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Thompson, George, South Cheltenham, Gloucester, Commission Agent. June 7 at 10 at offices of Potter, Northfield House, North pl, Cheltenham

Toft, John, and Samuel Hipkiss, Wolverhampton, Coppersmiths.
June 11 at 11 at offices of Gatis, King st, Wolverhampton
Tozer, Alfred, Rupert st, Haymarket, Tin Plate Worker. June 15 at
11 at offices of Nicholls, Lincoln's inu fields

Walker, John, Salford, Lancaster, Beerhouse Keeper. June 9 at 3
at offices of Shippey and Field, Cooper st, Manchester
Wheatcroft, Henry, Mentmore ter, Hackney, Boot Manufacturer.
June 14 at 3 at offices of Cooper, Chancery lane

Wigley, Henry, Nottingham, Butcher. June 14 at 12 at offices of
Fraser, Wheeler gate, Nottingham

Wilbourn, William, Deptford, Kent, Corn Merchant. June 10 at 3 at offices of Marchant and Co, High st, Deptford

Wilson, Aaron, Chorley, Lancaster, Grocer. June 9 at 11 at offices of Stanton, High st, Chorley

Winsor, Henry, Torquay, Devon, Builder. June 9 at 11 at offices of Lindop, Fleet st, Torquay

Wood, Robert, Leeds, Accountant. June 16 at 3 at offices of Pullan, Bond st, Leeds

Wright, Benjamin, Moreton st West, Pimlico, Cheesemonger. June 9 at 3 at offices of Brook and Chapman, Wool Exchange, Cole

man st

TUESDAY, June 1, 1880.

Alston, Isaac, Middlesborough, Jeweller. June 11 at 11 at offices of Teale, Albert rd, Middlesborough

Anthony, William, Newport, Greengrocer. June 15 at 12 at offices of Lloyd, Bank chambers, Newport

Ashmore, Arthur Brown, Birmingham, Grocer. June 11 at 2 at offices of Burton, Union passage, Birmingham

Banning, George Charles, Collingbourne Ducis, Wilts, Hotel Proprietor. June 15 at 12 at Castle Hotel, Devizes. Rodway, Trowbridge

Banning, William, Birmingham, Grocer.

June 11 at 12 at offices of

Southall and Co, Waterloo st, Birmingham Baty, Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees, Veterinary Surgeon. June 22 at 11 at offices of Dodds and Co, Finkle st, Stockton-on-Tees Betteley, Joseph, Hanley, Earthenware Manufacturer. June 9 at County Court offices, Cheapside, Hanley, in lieu of the place originally named

Bettelley, Joseph, Hanley, Earthenware Manufacturer. June 9 at 11 at offices of Salt, Kelle st, Tunstall

Bowater, Thomas, John James Bowater, and Wiliam Alfred Bowater,
West Bromwich, Ironmasters, June 14 at 11 at Dartmouth Hotel,
High st, West Bromwich. Topham, West Bromwich
Bowes, Sidney, Morley, York, Cowkeeper. June 14 at 3.30 at Royal
Oak Inn, Halifax. Wooler, Morley

Dowlen, John Cheeseman, Reigate, Surrey, Miller. June 15 at 12 at offices of Head, Bell st, Reigate

Brass, Robert, Sunderland, Durham, Ironfounder. June 12 at 11 at offices of Haswell and Marshall, John st, Sunderland Briggs, James, Mitcham, Surrey, Market Gardener. June 9 at 12 at offices of Medcalf, King st, Cheapside

Brook, James, North Bierley, York, Grocer. June 12 at 11 at offices of Wilkinson, Kirkgate, Bradford

Buck, William Henry, Salford, Lancaster, Coal Merchant. June 7 at 3 at offices of Simpson and Hockin, Mount st, Albert sq, Manchester

Campling, Robert, Norwich, Commission Agent. June 14 at 12 at offices of Bavin and Daynes, Exchange st, Norwich Candy, Theophilus, Trowbridge, out of business. June 14 at 11 at offices of Clark and Collins, Trowbridge

