11. Off Rec, Pink lane, Newcastle on Tyne PORTER, GEORGE, Tanner's hill, Deptford, Auctioneer. May 2 at 3. toria st, Westminster 109, VicREYNOLDS, DAVID FREELOVE, Swansea, Licensed Victualler. May 2 at 11. Off Rec, 6, Rutland st. Swansea ROBERTS, WILLIAM KYFFIN, Portmadoc, Carnarvon, Quarryman. May 3 at 1.30. SAXON, THOMAS, Audenshaw, Lancs, Grocer. April 29 at 11.30. Ogden's chbrs, SHAW, JOSEPH, Elland, Yorks, Grocer. May 3 at 11. Off Rec, Halifax SHILTON, JOHN EDWARD, King's Heath, Worcs, Professional Cricketer. May SMITH. JOHN ELIAS, Stockport, Licensed Victualler. Apr 29 at 12.30. Off Rec, SMITH, JOHN WILLIAM, Fakenham, Norfolk, Carpenter. Apr 30 at 1. Off Rec, SMITH, JOHN WILLIAM, Stafford, Draper. May 4 at 11.25. County Court, Stafford STOKES, JOHN WESTLEY, Harborne, Staffs, Plumber. May WALLACE, JAMES. Sunderland, Builder. April 29 at 12. Off Rec. 21, Fawcett st, Sunderland WALLINGTON, JOHN, Barrow in Furness, Baker. April 29 at 12. 2, Paxton WARD. EDWARD JOHN, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, Grocer. May at 11.45. WELLER, JOSIAH. Lewes, Sussex, Saddler. May 3 at 12.80. Bankruptcy hldngs, The following Amended Notice is substituted for that published in the ADJUDICATIONS. BAYNES, Dr GEORGE AYLMER, Burfield House, Highgate. High Court. Sept 8. Ord Apr 18 Pet BEACHER, GEORGE, Gt Grimsby, Smack Owner. Gt Grimsby. Pet Apr 18. Ord WRIGHT, THOMAS HOLLIS. and DAVID JAMES WRIGHT, Narrow st, Limehouse, London Gazette.-TUESDAY, April 26. ABBOTT, EDWARD JOHN, Monk Soham, Suffolk, Carrier. Ipswich. Pet April 21. BAILEY, PETER EDWARD, Swinton, nr Manchester, no occupation. Macclesfield. BOON. WILLIAM, Catford, Kent, Railway Agent. High Court. Pet April 23. CAIN, GEORGE, sen., St. Neots, Hunts, Innkeeper. Bedford. Pet April 22. Ord CAZES. ISAAC, Bereford rd, Highbury, Merchant. High Court. Pet April 21. CROFT, JOHN NEWTON, Wye, Kent, Tailor. Canterbury. Pet April 21. DAY, JOHN BENJAMIN, and GEORGE JAMES HAWKINS, Great Yarmouth, Iron- DEACON, HENRY, South Shields, Undertaker. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet April DYER, THOMAS, High st, Kingsland, Cheesemonger. High Court. Pet Feb 21. HOUSDON, CHARLES, Chatsworth rd, Clapton, Grocer. High Court. Pet April HUMPHREY, JOHN SWIFT, Neath, Glamorgan, Schoolmaster. High Court. Pet JONES, THOMAS, Anfield, nr Liverpool, Builder. Liverpool. Pet April 21. Ord Pet April 23. Ord April 23 LANGLEY, ALFRED HUGH, Ashford, Kent, Marine Store Dealer. Canterbury. LAYTON, EDWARD, Sheffield, Boot Dealer. Sheffield. Pet April 23. Ord April 23 LEWARTON, ELIAS ROBERT, Fulbeck, Lincs, Grocer. Nottingham. Pet April 19. Ord April 23 MEAR. WILLIAM. Cudworth, nr Barnsley, Yorks, Engine Driver Barnsley. Pet April 23. Ord April 23 MILLS, BENJAMIN, Bacup, out of business. Oldham. Pet April 22. Ord April 22 BENT, THOMAS, Westleigh, Lancs, Baker. Bolton. Pet Apr 20. Ord Apr 20 MUNDAY. CHARLES, Winchester, out of business. Winchester. Pet April 21. BRUNSDEN, HENRY, Chisledon, Wilts, Farmer. Swindon. Pet Apr 13. Ord Apr 19 NEWNHAM, WILLIAM, Newport, I W, Baker. Newport and Ryde. Pet April 21. Ord April 21 CAREY, HENRY GEORGE. Yeovil, Builder. Yeovil. Pet Mar 26. Ord Apr 18 CHURCH, JOHN, Coleman st, Builder. High Court. Pet Feb 22. Ord Apr 20 BEDGGOOD, GEORGE, Appleton in Widnes, Lancs, Baker. Liverpool. Pet Apr 2. DAVIES, DANIEL, Talley, Carmarthenshire, Draper. Carmarthen. Pet Apr 20 EATON, SAMUEL WILLIAM, Rothwell, Northamptonshire, Shoemaker. North- ELLIS, THOMAS, Chirbury, Salop, Miller. Newtown. Pet Apr 4. Ord Apr 18 FOWLER, JAMES, Newbury, Berks, Baker. Newbury. Pet April 5. Ord April 18 HARPER, WILLIAM, Willenhall, Stafford, Lock Manufacturer. Wolverhampton. Pet April 4. Ord April 19 HODDINOTT, JAMES CHARLES, Swindon, Coal Merchant. Swindon. Pet