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Aldridge, George Edward, Lye, Worcester, Grocer. Jan 4 at 3 at offices of Waldron, High st, Brierley hill, Stafford

Balmer, William Kirkup, Grainger st West, Newcastle upon Tyne, Public Accountant. Jan 5 at 11 at offices of Pybus, Post Office chmbrs, St Nicholas sq, Newcastle upon Tyne

Banning, George, Kingston rd, Portsmouth, Hants, Grocer. Jan 6 at 12 at office of Elmonds, St James's st, Portsea. Ford and Son, Portsmouth

Barder, Jacob, Manchester, Importer of Fancy Goods. Jan 4 at 3 at offices of Nuttall and Son, John Dalton st, Manchester

Bate, James, Scott's yard, Bush lane, Timber and General Merchant. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Steadman and Co, Southampton st, Strand

Beadle, Sarah Ann, Liddington, Rutland, out of business. Jan 11 at 3 at offices of Sheild, Uppingham

Bellew, Sarah Elizabeth, Walworth rd, Stewed Eel Shop Keeper. Jan 10 at 2 at offices of Bendle, John st, Bedford row

Blackmore, Thomas, Kingston-upon-Hull, Smack Owner.
Pickering, Parliament st. Summers, Hull

Jan 4 at 3 at offices of

Bromley, Mark, Chatham, Confectioner. Dec 29 at 11 at 6, Arthur st, East. Mitchell, Rochester

Brelsford, Thomas, Disley, Chester, Stonemason. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Leigh, Brown st, Manchester

Brier, Edward, Brighouse, York, Contractor. Jan 6 at 11 at offices of Moore, St James's chmbrs, Halifax

Butler, Francis William, Brighton, Surgeon. Jan 10 at 3 at offices of Nye, North st, Brighton

Capon, Charles Henry, Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, Auctioneer. Jan 3 at 12 at offices of Kent, St Andrew's Hall Plain, Norwich

Charlesworth, James, Sheffield, Draper. Jan 6 at 2 at offices of Taylor, Norfolk row, Sheffield

Clayton, William, Harrogate, York, Grocer. Jan 5 at 12 at offices of Hirst and Capes James st, Harrogate

Corp, William, Dalston Rise, Cow Farmer. Jan 12 at 2 at offices of Bolton and Co, Lincoln's-inn-fields

Coupland, Tom Sydney, Bridlington, Licensed Victualler. Jan 4 at 11 at offices of Wray, Queen st, Bridlington Quay

Crutchloe, John, Oswestry, Gunsmith, Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Hignett, St aohn's-hill, Shrewsbury

Cullen, Edward William, Bath, Lodging-house Keeper. Jan 6 at 12 at Mason's-hall Tavern, Basinghall st

Curtis, William, Gloucester, Grocer. Jan 6 at 12 at Bell Hotel, Southgate st, Gloucester.

Haines

Daniels, Thomas, Langport, Burslem, Grocer. Jan 6 at 11 at offices of Ellis, Market pl, Burslem

Disney, George Frederick, Bnngay, Suffolk Miller. Jan 5 at 11 at South Quay, Gt Yarmouth. Worship and Rising, Gt Yarmouth

Dyer, Jonah, Gloucester, Publican. Jan 11 at 11 at offices of Champney, College crt, Gloucester

Duckworth, Augustus, Seaforth, Grocer. Jan 5 at 12 at offices of Culshaw, Lord st, Liverpool

Dwyer, Edward, Treforest, Llandwitfardre, Glamorgan, Grocer. Jan 5 at 12 at offices of Morgan, Mill st, Pontypridd

Eld, John William, Stafford, Tobacco Merchant. Jan 2 at 2 at office of Warmington and Thompson, Castle st, Dudley

Emmerson, Thomas, Clee, Lincoln, Lodging house Keeper.

Jan 2 at 11 at offices of

Stephenson and Mountain, Bethlehem st, Gt Grimsby Fisher, James Charles, and Henry Schofield, Knightrider st, Mantle Manufacturers. Jan 12 at 12 at offices of Peacock and Goddard, South sq, Gray's inn Forrester, Thomas, and Isaac Taylor, Chorley, Lancaster, "Dyewood Millers. Jan 10 at 3 at Mitre Hotel, Cathedral Gates, Manchester. Barrow and Smith, Manchester Foster, George, Swansea, Boot Dealer. Jan 4 at 4 at offices of l'arsons, Victoria chbrs, High st. Bristol. Evans and Davies, Swansea

Francis, David, Blaenrhydn, Carmarthen, Farmer. Jan 3 at 11 at offices of Howell, Stepney st, Llanelly

Gregory, Martin, Gt George st, Westminster, Accountant. Jan 7 at 12 at office of Norman, Gt Marlborough st, Regent st

Griffith, William, Beddgelert, Carnarvon, Butcher. Jan 6 at 2 at Sportsman Hotel,

Portmadoc. Roberts and Thomas, Carnarvon

Guest, Charles, Chester, Joiner. Jan 13 at 2.30 at offices of Brabner and Court, Cook 84, Liverpool

Harlock, George, Nantwich, Chester, Manufacturing Clothier. Jan 3 at 12 at offices of Martin, Welsh row, Nantwich

Harradine, John, Upper Gravenhurst, Bedford, Farmer. Jan 10 at 3 at Sun Inn, Hitchin Benning and Son

Harrison, Henry, Westgate, Guisborough, York, Flour Dealer. Jan 3 at 3 at offices of
Draper, Finkle st, Stockton-on-Tees

Hill, John Bettridge, Birmingham, Silversmith.
Son, Bennet's hill, Birmingham
Hughes, Joseph, Birmingham, Baker.

