Mr. GEOFFREY BROWNING, Solicitor, of Dublin, has been appointed Solicitor to the Irish Land Commission, in succession to Mr. George Fottrell, resigned. Mr. AUGUSTUS HENRY MAULE, solicitor, of Newnham, has been appointed a Perpetual Commissioner to take Acknowledgments of Married Women. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. JAMES JOHN CUMMINS and CHARLES ERRINGTON PEGLER, solicitors, 4, Union-court, Old Broad-street, London (Cummins, Pegler, and Brutton). February 1. The business will be carried on by the said James John Cummins in his own name. [Gazette, March 17.] COMPANIES. WINDING-UP NOTICES. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. LIMITED IN CHANCERY. LAMBERT, GRAY, AND COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before April 28, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to James Waddell, 1, Queen Victoria st. Thursday, May 11 at 12 is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims [Gazette, Mar. 17.] ANGLO-UNIVERSAL BANK, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Mar 18, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Apr 1. Ashurst and Co, Old Jewry, solicitors for the petitioner CHERAMBADE (WYNAAD) DISTRICT GOLD MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Mar 17, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Apr 1. Richardson, Broad st bldgs, solicitor for the petitioner DIAMOND MINING CORPORATION OF LONDON AND SOUTH AFRICA, LIMITED.-By an order made by Hall, V.C., dated Mar 10, it was ordered that the voluntary winding up of the company be continued. Ellis, Bedford row, solicitor for the petitioner ENGLISH AND FRENCH BANK, LIMITED.-Hall, V.C., has fixed Mar 29 at 12 at his chambers for the appointment of an official liquidator FOREIGN PROVISION, WINE, AND SPIRIT TRADING ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before April 14, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Reginald Embleton Emson, at offices of Charles James MacColla, 109, Cheapside. Apr 28 at 11 is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims LA CONCEPCION GOLD MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Apr 15, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Thomas Stephen Evans, 5 and 6, Bucklersbury. Apr 29 at 11.30 is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims LONDON JUTE WORKS, 1871, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Mar 16, directed to be heard before Fry, J., on Mar 31. Harwood and Stephenson, Lombard st, solicitors for the petitioner METROPOLITAN CAB AND CARRIAGE BUILDING AND LETTING COMPANY, LIMITED.Petition for winding up, presented Mar 20, directed to be heard before Fry, J., on Mar 31. Morris, Mitre ct, Temple, solicitor for the petitioners NORTH WALES FREEHOLD COPPER MINES AND SMELTING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Mar 17, directed to be heard before Fry, J., on Mar 31. Wynne and Son, Chancery lane, agents for Brabner and Court, Liverpool, solicitors for the petitioners NORTH WALES FREEHOLD COPPER MINES AND SMELTING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Mar 17, directed to be heard before Bacon, V.C., on Apr 1. Snell and Co, George st, Mansion House, solicitors for the petitioners VRON COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Apr 10, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to William Williams, Salop rd, Oswestry. Apr 17 at 12 is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims [Gazette, Mar. 21.] COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. STRETFORD AND OLD TRAFFORD OMNIBUS AND GENERAL CONVEYANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Mar 16, directed to be heard before Bristowe, V.C., at St George's Hall, Liverpool, on May 11 at 10. Crofton, Manchester, solicitor for the petitioners [Gazette, Mar. 21.] FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DISSOLVED. ALFORD DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL LABOURERS' SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY, Stag's Head Inn, Alford, Lincoln. Mar 15 DYFFEIN CHARITABLE FUND FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Fox and Hounds Inn, Troedyrhiw, Glamorgan. Mar 15 HEALD WESLEYAN SCHOOL SICK AND FUNERAL SOCIETY, Heald, Bacup, Lancaster. Mar 15 [Gazette, Mar. 17.] OBITUARY. MR. HENRY UNDERHILL. Mr. Henry Underhill, solicitor, town clerk and clerk of the peace for the borough of Wolverhampton, died at Tettenhall, Staffordshire, on the 26th ult., from paralysis. Mr. Underhill was the son of the late Mr. Joseph Underhill, iron merchant, of Wolverhampton, and was born in 1822. He was educated at the Tunbridge Grammar School. He served his articles with Messrs. Bennett & Thorne, of Wolverhampton, and was admitted a solicitor in 1847. He was formerly in partnership with Mr. Charles Corser, after which he practised for a short time alone, but more recently his younger brother, Mr. James Edward Underhill, had been associated with him. His firm was one of the most important at Wolverhampton, being legal advisers to many of the leading ironmasters in the district. He was a perpetual commissioner for Staffordshire, clerk to the Wolverhampton School Board, and solicitor to the Midland Steam Boiler Company, and the Railway Rolling Stock Company. He was for several years a member of the Wolverhampton Town Council, and he was subsequently one of the borough aldermen. In 1864 he became the first clerk of the peace for the borough, and in 1869 he succeeded the late Mr. Hayes as town