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Queries.

4. MORTGAGE REGISTER.---Can any of your readers tell me of a really good and useful Mortgage Register, publisher and price? To be used separately from the General Deed Register. INDEX.

5. LANDLORD AND TENANT.-By a memorandum of agreement under seal "A" agreed to let "B" to take a house for three years with an option to the tenant to take it for a further three years. Before the expiration of the first year of the original term both parties signed an informal agreement under hand only for the determination of the term by two months notice on either side. Can either party enforce this second agreement? Authorities will oblige. SUBSCRIBER.

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6. SUCCESSION DUTY-WHO PAYS AND HOW CALCULATED.-A., by his will, gave, devised, and bequeathed, all his property, real and personal, unto his sisters J. and F. during their joint lives, and, after the death of either of them, then to the survivor absolutely. The proper duties were paid on A.'s death in 1881. Part of A.'s property consisted of leasehold houses, and J. and F., no doubt with the intention of defeating the claim for succession duty, which would have become payable on the death of either of them by the survivor had they retained the property, by a deed of assignment, dated the 27th Sept. 1883, which contained a recital that J. and F. "were desirous of making provision for their cousins B. and C., and, for that purpose, of assigning to them the messuages hereinbefore described," assigned the same, as beneficial owners," to B. and C., “ in consideration of 10s. to each of them the said J. and F., paid by the said B. and C." In 1884 J. predeceased F. Nothing was stated in the assignment as to who was to pay any succession duty which might become payable. The Crown now claims duty from B. and C., on an account of the succession to F. on the death of J., which would have arisen had J. and F. not alienated. (1) Can such duty be claimed ? (2) If so, at what rate is it to be calculated, B. and C. being cousins of J. and F.? (3) Is duly to be calculated on the age of the survivor of the alienors, or upon the ages of the alienees? (4) In what way (assuming duty is payable) could J. and F. have defeated the claim thereto, and would it have made any difference if A. had devised to J. and F. as joint tenants instead of by the limitations adopted by him? (5) Would it have made any difference if J. and F. had conveyed for valuable consideration, and this whether the consideration was adequate or inadequate? References to cases would be appreciated.

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7. MARRIAGE OF DIVORCED WOMAN BEFORE DECREE ABSOLUTE.Will any of your readers kindly give me their opinion (and refer to cases in support) as to whether a woman who goes through the ceremony of marriage with another man after a decree nisi, for her divorce has been obtained by her first husband, but two months or so before such decree is made absolute, is lawfully married, or whether the second act of marriage can be annulled by the (supposed) husband. If such second marriage is not legal, can the woman be proceeded against for bigamy, and within whatt ime after the ceremony? In the case I refer t,o the second husband knew nothing of the first marriage, or of the divorce proceedings at the time of his marriage. MANAGING Clerk.

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REG. v. CASTLE AND WIFE.-On the subject of this painful case, tried on the 6th inst. at Clerkenwell Sessions, the following extract from pp. 168 and 169 of the 1890 edition of Serjeant Ballantyne's Experiences may be interesting to thoughtful readers: A lady of the name of Ramsbottom, the wife of an eminent physician, herself of middle age and generally respected, was suspected of pilfering from a draper's shop in Baker-street, Portman-square. She was watched, followed, and her person was searched, and several small articles were found concealed in different parts of her dress. She was given into custody, went through the painful ordeal of an inquiry at the Marylebone Police-court, and was committed for trial at the Middlesex Sessions. . The case could hardly have been confused, the facts were perfectly clear, the whole of the lady's life, as far as its history was known, was not only free from reproach, but thoroughly rational. The only point that could be relied upon for the defence was that the articles stolen were so trivial that no sane object could exist for intentional theft, and the only suggestion that could be made in her favour was that she was not responsible for her actions, being compelled by an uncontrollable impulse; or, to use a technical term, that she was the victim of kleptomania, not a very popular defence before a jury of tradesmen. However, after having been locked up for some hours, they were ultimately discharged without giving a verdict, a result arising probably more from compassion for the lady's husband than any doubt about the facts. She died very shortly

after the ordeal she had undergone, broken down in health and spirit with the shame and disgrace, and I was consulted, after her death had taken place, by Dr. Ramsbottom under the following circumstances. Every drawer and cupboard in the house was found to be full of new

goods, which she must have been in the habit of abstracting during many years, and I believe that in every instance they were contained in their original wrappers. Mrs. Ramsbottom was a religious woman, and I cannot doubt that every Sunday she listened with respect and veneration to the lessons taught in church, and fully realised the commandment of Thou shalt not steal.' And it is clear that she by the acts she committed incurred danger and obtained no advantage. Can anyone doubt that insanity irresistibly controlled her conduct ?"

G. I. S.

ADDISON'S ITALIAN.-Referring to the letter of Mr. Sibley in your correspondence columns to-day, I am surprised that he should find any difficulty in the word stavo in the Italian epitaph as quoted by Addison"Stavo ben ma per star meglio, sto qui." "Stavo (writes Mr. Sibley) is nonsense, nor as far as I can see is stavo any word in the Italian language;" and he evidently thinks that stavo ought to be stava. No doubt the first person singular imperfect indicative of the verb stare is stava, but, if the personal pronoun is expressed (as it often is in Italian, for the sake of emphasis), and also is placed after the verb (a not unusual position), we get stava io, which by syncope becomes stavo. Any Italian book will furnish innumerable analogies. I happen to have by me Lombroso's "La Donna delinquente," 1893, and opening it almost at random I find at page 456, among the extracts from the curious diary of the infamous Brinvilliers, the following sentence: "Ero fanciulla, ed egli ragazzo." There is another example on page 566, "Non volevo dirlo," and other examples passim. Mr. Sibley is equally unhappy in his criticism that "Johnson improved on Addison's Italian since he sald bene, which Addison wrote ben, which is not usual." As a matter of fact, in proverbial or epigrammatic Italian (to which class the epitaph quoted clearly belongs) ben is much more common than bene. Mr. Sibley might. have been saved from his mistake if he had called to mind an Italian proverb which is quoted with "damnable iteration" in this country = "Se non è vero, è ben trovato." "Ben inteso!" is another example. Nov. 7. E. H. PICKERSGILL.

THE SETTLED LAND ACTS 1882 TO 1890.-If the above Acts have to be amended I would suggest that the definition (8) be extend so as to include trustees who have not any power of sale. I do not see, or know the reason, why trustees having a power of sale should be within the Act while trustees who have not such a power should be excluded. Trustees with such power would not seem to require to be within the Act, and I would submit that the trustees who should be the parties to be affected by the Act should be the parties who have no such powers.

T. W. STEWART.

COUNTRY LAW CLERKS' BENEFIT SOCIETY.-Will your correspondents "R. G. O.," "Another Country Clerk," and "S. H." kindly communicate their names and addresses to me. I shall also be glad to hear from any other clerks who approve the objects of such a society as proposed, with their views thereon. I have received many promises of support, and hope soon to be in a position to submit something tangible to those gentlemen who have already written to me. JNO. SMITH.

