Downie, John, Grey coat pl, Westminster, Licensed Victualler. Oct 18 at 1 at Ridler's Hotel, Holborn. Goatly Evans, James, Tipton, Stafford, Beerhouse Keeper. offices of Travis, Church lane, Tipton Oct 21 at 3 at Evans, John, Resolven, Glamorgan, Miller. Oct 21 at 12 at offices of Charles Brothers, the Parade, Neath Evans, Peter, Gwespyr, Flint, Miner. Oct 23 at 12 at Albion Hotel, Chester. Davies, Holywell Evans, Richard, Llandrillo, Merioneth, Licensed Victualler. Oct 20 at 11 at offices of James, Brookside, Corwen Evans, Thomas, Liverpool, Saddler. Oct 22 at 2 at offices of Lowe, Mount pleasant, Liverpool Fletcher, Thomas, Yardley, Worcester, Cowkeeper. at offices of Duke, Temple row, Birmingham Oct 20 at 12 Frost, Thomas, Derby, Pork Butcher. Oct 21 at 3 at offices of Hextall, Full st, Derby Farnsworth, Frederick, Chesterfield, Refreshment house Keeper. Oct 18 at 10,30 at offices of Jones and Middleton, Gluman gate, Chesterfield Fletcher, Edwin, Birkenshaw, near Leeds, Painter. Oct 19 at 3 at offices of Ibberson, Westgate, Dewsbury Gale, William Edwin, Brook green, Hammersmith, Journalist. Oct 19 at 3 at offices of Groom, New Broad st. Ramskill, New Broad st Geldart, Thomas, Galphay, York, Farmer. Oct 19 at 11 at offices of Bateson and Hutchinson, Ripon Gibban, Henry, Leeds, Farmer. Oct 18 at 4 at offices of Stone and Oct 29 at 3 at offices of Gill, William Philip, Woodside, Surrey, Baker. Oct 28 at 3 at offices of Lockyer, Gresham buildings, Basinghall st Glenister, Daniel, Amersham, Bucks, Butcher. Oct 16 at 3 at King's Arms Inn, Amersham Gooderham, John Noble, Mendlesham, Suffolk, Farmer. Oct 28 at 12 at King's Head Hotel, Stowmarket. Pollard, Ipswich Goodwin, Joseph, Stafford, Builder. Oct 20 at 3 at offices of Horton, Imperial chambers, Colmore-row, Birmingham Goodwin, William, Northampton, Baker. Oct 20 at 12 at offices of Banks, Bradshaw st, Northampton Gouyn, John, Camberwell rd, Draper. Oct 27 at 12 at offices of Oct 21 at 3 at Whites and Co, Budge row, Cannon st Green, Frederick, Twyning, Gloucester, Farmer. Flecce Hotel, High st, Cheltenham. Pace Greenwood, Stephen, and John William Greenwood, Wilsden, York, Joiners. Oct 21 at 10 at offices of Peel and Gaunt, Chapel lane, Bradford Griffiths, Thomas, Penarth, near Cardiff, Innkeeper. Oct 25 at 12 at offices of Tribe and Co, Cockherbtown, Cardiff Gurd, Charles Henry, St George's, Gloucester, Oil Retailer. Oct 16 at 12 at offices of Andrews, Nicholas st, Bristol. Ayre, Bristol Hardyman, George, Leicester, Hosiery Manufacturer. Oct 22 at 3 at offices of Owston and Dickinson, Friar lane, Leicester Harman, Thomas, York, Professor of Dancing. Oct 19 at 11 at offices of Smith, Petergate, York Hartley, James, Southport, Lancaster, Provision Dealer. Oct 30 at 11 at offices of Best, Wright st, Southport Hawkins, Thomas, Oldham, Lancaster, Joiner. Oct 20 at 3 at offices of Clegg, Clegg st. Oldham Haylett, William, Diss, Norfolk, Grocer. Oct 22 at 11 at King's Head Hotel, Diss. Muskett and Garrod Henshaw, William, Ilkeston, Derby, Fishmonger. Oct 27 at 11 at Maypole Hotel, Long row, Nottingham. Thurman, Ilkeston Holdsworth, Samuel, Ripon, York, Flour Dealer. Oct 20 at 11 at offices of Bateson and Hutchinson, Ripon Holt, Thomas, Salford, Lancaster, Bricklayer. Oct 21 at 3 at offices of Heath and Sons, Swan st, Manchester Hooper, Thomas, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Boot and Shoe Maker. Oct 25 at 10.30 at 23, Commercial st, Newport. Davies, Pontypridd Horlick, James, Bristol, Baker. Oct 18 at 2 at offices of Clifton and Carter, Broad st, Bristol Izon, John Frederick, Darlaston, Stafford, Ironmaster. Oct 21 at 12.30 at the Great Western Hotel, Monmouth st, Birmingham. Edge, Birmingham Jackman, Edward Daniel, Leicester sq, Heraldic Draughtsman. Oct 20 at 3 at 10, Southampton buildings, Holborn. Cooper, Chancery lane Jay, Homstead, Walthamstow, Essex, Builder. Oct 28 at 2 at the Johnstone, David, Brandon Colliery, Durham, General Draper. Kershaw, Samuel, Halifax, Innkeeper. Oct 21 at 11 at offices of Kerslake, Thomas, St Thomas the Apostle, Devon, Ironfounder. Oct 21 at 10.30 at the Craven Hotel, Craven st, Strand. Fryer, Exeter Law, John, Hulme, Manchester, Solicitor's Clerk. Oct 25 at 2 at offices of Preston, Clarence st, Manchester Law, Simon Whipp, Bacup, Lancaster, Coal