BELSHAW, ROBERT, Nottingham, out of business. Oct 30 at 11. Off Rec, 1, High Pavement, Nottingham BOOKER, JOHN GEORGE, Nottingham, Draper. Oct 29 at 3. Off Rec, 1, High Pavement, Nottingham BOWDEN, ALFRED TIDBALL, Newport, Mon, Saddler. Nov 1 at 12.30. Off Rec, COLLINS, JAMES PHILIP, Dovercourt, Essex, Builder. Nov 3 at 12.30. Pier Hotel, ELLIS. JOHN WILLIAM, Comberton, Cambridgeshire, Builder. Nov 2 at 12. Off FIELD, WILLIAM, West Bromwich, Brick Manufacturer. Nov 1 at 2. Off Rec, Colmore row, Birmingham GLOVER, JOHN WILLIAM, Sheffied, Grocer. Nov 1 at 12. Sheffield HOWARTH, JAMES, Longwood, nr Huddersfield, Grocer. 1, High pavement. Nottingham Off Rec, Figtree lane, business. Nov 1 at 3. Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Oct 29 at 11. Haigh & Oct 30 at 12. Off Rec, Off Rec, 109, JAMESON, GEORGE HENRY, Brockley, Kent, Surveyor. Oct 29 at 12. KELLY, J J, Bruton st, Berkeley sq, Lieut Colonel. Oct 29 at 11. 33, Carey st, KNIGHT, ROBERT. Kilvington Rectory, Nottingham, Clerk in Holy Orders. Oct 29 at 11. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham LAMBOURNE, EDWARD, Birmingham, Chair Manufacturer. Nov 2 at 11. Off Rec, Birmingham MORTER, FREDERICK, Norwich, Ticket Writer. Oct 30 at 11. Off Rec, 8, King st, NISBECK, GEORGE, Pontymister, Mon, Grocer. Nov 1 at 12. Off Rec, 12, Tredegar OXLEY, FREDERICK, Batley, Yorks, Furniture Dealer. Bank chbrs, Batley Oct 29 at 3. PAYNE, JOHN, Dartford, Bootmaker. Nov 2 at 11.30. Off Rec, High ester PICKUP, THOMAS BARNES, Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Grocer. Nov 1 at 2 Hull Incorporated Law Society, Lincoln's inn bldgs. Bowlalley lane. Hull PRECIOUS, JOHN, Wetherby, Yorks, Innkeeper. Oct 29 at 12.30. Off Rec, York RAINE, JOHN, Yearby, Yorks, Farmer. Nov 2 at 11. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough REED, RICHARD THEODORE, Swansea, no occupation. Oct 30 at 11. Off Rec, 6, Rutland st, Swansea ROBERTS, WILLIAM, Atherstone, Warwick, out of business. Nov 5 at 11. Off Rec, Birmingham SLEGG, HADAREZER (sep estate), Bishopsgate st Without, Builder. Oct 29 at 2.30. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn SMITH, DANIEL, Temple Sowerby, Westmoreland, Clerk in Holy Orders. Oct 29 at 4.30. George Hotel, Penrith SNOWBALL, JOHN, Pudsey, Yorks, Tailor. Oct 29 at 3. Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford STEEDEN, THOMAS, Edgware rd, no occupation. Nov 3 at 12. Bankruptcy bdgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn SULLIVAN, ALFRED, Morchard Bishop, Devon, Baker. Nov 1 at 3. 13, Bedford circus, Exeter TAYLOR, SAMUEL, Burnley, Lancashire, Auctioneer. Nov 4 at 1. Exchange Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley WADDINGTON, JOHN, Colne, Lancashire, Joiner. Nov 4 at 2. Exchange Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley WARR, GEORGE WALTER, St Thomas rd, Seven Sisters' rd, Architect. Nov 3 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn WATTS, EDWARD, Aston Newtown, Warwickshire, Boot Dealer. Nov 1 at 11. WILLIAMS, DAVID, Leeds, Grocer. Oct 29 at 11. Off Rec, 22, Park row, WORKMAN, DANIEL WILLIAM AUGUSTUS. Dursley, Gloucestershire, Watchmaker. WORTHINGTON, WALTER, Tyldesley, Lancashire, Beerseller. Nov 2 at 3. 16, Wood st, Bolton ADJUDICATIONS. ADCOCK, JONATHAN, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, Cottager. Lincoln. Pet Oct 20. Ord Oct 20 ANTHONY, FRANCIS, Birmingham, Draper. Birmingham. Pet Oct 13. Ord Oct 18 BELLIS, JOHN, Liverpool, Coal Merchant. Liverpool. Pet Aug 31. Ord Oct 20 18. Ord Oct 19 BRIDGE, FREDERICK, Oxford rd, New North rd, Islington, Corn Dealer. High Court. Pet Oct 14. Ord Oct 18 BRIERLEY, SQUIRE, Rochdale, Lancashire, Engine Tenter. Oldham. Pet Oct 4. Ord Oct 20 CLARIDGE, GEORGE, Earl's Barton, Northampton, Boot Manufacturer. Northampton. Pet Oct 16. Ord Oct 18 Ord Aug 5 19. Ord Oct 19 CLIFTON, CHARLES, Oldbury, Baker. Oldbury. Pet