While agreeing with your correspondent "Country Law Clerk as to the desirability of there being such a society as he refers to (in your issue of the 24th ult.), it occurs to me to suggest whether the United Law Clerks' Society, already established for clerks resident in London, and within twenty-five miles therefrom, could not be induced to extend their limits so as to take in, as members, law clerks residing in the country outside the twenty-five mile radius. It seems to me that the society would be more likely to benefit than otherwise by the admission of country clerks generally, and if its present rules will not admit of their joining, no doubt an alteration could be made in them which would open the door of admission to all law clerks, whether residing in town or the country. It has often been a matter of surprise to me that the United Law Clerks' Society should limit its membership as it does. I should have joined it years ago if the membership had been open to country clerks, as I have no doubt hundreds of others would have done.

ANOTHER COUNTRY CLERK.

Adverting to the recent correspondence which has appeared in the LAW TIMES as to the formation of a society for the benefit of the country law clerks, I think that such a society is and has long been required, and I believe that, if such a society could be once got in proper working order, there would be no doubt of its success. I quite agree with the suggestion contained in the letter of Mr. John Smith, that one society should be formed for the whole country, and in order to carry out this, and to make a move in the matter, I would suggest that the writers of the various letters that have appeared in the LAW TIMES should meet, say, in Manchester, or some other central place, to appoint a secretary pro tem., and the secretary be instructed to insert in the LAW TIMES a notice appealing to the country clerks to communicate to the secretary their approval of establishing the society. By this mode of procedure the opinion of the country law clerks would be ascertained, and then a further meeting could be held, a scheme prepared and discussed, an arrangement arrived at as to establishing the society and placing it on a sound basis. I shall be pleased to render what assistance I can to float. the society, as I am of opinion, once started, there would be no doubt of its success. S. ADDERLEY.

Congleton, Cheshire.

Apropos of the correspondence in your columns on the subject of the formation of a Country Law Clerks' Benefit Society, I think the allimportant point is to devise some plan to bring the proposed benefits to the notice of all law clerks before anything else is done. Could not Mr. Smith get some copies of his letter which appeared in your issue of the

24th ult. struck off, and get them circulated? I would undertake to distribute them amongst the clerks in this town, and also to send them to solicitors' offices in adjacent towns, and send Mr. Smith a list of those to whom I had forwarded them. The correspondence in your columns could the meanwhile, with your kind permission, still continue. Clerks then in other towns to whom a print of the letter had been sent could write to Mr. Smith for some copies, and they could post them to towns adjoining theirs. By this means the intelligence could be universally made known, and the feeling of clerks ascertained through your publication. It would only be necessary to send about two or three circulars to each office addressed to the "Clerks in Messrs. So and So.'s office." I think the society must be cosmopolitan and not restricted to limited areas.

R. G. O.

LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL.

BAR EXAMINATION RESULTS.

Ir was generally anticipated that the number of failures would be considerable, but, as out of 108 candidates only 50 succeeded, the result is somewhat more startling than was generally expected. Last Trinity the percentage of failures was nearly 41, and of the 48 who failed 9 were ordered not to be admitted for examination again till Hilary. On the present occasion the percentage of failures rises considerably above 50, and of the candidates who failed 10 were postponed till Easter, and 2 until the Trinity Examination.

We believe that some of these postponements are a source of pleasure to those who come from the Colonies or India and who wish to winter abroad. As regards the intermediate subjects, results were more satisfactory. In Constitutional Law, of 69 candidates 50 succeeded, while in Roman Law out of 47 examined only 5 failed; of the 23 who took Roman Law and Constitutional combined, 14 passed. As most students commence with Roman law, and, after disposing of it proceed to Constitutional and thence to Common Law, Equity, &c., it is matter for reflection why the proportion of failures should increase so enormously. Are the Roman and Constitutional Law Examinations too easy or the Final too difficult; or does the student rapidly deteriorate in mental capacity while he tarries in London under the system of education formulated by the Council of Legal Education; or what is the cause? The stigma of failure seems to have fallen pretty evenly all round, and it is not confined to those who abstained from attending the council's lectures. In fact, some of those who attended lectures most religiously have fared worse than the rest. There is, however, one consoling feature now about these examinations, nobody can truthfully say that they are considerably easier than those which qualify for what is sometimes termed the lower branch of the Profession.

THE NOVEMBER FINAL.

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THE Final opened auspiciously with a fair general paper on Conveyancing. The questions on the law of vendor and purchaser were easy enough, but those on mortgages were harder. A good many candidates would forget that there is no privity between mortgagee and the assignee of the equity, and would state that the mortgagee could sue him on the covenant, while a problem on the facts of Harter v. Colman would be too much for the majority. We notice that the question on the remedy of a tithe-owner was on a case where the lease had been made before 1891. Of course it is necessary for lawyers to know fading law; but, as the present candidates may have to wait some time before they come across the point in practice, perhaps questions on the position of landowner and lessee when the lease is made after the Act would be more useful. A good many questions were taken from the Settled Land, Conveyancing, and Trustee Acts, accompanied with the usual stately phraseology, "Give the authority for your answer." The Equity paper was a little too general for some. Men who are primed with recent cases, and brimful of recent statutes, dislike nothing more than a paper which is replete with such questions as "Define election,' Explain what is meant by the maxim, &c., &c." The questions on practice were easy. It is worthy of notice that the subjects of administration of assets and specific performance each came in for two or three questions. Company law came in for one point on the right of set-off. There was a remarkable absence of questions on the Finance Acts 1894 and 1896. Candidates will only be too thankful on future occasions if the examiner will continue to overlook these statutes. Candidates on the border line between failure and success were encouraged by the paper on common law and bankruptcy. The questions on contract and tort were fair, and included the comparatively recent cases of Lemmon v. Webb, on nuisance, and The Bernina, on the doctrine of identification. The three questions appropriated to bankruptcy required knowledge of the law relative to fraudulent preference payments, sale of goods on credit, and the official receiver's powers of discovery. As regards practice, two or three questions were given on such matters as change of solicitor pending action, special indorsement in ejectment, &c. When it came to the last composite paper it was evident that a candidate who had failed to reach the requisite standard hitherto could not expect to do so now. Still' some of the questions were easy enough; for instance, that on ecclesiastical law, "How and when are churchwardens elected?" and others in criminal law on the details of a felony trial, the jurisdiction of justices in ejectment and malicious injury to property. On the whole the number of successful candidates should be normal, and a result similar to that experienced at the Council of Legal Education is out of the question.

COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION. HILARY PASS EXAMINATION, 1897. EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR PASS CERTIFICATES. THE attention of students is requested to the following rules :No student shall receive from the council the certificate of fitness for call to the Bar required by the four Inns of Court, unless he shall have passed a satisfactory examination as follows:-Candidates will be examined in the following subjects, in addition to Roman Law:-1. Law of Real and Personal Property; 2. Law of Contracts and Torts; 3. Principles of Equity; 4. Evidence, Procedure, and Criminal Law; 5. Constitutional Law and Legal History.

