! Paget, Basinghall-st.-Woods, J. taflor, third 3s. 71d. Paget, Basinghall-st Elson and Taylor, wholesale clothiers, second and final 2d. At Trust. R. Free, 31, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham.-Jones, E. baker, first 1s. At Trust. C. Johnson, 1, Station-hill, City-rd, Winchester.-Jones, J. farmer, first and final 20s. At Sol. Thomas, Aberyst with. Kearsley, E. gentleman, first 1s. At Trust. S. Smith, 65, Basinghall-st.-Sparks, J. coal merchant, 28. 24d. At Trust. C. J. Lewns, 11, York-bldgs, Hastings.-Stoke, J. manufacturer's clerk, first and final, 14s. 1d. At Trust. F. R. Goddard, 3, St. Nicholas bldgs, Newcastle. Wyche and Bryan, millers, first and final 28. 8d. At Trust. P. F. Arnold, Priestgate. Peterborough |
