PHILLIPS, ALFRED, Pontlottyn, Glamorganshire, Broker. Merthyr Tydfil. Pet PILKINGTON, CHARLES, Blackburn, Cattle Drover. Blackburn. Pet Feb 21. Ord SAUNDERS. EDWARD AUGUSTUS. Arsley rd. St Ann's Hill, Wandsworth, SPILSBURY, GEORGE, Leek, Staffordshire, Licensed Victualler. Macclesfield. TAYLOR, CAROLINE, Fordington, Dorchester, Engineer. Dorchester. Pet Feb TEBAY, ANN, Gravesend, out of business. Rochester. Pet Feb 21. Pet Feb 23. YOUNG, FRANK, Hyson Green, Nottingham, Draper. Nottingham. Pet Feb 22. Ord Feb 22 FIRST MEETINGS. ASHTON, JOSEPH, Hyde, Cheshire, Corn Dealer. March 17 at 2. Townhall, Ashton under Lyne ATHERTON, JAMES, Orrell, Lancashire, Auctioneer. March 8 at 10.30. Wigan County Court BALDEN, HENRY, Otham, Kent, Shoemaker. March 5 at 12. Off Rec, Week st, Maidstone BARNARD, CHARLES WILLIAM, Cheltenham, Grocer. March 5 at 3.30. County Court, Cheltenham BROWN, ROBERT, Wigton, Cumberland, Machinist. March 8 at 12.30. Off Rec, 34, Fisher st, Carlisle BURLEY, WILLIAM (sep estate), King's Norton, Worcestershire, Lamp Manufacturer. March 9 at 11. Off Rec, Birmingham BUTLER, CHARLES, Cambridge rd, Mile end, Club Proprietor. March 4 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn BYROM, THOMAS, Leeds, Beerhouse Keeper. March 4 at 11. Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds CORLESS, JOHN, Cheetham, Manchester, Fruit Salesman. March 4 at 12.30. Off DONKIN, SAMUEL, jun, Bywell, nr Felton, Northumberland, Farmer. March 8 at 2 30. Off Rec, Pink lane, Newcastle on Tyne DRURY, APPLEBY, Scarborough, Grocer. March 4 at 12. Off Rec, 74, Newborough st, Scarborough ELLIOTT, THOMAS, Barnsley, Miner. March 9 at 10. Off Rec, 3, Eastgate, Barnsley EVANS, JOHN, Haminiog, Cardiganshire, Shoemaker. March 4 at 2.15. Town HASKELL, WALTER, New st, Hampton, Grocer. March 9 at 11. Room 16, 30 and 31, St Swithin's lane HOWES. WALTER. and WILLIAM BURLEY, Birmingham, Lamp Manufacturers. March 9 at 11. Off Rec, Birmingham HOWES. WALTER (sep estate), King's Norton, Worcester, Lamp Manufacturer. March 9 at 11. Off Rec, Birmingham JONES, JOHN, Aberavon, Glamorgan, Draper. March 7 at 11. Off Rec, 6, Rutland st, Swansea KITCHING, JOHN, Fountain ct, Aldermanbury, Mantle Manufacturer. March 4 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs, Lincoln's inn LEWIS. JACOB, Woodside avenue, South Norwood, Builder. MAGILL, JOHN, Manchester, Machinist. March 8 at 11.30. March 7 at 1. 109, Off Rec, Ogden's MAJOR, JAMES, Middle Rasen, Lincoln, Farmer. March 8 at 12. Off Rec, 2, St Benedict's sq, Lincoln MANFIELD, WILLIAM, Taunton, Licensed Victualler. March 5 at 11.30. Off Rec, 9, Middle st, Taunton NELSON, JOHN ROBERT, Stockton on Tees, Builder. March 4 at 11.15. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough OTTER, FREDERICK, Bainton, Northampton, Farmer. March 17 at 12. County Court, Peterborough OWEN, EDWARD ROWLAND, Geneurglyn, Cardigan, Farmer. March 4 at 1.45. Townhall, Aberystwith PATTON, THOMAS, Stockton on Tees, Builder. March 4 at 11.30. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough FOGGI, WILLIAM ERNEST, Gt Crosby, nr Liverpool, Wine Merchant. March 8 at 2. Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool FOTTER, JAMES, Bolton, Lancs, Secretary to Building Societies. March 4 at 11. 16, Wood st, Bolton RANDLE, HENRY. Runcorn, Cheshire, Draper. March 11 at 11.30. Court house, Upper Bank st. Warrington RIDLEY, CHARLES HENRY, Maidstone, Chemist. March 5 at 1. Off Rec, Week st, Maidstone ROBINSON, WILLIAM, Gt Aycliffe, Durham, Innkeeper. March 4 at 11. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd. Middlesborough ROSENBERG, MOSES, St Paul's rd. Canonbury, Jeweller. March 7 at 3. Whitehall chbrs. 25, Colmore row, Birmingham SHARMAN, THOMAS, Eynesbury, Huntingdon, Butcher. March 4 at 11. Cross Keys Inn, St Neots, Huntingdon SPILSBURY, GEORGE. Leek, Stafford, Licensed Victualler. March 8 at 11. Off Rec, 23, King Edward st, Macclesfield START. WILLIAM, Nottingham, Machinist. March 4 at 3. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham STEWART, CHARLES MALCOLM, Liverpool, Broker. March 8 at 12. Off Rec, 35, Victoria st. Liverpool TEBAY, ANN, Gravesend, out of business. March 7 at 11.30. Off Rec, High st, TOWNS, ROBERT, North Shields, Builder. March 9 at 2. Off Rec, Pink lane, March 4 at 2.30. Bankruptcy bldngs, WATSON, ROBERT, Ledsham, Cheshire, Hotel Keeper. March 4 at 2. Off Rec, Ogden's chmbrs, Bridge st, Manchester The following Amended Notices are substituted for those published in the ADAMS. FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY, Sydenham, Kent, Baker. Greenwich. BROAD, GEORGE WINSTONE, Bristol, Beer Retailer. Bristol. Pet Feb 16. Ord BROWN, CHARLES, Fenton, out of business. Stoke upon Trent and Longton. BROWN. WILLIAM, Nottingham, Fruiterer. Nottingham. Pet Nov 23. Ord Ord Feb 23 Rochester. Pet Feb 23. Peter CHERRINGTON, CHARLES HENRY, Donington, Lincolnshire, Draper. borough. Pet Feb 16. Ord Feb 17 Court Pet Jan 25. Ord Feb 22 CONNER, DUNCAN MCNAB, Maze Pond, Bermondsey, Leather Merchant. High CUSS, NEVIL, Maisey Hampton, Gloucester, out of business. Swindon. Pet ELWOOD, JOHN SANSUM, Parkeston, nr Harwich, Butcher. Colchester. Pet ETHERINGTON, ALFRED, Midhurst, Sussex, Auctioneer. Brighton. Pet Feb 11. EVANS, JOHN, Llanrhystid, Haminiog, Cardigan, Shoemaker. Aberystwith. Pet Feb 14. Ord Feb 23 FARMER, GEORGE, Worcester, Baker. Worcester. Pet Feb 21. Ord Feb 21 FENNER, GEORGE LANSDELL, Beeding, Sussex, Accountant. Brighton. Pet Feb 11. Ord Feb 23 GILL, THOMAS JAMES, Hucknall Torkard, Nottingham, Grocer. Nottingham. Pet Feb 4. Ord Feb 21 GRAY, CHARLES, Womersley, nr Pontefract, Yorks, Joiner. Wakefield. Pet Feb 21. Ord Feb 21 HEMUS. JOHN, King's Norton, Worcester, Farmer. Birmingham. Pet Dec 23. HIGGS, JAMES, Oxford, Cab Proprietor. Oxford. Pet Feb 2. Ord Feb 23 MAGILL, JOHN, Manchester, Machinist. Manchester. Pet Feb 22. Ord Feb 22 MCKENZIE, A., Daneville rd, Denmark hill, Betting Agent. High Court NICHOLAS, JAMES, and JOHN RICHARDS, Penzance, Painters. Truro. Pet Feb 19. PARK, SOPHIA, Leeds, Publican. Leeds. Pet Feb 21. Ord Feb 21 PHILLIPS, ALFRED, Pontlottyn, Glamorganshire, Grocer. Merthyr Tydfil. Pet KEES, DAVID, Swansea Valley, Timber Merchant. Neath. Pet Feb 7. Ord SLEIGHT, ROBERT, Clee, Lincolnshire, Smack Owner. Great Grimsby. Pet Feb 21. Ord Feb 21 TEBAY, ANN, Gravesend, out of business. Rochester. Pet Feb 21. Ord Feb 23 WING, SAMUEL WHALEY, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, Chemist. Nottingham. Ord London Gazette.-TUESDAY, March 1. RECEIVING ORDERS. Pet Feb 26. Ord AINGER, EDWARD, Walthamstow, Grocer. High Court. ALLSOP, CHARLES TITTENSER, Walsall, Saddler. Walsall. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 BANYARD, REUBEN, and WALTER BANYARD, Lexden, Colchester, Bakers. Colchester. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 BERRUM, HJALMAR CONRAD, Cardiff, Clerk. Newport, Mon. Pet Feb 25. Ord BYERS, ALEXANDER, Shrewsbury, Draper. Shrewsbury. Pet Feb 7. Ord Feb 25 CARR, JOHN, Pickering, Yorks, Engineman. Scarborough. Pet Feb 24. Ord COOKE, WILLIAM, and MARY KATHERINE COOKE, Swansea, Oil Refiners. Swansea. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 EUSDEN, JAMES ANDERSON, Gainsborough, Jeweller. Lincoln. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 GIBSON, ROBERT, Purston, Yorks, Joiner. Wakefield. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 GROSUTT, THOMAS, Sheffield, Bookbinder. Sheffield. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 HARRISON, ROBERT, Stockton on Tees, Grocer. Stockton on Tees and Middlesborough, Pet Feb 17. Ord Feb 22 HAUBERG, WILLIAM, Bristol, Clothier. Bristol. Pet Feb 15. Ord Feb 25 HAUXWELL, ALFRED, Stroud green rd, Finsbury pk, China Dealer. High Court. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 HESLOP, JOHN, Manchester, Theatrical Manager. Manchester. Pet Feb 7. Ord Feb 24 HIGSON, THOMAS CRANK, Bolton, Lancs, Licensed Victualler. Bolton. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 HODGETTS, EDWIN, Upton on Severn, Worcester, Boatman. Worcester. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 HONEYBELL, DANIEL, Boxted, Essex, Farmer. Colchester. Pet Feb 26. Ord Feb 26 ISAACS, C, Manchester. Manchester. Pet Feb 9. Ord Feb 24 IVORY, HENRY JOSEPH, Copenhagen st, Caledonian rd, Bookbinder. High Court. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 JONES, DANIEL, Leadenhall st, Iron Merchant. High Court. Pet Jan 21. Ord KINGSFORD, CHARLES TOMSON, and ERNEST ALFRED REYNOLDS, Catherine ct, LEGGETT, FREDERICK, Gt Yarmouth, Fish Merchant. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Feb 26. Ord Feb 26 LOVICK, HARRY EDWARD, Leeds, Joiner. Leeds. Pet Feb 24. NEWLAND, STEPHEN, High st, Stepney, Tailor. High Court. Feb 25 Ord Feb 24 High Court. Pet High Court. Pet Pet Feb 5. Ord NICHOLLS, SIMEON, Walsall, Licensed Victualler. Walsall. Pet Feb 23. Ord Feb 23 NORMAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Somerton, Somerset, Plumber. Yeovil. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 OLDACRES, ANN, Brownsfields Farm, nr Lichfield, Farmer. Walsall. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 PEAKE, WILLIAM HENRY, Gerrard st, Soho, Jeweller. High Court. Pet Feb 23. Ord Feb 24 PEARCE, JOSEPH, Wednesbury, Stafford, Licensed Victualler. Walsall. Pet Feb 26. Ord Feb 26 PULMAN, GEORGE, Merthyr Tydfil, Confectioner. Merthyr Tydfil, Pet Feb 23. Ord Feb 23 RAWLINGS, JOHN, Sedgley, Staffs, Builder. Dudley. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 RAWLINGS, THOMAS ALFRED, Sedgley, Staffs, Builder. Dudley. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 REDHEAD, JAMES, Liverpool, Shipwright. Liverpool. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 REYNOLDS, NATHAN SAMUEL EDMUND, Fareham, Hants, Printer. Portsmouth. Pet Feb 21. Ord Feb 21 SCANDRETT, WILLIAM, Michaelchurch on Arrow, Radnorshire, Farmer. Leominster. Pet Feb 21. Ord Feb 24 SCOTT, JOHN, Batley, Yorks, Rag Merchant. Dewsbury. Pet Feb 26. Ord SEARLE, HENRY, Moretonhampstead, Devon, Bootmaker. Exeter. Pet Feb 17. STEPHENSON, COWLING, Bradford, Joiner. Bradford. Pet Feb 23. Ord Feb 23 WESTON, LOUISA, Cheltenham, Widow. Cheltenham. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 WILLIAMS, DANIEL, Eglwysilan, Glamorganshire, Farmer. Pontypridd. Pet Feb 16. Ord Feb 26 WILLIAMS, DAVID, Mold, Flintshire, General Dealer. Chester. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 WILLIAMS, MARTHA, Pontycymmer, nr Bridgend, Grocer. Cardiff. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 WORSLEY, WILLIAM, Pemberton, Lancashire, Manure Manufacturer. Wigan. Pet Feb 26. Ord Feb 26 WRIGHT. THOMAS, Scarborough, Innkeeper. Scarborough. Pet Feb 17. Ord Feb 26 The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the Man FLINT, ERNEST WILLIAMS, and CLAUDE FLINT, Kenilworth, Warwick, Coffee GRAY, CHARLES, Womersley, nr Pontefract, Joiner. March 8 at 11.15. Off Ree, HAINSWORTH, ALBERT SWAINE, Bradford, Worsted Spinner. March 8 at 11. Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford HARRISON, ROBERT, Stockton on Tees, Grocer. March 11 at 12. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough HARRISON, THOMAS, South Stockton, Durham, Pawnbroker. March 11 at 11. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough HARVEY, GEORGE MAWSON LEGGE, 19, Elm grove, Cricklewood, Clerk. March 8 at 11. 16 Room, 30 and 31, St. Swithin's lane HIGSON, THOMAS CRANK, Bolton, Lancashire, Licensed Victualler. March 11 at 11. 