Agent. Oct 20 at 3 at offices of Sykes, Burnley rd, Bacup Laws, George, Leeds, out of business. Oct 22 at 11 at offices of Wells, Cookridge st, Leeds Long, Edward, Plumstead, Kent, Greengrocer. Oct 20 at 3 at offices of Fowler, Borough High st, Southwark Oct 20 at 12 at Longstaff, George, Craven road, Paddington, Boot Manufacturer. Marshall, Thomas, Kingston-upon-Hull, Licensed Victualler. Oct 15 at 3 at offices of McBride and Co, High st, Kingston-upon-Hull Martin, Jean Baptiste, Broxholm road, Fulham, Horn Cutter. Oct 21 at 2 at offices of Denton and Co, Gray's inn sq Miles, Andrew, Northampton, Coachbuilder. Oct 14 at 10 at offices of Crosby, Bridge st, Banbury Moses, Edward Moses, Fore st, Wholesale Furrier. Oct 14 m Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st, in lieu of the place originally named Motta, John, Sunderland, Durham, Jeweller. Oct 21 at 12 at offices of Asher, Manor pl, Sunderland Munsey, Ellis, Chesterton, Cambridge, Farmer. Oct 25 at 3 at offices of Symonds, Benet st, Cambridge Oct 20 at 11 at Palmer, John Ender, Southsea, Hants, Dental Surgeon. Oct 25 at 3 at offices of Clark and Co, St James st, Portsea. King, Portsea Parish, Francis, Yardley, Worcester, Plumber. Oct 20 at 10.30 at offices of Duke, Temple row, Birmingham Parry, William, Newtown, Chester, Coal Dealer. offices of Mason, Bridge st row East, Chester Patton, John, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, Licensed Victualler. at 11 at offices of Willis, St Martin's ct, Leicester sq Pearce, Charles, Reading, Berks, Wire Worker. Oct 21 the Queen's Hotel, Friar st, Reading. Beale and Martin Reading Oct 16 at 3 at Purton, Allan, Gloucester rd, Croydon, Grocer. Oct 28 at 3 at offices of Young, North End, Croydon Read, Benjamin, Snape, Suffolk, Farmer. Oct 29 at 2 at the White Hart Inn, Saxmundham. Pollard, Ipswich Rees, Horace Vickars, Duke st, Adelphí, Publisher. Oct 20 at 3 at offices of Norman, Great Marlborough st Rose, Sarah Ann, Birmingham, Draper. Oct 18 at 11 at offices of Peet, Colmore row, Birmingham Sandle, William, Ash grove, Hackney, Boot Manufacturer. Oct 25 at 11 at offices of Chalk, Finsbury circus Sarl, Charles, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Lodging-house Keeper. Oct 20 at 3 at offices of Mew and Hooper, Castlehold, Newport Saunders, Henry Richard, Barking, Essex, Builder. Nov 3 at 3 at offices of Miller and Miller, Sherborne lane Sawyer, William Stephens, Totnes, Devon, Commercial Traveller. Oct 21 at 12 at the Castle Hotel, High st, Totnes. Elworthy and Co, Plymouth Schofield, Frank, Heywood, out of business. Oct 25 at 11 at offices of Banks, Market pl, Heywood Scorer, Robert Henry, West Hartlepool, Durham, Grocer. Oct 23 at 3, Musgrave st, West Hartlepool Scott, George, Bournemouth, Southampton, Fishmonger. Oct 28 at 3 at offices of Druitt, jun, Townhall cambrs, Bournemouth Sharp, John, Lund, York, Farmer, Oct 21 at 12 at offices of Shepherd and Co, Lairgate, Beverley Sherry, James, Birkenhead, Provision Dealer. Oct 21 at 3 at offices of Thompson, Hamilton st, Birkenhead Smart, William Clark, Kettering, Northampton, Plumber. Oct 20 at 2 at the George Hotel, Kettering. Preedy, Kettering Smith, Richard, Caledonian rd, King's Cross, Corn Merchant. Oct 18 at 1 at offices of Adams and Co, Budge row, Cannon street. Tilleard and Co, Old Jewry Smith, Thomas, Halifax, Chemical Manufacturer. Oct 22 at 3 at offices of Rhodes, Horton st, Halifax Smith, Thomas, West Lavington, Wilts, Tailor. Oct 25 at 4 at the Three Elm Trees Inn, Devizes. McCarthy, Frome Smith, Thomas Charles, Birmingham, out of business. Oct 22 at 11 at offices of Ansell, Waterloo st, Birmingham Sorrell, James, sen, and James Sorrell, jun. Finchley, Builders. Oct 21 at 11 at the Red Lion Inn, High Barnet. Boulton, Gresham bldngs Stanton, Catherine, Tipton, Stafford, Licensed Victualler. Oct 21 at 11 at offices of Travis, Church st, Tipton Thorne, James Abraham, Helmet court, Strand, Steam Letterpress Printer. Oct 23 at 11 at offices of Schultz and Son, South sq, Gray's inn Tindall, John, High Harrogate, York, Carver. Oct 21 at 11 at offices of Bateson and Hutchinson, Harrogate Tritschler, William, Ashton, Lancaster, Watch Maker. Oct 27 at 3 at offices of Banks, Lune st, Preston Welford, William Davison, North Shields, Grocer. offices