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The debtor now applied for leave to file a fresh petition for liquidation, and he stated in his affidavit "it was by sheer inadvertence on my part that my petition did not disclose the shop in which I had previous to filing my said petition carried on the business of a hatter. When I disposed of the shop No. 30B, Warwick-street, I removed all the stock I had there to No. 21, Warwick-street, which is almost opposite No. 30, Warwick-street. I had no object whatever in concealing the last-mentioned address, and it was entirely by my mistake that the same did not appear in my petition."

E. C. Willis, in support of the application.
Brough, for the petitioning creditor.

Mr. REGISTRAR MURRAY said the same strictness must be observed upon an application for leave to file a fresh petition for liquidation as upon an application for a new first meeting. He had heard the evidence given when the debtor applied to register the resolutions, and he did not think the inaccuracy of the description had arisen from mere inadvertence. The petitioning creditor had now incurred the expense of presenting a petition for adjudication, which was returnable on the 28th February, and no ground whatever had been shown for granting the application. It must be refused, with costs.

Solicitor for the debtor, H. Rumney.

Solicitors for the petitioning creditor, Rooks & Co,

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Sir HENRY MATHER JACKSON, baronet, Q.C., M.P., bas been appointed a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division. Sir H. M. Jackson is the eldest son of the late Sir William Jackson. He was born in 1831, and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death in 1876. He was educated

at Harrow and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated second class in classics in 1853, and he was called to the bar,at Lincoln's-ino, in Michaelmas Term, 1855. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1873, and has since practised in the court of Vice-Chancellor Bacon He was M.P. for

Coventry in the Liberal interest from July, 1867, till November, 1868, and he was re-elected in 1874. Sir H. M. Jackson, is a bencher of Lincoln's-inn, and a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Monmouthshire.

Mr. JAMES CHARLES MATHEW, barrister, has been appointed a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division. Mr. Justice Mathew was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in Hilary Term, 1854 (having in the previous November obtained an open studentship), and he is a member of the South-Eastern Circuit. He recently acted as a member of the committee on the subject of Costs of Legal Proceedings.

Mr. JOHN BATTEN, F.S.A., of Upcerne, Yeovil, has been appointed High Sheriff of Dorsetshire for the ensuing year. Mr. Batten is the eldest son of Mr. John Batten, solicitor, of Yeovil. He was born in 1815, and was admitted a solicitor in 1838. He formerly practised at Yeovil, and was for several years town clerk of that borough. Mr. Batten is a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Dorsetshire and Somersetshire.

Mr. JOHN COOK, barrister, has been appointed a Stipendiary Magistrate for the Colony of British Honduras. Mr. Cook was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Easter Term, 1858, and he is a member of the South-Eastern Circuit, having practised also at the Central Criminal Court and at the Middlesex Sessions.

Mr. FREDERICK DUTTON, Solicitor, of 21, Draper'sgardens, has been appointed a Commissioner for taking the Acknowledgments of Married Women for the Colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand, and also a Commissioner for taking Affidavits in the Supreme Courts of the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and New Zealand.

Mr. GRANTLY HYDE FITZHARDINGE, barrister, has been appointed Public Prosecutor for the Southern District of the Colony of New South Wales. Mr. Fitzhardinge was called to the bar at Sydney in 1868.

Mr. JOHN GRAVES, solicitor (of the firm of Rutland & Gra ves), of Peterborough and Whittlesey, has been elected Town Clerk of the Borough of Salford, in succession to Mr. Christopher Moorhouse, who has been appointed Solicitor to

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Mr. CHARLES HENRY THOMAS MARSHALL, solicitor (of the firm of Middleton & Marshall), of Colchester, Harwich, and Manningtree, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. FREDERICK WILLIAM MCBLAINE, LL.D., has been appointed a Divisional Police Magistrate at Dublin. Mr. McBlaine was called to the bar at Dublia in 1845, and he is a member of the North-East Circuit.

Mr. MORLEY RODWELL, solicitor (of the firm of Morley Rodwell & Evans), of 89, Chancery-lane, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. WILLIAM ROYLE, solicitor (of the firm of Royle, Smith, Foss, & Royle), of 4, Bedford-row, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. GEORGE BELL ROTHERA, solicitor (of the firm of Rothera & Sone), of Nottingham, has been elected President of the Nottingham Incorporated Law Society for the ensuing year. Mr. Rothera was admitted a solicitor in 1859.

Mr. ALFRED OXNARD SMITH, solicitor, of Durham, has been appointed Registrar of the Court of Chancery for the County Palatine of Durham, on the resignation of his partner, Mr. John Watson. Mr. Smith was admitted a solicitor in 1873, and is acting under-sheriff for the county of Durham. Mr. Smith has also succeeded Mr. Watson in the office of Clerk to the Visiting Justices of the Durham County Lunatic Asylum.

