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by Cockburn, C.J., "that if the defendants were not really the agents of
the plaintiffs, the latter could not recover, and that the commission
was not due merely because, in some way or other, the loan followed
casually, indirectly, and as a remote consequence. The question to be deter-
mined was, did the plaintiffs really render the services which were the con-
sideration for the alleged agreement? if not they were not entitled to the
remuneration. It did not follow that because the money was ultimately
obtained, that, therefore, as a matter of course, the plaintiffs were entitled to
Jecover the commission." It is true in the case before me that Mr. Thompson
obtained from the plaintiff the knowledge that the house was for sale as well
as to be let, but his object was at that time to become a tenant, and not a
purchaser, and his mentioning the fact of the house being on sale to a third
party appears to me to have led casually and as a remote consequence to the
sale, and does not entitle the estate agent to his commission. I have not
arrived at this conclusion without some doubt, and have been mainly
influenced in my decision by the view taken by the late Chief Justice in the
case of Antrobus v. Wickens. There will, therefore, be a verdict entered for
the plaintiff for £9 7s. 6d., but I think the facts of the case justify my order
ing that the plaintiff should have his costs taxed on the higher scale.
Solicitor for the plaintiff, Druitt, Bournemouth.
Solicitor for the defendants, Dibben.

SOCIETIES.

UNITED LAW CLERKS' SOCIETY.

The fiftieth anniversary of this society was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday. The Hon. Mr. Justice Chitty presided, and about 300 guests sat down to dinner, amongst whom were the following gentlemen: -The Right Hon. Lord Justice Bowen, Mr. C. Crompton, Q.C., Mr. H. B. Ince, Q C., Mr. F. A. Inderwick, Q. C., M.P., Mr. A. R. Jelt, Q.C., Mr. E. Macnaghten, Q.C., Mr. F. Waller, Q. C., Mr. W. F. Archibald, Mr. J. E. Bankes, Mr. L. Coward, Mr. A. M. Sullivan, Mr. J. E. Crisp, Mr. F. O. Crump, Mr. H. B. Deane, Mr. J. W. Evans, Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, Mr. H. D. Greene, Mr. G. B. Hughes, Mr. C. Jack, Mr. T. Northmore Lawrence, Mr. F. Lockwood, Mr. E. Pollock, Mr. E. H. Pollard, Mr. S. Roberts, Mr. H. G. Shee, Mr. H. E. Stansfield, Mr. Edward Turner, Mr. F. R. Bloxam, Mr. T. D. Bolton, Mr. E. Bromley, Mr. T. Skewes Cox, Mr. J. Anderson Rose, Mr. T. H. Devonshire, Mr. W. J. Fairer, Mr. J. J. Kerby, Mr. B. G. Lake, Mr. George Lewis, Mr. J. V. Musgrave, Mr. H. S. Ryland. Dr. Thompson, Mr. John Vallance, Mr. W. Melmoth Walters, Mr. L. Yate Lee, &c., &c.

and suddenly this thing that seemed asleep moves and gobbles them all up." I think that shows very correctly the nature and power of the man. You have lost, besides a very good friend in Lord Justice Lush, a man who was an eminent judge of appeal. He was well versed in the practice, and he had a thorough appreciation of this society. You have lost also Vice-Chancellor Malins, that man of the warmest heart and kindliest disposition, who, if he ever erred, as the Court of Appeal sometimes said he did, erred simply in consequence of the warmth of his heart and kindness of his disposition. You have lost also a man in another branch of the profession-who I look upon as a man of considerable eminence-I mean the late Mr. Ouvry, who I think was one of your trustees. He was a man of great literary research, of great antiquarian knowledge, of a very sound judgment, and a good supporter of this society. There is one other name that occurs to me to mention. It is that of one of your oldest members-indeed, I believe one of your founders, and I am happy to think it is only temporary illness that keeps him away-I mean Mr. Hairy Rogers. Some of those that I have mentioned have passed away, and their places must be taken by younger men, who must do their best to follow their great example. Your society has among its numerous merits the merit of bringing together all the members of our common profession, and as, I believe, has been often said on these occasions, you may find here the humblest copying clerk and the Lord Chancellor himself. That is a very great merit, and let me say that I hope that every man who is here present, and every member of the great profession to which we all belong, will always strive to do that which will ennoble and exalt it before the rest of the world; that no man will ever descend to any mean tricks and mean artifices, but will endeavour to uphold the good name of "lawyer." I know that as a rule it is doubtful whether lawyers are altogether popular. On the stage they certainly are not. I do not recollect ever to have seen in a stage-play a lawyer who was the bero of the piece, but we may mend these matters, and that may become a mere relic of the past, one of those prejudices which ought to have died long ago, and ought not to have survived as long as they have. I have said it is a merit of your society to bring together all branches of the profession. I think I may congratulate you to-night on the goodly assemblage which is here; indeed it is an occasion on which we ought to give a special celebration in connection with the society, because you have now attained your fiftieth year-this, indeed, is your jubilee. In the life of societies of this kind it is well known as they get older the claims which come upon them by reason of the members advancing in age, and by reason of the havoc that death makes amongst them, multiply and increase, and there comes a time sometimes of great anxiety-a time of pinching. I am happy to say, so far as I am able to gather from the reports which I have had that report which is before us, and the other reports that I have had made to me-that your society has passed through this crisis. It has passed through the critical period and is now in a sound financial condition. The objects of your society are well known to you, and it is not right that I should enter into them in detail. I may say that you have, as all of you probably know, two principal funds. One is the Benevolent Fund, which you apply for the benefit of those who are in need, and even of those who are not members. The other and larger fund is the Provident Fund, and the income of that is applied to the help of those who are in temporary sickness. That is one of the first matters, and in connection with that, I think it right to draw your attention to this, that I understand the society has lately made a provision under which a medical man can attend upon the members in sickness. This is a great advantage to us working men, because so many of us when we are in harness do not like to put it off, so many of us will go on a little longer, and a little longer, without seeing the doctor. Perhaps we don't like to pay his fees, but for some reason or other we often do not go to the medical man early as we should. I think the provision which has been made may probably, to some extent, relieve the fund which is applied to cases of sickness, because, by going to the medical man in time, the sickness may be prevented. Another great application of your money, and one of the most The CHAIRMAN next gave the Army, Navy, and Auxiliary Forces. He beneficial, is the pensions for the superannuated men-men who are worn out regretted that there was no representative of the army present, and in by the labours of this life, who bave got some time still to spend, and who, if it jocular terms observed that the nearest approach to an admiral they possessed were not for the pensions, would be in a state of poverty, if not misery. Now, was the admirable Mr. Macnaghten, and his chief claim to respond to the there are some who think in these days that misfortune is never disassociated toast was that he was a friend of Mr. Smith, the late Lord of the Admiralty. altogether from fault; but I think it is not good to look too narrowly into He had also occasionally to cross St. George's Channel, and in former days these matters, and I believe, as a matter of fact, we should not always be strivhe had been capable of handling an oar or a pair of sculls at Freshwater. ing to maintain the line which may divide the fault from the And whilst first classic at Cambridge he had also had the honour of winning misfortune, and I feel convinced that there are many men in this the Diamord Sculls at Henley. world who, however deserving or industrious they may be, do fail for what may be scientifically called pure misfortune. Another application of your fonds is for the benefit of the widow of a deceased man, a sum of £50 being paid for her benefit by the society. Well, gentlemen, I feel that I am almost falling into the strain of a sermon, but really one may talk somewhat in serious style of these matters, and I think we ought to talk in a serious style of these matters. In these days it is hardly necessary to preach much on the subject of thrift. It is a subject upon which you have all of you heard much, and it cannot be doubted that the man who is not thrifty in his youth becomes in his old age dependent solely on the bounty of others. There is this, to my mind, terrible result-I cannot imagine a more miserable state, unless it is connected with misfortune purely, than a man in his old age should find he has made no provision for himself and that he has lost the great strength of his mind, which is independence. Well, I think I may now remind you of a source from which your funds come. I believe the external donors act with some considerable liberality. They consist of the bench, which I hope always has contributed and will continue to contribute its portion. Next comes the bar. Now the bar no doubt is the most brilliant branch, and, at the same time, the most speculative part of the profession. It costs, as a rule, a great deal of money to put a man in a proper state to become a barrister. There are great prizes to be gained at the bar, but all the members of the bar are not rich. I of the Northern Circuit in his time. He said that if the profits of the circuit think it was Sidney Smith who made a humorous computation of the gains