16. Wood st, Bolton HODGETTS, EDWIN, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, Boatman. March 11 at 11. Off Rec, Worcester HOMAN, HEBER JOB, Rhyl, Flintshire, Hairdresser. March 9 at 12. Off Rec, HUNT, EDWIN BARNES, Dewberry st, Bromley by Bow, Grocer. March 10 at 11. JONES, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Birmingham, Beer Retailer. March 11 at 2. Off LEBBELL, ISAAC. Scoulton, Norfolk, Blacksmith. March 11 at 11.30. Off Rec, 8, LEWIS, JOHN, Llangwrig, Montgomeryshire, Innkeeper. March 8 at 1. Off Rec, NICHOLAS, JAMES, and JOHN RICHARDS, Penzance, Painters. March 8 at 11.3). OPITZ, G., St. Mary Axe, Commission Agent. March 10 at 12. 33, Carey st, PARSONS, WILLIAM NICHOLAS FREEMAN, Monkton, Isle of Thanet, Gent. March 8 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn PARTRIDGE, WALTER ROBINSON, Walton on the Naze, Licensed Victualler and REDHEAD, JAMES. Liverpool, Shipwright. March 11 at 2. Off Rec, 35, REYNOLDS, NATHAN SAMUEL EDMUND, Fareham, Printer. March 14 at 3.30. 166, Queen st, Portsea SALISBURY, R. B., Woodford, Essex. March 10 at 2.30. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's. inn SEARLE, HENRY, Moretonhampstead, Devon, Boot Maker. March 10 at 10. SHORE, WILLIAM JAMES, Runcorn, Agent. March 11 at 12. Court house, Upper SLEIGHT, ROBERT, Clee, Lincoln, Smackowner. March 9 at 12. STEPHEN ON, COWLING, Gt Horton, Bradford, Joiner. March 8 at 12. Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford TAYLOR, CAROLINE, Fordington, Dorset, Engineer. March 15 at 12.30. Antelope Hotel, Dorchester TAYLOR, JOHN, Groves, York, Cowkeeper. March 11 at 12. Off Rec, 17, Blake st, York TREW, ALFRED CUNDY, Ipswich, Builder. March 10 at 12.15. Golden Lion Hotel, Ipswich WARD, THOMAS, Kingston upon Hull, Venetian Blind Maker. March 8 at 11. Off Rec, Lincoln's inn bidge, Bowlalley lane, Hull WESTON, LOUISA, Cheltenham, Widow. March 10 at 3.30. County Court, Cheltenham WILLIAMS, DAVID, Mold, Flint, General Dealer. March 16 at 12. Off Rec, Chester WINSTONE, WILLIAM HENRY, Cardiff, Jeweller. March 10 at 11. Off Rec, 3, Crockherbtown, Cardiff ADJUDICATIONS. BALDEN, HENRY, Otham, Kent, Shoemaker. Maidstone. Feb 24 March 9 at 12.45. Great BEALE, GEORGE, Cambridge rd, Hammersmith, Publican. Jan 5. Ord Feb 26 MAJOR, JAMES, Middle Rasen, Lincolnshire, Farmer. Lincoln. Pet Jan 6. Ord Feb 3 FIRST MEETINGS. ALDERMAN, EDWIN CHARLES, Southen 1, Clothier. BANYARD, REUBEN, and WALTER BANYARD, Lexden, nr BERRUM, HJALMAR CONRAD, Cardiff, Clerk. March 11 at 12. Colchester, Bakers. March 10 at 3. Off Off Rec, 12, Trede BISHOP, JOHN GEORGE, Kelvin ter, Highbury, Builder. March 8 at 12. Bankruptcy bldngs, Lincoln's inn fields BRILL, JESSE, Maesteg, Glamorganshire, Grocer. March 11 at 3. Off Rec, 3, Crockherbtown, Cardiff BROWN, CHARLES, Fenton, Stafford, out of business. March 8 at 2. Off Rec, Newcastle under Lyme CACKETT, ELWARD WILLIAM, Gravesend, Milkman. March 9 at 11.30. Off Rec, High st, Rochester CANTRELL, GEORGE HARRY, Stretton, Stafford, Coachbuilder. March 9 at 3. White Hart Hotel, Burton on Trent CLOUTING, JOHN REVETT, Thetford, Norfolk, Surgeon. March 11 at 12.15. Off Rec, 8, King st, Norwich COOKE, WILLIAM, and MARY KATHERINE COOKE, Swansea, Oil Refiners. March 9 at 11. Off Rec, 6, Rutland st, Swansea DONAGUE, JOHN, Swansea, Solicitor. March 11 at 11. Off Rec, 6, Rutland st, Swansea ESCAURIZA, JUAN DE, Preston, Sussex, no occupation. March 8 at 12. Off Rec, 4, Pavilion bdgs, Brighton EUSDEN, JAMES ANDERSON, Gainsborough, Jeweller. March 8 at 12.30. Off Rec, 2, St Benedict sq, Lincoln FAIRBROTHER, JAMES, Accrington, Confectioner, March 9 at 3. County Court, Blackburn ALLSOP, CHARLES TITTENSER, Walsall, Saddler. Walsall. Pet Feb 23. Ord BERRUM, HJALMAR CONRAD, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Merchant's Clerk. Newport, Mon. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 26 CARR, JOHN, Pickering, Yorkshire, Engineman. Scarborough. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 CASEY, JOHN, Liverpool, Labourer. Liverpool. Pet Sept 16. Ord Feb 26 CHAPMAN, ALFRED JOHN, and JOSEPH CHARLES CHAPMAN, Kennington rd, Stone Carvers. High Court. Pet Feb 14. Ord Feb 24 DAY, GEORGE, Ridinghouse st, Portland pl, Carpenter. High Court. Pet Jan 18 Ord Feb 25 DELVES, CHARLES FREDERIC, and WILLIAM TRESS. Uckfield, Sussex, Brewers Lewes and Eastbourne. Pet Feb 22. Ord Feb 25 DENNAN, JOHN EUSTACE, Lower Phillimore pl, Kensington, Surgeon Dentist. High Court. Pet Aug 19. Ord Feb 24 EUSDEN, JAMES ANDERSON, Gainsborough, Jeweller. Lincoln. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 FAIRBROTHER, JAMES, Accrington, Lancashire, Confectioner. Blackburn. Pet Feb 22. Ord Feb 25 FITZGIBBON, GERALD, Eastcheap, Dyewood Broker. High Court. Pet Jan 21. Ord Feb 26 FLEMING, JC, Mansfield Arms, Kentish Town, Licensed Victualler. High Court. Pet Nov 8. Ord Feb 26 GARLICK, THOMAS, and JOHN EDWARD PUCKERING, Tubbs rd, Willesden JuncGROSUTT, THOMAS, Sheffield, Bookbinder. Sheffield. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 tion, Builders. High Court. Pet Jan 21. Ord Feb 24 HARRISON, THOMAS, South Stockton, Durham. Pawnbroker. Stockton on Tees and Middlesborough. Pet Jan 13. Ord Feb 25 HARVEY, GEORGE MAWSON LEGGE, Elm grove, Cricklewood, Clerk. Barnet. Pet Feb 15. Ord Feb 25 HAUXWELL, ALFRED, Stroud green rd, Finsbury pk, China Dealer. High Court. HAWKINS, THOMAS JOHN, Uxbridge, Florist. High Court. Pet Feb 8. Ord HIGSON, THOMAS CRANK, Bolton, Lancashire, Licensed Victualler. Bolton. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 HONEYBELL, DANIEL, Boxted, Essex, Farmer. Colchester. Pet Feb 26. Ord Feb 26 ISAACS, C., Manchester. Manchester. Pet Feb 9. Ord Feb 26 IVORY. HENRY JOSEPH, Roman rd, Barnsbury, Bookbinder. High Court. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 25 KING. WILLIAM, Smallfield, Burstow, Builder. Croydon. Pet Feb 7. Ord Feb 21 LANGLEY. MALVINA ELIZABETH, Coleshill, Warwickshire, Builder. Birmingham. Pet Feb 22. Ord Feb 24 LEBBELL. ISAAC, Scoulton, Norfolk, Blacksmith. Norwich. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 25 LEGGETT, FREDEBICB, Great Yarmouth, Fish Merchant. Great Yarmouth. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 26 L'HUILLIER, CHARLES, and JULES DUBOIS, Hatton Garden, Watch Manufacturers. LOVICK, HARRY EDWARD, Leeds, Joiner, Leeds. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 Ord NEWTON, HENRY, Nottingham, Schoolmaster. Nottingham. Pet Feb 7. Ord Feb 26 NICHOLLS, SIMEON, Walsall, Licensed Victualler. Walsall. Pet Feb 23. Ord Feb 25 NORMAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Somerton, Somerset, Plumber. Yeovil. Pet Feb 25. Ord Feb 25 OWEN, EDWARD ROWLAND. Llanfihangel Geneurglyn, Cardiganshire, Farmer. Aberystwith. Pet Feb 14. Ord Feb 25 PEARCE, JOSEPH, Wednesbury, Staffs, Licensed Victualler. Walsall. Pet Feb 26. Ord Feb 26 PINNOCK, WILLIAM, Kencott, Oxfordshire, Farmer. Oxford. Pet Feb 22. Ord Feb 25 REDHEAD, JAMES, Liverpool, Shipwright. Liverpool. Pet Feb 24. Ord Feb 24 SCOTT, JOHN, Batley, Yorks, Rag Merchant. Dewsbury. Pet Feb 26. Ord Feb 26 Arti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality with the excess of fat extracted. 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INTEREST allowed on DEPOSITS, repayable on demand. TWO per CENT. INTEREST on CURRENT ACCOUNTS calculated on the minimum monthly balances, when not drawn below £100. The Bank undertakes for its Customers, free of Charge, the Custody of Deeds, Writings, and other Securities and Valuables; the collection of Bills or Exchange, Dividends, and Coupons; and the purchase and sale of Stocks, Shares, and Annuities. Letters of Credit and Circular Notes issued. The BIRKBECK ALMANACK, with full particulars, post-free, on application. FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, Manager. CASES REPORTED THIS WEEK. Reg. v. Mayor of Liverpool........ 318 ....... 