Mr. JAMES WOOD, solicitor, of Bradford, has been appointed a Magistrate for that borough. Mr. Wood was admitted a solicitor in 1839, and was until lately a member of the firm of Wood, Killick, & Hutton, but has now retired from practice.

COMPANIES.

WINDING-UP NOTICES. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

ANGLO-FRENCH PORCELAIN COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are re-
quired on or before March 28 to send their names and addresses
and the particulars of their debts or claims to Samuel Lovelock,
Coleman st. April 11 at 11 is appointed for hearing and adjudi-
cating upon the debts and claims
DARLINGTON BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-The M.R. has by an
order dated Feb 12, appointed William Augustine Spain, Gresham
bldgs, Basinghall st, to be provisional official liquidator
[Gazette, Feb. 25.]
ANGLO-FRENCH BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-The M.R. has by
an order dated Feb 1 appointed John Smith, Old Jewry, to be
official liquidator. Creditors are required on or before March 29
to send their names and addresses and the particulars of their
debts or claims to the above. April 12 at 11 is appointed for hearing
and adjudicating upon the debts or claims
BOURNEMOUTH AND SOUTH COAST STEAM PACKET COMPANY, LIMITED.
-Petition for winding up, presented Feb 28, directed to be heard
before Hall, V.C., on March 11. Bell and Co, Bow churchyard,
agents for Alcock and Routledge, Sunderland, solicitors for the
petitioners
DARLINGTON BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by
the M.R. dated Feb 19 it was ordered that the company be wound
up. Walker and Co, Serjeant's inn, Temple, solicitors for the
petitioner
ELDORADO GOLD MINING COMPANY, LIMITED-By an order made
by the M.R. dated Feb 19 it was ordered that the company be
wound up. Randall and Angier, Gray's inn pl, petitioners in
person

GROCERS' SOCIETY, LIMITED.-By an order made by the M. R. dated
Feb 19 it was ordered that the society be wound up. Baker and
Nairne, Crosby sq, solicitors for creditors
GROCERS' SOCIETY, LIMITED.-The M. R. has fixed March 9 at 11 at
his chambers for the appointment of an official liquidator
HALIFAX BUILDING AND QUARRYING COMPANY, LIMITED.- The
M.R. has by an order dated Jan 21 appointed Joshua Armitage
Riley, Cheapside, Halifax, to be official liquidator
MORAY FIRTH MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding
up, presented Feb 25, directed to be heard before the M.R. on
Mar 12. Greenfield and Abbott, Queen Victoria st, solicitors for
the petitioner

REECE'S PATENT ICE COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Feb 26, directed to be heard before V.C. Hall on Mar 11. Norris, Allens, and Carter, Bedford row, solicitors for the petitioner SANDERSON AND COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by V.C. Malins, dated Feb 18, it was ordered that the above company be wound up. Layton and Jacques, Ely place, agents for Craven and Sunderland and Whitley and Whitley, Huddersfield YNISMEUDWY TIN PLATE COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by V.C. Malins, dated Feb 18, it was ordered that the above company be wound up. White, Godliman st, agent for Thomas, Swansea, solicitor for the petitioner [Gazette, Mar. 1.]

UNLIMITED IN CHANCERY. HOLLY HOUSE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.-Petition for winding up presented Feb 26, directed to be heard before the M.R. on March 12. Munton and Morris, Lambeth hill, agents for Parker and Brailsford, Sheffield, solicitors for the petitioners

[Gazette, March 1.]

COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. KNOTT MILL DARWEN PAPER COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are required on or before March 26 to send their names and addresses and the particulars of their debts or claims to William Hutchinson, Victoria st, Blackburn. April 8 at 11 is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts or claims

[Gazette, Feb 25.] MANCHESTER AND COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.-The V.C. has, by an order dated Jan 13, appointed John Merritt Wade, Fenwick st, to be official liquidator [Gazette, Mar. 1.]

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DISSOLVED. COURT GEORGE OF GREEN, Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society, Talbot and Falcon Inn, Northgate, Wakefield, York. Feb 21 FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY LODGE, Order of Druids Friendly Society, Bull and Dog Inn, Higher Change, Bacup, Lancaster. Feb 21 [Gazette. Feb. 25.] EGERTON GROCERY SOCIETY, LIMITED, Blackburn rd, Egerton, Lancaster. Feb 24 [Gazette, March 1.7

OBITUARY.

MR. THOMAS HAMLIN.

Mr. Thomas Hamlin, solicitor, of Bristol and Wrington, died at Clifton, from paralysis, on the 19th ult. Mr. Hamlin was admitted a solicitor in 1835, having served his articles to Mr. Samuel Baker, of Blagdon, in whose office he was for some time managing clerk. Two or three years later he settled at Wrington, where he carried on business until his death, and more recently he had also an office at Bristol. Mr. Hamlin was a commissioner to administer oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature, and a perpetual commissioner for Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, and the city of Bristol, and he had a good private practice. He was a man of very liberal and charitable disposition. He had contributed largely to the building of the church at Redhill, near Wrington, of which he was for several years churchwarden, and he was chairman of the Blagdon Benefit Society. He was an active member of the local Conservative party.