The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of "The Queen," remarked that the reign of her Majesty had exceeded, by a few months, that of her illustrious predecessor Elizabeth, and he felt assured that when the history of the Victorian era came to be written, it would be no less celebrated for the discoveries in science and art which had been made in that period than was the reign of good Queen Bess for the discoveries which had been made in the, until then, unknown parts of the world.

The toast was drunk with three times three.

The CHAIRMAN next gave the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family. He remarked that, accustomed as they were, as lawyers, to hard work, yet, if they were put for one week to perform the labours which fell to the lot of the Prince of Wales all the year round they would soon find themselves worn out. The Princess of Wales graced and charmed every society in which she was present, and they bad for Royal dukes a soldier, a sailor, and a man of letters, each of whom had made a study of their professions and seemed to be proficients in them.

Mr. MACNAGHTEN having responded, Captain B. DEANE, of the Inns of Court R.V.C., replied for the Auxiliary Forces. The CHAIRMAN then submitted the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to the United Law Clerks' Society." He said :-On such an occasion as this I think it right to refer to the losses you bave sustained. The chief loss, and the one perhaps that touches us most nearly, is that which has deprived you of your chairman, Sir John Holker. Many things have been written and said of him during the last few days. Most of you, I take it, have read what was said, and it is a matter of great regret to me that so noble a man as I think he was should not have been able to be present bere tonight to propose this toast instead cf myself. I do not feel competent on this occasion to speak of him. I knew the man; I came across him, not so often as others who have been at the bar, but I recognized in him that which all recognized-that he was a genuine, sterling, and honest man. I do not know whether on this occasion I might venture to mention to you a story which will give you a notion of the man's capacity. It was told to me many years ago in homely language, and I think I may venture to repeat it thongh I am speaking of a man that is gone. "Jack Holker," it was said, "is a very dangerous adversary. He is so quiet. He lies like an old pike in a pond watching-watching, and you think he is asleep, and you let your weak, little minnows and your small arguments, your small fry, occupy you,

