Fleming, William Rowland, Nuderbarrow, Westmorland, Farmer. offices of Wilson, Highgate, Kendal Dec 6 at 11 at Foxall, Samuel, Stourport, Worcester, Carpet Weaver. Nov 30 at 3.30 at offices of Miller and Corbet, Church st, Kidderminster George, Thomas, Prospect pl, Victoria pk, Beershop Keeper, Dec 1 at 3 at Ridler's Hotel, Holborn Green, Robert. Elm grove, Lower Norwood, Lambeth, Contractor. Dec 6 at 1 at offices of Yetts, Lincoln's inn fields Griffiths, James, Liverpool, Book keeper. Dec 2 at 12 at offices of Paynter, Cable st, Liverpool Hargood, Edward William, Porchester, Hants, of no occupation. Dec 2 at 3 at Dolphin Hotel, Chichester. King, Portsea Hately, David, Hoylake, Chester, Ironmonger. Dec 2 at 3 at offices of Harper, Cable st, Liverpool Hathway, James, York st, Walworth, Timber Merchant. Dec 7 at 2 at Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Tadman, Gray's inn pl, Gray's inn Hawkins, Thomas, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, Baker. Nov 30 at 3 at offices of Smith, Sydenham ter, Weston-super-Mare Hay, John, and Christopher William O'Brien, Leadenhall st, Ship Brokers. Dec 8 at 12 a New Exchange bldgs, George yd, Lombard st. Trinders and Curtis-Hayward, St Helen's pl, Bishopsgate st Within Haynes, Thomas, Birmingham, Beer Retailer. Dec 1 at 3 at offices of Bradley, Ann st Birmingham Headley, Frederick, and William Urbane, Leicester, Tailors. Dec 5 at 3 at offices of Wright, Belvoir st, Leicester Hewitt, Thomas Shield, Sherburn, York, Farmer, Nov 30 at 2 at New Inn, Sherburn, Er South Milford. Rhodes, Sherburn Hibbert, William, Shudehill, Manchester, Stationer, Nov 29 at 3 at offices of Cobbett and Co, Brown st, Manchester Hipwood, John, Aston, nr Birmingham, Silversmith. Nov 30 at 3 at offices of Solomon, Arn 8t, Birmingham Howley, George Flint, Liverpool, Tallow Chandler. Dec 7 at 3 at offices of Davies, the Temple, Dale st, Liverpool Irvine, William, New Cross, Clerk in the General Post Office. Dec 12 at 3 at offices of Guscotte, York bldgs, Adelphi Jack, William Robert, Waltham, Hereford, Carpenter. Dec 7 at 3 at offices of Rumney, Walbrook Jenes, Timothy, Pontybwlchog, Carmarthen, Builder. Dec 1 at 11 at Saddler's Arms, Pencader. Morris, Carmarthen Jubb, George, Leeds, Milk Dealer. Dec 1 at 3 at offices of Simpson and Burrell, Albion st, Leeds Keen, Francis, Walsall, Stafford, Tailor. Nov 30 at 3 at offices of Huggins and Mallard, Newhall chmbrs, Birmingham Kennedy, Alexander Thomas, Leeds, Butcher. Nov 30 at 3 at offices of Wells, Cookridge st, Leeds Lewer, Henry Christian, Maroon st, Limehouse, Wholesale Confectioner. Dec 5 at 2 at othices of Jennings and Son, Leadenhall st Linley, Thomas, Oxford, Baker. Dec 8 at 11.30 at offices of Mallam, High st, Oxford Meir, William, Birmingham, Crate Maker. Nov 29 at 3 at offices of Parry, Colmore row, Birmingham Mercy, George Harry, Leicester, Grocer. Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Hincks, Bowling-green st, Leicester Metcalf, Joseph, Leeds, Draper's Assistant. Dec 1 at 3 at offices of Scatcherd and Hopkins, Albion st, Leeds Middleton, John, Brigg, Lincoln, Saddler. Dec 8 at 3 at offices of Toynbee and Co, Bank et, Lincoln Milner, James, Halifax, Card Maker. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Jubb and Booth, Harrison rd, Halifax Mer, Alexander Mitchell, Thornton, Belsize Park, Gent. Nov 30 at 3 at 6, Arthur st, Mockton, Henry, Blandford, St Mary, Dorset, Shoemaker. Nov 29 at 11 at offices of Moulson, David, Bradford, Stone Merchant. Nov 28 at 11 at offices of Peel and Co, Chapel lane, Bradford Moule, James Gaitskell, Castleford, York, Grocer. Nov 30 at 3 at offices of Simpson and Burrefl, Albion st, Leeds Neal, Thomas, St Mark's rd, Notting hill, General Dealer. Dec 5 at 3 at offices of Noon and Clarke, Blomfield st Nelson, Charles, Pitt st, Kensington. Dec 5 at 12 at offices of Wright, Gt Portland st, Regent's park Norton, Henry Edward, Plymouth, Boot Dealer. Dec 3 at 3 at Swan Hotel, Bridge st, Bristol. Phillips, Plymouth Owen, Thomas Elias, Glamorgan, Draper. Dec 2 at 12 at 145, Cheapside. Field, Swan Penson, Alfred Charles, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Water and Gas Fitter. Dec 1 at 3 at Lees of Chesshyre, Regent st, Cheltenham Fitkey, William, Darlington, Durham, Sheep Doctor. and Co, Northgate, Darlington Porter, George, Lazonby, Cumberland, Coal Merchant. son and Co, Bank st, Carlisle Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Wilkes Dec 1 at 11 at offices of Dobin Powell, William, Cosely, Sedgley, Stafford, Sheet Iron Roller. Nov 30 at 11 at the Globe Hotel, Mount Pleasant. Fallows, Bilston Price, Edward Thomas, Kidderminster, Worcester, Builder. Nov 29 at 3.30 at offices of Miller and Co, Church st, Kidderminster Richards, George Charles, Webb Heath, Feckenham, Worcester, Solicitor. Dec 1 at 12.30 at offices of Eaden, Bennett's hill, Birmingham Rishings, Wotton under Edge, Gloucester, Grocer. Dec 1 at 12 at the Grand Hotel, Broad st, Bristol. Blake, Wotton under Edge Roberts, Robert, Mold, Flint, Grocer. Dec 1 at 12 at the Green Dragon Hotel, Chester. Williams, Flint Batherford, William, Hutton