MR. THOMAS FLOUD.

Mr. Thomas Floud, solicitor, of Exeter, died at that place on the 23rd ult. Mr. Floud was the son of Mr. Thomas Floud, of Exeter, and was born in 1814. He was admitted a solicitor in 1835, and had practised for about forty-five years at Exeter, where he was universally respected. Mr. Floud formerly practised in the District Bankruptcy Court at Exeter, and he had also a good general practice in Exeter and the neighbourhood. He was a perpetual commissioner for Devonshire and the city of Exeter, and was clerk and solicitor to the feoffees of St. Petrock's parish.

MR. WILLIAM EDWARDES HENNIKER
FORSYTH.

Mr. William Edwardes Henniker Forsyth, barrister, died at Calcutta, on the 23rd ult., at the early age of thirty-five. Mr. Forsyth was the eldest son of Mr. William Forsyth, Q.C., late M.P. for Marylebone, his mother having been a daughter of the late Mr. George Lyall, formerly M.P. for the city of London, and he was born in 1845. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in the second class of the classical tripos in 1867. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Michaelmas Term, 1869,

and he joined the Home Circuit and the East and West Kent Sessions. A few years ago he went to India, and was duly admitted to practice at the bar at Culcutta. He was successful in obtaining business, and had for several years held the office of Clerk of the Crown.

MR. JAMES ST. GEORGE BURKE, Q.C. Mr. James St. George Burke, Q.C., died suddenly at his residence, The Auberies, near Sudbury, on the 25th ult. Mr. Burke was the second son of the late Mr. John French Burke. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Michaelmas Term, 1846, and confined himself to parliamentary practice. He received a silk gown from Lord Westbury in 1862, and for many years enjoyed a lucrative leading business before Parliamentary Committees. He was for many years counsel to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and to other important public bodies. He retired from practice about twelve years ago, and bad since resided at his country seat. Mr. Burke was a bencher of the Middle Temple, and he was for several years governor of the Imperial Gas Company. He was married to the second daughter of Mr. John Grubbe, of Horsendon House, He had been for several years a Buckinghamshire. widower, and leaves six sons and three daughters.

MR. ROBERT WILLIAM HEAD. Mr. Robert William Head, solicitor, of Exeter, died on the 27th ult. Mr. Head was the son of Mr. Robert Thomas Head, solicitor, of Exeter, and he was an M.A. of Magdalen College, Cambridge. He was admitted a solicitor in 1846, and had ever since practised at Exeter. He was for some time in partnership with Mr. Bartholomew Charles Gidley, the present town clerk of Exeter. He was a perpetual commissioner for Devonshire, and the city of Exeter, and he was for several years solicitor to the West of England and South Wales Land Drainage and Inclosure Company. Mr. Head formerly represented St. Sidwell's Ward in the Exeter Town Council. He was secretary to the West of England Peat Company, the members of which recently appointed a committee of investigation to inquire into the conduct of the directors. The business had caused Mr. Head much anxiety and irritation, and on Sunday, the 27th ult., he was found lying dead in a stream near his father's house at Alphington. An inquest has been held, and a ver. dict of "Found drowned" was returned by the jury.

REFRESHERS.

THE following letter, concluding the correspondence, has been published :

"New-court, Temple, Feb. 24. "My dear Mr. Clabon,-It would be discourteous if I did not acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date; but the explanation we sought to obtain does not appear to be contained in it.

"The desire you express to assist in lessening the exces sive cost of litigation is most laudable. It does not, however, affect the question raised by our correspondence.

The mere

"You are good enough in your last letter to say that the meaning and intention of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society in making the suggestion contained in paragraph 5 were to point out objections to 'a system,' and not to make personal charges against those who use it. Still I must remind you of the statement made by the Council of the Incorporated Law Society-viz., that the receipt by counsel of daily refreshers was a principal cause of the undue lengthening of legal proceedings in court. payment of such refreshers-that is, 'the system'-cannot of itself cause such unnecessary length. It must be to the effect of such payments that the evil was intended to be ascribed. The only effect which can be alleged as producing the result is the improper influence on the minds of counsel, for if they are not influenced by the receipt of the refreshers, the trial would not be prolonged, and the system' would produce no such evil result.

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"But as I gather from the tone of your letters that the Council of the Incorporated Law Society would not, if they had reflected before publishing these suggestions, have em

ployed words so likely to be construed as conveying a serious charge against members of our profession, I think we had better endeavour to forget that the suggestion was ever made, and thus bring our correspondence to a close. "I am, yours very truly, "HENRY JAMES."

SOCIETIES.

LAW ASSOCIATION.

Mr. Henry Thomas Brown, of Chester; and Messrs. Milne, Riddle, & Mellor, of London.

