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CLARKE, JAMES ARTHUR, New Quay, Cornwall, Harbour Master. Sept 17 at 12. Off Rec, Boscawen st, Truro

CLIFT. CHARLES JAMES, Skelton in Cleveland, York, Printer. Sept 20 at 11.45. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough

DAWE, ROBERT, Portloe, Cornwall, Fisherman. Sept 19 at 12. Off Rec, Boscawen st, Truro

DORWARD, DAVID, Chepstow, Mon, Coal Dealer. Sept 19 at 12. Off Rec, 12 Tredes ar pl, Newport, Mon

DURHAM, THOMAS, Howden, Yorks, Joiner. Sept 19 at 11. Off Rec, Lincoln's inn bldgs, Bowlalley lane, Hull

DWELLEY, CHARLES, Bow rd, Coach Builder. Sept 16 at 1. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields

EASBY, THOMAS, jun, and EASBY, JOSEPH, Grange Town, Yorks, Painters. Sept
20 at 11. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough
FLANDERS, ELIAS, Derby, Dairyman. Sept 16 at 2.30.
Off Rec, St James's
chambers, Derby
Off Rec, Bank cham-
Sept 26 at 12.30.

GEARY, EDWIN, Bristol, Brush Dealer. Sept 20 at 12.30.
bers, Bristol
GRAVETT, WILLIAM AVERY, Waterloo, Hampshire, Grocer.
Chamber of Commerce, 145, Cheapside
HANNETT, JOHN ROBERT, Nottingham, Furniture Dealer.
Rec, 1. High pavement, Nottingham
HICKLING, EDWARD. Nottingham, Grocer. Sept 16 at 12.
ment, Nottingham

HOBSON, HENRY. Great Grimsby, Ironmonger. Sept 21 at
st, Great Grimsby

Sept 16 at 3.30. Off Off Rec, 1, High pave12. Off Rec, 3, Haven

JACKSON, GEORGE FREDERICK, Leicester, Coal Merchant. Sept 17 at 11.30. 28, Friar lane, Leicester

JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER, Colchester, Licensed Victualler. Sept 20 at 11. Town Hall, Colchester

JONES, JOHN, Wrexham, Hosier. Sept 16 at 12. Off Rec, Crypt chmbrs, Chester KELLEWAY, HORATIO, Totland's Bay, Isle of Wight, Builder. Sept 17 at 4. Off Rec, Newport, Isle of Wight

MITCHELL, WILLIAM, Eccleshill, Bradford, Tin Plate Worker. Sept 19 at 11. Off Rec, 31, Manor rd, Bradford

MOFFATT. WILLIAM, Barrow in Furness, Draper. Sept 21 at 10.45. 2, Paxton terrace, Barrow in Furness

MOORE, JOHN, Mileham, Norfolk, Baker. Sept 17 at 12. Off Rec, 8, King st, Norwich

MUDDITT, MARIA, Sefton terr, Southtown, Smackowner. Sept 27 at 10. Blake, South Quay, Gt Yarmouth

NEAGUS, CHARLES, Bury St Edmunds, Plumber. Sept 23 at 12 45. Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds

NORTH. THOMAS, Lee, Commission Agent. Sept 16 at 12. 109, Victoria st, Westminster

PEARSON, BENJAMIN, Brierley bill, Staffs, Engine Fitter. Sept 20 at 10.30. Talbot Hotel, Stourbridge

PEARSON, GEORGE, Middlesborough, Milkseller. Sept 20 at 11 30. Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough

PENGELLY, HENRY, Ottery St Mary, Devon, Farmer. Sept 19 at 11. Off Rec, 13, Bedford circus, Exeter

PRICE, JOHN, Llansadwrn, Carm, Farmer. Sept 16 at 3. Off Rec, Carmarthen READINGS, JOHN NATHANIEL, Margate, Licensed Victualler. Sept 16 at 4. 53, High st, Margate

ROBINSON, JOHN WOODBURN, Barrow in Furness, Carter. Sept 21 at 10. 2,
Paxton terr, Barrow in Furness

SCHOLEFIELD, HANNAH, Mirfield, Yorks, Upholsterer. Sept 16 at 3. Off Rec,
Bank chbrs. Batley
SHORT, WILLIAM GEORGE, Southsea, Florist. Oct 6 at 3. 166, Queen st, Portsea
SMITH, FRANCIS, Bedford, Solicitor. Sept 20 at 3. Red Lion Hotel, Henley on
Thames
SNOOK, WILLIAM, Southsea, Watchmaker. Oct 6 at 3.30. 166, Queen st, Portsea
SOBY, FRANCIS, and WILLIAM SOBY, Bratton Clovelly, Devon, Farmers. Sept 19
at 3. 18. Frankfort st, Plymouth

UNDERHAY, WILLIAM EDGAR, Dittisham, Devon, Farmer. Sept 19 at 11. 18,
Frankfort st, Plymouth

WHITEHALL, WILLIAM, Leicester, Watchmaker. Sept 16 at 11.30. 28, Friar lane, Leicester

The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the London Gazette of August 30. QUELCH, WILLIAM HENRY, Sittingbourne, Bootmaker. Sept 16 at 11.30. Off Rec, High st, Rochester

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BRADSHAW, THOMAS, Blackburn, Plumber. Blackburn. Pet Aug 16. Ord Sept 6 BOUGHEY. JAMES BALL, Hanley, out of business. Hanley, Burslem, and Tunstall. Pet Sept 6. Ord Sept 6

BRAIM, JAMES, Darlington, Bootmaker. Stockton on Tees and Middlesborough. Pet Aug 27. Ord Sept 3

BURGESS, CHARLES HUGHES, Westbury on Trym, Saddler. Bristol. Pet Aug 17. Ord Sept 6

BUTT, BENJAMIN, Frome, Oil Dealer. Frome. Pet Sept 5. Ord Sept 5

CATT, JAMES ROBERT, High st, Sutton, Grocer. Croydon. Pet Aug 29. Ord Aug 30

CHARLTON, ALEXANDER, Greasborough, Yorks, Licensed Victualler. Sheffield. Pet Sept 6. Ord Sept 6

CHATTOCK. RICHARD F., Upper Thames st, Tin Plate Merchant. High Court. Pet May 10. Ord Sept 7

CLARKE, CHARLES, Ipswich, Baker. Ipswich. Pet Sept 7. Ord Sept 7

CLARKE, JAMES ARTHUR, Newquay, Cornwall, Harbourmaster. Truro. Pet Sept 5. Ord Sept 7