Jan 4 at 2 at offices of Sargent and

Jan 5 at 11 at office of Huggins and Mallard,

Jan 5 at 2 at Sheffield District Incor

Newhall chinbrs, Newhall st, Birmingham Ingham, John Zebulon, Sheffield, York, Tailor. porated Law Society's Rooms, Sheffield Ironmonger, John Charles, West Ham, Essex, Dairyman. Dec 29 at 11 at 49, Bromley st, Commercial rd East, Stepney. Archer, Gellatly rd, Peckham Johnson, Thomas Glaves, Filey, York, Draper. Jan 6 at 3 at Merchants' Hotel, Oldham st, Manchester. Richardson, Scarborough

Jones, James, Flint, Flintshire, Grocer. Jan 16 at 2 at offices of Williams, Flint
Jones, Owen. Criccieth, Carnarvon, General Dealer. Jan 3 at 2 at Albion Hotel,
Chester. Ellis

Kerridge, Shadrack, Gt Bromley, Pig Dealer. Jan 7 at 10.30 at offices of Goody and
Son, North hill, Chester

Kibble, Henry, Manchester, Jeweller. Jan 5 at 1 at offices of Phillips, Marsden st, Manchester

Knight, Samuel Glover, Burslem, Stafford, out of business. Dec 30 at 11 at Vine Inn, Stafford. Ashmall, Hanley

Leach, Jonathan, Bolton, Lancaster, Painter. Jan 9 at 3 at offices of Dutton, Acresfield, Bolton

Lewis, George, Manchester, Timber Merchant. Jan 17 at 3 at Falstaff Hotel, Market pl. Tremewen, Manchester

Llewellyn, William, Haverfordwest, Pembroke, Farmer. Jan 7 at 10.5 at Station house, Whitland. Jones, Haverfordwest

Lock, John, Hinderclay, Suffolk, Miller. Jan 16 at 12 at offices of Salmon and Son,
Bury St Edmunds

Luckett, Cornelius, Poulton, Gloucester, Haulier. Jan 9 at 11 at offices of Wilmot,
Milton st, Fairford
Jan 9 at 11 at offices of Brown,

McKay, John, Whitehaven, Cumberland, Boot Maker.
Scotch st, Whitehaven

Macklin, Albert, Hart st, Bloomsbury, Publisher.
Warwick ct, Gray's inn

Jan 7 at 2 at offices of Romer,

Matthews, James, Cathay, Bristol, Horse Dealer. Jan 4 at 12 at offices of Essery, Nicholas st, Bristol

Marsden, William Henry, Cannon st Hotel, Manchester, Restaurant Keeper. Jan 18 at 3 at offices of Kearsley and Co, Brazennose st, Manchester

Milton, Frank, Finsbury pk, Wholesale Confectioner. Jan 2 at 11 at offices of Howard, Southampton bldgs, Chancery lane

Morton, William Henry, Lincoln's inn fields, out of business. Jan 4 at 1 at offices of
Stanley, Austin Friars

Nobbs, Charles, Lowestoft, Fishing Boat Owner. Jan 9 at 12 at offices of Seago and
Son, High st, Lowestoft
Nichols, John Southcombe, Bath, out of business. Jan 5 at 12.30 at Guildhall Tavern.
Stone and Cc, Bath

Ormond, John, Abergavenny, Monmouth, Gent.
st, Abergavenny

Jan 5 at 1 at offices of Hopkins, Park

Parker, William Robinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, Licensed Victualler. Jan 4 at 1 at
Hull Incorporated Law Society's Hall, Hull. Bradly, Hull
Parsons, Isaac, Dorchester, Bread Baker. Jan 11 at 2 at offices of Burnett, South st,
Dorchester

Picton, David, Llangennech, Grocer. Jan 6 at 11 at offices of Howell, Stepney street,
Llanelly

Pettifor, Alfred, Stilton, Huntingdon, Thatcher. Jan 7 at 10.30 at offices of Hart, Priestgate, Peterborough

Pearson, George, Scotholine, Nottingham, Silk Throwster. Jan 10 at 3 at offices of Norman, Middle pavement, Nottingham

Pendleton, John William, Leicester, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer. Jan 4 at 3 at offices of Wright, Belvoir st, Leicester

Pitcher, James, Tooley st, Norwich, Innkeeper. Jan 5 at 3 at offices of Overbury and Co, Norwich Plant, Alfred, Eccleshall, Stafford, Miller. Jan 9 at 2 at offices of Robinson, Eccleshall Porter, George Markham, Scarborough, York, of no occupation. Jan 3 at 11 at offices of Wellburn, Huntriss row, Scarborough

Rees, John, Penrhynderdrath, Merioneth, Joiner. Jan 9 at 2 at the British Hotel,
Bangor, Carnarvon. Collins, Liverpool

Ridal, John, and Robert Arnison, Contractors, Sheffield.
Webster and Co, Hartshead, Sheffield

Jan 4 at 2.30 at offices of

Ridley, John, Talkin, Cumberland, Innkeeper. Jan 13 at 2 at offices of Carrick and Co, Brampton

Rountree, William James, Stoke Prior, Worcester, Licensed Victualler. Jan 5 at 11.30 at offices of Browning, Church gn, East Redditch

