ELECTION CASES. Ex parte ROBSON-Q. B. Div., 14th December. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (CORRUPT PRACTICES) ACT, 1884, ss. 20, 21-truck of 4 tons was sent and received, and signed for by the defendant ILLEGAL PRACTICE-REMISSION OF PENALTIES. A candidate, at the election of a town councillor, had omitted to file a declaration and statement of account in accordance with the requirements of section 21, sub-section 3, of the Municipal Corporations (Corrupt Practices) Act, 1884. He had published no address and incurred no expenses in connection with his candidature, having been returned without opposition, but had omitted, as he stated on affidavit, through inadvertence, to make any declaration and statement of account as required by the Act. Since his election he had taken his seat and voted as a town councillor. THE COURT (HUDDLESTON, B., and MANISTY, J.) held that he should be excused from the penalties imposed by the Act. HUDDLESTON, B., said that the Act required, not only a statement of account, but also a declaration of an extensive character as to the past and future acts of a candidate and other persons, and that declaration must be made. However, as the applicant in this case had given a sufficient reason for his omission, he should be held excused from the consequences, and the time would be extended so that he might now make the declaration required by the Act. COUNSEL, Graham, SOLICITORS, Aldridge, Thorne, & Morris. CRIMINAL LAW CASES, REG. v. GUNNELL-C. C. R., 11th December. FRAUDULENT TRUSTEE-BANKRUPTCY-PUBLIC EXAMINATION-FIRST DISCLOSURE OF OFFENCE-REBUTTING EVIDENCE-HEARSAY-24 & 25 VICT. c. 96, s. 85. The question in this case arose upon a prosecution under sections 75 and 80 of 24 & 25 Vict. c. 96. The indictment charged the defendant with having, while being a trustee, under the will of S. Taylor, deceased, of a sum of £250, unlawfully and wilfully converted the same to his own use with intent to defraud. By section 85 of the same statute no person is to be exempt from answering questions, &c, in inter alia bankruptcy proceedings by reason of anything in the ten preceding sections; and no person is to be liable to be convicted of any misdemeanour in any of the said sections if, previously to his being charged with the offence, he has first disclosed the act on oath in any compulsory examination before any court upon the hearing of any matter in bankruptcy. The point raised was as to the admissibility and value of evidence to rebut the fact that the bankrupt had first disclosed the offence in bankruptcy pro ceedings. The evidence at the trial shewed that the, bankrupt had received the £250 and had purported to create 8 charge therefor on certain property of his own, upon which there existed already a prior mortgage, the amount of which exceeded by £150 the value of the property. The prosecution then put in the public examination of the defendant, who had been declared bankrupt. In that examination, on November 26, 1885, the defendant had admitted facts shewing the misappropriation of the £250. The prosecution then tendered the following evidence of G. F. Marshall:-" I am a solicitor. On January 9, 1885, I attended the first meeting of creditors of Gunnell held in London. Q.After this meeting was there anything said to you with reference to £250, the subject of this indictment?' A. 'Yes.' Q What was said?' Objected to. Objection overruled. A. Andrews' (defendant's solicitor) told me that Gunnell had appropriated the sum of £250, and that he executed a deed poll charging certain of his property with the repayment thereof.' Q.Was Gunnell present?' A. "No." Lord Coleridge thereupon directed the jury that the defendant was a fraudulent trustee, and the jury found him guilty of the offence charged. The questions reserved for the consideration of the court were whether Marshall's evidence was properly admitted and whether the judge's direction to the jury was correct. It was contended for the prisoner that the evidence was not admissible at common law as being merely hearsay evidence. THE COURT (Lord COLERIDGE, Č.J., DENMAN, HAWKINS, STEPHEN, and DAY, JJ.) held that the evidence was not admissible. It rested on mere gossip between two solicitors, and was quite insufficient to shew that the defendant's appropriation of this money was known prior to his disclosure of the fact on his public examination. The conviction must therefore be quashed.