Ex 167 Leckwood (M Pope) v Gonconformists' Co-operative Association limd (Watson, Sons and R) SJ CP 168 Stanbury (J S Carter) v Mathews (Eyre andCo) CP 170 French (J Robinson) v Freeman (L Barnett) CP 171 Morgan (H W M Wetherfield) v Hopcraft and Co (J Hill; S Andrews) CP 172 Duke (Lucas and Coe) v Neave and Son (Peacock and G) QB 174 Lowe (Hicklin and W) v Levinstein (H Turner) QB 177 Faulkner (G Presswell) v Voight (J O Meadows), SJ CP 179 Allen (M S Rubinstein) v Huntley (F Heritage) QB 181 Shepheard and Wife (Same) v Parker (Hicklin and W) Ex 183 Moseley (Laundy and Son) v Murchison (A Kerly) CP 186 Colliver (N Bennett) v Elkington (J Green) Ex 187 Martin (W B Brook) v Dunn (A T Hewitt) without jury QB 188 Burr (H Levy) v London Steamboat Co limd (Newman and Co) QB 189 Wheeler (A G Ditton) v National Insurance Corptn limd (Jenkinson and O) SJ QB 189 Same (Same) v Royal Insurance Co (Same), to be tried as one cause SJI QB 190 Webb (M Webb and Son) v Carew (Beyfus and B) SJ QB 192 Burchell (M Webb and Son) v Hickisson (Wills and W) SJ CP 195 Cheese and ors (Meredith and Co) v The Kempton Park Race Course Co`limd (Ford, L and B) SJ CP 196 Davenport (Campbell, R and H) v Green (W W Wynne) CP 197 Beer (G H Finch) v Duvall (Sandom, K and K) Ex 198 Cocking (M Hawkins) v Curteis and anr (A Rhodes; QB 199 Flintham (Dalton and J) v King and anr (T Durant) Ex 202 Beale (G H Carthew) v Sewell (Monckton, L and Co) SJ Ex 207 Bell (H H Mason and Son) v Campbell (Rob inson, Son and E) CP 208 Harrap (Noon and C) v The North Metropolitan Tram Co (HC Godfray) SJ Ex 209 Humby (Clarke, W and Co) v Price and anr (E Peacopp) CP 210 Boisset and anr (Campbell, R and H) v Isaacson (Dod and L) Ex 211 Bett (TR Apps) v Maas and ors (W T Ricketts) QB 219 Wingfield (W H Hughes) v Scrimgeour (Miller and M) CP 221 Merritt (Surr, G and B) v Easter (Champion, R & P) CP 222 Tidy, the younger (Elborough and D) v Lillywhite (Hicklin and W) (To be continued.) Legal News. At the county quarter sessions held last week at Worcester complaints were made by the justices that their proceedings should have been interrupted by the fixture of the assizes for the same week, so that the magistrates bad to give up one of the courts for the trial of prisoners in order that the judge of assize might be accommodated, and Sir R. Harington moved a resolution, "That, in answering the communication of the Home Secretary as to the committal of prisoners, the clerk of the peace be directed to call attention to the inconvenience occasioned by the fixing of the spring assizes so as to clash with the quarter sessions; and to urge that the influence of the Home Office be used in order to prevent a similar inconvenience in the future; and that a similar communication be presented to the Lord Chancellor." A correspondent of the Times calls attention to the system of counting votes which was successfully followed at Green. wich and the county of Middlesex. It was devised, he says, by Messrs. Shaw & Sons, of Fetter-lane," who printed the counting-sheets I am about to refer to. The system was briefly as follows:-As soon as two presiding officers arrived with their ballot boxes, each was set to verify the other's ballot-paper account. This having been done, the clerks who were to be engaged in the counting were placed at tables in the view of the returning officer and the agents of the candidates. The contents of the boxes were then thrown down in one heap on the floor. A few hands were enough to feed the tables, where the clerks opened the papers and sorted them into bundles according to the candidates voted for, throwing out the doubtful votes, to be afterwards adjudicated upon by the returning officer. These bundles were made up in parcels of ten papers, each ten being laid across the one below, so that it could be lifted by itself. The bundles of tens were then taken to the counting table; indeed, this was being done all through, the counting going on simultaneously with the sorting. At the counting table one clerk called over the tens and two others noted them on the counting-sheets, of which there was a separate one for each candidate. These sheets were ingeniously ruled in the following manner. Each line was divided into twenty spaces. A mark was placed in each space for each ten called over, so that each complete