Babbs, Richard, and Frederick Babbs, Castlemaine rd, Surbiton Hill, Builders. Mar 24 at 3 at 146, Cheapside. Saunders and Co, King st, Cheapside Bailey, Michael, Longton, Stafford, Linen Draper. Mar 20 at 3 at offices of Hunt, Nicholas st, Portland st, Manchester. Adderley and Marfleet, Longton Baker, John Worrall, Liverpool, Restaurant Keeper. Mar 27 at 11 at offices of Sheen, North John st, Liverpool. Levy, Liverpool Baldwin, Charles Joseph, Brighton, Tailor. Mar 23 at 3.30 at 145, Cheapside. Good- Ball, Thomas, Bedminster, Bristol, Beerhouse Keeper. Benson, William, East Butterwick, Lincoln, Innkeeper. Mar 22 at 1.30 at Angel Hotel, Benson, William, and Robert Otter Benson, East Butterwick, Farmers. Mar 22 at 1 at Angel Hotel, Market pl, Brigg. Rollit and Sons, Hull Bentley, John, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Jeweller. Mar 27 at 11 at offices of Johnson and Stead, Church st, Llanelly Binns, Arton, Leeds, Woollen Manufacturer. Mar 22 at 2 at offices of Middleton and Sons, Calverley chmbrs, Victoria sq, Leeds Booth, Joseph, Fentiman rd, Clapham rd, Schoolmaster. Mar 29 at 2 at offices of Armstrong, Chancery lane Bowlt. John, Bill Quay, Durham, Grocer. Mar 22 at 3 at offices of Warlow, Collingwood st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Boxford, William James, Wood Seaves, Stafford, Farmer. Mar 23 at 3 at offices of Welsh and Son, Brown st, Manchester Bradshaw, James, Tunbridge Wells, Tailor. Mar 23 at 12 at offices of Burton, Mitre ct chmbrs, Temple Broughton, John Northige, Boreham, Warminster, Wilts, Schoolmaster. Mar 22 at 11.30 at Townhall, Warminster. Wakeman and Bleeck, Warminster Campbell, George Murray, Crook, Durham, Ironmonger. Inn, Durham. Milburn, Crook Mar 27 at 11 at Three Tuns Cooper, Job, Bridgnorth, Salop, Licensed Victualler. Mar 22 at 2.30 at the Crown Hotel, Bridgnorth. Phillips and Co. Corbett, James Fletcher, Olton, Warwick, Coal Merchant. Mar 23 at 3 at the Great Western Hotel, Colmore row, Birmingham. Fitter, Birmingham Crews, John, Twerton, Somerset, Commercial Traveller. Mar 25 at 12 at No. 8 Edgar buildings, Bath. Simmons and Co, Bath Crossman, George, Dewsbury, York, Warehouseman. Mar 22 at 10.15 at offices of Crouch, Edward Guilder, Essex st, Mare st, Hackney, Leather Merchant. Mar 29 at 3 Denton, Frederick Samuel, Bradford, Ironmonger. Mar 23 at 3 at offices of Killick and Mar 23 at 2 at offices of Dowse, Robert, Easterton, Wilts, Farm Bailiff. Mar 21 at 12 at office of Norris and Hancock, Market pl, Devizes Dugard, Rev Thomas, King Edward st, Hackney. Mar 27 at 3 at office of Hollams and Co, Mincing lane Dyson, Joseph, Kingston upon Hull, Licensed Victualler. Mar 21 at 12 at offices of Walker and Spink, Parliament st. Kingston upon Hull Edwards, Henry John, Ryde, Surgeon. Mar 24 at 2 at Douch's Railway Hotel, Taunton. Edwards, Sidmouth Edward, Thomas Henry, Devonport, Wine Merchant. Mar 23 at 12 at Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Gard, Devonport Ellison, Jonathan, Aspull, Lancaster, Joiner. Mar 25 at 10 at office of Lees, King st, Wigan Emerson, George, Tomlin's grove, Bow, Clerk. Apr 3 at 1 at Fenchurch House, Fenchurch st. Neal, Lime st Farlam, John, Carlisle, Grocer. Mar 22 at 11 at office of Johnson, Bank st, Carlisle Foreman, Alfred Thomas, and Frederick John Foreman, Marden, Kent, Traction Mar 29 at 12 at the Queen's Hotel, Stephenson pl, Birmingham. Saunders and Bradbury, Temple row, Birmingham George, Joseph, Ladbrooke grove, Notting hill, Plumber. Mar 21 at 3 at office of Jourdain, Ludgate hill Golding, William, Bardwell, Suffolk, Farmer. Mar 25 at 1 at Angel Hotel, Bury St Edmunds. Walpole, Bury St Edmunds Goodwin, Edwin, East Bergholt, Suffolk, Butcher. Mar 27 at 4 at office of Jones and Graham, Susanna Jane, Epsom, Stationer. Mar 27 at 3 at office of Haigh and Agar, Gresham st Gray, George, Pavilion Hotel, Notting hill, Licensed Victualler. of Layton and Co, Budge row Mar 29 at 2 at office Griffiths, William Henry, Tipton, Stafford, Shopkeeper. Mar 22 at 11 at at office of Travis, Church lane, Tipton Hall, Herry Edward, Minchinhampton, Gloucester, Clerk. Mar 23 at 12 at offices of Smith and Stafford, Stroud Harding William, Tisbury, Wilts, Coal Merchant. Mar 31 at 11.30 at offices of Rutter, Shaftesbury Henry, James, Exeter, Grocer. Mar 23 at 11 at Craven's Hotel, Craven st, Strand. Hilditch, William, Liverpool, Provision Dealer. Mar 24 at 12 at Law Association Hirst, John, Manchester, Builder. Mar 16 at 11 at offices of Williams, Manchester. Hirst, Samuel Tetley, Barnsley, Provision Merchant. Mar 27 at 2 at offices of Rideal, Barnsley Hodgson, John, Leeds, Picture Dealer. Mar 21 at 2 at offices of Pullan, Albion st, Leeds Hone, Henry, Adderbury, Oxford, General Dealer. Mar 21 at 3 at offices of Smith, Banbury Howarth, James, Ganxholme, Lancaster, Farmer. Mar 23 at 2 at Mitre Hotel, Manchester. Eastwood, Todmorden Howell, John, Bath, Umbrella Maker. Mar 24 at 12 at office of Cowan, Henrietta st, Covent Garden. Tucker, Bath Hunt, George Clayton, Colcheth, Lancaster, Farmer, Mar 24 at 11 at office of Parker and Stocks, Norfolk st, Manchester Jackson, William, Middlesborough, York, Butcher. Mar 20 at 11 at offices of Robson, Linthorp rd, Middlesborough James, Isaac, Woodchester, Gloucester, Baker. Mar 22 at 11 at offices of Stephens, Lansdown, Strand Johnson, Thomas, Erleigh, Sonning, Berks, Butcher. Mar 23 at 11 at Queen's Hotel, Friar st. Reading. Dodd, Reading Judd, Henry Kerridge, Little New st, St. Bride st, Publishers' Bookbinder. Mar 22 at 3 at Law Institution, Chancery lane. Paterson, Bouveric st, Fleet st Laughton. Henry John, Sheffield, Wholesale Fruit Merchant. Mar 22 at 3 at offices of Clegg and Sons, Victoria chmbrs, Figtree lane, Sheffield Lawlan, Alexander, South Shields, Eating House Keeper. Mar 23 at 3 at offices o Marshall, King st, South Shields Lawrence, Joseph, Birmingham, Marble Merchant. Mar 21 at 12 at office of Jelf, Waterloo st, Birmingham Littlewood, David, Hemsley, Norfolk, Farmer. Mar 23 at 3 at office of Cowl, South Quay, Gt Yarmouth Mackie, Edward, Warrington, Lancaster, Draper. Mar 24 at 3 at offices of Davies, Market pl, Warrington Male, William, Cottenham, Cambridge, Farmer. Mar 23 at 3 at offices of Turner, St Andrew's st, Cambridge Marskell, Samuel, Langford, Bedford, Market Gardener. Mar 30 at 3 at Swan Hotel, Biggleswade Wade and Andrews, Hitchin McNeill, Hector, Bromwich, Oil and Colour Merchant. Mar 27 at 11 at offices of Pect, Newhall chbrs, Newhall st, Birmingham