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Denman, William, Amersham Vale rd, New Cross, Shipwright.
Taylor. Greenwich, Feb 3 at 1

Pet Jan 13. Pitt Durrant, John R Great Yarmouth, Fish Merchant. Pet Jan 18. Worlledge. Great Yarmouth, Feb 1 at 11

Elliott, James Morland, Liverpool, Joiner. Pet Jan 17. Bellringer. Liverpool, Feb 6 at 12

TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 1882.

Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869.

Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar.
To Surrender in London.

Harvey, Thomas Morton, Coleman st, Solicitor. Pet Jan 21. Brougham. Feb 7 at 11
Thompson, Frederick, Gt St Helen's. Pet Jan 20. Pepys. Feb 8 at 12
To Surrender in the Country.

Barton, Bethia, Werter rd, Putney. Pet Jan 17. Willoughby. Wandsworth, Feb 10 at 11 Castledine, Jane, Wilsford, Lincoln, Grocer. Pet Jan 19. Staniland. Boston, Feb 16 at 3

Harley, William, Walton, Lancaster, Timber Merchant. Pet Jan 21. Bellringer. Liverpool. Feb 6 at 12

Marsden, William Henry, Manchester, Restaurant Keeper. Pet Jan 19. Lister. Manchester, Feb 6 at 12

Morgan, Sidney Samuel Hiley, Long Ashton, Somerset, Farmer. Pet Jan 20. Harley.
Bristol, Feb 6 at 2

Vizetelly, James, Twickenham, Metal Merchant. Pet Jan 21.
Feb 7 at 3

Wooldridge, Walter, Farnham, Surrey, Baker. Pot Jan 21.

at 3

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 1882.

Ruston. Brentford,

White. Guildford, Feb 4

Allaway, William Newton, Great Tower st, Colonial Merchant. Jan 19

Liquidations by Arrangement.

FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. FRIDAY, Jan, 20, 1882.

Andrews, Joseph Thomas, Birmingham, Stove Grate Manufacturer. Feb 1 at 3 at offices of Coleman and Co, Colmore row, Birmingham

Andrews, Louisa, Haymarket, Hatter. Feb 8 at 2 at offices of Davidson and Morriss, Queen Victoria st, Mansion House

Baker, John, Birmingham, Warwick, Jeweller. Feb 3 at 12 at offices of Garland, Colmore row, Birmingham

Baker, William Henry, Walworth rd, Surrey, Bedstead and Bedding Manufacturer. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Morris, Paternoster row

Badcock. John, Banham, Norfolk, Farmer. Feb 1 at 12 at offices of Bailey and Co, Norwich

Barnett, John Westlake, Tottenham, Builder. Feb 7 at 11 at offices of Wolferstan and Co, Ironmonger lane, Cheapside

Broadhead, James, Pontefract, York, Gunsmith.. Feb 3 at 3 at offices of Foster and Raper, Ropergate, Pontefract

Brown, John, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, Boot and Shoe Maker. Feb 7 at 11 at offices of Wilford, Fawcett st, Sunderland

Ballen, Isaac, Burwell, Cambridge, Beerhouse Keeper. Feb 8 at 12 at Fox Inn, Burwell, Cambridge. D'Albani, Newmarket

Chapman, Arthur Suttle, Bury St Edmunds, Furniture Broker. Feb 6 at 12 at Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds. Salmon, Bury St Edmunds

Cheek, John Andrews, Bristol, Baker. Jan 28 at 12 at office of Pitt, John street, Bris

tol

Clemitson, John, Felling, Heworth, Durham, Tobacconist. Jan 27 at 1 at office of Denison, Newcastle upon Tyne

Coldham, William, jun., Cresland's Farm, Hawkedon, Suffolk, Farmer. Feb 7 at 3 at Four Swans' Hotel, North st, Sudbury. Faithfull, Newcastle

Cooper, James, Dorset st, Portman sq, Licensed Victualler. Feb 2 at 11 at office of Steadman, Southampton st, Strand

Cornish, Alfred, Westgate on Sea, Isle of Thanet, Kent, Cattle Importer. Feb 6 at 11 at office of Gibson, Union crescent, Margate

Crook, John, and Thomas Addy, Salford, Lancaster, Contractors. Feb 1 at 11 at office of Jones, Kennedy st, Manchester

Cropper, William, Provision Merchant, Great Grimsby, Lincoln. Feb 2 at 2.30 at 97, Victoria st South, Great Grimsby. Mason, Great Grimsby

Davis, James, Weymouth st, Portland pl, Solicitor. Feb 7 at 2 at Inns of Court Hotel, Sydney, Finsbury circus

Dee, Thomas George, Gipsy rd, Lower Norwood, Plumber. Feb 3 at 3 at offices of Finch, Borough High st

Dores, Henry, and William Polden Dorey, Poole, Coal Merchants. Feb 8 at 1 at the Inns of Court Hotel. Smith

Dunn, Peter, Cleveland, York, Tailor. Feb 2 at 12 at 131, High st, Stockton-on-Tees.

Dunn

Fletcher, James, and John Ephraim Allman, Bury, Lancaster, Contractors. Feb 3 at 3 at offices of Anderton and Donelly, Garden st, Bury

Barkes

Field, George, Brailes, Warwick, Tailor. Feb 3 at 10 at the Old George Inn, Banbury. Fielding, William, Glossop, Derby, Grocer. Feb 2 at 2.30 at offices of Brown and Ains. worth, St Petersgate, Stockport, Chester

Ferd, John Gent, Ivybridge, Devon, out of business. Feb 3 at 11 at offices of Elworthy and Co, Courtenay st, Plymouth

Gann, William George, Hemmingford rd, Barnsbury, Builder. Feb 1 at 2 at offices of Herbert, Vigo st, Regent st

Garford, Henry Osborne, Church st, Stoke Newington, Florist. Feb 10 at 3 at offices of Mason, Eldon st, Finsbury

Giles, Thomas Edward, Kingston-upon-Hull, Builder. Feb 1 at 3 at the Law Society's Hall, Lincoln's inn bldgs, Kingston-upon-Hull, Laverack, Hull

Gillman, Alfred, Birmingham, Retail Brewer. Feb 2 at 3 at offices of Francis, Moor st, Birmingham

Gubbins, Edwin, Liverpool, Corn Merchant. Feb 1 at 3 at offices of Harmood and Son, North John st, Liverpool

Haymaier, Earl Friederick, Deptford, Baker. Feb 6 at 2 at Pinner's Hall, Old Broad st.

