PADGHAM, ROBERT APPLETON, Beastfair, Pontefract, Tailor. March 18 at 11. POWIS, HENRY JOHN, and JOHN POWIS, Redland, Bristol, Blind Makers. March 22 at 12.30. Off Rec, Bank chbrs. Bristol PURDUE, JOSEPH, Hyson green. Nottingham, Elastic Web Maker. Mar 18 at 11. Off Rec. 1, High pavement. Nottingham SEVERS. HENRY, Middlesborough, Builder. Mar 22 at Middlesborough 11. RAWLINGS, JOHN, Sedgley, Staffs, Builder. Mar 29 at 10.15. Off Rec, Dudley WHERRY, JAMES, Clee, Lincolnshire, Farm Foreman. Mar 23 at 12. YOUNG, FRANK, Hyson green, Nottingham, Draper. Mar 19 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham ADJUDICATIONS. BARNARD, CHARLES WILLIAM, Cheltenham, Grocer. Cheltenham. Pet Feb 21. Ord March 8 BERRY, WILLIAM, Gt St Helens, Merchant Shipper. High Court. Pet Dec 8. Pet March 8 BONTOFT, JOSHUA SEYMOUR, Boston, Lincoln, Auctioneer. Boston. Pet March 8. Ord March 9 BRINDLEY, THOMAS TAIT, Southampton bldgs, Holborn, Mining Agent. High Court. Pet Jan 15. Ord March 8 BRISSENDEN, THOMAS, Maidstone, Baker. Maidstone. Pet March 7. Ord March S BURT, HENRY CHARLES, Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, Grocer. Poole. Pet Feb 16. Ord March 8 BUTLER. CHARLES, Cambridge rd, Mile End, Club Proprietor. High Court. Pet Oct 20. Ord March 7 COOPER, CHARLES THOMAS, May all rd, Brixton, Tobacconist. High Court. Pet March 7. Ord March 9 EBERSBERG, Count HENRY VON LEESNER, Cannon st, Chemist. High Court. Pet Dec 21. Ord Feb 21 FINEBERG, JOSEPH HYMAN, and LOUIS FREEDMAN, Great Eastern st, Shoreditch, Furniture Dealers. High Court. Pet Jan 28. Ord March 7 FORSTER, JOHN WATSON, Wigan, Provision Merchant. Wigan. Pet March 7. Ord March 8 HAINSWORTH, ALBERT SWAINE, Bradford, Worsted Spinner. Bradford. Pet Feb 22. Ord March 9 HAKKER, FRANCIS COLQUHOUN, Carlisle, Innkeeper. Carlisle. Pet March 9. Ord March 9 HOLLINGSWORTH, ATKINSON, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, Builder. Great Grimsby. Pet March 3. Ord March 7 March 9 HOLME, JAMES, Bolton, Lancashire, Cow keeper. Bolton. Pet March 9. Ord JAMES. SARAH ANN, Treharris, Glamorganshire, Grocer. Merthyr Tydfil. Pet March 3. Ord March 5 JOEL, JUDAH, Brighton, Fine Art Dealer. Brighton. Pet Feb 23. Ord March 7 LAMB, JOHN, Great Yarmouth, Boat Owner. Great Yarmouth. Pet March 9. Ord March 9 LEWIS, JOHN, Mitcham, Surrey, Gardener. Croydon. Pet Feb 15. Ord March 7 MADDOX, WILLIAM, Walsall, Cowkeeper. Walsall. Pet March 7. Ord March 8 O'NEILL, JOHN, Aldershot, Draper. Guildford and Godalming. Pet March 8 Ord March 8 PARTRIDGE, WALTER ROBINSON, Walton on the Naze, Licensed Victualler. Colchester. Pet Feb 22. Ord March 9 PEGLER, FREDERICK URIAH, Swansea, Ironmonger. Swansea. Pet March 2. Ord March 8 PLAYER, OCTAVIUS R., Bath, Hay Dealer. Bath. Pet Feb 23. Ord March 8 POGGI, WILLIAM ERNEST, Great Crosby, nr Liverpool, Wine Merchant. Liverpool. Pet Feb 19. Ord March 9 RAWLINGS, JOHN, Sedgley, Stafford, Builder. Dudley. Pet Feb 25. Ord March 7 RAWLINGS, THOMAS ALFRED, Sedgley, Stafford, Builder. Dudley. Pet Feb 25. Ord March 7 REES, DANIE, New Swindon, Tea Dealer. Swindon. Pet March 2. Ord March 7 RIDLEY, CHARLES HENRY, Maidstone, Chemist. Maidstone. Pet Feb 19. Ord March 8 ROWLANDS, HENRY, Cwmbran, Mon, Milkseller. Newport, Mon. Pet March 4. Ord March 9 SHARMAN, THOMAS, Eynesbury, Huntingdon, Butcher. Bedford. Pet Feb 4. Ord March 7 START, WILLIAM, Nottingham, Machinist. Nottingham. Pet Feb 18. Ord March 5 STEWART, JOHN, Newark upon Trent, Grocer. Nottingham. Pet March 2. Ord March 9 TURNER, CHARLES, Neville rd, Upton, Provision Dealer. High Court. Pet Jan 27. Ord March 7 WIGHTMAN, ALEXANDER, Cattistock, Dorset, Carpenter. Dorchester. Pet Jan 29. Ord March 8 WOOD, JOHN, Southampton, Butcher. Southampton. Pet March 8. Ord March 8 YOUNG, FRANK, Hyson green, Nottingham, Draper. Nottingham. Pet Feb 22. Ord March 9 London Gazette.-TUESDAY, March 15. RECEIVING ORDERS. BERRY, WILLIAM, Bristol, Hatter. Bristol. Pet March 10. Ord March 10 BIBBY, HENRY, Lazonby, Cumberland, Provision Merchant. Carlisle. March 12. Ord March 12 Pet CLEMENTS, GEORGE HENRY, Hove, Sussex, Auctioneer. Brighton. Pet March 11. Ord March 11 COPPEN, WILLIAM, sen, Maidstone, Bootmaker. Maidstone. Pet Feb 26. Ord March 10 DENNIS, LUKE, Sutton on the Forest, Yorka, Farmer. York. Pet March 12. Ord March 12 GEARD, ALFEED, Bismarck rd, Upper Holloway, Builder. High Court. Pet March 12. Ord March 12 HAWKINS, ALEXANDER COLVIN, Gt Grimsby, Fish Merchant. Gt Grimsby. Pet March 12. Ord March 12 HAYWOOD, TOM, Barnsley, Yorks, out of business. Barnsley. Pet March 10. Ord March 10 INGAMELLS, JOSEPH, and HARRY BARNES INGAMELLS, Sheffield, Tailors. Sheffield. Pet Feb 16. Ord March 10 IRVING, WILLIAM, Penrith, Cumberland, Millwright. Carlisle. Pet March 1. JACK, ARTHUR, Cheltenham, Jeweller. Cheltenham. Pet March 12 Ord JONES. RICHARD, Wrexham, Pork Butcher. Wrexham. Pet March 10. Ord KLEIN, THORVALD, Laurence Pountney Hill, Agent. High Court. Pet Jan 14. LEAR, JAMES, Birmingham, Licensed Victualler. Birmingham. Pet