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were evenly divided amongst all the barristers who attended, they would each retire from the circuit with the munificent sum of 6s. 83. But there are some at the bar who gain the prizes of the profession, and these men I hope, and I believe, looking at the list, are good contributors towards the funds of the society. Next I ought to mention the solicitors, who are greatly interested in it. The bar, rightly or wrongly, look upon the solicitors as the wealthier portion of the profession. I think it is true, taking the solicitors as a whole. They, as well as the barristers, have a great interest in this society, because they, the solicitors as well as the barristers, employ a considerable staff of clerks. Now, the best part of your contributions, to my mind, are those which arise from the members themselves; because those are the men that are carrying out the honest principles of thrift, and are really, in the shape of their contributions, laying by something which will be spent for their benefit in old age. The next thing, I think, I should mention is this. I have not troubled you with any statistics, but one of your officers has told me that the area over which your society's operations extend is included within a circle, the radius of which is twenty-five miles from your central office, and he says that, making a fair computation, there are 7,000 barristers and solicitors within that circle; 4,000, he computes, are solicitors. Now on a moderate computation we may ascribe to these 4,000 solicitors a clerk and a half a piece; that will give you 6,000 solicitors' clerks. The computation with reference to the 3,000 remainng barristers' clerks is a much more difficult one. Some few barristers, I believe, may have three or two clerks. A considerable number have one. Those of you who have practised in or frequented the Master of the Rolls' Court will recollect that the Master of the Rolls had one especial favourite, and that was the little boy in Chancery-lane. I believe that there is a large number of men at the bar who have divided the little boy, such as you may see in Chancery-lane, among them. If two boys are equal to one clerk, probably you would find that there are some barristers who each have a fraction of one. fourth of a clerk. But the result would be this, that you would get about 2,000 clerks from the barristers, which, added to the 6,000 from the solicitors, would give you 8,000. Now, the members of the society altogether appear to number a little more than 800. The result, therefore, is, that you have not much more than ten per cent. of the whole number. Now I appeal to the managing clerks in the Chancery Division, what a large outstanding personal estate there is to get in, a personal estate of ninety per cent. of the whole amount. There is a field for the energetic men, a field which I hope they will not leave uncultivated. I have not said one word as yet as to what law clerks do. We see-I think I may say we know, though it is not very long that I have been on the bench-the members of the bench see a great deal of the managing clerks, and, speaking seriously, I can say that they perform their work admirably. They have very serious duties to perform. They appear to me to know their practice well, and there is only one complaint that I am disposed to make against them, and that is one which arises in consequence of something which has happened to night. I say it is not long since I left the bar, and some managing clerk this evening put this paper into my hands. I read it through, the statement of claim and the rest-that is to say, the toasts that have to be proposed—and I looked to the end for the observations. I thought I should find some very eloquent remarks and some very concise and neat expressions which I might make use of. I am sorry to say the managing clerk who prepared this brief did not do his duty in this respect. But there is more that remains behind, or, rather, I should say in front, because there is no indorsement whatever. I have only a blank paper. I believe that is one of the most serious charges that it has ever fallen to me to make against so magnificent a body as they are. Now there is one part of their duties upon which I think one ought to make an observation, and it is this, that they do most of their work unseen. I had almost said unknown. Some of you may have read those grim and humorous tales of Bret Harte. I was looking at one not very long ago called "Tenessee's Pardner." Tenessee was a man who had the misfortune of not having been well educated in his early days. He was in California and he made some mistake with regard to another man's property, and the result was that he was tried by Mr. Justice Lynch with the usual result. But he had a partner, a quiet man, who hardly altered a word. He was really a faithful friend who begged Tenessee's body and put it in the earth and gave it decent interment. But the remarkable part in that man's life, and that is why I mention the story-he died soon after, is this: you never knew his name; he was only known as 66 Tenessee's pardner." Now, I believe that some of the best managing clerks, and many of the solicitors' clerks that appear do not get known by their names as they ought to do. I know them, and many of us know them, not as "Tenessee's pardner," but as "Mr. So-and-so's managing clerk," and I sometimes wish that, when I see their faces, I were able to appropriate their own proper names to their faces. Gentlemen, I have done. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, I believe, once asked a friend whether he had ever heard him preach. The friend said, "Why I have never heard you do anything else," and I feel that my observations to-night have been somewhat in that form; but I really desire from my heart the prosperity of this society, and I shall be well satisfied if any one of my chance shots shall have hit the mark, and I shall have been, however humbly, of the slightest service to this great society. Gentlemen, I have said my say on this occasion, and I hope you will make the response. I hope there will be a proper response to the claims of the society this evening, and I now beg to say, quoting once more Sidney Smith, that I feel that I have preached myself bare

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The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.

Mr. H. B. INCE, Q.C., proposed the health of "The Trustees." He observed that the list of patrons contained the names of noblemen and gentle. men of the highest eminence in the profession, such as the present Lord Chancellor, Lord Cairns, Lord Coleridge, and last, but by no means least, the great judge whose ability and genius had commanded all their respect, whilst his arge-heartedness had commanded their affectionate regard, the Master of the Rolls. He found also that these gentlemen had not merely

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given their names for the benefit of the society, but all of them had at some time occupied the chair at these anniversary festival, and Lord Cairns had occupied it twice, once as Attorney-General, and once as Lord Chancellor. He found amongst the patrons the Lords Justices, all of whom, with the excep tion of Lord Justice Bowen, had taken the chair, and even he had sat thera in another capacity. He thought they would look in vain for any nam of position in the bench or bar which did not belong to someone who, in sne form or another, had extended his patronage and assistance to the society. Mr. F. O. CRUMP, in responding, said that he looked back at that period of his career when he was in the possession of that fraction of a fourth of a clerk which had been referred to when he was placed in the position, of which he was then, and still was proud, of one of the secretary's arbitrators. During the fifteen years he had so acted there had been only one occasion upon which he was called on to adjudicate upon a difficulty arising between one of the members and those who had the management of the society's affairs.

Lord Justice BOWEN then gave "The Chairman." He observed that if the chairman had never been born the name of Chitty would still have been famous in the ears of every lawyer, but fortunately for the present generation, and, indeed, for posterity, the chairman had been born. The chairman bad spoken to them of a great Cambridge name, the name of Macnaghten, famous on the river and famous in the schools. He (Lord Justice Bowen) was an Oxford man, and against the great Cambridge hero, Macnaghten, he would put the great Oxford hero, Chitty. With Chitty he defied them at the schools, and he deñed them on the river. But it was not only on the river and in the schools he was famous, but had the Australians, who had come over within the last few months, paid them a visit some twenty years ago, he thought they would have found a very formidable antagonist upon the cricket-field in the chairman. They had to congratulate themselves that in a moment of great legal changes, when the courts of first instance were deprived of the presence of one of the greatest lawyers of modern times, the Government of the day, whatever their other faults, at all events, by a happy instinct, saw that the one man who could succeed best to the vacant post of the Master of the Rɔlis was Mr. Justice Chitty, and whatever might be his future lot, he (Lord Justice Bowen) would venture to assure him that there was no honour and no dignity which could befal him but would bring with it the sympathy and respect and esteem of the entire profession to which he belonged. The toast was drunk upstanding, and with three times three. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compliment, observed that it was true his ancestors were lawyers. His grandfather was probably not known to many present, although ho might mention that a distinguished foreigner not long ago had written to him, asking for a list of his (the chairman's) work, and he found that he meant the works of his grandfather. His own dear father was known to many who were present, and no man had a more friendly feel ing towards law clerks than he had, and probably no man in the profession who saw more of them than he did. Cricket and boating had been referrel to, and he (the chairman) would urge strongly upon the law clerks the desir ability of employing their leisure hours wisely and profitably. He would advise them to take care of their leisure hours, for he was sure their business hours would look after themselves.

Mr. INDERWICK proposed "The Bench, the Bar, and the Profession," which was responded to by

Lord Justice BOWEN for the bench, and he spoke in sympathetic terms of one who had lately passed away from amongst them, to whom he felt bound by a tie of great respect and gratitude for the obligations which he had incurred to him. The name of Mr. Henson, a clerk, who died within the last fortnight, was well known to most of those present. He was one of the friends of the society, and he had never come across a more upright or more honourable man or one more conversant with the practice of the profession. He dared say they would forgive him having mentioned a name which tied him to the society amongst other things, a name familiar, probably, to most of them, and certainly to all those who had practised at judges' chambers.