of Dix, Wellington chmbrs. Gateshead Oct 21 at 3 a TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 1880. Alexander, Samuel, Coventry, Licensed Victualler. Oct 28 at 12 at County Court Office, Little Park st, Coventry. Davis, Coventry Archard, John, Holyport, Berks, Baker. Oct 27 at 3 at Red Lion, Maidenhead. Brummell Smith, Windsor Asquith, George, Edward Asquith, and Samuel Asquith, Rag Merchants, Staincliffe, York. Oct 20 at 3 at offices of Ridgway and Ridgway, Wellington st, Batley Atkinson, Frederick Ranson, Kemerton rd, Loughborough June tion, Grocer. Oct 25 at 3 at offices of Davies, Southampton bldgs, Chancery lane Beardsley, Enoch, Denaby Main, York, Miner. Oct 23 at 12 at office of Gray, Eastgate, Barnsley Barnes, William Henry Francis, East Retford, Nottingham, Clothier. Oct 27 at 12.30 at the Pheasant Inn, Carolgate, East Retford. Williams, Lincoln Bedells, Alfred Jugg, Upper Richmond-road, Putney, Schoolmaster. Nov 1 at 11 at offices of Debenham, Lincoln's-inn-fields Bentham, Thomas, Wigan, Innkeeper. Oct 26 at 3 at offices of France, Churchgate, Wigan Blake, Henry Edmund, Ludgate hill, Indiarubber Stamp Maker. Oct 28 at 3 at offices of Payne and Henry, Lothbury. Curtis and Betts, South-square, Gray's-inn Boddington, James Whitbre, Kenilworth, Warwick, Carpenter, Oct 20 at 3 at the King's Arms Hotel, Kenilworth. Boddington, Warwick Boden, John Frederick, Rye Hill Park, Peckham Rye, Commission Agent. Nov 1 at 2 at offices of Haydon and Sloley, Bishopsgate st Within Bosley, Mark, Didcot, Berks, Butcher. Nov 3 at 12 at the Prince of Wales, Didcot Station. Maniere, Berner st, Oxford st Bowater, Joseph, Birmingham, Cab Proprietor. Oct 23 at 11 at offices of Duke, Temple row, Birmingham Brice, Charles Tucker, Cheltenham, Auctioneer. Oct 23 at 10 at offices of Smith, Regent st, Cheltenham Bright, Robert, Reading, Berks, Baker. Oct 25 at 3 at offices of Beale and Martin, London st, Reading Brown, John, Nottingham, Brush Manufacturer. Nov 2 at 2 at offices of Bridger, Botolph lane, Eastcheap Brown, Sheraton, and William Brown, Richmond. York, Seed Manure Makers. Oct 23 at 11 at the North-Eastern Hotel, Darlington. Waistell, Northallerton Chipchase, James, Dewsbury, York, Grocer. Oct 27 at 10.30 at Clarke, Arthur Edward, Plymouth, Boot and Shoe Dealer. Oct 25 at 2.30 at cffices of Phillips, Small st, Bristol. Adams, Plymouth Cooling, Henry, Altofts, near Normanton, York, out of business. Oct 23 at 11 at offices of Wainwright and Mason, Townhall chbrs, King st, Wakefield Cope, John Henry, Newtown, Worcester, Cooper. Oct 24 at 11 at offices of Stallard, Copenhagen st, Worcester Oct Crozier, Thomas, Garstang, Lancaster, Seedsman. Oct 28 at 11.30 at the Royal Oak Hotel, Garstang. Clarke, Preston Currans, James Wyllie, Fountain ct, Strand, Hotel Manager. 20 at 1 at the Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st, in lieu of Sept 29 as previously summoned. Johnson, King William st Davies, Daniel, Wigan, Lancaster, Hatter. Oct 26 at 11 at offices of France, Churchgate, Wigan Durston, Christopher Mays, Hogarth rd, Kensington, Builder. Oct 28 at 11 at offices of Russel, Coleman st Elvin, Alfred Julius, Sidbury, Worcester, Saddler. Oct 23 at 11 at offices of Allan and Beauchamp, Sansome pl, Worcester Falkingham, George, Leeds, Boot Dealer. Oct 25 at 3 at offices of Harland, South parade, Leeds Fisher, William, Moss Side, near Manchester, out of business. Oct 28 at 3 at offices of Boote and Edgar, Booth st Forrester, William, Walsall, Stafford, Coal Dealer. Oct 23 at 12 at the Stork Hotel, Walsall. East, Birmingham Giles, James, North Bradley, Wilts, Coal Dealer. Oct 26 at 12 at offices of Rodway, Fore st, Trowbridge Greaves, Joseph, Droitwich, Worcester, Timber Merchant Oct 22 at 3 at the Committee Room, Municipal buildings, Vicar st, Kidderminster. Ivens and Moreton, Kidderminster Grimshaw, Charles William, Lambourne, Berks, Farmer. Oct 28 at Hardy, Mary Ann, Rayne, Essex, Farmer. Oct 28 at 12 at White Harriss, George, Cambridge st, Hyde Park sq, Grocer. Oct 28 at 2 at offices of Foreman and Co, Gresham st. Stretton, jun, Southampton bldgs, Chancery lane Hellewell, John William, Stannard rd, Hackney, Educational Publisher. Oct 25 at 2 at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet st. Walker and