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LAMBERT, HENRY, Carnagh, Wrexford, Ireland June 22 Surr & Co, Abchurch lane
LOOMES, JOHN, Islington May 31 Carpenter & Sons, Laurence Pountney lane
MINETT, WATERS, Clyde rd, Tottenham May 26 Vincent & Vincent, Budge row
MORGAN, WILLIAM THOMAS, Cardiff June 5 Homewood, Old Jewry chmbrs
NORMAN, JOHN HOWES, Great Yarmouth, Painter May 4 Burton & Son, Great Yar-
mouth

PATTINSON, ANN, Newcastle on Tyne June 1 Maughan & Hall, Newcastle on Tyne
PEACOCK, MARIA, Clyde rd, Tottenham May 26 Vincent & Vincent, Budge row
POOLE, DAVID, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies June 6 Minet & Co, King William st
PRICE, MARY ANN, Cwncarn, Mon May 25 Edwards, Newport
PRIESTLEY, SAMUEL PANTON WYNN, Criccieth, Carnarvon June 3
RAILTON, HENRY JOHN, Brighton June 30 King & Hughes, Maidstone
RICHARDS, FANNY SUSANNAH HARRIET, Derby May 25 Cooke, Derby
ROBINSON, RICHARD HENRY, Oxford st June 1 Wilson & Co, Preston
ROWE, JOHN, Falmouth May 30 Borlase & Co, Penzance

Carter & Co, Bangor

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London Gazette.-TUESDAY, April 26.

ADAMSON, SMALES, Coatham, Redcar May 21 Punch, Middlesborough
ALLEN, ANN OLIVER, Nottingham June 15 Watson & Co, Nottingham

ANDERSSON, WILLIAM HENRY, Bootle, nr Liverpool May 31 FJ Leslie & Co, Liverpool
ASPINALL, JOHN, Stockport May 26 Redfern, Stockport

BEECH, WILLIAM, Balsall Heath, Worcester May 10 Arnold & Sons, Birmingham
BRIDGE, HELEN, Slough, Bucks June 1 Dean, Slough

BURROWS, JOHN ELLIS, Southport June 1 Wooler & Co, Leeds

CHARTRES, NICHOLAS, New Beckenham, Kent June 1 Dalston & Co, Southampton st

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Pet April 25 Ord April 25

BOTTING, WILLIAM, Stowupland, Suffolk, Butcher Bury St Edmunds Pet April 25 Ord April 25

BROWN, JAMES, Salford, Dyer Salford Pet April 27 Ord April 27

CRUIKSHANK, WILLIAM CHARLES, Norwich, Paper Hanger Norwich Pet April 20 Ord April 25

DAVIES, DAVID THOMAS, Abertillery, Mon, Grocer Tredegar Pet April 26 Ord April 26

DAVIS, HENRY, Cheselborne, Dorset, Grocer Dorchester
Pet April 26 Ord April 26

DEACON, EDWARD KING, Whitley, Reading, Professor of
Music Reading Pet April 23 Ord April 23
DE LABOQUE, E, Gray's inn rd High Court Pet March 30
Ord April 26

DIGHT, ALFRED JAMES SHORE, Blackheath Greenwich
Pet April 27 Ord April 27

FEATHER, BRIGGS, Shipley, Yorks, General Dealer

ford Pet April 26 Ord April 26

GARVEY, JOSEPH, Ilkeston, Derbys, Grocer

April 26 Ord April 23

Brad

Derby Pet

GEORGE, CHARLES HENRY, Briggate, Leeds, Commission
Agent Leeds Pet April 26 Ord April 26
GODFREY, JOHN HENRY, Peterborough, Publican Peter-
borough Pet April 27 Ord April 27

GORDON, CHARLES, Marquis of Huntly, Longueville, Hunts
Peterborough Pet April 26 Ord April 26
GRIGGS, HENRY EDWARD, Bread st High Court

March 14 Ord April 20

Pet

GROVES & SON, Southwick, Sussex, Builders Brighton Pet April 7 Ord April 26

HADFIELD THOMAS, Rotherham, Yorks, Hay Dealer Sheffield Pet April 27 Ord April 27

HICKS, CHARLES CLEMENTS, Waterlooville, Hants Portsmouth Pet April 25 Ord April 25

HOPE, JAMES, Lostock Junction, nr Bolton Bolton Pet
April 25 Ord April 25
JACKSON, WILLIAM, Manchester, Drysalter Manchester

Pet April 25 Ord April 25

JOHNSON, RICHARD, Hereford, China Dealer

Hereford

Pet April 25 Ord April 25 KING, FREDERICK JAMES, Stapenbill, Derbys, Fishmonger Burton on Trent Pet April 26 Ord April 26 KNOTT, WILLIAM, Crowcombe, Somerset, Bootmaker Taunton Pet April 27 Ord April 27 LAWRENCE, GEORGE, Liverpool, Fish Salesman

