ISRAEL, HENRY ASH, Central Meat Market, Meat Salesman. High Court. Pet Jan 5. Ord March 23 JAMES, ROBERT, Graveley, Cambridge, Farmer. Bedford. Pet Aug 9. Ord Aug 10 JOHNSON, HENRY, Farnborough, Hampshire, Draper. Guildford. Pet Aug 8. JONES, THOMAS, Blaenau Festiniog, Merioneth, General Dealer. Bangor. Pet Pet July 12. PAILLARD, ARTHUR. Holborn Viaduct, Musical Instrument Importer. High Court. Pet Aug 10. Ord Aug 10 PALMER, ALBERT, and ALBERT EDWARD PALMER, Yeovil, Somersetshire, Glove Manufacturers. Yeovil. Pet Aug 8. Ord Aug 8 PEMBERTON. OLIVER JAMES, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, Licensed Victualler. Birmingham. Pet July 28. Ord Aug 9 PHIPPARD, JOHN, Swanage, Dorsetshire, Lodging-house Keeper. Poole. Pet Aug 10. Ord Aug 10 POPE, HENRY ALEXANDER, Swansea, Licensed Victualler. Swansea. Pet Aug 10. Ord Aug 10 RHODES, DANIEL, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Newsagent. Dewsbury. Pet Aug 9. Ord Aug 9 ROBERTSON, JOSEPH, Tokenhouse yard, Financial Agent. High Court. Pet July 93. Ord Aug 8 SANGER, WILLIAM, Margate. Proprietor of Steam Roundabouts. Canterbury. SPARKE, JOHN, Deal, Schoolmaster. Can erbury. Pet July 13. Ord Aug 8 TEAL, JEREMIAH, East Berwick, nr Skipton, Yorks, Farmer. Bradford. Pet WATERFALL, WALTER JOHN, Coventry, Gasfitter. Coventry. Pet Aug 9. Ord Aug 9 WATKINS, EDMOND, Church st, Stoke Newington, Cheesemonger. Edmonton. WEBSTER, FISHER, and JAMES WILLIAM WEBSTER, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, FIRST MEETINGS. ALLATT, FREDERICK THOMAS, Frizington, Cumberland, Chemist Aug 22 at 12. 67. Duke st. Whitehaven ANDREW. RICHARD, Gainsborough, Miller. Aug 22 at 12. Off Rec, 2, St Benedict's sq, Lincoln ANDREWS, WILLIAM CHARLES, Bournemouth, Corn Merchant. Aug 22 at 12. Temperance Hall, Poole ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, Southsea, Furniture Dealer. Aug 22 at 3.30. 166, Queen st, Portsea BAILEY, GEORGE, Thurloe place, South Kensington, Veterinary Surgeon. Aug 19 at 12. 33. Carey st. Lincoln's inn BARNES WILLIAM CHARLES. New Clee, Lincolnshire, Smackowner. Aug 31 at 12. Off Rec. 3, Haven st, Gt Grimsby BERRY, WILLIAM. Darlington, Tailor's Assistant. Aug 23 at 11. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough BISHOP, EDWIN THOMAS, Landport, Baker. Aug 22 at 3. 166, Queen st, Portsea BORLASE, WILLIAM COPELAND, Laregan, Penzance, M.P. Aug 19 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs. Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields BROWN, MARY ANN, I eamington, Warwickshire, Pork Butcher. Aug 19 at 12.30. Off Rec, 17. Hertford st, Coventry BULMER, HENY WOOD, York, out of business. Aug 19 at 2. Off Rec, York CHISHOLM. RALPH, jun.. East Allerdean, Northumberland, Farmer. Aug 22 at 12. Off Rec, Pink lane, Newcastle on Tyne COLLINS, CHARLOTTE, Binfield, Berks, Baker. Aug 20 at 11. Herbert & Sons, Peascod st. Windsor DAWSON, GEORGE MASON, Broadstairs, Kent, Builder. Aug 22 at 12 30. Bankuptcy bldgs. Lincoln's inn DAWSON, SEWELL, Brampton, Hunts, Farmer. Aug 24 at 1. Fountain Hotel, Huntingdon DOMSALLA, AMANDUS ADOLPHE, Morley st, Shoreditch, Cabinet Manufacturer. Aug 19 at 11. 33. Carey st, Lincoln's inn ELIOTT, SAMUEL, Alphington, Devon, Nurseryman. Aug 23 at 11.30. Castle of Exeter, Exeter FORD, CHARLES, Horsley, Glos, Farmer. Aug 20 at 5. Imperial Hotel, Stroud GOOLD, HENRY, Birmingham, Silk Mercer. Aug 25 at 11. 25, Colmore row, Birmingham HARRIS, SIMON, Hatton Garden. Aug 22 at 1'. Bankruptcy bldgs, Lincoln's inn HIBBEN, JOHN MAXTED, Gt Yarmouth, Shipsmith. Aug 20 at 1. Off Rec, 8, King st, Norwich HUNT, CHARLES, Stroud, Glos, Cabinet Maker. Aug 20 at 3. Imperial Hotel, Stroud INGHAM, WILLIAM RUSHTON, Rawtenstall, Lancs, Ironfounder. Aug 19 at 3. Queen's Hotel, Rawtenstall JONES. EVAN, Tyddyn - calchwr, Llanfwrog, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Farmer. Sept 13 at 11.45. County Hall, Wrexham LIDDIATT. RICHARD KILMINSTER, Chalford, Glos, Builder. Aug 20 at 4. Imperial Hotel, Stroud LITTLER, ALFRED ROBERT, Worksop, Notts, Painter. Aug 23 at 11.30. Off Rec, Figtree lane, Sheffield minghain MARSON, THOMAS, Birmingham, Jeweller. Aug 24 at 11. 