CLEWS, WILLIAM, Hanley, Earthenware Manufacturer. Hanley, Burslem, and Tunstall. Pet Aug 30. Ord Sept 3

COKE, REGINALD GREY, Harrington gans, South Kensington, Lieutenant in Scots Guards. High Court. Pet May 17. Ord Sept 7

DAWE, ROBERT, Portloe, Cornwall, Fisherman. Truro. Pet Sept 5. Ord Sept 7
DEACON, MATTHEW, Harrogate, Baker. York. Pet Aug 23. Ord Sept 5

DICKINSON, ANNIE A, Pembroke sq, Kensington, Widow. High Court. Pet
July 20. Ord Sept 7
DORWARD, DAVID, Chepstow, Mon, Coal Dealer. Newport, Mon. Pet Sept 5.
Ord Sept 5

DOUGLAS, CHARLES, Salford, Draper. Salford. Pet Sept 5. Ord Sept 6

EASBY, THOMAS, jun, and JOSEPH EASBY, Grangetown, Yorks, Painters. Stock-
ton on fees and Middlesborough. Pet Aug 24. Ord Sept 5
EDEN, WALTER RIVERS, St John's pk, Blackheath, Civil Service Writer. High
Court. Pet Aug 8. Ord Sept 7

EVANS, THOMAS SAUNDERS, Wallingford, Berks, Plumber. Oxford. Pet Aug 26.
Ord Sept 2

EVANS, WILLIAM RODERICK, Aberdare, Draper. Aberdare. Pet Sept 7. Ord Sept 7

GANDER, FREND, and CHARLES BATCHELOR, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, Builders.
Hastings. Pet Aug 11. Ord Aug 31

GEARY, EDWIN, Bristol, Brush Dealer. Bristol. Pet Sept 3. Ord Sept 6
HEAFFORD, JOHN RICHARD, Loughborough, Milliner. Leicester. Pet Aug 20.
Ord Sept 5
HORSLEY, HORATIO GEORGE, HUBERT JOSEPH HORSLEY, and ALFRED HOWARD
HORSLEY, Birmingham, Builders. Birmingham. Pet July 22. Ord Sept 6
HUGHES, CHRISTOPHER JESSE, Oxford, Butcher. Oxford. Pet Aug 10. Ord
Sept 1

KEMP, SAMUEL, Winterwell. nr Wath upon Dearne, Yorks, Shoemaker. Sheffield. Pet Sept 6. Ord Sept 6

3. Ord Sept 7

LEE, WILLIAM, Nottingham Market, Furniture Dealer. Nottingham. Pet Sept
LORD, RICHARD, Coventry, Builder. Coventry. Pet Sept 3. Ord Sept 6
MILES, SIMON LEWIS, Pentre, Glamorganshire, Grocer. Pontypridd. Pet Sept
5. Ord Sept 5

MITCHELL, WILLIAM, Eccleshill, Bradford, Tin Plate Worker. Bradford. Pet
Sept 5. Ord Sept 7
MOORE, JOHN, Mileham, Norfolk, Baker. Norwich. Pet Sept 5. Ord Sept 5
MUDDITT, MARIA, Southtown, Suffolk, Smackowner. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Sept
5. Ord Sept 5
NEAGUS, CHARLES. Bury St Edmunds, Plumber. Bury St Edmunds. Pet Sept
1. Ord Sept 5
PENGELLY, HENRY, Ottery St Mary, Devon, Farmer. Exeter. Pet Sept 5.
Ord Sept 5

ROBERTS, JAMES, Haverfordwest, Butcher. Pembroke Dock. Pet Sept 3. Ord
Sept 5

ROGERS, EDWIN, Highworth, Wilts, General Dealer. Swindon. Pet Sept 7. Ord Sept 7

RUDDLESDEN, BENJAMIN, Dewsbury, Yorks, Rag Merchant. Dewsbury. Pet Aug 31. Ord Sept 5

SHIELD, WILLIAM GEORGE, Hebburn, Durham, Boot Dealer. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet Aug 22. Ord Sept 5

SMITH. ARTHUR WILLIAM, St James's rd, Sutton, Clerk. Croydon. Pet Aug 31. Ord Aug 31

STEEL, EBENEZER, Gt Bealings, Suffolk, Wheelwright. Ipswich. Pet Sept 5.
Ord Sept 5

WARDLE, ROBERT, Leeds, out of business. Leeds. Pet Sept 7. Ord Sept 7
WHEATER, WILLIAM, Headingley, nr Leeds, Land Agent. Leeds. Pet Sept 6.
Ord Sept 6
WILKINSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Liverpool, Furniture Broker. Liverpool.
Pet Sept 7. Ord Sept 7

London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Sept. 13.

RECEIVING ORDERS.

ARMENER. JOHN, Eastbourne, Fruiterer. Eastbourne and Lewes. Pet Aug 23.
Ord Sept 8
BRAITHWAITE, THOMAS, Downshire hill, Hampstead, Solicitor. High Court.
Ord Aug 19

BRITT, DANIEL, Bristol, Builder. Bristol. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8

BURNET, FREDERICK, Liverpool, Music Dealer. Liverpool. Pet Aug 27. Ord
Sept 9

CARNEY, THOMAS, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, Draper. Birkenhead. Pet Sept 9.
Ord Sept 9
CHAMBERS, THOMAS, Scarborough, Grocer. Scarborough. Pet Sept 10. Ord
Sept 10
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM, York, Boot Maker. York. Pet Sept 9. Ord Sept 9
CRANFIELD, SAMUEL, Rolvenden, Kent, Veterinary Surgeon. Hastings. Pet
Sept 9. Ord Sept 9

FAWCETT, JOE, Huddersfield, Joiner. Huddersfield. Pet Sept 9. Ord Sept 9
FAWCETT, JOHN F, Northampton, Coal Merchant. Northampton. Pet Aug 25.
Ord Sept 7

FIELD, THOMAS MEAGHER, Worsley rd, Hampstead, Printer. High Court. Pet
Aug 20. Ord Sept 7

FIRTH, JOSEPH, and CHRISTOPHER CLARKE, Todmorden, Yorks, Cotton Manu-
facturers. Burnley, Pet Sept 2. Ord Sept 9
GRAHAM, BENJAMIN, Wakefield, Jeweller. Wakefield. Pet Sept 7. Ord Sept 7
HARRISON, ELIJAH, Frizinghall, Bradford, Painter. Bradford. Pet Aug 30. Ord
Sept 9
HARTSHORNE, JAMES, and SAMUEL HAMMOND, Westbromwich, Brass Founders.
Oldbury. Pet Sept 7. Ord Sept 8
HAWLEY, JOHN, York, Whitesmith. York. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8