Mr. CROMPTON replied for the bar, and dwelt upon the extraordinary com. munity of feeling which existed between all the members of the profession, from the highest to the lowest, such as he thought could not be found in any other profession, and even in the law, in any other country. Mr. Henson hal been clerk to the eminent pleader Mr. Ely, and as a pleader he was second only to Mr. Eady himself. Theirs was a profession which depended almost as much upon its humbler as upon its upper branches.

Mr. LAKE acknowledged the toast for the solicitor branch of the profession, and expressed the deep obligation they were under to the clerks by whom the litigious business for the country was, to a great extent, conducted. It was the exception to find any conduct on the part of a managing clerk to which objection could be fairly taken, and their zeal for those for whon they worked and for the clients whose interests were represented was to bim a matter of wonder. He had scarcely ever known an instance in which for a moment they had allowed their own personal convenience to interiere with the unselfish discharge of their duty.

Mr. A. R. JELF proposed " The Trustees," and
Mr. W. F. FARRER having responded,

Mr. RYLAND gave "The Honorary Stewards," to which Mr. F. LOCKWOOD replied.

It was announced that 260 guineas had been contributed, including a donation of twenty guineas from the chairman. During the evening a selection of music was performed under the direc tion of Mr. Henry Upstone.

HIGHWAY BOARD CLERKS' SOCIETY

The first general meeting of the Highway Board Clerks' Society was held at the Law Institution on May 25. There were present: Mr. Joseph Dodds, M.P., chairman; Mr. I. L. Bozward, Henwick, near Worcester; Mr. W. Tuthill, Gloucester; Mr. W. E. Paine, Rye; Mr. E. Newman Knooker,

Sevenoaks; Mr. Theo. Wm. Simpson, Tunbridge Wells; Mr. W. Foote, Swindon; Mr. T. J. Hooper, Biggleswade; and Mr. T. Clayhills, Darlington, hon. secretary. The report of the committee stated that:

"The only attempted legislation affecting the interests of the society since its formation is the Local Government Boundaries Bill, introduced into the House in February last by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, by which it is proposed that the Local Government Board shall proceed to effect the following objects:-1. That no poor law parish or union shall extend over the boundary of any county. 2. That no poor law parish shall be divided into isolated parts. 3. That no poor law parish shall be of so small a size, or have any part or parts thereof so situate, as to render the administration of the relief of the poor therein or the local government of such parish or part or parts thereof in the opinion of the Local Government Board inconvenient. 4. That every highway parish shall be coincident in area with some poor law parish. 5. That every highway district shall be coincident in area with some rural sanitary district. 6. That no poor law parish shall be entirely included in, or surrounded by, another parish. The Local Government Board is to proceed to carry out the powers of the Bill by schemes, and in the Bill it is proposed to enact, in the case of a highway district which is not coincident in area with some rural sanitary district, the scheme may provide for the dissolution, alteration, or formation of any highway district or highway districts. The Local Government Boundaries Bill is, apparently, a sequence to the report of the Lords' Committee on highways, which was founded on an exhaustive inquiry, and may, probably, influence legislation on highway matters for some time to come. The Prime Minister has promised, pending general legislation on the subject, to appropriate from the Consolidated Fund during the present financial year the sum of £250,000 towards the cost of maintenance of main roads, and proposes to increase the duty payable on certain carriages. Since the passing of the Highway and Locomotive (Amendment) Act, 1878, dissatisfaction has been felt in many quarters in consequence of the highway district being substituted for the parish as the unit for the maintenance of roads, and throwing the cost of the main roads on the District Fund, which has had the effect of increasing highway rates in certain parishes, but other parishes are much benefited. "The Highways and Locomotive (Amendment) Act, 1878, provides that where a highway district is or becomes coincident in area with a rural sanitary district, the rural sanitary authority of such district may apply to the county antrhority for an order that any such rural sanitary authority may exercise all the powers of a highway board, and that from the date of the order the highway board shall be dissolved; but the Act contains no contra provision that where desirable a highway board may absorb a sanitary district. The Long Ashton Highway Board have printed, and sent to other boards in the kingdom, copies of a memorial they have sent to the Prime Minister, asking that an alternative clause may be inserted in any measure introduced by Government enabling a highway board to apply to the county authority to merge a rural sanitary district in a highway district where they are both coterminous.

"The area of some highway districts is the petty sessional division, in others the union, and others are coterminous with no other district. The opinion amongst legislators appears to be that the area of a highway district should be coterminous with some other district. The Local Government Boundaries Bill proposes it should be the rural sanitary district.

"The committee think the following subjects are worthy the consideration of the members of the society (1) What is the best unit for the management of highways, and what for their maintenance? (2) Can the official forms of highway accounts be simplified without detriment to efficiency? (3) Is it desirable that ratione tenure roads should be abolished ?"

Mr. DODDS, M.P., in moving the adoption of the report, said-The report contains a reference to the Bill of Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice-a Bill I venture to say that would have required our very serious consideration, and to which I certainly should have invited serious consideration to-day had there appeared the slightest possibility of its being dealt with during the present session of Parliament. There are several points in it which would have had to be brought under your consideration, but, under present circumstances, I do not think it is of sufficiently pressing importance to warrant our spending time in considering it to-day. At the same time, although no practical legislation is likely to follow during the present year, it may not be inopportune for gentlemen to give expression to any opinion they may have formed on the subject, with a view to suggestions being made to Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, the Government, or anybody else, in connection with the various points dealt with in the Bill. Its great feature is the assimilation of boundaries of districts. I may say I know that the President of the Local Government Board, following in the footsteps of some of preceding Presidents of that Board, is exceedingly anxious that the difficult question of conflicting areas and boundaries should be got rid of, and that we should get into a system whereby the multifarious duties of highway boards and sanitary and other authorities should be exercised within certain well-defined and uniform limits. The whole matter will have to be dealt with by the Government eventually, and, I think, had we not in Parliament been oppressed by Ireland and its difficulties, we should have had before us to-day a Bill that would have required the exercise of all our attention and discretion-viz., a Bill for local county government. I know that such a Bill was prepared last autumn by the Government, and was intended to be introduced, but, as you doubtless very well know, the Prime Minister, in his Budget speech, stated that the Bill must be abandoned for the present session. The report also refers to a matter of some considerable importance in connection with main roads namely, the intimation of the Prime Minister that he intends to allocate out of the Consolidated Fund a sum of £250,000 towards their repairs. In committee we had a little discussion as to what was intended by the Prime Minister-viz., whether it was to be an annual grant or not; and as the report was originally drafted, it stated that this was a grant of £250,000 per annum. It was pointed out, however, that nothing had been said about this being an