25, Colmore row, Bir- PALMER, EDWARD. Hanham, Glouces, Draper. Aug 20 at 11. Off Rec, Bank chbrs, Bristol PAYNE, JAMES, Bath, Bootmaker. Aug 22 at 12.30. RH Moore, High Bailiff, York st, Bath REDGATE, HERBERT, Nottingham, Lacemaker. Aug 19 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham RHODES, DANIEL, Dewsbury, Yorks, Newsagent. Aug 19 at 3. Off Rec, Bank SEAGE, WILLIAM, Coles Thurdon, Kilkhampton, Cornwal', Farmer. Aug 19 at SPRUCE, FRANK, Knutsford. Cheshire, Coal Merchant. Aug 19 at 11.30. Off SQUIRE, JOHN, and ALBERT SQUIRE, Acle, Norfolk, Farmers. Aug 20 at 12. Off Rec. 8. King st, Norwich TAYLOR, EDWARD BROWN, Oat lane, Trimming Manufacturer. Aug 19 at 12. TAYLOR. FREDERICK, Hunslet, Leeds, Earthenware Manufacturer. Aug 22 at 11. TAYLOR, JAMES, Hexham, Northumberland, Publican. Law Society, Chancery, Aug 22 at 12. Mr. R. H. TURNER, WALTER ERNEST, Bath, Eating House Keeper. YAPP, THOMAS, Hereford, Confectioner. Aug 23 at 10. 2, Offa st, Hereford ADJUDICATIONS. ADAMS, HENRY CADWALLADER, Twickenham, Esq. Brentford. Pet Aug 4. Ord APLIN. HENRY. Combe St Nicholas, Somersetshire, Farmer. Taunton. Pet BAINES. WILLIAM HENRY, Nottingham, Grocer. Nottingham. Pet July 11. Ord BATTS. WILLIAM BEASANT, Hambledon, Hants, Bricklayer. Southampton. Pet Newcastle. COPEMAN, WALTER, Lowestoft, Butcher. Great Yarmouth. Pet July 19. Ord Aug 10 Cox, W L H, St Martin's le Grand, Government Clerk. High Court. Pet Sec 103. Ord Aug 9 DAWSON, SEWELL, Brampton, Huntingdonshire, Farmer. Peterborough. Pet DOWNS, CHARLES, Lavender hill, Clapham, no occupati n. Wandsworth. Pet GREEN, ELIAS, Stalbridge, Dorsetshire, Pianoforte Dealer. Salisbury. Pet July 18. Ord Aug 9 HOLDSWORTH, JOHN. Gomersal, Yorks, Flannel Manufacturer. Dewsbury. Pet July 19. Ord Aug 9 HOLIDAY, JAMES, Skillington, Lincs, Farmer. Nottingham. Pet Ju'y 19. Ord Aug 8 HOPKINS. ELIZA, Henbury Gloucestershire, Widow. Bristol. Pet July 11. Ord Aug 10 HUNT, CHARLES, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Cabinet Maker. Gloucester. Pet Aug 5 Ord Aug 10 INGHAM WILLIAM RUSHTON, Rawtenstall, Lancs, Ironfounder. Blackburn. Pet July 19. Ord Aug 9 JONES, WILLIAM, Plough lane, New Wandsworth, Grocer. Wandsworth. Pet KENT, HANNAH, Bletchingley, Surrey, Grocer. Croydon. Pet July 22. Ord PAILLARD, ARTHUR, Holborn viaduct, Musical Instrument Importer. High PHIPPARD, JOHN, Swanage, Dorset, Lodging House Keeper. Poole. Pet Aug 10. Ord Aug 10 PIGOT, JOSEPH, Monnery rd, Upper Holloway, Licensed Victualler. High RHODES, DANIEL, Dewsbury, Newsagent. Dewsbury. Pet Aug 9. Ord Aug 9 Aug 9 London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Aug. 16. RECEIVING ORDERS. PRITCHARD, THOMAS, Bethesda, Carnarvonshire, Grocer. Aug 19 at 2.30. Off AYLWARD, JOHN, Coventry, Perambulator Manufacturer. Coventry. Pet Aug Rec, Crypt chbrs, Chester 13. Ord Aug 13 BARNES, WALTER, Pullar rd, West Barnet, Grocer. Aug 10 BARRETT, WILLIAM, Bristol, Boot Maker. Barnet. Fet June 25. Ord Bristol. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 BIDEN, LUCY, Truro, Cornwall, Stationer. Truro. Pet Aug 9. Ord Aug 9 BLAND, JOHN, Kingston upon Hull, Wood Turner. Kingston upon Hull. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 BOWDEN, SAMUEL ELLIOTT, Exmouth, Harbour Master. Exeter. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 BROWN, THOMAS, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, Coal Dealer. Worcester. Pet Aug 13. Ord Aug 13 BURNETT, WILLIAM HALL, Middlesborough, Printer. Middlesborough. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 CARTY, TIMOTHY, sen, Birmingham, Grocer. Birmingham. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 CHAPMAN, WILLIAM, Grimston, Norfolk, Farmer. King's Lynn. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 CHAPPELL, WILLIAM, Swinton, Yorks, Colliery Deputy. Sheffield. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 11 CLARKE, CHARLES ALBERT, Calverley, Yorks, Boot Maker. Bradford. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 11 CORDY, THOMAS HENRY, Bristol, Cabinet Maker. Bristol. Pet Aug 11. Ord DARTON, THOMAS GATES, and EDWARD HACK DARTON, Kirby st, Hatton garden, ELSOM, ALFRED HOWARD, Theobald's rd, Accountant. High Court. Pet July 23. Ord Aug 10 EVERSTED, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Horsham, Commercial Traveller. Brighton. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 11 FOLLETT. RICHARD, Barnstaple, Licensed Victualler. Barnstaple. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 FORD, JAMES, Pitfield st, Hoxton, Contractor. High Court, Pet June 15. Ord Aug 11 GEYELIN, GEORGE, Newcastle on Tyne, Exhibition Agent. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet Aug 13. Ord Aug 13 GILLISPIE, WILLIAM. Barrow in Furness, Licensed Victualler. Barrow in Furness. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 GLOVER, JOHN THOMAS, Bloxwich, Stafford, Chain Manufacturer. Walsall. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 11 GRIFFITHS JOHN WATKINS, Brecon, Ironmonger. Merthyr Tydfil. Pet Aug 13. Ord Aug 13 GRIFFITHS. WILLIAM GEORGE, Lydney, Gloucester, Draper. Newport, Mon. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 GRISSELL, CHARLES E, Elm pk gdns, Fulham, Gent. High Court. Ord Sept 15. Pet Aug 10 HARKER, MARY, Harrogate, Fancy Wool Dealer. York. Pet Aug 10. Ord HASELDEN, THOMAS JAMES, Rbyl, Flint, Teacher of Music. Bangor. Pet Aug 13. Ord Aug 11 HOWE, GEORGE, Altrincham, Baker. Manchester. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 HUXLEY, CHARLES, Wrexham, Builder. Wrexham. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 JACQUES, JOSEPH, Bradford, Stuff Manufacturer. Bradford. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 JAMES, JAMES WESTHEAD, Higher Tranmere, Cheshire, Estate Agent. Liverpool. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 11 JANSON, JOHN WILLIAM, Leeds, Painter. Leeds. Pet Aug 13. Ord Aug 13 KING, ARTHUR PERCY, Ingersoll rd. Shepherd's Bush, no occupation. High KING, RICHARD, Wellington, Somerset, Coal Dealer. Taunton. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 KURTZIG, LOUIE, Dyer's bldgs, Holborn. High Court. Pet July 18. Ord Aug 12 MARRIOTT. WILLIAM HENRY, Harbury, Warwick, Builder. Warwick. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 11 MERCER, ALFRED, Lutterworth, Leicester, Surgeon's Assistant. Leicester. Pet July 28. Ord Aug 10 MORFEY, ALBERT WILLIAM, Upper Edmonton, Commercial Clerk. Edmonton. PARKER, ROBERT FOSTER, Skipton, Bank Manager. Bradford. Pet Aug 4. Ord Pet July SAUNDERS, BERTHA HENRIETTA, Clanricarde gardens, Kensington, Lodging SIZER, JOHN, Sheffield, Grocer. Sheffield. Pet Aug 13. Ord Aug 13 STEVENS, GEORGE JACKSON, Shepherd's Bush, Auctioneer. High Court. Pet July 22. Ord Aug 11 Ord Pet TAYLOR. ALFRED, Stalbridge, Dorset, Brewer. Salisbury. Aug 12 TAYLOR, FRANCIS NICHOLAS, Leverington, Cambs, Farmer. Aug 13. Ord Aug 13 Pet Aug 12. King's Lynn. THOMAS, DAVID, Ton Ystrad, Glamorganshire, Bootmaker. Pontypridd. Pet THORPE, GEORGE JOHN, Shipley, Yorks, Grocer. Bradford. Pet Aug 13. Ord WHITE, JOHN, Stillington, Yorks, Tailor. York. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 11 WISEMAN, JOSEPH JOHN, Westbourne, Bournemouth, Plumber. Poole. Pet Aug 13. Ord Aug 13 WOLFFE, AUGUST, Hedon-in-Holderness, Yorks, Innkeeper. Kingston on Hull. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 WOOD, WALTER, Delahay st, Westminster. High Court. Pet July 1. Ord Aug 11 WRIGHT, BRYCE MCMURDO, Regent st, Mineralogist. High Court. Pet July 16. Ord Aug 12 FIRST MEETINGS. ALDRIDGE, JOSEPH, Ludgate hill, Ironmonger. Aug 24 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields AUGUST, WILLIAM HENRY, Croydon, Surrey, Grocer. Aug 29 at 11.30. Off Rec, 109, Victoria st, Westminster BARRETT, WILLIAM, Bristol, Bootmaker. Aug 26 at 12.30. Off Rec, Bank chbrs, Bristol BATTS, WILLIAM BEASANT, Hambledon, Hants, Bricklayer. Aug 23 at 3. Off Rec. 166, Queen st, Portsea BEVAN, WILLIAM, St George, Glouces, Butcher. Aug 25 at 12. Off Rec, Bank chbrs, Bristol BIDEN, LUCY, Truro, Cornwall, Stationer. Aug 23 at 12. Off Rec, Boscawen st, Truro BIRD, JOHN, Hammerwich, Staffs, Farmer. Aug 29 at 11. Off Rec, Wa'sall BROWN, EDWIN JAMES, Bath, Printer. Aug 26 at 3.30. BROWN, THOMAS, Upton on Severn, Corn Dealer. Aug 27 at 11. Off Rec, BURGESS, SARAH ANN. Far Forest, nr Bewdley, Worcestershire, out of business. CORDY. THOMAS HENRY. Bristol, Cabinet Maker. Aug 25 at 12.30. Off Rec, COSSEY, G., Cossey villas, Clapton pk, Builder. Aug 24 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn CoWDREY, ALFRED, New Clee, Lincolnshire, Fisherman. Aug 31 at 12.3). Off Rec. 3, Haven st, Gt Grimsby CURTIS. RICHARD, Aldersgate st, Builder. Aug 23 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs, Lincoln's inn DOBNEY, JOHN T., Pembroke st, Caledonian rd, Grocer. Ang 25 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn EDWARDS, JOHN WARD, Bedford, Baker. Aug 23 at 1. 