Challiner, Roger Richardson, Northwich, Chester, Grocer. June 15 at 11 at Angel Hotel, Dale st, Liverpool. Fletcher, Northwich Chamberlain, Charles, Kettering, Northampton, Joiner. June 14 at 12 at offices of Rawlins and Son, Market Harborough Chambers, Richard, Preston, Saddler. June 15 at 10 at offices of Blackhurst, Fox st, Preston

Chapman, Frederic, Woodmanstan, Surrey, Publisher. June 14 at 2 at Inns of Court Hotel. Linklater & Co, Walbrook Chappell, Thomas, Bournemouth, Hants, Builder. June 21 at 1 at offices of Wade, Old Christchurch rd, Bournemouth Clegg, William Frederick, Lower Broughton, Salford, Bookkeeper. June 15 at 3 at Mitre Hotel, Cathedral gates, Manchester. Burton, Manchester

Cliff, Reuben, Blackbrook, Stafford, Beerhouse Keeper. June 14 at 11 at offices of Stevenson, Cheapside, Hanley

Cockram, John Robert, Junction rd, Holloway, Jeweller. June 10 at 3 at offices of Hopkins, Finsbury pavement

Cockroft. Charles, Willington, Durham, Draper. June 17 at 11 at offices of Chapman, Market pl, Durham

Cockton, Nixon, Langrigg, Cumberland, Shoe Maker. June 14 at 11 at the Hare and Hounds Inn, West st, Wigton. Lawson, Wigton

Cook, Charles, Keppel st, Russell sq, Pianoforte Silker. June 17 at 3 at offices of Chappell and Co, Golden sq

Cubley, Harry, New Sleaford, Lincoln, Cattle Dealer. June 12 at 11 at offices of Holdich, Westgate, New Sleaford Davis, Louisa, and James Beazer, Bristol, Furniture Dealers. June 11 at 2 at offices of Sibly, Exchange West, Bristol Donnithorne, Edward George Moore, Colpe Lodge, Twickenham, Captain in her Majesty's Army. June 10 at 3 at offices of Munns and Longden, Old Jewry

Duffin, Bradley Swallow, Oldham, Lancaster, Glass and General Dealer. June 14 at 3 at offices of Watson, Church lane, Oldham Edwards, Edward, Clun, Salop, Mason. June 14 at 11 at offices of Newill, Bishop's Castle

Firby, William, Leeds, Boot Maker. June 14 at 3 at offices of Maud, Albion st, Leeds

Freeth, Frederick, Box, Wilts, Baker.

Clarke, Union st, Bath

June 11 at 3 at offices of

Friend, Herman, Leeds, Tailor. June 11 at 3 at offices of Jenkinson, Albion st, Leeds

Gale, George Edward, Gutter lane, Cheapside, Warehouseman. June 21 at 3 at offices of Hughes, St Benet Place, Gracechurch st Gill, Mitchell, West Gorton, Lancashire, Grocer. June 15 at 3 at the Musley Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester. Sutton and Elliott, Manchester

Graham, William Hood, Hartlepool, Durham, Stationer. June 16 at 3 at offices of Bell and Son, Church st, West Hartlepool Greaves, James, jun, Birmingham, Licensed Victualler. June 15 at 2 at offices of Tyler, Ann st, Birmingham

Guthrie, John, Harrogate, York, Builder. June 12 at 3 at the Alexandra Hotel, Harrogate

Hacking, James, Preston, Provision Dealer. June 11 at 3 at offices of Taylor, Guildhall, Preston

Hanks, Richard, Croydon, Surrey, Tea Dealer. the Bridge House Hotel, Borough High st. chambers, Southwark

June 10 at 12 at

Arnold, Townhall

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June 12 at 2 at offices of

Kidd, Rebecca, Norwich, Haberdasher.
Kent, St Andrew's Hall Plain, Norwich
Lancey, John, Neath, Glamorgan, Builder. June 10 at 3 at the Castle
Hotel, Neath. Donague, Swansea