Henry, Durham, Farmer. Dec 6 at 11 at offices of Kay, Church st, West Hartlepool Seward, John, Holme, Cumberland, Hotel Proprietor. Dec 5 at 2 at offices of Wright, Bank st, Carlisle. Richardson, Carlisle Shirman, William, Willenhall, Stafford, Licensed Victualler. Dec 1 at 3 at offices of Waldron, High st, Brierley hill, Stafford Seward, William, Denby, Derby, Grocer. Dec 8 at 3 at offices of Briggs, Amen alley, Derby Bicklemore, Benjamin, Cleve, Isle of Thanet, Kent, Gent. Dec 5 at 3 at George and Dragon Hotel, George st, Ramsgate. Godden, Queen st pl, Cannon st Sitron, James, Dewsbury, York, Grocer. Dec 2 at 3 at offices of Stapleton, Union st, Dewsbury Smith, Joba, St George, Gloucester, Beer Retailer. Nov 28 at 12 at offices of Essery, Nicholas st, Bristol Speakman, Isaac, Runcorn, Chester, Chemist. Dec 5 at 2 at offices of Lyon and Co, Old Castle bldgs, Preeson's row, Liverpool Spring, Henry, Ivybridge, Devon, Grocer. Nov 28 at 11 at offices of Arliss, Westwell t. Plymouth Stephens, Edwin, Bridgend, Gloucester, Agricultural Machinist. Nov 30 at 2 at Spread Eagle Hotel, Gloucefter. Stocbwood, jun., Bridgend Sevenson, John, Gloucester, Nail Maker. Dec 1 at 11 at offices of Champnep, College crt. Gloucester Stanos, John, Goldenhill, Stafford, Insurance Agent. Nov 29 at 19 at offices of Ashmall, Aution st, Hanley Stratford, Thomas, Luton, Bedford, Blocker. Nov 30 at 3 at John st, Luton. Miller 121 Co, Broad st, bldgs Eturgeon, Alfred Pettitt, Stanningfield, Suffolk, Blacksmith. Nov 30 at 11 at offices of rartridge and Greene, Crown st, Bury St Edmunds Teece, Edward, Darlaston, Stafford, Greengrocer's Manager. Nov 30 at 11 at offices of Thomas, Edwin, Penryn, Cornwall, Butcher. Dec 2 at 11 at offices of Powel, Broad st, Thompson, Wadworth, York, Farmer. Dec 1 at 11 at offices of Verity and Co, Frenchgate, Doncaster Twidale, John, Askham, Nottingham, Farmer. Dec 2 at 12 at offices of Newton and Co, Square, East Retford Waite, Alexander, Berwick-on-Tweed, Licensed Victualler. Nov 28 at 12 at offices of Dunlop, Quay Walls. Berwick-upon-Tweed Walker, Walter Watson, Manchester, Accountant. Nov 30 at 3 at offices of Fox, Princess st, Manchester Ware, Christopher, York, Livery Stable Keeper. Dec 7 at 1 at offices of Wilkinson, St Ware, Francis James, Highgate, Hawkhurst, Ironmonger; Nov 28 at 2 at 23, Church Whatmough, Doctor Joseph, Oldham, Lancaster, Hosier. Dec 5 at 3 at Mitre Hotel, Wickenden, Sarah, Wadhurst, Sussex. Nov 29 at 3 at Greyhound Inn, Wadhurst. Aitkens, Ticehurst Wilkie, Jessie, Leyton rd, Stratford. Baker. Nov 30 at 3 at offices of Brewer, City rd, Finsbury sq Wilkins, Frederick William, Whitechapel rd, Egg Merchant. Dec 8 at 2 at offices of Carter and Bell, Eastcheap Williams, George Peace, Beckington, Somerset, Grocer. Dec 2 at 1 at Grand Hotel, Broad st, Bristol. Ames, Frome Wilson. John, Leeds, Commercial Traveller. Dec 3 at 12 at offices of Rooke and Midgley, White Horse st, Leeds Woodward, Ernest Arthur, Warwick, Farmer. Dec 5 at 3 at offices of Nevill and Atkins, Colehill, Tamworth Wright, Henry Eckersley, Lowton, Lancaster, out of business. Dec 5 at 12 at offices of France, Churchgate, Wigan Yoxall, Thomas Henry, Salford, Lancaster, Provision Dealer. Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Gooden, John Dalton st, Manchester TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 1881. Addison, Arthur Augustus, Spa rd, Bermondsey, Greengrocer. Nov 29 at 2 at offices Amos, Mark, Westbury-upon-Trym, Gloucester, Iron Hurdle Manufacturer. Dec 1 at 2 at offices of Miller, St Stephen's chambers, Baldwin st, Bristol Armstrong, John, Hulme, Manchester, Grocer. Dec 14 at 11 at offices of Thomas and Wharton, Brasenose st, Manchester Arnold, George, Fonthill rd, Finsbury park, Fruiterer. Dec 14 at 3 at offices of Holloway, Ball's Pond rd, Islington. Fenton, Kingsland green Ashby, William, Stamford hill, Builder. Dec 8 at 12 at offices of Wilkins, Cannon st Ashby John, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincoln, Farmer. Dec 5 at 11.15 at offices of Howlett and Son, Kirton-in-Lindsey. Stephenson and Mountain, Great Grimsby Ashton, Samuel, Whitwood Mere, York, Grocer. Dec 6 at 1 at offices of Phillips, Carlton st, Castleford Barrass, Edward, Durham, Grocer. Dec 6 at 11 at offices of Mawson, North Bailey, Durham Barton, Henry, Haltwistle, Cumberland, Innkeeper. Dec 10 at 2 at Bush Hotel, Carlisle. Carrick and Co, Brampton, Northumberland Beach, James, Plymouth, Bicycle Manufacturer. Dec 5 at 11 at Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Square and Co, Plymouth Bennett, Nicholas James, Middleport, Burslem, Stafford, Builder. Dec 5 at 3 at Queen's Hotel, Hanley. Mayer, Burslem Birmingham, William, Plymouth, Bookseller. Dec 6 at 11 at Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Rooker and Co, Plymouth Bowker, John, Lowerhead row, Huddersfield, Grocer. Nov 26 at 10.30 at offices of Ainley and Hall, New st, Huddersfield Britten, Alfred Richard, Bow rd, Bow, Butcher. Dec 7 at 3 at offices of Holloway, Ball's Pond rd, Islington. Cooper and Co, Lincoln's inn fields Brook, George, Holmfirth, York, Stone Merchant. Dec 5 at 3 at offices of Booth, Lane end, Holmfirth Byers, William, Bellmangate, York, Innkeeper. Jackson, Albert rd, Middlesborough Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Jackson and Carroll, Ellen, Hepburn Quay, Durham, Provision Dealer. Dec 5 at 2 at offices of Chilcott, Alfred Perry, Durdham Down, Bristol, Pawnbroker's Assistant. Dec 7 at 12 Clifford, Morgan, Brooksby's walk, Clapton, Provision Agent. Dec 5 at 11.30 at offices of Bird, Bedford row Coppen, Richard, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Draper. Dec 5 at 3 at offices of Morris and Jones, Dale st, Liverpool Corden, Joseph, Onecote, Stafford, Farmer. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Redfern, Stockwell st, Leek Crick, Francis Richard, Newmarket St Mary, Suffolk, Jeweller. Dec 9 at 4 at offices of Ford and Co, Bloomsbury sq Croucher, Joseph, Brook Green, Hammersmith, Nurseryman. Dec 12 at 2 at offices of Dowse, New inn, Strand Daubney, Robert Henry, Wainfleet All Saints, Lincoln, Blacksmith. Dec 3 at 12.30 at Red Lion Hotel, Boston. Bailes, Boston Davis, James, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucester, Solicitor's Clerk. Nov 29 at 3 at office of Tonkin and Burford, Albion chmbrs, Bristol Dunsford, John Robert, Willington, Durham, Grocer. Dec 6 at 11.30 at office of Edgar, Silver st, Bishop Auckland Dupree, George Alfred, Rye lane, Peckham, Tailor. Dec 7 at 2 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Shepstone, Lime st Holmes, Laura Euphrosini, Talbot rd, Bayswater. Dec 10 at 3 at office of Titley, Orange grove, Bath. Kingsford and Co, Essex st, Strand Field, William James, Hampstead rd, Draper. Dec 9 at 2 at offices of Stokes, Chancery lane Flood. Selina, Atherstone, Warwick, Ironmonger. Dec 2 at 3 at office of Fallows, Cherry st, Birmingham Franklin, George, Windsor, Plumber. Dec 12 at 3 at offices of Cooper and Co, Lincolns inn fields Garrett, Alfred, Newport, Mon, Furniture Manufacturer. Dec 3 at 12.30 at Spread Eagle Hotel, Gloucester. Evans, Newport Goldsmith, Henry, Saxlingham, Nethergate, Norfolk, Travelling Draper. Dec 3 at 3 at offices of Gaze, Bank st, Norwich Gover, Arthur George, Watney st, Leather Seller. Dec 6 at 2 at offices of Hanson, King st, Cheapside. Wetherfield, Queen st, Cheapside Grant, Felix, Tunstall, Stafford, Auctioneer Dec 2 at 11 at 32, Cheapside, Hanley Graham, William, and John Sharp, Bristol, Builders. Dec 7 at 3 at offices of Milne, Caledonian chambers, St Stephen's avenue, Bristol. Benson and Carpenter, Bristol Graham, William Richard, Stockton on Tees, out of business. Nov 30 at 2.30 at offices of Best, High st Greenwood, William, Normanton, York, Blacksmith. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Lake and Lake, Southgate, Wakefield Grosvenor, William, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Earthenware and China Dealer. Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Stratton, Queen st, Wolverhampton Gwillan, George, Bath, Somerset, Dairyman. Dec 7 at 3 at offices of Clark, Union st, Bath Haigh, John, Slaithwaite, York, Coal Merchant. Dec 5 at 2 at offices of Drake, Imperial arcade, Huddersfield Hall, Henry, Prickwillow, Cambridge, Farmer. Dec 6 at 11 at Bell Hotel, Ely. Addison, Ely Harrison, John Donne, Lambeth sq, Printer. Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Peddell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall st Harrison, James, Harborne, Stafford, Farmer. Dec 5 at 12 at offices of Hawkes and Weeks, Temple st, Birmingham Heap, Benjamin, Ashton-on-Mersey, Analytical Chemist. Dec 7 at 3 at offices of Brett and Craven, Kennedy st, Manchester Hitchon, Edmund, Cwmrhaiadrbach, Cardigan, Farmer. Dec 7 at 2 at White Horse Hotel, Machynlleth, Montgomery. Rowlands, Machynlleth Hicks, Berkley William, Coventry, Licensed Victualler. Dec 1 at 11 at office of Hughes and Masser, Little Park st, Coventry Bolden, George, Galgate, Lancaster, Innkeeper. Dec 8 at 11 at offices of Clark and Co, Sun st, Lancaster Hollebane, Calvin, Eastbourne, Sussex, General Draper. Dec 5 at 12.30 at Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Kirkland and Lilley, Eastbourne Hudson, John Jackson, Kingston upon-Hull, Grocer. Dec 5 at 12 at offices of Nicholson, Scale lane, Kingston-upon-Hull Hughes, David, Warrington, Lancaster, Stonemason. Dec 5 at 3 at offices of Davies and Co, Market pl, Warrington Hughes, George, Kent Green, Chester, Labourer. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Cooper, Park st, Congleton Ingham, Richard, Manchester, Tailor. Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Horner and Son, Clarence st, Manchester Jarvis, John, Taunton, Somerset, Fishmonger. Nov 30 at 12 at offices of Foster, Cheapside, Taunton Johnson, Alfred, Northampton, Boot Dealer. st, Northampton Jones, Edward Robert, Lambeth walk, Grocer. lane Dec 1 at 11 at offices of Jeffery, College Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Birchall, Mark Jones, John, Brynaman, Glamorgan, Weaver. Dec 3 at 2 at offices of Williams, King st, Llandilo Keel, Walter, Reading, Berks, Baker. Dec 6 at 11 at offices of Newman, Friar st, Reading Kerridge, David Edwin, Blo'-Norton, Norfolk, Farmer. Dec 9 at 2 at King's Head Hotel, Diss. Walpole, Bury St Edmunds Kitchingman, Joseph Hirst, Heckmondwike, York, Plumber. Dec 7 at 3 at offices of Iveson and Macaulay, Heckmondwike Lloyd, Charles, Water lane, Shipping Agent. Nov 30 at 11 at offices of Dobson, Minories Mace, Vincent, Gloucester, of no occupation. Nov 29 at 11 at offices of Henderson, Berkeley st, Gloucester Maddocks, Charles, Church Gresley, Derby, Sawyer. Nov 29 at 11 at 137, Station st, Burton on Trent. Smith, Swadlincote Main, William, Loughborough, Leicester, Joiner. Dec 6 at 12 at offices of Deane and Hands, Townhall passage, Loughborough Mannings, Alfred Austin, New Shoreham, Sussex, Watchmaker. Dec 1 at 11 at offices of Flowers, Steyning Masterman, William, Marlborough terrace, Upper Holloway, Costume Manufacturer. Dec 5 at 4 at Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Godfrey, Highgate rd Matthews, Frank, Manchester, Plumber. Dec 8 at 11 at offices of Sutton, Cooper st, Matthews, Henry William, Wollaston, nr Stourbridge, Worcester, Journeyman Glass Merris, Richard William, Oldbury, Worcester, Licensed Victualler. Preston, Joseph, Crewe, Chester, Milliner. Dec 9 at 10 at offices of Cooke, Temple chbrs, Oak st, Crewe Richings, Henry, Walthamstow, Essex, out of business. Dec 6 at 3 at Guildhall Tavern Gresham st. Neave, Cheapside Rivolta, Ann Maria Caroline, Priory rd, Kilburn, Dec 7 at 12 at Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Peacock and Goddard, South sq, Gray's-inn Russell, Thomas Williamson, Litlington, Cambridge, Farmer. Dec 8 at 11 at George Hotel, Luton, Beds. Times, Hitchin Shepherd, John, Barnsley, York, Saddler. Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Dibb and Co. Regent st, Barnsley Sims. John, Stanton-by-Bridge, Derby, Farmer. Dec 6 at 2 at offices of Briggs, Albert st, Derby Smedley, John, Nottingham, Dealer in Musical Instruments. Dec 5 at 12.30 at offices of Hughes and Co, Budge row, Cannon st. Wyles, Nottingham Spencer, Isaac, Bradford, Auctioneer. Nov 26 at 1 at Commercial Hotel, Tyrrell st, Bradford Stoddart, William, Sunderland, Durham, Boot and Shoe Dealer. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Stones, Wareham Thomas, Estate and Insurance Agent, Stockport, Lancaster. Dec 6 at Taylor, Edwin, Whitefield, Lancaster, Cotton Manufacturer. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Thompson, Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees, Basket Maker. Dec 2 at 3 at offices of Lewis, Underwood, Elias, Girtford, Bedford, Market Gardener. Dec 6 at 11 at Greyhound Hotel, Sandy. Conquest and Clare Underwood, Thomas, Hanley, Stafford, Potter. Dec 2 at 12 at offices of Heaton and Son, Brickhouse st, Burslem Umpleby, Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees, Slater. Dec 2 at 3 at offices of Hunton and Bolsover, High st, Stockton-on-Tees Wall, Charles Robert, Bush lane, Coal Merchant. Nov 29 at 2 at offices of Haynes, Martin's lane, Cannon st Walker, Arthur James, Halifax, York, Grocer. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Ingram and Huntriss, Hopwood lane, Halifax Walker, Emma, Earl's Court rd, Ironmonger. noster row Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Wells, Pater White, Edward Henry Lane, Honiton, Devon, Innkeeper. Dec 7 at 3 at Black Lion Inn, Honiton. Every, Honiton Whitehead, James Morley, Low Burnham, Lincoln, Manager. Dec 3 at 12 at offices of Parkin and Co, Doncaster Wigglesworth, Thomas, Whinmoor, Barwick-in-Elmet, York, Farmer. Dec 6 at 1 at offices of Gray, Albion st, Leeds Wilson, John William, Netherton, Huddersfield, Plumber. Dec 2 at 3 at offices of CURRENT TOPICS Dec 6 at 11 at offices of Kinneir and Tombs, CONTENTS. In re The Frank Mills Mining Co... 58 In re Chatterton THE PROCEDURE COMMITTEE'S RE Dec 2 at 11 at Middleton, Edward, jun, Yeadon, York, Cloth Manufacturer. Dec 6 at 3 at offices of North and Sons, East parade, Leeds Millett, Charles, Brighton, Builder. Dec 8 at 12 at offices of Stuckey and Co, North st, Brighton Morrow, Charles, Halifax, York, Gun Maker. Mould, Thomas, Winkhil, Stafford, Farmer. Dec 5 at 3 at Queen Hotel, New st, Bir Dec 2 at 11 at Roebuck Hotel, Leek. Nicklin, Benjamin, Smethwick, Stafford, Sheet Iron Worker. Dec 6 at 3 at offices of Perry. Ann st, Birmingham Noble, Richard, Fenchurch st, Hosier. Dec 9 at 3 at Jamaica Coffee house, Cornhill. Warburton Parfitt, James, Bristol, Oil and Colour Merchant. Dec 5 at 2 at offices of Anstey, John st, Bristol Parkes, Isaiah, Brierley Hill, Stafford, Greengrocer. Dec 2 at 3.30 at office of Addison, High st, Brierley hill Pipe, John, Bramfield, Suffolk, Farmer. Dec 14 at 2 at Angel Hotel, Halesworth. Pollard, Ipswich Pettit, David, Cambridge, Builder. Dec 5 at 12 at offices of Ellison and Co, Alexandra st, Petty Cury, Cambridge Pitcher, William Morgan, Keynsham, Somerset, Grocer. Dec 2 at 12 at office of Collins, Broad st, Bristol. Clifton and Carter, Bristol Frentis, Walter, Sittingbourne, Corn Merchant. Dec 7 at 12 at offices of Gibson, West st, Sittingbourne Prockter, Bryan John, Gateshead, Glue Manufacturer. Dec 5 at 2 at offices of Robson, Townhall, Gateshead-on-Tyne SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA, Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality' with the excess of fat extracted. 