Co, Serjeant's inn, Temple Hewett, James, Winchester, Carver. Oct 25 at 1 at offices of Edmonds and Co, Cheapside. Blake and Reed, Portsea Hill, Frederick, Richmond, Carpenter. Oct 29 at 4 at Cricketers' Inn, Richmond Green. Marshall, Chancery lane Hill, William, Rugby, Butcher. Oct 28 at 3 at offices of Mills, Friar lane, Leicester Hollings, George, Essex ct, Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Oct 25 at 11 Ingham, John, Oldham, Salesman. Oct 25 at 4 at Mitre Hotel, Fallows, Cherry st, Birmingham Jones, Rees, Tygwyn, Carmarthen, Farmer. Oct 25 at 11 at offices of Howell, Stepney st, Llanelly King, George Isaac, Chelmondiston, Suffolk, Corn Merchant. Oct 25 at 12 at 4, Princes st, Ipswich. Birkett and Bantoft, Ipswich Layland, William George, Selly Oak, Worcester, Grocer. Oct 26 at 3 at offices of Fallows, Cherry st, Birmingham Lewis, Thomas, and Richard Staples, Thames Ditton, Surrey, Market Gardeners. Oct 21 at 4 at offices of Cann, Vine rd, East Molesey. Cann, Fenchurch st Liptrot, Charles, Orrell, Lancaster, Hotel keeper. Oct 27 at 11 at offices of Byrom and Bell, King st, Wigan Luckcock, Matthew Alfred, Wednesbury, Stafford, Grocer. Oct 26 at 11 at offices of Loxton, Bridge, Walsall Luckman, Oswald Craig, Manchester, Cement Manufacturer. Oct 29 at 3 at the Mitre Hotel, Cathedral gates, Manchester. Hartley, Manchester McCool, John, Calvert rd, East Greenwich, Marine Engineer. Oct 21 at 2 at offices of Christmas, Walbrook Maxwell, Mary Jane, Waterloo, Lancaster, out of business. Oct 22 at 11 at the Clarendon Rooms, South John st, Liverpool. Tomkies, Liverpool Medcalf, Elizabeth, Winchester House, Old Broad st, Oil Dealer Oct 28 at 2 at offices of Reed and Lovell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall st Meddins, Giles, Finnant, Montgomery, Farmer. Oct 28 at 1 at the Elephant and Castle Hotel, Newtown. Jones, Welchpool Nixon, John, Derby, Builder. Oct 22 at 2 at White Hart Hotel, High st, Burton-on-Trent. Drewry, Burton-on-Trent Noble, James Alexander, Commercial rd East, Bookseller. Oct 28 at 3 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Piesse and Son, Old Jewry chambers Norbury, John, and Thomas Crank, Latchford, Chester, Joiners. Oct 26 at 11 at offices of Davies and Co, Market pl, Warrington Panther, George, Fulham rd, Bootmaker. Nov 1 at 2 at offices of Jonas, Bruton st, Bond st Parfitt, Alfred, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Brewer. Oct 22 at 12 at Cameron Arms Hotel, High st, Swansea. Hollier and Williams, Pontypridd Parker, John, Scarborough, York, Builder. Oct 22 at 3 at Bull Hotel, Scarborough. Crowther, Scarborough Parker. Joseph, Hanley, Stafford, Grocer. Oct 21 at 11 at offices of Welch, Caroline st, Longton Penson, James William, Chipping Ongar, Essex, Upholsterer. Oct 29 at 11.30 at offices of Brown, Basinghall st. Smith, High Ongar Pettman, Samuel, Margate, Fly Proprietor. Oct 28 at 11 at 1, Union crescent, Margate. Gibson, Margate Piper, William, Birmingham, Grocer. Oct 27 at 3 at offices of Wil- Pritchard, Edward Francis, Norfolk terrace, Westbourne grove, water Reynoles, Caroline, East Grinstead, Sussex. Oct 23 at 10 at the Crown Inn, East Grinstead. Richardson Robbins, John, Wolverhampton, Lock Maker. Oct 22 at 3 at offices of Rhodes, Queen st, Wolverhampton Robinson, Anna Maria, Herongate, nr Brentwood, Boarding School Proprietor. Oct 25 at 4 at the Chequers Inn, Brentwood. Hatton and Westcott, Strand Robinson, William Johnson, Wisbech St Peter, Cambridge, Licensed Victualler. Oct 25 at 11 at offices of Ollard, York row, Wisbech Saint Peter Rushworth, William Henry, and John Hopkinson, Halifax, Sheard, Joseph, and John Pickles, Wakefield, Worsted Machine Slee, John, Circus st, Greenwich, Gentleman. Oct 21 at 3 at offices of Smith, Walter John, Stock, Worcester, Grocer. Oct 27 at 12 at offices of Frederick and Henry Corbett, Avenue House, the Cross, Worcester Snelson, Henry, East Haddon, Northampton, Shoe Maker. Oct 25 at 3 at offices of Becke, Derngate, Northampton. Whitton, Tow Statham, Enoch, Audley, Stafford, Grocer. Oct 22 at 3 at offices of Stiles, Stephen, Calne, Wilts, Farmer. Oct 26 at 12 at the Angel Stroud, James Walden, Gosport, Hants, Architect. Nov 3 at 2 at offices of Edmonds and Co, Saint James's st, Portsea. Whitehall, Portsea