Lea, William John, Adam st, Adelphi, Ventilating Engineer. June 18 at 3 at 41, Maiden lane, Covent garden. Lewin and Co, Southampton st, Strand

Leak, Robert. Norwich, Wholesale Stationer. June 14 at 3 at offices of Sadd and Linay, Theatre st, Norwich

Lee, George, Bishop's rd, Paddington, Oyster Merchant. June 16 at 2 at offices of Hamlin and Grammer, Staple inn, Holborn Marshall, John, Birmingham, out of business. June 10 at 3 at offices of Parry, Colmore row, Birmingham

Morris, Henry Elias, Great St Andrew's st, Seven Dials, Tailor. June 9 at 11 at offices of Willis, St Martin's ct, Leicester sq Norman, William Brett, Treherne rd, Brixton, Builder. June 22 at 3 at the Mason's Hall Tavern, Basinghall st. Llewellyn, Finsbury

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Nuttall, Thomas, Radcliffe, Lancaster, Draper. June 14 at 3 at officeof Anderton and Donnelly, Bury

Osmond, John, South Norwood, Surrey, Mercantile Clerk. June 11 at 2 at offices of Goldring, Southampton st, Bloomsbury Page, William Henry, Gorleston, Suffolk, Shipwright. June 15 at 11.30 at offices of Clarke, Regent st, Gt Yarmouth Palmer, Richard Mason, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcester, Grocer. June 12 at 12 at offices of Knott, Foregate st, Worcester Parr, John, Birmingham, Tailor. June 14 at 11 at offices of Parr, Colmore row, Birmingham

Partridge, Thomas James Harris, Axminster, Devon, Colliery Agent. June 14 at 1 at Mermaid Hotel, Yeovil. Forward, Axmin

ster

Pierrelee, Henry Gabriel, Bootle, Lancaster, Bookkeeper. June 14 at 3 at offices of Carruthers, Lord st, Liverpool Power, John Edward, Stroud, Gloucester, Haulier. June 16 at 3 at offices of Witchell, Lansdown, Stroud

June 15 at

Price, William Henry, Widnes, Lancaster, Stationer. 2.30 at Lion Hotel, Warrington. Day and Lake, Runcorn Quayle, William, Walton, Lancaster, Coal Merchant. June 12 at 2 at offices of Lowe, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool Redford, George, Bishopston, Gloucester, Commercial Traveller. June 11 at 2 at offices of Sibly, West Exchange, Bristol Robinson, Jeremiah, Leeds, Furniture Broker. offices of Ford and Warren, Albion st, Leeds Rohrbach, Fritz Louis, Old Compton st, Soho, Provision Merchant. June 25 at 2 at offices of Goldberg and Langdon, West st, Finsbury

circus

June 14 at 3 at

Hatton, William, sen, Bristol, Pastry Cook. June 11 at 2 at offices of Fussell and Co, Liverpool chambers, Corn st, Bristol Shelley, Enoch, Stoke-upon-Trent, Grocer. June 12 at 10.30 at the Copeland Arms Hotel, Stoke-upon-Trent. Bagnall, Stokeupon-Trent

Shutt, John, Hanley, out of business. June 9 at 2 at offices of Lawrence, Old Hall st, Hanley

Simmonds, Thomas, Market pl, Barking rd, Tailor. June 15 at 3 at offices of Wolferstan and Co, Ironmonger lane, Cheapside Sinclair, Robert Cooper, Augustus st, Regent's park, Manufacturer of Mineral Waters. June 9 at 1 at offices of Stevens and Co, Old Jewry

Smith, Joseph Wood, Norfolk ter, Westbourne grove, Boot Maker. June 19 at 2 at offices of Browne, Talbot id, Bayswater. Morris, Mitre ct, Temple

Smith, William Henry, and William Dicey, Southwark st, Borough, Tea Merchants. June 18 at 3 at offices of Izard, Arthur st East. Godden, Lime st

Solomon, John, Birmingham, Tailor. June 14 at 11 at offices cf Taylor, Colmore row, Birmingham

Spill, Samuel, Fishponds, Gloucester, out of business. June 12 at 12 at offices of Collins, Broad st, Bristol. Reed and Cook, Bridg.