Pet April 6 Ord April 27

Liverpool

LEWIS, WILLIAM, Armley, Leeds Leeds Pet April 26 Ord April 26

LIVINGSTONE, WILLIAM, Leicester, Clothier Leicester Pet April 23 Ord April 23

Watts & Co, Scarborough Harker, Brighton

CLIVE, WILLIAM, Scarborough May 26
COPPARD, LAWRENCE, Brighton May 26
CORKER, SAMUEL, Kirkdale June 1 Horrocks & Co, Liverpool
CURTIS, The Rev JOHN, Bexley Heath, Kent June 30 Cooper & Norgate, East Dereham
EDDEN, EDWIN ALLISON, Edgbaston, Birmingham May 18 Wragge & Co, Birmingham
FRYER, ELIZABETH ANN, Hardwick, Gloucester May 31 Champney & Long, Gloucester
HALL, GEORGE, Kensington May 31 FJ Leslie & Co, Liverpool
HARDERN, JANET, Poulton le Fylde, Lancaster May 21 Gaulter, Fleetwood
HEAD, HARRIET, Panteg, Monmouth June 10 Le Brasseur & Bowen, Pontypool
June 1
HUGHES, WILLIAM, Colwyn Bay, Denbigh
Chamberlain & Johnson, Llan-
HUNTER, THOMAS, Sidmouth, Devon June 30 Janson & Co, Finsbury circus
KZIRIAN, MKRITCH TOROSOV, Southport, Merchant June 7 Doyle, Manchester
LEIR, CHARLOTTE, Ditcheat, Somerset June 1 Meade-King & Son, Bristol
LEON, JOSEPH, Hampstead May 28 Martin, Basinghall st

dudno

MONTGOMERY, ALEXANDER MCDONNELL, Netherleigh Strandtown, Belfast June 8 WV
Davidson, Belfast
MOTTRAM, JOHN, Warwick June 21 Handley & Co, Warwick

MUMFORD, WILLIAM, Kidderminster, Licensed Victualler May 23 Crowther & Boning,
Kidderminster

POLLARD, ELIZA, Brighton June 23 Vinall, Lewes

RAMPON, CLAUDE, Lyons, France June 30 Harston, Bishopsgate st Within

ROBINS, GREENWAY, Verulam bldgs, Gray's inn May 31 Peters & Bolton, Guildhall chambrs

ROCHE, MARIA, George st, Hanover sq June 6 Baileys & Co, Berners st
SCHOLEFIELD, COTTERILL, South Kensington May 31 Ellis & Co, College hill
SHAW, ARTHUR, Ecclesfield, York, Joiner May 24 Smith & Co, Sheffiell
SHEPPARD, CAROLINE, Edgbaston, Birmingham May 31 Jagger, Birmingham
SMITH, JOHN, Rock, Worcester, Farmer May 20 Arnold & Son, Birmingham
SMITH, SAMUEL, Weaverham, Chester June 3 Burton, Runcorn

SMITH, WILLIAM, Huddersfiell, Wine Merchant May 31 Brook, Huddersfield
TURNEY, JAMES NEEVE, Aldermanbury, Needle Manufacturer June 21 Morris & Co,
Broad st House
WHITFIELD, EDWARD TERTIUS, Strand, Postmaster May 26 Kays & Jones, Newinn
WORFOLK, JAMES, Leeds, Chemist June 13 Clarke & Co, Leeds

WYATT, Sir WILLIAM HENRY, Regent's Park rd July 1 Hammond & Richards, Lin

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MARCHBANK, JAMES, Carlisle, Baker Carlisle Pet April 26 Ord April 26

MILLMORE, JAMES, Shanklin, I of W, Coal Merchant Newport Pet April 13 Ord April 25

NEGUS, JAMES, Foxton, Cambridge, Farmer Cambridge Pet April 26 Ord April 26

PECK, SAMUEL, Goole, Yorks, Compositor Wakefield Pet
April 13 Ord April 25

PIPER, ALFRED JAMES, Melbourn, Cambridge, Draper Cam-
bridge Pet April 26 Ord April 26
POWELL, JACOB, and JOHN HENRY HEFFORD, Leicester,
Boot Manufacturers Leicester Pet April 23 Ord
April 23

PRICE, JOSEPH HENRY, and JOHN SAMUEL HINTON, Knightrider st, Mantle Manufacturers High Court Pet April 27 Ord April 27

ROBINSON, JOHN, Leeds, Bricklayer Leeds Pet April 26 Ord April 26

SMETHURST, ALFRED WILLIAM STEPHEN, Stretford, Lancs,

Flour Dealer Manchester Pet April 25 Ord April 25 SMITH, WILLIAM ALBERT, East Retford, Notts, Grocer Lincoln Pet April 26 Ord April 26

STEBBING, JAMES, Cardiff, Fish Merchant Cardiff Pet
April 27 Ord April 27

STOLLERY, HENRY MICHAEL, Staines, Licensed Victualler
Kingston, Surrey Pet April 26 Ord April 26
UPTON, EDWIN, Pontardulais, Glam, Boot Maker Swan-
sea Pet April 25 Ord April 25

WALBRAN, FRANCIS MAXIMILIAN, Leeds, Fishing Tackle
Manufacturer Leeds Pet April 25 Ord April 25
WATSON, CHARLES, and JAMES BAXTER, Huddersfield,
Dyer Huddersfield Pet April 25 Ord April 25
WHITE, ARTHUR, Leicester, Boot Manufacturer Leicester
Pet April 16 Ord April 25

WHITTON, CHARLES ROPER, Nantwich, Commission Agent
Nantwich Pet April 26 Ord April 26
WILKEY, FREDERICK, Barnstaple, Insurance Agent Barn-
staple Pet April 25 Ord April 25

WOOD, CORNELIUS, Walsall, sen, Coal Dealer Walsall Pet
April 26 Ord April 26

WRIGHT, LOUIS CLEMENT, Thornton Heath, Hotel Pre-
prietor Croydon Pet April 15 Ord April 15
ZIMMERMANN, WILLIAM, Bemerton st, Caledonian rd, Baker
High Court Pet April 26 Ord April 26
Amended notice substituted for that published in the
London Gazette of April 22:
BAXENDALE, Captain SIM, Droylsden, Lancs, Tailor Ashton
under Lyne Pet April 18 Ord April 18
FIRST MEETINGS.