Metcalfe, James, Scarborough, Watchmaker. Mar 22 at 3 at offices of Watts and Kitching, Queen st, Scarborough Mitchell, Charles, Framingham Pigot, Norfolk, Merchant. Mar 22 at 12 at offices of Coaks and Co, Bank Plain, Norwich Mosey, Francis, Leeds, Coachbuilder. Mar 23 at 11 at offices of Maud, Albion st, Leeds Mounfield, William Bowson, Chester, Grocer. Mar 21 at 11 at offices of Price, Eastgate st, Chester. Brassey, Chester Murray, Donald, Barrow in Furness, Ale, and Porter Dealer. Mar 22 at 2 at Trevelyan Temperance Hotel, Dalkeith st, Barrow in Furness. Sims, Barrow in Furness Musgrove, James, Lanchester, Durham, Innkeeper. Mar 21 at 12 at offices of Holmes and Robson, Pilgrim st, Newcastle upon Tyne Nicholas, James, Tenby, Pembroke, Licensed Victualler. Mar 22 at 2 at office of Hancock, Quay st, Bristol Onyon, John, Waddington, Lincoln, Bricklayer. Mar 22 at 11 at office of Durance, Mint lane, Lincoln Palmer, James, Bromwich, Edge Tool Maker. Mar 20 at 11 at office of Stokes, Bennetts hill, Birmingham Patton, John, Ightham, nr Sevenoaks, Licensed Victualler. Perrott, Alfred Rosser, Crickhowell, Brecon, Hotel Keeper. Mar 25 at 12 at Railway Apr 3 at 10 at Bear Hotel, Pinker, Henry, Hove, Monumental Sculptor. Mar 24 at 11 at office of Cooper and Williams, Middle st, Brighton Pye, John, Rainford, Lancaster, Grocer. Mar 21 at 3 at Wellington Hotel, New Market pl. St Helen's. Marsh, St Helens Rampton, Charles, Farnham. Surrey, Watchmaker. Mar 20 at 1 at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet st. Durbidge, Guildford Rhodes, Thomas, and William Rhodes, Shipley, Builders. Mar 21 at 11 at Leuchter's Restaurant, Darley st, Bradford. Morgan, Bradford Richards, William Glaskin, Leicester, Grocer. March 23 at 12 at office of Hincks, Bowling Green st, Leicester Riddell, Robert, Dunsford, Devon, Physician. Mar 29 at 3 at office of Fewings, Queen st, Exeter. Friend, Exeter Robertson, David, Liverpool, Shipwright. Mar 21 at 2 at offices of Davies, the Temple, Rooms, Edward Alfred James, Portsea, Hants, Fruiterer. Mar 23 at 4 at offices of Ryan, Walter James. Imperial arcade, Ludgate circus, Washing Machine Agent. Mar 21 at 3 at Cooper and Co, Lincoln's inn fields Sabin, William Edward, and Henry Sendell Jennings, Manchester, Innkeepers. Mar 22 at 3 at offices of Ellis, Clarence bldgs, Booth st, Mosley st, Manchester Sayer, Charles, Liverpool, Quarry Proprietor. Mar 27 at 3 at Law Association Rooms, Cook st, Liverpool. Parkinson, Liverpool Scrivener, William, Cambridge rd, Mile End, Corn Dealer. Mar 23 at 2 at offices of Mote, Walbrook Shackleton, William, Spring Wood Mill, near Todmorden, York, Cotton Spinner. Mar 23 at 11 at Queen Hotel, Todmorden. Craven, Todmorden Shaw, Thomas, Hanghton, Lancaster, Licensed Victualler. Mar 21 at 3 at offices of Shemilt, Thomas, Bucknell, Stafford, Beerhouse Keeper. Mar 22 at 3 at offices of Sheppard, James, Guildford, Surrey, Printer. Mar 23 at 12 at offices of Fraser, Moorgate st Sims, Andrew, Ludlow, Salop, Boot Maker. Mar 24 at 2.30 at offices of Southern and Montford, Ludlow Smallacombe, Edwin, Sampford Courtenay, Devon, Licensed Victualler. Mar 25 at 3 at offices of Prickman, Okehampton Spashett, Alfred, Kirkley, Suffolk, Fish Merchant. Mar 22 at 1 at Suffolk Hotel, Lowestoft. Hill, Lowestoft Stake, Francis, and Alfred Drake, Bradford, Stone Merchants. Mar 20 at 11 at offices of Gardiner and Jeffery, Bradford Starkey, Thomas Cook, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bricklayer. Mar 23 at 3 at offices of Singleton, Kingston-upon Hull Stevenson, John Alfred, Brighton, Boot Maker. Mar 23 at 2 at 145, Cheapside. Goodman, Brighton Stratford, William Victor, Lakenbrake, Suffolk, Schoolmaster. Mar 25 at 12 at Guild- Terry, Thomas, South Norwood. Paper Hanger. Mar 29 at 3 at offices of Elborough and Dean, Queen Victoria st Towers, William, and George Hodgson, Netherton, Cumberland, Builders. Mar 25 at 11 at office of Paisley, Bridge st, Workington Travell, William Alfred, Gloucester, Shipbroker. Mar 22 at 11.30 at Henderson, Berkeley st, Gloucester Trotter, William, Thornton Steward, York, Farmer. Mar 23 at 1 at Clay's Railway Walker, Alfred, Sutton, Worcester, Farmer. Mar 21 at 3 at Miller and Corbet, Church st, Kidderminster Walker, Caleb, Liverpool, Dealer in India Rubber Manufactures. Mar 29 at 2 at the Law Association Rooms, Cook st, Liverpool. Forshaw and Hawkins, Harrington st, Liverrool Walker, Frederick, sen, Swannington, Leicester, Farmer. Mar 24 at 3 at office of Wright, Belvoir st, Leicester Walton, Israel, Haslingden, Lancaster, Yarn Agent. Mar 24 at 3 at office of Addleshaw and Warburton, Norfolk st, Manchester Ward, William Scott, Newtown, Montgomery, Licensed Victualler. Mar 23 at 2 at office of Woosnam, the Bank, Newtown Warne, Henry, Hunstanton, Norfolk, Grocer. Mar 22 at 12 at offices of Seppings, King st, King's Lynn Weinstein, David, Birmingham, Draper. Mar 20 at 12 at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham Armor, Richard, Llangynhafal, Denbigh, Farmer. Mar 27 at 2 at 24, Well st, Ruthin. Asher, Alfred, Leicester, Shopkeeper. Mar 29 at 3 at office of Buckby, Gallowtree gate, Ashmore, John, Manchester, Joiner. Mar 30 at 3 at office of Gregory and Ramsdale, York st, Manchester, Tucker, Manchester Austen, Thomas, Rotherfield, Sussex, Licensed Victualler. Mar 31 at 4 at office of Russ, Mount pleasant, Tunbridge Wells Ayres, John, Princes Risborough, Bucks, Farmer. Mar 29 at 3 at office of Parrett, Aylesbury. Smeathman Babbs, Richard, and Frederick Babbs, Castlemaine rd, Peckham. Builders. Mar 21 at 3 at 145, Cheapside. Saunders and Co, King st, Cheapside Bakes, Robert, Roberttown, York, Innkeeper. Mar 27 at 11 at office of Clough, Railway st, Cleckheaton Baldwin, James, Flaunden, Hert, Wheelwright. Mar 29 at 11.30 at office of Bullock and Penny, Gt Berkhamstead Balls, Edward Draper, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Licensed Victualler. Mar 30 at 12 at offices of Seago and Son, High st, Lowestoft Burgess, Robert William, Frating, Essex, Tailor. Mar 27 at 11 at offices of Goody and Son, North hill, Colchester Burns, Thomas, Walsall, Stafford, Spring Bar Manufacturer. Mar 31 at 11.30 at offices of Sheldon, High st, Wednesbury Cattermoul, Henry, Albany st, Regent's Park, Fancy Salesman. Mar 26 at 12 at offices of Sampson, Marylebone rd Christmas, Charles Gilmore, and Sarah Jane Turner, Titchfield, Hants, Milliners and Dressmakers. Mar 27 at 3 at office of Goble and Warner, Fareham Clarke, Joseph