-COUNSEL, A. G. James, A. T. Lawrence, and Hon. A. Lyttelton. SOLICITORS, The Treasury; Tree & Son, Worcester; Roberts & Barlow. REG. v. JUBY-C. C. R., 11th December. THE BANKRUPTCY UNDISCHARGED BANKRUPT OBTAINING CREDIT TO EXTENT OF £20-MISDEMEANOUR-BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1883 (46 & 47 VICT. c. 52), s. 31. In this case an important point was raised as to the meaning of the words "obtains credit" in the 31st section of the Bankruptcy Act, 1883. The defendant was prosecuted under that section for the offence of, while being an undischarged bankrupt under that Act, having obtained credit to the extent of £20 and upwards, without informing the person from whom he obtained credit that he was an undischarged bankrupt. The defendant, who was an undischarged bankrupt trading at Leicester, on May 21, telegraphed to a firm named Kerr & Stevenson, in Edinburgh, for price of potatoes, and on receiving a quotation from them in reply, he, on May 22, wired to them as follows:-"Send truck Magnums for sample." It was admitted in evidence that a truck meant in the trade 4 tons, but Kerr & Stevenson, not having a truck of 4 tons loaded, sent two trucks which they had then in hand, and which contained a weight of 6 tons 5 cwt. 3qrs., which, at 50s. a ton, would amount to £15 14s. 4d. These goods were delivered to the defendant on June 2, when he signed the railway company's delivery book. On the 27th of May the defendant telegraphed Send truck Champions sample, forty shillings." In reply, a on June 8. The defendant never made any complaint that more potatoes had been sent than ordered, but on May 26 he had written asking for two or three more trucks to be sent, and promising to pay for the two trucks when weighed up. The value of the third truck being £8, the value of all the potatoes received by defendant was £23 14s. 4d., no portion of which had been paid. The indictment charged the offence as having been committed on June 8. It was objected, on the defendant's behalf, that he had not obtained credit to the larger amount within the meaning of the statute, inasmuch as his first order being for 4 tons at 50s. or £10, his whole order was for £18 only, but that such larger credit was forced upon him. The recorder overruled the objection, and the jury found the prisoner guilty. The question reserved was whether there was evidence to go to the jury. No one appeared for the prosecution, but for the prisoner it was contended that "obtains credit" must refer to some antecedent act done by the prisoner, and inasmuch as at the time of the second order, May 27, he did not know that two trucks had been sent instead of one, according to his first order, he had not obtained the credit knowingly. In Reg. v. Peters (34 W. R. 399, 16 Q. B. D. 646) the defendant knew he was ordering goods above the value of £20, and the only question was whether, having entered into a cash transaction, that could be called obtaining credit. THE COURT (Lord COLERIDGE, C.J., DENMAN, HAWKINS, STEPHEN, and DAY, JJ.) held that the conviction was right. When the defendant received the last truck of potatoes he then knew that the value of the potatoes he had received exceeded £20, and when he accepted those goods without any objection he obtained credit as was explained in the judgment of the majority of the court in Reg. v. Peters. They held that this case was entirely within the principle of that case,-COUNSEL, 4. T. Toller. SOLICITOR, Hood Barrs for Gee, Leicester. CASES AFFECTING SOLICITORS. HETTIHEWAGE SIMAN APPU v. QUEEN'S ADVOCATE, CEYLON -P. C., 4th December. COSTS-RE-TAXATION-APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL. The applicants were solicitors for the plaintiffs in this case (reported 9 App. Cas. 571). They were instructed to conduct three appeals by their clients, who were natives of Ceylon, and were successful in one and Their costs in the successful unsuccessful in two of these appeals. appeal were taxed as between party and party against the Queen's Advocate at £317 158. 10d.; and as soon as they could they applied to their clients for this sum, as well as their regular costs as between solicitor and client. The clients refused to pay. The solicitors, therefore, in June, 1885, obtained an order to tax, and did tax, their costs before the registrar of the Privy Council, and sent their taxed bill to Ceylon for their agents to recover the amount. They were then met by an order, made under the General Rules for the Regulation of Proctor's Fees in the Supreme and District Courts of Ceylon, which enacts that no proctor-i.e., solicitor in Ceylon-shall commence or maintain any action for the recovery of any fees, charges, or disbursements at law until the expiration of one month or more after he shall have delivered unto the party charged therewith, or left for him, at his dwelling-house or last place of abode, a bill of such fees, charges, and disbursements subscribed by such