April 14. HOLMES, JOHN, Leeds, Plumber. Leeds. Pet April 19. Ord April 19 HUNT, CHARLES, Heanor, Derby, out of business. Derby. Pet April 19. Ord JENNER, HERBERT, Waldron, Sussex, Gent. Lewes and Eastbourne. Pet JONES, THOMAS. Gellygaer, Glamorgan, Grocer. Merthyr Tydfil. Pet April 16. MOORE, JOSEPH, Thornton Heath, Surrey, Doctor. Croydon. Pet Feb 22. Ord PALMER, GEORGE RUSSELL, Southsea, Grocer. Portsmouth. Pet April 14. Ord PILGRIM, GEORGE ROBERT, New Malden, Surrey, Clerk. Kingston, Surrey. POWELL, THOMAS, Mountain Ash, Glamorganshire, Bootmaker. Aberdare. Pet PRYOR, GEORGE, and ALFRED PRYOR, High st, Tottenham, Builders. High ROBBINS, JOHN, Durrington, Wilts, Farmer. Salisbury. Pet March 29. Ord ROBERTS, CHARLES, Church rd, Wimbledon, Grocer. Kingston, Surrey. Pet SARNEY, SAMUEL EDWARD. Queen's rd, Peckham. High Court. Pet April 19 THOMPSON, THOMAS, Scarborough, Fisherman. Scarborough. Pet April 18. TOWLER, JOHN, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, Joiner. Derby. Pet April 20. Ord April 21 NICHOLSON, JAMES, Southsea, Draper. Portsmouth. Pet Apr 22. Ord Apr 22 PALMER, FRANCIS, Warboys, Hunts, Retired Farmer. Peterborough. Pet Apr ROBINSON, JAMES WILSON, Macclesfield, Grocer. Macclesfield. Pet Apr 21. SEWARD, THOMAS, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cattle Dealer. Peterborough. STRATFORD, HENRY VERNER WINGFIELD, and FRANCIS MERVYN WINGFIELD THOMPSON, WILLIAM, Warley, nr Oldbury, Maltster. Oldbury. Pet April 22 TRITSCHLER, FERDINAND HENRY, Carlisle, Jeweller. Carlisle, Pet April 22. WADE, WILLIAM HENRY, Bradford, Yorks, Grocer. Bradford. Pet April 23. WELLS, CHARLES, Wavertree, nr Liverpool, Gent. Liverpool. Pet April 6. Ord WELLWOOD, ROBERT, Wigan, Grocer. Wigan. Pet April 21. Ord April 21 WHITING, CHARLES, Liverpool, Master Mariner. Liverpool. Pet April 21. Ord WILSON, WILLIAM, Blackheath, Stafford, Builder. Dudley. Pet April 22. Ord WORMS, CARL EDWARD, Charlton, Kent, Engineer's Draughtsman. Greenwich. FIRST MEETINGS. ABBOTT, EDWARD JOHN, Monk Soham, Suffolk, Carrier. May 3 at 12. Off Rec, 2. ADAMS, WILLIAM O'BRIEN, residence unknown. May 8 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lin- BAILEY. PETER EDWARD. Swinton, nr Manchester, no occupation. May 4 at 11. BAKER, ALFRED BATH, Ealing Green, Ealing, Builder. May 3 at 12. 33, Carey Ord BAMLETT, THOMAS, Haverton hill, Durham, Farmer. May 5 at 11. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd. Middlesborough TRAVERS, JOHN APLIN, Dorchester, Auctioneer. Dorchester. Pet April 6. Ord Ord BARKER, HENRY, Great Grimsby, Grocer. May 4 at 12.30. Off Rec, 3, Haven st. WHEATLEY, THOMAS HENRY, and HARVARD ANDREW DAVIES, Liverpool, Photographic Chemists. Liverpool. Pet March 2. Ord April 19 BENNETT, JAMES, jun, Blackheath, Staffordshire, Saddler. May 3 at 9.30. Off CROSSE, RODOLPHE, Portland fer, Regent's pk, Florist. May 4 at 12. Bankruptcy bldgs, Lincoln's inn CROSSING, WALTER, East Stonehouse, Devon, Bootmaker. May 5 at 12. 18, DAVIES, DANIEL, Talley, Carmarthenshire, Draper. May 4 at 3. Off Rec, 11, EDWARDS, GEORGE, Lucy_rd, Bermondsey, Licensed Victualler. May 3 at 11. ELLIOT, WILLIAM, St. Ringers ct, nr Stroud, Woollen Cloth Manufacturer. May 5 at 3.30. Imperial Hotel, Stroud FORSTER. THOMAS. Guisborough, Yorks, Grocer. May 8 at 11.30. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough GEORGE. WALTER, King sq, Clerkenwell, Jeweller. May 3 at 2.30. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields GOSLING. JAMES WILLIAM, Newington green rd. Islington, Corn Merchant. May 5 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn flelds HAYWARD, GEORGE, Caulfield rd, Peckham, Traveller. May 3 at 12. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields HITCHCOCK, ARTHUR KENYON, Gt Grimsby, Butcher. May 4 at 12. Off Rec, 3, Haven st, Gt Grimsby HOCKIN, JAMES, Plymouth, Bootmaker. May 5 at 11. 18, Frankfort st, Plymouth HOLMES, JOHN, Leeds, Plumber. May 3 at 11. Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds HOUGHTON, ROBERT, Bristol, Ironmonger. May 6 at 12.15. Off Rec, Colmore row, Birmingham HUNT, CHARLES, Heanor, Derbyshire, out of business. May 3 at 3. Flying Horse Hotel, Nottingham HUTCHINSON, JOHN, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, Farmer. May 4 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham KLEIN. THORVALD, Laurence Pountney hill, Agent. May 8 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields LONGMORE, BENJAMIN, HENRY LONGMORE, and SIMEON LONGMORE, Goscote MIROY, ERNEST, Beaumont st. Marylebone. Importer of Clocks. May 4 at 11. MOODY, ALFRED, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire, Chemist. May 4 at 1.30. Off Rec, Salisbury MUNDAY, ALBERT HENRY, Pyrton, Oxfordshire, Chair Turner. May 5 at 11.30. Off Rec, 1, St Aldates, Oxford NEWNHAM, WILLIAM, Newport, Isle of Wight, Baker. May 7 at 11.30. Off Rec, Newport, Isle of Wight NUTTALL, THOMAS, Todmorden, Lancashire, Hawker of Drapery Goods. May 4 at 12.30. Queen's Hotel, Todmorden PARKER, THOMAS, High st, Deptford, Grocer. May 3 at 3. 109, Victoria st, Westminster PASSEY, CHARLES HENRY, Albert st, Victoria sq, Artist. May 4 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn PILGRIM. GEORGE ROBERT, New Malden, Clerk. May 3 at 12. 16 Room, 30 and 31, St Swithin's lane POUNCEY, GEORGE, Ripon, Tailor. May 5 at 11.30. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, May 5 at 12. 33, Carey PRESCOTT. SAMUEL, Exmouth st, Clerkenwell, Baker. RICHARDS, DAVID, Croyddin, Cardigan, Lab urer. May 3 at 12.30. Townhall, DEWARD, THOMAS, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cattle Dealer. May 5 at 12.30. SMITH, THOMAS TAYLER, Circus pl, Finsbury, Surveyor. TOWLER. JOHN, Matlock Bath, Derby, Joiner. May 4 at 12. May 4 at 2.30. 33, Off Rec, St James's TRATTLES. MATTHEW, Stockton on Tees, Commission Agent. May 3 at 11.15. UNDERHAY, SAMUEL JOHN, and CHARLES MARIUS LOVENDAHL, Rochester pl, VAUGHAN, RICHARD, jun, Dudley, Worcestershire, Haulier. May 3 at 9.45. Off WARREN, BONOMI EGERTON, Cheltenham, Artist. May 3 at 4.30. County Court, WELLWOOD, ROBERT, Wigan, Grocer. May 5 at 3. Off Rec, Manchester WHITING, CHARLES, Liverpool, Master Mariner. May 6 at 3. Off Rec, 35, Victoria st. Liverpool WINGROVE, CHARLES, Cambridge rd E, Livery Stable Keeper. May 4 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn WONFOR, A J. Sydney rd, Hornsey, Clerk. May 5 at 2.30. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields ADJUDICATIONS. ABBOTT, EDWARD JOHN, Monk Soham, Suffolk, Carrier. Ipswich. Pet April 22. Ord April 21 ADCOCK, JOHN, Kegworth, Leicestershire, Farmer. Leicester. Pet March 23. Ord April 19 ARNALL, FRANCIS HENRY, Alcester, Warwickshire, Butcher. Warwick. Pet March 28. Ord April 21 BEARDSLEY, JOHN, Langley Mill, Derbyshire, Brick Manufacturer. Nottingham. Pet March 21. Ord April 21 BOND, PETER, Bournemouth, Mantle Manufacturer. Poole. Pet March 26, Ord April 21 CHADDERTON, WILLIAM. Newton Heath, Lancashire, General Dealer. Manchester. Pet April 23. Ord April 23 CHAPPELL, HARRY, and GEORGE CHAPPELL, Nottingham, Butchers. Notting- CROFT, JOHN NEWTON, Wye, Kent, Tailor. Canterbury. Pet April 21. Ord CROSSING, WALTER, East Stonehouse, Boot Maker. East Stonehouse. Pet April 21, Ord April 23 DAVIES, HENRY HARRIS, Llangoed Vicarage, Anglesey, Clerk in Holy Orders. Bangor. Pet April 19. Örd April 22 DAY, JOHN BENJAMIN, and GEORGE JAMES HAWKINS, Great Yarmouth, Ironmongers. Great Yarmouth. Pet April 22. Ord April 22 DEACON, HENRY, South Shields, Undertaker. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet April 23. Ord April 23 EAYRS, WILLIAM, Nottingham, Boot Dealer. Nottingham. Pet April 20. Ord April 23 FOUND, ALFRED, Poole, Draper. Poole. Pet April 5. Ord April 21 GEARD, ALFRED, Bismarck rd, Upper Holloway, Builder. High Court. Pet April 12. Ord April 22 HARDING, WALTER, and JOHN LUSCOMBE, Torquay, Builders. Exeter. Pet Mar 26. Ord Mar 28 HOCKIN, JAMES, Plymouth, Bootmaker, East Stonehouse. Pet April 19. Ord April 23 HOLYOAK, HARRY, Leicester, Tailor. Leicester. Pet Mar 21. Ord April 19 Ord April 21 Ord April 21 HOWARD, THOMAS, Liverpool, Painter. Liverpool. Pet March 19. IVING, THOMAS, Leamington, Baker. Warwick. Pet April 4. Ord April 22 KAY, JOHN HENRY, Banbury, Oxfordshire, Musical Instrument Dealer. Banbury. Pet April 22. Ord April 22 LAKEMAN, HENRY HAMPSHIRE, King's Cross rd, Printer. High Court. Pet March 16. Ord April 21 LOOSMORE, JAMES, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Hay Merchant. Carmarthen. MIDDLEDITCH, EDWARD TAYLOR, Blumsdon St. Leonard, Wilts, Gent. Swindon. Pet April 16. Ord April 21 Pet April 2. Ord April 21 MILLS, MICHAEL, Ordnance rd, St John's Wood, Carpenter. High Court. Pet March 16. Ord April 22 MOODY, ALFRED. Wimborne Minster, Dorset, Chemist. Poole. Pet April 20. Ord April 22 MORGAN, ROBERT, Ryde, I.W., Butcher. Newport and Ryde. Pet April 7. Ord April 15 MUNDAY, ALBERT HENRY, Pyrton, Oxford, Chair Turner. Aylesbury. Pet April 16. Ord April 22 NUTTALL, THOMAS, Todmorden, Lancs, Hawker of Drapery Goods. Burnley. Pet April 5. Ord April 22 PALMER, FRANCIS. Warboys, Nottingham, Retired Farmer. Peterborough. Pet April 23. Ord April 23 PARKER, ROLAND, jun, Nottingham, Contractor. Nottingham. Pet April 20. PAUL, WILLIAM HARVEY, Penzance, Baker. Truro. Pet April 12. Ord April 23 SAUNDERS. ARTHUR MORRELL, Sunbury on Thames, Broker. Kingston, Surrey. SPRING, FREDERICK GEORGE, Sandy, Bedfordshire, out of business. High Court. STAPLETON, GEORGE, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, Brewer. Peterborough. Pet April 4. Ord April 23 TAYLOR, RICHARD CARTER, Oxford st, Licensed Victualler. High Court. Pet April 16. Ord April 22 THOMAS, SIDNEY. Godolphin rd, Shepherd's bush, Jeweller. High Court. Pet April 20. Ord April 22 THORPE, EDWARD, Nottingham, Beerhouse Keeper. Nottingham. Pet April 4. Ord April 23 TRITSCHLER, FERDINAND HENRY, Carlisle, Jeweller. Carlisle. Pet April 22. Ord April 22 WADE. WILLIAM HENRY, New Leeds, Bradford, Grocer. Bradford. Pet Apr 2'. Ord Apr 23 WALLIS, THOMAS STEADMAN, Huddersfield, Woollen Merchant. Huddersfield. Pet Apr 2. Ord Apr 22 WARD, EDWARD JOHN, Eccleshall, Staffs, Grocer. Stafford. Pet Apr 5. Ord Apr 22 WARREN, BONOMI EGERTON, Cheltenham, Artist. Cheltenham. Pet Apr 18. Ord Air 22 WELHAM, JOHN CLEMENT, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Sail Maker. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Apr 21. Ord Apr 21 WHITE, ISAREL GEORGE, South Shields, Outfitter. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet Apr 5. Ord Apr 23 WOOLGAR. JOHN, and JABEZ WOOLGAR, Horsham, Sussex, Builders. Brighton. Pet Mar 21. Ord Apr 21 WORMS, CARL EDWARD, Charlton, Kent, Engineers' Draughtsman. Greenwich. Pet Apr 22. Ord Apr 22 SALES OF ENSUING WEEK. May 4.-Messrs. Fox & BOUSFIELD, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold Estates and House Property (see advertisement, April 16, p. 4). May 4.-Messrs. ROBERT TIDEY & SON, at the Mart, at 1 p.m., Leasehold Properties (see advertisement, this week, p. 4). May 6.-Mr. B. A. REEVES, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold and Leasehold Properties (see advertisement, April 23, p. 4). May 10.