Students have the option of passing the examination in the subject of Roman law, and in the subject of constitutional law and legal history, or in either of such subjects separately from other subjects. Students exercising this option must present themselves for examination in Roman law and constitutional law and legal history before the other subjects. Students who present themselves for examination and whose papers show that they had no reasonable expectation of passing may be ordered not to be admitted for examination again until the expiration of such time as the council may direct.

A student who, at any time previously to his admission at an Inn of Court, was a solicitor in practice for not less than five consecutive years, either in England or in any colony or dependency, but who in either case was admitted in England, and in accordance with rule 7 of the Consolidated Regulations has ceased to be a solicitor before his admission as a student, may be examined for call to the bar without keeping any terms, and may be called to the bar upon passing the public examination required by these rules, without keeping any terms; Provided that such solicitor has given at least twelve months' notice in writing to each of the four Inns of Court, and to the Incorporated Law Society, of his intention to seek call to the bar, and produces a certificate that he is a fit and proper person to be called to the bar, signed, if his practice was in England, by two members of the council of the Incorporated Law Society, and, if his practice was in a colony or dependency, by the chief justice of such colony or dependency.

The council may accept as an equivalent for the examination in Roman law-1. A degree granted by any University within the British Dominions, for which the qualifying examination included Roman Law; 2. A certificate that any student has passed any such examination, though he may not have taken the degree for which such examination qualifies him; and 3. The testamur of the public examiners for the degree of Civil Law at Oxford that the student has passed the necessary examination for the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law; provided the council is satisfied that the student, before he obtained his degree, or obtained such certificate or testamur, passed a sufficient examination in Roman Law.

An examination will be held in December next, to which a student of any of the Inns of Court who is desirous of becoming a candidate for a certificate of fitness for being called to the Bar, or of passing the examination in Roman law and (or) constitutional law and legal history, will be admissible. Each student proposing to submit himself for examination will be required to enter his name in full, personally or by letter, at the treasurer's or steward's office of the Inn of Court to which he belongs, on or before Monday, the 7th Dec. next; and he will further be required to state in writing whether his object in offering himself for examination is to obtain a certificate preliminary to a call to the Bar, or whether he is merely desirous of passing the examination in Roman law and (or) constitutional law and legal history under the above-stated rule. The examination will commence on Tuesday, the 15th Dec. next, and will be continued on the Wednesday and Thursday following. It will take place in the Middle Temple Hall; and the doors will be closed ten minutes after the time appointed for the commencement of the examination.

The examination by printed questions will be conducted in the following order: Tuesday morning, the 15th Dec., at ten, on the Law of Real and Personal Property and Conveyancing; Tuesday afternoon, the 15th Dec., at two, on Law and Equity, first paper; Wednesday morning, the 16th Dec., at ten, on Law and Equity, second paper; Wednesday afternoon, the 16th Dec., at two, on Evidence, Procedure, and Criminal Law; Thursday morning, the 17th Dec., at ten, on Roman Law; Thursday afternoon, the 17th Dec., at two, on Constitutional Law and Legal History.

The oral examination will be conducted in the same order, and at the same hours, as above appointed for the examination by printed questions. The examiners in the law of real and personal property and conveyancing will examine in the following subjects: Elements of the Law of Real and Personal Property; Purchases and Leases; Settlements and Wills. The examiners in law and equity will examine in the following subjects:-First paper: Elements of the Law of Contracts and Torts; Negotiable Instruments; Agency in Mercantile Contracts; Contracts of Sale of Goods. Second paper: Trusts; Specific Performance; Mortgages and other Securities; Partnership and Winding-up of Companies.

The examiners in Roman Law will examine in the following subjects: 1. Law of Persons-Slavery ; Patria Potestas; Husband and Wife; Tutela; Cura. 2. Law of Property-Dominium; Possessio; Servitudes, personal and prædial; Emphyteusis; Mortgage. 3. Law of ContractFormal Contracts; Contracts, re; Contracts for valuable consideration in money; Correality; Accessory Contracts; Fidejussio; Mandatum ; Pecunia Constituta; Elements common to all Contracts. 4. Delicts. 5. Wills, Legacies, and Trusts.

The examiners in Constitutional Law and Legal History will examine in the following subjects: 1. Constitutional Law-(1) The Crown and the Executive, (2) The Law and Customs of Parliament; 2. Legal History; 3. The Constitutional History of England.

The examiners in Evidence, Procedure, Civil and Criminal, and Criminal Law will examine in the following subjects: The Elements of Procedure, Civil and Criminal; the Elements of Evidence; Criminal Law.

The above subjects will be examined upon so far only as treated in the lectures and classes since Michaelmas T rm, 1894.

The awards upon the Hilary Pass Examination will be published at the office of the council, Lincoln's-inn Hall, on Monday, the 11th Jan., at 5.30 p.m.

Note. The Easter Pass Examination will be held in the Inner Temple Hall, 6th, 7th, and 8th April. Last day for entry of names, Monday, the 29th March.

be referred to: 1. Constitutional Law: Dicey's Law of the Constitution, Anson's Law and Custom of the Constitution, Broom's Constitutional Law, May's Law and Practice of Parliament, Bagehot's English Constitution, and Hearn's Government of England. 2. Legal History: Parts of Blackstone, Spence, Stephen's History of the Criminal Law, Maitland's Introductions to vols. 1 and 2 of Selden Society's Publications. 3. Constitutional History: Stubbs, Hallam, Gardiner, May, Taswell, Langmead. The above subjects will be examined upon only so far as treated in the lectures and classes since the 24th Oct. 1894.

HILARY HONOUR EXAMINATION, 1897. EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR STUDENTSHIP AND HONOURS. THE attention of students is requested to the following rules: Two studenships of one hundred guineas per annum each, tenable for three years, shall in each year be given to the students who shall pass the best examination on the whole in all the subjects mentioned in clause 28 of the Consolidated Regulations. But the council shall not be obliged to recommend any studentship to be awarded if the result of the examination be such as, in their opinion, not to justify such recommendation. Where any candidates appear to be equal, or nearly equal, in merit, the council may, if they think fit, divide the studentship between them equally or in such proportions as they consider just. No student shall be eligible for a studentship who is over twenty-five years of age on the first day of the examination for which he enters. Only members of an Inn not called to the Bar shall compete for a studentship or honours. There shall be two honour examinations in each year, at each of which one studentship and certificates of honour, enabling the holders to be called to the bar without further examination may be awarded. At every call to the bar those students who have obtained studentships shall take rank in seniority over all other students called on the same day, and those students who have obtained certificates of honour shall take rank immediately after the holder of a studentship called on the same day. The Inn of Court to which the holder of any studentship or of a certificate of honour belongs may, if desired, dispense with any Terms, not exceeding two that may remain to be kept by such student previously to his being called to the bar. The council may also award to the student who, being a candidate for honours, and not having obtained the studentship, shall (amongst the other candidates) have passed the best examination in Constitutional Law (English and Colonial) and Legal History, a special prize of fifty pounds. Provided that the council shall not be obliged to award the prize if the result of the examination in that subject or the other subjects has not been such as, in their opinion to justify the award.