annual payment, and so the words were eliminated from the report. The matter, as I understood the Prime Minister, stands thus :-On the motion of Colonel Harcourt, one of the members for Oxfordshire, he had promised that a certain amount should be given for relief in connection with main roads. At that time he had expected to Lave a considerable surplus, and intended to deal with a portion of it in the County Government Bill. Having been obliged to abandon the hope of introducing and passing that Bill through Parliament in the present session, he said in effect: "I will deal tentatively with this subject of main roads, and in order that I may partially keep my promise to the member for Oxfordshire, I will appropriate out of the Consolidated Fund a sum of £250,000 towards their repairs." That no doubt will be for the financial year from March, 1882-3. If, unfortunately, in another session of Parliament there should be no suitable legislation, then I have no doubt the payment of a similar sum will be continued, but I feel sure that it is the intention of the Government to deal with the subject exhaustively as soon as they have opportunity, and I have no doubt they will deal with it on a more liberal scale even than the payment of £250,000 during the present year. I have no idea how they intend to allocate this sum; but, looking at it from a common-sense point of view, I think we may assume that it will be distributed according to the expenditure on main roads of the different highway boards throughout the country.

Mr. Bozward (Henwick) seconded the adoption of the report.-After a discussion, in which several of the members present took part, the report was unanimously adopted.-The report having been adopted, it was proposed by the President, seconded by Mr. Bozward, and unanimously resolved, that the accounts as audited by the committee be passed as correct. It was proposed by the President, seconded by the Vice-President, and unanimously resolved, that the report of the committee be received and adopted, and printed and circulated amongst the members of the society, and also be sent to the clerks of highway boards in the kingdom who have not joined the society.Unanimously resolved that Messrs. J. R. Tomlin, of Richmond, Yorkshire, and W. Foote, of Swindon, be added to the committee.-It was proposed by the Vice-President, seconded by Mr. Simpson, and resolved, that the secretary be requested to urge the members individually to obtain expressions of opinion from other local authorities that it is not desirable to increase the sphere of their duties by absorption of highway districts.-It was proposed by Mr. Knocker, seconded by Mr. Simpson, and resolved, that the special attention of the committee be called to the general orders of the Local Government Board regulating the proceedings of highway boards with a view to their amendment and alteration of the system of accounts. Several members having reported successful applications for compensation for extraordinary traffic amongst others, Mr. Simpson reported having obtained £500 for extraordinary traffic consequent on the formation of the Tunbridge Wells and East, bourne Branch, which passes through two parishes in his district-it was resolved that a memorandum of the same be placed in the minutes for refer ence. It was proposed by Mr. Bozward, seconded by Mr. Tuthill, and unanimously resolved, that the thanks of the meeting be, and they are hereby, accorded to the President for his assistance in the formation of the society and its working since its commencement, and for his services in the chair that day. This concluded the proceedings.

LAW ASSOCIATION.

At the usual monthly meeting of the directors, held at the hall of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery-lane, on Thursday, June 1, the following being present:-Mr. Desborough (chairman), and Messrs. Boodle, Col. lisson, Styan, Desborough, jun., Parkin, Burges, Sidney Smith, Hedger Burt, Tylee, Henry Tylee, Doyle, and A. B. Carpenter (secretary), grants of £1,350 were made to the widows and daughters of deceased members, one new member was elected, and the ordinary general business was transacted,

LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL.

COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION.

TRINITY EXAMINATION, 1882.

At the general examination of students of the Inns of Court, held at Lincoln's-inn Hall, on the 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th of May, 1882, the Council of Legal Education awarded to David Calder Leck, Middle Temple, and James Edward Hamilton Benn, Inner Temple, studentships in jurispru dence and Roman law of 100 guineas, to continue for a period of two years; and to Lindesay John Robertson, Middle Temple, a studentship in jurispru dence and Roman law, of 100 guineas, for one year.

The council have also awarded to Thomas Edward Scrutton, Middle Temple, the Barstow Law Scholarship; and to Thomas Bateman Napier, Inner Temple, a certificate of honour of the second class.

The council have also awarded to the following students certificates that they have satisfactorily passed a public examination:-Cambhumpati Akilandaiya, Inner Temple; Cosmo Gordon Antrobus, Inner Temple; William Baxter, Inner Temple; Ernest Montague Beard, Middle Temple; William Francis Bence-Jones, Inner Temple; Charles William Black, Middle Temple; Herbert Montagu Broughton, Inner Temple; John M'Leavy Brown, Inner Temple; Robert Weir Brown, Gray's-inn; Abraham Crompton, Lincoln's-inn; Mancherji Dadabhai Dadysett, Middle Temple; Edward Thomas Holden Devas, Inner Temple; Patrick Robertson Don, Inner Temple; George Ennis, Middle Temple; Harold James Lee Evans, Inner Temple; George Lawtie Fagan, Gray's-inn; William Henry Field, Middl Temple; Benedict William Ginsburg, Inner Temple; William Ebene z

do therefore order that all causes and matters which have been assigned to
and are now pending before the Honourable the Vice-Chancellor Sir Charles
Hall be transferred until further order to the Honourable Sir Edward
Ebenezer Kay, one of the justices of the High Court of Justice, to be heard
and disposed of by bim so far and to such extent as he shall consider necessary
or expedient. And this order is to be drawn up by the registrar and set up in
the several offices of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice.
SEL BORNE, C.

Gray, Inner Temple; Robert Jones Griffiths, Middle Temple; Matilal Gunta, | Honourable Roundell Baron Selborne, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,
Middle Temple; Theodore Hall Hall, Lincoln's-inn; Benjamin Booth
Haworth-Booth, Inner Temple; Alfred Holt, Middle Temple; Charles
Pelham Huggins, Inner Temple; Benedict Jones, Lincoln's-inn; Coldham
Crump Knight, Inner Temple; Egerton Charles Baring Lawford, Inner
Temple; Rochfort Maguire, Inner Temple; Ernest Louis Meinertzbagen,
Inner Temple; Richard Mercer, Inner Temple; John Montenore, Middle
Temple; John Ignatius Morris, Inner Temple; Francis Herbert Padwick,
Inner Temple; James Peiris, Lincoln's-inn; Hume Chancellor Pinsent, Middle
Temple; Robert John Price, Middle Temple; Leicester Morgan Reed, Inner
Temple; Francis Joseph Ridgway, Inner Temple; Thomas Edward Scrutton,
Middle Temple; John Auchmedden Baird Shand, Lincoln's-inn; Anandrao
Sheshadri, Inner Temple; William Compton Smith, Inner Temple; Francis
Elmer Speed, Middle Temple; James Andrew Strahan, Middle Temple; MR. DANIEL, Q.C., ON BANKRUPTCY LAW
Henry Terrell, Middle Temple; Josiah Ragland Thomas, Inner Temple;
John Wertheimer, Middle Temple; George White, Middle Temple; Thomas
Mott Whitehouse, Middle Temple; Robert Woodfall, Inner Temple; William
Andrew George Woods, Middle Temple; and Robert Augustus Artbur Wright,
Inner Temple.