clerk. Mr. Underhill was solicitor to the origin 1 promoters of the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway. He was also one of the law clerks to the Wolverhampton Mine Drainage Commissioners, Mr. Henry Hartley Fowler, M.P. for Wolverhampton, being his colleague. He was a leading member of the Conservative party in West Staffordshire, and took an active interest in all social and charitable movements in the neighbourhood. In his capacity of town clerk he had rendered most valuable service in carrying out the provisions of the Artizans' in failing health. He had been twice married, and he leaves two sons and two Dwellings Act at Wolverhampton. Mr. Underhill had been for a long time daughters. Mr. Underhill was buried at the Wolverhampton Cemetery on the 2nd inst. CREDITORS' CLAIMS. CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY. CASHMORE, EDWARD, Edgbaston, Warwick, Iron Merchant. Apr 11. Cashmore v CURRY, JOHN, East Boldon, Durham, Ship Owner. Apr 17. Fletcher v Goodall, Hall, DAVIES, DAVID, Llangeitho, Cardigan. Apr 18. Rowland v Davies, Hall, V.C. Lloyd- DOBSON, Rev FREDERICK, Stratfield Mortimer, Berks, Clerk. Apr 14. FULLER, WILLIAM HENRY, Worthing. Apr 14. Fuller v Fuller, Chitty, J. Verrall, HIRST, SAMUEL KIRK, Huddersfield, Yarn Spinner. Apr 21. Hirst v Wilde, Chitty, J. Milnes, Huddersfield Co, Lincoln's inn fields IRONS, ANN, Bloxham, Oxford. Apr 18. Simms v Kilby, Hall, V.C. Mackeson and MARSDEN, JOSHUA, Barnsley, York, Innkeeper. Apr 13. Marsden v Marsden, Chitty, J. Newman, Barnsley MERRETT, HENRY EDWARD, Shoreditch, Undertaker. Apr 17. Merrett v Merrett, Hall, Blake and Snow, College hill, Cannon st V.C. MIDDLETON, JOHN, Sedbergh, York, Grocer. Apr 14, Middleton v. Baines, Chitty, J. Robinson, Sedbergh MOLYNEUX, ABRAHAM, Leftwich, Chester, Waterman. Apr 12. Tomlinson v Molyneux, NELSON, HENRY, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, Gentleman. Apr 13. Haig-Smellie v ROBERTS, JOHN, Trafalgar sq, Fulham rd, Gentleman. Apr 15. Attorney-General v TAYLOR, SAMUEL, Biggleswade, Bedford, Saddler. Apr 22. Illsley v Randall, Fry, J. Hooper, Biggleswade WILSON, FISHER, Great Crosby, Liverpool, Shipbroker. Apr 20. Wilson v Hunt, Chitty, J. James, Liverpool [Gazette, Mar. 17. | CREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. CAP. 25. BLAMEY, WILLIAM, Veryan, Cornwall, Yeoman. April 8. Carlyon and Son, Truro Hull EDWARDS, JOSEPH, Robert st, Hampstead rd, Sculptor. April 11. Faithfull and Owen, Westminster chambers, Victoria st FLETCHER, JOHN, St John's Park, Upper Holloway, no occupation. May 1. Schultz and Son, Union ct, Old Broad st FOX, Rev. WILLIAM, Brixton, I.W. April 24. Eldridge and Sons, Newport, I.W. HARRIS, WILLIAM, High st, Notting hill, Fruiterer. April 8. Tower, Lower Thames st KAYE, JOHN PASS, Birmingham, Solicitor. April 30. Russell, Birmingham MASON, FREDERICK, Ipswich, Ironfounder. April 6. Pope and Co, Colchester MILLIGAN, THOMAS, Dean, Bedford, Gent. April 10. Hunnybun and Sons, Huntingdon PUGH-JOHNSON, MARGARET ANNE, Llanerchydol, nr Welshpool, Montgomery. May 1 Harrison, Welshpool fields Moorside PURSER, EDWARD, Fenchurch st, Gent. April 14. Purser, Fenchurch st Lincoln's inn fields inn fields SINGLETON, EDWARD, Colton, Louth, Ireland, Esq., J.P. May 1. Briggs and Co, SOAMES, FRANCIS LARKEN, the Albany, Piccadilly, Gent. April 21. Soames, Lincoln's STEVENSON, JOSEPH GUTTERIDGE, Clevedon, Somerset, Esq. April 20. Winter and Co, TWELVETREES, HARPER, Finsbury pavement, Washing Machine Manufacturer. April Bedford row 11. Kerly, Gt Winchester st Goudhurst UNDERHILL, WILLIAM, Plymouth, Accountant. April 27. Derry, Plymouth CHAPPUIS' REFLECTORS FOR CELLARS.-Factory, 69, Fleet-street.-[ADVT.] DEATH. Mr. Justice ΚΑΥ. Mr. Carrington V. C. HALL. Mr. Teesdale Farrer Teesdale Farrer Teesdale Farrer Mr. Justice CHITTY. Mr. Koe Clowes Parkinson, John William, Barrow in Furness, Draper. Pet Mar 11. Postlethwaite. Barrow in Furness, Mar 24 at 2 Stevenson, Thomas, Ripon, York, Wine and Spirit Merchant. Pet Mar 15. Jefferson. Northallerton, Apr 3 at 2 Thomas, William, Bryntegan, Radnor, Yeoman. Pet Mar 15, Carless, jun. Herc. ford, Apr 5 at 12.30 Vere, Joseph, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Coal Merchant. Pet Mar 17. Blake. Newport, Mar 31 at 12 TUESDAY, March 21, 1882. Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869. Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar. Bramley, John, Sheffield, Boot Dealer. Pet Mar 16. Wake. Sheffield, April 3 at 11 Collyer, John, Burlington lane, Chiswick, Dairyman. Pet Mar 14. Ruston. Brentford, April 4 at 3 Cullen, Edward William, Bath, Accountant. Pet Mar 18. Robertson. Bath, April 4 at 11 Harris, William, jun., Nottingham, Joiner. Pet Mar 18. Patchitt. Nottingham, April 6 at 11 Illingworth, Walter, Bradford, Innkeeper. Pet Mar 17. Garnett-Orme. Bradford, April 4 at 12 Rawlinson, Francis, and John Townsley Radcliffe, Liverpool, Rope Manufacturers. Pet Mar 17. Bellringer. Liverpool, April 3 at 12 Sadler, Samuel Thomas, Crook, Durham, General Draper. Pet Mar 17. Marshall. Durham, April 4 at 11 Wood, George, Rastrick, York, Cordwainer. at 11 Pet Mar 17. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. FRIDAY, March 17, 1882. Rankin, Halifax, April 3 Burnett, J. M. R., Bristol gardens, Warwick rd. Mar 11 Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. FRIDAY, March 17, 1882. Adshead, Samuel, sen., Wilmslow, Chester, out of business. April 4 at 3 at offices of Boote and Edgar, Booth st, Manchester Alkin, John Griffith, Manchester, Warwick, out of business. April 4 at 2 at Newdigate Arms Hotel, Nuneaton. Rooks and Co, King st, Cheapside Alleeson, William Humphrey, Clifden rd, Clapton Park, Dairyman. April 6 ai 2 at offi ces of Briant, Winchester house, Old Broad st Andrew, George, Leicester, Boot Manufacturer. Mar 31 at 12 at offices of Harvey, Selborne bldgs, Millstone lane, Leicester Arnold, Walter Jabez, Potton, Bedford, Plumber. April 3 at 2 at office of Buchanan and Rogers, Basinghall st Ashworth, Thomas, Bradford, Brass Founder, Mar 29 at 11 at Commercial Hotel, Tyrrel st, Bradford. Rhodes, Bradford Aubery, James, Campbell rd, Bow, Foreman Salesman, April 4 at 3 at office of Wood and Wootton, Fish st hill Badcock, John Elliott, Newton Abbot, Devon, Provision Merchant. Mar 30 at 11 at office of Southcott, Post Office st, Bedford circus, Exeter Baldwyn, Edward Flower, Twerton, Somerset, Traveller. April 3 at 12 at offices of Wilton and Sons, Westgate bldgs. Bath Barber, Charles, Altrincham, Chester, out of business. Mar 30 at 3 at 35, Cannon st, Manchester. Alanson, Manchester Barber, James, Beckenham, Kent, Saddler and Harness Maker. April 12 at 2 at offices of Wilkins, King's Arms yd Barlow, James, Liverpool, Metal Broker. Mar 31 at 3 at offices of Lupton, Sweeting st, Liverpool Barnard, Daniel, Dover, Hardware Dealer. April 6 at 2 a offices of Barnett, Palmers. ton bldgs, Old Broad st Bayliss, Richard Cook, Portland, Dorset, Builder. Mar at 12 at offices of Howard, East st, Melcombe Regis Boaler, Gideon, Birmingham, Butcher. April 3 at 3 at offices of Rowlands & Co, Colmore row, Birmingham Bragge, Samuel, Salisbury, Wilts, Schoolmaster. Mar 31 at 11.30 at offices of Coates, Market sq offices, Salisbury Cade, J., Abney mews, Regent's pk, Cab Proprietor. Mar 31 at 3 at offices of Lamb, Southampton bldgs, Chancery lane Capper, George, St Albans, Hertford, Contractor and Builder. Mar 27 at 3 at Masons' Tavern, Coleman st. Wells, St Albans Carter, Benjamin, Mirfield, York, Grocer. April 5 at 3 at offices of Wilson, Exchange bldgs, Mirfield Carter, Charles Coppin, Fulham rd, West Brompton, Grocer. April 4 at 2 at Inns o Court Hotel, Lincoln's inn fields. Woulfe, Lincoln's inn fields Cater, Alfred, Talbot grove, Notting hill, Wheelwright. Mar 29 at 3 at offices of Cooper and Co, Lincoln's inn fields Challen, John Louis, Nunney, Somerset, Clerk in Holy Orders. April 3 at 3 at George Hotel, Frome. Ames, Frome HILDER.—Mar. 21, at Milton-next-Gravesend, Edward Augustus Hilder, solicitor, Cheri, William, Birmingham, Fruit Salesman. Mar 21 at 12 at offices of Smith, ColJ.P., aged 70. Lee, James, Brecknock rd, Camden Town, Provision Merchant. Pet Mar 15. Brougham. Mar 29 at 2 O'Neill, William Lane, Cannon st, solicitor. Pet Mar 11. Pet Mar 16. Hazlitt. Mar 29 at 11.30 Prescott, Edward Grote, Warnford ct, Stock and Share Broker. Hazlitt. Apr 5 at 12 To Surrender in the Country. Bradburn, David, Eccles, Lancaster, Coach Builder. Pet Mar 15. Hulton. Salford, Carter, John Tree, Hendon, Farmer. Pet Mar 15. Boyes. Barnet, Apr 5 at 12 Jukes, Samuel, Brighton rd, Stoke Newington, out of business. Pet Mar 14. Pulley. Nichols, Edward, Manningham, Bradford, Commission Agent. Pet Mar 13, Lee. Bradford, Mar 28 at 12 more row, Birmingham Clarke, Henry John, Eastleach Martin, Gloucester, Farmer. April 3 at 1 at the King' Head Hotel, Cirencester. Fallows, Lancaster pl, Strand Clatworthy, William, Aldersgate st, Boot and Shoe Factor. Mar 25 at 12 at offices of Betts, Southampton st, Strand Cloutman, William, Eastville, Gloucester, Surveyor. Mar 27 at 2 at offices of Sibly and Dickinson, Exchange West, Bristol Cooke, James, Richmond, York, Paper Manufacturer. Hotel, Northallerton. Jefferson, Northallerton Mar 30 at 1 at Golden Lion Dane, Thompson, Crewe, Pensioner. Mar 30 at 11 at Albert chmbrs, Church Side, Crewe. Pointon, Crewe Caunton, Richard Hardwidge, Bristol, Seed Factor. Mar 28 at 12 at offices of Sibly and Dickinson, Exchange West, Bristol Davies, David, Carmarthen, Hotel Keeper. Mar 28 at 10.15 at offices of Griffiths, St. Mary st, Carmarthen Drinkwater, Thomas Holbrook, Levenshulme, nr Manchester, Grocer. April 5 at 11 at office of Smith and Sykes, King st, Manchester Ellis, John, and Charles William James Morris, Reading, Clothing Manufacturers. Mar Mar 30 at 13 at office of Atkinson, Post Elston, Benjamin Robert, Birmingham, Butcher. and Weekes, Temple st, Birmingham Mar 31 at 10.15 at office of Hawkes Eyre, Walter, Worthing, Sussex, Market Gardner. Mar 29 at 3 at Albion Hotel, Chapel st, Worthing. Hutchinson, Vauxhall Bridge rd, Westminster Fewtrell, Robert, Long lane, Borough, Draper. April 3 at 2 at office of Lee, Gresham bldgs, Basinghall st France, John, Ossett, York, Rag Dealer. Mar 31 at 3 at Scarborough Hotel, Market pl, Dewsbury. Stringer, Ossett Freeman, James Joseph, Leytonstone, Grocer. and Co, Water lane, Gt Tower st Mar 29 at 3 at office of Brocklesby Garlick, James William, Oldham, Licensed Victualler. Mar 30 at 4 at office of Grosvenor Hotel, Deansgate. Ponsonby and Carliffe, Oldham Gent, John Thomas, Alfred Copeland, and George Riley, Leicester, Hosiery Manufacturers. Mar 31 at 3 at 12a, Market st, Leicester. Shires, Leicester Golden, William Samuel, Bessingham, Norfolk, Farm Labourer. Mar 24 at 12 at Duke's Palace Inn, Duke st, Norwich Griffin, John, Truro, Cornwall, Grocer. Mar 26 at 12 at offices of Paull and Adams, Quay st, Truro Gritis, George, Birmingham, Beer