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June 14 at 4 at

Upjohn, Ambrose George, Scarborough, York, Grocer.
at offices of Richardson, Queen st, Scarborough
Waite, Samuel, Manningham, York, Bookseller.
offices of Atkinson and Wilson, Tyrrel st, Bradford
Wall, William, sen, Queeb, Eardisely, Hereford, Grocer. June 14 at
11 at offices of Bodenham and Co, Kington

Watts, Edward, Upper Grange rd, Old Kent rd, Contractor.
14 at 2 at offices of Jonas, Bishopsgate st, Within

June

June 15 at 3

Whalley, William, Middleton, Lancaster, Innkeeper.
at offices of Hall and Son, Fountain st, Manchester
Wilkinson, Robert, Mossley, Chester, Builder. June 22 at 3 at Mitre
Hotel, Cathedral gates, Manchester. Worth, Rochdale
Williams, David, Carmarthen, Woollen Manufacturer. June 12 at 11
at offices of Griffiths, St Mary st, Carmarthen

Wrest, Samuel, Batley, York, Boot and Shoe Maker. June 16 at 4
at offices of Wooler, Exchange buildings, Batley

SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA,

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The Faculty pronounce it "the most nutritious, perfectly digestible beverage for Breakfast, Luncheon, or Supper, and invaluable for Invalids and Children.""

Highly commended by the entire Medical Press.

Being without sugar, spice, or other admixture, it suits all palates, keeps better in all climates, and is four times the strength of cocoas THICKENED yet WEAKENED with starch, &c., and IN REALITY CHEAPER than such Mixtures.

Made instantaneously with boiling water, a teaspoonful to a Breakfast Cup, coating less than a halfpenny.

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In tin packets at 1s. 6d., 3., 5s. 6d, &c., by Chemists and Grocers
Charities on Special Terms by the Sole Proprietors,

H. SCHWEITZER & CO., 10, Adam-street, London, W.c.

MR. G. H. JONES,

SURGEON DENTIST,

57, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, LONDON (Opposite the British Museum),

Will be glad to orward his Pamphlet on Painless Dentistry, free enclosed by post, which explains the most unique systern of the adjus ment of ARTIFICIAL TEETH without pain.

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AW BOOK-KEEPER.-Wanted, by a firm of London Solicitors, a Young Clerk capable of taking charge of their Books, and to assist with Draft Costs.-Apply, stating age, experience, and salary required, to G. T., care of Messrs. Drew, Wood, & Son, Law Stationers, Basinghall-street, London, E.C.

THE ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1862, 1867, and 1877, whereby the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares. Authorised Capital £1,000,000 in 100,000 Shares of £10 each. Issue of 24,000 New Shares.

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John Young, Esq. (Messrs. Turquand, Youngs, & Co.), 41, Cole-
man-street, London.

SECRETARY: Silas Waymouth, Esq.
OFFICES: 13, Fenchurch-avenue, London, E.C.
ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.

The Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company (Limited), offer for subscription 24,000 Shares of the Company of £10 each, representing £240,000; which, with 36,000 shares already issued, will constitute an issue of £600,000 out of the total authorised capital of £1,000,000.

The Company was formed on the 12th February, 1878 (nothing being paid for good-will, nor by way of promotion money), to acquire and carry on the Orient Line of Steamers then running between London and Australia, and generally to engage in, and develope, the steam trade with Australia.

The requirements of the trade are now such that it has been determined to give the undertaking a more public character, and to offer for public subscription a portion of its capital.

The Steamships belonging to the Company are the "Lusitania," "Chimborazo,"" Cuzco," "Garonne," and "Orient," in all 20,783 tons register, besides a Steam tender in Australia.

The only liabilities of the Company, besides ordinary current accounts, are £93,850 raised on debentures at 5 per cent. interest, and £43,000 on bills payable, the greater part of which latter amount consists of balance of purchase-money not yet due.