ASHFORD, FRANCIS RICHARD, Bideford, Devons, Butcher
May 17 at 11 Sanders & Son, High st, Barnstable
ASHWIN, GERALD, Brockley, Clerk May 9 at 11.30. 21,
Railway app, London Bridge

BARLOW, TOM, Brierfield, Lancs, Clothier May 6 at 3 Exchange Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley BAXENDALE, Captain SIM, Droylsden, Lancs, Tailor May 6 at 2.30 Off Rec, Byrom st, Manchester BENBOW, GEORGE MORGAN, Llanidloes, Tailor May 6 at 12.30 1, High st, Newtown

BIRD, JAMES RICHARD, Bradford May 9 at 3 16, Wood st, Bolton

BOLTON, ROBERT, Worcester, Coal Merchant May 7 at 11.30 Off Rec, 45, Copenhagen st, Worcester BRADSHAW, WILLIAM, Myerscough, nr Preston, Engine Tenter May 6 at 3 Off Rec, 14, Chapel st, Preston

BRAGG, ROBERT, Clapham May 6 at 11.30 24, Railway app, London bridge

BRANHAM, THOMAS SHEPHERD, Leeds, Builder's Manager May 12 at 11 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds BROCKLESBY, WILLIAM, Leeds May 9 at 11 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds

BROWN, JAMES, Salford, Dyer May 6 at 3 Off Rec, Byrom st, Manchester

BULLIVANT, RICHARD ARTHUR, Headingley, Leeds, Architect May 11 at 12 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds CLUCAS, GEORGE, Liverpool, Baker May 11 at 12 Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool

COOK, WILLIAM, Maidstone, Fly Proprietor May 11 at 11
Off Rec 9, King st, Maidstone
CRAVEN, GEORGE HARRY, Pickering, Yorks, Corn Miller
May 6 at 11 Off Rec, 74, Newborough, Scarborough
DALBY, JOHN KIRBY, Harborough, Leics May 9 at 12.30

Off Rec, 1, Berridge st, Leicester
DE LAROQUE, E, Acton st, Gray's inn rd
Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st

May 6 at 2.30

FRANC, GUSTAV, Lombard st, Merchant May 6 at 1 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st

GLEDHILL, TOM, Burnley, Cabdriver May 6 at 4 Exchange
Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley

GRIGGS, HENRY EDWARD, Bread st, Juvenile Milliner May
6 at 11 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
HANCOCK, WALTER, Biddulph, Staffs, Grocer May 6 at 11
Off Rec, 23, King Edward st, Macclesfield
HOLDER, HENRY GEORGE, Leamington, Hotel Proprietor
May 6 at 11 Off Rec, 17, Hertford st, Coventry
HOLGATE, WILLIAM, Burnley, Joiner May 6 at 3.30 Ex-
change Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley

HOLMES, JAMES, Halifax, Roller Coverer May 7 at 11
Townhall chmbrs, Halifax

HOPE, JAMES, Lostock Jnctn, nr Bolton May 9 at 3.30 16, Wood st, Bolton

HUNTER, ARTHUR, Leicester, Tailor May 6 at 3 Off Rec 1, Berridge st, Leicester

JOHNSON, RICHARD, Hereford, China Dealer May 9 at 10 2, Offa st, Hereford

JONES, DAVID, Aberdere, Glam May 9 at 2 65, High st, Merthyr Tydfil

LEECH, CHARLES JOHN FREDERICK, Burton on Trent, Hair

dresser May 6 at 11 Off Rec, 40, St Mary's gate, Derby LITTLEWOOD, EDGAR ALBERT, Great Yarmouth, General Dealer May 7 at 12.30 Off Rec, 8, King st, Norwich LLOYD, DANIEL, Cymmer, Glam, Builder May 6 at 12 Off Rec, 31, Alexandra rd, Swansea MARCHBANK, JAMES, Carlisle, Baker May 9 at 1 Off Rec, 34, Fisher st, Carlisle

MORRIS, JOSEPH, South Shields May 9 at 11.30 Off Rec,
30, Mosley st, Newcastle on Tyne
PHILLIPS, ALFRED, Cardiff, Horse dealer May 13 at 9.30
Off Rec, 23, Queen st, Cardiff

POWELL, JACOB, and JOHN HENRY HEFFORD, Leicester, Boot Manufacturers May 6 at 12.30 Off Rec, 1, Berridgest, Leicester

RETALLACK, WILLIAM, Bayswater May 9 at 2.30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st

RICHELIEU, THOMAS, Darlington, Boilersmith May 11 at11 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds SMYTHE, WH, North Kensington May 9 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st SOUTHALL, ALBERT EDWARD, and WILLIAM EDWIN DEAKIN Leek, Staffs, Silk Manufacturers May 6 at 11 Off Rec, 23, King Edward st, Macclesfield

SYMONDS, JOSIAH NORMAN, Horbury, Yorks, Fancy Draper
May 6 at 11 Off Rec, 6, Bond ter, Wakefield
WALL, ROBERT, Swansea, Joiner

31, Alexandra rd, Swansea

May 10 at 12

Off Rec,

May 6 at 12

WALLACE, CHARLES CLAUDE, East Molesey

24, Railway app, London Bridge

WILLIAMS, FREDERICK, Coltishall, Norfolk, Ironmonger
May 7 at 12 Off Rec, 8, King st, Norwich
WRIGHT, LOUIS CLEMENT, Thornton Heath, Hotel Pro-
24, Railway app, London
prietor May 6 at 12 30
Bridge