Dec 31 at 10.30 at

Schloesser, Carl Reinhold Ferdinand, Manchester, Merchant. Jan 13 at 3 at Grosvenor
Hotel. Deansgate, Manchester. Sutton and Elliott, Manchester
Schutz, Leopold Hugo, Chatsworth rd, Clapton pk, Hair Dresser.
Unicorn Tavern, Vivian rd, Old Ford. Hope, East India rd, Poplar
Scott, John, Wakefield, out of business. Jan 4 at 2 at offices of Vincent, Top of Kirk,
gate, Wakefield

Sharman, Alfred, Sheffield, Grocer. Jan 5 at 3 at offices of Smith and Co, Meetinghouse lane, Sheffield

Sharman, Mark Bunting, Eggington, Oxford, Farmer. Jan 4 at 12 at White Lion Inn, Banbury. O'Connor, Birmingham

Sharp, Robert, William Sharp, and John Francis Sharp, Creech Saint Michael, Somerset, Brick Manufacturers. Jan 2 at 11 at offices of Reed and Cook, Paul st, Taunton Shippey, William Cuttriss, Bow rd, General Ironmonger. Jan 5 at 11 at offices of Ginn, Queen Victoria st

Simpson, Samuel, Warsop, Nottingham, Butler. Jan 6 at 3 at Midland Hotel, Mansfield, Nottingham. Lees, Nottingham

Slaughter, John Edward, Bolsover, Derby, Surgeon. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Gee, High st, Chesterfield

Slinger, Thomas, Clitheroe, Lancaster, Coach Builder. and Fletcher, Preston New rd, Blackburn

Jan 5 at 11 at office of Wheeler

Smith, Richard, Wolverhampton, Solicitor. Jan 7 at 11 at Lion Hotel, Lichfield st,

Willenball

Smith, Robert, Norwood rd, Tulse Hill, Builder. Jan 3 at 2 at offices of Cleft, Cheapside Stead, George, Cleckheaton, York, Maltster. Jan 4 at 3.30 at Victoria Hotel, Gt George st, Leeds. Clough, Cleckheaton Stout, Charles, Conway, Carnarvon, out of business. Jan 4 at 11 at offices of Etty, Lord st, Liverpool

Tasch, Herman, Euston rd, Butcher. Jan 5 at 11 at offices of Beal and De Soyres, Regent st

Taylor, Enoch, Nottingham, Cutlery Dealer. Jan 6 at 3 at office of Whittingham, Middle pavement, Nottingham

Taylor, James Purdey, and Thomas Wilson, Exeter, Brush Manufacturers. Jan 3 at 1 at Swan Hotel, Bristol. Orchard, Exeter

Taylor, Richard Albert, Peppercroft st, Licensed Victualler. Jan 9 at 3 at King's Head
Hotel, High st, Rochester. Shakespear, Newgate st
Jan 7 at 11 at offices of Clarke, Regent st,

Tekell, Elizabeth, Cheltenham, Milliner.

Cheltenham

Thomas, Elizabeth, Peddaulwynn ganol Farm, Carmarthen. Jan 3 at 2 at offices of
Howell, Stepney st, Llanelly
Thompson, William, junr, Hightown, Liversedge, York, out of business. Jan 3 at 11
at offices of Clough, Railway st, Cleckheaton

Constance, James, and William Vann, Gloucester, Linen and Woollen Drapers. Jan 4 at 1 at 145, Cheapside. Taynton and Sons, Gloucester

Walls, John William, South Lancing, Sussex, Grocer. Jan 4 at 3 at offices of Goodman North st, Brighton. Holmes, Worthing

Washington, Isaac Smith, Halifax, Woolstapler. Jan 6 at 11 at offices of Longbottom, Carlton st, Halifax

Watson, Henry Thomas, Ormside st, Old Kent rd, Miller. Jan 10 at 2 at offices of Baron, Mitre crt, Temple

Weinberg, Tobias, Jarrow-on-Tyne, Durham, Clothier. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Newlands Ellison st, Jarrow-on-Tyne

Weston, Francis, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Fancy Dealer. Jan 9 at 11 at offices of Jones, Phiharmonic chmbrs, St Mary st, Cardiff

Widnall, Robert, Nottingham, Fruit and Potato Salesman. Jau 10 at 4 at George Hotel, Nottingham

Wileman, George, King's Heath. Worcester, Dairyman. Jan 5 at 3 at offices of Wright and Marshall, New st, Birmingham

Wright, Thomas Powell, Stourbridge, Worcester, Licensed Victualler. Jan 6 at 11 at offices of Collis, Union chmbrs, Stourbridge

Young, Dixon, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, Chemist. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Hunton and Bolsover, High st, Stockton-on-Tees

TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 1881. Axcell, Walter Robert, Sheerness-on-Sea, Kent, Grocer. Chatham. Norman, Chatham

Jan 10 at 11 at 126, High st, Bailey, George, and Alfred Bailey, Coalbrookdale, Salop, Licensed Victuallers. Jan 10 at 2.30 at offices of Phillips and Co, New st, Shifnal

Barker, John, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Boot Maker. Jan 12 at 11 at offices of Willcock, Queen st, Wolverhampton

Barton, Henry, Caledonian rd, Islington, Tailor. Jan 5 at 2 at offices of Haynes, Martin's lane, Cannon st

Basten, Joseph Henry, Red Cross st, Southwark, Baker. Jan 6 at 2 at offices of Coxwell,
Martin's lane, Cannon st