Retailer. Mar 24 at 3 at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham Haddon, Henry, Hulme, Lancaster, Draper's Assistant. Apr 3 at 3 at office of Horner, Manchester Hancock, Elizabeth, Tunbridge Wells, Tobacconist. Mar 30 at 12 at Swan Hotel, Back Parade, Tunbridge Wells. Andrew and Chele, Tunbridge Wells Harrison, Jacob, Tooley st, Southwark, Potato Salesman. Apr 5 at 3 at office of Finch, Borough High st, Southwark Harvey, Charles, Sheffield, Pianoforte Dealer. Mar 30 at 3 at offices of Badgers and Co, Rotherham Haystead, Charles, Stuston, Suffolk, Fish Hawker. Hesketh, James, Halsall, Lancaster, Innkeeper, and Brighouse, Ormskirk Mar 27 at 11 at Ship Inn, Diss Mar 29 at 11 at offices of Brighouse Hicks, Edwin, Newport, Salop, Miller. Mar 31 at 11.30 at Royal Victoria Hotel, Newport. Bidlake, Wellington Hill, Albert, Petersfield, Hants, Grocer. Portsea Mar 30 at 12 at offices of Edmonds and Co, Hirst, Joseph Sanderson, Wakefield, Grocer. Mar 23 at 3 at offices of Horner and Edmonson, Wood st, Wakefield Hirst, Richard, Clayton West, nr Huddersfield, Weaver. April 5 at 3 at office of Burton, Wood st, Wakefield Hiscock, Robert, Hove, Sussex, Grocer. Mar 29 at 3 at office of Lamb and Evett, Ship st, Brighton Hobbs, Thomas S, Ramsgate, Builder. April 6 at 3 at Royal Hotel, Ramsgate. Parry, Ramsgate Hodgskins, Charles Edward, Plymouth, Silk Mercer. Mar 31 at 12 at 145, Cheapside. Beckingham, Bristol Holloway, David, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Coach Builder. Mar 31 at 11 at office of Johnson and Stead, Church st, Llanelly Hulbert, George, Totterdown, Somerset, Auctioneer. Mar 28 at 11 at office of Nurse, Humphreys, Edward, Aberystwith, Cardigan, Master Mariner. Mar 23 at offices of Jones, Thomas, Llanfairarybryn, Carmarthen, Farmer. Mar 30 at 12 at office of Jones Jordan, Philip Henry, Hogarth ter, Sutherland rd, the Bell and Anchor Hotel, Hammersmith rd. row Kallaway, John, Bovey Tracey, Devon, Carpenter. Co, Courtenay st, Newton Abbot Chiswick, Builder. Mar 27 at 3 at Claydon, Great James st, Bedford Mar 30 at 3 at offices of Francis & Kidd, Alfred John, Baker st, Enfield, Carpenter. Mae 29 at 3 at offices of Rumney, Walbrook Lewis, William, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Bookseller. Mar 29 at 3 at offices of Vaughan, High st, Merthyr Tydfil Lockyer, George, Sheerness, Licensed Victualler. Mar 31 at 3 at Fountain Hotel, West st, Sheerness. Winch, Chatham Magness, George, and Robert Magness, Accrington, Builders. Mar 30 at 3 at Mechanic's Institute, Willow st, Accrington. Haworth and Broughton, Accrington Martin, William Thomas, Bridge ter, Harrow rd, Butcher. Mar 30 at 3 at offices of Cooper & Co, Lincoln's inn fields May, William John Tucker, Wilton rd, Pimlico, Draper. Mar 27 at 12 at offices of Ladbury & Co. Wright and Law, High Holborn Meeklah, Marshall, Nottingham, Ironmonger. Mar 30 at 4 at George Hotel, Motting. ham. Cockayne, Nottingham Metcalfe, William, Tow Law, Durham, Grocer. Mar 30 at 3.30 at offices of Lingford, Newgate st, Bishop Auckland Meyer, Alfred Isaac, Denmark st, Shadwell, Manager. May 15 at 3 at offices of Montagu, Bucklersbury Miller, Aubrey, Stockton on Tees, Durham, Auctioneer. Mar 31 at 11 at offices of Thomas, Market cross chmbrs, Stockton on Tees Mills, William, Cyprus st, Globe rd, Boot Sole Sewer. Mar 27 at 1 at offices of Ede, FiDsbury pvmnt Moffat, John, Sunderland, Cab Proprietor. Mar 31 at 3 at offices of Crow, West Sunniside, Sunderland Mortimer, Pattie, Greenwich, Public Singer. Mar 28 at 11 at offices of Green, Staple inn, Holborn. Woodhouse, Gray's inn sq Moss, Charles, Rainham, out of business. April 3 at 12 at High st. Chatham, Norman, Chatham Mulholland, William James, Aldersgate st, Boot and Shoe Factor. Mar 24 at 12 at offices of Betts, Southampton st, Strand Nathan, Joseph, Barbican, Publisher. Mar 31 at 2 at Manchester Hotel, Aldersgate st. Webb, Barbican Newman, James William, and William Newman, Croydon, Confectioners. Mar 31 at 2 at Martin's lane, Cannon st. Hogan and Hughes Nixon, Edward, Studley rd, Clapham, Builder. Mar 30 at 12 at Guildhall tavern, Gresham st. Kempster, Lower Kennington lane, Lambeth Owen, John, Birmingham, Provision Merchant. Mar 29 at 3 at offices of Hodgson and Price, Warerloo st, Birmingham Pearce, Henry James, Birmingham, Hatter. Mar 29 at 11 at offices of Burton, Union passage, Birmingham Pearce, William Henry, Torrington, Devon, Grocer. Mar 31 at 2 at offices of Collins, Broad st, Bristol. Smale, Bideford Pecover, Edward, Reading, Tailor. April 4 at 11 at offices of Wolferstan and Co, Ironmonger lane, Cheapside Pegge, Arthur James, Derby, Grocer. April 5 at 3 at Bell Hotel, Sadler gate, Derby. Hextall, Derby Plume, William Henry, New Broad st, Wine and Spirit Merchant. Mar 29 at 3 at offices of Mozley, Philpot lane Price, John, Wickham, Hants, Grocer. Aprii 4 at 12 at offices of Addison, Guildhall chmbrs, Pembroke rd, Portsmouth Radclyffe, Dick Edward, High Holborn, Horticultural Builder. Mar 27 at 12 at Inns of Reid, James Henry, Brighton, Builder. April 4 at 3 at offices of Edmonds and Co, Ship st, Brighton. Shaft, Brighton Bentzsch, George Henry, Leader st, Chelsea, Surgeon. Mar 24 at 1 at offices of Strohn, Noble st. Smyth, Bow st, Covent Garden Ridley, Samuel Johnson, Wynne rd, Brixton, Grocer. Mar 31 at 3 at offices of Hayward, King st, Guildhall Robins, Elizabeth, Ilfracombe. Mar 27 at 1 at offices of Brown, Montpelier ter, Ilfracombe. Bencraft, Barnstaple