8, St Paul's sq, Bedford EXLEY. WILLIAM, Morton, Yorks, Boot Dealer. Aug 23 at 12.30. Station Hotel, York FARR, DAVID, Porth, Glamorganshire, Grocer. Aug 26 at 3. Off Rec, Merthyr FARR, GWENLLIAN. Porth, Glamorganshire, Grocer. Aug 26 at 2.30. Off Rec, FOLLETT, RICHARD. Barnstaple. Licensed Victualler. & Son, High st, Barnstaple 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn Fox, W. G., Moreton ter, Belgrave rd. Aug 24 at 11. Rec, Pink lane, Newcastle on Tyne GHENT, WILLIAM HEWETT, Sackville st, Piccadilly, Lodging-house Keeper. Aug 23 at 11. 33. Carey st, Lincoln's inn GORDON, J. R. HAY, Liverpool. Aug 23 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn GORE, SAMUEL, Tenbury, Worcestershire, Livery Stable Keeper. Aug 23 at 11,15. HANDS, ALBERT EDWARD. Halesowen, Worcestershire, Baker. Aug 30 at 2.45. HAZELL, JOHN JAMES, Farnham, Surrey, Draper. Aug 24 at 12. The Cannon et HESELTON, ALFRED. Bridlington, Yorks, Fellmonger. Aug 26 at 11.30. Black Lion Hotel, Bridlin ston HILTON, WILLIAM, Oldham, Builder. Aug 25 at 3. Off Rec, Priory chbrs, Union st, Oldham HIRD. HARTLEY, and HOLLINGS SMITH, Bradford, Worsted Stuff MatuHIRST, SAMUEL, Leeds, Bill Discounter. Aug 24 at 11. Off Rec, 22, Park row, facturers. Aug 25 at 1. Off Rec, 31, Manor row, Bradford Leeds HOUGH, THOMAS, Wolverhampton, Bicycle Manufacturer. Aug 30 at 11. Off HUGHES, WILLIAM, and THOMAS OWEN, Bangor, Ironmongers. Aug 24 at 12. Off Bedford Aug 24 at 12. Off Bankruptcy bdgs, 25, Colemore row MARRIOTT, WILLIAM HENRY, Harbury, Warwick, Builder. Aug 25 at 11.15. Off MERCER, ALFRED, Lutterworth, Leicester, Surgeon's Assistant. Aug 24 at 11.30. 28. Friar lane, Leicester MILSOM, JAMES, Watford, Herts, Ironmonger. Aug 25 at 11. Blagg & Edwards, PHIPPARD, JOHN, Swanage, Lodging house Keeper. Aug 24 at 3. PINCKNEY, JOHN ASHWORTH, Liverpool, Chartered Accountant. Aug 24 at 3. PROBERT, ARTHUR JAMES, Hay, Brecknockshire, Butcher. Aug 26 at 10. 2, Offa st, Hereford RUFF, WILLIAM, Little Staughton, Beds, Machinist. Aug 23 at 12. S, St Paul's sq, Bedford SEWARD, THOMAS, Kington upon Hull, Timber Merchant. Aug 25 at 2. Incorporated Law Society, Lincoln's inn bldgs, Bowlalley lane, Hull SLAPOFFSKI, JOSEPH GUSTAVE, Camden st, Camden rd, Professor of Music. Aug 25 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn STEEL, JAMES, Cheltenham, Dea'er in Domestic Machinery. Aug 23 at 3.30. County Court Office, Cheltenham SYMONDS, THOMAS EDWARD, Hereford, Builder. Aug 26 at 10.30. 2, Offa st, Hereford TAYLOR, GEORGE, Gloucester, Butcher. Aug 23 at 11. Off Rec, Gloucester BIDEN, LUCY, Truro, Cornwall, Stationer. Truro. Pet Aug 9. Ord Aug 13 BRIZELL. JOHN, jun, Liverpool, Veterinary Surgeon. Liverpool. Pet July 11. CHITTENDEN. EDWARD JAMES BOURNE, Bermondsey wall, Bermondsey, Potter. CLARKE, CHARLES ALBERT, Calverley, Yorks, Boot Maker. Bradford. Pet Aug EVANS. THOMAS SAMUEL, Matilda st, Thornhill sq, Upholsterer. High Court FARR, DAVID, Porth, Glamorganshire, Boot Maker. Pontypridd. Pet Aug 8. Ord Ang 8 FORD. CHARLES. Horsley, nr Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, Farmer. Gloucester. Pet June 20 Ord Aug 11 GLOVER, JOHN THOMAS, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, Chain Manufacturer. Wa's all Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 11 GOATER, ALFRED WILLIAM, Leadenhall st, Eating-house Keeper. High Court. Pet July 21. Ord Aug 12 GRIFFITHS, JOHN WATKINS, Brecon, Ironmonger. Merthyr Tydfil. Pet Aug 13. GROGAN, HUGH, Chorlton upon Medlock, Builder. Preston. Pet July 18. MORGAN, JAMES FERRENT, Glamorgan, Innkeeper. Pontypridd. Pet Aug 9. Ord Aug 9 NEALE, DANIEL, Westgate, Wakefield, Hatter. Wakefield. Pet July 25. Ord Aug 9 ORME. JOHN, West Bromwich, Journeyman Butcher. Oldbury. Pet Aug 6. Ord Aug 11 PASS, BENJAMIN, and HARRY ALBERT, Newcastle on Tyne, Fancy Goods Dealers. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet July 23. Ord Aug 12 PAWLEY, CHARLES JAMES CHIRNEY, Moorgate st, Architect. High Court. Pet April 19. Ord Aug 13 PAYNE, JAMES, Bath, Bootmaker. Bath. Pet Aug 4. Ord Aug 13 PIPER, GEORGE PARSEY, Gt Hormead, Herts, Farmer. Cambridge. Pet July SAUNDERS, BERTHA HENRIETTA. Clanricarde gdns, Kensington, Lodging House SIMMONDS, HERBERT, Aberystwith, Cab Driver. Aberystwith. Pet Aug 11. SIZER, JOHN, Sheffield, Grocer. Sheffield. Pet Aug 13. Ord Aug 13 TAYLOR, JAMES, Hexham, Northumberland, Publican. Newcastle on Tyne Pet Aug 8 Ord Aug 11 THORPE, GEORGE JOHN, Shipley, Yorks, Grocer. Bradford. Pet Aug 13. Ord TURNER. WALTER ERNEST, Bath, Eating House Keeper. Bath. Pet Aug 4. WATKINS, EDMOND. Church st, Stoke Newington, Cheesemonger. Edmonton. WIGLEY, DAVID, Aberbiga, Trefeglwys, Mont., Farmer. Newtown. Pet July WILSTON, JOHN JAMES, Camden