Bennett, William, Birkenhead, Chester, Licensed Victualler. Jan 16 at 2 at offices of
Thompson and Symm, Hamilton sq, Birkenhead. Thompson, Birkenhead
Bradley, Christopher, and Walter Bradley, Manningham, nr Bradford, York, Machine
Wool Comb Makers. Jan 6 at 11 at offices of Peel and Co, Chapel lane, Bradford
Bryen, Frank, Tottenham, Builder. Jan 13 at 3 at offices of Freeman and Winthrop,
Bedford row

Cardall, John, Burslem, Stafford, Confectioner. Jan 6 at 11 at St John's chmbrs, Queen st, Burslem. Tompkinson and Furnival, Burslem

Case, Henry, Bow lane, Cheapside, Tailor. Jan 17 at 2 at offices of Drew, Queen Victoria st. Stacpoole, Pinner's hall, Old Broad st

Chant, John William, Coldharbour lane, Brixton, Greengrocer.

of Armstrong, Chancery lane

Jan 16 at 2 at offices

Cooke, Albert William, Kidderminster, Worcester, Stone Mason. Jan 6 at 3.30 at offices of Miller and Co, Church st, Kidderminster

Coughlan, Henry, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Grocer. Jan 10 at 3 at office of Shearer, Basinghall st. Prockter and Co, Prince's st, Spitalfields

Devereux, Edmund, Nerwich, Flumber. Jan 7 at 3 at offices of Stanley, Bank Plain

Jan 9 at 3 at

Downes, John Lewis, Cleobury Mortimer, Salop, Licensed Victualler.
office of Iven and Co, Bank bldgs, Exchange st, Kidderminster
Easton, Henry James, Millbrook, nr Southampton, Proprietor of Shooting Rights.
Jan 10 at 12 at offices of Beale and Co, London st, Reading, Berks

Ferens, Thomas, Monkwearmouth, Durham, Hosier. Jan 10 at 12 at offices of Wilford,
Fawcett st, Sunderland

Gandy, James, Southampton, Bootmaker. Jan 17 at 3 at offices of Barron and Co, Coleman st. Pearce, Southampton

Green, Elias, Stalbridge, Dorset, Pianoforte Seller. Jan 7 at 4 at the Railway Hotel, Templecombe, Somerset. Balch, Bruton

Greenway. Jabez, Birmingham, Clock Maker. Jan 6 at 3 at office of Fallows, Cherry st, Birmingham

Harris, Frederick, West End, Southampton, Corn Merchant. Jan 9 at 3 at office of Bell and Taylor, Portland st, Southampton

Harlock, George, Nantwich, Chester, Manufacturing Clothier. Jan 3 at 12 at Clarence Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester, in lieu of place originally named

Hemken, Richard, Billiter st, Wine Agent. Jan 12 at 3 at office of Phillips and Son, Abchurch lane, King William st

Hockings, Samuel, Upper Kennington lane, Lambeth, Cheesemonger. Jan 6 at 2 at offices of Herbert, Vigo st, Regent st

Hough, James, Mansfield, Seed Dealer. Jan 11 at 12 at offices of Hibbert, Clarkson st, Mansfield

Iles, Henry William, Albany rd, Leyton, out of business. Jan 10 at 12 at Holborn Townhall, Gray's inn rd. Lewty

Illingworth, Thomas, Sheffield, Wholesale Fruiterer. Jan 10 at 11 at George and Dragon Ino, Bank st, Sheffield

Lance, Edmund, Wareham, Dorset, Ironmonger's Assistant. Jan 13 at 11.30 at Red Lion Hotel, Wareham. Howard, Weymouth

Leith, James, Eastbourne ter, Hyde pk. Jan 13 at 3 at offices of Barker, Union ct, Old Broad st

Linnett, Lawrence, Worcester, Tobacconist. Jan 6 at 12 at offices of Stallard, Copenhagen st, Worcester

Litsica, George, Oxford st, Importer of Tobacco. Jan 11 at 2 at offices of Henderson. Moorgatr st bldgs. Pritchard and Sons, Gracechurch st

Marren, John, Wolverhampton, Iron Scrap Dealer. Jan 10 at 12 at Coach and Horses Inn, Wolverhampton. Saunders, Wolverhampton

McCabe, James Joseph, Conduit st, Regent st, Woollen Merchant. Jan 12 at 2 at the Masons' Hall Tavern, Masons' avenue, Basinghall st. Parker and Ponsford, Finsbury pavement

Meachin, James, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Boot Maker. Jan 13 at 11 at offices of Randell, Frederick st, Llanelly

Mills, John, Walsall, Stafford, Wine and Beer Retailer. Jan 5 at 3 at offices of Cotterell, Walsall

Millson, James Thomas, Drury lane, Builder. Jan 19 at 3 at offices of Davies, Moorgate

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Newton, David Henry, Leeds, Butcher. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Harland, South parade, Leeds

Noott, Alfred Hickman, Rowley Regis, Stafford, Commission Agent. Jan 16 at 11 at offices of Coldicott and Son, Castle st, Dudley

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Puckle, Alfred, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Commission Agent. Jan 4 at 2 at offices of Thomas and C. J. Dove, Post Office chmbrs, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Redgate, Mark, New Basford, Nottingham, Butcher. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Lees, Severn chmbrs, Middle pavement, Nottingham

Rentall, James Henry, Nottingham, Painter. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham

Riddell, Thomas, Lea Bridge Glass Works, Clapton, Glass Bottle Manufacturer. Jan 16 at 3 at the Mason's Hall Tavern, Mason's avenue, Basinghall st. Harte, Moorgate st