Robert Leonard, who served his clerkship to Mr. Henry Selfe Leonard, of London.

Frank Watkins, who served his clerkship to Mr. James Watkins, of Bolton; and Mr. Charles Heaton Hinde, of Manchester.

Hugh Neville Bewley, who served his clerkship to Mr. Alfred Bright, of the firm of Messrs. Bateson & Co., of Liverpool; and Messrs. Field, Roscoe, & Co., of London.

James Alfred Doudney, who served his clerkship to Messrs. Frank Richardson & Sadler, of London.

William Floyd, who served his clerkship to Mr. John Ellison, of Cambridge.

Thomas Carleton Bates, who served his clerkship to Mr. Robert Rogers Nelson, of London; and Messrs. Maples, & Co., of London.

At the usual monthly meeting of the directors, held at the hall of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery-lane, on Thursday, the 3rd inst., the following being present-Teesdale, viz., Mr. Desborough (chairman), and Messrs. Boodle, Barges, Collisson, Desborough (janr.), Lucas, and A. B. Carpenter (secretary), a grant of £10 was made to a member, one new member was elected, and the ordinary general business was transacted.

MANCHESTER INCORPORATED LAW

ASSOCIATION.

The annual dinner of this association took place on the evening of Wednesday, February 23, at the Albion Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester. Mr. George Hadfield, the president of the association, occupied the chair, the vice-presidents being Mr. James Watkins, of Bolton, and Mr. Henry Taylor. There were present Mr. James Crossley (president of the Cheetham Society, and one of the founders and the first president of the Manchester Law Association); a deputation from the Incorporated Law Society of Liverpool, consisting of Mr. C. H. Morton (hon. sec.), and Mr. F. D. Lowndes; and the following members of the Manchester Association viz., Messrs. Edwin Almond, T. T. Bellhouse, James Booth, Edward Bythway, Thomas Claye, Thomas Diggles, J. A. Foyster, James Hall, William Harper (Bury), T. R. Haslam, T. W. Heelis (Bolton), C. H. Hinde, C. H. Holden (Bolton), James Kershaw, W. W. Kirkman, J. J. Lambert, Alfred Leaf, F. J. Marlow, J. F. Milne, J. B. Parkinson, J. E. Rains, J. W. Roberts, John Ludlow, Leonard Tatham, G. B. Witherington, P. Watson (Bury), M. Bateson Wood, C. S. Wilson, Samuel Woodcock (Bury), Percy Woolley, and S. Unwin (hon. sec.). The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were proposed by the chairman, the "Army, Navy, 'and Voluateers" being responded to Captain Harper; Mr. Crossley proposed "The Manchester Incorporated Law Association," which was acknowledgedby Mr. Diggles; Mr. Leaf proposed "The Lord Chancellor and the Judges, including the Local Judges." Mr. Bateson Wood proposed "The Incorporated Law Society of Liverpool," which was responded to by Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Morton. The healths of Mr. Crossley and of the hon. secretary (Mr. Unwin) were proposed by Mr. Harper and Mr. Leaf, and acknowledged. Mr. J. F. Milne gave "The President and Chairman," and Mr. J. Evan Rains proposed, and Mr. Leonard Tatham responded to, the tcast of "The Lancashire Witches." In the course of the evening the Heelis Gold Medal, founded in 1873, in memory of the late Mr. Stephen Heelis, as an annual prize for the student from Manchester or Salford who shall pass the best examination at the final examinations of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom, was presented, by the president, to Mr. James Douglas, who served his clerkship with Messrs. Lingards & Newby, of Manchester, and Messrs. Cunliffe, Beaumont, & Davenport, of London.

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SECOND CLASS.

[In alphabetical order.]

Ernest Orrell Bake, who served his clerkship to Mr. Richard Moore Cooper, of London.

Henry Freeman Bennett, who served his clerkship to Messrs. Pain & Hawtin, of Banbury.

Hubert James Boughton, who served his clerkship to Messrs. Bretherton & Son, of Gloucester; and Mr. Henry James Bretherton, of London.

William Harrison, who served his clerkship to Mr. Frederic Stanley Higson, of the firm of Messrs. Higson & Son, of Manchester.

Frederick William Chant Hobrow, who served his clerkship to Messrs. Stopher & Rundle, of London.

Henry Lennox Hopkinson, B. A., who served his clerkship to Mr. James Fraser, of Ashford; and Messrs. Dawes & Sons, of London.

John Stamper Kitching, who served his clerkship to Mr. John Edward Thorley Graham, of the firm of Messrs. Moody, Turnbull, & Graham, of Scarborough; and Messrs. Layton & Jaques, of London.

Thomas Dunn Marshall, who served his clerkship to Mr. Thomas Tinley Dale, of South Shields.

Charles Millard, who served his clerkship to Mr. David Lloyd, of Lampeter.

William Herbert Olding, who served his clership to Mr. John Attenborough, of London.