Oct 14. Ord Oct 19 KAY, JOHN, Hunslet, nr Leeds, Model Maker. Leeds. Pet Oct 18. Ord Oct 20 LARGE, CHARLES WILLIAM, Cornwall rd, Notting hill, Dentist. High Court. OXLEY, FREDERICK, Batley, Yorks, Furniture Dealer. Dewsbury. Pet Oct 11. RAINE, JOHN, Yearby, Yorks, Farmer. Stockton on Tees and Middlesborough. BICKMORE, STEPHEN JOHN, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, Builder. Nottingham. BLACKBURN, JOHN, Hunslet, Leeds, Miner. Leeds. Pet Oct 21. Ord Oct 21. BRAGG, THOMAS WILLIAM, Stoke upon Trent, Builder. Stoke upon Trent. Pet Oct 22. Ord Oct 22. Exam Nov 16 BRISTOW, JOHN, Withington, Lancashire, Joiner. Stockport. Pet Oct 6. Ord Oct 21. Exam Nov 11 at 11.30 BROMFIELD. CHARLES, Exeter, Manufacturing Stationer. Exeter. Pet Oct 23. Ord Oct 23. Exam Nov 18 at 11 BROWN, GEORGE, Newport, Mon, Carpenter. Newport, Mon. Pet Oct 21. Ord Oct 23. Exam Nov 4 at 11.30 BURGESS, JAMES, Hunstanton St Edmund's, Norfolk, Baker. King's Lynn. Pet Oct 20. Ord Oct 20. Exam Nov 11 at 10.30 at Court house, King's Lynn BUSH, JOHN, Gillingham, Kent, Schoolmaster. Rochester. Pet Oct 21. Ord Oct 21. Exam Nov 18 at 2 CRANE, WILLIAM, Broadway, Westminster, Licensed Victualler. High Court. Pet Oct 21. Ord Oct 21. Exam Nov 24 at 11.30 at 34, Lincoln's inn fields CRUTCHLEY, HENRY HARDING, Kington, Herefordshire, Licensed Victualler. DAVIS, EDWIN CHARLES, Devonport, General Dealer. East Stonehouse. Pet Leominster. Pet Oct 22. Ord Oct 22. Exam Nov 25 Oct 20. Ord Oct 21. Exam Nov 17 at 11 DAWKES, CHARLES, High st, Leamington Priors, Sign Writer. Warwick. Pet Oct 22. Ord Oct 22. Exam Nov 16 DE HOCHSTRASSER, HENRY, Upper Station rd, Finchley, Mercantile Clerk. Barnet. Pet Oct 14. Ord Oct 23. Exam Nov 17 at 11 at Townhall, Barnet DODD, HORATIO, Bishopsgate st, Merchant. High Court. Pet Sept 14. Ord Oct 20. Exam Nov 26 at 11.30 at 34, Lincoln's inn fields EALDING, DANIEL, Folkestone, Cook. Canterbury. Pet Oct 22. Ord Oct 23. Exam Nov 5 FOSTER, GEORGE, Cardiff, Builder. Cardiff. Pet Oct 23. Ord Oct 23. Exam Dec 7 at 2 FREEMAN, THOMAS, Smarden, Kent, Farmer. Canterbury. Pet Oct 19. Ord Oct 21. Exam Nov 5 FUNK. HENRY, Commercial rd, Grocer. High Court. Pet Sept 7. Ord Oct 22. Exam Nov 26 at 12 at 34, Lincoln's inn fields HALLILEY, ROBERT THOMAS, Manchester. Manchester. Pet Oct 6. Ord Oct 21. Exam Nov 15 at 11 HAMMOND, WALTER SCOTT, and JOHN EDWARD HAMMOND, Noel st, Soho, Bookbinders. High Court. Pet Oct 19. Ord Oct 22. Exam Dec 3 at 11.30 at 34, Lincoln's inn fields HAWTON. EDMUND, Landport, Hampshire, Outfitter. Portsmouth. Pet Oct 23. Ord Oct 23. Exain Nov 8 at 12 HILLE, FRITZ, Chiswick. Brentford. Pet Aug 19. Ord Oct 21. Exam Nov 23 at 2 JOHN, CHARLES, Cardiff, Hat Manufacturer. Cardiff. Pet Oct 5. Ord Oct 19. Exam Dec 7 at 2 NOYES, JAMES, Alfred pl, Tottenham et rd, Milliner. Greenwich. Pet Oct 22. Ord Oct 22. Exam Nov 19 at 1 PARRY, JOHN, Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Moulder. Neath, Pet Oct 23. Ord Oct 23. Exam Nov 5 at 10 30 at Townhall, Neath PHELPS, CHARLES, Cardiff, Fruiterer. Cardiff. Pet Oct 21. Ord Oct 21. Exam ROBINSON. MARK, Stratford upon Avon, Saddler. Warwick. Pet Sept 23. Ord Oct 23. Exam Nov 16 SADGROVE, THOMAS, Shaftesbury st, New North rd, Islington, Shirt Dresser. High Court. Pet Oct 20. Örd Oct 20. Exam Nov 23 at 11.30 at 34, Lincoln's inn fields SEANOR, SAMUEL EXLEY, Leeds, Hackle Maker. Leeds. Pet Oct 21. Ord Oct 21. SMART, JAMES, Woodford, Essex, Bootmaker. High Court. Pet Oct 22. Ord TAYLOR, ROBERT FREDERICK STOPFORD, Leicester, Surgeon. Leicester. Pet Oct THOMAS, GEORGE LLOYD, Newport, Mon, Draper. Newport, Mon. Pet Oct 20. TYSER. EDWARD HAYES, Gorleston, Suffolk, Draper. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Oct 22. WAGHORN, DANIEL THOMAS, Ramsgate, Greengrocer. Canterbury. Pet Oct 23. WALKER, JOHN, Wolverton, Buckingham, Baker. Northampton. Pet Oct 22. Ord Oct 22. Exam Dec 7 WATTS, WILLIAM GEORGE, Ormskirk, Lancashire, Music Dealer. Liverpool. Pet Oct 23, Ord Oct 23. Exam Nov 4 at 11 at Court house, Government bldgs, Victoria st, Liverpool WEBB, ALFRED ISAAC, Buckingham, Shoe Maker. Banbury. Pet Oct 21. Ord Oct 21. Exam Nov 16 WRIGHT, JAMES, Hendon, Nurseryman. Barnet. Pet Sept 7. Ord Oct 20. Exam Nov 17 at 11 at Towhall, Barnet The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the London Gazette of Oct 22. REED, RICHARD THEODORE, Swansea, no occupation. Swansea. Pet Oct 19. Ord Oct 20. Exam Nov 9 Ipswich BICKMORE, STEPHEN JOHN, Bingham, Nottingham, Builder. Nov 4 at 11. Off BOLTON, JULIA, Riggindale rd, Streatham, Widow. Nov 11 at 3. Off Rec, 109, BOWIE, FRANCIS, College avenue, Lower Clapton, Builder. Nov 3 at 2.30. 33, 33, BUTT, THORNTON, Bristol, Grocer. Nov 3 at 3. Off Rec, Bank chbrs, Bristol COLCOCK, WILLIAM HENRY, Clifton, Ale Merchant. Nov 3 at 12.30. Off Rec, DAVIS, EDWIN CHARLES, Devonport, General Dealer. Nov 4 at 11. Off Rec, 18, EALDING, DANIEL, Folkestone, Cook. Nov 3 at 3.30. 78, Sandgate rd, Folkestone FAIRER, GEORGE (sep estate), Sunderland, Fishmonger. Nov 3 at 3.30. Law Canterbury GRIEVES, ROBERT, Faversham, Ironmonger. Nov 5 at 10.30. 32, St George's st, Canterbury HANNAFORD, GEORGE HENRY (sep estate), Terrace, Chiswick, Signal Maker. Nov 2 at 11.30. 28 and 29, St Swithin's lane HAWTON, EDMUND, Landport, Hants, Outfitter. Nov 4 at 12.80. Chamber of Commerce, 145, Cheapside HILL, HENRY EDWARD, Clee, Lincoln, Auctioneer. Nov 2 at 11.30. Off Rec, 3, Haven st. Gt Grimsby HILL, JOHN EDWARD, Sutton, Surrey, Photographer. Nov 4 at 12. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn HOLMES, WILLIAM, Knottingley, Yorks, Hotel Keeper. Nov 2 at 2. Off Rec, HULME, WILLIAM, Worcester, Hatter. Nov 3 at 11. Off Rec, Worcester HUTCHBY, WILLIAM, Whitehorse rd, Thornton heath, Tea Dealer. Nov 3 at 3. JAMES, JOHN WILLIAM, Morecambe, Lancs, Dealer in Fancy Goods. Nov 2 at 3.30. Off Rec, Ogden's chbrs, Bridge st. Manchester JERRAM, WILLIAM, Bulwell, Nottingham, Baker. Nov 3 at 11. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham KAY, JOHN, Hunslet, nr Leeds, Model Maker. Nov 3 at 12. Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds KITSON, GEORGE, Dewsbury, Yorks, Mason. Nov 3 at 4. Off Rec, Bank chbrs, Batley Sheffield MORTON, THOMAS, Sheffield, Horncutter. Nov 3 at 12. Off Rec, Figtree lane, NICHOLSON, JAMES, sep estate, Sunderlard, Fishmonger. Nov 3 at 3. Law Society, 32, John st, Sunderland NICHOLSON, JAMES, and FAIRER GEORGE, Sunderland, Fishmongers. Nov 3 at 2.30. Law Society, 32, John st, Sunderland PADDOCK, WILLIAM. Newport, Salop, Farmer. Nov 3 at 11.30. County court, Stafford PARRY, JOHN, Briton Ferry, Glam, Moulder. Nov 5 at 10. Castle Hotel, Neath PLOWRIGHT, WILLIAM, Upton, Notts, Farmer. Nov 2 at 3. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham PRINCE, GEORGE, Leeds, Whitesmith. Nov 3 at 11. Off Rec, St Andrew's chbrs, 22, Park row, Leeds RANDALL, CHARLES, Newark upon Trent, Glass Dealer. Nov 2 at 11. Off Rec, 1' High pavement, Nottingham ROBERTS, EDWARD, Newport, Mon, Grocer. Nov 4 at 12. Off Rec, 12, Tredegar pl, Newport, Mon ROBERTS, JOSEPH, Tipton, Staffs, Bootmaker. Nov 4 at 10.30. Off Rec, Dudley ROBSON, GEORGE, Liverpool, Contractor. Nov 3 at 3. Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool ROYLE, JOHN, Sheffield, Butcher. Nov 3 at 1. Off Rec, Figtree lane, Sheffield SHEARD, CHARLES HENRY, High Holborn, Music Publisher. Nov 4 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn SHORTLAND, JOHN, Carrington, Nottingham, Contractor. Nov 2 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham SINGLETON, BONSER, Nottingham, Bootmaker. Nov 3 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham lane, Leicester SNEATH, MATTHIAS, Harringworth, Northampton, Farmer. Nov 5 at 3. 