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LONDON, DECEMBER 3, 1881. depth and subtlety with which he tracked the fundamental principles, the practical results, and the legal analogies involved in the matters brought before him for decision; the frankness with which he admitted ignorance and accepted information on LORD CAIRNS will preside at the judicial sittings of the House points where a mind less sure of itself might be tempted of Lords next week. VICE-CHANCELLOR HALL announced on Wednesday that he will not before the Christmas Vacation hear any witness causes beyond those already in his paper. THE LORD CHANCELLOR returned to town on Monday last, and on Tuesday heard three Chancery applications at his residence in Portland-place. We are glad to learn that his lordship's health has apparently been completely re-established. A NOTICE has been issued, which will be found in another column, on the subject of entering chancery causes and marking them "short," and by the same notice it is directed that no cause which has been in the paper of the day, or is within twelve of the last cause in the paper, is to be marked to stand over by consent. The occasion for this notice is the common practice of allowing causes to get into the paper before the parties are ready for the trial, and then, the day before the cause is in the paper, or even on the very day, bringing a consent to the cause standing over; the result being that the judge's cause paper breaks down. The effect of the new direction will be that a cause in the paper not ready for hearing will be struck out, and the plaintiff will have to pay a new fee for entering it for hearing. Solicitors will require in future to keep a careful eye on the cause books. A VERY UNUSUAL ACT OF LARCENY is supposed to have been committed at the Royal Courts of Justice; one of the Chancery Cause Books being missing. It has hitherto been the practice to allow these books to lie on the table of room 136, in order to enable persons to search them and discover how causes stand with reference to the probable time of their being tried, and it would cause great inconvenience if it should become necessary to make more stringent regulations. It is difficult to see what reason any one could have for coveting such a book, for the contents are not of a fascinating character, and the value of the parchment on which they are written can hardly be supposed to afford a sufficient motive for theft. These books being the principal records of causes set down for hearing, it is very troublesome to collect the materials from which they have been compiled from day to day, and transcribe them afresh in a new book. This has already been done in the case of the missing book, but of course it is open to doubt whether the new record contains everything which was in the missing one. THE BANQUET given by the bar to Sir G. W. BRAMWELL on Eis retirement from the bench was a fitting termination for a great career. The expressions used with reference to him by the Attorney-General on the part of the bar may be adopted by the whole profession and by the public. No doubt those who knew him most can best appreciate the ascendency of his personal qualities, but no one acquainted with the business of the courts can have failed to notice the unvarying candour with which he more than appreciated every argument raised before him which had even the semblance of reason in it, and rejected it only after having set it in a more persuasive form than the advocate; the to affect knowledge; the penetration with which he reached the heart and substance of a case; the moral vigour and broad good sense with which he brushed aside all fringe, subterfuge, and evasion; and, perhaps above all, the mingled strength and kindliness with which he administered the difficult and anxious duties of a criminal judge. A judicial career of five and twenty years, in which these qualities, always exhibited, seemed eventually to gain in fulness and maturity, will explain the ardour and enthusiasm with which all-from his contemporaries down to those who, as he humorously said, had been not only professionally but naturally born since he first took his seat on the benchunited in celebrating his retirement with their affectionate farewell. 