Walter John Preston, who served his clerkship to Mr. Horace William Smith, of the firm of Messrs. Fladgate, Smith, & Fladgate, of London.

Edgar Bryce Pyman, who served his clerkship to Mr. Charles Seaton Pemberton, of the firm of Messrs. Lee & Pemberton, of London; and Mr. Wm. Benning Pritchard, of the firm of Messrs. Pritchard & Sons, of London.

William Henry Sargeant, who served his clerkship to Mr. Nathaniel White, of the firm of Messrs. Whites, Renard, & Co., of London.

John Thomas Beadsworth Sewell, who served his clerkship to Mr. John Leifchild Hopkins, of Steyning; and Messrs. Purkis & Perry, of London.

Edward Garthwaite Weaving, who served his clerkship to Mr. Joseph Edmund Wilkinson, of Market Drayton. Thomas Williams, jun., who served his clerkship to Mr. Alfred Curtis, of Neath.

THIRD CLASS.

[In alphabetical order.] James Wellington Russell Almond, who served his clerkship to Mr. Henry Tebbs, of Bedford.

Charles Frank Andrews, who served his clerkship to Mr. Henry Underhill, of Wolverhampton; Messrs. Wilkins, Blyth, & Fanshawe, of London; and Mr. John Andrews, of London.

George Bliss, who served his clerkship to Mr. Benjamin William Aplin, of Banbury.

Henry Brightwell, who served his clerkship to Mr. Frederic Oddin Taylor, of Norwich.

John William Clark, who served his clerkship to Mr. John Gibson Youll, of the firm of Messrs. Chartres, Youll, & Wilkinson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Frederick Davies, who served his clerkship to Mr. Jesse Thomas Davies, of London.

Alfred Henry Drew, who served his clerkship to Mr. William Chubb, of the firm of Messrs. Deane, Chubb, & Co., of London.

John Crosby Gillmore, B. A., who served his clerkship to

Mr. Francis Gillmore Barnett, of Bristol; and Messrs. Shaen, Roscoe, & Co., of London.

Frank Edward Hodgkinson, who served his clerkship to Mr. Percival Hodgkinson, of London.

Edward Tudor Jones, who served his clerkship to Mr. Hugh Roberts, of the firm of Messrs. Charles A. Jones & Roberts, of Carnarvon.

William Andrew Jones, who served his clerkship to Mr. James Booth, of Manchester.

Frank John Leslie, who served his clerkship to Mr. Henry Lewis Gregory, of the firm of Messrs. J. & H. Gregory, of Liverpool.

Walter Sydney Livesay, who served his clerkship to Messrs. Hill, Fitzhugh, Woolley, & Griffith, of Brighton.

John Lord, who served his clerkship to Mr. Henry Liversidge, of Winterton; and Mr. Frank Crowder Hett, of the firm of Messrs. Freer, Hett, & Hett, of Brigg.

George Alfred Matthew, B.A., who served his clerkship to Messrs. Eadens & Knowles, of Cambridge; and Messrs. Cole & Jackson, of London.

George Henry Morgan Owen, who served his clerkship to Mr. George Thomas, of the firm of Messrs. J. H. Roberts & Thomas, of Carnarvon.

George Ostler Nicholson, who served his clerkship to Mr. Frank Crowder Hett, of the firm of Messrs. Freer, Hett, & Hett, of Brigg; and Messrs. Collyer-Bristow, Withers, & Russell, of London.

Walter Palmer, who served his clerkship to Mr. Benjamin Bedell, of Bristol.

John Thorpe Perry, who served his clerkship to Mr. Roby Liddington Thorpe, of Nottingham; and Messrs. Field, Roscoe, & Co., of London.

James Pagh, who served his clerkship to Mr. Richard Williams, of the firm of Messrs. Williams, Gittins, & Taylor, of Newtown; and Mr. George Rennie Thorne, of Wolverhampton.

Henry Morgan Rees, who served his clerkship to Messrs. Ingledew, Ince, & Vachell, of Cardiff; and Mr. Daniel Rees, of Cardiff.

Louis Henry Shadbolt, who served his clerkship to Mr. Edmund Child Haynes, of the firm of Messrs. Hunters, Gwatkin, & Haynes, of London.

Alfred Slater, who served his clerkship to Mr. Henry Montague Trenchard, of Taunton; and Messrs. Whitakers & Woolbert, of London.

John Charles Smith, who served his clerkship to Mr. Charles Webster, of Axebridge, Somerset.

Herbert John Wood, LL.B., who served his clerkship to Mr. Charles Taylor Ware, of the firm of Messrs. Ware & Hawes, of London,

John Kyme Wright, jun., LL.B., who served his clerkship to Mr. John Kyme Wright, of the firm of Messrs. Wright and Pilley, of London.

The Council of the Incorporated Law Society have accordingly given class certificates and awarded the following prizes of books :

To Mr. Brown, the prize of the Honourable Society of Clement's-inn, value ten guineas.