proctor. To bring themselves within this rule the English solicitors then sent notices to their clients of their intention to apply for a re-taxation of their bill; and about two months afterwards they applied to the Privy Council for an order for re-taxation. The registrar refused to make an appointment as he was functus officio. The solicitors thereupon applied to the Judicial Committee. THE COURT (consisting of Lord HOBHOUSE, Sir BARNES PEACOCK, and Sir RICHARD COUCH) said that they did not see how a rule made in Ceylon for regulating the practice or procedure in Ceylon courts could apply to solicitors practising in the Privy Council; but they declined to decide the question until it was properly raised on appeal; and they saw no reason for ordering the registrar to do that over again which he had already properly done merely for the sake of saving the applicants from a danger which might never arise.-COUNSEL, Cecil Chapman. SOLICITORS, Baker & Nairne. LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL. UNITED LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. On the 13th inst., Mr. W. J. Bull opened the debate by moving : "That the gradual increase of the Democratic principle in the Government of the State is to be deplored." The opener was supported, amongst others, by Mr. Mott Whitehouse. Messrs. Marcus and Moyle opposed. Mr. Bull briefly replied, and upon the motion being put to the meeting it was carried by five votes. LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. At the meeting of this society, held at the Law Institution, Chancerylane, on Tuesday, the 14th inst., Mr. R. L. Devonshire in the chair, the motion for discussion upon the paper was "That the case of Bunch v. Great Western Railway Co. (17 Q. B. D. 215) was wrongly decided." Mr. J. H. James (for Mr. T. W. Williams) opened the debate in the affirmative, and was supported by Messrs. Adam Fox, P. T. Rhys, J. D. Crawford, C. W. L. Brewer, and W. G. Hawtin, and opposed by Messrs. G. A. Riddell, H. F. Eve, J. Y. Woolcombe, A. C. Buckmaster, and G. Ingleton Phillips. After Mr. Wilmot E. Elmslie had replied on the whole case (on behalf of Mr. J. H. James, who was obliged to leave early), the chairman shortly summed up the arguments and put the motion to the society, when it was carried by a majority of seven votes. There were thirty-one gentlemen present, and the meeting terminated at 9,50. LEGAL NEWS. OBITUARY. Mr. ROBERT WILLIAMS, barrister, died on the 7th inst. Mr. Williams was the eldest son of Mr. William White Williams, of Oxford. He was born in 1843, and was educated at Magdalen College School. He obtained a junior studentship at Christ Church, where he graduated first in Classics in 1864, and he was afterwards elected a fellow of Merton College. He was actively engaged for several years in private tuition, and he was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Trinity Term, 1872. Mr. Williams had devoted much of his time to literary work. He was a contributor to the Examiner, and he was also a leader-writer on the staff of the Daily Telegraph, and subsequently of the Standard. Although he was not a member of any circuit he had at one time a considerable criminal practice, and he held briefs in several important copyright actio ns. APPOINTMENTS. Mr. FRANCIS JOHN RADFORD, solicitor (of the firm of Radford & Son), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Mr. PHILIP PERCIVAL HUTCHINS, a puisne judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras, has been appointed a Member of the Council of the Governor-General of Madras. Mr. Justice Hutchins is the fourth son of Mr. William Hutchins, of Sydenham, and was born in 1838. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at Haileybury College, and he has been for many years a member of the Madras Civil Service. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1875, and he was appointed a judge of the Madras High Court in 1883. Mr. AUGUSTUS FREDERICK GODSON, barrister, M.P., has been appointed a Magistrate for Worcestershire. Mr. Godson is the eldest son of Mr. Septimus Holmes Godson, barrister. He was born in 1836, and he was educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Michaelmas Term, 1859, and he is a member of the Oxford Circuit. In July last he was elected M.P. for Kidderminster in the Conservative interest. Mr. CHARLES EDWARD FREEMAN, solicitor (of the firm of Brook, Freeman, & Batley), of Huddersfield, has been appointed a Magistrate for that borough. Mr. Freeman was admitted a solicitor in 1867. Mr. RHODES KENNEDY CALVERT, solicitor, of Leeds, has been appointed Spanish Vice-Consul at Leeds. Mr. Calvert was admitted a solicitor in 1880. Mr. CHARLES DAUNCEY, solicitor, of Newport and Tredegar, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Mr. JOHN HENRY SYKES, solicitor, of Huddersfield, has been appointed a Magistrate for that borough. Mr. Sykes was admitted a solicitor in 1872. Mr. ALFRED BRAY KEMPE, barrister, has been appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in succession to the late Mr. Hugh Cowie, QC. Mr. Kempe is the third son of the Rev. John Edward Kempe, rector of St. James's, Piccadilly, and was born in 1849. He was educated at St. Paul's School, and he was formerly scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a wrangler in 1872. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Michaelmas Term, 1873, and he is a member of the Western Circuit. Mr. Kempe was formerly on the staff of the Weekly Reporter. He was secretary to the Ecclesiastical Courts Commission. Mr. WYNNE EDWARD BAXTER, solicitor (of the firm of Wynne Baxter, Rance, & Meade), of 9, Laurence Pountney-hill, and of Lewes, has been elected Coroner for the Eastern Division of the county of Middlesex, in succession to the late Sir John Humphreys. Mr. Baxter was admitted a solicitor in 1867. He is coroner for the Eastern Division of Sussex, deputy coroner for the City of London, Southwark, and the Duchy of Lancaster, and clerk to the Shipwrights, Farriers, and Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers Companies, and he has filled the office of under-sheriff of London and Middlesex. Mr. Baxter has also been mayor of Lewes, and is now an alderman for that borough. Mr. ADOLPHUS GEORGE CHARLES LIDDELL, barrister, has been appointed Chief Clerk of the Crown Office, House of Lords. Mr. Liddell is the eldest son of the Hon. Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell, K.C. B., Q.C., many years Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, and grandson of the first Lord Ravensworth, and was born in 1846. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated second class in Classics in 1869. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1872, and he has practised on the North-Eastern Circuit, and at the Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle Sessions. Mr. Liddell is an Examiner of the Court, and junior prosecuting counsel tc the Post Office on the North-Eastern Circuit. He was secretary to the Trawlers' Commission. Mr. FREDERICK ERNEST SHUM, solicitor, of Bath, has been appointed succesion to the late Mr. Edward Turner Payne. Mr. Shum was admitted Clerk to the Governors of King Edward's Grammar School, Bath, in suca solicitor in 1877. Mr. HARRY WAINSCOTT, solicitor, of Portsmouth, Portsea, Landport, and Southsea, has been appoiuted a Commissioner to Administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Mr. RICHARD BERENS BRADFORD HAWKINS, solicitor, of Woodstock, has been elected Town Clerk of the newly incorporated borough of Woodstock. Mr. Hawkins was admitted a solicitor in 1849. Lord HERSCHELL has been elected treasurer of Lincoln's-inn for the ensuing year. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. JOHN HEELIS and WILLIAM THOMPSON, solicitors (John Heelis & Thompson), Skipton and Keighley. Dec. 7. [Gazette, Dec. 10.] GENERAL, Mr. George Gumbleton, D.C.L., has published a dissertation on "De Civitate Apud Romanos," being a thesis for the degree of doctor of civil law in the University of Oxford. "An old law reporter," writing to the Times on the suggested restrictions on the publication of evidence in certain cases, says :-"It is of the essence of trial by jury that it should be public, and there is no precedent in the history of our country of any successful attempt to prevent publication of reports of such trials. I am aware of only one instance in which it was ever attempted; and in that case it signally failed. That was in a political case-a criminal trial-a trial for treason, which lasted several days. The judge desired to prevent publication of reports until the conclusion of the trial and prohibited it. The Observer published reports during the trial, and the publisher was fined by the judge £500. But though, on argument, the court upheld his order, there was such a strong feeling against it that the fine was never levied; and though that is 60 years ago such an order has never been repeated. The question excited so much interest in the profession and the public, and there was so strong a feeling that the as1822 published an argument against it ("Thomas's Argument Against the sumed right to restrain reports was illegal, that a learned gentleman in Alleged Judicial Right of Restraining the Publication of Reports of Courts such reports, based it upon the general principle that