YOUNG, JAMES, Thornton le Beans, Yorks May 16 at 11.30
Court house, Northallerton

Amended notice substituted for that published in the
London Gazette of April 26:
CAVERLY, R B, Strand May 3 at 11
Carey st

Bankruptcy bldgs,

ADJUDICATIONS.
ASHFORD, THOMAS, Pelsall, Staffs, Miner Walsall Pet
April 26 Oid April 26

BALHATCHET, CHARLES, Plymouth, Oil Merchant

mouth Pet April 25 Ord April 25

BATEMAN, WILLIAM, Camberwell, Stonemason

Court Pet April 26 Ord April 26

Ply

High

BAXENDALE, Captain SIM, Droylsden, Lancs, Tailor
Ashton under Lyne Pet April 18 Ord April 21
BIRD, JAMES RICHARD, Bradford

Ord April 25

Bolton Pet April 23

BOLTON, ROBERT, Worcester, Coal Merchant Worcester
Fet April 25 Ord April 25

BOTTING, WILLIAM, Stowupland, Suffolk, Butcher Bury
St Edmunds Pet April 25 Ord April 25
BULLOCK, HERBERT WILLIAM, Chatham High Court Pet
March 4 Ord April 25

COLLINS, THOMAS BELL, Pentonville rd, Wall Paper
Merchant High Court Pet March 25 Ord April 25
COOPER, FRANK, Barnet, Herts, Corn Merchant Barnet
Pet March 2 Ord April 23

CRUIKSHANK, WILLIAN CHARLES, Norwich, Paperhanger
Norwich Pet April 19 Ord April 25

DAVIES, DAVID THOMAS, Abertillery, Mon, Grocer Trede-
gar Pet April 25 Ord April 26

DAVIS, HENRY, Cheselborne, Dorset, Grocer Dorchester
Pet April 26 Ord April 26

DEACON, EDWARD KING, Whitley, Reading, Professor of
Music Reading Pet April 23 Ord April 23
DE'ATH, MICHAEL, Cricklewood High Court Pet March
16 Ord April 25

DIGHT, ALTRED JAMES SHAW, Blackheath Greenwich Pet
April 27 Ord April 27

EBEET, SARAH JANF, Cardiff, Draper Cardiff Pet April
19 Ord April 25

Derby Pet

ENGLAND, THOMAS, Cardiff, India Rubber Merchant Car-
diff Pet March 21 Ord April 26
FEATHER, BR.GGS, Shipley, Yorks, General Dealer Brad-
ford Pet April 26 Ord April 25
GARVEY, JOSEPH, Ilkeston, Derby, Grocer
April 28 Ord April 26
GEORGE, CHARLES HENRY. Briggate, Leeds. Commission
Agent Leeds Pet April 26 Ord April 26
GIBB, DAVID, Limehouse, Builder High Court Pet March
29 Ord April 25

GODFREY, JOHN HENRY, Peterborough, Publican Peter-
borough Pet April 27 Ord April 27
GRIFFITHS, SARAH, Millom, Cumberland, Grocer White-
haven Pet April 22 Ord April 26
MADFIELD, THOMAS, Rotherham, York, Hay Dealer Shef-
Held Fet April 27 Ord April 27

HICKS, CHABLES CLEMENTS, Waterlooville, Hants Ports
mouth Fet March 29 Ord April 25

HOPE, JAMES, Lostock Junction, nr Bolton Bolton Pet
April 25 Ord April 25

JACKSON, WILLIAM, Manchester, Drysalter Manchester
Pet April 25 Ord April 25

JENKINS, ULIVER, Cardiff, Grocer Carcia Pet March 29
Ord April 25

JOHNSON, RICHARD, Hereford, China Dealer Hereford
Pet April 25 Oid April 25

KING, FREDERICK JAMES, Stapenhill, Derbys, Fishmonger
Burton on Trent Pet April 25 Ord Ap.il 26
KNOTT, WILLIAM, Crowcombe, Somerset, Bootmaker
Taunton Pet April 27 Ord April 27
LEWIS, WILLIAM, Armley, Leeds

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LLOYD, DANIEL, Cymmer, Glam, Builder Neath Pet Aprl 12 Ord April 27

MARCHBANK, JAMES, Carlisle, Baker Carlisle Pet April
26 Ord April 26

XEGUS, JAMES, Foxton, Cambs, Farmer Cambridge Pet
April 26 Ord April 26

POWELL, JACOB, and JOHN HENRY HEFFORD, Leicester;
Boot Manufacturers Leicester Pet April 23 Ord
April 23

PRICE, JOHN, Westbourne grove, Fishmonger High Court
Pet March 26 Ord April 26

RETALLACK, WILLIAM, Bayswater High Court Pet April
23 Ord April 23

ROBINSON, JOHN, Leeds, Bricklayer Leeds Pet April 26
Ord April 26

SMETHURST, ALFRED WILLIAM STEPHEN, Stretford, Lancs,
Flour Dealer Manchester Pet April 25 Ord
April 25

SMITH, WILLIAM ALBERT, East Retford, Notts, Grocer
Lincoin Pet April 26 Ord April 26

STEBBING, JAMES, Cardiff, Fish Merchant Cardiff Pet
April 27 Ord April 27

THOMAS, HENRY POWELL, High st, Ponder's End, Draper
Edmonton Pet Mares 23 Ord April 23
UPTON, EDWIN, Ponta dulais, Glam, Boot Maker Swansea
Pet April 25 Ord April 25
WALDRAN, FRANCIS MAXIMILLIAN, Leeds, Fishing Tackle
Manufacturer Leeds Pet April 25 Ord April 25
WATS N, CHARLES, and JAMES BAXTER, Huddersfield,
Dyers Huddersfield Pet April 25 Ord April 25
WHITE, ARTHUR, Leicester, Beot Manufacturer Leicester
T'et April 16 rd April 25

.