Sydney, Charles, Barrow-in-Furness, Draper. Oct 25 at 2 at the Teasdale, George, Newton Lane End, near Wakefield, Shop Keeper. Varcoe, William, Poundscorce, Cornwall, Innkeeper. Oct 25 at 12 at offices of Wallis, Market st, Bodmin Waterlow, Thomas, Goldsmith's row, Hackney rd, Jeweller. Oct 27 at 2 at offices of Naunton, Cheapside. Westfield, Phineas, Honor Oak |Rise, Forest Hill, Brickmaker. Oct 22 at 3 at the Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Fox, St. Mary' sq, Paddington Wilkins, Edward Randall, Falcon lane, Battersea, Grocer. Oct 26 at 3 at offices of Simpson and Palmer, Three Crown sq, Southwark Wood, William, Stourbridge, Worcester, Shop Keeper. Oct 27 at 12 at the Talbot Hotel, Stourbridge. Collis, Stourbridge Woodward, Thomas, Birmingham, Provision Dealer, Oct 22 at 11 at offices of Parr, Colmore row, Birmingham LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA, EQUITY AND SOCIETY, 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 nutritions, 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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Proposal forms, terms, &c., may be had on application at the Company's Offices, 19, NORTH JOHN-STREET, Liverpool. AW UNION FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE ACOMPANY. Chief Office-126, Chancery-lane, London, W.C. The Funds in hand and Capital subscribed amount to upwards of £1,500,000 sterling. Chairman-JAMES CUDDON, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Goldsmith-building, Temple. CORPORATION ROBES UNIVERSITY & CLERGY GOWNS, &C Deputy-Chairman-C. PEMBERTON, Esq. (Lee & Pembertons), Solicitor ESTABLISHED 1689. 44, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Every description of Fire and Life Insurance business transacted. The Directors invite attention to the new form of Life Policy, which is free from all conditions. The Company advances Money on Mortgage of Life Interest and Reversions, whether absolute or contingent. Prospectuses, Copies of the Directors' Report, and Annual Balance sheet, and every information, sent post free, on application to FRANK M GEDY, Actuary and Secretary. TENTH DIVISION OF PROFITS, 1880. THE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ARISEN SINCE 1875 will be divided among Policies in force at the close of the current year, and assurances now effected will participate. THREE MILLIONS sterling have already been added to the Company's Policies in Bonus Additions. REVENUE, upwards of THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION sterling per annum. INVESTED FUNDS, upwards of F ̃VE-AND-A-HALF MILLIONS sterling. H. JONES WILLIAMS, General Secretary for England. Edinburgh-3 and 5, George-street (Head Office). London-82, King William-street, E.C., and 3, Pall Mall East, Dublin-66, Upper Sackville-street. ESTABLISHED 1851. BIRKBECK BANK. Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane. Current Accounts opened according to the usual practice of other Bankers, and Interest allowed on the minimum monthly balances when not drawn below £25. No commission charged for keeping Accounts. The Bank also receivesmoney on Deposit at Three per cent. Interest, repayable on demand. The Bank undertakes for its Customers, free of charge, the custody of Deeds, Writings, and other Securities and Valsables; the collection of Bills of Exchange, Dividends, and Coupons; and the purchase and sale of Stocks and Shares. Letters of Credit and Circular Notes issued. A Pamphlet, with full particulars, on application. 31st March, 1880. FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, Manager. punishable either upon indictment or as a misdemeanor upon summary conviction under this Act." Section 58 Solicitors' Journal. provides for the punishment of persons found drunk in a THE NEWS OF THE DEATH of Lord Justice Thesiger will be received with equal regret and surprise. It is scarcely three years ago since his appointment to the office which his death has vacated was keenly, and not always favourably, canvassed and criticized. The cir cumstances of his promotion, and the early age at which he attained it, made the criticism not unnatural. But we ventured then to express a belief that the appointment would amply justify itself. The event has not disappointed those who entertained this opinion. To say