in this country of Justice, 1822"). And Lord Campbell, in discussing the privilege of courts of justice are open, and that it is the right of the public who cannot be present to have reports of what takes place in those courts. Sir Cresswell Cresswell well understood that the judges had no power to restrain such reports, and therefore he appealed to the Legislature to give them the power of doing so; and Parliament refused the power. It is too late now to ask Parliament to reconsider its decision." A deputation of Poor Law Guardians from Lancashire and Cheshire waited last week upon Mr. Ritchie, the president of the Local Government Board, for the purpose of submitting resolutions passed at the last meeting of the North-Western Conference held in Liverpool, to the effect: "That it is desirable to abolish the law of settlement and removal." That, pending legislation in the direction indicated in the former resolution, it is desirable that the Local Government Board should be urged to introduce a Bill to amend the settlement clauses of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1876." Mr. Ritchie, in reply, agreed that the language of section 35 of the Act of 1876 was very obscure. As to the question of expenses, the cost of removal was not so large as one might have expected or as some supposed, in the majority of unions the cost being under £10 a year, although there were unions where the amount was as much as £75, and in the case of the Chorlton Union £400. As to the abolition of the law they were aware that legislation of late years had been in the direction of abolition, and whether a further step should be taken towards the abolition was a matter for great consideration. His own feeling in the matter was very much in the direction they desired. It would enormously simplify existing things and put an end to complications. He should be very glad if he could see his way to taking some hardship which undoubtedly existed in consequence of the interpretation action which would render the Act less obscure and put an end to the which had been put upon it. COURT PAPERS. THE WINTER ASSIZES. SOUTH-EASTERN CIRCUIT (Grove, J.)-Huntingdon, Tuesday, January 11; Cambridge, Thursday, January 13; Norwich, Monday, January 17; Ipswich, Tuesday, January 25; Chelmsford, Tuesday, February 1; Hertford, Monday, February 7; Lewes, Thursday, February 10. HOME (Denman, J.) - Maidstone, Tuesday, January 11; Croydon, Friday, January 21. WESTERN (Mathew and Denman, JJ.)—Devizes, Thursday, January 13; Dorchester, Monday, January 17; Taunton, Friday, January 21; Bodmin, Wednesday, January 26; Exeter, Saturday, January 29; Winchester, Friday, February 4; Bristol, Saturday, February 12. One judge only will go to the first four places. MIDLAND (Huddleston, B., and Field, J.)-Aylesbury, Tuesday, January 11; Bedford, Friday, January 14; Northampton, Tuesday, January 18; Leicester, Friday, January 21; Oakham, Thursday, January 27; Lincoln, Friday, January 28; Nottingham, Thursday, February 3; Derby, Friday, February 11; Warwick, Thursday, February 17; Birmingham, Tuesday, February 22. One judge only will go to the first nine places. OXFORD (Manisty and Grantham, JJ.)-Reading, Monday, January 10; Oxford, Thursday, January 13: Worcester, Saturday, January 15; Gloucester, Saturday, January 22; Monmouth, Saturday, January 29; Hereford, Thursday, February 3; Shrewsbury, Saturday, February 5; Stafford, Saturday, February 12. One judge only will go to the first seven places. NORTHERN (Hawkins and A. L. Smith, JJ.)-Carlisle, Tuesday, January 11; Appleby, Saturday, January 15; Lancaster, Tuesday, January 18; Manchester, Friday, January 21; Liverpool, Thursday, February 3. One judge only will go to the first three places. NORTH-EASTERN (Cave and Day, JJ.)-Newcastle, Tuesday, January 4; Durham, Saturday, January 22; York, Saturday, January 29; Leeds, Friday, February 4 One judge only will go to Newcastle. NORTH WALES (Stephen, J.) Welshpool, Wednesday, January 12; Dolgelly, Friday, January 14; Carnarvon, Monday, January 17; Beaumaris, Thursday, January 20; Ruthin, Saturday, January 22; Mold, Tuesday, January 25; Chester, Thursday, January 27; Cardiff, Thursday, February 3. One judge only will go to the first six places. SOUTH WALES (Wills, J.)-Haverfordwest, Friday, January 14; Cardigan, Monday, January 17; Carmarthen, Wednesday, January 19; Brecon, Saturday, January 22; Presteign, Tuesday, January 25; Chester, Thursday, January 27; Cardiff, Thursday, February 3. One judge only will go to the first five places. Lord Coleridge, C.J., and Pollock, B., will remain in town. CENTRAL SUGAR FACTORIES OF BRAZIL, LIMITED.