An examination will be held in December next, to which a student of any of the Inns of Court, who is desirous of becoming a candidate for a studentship or honours will be admissible. Each student proposing to submit himself for examination will be required to enter his name, in full, personally or by letter, at the treasurer's or steward's office of the Inn of Court to which he belongs, on or before Monday, the 7th Dec. next, and he will further be required to state in writing whether his object in offering himself for examination is to compete for a studentship or certificate of honour and (if a candidate for a studentship) to produce evidence as to his age. The examination will take place in the Middle Temple Hall, and the doors will be closed ten minutes after the time appointed for the commencement of the examination. The examination will commence on Tuesday, the 15th Dec. next, and will be continued on the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday following.

The examination by printed questions will be conducted in the following order: Tuesday morning, the 15th Dec., at ten, on the Law of Real and Personal Property and Conveyancing; Tuesday afternoon. the 15th Dec., at two, on Law and Equity, first paper; Wednesday morning, the 16th Dec., at ten, on Law and Equity, second paper; Wednesday afternoon, the 16th Dec., at two., on Evidence, Procedure, Civil and Criminal, and Criminal Law: Thursday morning, the 17th Dec., at ten, on Roman Law, Jurisprudence, and International Law; Thursday afternoon, the 17th Dec., at two, and Friday morning, the 18th Dec., at ten, on Constitutional Law (English and Colonial) and Legal History.

The Oral Examination will be conducted in the same order, and at the same hours, as above appointed for the examination by printed questions. The examiner in the Law of Real and Personal Property and Conveyancing will examine in the following subject: Elements of the Law of Real and Personal Property; Purchases and Leases; Mortgages; Settlements and Wills.

The examiners in Law and Equity will examine in the following subjects-First Paper; Elements of the Law of Contracts and Torts; Negotiable Instruments; Agency in Mercantile Contracts; Contracts of Sale of Goods. Second Paper; Principles of Equity; Trusts; Mortgages and other Securities; Specific Performance; Partnership and Winding-up of Companies.

The examiner in Evidence, Procedure, Civil and Criminal, and Criminal Law will examine in the subjects discussed at the lectures and classes since the commencement of Michaelmas Term 1894.

The examiner in Roman Law and Jurisprudence, &c., will examine in all the following subjects:-I. Institutes of Justinian. Special topics :Possessio, Law of Sale, History of Roman Law. 2. Jurisprudence, Analytical and Historical, with special reference to the writings of Austin and Maine. 3. Elements of International Law (public and private).

The examiner in Constitutional Law (English and Colonial) and Legal History will examine in the following subjects:-1. Constitutional Law(1) The Crown and the Executive, (2) The Law and Custom of Parliament; 2. Legal History. 3. Constitutional History. Text-books which may

STUDENTS' SOCIETIES.

BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT.-A meeting of the Blackburn and District Law Students' Debating Society was held on Wednesday, the 4th inst., in the Law Library, Blackburn, with Mr. E. Rennison in the chair. There was a fair attendance, the subject for debate being as follows: "Smith sells some lands to Jones. The title deeds relate to other lands belonging to Smith, and include not only the deeds abstracted, but also deeds and documents of a date anterior to the starting point of the abstracted title. In the conveyance to Jones the usual acknowledgment and undertaking as to the deeds is given. Jones' solicitor insists on the acknowledgment extending to all the deeds in Smith's possession, but Smith's solicitor contends that the deeds, &c., to be set out in the schedule must be confined to those appearing in the abstract, and he refuses to allow his client to bind himself to produce the earlier title deeds. Jones' solicitor will not give way, and a summons is taken out in Chancery chambers, under sect. 9 of the Vendor and Purchasers Act 1874, to determine the question in dispute. What will be the judge's decision?" Mr. T. R. Thompson and Mr. G. Knowles appeared for the purchaser, and Mr. J. Campbell for the vendor. The following gentlemen also spoke: Messrs. Calvert, Cooper, Hilton, Hindle, Marsden, and Riley. The Chairman summed up the various arguments, and the question was put to the meeting, with the result that six voted for the purchaser and six for the vendor. The Chairman therefore gave his casting vote in favour of the vendor. The secretary (Mr. F. Hindle, jun.) then read a letter from Mr. George Porter, solicitor, Blackburn (one of the vice-presidents of the society), offering a prize for the best essay, to be competed for under rules to be settled by the society. On the motion of Mr. Knowles, seconded by Mr. Hilton, a hearty vote of thanks was given to Mr. Porter for his generous offer, and a sub-committee was appointed to arrange the details of the competition.

DEWSBURY, WAKEFIELD, AND DISTRICT.--An ordinary meeting was held at the Law Library, Dewsbury, on Wednesday, Nov. 4; Mr. H. A. Hughes in the chair. There were also present Messrs. W. Gledhill, W. W. Barker, T. Catterall, J. Marshall, H. J. B. Wadsworth, T. H. Asquith, and H. Pickles (hon. sec.). The minutes of the last ordinary meeting were adopted as read. Mr. T. H. Asquith was elected an ordinary member on the motion proposed by Mr. J. Marshall, seconded by Mr. T. Catterall. The subject for the evening was a debate on the following: "A. finds a £5 note and takes it into his possession without knowing who the owner is. Before he finds out who the owner is he loses the note, or suffers it to be destroyed through his negligence. Can the owner claim compensation from A.?" Mr. H. Pickles opened the debate in the affirmative, and Mr. T. Catterall followed in the negative. On the debate being thrown open the following also spoke: Messrs. W. Gledhill, W. W. Barker, and H. J. B. Wadsworth. After the leaders had replied, the Chairman summed up, and on putting the question to the meeting it was decided in favour of the affirmative by the chairman's casting vote.

LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY.-The usual weekly meeting of the above society was held at the Law Institution, Chancery-lane, on Tuesday, the 10th inst.; chairman, Mr. Neville Tebbutt. The subject for debate was, "That women ought now to be admitted to equal political rights with men." Mr. E. A. Bell opened in the affirmative, and Mr. J. D. Crawford in the negative. The following members also spoke : Messrs. Seager Berry, Augustus Anderson, A. C. F. Boulton, Archibald Hair, R. H. Armstrong, O. J. S. Satchell, Arthur Smith, H. E. Miller, E. A. Alexander, Arthur E. Clarke. The motion was lost by four votes.The subject for debate at the next meeting of the society on Tuesday, the 17th inst., is, "That the case of Cain v. Moon (74 L. T. Rep. 728; (1896) 2 Q. B. 283) was wrongly decided."