318 a married woman has the fee simple, but is restrained from anticipation, she does not come within the Settled Land Act, and cannot grant a valid lease (see Re Currey, 35 W. R. 326) by reason of the restraint on anticipation. The result is, that the lesser interestnamely, the tenancy for life-carries with it larger powers than absolute ownership in cases of married women restrained from anticipation. It is said that a Bill will be introduced into Parliament in the course of the present session to remove this 359 anomaly. It is clearly a case for legislative interference. In the Weekly Reporter. Berridge v. Man On Insurance Co. 343 Bray v. Gardner Brook v. Brook ...... .......... 341 351 Carling v. London and Leeds Bank 344 Gardiner v. Courthope 352 In the Solicitors' Journal. Arch v. Bentinck 319 Margary v. Robinson Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding Railway Co. v. Yorkshire and Derbyshire Coal Co.... Outlay Assurance Society, In re Price, In re .... 315 ...... 349 Mallet v. Hanly Pryor v. Pryor and Shelford Seton, Laing, & Co. v. Lafone Smythe v. Smythe .. 313 340 ... 347 346 Tucker, In re, Bowchier v. Gordon 344 342 337 IT IS NOT SURPRISING that the good sense of the Bar Committee should have shelved the strange proposal "that a committee be appointed to inquire and report whether there is any binding rule or custom which prevents a member of the bar from seeing or doing business with clients personally without the intervention of The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. a solicitor; and also whether there are any, and what, exceptions (Re Van Duzer and Re Leaf & Sons, 35 W. R. 294) were much relied on, and a good deal of discussion took place as to the possible differences of view expressed by their lordships. It appeared, however, that the two Lords Justices who followed Lord Justice COTTON intended to say the same thing as he had said, and that the difficulty of repeating the same thing in different words had led to unintentional discrepancies. It was obvious that, if each of the two judges had merely said "I concur," their judgments, and the judgment of the court, would have been far more forcible and three times as intelligible. Another misfortune of the multiplicity of judgments is due to the singular etiquette of the bench, which has come to make it necessary, when a judgment is to be reversed, for the same thing to be said three times over, "out of respect" for the judge whose judgment is treated with none. It was Lord BRAMWELL, when a Lord Justice, who introduced this form of politeness, but then he was a judge strong enough to be silent when he had nothing to say. It was his rule to add nothing when concurring; it is not the rule of more recent times. THERE IS a curious oversight on the part of the framers of the Settled Land Act, 1882, with regard to the powers of married women under the Ast. By section 61, sub-section 2, the powers of tenant for life under the Act are conferred on married women, and by sub-section 6 of the same section it is enacted that a restraint on anticipation in the settlement shall not prevent the exercise by a married woman of any power under the Act. So a married woman, tenant for life and restrained from anticipation, has the powers given by the Act. Now comes the anomaly. If to such a rule." Supposing a committee to be appointed, and to report, with a great flourish of historical research, that in the time of Queen ANNE there was no intervention of the solicitor, but that "Widow BLACKACRE" instructed her counsel personally-what then? If, as is commonly admitted, Queen ANNE is dead, it is not less true that the practice in her time is also dead. Supposing counsel to be instructed by a solicitor except a County Court Act it were further reported that there is no statute law requiring what then? It is not statute law, but etiquette or custom which governs the