The following students passed a satisfactory examination in Roman law :Amelius Francis Ward Beauclerk, Lincoln's-inn; William Le Vane Robert Roxby Beverley, Inner Temple; Thomas Smart Blyth, Inner Temple; Thomas Boston Bruce, Middle Temple: George Richard Gwavas Carlyon, Inner Temple; Manobindra Krishna Deva, Inner Temple; Frank Dumat, Middle Temple; William Gerald Elliot, Inner Temple; Edmund Waterton Farnall, Inner Temple; Howard Fowler, Inner Temple; Allen Donail Fraser, Inner Temple; Edward James Gibbons, Lincoln's-inn; John William Gordon, Middle Temple; William Graham, Middle Temple; Syed Mohamed Habib-Ullah, Middle Temple; John Mainwaring Hall, Inner Temple; Richard Handley, Middle Temple; Kigley John Hough, Lincoln's-inn; Charles Ashworth James, Lincoln's-inn; Joseph William King, Lincoln's-inn: Joseph Henry Warburton Lee, Lincoln's-inn; Richard Leeming, Middle Temple; James Robert Vernam Marchant, Gray's-inn; Walter Maxwell, Middle Temple; Edward Robert Pacy Moon. Inner Temple: Clement Henry Smiles Moore, Middle Temple; George Thomas Morice, Middle Temple; John Watson Moses, Gray's-inn; Sholto Rawkins Pemberton, Inner Temple; Shapurji Kavasji Sanjaua, Inner Temple; William Alfred Byam Shand, Inner Temple; Francis William Steere, Lincoln's-inn; Donald Charles Stewart, Lincoln's. inn; John Low Stuart, Inner Temple; Israel Alexander Symmons, Middle Temple; John Francis Taylor, Middle Temple; Samuel Taylor, Inner Temple; John Walker Thompson, Inner Temple; Arthur Hill Trevor, Inner Temple; James Muschamp Vickers, Inner Temple; Arthur James Walter, Inner Temple; William Montgomery Fairlie Waterton, Middle Temple; Herbert Ross Webbe, Lincoln's-inn; and Horace White, Inner Temple.

could recover.

UNITED LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY.

At a meeting of this society, held at the Law Institution, Chancery-lane, on May 22, Mr. D'A. B. Collyer in the chair, the following question was discussed: "The plaintiffs, shipowners, by a policy of insurance underwritten by the defendants, caused themselves to be insured, lost or not lost, at and from Liban to Bordeaux, upon freight (valued at interest) of and in the vessel Hawthorn, beginning the adventure upon the said goods or freight from the loading thereof on board the said ship at Liban, and to continue and endure during the said vessel's abode there, and until the said vessel shall have arrived at Bordeaux, and the said goods shall be safely delivered from the said ship.' While the vessel was being loaded at Liban, and a portion of the cargo in lighters alongside was about to be transferred to the said vessel, the said lighters and portion of cargo were, by reason of the perils of sea, wholly lost, and the plaintiffs were prevented earning the freight in sured. Could the plaintiffs recover?" Mr. Shirley Shirley opened in the negative, and was opposed by Mr. Ball, who contended that the plaintiffs The chairman summed up, and, on the question being put to the meeting, it was decided in the negative by a majority of one. At the usual weekly meeting held at Clement's-inn Hall, on Wednesday, May 24, Mr. C. Kains-Jackson in the chair, Mr. Symes moved, "That capital punishment ought to be abolished." He was supported by Mr. Swepstone, and opposed by Messrs. Le Breton, Shirley Shirley, Bull, Williams, and Nelham, an independent position being taken by Mr. Parsons. The opener replied, and the chairman summed up, and on the motion being put to the meeting it was lost by four votes. At a meeting of this society, held at Clement's-inn Hall on Wednesday, the 7th of June, Mr. C. Kains-Jackson in the chair, Mr. Collyer moved, "That the Irish policy of the present Government has rendered them unworthy of the support or confidence of the nation." He was supported by Mr. Edlin, and opposed by Messrs. Shirley and Kittle. The opener then replied, and the chairman summed up, and the motion on being put to the meeting was carried by a majority of six.

NEW ORDERS, &c.

ORDER OF COURT.

Wednesday, the 7th day of June, 1882. Whereas, it has been represented to me that the state of health of the Honourable the Vice-Chancellor Sir Charles Hall is such as temporarily to prevent his sitting in court or in chambers for hearing and determining causes and matters which have been assigned to him and are now pending: I, the Right

AMENDMENT.