Frederick, Ramsgate, Gas Fitter. Mar 28 at 2 at High st, Ramsgate. Mercer Clarke, Michael, Birmingham. Scrap Iron Dealer. Bickley, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham Mar 25 at 11 at offices of Buller and Cobbe, Joseph Edward, Christchurch, Southampton, Photographer. Mar 28 at 1.30 at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet st. Sharp. Christchurch Colls, Henry, Lower Sloane st, Chelsea, Farrier. Mar 24 at 12 at offices of Harrison, Pancras lane, Queen st Coxon, George, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Valuer. Mar 22 at 2 at office of Thomas and Co, Post Office chmbrs, St Nicholas sq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Crozier, Thomas, Hutton Cranswick, York, Farmer. Mar 25 at 10 at offices of Jennings and Co, Gt Driffield Crump, William Charles, Woodford gn, Essex, Coal Dealer. Mar 23 at 3 at offices of Sydney, Guildhall chmbrs, Basinghall st Cunningham, Edward, Leytonstone, Essex, Builder. Mar 22 at 12 at Swan Inn, Stratford. Dewy, Mark lane Davis, John, Bitton, Gloucester, late Secretary to a Company. Mar 18 at 11 at offices of Essery, Bristol Dean, George James, Upper Norwood, Surrey, Builder. Mar 27 at 3 at Masons' Hall Tavern, Basinghall st. Swain, Old Jewry Dewes, Henry, Nuneaton, Warwick, Solicitor. Mar 30 at 12 at offices of Hughes and Masser, Coventry Dyer, Silas, Northampton, Grocer. Mar 24 at 3 at offices of Shoosmith, Newland, Northampton Edmonds, Edwin, Wandsworth rd, Furniture Dealer. Mar 30 at 3 at 145, Cheapside. Van Sandau and Co Emmerson, Hiram John, Hastings, Ironmonger. Mar 30 at 2 at Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Letts Brothers, Bartlett's bldgs Escott, Richard, Bridgewater, Somerset, Builder. Mar 21 at 11 at offices of Chapman, Bridgewater Evans, Walter, North Ormesby, York, Tailor. Mar 24 at 11 at offices of Robson, Linthorpe rd, Middlesborough Faux, Jane, Whittington, Norfolk, Grocer. Mar 30 at 12 at County court house, Downham Market. Reed and Wayman, Downham Market Fleck, Franz Philip, Elgin rd, Paddington, Baker and Confectioner. Mar 30 at 2 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Tilling, Bishopgate st Without Fountain, William Richard, High Wycombe, Bucks, out of business. Mar 24 at 2 at 25, High st, High Wycombe. Rawson, Great Marlow Foxon, John, Leicester, out of business. Mar 27 at 12 at offices of Harvey, Selborne bldgs, Millstone lane, Leicester Freeman, Edward Joshua, Norwich, Commercial Traveller. Mar 27 at 12 at offices of Miller and Co, Bank chmbrs, Norwich Frickenhaus, Augustus, Old Broad st, Commission Agent. Mar 28 at 12 at offices of James and Edwards, Coleman st. Orgill, Bedford row Gain, David, Seething lane, Butcher. Mar 29 at 2 at offices of Broad and Co, Queen st, Cheapside. Hepburn & Co, Bird-in-Hand ct, Cheapside Garland, Elijah, and Attrobus Peter Jay, Bitton, Gloucester, Boot and Shoe Maker. Mar 21 at 12 at offices of Phillips, Small st, Bristol. Nurse, Bristol Gembitzski, Samuel, Manchester, Tobacconist. Mar 21 at 3 at offices of Sampson, South King st, Manchester Goldstone, George, Chelmsford, Essex, Painter. Mar 28 at 12 at offices of Whites and Co, Budge row, Cannon st. Meggy, Chelmsford Goode, George Gower, Bedminster, Somerset, out of business. Mar 27 at 2 at offices of Hobbs, Clare st, Bristol Graham, William, Mundeville, Durham, Innkeeper. April 4 at 11 at offices of Wilkes and Wilkes, Northgate, Darlington Groves, Elizabeth Alice, Manchester, Dealer in Smallwares. Grundy and Co, Booth st, Manchester Guiliani, Henry, Langham Hotel, Portland pl, no occupation. of Lindo and Co, Coleman st Mar 24 at 3 at offices of March 27 at 2 at offices Hall, Benjamin, Huddersfield, Woollen Manufacturer. Mar 29 at 3 at offices of Fenton and Co, Station st, Huddersfield Hall, Samuel, Oldham, Grocer. Mar 27 at 3 at offices of Buckley and Mattinson, Church lane, Oldham Hammond, John, Byfield, Northampton, Farmer. Mar 30 at 11 at the White Lion Hotel, Banbury. Davies, Southam Hampson, Alfred, Fairfield, nr Manchester, out of business. Mar 27 at 3 at the King's Arms Hotel, Spring gdns, Manchester. Garforth, Dukinfield Harris, Moses, Leeds, Slipper and Boot Manufacturer. Mar 27 at 11 at offices of Lodge and Rhodes, Park row, Leeds Hayles, Henry, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Oilman. Mar 30 at 11 at 35, Lugley st Newport. Pittis, Newport Hicks, Louisa, Bow rd, Hatter. Harrison, Pancras lane Mar 23 at 3 at office of Mitchell, Thanet pl, Strand. Hirst, John Horsfall, Gildersome, York, Grocer. Mar 28 at 2 at office of Horner and Edmondson, Wood st, Wakefield Hodges, Edwin Mortimer, Bristol, Carpenter. Mar 22 at 2 at office of Hobbs, Clare st, Bristol Hoggard, William, Barton upon Humbert, Lincoln, Shipwright. Mar 20 at 2 at office of Mason, Whitecross st, Barton upon Humber Holton, William, Highgate rd, Clerk. Mar 25 at 10.30 at office of Bridgford, Lincoln's inn fields Houghton, James, Swansea, Engine Driver. Mar 27 at 12 at office of Farrington, Princess st, Manchester Hughes, James, and William Moore, Austy, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer. Mar 29 at 3 at office of Hincks, Bowling Green st, Leicester Hutton, Frank Bruxby, Crewe, Chester, Butcher. Mar 27 at 11 at Chetwode Arms, High Town, Crewe. Martin, Nantwich Ironmonger, Edward, Burton-upon, Trent, Commercial Traveller. Mar 28 at 2 at office of Drewry, High st, Burton-upen-Trent Jalland, John Foster, Nottingham, out of business. Mar 29 at 3 at offices of Whittingham, Nottingham Johnson, James, Worlaby, Lincoln, Farmer. Mar 28 at 11 at Angel Hotel, Brigg. Mason, Barton-upon-Humber Johnson, Samuel, Nottingham, Grocer. Mar 28 at 2 at offices of Russell and Co, Old Jewry chmbrs. Cockayne, Nottingham Jones, Richard, Portmadoc, Carnarvon, Engineer. Mar 28 at 12 at offices of Allanson, Bron Seiont Jones, Thomas, Llangefni, Anglesey, out of business. Mar 29 at 1 at Bodorgan Arms, Bodorgan Station. Owen, Bangor Jones, William, Holyhead, Anglesey, Butcher. Mar 30 at 10 at Holyhead Public Coffee House, Holyhead. Roberts, Holyhead Jones, William, Llan, nr Llanelly, Clerk in Holy Orders. Mar 28 at 11 at 40, Thomas st, Llanelly. Rees and Co Kent, William, Chesterton, Stafford, Grocer. Mar 28 at 3 at offices of Hollinshead and Moody, Tunstall Kenworthy, Charles Edward, Rochdale, Dyer. Apr 6 at 3 at offices of Molesworth, Rochdale Klussman, Ernest, New Swindon, Wilts, Tobacconist. Mar 23 at 12 at offices of Bradford and Foote, New Swindon Lang, John Nicholas, Hoxton st, Hoxton, Boot Manufacturer. Mar 