st, Camden town, Wheelwright. High Court. WOLFFE, AUGUST, Hedon in Holderness, Yorks, Innkeeper. Kingston upon ANNULLED. Ord HALL, RICHARD BENJAMIN, Sandwich, Kent, Boot Maker. Canterbury. Pet July 25. Ord Aug 10 Pet Aug 10. Ord Aug 12 Ord HARKER, MARY, Harrogate, Fancy Wool Dealer. York. HILTON, WILLIAM, Oldham, Builder. Oldham. Pet Aug 11. HOUGH, THOMAS, Wolverhampton, Bicycle Manufacturer. Wolverhampton. HUDSON. WILLIAM JOHN CHARLES, Margate, Baker. Canterbury. Pet July 30. Ord Aug 10 JACQUES, JOSEPH, Bradford, Stuff Manufacturer. Bradford. Pet Aug 12. Ord JAMES, ROBERT, Graveley, Cambridgeshire, Farmer. Bedford. Pet Aug 9. Ord KELLEY, WILLIAM, Hertford rd, Edmonton, Builder. Edmonton. Pet July 12. KIDD, HENRY, Landport, Hants, Tobacconist. Portsmouth. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 12 KING, RICHARD, Wellington, Somerset, Coal Dealer. Taunton. Pet Aug 12. Ord Aug 12 MALET, FRANCIS BLUNDELL WARRE, Roland gdns, South Kensigton, Gent. High Court. Pet June 13. Ord Aug 11 MARRIOTT, WILLIAM HENRY, Harbury, Warwick, Builder. Warwick, Pet Aug 10. Ord Aug 13 MILLS, SAMUEL, Leeds, Commission Agent. Leeds. Pet Aug 9. 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SCHWEITZER & Co, 10, Adam-st., Strand, London, W.C. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. DAVIDSON.-June 9, at Singapore, the wife of J. Guthrie Davidson, barriste--atlaw, of a son. COPP.-Aug. 12, at Hatherley, Wimbledon-hill, the wife of Alfred Evelyn Copp, MARRIAGES. LEAR-POULTER.-Aug. 11, at Basingstoke, George Lear, solicitor, of Basingstoke, 705 UNTEARABLE LETTER COPYING BOOKS. (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.C. business must be regarded with considerable envy by his colleagues in the Metropolis, several of whom sit for five days a week during nearly ten months of the year. THERE HAVE BEEN two recent decisions as to the revocation of wills or portions of wills by means of cutting or erasure with a knife. In In the Goods of Maley (35 W. R. 764, 12 P. D. 134), the testator had cut out with a pair of scissors the clause of the will by which the executors were appointed, and, although the piece so cut out was found after his death in the same bag with the will itself, Sir JAMES HANNEN held that there was an intention to revoke not only the appointment of the executors, but also the instructions given to them. In In the Goods of Morton (35 W. R. 735, 12 P. D. 141) a will was found with the signatures of the testatrix and of the two witnesses erased, apparently with a penknife. It is curious that there should be, apparently, no authority as to whether such an erasure is within the words "burning, The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. tearing, or otherwise destroying," in section 20 of the Wills Act, LONDON, AUGUST 27, 1887. CURRENT TOPICS. THE DEBATE in Committee of Supply last Monday evening may be some compensation for the supposed neglect by Parliament of the interests of lawyers and of legal suitors. The discussion extended over a wide field of topics, ranging from the question of the amalgamation of the two branches of the legal profession to the profits of the Middlesex Registry and the amount of work done by the Masters and the County Court Judges. Mr. ARTHUR O'CONNOR's proposal to accelerate a reduction in the staff of Masters by summarily disendowing one of that body did not commend itself to the House; but the Law Officers held out expectations of certain reduction and reforms. The Attorney General hinted at a reduction of the Lord Chancellor's secretarial staff and a redistribution of county court districts; while the Solicitor-General admitted being aware that the question of the appointment of an additional Judge of the Chancery Division was "under consideration." THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Who call in question the vote for salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court of Judicature should be reminded that, even where reforms and reductions are decided upon, some time must elapse before they can be carried into effect. Thus, in the case of the Masters, when a vacancy arises the place will not be filled up, and thus the vote for salaries will for the following year be less by the amount of the salary of the officer to whom no successor is appointed. The Attorney-General, when he stated that the office of Clerk of the Petty Bag will not be kept alive after the death of the present holder, overlooked the fact that there is in existence an Act of Parliament providing for the abolition of that office (37 & 38 Vict. c. 81, s. 5), and for transferring the duties to such officer of the Supreme Court aa may be designated by the Rules of Court. 