He did not know whether any

bad

read the

In that

Ar a meeting of the Bradford Law Students' Society, on the 5th inst., Mr.
Daniel, Q.C., who presided, noticing an article on the subject of Bankruptcy
which had appeared in the Nineteenth Century from the pen of Lord Sher-
brooke, said that the writer seemed to be in despair in regard to the
matter. He really did not wonder at the despair of Lord Sherbrooke, bat
he could not say that he should be glad to see the people of this country,
and especially the commercial community, reduced to such a state. He
could thus far see into Lord Sherbrooke's mind, that there was something
ought to be than mere legal machinery. They wanted to raise the character
more required to make the interest of debtors and creditors such as they
of commercial morality. They never thought when they were making a
bargain whether it was just or not; they only thought whether it was
profitable; and so long as men would become slaves to mere selfishness he
was afraid it would be in vain for the Legislature to attempt to make any
machinery which would raise and affect the moral character of the parties
concerned. He had himself endeavoured to try and consider whether or
1876 be wrote and published in the Social Science Transactions a paper on
not the present Act of 1869 might not be so amended as to work well. In
the subject from which he had never considered it necessary to recoil.
prize essay by Mr. Steel, of the Institute of Bankers.
gentleman there
essay the writer went into the present evils of our bankruptcy
system, and showed himself a great advocate for the Scotch system.
Mr. Steel thought that was as nearly perfect as could be; but
reports which he (the speaker) had seen-although the Scotch system was
so much lauded by Scotchmen-gave him the idea that it was as costly, as
far as the creditors were concerned, as the English system. In dealing
with the Act of 1869, he hardly thought it deserved the great censure
which some had passed upon it, though there were many radical defects in
it. The main defect of the Act was a want of a good regulation binding
the debtor when be filed his petition for liquidation to accompany it with a
statement of his debts and assets verified by affidavit, with a statement
also of his creditors, equally verified by affidavit, and citing the considera.
tion for the debts. All that should be filed together with the petition, or at
least within a limited period, say three days; and if he proposed a
composition he could name the amount at the same time.
It should
be the duty of the registrar to send out notice of the first meeting of
creditors, and with that notice should be forwarded an intimation to the effect
that a copy of the accounts filed could be obtained upon the application of any
creditor, and that no application could be entertained in respect of any creditor
except through a solicitor. If that were done the first meeting of creditors
might be a substantial proceeding. The first meeting should be held before
the registrar or person specially appointed for the purpose, who should examine
the proofs of debt. He did not think that proxies could be done away with,
because creditors living in all parts of the country could not always be expected
to be present at every particular meeting. But he thought the system of
proxies should be limited in its operation, the purpose for which it was used
should be defined, and it should be used only for that purpose. That would go
far to remedy many abuses that were now justly complained of. With refer
ence to the appointment of trustees, he ventured to say that it should not be
made as at present. There should be a limited class. A list of persons should
be made out and recognized by the court to be fit and proper persons to be
trustees in that particular district; but of course care must be taken that no
undne preference or priority was shown in regard to interest, or connection, or
anything of the kind. He did not know whether he dare say it, but the
banks were responsible for a great deal. The great eagerness to do business
and to show a dividend sometimes led to great mistakes. If bankers would
more frequently have the courage to say "No," it would be better for the com-
munity at large. There was one difficulty in bankruptcy of which he had had
lamentable instances before him-he meant cases of fictitious debts. He did not
see what security they could have against these except in the suggestion
which he had made, that the debtor, when he filed his petition, should not only
verify his creditors, but the consideration for the debt. The great difficulty
of all was that of fraudulent preference, and the law was answerable for it.
He had known solicitors who had felt it their duty, when they had ascertained
that a man was hopelessly insolvent, to get from him all they could in the
shape of security; and the law now sanctioned it. Though a man knew that a
debtor was hopelessly insolvent, yet if he could get payment of what he was
owed by means of pressure it was lawful for him to do so, whilst cther persons
were injuriously affected by the exercise of that legal right. It would be exceed
ingly difficult to frame any law which would work equitably and justly,
because the law which would be suitable in large transactions would be, per
haps, found oppressive in small transactions. He did not know whether
Mr. Chamberlain would be equal to the herculean task of cleaning the Augean
stable or not. Some scheme must be devised to wind up small estates in a
summary manner; and any Bill which was to establish a separate tribunal

must in some way or other separate it from the county court, because, whilst the bankruptcy court was necessarily stationary, the county court was migra. tory. So many schemes had been tried and had failed that he did not know of any system which would be otherwise than an experiment. There were two or three Bills now before the House of Commons, but in the present condition of affairs he did not know when the matter would be thoroughly dealt with.

OBITUARY.

MR. INIGO GELL.

Mr. RICHARD CAYLEY, Chief Justice of Ceylon, has received the honour of Knighthood. Sir R. Cayley was called to the bar at Lincoln's-ion in Hilary Term, 1862. He was for several years Queen's Advocate of Ceylon, and he was appointed Chief Justice of the island in 1879.

Mr. GEORGE PHILIPPO, Chief Justice of Hong Kong, has received the honour of Knighthood. Sir G. Philippo was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Hilary Term, 1862, when he obtained a first-class certificate of honour. He was appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong in 1881.

Mr. GEORGE GODFREY, solicitor, of 55, Chancery-lane, has been appointed a Commissioner for taking Affidavits for use in the Colony of Victoria.

Mr. RAYWOOD MICKLETHWAIT STANSFELD, solicitor, of Halifax, has been
elected Clerk to the Thornton Local Board. Mr. Stansfeld was admitted a
solicitor in 1873.

Mr. SYED MAHOMED has been appointed a Judge of the High Court of the
North-West Provinces of India.

Mr. GEORGE WALKEM, Attorney-General of British Columbia, has been

Mr. Inigo Gell, solicitor (of the firm of Gell & Drake), died at Lewes on the 24th ult., after a short illness. Mr. Gell was the son of Mr. Francis Harding Gell, solicitor, many years coroner for East Sussex, and was born in 1823. He was admitted a solicitor in 1845, and he had ever since practised at Lewes. He was at first in partnership with his father, then with his brother-appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of that Colony. in-law, Mr. Charles Alfred Woolley (the present town clerk of Hove), and more recently with Mr. Augustus Fitt Drake. Mr. Gell was solicitor to the Marquis of Abergavenny and to many of the leading gentry in Sussex, and he held several public appointments. He had been for many years town clerk of the borough of Seaford, and clerk to the county magistrates at Lewes. He was formerly also clerk to the magistrates at Hailsham and at Uckfield. Mr. Gell was from 1860 till 1869 a lieutenant in the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers. He leaves a widow and one daughter.

Mr. GEORGE VAN SOMEREN, barrister, has been appointed to act as Judge of the Court of Small Causes at Rangoon. Mr. Van Someren was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Michaelmas Term, 1872.

MR. HENRY INGLEDEW.

Mr. Henry Ingledew, solicitor and notary (of the firm of Ingledew & Daggett), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead, died on the 24th ult., at the age of ninety-six. Mr. Ingledew was born in 1786. He was admitted a solicitor in 1817, and he had practised for sixty-five years at Newcastle, where he had a most extensive practice. He was a notary public and a perpetual commissioner for the town of Newcastle and the counties of Northumberland and Durham. He was for many years registrar of the Gateshead County Court (Circuit No. 1) and deputy recorder of the borough of Newcastle. Mr. Ingledew was the oldest member of the Newcastle Corporation, with which he had been connected for forty-three years. He served as sheriff of the borough in 1853, and as mayor in 1860, and he was an alderman at the time of his death. He rendered valuable services for many years as chairman of the Gaol Committee, and he was also a member of the Newcastle Board of Guardians.