March 10. March 11 MATTISON, GEORGE, St Paul's rd, Bow, Mattress Maker. High Court. Pet Feb MILLER, THOMAS MCCRIE, Horsleydown, Surrey, Licensed Victualler. High REDHEAD. THOMAS, Messingham, Lincs, Coal Dealer. Great Grimsby. Pet March 10. Ord March 10 REES, OWEN JOHN, Penzance, Clothier. Truro. Pet March 11. Ord March 11 SMITH, GEORGE EDWARD, Manor pk, Essex, Civil Service Pensioner. High START, SAMUEL, Colchester, Builder, Colchester. Pet March 12. Ord March 12 STOKES, JOHN WESTLEY, Harborne, Stafford, Plumber. Birmingham. Pet March 10. Ord March 10 SUTCLIFFE, ELIAS, Leeds, Baby Linen Dealer. Leeds. Pet March 10. Ord March 10 TAYLOR, ALBERT, Woodford, Essex, Builder. High Court. Pet Jan 20. Ord March 10 TRANTER, BENJAMIN, Coven heath, Stafford, Coalmaster. Wolverhampton. Pet March 12. Ord March 12 WARDLE, WILLIAM, Burton on Trent, Boot Dealer. Derby. Pet March 10. Ord March 11 WITT & CO. WILLIAM, Argyll st, Oxford st, Musical Instrument Importers. High Court. Pet Feb 21. Ord March 10 WRIGHT, THOMAS, Ashby Parva, Leicester, Farmer. Leicester. Pet March 11. Ord March 11 The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the London Gazette of March 11. MINTON, HAMPDEN ALFRED, and WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CHARLES MINTON, Manchester, Silk Merchants. Manchester. Pet Feb 22. Ord March 9 RECEIVING ORDER RESCINDED. STONE. JOHN SMART, Newport, Mon, Wagon Builder. Newport, Mon. March 12. March 19 FIRST MEETINGS. ALLEN, WILLIAM, Totnes, Devon, Licensed Victualler. Mar 22 at 11. Off Rec, BOWDEN, HEDLEY CHARLES, Cornwall rd, Brixton hill, Grocer's Assistant. Mar 22 at 2.30. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn BOWER, GEORGE, St Neots, Hunts, Engineer. Mar 29 at 1.30. Lion Hotel, High st, Bedford CLARKE, FRANCIS CLISBY, Mark lane, Colour Maker. Mar 22 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn COMPLIN, WILLIAM, Birmingham, Saddler. Mar 30 at 11. Off Rec, Birmingham COPPEN, WILLIAM, sen, Maidstone, Bootmaker. Mar 24 at 3. Off Rec, Week st, Maidstone CROFTS, JAMES, Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham, Timber Dealer. Mar 22 at 11. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham DAVIES, CHARLES ROWLAND, sep estate, Barton on the Heath, Warwickshire, Farmer. Mar 23 at 12.30. Langston Arms, Chipping Norton Junction, Oxford DENNIS, LUKE, Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire, Farmer. Mar 26 at 12. Off FENNER, GEORGE LANSDELL, and FREDERICK HILTON, Brighton, Accountants. GILL, JOSHUA WILLIAM, Sandown, I.W., Grocer. March 22 at 3. Off Rec, New port, I.W. HARKER, FRANCIS COLQUHOUN, Carlisle, Innkeeper. March 23 at 12. Off Rec, 34 Fisher st, Carlisle HOLLINGSWORTH, ATKINSON, Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Builder. Mar 23 at 12.30. HOMES, THOMAS. Felix st, Hackney rd, Licensed Victualler. March 24 at 11. 33, HUEY. SAMUEL, Hassocks, Sussex, Builder. March 22 at 12. Off Rec, 4, Pavilion bldgs, Brighton IRVING, WILLIAM, Penrith, Cumberland, Millwright. March 28 at 2. Off Rec, 34, Fisher st, Carlisle JARVIS, ELIRA, Bury St Edmunds, Stationer. March 24 at 12.45. Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds JOEL, JUDAH. Brighton, Fine Art Dealer. March 24 at 3. Off Rec, 4, Pavilion bldgs, Brighton JOSEPH, ABRAHAM, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Clothier. March 29 at 11. Off Rec, KASPARY, JOACHIM, Noble st, Trimming Manufacturer. March 24 at 12. 33, LAMB, JOHN, Great Yarmouth, Boat Owner. March 22 at 12. Off Rec, 8, King st, Norwich LANGLEY, MALVINA ELIZABETH, Coleshill, Warwickshire, Builder. March 22 at 11. Off Rec, Birmingham LINEKER, WILLIAM, Stanton on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, Farmer. March March 22 at 12. Off Rec, Walsall MADDOX, WILLIAM, Walsall, Cowkeeper. March 23 at 11.15. MCANDREW, WILLIAM EDWARD, Copthall et, Underwriter. March 23 at 2.30. NEWLAND, STEPHEN. High st, Stepney. Tailor. March 22 at 12. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields REGAN, ELIZABETH, Church Enstone, Oxfordshire, Publican. March 24 at 11.80. Off Rec, 1, St. Aldates, Oxford SEMPLE, CHARLES EDWARD ARMAND, Goldhawk rd, Shepherd's Bush, Doctor of Medicine. March 23 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn SHELDON, JOHN, Stockport, Jeweller. March 23 at 11.30. Off Rec, County chbrs, Market pl, Stockport SOUTHALL, HORATIO WILLIAM, Water Orton, Warwickshire, Wine Merchant. March 24 at 11. Off Rec, Birmingham SOUTHWORTH, DAVID, Chorley, Lancs, Grocer. March 25 at 12. 16, Wood st, Bolton TEERISE, RICHARD, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, Farmer. March 25 at 11. VANDERHAEGE, CONSTANT, Cyrus st, Clerkenwell, Provision Merchant. March WOOD, JOHN, Southampton, Butcher. March 30 at 2. Off Rec, 4, East st, WRAIGHT, GEORGE FOORD, Leatherhead, Surrey, Draper. March 25 at 3. 