-Messrs. DRIVER & CO., at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold Estates (see advertisement, this week, p. 4). BIRTH. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. LATHAM.-March 15, at Shanghai, the wife of Thomas Latham, barrister-at-law, of a son. MARRIAGES. MOSSOP-Fox.-April 26, at Beckenham, Henry Mossop, solicitor, of Chancerylane, to Mary'Modeleine, daughter of C. Fox, of Beckenham. PARSONS-APPLEGATE.-April 19, at Bradford-on-Avon, Charles Parsons, M.A., barrister-at-law, to Marie, daughter of Hubert Applegate, of Bradford-onSMITH-CHESHIRE.-April 23, at Primrose-hill, George Frederick Smith, solicitor, of Maitland-park-road, Haverstock-hill, to Eliza Cheshire, of Adelaideroad, N.W. DEATHS. Avon. HOWELL.-April 24, at Westbourne House, Arundel-sq, N., David Howell, solicitor, aged 58. MELLOR-April 26, at Sussex-sq, the Right Hon. Sir John Mellor, formerly judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, aged 78. RICHARDS.-April 18, at Forest hill, Alfred Richards, Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 65. SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA. Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality, with the excess of fat extracted. 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FURNISH your HOUSES or APART MENTS THROUGHOUT on MOEDER'S HIRE SYSTEM. The original, best, and most liberal. Founded A.D. 1868. And safest Aperient for Delicate Constitutions, Ladies Particulars, estimates, Press opinions, testimonials Children, and Infants. post-free. F. MOEDER, 248, 249, and 250, Tottenham-courtroad, and 19, 20, and 21, Morwell-street, W. Estab DINNEFORD'S MAGNESIA lished 1862. ALSO for HIRE ONLY. THE CHANCERY LANE SAFE DEPOSIT Contains over 6,000 Safes and Strong Rooms. Each Renter has a separate Safe or Strong Room, and is possessed of the only key to it in existence, thus ensuring complete Privacy and Security. Prospectus and Cards of Admission to view sent Post-Free on application to the Manager, THE CHANCERY LANE SAFE DEPOSIT, 61 & 62, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. LAW UNION FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1854. The only Law Insurance Office in the United Kingdom which transacts both Fire and Life Insurance Business. CHIEF OFFICE-126, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. The Funds in hand and Capital subscribed amount to upwards of £1,900,000 Sterling. By express provision in the Company's Deed of Settlement, and by the Conditions of the Policies of the Company, the Capital and Funds of each Department are and always have been kept distinct, and under no circumstances can the Capital or Funds of one Department be applied to the payment of Losses or Expenses incurred in the other Department. CHAIRMAN: JAMES CUDDON, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN: C. PEMBERTON, Esq. (Lee & Pembertons), Solicitor, 44, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Extract from the Report of the Directors for the year ended 30th November, 1888:- In the Fire Department new Insurances were effected for an aggregate amount of £6,994,418, yielding in new Premiums the sum of £10,618 128. 4d. In the Life Department during the same period 252 Policies were effected, insuring £236,245, the new Premiums received thereon amounting to £8,085 198., of which £1,298 168. was paid away for re-assurance. Seventeen Proposals for insuring £21,150 were declined, and 46 Proposals for insuring £73,180 were uncompleted in the year. Nine Life Annuities for £679 2s. 10d. were granted, the purchase-money for which was £5,742 78. 