line denoted 200 votes. A double line was drawn under each five lines so that the marks between two double lines represented 1,000 votes. As each line was completed the bundle of 200 votes was tied up separately, and in this way the number of bundles checked the correctness of the lines. After the tens were disposed of, there were only to add the few split votes and such of the doubtful papers as were allowed by the returning officer. In this way 20,000 votes may easily be counted in two hours." On Monday last Mr. H. J. Stonor, judge of the Southwark County Court, said that in consequence of what had occurred last week in the Queen's Bench Division, he desired to make some observations, for the guidance of counsel and solicitors, as to his taking notes of evidence in important cases which came before the court. His practice had been to take notes in all jury cases where there was a right of appeal when requested to do so by either party, and in all cases in which he had reason to think it desirable. On the trial some weeks since of an issue in an action of Harding v. Luck, sent here by the Queen's Bench Division, he was informed by the bar before the trial commenced that it was a very simple one, namely, whether goods were supplied on three months' credit or not, and that it would depend principally on the course of dealing between the parties, which appeared by the books and accounts subsequently put in evidence. That did not seem to him to be a case in which it would be right to spend the time of the court in taking notes, and the parties were aware that he was not doing so. On a motion for a new trial, which was heard last Thursday in the Court have said :-"In undisputed cases in county courts it would of Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice is reported to not be necessary for the judge to take a note, but in other cases, and especially in cases like the present, which had been sent down to the county court for trial, it was the duty and the business of the judge to take a sufficient note, and it was not necessary to show that he had been asked by either party to take it." He could hardly think that the report was correct; but if so, with very great respect to the Lord Chief Justice, he must venture to make some observations on the subject. In Best's " Treatise on Evidence," a work of the greatest authority, it was clearly laid down that "a judge only takes notes for his own private convenience. There is no law requiring him to do so." The case of Leach v. Simpson (5 M. & W. 309) was referred to, which fully supported the proposition in the text, and if that were true of the judges of the superior courts, it was trae à fortiori as to the county court judges, who were created by statutes which imposed no such duty on them except in a special case. It had been over and over again decided that a suitor was not entitled to a copy of the county court judge's notes for preparing a case for appeal on points of law and evidence under the County Court Act, 1850, s. 14, and that the suitors were bound to prepare their cases from their notes taken by themselves. their legal advisers, or others, without the assistance of the judges, although, of course, if the parties differed, the judg would refer to his notes in the settlement of the case. In the County Courts Act, 1875, s. 6, a limited obligation wes laid on the judges to take notes if requested of evidence relating to points of law specially raised at the trial, clearly showing that the judge was not under any general obligation to take such notes. He concluded by referring to the great work done by county court judges, and said that if notes were taken in all cases disputed, in all the larger county courts a failure of justice would follow through arrears of work from which they had happily hitherto been free. SALES OF ENSUING WEEK. April 20.-Mr. EDWIN HULL, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold Building Estate (see advertis ement, April 3, p. 4.) April 21.-Mr. ARTHUR JACKSON, at the George Inn, Enfield, at 6 for 7 p.m., Freehold Building Land (see advertisement, April 10, p. 3.) April 21.-Messrs. VENTOM, BULL, & COOPER, at Ryde, at 2 for 3 p.m., Freehold Ground-rents (see advertisement, April 10, p. 3.) BIRTHS. PIGEON.