MR. JAMES KEMPLAY, Q.C.

He

Mr. James Kemplay, Q.C., died at his residence, 48, Leinster-gardens, Hyde-park, on the 4th inst. Mr. Kemplay was born in 1810, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was fourth wrangler in 1853. He practised for several years as a special pleader, and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Hilary Term, 1852. He was an able pleader and a sound lawyer, and for many years enjoyed a good junior business, both in London and on circuit. was frequently engaged as counsel for the London and North-Western Railway Company, and it may be remembered that he was junior counsel for the defendant in the celebrated Alexandra case. Mr. Kemplay received a silk gown from Lord Hatherley in 1872, but his health failed shortly afterwards, and he had for several years retired from practice. He was a bencher of the Middle Temple.

Mr. ANTHONY SWAINSON ALLEN, solicitor, of Bromyard, has been elected Clerk to the Bromyard School Board. Mr. Allen was admitted a solicitor in 1877. He is registrar of the Bromyard County Court.

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Mr. HENRY JAMES GIDNEY, solicitor, of Aylsham, has been elected Clerk to the Felmingham United District School Board, and also to the Hevingham United District School Board. Mr. Gidney is also clerk to the Aylsham Board of Guardians, and superintendent registrar for the district. He was admitted a solicitor in 1878.

COMPANIES.

WINDING-UP NOTICES.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.
LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

ABERDARE MERTHYR STEAM COAL COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding
up, presented May 31, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on June 10. Norton and
Co. Coleman st, solicitors for the petitioners

CAPITAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented
May 26, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on June 10. Brandon, Essex st, Strand,
solicitors for the petitioner

MARINE PIERS COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented May 17,
directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on June 10. Bannister, Basinghall st, solicitor
for the petitioners

[Gazette, June 2.]

NEW ZEALAND LAND CORPORATION, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented
June 2, directed to be heard before Hall, V.C., on June 16. Miller and Vernon,
Moorgate st, solicitors for the petitioner

NORTH WALES FREEHOLD COPPER MINES AND SMELTING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Fry,
J., has, by an order dated April 28, appointed Alfred Cotton Harper, Billiter House,
Billiter st, to be official liquidator
[Gazette, June 6.]

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. JOHN CHARLES SIGISMUND DAY, Q.C., succeeds Sir Charles Bowen as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division. Mr. Justice Day was born in 1826. He was educated at University College, London, and he graduated B. A. at the University of London in 1845. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Hilary Term, 1849, and he became a Queen's Counsel in 1872. He has practised on the South-Eastern Circuit, and he is a bencher of the Middle Temple.

Mr. RICHARD INCLEDON BENCRAFT, solicitor (of the firm of Bencraft & Son), of Barnstaple, has been appointed a Perpetual Commissioner for Devonshire for taking the Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women. Mr. JAMES MARSHALL, Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony, has received the honour of Knighthood. Sir J. Marshall was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Hilary Term, 1868. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony in 1876.

Mr. HENRY JAMES BURFORD HANCOCK, Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, has received the honour of Knighthood. Sir H. Hancock is the son of Mr. Henry Hancock, F.R.C.S. E. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Hilary Term, 1866, and he formerly practised on the SouthEastern Circuit, and at the Sussex and Brighton Sessions. He was for several years a district judge in Jamaica, and he was appointed Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands in 1880.

CREDITORS' CLAIMS.

CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY.
LAST DAY OF PROOF.

ASHWOREH, JOSEPH, Frodsham, Chester, Manure Manufacturer. July 1. Ashworth v
Ashworth, Hall, V.C. Pritchard and Co, Painters' Hall, Little Trinity lane
BRAGGER, WILLIAM HENRY, Mile End rd, Builder. June 20. Bragger v Bragger,
Chitty, J. Snow, College hill

BURBERY, AMELIA, Leamington Priors, Warwick. July 5. Rowe v Rowe, Hall, V.C.
Cutcliffe, jun., Cheapside

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CRAMP, MARY ANN, Camberwell. June 26. Paul v Jaquet, Fry, J. Jaquet, Finsbury
DENTON, EDWIN, Loxley, York, Forgeman. July 1. Bunting v Denton, Hall, V.c.
Webster, Sheffield
DRYDEN, SIMON, Gateshead, Durham, Farmer. June 20. Dryden v Dryden, Chitty, J.
Dees, Newcastle

FINNIGAN, BRYAN BERNARD, Manchester, Trunk Manufacturer. June 23. Finnigan v
Taylor, Chitty, J. Crofton, Manchester
GREENWOOD, GEORGE HENRY, Bexley Heath, Kent, Gent. June 20. Greenwood v
Greenwood, Bacon, V.C. Mannings, Gresham House, Old Broad st

HAGGATT, GEORGE JONES, St George, Gloucester, Gent. June 15. Allam v Dix, Bacon,
V.C. Dix, Bristol

HARRIS, CAROLINE, Southport. June 30. Thornely v Harris, Fry, J. Lucas, Gt James
st, Bedford

HARRIS, MICHAEL, Southport, Lancaster, Esq. June 30. Thornely v Harris, Fry, J.
Lucas, Gt James st, Bedford row

LINWOOD, Rev. WILLIAM, Buchfield, Handsworth. June 13. Price v Linwood, Hall,
V.C. Kingsford and Co, Essex st, Strand

MANT, CHARLES. Southsea, Hants, Major, R.E. July 4. Cunningham v Mant, Bacon,
V.C. Shepheard, Finsbury circus

MAYNARD, ELIZA, Fifth avenue, Harrow rd. June 20. Renvell v Maynard, Fry, J.
Greenwood, Serjeants' inn

POWELL, RICHARD, Llangwrig, Montgomery, Farmer. June 26. Owen v Powell, Fry,
J. Davies, Llanidloes

SMITH, ANNE, Lichfield, Stafford. June 24. Johnson v Smith, Hall, V.C. Barnes,
Lichfield
SOTHERN, FRANCES EMILY, Colosseum terr, Regent's park. June 23, Sothern v Sothern,
Chitty, J. Lickfold, Elgin rd, Harrow rd

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