109, Victoria st, Westminster ADJUDICATIONS. ALLEN, WILLIAM, Totnes, Devon, Licensed Victualler. East Stonehouse. Pet ASHMAN, HENRY JOHN, Glastonbury, Somerset, Auctioneer. Wells. Pet BERRY, WILLIAM, Bristol, Hatter. Bristol. Pet March 10. Ord March 10 BIBBY, HENRY, Lazonby, Cumberland, Provision Merchant. Carlisle. Pet March 12. Ord March 12 BONTOFT, WALTER SEYMOUR, Spalding, Lincs, Veterinary Surgeon. Peterborough. Pet Feb 23, Ord March 9 BOWDEN, HEDLEY CHARLES, Cornwall rd. Brixton hill, Grocer's Assistant. 19. Ord March 12 BUTCHER, WILLIAM, Basingstoke, Grocer. March 9 CLARKE, FRANCIS CLISBY, Mark lane, Colour Manufacturer. High Court. Sept 21. Ord March 10 Ord Pet CLEMENTS, JOSEPH GEORGE, Camberwell rd, Zinc Worker. High Court. Pet Dec 22. Ord March 10 CLOUTING, JOHN REVETT, Thetford, Norfolk, Surgeon. Norwich. Pet Feb 19. Ord March 12 DAVIS, JOHN STEVENS, Cotham, Bristol, Baker. Bristol. Pet March 7. Ord March 12 ELLIOTT, THOMAS, Corporation st, Barnsley, Miner. Barnsley. Pet Feb 9. Ord March 10 FLINT, ERNEST WILLIAMS, and CLAUDE FLINT, Kenilworth, Warwick, Timber Merchants. Warwick. Pet Feb 18. Ord March 12 FLOCKTON, ALICE JANE, Dewsbury, Confectioner. Dewsbury. Pet March 2. Ord March 9 FROUD, JOHN, Owslebury, nr Winchester, Builder. Winchester. Pet March 4. Ord March 9 GODLONTON, WILLIAM HENRY, Kingsland rd, Blind Manufacturer. High Court. Pet March 8. Ord March 11 GRAY, EDWARD, Gt George st, Stock Dealer. High Court. Pet Dec 7. Ord March 12 HARLING, THOMAS THICKETT, Dewsbury, Yorks, Temperance Hotel Keeper. HARRISON, JOHN, Springhead, Yorks, Builder. Oldham. Pet Feb 28. Ord HAWKINS, ALEXANDER COLVIN, Gt Grimsby, Fish Merchant. Gt Grimsby. Pet HOLMES, LIONEL GEORGE PEYTON, Shirehampton, Gloucester, Medical Prac- KING, HENRY, Earlsfield, Wandsworth, Builder. Ord March 10 LINNELL, THOMAS COOKE, Brixton hill, Ironmonger. High Court. Pet March 9. Ord March 12 LODER, REBECCA, and WILLIAM THOMAS LILLYMAN, Northampton, Brush Manufacturers. Northampton. Pet March 11. Ord March 11 MARCHANT, HENRY THOMAS, Semley, Wilts, Innkeeper. Salisbury. Pet March 8. Ord March 10 PARSONS, WILLIAM NICHOLAS FREEMAN, Isle of Thanet, Kent, Gent. High POTTS, ROBERT, Felling, Durham, Tailor. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet Jan 28. Ord RATHBONE, WILLIAM, Walthamstow, Mine Owner. High Court. Pet Dec 28. RAYNER, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Huddersfield, Traveller. Huddersfield. Mar 10. Ord Mar 10 Pet REDHEAD, THOMAS, Messingham, Lincolnshire, Coal Dealer. Gt Grimsby. Pet Mar 9. Ord Mar 10 REES, OWEN JOHN, Penzance, Clothier. Truro. Pet Mar 11. Ord Mar 11 SMITH, GEORGE WARD, High st, Lincoln, Draper. Lincoln. Pet Mar 12. Ord SPILSBURY, GEORGE, Leek, Staffs, Licensed Victualler. Macclesfield. Pet Feb 22. Órd Mar 8 SQUIRE, CHARLES, Middlesborough, Grocer. Stockton on Tees and Middlesborough. Pet Mar 3. Ord Mar 9 STANSFIELD, THOMAS, and ABRAHAM STANSFIELD, Todmorden, Yorks, Farmer. Oldham. Pet Jan 22. Ord March 4 STOPS, WILLIAM, Hartington rd, Ealing, Builder. Brentford. Pet Feb 3. Ord STUBBS, CHRISTOPHER, Newport, Mon, Tobacconist. Newport, Mon. Pet March TOWNE, ROBERT, North Shields, Builder. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet Feb 23. Ord TRANTER, BENJAMIN, Coven' Heath, Staffordshire, Coal Master. Wolverhampton. Pet March 12. Ord March 12 WARDLE, WILLIAM, Burton on Trent, Boot Dealer. Derby. Pet March 10. Ord SALES OF ENSUING WEEK. March 23.-Messrs. DANIEL SMITH, SON, & OAKLEY, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold Building Site (see advertisement, March 12, p. 325). March 25.-Messrs. BAKER & SONS, at the Mart, at 2 p.m, Copyhold Residence and Shops (see advertisement, March 12, p. 325, and this week, p. 310). BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BROWNE.-The 26th ult., at 27, Young-street, W., the wife of F. Gore Browne PARKER.-March 13, at Thurloe-square, the wife of G. M. Parker, barrister-atlaw, of a son. WOODS.-The 22nd ult, at Latchford, near Warrington, the wife of Herbert Woods, solicitor, of a son. MARRIAGE. JACKSON-HUNTER.-March 15, at Belper, Charles J. Jackson, solicitor, Ilkeston, DIGWEED.-On the 5th inst., at 60, Pembridge-villas, W., John Stephen Digweed, LOCKYER.-March 13, at Grazebrook-road, Stoke Newington, George Lockyer, solicitor, 3, Brunswick-place, City-road, aged 64 years. SHAEN. On the 2nd inst., at 15, Upper Phillimore-gardens, William Shaen, of 8, Bedford-row, aged 66 years. TURNER.-The 28th ult, at 30, Primrose Hill-road, Francis Turner, Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 55 years, MILLS, HENRY, Walsall, Iron Manufacturer. Walsall. Pet Jan 6. Ord March 10 ASSIGNMENT OF AFTER-ACQUIRED OPITZ, G, St Mary Axe, Commission Agent. High Court. Pet Jan 5. Ord SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA. 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, perfectly 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 REALITY CHEAPER than such Mixtures. Made instantaneously with boiling water, a te spoonful to a Breakfast Cup, costing less than a halfpenny. COCOATINA A LA VANILLE is the most delicate, digestible, cheapest Manilla Chocolate, and may be taken when richer chocolate is prohibited. In tins at 1s. 6d., 3s., 5s. 6d., &c., by Chemists and CORPORATION ROBES, UNIVERSITY AND CLERGY GOWNS 333 .... ... LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL UNTEARABLE LETTER (HOWARD'S PATENT.) 