Swan

Headding, Charles, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, Farmer. Feb 3 at 12 at offices of Hunnybun and Sons, Huntingdon

Hibbert, Alfred, Scarborough, York, Grocer. Jan 31 at 2 at offices of Williamson,
Queen st, Scarborough
Hicks, Louisa, Bow rd, Hatter. Jan 26 at 3 at Ridler's Hotel, Holborn
Hirst, Henry, Dewsbury, York, Furniture Broker. Jan 31 at 11 at offices of Carter,
Bond st, Dewsbury

Holland, William, Broadstairs, Dairyman. Feb 4 at 4 at Pantechnicon Upper Hall,
Camden rd, Ramsgate. Gibson, Margate

Hunter, James, Carlisle, Hotel Proprietor. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Wannop, Scotch st, Carlisle

Hurst, Richard, High st, Islington, Brass Finisher. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Cummins and Co, Union crt, Old Broad st

Ivatt, George, Cottenham, Cambridge, Farmer. Feb 3 at 12 at offices of Lyon, St Andrews st, Cambridge

Jeavons, Isaiah, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Tin Plate Worker. Feb 8 at 11 at offices of Rhodes, Queen st, Wolverhampton

Johns, William George, Penryn, Cornwall, Carpenter. Jan 31 at 11 at offices of Powell, Penryn

Johnson, Thomas, Coalpit la, Nottingham, Grocer. Feb 6 at 12 at offices of Fraser, Brougham chmbrs, Wheeler gate, Nottingham

Jones, Samuel, Shrewsbury, Salop, Builder. Feb 3 at 12 at offices of Corser and Son, Swan hill, Shrewsbury

Latcham, Tucker, Bedminster, Somerset, Wheelwright, Feb 2 at 2 at offices of Hobbs, Clare st, Bristol

Lemon, William, Bristol, General Haulier. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Perham, Exchange East, Bristol

Long, John, Forbury, Reading, Corn and Cake Merchant. Feb 3 at 12 at Great Western Hotel, Reading. Creed

Lovelock, James, Reading, Berks, Butcher. Feb 3 at 10.30 at offices of Newman, Friar st, Reading

Lowdell, Frederick, Wednesbury, Stafford, Mineral Water Manufacturer. Feb 1 at 11 at offices of Rhodes, Queen st, Wolverhampton

Mallaburn, David, Gateshead, Durham, Stationer. Feb 1 at 3 at offices of Warlow, Collingwood st, Newcastle upon Tyne

Marsden, Joseph, Leeds, Cloth Merchant. Feb 2 at 2.30 at Law Institute, Albion pl, Leeds. Simpson and Burrell

Mallinson, Stephen, Star ct, Rread st, Commission Agent. Jan 30 at 3 at offices of
Philp, Walbrook

Mesle, William, Drax, York, Farmer. Feb 6 at 3 at the Londesborough Hotel, Selby.
Green, Howden
Morgan, John William, Birmingham, out of business. Feb 8 at 3 at offices of Coulton,
jun, Cannon st, Birmingham

Myers, James Washington, Myers' Hippodrome, Portsmouth, Circus Proprietor. Feb 3
at 2 at offices of Brandon, Essex st, Strand
Oldham, John, Frithville, Lincoln, Farmer. Jan 31 at 11 at offices of Rice and Co,
Main ridge, Boston

Parkinson, William, Blackburn, Lancaster, Builder. Feb 8 at 11 at offices of Needham,
Exchange st, Blackburn

Proctor, Robinson, Heaton, Lancaster, out of business. Feb 2 at 3 at offices of Taylor, Acres Field, Bolton

Peel, Herbert, Pontefract, York, Tobacconist. Feb 3 at 11 at offices of Foster and Raper, Ropergate, Pontefract

Peverley, Charles, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Grocer. Feb 1 at 3 at offices of Stanford, Collingwood st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Plummer Robert, Newport, Monmouth. Jan 30 at 11 at office of Parker, Commercial st, Newport

Pullan, Charles, Menwith with Darley, York, Farmer. Feb 2 at 12 at office of Bateson, Harrogate

Roberts, Caleb. Wrexham, Denbigh, Printer. Feb 2 at 1 at office of Sherratt and Son, Hill st, Wrexham

Rudge, Joe Arthur Roebuck, Bath, Somerset, Philosophical Instrument Maker. Feb 1 at 3 at office of Wheatcroft, New Bond st, Bath

James, William, Rochester sq, Camden rd, of no occupation. Feb 10 at 3 at office of Emanuel, Finsbury circus

Singer, James, Oxford, Clerk. Feb 2 at 12 at offices of Galpin, New Inn Hall st, Ox.

ford

Sharman, John Edward, Birbeck rd, Kingsland, Builder. Jan 30 at 3 at office of Cooper, Lincoln's inn fields

Shobridge, Thomas, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent, Builder. Feb 1 at 11 at office of Palmer, Salford ter, Tonbridge

Staveley, John, Ragnall, Nottingham, Farmer. Feb 6 at 11 at office of Bescoby, Grove st, East Retford

Storer, George, Coventry, Builder. Feb 2 at 12 at Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry. Browett, Coventry

Summers, Charles, Madeley, Salop, Beerhouse Keeper. Feb 4 at 10 at Commercial Inn, Madeley

Summerfield, Joseph, and Samuel Summerfield, Willenhall, Stafford, Lock Manufacturers. Feb 2 at 11 at offices of Tildesley, Walsall st, Willenhall