-April 3, the wife of Henry Pigeon, of No. 4, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, barrister-at-law, of a daughter. R OSTRON.-April 6, at Beddington, Surrey, the wife of Simpson Rostrou, of the Middle Temple, barister-at-law, of a daughter. STEELE.-April 13, at Northbrooks, near Harlow, Essex, the MARRIAGES. FARLOW-BUBB-April 5, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Charles Paas Farlow, of Fitzroy-road, Regent's-park, and St. Benet's-place, Gracechurch-street, solicitor, to Mary Anne Isabel, daughter of the late George Bubb, of Bond-street. SPARLING-FLETCHER.-April 8, at St. George's Church, Campden-hill, William Sparling, M.A., of Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, to Marian, daughter of the late Charles William Fletcher, of Notting-hill square. DEATHS. BUCKLE.-April 2, at Monkgate, York, Joseph Buckle, District Registrar of the York Registry of the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, aged 59. HODGE.-April 11, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Geo. Wm. Hodge, aged 63. NORRIS.-April 4, Robert Norris, solicitor, Liverpool, in his 50th year. POWNALL.-April 8, at No. 63, Russell-square, J. G. Henry Pownall, Esq., J.P. and D.L., formerly Chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, aged 87. TAYLOR.-April 6, at Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, John Dobede Taylor, solicitor, in his 68th year. Day, Stephen, Isle of Ely, Cambridge, Grocer. Pet Apr 5. Eaden. Cambridge, Apr 20 at 1 Gardner, Thomas William, Deddington, Oxford, Farmer. Pet Apr 3. Bishop. Oxford, Apr 24 at 12.30 Green, George William, Devonport, Lodging house keeper. Pet Apr 6. Edmonds. East Stonehouse, Apr 23 at 12 Hunt, Philip, Bradford, York, Toy and Fancy Dealer. Pet Apr 3. Robinson. Bradford, Apr 23 at 12 Parnaby, John, Sunnington, York, Corn Miller. Pet Apr 5. Woodall Scarborough, Apr 21 at 3 Sanders, Henry, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Builder. Pet Apr 3. Blake. Newport, Apr 21 at 11 Thompson, John, Sheffield, Steel Manufacturer. Pet Apr 1. Rodgers. Sheffield, Apr 21 at 1.30 Thompson, Joseph, Redfield, Gloucester, Builder. Pet Apr 7. Harley. Woodburn, Edward, Barrow-in-Farness, Auctioneer. TUESDAY, Apr. 13, 1880. Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869. Pet Apr 7. Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar. Atkins, John, Brunswick pl, City rd, Tobacco Merchant. Pet Mar 16 To Surrender in the Country. Davies, William, Pwll Wain, nr Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Colliery Proprietor. Pet Apr 9. Spickett. Pontypridd, Apr 26 at 12 Gibbons, James, Stockton-on-Tees, Builder. Pet Apr 1. Crosby. Stockton-on-Tees, Apr 26 at 2.30 Heapy, Frederick Edmund, Salford, Lancaster, Baker. Pet Apr 8. Hulton. Salford, Apr 28 at 11 Mason, Henry, Bristol, Grocer. Pet Apr 8. Harley. Bristol, Apr 28 at 2 Morris, Henry, Bradford, York, Eating house keeper. Pet Apr 9. Stoker, Matthew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tea Dealer. Pet Apr 10. Daggett. Newcastle, Apr 26 at 11 TUESDAY, Apr. 13, 1880. Aldons, John Thomas, Lee, Kent, Ironmonger. Apr 10 Bland, David, Blackheeth, Kent, Builder. Apr 9 Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. Addison, Herbert Fisher, Hastings, Grocer. Apr 21 at 12 at offices of Albery, Frank, Forest Gate, Essex, Commercial Traveller. Apr 24 at 4 at the Belladonna villa, Barhill rd, Sutton Alderson, George, Heigham, Norwich, Bricklayer. Apr 19 at 10.30 at offices of Stanley, Bank plain, Norwich Allen, Thomas, Duxford, Cambridge, Grocer. Apr 22 at 12 at offices of Ellison and Co, Alexandra st, Petty Cury, Cembridge Attrill, George Frederick, Southsea, Hants, Grocer. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Edmonds and Co, St James' st, Portsea Barker, Charles Henry, Pontefract, York, Whitesmith. Apr 22 at 12 at offices of Richards, Market place, Pontefract Barratt, Samuel, Manchester, Contractor. Apr 22 at 3 st offices of Heath and Sons, Swan st, Manchester Barratt, Thomas, Moseley, near Birmingham, out of business. Apr 20 at 3 at offices of Parry, Bennett's hill, Birmingham Basford, James, Nantwich, Cheshire, Provision Dealer. Apr 16 at 11 at at the Albert chambers, Church side, Crewe. Pointon, Crewe Beard, George, Hadfield, Derby, Slater. Apr 21 at 3 at offices of Johnston, Vernon s', Stockport