Rusted, John, Harston, Cambridge, Wheelwright. April 3 at 3 at offices of Symonds, Benet st, Cambridge Scott, William Henry, Rochdale, Warp Sizer. April 4 at 3 at the Dog and Partridge Hotel, Fennel st, Manchester. Sykes, Bacup Selinger, Morris, Charles st, Hatton garden, Mica Cover and Shade Manufacturer, April 4 at 3 at offices of Godden, New inn, Strand Sherwin, Samuel, Boulton, Derby, Baker. April 3 at 2 at offices of Hextall, Full st, Derby Sims, Herbert, Nottingham, Grocer. Mar 31 at 11 at the Assembly Rooms, Low pavement, Nottingham. Barlow, Nottingham Slark, William Edward, Blackheath Village, Kent, Butcher, April 3 at 3 at offices of Aird, Eastcheap Slater, Samuel, Worcester, Baker. Mar 30 at 11 at offices of Tree and Son, High st, Smith, Edward Henry, Nottingham, Cigar Manufacturer. April 4 at 3 at offices of Smith, John, Salmon's lane, Limehouse, Boot and Shoe Maker. Smith, Thomas, High Wycombe, Buckingham, Chair Dealer. Spence, William, Ashton upon Mersey, Chester, Storemason. Mar 30 at 11 at office of April 7 at 3 at office of Spencer, Mary, Upper Montague st, Montague sq, Builder. Mar 30 at 2 at 31, Gt Mary. lebone st. Scoles, Chapel st. Bedford row Stake, Francis, Bradford, York, Stone Merchant. Swingler, Eneas, Birmingham, Wine Merchant. April 1 at 10 at office of Berry and Mar 27 at 2 at office of Sargent and Taylor, Sandiford, Dukinfield, Chester, Book Keeper. April 3 at 11 at office of Hamp son, Booth st, Ashton under Lyne Thomas, William Henry, St John's Wood rd, General Merchant. April 4 at 2 at office of Nash and Field, Queen st, Cheapside Trewin, Thomas, West Putford, Devon, Farmer. ford. Tapley, Gt Torrington Wade, George, Faringdon, Berks, Harness Maker. and Tombs, High st, Swindon Mar 25 at 3 at Tanton's Hotel, Bide Mar 31 at 2 at office of Kinnier Waite, William, Reading, Cab Proprietor. Mar 29 at 11 at 18, the Forbury, Reading. Creed Ward, Augustus Henry, Wisbech, Wine Merchant. Apr 3 at 3 at Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Deane and Co, Gray's inn Westbury, Ernest William, Birmingham, Penholder Manufacturer. Mar 30 at 11 at offices of Huggins and Mallard, Birmingham Wheeler, Thomas Russell, West Green rd, Tottenham, Slater. Apr 6 at 3 at offices of Fenton, Kingsland green Willoughby, Frederic, High st, Ealing, Grocer. Mar 27 at 3 at offices of Terry, King st, Cheapside Wills, Edward, Middleton Cheney, Northampton, Tinman. Apr 4 at 12 at offices of Wittenburg, Leopold Meyer, Battersea, Bootmaker. Mar 27 at 3 at offices of Barnett, Wood, John Bradley, Stoke upon Trent, Stonemason. Mar 29 at 11 at Copeland Arms Hotel, Stoke upon Trent. Julian, Burslem Wootton, John William, Sutton St Mary, Lincoln, Farmer. Mar 29 at 12.30 at offices of Beloe, King's Lynn Yates, George, Manchester, Linen Draper. Mar 29 at 3 at offices of Needham and Co, Manchester TUESDAY, March 21, 1882. Andrews, Joseph James, Commercial st, East, Fancy Goods Importer. Mar 31 at 3 at office of Whittington and Son, Bishopsgate st Without Swansea Bailey, James, Swansea, Grocer. Mar 30 at 3 at office of Evans and Davies, Wind st, Barker, Christopher, Rochdale, Lancaster, Plumber. April 5 at 3 at office of March, Lord st, Rochdale Bartho, Fredrick, Harrogate, York, Hairdresser. April 3 at 12 at office of Barber, Parliament st, Harrogate Leicester Beardsmore, Henry, Leicester, Baker. April 3 at 3 at office of Wright, Belvoir st, Bell, George, Gateshead, Durham, Contractor. April 5 at 2 at office of Wilson and Sandeman, Collingwood st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Benjamin, Isaac, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester, Tobacconist. April 3 at 11 at office of Bracher, John Thomas, Queen's rd, Battersea, Gas Fitter. April 5 at 3 at Masons' Clark, William, the Pavement, Woodberry Town, Seven Sister's rd, Grocer. Mar 31 at Cullen, Alexander Hugh, Newington, Kent, Plumber. Apr 4 at 10.30 at office of Gibson, Westist, Sittingbourne Davies, William, Llantrissant, Glamorgan, Butcher. Mar 31 at 12 at offices of Morgan, Mill st, Pontypridd Davy, Peter Murray, and Frank Davy, Manchester, Ironmongers. Apr 14 at 2 at office of Chorlton, Brazennose st. Manchester Dyne, John Edward, Parkhurst rd, Holloway, Builder. Apr 13 at 3 at Masons' Hal! Tavern, Masons' avenne, Basinghall st. Morris, Walbrook Edwards, Lumley, Sidney st, Mile End, Cowkeeper. Apr 6 at 11 at office of Cooke, Gray's inn sq Evans, William, Shrewsbury, Coal Dealer. Apr 3 at 12 at office of Corser and Son, Swan hill, Shrewsbury Fell, Charles Tasker, Rotherham, York, Grocer. Apr 3 at 3 at offices of Parker and Hick. mott, Church st, Rotherham Firth, Thomas Lewin, Bradford, Innkeeper. Apr 3 at 3 at George Hotel, Market st, Bradford. Lodge, Wakefield Frost, Charles, Forest Gate, Essex, Builder. March 31 at 2 at Masons' Hall Tavern, Masons' avenue, Basinghall st. Tattershall, Little Britain Glover, William, Liverpool, Cart Owner. April 3 at 2 at offices of Jones and Kitchingman, Harrington st, Liverpool Golds, Frederick, West Grinstead, Sussex, Farmer. April 5 at 12 at offices of Medwin and Co, London rd, Horsham Goodfellow, Edwin, Great Grimsby, Lincoln, Smack Captain. April 3 at 11 at offices of Grange and Wintringham, St Mary's chambers, West St Mary's gate, Great Grimsby Goodwin, John, Tunstall, Stafford, Blacking Manufacturer. March 30 at 3 at offices of Llewellyn and Ackrill, Piccadilly, Tunstall Green, Joseph, Sudbury, Suffolk, Licensed Victualler. March 31 at 12 at Bull Inn, Sudbury. Mumford, Sudbury