28 Friar TAYLOR, ROBERT FREDERICK STOPFORD, Leicester, Surgeon. Nov 4 at 12. 28, THOMAS, GEORGE LLOYD, Newport, Mon, Draper. Nov 5 at 12. Off Rec, Newport, Mon VAUGHAN, JOHN, Merthyr Tydfil, Minister. Nov 3 at 11. Off Rec, Merthyr tugal st, Lincoln's inn WOOD, MARY ANNA MARIA ELIZABETH, and MARY ALICE WOOD, Shrewsbury, BEETON, ELIZABETH, Rattlesden, Suffolk, Shopkeeper. Bury St Edmunds. Pet BELL, EDWARD, Bootle, nr Liverpool, Commission Agent. Liverpool. Pet Sep 6. Ord Oct 23 BELSHAW, ROBERT, Nottingham, out of business. Nottingham. Pet Oct 16. Ord BENNETT, WILLIAM JAMES, Farnan rd, Streatham, Commercial Clerk. Wands- BOOKER, JOHN GEORGE, Nottingham, Draper. Nottingham. Pet Oct 19. Ord Oct 21 Ord Oct 21 BRODRICK, ARTHUR, Old Kent rd, Timber Merchant. High Court. Pet Oct 4. BROOKS, JOSEPH, Radcliffe, Lancashire, Painter. Bolton. Pet Oct 20. Ord Oct 21 Oct 23 BROMFIELD, CHARLES, Exeter, Stationer. Exeter. Pet Oct 23. Ord Oct 23 CONOLLY, SUSANNAH, Lowestoft, Smackowrer. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Sept 24. COOK, FRANCIS, Luton, Beds, Straw Hat Maker. Luton. Pet Oct 7. Ord Oct 23 DYROFF, ADOLPHE, Crutched Friars, Wine Merchant. High Court. Pet Aug 25. Ord Oct 21 FINCH, JOHN, and JOHN HENY FINCH, Dudley, Worcestershire, Fender Makers. HILLS, JOHN, Faversham, Bootmaker. Canterbury. Pet Oct 8. Ord Oct 22 JOHN, CHARLES, Cardiff, Hat Manufacturer. Cardiff. Pet Oct 5. Ord Oct 22 KNIGHT, ROBERT, Kilvington Rectory, Notts, Clerk in Holy Orders. Nottingham. Pet Oct 16. Ord Oct 22 LANGLEY, EDWARD GEORGE, Gorleston, Suffolk, Licensed Victualler. Great Yarmouth. Pet Oct 12. Ord Oct 22 MILLER, WILLIAM EATON, Howden, Yorkshire, Draper. Kingston on Hull. Pet Oct 4. Ord Oct 23 MORTER, FREDERICK, Norwich, Ticket Writer. Norwich. Pet Oct 20. Ord Oct 22 MUNDAY, CHARLES, Luton, Bedfordshire, Straw Hat Manufacturer. Luton. Pet Sept 30. Ord Oct 23 MYNERS, JOHN CHARLES, Exeter, Bootmaker. Exeter. Pet Oct 7. Ord Oct 21 NOYES, JAMES, Alfred pl, Tottenham ct rd, Milliner. Greenwich. Pet Oct 22. PENN. EDWARD JOSHUA, Cardiff, Colliery Agent. Cardiff. Pet Sept 30. Ord 18. Ord Oct 22 RANDALL, CHARLES, Newark upon Trent, Glass Dealer. Nottingham. Pet Oct ROBERTS, EDWARD, Newport, Mon, Grocer. Newport, Mon. Pet Oct 21. Ord ROBERTS, JOSEPH, Tipton, Stafford, Boot Maker. Duiley. Pet Oct 11. Ord Oct 21 Oct 22 ROBINSON, STEPHEN, Gt Hallingbury, Essex, Farmer. Hertford. Pet Sept 21. Ord Oct 23 SEANOR, SAMUEL EXLEY, Leeds, Hackle Maker. Leeds. Pet Oct 21. Oct 22 Ord SIMMONS, SAMUEL JAMES, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Smackowner. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Sept 23. Ord Oct 22 TADMAN, RICHARD, Normanton, Derby, Builder. Derby. Pet Sept 28. Ord Oct 22 Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality with the excess of fat extracted. The Faculty pronounce it "the most nutritious, per fectly digestible beverage for Breakfast, Luncheon, or Supper, and invaluable for Invalids and Children." Highly commended by the entire Medical Press. Being without sugar, spice, or other admixture, it suits all palates keeps for years in all climates, and is four times the strength of cocoas THICKENED yet WEAKENED with starch, &c., and IN BEALITY CHEAPER than such Made instantaneously with ling water, a teaspoonful to a Breakfas Cup, costing less than a halfpenny. 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Ed.; and reference is permitted to 7, SERLE STREET, AND 1, PORTUGAL STREET REEHOLD GROUND RENT, secured ou very valuable Premises in the West-end of London, one collection, £1,300 a year, will be sold to only can apply, by letter, to GROUND-RENT, care of pay nearly 4 per cent.-Principals or their Solicitors Messrs. Waterlow Bros. & Layton, Birchin-laue, CEREALS, Free to any Railway Station in Great Britain.-HALLETT'S PEDIGREE SEED COMPANY, Gray, Re, Acason v. Greenwood .. 