1,000 Leaf Book, 5s. 6d. 500 Leaf Book, 3s. 6d. English made. THE BEST LETTER COPYING BOOK OUT WODDERSPOON & CO., 7, SERLE STREET, AND 1, PORTUGAL STREET, LINCOLN'S INN, W.O. Auctions can also be held on other days. In order to insure proper publicity, due notice should be given. The period between such notice and the proposed auction must considerably depend upon the nature of the property to be sold. A printed scale of terms can be MESS Telephone No. 1,669. Telegraphic address, "Akaber, Friday, June 10 Friday, June 24 Friday, July 1 Friday, July 8 Friday, July 15 Friday, July 22 Friday, Aug. 5 Friday, Sept. 9 Friday, Sept. 23 Friday, Oct. 14 Friday, Oct. 28 Friday, Nov. 11 Friday, Nov. 25 Friday, Dec. 9 Auctions can be held on other days if required.No. 11, Queen Victoria-street, E.C. ON FRIDAY NEXT.-BOROUGH. Excellent Investment, producing £530 per annum. had at 30, Cheapside, or will be forwarded. Telephone MESSRS. BAKER & SONS will SELL No. 1,503. Capital Freehold Ground-rents, amounting to £358 68. per annum, well secured upon 45 houses and stabling in Marlborough-crescent, Flanders-road, and Bath-road. Bedford-park, with Reversions to the rack-rentals. now estimated at about £1,900 per annum, at Michaelmas, 1974. ESSRS. DEBENHAM, TEWSON, Μ' FARMER, & BRIDGEWATER will SELL, at the MART, on TUESDAY, MARCH 29, at TWO, in Seven Lots, the following FREEHOLD GROUND RENTS: by AUCTION, at the MART, E.C., on FRIDAY NEXT. MARCH 25th. at TWO, in one Lot, a capital INVESTMENT, arising from five shops and business premises, known as Nos. 2, 3, and 4, Blackman-street, and 2, Great Dover-street, Borough. opposite St. George's Church and the new Street, all let on lease to responsible tenants at rentals amounting to £530 per annum, and held for a term of 18 years unexpired at a moderate ground-rent. Particulars may be had of Messrs. West, King, Adams, & Co., Solicitors, 66, Cannon-street, E.C.; and of the Auctioneers, 11, Queen Victoria-street, E.C. Rack RE rent. ›ESIDENTIAL CHAMBERS to LET in Lincoln's-inn-fields; fitted with every convenience, bath room (hot and cold water); key and use of square; splendid situation; moderate rent.Apply to Attendant on the premises. 3 and 4, Lincoln's-inn-fields; or at Collector's Office in the Hall of 63, Chancery-lane. 327 LA 170 Particulars of Messrs. Blake & Heseltine, Solicitors, 4, Serjeants'-inn, Fleet-street; of Messrs. Burton & Dyson, Solicitors, Gainsborough; and of the Auctioneers, 80, Cheapside. MESSRS. DEBENHAM, TEWSON, FARMER, & BRIDGEWATER'S LIST of ESTATES and HOUSES to be SOLD or LET, including Landed Estates, Town and Country Residences, Hunting and Shooting Quarters, Farms, Ground Rents, Rent Charges, House Property and Investments generally, is published on the first day of each month, and may be obtained, free of charge, at their offices, 80, Cheapside, E.C., or will be sent by post in return for three stamps.Particulars for insertion should be received not later than our days previous to the end of the preceding month. AW STATIONERS. PRINTERS, and Others. Convenient Premises to Let in Chancery-lane, in a fine building close to the Law Courts and the Chancery-lane Safe Deposit; lighted by electric light, and fitted with every convenience; moderate rent. - Apply at once at the Collector's Office in the Hall of 63 and 64, Chancery-lane. lane, and possessing a frontage to Bream's-buildings G of about 90 feet, as per plans and particulars to be obtained at the office of the Engineer to the Commissioners in the Guildhall. Tenders must be sealed, endorsed outside "Tender for Ground, Bream's-buildings," and be addressed to the undersigned at this office, and must be delivered before 12 o'clock on the said day of treaty. The Commissioners do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any tender. Parties sending in proposals must attend personally, or by a duly authorized agent, at half-past 12 o'clock on the said day, and be then prepared (if their tender be accepted) to pay the required deposit of an agreement for the completion of the purchase 10 per cent. on the purchase-money, and to execute agreeably to the conditions of sale. HENRY BLAKE, Principal Clerk. Sewers Office, Guildhall, February, 1887. CHAMBERS for PROFESSIONAL GENCHAMBERS and OFFICES COMBINED ! TEMPLE CHAMBERS (Residential and Royal Courts of Justice, Lincoln's-inn, and the Strand, and within five minutes' walk of the City; central and quiet, with immediate rail and omnibus conveyance to all parts of town. Hydraulic lifts, heating by steam radiators, perfect sanitary arrangements, &c. Rents of remaining rooms to let, from £20 to £90. Suites, £100 to £250.-Apply to the Secretary or the Steward, on the premises, Temple Chambers, Temple-street, E.C. IRKBECK BANK.. Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. THREE per CENT. 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. THE HE MORTGAGE INSURANCE COR- AMOUNT OF CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED, £710,000 Winchester House, Old Broad-street, E.C. Rt. Hon. E. PLEYDELL BOUVERIE, Chairman. Sir SYDNEY H. WATERLOW, Bart., Deputy-Chairman. Policies are now being issued by this Corporation insuring Mortgages of Freehold and Leasehold Property, holders of Mortgage Debentures and Debenture Stock, against loss of principai and interest. These Policies will be of especial advantage to Trustees who may be held responsible for losses consequent upon their Investments. Mortgagors insuring with the Corporation will also be enabled to obtain Advances at the lowest possible rate of interest. The Corporation also grants Policies to Leaseholders insuring the return of the Amount invested at the expiration of their leases or at any fixed periods. For particulars and conditions of Insurance apply to the Secretary. By order, JAS. C. PRINSEP, Secretary. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE REVISED CONDITIONS OF ASSURANCE. - Foreign Residence and Travel.-All Policies already issued and to be issued after having been Five Years in Force-the Life Assured not being engaged in any Military, Naval, or Seafaring Service, and of the are of Thirty years and upwards-shall be relieved from all conditions as to Foreign Residence and Travel. HALF-CREDIT SYSTEM.-Merchants, Traders, and others requiring the full use of their Capital, and desiring a Life Policy at the cheapest present outlay. are invited to examine the terms of the Half-Credit System of this Office. Prospectuses and further information to be obtained at the Head Office, or of any of the Agents. CHARLES STEVENS, THE Actuary and Secretary. HE NEW ZEALAND LAND MORTGAGE COMPANY, Limited. Capital £2,000,000. fully subscribed. £200,000 paid up. Reserve Fund, £12,000. The Company's loans are limited to first-class freehold mortgages. The Debenture issue is limited to the uncalled capital. HOME DIRECTORS. H. J. BRISTOW, Esq. ARTHUR M. MITCHISON, Sir WILLIAM T. POWER, THOS. RUSSELL, Esq. Sir EDWARD W. STAFFORD, K.C.M.G. Chairman of Colonial BoardThe Hon. Sir FREDK. WHITAKER, K.C.M.G., M.L.C., late Premier of New Zealand. The Directors are issuing Terminable Debentures bearing interest at 4 per cent. for three years, and 44 per cent. for five years and upwards. Interest halfyearly by Coupons. A. M. MITCHISON, Managing Director. Leadenhall-buildings, Leadenhall-st., London, E.C. NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY LONDON: 1, Moorgate-street, E.C. ABERDEEN: 1, Union-terrace. INCOME & FUNDS (1885): :Fire Premiums Life Premiums Interest... Accumulated Funds LAW £577,000 191,000 ... ... 132,000 £3,134,000 AW UNION FIRE and LIFE INSU- ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1854. The only Law Insurance Office in the United Kingdom which transacts both Fire and Life Insurance Business. Chief Office 216, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, W.C. The Funds in hand and Capital Subscribed amount to £1,900,000 sterling. Chairman-JAMES CUDDON, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Deputy-Chairman-CHARLES PEMBERTON, Esq. (Lee & Pembertons), Solicitor, 44, Lincoln's-inn-fields. The Directors invite attention to the New Form of Life Policy, which is free from all conditions. Policies of Insurance granted against the contingency of Issue at moderate rates of Premium. The Company ADVANCES Money on Mortgage of Life Interests and Reversions, whether absolute or contingent. The Company also purchases Reversions. Prospectuses, copies of the Directors' Report and Annual Balance Sheet, and every information, sent post-free on application to FRANK MCGEDY, Actuary and Secretary. and, in fact, to all names which do not come first in their natural order, or which would not otherwise be indexed at all. any THE LUNACY ACTS Amendment Bill passed the House of Lords on the 17th inst., a new clause having been added providing in effect that, when a person has been received as a lunatic in any asylum under an order of a judge of county courts, magistrate, or justice, without having been previously seen or examined by him, the person so received should have a right to be taken before " judge, magistrate, or justice other than" the one who made the order. In pursuance of the policy of hampering inquiry before a man is deprived of his liberty on the ground of alleged lunacy, Lord SELBORNE proposed that the judge, magistrate, or justice who made the order for reception should be the person before whom the alleged lunatic should be brought. The effect of this would The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. have been that the judge or magistrate would have had to hear LONDON, MARCH 26, 1887. CURRENT TOPICS. IT IS UNDERSTOOD that the committee which has been sitting for some time to consider the question of the organization of