-Petn for winding up, presented Dec 9, directed to be heard before North, J., on Saturday, Dec 18. Ashurst & Co, Old Jewry, solors for petners HALIFAX SUGAR REFINING CO, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Jan 14, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to John Sutherland Harmood Banner, 24, North John st, Liverpool. 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Thursday, Jan 20, at 12, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims CARLYLE SLATE AND SLAB CO, LIMITED.-Petn for winding up, presented Dec 13, directed to be held before Stirling, J., on Jan 15. Bolton & Co, Lincoln's inn fields, agents for Whithington & Co, Manchester, solors for petners FLINT, COAL, AND CANNEL Co, LIMITED.-Petn for winding up, presented Dec Holland, Queen Victoria st KELK, Sir JOHN, Tedworth House, Hants, Bart. Dec 31. MAGUIRE, JOHN, Golborne, Lancaster, Farm Labourer. Fladgate & Fladgate, Walters & Co, New sq, Jan 1. Widdows, MILNER, EZRA, Rawdon, York, Gent. Jan 14. Rawson & Co, Bradford PROOM, EDWARD, New Cross, Surrey. Dec 11. Haines & Clutton, Serjeant's inn, ROSE, THOMAS, Stretford, nr Manchester, Engineer. Dec 31. Fox, Manchester SIMONNET, ANNE SHORT JUTSON, Cowbridge, Glamorgan. Dec 15. Rees & Gwyn, | Cowbridge STEELE, JAMES DICKSON, Blomfield frd, Maida Vale, M.D. Jan 3. Houghton & Son, Devereux chbrs, Temple STOTT, CHARLES, Southowram. Halifax, Innkeeper. Jan 15. Boocock, Halifax WILDE, THOMAS, Manchester, Rag Merchant. Jan 8. Nelson, Manchester London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Dec. 7. AUSTEN, JOHN THOMAS, Church row, Limehouse, Shipwright. Dec 30. Wild & BAGNALL, GEORGE, Hanley, Stafford, Farmer. Jan 1. Heath, Hanley BYNG, HON, ROBERT LOWTHER, Southsea, Capt, R.N, Jan 3. Taylor & Co, Man" Hallett and Spottis COOK, KIRBY, Sunderland, Miller's Foreman. Jan 3. Trewhitt & Robson, Sunderland COOKE, ELIZA, Holland Park. Feb 1. Bartlett, Arthur st West CUNDLIFFE, JOSEPH, Green Leach, nr St Helens, out of business. Jan 10 Massey, St Helens DICKINSON, GEORGE THOMPSON, Newcastle upon Tyne, out of business. Dec 18. Dix & Warlow, Newcastle upon Tyne DRINKALL, MARY, Winteringham, Lincoln. Jan 15. Peach, Harrogate FINNEMORE, THOMAS, Kenilworth, Warwick, Gent. Jan 9. Robinson, Birmingham FLACK, JOSEPH JARVIS, Hampton rd, Twickenham, Picture Dealer. March 1. Bell & Co, Lincoln's inn fields GOTT, THOMAS, Skipton, Yorkshire, Innkeeper. Jan 10. Spencer & Clarkson, Keighley HANCOCK, CHARLES, Shep herd's Bush rd, Gent. Jan 13. Allen & Son, Carlisle st, Soho sq JACKSON, JOSEPH, Bolton, Lancaster, Civil Engineer. Jan 15. Watkins & Son, Bolton JACKSON, THOMAS, Barnard Castle, Durham, Greengrocer. Dec 28. Nixon, Barnard Castle JAMES, HANNAH JANE, West Derby, nr Liverpool. Jan 20. Quiggin & Bros, Liverpool MIDDLE, JOHN. Walton in Gordano, Somerset, Gent. Jan 20. Baker & Langworthy. Bristol PALEY, JAMES, Harrogate, Bootmaker. Jan 7. Richardson & Byron, Harrogate REEVES. WILLIAM, Clement's lane, Lombard st, Gent. Jan 28. Smith & Wilmer, ROE, WILLIAM HARRIOTT, Brighton, Esq. Dec 31. Newman & Co, Abchurch lane, Lombard st Lincoln's inn fields MITH, SAMUEL, Hereford, Gardener. Jan 15. Symords & Son, Hereford SPACKMAN. RICHARD, Coxstalls, Wootton Bassett, Wilts, Plasterer. Jan 4. Smith, Gloucester TATE, MARGARET PAINE, Mount Pleasant rd, Eaton, Norwich. Feb 1. Bailey & Co, Norwich TAYLOR, JOHN, Dean st, Tooley st, Wine Merchant. Jan 14. Gush & Co, Finsbury circus THOMAS, JOHN, Swansea, Congregational Minister. Jan 14. Trapnell, Bristol WEBB, JOHN GREGORY, Highbury New Park. Islington, Mineral Water Manufacturer. Jan 20, Boulton & Co, Northampton sq WILSON, DAME CHARLOTTE MARY, Westgate on Sea. Dec 24. Mills & Co, Bedford row WILSON, HENRY, Windsor, Berks, Wine Merchant. Dec 31. Gray, Eton London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Dec. 10. ADAMS, ELIZABETH, Daventry, Northampton. Feb 10. Bishop, Hanley BAGGALEY, MARY DE GRAVE, Sheffield. Dec 31. Vickers & Co, Sheffie'd BIRCHAM, WILLIAM, Keepham, Norfolk, Esq. Feb 1. Bircham & Co, Parliament st, Westminster BOWERS, ISABELLA, Milverton, Warwick. Jan 31. Wright & Hassall, Leamington BRIMELOW, JOHN, Sheffield, File Manager. Dec 31. Vickers & Co, Sheffield BROWN, WILLIAM, Oakfield rd, Clapton. Jan 22. Ingledew & Co, St Benet chb s, Fenchurdh st BURROWS, ANN, Saffron Walden, Essex. Jan 8. Ackland & Son, Saffron Walden EVERINGTON, ELIZABETH, Horncastle, Lincoln. Jan 7. Walker & Co, Spilsby FOORD, HENRY HOOPER, Eombay. Jan 10. Turner & Low, King st, Cheapside GIBBES, GEORGE DAVISON, Westbourne terr, Esq. Feb 1.3Curtis & Hilton, Union ct, Old Broad st GOODWIN, ELLEN, Hanley, Stafford. Feb 10. Bishop, Hanley HARRIS, JOSHUA, New rd, Hillingdon Heath. Jan 25. Hilberys, South sq, st, Bloomsbury KEMPTON, ELIZA, Cambridge. Jan 1. Lockyer & Dinn, Gresham bldgs LOMAX, JAMES, Bolton, Surveyor. Jan 15. Holden & Holden, Bolton PARRY, ISAAC, Bagillt, Flint, Innkeeper. Dec 17. Cope, Holywell ROSE, JOHN BURROWS, Dachet, Buckingham, Dairyman. Jan 31. Brummell WADDINGTON, HANNAH, Elland, Halifax. Jan 1. Chambers & Chambers, Brighouse WARD, SAMUEL, Kensington gdns sq, Esq. Jan 10. Bowlings & Co, Essex st, WICKS, JOHN, Earthcott, Alveston, Gloucester, Gent. Jan 20. Crossman & FEE, TWO GUINEAS, for a sanitary inspection and report on a London dwellinghouse. Country surveys by arrangement. The Sanitary Engineering and Venti lation Company, 115, Victoria-street, Westminster. Prospectus free.