WILKEY, FREDERICK, Barnstaple, Insurance Agent Barnstaple Pet April 25 Ord Apr 25

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EVERETT, GEORGE EDWARD, Birmingham, Auctioneer
May 12 at 11 174, Corporation st, Birmingham
FEATHER, BRIGGS, Shipley, Yorks, General Dealer May
11 at 11 Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford
GARVEY, JOSEPH, Ilkeston, Derbys, Grocer May 10 at
11.30 Off Rec, 40, St Mary's gate, Derby
GIBBS, GEORGE, Trowbridge, Wilts, Licensed Victualler
May 11 at 12.30 Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol
GODFREY, JOHN HENRY, Peterborough, Publican May 27
at 11.45 Law Courts, New rd, Peterborough
GREGORY, WALLACE CHARLES, Kilburn, Lead Merchant
RECEIVING ORDERS.
May 10 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
ANDREWS, FREDERICK GEORGE, Northampton, Leather GROVES & SON, Southwick, Sussex, Builders May 11 at
2.30 Off Rec, Pavilion bldgs, Brighton
Seller Northampton Pet April 28 Ord April 28
Aberystwith Pet KING, FREDERICK JAMES, Stapenhill, Derbys, Fishmonger
BARNETT, DAVID, Dolgelly, Grocer
May 10 at 11 Off Rec, 40, St Mary's gate, Derby
April 30 Ord April 30
Crowcombe,
Pet KNOTT, WILLIAM,
Somersets, Bootmaker
BATESON, LIONEL JOSEPH, York, Whitesmith York
May 10 at 2.30 Off Rec, 5в, Hammet st, Taunton
April 29 Ord April 29
LEWIS, JOHN BERTRAM, Liverpool, Provision Dealer May
18 at 12 Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool

London Gazette.-TUESDAY, May 3.

CHORLEY, WALTER, Kendal, Innkeeper Whitehaven Pet
April 15 Ord April 29

CLARK, JOHN WILLIAM, Northampton, Picture Frame
Maker Northampton Pet April 28 Ord April 28
EAST, FRANCIS JOHN, Gunthorpe, Notts, Farmer Not-
tingham Pet April 1 Ord April 27
Cardiff Pet
ELLIS, ALFRED, Canton, Cardiff, Florist
April 28 Ord April 23
FUELLING, DAVID. Camberwell rd, Baker High Court
Pet April 5 Ord April 29
GIBBS, GEORGE, Trowbridge, Wilts, Licensed Victualler
Bath Pet April 29 Ord April 29

GREGORY, WALLACE CHARLES, Kilburn, Lead Merchant
High Court Pet April 29 Ord April 29
HAYHURST, WILLIAM SILAS, Cummersdale, nr Carlisle,

Potato Dealer Carlisle Pet April 29 Ord April 29
JESSOP, JOSEPH ARTHUR, Bradford, Restaurant Proprietor
Bradford Pet April 15 Ord April 29

JONES, DANIEL, and GEORGE WATKINS, Blaina, Mon,
Grocers Tredegar Pet April 29 Ord April 29
JONES, SAMUEL BANFIELD, Portland, Dorset, Traction
Engine Driver Dorchester Pet April 30 Ord April

30

Builder

MARSHALL, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Caistor, Lines, Butcher
Great Grimsby Pet April 18 Ord April 29
NICHOLLS, LLEWELYS, Bimi gham, C, cle Manufacturer
Birmingham Pet April 15 Ord April 29
Chelmsford,
NORRINGTON, THOMAS,
Essex,
Chelmsford Pet April 23 Ord April 28
OLDRIDGE, THOMAS, Thornton, nr Pocklington, Farmer
York Pet April 28 Ord April 28
PAFRISH, ISAAC, I-lington, Builder High Court Pet
March 12 Ord April 27

PEACOCK, ARTHUR JOHN, Llandudno, Contractor Bangor
Pet April 29 Ord April 29

ROBINSON, THOMAS, Scarborough, Innkeeper Scarborough
Pet April 28 Ord April 28
ROGERS, CHARLES HENRY, Old Kent rd, Butcher High
Court Pet April 6 Ord April 28
ROGERS, FREDERICK, Bury St Edmunds, Tailor Bury St
Edmunds Pet April 28 Ord April 28
SCOTT, JAMES EBENEZER, Pontypool, Mon, Confectioner
Newport, Mon Pet April 29 Ord April 29
SEWELL, CHARLES, Ashton under Lyne, Clog Sole Maker

Ashton under Lyne Pet April 30 Ord April 30
SINGLETON, HUGH RAWSON, Leamington Warwick Pet
April 28 Ord April 28

STOBART, JOHN, Leeds, Commission Agent Leeds Pet
April 29 Ord April 29

STONE, ROBERT VOISEY, Montpelier, Bristol, Printer
Bristol Pet April 29 Ord April 29
Pet April 28
SYKES, HABBY, Leeds, Hotel keeper Leeds
Ord April 28
TYDEMAN, JOSEPH, Waltham Cross, Herts, Auctioneer
Edmonton Pet March 25 Ord April 28
WAPLINGTON, EDWARD, Mexborough, York, Colliery
Banksman Sheffield Pet April 28 Ord April 29
WILLIAMS, JOHN, Pontudulais, Glam, Ironmonger Swan-
sea Pet April 28 Orl April 23