action of the bar in these matters; etiquette or custom means no more than the practice of the time, and at no time has the practice of the intervention of the solicitor been so firmly established as during the last half-century. If it were desirable to stir up the matter at all, the inquiry should be, not whether there is any custom preventing a member of the bar from seeing or doing business with clients personally, but whether it is expedient that the well-established custom to the contrary should be abolished. Upon that question we do not suppose that a dozen men in fair practice at the bar could be found to support the affirmative. ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL provisions of the Railway and Canal section 13 of the Regulation of Railways Act, 1873. By that Traffic Bill is that which it is proposed to substitute for the present section any municipal corporation, local or harbour board may complain to the Railway Commissioners of a contravention of the Traffic Acts without proof that the complainants are aggrieved by the contravention, but a proviso (unwisely inserted in the House of Lords) greatly weakened the power of the local authorities by requiring, as a condition precedent, that their complaint be accompanied by a certificate of the Board of Trade "to the effect that, in their opinion, the case is a proper one to be submitted." The Bill enlarges the number of local bodies who are to have a locus standi by the addition of justices in quarter sessions, county representative bodies, and "any such association of traders, or freighters, or chamber of commerce or agriculture as may obtain a certificate from the Board of Trade that it is, in the opinion of the Board of Trade, a proper body to make such complaint." Municipal corporations, therefore, and other bodies of whose representative character there can be no doubt, are, under the new provision, to be left entirely to judge for themselves whether they will apply to the commissioners or not, while chambers of commerce and similar bodies are to be controlled by the Board of Trade, not as regards the goodness of their case, but only as regards their representative character-a very material distinction. AT LEAST two of the judges of the Court of Appeal disagree with the policy which dictated the provisions of the rule of December, 1885, now numbered as R. S. C., 1883, LV., 74. On the occasion of the hearing of an appeal on the 4th inst., in an action of Re Pickel, Claus v. Pickel, commenced by originating summons, the judge in chambers pronounced on the construction of a will, and the order, which was drawn up in chambers in accordance with the above-mentioned rule, was defective in several respects, and especially in that it failed to follow the words of the instrument under construction. Lords Justices COTTON and LINDLEY expressed their disapprobation of the rule which allowed such orders to be drawn up by the chief clerks instead of by the registrars. Ord. 55, r. 74, was undoubtedly framed upon the resolution (No. 27) of the committee appointed by Lord SELBORNE, "that many of the orders made in chambers, other than money orders, should be drawn by the chief clerks, unless the judge otherwise directs." It does not appear that any of the chancery judges have given any special directions to their chief clerks on the subject, though it is the fact that many orders are now drawn in chambers which used to be drawn by the registrars. No one was ever able to understand the object of that part of the rule which carries out the above-quoted words of the resolution. It surely could not have been intended to expedite business by adding to the work of the chief clerks and taking away some work from the registrars. If the evidence taken by the committee is examined, it will be found that the principal witness on this point -Mr. HAWKINS, chief clerk to