Ridgway, James, Sittingbourne, Kent, Chimney Sweeper. Jan 17 at 10.30 at offices of Gibson, West st, Sittingbourne

Scammell, Francis William, Broadway, Wimbledon, Gas Steam Engineer. Jan 6 at 3 at offices of Cannon, Wool Exchange, Coleman st

Slater, William James, Bristol, out of business. Jan 10 at 11 at offices of Andrews, Nicholas st, Bristol. Essery, Bristol

Spackman, Henry Charles, Reading, Berks, Bookseller. Jan 9 at 11 at offices of Newman, Friar st, Reading

Stevenson, Frederick, Great Dover st, Southwark, General Merchant. Jan 12 at 2 at offices of Webster and Styring, Hartshead, Sheffield. Wynne and Son, Chancery lane Sweeting, Frederick James, Cathedral Hotel. St. Paul's churchyard, Licensed Victualler. Jan 11 at 3 at the Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Cox, Lincoln's-inn-fields Thompson, William, Oldbury, Worcester, Maltster. Jan 5 at 12 at offices of Wright and Co, Church st, Oldbury

Toon, James, Ibstock, Leicester, Grocer. Jan 9 at 12 at offices of Hunter and Curtis, Halford st, Leicester

Townsend, Alfred, Chesterfield, Derby, Licensed Victualler. Jan 11 at 3 at offices of Cuits, Market Hall chmbrs, Chesterfield

Townsend, William Henry, Chertsey, Surrey, Grocer. Jan 10 at 2 at the Creditors' Association, Arthur st, East. Carter and Bell, Eastcheap

Vere, Joseph, Ventnor, Coal Merchant. Jan 10 at 2 at the Dolphin Hotel, High st, Portsmouth. Hamilton, Urry, and Marsh

Wardle, John, Derby, Cattle Dealer. Jan 10 at 3 at offices of Wilkins, High st, Uttoxeter

Wells, Charles, and Charles Wells, jun, Kingston-upon-Hull, Coal Merchants. Jan 11 at 2 at the Hall of the Hull Incorporated Law Society, Lincoln's-inn-bldgs, Bowlalley lane, Kingston-upon-Hull. Hearfield

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Winship, Henry, Newsham, Northumberland, Tailor. Jan 11 at 3 at offices of Warlow, Collingwood st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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THERE IS SOME PROBABILITY that the Lord Chancellor will sit with the Court of Appeal at Lincoln's-inn during the early days of the ensuing sittings.

THE APPEAL LIST for Hilary Sittings contains 63 Chancery appeals, 73 appeals from the Queen's Bench Division, 10 from the Probate, &c., Division, and 10 from the Court of Bankruptcy; making a total of 156 appeals. A year ago there were 191 appeals, and two years ago 326.

AS THERE WILL BE NO SITTING of the Court of Appeal at Westminster during the absence on circuit of Lords Justices BAGGALLAY, COTTON, and LINDLEY, applications for early hear ing at Lincoln's-inn of Westminster interlocutory applications may be made to the court at Lincoln's-inn.

THE CAUSE-LISTS of the Chancery Division for Hilary Sittings will contain 194 causes before Vice-Chancellor HALL; 87 causes before Vice-Chancellor BACON ; 95 causes before Mr. Justice FRY; 51 causes before Mr. Justice KAY, and 200 causes before Mr. Justice CHITTY, making a total of 627 causes before the five judges of the Division. It is not a little curious that, at the commencement of the last sittings, there were exactly the same number of causes in these lists. A year ago-viz., at the commencement of Hilary Sittings, 1881-there were 477 causes, being exactly the same number as at the commencement of the previous Michaelmas Sittings.

THE GLOOMY VATICINATIONS contained in the preface to Messrs. WOLSTENHOLME and TURNER's book have attracted general attention. These learned editors say that "if the orders made under the Solicitors' Remuneration Act provide for an ad valorem payment, covering all but very exceptional charges, as is now the rule in Scotland, the fees (if any) to counsel must be paid by the solicitor out of his own pocket, and will bear no fixed proportion to his own remuneration. The result must be that, unless some special difficulty arises, counsel will never be consulted, and the conveyancing branch of the profession will practically cease to exist. When to this it is added that pleadings no longer require to be signed by counsel, and can be, and are, drawn by solicitors; that already a very large proportion of the business, including even more or less of the contentious business in actions, is transacted in the judges' chambers by solicitors or their clerks; and that the abolition of written or printed pleadings seems imminent-the business of the outer bar is likely soon to be reduced to that of advocate alone." Upon this we have to observe that there is a good deal in the "ifs" upon which these observations hang. It is a little hasty to conclude that the Committee (which includes the Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls) intrusted with the power to make General Orders for remuneration in conveyancing, will altogether ignore the existence of the conveyancing branch of the bar, and it is certainly premature to speculate on the adoption by the Rule Committee of Judges of the recommendation of the Procedure Committee relating to the abolition of pleadings. But assuming that these changes are effected, will the results be such as our authors suppose? We should question whether, during the present generation, much change would occur. We imagine that at present conveyancing counsel are seldom consulted-by country solicitors at all events-unless some special

difficulty occurs; and as our readers know, in not a few instances, inclusive scales of charges are already frequently adopted by solicitors in dealings with their clients. The writers forget that so long as a solicitor remains liable to his client for negligence in conveyancing matters, it will always be worth his while, in matters of any difficulty, to obtain shelter under the authority of counsel. And with regard to the so-called abolition of pleadings, it may be safely affirmed that there will always be sufficient cases requiring pleadings to save the junior bar from despair. What the ultimate effect of the changes suggested will be is a different matter, which requires more lengthened consideration than we can give it here.