Greer, Alexander, Manchester, Slipper Manufacturer. April 6 at 11 at offices of Ent. wisle and Cole, Princess st Manchester Hammond, George, Brighton, Ironmonger. April 3 at 12 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Stuckey and Co, Brighton Harris, William, Fleet, Lincoln, Cattle Dealer. April 6 at 12 at offices of Wise, Church yard, Boston Harvey, William Edward, Saxmundham, Suffolk, Grocer. April 13 at 2 at offices of Pollard, St Lawrence st, Ipswich Hayes, John, jun, North Shields, Grocer. Mar 31 at 12 at offices of Joliffe, Collingwood st, Newcastle-on-Tyne Hildick, Catherine, Walsall. April 1 at 11 at offices of Huggins and Mallard, Newhall chmbrs, Newhall st, Birmingham Holding, John Richard, and James Lodge, Wood Green Siding, Hornsey Station, Hornsey, Builders. April 4 at 1 at offices of Boulton, Gresham bldgs, Guildhall Holgate, Benjamin, Denbigh, Boot Maker. April 3 at 12 at offices of Jones and Son, Vale st, Denbigh Hounsell, Henry Squibb, Sheerness, Kent, Ironmonger. Mar 31 at 12.30 at offices of Copland, Edward st, Sheerness Howes, Jacob, and Peter Hemmings, Cranmore ter, Lilyville rå, Fulham, Boot Mann. facturers. Mar 31 at 12 at offices of Hensman and Sons, St Giles's st, Northampton Jackson, Henry, Wombwell, York, Miner. April 5 at 4 at offices of Rideal, Chronicle chmbrs, Barnsley Johnson, James, Romaldkirk, near Baynard Castle, York, Farmer. Mar 31 at 2.30 at the King's Head Hotel, Barnard Castle. Barron, Darlington Jolliffe, William, Whitley, Northumberland, Solicitor. Mar 31 at 3 at offices of Warlow, Collingwood st, Newcastle-on-Tyne Jones, John Willtam, and Sydney Collett Jones, Erith, Kent, Pawnbrokers. April 3 at 12 at offices of Benson, Clement's inn, Strand Jones, Mary Jane, Shrewsbury, Licensed Victualler. Mar 31 at 11 at offices of Morris, Shrewsbury Jones, Richard, Portmadoc, Carnarvon, Engineer. Mar 28 at Commercial Hotel, Portmadoc, in lieu of the place originally named Keeton, Frederick William, Pilsley, Derby, Licensed Victualler. Apr 14 at 3 at offices of Binney and Co, Sheffield Kelsall, John, Hanley, Stafford, Grocer. Apr 5 at 11 at offices of Paddock and Sons, Hanley Kelsey, Willliam Alexander, Hanley, Auctioneer. Mar 30 at 2 at North Western Hotel, Stafford. Paddock, Hanley Kempton, George, Vauxhall st, Oilman. Mar 29 at 3 at Station Hotel, Camberwell New rd. Ody, Blackfriars rd Kiln, Albert, Fareham, Hants, Maltster. Apr 4 at 3 at offices of Goble and Warner, Fareham Kirton, Matthew, Lincoln, Grocer. Apr 5 at 2 at Knight's Temperance Hotel, Lincoln, Durance, Lincoln Kurtz, Adam Andrew, Lambeth walk, Manager to a Baker. Apr 6 at 12 at offices of Plunkett and Leader, St Paul's ch yd Lawson, William, Oswaldtwistle, Licensed Victualler. Apr 4 at 3 at offices of Withers, Blackburn Leigh, John, St Helens, Lancaster, Licensed Victualler. April 3 at 2 at Wellington Hotel, Newmarket pl, St Helens, Marsh, St Helens Lewis, John, Altrincham, Chester, Baker. April 3 at 2 at Mitre Hotel, Cathedral yd, Manchester. Cave, Altrincham Maddaford, George Robert, Wellington, Somerset, Grocer. April 12 at 12 at office of Bond, Wellington Manning, Jane, Fleetwood, Lancaster, Wine and Spirit Merchant. April 3 at 3 at office of Addie, Church st, Fleetwood Mason, George Henry, Terrington St Clements, Norfolk, Farmer. office of Sidney and Ollard. York row, Wisbech Mar 30 at 11.30 at McGill Robert Alexander, Townsend rd, Stamford hill, Slater. April 4 at 11 at office of McLaren, Charles, East Dereham, Norfolk, Nurseryman. April 5 at 12 at Royal Hotel, April 5 at 12 at Talbot Inn, Rich Miller, Henry Edward Campbell, Cheshunt, Hertford, Wine Merchant. Mar 29 at 1 at office of Pannell and Co, Basinghall st. Hubbard, London Joint Stock Bank chmbrs, West Smithfield Millman, John Casely, Ilfracombe, Devon, Corn Dealer. April 3 at 12 at office of Thorne Castle st, Barnstaple Morton, John William, Bedale, York, Grocer. April 5 at 11 at offices of Barron, High row, Darlington Nevinson, William, Kendal, Westmoreland, Joiner. Mar 30 at 11 at offices of Dobson, Finkle st, Kendal Newall, John, Bingley, York, Grocer. April 3 at 11 at office of Peel and Co, Chapel lane, Bradford Newman, Stephen, Bath, Grocer. April 3 at 12 at offices of Tucker, Northgate st, Oliff, John, Nottingham, Tinman and Brazier, April 6 at 4 at offices of Cockayne Parker, George, Plumstead, Grocer. Pedley, Charles, Chester, Publican. April 12 at 10.15 at office of Brassey, Eastgate row North, Chester Penn, John Camp, and William Lindley, Camden rd, Bootmakers. April 3 at 3 at office of Stokes, Chancery lane Phillips, Frederick Richard, Lombard st, Metal Agent. April 3 at 3 at offices of Terrell and Harrison, Lombard st Pipes, John, Flawith, nr Easingwold, York, Farmer. April 1 at 12 at offices of Smith, Petergate, York Platts, Henry, and Albert Midgley, Huddersfield, Silk Mercers and Drapers. April 5 at 2 at 145, Cheapside. Rooks and Co, King st, Cheapside Powell, Richard Ebenezer, Croydon, Ironmonger. April 5 at 3 at Mullen's Hotel, Ironmonger lane. Hare, Pinner's ct, Old Broad st Prickett, John, St George's, Gloucester, Beer Retailer. Mar 29 at 12 at offices of Hancock, Quay st, Bristol Protheroe, Peter, Pembrey, Carmarthen, Draper. April 4 at 11 at offices of Howell, Stepney st, Llanelly SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA, Arti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality, 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. 