Croydon Pet

WOODMAN, ROBERT PILCHER, Sandgate, Kent, Butcher
Canterbury Pet April 28 Ord April 28
Amended notice substituted for that published in the
London Gazette of March 18:
EOSER, HALVEY, Abinger, Surrey, Butcher
March 3 Ord March 15
Amended notice substituted for that published in the
London Gazette of April 8:
TROW, THOMAS, Newtown, Montgomery, Grocer Newtown
Pet April 6 Ord April 6
Amended notice substituted for that published in the
London Gazette of April 22:
LEECH, JAMES, Ashton under Lyne Ashton under Lyne
Pet April 1 Ord April 14

RECEIVING ORDER KESCINDED.
Izon. ARTHUR JAMES, Wellesley rd, West Croydon, Hosier
High Court Rec Ord July 22, 1837 Resc Nov 5, 1897
FIRST MEETINGS.

ALESBURY, JAMES, Pwllypant, Glam, Collier May 12 at 11
Off Rec, 29, Queen st, Cardiff
BATEMAN, WILLIAM, Camberwell, Stonemason May 10 at
2.30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
BATESON, LIONEL JOSEPH, High Petergate, York, White-

smith May 16 at 12.15 Off Rec, 28, Stonegate, York
May
BigHOE, ANN MARIA, Long Buckby, Northamptons
10 at 11.15 Off Rec, County Coart bldgs, North-
ampton

BROUGH, FREDERICK JOHN, Longton, Staffs, Joiner

May

11 at 10.50 Off Rec, King st, Newcastle under Lyme
BUCKLE, JOSEPH, Bicester, Oxford, Butcher May 10 at 12
1, St Aldate's, Oxford
CARSWELL, WILLIAM DAVID, Felling on Tyne, Travelling
Jeweller May 11 at 11.30 Off Rec, 30, Mosley st,
Newcastle on Tyne
CLEGG, JOHN, Shawforth, nr Rochdale, Stone Merchant
May 10 at 11.15 Townhall, Rochdale
CoOPER, FRANK, Barnet, Corn Merchant May 10 at 3 Off
Rec, 95, Temple chmbrs, Temple avenu
CORAM, ARTHUR Jons, Sutton, Guildford, Farmer May 10
at 11.30 24, Ralway app, London Bridge
EDREY, SARAH JANE, Cardiff, Draper May 12 at 11.30
Off Rec, 29, Queen st, Cardiff

1

LEWIS, WILLIAM, Armley, Leeds May 12 at 12 Off Req
22, Park row, Leeds

LIVINGSTONE, WILLIAM, Leicester, Clothier May 10 at
12.30 Off Rec, 1, Berridge st, Leicester
LOCKETT, TIMOTHY, Heeley, Sheffield May 10 at 2 Off
Rec, Figtree lane, Sheffield

NEGUS, JAMES, Foxton, Cambridge, Farmer May 11 at
10.30 Off Rec, 5, Petty Cury, Cambridge
NEVANAS, JOHN, Liverpool, Pawnbroker May 11 at 2
Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool
OLDRIDGE, THOMAS, Thornton, nr Pocklington, York,
Farmer April 13 at 12.15 Off Rec, 28, Stonegate,
York

PECK, SAMUEL, Goole, York, Compositor May 11 at 11
Off Rec, 6, Bond ter, Wakefield

PEREIRA, CHRISTOPHER CHARLES, Staines, Builder May 11
at 12.30 24, Railway app, London Bridga
PIPER, ALFRED JAMES, Melbourn, Cambridge, Draper May
10 at 2.30 Off Rec, 5, Petty Cury, Cambridge
PRICE, JOSEPH HENRY, and JOHN SAMUEL HINTON, Kaight-
rider st, Mantle Manufacturers May 11 at 12 Bank-
ruptcy bldgs, Carey st

SMITH, WILLIAM ALBERT, East Retford, Nottz, Grocer May
17 at 12 Off Rec, 31, Silver st, Lincoln
STONE, R BERT VOISEY, Montpelier, Bristol, Printer May
11 at 12 Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol
SYKES, GEORGE, Birmingham, Pork Butcher May 11 at 11
174, Corporation st, Birmingham

TIDEY, CHARLES WILLIAM, Aldershot, Eating House
Keeper May 11 at 11.30 21, Railway app, London
Bridge

UPTON, EDWIN, Pontardulais, Boot Maker May 10 at 2 15
Off Rec, 31, Alexandra rd, Swansea
WADDINGTON, FREDERICK SYDNEY, Chiswick, Solicitor May
11 at 2 30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
WILKEY, FREDERICK, Barnstaple, Insurance Agent May
17 at 12 Sanders & Son, High st, Barnstaple
ZIMMERMANN, WILLIAM, Bemerton st, Caledonian rd, Baker
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ADJUDICATIONS.