HIBBS, GEORGE, Swanage, Licensed Victualler. Poole. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8
HOLE, JOHN, Shepton Mallet, Coach Builder. Wells. Pet Sept 9. Ord Sept 9
ICKE, THOMAS WILLIAM, Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Hotel Keeper. Bangor.
Pet Sept 9. Ord Sept 9
IRESON, DANIEL, Waterloo, Northampton, Builder. Northampton. Pet Aug 22.
Ord Sept 7

JACKSON, WILLIAM ASKEW, Darlington, Ale Merchant. Stockton on Tees and
Middlesborough. Pet Aug 29. Ord Sept 9

KIMM. HENRY, and THOMAS HENRY GODDARD, St Leonard's on Sea, Auctioneers. Hastings. Pet Sept 1. Ord Sept 10

MATCHAN, THOMAS, Balham ter, High rd, Balham, Grocer. Wandsworth. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8

MCARTHUR, WILLIAM, Leadenhall st, Merchant. High Court. Pet Aug 17. Ord Sept 9

NEIL, JOHN, Poultry, E.C., Stock Dealer. High Court. Pet July 25. Ord Sept 9
OUTHWAITE, MATTHEW, Bilton, Yorks, Farmer. York. Pet Sept 10. Ord
Sept 10

OWEN, GEORGE, Madeley, Shropshire, Beerhouse Keeper. Madeley. Pet Sept
10. Ord Sept 10
PASCOMBE, CHARLES, Bere Regis, Dorset, Farmer. Poole. Pet Sept 8. Ord
Sept 8

REES, DAVID, Newport, Mon, Ironfounder. Newport. Pet Sept 10. Ord Sept 10
RICHARDS, WILLIAM RAILE, Falmouth, Trinity Pilot. Truro. Pet Sept 8. Ord
Sept 8

SALES, RICHARD TONGE, Kingston on Hull, Wholesale Dealer. Kingston on
Hull. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8

SCORE, JAMES HENRY, Southampton, Shipwright. Southampton. Pet Sept 10.
Órd Sept 10
SMELLIE, THOMAS HAIG, St Charles sq, Notting hill. High Court. Pet Aug 18.
Ord Sept 10

SMITH, JOHN RICHARD, Ledbury, Herefordshire, Wine Merchant. Worcester.
Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8

SPIERS, ALFRED, Kinver, Worcestershire, Grocer's Assistant. Stourbridge. Pet
TEMPEST, FRANCIS ADOLPHUS VANE, Bury st, St James's, Gent. High Court,
Sept 8. Ord Sept 8
Pet Aug 26. Ord Sept 8

THOMPSON, JAMES, Craike, Yorks, Farmen York. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8
UPTON, HENRY, Newport, I.W., Saddler. Newport and Ryde. Pet Sept 6. Ord
Sept 6

ENVILLE, JOHN, Eastington, Glouces, Farmer. Cheltenham. Pet Sept 8. Ord
Sept 8
VICKERS, HERBERT, and WILLIAM EDWARD VICKERS, Nottingham, Timber
Merchants. Nottingham. Pet Sept 10. Ord Sept 10
WARD, ISAAC JAMES, Cranbourne st, Leicester sq, Picture Dealer. High Court.
Pet Aug 6 Ord Sept 8

WARSOP, EDWARD WILLIAM, Bristol, Cabinet Maker. Bristol. Pet Sept 9.
Ord Sept 9
WILLIAMS. HENRY JOHN, St George, Glouces, Builder. Bristol. Pet Sept 10.
Ord Sept 10

WILLIAMS. LEMUEL, Penygraig, Accountant. Pontypridd. Pet Aug 29. Ord
Sept 8

WILLS, THOMAS, Leicester, Currier. Leicester. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8

WOOD, RICHARD COOPER, Kingston upon Hull, Hairdresser. Kingston upon
Hull. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8
WOODCOCK, CG, Old Kent rd, Grocer. High Court. Pet Aug 23. Ord Sept 8

FIRST MEETINGS.

BANCROFT, FREDERICK, Haworth, Yorks, Farmer. Sept 20 at 11. Off Rec, 31 Manor rd, Bradford

BARHAM, ARNOLD FOSTER (sep estate). Birmingham, Brassfounder. Sept 23 at 11. 25, Colmore row. Birmingham

BARRETT, ARTHUR JOHN, Cumming st, Pentonville, Soap Manufacturer. Sept 20
at 11. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn
BASCOMBE, CHARLES, Bere Regis, Dorsetshire, Farmer. Sept 22 at 1. Red Lion
Hotel, Wareham

BASHFORD, GEORGE ARTHUR, Southend, Licensed Victualler. Sept 21 at 12. 33,
Carey st, Lincoln's inn

BEEGLEMYER, JOSEPH WILLIAM, Finsbury pavement, Tailor. Sept 21 at 1. Carey st, Lincoln's inn

BRITT, DANIEL, Bristol, Builder. Sept 23 at 3. Off Rec, Bristol

33,

BROOKS, WILLIAM CHARLES, Crowle, Lincolnshire, Grocer. Sept 20 at 12. Off Rec, Figtree lane, Sheffield

BUTT, BENJAMIN, Frome, Oil Dealer. Sept 20 at 3.30. Off Rec, Bristol

BYNG, EDWARD FRANCIS, Warnford court, Throgmorton st. Sept 20 at 12. 83,
Carey st, Lincoln's inn

CLARKE, CHARLES, Ipswich, Baker. Sept 21 at 12.30. Off Rec, Ipswich
CLAYDEN, JOHN, Essex rd, Corn Dealer. Sept 20 at 1. 33, Carey st. Lincoln's inn
DAVIES, DAVID THOMAS (sep estate), Erdington, Warwickshire, Brassfounder.
Sept 23 at 11. 25, Colmore row, Birmingham

DANIES, DAVID THOMAS, ARNOLD FOSTER BARHAM, and JAMES HALL, Birming-
ham, Brassfounders. Sept 23 at 11. 25, Colmore row, Birmingham
DAVIS. DANIEL THOMAS, Birmingham, no occupation. Sept 20 at 12.45. Town-
hall. Aberystwith