To Mr. Leonard, the prize of the Honourable Society of Clifford's-inn, value five guineas.

To Mr. Watkins, the prize of the Honourable Society of New Inn, value five guineas.

To Mr. Bewley, Mr. Doudney, Mr. Floyd, and Mr. Bates, prizes of the Incorporated Law Society, value 5 guineas each.

The council have given class certificates to the candidates in the second and third classes.

The number of candidates who attended the examination was eighty-four.

BIRMINGHAM LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY.

A meeting of this society was held on Tuesday last at the Law Library, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham, J. Moore Bayley, Esq., being in the chair. After the special business a discussion took place on moot point No. 640: "Can the law laid down in Leggott v. Barrett be regarded as satisfactory?"-Genesi v. Cooper & Co. (L. R. 14 Ch. D. 596); Leggott v. Barrett (L. R. 13 Ch. D. 306). The speakers on the affirmative were Messrs. Barrows, O'Connor, and Crockford. The speakers on the negative were Messrs. Davies, Smith, and Cochrane. After a few remarks from the chairman, the question was put to the

meeting and carried in the affirmative. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting.

MANCHESTER LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY. The tenth meeting of the session was held on Tuesday, the 1st of March, at the Law Library, Cross-street Chambers, at a quarter-past six o'clock, when the chair was taken by J. Cottingham, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, deputy-recorder of Wigan. The following was the subject for discussion:"Is any further restrictive legislation in relation to the liquor traffic justifiable? Mr. Rayner opened in the affirmative, and was followed on the same side by Messrs. Hartley and Linnell, whilst Messrs. A. Smith, Shaw, and Shofield supported the negative contention. After an animated discussion, in which, additionally to those before named, Messrs. Norton, Stocks, Read, Straus, Hawkins, Rycroft, Law, Price, Millar, and Coward took part, the opener replied, and the learned chairman having summed up in favour of the negative, the question was decided in the negative by thirteen votes to nine. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.

CREDITORS' CLAIMS.

CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY.
LAST DAY OF PROOF.

BATTY, Rev. ROBERT EATON, Tranmere, Chester. Mar 14. Danger
v Batty, V.C. Malins. Blease, Liverpool
CALDER, GEORGE, Lincoln, Gent. Mar 14. Howson v Lampray,
V.C. Malins. Bescoby, East Retford

Mar 18. Foord v Caple, V.C.

FEARNLEY, JAMES, Bradford, Gent. Mar 11. Fearnley v Haste,
M.R. Bilbrough, Bradford
FOORD, JAMES, Wrington, Somerset.
Hall. Simmons and Wood, Wrington
HANDS, GEORGE, Kidderminster, Tanner. Mar 17. Hands v Hands,
M.R. Hart, Lincoln's inn fields

KENWRIGHT, MARGARET, Burtonwood, Lancaster, Farmer. Feb 26.
Smith v Kenwright, V.C. Hall. Davies, Warrington

MECHI, JOHN JOSEPH, Strand, Dressing Bag Maker. Mar 10. Tayloe v Mechi, V.C. Malins. Wilson, Cornhill

NAPPER, JOHN, Kirdford, Sussex, Esq. Mar 11. St John v St John M.R. Roberts, South sq, Gray's inn

NAYLOR, JAMES, Oxford st, Ironmonger. Mar 17. Kitchen v Naylor M.R. Goren, South Molton st

SHORROCK, RICHARD, Blackburn, Corn Miller. Mar 10. Shorrock v Greaves, V.C. Hall. Radcliffe, Blackburn

SHORT, CHARLES FREDERICK, Ramsgate. Mar 12. Short v Griggs, V.C. Malins, Mercer, Ramsgate

WILKES, SARAH, Old Stratford, Warwick. Mar 7. Willson v Hob-, bins, V.C. Hall. Harrison, Seymour pl, Bryanston sq

[Gazette, Feb. 11.]

BIRCH, WYRLEY, Writham Hall, Norfolk, Esq. Mar 15. Pryor v Ingram, M.R, Harrison, Lincoln's inn fields

BROWN, GEORGE, Sunderland, Pilot. Mar 15. Brown v Brown, M.R. Brown, Sunderland

CRESSEY, EMILY MARIA, Romsey, Hants. Mar 15. Hickman v
Cressey, M.R. Mortimer, Romsey

HAMILTON, HORNBY, Gilesgate Moor, Durham, Yeoman. Mar 15.
Hamilton v Jobson, V.C. Malins. Chambers, Durham
HINDSON, MATTHEW, Kirkby Lonsdale, Wine Merchant's Assistant.
Mar 10. Greetham v Hindson, V.C. Malins. Pearson, Kirkby
Lonsdale

GRANT, CHARLES JAMES IRWIN, Baron de Longueuil, Pau, France.
May 2.
Longueuil v Trapman, M.R. Fladgate, Craven st,
Strand
POTTER, WILLIAM, Farnborough, Warwick, Farmer. Mar 19.
Bucks and Oxon Union Bank, Limited v Potter, V.C. Malins.
Soames, Lincoln's inn fields

REDFORD, RICHARD, Fosdyke. Lincoln, Farmer. Mar 17. Wilson v Redford, M.R. Jebb, Boston

ROBELON, WILLIAM, Sclater st, Bethnal Green, Silk Mercer. Mar 19. Robelon v Robelon, V.C. Malins. Eede, Great Titchfield st SMITH, BENJAMIN, Birmingham, Gunmaker. Mar 15. Slater v Smith, M.R. Godlee, Birmingham

[Gazette, Feb. 15.]