8d. Sixteen Annuities for £999 10s. 6d. became void during the year by death. The Claims under Life and Endowment Policies amounted to £46,519 3s. 6d., which amount, although in excess of the Claims for the year 1885, is below the expectation. The total amount of losses by fire, paid and outstanding on 30th November, was £21,615 15s., being about 45 per cent. of the net Premiums received in the year. The average rate of Interest realized on the assets of the Company (whether productive or unproductive) was £4 11s. 2d. per cent. Liberal Settlement of Losses. Moderate Rates of Premium. Profits divided every five years in the Life Department. Claims under Life Policies payable immediately on proof of death and title. Loans are granted on Mortgage of Life Interests, Reversions, Leasehold Houses, &c. Reversionspurchased. CITY OF LONDON. Freehold Building Site, land-tax redeemed, occupying about 2,280 square feet, situate in Little Trinitylane and Sharp's-court, Queen Victoria-street. ESSRS. ELIS & SON are instructed to MESEED FLUTION, at the MART, Tokeno house-yard, Bank, on FRIDAY, MAY 20th, at TWO o'clock precisely (unless previously disposed of by private contract), the valuable FREEHOLD BUILDING SITE of Nos 13, 14, and 15, Little Trinity-lane and Sharp's-court, having a capital frontage of about 48ft. 6, close to the Mansion-house Station, Queen Victoria-street, now covered by old buildings, let on short tenancies, but suitable for the erection of one large or two smaller warehouses. Particulars. plans, and conditions of sale may be had at the Mart; of Messrs. Boulton, Sons, & Sandeman, Solicitors, 21A, Northampton-square; or of Messrs. Ellis & Son, Auctioneers and Surveyors, 49, Fenchurch-street. CLAPHAM ROAD. Fine Corner Block of Freehold Property, possessing a frontage to the Clapham and two other good roads of 500ft. ME ESSRS. ELLIS & SON are directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the MART, Tokenhouse-yard, Bank, on FRIDAY, MAY 20th, at TWO precisely (unless previously disposed of by private contract), in One or Three Lots, the above FREEHOLD PROPERTY, situate between the Stockwellroad and Clapham Railway Station, comprising twenty houses, tenements, and stabling, Nos. 261 to 273 (oad), Clapham-road; Nos. 1 to 11 (odd), Lingham-street; and Nos. 1 to 15 (odd), Northall-street; let at actual and estimated rents of about £565 per annum, but forming a valuable building estate, having a superficial area of 33,000 feet, part of which might advantageously be treated as a site for any large building requiring prominency of position, such as a public institution, pantechnicon, tram car offices, &c. Printed particulars, plans, and conditions of sale to be had of Messrs. Druces & Attlee, Solicitors, 10, Billiter-square; at the Mart; and of Messrs. Ellis & Son, Auctioneers and Surveyors, 49, Fenchurch-street. LA FRANK MCGEDY, Actuary and Secretary. AW FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE, 114, is Hereby Given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL Chancery-lane, London, April 11, 1887.-Notice THE NEW ZEALAND LAND MORT MEETING of the Shareholders of the Law Fire Insurance Society will be held at the society's next, to elect Eight Directors in the room of the like The Chair will be taken at one o'clock precisely. Arnold William White, William Thomas Carlisle, George Rooper, Esq. GAGE 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. Sir EDWARD W. STAFFORD, K.C.M.G. Chairman of Colonial Board Howard William Brough- The Hon. Sir FREDK. WHITAKER, K.C.M.G., M.L.C., ton, Esq. THE GEORGE WILLIAM BELL, Secretary. MORTGAGE INSURANCE COR- Sir SYDNEY H. WATERLOW, Bart., Deputy-Chairman. These Policies will be of especial advantage to 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 Lease- For particulars and conditions of Insurance apply JAS. C. PRINSEP, Secretary. late Premier of New Zealand. The Directors are issuing Terminable Debentures bearing