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ATTENTION HAS BEEN RECENTLY DIRECTED to the facility with which poison may be acquired, and it may be well to notice the statutory restrictions upon its sale, which are chiefly contained in the Pharmacy Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. e. 121), as amended by the Pharmacy Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 117). By section 1 of the Act of 1868 no person may keep open shop for the sale of poisons, unless he be a chemist registered under that Act, "and conform to such regulations as to the selling of such poisons as may from time to time be prescribed by the Pharmaceutical Society with the consent of the Privy Council," By section 17 it is unlawful to sell any poison whatever unless the vessel in which the poison is contained be labelled " poison," and with the name and address of the seller, and to sell any of the poisons specified in the first part of schedule A. to that Act, or added thereto by resolution of the Pharmaceutical Society, confirmed by the Privy Council, "to any person unknown to the seller, unless introduced by some person known to the seller." It is added, that " on every sale of every such article the seller shall, before delivery, make, or cause to be made, an entry in a book to be kept for that purpose, stating the date of the sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold, and the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, to which entry the signature of the purchaser and of the person, if any, who introduced him shall be affixed." But there is a saving clause that the provisions of this section which are solely applicable to poisons in the first part of schedule A., or which require that the label shall contain the name and address of the seller, shall not apply to articles to be exported by wholesale dealers, nor shall any of the provisions of this section apply to any medicine supplied by a legally qualified apothecary to his patient, nor apply to any article when forming part of the ingredients of any medicine dispensed by a registered chemist." There is also a saving for the Arsenic Act (14 & 15 Vict. c. 13), which, though somewhat similar in effect, is wholly unrepealed. The only alteration effected by the Act of 1869 was to correct a clerical error in the form of entry scheduled to the Act. It will have been seen that the Legislature has placed great reliance on the watchfulness of the Pharmaceutical Society. This body, although they have as yet made no "regulations" under section of the Act, appear twice-in 1869 and in 1877 respectively-to have added poisons to the schedule under section 17. (See Chitty's Statutes, vol. 4, tit. Poisons, where a list of the poisons thus added is given.) The effect of the additions may be stated generally to be that, whereas "the first part of schedule A. " frequently names the particular poisons simpliciter, thus, "prussic acid," the Pharmaceutical Society tabooes also the preparations of a poison thus, "preparations of prussic acid." An important substantive addition was made in December, 1877, by a resolution that " chlora. hydrate and its preparations ought to be deemed poisons in the second part of schedule A. of the said Pharmacy Act, 1868.' The additions, it seems, by section 2, must be advertised in the London Gazette, and become part of the schedule after

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being so advertised for a month. Once added, a poison can never claim is equivalent to a cross-action. be taken out.

In Vavasour v. Krupp

(L. R. 15 Ch. D. 474), JESSEL, M.R., thought it was not. It seems to us that, apart from the interpretation of the existing rules, which may be ambiguous, the law ought to be that the counter-claim should be equivalent to a cross-action. Why should a defendant who wishes to insist on the subject-matter of the counter-claim, though the plaintiff discontinues the action, be obliged to bring a fresh action and plead de novo? It is a question of machinery; if the present rules do not conveniently provide for it, they should be modified.