DE LASKI, ALEXANDER, Brighton, Esq. March 18. Le Laski v Rau,
M.R. Walters, New sq, Lincoln's inn
GODDARD, ROBERT, Merton rd, Wimbledon, Slate Merchant. March
24. Goddard v Jennings, M. R. Crafter, Blackfriars rd
JONES, JOHN, Krighton, Radnor, Yeoman. March 21. Lloyd v
Brick, V.C. Hall. Green, Knighton

SWIFT, SAMUEL, Headstone Drive, Harrow, Farmer. March 19.
Barber v Swift, V.C. Malins. White, Vigo st, Regent st
[Gazette, Feb. 18.]
COCKBILL, RACHAEL, Swindon, Wilts. March 18. Hill v Hill, M.R.
Parry, Bristol

PARSONS, BENJAMIN, North Weston Thame, Oxford, Gent. March 21. Allen v Parsons, V.C. Hall. Hedges, Wallingford PICKERING, WARLEY, Middlesborough, Merchant. March 18. Pickering v Pickering, V.C. Hall. Bainbridge and Barnley, Middlesborough

POTTER, JAMES, Balsham, Cambridge, Farmer. March 21. Potter v Potter, V.C. Hall. Blood, Witham

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BIRCH, MARY, Horley, Surrey. March 30. Sheffield and Sons, Callum st

BURROWS, JOB, Rusholme, Lancaster, Contractor. March 8. Hall and Co, Manchester

CLEGG, ROBERT, Todmorden, York, Grocer. March 29. Stansfield and Sager, Todmorden

CUTLER, RICHARD, Ribchester, Lancaster, Farmer. March 9. Hall, and Son, Accrington

DAVIES, MARTHA, Trawsmawr, Carmarthen. March 31. Barker and Morris, Carmarthen

DAYMENT, MARIA, Morehampstead. Apr 1. Hutchings, Devonport

DEARNLEY, THOMAS, Honley, Almondbury, Woollen Cloth Manu-
facturer. Apr 22. Learoyd and Co, Huddersfield
DRAKE, ANNE, Winswood, Crediton, Devon. March 25.
Co, Rood lane

ELKINGTON, JOHN, Coventry, Accountant. March 24.
and Co, Coventry

FINDLAY, JOHN SMITH, Dulwich, Surrey, Merchant.
Turner and Low, King st, Cheapside

Drake and

Troughton

August 18.

GARDNER, JOHN, Woiviston, Durham, Cashier. March 31. Trotter, Stockton-on-Tees

GRIDLEY, DANIEL, Glemsford, Suffolk, Farmer. May 31. Coldham, New inn, Strand

HADOW, JOHN WILLIAM, Bruton st, Berkeley sq. Apr 2. Macdonald and Malden, Salisbury

HAMPTON, WILLIAM PHILIP, Haverstock hill, a Lieutenant-General in the Bengal Army. March 25. Thompson, Devereux chmbrs, Temple

HARPER, JAMES, Birmingham, Gunmaker. Apr 21. Mitchell and Son, Birmingham

HIRST, JOHN, Edgerton, Huddersfield, Miller. Apr 22. Learoyd and Co, Huddersfield

HUT, GEORGE EDWARD, Halifax, Wine Merchant. Apr 1. and Walker, Halifax

Emmet KEREY, ANTHONY, Smalley, Derby, Licensed Victualler. June 21. Hextall, Derby

LEACH, LYDIA, Knottingley, York. March 31. Rawson and Co,

Bradford

LEESE, JOSEPH, Saddleworth, York, Gentleman. March 31. Beaumont, Manchester

LONG, WILLIAM, Trowbridge, Wilts, Gent. March 19. Mann and Rodway, Trowbridge

MCCARTHY, MARY, Alma road, Kentish Town, June 1. Burn and Galloway, Gresham st

MCINTOSH, JAMES, Windsor Castle, Berks, a Footman in H.M.'s Service. March 16. Long and Co, Windsor

MILES, ROGER DUTTON, Keyham, Leicester, Esq. March 25. Miles, Leicester

MITCHELL, WILLIAM, Sculcoates, Kingston-upon-Hull, Asphalter, Apr 6. Thorney, Hull