28 Gilbert v. Corporation of Trinity House 30 THE PRESENT SITTINGS have not commenced auspiciously for bill of sale holders. Last week two important decisions were given by the Court of Appeal invalidating bills of sale on the usual ground that they were not "in accordance with the form." In one of them (Hughes v. Little, ante, p. 9) the bill of sale was given by way of indemnity to the grantee on his becoming surety for the grantor, and the decision amounts to this, that inasmuch as in such transactions it is obviously impossible to specify the exact sum which the grantor will become liable to pay to the grantee on the indemnity, or the exact time of payment, the transaction cannot be brought within the four corners of the form, and so is void as a bill of sale. In the other case (Blaiberg v. Beckett, ante, p. 9) the bill of sale contained a clause that, upon any sale by the The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. grantee, the purchaser should not be bound to inquire whether LONDON, NOVEMBER 6, 1886. CURRENT TOPICS MR. JUSTICE KAY has announced that he will continue the hearing of adjourned summonses during next week, in order to reduce the heavy list as far as possible before taking non-witness actions and further considerations. WE UNDERSTAND that it is in contemplation to issue a direction that an order giving leave to serve a writ out of the jurisdiction at a particular place, may also allow the writ to be served within a prescribed radius of the place named. It was recommended in the Direction of the Senior Registrar (30 SOLICITORS' JOURNAL, 658) on the subject of time for entering appearance after service out of the jurisdiction, "to allow a certain area for service." Counsel in a IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED this week that the special licence necessary to enable a Queen's Counsel to appear in court to defend a prisoner, which has hitherto been signed by the Queen personally, is, in future, to be granted by the Home Secretary, and, we presume (although this is not stated), that a similar course is to be adopted in the case of all licences for employment of a Queen's cause against the Crown. As the licence, at all events, in the case of criminal trials, is never refused, the only object of retaining the formality must be the fees connected with the application. At the close of the last century the expense of obtaining the licence is stated to have been about £9 (see Christian's Blackstone, 12th ed., p. 27, note (2)); perhaps some reader can tell us what it costs at the present day. IN ISSUING a summons, including several matters, in the Queen's Bench Chambers in cases where the summons also asked for the usual liberty to apply-viz., "that either party be at liberty, without further summons, to apply to the master for further directions, such application to be made upon two clear days' notice to be served upon the other party"-it has been customary to charge a 10s. fee and give a four-day return, as being a summons for directions under R. S. C., 1883, XXX.; but in cases where the summons included several matters, but without asking for liberty to apply subsequently without further summons, the practice has been to charge a 38. (ordinary summons) fee and give a two-day return, as being a summons in several matters under R. S. C., 1883, LIV., 9. A practice master has now decided that a summons which there had been any default by the grantor. This clause was held to render the bill of sale void, as not being a clause either for the "maintenance or "defeasance" of the security. This, we believe, is not an uncommon provision in bills of sale. practical effect of the numerous decisions invalidating bills of sale has, it is understood, been to raise enormously the rate of interest charged on such securities. SPEAKING of Lord MONKSWELL last week, we mentioned that his name did not appear in PULLING's list of serjeants, though