1837; but Mr. Justice BUTT followed the analogy of the cases where the signature has been entirely cut out of the paper. He observed that what the testatrix had done might be "regarded as a lateral cutting out"; and he therefore held that the will had been duly revoked. THE CONFESSION OF GUILT made by the convict LIPSKI may, on a future occasion, have the effect of restraining the zeal of some of those benevolent persons who are always ready to assume the innocence of those who, although convicted of murder after a regular and patient trial, may, through the activity of their friends and legal advisers, have the benefit of a re-trial of their case in the columns of a newspaper. In the recent murder case there appears never to have been a suggestion of much more than a hope that some fresh evidence might be obtained, if sufficient time was allowed for that purpose; and yet we have had an evening contemporary day after day advocating a theory which, if worthy of consideration at all, would have involved the incrimination of third parties, coupled with what purported to be a report of an interview, accorded, as a matter of exceptional courtesy, to the prisoner's solicitor by the judge who tried the case. The Home Secretary is to be congratulated on having resisted the pressure sought to be put upon him both inside and outside the House of Commons in order to induce him to prolong the period of respite; but it was perhaps scarcely worth while for Mr. Justice STEPHEN to contradict the reports as to the absurd and unbecoming observations which had been attributed to his clerk. ATTENTION has frequently been called in these columns to the very prevalent delusion that the whole of the funds in court in the Chancery Division, which, in fact, amount to about £76,000,000 in value, This delusion is fostered by advertisements which are unclaimed. appear from time to time and by tales circulated in local newspapers of the recovery of fabulous sums by persons in a humble position of life. A suggestion was made in the House of Commons on Monday last that when next the triennial list of dormant funds is published the amounts standing to the several accounts should be stated. It is difficult to see how anyone would be prejudiced by A REARRANGEMENT of the Circuits and Districts of the County the adoption of this plan, and it would most certainly help to Court Judges is a change which, in all probability, cannot be very dispel delusions which are calculated to assist fraudulent attempts long deferred, in view of the unequal distribution of judicial work to obtain fees for investigating alleged claims. It is certain that which is indicated by the statistics of the last few years; but it very few of the amounts standing to the accounts mentioned in the does not necessarily follow that it will involve any great reduction published list are worth the expense of getting in. The cost of in the number of judges. The Attorney-General pointed out on establishing a title to them would swallow up the whole fund, and Tuesday that the greatest difficulty in the way of a consolidation the claimant would not have even the shell of the oyster wherewith of districts was the additional distance which would have to be to celebrate his success. On the other hand, where the fund is travelled by suitors, witnesses, and jurors from rural districts if large, although it might be equally cosily to prove the title to it, courts were held only in the larger towns. It is reported to be justice requires that every facility should be given to bond fide a common practice for County Court Judges to pass alternate fort-claimants. The actual amount of the funds in court at the date of nights of continuous work and absolute rest; but the favoured the last return was £3,931,054 Os. 8d. in cash; £71,946,527 5s. 8d. judge who devoted only seventy-six days of last year to judicial nominal value of securities; rupees, 22,14,339; dollars, 45,500; 66 francs, 15,300; guilders, 23,000; marks, 194,000; and pesetas, 44,000. | surveyor" (Fry v. Tapson), says the solicitor. "I will send for The supplement to the London Gazette of the 8th of March, 1887, the Directory for Kent and extract for you