66 WE WERE PREMATURE in stating some weeks ago, on the authority of the speeches of the promoters, that the Manchester Tribunal of Arbitration was in full working order as regarded arbitrators, rules, and scale of fees. It now appears that the only portion of the tribunal which was then in full working order was the solitary suitor. We trust he will not be so unreasonable as to blame the Organization Committee for delay, or require his money to be returned on the ground that no performance has taken place. Independently of the consideration that a few weeks' delay might result in the appearance of another suitor, there are many questions requiring prolonged and renewed investigation before the new system of judicature can be launched. For instance, although the scale of fees was stated weeks ago to have been "arranged," the Organization Committee have been "fully discussing" the subject, some of the volunteer judges preferring "not to have any fee at all," while others rather preferred to have a fee. Again, the question of the presence of the registrar at the sittings of the court gave rise to “ diversity of opinion," some apprehension being felt (as we gather from the proceedings at the meeting on Monday last) lest the registrar should become "the master of the situation," the arbitrators occupying "a subsidiary position"; while, on the other hand, one of the volunteer judges emphatically declared that he should not defer in any respect to the opinion of the registrar." We cannot help thinking that the latter is the more consistent view. The registrar is a solicitor, and therefore more or less hampered with antiquated notions relating to what is and what is not evidence, and what is and what is not justice. His presence will have a tendency to shut out to some extent that light of nature by which the arbitrators are to decide the case of the solitary suitor and his possible successors. We therefore think that the decision in favour of admitting the registrar to all the sittings of the court should be remitted for further incubation by the Organization Committee. Another important question which engaged the attention of the meeting on Monday was that of luncheon. Mr. DODDS stated that "from what he knew, he believed that luncheon was a principal part of legal arbitrations," and this statement is reported to have been received with a sympathetic "hear, hear." The matter, however, had not been overlooked by the Organization Committee, and the chairman stated that, "in the case of arbitrations conducted in connection with the chamber, no charge would be made for luncheon." With a fee of two guineas per day and of Manchester merchants as judges will, doubtless, be removed, a gratuitous lunch provided, all difficulty in obtaining the services but the anxious question of how to attract the suitor remains unsolved. Could not he also be offered a gratuitous and sumptuous lunch? CHANNEL TUNNEL. THE EXTRAORDINARY RUSH OF CASES bearing upon points connected with the disclaimer of a lease by a trustee in bank- THE LEGAL ASPECT OF THE PROPOSED ruptcy, which was headed by the rather recent case of Smalley v. Hardinge (29 W. R. 555), might almost suggest a doubt whether their previous rarity may be due to the omissions of the reporters. In commenting upon the case of Ex parte Walton (L. R. 17 Ch. D. 746), we lately pointed out that the decision in that case does not conflict with the decision in Smalley v. Hardinge. But it is equally true that there is nevertheless something discordant between their respective rationes decidendi. Smalley v. Hardinge went upon the principle of giving its strict legal meaning to the word "surrender" in section 23 of the Act. But Ex parte Walton, where the Court of Appeal held that such a constructive surrender operates only to relieve the estate of the bankrupt from liability, and does not prevent the bankrupt's lessor from enforcing against the bankrupt's underlessee certain rights in rem arising upon the bankrupt's lease, which is "deemed to have been surrendered," manifestly departs from the strict meaning of the word. In a case (Ex parte Glegg) reported by us last week (p. 57) the Court of Appeal has made a return to the stricter interpretation. In this case the lease which had been disclaimed contained a stipulation that the lessee might remove his trade fixtures at any time within twelve months from the expiration or other sooner determination of the term." Before the disclaimer, but after the adjudication, the trustee had sold the fixtures. The Court of Appeal held, reversing the decision of BACON, V.C., that, since a surrender, if made at the time of adjudication, to which the disclaimer is referred back by the Bankruptcy Act, would have terminated not only the demise itself but every stipulation therein contained, the disclaimer had operated as from that date to destroy the lessee's right to remove the fixtures, and that the lessor was entitled to the proceeds of their sale. The decision is manifestly right, for it would be absurd to hold that, while the bankrupt and his estate and his trustee are relieved from liability under the onerous provisions, they may enforce the beneficial provisions of a lease. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION of registration law, which we have on more than one occasion discussed, has been recently decided by the Queen's Bench Division. It appears to have been decided in conformity with the opinion we have expressed, and to have turned on the considerations indicated by us as those which would govern the case. We allude to the question as to the right of an occupier of one or more rooms in a house not structurally severed to the franchise as the occupier of a dwelling-house. The court were clearly of opinion that where such an occupier had an independent occupation of the room or rooms, providing his own furniture, and not being provided with any attendance by the landlord, his occupation was that of an inhabitant householder, and not that of a lodger; and that consequently he was entitled to the franchise, independently of any question of the annual value of his occupation. The effect of this decision is in many places to enfranchise thousands of persons. We observed, when originally discussing the provisions of the Parliamentary and Municipal Registration Act, that it was really a most improper thing that a provision substantially affecting the qualification should be introduced in an omnibus Bill principally dealing with matters of mere machinery. We believe that this provision, in consequence, passed practically without discussion, and that its important character was not at the time realized. It has, after the recent decision, dawned upon some of our contemporaries that such a provision ought not to have been introduced in the manner in which it was; and the mode in which it became law is therefore now severely criticised. WE observe that a Bill is being promoted for the purpose of But arise that must have a solution, and it seems to us that nothing not absurd to suppose, that a period of very strained relations was to arise at any time, matters of this sort are not so easily handled. With the military objections to the construction of the tunnel, and the possibility of obviating them, it is not within our province to deal, but speaking generally, both with regard to them and to the legal difficulties referred to above, it does appear to us an anomaly that it should be open to mere private speculators, with the help of a private Act of Parliament, to effect a change in the natural geographical condition of things of such a large extent as may conceivably be of moment to the realm of England as a Sovereign State. Whether a tunnel should be made, thereby largely modifying the effect of the silver streak, is a question of great national importance, and one which ought to be discussed by the Imperial Legislature as a public question. We pronounce no opinion on its desirability or otherwise; all we say is that it is no mere question for private speculators to deal with. As things are now going on, we shall some day find the tunnel half way to completion before the public aspect of the question has been considered. As lawyers, we conceive that this matter is very cognate to our special science. As a matter of public law, it does not seem to us to be right that the matter should be dealt with-or rather not dealt with-in this happy-go-lucky fashion. Surely before a scheme of this sort is practically accomplished by irresponsible speculators some consideration ought to take place of the legal relations and difficulties that may arise between two Sovereign States in consequence. When a quantity of capital has been sunk in the tunnel it will be difficult, and hardly fair to the holders, to interfere with the realization of the project. issuing of process is effectual, and brings the defendant to submission, or perhaps to bankruptcy; and this effect depends little, or not at all, on the form of the writ. The second and third-the judgments by default (of appearance) and judgments under order 14-may be taken to represent the effect of the specially-indorsed writ, which was taken over from the Common Law Procedure Act, 1852. The second and third classes make up 35.44 per cent. of actions commenced; and the three classes together account for 61.12 per cent. of the whole. But it must be pointed out that the remaining heads disclose two remarkable facts; (1) that 35 10 per cent. of actions commenced are in some way settled in the course of litigation; (2) that of the remainder, amounting to no more than 3.78 per cent. of the whole, those decided in court for the plaintiffs bear to those so decided for the defendants a proportion of less than five to two, while as to those decided before masters and official referees, and which are not distinguished here according to their event, it may be fairly assumed that the same proportion exists. Both facts point in the same direction. The number of practically undefended actions which are brought to trial has vastly diminished since the days when it used to be assumed that in nine out of every ten actions tried the plaintiff must win, and when of those in which he failed his failure was in numerous instances due not to merits but to technicality. But what has become of the 35.10 per cent. of settled actions? As to their results we have no statistics, but their large proportion gives us at least a fair reason for thinking that the interlocutory proceedings in the action are effectual to share-show to one side or the other what must be the inevitable result of carrying the case to trial. We do not then gather from these statistics any reason for starting with a mistrust and suspicion of the existing system; but rather the reverse. It is, however, with some astonishment that we read the infer THE PROCEDURE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. ence (is it to be so called ?) drawn by the committee from the class of settled cases. V. In perusing that part of the