DEAR, WILLIAM, Tankerville, ct, Southgate, Upholsterer. Sept 23 at 11. 16, Room, 30 and 31, St Swithin's lane

DRY, MARY GRIFFITHS, and JANE DRY, Brentwood, Essex, School Proprietors. Sept 22 at 3. 1. Spencer ter, Sunbury

FAWCETT, JOE, Huddersfield, Joiner. Sept 23 at 3. Haigh & Sons, solors, New st, Huddersfield

FORD, JAMES. Pitfield st, Hoxton, Contractor. Sept 22 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn

FULLER, GEORGE, The Broadway, Barking, Clothier. Sept 21 at 12.30. County Court, Romford

GOATER, ALFRED WILLIAM, Leadenhall st, Eating house Keeper. Sept 20 at 1. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn

GRIFFITHS & Co, Blaenau Festiniog, Merioneth, Grocers. Sept 20 at 12. Off Rec, Crypt chmbrs, Chester

GRISSELL, CHARLES E, Elm Park gdns, Fulham, Gent. Sept 21 at 11. 33, Carey st,

Lincoln's inn

HALL, JAMES (Sep estate) Erdington, Warwick, Brassfounder. Sept 23 at 11. 25, Colmore row, Birmingham

HANDS, SARAH ANN, Brighton, Widow. Sept 21 at 2. County Court, Hastings
HAWLEY, JOHN, York, Whitesmith. Sept 22 at 12. Off Rec, 17, Blake st, York
HIBBS, THOMAS, Swanage, Licensed Victualler. Sept 22 at 12. Red Lion Hotel,
Wareham
HUGHES, CHRISTOPHER, Oxford, Butcher. Sept 21 at 11.30. 1. St Aldates,
Oxford
Sept 22 at 1. 33,
Off Rec, 35, Victoria st,

ISRAEL, HENRY ASH, Central Meat Market, Meat Salesman.
Carey st, Lincoln's inn

KEEP, WILLIAM JOHN, Liverpool, Tailor. Sept 21 at 3. Liverpool

KEYZAR, MARY ANNE, Rhyl, Dealer in Berlin Wool. Crypt chmbis, Chester

Sept 22 at 3. Off Rec,

KING. THOMAS CHARLES, Lamberhurst, Sussex, Grocer. & Reeves. Camden rd, Tunbridge Wells

Sept 22 at 2.30. Spencer

LANGSTON, ALFRED, Birmingham, Coal Dealer. Sept 22 at 11. 25, Colmore row, Birmingham

LEE, WILLIAM, Nottingham, Furniture Dealer. Sept 20 at 11. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham

LEWIS, JOHN, Blaenllechau, Glamorganshire, Grocer. Sept 20 at 12. Off Rec, Merthyr Tydfil

MCMILLAN, JAMES, Chorlton upon Medlock, Draper. Sept 20 at 12. Off Rec, Ogden's chmbrs, Bridge st, Manchester

MILNER, PETER BERRIMAN, Scarborough, Butcher. Sept 21 at 11. Off Rec, 74. Newborough st, Scarborough

PEARCE, THOMAS ALBERT, St Albans, Licensed Victualler. Sept 23 at 11. Blagg & Edwards, Solicitors. St Albans

PETRIE, G. D., address unknown. Sept 22 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn PIERCY, ROBERT, Gt Western rd, Paddington, Engineer. Sept 23 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn

RICHARDS, ALFRED L., Southampton row, Bloomsbury, Solicitor. Sept 21 at 12. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields

RICHARDS, WILLIAM KAILE, Falmouth, Pilot. Sept 20 at 12. Off Rec, Boscawen st, Truro

ROBERTS, JAMES, Haverfordwest, Butcher. Sept 23 at 11. Off Rec, Carmarthen
ROBERTS, WILLIAM, Colwyn Bay, Farmer. Sept 21 at 10. Junction Hotel,
Conway

ROBERTSON, WILLIAM, Brabant ct, Tea Merchant. Sept 21 at 11. Bankruptcy
bldgs, Lincoln's inn
ROBINSON, EDWARD, Stretford, Lancs, Potato Dealer. Sept 20 at 11.30. Off Rec,
Ogden's chbrs, Bridge st, Manchester

ROGERS, EDWIN, Highworth, Wilts, General Dealer.

High st, Swindon

RUSSELL, THOMAS, Scarborough, Carriage Proprietor. 74, Newborough st, Scarborough

Sept 21 at 12. Off Rec, 32,

Sept 20 at 11. Off Rec,

SHEPHERD, THOMAS, Bootle, nr Liverpool, Ship Broker. Sept 20 at 2. Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool

SMITH, THOMAS, Chalford, Gloucester, Builder. Sept 20 at 4. Imperial Hotel, Stroud

STEEL, EBENEZER, Gt Bealings, Suffolk, Wheelwright. Sept 21 at 12. Off Rec, Ipswich

STENNER, ROBERT, Upper st, Islington, Licensed Victualler. Sept 20 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn

STEVENS, GEORGE JACKSON, address unknown, Auctioneer. Sept 20 at 11. 33,
Carey st. Lincoln's inn
SWINBORN, JOHN DEAN, High rd, Kilburn, Umbrella Manufacturer. Sept 22 at
12. 33, Carey st. Lincoln's inn
TAYLOR, HERBERT, Mark lane, Merchant. Sept 28 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs,
Lincoln's i an
TENNANT. RICHARD, Lower Breck rd, nr Liverpool, Cowkeeper. Sept 20 at 3.
Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, Liverpool

THOMPSON, JAMES, Craike, Yorks, Farmer. Sept 22 at 2. Off Rec, 17, Blake st,
York

UPTON, HENRY, Newport, I. W., Saddler. Sept 26 at 2. Chamber of Commerce, 145, Cheapside

WALE, ALFRED, Nottingham, Yarn Agent. Sept 20 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham

WALKER, JOSEPH, and FRED RAYNER, Knostrop, nr Leeds, Farmers. Sept 21 at
11. Off Rec, 22. Park row, Leeds
WARSOP, EDWARD WILLIAM, Bristol, Cabinet Maker. Sept 23 at 3.30. Off Rec,
WHEATER, WILLIAM, Headingley, nr Leeds, Land Agent. Sept 21 at 12. Off
Rec, 22. Park row, Leeds

Bristol

WILKINSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Liverpool, Furniture. Broker. Sept 23 at 12.
Off Rec. 35, Victoria st, Liverpool

WILLS, THOMAS, Leicester, Carrier. Sept 22 at 11.30. 28, Friar lane, Leceister
WOOD, WALTER, Delahay st, Gt George st. Sept 23 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's
inn
ADJUDICATIONS.