LEEDS.-The fifth ordinary meeting of the half session was held on Monday evening, the 9th inst., at the Law Institute, Albion-place; Mr. A. E. Evans, solicitor, in the chair. Mr. F. G. Jackson (one of the hon. secs.) read a letter from Mr. P. C. Gates, Q.C., the late judge of the Bradford County Court and the Bankruptcy Court at Leeds, thanking the society for the vote of regret on his retirement, and wishing the members success in their professional career. Mr. S. Peckover, solicitor, delivered an interesting and instructive lecture on the law relating to "deeds of arrangement," dealing very fully with the various phases of compositions between debtors and creditors, and comparing that method with the present bankruptcy practice. At the conclusion of the lecture, Mr. Peckover was heartily thanked on the motion of Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr. Jackson. There was a very good attendance of members. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.-The second general meeting of this society was held in the Law Library, on the 4th inst.; Mr. W. V. Mulcaster in the chair. The subject of the debate was : 66 Williams writes a libellous letter about Roberts, and locks it up in his own desk. A burglar breaks open the desk and takes away the letter, and makes its contents known. Can Roberts recover damages from Williams?" Messrs. R. Brown, jun., and E. F. Hart led on the affirmative side, and Messrs. A. M. Oliver and E. H. Motum opposed. Messrs. Pybus, Bruce, Sanders, Goodman, Lemon,

Chapman, Shortt, Hadaway, Dodds, and Brandling also spoke. The Chairman summed up the various arguments of the speakers, and put the question to the meeting, which decided for the opposition by a majority of fourteen. There were twenty-two members present at the meeting.

PRESTON. The first ordinary meeting of this society for the present session was held at the Law Library, Chapel-walks, on the 30th ult.; Mr. Wm. Preston, solicitor, being in the chair. There was an excellent attendance. The subject for debate was, "Is it desirable to establish a Court of International Arbitration?" Mr. G. D. Parker supported the affirmative, and Mr O. A. Goodier the negative. On the debate being thrown open, Messrs. A. Walsh and A. T. Mills spoke in favour of the affirmative, and Messrs. S. G. Gilbert, George Ambler. and I. R. Johnson, in favour of the negative. The Chairman summed up, and then took the votes of the meeting, which decided in favour of the affirmative by seven votes to four. Two legal queries were afterwards discussed.

Messrs. Partridge and Cooper, the well-known stationers and printers of 192 and 191, Fleet-street, and Nos. 1, and 2, Chancery-lane, London, have recently issued an illustrated catalogue containing particulars of their specialities for Christmas and New Year gifts. Among the many articles that this list contains, we note as suitable for presents, Ladies' Companions, Gold Pencils, Dressing Cases, Portable Work Cases, &c. The Firm has extended its premises, and enlarged its Law Department, so that in future all Law Writing and Engrossing will be done on the premises. They have also added new show rooms for Leather Fancy Goods.

LEGAL OBITUARY

Sir JOSEPH GEORGE LONG INNES, Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, died on Wednesday the 28th ult., at Atherstone-terrace, Gloucester-road, at the age of sixty-two years. He was son of Captain J. L. Innes, of the 39th Foot, and was born at Sydney. In 1859 he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's-inn, and was appointed District Judge in Queensland in 1865, which post he held until 1869, when he resumed his private practice at the bar of New South Wales. He became Solicitor-General for New South Wales in 1872; was Attorney-General from the following year to 1875; from 1880 to 1881 he was Minister of Justice; and in the latter year he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court. In 1874 he was appointed to accompany Sir Hercules Robinson on a special mission for the annexation of Fiji, and for his services on that occasion he received the honour of knighthood. Sir Joseph Innes was a trustee of the Sydney Public Library and the New South Wales National Art Gallery. He married, in 1865, Emily, daughter of the Hon. John Smith, of Llanarth, Bathurst.

Mr. THOMAS WILLIAM GRAY, the oldest legal practitioner in Exeter, died on Wednesday, the 4th inst., at the age of eighty-four. Deceased was connected formerly with several public institutions. For fifty years he was treasurer of the Wonford House Asylum, which post he resigned in October last. He was also an anditor of Exeter Savings Bank, of the old West of England Insurance Office, and of the Devonport Waterworks Company. Mr. Gray was admitted in 1838 and was a member of the Incorporated Law Society and the Solicitors' Benevolent Institution.

THE COURTS AND COURT PAPERS.

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.-
LIST OF BUSINESS.-Nov. AND DEC. 1896.
THE following is the list of business for November and December. (The
Eittings commenced on Wednesday, the 11th inst.)

COLONIAL APPEALS.

The Attorney-General for the Dominion of Canada v. The Attorney-General for the
Province of Ontario; The Attorney-General for the Province of Quebec v. The
Set down for
Province of Ontario (Canada). Records received. May 13, 1896.
hearing. Aug. 14, 1896. Subject: Whether Ontario is liable at all for payment of
certain annuities to Indians for lands ceded by them to the late Province of
Canada, and, if so, whether the indebtedness is not conjoint with Quebec-
B. N. A. Act, 88. 109, 111, 112. Solicitors: for the appellant, Bompas, Bischoff,
Dodgson, and Co.; for the respondent, Freshfields and Williams.

Owner of the s. s. Kurang Tung v. Owners of the 8 s. Ngapoota (Straits Settlements).
Record received, April 6, 1896. Set down for hearing. Aug. 20, 1896. Subject:
Collision. Solicitors: for the appellant, Rowcliffes, Rawle, and Co.; for the
respondents, Talbot and Tasker,

-The Brewers' and Malsters! Association of Ontario r. The Attorney-General for Ontario (Ontario). Record received, June 22, 1896. Set down for hearing, Oct. 26, 1896. Subject: Competency of the Legislature of Ontario to require brewers and distillers duly licensed by the Government of Canada to take out licenses in the Province-Liquor License Act R. S. O. 1887, c. 194. Solicitors: for the appellants, S.V Blake; for the respondent, Freshflelds and Williams. The Master in Equity . Pearson and others (Victoria). Record received, Sept. 7, 1896. Set down for hearing, Nov. 6, 1896. Subject: Administration suit-Mode of assessing the value of securities-Administration and Probate Act 1890, s. 98. • Solicitors: for the appellant, Freshfields and Williams; for the respondents, W. Wilding Jones.

Ranner. The Judges of the Gold Coast Colony (Gold Coast Colony). Record received, Sept. 7, 1896. Subject: Whether an order striking off appellant from he roll of practitioners was rightly made. Solicitors for the appellant, Ashurst, Morris, Crisp, and Co. Ex parte.

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INDIAN APPEALS.

Moulvi Muhammad Abdul Majid v. Muhammad Abdul Aziz and others (N.-W. P., Bengal) Record received, Aug. 28, 1895. Set down for hearing, Aug. 7, 1896. Subject: Right to recover mesne profits of land-Code of Civil Procedure, s. 212. Solicitors: for the appellant, T. C. Summerhays; for the respondents, Barrow and Rogers.

Nawab Ibrahim Ali Khan v. Ummat-ul-Zohra (N -W. P., Bengal). Record received, March 10, 1896. Set down for hearing, Oct. 28, 1896. Subject: Validity of a transfer of promissory notes. Solicitors for the appellant, Barrow and Rogers. Ex parte.

Shoshi Komul Lahiri v. Kali Komul Lahiri and another (Bengal). Record received, June 25. 1894. Set down for hearing, Oct. 30, 1896. Subject: Action against executors for an account. So icitors for the app:llant, T. L. Wilson and Co.; for the respondents, W. W. Box. Sheosagar Singh and others v. Sitaram Singh (Bengal). Record received, July 3, 1893. Set down for hearing, Oct. 30 1896. Subject: Whether the respondent is the son of Anar Koer, deceased. Solicitors: for the appellants, T. L. Wilson and Co.; for the respondent, H G Dallimore.