Mr. Justice CHITTY-says, in effect (625-8), that the orders could be drawn at chambers, but to have them so drawn would largely increase his labour; that, even supposing there were a sufficient staff for the purpose, it would be very unadvisable, as the registrars are a body of men "trained from their youth in orders"; that when errors are made in chambers they are discovered by the care of the registrars, and that no time would be saved by the proposed change. In the case before the Court of Appeal the error which was made in chambers would in all probability have been detected under the scrutiny of the registrars, and from the words let fall by the judges it may be expected that this source of error will be put a stop to, or greatly modified, at an early date. up "all position of creditors who have assented to a private arrangement WE RECORD elsewhere the lamented death of Mr. WILLIAM SHAEN That which is for the general good is best for individuals and classes, and the interest of the client is the same thing as the interest of the lawyer of every grade. By this principle we propose to try all questions, and we believe that, if fairly applied, it will suffice for their solution. And if in time we can convince the public that this is the rule which guides our efforts, we shall be sure of obtaining for the body we undertake to represent a fair and impartial investigation of whatever claims it may have to urge. It must always be remembered that the duty of this journal is not only to convince solicitors that their claims are just, but to convince the world at large, and this we can only hope to do by establishing a reputation for full and free inquiry, for fair and unbiassed judgment, and frank, uncompromising declaration of the conclusions at which we have arrived." Since those lines were written, thirty years ago, the advance in the recognition of the rights of solicitors and in their social position has probably been far greater than their writer ventured to anticipate. It is not for us to say how far during that period this journal has aided in the accomplishment of this result; the important matter has been that the action of the successive Councils of the Incorporated Law Society has been, on the whole, honourably distinguished by a steady adherence to Mr. SHAEN's conception of the true interests of the profession. A BIRMINGHAM PAPER recently stated that the Solicitor-General had given an opinion on an important point connected with the TRIES ACTS, 1884, 1885. UNDER the Yorkshire Registries Act, 1884, which came into opera- . . Power is given (section 4) to register "all assurances executed or made" after 1884; and by section 14, "all assurances entitled to be registered under this Act shall have priority according to the date of registration thereof, and not according to the date of such assurances or of the execution thereof. All priorities given by this Act shall have full effect in all courts, except in cases of actual fraud, and all persons claiming thereunder any legal or equitable interests shall be entitled to corresponding priorities, and no such person shall lose any priority merely in consequence of his having been affected with actual or constructive notice except in cases of actual fraud, and any disposition of land or charge on land which, if unregistered, would be fraudulent and void shall, notwithstanding registration, be fraudulent and void in like manner." This Act has introduced a novel principle into our law. Hitherto every person has been bound to take notice of every order of a superior court, but it appears that, if the land affected by the order is situated in Yorkshire, a person making title to the land by a conveyance executed after the order was made, but registered before the order is registered, has priority over the person who claims by virtue of the order. In other words, the purchaser is |