we believed that he was styled a serjeant in the Gazette. The facts appear to be these: The Gazette of November 7th, 1871, contains the following entry :-" Crown Office, November 7th, 1871. Her Majesty has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, to constitute and appoint Sir ROBERT PORRETT COLLIER, Knight, Serjeant-at-Law, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas." So far this appears regular enough. But on turning to a Gazette of later date-that of December 1st, 1871we find this entry: "Crown Office, November 30th, 1871. Her Majesty has been pleased, by a writ under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to call WILLIAM ROBERT GROVE, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law, to the state and degree of a Serjeant-at-Law. Her Majesty has also been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, to constitute and appoint WILLIAM ROBERT GROVE, Serjeant-at-Law, one of the Justices of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas." It is certain that the late Lord MONKSWELL was never admitted a member of Serjeant'sinn, nor received any share of the purchase-money when that inn was sold and the profits divided. Justice GROVE's call as serjeant being gazetted, while that of Mr. Justice COLLIER was not, while at the same time Mr. Justice COLLIER was styled a serjeant? The only reason that suggests itself is that a writ calling Sir R. COLLIER to the degree of serjeant was made out, but was never publicly executed in open court (with the quaint ceremony which was last gone through when the present Lord Chief Justice of England received his appointment), so that, as the philosopher of Greek comedy was "within and yet not within" when his clients called upon him, so the late Lord MONKSWELL was and was not a serjeant, when the problem was how to qualify for a judge by having been serjeant, and yet by not having been serjeant avoid the payment of some £400 in fees to Serjeant's-inn. What was the reason of Mr. IT MAY BE DOUBTED whether the law as to the right of the Bishop of London to prevent Mr. HAWEIS from preaching in the City Temple is so clear as it is generally supposed to be. The Act of Uniformity, which has been cited as concluding the matter, has very little direct bearing upon it, inasmuch as that statute is directed at the securing of uniform services conducted by properly authorized persons within Church of England churches and chapels, and is silent as to the conduct of such persons elsewhere. And we THE DECISION of the Queen's Bench Division on the application have searched in vain for any reported case which has gone the for a mandamus against Mr. BENNETT, the police magistrate, to length of laying down as illegal the mere preaching, unaccom-state a case has, we suppose, practically settled the question when panied by the celebration of other ordinances, by a clergyman a dog is "not under the control of any person" within the words in a Dissenting chapel. The canon most in point is the 71st, of the Dogs Act, 1871. The rule laid down by the court appears whereby it is provided that "no minister shall preach or to have been that the question whether a dog is or is not "under administer the Holy Communion in any private house"; and control" is one of fact only to be decided by the magistrate, and the case most in point appears to be Trebec v. Keith (2 Atk. according to Lord COLERIDGE, the fact that a dog is neither muzzled 498), decided in 1742, in which Lord HARDWICKE said that nor led is, "in the absence of very positive evidence to the "there is no pretence for preaching without licence from the contrary," sufficient to prove that it is not "under control." The bishop," and that, though it is not necessary "for a minister to other judges appear to have concurred in this view, but Mr. Justice have licence from the bishop for each particular