Chutterput Singh . Dwarka Nath Ghose and another (N.-W. P., Bengal). Record received, May 27, 1895. Set down for hearing, Nov. 7, 1896. Subject: Title to land-Limitation Act. Solicitors: for the appellant, Barrow and Rogers; for the respondents, T. L. Wilson and Co.

Bitto Kunwar v. Kesho Pershad Misser (Bengal). Record received, Feb. 23, 1893. Set down for hearing Nov 7, 1896. Subject: Whether respondent, as heir-atlaw of Ram Kishen Misser, holds property for his own use or in trust. Solicitors: for the appellant, T. L. Wilson and Co.; for the respondent, Ranken, Ford, Ford, and Chester.

Forindra Deb Raikat v. The Secretary of State for India in Council (Bengal). Record received, May 13, 1895. Subject: Right to timber found adrift in a river-Effect of Indian Forest Act 1878, s. 45. Solicitors for the appellant, T. L. Wilson and Co.; for the respondent, Solicitor India Office.

JUDGMENTS.

A Beneficed Clerk v. Lee (Consistory Court of the Diocese of London). Heard March 25, 1896; present: The Lord Chancellor, Lords Watson, Hobhouse, and Davey, Sir Richard Couch and Sir Francis Jeune. Set down for hearing, Jan. 23, 1896. Subject: Jurisdiction of the Consistory Court under the Clergy Discipline Act 1892 Solicitors: for the appellant, W. Carpenter and Sons; for the respondent, Houseman and Co.

Edison General Electric Company . The Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company, the Bank of British Columbia, and others (British Columbia). Heard July 23, 1893; present: Lords Hobhouse. Macnaghten, and Davey, and Sir Richard Couch. Record received, June 9, 1896. Set down for hearing, July 4, 1896. Subject: Action by creditor to set aside judgment by consent obtained by another creditor. Solicitors: for the appellants, J. Cornelius Wheeler; for the respondents, Freshflelds and Williams.

Sprigg v. Sigcau (Cape of Good Hope). Heard July 29, 1896; present: The Lord Chancellor, Lords Watson, Hobhouse. Macnaghten. Shand, and Davey, and Sir Richard Couch. Record received, March 23, 1896. Set down for hearing, July 11, 1896. Subje t: Whether a proclamation under which respondent was arrested was sufficient in law to justify the arrest. Solicitors for the appellant, Wilson, Bristows, and Carpmael; for the respondent, Thomas Beard and Son.

SPECIAL REFERENCE (for judgment).

Petitions of the Mercers' Company and of the Governing Body of St. Paul's School, London, against a scheme fr.med by the Charity Commissioners in relation to St. Paul's School under the Endowed Schools Acts. Petitions lodged, Nov. 29, 1894. Solicitors pet., Freshfields and Williams; opp., Farrer and Co.

PATENT CASE (reasons for report).

Hopkinson's Patent (apparatus for distributing electricity). Petition lodged, Jan. 27, 1896. Subject: Prolongation of patent dated July 27, 1882, No. 3578. Solicitors: pet., Faithfull and Owen; opp, Drake, Son, and Parton; Deacon, Gibson, and Medcalf: Field, Roscoe, and Co.: W. G. Greig; Harrison and Powell; W. F Wakeford; Sharpe, Parker, Pritchards, and Barham.

CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.-AUTUMN ASSIZES, 1896. OXFORD (Mr. Darling, Q.C., Commissioner). Gloucester, Tuesday, Nov. 17; Monmouth, Saturday, Nov. 21; Hereford, Wednesday, Nov. 25; Shrewsbury, Friday, Nov. 27; Stafford, Tuesday, Dec. 1; Birmingham (2), civil and criminal, Saturday, Dec. 12. End Saturday, Dec. 19.

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

Dec. 19.

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

End

NORTH AND SOUTH WALES AND CHESTER (Mathew, J.).—Swansea, Saturday, Nov. 14; Swansea (civil business), Monday, Nov. 23. Tuesday, Dec. 1.

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

WESTERN (Wills, J.).-Winchester, Monday, Nov. 16; Bristol, Wednesday, Nov. 25. End Monday, Nov. 30.

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

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THE GAZETTES.

Professional Partnerships Dissolved.

GAZETTE, Nov. 6.

DAVIDSON, JAMES OSWALD, and BARKER, HEBDEN, solicitors, South Shields, Jarrowon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Hebburn-on-Tyne. Aug. 25.

GAZETTE, Nov. 10.

SCALE, ROBERT. and DAVID, EDWARD THOMAS, solicitors, Bridgend and Maesteg, Oct. 31. Debts by either of the late partners, who will in future carry on business separately.

Bankrupts.

THE BANKRUPTCY ACTS 1883 AND 1890.

RECEIVING ORDERS.

GAZETTE, Nov. 6.

To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy.
BATES, CHARLES, Graham-rd, Hackney, farmer. Pet. Oct. 2. Order, Nov. 3.
BRADLEY, GEORGE, late Castleford, solicitor. Pet. July 2. Order, Aug. 4.
HODGES, E. GEORGE B., late Winchester-st, King's Cross. Pet. July 24. Order,
Aug. 28.
HUMPHREY, JOHN PRIOR, Manor Park-rd, Harlesden, builder. Pet. Nov. 2. Order,
Nov. 2.

KNIGHT, J. B., late Conduit-st. Pet. Oct. 1. Order, Nov. 4.
REEVE, HASTINGS JOHN, Wormwood Scrubbs, victualler. Pet. Sept. 11. Order, Oct. 30.
To surrender at their respective District Courts.

Ct. Scarborough.

Order.

BANNISTER, GEORGE (trading as the City of London Flour and Grain Company),
Luton, corn merchant. Ct. Luton. Pet. Nov. 3. Order, Nov. 3.
Pet. Nov. 2.
BLACK, LANCELOT, Scarborough, grocer.
Nov. 2.
COBB, GEORGE. late Stillington, innkeeper. Ct. York. Pet. Nov. 3. Order, Nov. 3.
DEIGHTON, ISAAC, Kingston-upon-Hull, draper. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull. Pet.
Oct. 14. Order, Nov. 2.

EVANS. WILLIAM, Llannor, farmer. Ct. Portmadoc and Blaenau Festiniog. Pet.
Nov. 3. Order, Nov. 3.

HOLLAND, MARY, Birstal, milliner. Ct. Bradford, Yorks. Pet. Nov. 2. Order, Nov. 2.

HEWETT, SAMUEL, Pontypool, late grocer. Ct. Newport, Mon.

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LOMAS, THOMAS HENRY, Burnley, confectioner. Ct. Burnley. Nov. 2.

LAWRENCE, CHARLES LENDON, Hereford, commercial traveller. Nov. 3. Order, Nov. 3.

Pet. Oct. 21. Order,

Ct. Hereford. Pet.

LOXTON, CHARLES, Swansea, boot dealer. Ct. Swansea. Pet. Nov. 3. Order, Nov. 3.

MILLER, ARTHUR, Keighley, greengrocer's assistant. Ct. Bradford, Yorks. Pet. Nov. 3. Order, Nov. 3.