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Wrigley and Morecroft, Oldham Stringer, William, Huddersfield. Beerhouse Keeper. April 3 at 3 at offices of Welsh, Victoria chambers, Queen st, Huddersfield Thornicroft, Thomas, jun, Cambridge st, King's Cross, Coal Merchant. April 3 at 3 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Lewis, Wilmington sq Thornton, Lionel Reginald, Stonehouse, Gloucester, Schoolmaster. April 4 at 2 at offices of Jones, Eldon chambers, Berkeley st, Gloucester Tratt, James, Preston Candover, Hants, Farmer. April 4 at 1 at offices of Webb and Lear, Cross st, Basingstoke Turner, Thomas, Leicester, Leather Merchant. April 13 at 3 at offices of Wright, Belvoir st, Leicester Vass, John, Dumont rd, Stoke Newington, Licensed Victualler. March 31 at 3 at offices of Cooper and Rees, Broad st buildings Walker, John, Barnard Castle, Durham, Grocer. April 3 at 3 at offices of King, Wilson st, Middlesborough Watson, Jonathan, Gateshead, Durham, Farmer. April 12 at 1 at County Court Offices Westgate rd, Newcastle on Tyne. 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HEWETSON, THEXTON, & PEART, To Capitalists, Land Societies, and Trustees seeking a MANUFACTURERS AND HOUSE FURNISHERS, 200, 203, and 204, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, W. Carved Oak Furniture, Reproductions from Ancient THIRTY LARGE SHOW ROOMS. HEWETSON, THEXTON, & PEART, SHOREDITCH. To Trustees and others.-Valuable Freehold Ground-rents, MESSRS. MASTERMAN, GIBBS, & CO. will SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C., on MONDAY, APRIL 3, at TWO o'clock To Her Majesty, the Lord Chancellor, the Whole of the precisely, in Thirteen Lots, Valuable FREEHOLD Judicial Bench, Corporation of London, &c. SOLICITORS' AND REGISTRARS' GOWNS BARRISTERS' AND QUEEN'S COUNSEL'S DITTO, CORPORATION ROBES, UNIVERSITY & CLERGY GOWNS, ESTABLISHED 1689. 94, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. GROUND-RENTS, amounting to £300 6s. per annum, Particulars and conditions of sale may be had of Messrs. sound Investment with speculative building opportunities.-Valuable Freehold Estate of 20 acres, with frontages on two high roads. MESSRS. FAREBROTHER, ELLIS, CLARK, & CO., are instructed to SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, Tokenhouse-yard, City, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1882, at TWO o'clock precisely, a valuable and compact FREEHOLD PROPERTY, well known as The Fulham Nurseries, and comprising about twenty acres, most advantageously situate, within a short distance of Hyde-park and South Kensing ton, close to two railway stations on the District line, with trains from the City and West End every few minutes. The estate is close to the Thames and the improvements caused by the Putney-bridge approaches; it possesses frontages of about 3,000 feet to the King's-road and Hur. lingham-road, which bound the property on two sides, while cross roads at either end, connecting therewith, afford the most ample opportunities for development The subsoil is gravel and sand, the situation open and healthy, and houses of an appropriate class for the neighbourhood have always found tenants as fast as they could be erected, thus presenting an opportunity for an immediate return of capital by the creation of ground-rents. There are three excellent residences, producing a present income of £405 per annum, with spacious ornamental grounds, which are a pleasing feature. Also, in separate lots, a Dwelling-house, No. 2, Elysium-row, let at £35 per annum, and a Plot of Copyhold Land, well planted with trees and shrubs. Particulars and plans may be obtained of Messrs. Clayton, Sons, & Fargus, Solicitors, 10, Lancaster-place, Strand, W.C.; at the Mart, City; and of Messrs. Farebrother, Ellis, Clark, & Co., 5 and 6, Lancaster-place, W.C., and 18, Old Broad-street, City, É.C. The Solicitors' Journal. CURRENT TOPICS. LONDON, APRIL 1, 1882. WE BELIEVE that there is no proposal to tamper with any existing right to trial by jury in the resolutions with reference to legal procedure recently adopted by the Rule Committee of the Judges. The rules are not likely to be completed for some time, and will certainly not be brought into force without due notice. WE UNDERSTAND that, with a view to enabling the taxing masters to allow the proper costs in regard to refreshers to counsel on trials with witnesses in the Chancery Division, it has been arranged that in future the registrar in attendance shall note the period during which each such trial lasts. Rumours are cURRENT that it is the intention of the authorities to direct that in future all orders in the Chancery Division (with certain discretionary exceptions) shall be printed instead of written. Hitherto the only printed orders have been those on which the Chancery Paymaster had to act. THE NET RESULT of Copp v. Lynch and The Law Life Assurance Company, which we report fully elsewhere, is that solicitors who take commissions on the introduction of clients who effect insurances must inform their clients of the fact that they are allowed such commission. This, we believe, has been not an uncommon practice with solicitors who accept commissions, and the cases in which a client has been wilfully left in ignorance of the fact are, we imagine, rare; but there is an obvious danger of assuming that the client must know of a practice which is so general. It has grown up mainly from the keen competition of the insurance offices, and solicitors who have found it prevailing in the firms which