what may be termed the Common Law Offices of the Supreme Court have sent in their report, and that their recommendations involve very sweeping changes. WE PRINT elsewhere departmental directions which have been issued to the Summons and Order Department (Queen's Bench Division) with regard to orders for the appointment of a receiver by way of equitable execution. It will be seen that the directions relate to cases where the judgment for debt and costs is for less than £100 or less than £50. Where the judgment debt exceeds £100 the conditions of the existing order relating to appointments of receivers will apply. WE PRINT elsewhere an order for the transfer of 100 witness causes to Mr. Justice KEKEWICH for the purpose only of hearing or of trial. Thirty of these are taken from the list of Mr. Justice CHITTY, forty from that of Mr. Justice NORTH, and thirty from that of Mr. Justice STIRLING. It is understood that rone of these actions will be in the paper for hearing before the 19th of April, the first day of the Easter Sittings. HERE IS A SUGGESTION for the position of the new court which is wanted in the Royal Courts of Justice. A new building is in progress near Temple Bar for the Royal Courts Branch of the Bank of England. When that is ready a fine room in a quiet position in the Royal Courts will be vacated, and this would probably make a better court than many of those in the building which were constructed for that purpose. THE LIST of dormant funds in court, which we recently referred to as having been published in a supplement to the London Gazette on the 9th inst., contains, in addition to titles of accounts to which Chancery funds are standing, the titles of those to which funds in the Queen's Bench Division and the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division are standing which have not been dealt with for fifteen years, and also the titles of a few funds formerly in the hands of the Queen's Remembrancer. As this is a bare list of names and dates it affords but a slight clue to anyone searching through its 140 pages as to the amount of the fund in court, and the nature of the suit or proceeding under which the fund was placed in court. Such as it is, however, there will be some who will be thankful for this meagre information. It should be stated here that the list is in alphabetical and legicographical order, and comprises cross-references to the names of defendants, an appeal from his own order. This curious proposal was rejected by the House of Lords, and, although the provisions for public investigation are still far from satisfactory, we trust they will be adopted by the House of Commons. THE STRANGE REVELATIONS made by the committee appointed by the Home Secretary to inquire into "the present accommodation for prisoners in court-houses and other places while awaiting trial at assizes and sessions" acquire increased importance in view of the probability of the passing into law of Lord BRAMWELL'S Bill. How, it may be asked, can prisoners who have been, as the committee report," penned up day by day, sometimes for at least a housing of a well-kept dog"-possibly starved in cold, damp cells, week together, in cupboards too small for a lady's dress or for the in mind and body-be in a condition either to give any effective or confined for days in a vitiated atmosphere, and utterly distracted evidence for themselves or to bear the cross-examination to which they will be subjected under the new system? It must be bad enough, after the physical exhaustion caused by the preliminary confinement under these circumstances, to be the centre of all eyes in a crowded court, but when there is added to this the practical obligation to give evidence or be considered as admitting guilt, it is tolerably easy to see that it is only the hardened gaol-birds who will successfully pass through the ordeal. Lord BRAMWELL Would do well to postpone his Evidence Bill until he has procured the passing of a Bill giving powers of inspection of court-house lockups to the Home Office and requiring certificates for them, and providing that, if the local authorities fail to remedy the existing evils, the Government should have power to do the necessary work and recover the cost from the local funds. WE REMARKED last week, à propos of a case noticed in the daily papers, that we could find "no precise authority for the power of a coroner to fine a drunken juryman." Mr. HICKS, the Coroner for Surrey, in a letter which we print elsewhere, explains the circumstances under which the fine was inflicted, and after stating the common law power to punish contempt, adds that it seems to him "to be clearly a contempt of court for a person who has been duly summoned to appear before the court in such a state of drunkenness as to incapacitate him from carrying on his duties." There is no question as to the common law power of a coroner to punish contempt of court; and the question appears to be whether the mere passive incapacity to