interest at 4 per cent. for three years, and 4 per cent. for five years and upwards. Interest halfyearly by Coupons. A. M. MITCHISON, Managing Director. Leadenhall-buildings, Leadenhall-st., London, E.C. mingled, possibly, in some cases with an apprehension that urgent engagements at Ascot or elsewhere may possibly deprive them of the privilege of hearing the papers read? But to return to the subject of the recent discussion. The case for reform, as we understand it, is based on the contention that the system is antiquated and anomalous. The fees vary in different counties. According to Mr. MUNTON the warrant costs 2s. 6d. on the Middlesex side of Westminster Bridge; 5s. on the other side of the bridge; and 7s. in Lancashire. The cost of execution to the debtor, again, is stated to be unreasonably heavy. The writ of execution applies to one county only, while ordinary process is operative all over England. And, lastly, the bailiffs employed are alleged to be frequently unfit persons, and not under any proper supervision. There is no blame imputed to the under-sheriffs as a body; it is the system which is at fault, and no one can doubt that it is in many respects illadapted to the present state of society. Mr. MUNTON proposed to remove altogether the execution of final civil process from the The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. office of sheriff and to establish an execution department in the LONDON, MAY 7, 1887. CURRENT TOPICS. WE PRINT elsewhere an order of the Lord Chancellor authorizing the Paymaster-General to signify his assent to the conversion into India 34 per cent. stock (in accordance with the recent notice of the Secretary of State for India) of all India 4 per cent. stock which on the 1st of June next shall be standing to his account on behalf of the Supreme Court. WE UNDERSTAND that the amount proposed to be expended by the Council of the Incorporated Law Society on the entertainments to be given by them in June next is about £5,000, and that the number of tickets taken for the theatres is about fourteen hundred. IT SEEMS PROBABLE that the authority which may have first suggested the Government's offer to consent to a prosecution being instituted by the Attorney-General against the Times for the article on Mr. DILLON is the passage in MAY's Parliamentary Practice (7th ed., p. 96) that on some occasions the House has directed prosecutions against persons who have published libels reflecting upon members, in the same manner as if the publications had affected the House collectively." On reference to the Commons Journals it will be found that the two cases to which a reference is given in the foot-note bear out the statement in the text. The first of them occurred in 1699, when "a complaint was made to the House of a printed paper, one of which was presented to the House, and read at the table, subscribed by EDWARD STEPHENS, containing high reflections upon the honour of this House in general, and in particular upon Mr. JOHN How, a member thereof. Resolved nem. con. that the said paper is a false and scandalous libel; ordered that Mr. Attorney-General do prosecute the said EDWARD STEPHENS for the said false and scandalous libel" (13 Com. J. 230). And a committee was appointed "to inquire after the printer of the said false and scandalous libel, and to report the same to the House." The second case occurred in 1702, when the Attorney-General was directed to prosecute Mr. LLOYD, the Bishop of WORCESTER'S son, for "grievous aspersions" against Sir JOHN PACKINGTON, in telling several freeholders that he "voted for bringing in a French Government." THERE WAS a valuable discussion at the meeting of the Incorporated Law Society last week on the present mode of execution