-[ADVT. FURNISH ON NORMAN & STACEY'S SYSTEM; No Deposit; 1, 2, or 3 years credit; 60 wholesale firms. Offices, 79, Queen Victoria-st., E.U. Branches at 121, Pall Mall, S.W., & 9. Liverpool-st., E.C. Goods delivered free.-[ADVT. BANKRUPTCY NOTICES. London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Dec. 10, 1886. RECEIVING ORDERS. Pet Dec 8. Ord Dec 8 Dec 6 ADAMS, HENRY, Bedford, Carpenter. Bedford. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 7 Ord Dec 7 Dec 8 BLAMIRES, STANSFIELD, Manningham, Bradford, Draper. Bradford. Pet Dec 6. BRIERLEY, EDWIN, Nottingham, Grocer. Nottingham. Pet Dec 8. COLE, JOSEPH, and ALFRED SAMUEL FRENCH, Guildford, Grocers. Guildford and COULTER, THOMAS W., CHARLES A. COULTER, and L. D. ENNERY, Carter lane, Shippers. High Court. Pet Nov 24. Ord Dec 6 DAINTON, ARTHUR HENRY, Wood st, Oilman. High Court. Pet Nov 4. Ord Dec 7 DIGHTAM, HORATIO ALBERT, Leeds, Jeweller. Leeds. Pet Dec 8. Ord Dec 8 DRUMMOND, JOHN NELSON, Kingston Hill, Artist. Kingston, Surrey. Pet Dec 4. Ord Dec 6 FORD, WILLIAM, Heath Town, nr Wolverhampton, Bolt Manufacturer. Wolverhampton. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 7 FRENCH, JOHN, Benwell, Northumberland, Builder. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet FUSSELL, THOMAS W., Plymouth, Clerk in Holy Orders. East Stonehouse. Pet GLOVER, ANDREW, jun, Stourport, Worcester, Accountant. Kidderminster. Pet Nov 30. Ord Nov 30 GOULD, SAMUEL APPLEBY, Stapleton, Gloucester, Commercial Traveller. Bristol. HAWKE, W H, St Mary Axe, Telegraph Codist. High Court. Pet Nov 19. Ord HILL, EDWARD THOMAS, Pendleton, Lancashire, Provision Dealer. Salford. Pet JELKS, WILLIAM, Holloway rd, Furniture Dealer. High Court. Pet Dec 6. Ord JENKINS, JOHN, Swansea, Stationer. Swansea. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 7 OWEN, DAVID, Morriston, Glamorgan, Grocer. Swansea. Pet Dec 8. Ord Dec 8 PHILLIPS, MARY, DAVID PHILLIPS, and FRANCES PHILLIPS, Blaenbowy, Cil- ROSE, CHARLES, Harrold, Bedford, Engineer. Bedford. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 7 PLATT, JAMES, Timperley, Chester, Licensed Victualler. Dec 24. Nicholls & Co, SWANSON, DAVID, Charlwood rd, Putney, Builder. Wandsworth. Pet Dcc 6. Altrincham Ord Dec 6 FIRST MEETINGS. ALDRED, ABRAHAM, Malpas, Cheshire, Timber Merchant. Dec. 17 at 2.30. Off Rec, Chester ALLSEP, WILLIAM, Birmingham, Confectioner. Dec. 21 at 2. Off Rec, Birmingham BAILEY, HENRY, the younger, Marwood, Devon, Gent. Dec. 20 at 11. King's Arms Hotel, Barnstaple BARTLETT, EDWARD, Cheltenham, Grocer. Dec. 18 at 3.15. King st, Gloucester BARTLETT, JAMES MURRAY, Folkestone, Boarding-house 2. 73, Sandgate rd, Folkestone BENNETT, WILLIAM HENRY, New rd, Chatham, Grocer. Dec 22 at 11.30. Off Rec, High st, Rochester BLAMIRES, STANSFIELD, Manningham, Bradford, Draper. Dec 17 at 11. Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford Off Rec, Albion chbrs, Keeper. Dec. 17 at BUXTON, WILLIAM, Chesterfield, Glass Dealer. Dec 18 at 11.30. Off Rec. St st, Lincoln's inn FRENCH, JOHN, Benwell, Northumberland, Builder. Dec 21 at 2. Off Rec, Pink lane, Newcastle on Tyne GLOVER, ANDREW, jun, Stourport, Worcester, Accountant. Dec 21 at 2.30. AG Dec HERON, THOMAS, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, Travelling Draper. JENKINS, JOHN, Swansea, Stationer. Dec 18 at 10. Off Rec, 6, Rutland st, KING, WALTER BURTON, Ipswich, Tar Distiller. Dec 17 at 12.15. Off Rec, 2, Westgate st, Ipswich MARSH, WILLIAM HARRISSON, Folkestone, Fish Salesman. Dec 17 at 2.30. 73, Sandgate rd, Folkestone Moss, WILLIAM THOMAS, Stafford, Builder. Dec 18 at 11.30. Vine Hotel, Stafford NEY, EDWARD FREDERICK, Westfield, Sussex, Farmer. Dec 17 at 2. 40, Robert- POWLESLAND, ROBERT, Barnstaple, Dairy man. Dec 20 at 12. 32, St George's st, King's Arms Hotel, RICHARDSON, THOMAS ROBERT, not now resident in England, Solicitor. Dec 17 at 12. 