ANDREWS, FREDERICK GEORGE, Northampton, Leather-
seller Northampton Pet April 28 Ord April 28
BATES, WALTER THOMAS, Acle, Norfolk, Watchmaker
Norwich Ord April 29

BATESON, LIONEL JOSEPH, York, Whitesmith York Pet
April 29 Ord April 29

CLUCAS, GEORGE, Liverpool, Baker Liverpool Pet April
5 Ord April 27

COOK, WILLIAM, Maidstone, Fly Proprietor Maidstone
Pet April 22 Ord April 30

DAVIES, THOMAS GRIFFITHS COOK WYNTON, Fenchurch st
Wandsworth Pet Dec 21 Ord April 28

GIRBS, GEORGE, Trowbridge, Wilts, Licensed Victualler
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HAYHURST, WILLIAM SILAS, Cummers lale, qr Carlisle, Po
tato Dealer Carlisle Pet April 23 Ord April 29
HOLGATE, WILLIAM, Burnley, Joiner Burnley Pet March
30 Ord April 27

HUNTER, ARTHUR, Leicester, Tailor Leicester Pet March
31 Ord April 26

JELLIE, JOHN STEPHENSON, Clifton, Bristol, Schoolmaster
Bristol Pet April 6 Ord April 23

JONES, DANIEL, and GEORGE WATKINS, Blaina, Mon,
Grocer Tredegar Pet April 29 Ord April 29
KEAST. WILLIAM, East Looe, Cornwall, Watchmaker Ply-
mouth Pet April 5 Ord April 30

LAWRENCE, GEORGE, Liverpool, Fish Salesman Liverpool
Pet April 6 Ord April 29

LEECH, JAMES, Ashton under Lyne Ashton under Lyne
Pet April 1 Ord April 29

MARSHALL, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Caistor, Lincs, Butcher
Gt Grimsby Pet April 16 Ord April 29
OLDRIDGE, THOMAS, Thornton, nr Pocklington, Yorks,
Fa mer York Pet April 28 Ord April 28
PEACOCK, ARTHUR JOHN, Llandudno, Contractor Bangor
Pet April 28 Ord April 29

PEDDER, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Luton, Bedford, Straw Hat
Luton Pet April 22 Ord April 23
Ord
PHILLIPS, ALFRED, Cardiff
Pet April 4
Cam-

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LAW REVERSIONARY INTEREST

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Cases Reported this Week.

In the Solicitors' Journal.
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the Land Transfer Act, 1897, is to be postponed to September WE HEAR, on going to press, that the coming into effect of

1st next.

WE PRINT elsewhere a transfer to Mr. Justice BYRNE of 40 actions from NORTH, J., 30 actions from STIRLING, J., and 30 actions from ROMER, J. Mr. Justice BIGHAM is to sit in place of Mr. Justice BYRNE during his illness.

IN COMMENTING (ante, p. 374) on the recent decision of Mr. Justice STIRLING in Re Keck and Hart's Contract (ante, p. 380, 46 W. R. 389), we pointed out that the decision left open one of the questions decided by Re Tibbits' Settled Estates (46 W. R. 3; 1897, 2 Ch. 149)-namely, that under section 4 of the Settled Land Act, 1890, a charge on the estate of the tenant for life creates a compound settlement. This appears to have been expressly decided by NORTH, J., in the last-mentioned case, and was relied upon by Mr. Justice STIRLING as one ground for distinguishing that case from Re Keck and Hart's Contract. We ventured (as we had done before), with great deference to Mr. Justice NORTH, to urge that he had taken an erroneous view of the effect of section 4; that the sole object of that provision was to render it unnecessary for a person entitled under an instrument of the description therein mentioned to consent, under section 50 of the Settled Land Act, 1882, to the exercise by the tenant for life of his statutory powers; that the section did not in any sense relate to the appointment of trustees for the purposes of the Settled Land Acts, and that the phrase "one of the instruments creating the settlement" could not be construed as meaning "one of the instruments creating a compound settlement." We reported last week a fresh decision by Mr. Justice STIRLING in Re Du Cane and Nettlefold's Contract (ante, p. 468), in which, as we understand the judgment, that learned judge completely sanctions the construction of section 4 for which we have always contended. He said: "The vendor contends that the section is

Mellor, The Right Hon. John W., Q.C., limited to excluding the operation of section 50 of the Act of

M.P.

Mills, Richard, Esq.

Morrell, Frederic P., Esq. (Oxford).
Pennington, Richard, Esq.
Rowcliffe, Edward Lee, Esq.
Saltwell, Wm .Henry, Esq.
Williams, C. Reynolds, Esq.
Williams, Romer, Esq.
Williams, William, Esq.

1882. That contention is borne out by the concluding words of the section. It seems to me that the language of the Act is satisfied by the limited construction placed on it by the vendor, and that the section does not make any assignment to which it refers an instrument for all the purposes of the Act. In coming to that conclusion I found myself on the last words of the section,

person is alleged to have committed an offence." There can be little doubt that this construction is correct; the contrary view, by which the language is taken in its strict literal sense, reduces the section to an absurdity. A further point mentioned by the Court of Appeal is that, assuming that the plaintiff was a soldier subject to military law at the time of the alleged injuries, an express remedy is given to him by section 43 of the Army Act, and he has, therefore, no other remedy. This principle is laid down by LUSH, J., in Dawkins v. Lord Paulet (L. R. 5 Q. B. 94), and is in accordance with Keighley v. Bell (4 F. & F. 763) and Dawkins v. Lord Rokeby (lb. 706)-cases which were relied on by KENNEDY, J., in support of parts of his judgment. The result is eminently satisfactory, and the decision is important.

and on the consideration that that appears to be the difficulty which was intended to be met by the section as a whole, and the only difficulty so far as I can see. I cannot say that everything for the purposes of the Act is to be read into the section." And, apart from section 4, the learned judge held that there was nothing in the Settled Land Acts, "as a general rule," to compel trustees of a compound settlement to be appointed "whenever a deed is executed affecting interests under the original settlement so that that settlement is no longer the only instrument by which land stands limited to persons by way of succession." He also took occasion to say that, on consideration, he adhered to his decision in Re Keck and Hart's Contract that an appointment of jointures would not create a compound settlement, and added that there was "nothing in the Act which says that trustees of the settlement for the purposes of the Act are to be deprived of their power of receiving and giving receipts for purchase-money by a charge of portions." The profession owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Justice STIR-ings of the House of Lords Committee on the Companies Bill has LING for his decisions and for the admirable reasoning by which they are supported. We will not venture to indicate as yet the course which practitioners will consider it advisable to take in dealing with the questions involved in the above-mentioned cases, but we may point out that while, in the case of jointures and portions, the decision of the Irish judge and of NORTH, J., have been explained as not applicable, in the case of charges on the interest of the tenant for life, we have apparently conflicting decisions of two learned judges of the Chancery

Division.