Surman, Michael, Horsepath, Oxford, Farmer. Feb 2 at 2 at Cape of Good Hope Hotel, St Clement's, Oxford. Matthews and Wells, Southampton bldgs

Syme, David, North Woolwich, Kont, Grocer. Feb 2 at 3 at offices of Maude, Great Winchester st bldgs

Taylor, Richard, St James rd, Croydon. Feb 3 at 3 at offices of Heathfield and Son, Lincoln's inn fields

Taylor, William, Beech st, Lower Whitecross st, Coffee Tavern Keeper. Feb 6 at 2 at 63, Gresham st. Tippett, Great St Thomas Apostle

Tinsley, James, Knaresborough, York, Innkeeper. Feb 2 at 1 at Star Hotel, Market
Tomlinson, William, Staniey Common, Derby, Butcher, Feb 1 at 3 at offices of Hextall,
pl. Ripon
Full st, Derby

Travers, Isaac, Garston, Lancaster, Grocer. Feb 6 at 2 at 3, Woolton rd, Garston,

Lancaster

Tricker, George William, Choumert rd, Peckham, Saddler. Jan 30 at 3 at Station Hotel, Camberwell New rd. Ody, Blackfriars rd

Turner, Joseph, Coppice, Coseley, Sedgley, Stafford, Grocer. Feb 1 at 3 at offices of Dallow, Queen st, Wolverhampton

Walker, John Parker, White Hart inn, Twerton, Somerset, Licensed Victualler. Feb 1 at 12 at 5, Westgate bldgs, Bath. Wilton and Sons

Walkey, Joseph, Peters Marland, Devon, Farmer. Feb 2 at 12 at office of Smale, Bath

house, Bideford

Wallis, Thomas, Saint Phillips, Bristol, Gloucester, General Grocer. Guildhall, Broad st, Bristol

Jan 31 at 3 at

Watkins, Alfred, Cirencester. Gloucester, Licensed Victualler. Jan 31 at 3 at offices of Schubert, Bridge st, New Swindon

Webb, Charles, King's rd, Fulham, Oil Warehouseman. Jan 30 at 11 at offices of Wolferstan and Co, Ironmonger lane, Cheapside

Welch, William James, Bristol, Boot Manufacturer. Feb 1 at 2 at offices of Sibly, Exchange West, Bristol

White, Walter Ernest, West Ham pk Works, Portway, West Ham, Essex, Builder. Jan 30
at 3 at Guildhell Tavern, Gresham st. Canwarden, Old Jewry
Williams, Josiah, Treorkey, Glamorgan, Grocer. Feb 2 at 12 at Royal Hotel, Cardiff.
Morgan, Pontypridd

Winstone, George Charles, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Builder.
Winterbotham and Co, Cheltenham

Feb 2 at 11 at offices of

Woolf, Ashar, Houndsditch, Wholesale Clothier. Feb 1 at 2 at offices of Foreman and Co, Gresham st. Harte, Moorgate st

TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 1882.

Adams, Albert, Birmingham, Publisher. Feb 3 at 10.15 at office of East, Temple st Birmingham

Alford, Benjamin, Southampton, Hay Dealer. Feb 3 at 3 at office of Bell and Tayler, Portland st, Southampton

Amphlett, Harvey, Castle st, Bristol, Licensed Victualler. Feb 3 at 2 at office of Sibly, Exchange West, Bristol

Andersen, Lars, North Shields, Northumberland, Ship Chandler. Feb 4 at 11 at offices of Duncan and Duncan, Market pl, South Shields

Atley, Thomas, Sheffield, Licensed Victualler. Feb 1 at 12 at office of Bell, Figtree lane, Sheffield

Baddeley, George, Burslem, Licensed Victualler. Feb 6 at 10 at office of Griffith, Lad lane, Newcastle.under-Lyme

Baerle. William Hislop Van, Lansdown rd, Notting hill, Civil Service Clerk. Feb 1 at 10 at office of Micklethwaite and Co, Long acre

Bailey, Mary Ann, Chester, Fishmonger. Feb 13 at 12 at offices of Churton, Eastgate bldgs, Chester

Baker, Alfred, Croydon, Carver. Feb 8 at 3 at office of Young, North End, Croydon Bakewell, William, Nottingham, Commission Agent. Jan 31 at 3 at offices of Webster, Brougham chambers, Wheeler gate, Nottingham

Barnett, Samuel, Wigston, Leicester, General Dealer. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Wright, Belvoir st, Leicester

Brook, Atkinson, Drighlington, Birstal, York, Innkeeper. Feb 1 at 11 at offices of Knight, Kirkgate, Bradford

Brown, Mary, Spennymoor, Durham, Confectioner. Feb 4 at 11 at offices of Stillman, North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland

Brown, William, Bungay, Suffolk, Watchmaker. Feb 6 at 12 at Three Tuns Hotel, Bungay. Allen, Halesworth

Budden, George Thomas, Newtown, Dorset, Brick Manufacturer. Feb 3 at 11 at offices of Trevanion, New st, Poole

Carter, George Thomas, Tilehurst, Berks, Baker. Feb 7 at 12 at offices of Field, Forbury, Reading

Challenger, Charles, Castle st, Holborn, Licensed Victualler. Feb 3 at 3 at offices of
Lewis, King's Cross rd
Feb 7 at 3 at offices of Verity and

Chester, Jane, Finningly, Nottingham, Farmer.
Baddiley, French gate, Doncaster

Cohen, David, Birmingham, Warwick, Clothier. Feb 2 at 2 at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham

Coulter, William Henry, Cambridge pl, Hyde park, Builder. Feb 6 at 3 at 133 Holborn. Yorke and Wharton, Conduit st

Court, Joseph, Birmingham, Boot Manufacturer. Feb 3 at 3 at offices of Wright and Marshall, New st, Birmingham

Cox, Joseph Round, Tipton, Stafford, Builder. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Whitehouse, Dudley rd, Tipton