NATHAN, JONAS, High st, Aldgate. March 7. Cowlard and Chowne, Lincoln's inn fields

PALMER, ELIZABETH, Ramsgate, Kent. March 31. Atter and Brown, Peterborough

PARKER, CHARLES, Northampton, Licensed Victualler. March 18. Andrew, Northampton

Hull

POOL, SARAH, Kingston upon Hull. March 18. Walker and Spink, ROBERTS, GEORGE, Austonley, Almondbury, Gent. Apr 22. Learoyd and Co, Huddersfield

SICART, FREDERICK EATON, Caterham Valley, Surrey, Banker's
Clerk. March 31. Stuart, Cowley rd, North Brixton
TEN-BROEKE, WILLIAM, Cambridge, Gent. March 25. Holben, Cam-
bridge

WALKER, MARY ELLEN, Gwernhaylod, Overton, Flint. Apr 1.
Longueville and Co, Oswestry

WARD, JAMES, Bradford, York, Pauper. March 31. Rawson and Co, Bradford

WRIGHT, THOMAS, Crossens, Southport, Lancaster, Farmer. Apr 2. Buck and Dicksons, Southport

[Gazette, Feb. 22.]

The directors of the Legal, Medical, and General Stores are prepared to receive applications for 2,500 shares at par, shares £2 each, to be paid in full on allotment. The shareholders are to receive half-yearly out of the profits interest at the rate of five per cent., and after placing a sufficient sum in the reserve fund, there will be an annual division among the shareholders of the surplus profits.

COSTS.

"B." has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Times:

Sir,-The amount of the costs of an action is an opprobrium to the law. It is also a mystery. Economists say, and truly, that the best way to get anything done as well and cheaply as possible is to leave it to public competition and unfettered. That is the case with litigation. It is true that barristers and solicitors are qualified persons, and that practice of the profession is not open to everyone; but it is open to everyone to be a barrister or solicitor as it is to be a singer or physician.

According to the economists, then, law ought to be as cheap as possible. But it is not. Another thing: are barristers and solicitors particularly prosperous persons ? Do they as a class make more money than those of other callings who start from the same rank of life as themselves? Certainly not. Yet, again; look at the particular charge for the particular thing done. It is excessive? Is 68. 8d. too much for the attendance for several hours at chambers of a man of education and abilities ? Certainly not; and yet it is certain that the costs of an action are monstrous. It cannot be right that an action on a bill of exchange for £25 or for as much damage to a cab in a running-down case should cost the litigants ten times that amount in costs, as it does often, perhaps more. There is something wrong somewhere. The thing has got into a wrong groove. The system is wrong. Let me state what it is.s

As a rale, the losing party pays the winner' costs; I say nothing about later costs, which would only embarrass the matter. The costs are ascertained by an officer of the court. The losing party has to pay them and his own. His own costs which he has to pay his solicitor may, at the instance of either of them, be ascertained by the same officer of the court, or, though it is never done, fixed by a jury like the items of a tailor's or butcher's bill. Practically, they are taxed by the same officer that taxes between party and party; they are made out, of course, on the footing that if the client had been successful his opponent would have had to pay them. They are fixed in reference, not to the result, but to the work done.

Now I am not going to say a word against solicitors. On the contrary, I desire to express what I feel, the greatest respect for them. But it is obvious that this system is calculated to swell the amount of costs. Every solicitor must hope, nay, ought to believe, that his client will be successful and the opponent have to pay. To that opponent he owes no duty and for him can have no regard except as a fellow-creature. And as he must or ought to believe him in the wrong, he ought to think it would be a good, at least not a bad thing, that he should have to pay large costs. Then, as he is paid, not by the result, but according to what he has done, he has every reason for doing as much as possible subject, of course, to this-that if the taxing officer sees some of the things done were needless he will disallow the charge for them. Still, the obvious tendency of this practice is to multiply items and augment costs. It is as though a man had to pay for a house, not according to the worth of the house when he got it, but according to the expense the builder had gone to in building it. The remedy I propose is that the solicitors should be paid a lump sum; for instance, so much if proceedings stopped at the writ, so much if they stopped at a further stage, so much if there was a trial; and this sum should vary according to the amount at stake and other circumstances. It might either be a percentage or it might be a lump be determined by the master on hearing the nature of the case. But I do not desire to go into detail. Merely to pay according to the work done is wrong. Of course, the amount might vary if the losing party had vexatiously increased the expense. It might vary, as between solicitor and client, it the client insisted on a particular expense. If it was thought necessary to protect the client, according to modern legislation, his order for extra expense might be required to be in writing. No doubt some hardship would be worked by this. A solicitor would sometimes be underpaid. A successful party would not always get the full amount of costs occasioned by his adversary being in the wrong. But, as in other cases, the occasional hardship must be borne as part of a good system.

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Further, whether this plan is adopted or not, I would have interlocutory costs paid down. A solicitor is busy and

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