29 at 3 at Mason's Hall Tavern, Mason's avenue. Young, Newgate st Little, Joseph, Carlisle, Wine Merchant. Mar 29 at 11 at office of Hodgson, the Courts, English st, Carlisle Lobley, Benjamin, Morley, York, Cabinet Maker. Mar 28 at 2 at office of Butler and Middlebrook, Park sq, Lecds Lockwood, Thomas, Tunbridge Wells, out of business. Mar 27 at 11 at Guildhall Coffee house, Gresham st. Knocker, Sevenoaks Long, Eliza, Shanklin, Boarding House keeper. Mar 27 at 12 at Bugle Hotel, Newport. Morley, Cheapside Lowe, William Challand, Manchester, Greengrocer. Mar 30 at 3 at office of Stelfox, Hilton st, Manchester. Tremewen, Manchester Magoris, Henry, Hartlepool, Grocer. Mar 28 at 3 at office of Todd and Harrison, Town wall, Hartlepool Martin, William. Tonbridge, out of business. Mar 23 at 2.30 at 2, East hill, Dartford. Palmer, Tonbridge Mathews, Richard, Compton, nr Newbury, Farmer. Mar 27 at 2 at Wheatsheaf Hotel, Reading. Lucas, Newbury Matley, Abel, Deighton, nr Huddersfield, Clerk. Apr 1 at 3.30 at office of Poole and Co, Princess st, Manchester Mottram, Charles, Clayton Bridge, nr Manchester, Brewer. Mar 28 at 3 at offices of Brett and Craven, Manchester Mulholland, William James, and William Clatworthy, Aldersgate st, Boot and Shoe Factors. Mar 22 at 3 at 15, Broad st, Northampton. Betts, Southampton st, Strand Newman, William, Landport, Hants, Baker. Mar 30 at 3 at offices of Casey, St George's sq, Portsea. Bramsdon, Portsea Nicholls, William Henry Marcellos, Piccadilly, Breeches Maker. Mar 30 at 2 at the offices of Bridger, Eastcheap Odling, Eliza, Burwell, Lincoln, Innkeeper. Mar 29 at 12.30 at offices of Wood, New st chmbrs, Louth Paget, Edward, Frisby-on-the-Wreake, Leicester, Licensed Victualler. Mar 27 at 3 at offices of Wright, Leicester Payne, Joseph, Bedford, Plumber. Mar 28 at 12 at offices of Whyley and Piper, Dame Alice st, Bedford Pendle, George, and Charles Waite, Golden sq, Woollen Merchants. April 24 at 2 at the Law Institution, Chancery lane. Phelan, Lincoln's inn fields Phillips, Lionel, Poole, Dorset, Provision Dealer. Mar 21 at 3 at Red Lion Hotel, Wareham. Trevanion, Poole Powers, Thomas, Basingstoke, Hants, Saddler. April 3 at 1 at offices of Webb and Lear, Cross st, Basingstoke Rath, Albert, and Emil Rath, Ely, Cambridge, Watchmakers. Mar 31 at 2 at the Bell Hotel, Ely. Rogers, Ely Rice, George, Portsea, cut of business. Mar 28 at 12 offices of Addison, Guildhall chmbrs, Pembroke-road, Portsmouth Rigby, James William, Preston, Weavers' Overlooker. Mar 30 at 3 at the Royal Oak Hotel, Market st, Chorley. Catterall, Chorley Roberts, Frederick George William, Milton-next-Gravesend, Grocer. Mar 27 at 3 at offices of Mitchell, Windmill st, Gravesend Rowe, George, Spennymoor, Durham, Grocer. Mar 21 at 12 at offices of Neilson and Brown, John st, Sunderland. Brown, Sunderland Russell, Thomas, Scarborough, Carriage Driver. Mar 25 at 11 at offices of Appleyard, Newborough st, Scarborough Sellers, Matilda, Ashton on Ribble, Lancaster, Skip Manufacturer. Mar 27 at 3 at the County Court Offices, Winckley st, Preston. Edelston and Son, Preston Selway, John, Ashwick, Somerset, Butcher. April 3 at 3 at offices of Nalder, High st, Shepton Mallet Smith, Walter, Gosport, Hants, Coal Merchant. Mar 27 at 11 at offices of Blake and Reed, Portsea Spencer, Robert, Batley, York, Rag Merchant. Mar 27 at 10 30 at offices of Law, Batley Stratton, John Locke, and Philip Julian Curtis, Fenchurch st, Merchants. Apr 5 at 3 at offices of Cooper Brothers and Co, George st, Mansion House. Hollams and Co, Mincing lane Sumner, William, Harpur st, Theobald's rd, Estate Agent. Mar 27 at 3 at offices of Child and Son, South sq, Gray's inn Sutcliffe, John, Oxenhope, nr Keighley, Fellmonger. Mar 28 at 2 at offices of Wright and Waterworth, Keighley Sutton, Julia Ellen, Dover, Licensed Vietualler. Apr 3 at 3 at Royal Oak Hotal, Dover. Payn, Dover Tait, James, South Shields, Coffee Merchant. Mar 23 at 1 at offices of Hoyle and Co, Taylor, Augustine, Low Valley, nr Barnsley, Shop Keeper. Thompson, Joseph Ambrose, Middlesborough, Merchants. Mar 28 at 11 at offices of Mar 21 at 12 at offices of Todd, George, Birmingham, out of business. Mar 26 at 10.30 at offices of O'Connor Bennett's hill, Birmingham Waddington, George, Leeds, Game Dealer. Mar 28 at 3 at offices of Granger and Raper, Bank st, Leeds Wade, John, Westmeon, Hants, Postmaster. Mar 25 at 3 at offices of Adams and Co, Jewry st, Winchester Walker, Joseph, King's Norton, Worcester, Gardener. Mar 27 at 3 at offices of Jaques Temple row, Birmingham Walsh, Joseph, Leverton st, Kentish Town, out of business. Mar 22 at 1 at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet st. Johnson, St Martin's crt, St Martin's lane Welshman, Robert Soden, and John Harris Welshman, Christchurch, Southampton, Iroumongers. Mar 29 at 12.30 at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet st White, Henry Freshwater, Romford, Essex, Builder. Mar 27 at 11 at office of Haynes and Clifton, South st, Romford White, William Alfred, Gt Winchester st, Stock Broker. Mar 23 at 3 at office of Wether- Willett, Abraham, Austy, Leicester, Boot Manufacturer. Mar 27 at 3 at office of Hincks Williams, John Lowther, Bristol, Draper. Mar 27 at 11 at office of Evans, Exchange Williams, William Francis, Birkenhead, Block Maker. Mar 27 at 2 at office of Knowles, Wilson, Alfred, Calverley, York, Tailor. Mar 28 at 11 at office of Tunnicliffe, Market st, Bradford Wilson, Richard Henry, Andover, Southampton, Coal Merchant. Mar 27 at 3 at Star Wren, John Charles, Rollo lane, Turnham Green, Grocer. Mar 29 at 11 at Lea's, The Wright, John, Crutched Friars, Licensed Victualler. Mar 25 at 12 at office of Rose-Innes SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA, Arti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. ESTABLISHED 1825. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality, HEWETSON, THEXTON, & PEART, with the excess of fat extracted. The Faculty pronounce it "the most nutritious, perfectly digestible beverage for Breakfast, Luncheon, or Supper, and invaluable for Invalids and Children.” Highly commended by the entire Medical Press. Being without sugar, spice, or other admixture, it suits all palates, keeps better in all climates, and is four times the strength of cocoas THICKENED yet WEAKENED with starch. &c., and IN REALITY CHEAPER than such Mixtures. Made instantaneously with boiling water, a teaspoonful to a Breakfast Cup, costing less than a halfpenny. COCOATINA A LA VANILLE is the most delicate, digestible, cheapest Manilla Chocolate, and may be taken when richer chocolate is prohibited. In tin packets at 1s. 6d., 3s., 5s. 6d., &c., by Chemists and Grocers. Charities on Special Terms by the Sole Proprietors, H. SCHWEITZER & CO 10, Adam-strect, London, W.C. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE-WOODFORD HOUSE ESTATE. An important Freehold Residential and Sporting Property, with valuable beds of ironstone and other minerals, now being worked. With possession. MESSRS. FAREBROTHER, ELLIS. CLARK, & CO., will SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, E.C., on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1882, at TWO precisely, the WOODFORD HOUSE ESTATE, a Valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, comprising 742 acres of highlyproductive land, situate in the parishes of Woodford, Twywell, and Cranford, five miles from Kettering, seven from Wellingborough, and within one mile of two stations on the Midland system, with a comfortable, stone-built mansion, containing three spacious reception rooms and 16 bed and dressing rooms, with adequate offices, stabling, outbuildings, and gardener's cottage, conservatory and pleasure grounds, good gardens, and a small undulating park surrounded by ornamental plantations. Three packs of hounds meet in the locality, and there are several noblemen's and gentlemen's seats in the immediate neighbourhood. Also three excellent farms, with two good homesteads and numerous buildings and cottages. The estate possesses great mineral importance, the principal portion being underlaid by some of the richest beds of iron ore and limestone in the county, which are fully open to view, and are being vigorously worked under a lease granted at adequate royalties. The estate produces an income of about £2,800 per annum, including the estimated value of the mansion. Also, in three separate lots, valuable accommodation lands, cottages, and outbuildings, close to the village of Woodford. Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. Walters, Deverell, & Walters, Solicitors, 9, New-square, Lincoln's-inn, W.C.; Messrs. Hemsley & Hemsley, Solicitors, 5, Albanycourtyard, Piccadilly, W.; Messrs. Green & Cheese, Solicitors, 2, Warwick-court, Charing-cross, S.W.; T. H. Burroughes, Esq., 30, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W.C.; at the Mart; and of Messrs. Farebrother, Ellis, Clark, & Co., 5 and 6, Lancaster-place, Strand, W.C., and 18, Old Broadstreet, E.C. ON WEDNESDAY NEXT. THE NEW RIVER COMPANY. To Trustees and others.-Two-eighths of an Adventurer's Share, in 26 Lots, in this highly-important and lucrative trading corporation, producing a safe and constantly increasing annual income, with occasional bonuses; each lot forming a valuable Freehold Estate, conferring votes for the counties of Hertford and Middlesex, and affording to purchasers improving investments, unsurpassed by any other class of security. ESSRS. CLARK, & CO. will SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, London, E.C., on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1882, at TWO o'clock precisely, TWO-EIGHTHS of an ADVENTURER'S SHARE in the FREEHOLD ESTATES and interest of the New River Company with its main watercourses, extensive reservoirs in and near the metropolis, landed and house property, ground-rents, buildings, wharves, privileges, commodities, and appurtenances (in possession and expectant) of this historic corporation. The income of the Company for the year 1881 was £161,570, or about £20,000 in excess of that of 1880, and the dividend on the 2-8ths Share now to be sold amounted to £629 10s. for the year ending Christmas, 1881, showing a progressive increase of about 5 per cent. per annum. Such revenue must still further increase, not only from the many building operations now being carried on in the district supplied by the New River, but from the termina MANUFACTURERS AND HOUSE FURNISHERS, 200, 203, and 204, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, W. Estimates and Designs submitted free for entirely Furnishing Residences, Chambers, Offices, &c. -PAINTING, DECORATING, & HOUSE REPAIRS. Carved Oak Furniture, Reproductions from Ancient Designs, &c. Bedroom Furniture, including Bedstead and Bedding, from £7 10s. per set. THIRTY LARGE SHOW ROOMS. HEWETSON, THEXTON, & PEART. 200, 203, and 204, Tottenham Court-road, London, W. N.B.-Household Furniture Warehoused or Removed on reasonable terms. WALTHAMSTOW. A detached Freehold Residence for occupation, and a corner plot of Freehold Building Ground adjoining. MESSRS, ELLIS & SON are directed by the Trustee under the will of the late G. E. Miller, Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, on MONDAY, APRIL 3, at TWO precisely, in Two Lots (unless previously disposed of by private contract, the Detached FREEHOLD RESIDENCE known as Norfolk Villa, delightfully situate in a retired spot in the Stanhoperoad, within a few minutes' walk of the Hoe-street Station on the Great Eastern Railway. It contains five good bed hall, dining and drawing rooms, each about 17ft. by rooms, dressing room, two waterclosets, good entrance 12ft. 6in., one opening to a small greenhouse; usual offices and outhouses, a coach-house and stable, and I pretty garden of about one-third of an acre, planted with well-grown trees; with immediate possession. And, adjoining, a very eligible corner plot of Freehold Building Ground, having a return frontage to the Stanhoperoad of about 157ft.; also with possession. To be viewed by orders only, to be had of Messrs. Ellis & Son. Printed particulars and conditions of sale to be had of Messrs. Fladgate, Smith, & Fladgate, Solicitors, 40, Craven-street, Strand; at the Mart; and of Messrs. Ellis & Son, Auctioneers and Estate Agents, 49, Fenchurch-street. LIMEHOUSE. Re Whitehead & Co. (Limited): In liquidation.