The Company's first steamer was despatched on 7th March, 1878. From that date to 31st December, 1879, the nett earnings of the Company, after paying all preliminary and working expenses, including maintenance and insurance, have yielded the sum of £55,996, out of which £32,345 has been carried to Reserve, and the balance paid in interest and dividends.

In January, 1880, the Company commenced, in conjunction with the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, a regular Fortnightly Service between England and Australia.

The present increase of capital is intended to enable the Orient

Company to take up the full share of the service reserved to them by their agreement with the Pacific Company, by building new Steamers and otherwise developing the business.

The import and export trade of the Australasian Colonies for the year 1878 (the latest for which official returns are yet published) amounted to £94,742,703.

It is estimated that nearly £8,000,000 will be realised from the exports of the Colonies this season, in excess of last.

The export of fresh frozen meat is likely to yield an important addition to the Company's earnings. A number of applications for space have already been received, and the necessary refrigerating machines are about to be fitted in the steamers to enable them to carry the meat on freight.

The direct service of the Orient Line, consisting of first-class steamers sailing regularly at moderate intervals both ways by the best routes, has become a necessary link between England and her Australasian Colonies, the public having learnt by experience the special advantages which the Line offers for the conveyance of passengers, merchandise, and mails.

The Managers at present hold 10,360 Shares, and by their agreement with the Company mentioned below are bound to hold not less. than 5,000 shares while they continue in the office of managers. On the 36,000 Shares already issued, £8 per Share is at present paid up. A similar sum is to be paid up on the 24,000 Shares now offered, in the following instalments, viz. :

£1 to be paid on application.

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Contracts of the following dates and between the following parties have been entered into, viz. :-21st January, 1878, between the Paci fic Steam Navigation Company and Messrs. Anderson, Anderson, & Co.; 28th January, 1878, between Messrs. Anderson, Anderson, & Co. and Messrs. F. Green & Co.; 29th January, 1878, between the Managers and Mr. George Slader, a Trustee for the Company; 28th October, 1879, between the Company and the Pacific Steam Naviga. tion Company; 27th April, 1880, between the Company and the Managers.

Full Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be obtained at the Company's Offices; and of the Bankers and Brokers. 13, Fenchurch-avenue, London, 21st May, 1780.

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AWYERS' PRAYER UNION.-It is proposed to hold another Social and Religious Meeting in London for Barristers and Solicitors, and their Clerks only, on THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1880, Mr. ROBERT ANDERSON, LL.D., in the Chair. Any gentlemen in the Legal Profession, or their Clerks, who desire to attend, or will assist in inviting others, are requested to apply to Mr. H. C. NISBET, 35, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

EW OFFICES to be LET, specially adapted to consisting of two rooms fitted with speaking tubes and every convenience studied, in the newly-erected building, No. 7, Bell-yard, immediately facing the Royal Courts of Justice.-Rent moderate.

NOTLAND BAY, Isle of Wight, near Alum Bay.

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-TOTLAND BAY HOTEL. Magnificent sea views. Will open at Whitsuntide. Comfort, with moderate charges. Billiard room and tennis lawn. Bracing air. Excellent sands and promenade pier. Good anchorage for yachts.-Apply to Miss FLEMING, Manageress, late of the Langham Hotel.

WANTED to PURCHASE, to Complete a Set,

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Vols. 15 to 20 of the WEEKLY REPORTER.-State lowest price for the whole or any single vol. to ALPHA, care of E. W. Owles, Esq., 22, Chancery-lane, W.C.

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LONDON GAZETTE (published by authority) and LONDON and COUNTRY ADVERTISEMENT OFFICE.

No. 117, CHANCERY LANE, FLEET STREET.

GREEN, Advertisement Agent, begs to

direct the attention of the Legal Profession to the advantages of his long experience of upwards of thirty years, in the special insertion of all pro forma notices, & c., and hereby solicits their continued support.-N. B. One copy of advertisement only required, and the strictest care and promptitude assured. Officially stamped forms for adverstise ment and file of London Gazette" kept, By appointment.

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60, GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON. TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.