BARGER, THOMAS JOHN, Rhyl, Hotel Keeper. Bangor. Pet Sept 6. Ord Sept 8
BRITT, DANIEL, Bristol, Builder. Bristol. Pet Sept 8 Ord Sept 10
CARNEY, THOMAS, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, Draper. Birkenhead. Pet Sept 9.
Ord Sept 9

CLEGG, JAMES, Rochdale, Lancs, Agent. Oldham. Pet Aug 3. Ord Sept 8 COCKERILL. ELEANOR, Lawford, Warwickshire, Plumber. Coventry. Pet Aug 18. Ord Sept 9

CRANFIELD, SAMUEL, Rolvenden, Kent, Veterinary Surgeon. Hastings. Pet Sept 9. Ord Sept 9

DANIELL, ALFRED HORATIO SISSON, Fleet st, Merchant. High Court. Pet July 26. Ord Sept 9

DAVIS, DANIEL THOMAS, Aston, Birmingham, no occupation. Aberystwith. Pet Aug 4. Ord Sept 7

FIRTH, JOSEPH, and CHRISTOPHER CLARKE, Todmorden, Yorks, Cotton Makers.
Burnley. Pet Sept 2. Ord Sept 9

FLANDERS, ELIAS, Derby, Dairyman. Derby. Pet Sept 3. Ord Sept 7
GRAHAM, BENJAMIN, Wakefield, Jeweller. Wakefield. Pet Sept 7. Ord Sept 7
HARLEY, WILLIAM GEORGE, Southwark, Hop Merchant. High Court. Pet Aug

4. Ord Sept 9

Ord Sept 8

HAWLEY, JOHN, York, Whitesmith. York. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 8
HIBBS, GEORGE, Swanage, Licensed Victualler. Poole. Pet Sept 8.
KEEP, WILLIAM JOHN, Liverpool, Tailor. Liverpool. Pet July 26. Ord Sept 9
MARSHALL. JOSEPH, Sterry st, Tabard st, Southwark, Fish Salesman. High
Court. Pet July 4. Ord Sept 8

Sept 10. Ord Sept 10

OWEN, GEORGE, Madeley, Salop, Beerhouse Keeper. Madeley, Shropshire. Pet
PRICE, RICHARD, Ystrad, Glamorganshire, Harpist. Pontypridd. Pet Sept 3.
Örd Sept 8
RICHARDS, WILLIAM RAILE, Falmouth, Trinity Pilot. Truro. Pet Sept 8. Ord
Sept 8

ROBERTS, WILLIAM, Colwyn Bay, Farmer. Bangor. Pet Sept 2. Ord Sept 8 SALES, RICHARD TONGE, Kingston on Hull, Dealer in Paper Hangings. Kingston on Hull. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 10

SHARPE, FREDERIC. Baldry gardens, Streatham common, Clerk. High Court.
Pet Sept 5. Ord Sept 9

SMITH, THOMAS, Chalford, Gloucestershire, Builder. Gloucester. Pet Sept 6.
Ord Sept 9
STEVENS, GEORGE JACKSON, address unknown, Auctioneer. High Court. Pet
July 22. Ord Sept 8
TENNANT, RICHARD, Lower Breck rd, nr Liverpool, Cowkeeper. Liverpool. Pet
Sept 3. Ord Sept 8
THOMPSON, JAMES, Craike, Yorks, Farmer. York. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 9
TODD, EDWARD, Kendal, Furniture Remover. Kendal. Pet June 30. Ord Sept 8
VICKERS, HERBERT, and WILLIAM EDWARD VICKERS, Nottingham, Timber Mer-
chants. Nottingham. Pet Sept 10. Ord Sept 10
WALKER JOSEPH, and FRED RAYNER, Knostrop, nr Leeds, Farmers. Leeds. Pet
Aug 31. Ord Sept 10
WESTALL, WILLIAM, Accrington, Stonemason. Blackburn. Pet Aug 1. Ord
Sept 8

WILLIAMS, LEMUEL, Penygraig, Glamorganshire, Accountant. Pontypridd.
Pet Aug 29. Ord Sept 10

WOOD, RICHARD COOPER. Kingston upon Hull, Hairdresser. Kingston upon Hull. Pet Sept 8. Ord Sept 10

WRIGHTON, JOHN, Brackley, Northamptonshire, Boot Maker. Banbury. Pet Aug 30. Ord Sept 10

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ROBES

COUNSEL AND BARRISTERS.

FOR QUEEN'S
SOLICITORS' GOWNS.

Law Wigs and Gowns for Registrars, Town Clerks,
and Clerks of the Peace.
CORPORATION ROBES, UNIVERSITY AND CLERGY GOWNS
ESTABLISHED 1689.

94, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. Telephone No. 1,669. Telegraphic address, "Akaber, London."-Sales for the Year 1887.

MESSES. BAKER & SONS beg to as

nounce that their SALES of LANDED ESTATES, Investments, Town, Suburban, and Country Houses, Business Premises, Building Land, Ground Rents, Reversions, Shares, and other Properties, will be held at the Mart, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C., as follows:Friday, Sept. 23 Friday, Oct. 28 | Friday, Nov. 25 Friday, Oct. 14 Friday, Nov. 11 Friday, Dec. 9 Auctions can be held on other days if required.No. 11, Queen Victoria-street, E. C.

M

SUSSEX.

Slinfold, near Horsham.-Valuable Freehold Farms,
in all about 255 acres. In Four Lots.
ESSRS. BAKER & SONS will SELL
by AUCTION, at the MART, Token house-
yard, E.C., on FRIDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER, at
TWO unless previously sold privately), desirable
FREEHOLD ESTATES, comprising 254 acres of
highly-productive Freehold Land, with two farm-
houses and homesteads, cottage, &c., eligibly situate
in the parish of Slinfold, about 20 minutes from Hor-
sham town and railway station, in Four Lots, as
follows:-

Lot 1.-Brookhurst, comprising several enclosures of arable, meadow, and wood land, having a frontage of 1,750ft. to the main road from Horsham to Guildford, lying high, and presenting a fine site for a residence

Lot 2.-Clemsfold Farm, comprising an old-fashioned residence, with homestead, cottage, and superior meadow and arable land

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Total The whole let on yearly tenancy to a highly respectable tenant at £200 per annum, which rental will be apportioned between the various lots. If desired the vendors will determine the tenancy at Michaelmas, 1888.