the names of the local contains in 137 double-column pages a list of the accounts to which surveyors given therein, and you must select from the list the such of these funds as have not been dealt with for fifteen years name of some person whom you will employ." This is done; are standing, and a note in the same supplement informs us that the trustees select at random Mr. ROBINSON, a Kentish surveyor, only one-nineteenth of those several accounts shew a balance ex- and then the managing trustee says to the solicitor, "You will ceeding £1,000, and only one-third shew a balance exceeding instruct this Mr. ROBINSON to value the property?" "I cannot £100. do that with any safety to myself," replies the solicitor, "unless I first verify all the statements in the particulars of the property furnished by Messrs. SMITH; if I frame instructions without doing this I shall be guilty of negligence (Pretty v. Fowke, ante, p. 693). This will cause considerable expense and delay, and I am not at all clear that you will be able to recover the costs of the necessary inquiries from the mortgagor as part of the proper costs of the mortgage. Besides, you will be delegating your duty and responsibility as a trustee (Re Partington, ante, p. 704); and, moreover, it is now laid down that you must 'exercise an independent judgment' on the valuer's report before advancing the trust-money (Whiteley v. Learoyd, ante, p. 672; Re PartingYour best course will be to go down to Kent; carefully look over the property; be sure you ask the tenant to show you his lease, and ascertain whether its terms are correctly stated in the particulars; ask the mortgagor whether there is any land improvement charge on the property-and, by the way, you had better search at the Land Commissioner's Office to ascertain whether there is; you see the existence of such a charge would make an important difference in the estimate of the value of the property." "Good heavens," says the trustee, "do you mean to say we must do all this?" Yes, and when you have done it you must be careful to instruct your valuer not to state merely whether the property is a good security for £2,000, but to give all the details affecting its value as a security. And you must particularly tell him not merely to state the selling value of the property as it stands: you see a hop garden and oasthouse is a property of a speculative character, and the surveyor ought to be asked the value of the property apart from its value as a hop garden' (Re Partington); you must therefore instruct the surveyor to tell you what is the selling value of the land and buildings apart from the hop industry." Anything more?" 'Yes; you see you know nothing about the value of property in Kent; you are not allowed to employ a surveyor in whom you have confidence, because, being resident in London, it is assumed that he knows nothing about property in Kent; you also are resident in London and know nothing of the value of property in Kent; but nevertheless, when you have got the report of the local valuer, you must not adopt his advice blindly,' you must exercise your judgment upon it."" "How?" "That I cannot tell you; perhaps you had better go down to Kent again, see the valuer, and crossexamine him upon his report." "Thank you; and when all this is done, what about the amount to be advanced?" "Well, the rule as to one-half the estimated value is not a hard-and-fast rule,' but nevertheless, if it is transgressed, you will have 'to justity' your conduct; so, of course, if you are wise, you will observe it. And, mind, the value to the extent of half of which you will advance is the prairie value,' not the value for the purposes of the hop industry" (Re Partington). "Good morning; we will take no further steps with reference to advances on mortgage; we can buy Consols, although they may be above par, without any inquiry or investigation, and although no prudent man would invest his own money in them; but it seems that the courts are determined to prohibit investments of trust-money on mortgage." We commend to our readers' attention this hardly exaggerated statement of the practical working of the rules recently laid down. THE CASE of Reg. v. Riley (35 W. R. 382, 18 Q. B. D. 481) raised a question as to the extent to which the prosecutrix upon a charge of rape or indecent assault can be cross-examined as to character and the extent to which her statements may be contradicted by rebutting