The Report and accounts for the year 1879, presented to the Shareholders at the Annual Meeting, on Thursday, 20th May, 1880, at which Bernard Hall, Esq. (Mayor of Liverpool), presided, showed in the FIRE BRANCH,

that the premims for 1879, after deducting Re-insurances, amounted to £491,942, and the losses to £300,643, or 61'11 per cent. IN THE LIFE BRANCH,

that new policies had been issued for £235,470, and that the Life Fund, by the additions made to it in the year, now represents 67:4 per cent. of the entire net premiums received on every policy in force.

The surplus in the year's Fire Account, amounting to £91,987, was disposed of as follows:

£40,000........ Added to Reserves.

20,480........ Carried forward to next Account
31,506
Appropriated for Dividend.

The Funds were shown hereafter to stand as follows:-
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ESTABLISHED 1851.

IRKBECK

B AN K.Current Accounts opened according to the usual practice of other Bankers, and Interest allowed on the minimum monthly balances. No commission charged for keeping Accounts. The Bank also receives money on Deposit at Three and a half per cent. Interest, repayable on demand. The Bank undertakes for its Customers, free of charge, the custody of Deeds, Writings, and other Securities and Valuables; the collection of Bills of Exchange, Dividends, and Coupons; and the purchas and sale of Stocks and Shares. Letters of Credit and Ciren'ar Notes issued for all parts of Europe and elsewhere. A Pamphlet, with full par ticulars, on application. FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, Manager. Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane.

RESTAURANT PARISIEN
(LATE MADME. JANET),

10, CASTLE-STREET, HOLBORN (OPPOSITE THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY). First-class Luncheon Bar for gentlemen in the neighbourhood. Public and Private Dining Rooms. Dinners for 3s. 6d., 4s. 6d., 5s. 64, 78. 64. and 10s. 6d. Will be served in the Private Dining Rooms; no extra charge for room or pianoforte. Choicest Wines, Beer, and Spirits.Proprietors, DORER BROTHERS.

chase the site of the buildings at the price originally

Solicitors' Journal. paid to the society for it, and also to take the buildings

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Attorney-General, The, v. Tomline ................................................... 610

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Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, The, v. The Royal
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Cave v. Cave ........................................... .................... 612 SOCIETIES ................... 612

LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL ................................ 614
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"at a valuation as old building materials."
add that when the courts of the Chancery Division are
removed to the Royal Courts of Justice, the court erected
for the Vice-Chancellor of England, now occupied by
Vice-Chancellor Malins, will, under the last-mentioned
Act, become the property of the Society of Lincoln's-inn,
without their making any payment for the same or the
materials thereof, and the society will also be entitled to
be repaid all principal sums which they have, from
time to time, since the year 1840, expended out of their
funds in the erection and fitting up of courts for the use
of the judges of the Court of Chancery, and otherwise
for the benefit of that court.

THE BILL INTRODUCED LAST SESSION by Mr. Osborne Morgan "to improve the constitution and extend the district of the Middlesex Land Registry" (printed in extenso, ante, p. 369), has this session been brought in by Mr. Hopwood. The provisions as to registered charges are, as we think wisely, omitted; and the Bill, as it now stands, proposes, first, to extend the district of the registry to the whole of the metropolis-that is to say, to the places mentioned in schedules A., B., and C. to the Metropolis Management Act, 1855; and next to re-organize the Registry Office, and compel a more convenient system of keeping the index. We rather regret that the first of these objects should be attempted at present; the proposal to extend the district of a register which has the reputation of being the most inconvenient in the kingdom will be strongly opposed, and the opposition may prove fatal to a measure which, of all the land law reforms, is most urgently needed. Mr. Joshua Williams, Q.C. has truly said that everyone ................................................................... 618 complains of the Middlesex Registry, and Mr. Farrer told the Land Transfer Commissioners that "the searches occasion great trouble and some expense, and in many cases are impracticable. I have known solicitors ask their clients to permit them to give up the search as useless, getting from their clients this authority on a written form in order to protect themselves against any charge of negligence." The mode in which the Bill proposes to deal with the index follows in the main the suggestions which were made by correspondents in these columns two years ago. It is provided that the registrar shall divide the district into sub-districts, and keep a separate division of the register for each sub-district; that the index shall be so framed as to furnish references to places as well as to persons, and shall, as far as practicable, be based on the ordnance map; and provision is also made for official searches, and the issue of certificates of the results of such searches.