case, the bishop STEPHEN apparently thought that the fact that a dog is neither may suspend him wholly where he is irregular." But a place muzzled nor led is conclusive proof that it is not "under control," like the City Temple could hardly be deemed a private inasmuch as dogs are "insensible to moral influences"; which house" within the meaning of the 71st canon; and Trebec remark appears, at all events, to be conclusive proof that Mr. v. Keith, like Moysey v. Hillcoat (2 Hagg. 30) and other Justice STEPHEN has never kept a dog. The proper course for the cases in relation to unconsecrated proprietary chapels, was a case future will be for the local authority making an order under the where full services had evidently been conducted. What Mr. Dogs Act to state explicitly in such order that all dogs in public HAWEIS proposed would, no doubt, have contravened the spirit of places must be either muzzled or led, so as to give fair warning to the ecclesiastical law, which (see Act of Uniformity, 14 Car. 2, the public, instead of following the misleading course hitherto c. 4, s. 18, and Act of Uniformity Amendment Act, 1872, 35 & 36 adopted of merely stating that no dogs not under the control of Vict. c. 35, s. 6) forbids preaching in a church without specific any person shall be suffered to be in any public place. antecedent forms of worship; but it is at least questionable whether it would have contravened the letter of any canon or statute. LORD JUSTICE FRY took occasion, on the hearing of an appeal in Ebrard v. Gassier on the 29th ult., in the Court of Appeal, to comment on the fact that it frequently happened in the Chancery Division that affidavits are entered in orders as having been read which, in fact, were never read to the court, and to express his dissent from this practice. At the same time, he made no suggestion for putting a stop to the practice, probably because his remarks were only introduced as an illustration, and did not apply to the matter immediately before the court. Should the learned judge attempt to introduce any alteration, he must, at the same time that he excludes from judgments and orders in Chancery the entering of affidavits as read which are not in fact read, provide that the cost of affidavits bona fide made for the purposes of the case shall not be forfeited. In taxing costs the taxing master considers it his duty to reject charges for affidavits not entered in the order as read, although he will take into consideration and allow for witnesses summoned but not called on, and whose names are not stated in the order among those giving oral evidence. It is submitted that the practice of the taxing masters is just, and that the practice of the registrars of entering as read evidence on which, though not in fact read, the order of the court is really based, cannot be altered without effecting injustice. The judges of the Chancery Division are often content to take from the statement of counsel the general effect of the evidence, and it frequently occurs that the only reference made in court to an affidavit is the statement of counsel that he has evidence of what he is saying. Again, when the parties have, by means of affidavits on both sides, arrived at a basis of settlement and come to the court to sanction a judgment by consent, no evidence is in fact read. Would it be right in either of these cases to deprive the solicitor of his costs of procuring this evidence, or, it may be, to throw on his client costs which in fact ought to be paid by the opponent? Lord Justice FRY, in his strictures on the practice, loses sight of the fact that the taxing masters, while refusing to allow for affidavits which are not entered in the judgment or order as read, do not, as a matter of course, allow the whole cost of every affidavit which is read. Those who would uphold the view propounded by the learned