Beasley, Henry, Reading, Berks, Wholesale Confectioner. Apr 22 at 3 at the Queen's Hotel, Friar st, Readine. Beale and Martin, Reading Bellamy, Emanuel, Bulwell, Nottingham, Grocer. Apr 20 at S at Bull, George, Dowell mews, Crown rd, Farrier. Apr 28 at 3 at offees of Fowler, Borough High st, Soulhwark Butler, Thomas Fisher, Widnes, Laccaster, Joiner. Apr 27 at 3 at the Grapes Hotel, Lime st, Liverpool. Davies and Co, Warrington Buxton, Charles, Liverpool, Builder. Apr 19 at 12 at offices of Benson and Carpenter, Bank chambers, Corn st, Bristol Candy, Abraham, Guildford st, Russell sq, out of business. Apr 24 at Chapman, Robert, Wild's rents, Bermondsey, Beer Retailer. Apr 21 at 4 at offices of Morphett and Hanson, King st, Cheapside. Terry, King st, Cheapside Chapple, Alfred Henry, Sheffield, Grocer. Apr 21 at 2 at offices of Taylor, Norfolk row, Sheffield Clark, Robert, Walworth rd, Lambeth, Fishmonger. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Widdecombe, MetrLpolitan chambers, Broad st Clarke, Edward, Old Ford rd, India Rubber Worker. Apr 29 at S st offices of Briant. Winchester house, Old Broad st Clarke, James William, Mitcham, Surrey, Corn Merchant. Apr 21 st 3 at offices of Harcourt, Moorga'e st Cripps, William, Eynsham, Oxford, Saddler. Apr 29 at 12 at offices Bickerton, St Michael's chambers, Ship st Pavis, Charles, Twynrodsn, Glamorgan, Rail Inspector. Apr 19 at 1 at offices of Simons and Piews, Church st, Merthyr Tydfil Dickinson, Robert, Leeds, Provision Merchant. Apr 22 at 3.30 a t offices of Roose and Price, North John st. Liverpool. Addleshaw and Warburton Dorrell, Thomas, Bishampton, Worcester, Farmer. Apr 19 at 11 at offices of Hill, Pierpoint st, Worcester Drew, Joseph, Ross, Here!ord, Innkeeper. Apr 21 at 3 at the Green Dunnett, Frederick Henry, Bury St Edmunds, Bookseller. Apr 29 at Eyre, Samuel, Keighley, York, Coal Merchant. Apr 23 at 3 at offices of Neill, Kirkgate, Bradford Fitch, Frederick, Deal, Kent, Grocer. Apr 22 at 12 at the Creditors' Association, Arthur st East. Mercer and Co Garth, Benjamin, Batley, York, Tailor. Apr 23 at 10.30 at offices of Ridgway aud Ridgway, Wellington st, Batley Geary, Edwin, Belgrave, Leicester, out of business. Apr 22 at 3 offices of the Trade Protection Society. New st, Leicester. Miles and Co Golding, Alfred, Lye, Worcester, Bucket Maker. Apr 21 at 11 at offices of Wall, High st, Stourbridge Gwillam, Edin, Barrow-in-Furness, Seedman. Apr 21 at 11 at the Trevelyan Temperance Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness. Sims, Barrow-inFurness Halkett, Froderick John Colin, West Brighton, Sussex, LieutenantColonel of Militia. May 5 at 3 at offices of Childley, Old Jury Hardwick, Edmund Faunce, Littlehampton, Sussex, Solicitor. Apr 17 at 11 at the Chamber of Commerce, Cheapside. Goodman, Brighton Harris, Joseph, Wigton, Camberland, Grocer. Apr 23 at 11, a: offices of Lawson, King's Arms-lane, Wigton Higson, James, Blackburn, Lancaster, Builder. Apr 22 at 3 at offices of Scott, Victoria st, Blackburn Langton, Thomas, Clement's lane, Timber Agent. Apr 20 at 3 at offices of Rae, Mincing lane Lanyon, Charles, Kenwyn, Cornwade, Butcher. Apr 21 at 3 at offices of Pau 1, Quay st, Truro Lewis, Daniel, South Marston, Wilts, Baker. Apr 21 at 2 at the Lewis, John, jun, Norton, Worcester, out of business. Apr 27 at 12 at Lloyd, James, Bilston, Stafford, General Merchant. Apr 24 at 11 at Luddicke, Hermann. Gerrard st, Soho, Hotel Keeper. Apr 22 at 3 at offices of Parkes, Queen Victoria st Manning, William Lockwood, Depden, Suffolk, Blackemith. Apr 21 at 12 at the Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds. Gross, Bury St Edmunds Marshall, George, Mexborough, York, Boot Dealer. Apr 22 at 3 at offices of Nicholson and Co, East parade, Sheffield. Busdekin and Co Middlewood, Thomas, Cottingham, York, Builder. Apr 19 at 3 at No. 9, Scale lane, Kingston-upon-Hull. Salmon Mills, Richard, Tipton, Stafford, Publican. Apr 20 at 3 at offices of Sheldon, High t, Wednesbury Mitchell, Charles William, Huddersfield, Merchant. Apr 21 at 11 at offices of Whitley, New st, Huddersfield Moore, Etward, Freeman's ct, Chepside, Licensed Victualler. Apr 27 at 12 at offices of Swaine, King st, Cheapside Morre, John James, Wolverhampton, Carpenter. Apr 30 at 3 at offices of Rhodes, Queen st, Wolverhampton Moss, Samuel