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NOTWITHSTANDING THE APPARENTLY formidable dimensions of the cause lists of the judges of the Chancery Division, there is a probability that, before long, there will not be sufficient causes to supply the daily lists of some of these judges. Vice-Chancellor Bacon, who has now upwards of sixty causes before him, is understood to anticipate that all his causes which are ready for hearing will be disposed of in the course of a fortnight or three weeks, and there are already rumours of arrangements being in progress for a transfer to his lordship.

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SOME USEFUL INFORMATION as to the conditions under which the Post Office will produce, for judicial or other purposes, the originals of messages sent by telegraph, transpired at the hearing of the application for a summons against Mr. Callan, M.P., for libel, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, on Thursday last. judges have always shown great unwillingness to compel the production of these documents. Thus in The Taunton Election Petition (2 O'M. & H. 72-3), Grove, J., said that the matter was one involving a great deal of diffiTHE RECENT REMOVAL of the Chancery Paymaster has culty on public grounds, and he refrained from giving left vacant a large block of offices, originally built on part any decision on the question until he had consulted the of the garden of Lincoln's-inn, and formerly occupied other election judges. The unanimous judgment of by the Chancery Registrars, the Record and Writ Clerks, those judges was that, without expressing a formal the Inrolment Office, and the Chancery Paymaster. decision, the court ought not to interfere to compel the Under the provisions of two private Acts of Geo. 3, production of telegrams demanded, or even to say anyconfirmed by the Act of 28 & 29 Vict. c. 48, the thing to the officers of the Post Office to procure their Society of Lincoln's-inn, upon the Lord Chancellor's production. The learned judge added, "I am not by certifying to the Treasury that the business hitherto this decision saying that cases might not arise where, upon conducted in these buildings has been transferred strong specific grounds being shown, the judge might to the Royal Courts of Justice, such certificate interpose his authority." The point also arose in The being filed in the Report Office, are entitled to repur-Stroud Election Petition (2 O'M. & H. 110-112), where

Mr. Baron Bramwell said, "I have a strong impression that these documents are in the custody of her Majesty, and that you have no right to bring them here, any more than a banker's clerk has a right to bring his master's ledger." The learned judge having been

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urged by counsel to compel the Post Office official, who declined to give in the telegram, to produce it, refused to accede to counsel's request, adding, "I will not enforce the production of the telegram by summary proceedings of commitment for contempt of court. should add, however," he concluded, "to the remarks I have made, that the Crown could always say, 'We think this ought to be done, and we shall raise no objection to its production.' The result of the proceedings at the Police-court, on Thursday last, would seem to show that the Post Office authorities have adopted the suggestion of the learned judge, and are now willing to produce these documents (or at all events news telegrams addressed to newspapers) in legal proceedings in which they may judge such production to be necessary. But it appears that they will always require a written authority for production to be furnished, signed either by (1) the sender of the message, or (2) the receiver of the message, or (3), in the case of Ireland, by the Lord Lieutenant. In the recent case the original message was produced upon a request from the receiver.