THE CASE of Gathercole v. Smith (L. R. 7 Q. B. D. 626), raises a very curious point as to the effect of the provisions of the Judicature Act with regard to counter-claims. A retired incumbent brought an action against his successor to recover the arrears of a pension under the Retired Incumbents' Resignation Act, 1871, and the successor, by way of set-off and counter-claim, claimed, upon an unsatisfied judgment against the plaintiff, a larger amount than the claim. It was held that this claim was not available by THE QUESTION of the constitution of the benches of the Inns way of defence, properly so called, because the pension was of Court, which is raised by Messrs. WOLSTENHOLME and TURNER by law inalienable. It may be that if a pension cannot be in their preface, is one which is at present exciting a good deal assigned for a present or future consideration, and, therefore, of attention among the outer bar. At Lincoln's-inn it is stated cannot be charged, no set-off is available against a claim to it, for, that one-third of the benchers have retired from profesin substance, that would be to alien it for a past consideration. sional practice. On the benches of the other Inns the But then the question arises, What is to become of the counter-proportion of retired benchers is somewhat less. It is obvious claim? On that question the Court of Appeal were divided, that government by self-elected bodies, a large proportion LUSH and BAGGALLAY, L.JJ., being of one opinion, and BRAM- of the members of which have comparatively little acquaintWELL, L.J., of the other. The majority were of opinion that the ance with the wants and ideas of the bar, is unsatisfactory. counter-claim fell to the ground. The judgment could not be for Our authors' remedy is "a bar association constituted under public the balance, because that would practically be to charge the authority, with a governing body truly representative of the propension, and they seemed to think that, this being so, there could fession, empowered to enforce discipline, to settle authoritatively be no judgment on the counter-claim, except dismissing it. all matters affecting the practice of the bar, and generally to keep BRAMWELL, L J., was of opinion that judgment ought to be watch over the interests of the members." Several years ago, with given for the plaintiff on the claim, and an independent reference to the discussion raised upon Mr. NEATE's case, we judgment for the defendant on the counter-claim. The matter is propounded a scheme (which we know at the time would have really very much more a question of procedure than of substantive been received with approbation by not a few of the then benchers) law. The plaintiff must have his judgment and execution for the for the constitution of a Council of Discipline, to be composed of a whole of his claim. The only question seems to be whether, definite number of representatives from each Inn of Court, elected in order to get the judgment to which he is clearly entitled in by all barristers of above a certain standing-say seven years—the respect of the subject-matter of the counter-claim, the defendant choice of the electors to be confined to those of the benchers of must sue in an independent action, or can have judgment in the their own Inn who are, at the date of the election, in actual same action. As matters stood in this particular case, the defendpractice. At that time we had in view only the question of the ant already having a judgment, it did not-except, perhaps, so far exercise of discipline; having regard to the extended purposes as costs were concerned-much matter whether he got a judgment for which such a body seems to be now required, some modifica. in the counter-claim on the judgment or not, if it was not avail- tion of the proposal would seem to be necessary in the direction able by way of defence to the claim against him. In another case, of representation of the outer bar; but we think that a scheme however, it might matter whether the defendant could get a judg-framed on these lines, but admitting to the council a certain proment on the counter-claim, or must proceed by way of cross-action. portion of barristers who are not benchers, would meet the requireThe former proceeding would be less expensive, and conceivably ments of the case. the plaintiff might have goods available for seizure by way of execution. The question in this case forms part of a much larger question as to the nature and incidents of a counter-claim. Logically carried out, the view of the late Lord Justice LUSH seems very much to restrict the usefulness of the machinery given for counter-claims. The view of the late Lord Justice seems to be that, though under the existing law judgment may be given for the defendant for a balance above the claim, still the counter-claim is primarily a defence, and has no independent existence; the proceeding continues an action by the plaintiff alone. It is not two actions proceeding together for convenience' sake. Or, to speak metaphorically, if it is two actions, they are so intimately connected that, as in the case of Siamese twins, if the one dies the other dies too. BRAMWELL, L.J., regards the counter-claim as substantially a cross-action. The view of BAGGALLAY, L.J., seems really to leave the question between these two conflicting views undetermined. It determines the particular case and no more, because he only decides that in this particular case the defendant's claim must be treated as pleaded by way of set-off only, and not by way of counter-claim or cross-action. So it leaves undecided the question whether a counter-claim can be the subject of a judgment independently of the fate of the original action, and is, in fact, a cross-action. There are difficulties arising from the phraseology of the rules-see, for instance, ord. 22, r. 10; but surely, if the reason and substance of the thing are considered, the law ought to be as decided by BRAMWELL, L.J. It seems to us that the counter-claim is substantially an independent action united with the plaintiff's action for convenience, because another person may be joined in the counterclaim with the plaintiff as a party against whom the counter-claim is made. By ord. 14, r. 3, the counter-claim is to have the held in the hall of Gray's-inn on Thursday evening, the 12th inst., at eight The first meeting for this term of the Gray's-inn Moot Society will be same effect as the statement of claim in a cross-action, but the p.m., under the presidency of Mr. W. St. James Wheelhouse, Q.C. All language of the rule is not conclusive as to whether the counter-members of the several Inns of Court are invited to attend.

IF ANY OF OUR READERS think that in our recent comments gloomy view of its possible effect upon the rights of mortgagees, we upon section 5 of the Conveyancing Act, we have taken a too commend to their attention a note upon that section to be found at p. 18 of Messrs. WOLSTENHOLME and TURNER's work. Those learned editors take for granted in the calmest manner all those proceedings which to us seemed seriously to threaten the interests of mortgagees. They seem plainly to think that the payment into court of the amount of the principal in consols, with a further margin of £10 per cent., is so unexceptionable a mode of dealing with a mortgage, that a mortgagee who is redeemed behind his back by such a process has no reasonable ground of complaint. They rights of consolidation: this may possibly never have occurred to make no reference to the possible operation of the section upon them. We have also noticed in an intelligent little work on the Act, a passage upon the operation of section 65 (the enlargement of long terms into a fee simple), which may not improbably conthe Act seem to have been unaware that a reversion in a very long vey some information to a good many persons. "The framers of term has sometimes a market value. To my unbounded astonishment, £200 was paid by the termor for such a reversion in some sixty-seven acres, in a case in which I was counsel in the early part of the year. The Act practically confiscates this value, whatever it may be." (Underhill on the Conveyancing Act, p. 25.)

A TRAP FOR ENGLISH LAWYERS. THE Married Women's Property (Scotland) Act, 1881, which came into operation on the 18th of July last, although its title and some of its provisions apply only to Scotland, and the preamble seems to point to the same restrictions as regards the whole Act, contains provisions which seem to have an important bearing on the law and practice relating to the property of married women in this country. The operation of the Act is not expressly limited to Scotland, as was the Married Women's Property (Scotland) Act, 1877; and, as it makes the rights of the parties to depend on the Scotch domicile of the husband at the time of the marriage, it appears to us that no one will be safe in dealing with the property of a married woman without reference to this Act, unless it is abundantly clear that the husband was not domiciled in Scotland at the time of the marriage. The cardinal provision of the Act is contained in the 1st section, which provides that, where a marriage is contracted after the passing of the Act, and the husband shall, at the time of the marriage, have his domicile in Scotland, the whole moveable or personal estate of the wife, whether acquired before or during the marriage, shall, by operation of law, be vested in the wife as her separate estate, and shall not be subject to the jus mariti.