that the late Lord Justice discharged his duties with unvarying courtesy, is only to say that, in this respect, he fulfilled the expectation of all. Nor could anyone doubt that he would bring to the consideration of every matter submitted to his judgment a conscientious and painstaking industry. But those who had felt most doubt at the time of his appointment soon perceived that, besides these qualities, he possessed a firmness, clearness, sagacity, and maturity of judgment which fully qualified him for the high and difficult position he held. Nor could any who practised before the eminent judges who constitute the Court of Appeal, in either of its divisions, fail to notice that his opinion had its full measure of weight and influence in their deliberations and decisions. It is a cause for the more regret that one who showed such eminent judicial faculties should be thus early removed from a court as to which it is, for many reasons, to be desired that its members should not undergo too frequent change. SOME SURPRISE appears to have been created by the recent statement of a metropolitan police magistrate that the police have no power to arrest drunken persons, and ought to proceed against them only by summons. The law, however, is as it was laid down by Mr. Hannay. The powers of the metropolitan police are derived from the Metropolitan Police Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 47), s. 66, which authorizes the arrest by a constable without a warrant of "any person found committing any offence 66 street or public thoroughfare, "and who, while drunk, shall be guilty of any riotous or indecent behaviour"; but the section does not deal with the offence of drunkenness, if unaccompanied by riotous or indecent behaviour. It is somewhat singular that the Licensing Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94)-which, by section 12, imposes a penalty not exceeding 10s. (or not exceeding 20s., in the event of a second conviction within twelve months) upon every person found drunk in any highway or public place "does not give the police any power to take such persons into custody, although section 18 requires every constable, on the demand of a licensed person or his servant, to expel, or aid in expelling, from his premises "any person who is drunken, violent, quarrelsome, or disorderly," and provides that the constable may use such force as may be required for that purpose." SINCE WE LAST NOTICED the progress of the building of the Royal Courts of Justice great activity has prevailed, and many rooms in the unoccupied portion of the building are more advanced than we had anticipated could be the case. For instance, on the western side of the great quadrangle, the rooms on the two highest floors (which are to be occupied by the chief clerks of the chancery judges) are so far advanced that the whole of that portion of the building could be made ready for occupation in a month's time. The window sashes are put in; the floors are laid, and everything previous to furnishing is done, except painting, and fixing the grates. On this question of grates it may be noted that the architect has profited by his experience of the rooms draught in the chimneys by means of already occupied. There it was attempted to establish a 66 ventilators" placed near the ceiling of each room over the chimneypiece and communicating with the chimney. The effect of this was found to be that, as soon as a fire was lighted, all the smoke was forced out through the ventilator into the room, and it was not until some hours after the fire had been lighted that an equilibrium was established, and the smoke was induced to go up the chimney. Under the new plan, a small aperture is left at the back of the hearthstone, having a communication with the outer air, so that as soon the fire is lighted the smoke is driven up the chimney. Of course, we are not in the secrets of the architect or the Board of Works, but there seems to be no reason why the whole of this block should not be ready for occupation within two or three months at the furthest, and it would be no matter for surprise wero we to hear an announcement that after the Christmas Vacation the chief clerks of the chancery judges would enter upon their new chambers. The only drawback would be the fact that