THE DECISION of the Court of Appeal in Marks v. Frogley, overruling the decision of KENNEDY, J. (1898, 1 Q. B. 396), will be received with general satisfaction. It was felt that, whatever might be the true construction of the relevant sections of the Army Act, 1881, the law ought not to be that a volunteer private, by carrying out an order of his superior officer, which at the time it was given he was bound to obey, should render himself liable in damages at the suit of another volunteer, against whom the order was directed. The facts of the case were simple: The plaintiff, a member of a volunteer corps, was, by order of the adjutant, kept in custody by the defendants, a lance-corporal and two privates of the same corps, during the railway journey from Shorncliffe, where the corps had been taking part in a week's training with the regular forces, to Hertfordshire, where the corps was dismissed. The reason for the order was that an accusation of theft, afterwards proved to be utterly unfounded, had been made against the plaintiff while in camp at Shorncliffe. One defence set up was, that the plaintiff and the defendants were subject to military law during the occurrence of the events complained of, in which case the defendants' conduct was clearly justifiable. As to this point section 176 of the Army Act, 1881, provides that volunteers shall be subject to military law "when they are being trained or exercised with any portion of the regular forces"; but KENNEDY, J., held that the training, and therefore the subjection to military law, ceased when the volunteers left the camp, or, if not then, at least when they left Shorncliffe Station in the train. The Court of Appeal have held that the training and the military law continued so long as the corps remained under arms-viz., until it was dismissed in Hertfordshire. They were assisted in arriving at this satisfactory conclusion by article 374 of the Volunteer Regulations, which provides that the subjection to military law is to arise when volunteers "join a camp with regular forces or are assembled for training or exercise with any portion of the regular forces." But even apart from this regulation (which was not before the judge in the court below), the construction put by the Court of Appeal on section 176 seems to be in accordance with good sense, and preferable to that adopted by KENNEDY, J. A further defence was that, under section 158 of the same Act, "where an offence under this Act has been committed by any person while subject to military law, such person may be taken into and kept in military custody," although he or his battalion has ceased to be subject to military law. Here, again, the Court of Appeal differed from KENNEDY, J., and held that the section means "where a

THE EVIDENCE given by Mr. BUCKLEY, Q.C., at the last two meetranged over most of the points covered by the Bill. Mr. BUCKLEY joins in the general approval of clause 4, which requires that the company shall not go to allotment save upon a minimum subscription to be fixed by the memorandum or articles of association and named in the prospectus, and he sees also what has been already pointed out, that the provision of clause 6, forbidding the company to exercise its borrowing powers until certain conditions as to allotment of and payment for shares have been complied with, will render impossible the present practice of offering shares and debentures to the public at the same time.

He proposes to get over the difficulty by allowing the company to enter at once into a provisional contract for the issue of debentures, the contract to become binding so soon as the registrar gives his certificate that the requirements of the section have been complied with. In respect of underwriting, Mr. BUCKLEY confirms the general opinion that this mode of securing the flotation of a company must be permitted, though it is permissible to doubt the soundness of his suggestion for limiting the amount of commission payable and for requiring it to be paid only in cash. Payment in cash would suit the underwriters exactly, but in many cases it would be less advantageous for the company, and if the practice of underwriting is recognized at all, the amount of the commission must be left to be settled by the parties. A large commission does not necessarily mean that the venture is commercially unsound. It may be a proper reward for floating a business which is good enough in itself, but which is not of a kind just at the time fashionable with the investing public. Mr. BUCKLEY joins in the general objection to clause 14, with its minute requirements as to the contents of prospectuses, and he Directors have to take commercial risks, and it may to increasing the responsibility of directors. be their business "not to be prudent, but to be in a reasonable and honest sense imprudent.' He expressed himself in favour of the registration of debenture mortgages, but stipulated for the freedom of companies in respect of ordinary commercial charges. Apparently this is secured by the Bill, which expressly provides (clause 20 (2)) that it shall not be necessary to register liens by law or charges created in the ordinary course of business. In respect of accounts, Mr. BUCKLEY has carried the criticism of the Bill further, we believe, than has hitherto been done, and has referred to the case of companies where all the ordinary shares are held by members of the original firm, and the preference shareholders are excluded from knowledge of the accounts. He would accordingly strike out of the Bill the provision for laying a yearly balance-sheet before the members accounts. The latter provision, he considers, would make limited of the company, as well as the provision for publication of liability go out of fashion, and, as regards private companies at any rate, it is very possible that it would have this effect.

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A CURIOUS question as to the power of directors of a company to secure for themselves compensation for loss of office arose in the case of Kaye v. Croydon Tramways Co. (46 W. R. 405). A provisional agreement was made by the directors of the defendant company for the sale of the company's undertaking and assets to the British Electric Traction Co. for a sum of £30,543.

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