Elias, Fore st, Earthenware Agent. May 3 at 2 at offices of Blachford and Co, College hill Mountain, Charles George, Birmingham, Engineer. Apr 23 at 12 at Grand Hotel, Colmore row, Birmingham. Sanders and Co, Birmingham Nutman, George Robert, Leicester, Wholesale Druggist. Apr 23 at 3 Park, Robert, Swansea, Livery Stable Keeper. Apr 17 at 3 at offices of Jellicce, Prospect pl, Swansea Parsonage, John, Boughton, Chester, Provision Dealer. Apr 23 at 3 at offices of Mason, Bridge st row East, Chester Phillips, Henry John, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, Clerk in Holy Orders. Apr 22 at 1 at Grand Hotel, Broad st, Bristol. Davies, Sherborne Pickering, Richard, Kingston-upon-Hull, Cooper. Apr 16 at 3 at offices of Chambers, Scale lane, Kingston-upon-Hull Pickford, James Jolin Ferguson, Penarth, Glamorgan, Boot and Shoe Maker. Apr 29 at 11 at offices of Morgan and Scott, High st, Card ft Ramshaw, Joseph, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Licensed Victualler. Apr 23 at 11 at offices of Montgomery, Blackett st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Roberts, James, Tipton, Stafford, Boot Manufacturer. Apr 21 at 11 at offices of Travis, Church lane, Tipton Rooth, Joseph William, Chesterfield, Derby, Butcher. Apr 21 at 11 at Short, Thomas, Altern rd, Peckham, Grocer. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Sille, John Charles, Middlesborough, York, Tailor. Apr 22 at 3 at offices of Learoyd and Co, Buxton rd, Huddersfield Smith, William, Coleshill, Warwick, Grocer. Apr 22 at 11 at offices of Blewitt, Waterloo st, Birmingham Smith, William Miller, Middleton rd, Kingsland rd, Dealer in Tobacconists' Fancy Goods. Apr 20 at 3 at offices of Cooper, Chancery lane Smouth, John, Westbury, Salop, Butcher. Apr 21 at 11 at offices of Morris and Sons, Swan hill, Shrewsbury Stanton, William, Ipswich, Nut and Rivet Manufacturer. Apr 24 at 11 at offices of Vulliamy, Tower st, Ipswich Steventon, Richard, Over, Chester, Boot Manufacturer. Apr 21 at 11 at the Roval Hotel, Crewe. Cooke, Middlewich Stoneman, James, Russell pl, Bermondsey, Leather Merchant. Apr 19 at 11 at the Bridge House Hotel, Southwark. Biggenden, Well st, Hackney Turner, Stephen, Campbell buildings, Peckham, Draper. Apr 27 at 2 Vinson, Charles, Aldershot, Hants, Corn Merchant. Apr 27 at 3 at Waters, Charles, Eastbourne, Farmer. Apr 21 at 2 at the Sussex Hotel, Wheeldon, William George, 1lkeston, Derby, Lace Maker. Apr 21 at 11 at offices of "tevenson, Weekday cross, Nottingham Woolley, William Brandreth, Falkingham, Lincoln, Butcher. Apr 19. at 12 at offices of Law, St Mary's pl, Stamford Wyles, Lawrence, St Ives, Huntingdon, Ironmonger. Apr 16 at the Angel Hotel, Peterborough, in lieu of the place originally named TUESDAY, Apr 13, 1880. Atkinson, Alexander, Nottingham, Dealer in Boots. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Lees, Severn chambers, Middle pavement, Nottingham Barry, George, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, Blacksmith. Apr 23 at 2 at Hare and Hounds Hotel, Shepton Mallet, Hobbs, Jun, Wells Bird, Edwin, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester, Newsagent. Apr 26 at 12 at offices of Dewes and Musson, Market st, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Bishop, John, Gannow Green, near Halesowen, Worcester, Farmer. Apr 29 at 11 at offices of Bower, Price and Son, Paradise st, Birmingham Bradley, Thomas William, Knight Rider st, Doctors Commons, Restaurant Proprietor. Apr 22 at 2 at Mason's Hall Tavern, Mason's Avenue, Basinghall st. Gregory, Cannon st Brazier, William, Latimer rd, Notting hill, Joiner. Apr 30 at 3 at offices of Fowler, Borough High st Brown, Edwin Henry, Collingwood terrace, Battersea, Draper. 26 at 11 at offices of Rexworthy, Cheapside Apr Brown, Francis Charles, Wellington, Somerset, Boot Dealer. Apr 26 at 11 at offices of Reed and Cook, Paul st, Taunton Brownson, John, Hollyhurst, Derby, Farmer. Apr 29 at 12.30 at offices of Cooper and Chawner, Uttoxeter Burgess, John James, Suffolk pl, Wandsworth, Greengrocer's Manager. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Grout, St Swithin's lane Clapp, Benjamin Thomas, Morice Town, Stoke Damerel, Devon, Licensed Victualler. Apr 26 at 12 at offices of Hartnoll, Charlotte st, Morice Town Clark, Leonard, Long Preston, York, Grocer. Apr 27 at 3 at the Ship Hotel, Skipton. Paget, Skipton Apr 23 at 3 at offices of Clarke, Joseph, Whittington, Derby, Collier. Cutts, Market Hall chambers, Chesterfield Cockburn, Harvey Charles, Wilton rd, Pimlico, Jeweller. Apr 26 at 3 at 25, Wilton rd. Inderwick, Bedford row Coop, Robert Henry, Oldham, Lancashire, Undertaker. Apr 27 at 3 at the Mitre Hote, Manchester. Clegg, Oldham Coward, Rowland, Sheffield, Joiner. Apr 24 at 10.30 at offices of Webster and Styring, Hartshead, Sheffield Cuddeford, Edward, Plymouth, out of business. Apr 22 at 12 at offices of Pearse, Princess sq, Plymouth Culverhouse, William, Lincoln, Grocer. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Williams, Silver st, Lincoln Publican. Apr 22 at 11 at Davies, Emma, Ferryside, Carmarthen, Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Apr 23 at 3 at offices of Durrans, Richard, Doncaster, York, Licensed Victualler. Apr 26 at 2 the Reindeer Hotel, Doncaster. Learoyd and Co Edwardes, John Brittle, Huddersfield, Commission Agent. Apr 26 at 11 at offices of Ramsden and Co, John William st, Huddersfield Evans, Frederick William, Barking, Essex, Baker. Apr 23 at 11 at offices of Mackreth, New Broad st Farrin, Johnson, High Cros, Tottenham, Butcher. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Cooper, Chancery lane Faulkner, William, Abbots Bromley, Stafford, Farmer. Apr 26 at 12.30 April 21 at 3 at offices of Fowler, William, Oldham, Lancaster, Butcher. Apr 27 at 2 at Mitre Hotel, Cathedral gates, Manchester. Clegg, Oldham Gayford, Frederick, Rickmansworth, Herts, Farmer. Apr 22 at 2 at 1, Gresham bldgs, Basinghall st. Chapman and Bendle Gelder, Job, and Richard Iredale, Halifax, Bakers. Apr 26 at 11 at offices of Rhodes, Horton st, Halifax Gent, James, Tonbridge, Kent, Tailor. Apr 14 at 10.30 at ofces of Gibson, John, Chapeltown, near Sheffield, Druggist. Apr 27 at 12 at. Gittos, Edward, Hasland, Derby, Grocer. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Jones and Middleton, Gluman gate, Chesterfield Goodwin, William, Percy circus, King's Cross rd, out of business. Apr 22 at 2 at the Midland Hotel, Derby. Harris, Finsbury circus Gough, Thomas, East Knoyle, Wilts, of no business. Apr 26 at 1 at the Bath Arms Hotel, Warminster. Robins, Shaftesbury Greenwood, John, Church Fenton, York, Farmer. Apr 27 at 1 at offices of Russell, Lendal, York Griffiths, Joseph, Wrexham, Denbigh, Chemist, Apr 29 at 2jat the Feathers Hotel, Clayton sq, Liverpool. Jones, Wrexham Gorman, Charles William, Southampton, Confectioner. Apr 22 at 3 at offices of Watts, High st, Southampton Halliday, James, Sedburgh, York, Tailor, Apr 27 at 11 at the Commercial Inn, Kendal. Cragg, Sedburgh Harris, Charles Butler, Streatley, Bedford, Clerk in Holy Orders. Apr 30 at 3 at the George Hotel, Luton. Benning and Sons, Dunstable Harrison, Peter, Hen-du-llangoed, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Coal Merchant. Apr 22 at 3 at offices of Ashton and Woods, Horsemarket st, Warrington White, Robert Gunn, Stockport, Chester, Tobacconist. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Leigh, Brown st, Manchester Williams, Andrew Nicholas, North Shields, Glass Dealer. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Smith, Camden st, North Shields Williams, George, Southampton, Baker. Apr 22 at 2 at offi ces of Watts, High et, Southampton Woolston, Richard, Leicester, Shoe Manufacturer. Apr 28 at 3 st offices of Shires, Market st, Leicester Hartley, William Stopford, Birmingham, Picture Dealer. Apr 23 at 10.30 at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham Hawley, Thomas, Ryther, York, Blacksmith. Apr 24 at 1 at the Woodman Inn, Ryther, nr Tadcaster. Billing, Leeds Heath, James, Somercotes, Derby, Grocer. Apr 29 at 3 at the Bell Hotel, Sadler gate, Derby. Hextall, Derby Hesketh, John, Blackley, nr Manchester. Farmer. Apr 30 at 4 at offices of Rowley, Brown st, Manchester Hindson, John, Liverpool, Licensed Victualler. Apr 26 at 12 at offices of Francis and Collins, Harrington st, Liverpool Holder, Thomas, Hansworth, Stafford, Builder. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Saunders and Bradbury, Temple row, Birmingham Horsman, Henry, Plymouth, Painter. Apr 23 at 11 at offices of Square, George st, Plymouth Hughes, Jane, Birmingham, School Proprietress Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Dale and Vachell, Bennett's hill, Birmingham Hugill, William, sen, and William Hugill, jun, Kirkby Moorside, York, Farmers. Apr 27 at 10.30 at offices of Harrison, Kirkby Moorside. Huntley, Robert, Felling Shore, Durham, Beerhouse Keeper. Apr 29 at 11 at offices of Keenlyside and Co, Grainger st West, Newcastleupon-Tyne Jacques, James William, Westhorpe, Leicester, Licensed Victualler. Apr 26 at 12 at offices of Fowler and Co, Grey Friars chambers, Friar lane, Leicester Jeffries, Henry, Bridgwater, Somerset, Farmer. Apr 29 at 12 at offices of Reed and Cook, King sq, Bridgwater Apr 26 at 2 at Jenkins, William, Barbourne, Worcester, Builder. Apr 26 at 11 at offices of Thompson and Taylor, Pierpoint st, Worcester Johnson, Daniei, Kidderminster, Worcester, Baker. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Thursfield, Swan st, Kidderminster Joynar, George William, Birmingham, out of business. offices of Burton, Union passage, Birmingham Large, James Francis, Portishead, Somerset, Batcher. offices of Clifton and Carter, Broad st, Bristol Leak, Lewis Gower, Hanley, Stafford, out of business. Vine Inn, Stafford. Ashmall, Hanley Lindfield, John, Slaugham, Sussex, Blacksmith. Apr 29 at 4 at Crown Hotel, Horsham. Cotching, Horsham Apr 29 at 2 at Apr 22 at 11 at McCarthy, Waiter Emilius, Cockspur st, Charing cross, Architect. May 5 at 2 at King's Arms Hotel, Folkstone. Ashley and Son, Frederick's pl, Old Jewry Martin, Charles, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucester, Miller. Apr 20 at 12 at offices of Parker, Newnham Martin, George, St John st rd, Clerkenwell, Fruiterer. Apr 28 at 11 at offices of Wright and Law, High Holborn McCall, James, Leicester, Draper. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Wright and McQuie, James, Stottesdon, Salop, Forester. Apr 22 at 2.30 at offices May 5 at 11 at offices Apr 23 at 1 at -Oates, Robert John, Oriental st, East India rd, Trinity House Pilot. Apr 26 at 3 at offices Purchas, Charles Sumpton, Wakefield, Tobacconist. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Lodge, Park row, Leeds Rayley, George, Pulborough, Sussex, Grocer. Apr 30 at 1 at Swan Hotel, Pulborough. Downer, Petworth Reddish, Edward, Stowmarket, Suffolk, Bootmaker. offices of Fox, Ipswich st, Stowmarket. Gudgeon May 3 at 12 at Reed, James, Carlisle, Milliner. Apr 24 at 4 at offices of Johnson, Scotch st, Carlisle Reid, John, Craven rd, Bayswater, Baker. May 5 at 12 at offices of Chandler and Co, Coleman st. Scott, Gresham buildings, Basinghall st Rimmer, Robert, Chesterfield, Derby, Hotel keeper. Apr 26 at 12 at Rogers, Robert, Bristol, out of business. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Smith, James, Sedgley, Stafford, Grocer. Apr 27 at 11 at the Saracens Smith, John Edwin, Bradford, Whitesmith. Apr 23 at 4 at offices of Apr 22 at 3 at Tallady, George, Bury St Edmunds, Boot and Shoe Maker. Apr 29 at 12 at the Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds. Salmon and Son, Bury St Edmunds Ward, George, Dulwich, Surrey, Builder. Apr 29 at 2 at the Cannon st Hotel, Cannon st. Elmslie and Co, Leadenhall st Warner, Thomas Woodcock, Great Dunmow, Essex, Ironmonger. Apr 29 at 1 at the Auction Mart, Tokenhouse yard. Blyth, Chelmsford Wells, John, St Stephen's rd, Bow, General Dealer. Apr 28 at 12 at offices of Moss, Gracechurch st Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality, with the excess of fat extracted. The Faculty pronounce it "the most nutritious, perfectly digestible beverage for Breakfast, Luncheon, or Supper, and invaluable for Invalids and Children." Highly commended by the entire Medical Press. 