half the courts which are under the same roof are in such a backward state that the passages leading to the rooms in question could not be kept free from workmen. WHILE WE ARE GLAD TO OBSERVE the rapid advance towards completion of one portion of the building, there seems to be no reason to complain of the rate of progress in some other parts. Anyone who inspects from time to time a building of such magnitude as that of the Royal Courts of Justice cannot fail to be struck with the mass of small details which have the effect of retarding progress. For example, take the case of the passages under the courts, where in the groined roof there is an arching of stone filled in with red brick. Every brick has to be fitted with mathematical nicety and rubbed into shape, so as to follow the form of the roof. Such work as this delays necessarily the progress of the rooms above it. The courts are not, however, so far advanced as could be desired. Most of them are roofed in, so as to be protected from the weather, but in none of them are the flooring joists in position, and although there may be seen in the corridors the oak ceiling which is one day to be put in position, this part of the carpenters' work appears to have been standing still for the last six months. It is satisfactory to observe that the corridors will be better lighted than we had anticipated, although the light will not be so good or so diffused as might have been desired. In the Central Hall no great advance is apparent. The gables at either end are complete, but the rooffs no further in position than the spring of the arches. The scaffolding by means of which the stone roof must be raised is not yet erected, but as soon as this is done progress may be looked for, as the stones appear to be already cut, and are only waiting to be placed in position. Outside the building the hoarding stands in the same position as it did eighteen months ago. About four feet have already been taken off the width of the pavement, and it is understood that five feet more are also to be taken in order to make good the space blocked up by the Temple Bar memorial. The arcading, which now extends from the entrance up to the hoarding, will be immediately pushed on, and completed up to the archway forming the approach to the Central Hall, and the hoarding will then be removed so as to display the arcading for its whole length. ONE OF THE SERVANTS in the Royal Courts of Justice a few days ago, after the building had been closed for the night, picked up three pieces of paper, lying in a passage, which proved to be securities of the value of £3,000 negotiable by bearer. He immediately took them to the superintendent of the building, who directed him to look in the daily papers to see whether any advertisement of their loss appeared. Finding an advertisement which appeared to relate to the loss, he went to the office of the solicitors named therein, and upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the property he had found had been lost by their clerk, delivered it up, and received the handsome gratuity of one pound! As articles of value are frequently found in the Royal Courts of Justice, it cannot but be satisfactory to the profession who frequent the building to learn that honesty is so well rewarded. WE PRINT elsewhere an order of transfer of sixty causes from the Master of the Rolls' cause-book, and twenty causes from Vice-Chancellor Hall's cause-book to Vice-Chancellor Bacon, and for the purpose of trial or hearing only, from Vice-Chancellor Bacon to Mr. Justice Fry. Our readers will observe that the order of transfer is dated the 6th of August last; but, of course, CONDITIONS FOR RETURN OF horses NOT ANSWERING TO WARRANTY. A CONDITION of sale of horses very commonly adopted at public repositories gives the purchaser a certain limited time within which to return a horse which does not answer to warranty or description. At Tattersall's the condition used a few years ago was that "horses not answering the description must be returned before five o'clock on Wednesday evening next, otherwise the purchaser shall be obliged to keep the lot with all faults" (see Head v. Tattersall, 20 W. R. 115, L. R. 7 Ex. 7). Here the consequences of not returning the horse within the stipulated time are expressly