Culpan, Nathan, and John Cockroft, Sowerby Bridge, York, Woollen Manufacturers. Feb 9 at 11 at Shepherd's Rest Hotel, Sowerby Bridge. Rhodes, Halifax

Davies, William, Llandovery, Carmarthen, Shoemaker. Feb 6 at 10.30 at King's Head Inn, Llandovery. Phillips, Llandovery

Dexter, William Coulton, and James Ridgway Dexter, Worcester, Drapers. Feb 6 at 12 at offices of Tree and Son, High st, Worcester

Dommett, James, Yalding, Kent, Grocer. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Hughes and King, Mill st, Maidstone

Everest, Robert Charles, Milwall, Lighterman. Feb 8 at 3 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresbam st. Wild and Co, Ironmonger lane

Eveson, Thomas, Wollescote, Worcester, Brewer's Agent. Feb 7 at 11 at offices of Wall, High st, Stourbridge

Ford, William Foster, Parfitt rd, Rotherhithe, Brewer, Feb 9 at 2 at 269, High Holborn. Peacock and Goddard, South sq, Gray's inn

Ford, William James, Leicester, Hosiery Manfacturers. Feb 2 at 11 at offices of Owston and Dickson, Friar lan

Freeman, Thomas, Nottingham, Slater and Slate Merchant. Feb 7 at 3 at offices of Bright, Pepper st, Nottingham

Gamon, William, and Charles Gamon, Chester, Corn Factors. Feb 7 at 3.30 at Law Association Rooms, Cook st, Liverpool. Walker and Co, Chester

Gibbs, Alfred, Birmingham, Milliner. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Jaques, Temple row, Birmingham

Gill, William, Coventry, Licensed Victualler. Feb 7 at 11 at offices of Hughes and Masser, Little Park st, Coventry

Gilbert, Joseph, Birmingham, Beer Retailer. Feb 3 at 3 at offices of Parr and Hayes, Colmore row, Birmingham

Gladstone, Phillip, Middlesborough, York, Picture Frame Maker. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Ward, Albert rd, Middlesborough

Hall, George Wright, Diss, Norfolk, Farmer. Feb 6 at 11 at King's Head Hotel, Diss. Garrod

Hanson, Heywood, and Henry Hoff, Manchester, Painters. Feb 8 at 3 at offices of Rylance and Son, Essex st, Manchester

Heath, George, Exeter, Surveyor. Feb 3 at 11 at Queen's Hotel, Queen st, Exeter. Ford, Exeter

Heskin, William, Salford, Lancaster, Grocer. Feb 8 at 12 at Mitre Hotel, Cathedral gates, Manchester. Ainsworth, Blackburn

Hirst, John, Dewsbury, York, Mason. Feb 7 at 3 at offices of Chadwick and Sons, Church st, Dewsbury

Hopwood, Henry, Wargrave, Berks, Boot and Shoe Maker. Feb 11 at 12 at Station Hotel, Twyford. Martin, London wall

Hoard, George Harry, Stamford st, Blackfriars rd, Compositor. Jan 28 at 1 at offices of Clark and Co, Tooley st, London bridge. Fruillade

Jacobs, Hyam, Hanley, Stafford, Glazier. Feb 3 at 12 at offices of Ashmall, Albion st, Hanley

Jones, Robert, Upper Bangor, Carnarvon, Builder. Feb 7 at 2 at the Queen's Head Café, High st, Bangor. Roberts

Jordan, Edward, Maidstone, Undertaker. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Goodwin, Mill st Maidstone

Kerby, Edward, Charlbury, Oxford, Farmer. Feb 3 at 11 at the Crown and Cushion Hotel, Chipping Norton. Kilby and Mace, Chipping Norton

Lazarus, Henry, Woburn sq, Tanner. May 9 at 2 at the Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st, Lyne and Holman, Gt Winchester st

Liddell, William, Redcar, York, Engineer. Feb 15 at 11.30 at the Trevelyan Hotel, Darlington. Clayhills

Lill, Elizabeth, Kingston-upon-Hull, Fishing Smack Owner. Feb 3 at 3 at Law Society Hall, Lincoln's-inn bldgs, Kingston-upon-Hull

Lindley, Oliver, Coalville, Leicester, Stone Mason. Feb 4 at 12 at offices of Hincks, Bowling Green st, Leicester

Lindsay, William, Farnham, Surrey, Plumber. Feb 11 at 12 at offices of Knight and Ward, Farnham

Feb 7 at 12 at offices of Adams, Welch

Long, William, Devizes, Wilts, Corn Merchant.
Back, Bristol. Norris and Hancock, Devizes
Miller, William Moody, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Builder. Feb 3 at 11 at offices of
Beckingsale, Lugley st, Newport, Isle of Wight

Mingay, Henry, Burwell, Cambridge, Farmer. Feb 7 at 3 at offices of Turner, St
Andrew's st, Cambridge

Morris, Henry, Gosberton, Lincoln, Farmer. Feb 9 at 1 at the White Hart Hotel, Spalding. Calthrop, Spalding

Morris, John, Birmingham, out of business. Feb 2 at 12 at offices of Smith, Colmore row, Birmingham

Pallister, John, Over Dinsdale, York, Farmer. Feb 8 at 10 at offices of Wooler, Priestgate, Darlington

Paris, Alexander, Coventry, Tailor. Feb 6 at 12 at offices of Browett, Bayley lane, Coventry

Parker, William John, and John Cory, Hart st, Mark lane, Corn Merchant. Feb 7 at 2 at offices of Winser, Chancery lane

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Parr, George, Nottingham, Tailor. Feb 7 at 12 at offices of Stevenson, Week Day Cross, Nottingham

Peachey, Charles Henry, Hungerford, Berks, Sewing Machine and Cigar Merchant.
Feb 6 at 1 at the Cafe, West st, Reading