of writs, based on a paper by Mr. F. K. MUNTON, read at the Hull meeting of the society in 1882, which differs from many of the provincial meeting essays in being not only full of information, but also interesting and amusing, and practically suggestive. Hence, no doubt, its unparalleled vitality. May we venture to point the moral for the benefit of the Jubilee essayists, to whose lucubrations so many country solicitors are looking forward with interest, Supreme Court. It is doubtful whether so radical a remedy could be carried, or indeed whether it is required, but if the committee appointed at the recent meeting can agree upon practical suggestions for so modifying the existing system as to lessen or remove the present abuses and anomalies, the discussion will have been productive of more valuable results than most of the debates at the Law Institutions which we have had to chronicle in recent years. WE REPORT elsewhere the results of the first discussion by a law society of the Land Transfer Bill which has reached us. The Shropshire Law Society direct their observations upon the registration part of the Bill mainly to the question of compulsory registration of title, involving the intervention of a board of officials; and the objections they urge against this proposal are undoubtedly practical, reasonable, and weighty. Their views on this point are shared by many of the most experienced members of the profession. But it appears to us that the time is past for such a discussion. There is, or is supposed to be, a general agreement among the lay public in favour of compulsory registration of title; the large landowners (or their representatives in the House of Lords) appear to be at one with the Free Land League on this subject; the leaders of legal opinion on both sides of the Houses of Parliament are committed to some such scheme, and, this being so, it can hardly be expected that any protests on the part of the legal profession against the proposal for compulsory registration of title will be listened to. It may possibly be that a combined effort might secure postponement of the operation of the compulsion clauses; for, as we pointed out last week, the Bill does not contemplate compulsion as inevitably following on the establishment of a land transfer district; but, so far as existing indications go, it would seem that compulsion will come sooner or later. The practical course seems to be to endeavour, as far as possible, to minimize the possible evils of the proposed system, and to lend the aid of knowledge and experience by way of suggestions as to the details of a scheme which is certainly tentative and cautious in its application of compulsion. With this view we have, in our observations on the Bill, declined to discuss the question whether registration of title is the best system to adopt, and whether compulsion is necessary or expedient; and have, in the first instance, stated and discussed the Bill as it was introduced, and we propose, when we are able to see the form into which the Bill will ultimately be moulded, and the rules which will fill up its details, to devote ourselves to the consideration of the points upon which amendment appears to be necessary. SIR A. ROLLIT has introduced a Bill having for its object the compulsory registration of all deeds of arrangement between debtors, being traders, and their creditors. The proposal is that all such deeds, whether by way of assignment, composition, or inspec torship, shall be registered in the Bills of Sale Department of the Central Office of the Supreme Court within seven days after execution by the debtor or a creditor, or, in default thereof, shall be void. On registration, a true copy of the deed and of every schedule or |