stated, and in the absence of any special circumstances of the kind raised as to the right or liability of the purchaser under to which we shall hereafter refer, no question can be such a condition. But it appears that a practice has grown up of adding words to this condition, providing shall be tried or examined by a competent person, whose that if a horse is returned within the time limited, it decision shall be final. In the recent case of Hinchcliffe v. Barwick (28 W. R. 940), the form of condition used was that " any horse not answering a warranty must be returned before five o'clock of the day after the sale; it shall then be tried by a competent person to be appointed by the auctioneer, and the decision of such person shall be final." The condition, it will be observed, omitted to specify what should be the consequence of not returning the horse before five o'clock on the day of sale. The plaintiff bought a horse which was warranted a good worker; he did not return the horse within the time specified in the condition, but afterwards brought an action for breach of the warranty; contending that the meaning of the condition was that if a purchaser wished to rescind the contract he must do so at once, but if he did not choose to rescind the contract he had still his remedy by action for breach of the warranty. The Court of Appeal however, affirming the decision of Pollock, B., held that the only remedy of the purchaser was to return the horse within the time limited by the condition. The object of the condition, Lord Justice Bramwell said, was to provide a ready and final mode of ascertaining and deciding between the parties whether or not the warranty had been broken. Lord Justice Thesiger also based his decision on the presumed object of the condition. “At auction marts,' he said, "sales are effected by persons unknown to each other, and it is naturally an object that the dealings should be carried cn in such a way as to insure as little litigation as possible. The mode in which this object is carried out at nearly all auction marts is that where there is a warranty which is not complied with, or when the article does not answer the description, it is to be returned within a certain time. It is then examined by a competent person, whose decision is to be final; and if the warranty is not com it will only take effect in the cause list for the ensuing plied with, the auctioneer takes the article back, and sittings, which is not yet made up. IT WAS ARRANGED, before the lamented death of Lord Justice Thesiger, that his place at the ensuing winter assizes on the Oxford Circuit should be taken by Lord Justice Bramwell. At the Leicestershire Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Highway Board applied that four out of its twenty-seven parishes might be formed into a separate district bearing its own expenses, upon the ground that the expenses in them were greater than those in all the other twenty-three parishes together, owing to mining operations. The bench, however, refused to allow it, saying that the object of the Highway Act was to compel all the parishes to pay a fair highway rate, and prevent agricultural villages escaping simply because their traffic might be small. the purchaser's money is returned to him. Consequently, disputes seldom occur. The words of this condition, though not clear, are sufficiently intelligible. They do not say that the horse may, but that it must be returned within the given time; it shall then be tried by a competent person, and his decision shall be final. These words clearly show that the purchaser agrees that the return of the horse is to be his only remedy." We quote these observations to show that the decision of the Lords Justices rested upon the fact that the condition expressly provided for the final settlement of disputes on the warranty. It is not necessarily an authority for the proposition that a mere condition that any horse not answering to a warranty must be returned before a specified time, will, in case the horse is not returned before that time, have the effect of shutting out the purchaser's remedy by action for breach of the warranty. Such a condition may perhaps be held to amount to a limitation of the time for objections to the horse on the ground that it does |