PORATION, LIMITED.

UNTEARABLE LETTER THE MORTGAGE INSURANCE COR-
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, 8ERLE STREET, AND 1, PORTUGAL STREET
LINCOLN'S INN, W.C.

CROMER. NORFOLK.

Choice Freehold Building Plots.-Payments by
instalments.

AMOUNT OF CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED, £710,000
Offices of the Corporation-

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 principal and in-
terest.

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
By order,
JAS. C. PRINSEP, Secretary.

MESSES. BAKER & SONS (in conjunc- to the Secretary.

tion with Messrs. SPELMAN) are instructed by the Right Honourable Lord Suffield, K.C.B., to SELL by AUCTION, in a Marquee on the Estate, on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, at TWO for THREE o'clock precisely, 142 PLOTS of valuable FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, including a valuable public-house plot and several shop plots, being the first portion of the Suffield-park Estate, eligibly situate adjoining the Lighthouse hills, commanding grand land and sea views, and close to the station and town. The plots front on Overstrand-road and other well-made roads, and are well adapted for the erection of marine residences, which are here in great demand. Cromer possesses great natural attractions, having a magnificent sea beach and a most invigorating air; it is surrounded by a lovely country, which affords charming walks and drives, and is, without doubt, the most fashionable seaside resort on the east coast. A special train will leave Liverpool-street Station at 9.30 on the morning of sale, and luncheon will be provided immediately on arrival. A limited number of free return tickets will be issued to intending purchasers. Possession on payment of 10 per cent. deposit, the balance of purchase-money by instal

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FARMER, & BRIDGEWATER beg to announce
that their SALES of LANDED ESTATES, Investments,
Town, Suburban, and Country Houses, Business Premises,
Building Land, Ground-rents, Advowsons, Reversions
Stocks, Shares, and other Properties, will be held at the
Auction Mart, Tokenhouse-yard, near the Bank of Eng-
land, in the City of London, as follows:-
Tues., Oct 4
Tues., Oct 18
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 auc-
tion must considerably depend upon the nature of the
property to be sold. A printed scale of terms can be
had at 80, Cheapside, or will be forwarded. Telephone
No. 1,503.

Particulars of Messrs. Murray, Hutchins, & Stirling, Solicitors, 11, Birchin-lane, E C.; of Messrs. Lawrence, Baker, & Waldron, Solicitors, 14, Old Jewry-chambers, E.C.; of F. Whinney, Esq. Accountants, 8, Old Jewry, E.C.; and of the Auctioneers, 11, Queen Victoria-street, London, E.C. To Trustees and others.-Oxford-street, Blackfriars, Spitalfields, Barnsbury, and High Holborn.-Valuable Freehold and long Leasehold investments, together producing £502 per annum.

Messrs. Whinney, Huribatt, & Smith), Chartered SSRS

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MESSES. BAKER & SONS will SELL Particulars for insertion should be received not later than

by AUCTION, at the MART, Tokenhouseyard, E.Č., on FRIDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER, at TWO

BRTIE in Five Lots, the following desirable PROP-CHAMBERS for CITY GENTLEMEN!

ERTIES:

TLEMEN!

OXFORD STREET. - The Freehold Shop and
Dwelling-house, No. 20, Upper Rathbone-place, let HAMBERS for PROFESSIONAL GEN-
on lease for seven years at £60 per annum.
BLACKFRIARS. - Freehold
known as No. 56, Stamford-street, let on lease for 21
years at £90 per annum.

Dwelling house,

SPITALFIELDS.-Freehold Ground-rent of £20 per annum, amply secured on No. 20, Lamb-street, with valuable reversion to the rack rental in 1894.

BARNSBURY.-Freehold Ground-rent of £12 per annum, secured on Nos. 81, 91, and 93, Bride-street, with reversion to the rack rental in 1907.

HIGH HOLBORN, on the Bedford Estate. - A Profit Rental of £250 per annum, improving in 1891 to £300 per annum, amply secured upon the postoffice premises, No. 125, High Helborn, held on lease for an unexpired term of 42 years, at a ground-rent of £50 per annum, and underlet for the whole term to the Postmaster-General at £300, rising to £350 per

annum.

CHAMB
CHAMBER

HAMBERS and OFFICES COMBINED

EMPLE CHAMBERS (Residential and
Official).-Adjoining the Temple, close to the

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.

All the above properties, being situate in excellent TO SOLICITORS

localities and well let, offer capital investments to trustees, capitalists, and others."

Farticulars may be had at the Mart; of Messrs. Cave, Cox, Cave, & Lafone, Solicitors, 50, Gracechurch-street, E C.; and of the Auctioneers, 11, Queen Victoria-street, E.C.

and Others. Lofty

and Well-lighted Offices and Chambers to be Let at Lonsdale Chambers, No. 27, Chancery-lane (opposite the New Law Courts). Also large, wellfurnished Rooms for Meetings, Arbitrations &c.Apply to Messrs. LAUNDY & Co., Chartered Accountants, on the premises.

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216, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, W.C. The Funds in hand and Capital Subscribed amount to upwards of £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.
ACCIDENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Railway Accidents, Employer's Liability,
INSURED AGAINST BY

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY
64, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Income
£246,000.
COMPENSATION PAID FOR 118,000 ACCIDENTS.
£2,350,000.

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CASE REPORTED THIS WEEK.

De Bensaude v. De Bensaude

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high-sheriff is not provided for by special agreement between the 754 high-sheriff and the under-sheriff, will the under-sheriff have any claim against the representatives of the deceased high-sheriff for remuneration for his duties during the interval? If not, the

The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. position of the under-sheriff may be a very unfortunate one.

LONDON, SEPTEMBER 24, 1887.

CURRENT TOPICS.

MR. JUSTICE CHARLES, on the first day of his sitting in court, had before him a heavy list, the whole of which would have been disposed of but for the length of time taken up by the case of De Bensaude v. De Bensaude. The learned judge rose at a quarter past five o'clock, leaving ten cases to be disposed of on Friday.