OF THE MANY MEASURES introduced to amend the Agricultural Holdings Act, Mr. Stavely Hill's is the simplest. It proposes to provide that it shall not be competent for a landlord or tenant to withdraw himself from the compensation provisions of the Act, unless there shall be provided "under or by an agreement subsisting between them at the time of the termination of the tenancy, a compensation to the tenant of an amount at least equal to that provided by the said Act." This ignores altogether the compensation under the custom of the country, which we believe is-at all events as regards the second and third classes of improvements-often more advantageous to the tenant than the provisions of the Agricultural Holdings Act. But the peculiarity of the proposed clause is the mode provided for deciding whether the compensation under the agreement is or is not equal in amount to that provided by the Act. This is by allowing the tenant, after he has entered into an agreement with his landlord excluding the Act, or providing for special compensation, to break it if he thinks proper. It is provided that "for the purpose of determining whether the compensation provided by the agreement is of such equal amount, be it enacted that notwithstanding anything contained in the agreement for tenancy, or any other agreement between him and his landlord, a tenant may give notice, in the manner provided by section 20 of the said Act, that he will proceed to make his claim under that Act as though no agreement were subsisting between them," and, thereupon, "all questions as to compensation shall be settled in manner provided by the said Act; and the agreement for tenancy and any other agreement existing between the landlord and tenant shall, so far as any question in respect of compensation between such landlord and tenant is affected thereby, become, and be wholly void and of no effect." The learned putative father of this singular Bill appears to have omitted to observe that the Agricultural Holdings Act does not provide anything like a complete scheme of compensation to the tenant, and that if his Bill passes into law, and the tenant gives notice as provided in the clause last cited, he will lose the benefit of any agreement he may have made with the landlord as to compensation for fallows, and many other matters not included in the three classes of improvements mentioned in the Act.

A CURIOUS LITTLE POINT was raised before Mr. Justice Fry last week. The learned judge had intimated to

the official solicitor of the court that a solicitor who was a defendant in an action had been guilty of improper conduct. The official solicitor thereupon applied to Mr. Justice Fry for leave to serve notice of motion on the solicitor to show cause why he should not be struck off the roll, the application being made, not only in the action, but also in the matter of the solicitor. By the order of the Lord Chancellor (made under ord. 5, r. 4a.), dated 19th June, 1877 (21 SOLICITORS' JOURNAL, 688), it was directed that 66 no cause or matter shall, until further order, be assigned to Mr. Justice Fry by the same being marked by the plaintiff or petitioner with the name of the said Mr. Justice Fry;" but under ord. 51, r. la, when any cause has been transferred for the purpose of trial or hearing only, the judge to whom the cause is transferred may direct that " any further proceedings therein, before or after the hearing or trial thereof, shall be taken and prosecuted before himself." The learned judge doubted whether, under this last rule, he had power to entertain the application, but, ultimately, having regard to the authority over solicitors given by section 87 of the Judicature Act, 1873, to 66 any judge" of the High Court, he gave leave to serve notice for a motion before himself.

MR. COMMISSIONER KERR has recommenced his humourous orations on the sins of the legal profession. The first of the present season was delivered on the 7th inst., and appears to have been a great success. A defendant opened the proceedings by remarking that the plaintiff's demand " was only increased after it got into the hands of the lawyer," whereupon the commissioner broke in with "Have you not had sufficient experience of lawyers to know that it is best to make peace with your enemies while you are in the way with them?" This exquisite Scriptural joke was received with "laughter," encouraged by which the commissioner proceeded to say, "Because, if not, I can tell you that after it gets into the hands of the lawyers a claim at once becomes four times as big as it was." This sentiment appears to have fairly brought down the audience; and, amid "renewed laughter," the Court proceeded to less important business.

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ASCERTAIN BOUNDARIES, though belonging to a head of equitable jurisdiction known to every apprentice, have of late years been very unusual. A good reason for this disuse appears from the result of the action of Spike v. Harding, which was recently before Vice-Chancellor Hall. On further consideration, the judge stated that it is not the rule of the court in such cases to make costs follow the event. The litigation in these suits-whether a commission is granted or (as was done in the recent case) an inquiry directed— is costly; and the expenses of either side would soon run away with the fee-simple value of the debated territory.

THE OFFICIAL REFEREES have recently been somewhat less at leisure, and in course of time may earn a respectable portion of their salaries. We believe that up to the beginning of the present year the cases before them averaged, for the four years during which they have blessed the profession with their services, about sixteen cases a year for each referee. But we hear that during the present year the number of cases has already reached the high average of about twenty for each of these learned and hitherto comparatively unoccupied gentlemen.

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