-Important Waterside Manufacturing Premises, with vacant possession. SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, on MONDAY, It pos ESSRS. ELLIS & SON are directed to APRIL 3, at TWO precisely (unless previously disposed of by private contract), the capital PREMISES known as Broadwater Wharf, most eligibly situate in the Limehouse Cut and Thomas-street, Burdett-road, midway between Limehouse and Burdett-road Railway Stations. sesses frontages to both the canal and the street of over 100ft., occupies nearly half an acre of ground, and comprises boiler house, workshop3, kiln house, a modern twofloored warehouse about 99ft by 30ft., and two newly. built cottages, the whole forming most complete premises, standing in a situation the approaches to which, by road, rail, and water, are unexceptionally convenient. Held on lease for an unexpired term of about 77 years at a low ground-rent. May be viewed by orders, to be had of Messrs. Ellis & Son. Particulars, plans, and conditions of sale to be had of T. Theobald, Esq., Chartered Accountant, 23, St. Swithin's-lane, E.C.; of Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, Crisp, & Co., Solicitors, 6, Old Jewry; at the Mart; and of Messrs. Ellis & Son, Auctioneers and Surveyors, 49, Fenchurch strect. PENTONVILLE. Desirable small Leasehold Investment. MESSRS, ELLIS & SON are directed by the Trustee under the will of Mrs. Hellis, deceased, to SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, on MONDAY, APRIL 3, at TWO precisely, the commodious RESIDENCE, No. 3, Holford-square, one of the prin 317 317 .......... 318 ..... Freehold, Copyhold, and Leasehold Investments Dwelling Houses of a moderate class, all situated in thickly-populated localities where the demand is always greatly in excess of the supply. MESSRS, DALE & SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, Tokenhouse-yard, Bank, E.C., on THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1882, at TWO o'clock precisely, in Fourteen Lots, as follows:BERMONDSEY.-Five Freehold Houses, Nos. 55 to 59, Salisbury-street, Jamaica-road, let at per annum The Colchester Arms Beer House (adjoin- ALDGATE. —- Two Freehold Houses, Little ST. GEORGE'S EAST. - Leasehold House, 1 to 11, Ball's-buildings, White Horse-street, lease 61 years, ground-rent £55, producing . PECKHAM.-Compact block of 17 long Leasehold Houses, Nos. 1 to 17, Clarkson's-place, Carlton-grove, lease about 49 years, groundrent £31, producing per annum .. GREENWICH.-11 Leasehold Houses, No. 5, Chester-street, Nos. 3 to 10, Carradock-street, and Nos. 1 and 2, Thornley-place, Marl. borough-street. Also a Leasehold Ground Rent, of £3 per annum arising out of No. 8. Chester-street, with the reversion to the last 10 years of term, lease 40 years, ground-rent £18 108. per annum on the whole, let and producing per annum ..... To Trustees and others.-Valuable Freehold Ground-rents, amounting to £300 6s. per annum. MESSRS. MASTERMAN, GIBBS, & CO. will SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C., on MONDAY, APRIL 3, at TWO o clock precisely, in Thirteen Lots, Valuable FREEHOLD GROUND-RENTS, amounting to £300 68. per annum, fully secured upon property in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, with early reversion to the rack rentals, estimated at upwards of £2,200 per annum. Particulars and conditions of sale may be had of Messra. Masterman, Hughes, Masterman, & Rew, Solicitors, 59, New Broad-street, E.C.; at the Mart; and of the Auctioneers, 37, Walbrook, E.J. AUCTION ROOMS Specially for the Sale of Literary Property, Music, and Works of Art, 47, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, W.C. MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON beg to announce that the above rooms are open daily for the reception of all kinds of Literary and Art Property, Musical Collections, &c., intended for Sale by Auction. Messrs. P. & S. feel assured that the necessary knowledge (gained only by long experience) and the extensive connection enjoyed by their firm will be a sufficient guarantee to solicitors and others that such property entrusted to their care will be arranged for sale in the most advantageous manner. Valuations for Probate or Legacy Duty, or for Public or Private Sale. ESTABLISHED (IN PICCADILLY) 1791. tion of the ground and other leases of the Myddelton. cipal squares in the neighbourhood, standing in a high HAMPTON & SONS make NO CHARGE square Estate in about 23 years, when the rental value will be greatly augmented. For the investment of trust moneys and safe employment of capital this is infinitely superior to any other class of property. Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. Few & Co., Solicitors, 19, Surry-street, Strand, W.C.; at the Mart, E.C.; and of Messrs. Farebrother, Ellis, Clark, & Co., 5 and 6, Lancaster-place, Strand, W.C., and 18, Old Broadstreet, E.C. and healthy position, and very handy both for the City and West-end; let to Mr. J. Thompson, an old tenant, at the very moderate rent of £55 per annum, and held of the New River Company for an unexpired term of about 37 years, at the low ground-rent of £5 per annum. Printed particulars may be had of Messrs. Sedgefield & Price, Solicitors, Abingdon, Berks; at the Mart; and of Messrs. Ellis & Son, Auctioneers and Estate Agents, 49, Fenchurch-street. for inserting particulars in their FREE MONTHLY REGISTER of ESTATES, TOWN and COUNTRY HOUSES, Furnished or Unfurnished, or for Sale, to be hed GRATIS at their Offices, or post-free for two stamps. Published on the 1st of the month, and particulars for insertion should be sent not later than five days previous to end of preceding month. Valuations for Probate and Transfer. Surveys. CURRENT TOPICS. LONDON, MARCH 25, 1882. THE BILLS OF SALE Act Amendment Bill has passed through Committee in the House of Commons without any extensive alteration. Clause 8 has, we believe, been amended in the manner suggested by Mr. MELLOR, so as to impose a direct obligation on the attesting solicitor to " carefully explain to the grantor the nature and effect of the bill of sale," instead of merely requiring the solicitor to state in the attestation that this has been done. The result of this alteration, which makes the validity of the bill of sale depend on the sufficiency of the explanation given, will be that every solicitor who attests a bill of sale will be liable to be summoned to give evidence as to the nature of the explanation given by him to the grantor, and to undergo a somewhat similar ordeal to that which the solicitor who attested the bill of sale in Hill v. Kirkwood underwent at the hands of Vice-Chancellor MALINS. Mr. LEWIS FRY had an amendment on the paper to insert after clause 8 a provision that "no prosecution for any dereliction of duty by a solicitor under section 8 shall be instituted without the fiat of her Majesty's Attorney-General," but this does not seem to have been moved. There were three different amendments on the paper for reducing the limit below which bills of sale are to be prohibited from £50 to £20, but the AttorneyGeneral resisted the