THE DECISION in the case of Re Robertson (35 W. R. 833) carries out the construction of the phrase "other documents" in the Remuneration Order, Schedule II., adopted by Mr. Justice CHITTY in Re R. A. Parker (33 W. R. 541)-viz., that it does not include an abstract of title, and consequently that a solicitor is not entitled to a fee of 1s. per folio for perusing an abstract in lieu of the old fee of 6s. 8d. for three brief sheets of eight folios each. In Re Robertson a solicitor employed by a client to obtain a loan on mortgage of real estate, made advances on the security of the property, after perusing the title deeds, including a will and life policies. The solicitor charged 18. per folio for perusing these documents, but it was held by DAY and WILLS, JJ., that the charge was wrong. If the 1s. per folio fee is not allowed for perusing abstracts, it would seem that á fortiori it cannot be allowed for perusing documents of title. The effect of the recent decision is to confine the fee of 1s. per folio in respect of "other documents" to new documents which have been drawn by the other side. Mr. Justice WILLS, in laying down this restriction, said: "By applying the words to documents drawn by an opponent it is possible to give them a reasonable and natural construction. In perusing such documents the task of a solicitor is highly responsible, and there is a possibility, if he does not exercise his utmost vigilence, that he may be led to overlook some provision injurious to his client's interest; but there is nothing in the circumstances under which the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881, was drawn to suggest that the framers of the General Order meant that there should be a charge of 18. per folio for the perusal of documents of every description.' It is certainly odd, if the construction now adopted was that intended by the framers of the order, that they did not use the word "drafts" instead of "other documents."

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WE DO NOT KNOW whether under-sheriffs are always aware of the liability they incur in case of the death of the high-sheriff during his year of office. The statute 3 Geo. 1, c. 15, provides (section 8) that if any high-sheriff shall happen to die, in such case the under-sheriff shall, nevertheless, continue in office and execute the same, and all things belonging thereto "in the name of the said deceased sheriff until another sheriff be appointed"; and that "the said under-sheriff shall be answerable for the execution of the said office in all things and to all respects, intents, and purposes whatsoever during such interval as the high-sheriff so deceased would by law have been if he had been living"; but the same section proceeds to expressly keep alive the bond given by the under-sheriff to the deceased high-sheriff as a security" to the King, his heirs and successors, and to all persons whatsoever, for such under-sheriff's due performance of his office during such interval." Section 11 enables the under-sheriff in case of the high-sheriff's death, when he acts as high-sheriff, to appoint a deputy." These provisions have been held by the Queen's Bench Division, in Gloucestershire Banking Co. v. Edwards (35 W. R. 842), to mean that during the interval between the death of a high-sheriff and the appointment of his successor, the under-sheriff is actually to stand in the shoes of the deceased sheriff." He is no longer the servant of the sheriff, but to all intents high-sheriff, and is liable to be sued in the same manner as the high-sheriff would have been if he had survived. Suppose that the case of the death of the

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AMONG THE BATCH of Acts which received the Royal assent on Friday last was the Copyhold Act, 1887, which was the last of a series of seven Bills on the subject of copyhold enfranchisement which had been presented to Parliament. It was, we believe, considered by a special committee of the House of Lords, and considering this and the long incubation the subject has undergone, the present measure ought to be free from the defects which marked some of the earlier proposals. We propose hereafter to consider the Act at length, but we may say now that its main provisions are that, on the admittance of any copyhold tenant after the 31st of December next, the steward must, without charge, give the tenant a notice informing him of his right to enfranchise, and of the modes in which the lord's compensation may be fixed. If the steward omits to serve the notice, he is docked of his fees. The Act enables the lord and tenant to agree in writing on the amount of the compensation, or to appoint a valuer or valuers to ascertain it, and provides that they may appoint one and the same person as valuer. The tenant may, if he chooses, pay the compensation in a gross sum, but, unless the parties otherwise agree, in cases where the enfranchisement is effected at the instance of the lord, and where the compensation amounts to more than one year's improved value, the compensation is to consist of an annual rent-charge equivalent to interest at 4 per cent. per annum on the amount of the compensation. This rent-charge is to be redeemable by the tenant upon six months' prior notice at twenty-five years' purchase. Power is given to limited owners to charge the enfranchised land with the compensation money and expenses of enfranchisement, and for a lord to charge any expenses paid by him in proceedings under the Copyhold Acts either on lands settled to the same uses as the manor or on the rent-charges arising out of enfranchisements. Provision is also made for lords who are limited owners giving a complete discharge for compensation money. The compensation payable to stewards on enfranchisements by award of the Land Commissioners after the 31st of December next is prescribed in a schedule to the Act. The Land Commissioners are to frame such a scale of compensation for enfranchisement "as in their judgment will be fair and just and will facilitate enfranchisement," with directions for the lord, tenant, and valuers; also a scale of allowance to valuers; but these scales are to be "for guidance only, and not to be binding as a matter of law in any particular case." This provision appears rather to savour of the "sort of JOSEPH SURFACE Bill, full of high sentiments not carried into practice, an illustration of faith without works," which Lord CRANBROOK declared was the leading characteristic of a predecessor of the present Bill. Section 47 introduces the principle of compulsory enfranchisement of all the copyholds within a manor, in cases of manors where the fines are certain, and in which it is "the practice" for copyholders in fee to grant derivative interests to persons who are admitted as copyholders of the manor in respect of such interests. There is to be a local inquiry by the commissioners on the request of the lord or of one-fourth of the copyholders on the roll, and if the commissioners find that not less than two-thirds in number of the copyholders desire enfranchisement, they are to declare that all the copyholds of the manor are to be enfranchised; to ascertain the amount of compensation and to effect the enfranchisements. The compensation in every case is to consist of a gross sum, unless the "lord and tenant in fee" otherwise agree.

MR. JUSTICE KAY's remark, at the commencement of his judgment in Re Gray, Dresser v. Gray (35 W. R. 795), "I must put myself in the chair of the testator in order to appreciate the question which has been raised," was peculiarly inappropriate as regards the question of ademption on which, in one aspect of the case, his decision turned. There can be little doubt that the rules which have been laid down on this subject in recent times often operate to contravene testators' intentions, and that in the present