Pears, Joseph, Colsterworth, Lincoln, Licensed Victualler. Feb 7 at 12.30 at George
Hotel, Melton Mowbray Hincks
Pearson, William, and Stephen Myles, Addiscombe, Surrey, Builders. Feb 3 at 3 at
Greyhound Hotel, High st, Croydon. Hogan and Hughes, Martin's la, Cannon st
Perrons, Joseph, Old Basford, Nottingham, Night Watchman. Feb 7 at 3 at offices of
Cockayne, Fletcher gate, Nottingham

Pocock, George Nathaniel, Brighton, Silk Mercer. Feb 6 at 2 at Anderton's Hotel,
Fleet st. Herbert, Vigo st, Regent st

Prust, David, Scarborough, York, Butcher. Feb 3 at 3 at offices of Greenwood and Greenwood, Huntriss row, Scarborough

Revill, Francis, Taunton St James, Somerset, Commercial Traveller. Feb 9 at 11 at offices of Reed and Cook, Paul st, Taunton

Ringen, Gerdt Peter, Somerset Arms, New rd, Whitechapel, Beer and Wine Retailer. Feb 13 at 2 at offices of Chapman, Gresham bldgs, Basinghall st

Roberts, Thomas, Birkenhead, Chester, Grocer. Feb 8 at 3 at offices of Roose and Priee, North John st, Liverpool. Thompson

Robbins. Francis Joseph, Small Heath, Warwick. Bone Boiler. Feb 2 at 11 at offices of Spencer, Bennett's hill, Birmingham

Saville, Edmund, Gloucester st, Regent's Park, Wine Merchant's Foreman. Feb 8 at 2
at offices of Grigsby, Hill's pl, Oxford st
Shoosmith, George, Halifax, Wool Dealer. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Longbottom, Carlton
st, Halifax

Slater, William, Leamington Priors, Innkeeper. Feb 6 at 12 at offices of Sanderson,
Church st, Warwick
Smith, Charles, Bradford. Stock Broker. Feb 7 at 11 at offices of Greaves and Taylor,
Cheapside, Bradford

Smith, Thomas, Nottingham, Plumber. Feb 7 at 12 at offices of Brittle, St Peter's chbrs,
St Peter's gate, Nottingham
Standeven, Thomas, Leeds, out of business. Feb 4 at 11 at office of Wells, Cookridge st,

Leeds

Steele, Thomas James, Gracechurch st, Timber Merchant. Feb 2 at 3 at 111, Cheapside.
Peckham and Co, Knightrider st
Toppin, John George, Hexham, Northumberland, Draper. Feb 11 at 12 at offices of
Lockhart, Hexham

Trist, Joseph Chapman, Exeter, Jeweller. Feb 10 at 11 at Queen's Hotel, Birmingham.
Orchard, Exeter

Turner, Harry, Remington st, City rd, Carman. Feb 3 at 3 at 390, City rd, Islington.
Popham, Vincent ter, Islington
Turner, Samuel, Nantwich, Chester, Licensed Victualler. Feb 2 at 11 at office of Hill,

Market st, Crewe

Feb 8 at 2 at

Turton, Frederick William, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Nail Manufacturer.
Midland Hotel, New st, Birmingham. Cresswell, Bromsgrove
Wheatley, Jarvis, Nottingham, Lace Dresser. Feb 10 at 3 at office of Fraser, Wheeler
gate, Nottingham

Whiston, Arthur, Nottingham, Commission Agent. Feb 15 at 3 at offices of Bird, Week-
day cross, Nottingham
Feb 8 at 4 at the Roebuck

Wiggins, Matilda Sarah, Witney, Oxford, Fellmonger.
Hotel, Cornmarket st, Oxford. Westell, Witney
Wilcox, Samuel, Sparkbrook, Kings Norton, Worcester, out of business. Feb 3 at 11.30
at office of Browett, Ann st, Birmingham

Wilkinson, Robert, Widnes, Lancaster, General Draper. Feb 16 at 12 at office of Sutton,
Fountain st, Manchester

Williamson, William Thompson, Ealing Dean, PhotograpnJr. Jan 31 at 2 at offices of Hanson, King st, Cheapside

Williams, Joel, Colchester, Essex, Clothier. Feb 7 at 12 at office of Speechley and Co, New-inn, Strand, Pride, Colchester

Williams, Thomas, Huddersfield, Wholesale Confectioner. Feb 10 at 3 at offices of Hall,
New st, Huddersfield

Wright, John, Chesham, Buckingham, Boot Manufacturer.
Francis and How, Chesham, Bucks

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MR. CHARLES CARRINGTON has been appointed a Registrar of the Chancery Division, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. R. H. LEACH. Mr. CARRINGTON was sworn in before the Lord Chancellor on Wednesday last.

THE COURT OF APPEAL at Lincoln's-inn is keeping its work well under, and practitioners must not be surprised if they find shortly a mixed paper of common law and chancery appeals for hearing at Lincoln's-inn.

of the society have undertaken, after asking suggestions from the provincial law societies, to frame an order by which they will be bound as representing the remuneration which ought to be given to solicitors. Why should the London solicitors be kept out in the cold while matters vitally affecting their interests are being practically determined?

THE ANNOUNCEMENT that GUITEAU's counsel has "filed a bill ON THURSDAY LAST there was not a single bankruptcy of exceptions with a motion for a new trial" points to an interappeal for hearing before the Court of Appeal-a circumstance esting diversity between American criminal procedure and our which has not occurred for many years. own. The doctrine as to applications for new trials applies both to the civil and criminal departments of American law, although the practice varies in different States. In some a new trial will be granted in a criminal case, resulting in conviction, whenever evidence has been rejected which has a direct bearing on the innocence of the prisoner, or wherever the verdict appears not to have been warranted by the evidence (see 1 Bishop's Criminal Procedure, s. 847); on the principle (as one of the judges explained)" of the high regard in which the law holds life and liberty; declaring, as it does, that, in every instance where either the one or the other is sought to be assailed by a criminal prosecution, the guilt of the person charged shall be established beyond reasonable doubt." In this country, on the other hand, it has been settled (after some doubt as to cases of misdemeanor) that a bill of exceptions cannot be tendered in a criminal case (see R. v. Esdaile, 1 F. & F. 213, 228); and it is also established that, although in cases of conviction for misdemeanor a new trial may be granted at the instance of the defendant, there can be no new trial in cases of felony. It is true that in R. v. Scaife (17 Q. B. 238) a new trial was granted in a case of felony removed by certiorari, but in R. v. Bertrand (10 Cox. C. C. 618), the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council expressed their opinion that this decision was not in accordance with law; Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, however, saying that, "their lordships desired to be understood as expressing no opinion that the introduction of new trials in felony would or would not be expedient."