discharge the duties of a juryman constitutes such contempt. With all deference to Mr. HICKS, who goes so far as to say that "no one with any idea of decency could doubt that the action of this man," whom he describes as "helplessly drunk," was a gross contempt of court to the delay and hindrance of justice," we question whether it does. As we said before, we can find no case in which it has been so treated. The few authorities on the subject of contempt in the face of a court, such as Re Wilson (7 Q. B. 984), R. v. Davison (4 B. & Ald. 329), and Re Pater (12 W. R. 823), all deal with active contempts, such as by insulting words or otherwise, as it is put in an authority cited in Ex parte Pater, "opposing or despising the authority, dignity, or justice" of the court. It might perhaps be argued, however, that the fine could be supported as a fine for non-appearance, on the ground that an appearance which is ineffective from the fault of the party himself, may fairly be treated as a constructive default ordinary business of life cannot be carried on, still are not priviof appearance. leged. . . Communications made to a priest in the confessional on matters perhaps considered by the penitent to be more important even than his life or his fortune are not protected,... therefore it must not be said that there is any principle which says that every confidential communication which it is necessary to make in order to carry on the ordinary business of life is protected." MR. Fox, the registrar of the Croydon County Court, deserves the thanks of the profession for the steps he has taken to prevent unqualified persons from appearing in his court. We print in another column a report of an application made by an unqualified person to the judge in consequence of the registrar having refused to hear him. The judge said he would give his decision next court day, which will be the 5th of April, but he stated that he did THE RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC BILL contains six clauses not think he could exclude unqualified persons. We drew atten- having special reference to canals of considerable importance. In tion a short time ago to the prevalence of the practice of debt the first place, it is provided that clause 24 of the Bill, by which collectors appearing in the county courts as agents, and we it is proposed that the rates of railway companies shall be subjected then expressed the opinion that the practice was illegal. Section to revision, is to apply to canals also, and it is obvious that, in the 2 of the Act 6 & 7 Vict. c. 73 prohibits an unqualified person from case of canals owned by railway companies which pursue the suing out any writ or process, or commencing, carrying on, soliciting, policy of "bar tolls"-i.e., keep the canal rates high in order or defending any action, suit, or other proceeding, in the name that a longer line of railway may be used, such a revision may of any other person or in his own name, in any work quite a revolution in canal traffic, while the mere knowledge county court. The County Court Act, however, provides that that all canal rates throughout the country have been subjected to the persons entitled to address the court are the parties to the revision may bring canal conveyance into greater popularity. proceedings, an attorney acting generally in the action for the Other clauses provide for the forwarding to the Board of Trade by party; a barrister, or, by leave of the judge, any other person each canal company full and minute particulars of rates of carriage, instead of the party to the proceedings. Who the other of depth of the canals, of height and width of bridges, of the persons" contemplated are is not apparent, but it seems to us tonnage transported, of revenue, of expenditure, and, lastly, of that the intention of the Legislature was to enable suitors to "division of profits"; for submitting all bye-laws to the Board appear in county courts by their managers or clerks. This is borne of Trade; for inspection of canals whenever they may be "in out by the fact that unqualified persons who conduct business in such a condition as to be dangerous to the public, or to cause the county courts for other persons cannot recover any fee or serious inconvenience or hindrance to traffic," and for the prereward for doing so, under 37 & 38 Vict. c. 68, s. 12. This ques- venting the funds of any railway company being used for the tion came before the Queen's Bench Division in 1881 in the case acquisition of any interest in a canal without the express authority The whole set of clauses is directed to the of Verlander v. Eddols, which was an appeal from the decision of Parliament. of a county court judge. Verlander was an "agent," and he sued securing of that "freedom and economy of transit from one part of his principal for the following items: -" Paid for summons, 9s.: the kingdom to the other" over a continuous line of railway and hearing fee, 16s.; attending court and waiting upon