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THE MATTER, to which we have before referred, of the provision in the new rules intended to put an end to the issue of private lists of persons granting bills of sale, has this week been the subject of considerable discussion, and some rather excited and hasty letters on the subject have appeared in the Times, one correspondent (who apparently thought that the Bills of Sale Act, 1854, was still in force) describing the effect of the new rule as being "to take from the public the protection of registration." The effect of the new rule is, of course, to give protection to the persons requiring it. Anyone about to deal with John Jones will be entitled to ascertain whether John Jones has granted any bill of sale. This appears to be all that can in reason be required if easy means of search are provided, but the mercantile community will doubtless raise a clamour at being deprived of their Stubbs' or Perry's list. It may be worth while to consider whether the new system of certificates of search could not be amended and extended so as to enable anyone to write to the Bills of Sale Office requesting a search in a specified name or names and enclosing a small fee, and to receive by return of post a statement of the result of the search. CREDITORS' CLAIMS THE REMOVAL of judges chambers was effected on Monday last, and the advantages of the increased accommodation afforded, and the improved arrangements for keeping order, have been generally appreciated. The two halls set apart on the ground and first floors of the new building for the meeting of solicitors are spacious and airy, and afford a pleasant contrast to the "bear gardens" at Serjeant's-inn. The decorations of the bar-room are now complete, and the learned judge at chambers is provided with accommodation suited to his dignity. THE REGISTRAR IN LUNACY has to fulfil, with regard to lunacy matters, similar functions to those performed by the Chancery Registrars with regard to chancery business, and, in addition, acts as secretary to the Lord Chancellor in matters connected with the jurisdiction in lunacy. His salary is £1,000 a year, and he has hitherto been allowed to engage in private practice. For the post of Chancery Registrar a preliminary training in the office, frequently extending over twenty years, is considered requisite; to the post of Lunacy Registrar the Lord Chancellor has just appointed a gentleman who has hitherto been Assistant Registrar of Trade-marks and Assistant Registrar of Designs, and who was cailed to the bar on January 26, 1878. Mr. Lowry Whittle is, we believe, a gentleman of great ability, but we can hardly congratulate the profession upon the appointment, having regard to AN INGENIOUS ATTEMPT by tenants to visit the iniquities of plumbers on the landlord—an attempt which, if successful, would have opened up a vast vista of litigationwas defeated last week in the Court of Appeal. In a case of Anderson v. Oppenheimer the plaintiffs sued for breach of a covenant for quiet enjoyment contained in the lease of their house, the interruption of quiet enjoyment alleged being the bursting of water-pipes which had been fixed in the house before the commencement of the lease. The plaintiffs' contention, in effect, came to this, that whenever the water-pipes in a house burst, the landlord was liable under the covenant for quiet enjoyment-a result which would render the domestic calamities attendant on a season of frost more supportable than they are at present. The weak point in the contention was, of course, that, although there had been an interruption of quiet enjoyment, it had not been occasioned by any act or omission of the lessor since the commencement of the lease; and the court had not much difficulty in coming to a decision against the tenants. THE VIEW We have always taken of the perplexing decision of the Court of Appeal in In re Williams (26 W. R. 274) as to the circumstances under which an attornment clause in a mortgage would be held to be a fraud on the bankruptcy law, and, therefore, invalid, was confirmed by the subsequent decision of the court in In re Stockton Iron Furnace Company (27 W. R. 433), where Lord Justice Bramwell said that the intention and object of the arrangement in In re Williams was to commit a fraud on the bankruptcy law, since, practically, the effect of the provisions of the mortgage in that case was that the attornment clause should come into operation only in the event of bankruptcy. But it will be remembered that Lord Justice James and the Master of the Rolls, in the Stockton case, stated or implied that the reservation of a rent very much above the value of the property might show that the attornment clause was, as Lord Justice James put it, "only part of a device which would enable the mortgagee to obtain, in the event of the mortgagor's bankruptcy, something which he would not otherwise obtain," and that in such |