case, if the testator had been in the chair instead of the learned judge, the decision would have been different. There is reason in the rule that a specific legacy is adeemed if the testator afterwards converts it into something else. He must know and mean that the legacy is cancelled. And where the property given has ceased to exist in the lifetime of the testator-as, for instance, where a ship which he has bequeathed has been lost (Durrant v. Friend, 5 De G. & Sm. 343)-it is reasonable to assume that the testator knew and intended that the legatee should be deprived of all benefit in respect of the gift which is no longer capable of taking effect. But in the case of mere changes in the description of the subject-matter of the legacy-as, for instance, a change of investment by trustees of stock standing in their names which has been specifically bequeathed by the person beneficially entitled (Harrison v. Jackson, 7 Ch. D. 339)—it would never occur to an ordinary testator that any fresh disposition was needed in order to secure to the legatee the benefit previously given. Especially is this the case where a testator has bequeathed shares in a company by the description of "my shares in the Co.," and the shares held by the testator at the date of the will are subsequently altered by the company. It has been held that the mere conversion of the shares into stock will not adeem the legacy (Oakes v. Oakes, 9 Hare, 666). On the other hand, it was held in Re Lane, Luard v. Lane (28 W. R. 764, 14 Ch. D. 856) that, where debentures held by a testator had, subsequently to the date of the will, been converted into debenture stock, a legacy of "my debentures in the St. Paulo Co." was adeemed. That decision was much relied on by Mr. Justice KAY in the recent case, but in Re Lane the change in the description of the debentures was made by the testator. He exercised an option given him by the company who had issued the debentures, and himself converted the debentures into debenture stock. In Re Gray a testator bequeathed 50 shares in a banking company. At the date of the will he had 70 shares in the company, which was then unlimited, of the nominal value of £100 each, £25 per share being paid up. Subsequently to the date of the will the company was converted into a limited company, the nominal value of the shares being reduced to £60 per share, with £12 10s. paid up, and the testator received 140 shares in place of his 70. At the time of his death he held these 140 shares, together with others subsequently acquired. The alteration was made by resolution in accordance with the provisions of the company's deed of settlement, no act on the part of individual shareholders being required to effect the conversion. Mr. Justice KAY held that, if the legacy was a specific one (he considered that it was a general legacy), the substituted shares "were so entirely a different thing from the shares in the unincorporated company" that the legacy was adeemed. We wish that in this matter of ademption learned judges would try to put themselves rather more completely "in

the chair" of the testator.

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THERE are few conveyancing matters of common occurrence on which there is so great a lack of a well-considered, fair, and practically workable form as the clause relating to division of papers in solicitors' partnership deeds. As we all know, this is one of the most important provisions in these instruments: the prospects of the partners after the determination of the partnership largely depend upon the right to the custody of deeds and documents conferred on them by this clause. No provision of the partnership deed is so likely to give rise to question, yet we venture to think that the form most usually adopted is somewhat loose and inadequate. The worst of the matter is that it is not very easy to suggest one free from objection, and our object in mooting the subject is to elicit suggestions from our readers, with a view of ultimately combining the suggestions we may receive in a clause which may perhaps fulfil the requirements of being fair, and free from difficulty in working. We need hardly say that a dissolution of a solicitors' partnership operates as a discharge of the clients by the solicitors (Griffiths v. Griffiths, 2 Hare, 587). The client has stipulated for the activity and services of both partners: he has never consented to trust

his affairs to one alone (see Cholmondeley v. Clinton, 19 Ves. 261). On a dissolution of partnership, therefore, each client is entitled to the possession, not only of his deeds, but also of all drafts and papers for which he has paid (Ex parte E. Horsfall, 7 B. & C. 528); and, the solicitors having discharged themselves, the court, on the application of the client, will compel them to give over the papers to a new solicitor upon the usual undertaking for saving the lien of the discharged solicitors (Griffiths v. Griffiths, 2 Hare, at p. 590). These rights of the client cannot, of course, be affected by any agreement between the partners.

But, subject to these rights, solicitor-partners may provide, as between themselves, as they think fit for the division of the papers on the dissolution of the partnership. Lord Eldon, in Colegrave v. Moseley (T. & R., at p. 401), said: "I formerly thought that these bargains, by which one solicitor assigns his business over to another, were contrary to public policy. The Court of King's Bench entertained a different opinion, on the ground that the client could say, 'My business shall not be so assigned.' I doubt, however, whether the court, in coming to such a conclusion, recollected sufficiently the situation in which a client generally is when a recommendation, purchased with money, is thus urged upon him" ; but in Candler v. Candler (4 East, 190) he remarked :-"I knew that this would rip up many transactions, and I was happy that the Court of King's Bench was of a different opinion, though I never could entirely reconcile myself to their doctrine." It may be considered to be now well established that stipulations of this kind between solicitor-partners are not only valid at law (see Burns v. Guy, 4 East, 190), but that they may be specifically enforced (see Whittaker v. Howe, 3 Beav. 383; Aubin v. Holt, 2 K & J. 66).

The form of clause which has received the sanction of Mr. Davidson and Messrs. Key and Elphinstone, and which we have reason to believe is in very frequent use, provides that, upon the dissolution of the partnership during the joint lives of the partners, the partnership papers shall, unless the client to whom they belong shall object, be delivered to the partner "who shall usually have attended to the business of such client." This clause may work fairly well in cases where the business of a partnership is so allotted as that all the affairs of each client are continuously attended to by one only of the partners. In large offices it may possibly be satisfactory, though we doubt whether, even in them, it can obviate questions; and its effect can hardly be fair to all the partners. It is possible to conceive that the senior partner, if shrewd and wily, can contrive to exercise a nominal or formal continuous "attention" to the business of a profitable client, while throwing most of the work on the junior partner; and, on the other hand, an enterprizing junior partner can gradually elbow his easy-going senior out of attention" to most of the best clients. And in any case the clause leaves the division of the papers to a question of fact-viz., usual attention-upon which disputes are likely to arise.

Mr. Prideaux seems to have considered that the matter was one which ought to be settled in each case by the partners, for in his form of partnership deed between solicitors, in his twelfth edition, determination of the partnership during the joint lives of the partwe do not find any provision as to the division of papers on the ners. Mr. Jarman constructed two somewhat elaborate alternative clauses, one of which provides, in effect, that the papers relating to the business of persons who were clients of either of the partners before the formation of the partnership should (subject to the express directions of the clients) be delivered to the partner whose clients such persons formerly were, and that the other papers should be equally divided between the partners [the profits being equally divided]; and that disputes with respect to the papers in any particular business should be referred to the client to whose business they relate, to determine to which of the partners the papers should be delivered. The other clause divides the papers according to the question whether the business of the client has been brought into the partnership by the personal interest or connection of one or the other partner.

Several other kinds of provisions have come to our knowledge. In some cases a principle of division is adopted based simply on the number of clients, irrespective of the value of their business; and in other cases the whole matter is referred to the decision of the clients, who are to be circularized on the determination of the partnership. None of these forms, however, has struck us

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