38. Carey st, Lincoln's inn SHOWLER, WILLIAM EDWARD, Freemantle, Hants, Mineral Water Maker. Dec 22 at 11. Off Rec, 4, East st, Southampton SOUTER, SAMUEL, Hyde, Cheshire, Hat Maker. Dec 20 at 2. Off Rec, Townhall chbrs, Ashton under Lyne TAPLEY, SAMUEL, Audlem, Cheshire, Thrasing Machine Owner. Dec 20 at 2,30 Off Rec, Newcastle under Lyme THOMAS, LEVI, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Innkeeper. Dec 18 at 3. Off Rec, 11. Quay st, Carmarthen THORN, ALEXANDER, Chelsea, Builder. Dec 21 at 12. Bankruptcy bldge, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn TREVILLION, CH, Lewisham rd, Kent, Glass Dealer. Dec 17 at 12. 109, Victoria st, Westminster Dec 17 at 2.30. WHITE, JANE, Tonbridge Wells, Boarding House Keeper. WILLIAMS, THOMAS, Merthyr Tydfil, Collier. Dec 20 at 12. Tydfil WILLIAMS, MARGARET, Pontlottyn, Glamorganshire, Grocer. Rec, Merthyr Tydfil WILLMOT, JEREMIAH, Ashwell, Herts, Builder. Dec 21 at 12. Cury, Cambridge Dec 18 at 12. Off Off Rec, 5, Petty The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the HARDY, CHARLES, Nottingham, Lacemaker. Dec 13 at 3.30. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham ADJUDICATIONS. ADAMS, HENRY, Bedford, Carpenter. Bedford. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 7 BARNES, ARTHUR WELLINGTON, residence unknown, Bootmaker. High Court. BRADFORD, WILLIAM, Staffs, Builder. Walsall. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 7 CHATWIN, GEORGE HENRY, Congleton, Cheshire, Master Fustian Cutter. Macclesfield. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 7 CHICK, CHARLES, and GEORGE THOMAS PAPE, Melborne grove, East Dulwich, Builders. High Court. Pet Nov 12. Ord Dec 4 CLARK, ALFRED, Bishop's Stortford, Herts, Corn Merchant. Hertford. Pet Nov 12. Ord Dec 2 COWLEY, HENRY, Allington, nr Chippenham, Wilts, Agricultural Machine Proprietor. Bath. Pet Nov 22. Ord Dec 6 CUE, WILLIAM TAYLOR, address unknown, Draper. High Court. Pet Sept 18. Ord Dec 6 DAINTON, ARTHUR HENRY, Wood st, Westminster, Oilman. High Court. Pet Nov 4. Ord Dec 8 EDWARDS, JOHN, Morriston, nr Swansea, Innkeeper. Swansea. Pet Dec 3. Ord Dec 6 FORD, WILLIAM, Heath Town, nr Wolverhampton, Bolt Manufacturer. Wolverhampton. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 8 GIBBS, THOMAS JAMES, and ALFRED IMBER, North hill, Highgate, Builders. High Court. Pet Oct 15. Ord Dec 4 GLOVER, ANDREW, jun., Stourport, Worcestershire, Accountant. Kidderminster. Pet Nov 30. Ord Nov 30 Ord Dec 7 GODDARD, EDWIN GEORGE, Reading, Coal Merchant. Reading. Pet Nov 17. Dec 3. Ord Dec 6 High Court. Pet Nov 26. Ord Dec 4 Oct 23. Ord Dec 8 MUSGRAVE, ANDREW, Batley, Yorks, out of business. Dewsbury. Pet Nov 27. PETERS, WILLIAM HENRY, Cheddar, Somerset, Coal Merchant. Wells. Pet Nov TAYLOR. JOHN RICHARD, Vanbrugh Park rd West, Blackheath, late Manager of TYLER, ROBERT EMERIC, 16, Caroline st, Bedford sq, Middlesex, Architect. High WILLIAMS, MARGARET, Pontlottyn, Glamorganshire, Grocer. Merthyr Tydfil. Pet Dec 4. Ord Dec 6 WILLIAMS, THOMAS, Merthyr Tydfil, Collier. Merthyr Tydfil. Pet Dec 6. Ord WILLMOTT, JEREMIAH, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, Builder. Cambridge. Pet Dec London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Dec. 14. RECEIVING ORDERS. ANIDJAH, LEWIS, Harrow rd, Paddington, Fruit Salesman. High Court. Pet Dec 10. Ord Dec 10 ARMSTRONG, CHARRES, Kingstown, nr Carlisle, Brick Manufacturer. Carlisle. Pet Dec 11. Ord Dec 11 BALDOCK, WILLIAM, Hurst green, Sussex, Builder. Tonbridge Wells. Pet Dec 8. Ord Dec 9 BATSON, EDWARD, Kingskerswell, Devon, Gent. Exeter. Pet Nov 24. Ord Dec 9 BAYNHAM, JAMES, Hereford, Seedsman. Hereford. Pet Dec 11. Ord Dec 11 BEEBEC, ARTHUR, Walsall, Beer Retailer. Walsall. Pet-Dec 8. Ord Dec 8 CASTREY, WILLIAM, Wollaston, nr Stourbridge, Glass Cutter. Stourbridge. Pet COSSEY, JAMES, Gt Yarmouth, Fishing Boat Owner. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Dec 11. FORD, HENRY, Tisbury, Wilts, Builder. Salisbury. Pet Dec 11. Ord Dec 11 FOUNTAIN, JOSEPH, and ISAAC FOUNTAIN, Leeds, Printers. Leeds. Pet Nov 30. Ord Dec 10 FRANKLIN, CHARLES, Barton upon Humber, Tailor. Gt Grimsby. Pet Dec 10. HILL, JOHN THOMAS, Stourbridge, Worcester, Farmer. Kidderminster. Pet KING, THOMAS, Tisbury, Wilts, Late Farmer. Salisbury. Pet Dec 7. Ord Dec 8 LOCK, HENRY, Bournemouth, Traveller. Poole. Pet Dec 11. Ord Dec 11 MASON, HENRY, Jamaica rd, Bermondsey, Confectioner. High Court. Pet Oct 25. Ord Dec 10 MAYALL, FRANCIS FREDERICK, Lowestoft, Fish Merchant. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Dec 10. Ord Dec 10 OCKLEFORD, JAMES, Mare st, Hackney, Fishmonger. High Court. Pet Nov 20. PAPE, GEORGE, Leeds, out of business. Leeds. Pet Dec 10. Ord Dec 10 PROSSER, MARY ANN, Abergavenny, Innkeeper. Tredegar. Pet Dec 10. Ord Dec 11 |