report which deals with the conduct of an action in its course through the court of first instance, and examining the sweeping alterations in procedure which the committee propose, it is impossible to banish altogether from our minds the thought that the present system has been in operation for a period of very little more than six years; that the change effected by its introduction was very great; and that such a change, enforcing on judges, officials and practitioners alike the adoption of new methods, and inviting, during the early stages of its history, new experiments, was certain to make the conduct of litigation in some respects more difficult and uncertain, and as a necessary consequence more costly. And, therefore, although a clearly-proved defect calls for the application of a clearly-proved remedy, if such there be, it is with a reasonable reluctance that we contemplate the remodelling of a structure so lately erected, the prospect of a new era of trying and learning, and the necessity of a new adjustment of methods, and it is with a somewhat critical scepticism that we must regard the proofs offered of the failure of the lately-established system. Turning then, in the first place, to the statistics by which the success and failure of the existing system is to be tested, we find that for the year 1879-that is, the fourth year after the Acts and Rules came into operation—the results stated by the committee are as follow: "In the year 1879 there were issued in the divisions of the High Court in London-writs, 59,659. Of the actions thus commenced, there were settled without appearance, 15,372-i.e., 25 68 per cent.; by judgment by default, 16,967-i.e., 28.34 per cent.; by judgment under order 14, 4,251-i.e., 7.10 per cent.; total of practically undefended causes, 36,590-i.e., 61.12 per cent. ; Cases unaccounted for, and therefore presumably settled or abandoned after some litigation. 20,804-i.e., 35.10 per cent. The remaining cases were thus accounted for:-Decided in court-for plaintiffs, 1,232; for defendants, 521; before masters and official referees, 512-total, 2,265;—that is, 3.78 of the actions brought." Upon these figures, the committee found the satisfactory conclusion that "the writ in its present form was effective in bringing defendants to a settlement at a small cost," and needs no amendment or addition. Now, it is to be observed that it is only on the first three heads, or more properly on the second and third only, that this conclusion is founded. The first class-actions settled without appearance-represents the cases in which the mere Why may it be reasonably so supposed? We should rather reasonably suppose the contrary. If pleadings are, as is commonly understood, the statements by the parties of their respective cases, they furnish the very ground-work of the settlement; and the assumption made by the committee amounts to saying that litigants are as likely to settle in the dark as in the light, without or with the knowledge of one another's cases, and without or with being put to state in black and white what they will respectively have to prove if they go to trial. And if we were to extend the inference to be drawn from these settled cases to other parts of the legal machinery, we should be justified in adding as more than a "reasonable supposition" that discovery (which it may, perhaps, be desirable to draw within stricter limits) has been frequently effectual in producing the settlement, by making the parties acquainted, before incurring the expense of a trial, with matters which, without it, they would have learned for the first time when they were before the court. The question, however, still remains whether this result has not been attained at too great a cost; and this question is the key-note of the whole of this part of the report. Nor will anyone doubt either that the question is of the utmost importance, or that the existing state of things raises it. Those recommendations, therefore, ought first to be considered which go most directly to this point. Of these the chief in importance is as follows: "20. When the amount recovered in an action for a mere money demand, or for damages only, is less than £200, the plaintiff's costs shall be taxed on a lower scale, to be fixed by rules and orders; and the same scale shall be applied to the defendant's costs, where the plaintiff's claim is under £200. Where the subject-matter of the appeal is less than £200, there shall be no appeal from any final judgment of the judge without leave. Neither party shall be entitled to have such actions tried by special jury; but a judge shall have power, either before or after trial, to order that any or all of these provisions shall not be applicable to any action in which a larger amount is indirectly involved, or to which, for good cause shown, he shall consider that they, or any of them, ought not to apply." Confining our attention to the question of scale, we may observe that the fact that this recommendation has apparently been in substance accepted by the Council of the Incorporated Law Society is, considering its subject-matter, a fact of much signi |