MITCHELL, WILLIAM ARTHUR, late Pontygwaith, fish dealer. Ct. Cardiff. Pet. Nov. 2. Order, Nov. 2.

PHILLIPS, WILLIAM (trading as the Amman Valley Saw Mills Company), Garnant, timber merchant. Ct. Carmarthen. Pet. Nov. 4. Order. Nov. 4.

QUINTON, EDWARD, late Emsworth, baker. Ct. Portsmouth, Pet. Nov. 4. Order,

Nov. 4.

ROWLANDS, JOHN PENRY DAVIS, Swansea, architect. Ct. Swansea. Pet. Nov. 4.
Order, Nov. 4.

REDMILL, JOHN, Worksop, confectioner's manager. Ct. Sheffield. Pet. Nov. 4. Order,
Nov. 4.
Pet. Nov. 2. Order,

SHEARD, DAVID, Luddenden, woollen weaver. Ct. Halifax.
Nov. 2.
SEDDON, JOSEPH ALFRED, Cardiff, marine surveyor. Ct. Cardiff.
Oct. 31.

Pet. Oct. 31. Order, STUART, HAROLD C., Liverpool, insurance company's manager. Ct. Liverpool. Pet. Oct. 16. Order, Nov. 2.

SHEPHERDSON, JOHN, and HORSFALL, HARRY, Oldham, ironmongers. Ct. Oldham. Pet. Nov. 4. Order, Nov. 4.

SHAW, GEORGE HENRY, Fenton, plumber. Ct. Stoke-upon-Trent and Longton. Pet. Nov. 4. Order, Nov. 4.

TEASDALE, ROBERT, Willington. painter. Ct. Durham. Pet. Nov. 2. Order, Nov. 2.
VANSTONE, JOHN EALES, St. Mary's Church, gardener. Ct. Exeter. Pet. Nov. 3.
Order, Nov. 3.

WELLS, CHARLES (trading as Charles Wells and Co.), Kingston-upon-Hull, coal
merchant. Ct. Kingston-upon-Hull Pet. Oct. 31. Order, Nov. 2.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, Chepstow, grocer. Ct. Newport, Mon. Pet. Nov. 3. Order,
Nov. 3.

WATTS, JOHN HENRY, Shepton Mallet, fishmonger. Ct. Wells. Pet. Nov. 3.
Nov. 3.

GAZETTE, Nov. 10.

Order,

To surrender at the High Court of Justice, in Bankruptcy.
BRAUN, SAMUEL PETER, late Great St. Helens, merchant. Pet. July 10. Order,
Aug. 11.

CHRISTEN, A., Great Russell-st, Bedford-sq, advertising contractor. Pet. Aug. 27.
Order, Nov. 4.
HEALEY, BRIERLEY DENHAM, Queen Victoria-st, civil engineer. Pet. Oct. 14. Order,
Nov. 6.

KELLY, RICHARD HENRY, Holborn-viaduct, diamond merchant. Pet. Nov. 5.
Order, Nov. 5.

LANCE, JAMES WILLIAM, late Northumberland-av, commission agent. Pet. Nov. 5. Order, Nov. 6.

PEARSON, JOHN, Fowke's-bldgs, Great Tower-st, commission agent. Pet. Nov. 7. Order Nov. 7.

STOTTER, THOMAS WILLIAM, Walthamstow, brickmaker. Pet. Nov. 7. Order,
Nov. 7.

WAKEFIELD, H., Lawrence-la, blouse manufacturer. Pet. Oct. 20. Order, Nov. 5.
WILEMAN, HENRY ST. JOHN, Tokenhouse-bldgs, financial agent. Pet. Nov. 6.
Order, Nov. 6.
To surrender at their respective District Courts.

ASHBY, ELIZABETH, Newport, I. of W., widow. Ct. Newport and Ryde. Pet. Nov. 6.
Order, Nov. 6.
ALLEN, JAMES WALKDEN, Wigan, licensed victualler. Ct. Wigan. Pet. Nov. 5.
Order, Nov. 5.

BANNER, HARRY TIMOTHY, Great Malvern, carriage builder. Ct. Worcester. Pet.
Nov. 5. Ordər, Nov. 5.

BROWN, THOMAS, Handsworth, dairyman. Ct. Birmingham. Pet. Nov. 6. Order. Nov. 6.

BUTLER, W. C., Newcastle-on-Tyne, restaurant proprietor. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Pet. Oct. 27. Order, Nov. 6.

BROAD, FRANK, Hoo, dairyman. Ct. Rochester. Pet. Nov. 6. Order, Nov. 6.
BAKER, THOMAS, Dudley, glass dealer. Ct. Dudley. Pet. Nov. 6. Order, Nov. 6.
CHADWICK, DAVID, late Bolton, furniture broker. Ct. Bolton. Pet. Nov. 6. Order,
Nov. 6.

CLARKE, JAMES PAVEY, Beeralston, baker. Ct. Plymouth and East Stonehouse. Pet.
Nov. 6. Order, Nov. 6.

COOPER, GEORGE, Rickmansworth, beerhouse-keeper. Ct. St. Albans. Pet. Nov. 5. Order, Nov. 5.

DAGNALL, JESSIE, late Crawley, married woman. Ct. Brighton. Pet. April 10. Order, Nov. 5.

DEXTER, MARY ELLEN, and GELSTHORPE, MARY ELIZABETH (trading as Dexter, Gelsthorpe, and Co.). Charnwood-Shepshed, boot manufacturers. Ct. Leicester. Pet. Nov. 6. Order, Nov. 6.

FALCONER, ARTHUR SISSON, Laurel-villa, Hampton Hill, gentleman. Ct. Kingston, Surrey. Pet. Oct. 23. Order, Nov. 7.

GILL, WALTER JAMES, Goole, commission agent. Ct. Wakefield. Pet. Nov. 6. Order,
Nov. 6.

HANNAH, DAVID A., late Cardiff, draper. Ct. Cardiff. Pet. Sept. 23. Order, Nov. 4.
JELLEY, HUGH, Leicester, boot manufacturer. Ct. Leicester. Pet. Nov. 6. Order,
Nov. 6.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL, Pemberton, grocer. Ct. Wigan. Pet. Nov. 5. Crder, Nov. 5.
LIVINGSTONE, JOHN, Leeds, coal agent. Ct. Leeds. Pet. Nov. 6. Order, Nov. 6.
LUSCOMBE, ALEXANDER PETER, Littlegate, farmer. Ct Plymouth and East Stone-
house Pet. Nov. 6. Order, Nov. 6.
LEWIS, HENRY, Walsall, baker. Ct. Walsall. Pet. Nov. 3. Order, Nov. 3,
MUCKLOW, JOHN ARTHUR, Dudley, grocer. Ct. Dudley. Pet. Nov. 6.
Nov. 6.

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slater. Ct. Ashton-under Lyne and Stalybridge.

NEWSOME, HERBERT, Leeds, joiner. Ct. Leeds. Pet. Nov. 6. Order, Nov. 6. NICHOLSSON, EDWARD, Scarborough, gentleman. Ct. Scarborough. Pet. Oct. 20. Order, Nov 5.