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The language of this enactment seems to have been studiously chosen so as to apply both to English and Scotch law. Thus the former knows nothing of " moveable," nor the latter of " personal estate; and it would seem that the section must be read in each country as if the inappropriate words were cut out. If this be the proper construction, the remarkable result would seem to follow that, in England, leaseholds are included in the Act, while in Scotland they are not; and this whether the domicile of the husband has been changed or not, and in whichever country the court of construction may be situated. Whatever may be the operation of the section in this respect, it is clear that it applies-unless excluded by ante nuptial settlement-to marriages wherever contracted, and to property whenever acquired. Without the interposition of a trustee, it effects a statutory settlement of the wife's personalty, which cannot be subsequently defeated by a change in the husband's domicile. The income of the property is, by the 2nd sub-section, made payable to the wife on her "individual receipt"; but she is restrained from anticipation of the "prospective income," and can dispose of the property only with the consent of

her husband.

Section 2 deals with the subject of heritable property in Scotland belonging to the wife, and appears to make the rents cf such property her separate estate whatever may be the domicile of the parties.

In the case of marriages which have taken place before the passing of the Act, it is provided, by section 3, that the provisions of the Act are not to apply where the husband has made a "reasonable provision for his wife in the event of her surviving him "; and in other cases only to after-acquired property of the wife. Section 4 enables persons married before the passing of the Act by "mutual deed" to adopt its provisions; but as it proceeds to vest the estate in the wife upon registration of the deed " in the register of deeds at Edinburgh, or in the sheriff court register of the county in which the parties reside," and upon advertisements being inserted in certain Scotch newspapers, the section would seem to have no application out of Scotland. The same remark applies to section 5, which empowers the Court of Session, or the sheriff court, to dispense in certain cases with the husband's consent to any deed relating to the estate of the wife.

The next two sections confer on the husband and children of a woman who dies domiciled in Scotland rights in respect of her "moveable succession" analogous to those which, by the law and practice of Scotland, the wife and children take in that of their deceased husband and father respectively; but as these sections relate solely to administration in the Scotch courts, we pass at once to the consideration of the Act in so far as it seems to affect English law.

Referring, then, to the enactment in section 1, it seems that if a domiciled Scotchman marries a woman in this country, her personal property-leaseholds, chattels, and choses in action-will, in the absence of express ante-nuptial settlement, be subject to the provisions of this statute-namely, it will be and remain her

separate estate without power of anticipation. It is desirable that we should further develop some of the consequences of this enactment. A husband has been hitherto able to sell his wife's

for his own use.

leaseholds without her concurrence, and to give a valid receipt her equity to a settlement (if any), to recover her equitable debts for mortgage, bond, and other debts due to her, and, subject to plete title to these items of property; but it seems that henceThe absence of a settlement gave him a combut also that his domicile was not Scotch at the date of the forward he must prove, not only that there was no settlement, marriage. Take, for example, the case of a husband selling his ment is taken from the husband alone. What will be the position wife's term of years in English land; and suppose that an assignof the purchaser if it should afterwards turn out that the wife doubt that of a purchaser who takes a conveyance from a person was entitled under this Act for her separate use? Without a having no title. The wife will be able to recover the lands in the same manner as if he had taken an assignment from a mere stranger. His position is closely analogous to that of a purchaser

of freeholds from a man married before the Dower Act.

In both The same observa

cases he takes subject to the wife's rights. tions might be repeated with reference to debtors of the wife paying the Lusband, and to executors and others handing over to him the unsettled funds to which the wife has become entitled. In a word, if the husband had a Scotch domicile at the time of the marriage his receipt is waste paper.

The difficulty, moreover, in actually determining the domicile is in some cases almost insuperable-depending as it does on a multitude of minute circumstances from which the intention has to be ascertained. A double difficulty is frequently presented in conflicts between Scotch and English domiciles where the person has, as not unfrequently happens, residences in both countries, and divides his time between the two. As an example of the great complexity that sometimes prevails in such cases, reference may be made to Lord Somerville's case (5 Ves. 750) and to Douglas v. Douglas (L. R. 12 Eq. 617). To make the ordinary transactions of life depend on the determination of such questions as were involved in those and hundreds of similar cases is, we think, a great legislative error.

The small number of cases to which the statute actually applies in this country seems to increase the danger of trustees and others acting in ignorance of its provisions; and we venture to submit either that it should be amended so as to confine its operation to the territorial limits of Scotland, or else that the law of England in relation to these matters should be placed on a similar footing.

THE VERDICTS OF CORONERS' JURIES. A RECENT case of a very painful nature has brought out in a most striking way the anomalous nature of the proceedings of coroners' juries. A young woman who had been seduced committed suicide by poison, and the coroner's jury, in finding their verdict, appended thereto a rider censuring the seducer in somewhat vehement terms, and expressing the opinion that he was morally responsible for the girl's death. Thereupon the coroner took upon himself to deliver a long lecture to the man so censured, indorsing the opinion of the jury. The merits of the particular case have, in our opinion, nothing whatever to do with the general questions that must suggest themselves upon these proceedings to every mind possessed of the smallest aptitude for legal considerations. It may or may not be that the opinion expressed by the jury was justified in the particular case. The conduct of the person implicated was, on his own showing, highly immoral. The extent of the misconduct of which he was guilty depends on various disputed questions of fact which were not in issue before the jury, and which it is not our province to discuss. But assuming his conduct to have been as bad as it could possibly be, the considerations which we wish to put forward remain unaffected.

The question that suggests itself to every lawyer in this and other similar instances is, by what authority, or in the performance of what legal function, did the coroner's jury and the coroner take upon themselves to act as they did? It is no part of their duty, as we understand it, to pass moral judgments on the conduct of people, ex

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