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IT WILL BE seen from the report, which we print elsewhere, of the deputation to the Lord Advocate on the subject of citing Scotchmen to appear before the English courts, that the Scottish law officer has lent his sanction to the proposed "representation to the Lord Chancellor for an alteration of the Rules of Court, and, we suppose, the restoration of the exception formerly existing under section 18 of the Common Law Procedure Act, 1852, of Scotland from places in which a writ can be served out of the jurisdiction of the English courts. It may be regarded as almost certain that, unless action is taken on behalf of the profession in England, this change will be made.

SOME INCONVENIENCE having been caused to solicitors and their clerks attending appointments to tax costs, and in other matters, in the Queen's Bench Division at the Royal Courts of Justice, by reason of some of the masters' rooms being both on the first and second floors, as also a solicitors' waiting room on each floor; to avoid misunderstanding for the future, the following notice has been posted in various parts of the building, and also distributed among the practitioners:-"The Solicitors' Room (No. 188) at the Royal Courts of Justice is appropriated for parties to meet on taxations, and appointments on references and matters before masters (Queen's Bench Division) other than business in chambers. The Solicitors' Room (No. 105) is for use in matters before judges and masters in chambers (Queen's Bench Division).”

IT APPEARS that we were 66 inexact" in implying last week that the draft order under the Solicitors' Remuneration Act which has been in circulation among members of the council and certain officers of the courts, was the final draft order which is required to be sent to the council by the committee empowered under the Act to frame the order. The draft order is that which was originally prepared by the council themselves, and which has been amended since the last meeting with the Associated Provincial Law Societies. It will be seen that all this only strengthens the remarks we made last week on the desirability of the London members of the Incorporated Law Society being taken into counsel. The council

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SIR HARDINGE GIFFARD devoted his address to the Birmingham Law Students' Society to enforcing a matter which is just now coming into considerable prominence. He said that the influence of the legal profession in the State is not what it should be, because there is no authoritative exposition of the combined opinion of the profession. The Attorney-General is the official exponent of the views of the bar, but he has other duties which necessarily interfere with free action on behalf of his branch of the profession. The solicitors, Sir H. GIFFARD thought, had "no authoritative exposition" of their opinion. In this, of course, he was singularly misinformed, but his remark that "there is no union between the two branches of the profession which enables them to learn each other's common opinion upon proposed changes or alterations of the law' was perfectly correct, and his conclusion that there ought to be an association representative of all the members of the profession, something in the nature of the great institutions which recognize as peculiarly belonging to them the common interests of the profession, is well worthy of careful attention. To attain such a result the first step is the formation of a really representative Bar Association, such as Mr. WOLSTENHOLME has recently suggested. When that had been formed it would be easy to create a federal association, composed of representatives from this association, from the Incorporated Law Society, and the Associated Provincial Law Societies, the function of which should be to watch over the common interests of the profession and the progress of legislation. There seems to be no reason why there should not be such an association, some of the objects of which

would be well expressed in the language of article 1 of the American Bar Association :-"To advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation, and uphold the honour of the profession of the law."

A CURIOUS DEFENCE was raised in a prosecution for perjury, at the Manchester Assizes on Saturday last, before Mr. Justice CHITTY. It was alleged that the prisoner, at the time of giving evidence, was under the influence of drink, and incapable of judging clearly the effect of what he said. He had heard several statements that he believed to be untrue, and got into the box and denied them wholesale. It was argued that the prisoner, being in the condition described, was not responsible for what he was saying, and had not committed" wilful" and "corrupt" perjury. The learned judge directed the jury "that drunkenness was no excuse in a case of this kind, unless the condition of a man in regard to drunkenness when he was giving evidence in an open court might have some bearing upon the point whether what he said was said deliberately and intentionally. It would be a most dangerous thing to allow a man to get off in a case of this kind on the ground of drunkenness, but if the jury was satisfied that the prisoner was in such a state of mind at the time in question that substantially he was not intending to deceive, they might take a merciful view of the case." The jury found the prisoner guilty, and sentence was deferred. There is no doubt that, as PATTESON, J., said in R. v. Cruse (7 C. & P. 541), "although drunkenness is no excuse for any crime, yet it is often of very great importance in cases where it is a question of intention." And in R. v. Thomas (7 C. & P. 817), PARKE, B., in summing up to the jury, said that "where the question is whether words have been uttered with a deliberate purpose, or are merely low and idle expressions, the drunkenness of the person uttering them is proper to be considered." This comes very close to the recent case, and the direction given to the jury by Mr. Justice CHITTY Corresponds with article 29 of Mr. Justice STEPHEN'S Digest of Criminal Law, where it is laid down that "if the existence of a specific intention is essential to the commission of a crime, the fact that an offender was drunk when he did the act which, if coupled with that intention, would constitute such crime, should be taken into account by the jury in deciding

whether he had that intention."