PEARMAIN, WILLIAM, Walsoken, builder. Ct. King's Lynn. Pet. Nov. 6. Order, Nov. 6.

RENNIE, GEORGE STEPHENSON, late Brighton, draper. Ct. Brighton. Pet. Oct. 17.
Order, Nov. 5.

RICHARDSON, GEORGE, Preston, cabinetmaker. Ct. Preston.
Nov. 7.

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WILLGOOSE, ARTHUR, Derby, plumber. Ct. Derby. Pet. Nov. 7. Order, Nov. 7.
WOOLLEY. JOHN, Nottingham, fish salesman. Ct. Nottingham. Pet. Nov. 6. Order,
Nov. 6.

WISE, JOHN THOMAS, late Rawcliffe, farmer. Ct. Stockton-on-Tees and Middles-
brough. Pet. Nov. 4. Order, Nov. 4.
WALKER, JOHN (trading as James Read), Birmingham, grocer. Ct. Birmingham.
Pet. Nov. 4. Order, Nov. 6.

The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Gazette of Oct. 27. SEAL, WILLIAM GARRICK (late trading as W. G. Seal and Co.), Hulme, monumental mason. Ct. Manchester. Pet. Oct. 1. Order, Oct. 22.

ORDER RESCINDING RECEIVING ORDER.
GAZETTE, Nov. 10.

JAMES, EDWARD BOSVILLE, Blomfield-rd, Maida Vale. lieutenant-colonel, officer in the army. Ct. High Court. Order, Sept. 18. Rescission, Nov. 6.

FIRST MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. GAZETTE, Nov. 6.

Ct.

ADAMES, HENRY CORNELIUS (late trading as E. M. Adames), Cardiff, grocer. Cardiff. Meeting, Nov. 17, at 11, at 29, Queen-st, Cardiff. Exam. Nov. 11, at 10, at Townhall, Cardiff. ARMSTRONG, JOHN, Kirkby Stephen, dog breaker. Ct. Kendal. Meeting, Nov. 14, at 11.30, at Grosvenor hotel, Stramongate, Kendal. Exam. Nov. 14, at 2, at Court-house, Kendal. BAXTER, GEORGE, Kettering, china merchant. Ct. Northampton. Meeting, Nov. 14, at 1, at County Court-bldgs, Northampton. Exam. Dec. 8, at noon, at Countyhall. Northampton. BLACK, LANCELOT, Scarborough, grocer. Ct. Scarborough. Meeting, Nov. 13, at 11. at office of Off Rec. Scarborough. Exam. Nov. 17, at noon, at Court-house, Scarborough.

BRAY, ARTHUR (late trading as the New Floral Hall Company), Richmond, florist. Ct. Wandsworth. Meeting, Nov. 17, at 11.30, at 24, Railway-approach, London Bridge. Exam. Nov. 26, at noon, at Court-house, Wandsworth.

COWHERD, THOMAS HAYTON, Kendal, corn dealer. Ct. Kendal. Meeting. Nov. 14, at 11, at Grosvenor hotel, Stramongate, Kendal. Exam. Nov. 14, at 2, at Courthouse, Kendal.

CLEAVER, EDWARD, late New Malden. Ct. Kingston, Surrey. Meeting, Nov. 13, at 11.30, at 24. Railway-approach, London Bridge. Exam. Nov. 27, at 2.30, at Court-house, Kingston, Surrey.

CHAMBERLAIN, CHARLES, West Bromwich, baker. Ct. West Bromwich. Meeting. Nov. 15, at 2, at County Court, West Bromwich. Exam. Nov. 13, at 2.15, at County Court, West Bromwich.

COBB. GEORGE, late Stillington, innkeeper. Ct. York.

Meeting, Nov. 19, at 12.30, at

office of Off. Rec. York. Exam. Dec. 4, at 11, at Courts of Justice, York. DUERDEN, JOHN, Burnley, late greengrocer. Ct. Burnley. Meeting, Dec. 3, at 1.30, at Exchange hotel, Nicholas-st, Burnley. Exam. Dec. 3, at 11, at Court-house, Burnley. DOBBS. FREDERICK, Mattishall, wheelwright. Ct. Norwich. Meeting, Nov. 14, at 1, at office of Off. Rec. Norwich. Exam. Nov. 18. at 11, at Shirehall, Norwich. FRAMPTON, ROBERT, Newport, I. of W., poulterer. Ct. Newport and Ryde. Meeting, Nov. 14, at 3, at office of Off. Rec. Newport. Exam. Nov. 23, at noon, at Court-house, Newport.

FIRKINS, WALTER WILLIAM, Bishops Froome. late grocer.
Nov. 14, at 11.30, at office of Off. Rec. Worcester.
Guildhall, Worcester.

Ct. Worcester. Meeting. Exam. Dec. 8, at 2.15, at

HODGES, E. GEORGE B., late Winchester-st, King's Cross. Ct. High Court. Meeting, Nov. 13, at 2.30, at Bankruptcy-bldgs. Exam. Dec. 10, at 11, at Bankruptcybldgs. HUMPHRY, ALBERT ALFRED, Chichester, saddler. Ct. Brighton. Meeting, Nov. 16, at 3.30, at Dolphin hotel, Chichester. Exam. Dec. 3, at 11, at Court-house, Brighton. HARRISON, SARAH BUCHANAN, Fallowfield, lodging-house keeper. Ct. Manchester. Meeting, Nov. 13, at 3, at Ogden's-chmbrs, Bridge-st. Manchester. Exam. Nov. 16, at 11, at Court-house, Manchester. HAZELWOOD, DANIEL, Upper Weeden, farmer, Ct. Northampton. Meeting, Nov. 14, at 11.30, at County Court-bldgs, Northampton. Exam. Dec. 8, at noon, at Countyhall, Northampton.

LEWIS, JAMES, late Hyde, furniture dealer. Ct. Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge. Meeting, Nov. 13, at 2.30, at Ogden's-chmbrs, Bridge-st, Manchester. Exam. Nov. 26, at 12.45, at Townhall, Ashton-under-Lyne.

PIRRIE, ROBERT REID (trading as Pirrie and Co.), Newcastle-on-Tyne, shipbroker. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Meeting, Nov. 18, at 11, at office of Off. Rec. Newcastleon-Tyne. Exam. Nov. 19, at 11.30, at County Court, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

REA. JAMES, Newcastle-on-Tyne, confectioner. Ct. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Meeting, Nov. 18, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Exam. Nov. 19,, at 11.30, at County Court, Newcastle-on-Tyne. RAMSBOTTOM, JOHN, Prestwich, commercial traveller. Ct. Salford. Meeting, Nov. 13 at 3.30, at Ogden's-chmbrs, Bridge-st, Manchester. Exam. Dec. 2, at 2.30, at Courthouse, Salford. ROTTER, DAVID, Swansea, hawker. Ct. Swansea. Meeting, Nov. 13, at noon, at office of Off. Rec. Swansea. Exam. Nov. 19, at 11.30, at Townhall, Swansea.

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