they join, and adopted by their neighbours and colleagues, have naturally drifted into a practice which is open to grave abuse. The course to be adopted in future deserves the careful consideration of the Incorporated Law Society. IT HAS BEEN STATED that, in the City of London Court, Mr. Commissioner KERR allowed a Parsee gentleman, in lieu of taking the usual oath, to make a declaration, "holding a sacred relic unconcealed in his hand," that "he would consider the act sufficiently binding upon him to bear true testimony in the matter at issue"; but the commissioner added that "he always understood that a Parsee was usually sworn holding the tail of a cow, which was a sacred animal in India." We know of no authority for this statement, and, as the Parsee is a worshipper of the heavenly bodies, it does not seem likely that he would regard the tail of a cow with special reverence. Even a Hindoo, who holds oxen sacred, preferred (prior to the Indian Oaths Act, 1873) to swear by touching the foot of a Brahmin (Omichund v. Barker, 1 Atk 21) or to swear by the water of the Ganges (Best, 233). But we venture to suggest that there is yet a third view of the proper practice in this matter. It is stated in Best on Evidence, p. 233, 6th ed., on the authority of the late Mr. COLEMAN, senior clerk to the late Lord Chief Baron POLLOCK," that a Parsee witness was once sworn thus. The officer of the court asked him what form of oath he deemed binding. He replied, the oath in the usual words, provided he were sworn on a book which he brought with him, and he was sworn accordingly. Mr. KERR'S Parsee appears to have been allowed, perhaps from a miscon 66 ception, to substitute a declaration for an oath, which can only be done by persons having a conscientious objection to an oath, under 17 & 18 Vict. c. 125, s. 20, or incompetent to take an oath, under 32 & 33 Vict. c. 69, s. 4. Persons not within either of these Acts must make " oath," i.e., must make “ a recognition of the presence of an invisible Being, superior to man, ready and willing to punish any deviation from truth; invoking that Being to attest the truth of what is uttered," the accompanying ceremony, the outward act of recognition, being entirely for the witness himself to nominate, provided only that it be such as he may declare to be binding (1 & 2 Vict. c. 105). Conscience APPARENTLY the result of the new rules will, to a large extent, be to assimilate the procedure of the Queen's Bench Division still more to that of the Chancery Division. When the new rules come into force and the courts migrate to the new building, a considerable impulse will no doubt be given to the development of the new judicial system which commenced with the Judicature Acts. We very much wish, though we cannot say that we are very hopeful on the subject, that this occasion might be seized for devising some means by which it should be made practicable for leaders practising in the Queen's Bench Division to make some arrangement similar to that prevailing in the Chancery Division, by which the counsel is pretty sure to be able to do the work for which he is paid. Hitherto it has been practically impossible for common law counsel to make any arrangement of this sort. does not compel any man to do that which is impossible, any more than the law. But the practice is, nevertheless, a scandal, even when there is no moral blame imputable, and to take the pay without doing the work, even when it cannot be helped and is not the counsel's fault, should be disagreeable to persons with a keen sense of honour; and is calculated to be demoralizing. The knowledge of the disappointment and irritation, and perhaps the serious damage, occasioned to a person whose money he is receiving, ought not to be pleasant to a high-minded professional man, but the fact that it is inevitable soon renders people callous to these considerations. Great complaints have been made lately in Westminster Hall of the extent to which business of a common law nature is going into the Chancery Division. We would suggest to the gentlemen who practise in the Queen's Bench Division whether the certainty of having the counsel of their own choice, who is familiar with, and has, perhaps, at a previous stage, conducted, the case, may not be one, among other matters, tending to induce solicitors to bring their actions in the Chancery Division. It cannot be impossible, one would think, for the authorities to make some arrangements identifying particular courts for the trial of actions, so as to enable leading counsel to attach themselves to one such court, instead of practising in all indiscriminately. We believe it would be to the interest of the common law branch of the bar to agitate the question. IT WILL BE REMEMBERED that the Bastardy Laws Amendment Act, 1872, for the first time gave to an affiliation order a continuing operation, notwithstanding the marriage of the mother. This was held to be the effect of the Act in Sotheren, Appellant ; Scott, Respondent (L. R. 6 Q. B. D. 518); and in Hardy, Appellant; Atherton, Respondent (L. R. 7 Q. B. D. 264), it was held to make no difference that the husband is able to maintain the child. The further question, whether it is discretionary with, or obligatory upon, justices to enforce the order when once granted, was raised before GROVE, J., and HUDDLESTON, B., in Davis, Appellant; Evans, Respondent, on Tuesday last, but neither was, nor can be decided at present, owing to a difference of |