WE HAVE WAITED with some curiosity to see whether the "great first cause" before the Manchester Tribunal of Arbitration would have any successor. It is now more than three months since the fact that one case was before the court was first proclaimed by the President, and two months ago we were informed that all questions as to organization (including that of luncheon) had been arranged. It would seem from the report of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, presented to the annual meeting on Monday last, that no new case has yet been found. "One important case, which had been before the law courts," the committee say, "has already been decided by the tribunal, and both the disputants have expressed their satisfaction with the verdict." It would really be interesting to learn, for the information of the judges whose decisions usually please only one side to a dispute, by what means the arbitrators managed to satisfy both sides. And yet, on consideration, we think we need hardly ask for this information. The course to be taken is obvious. Rules of Court providing for luncheons free of expense; for decisions by disengaged merchants after luncheon, and for solemn declarations by both sides (also after luncheon) of their complete satisfaction with the whole proceedings, will usher in the millennium of justice. Full of these anticipations, we cannot but read with surprise the desponding remark of the President, that" if they did not succeed in forming a complete court-a court efficient in all that related to judicial procedure-they would at least succeed in stimulating law reformers to amend our legal system, which was considered by many eminent lawyers to be a standing disgrace to the civilization of the country." This is a sad falling off from the pretensions first put forward.

the Court of Appeal (The Union Bank of London v. Ingram) upon section 25 of the Conveyancing Act. A second mortgagee having brought a foreclosure action and redeemed the first mortgagee, obtained the usual foreclosure judgment in May, 1879. He presented a petition, which came on for hearing before Mr. Justice KAY, upon the 14th of last January, asking that the property might be sold out of court, that the moneys due to the mortgagee might be retained, and the surplus paid into court. A disagreement of judicial opinion has arisen upon the point; for Mr. Justice KAY having refused to make the order as prayed, it was made by the Court of Appeal. This disagreement arose out of a conflict of opinion upon the interpretation of section 48 of the Chancery Amendment Act, upon which section 25 of the Conveyancing Act is to a considerable extent modelled. The late Lord Justice TURNER, when Vice-Chancellor, thought (Girdlestone v. Lavender, 9 Hare, 53) that there was no jurisdiction to make an order for sale after the foreclosure decree had been pronounced; and in Laslett v. Cliffe (2 Sm. & G. 278) ViceChancellor STUART was of the contrary opinion. It may now be regarded as settled that an order for sale may be made under section 25 at any time after foreclosure judgment until the foreclosure is made absolute. Though we do not greatly blame the Act for having failed to anticipate this question, we must remark that by the omission it has lost an opportunity of doing itself credit. It is these things which distinguish far-sighted from illconsidered legislation. Lord Justice BRETT seems to have thought that the omission from section 25 of the Conveyancing Act of the words, "instead of foreclosure," which occur in section 48 of the Chancery Amendment Act, might make all the difference to the court's jurisdiction. We cannot, without some misgiving, contemplate the application of such subtlety to the Act. This kind of interpretation is too trying for any but the finest constitutions to endure with impunity.

A CASE before Mr. Justice FRY, on the 27th ult., may afford a useful lesson to the incautious practitioner. A writ in an action for specific performance by a vendor against a purchaser, contrary to the order which provides that no cause or matter shall be marked for Mr. Justice KAY, was marked for that learned judge. On discovering the error, the plaintiff, without amending the marking of his writ, marked his statement of claim for Mr. Justice FRY; the defendant did not appear, and the cause came on, on notice for judgment in default of pleading. On the facts being stated to Mr. Justice FRY, he pointed out that the defendant was entitled to disregard a writ so marked, and he held that the plaintiff must commence his action de novo.

The Daily News is informed that a committee, on which the Board of Trade, the War Office, and the Admiralty are represented, is sitting at the Board of Trade to examine into the practicability and the expediency of the projected Channel Tunnel.

A £25 Bank of England note, says the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, has just found its way back to its original source in a manner which indicates the efficient management both of the bank and of the Post-office. It was lost as far back as 1829, having been enc lcsed in a letter. The postal authorities made the usual investigations, but as nothing was heard of it the bank authorities, after some years, made good the loss to the Postoffice in the belief that the note must have found its way back, but through some carelessness the fact had been overlooked. It was, however, found in circulation only the other day. It has been traced to a woman in humble circumstances, who found it accidentally among the papers of her grandfather, who acted as guard to one of the old mail coaches.

In a case of Meyrick v. James, before Mr. Justice Kay on Saturday last, it appeared that the suit was instituted many years ago for the administration of an estate, and a decree was made in 1875 directing certain inquiries. The A part es were now desirous that the proceedings should be put an end to. sum of £700 was at present in court, but after payment of costs there would be nothing remaining for distribution. Mr. Justice Kay said he considered it a shocking scandal that the whole of this sum of £700 should have been swamped in costs, although there had been only one debt of about £80 to Mr. Hadley said the satisfy. He should require the costs to be taxed. parties were not desirous of having the costs taxed. His lordship said he should desire to have the costs very carefully taxed, and he should give the parties interested liberty to apply to the court. His intention was that the court should keep its hand over the fund until it should appear what the

THERE WILL BE FOUND elsewhere a report of a decision of costs were; and any further application must be made in court.

of the "order and disposition" clause, give the goods to the TRADE CUSTOMS AND THE "ORDER AND trustee in bankruptcy; and (2) that if, as the Court of Appeal

DISPOSITION" CLAUSE.

We have had our columns so fully occupied of late with matters of more pressing interest, that we have not hitherto found time to notice the important decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of Crawcour v. Salter (25 SOLICITORS' JOURNAL, p. 525, L. R. 18 Ch. D. 30). But we cannot let it pass wholly without remark, especially as it establishes a principle which perhaps requires some explanation to make it clear. The facts of the case are complex, and involve several issues with which we do not need to concern ourselves. The point to which we would direct the reader's attention is its bearing upon the "order and disposition" clause (se.on 15, sub-section 5) of the Bankruptcy Act.