defendant canal which was mentioned as the main object of railway and several times, 178." Judgment was given by the county court canal legislation by the Parliamentary Committee, on whose report judge in favour of the plaintiff. The Incorporated Law Society the Railway and Canal Traffic Act of 1854 was founded. The supported an appeal from this decision, and in the result the appeal strengthening of canal competition with railways was, it will be was allowed. We hope that the society will be represented when remembered, attempted by Parliament so far back as 1845 by the the matter comes on at Croydon on the 5th of April, and that, if Acts which first enabled canal companies to act as carriers and to the judge decides to allow unqualified persons to appear in his vary their rates (8 & 9 Vict. cc. 28 and 42); and in the Traffic courts, the decision of a higher court will be obtained on the ques- Acts of 1854 and 1873 further strenuous endeavours were made tion, which is an important one to the profession. to strengthen the canal link in a continuous line of communication; but the success of these past efforts has hitherto been but small. That canals are more suitable than railways for certain heavy traffic is undoubted; but it is equally undoubted that, from the action of the railway companies, comparatively little use is made of canals, except in cases where the canal companies are independent of the railway companies. The clauses of the present Bill go very far indeed in protective legislation, and, if they should pass and fail, we do not see what further can be done. THERE APPEARS to be little legal ground for the contention by which Father KELLEHER'S counsel sought to justify his refusal to answer the questions put to him in the Irish Court of Bankruptcy last week, as he apparently relied merely upon the fact that he had obtained information in his capacity of a Catholic priest, but did not suggest that he had received it under the seal of the confessional. Even in the latter case there seems reason to believe that the privilege would not have been recognized, although in some cases judges have granted an indulgence to clergymen when claiming the privilege. Thus, in Broad v. Pitt (M. & M. 233), Chief Justice BEST remarked:-"The privilege does not apply to clergymen.... I, for one, will never compel a clergyman to disclose communications made to him by a prisoner, but, if he chooses to disclose them, I shall receive them in evidence." Again, in Reg. v. Griffin (6 Cox C. C. 219), Mr. Baron ALDERSON refused to admit evidence of statements made by a female prisoner to the chaplain of a workhouse, observing that the prisoner's desire to obtain spiritual advice rendered it right that statements to a clergyman should be on the same footing as those made to a legal adviser. Mr. Justice STEPHEN, in his "Digest of the Law of Evidence," art. 117, lays down that "medical men and [probably] clergymen may be compelled to disclose communications made to them in professional confidence"; but in his notes to the same article he says that "the question whether clergymen, and particularly whether Roman Catholic priests, can be compelled to disclose statements made to them professionally, has never been solemnly decided in England"; and Mr. BEST (Law of Evidence, 7th ed., 522), although he quotes many authorities, does not lay down any general rule on the subject. The question was incidentally referred to by Sir GEORGE JESSEL in Wheeler v. Le Marchant (30 W. R. 235, 17 Ch. D. 675), where he made the following observations:-" There are many communications which, though absolutely necessary because without them the A SHORT BILL has been introduced by Sir RICHARD TEMPLE and others for granting any stipendiary magistrate "who may be desirous, from age or permanent infirmity, of resigning his office," a pension "not exceeding two-thirds of his salary" at the time of resignation, the exact amount to be left to be determined by "the municipal corporation charged with the payment of the salary." The Bill does not apply to the metropolitan police magistrates, nor, as at present worded, to the stipendiaries appointed in large towns under 26 & 27 Vict. c. 97. We think the principle a good one. Stipendiaries in boroughs within the Municipal Corporation Act (see Act of 1882, s. 161), as well as in large towns subject to 26 & 27 Vict. c. 97 (see section 3 of that Act), hold office during her Majesty's pleasure, but dismissal on the ground of old age of a magistrate still willing to sit is less likely to happen than retention of the post notwithstanding unfitness from old age; and we think it may be well to provide, by a system of pensions, for the prevention of any possible scandal arising from a magistrate continuing to sit although disqualified by age or infirmity. Whether the salaries themselves might be diminished in consideration of the pensions is perhaps a question. The Glebe Lands' Bill was read a third time in the House of Lords on Tuesday. |