change, and the proposal was negatived without a division. We are inclined to think that if this provision is to be made, it is better to insert the larger sum, otherwise the practice, to which we referred last week, of money-lenders advancing larger sums just over the statutory limit at increased rates of interest would be fostered. The most important addition made to the Bill was the insertion, after clause 6, of the following clause : "A bill of sale by way of mortgage shall be void if the mortgagee is thereby empowered to seize the goods assigned for any other than the following causes : 66 "(1.) If the mortgagor shall make default in payment of the sum or sums of money thereby received at the time therein provided for payment; "(2.) If the mortgagor shall suffer the said goods or any of them to be distrained for rent, rates, or taxes; “(3.) If the mortgagor shall fraudulently remove or suffer the said goods, or any of them, to be removed from the premises; "(4.) If the mortgagor shall not, without reasonable excuse, upon demand in writing by the mortgagee, deliver to him his last receipts for rent, rates, and taxes." We presume that “ money thereby received" means the money actually advanced by the mortgagor. It is to be hoped that the very slipshod language of the clause will be amended, and that 'produce" will be substituted for "deliver" in sub-clause (4); but, with these amendments, we rather approve the object of the clause; always, of course, taking for granted the advisability of protecting persons not under disability from the conThe bills of sale which it has sequences of their own acts. been the practice to make distressed farmers execute often give the money-lender power to enter and seize in case any part of the stock is sold off or removed from the premises without the written consent of the money-lender. Such AN URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY is not liable upon any contract, executed or executory, involving an expenditure exceeding £50, unless the contract be under seal and subject to other requisites, and this rule holds good although the urban authority in question has had the whole benefit of such contract. is the effect of section 174 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), as expounded in the considered judgment in Young & Co. v. Corporation of Leamington on Saturday of the Court of Appeal (BRETT, COTTON, and LINDLEY, L.JJ.) last-a judgment which, whether it does or does not work injustice in the particular case which gave rise to it, we think will be satisfactory in its general results. The facts were very complicated, but may be put shortly as follows:-In the year 1876 the defendants had contracted by deed under seal for the construction of waterworks for the town of Leamington, one of the stipulations of this contract being that in case the contractor should not push the works on, the engineer of the defendants might employ other persons to finish his work. In 1878 the borough surveyor (who was appointed under seal) employed the plaintiffs by contract in writing to complete the waterworks, and the plaintiffs having executed this contract, sued the defendants for the agreed price. The defendants, however (who also, it should be stated, disputed their liability to a considerable extent as a matter of fact), raised a defence in law upon section 174 of the Public Health Act, which enacts that every contract made by an urban authority, whereof the value or amount exceeds £50, shall be in writing, and sealed with the common seal of such authority." A special case being stated by an arbitrator, a divisional court gave judgment for the defendants thereon, and this is the judgment which has now been unanimously affirmed. Looking to Hunt v Wimbledon Local Board (27 W. R. 123, L. R. 4C. P. D. 48), it is hard to see how the decision could have been otherwise, unless the Court of Appeal was prepared to disregard its own very recent decision. But the decision, though no doubt a "strong one," seems to us to be correct in principle. As was pointed out by LINDLEY, L.J., the section is advisedly inserted in the statute for the benefit of the ratepayers, in order that the corporation may not vote away public money without due consideration, and without, by the publicity of their acts, affording an opportunity for their constituents to turn them out if they vote away public money improperly. Any other construction of the section would lead to jobs without end, and if surveyors and engineers (who are generally not the most ignorant of men) choose to do work for corporations without contracts "under seal," so much the worse for them. It is worth while to point out that Lord Justice BRETT said that his decision would have been the same even if the defendants had been a corporation pure and simple, not acting under statutory powers. This dictum conflicts to some little extent with that of Lord HATHERLEY (when Lord Justice) in Crompton v. Varna Railway Company (L. R. 7 Ch. 562), who said that the arm of the court would be strong enough to reach such cases when they should occur, but is in the main consistent with it. The question is one which will have to be considered by the House of Lords sooner or later, and perhaps an appeal in Young v. Leamington Corporation may lead to the consideration of it. 66 66 quent Act, however (17 & 18 Vict. c. 60, s. 3), extends the interpretation clause of the first Act to mean any domestic animal, whether of the kind or species particularly enumerated in clause 29" of that Act or not ; or of any other kind or species whatever, and whether a quadruped or not." Upon a careful consideration of this enactment, we cannot think that it covers the case of JUMBO; for an elephant is not a domestic animal in this country, and could not become so; though it might, perhaps, be otherwise in India. COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT. A BILL has been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Waugh having for its object the ultimate extinction of customary tenures. It is understood that the measure has received the sanction of the Copyhold Commissioners, and it is believed that the Government are disposed to support it. We assume that the object is one with which everyone, who is not either the lord or the steward of a manor, must sympathize, and the only matter we propose to discuss is the mode in which the Bill seeks to carry out this object. IN CONNECTION with Lord REDESDALE'S Bill it may be noticed that a Bill of