The following brief sketch of a part of the facts will suffice for our purpose. In 1877 the defendant took a hotel upon lease, and contracted with the plaintiff, who was a furniture dealer, to furnish it. The arrangement between the parties was reduced to writing in the shape of an agreement for the hiring of the furniture at a monthly rent by the defendant, to whom the property in the furniture was to pass after punctual payment of the rent for a certain number of months. In case of any nonpayment, or breach of any of the conditions introduced for the safety of the plaintiff, the latter might enter and remove the furniture. There were afterwards sundry dealings with the lease of the hotel by way of mortgage, some of which included, or attempted to include, the furniture; but the view taken by the court prevented these matters from interfering with the narrower and more important question to which we desire to direct the reader's attention-viz., whether, an act of bankruptcy having been committed by the lessee of the hotel, under which he was adjudicated bankrupt while the furniture was on the premises, the property in the furniture passed to the trustee in bankruptcy under the "order and disposition' clause. The late Vice-Chancellor Malins and the Court of Appeal agreed in answering this question in the negative, without expressing in very precise terms the abstract grounds of their decision. These grounds are often expressed by the saying (which we take from the marginal note in Ex parte Powell, L. R. 1 Ch. D. 501) that "a custom of holding certain goods on hire" will "take the goods out of the order and disposition of the bankrupt."

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This point cannot, strictly speaking, be said to have have been decided in Ex parte Crawcour (L. R. 9 Ch. D. 419). There the facts were very similar; with the exception (to which it will presently appear that we attach great importance) that the lessee or hirer of the furniture, though a trader, does not appear to have kept anything like a hotel or inn. But the question of "order and disposition" did not definitely arise, and the Master of the Rolls in his judgment (at p. 423) seems to have guarded against deciding it. The registrar of the Bankruptcy Court had adjudged the furniture to the trustee in bankruptcy, not upon the ground of "order and disposition," but upon the ground that the agreement for hiring the furniture, which was in precisely the same terms in this case as in Crawcour v. Salter, was a bill of sale; and that this, not having been registered, was void as against the trustee. This judgment was reversed by the Court of Appeal, solely upon the ground that such an agreement is not a bill of sale within the Act; the Master of the Rolls remarking that whether the registrar's judgment could be supported on other grounds would be a matter for discussion at a future time. It is a plausible suggestion, that these "other grounds' were the "order and disposition" clause. But at all events, we feel justified in asserting that in Ex parte Crawcour nothing was decided except that a hiring agreement of this particular kind is not a bill of sale within the Bills of Sale Act.

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As the judges would seem, according to the report, to have abstained from deciding in Ex parte Crawcour, that "a custom of holding certain goods on hire" will "take the goods out of the order and disposition of a bankrupt," they cannot be said there to have decided that point. But we cannot help observing, (1) that if, as the registrar thought, the agreement was void for want of registration, this fact would not, without the help

thought, the agreement needed no registration, the goods would nevertheless have passed to the trustee, unless the existence of a trade custom to hire goods will suffice to take the goods out of the "order and disposition" clause. Therefore, as the Court of Appeal evidently took it for granted that, if the agreement had needed to be registered, the goods would have gone to the trustee, we are forced to conclude, by virtue of proposition (1), that they thought the case within the "order and disposition" clause. But if the late Vice-Chancellor Malins was right in regarding the decision as equivalent to a decision that, the agreement not needing registration, the goods did not pass to the trustee (see 18 Ch. D. p. 50), we seem forced to conclude, by virtue of proposition (2), that in the opinion of the court the case was not within the "order and disposition" clause. It is possible that the court did not clearly advert to the fact, that, even though the hiring agreement had been void for want of registration, the goods would not have passed to the trustee in bankruptcy without the aid of the "order and disposition" clause. There is a very prevalent superstition, that whenever a bill of sale is void for want of registration, the chattels comprised in it must of course go to any trustee in bankruptcy who happens to claim them. The obviously true doctrine, that the chattels will under such circumstances pass to the trustee if the validity of the bill of sale is the only bar to his title, has not always been kept clearly in view, even by men of learning and eminence.

The case of Crawcour v. Salter having finally set at rest all doubt whether a trade custom of hiring will take chattels out of the "order and disposition" clause, we think it very expedient to call attention to the limitations under which that doctrine has been laid down. Here, not only did the occupation of the person who let the furniture make it a natural thing that he should let it, but (which seems to us to be of much greater importance), the occupation of the person who hired the furniture was such as to make it a natural thing for him to hire it. Moreover, the custom was one which was likely to reach the ears of the general creditors. These points clearly appear in the judgments. "It is very common," said Lord Justice James, "for hotel keepers to hire furniture in this way. . I do not believe that anyone gives credit to a hotel-keeper on the assumption that the furniture in his hotel is his own property." This case, therefore, cannot be cited as an authority in favour of a custom, unless the custom displays the characteristics above noted. And as of those characteristics, only one, and that (in our opinion) the least important, is found in Ex parte Crawcour, non constat that if in that case the question of "order and disposition" had been definitely raised, the custom there alleged would have sufficed to prevent the goods from passing to the trustee in bankruptcy. The propositions which seem to be the grounds of the decision in Crawcour v. Salter, form on the whole a very natural finale to the previous cases; of which we think two or three sufficiently important to be mentioned. These propositions are equally well illustrated by the contention which succeeded in Ex parte Watkins (L. R. 8 Ch. 520), and by the contention which failed in Ex parte Lovering (No. 2) (L. R. 9 Ch. 621). In the former case a custom in the wine and spirit trade that a purchaser of wines and spirits in bond should for a time leave the goods in the vendor's bonded warehouse, paying a proportion of the rent, was allowed to prevent the goods from passing to the vendor's trustee in bankruptcy. Here the custom seems, mutatis mutandis, very well to possess the three qualifications demanded by our canon. In Ex parte Vaux (L. R. 9 Ch. 602) the same principle was held to apply, although in that case no notice seems to have been given to the warehouseman of the change of ownership: an extension of the principle which is perhaps open to suspicion and doubt. In Ex parte Lovering, on the other hand, a draper purported to sell his furniture and to keep it in his own possession under a contract of hiring from the purchaser, who was not a dealer in furniture. Here all, or at lest the most important, of our three characteristics are wanting; for there was nothing to make the hiring or the letting more appropriate to the parties than to anybody else, or to suggest to the creditors of a draper that the furniture apparently his own did not belong to him. The distinctions which we have advocated were taken by Lord

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