judge would argue that to enter affidavits as read which are not read is to introduce a fiction. But is it a fiction? The court has made the order upon the evidence, though the physical reading of the evidence did not in fact take place, and in drawing up the order the registrar reads the evidence in order to see that it proves the facts it purports to prove, and will not enter any affidavit which was obviously unnecessary, while, on the other hand, he is occasionally instructed by the judge to receive an affidavit to be made after the judge has in effect parted with the case. It is clear, then, that any alteration made in the present practice would involve important considerations, and could only be effected after due deliberation and with regard to the surrounding facts. A STRONG APPEAL has been made in the Times to rescue Stapleinn from the hands of the destroyer. Following the example of the Serjeants, the Principal and Ancients of this Inn of Chancery are stated, some time ago, to have sold or shared among them the plate, fixtures, and movable ornaments, and to have sold the land and buildings to Messrs. TROLLOPE for over £80,000. Messrs. TROLLOPE have resold a part to the Board of Works for an extension of the Patent Office, and will offer the remainder for sale by auction in the course of the present month. The appeal seems to be directed either towards stopping this "trafficking in quasi-corporate property," on the wrong assumption that Messrs. TROLLOPE are, in fact, only "feeling the pulse of the public on behalf of the Ancients," or else towards inducing some public body to purchase the Inn. As regards the latter object, everyone must hope, though no one can expect, that it will be accomplished. But, as regards the prevention of the "trafficking," the experience of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society, who in 1884 took active steps to prevent the sale of Clement's-inn, is not encouraging. They obtained the opinion of counsel, and communicated it to the Charity Commissioners, who, however, declined to interfere. By the way, what has become of the Bill which was introduced by the Attorney-General in 1885 for "better securing the property of corporate and quasi-corporate associations"? THERE IS A STORY going the round of the papers about someone in a humble position having lately established a claim to £300,000 in court, and it is added that, after funds have been in court for a certain time without being claimed, they are forfeited to the Crown, and special attention is drawn to the providential fact that the right to the fund in question was established only two days before that time expired. Suitors need not, however, be alarmed lest their property should become forfeited to the Crown. It is indeed the fact that, under certain circumstances, funds in court not claimed are transferred to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, but the Consolidated Fund is, by Act of Parliament, made liable to replace all such funds when the ownership is proved-see the Chancery Funds Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 44), s. 14. The funeral of Mr. Robert Few, the Deputy High Steward of Westminster, took place last week in Esher churchyard, the Dean of WestMr. Hamilton Few, Mr. C. Few, and other members of the family; and minster, assisted by the Rev. C. Few officiating. The chief mourners were immediately behind them followed the High Steward (the Duke of Westminster), and burgesses of Westminster, Mr. W. J. Farrer, the Revs. F. Candwell, R. Milburn, Blakiston, and S. Warren, the leading gentry and tradesmen of Esher, the staff of his office, and many legal friends, as well as representatives of the various church societies of which he had been so active a member. The head master and bursar of Marlborough College, of the council of which he was a member, were present. |