evidence. The prisoner was charged with an assault with intent to commit a rape, and his counsel set up the defence that the prosecutrix had consented to what he had done. The prosecutrix was cross-examined as to previous sexual intercourse with the prisoner with her consent, but she denied that such inter-ton); how can you do this unless you have seen the property? course had ever taken place, and the Court of Quarter Sessions refused to admit evidence on the prisoner's behalf of previous intercourse between them. There has been some uncertainty as to the rule of evidence on this subject, but the exclusion of evidence to discredit the prosecutrix appears to have applied only to intercourse with men other than the accused. In Reg. v. Cockroft (11 Cox C. C. 140) WILLES, J., refused evidence as to intercourse with other men, but expressed his willingness to hear evidence as to previous intercourse with the prisoner, and in Reg. v. Holmes (1 C. C. R. 334), where the Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved held that, on an indictment for an indecent assault, the denial of the prosecutrix as to sexual intercourse with other men could not be rebutted by other evidence, KELLY, C.B., said that evidence as to intercourse with the prisoner "is undoubtedly admissible, for it has a direct bearing upon the question of consent." Moreover, Mr. Justice STEPHEN, in his Digest of the Law of Evidence (Art. 134) lays down that the prosecutrix may be questioned as to intercourse with the prisoner on previous occasions, and adds, "if she denies it, she (probably) may be contradicted." In Reg. v. Riley the court (which included Mr. Justice STEPHEN) held that the rebutting evidence ought to have been admitted, all the judges recognising the distinction between evidence as to intercourse with the prisoner and as to intercourse with other men. The Lord Chief Justice observed that the former evidence "leads directly to the point in issue," and Mr. Justice MATHEW said that the admission of such evidence was "in accordance with justice and common sense." Mr. Justice STEPHEN only guarded himself against being supposed to lay down that evidence could be admitted to shew that the prosecutrix was a common prostitute. LET US ATTEMPT to trace in detail the practical effect of the rules which have been recently laid down with regard to trustees' mortgage investments. Trustees call on their solicitor in London to inquire whether he has heard of a mortgage investment for the £2,000 in JONES's trust, now on deposit at the bank? JONES's widow, tenant for life, with a large family and small income, is very clamorous about an immediate investment, an increase on the two per cent. allowed on deposit being of great moment to her. Yes, the solicitor has heard of an investment: Messrs. SMITH, solicitors, of (let us say) Canterbury, have written to offer a mortgage investment for £2,000 on certain hop gardens, oasthouse, and premises in Kent. Description of property seems satisfactory; managing trustee says, "Well, I suppose we had better get Mr. BROWN, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, to look over the property; I employ him in all my mortgage investments, and know him to be a shrewd and cautious surveyor." "My dear sir," says the solicitor, "you must do no such thing, you must employ a local surveyor" (Fry v. Tapson, 33 W. R. 113). "But I know no local surveyor "" says the trustee ; "do you know one?" "I do not," says the solicitor, "and, if I did, I must not select the surveyor: you, as trustees, must do that' "" (Fry v. Tapson). "Well, perhaps Messrs. SMITH can tell us who is the best local surveyori" says the trustee. "Worse and worse; you must not on any account allow the mortgagor's solicitors to suggest the 66 เ The number of failures in England and Wales gazetted during the week ending Saturday, August 20, was 106. The number in the corresponding week of last year was 103, shewing an increase of 3, being a net increase in 1887, to date, of 62. The number of bills of sale published in England and Wales for the week ending August 20, was 254. The number in the corresponding week of last year was 233, shewing an increase of 21, being a net increase in 1887, to date, of 133. The number published in Ireland for the same week was 14. The number in the corresponding week of last year was 14, shewing no alteration, leaving a net decrease in 1887, to date, of 154.-Kemp's Mercantile Gazette. |