a similar scope was brought into the House of Commons by Sir EARDLEY WILMOT in a previous session of Parliament, but that all discussion upon it was stopped by Mr. BRADLAUGH (who was then a sitting member) pointing out that there had been an omission to comply with the Standing Order of the 30th of April, 1772, "that no Bill relating to religion or the alteration of the laws concerning religion be brought into the IN THE CURRENT NUMBER of the Law Reports will be House until the proposition shall have been first considered in a found a case of Harpham v. Shacklock, about which the committee of the whole House, and agreed unto by the House." intelligent reader cannot fail at first sight to discern some-There is no similar Standing Order of the House of Lords. thing mysterious. The defendant was a solicitor, who in 1876 received £550 from the plaintiff, to be invested in a mortgage over certain copyhold lands, which had been legally mortgaged in 1850. The defendant spent the money otherwise. Later in the year the lands were mortgaged for £150 to PRITCHARD & Co. In 1877 the defendant did obtain a mortgage for £700, which, with other title deeds, he deposited with his bankers to secure an account. When this mortgage for £700 was negotiated the original mortgage of 1850 was paid off; but the old conditional surrender in favour of the mortgagee remained unaffected. Disputes arising as to priority, the bankers persuaded the heir of the original mortgagee to be admitted under the old surrender, and then to surrender to them; hoping to tack their charge to the legal estate thus obtained. The curious point to which we desire to draw attention is the order in which these incumbrancers were There ranged. is wonder that the bankers derived no advantage from (except where the admittance or enrolment takes place in contheir traffic with the legal estate, or that they were last on admittance or enrolment, or within twelve months afterwards, sequence of the death of a lord), shall, either at the time of such the list. But there appears to be something odd in the fact that deliver to the person admitted or enrolled, or his attorney, if the defendant's mortgage-of which the benefit, of course, passed he be admitted by attorney, a notice in writing that such land to the plaintiff, for whom the defendant was, in effect, a trustee-shall be enfranchised. If the lord fails to deliver such notice, or, should have been placed before the mortgage of PRITCHARD & Co. having delivered it, fails to proceed with the enfranchisement, he It is expressly stated that when they took their mortgage they is debarred from claiming any fine, relief, or heriot on any subhad no notice of the dealings between the defendant and the sequent admittance, and either he or the tenant may at any plaintiff, by virtue of which the former became a trustee for the time afterwards enfranchise the lands on the same footing as relatter. And as they had done nothing to forfeit the priority in gards compensation, as if the enfranchisement had been effected time which they had actually obtained, it seems strange that they immediately after the admittance of the tenant first admitted after submitted so quietly to be postponed, and took no part in the December 31, 1883. But in this case, all the expenses of the enappeal by which the bankers vainly strove to mend their position. franchisement, "including the cost of the stamp and parchment It may be worth while to mention that the property was sufficient or paper for the instrument of enfranchisement, and the steward's to satisfy the first two mortgages in full, so that it made no difference to PRITCHARD & Co. where they stood on the list so fee or compensation, or other payment" (such costs being certified long as their place was not lower than second. It was upon these by the Copyhold Commissioners to have been properly incurred), are to be borne by the lord of the manor. grounds of indifference that they declined to appeal, not upon the ground that they felt no doubt about the judgment which gave them only the second place. We think this fact worth a public notice; because very curious consequences might be deduced from that part of the judgment in the absence of this explanation. no IT HAS BEEN STATED that the secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals witnessed the caging of JUMBO, and expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the humane mode in which that operation was effected. We are pleased to learn that this is so, but must point out that under any circumstances it is very doubtful whether the worthy secretary would have had power to interfere. An elephant is not an "animal" within the interpretation clause of the Act 12 & 13 Vict. c. 92, "for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals," in which the word animal (section 29) "shall be taken to mean any horse, mare, gelding, bull, ox, cow, heifer, steer, calf, mule, ass, sheep, lamb, hog, pig, sow, goat, dog, cat, or any other domestic animal." Nor is cruelty to animals any offence at common law. A subse It is proposed to enact that every lord admitting or enrolling any land after the 31st of December, 1883 person as tenant to any If Every notice of enfranchisement, either under this Act, or under the Copyhold Acts, and whether given by the lord or by the tenant, is to be accompanied by a written offer to accept or in the notice, "and any offer so made shall not be capable of give a sum of money for the enfranchisement of the land specified retractation, and the person to whom such offer is addressed shall, notwithstanding that his estate in the land or in the manor may be only a limited estate, have power to accept such offer." the offeree delivers to the offeror a written acceptance of the offer within one month, the sum so offered and accepted is to be the consideration to be paid for the enfranchisement. The penalty for omitting to accompany the notice of enfranchisement with the written offer is, that the party in default shall pay all costs incurred by both parties in ascertaining the consideration; the penalty for refusing a reasonable offer is the liability to be ordered by the commissioners to pay all such costs, the amount of costs to be fixed in each case by the commissioners. If, on any notice of enfranchisement, such offer is not made, or if the offer which is made is not accepted, the lord and tenant may, within three calendar months after delivery of notice of enfranchisement, agree in writing upon |