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Mr. Swinburne, Mr. Barrs, and Mr. Fernandes, prizes of the Incorporated Law Society. Value five 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 seventy.

LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY.

Tuesday, May 31.-Mr. E. G. Spiers in the chair.-Mr. J. W. Elis was elected a member. Mr. F. K. Munton opened the debate on the subject appointed for discussion in the affirmative, the question being, "Is the Government Bankruptcy Bill satisfactory ?" In the discussion which followed, Me-srs. Saxelby, Brown, and Fox opposed, and Messrs. F. J. Green, W. F. Barry, and Bower supported the Bill. Mr. Munton having replied, the question was put to the meeting, and decided in the affirmative by a large majority.

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. ALFRED EDMUND BATEMAN, barrister, has been appointed one of the Secretaries to the Royal Commission on the Treaty of Commerce with France. Mr. Bateman was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated second class in the classical tripos in 1862. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Michaelmas Term, 1872, and he has been for several years a clerk at the Board of Trade.

Mr. JOHN ALEXANDER BOYD, Q.C., of the Ontario bar, has been appointed Chancellor of the Province of Ontario, in succession to Mr. John Godfrey Spragge, who has been appointed Chief Justice of the province.

Mr. WILLIAM ATHELSTAN BLAXLAND, solicitor, of 32, Lincoln's-inn-fields, has been appointed an Assistant in the Solicitors' Department in the Metropolitan Board of Works. Mr. Blaxland was admitted a solicitor in 1867.

Mr. THOMAS BRASSEY, barrister, M.P., has been created a Civil Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. Sir T. Brassey is the eldest son of the late Mr. Thomas Brassey, and was born in 1836. He was educated at Rugby and at University College, Oxford, where he graduated third class in law and modern history in 1859, and he was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Hilary Term, 1866. He has been M.P., for Hastings in the Liberal interest since 1868, and he was appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty in April, 1880.

Mr. GEORGE JOHN BRAIKENRIDGE, solicitor, of 16, Bartlett's-bui dings, has been appointed a Perpetual Commissioner for taking the Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women for the County of Middlesex and the Cities of London and Westminster.

Mr. ARTHUR BRETT, solicitor, of Market Harborough, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. HENRY SHEKELL HAYNES, solicitor (of the firm of Haynes & Clifton), of 4, Tokenbouse-yard, and of Romford and Stratford, has been elected Chairman of the Justices' Clerks' Society for the ensuing year. Mr. Haynes was admitted a solicitor in 1864, and is registrar of the Romford County Court, clerk to the magistrates for the Beacontree Division of Essex, and clerk of the peace, coroner, and clerk to the magistrates for the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower.

Mr. JAMES BISHOP HOCOMBE, solicitor, of Rugbychambers, Great James-street, Bedford-row, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. EDWIN WILLIAM JOHN, solicitor, of Haverfordwest, has been appointed a Perpetual Commissioner for taking the Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women for Pembrokeshire and the Town of Haverfordwest.

Mr. HENRY BISHOP ROWSELL, solicitor, of 36, Great James-street, and of Hastings, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. FRANCIS SHELTON, Solicitor, of 39, Threadneedlestreet, has been elected Clerk to the Edmonton Board of Guardians and Rural Sanitary Authority. Mr. Shelton was admitted a solicitor in 1880.

Mr. THEODORE JOHN SMITH, solicitor (of the firm of Smith & Atkinson), of Hastings and Rye, has been appointed a Perpetual Commissioner for taking the Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women for the County of Sussex.

Mr. JOHN GODFREY SPRAGGE, chancellor of the province of Ontario, has been appointed Chief Justice of that province, in euccession to Mr. Thomas Moss, dece ised.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

ALBERT WEST, WILLIAM MUSKERRY TILSON, and WILLIAM BYRNE-JONES (West, Tison, & Byrne Jones), solicitors, Buckl rsbure, London. May 19. So far as regards the said Albert West. The practice will be carried on at 20, Bucklersbury, by the said William Muskerry Tilson and William Byrne-Jones, under the style of Til-on & ByrneJones. [Gazette, May 27, 1881.]

COMPANIES.

WINDING-UP NOTICES.

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

SOUTHPORT AND WEST LANCASHIRE BANKING COMPANY, LIMITEDBy an order made by the M.R., dated May 16, it was ordered that the voluntary winding up of the above company be continued. Gregory and Co, Bedford row, solicitors for the petitioner iazette, May 27.]

CLIVIGER COTTON SHED COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by the M.R., dated May 21, it was ordered that the above company be wound up. Milne and Co, Harcourt bldgs, Temple, agents for Creeke and Sandy, Burnley, solicitors for the petitioners TRAMWAY STARTING AND STOPPING COMPANY, LIMITED.--By an order made by the M.R., dated May 21, it was ordered that the above company be wound up. Randail and Angier, Gray's inn pl, petitioners in person

WHITEHEAD AND COMPANY, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before Oct 25, to send their names and addresses and the par ticulars of their debts or claims to William Theobald, St Swithin's lane. Nov 3 at 12 is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims

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Feb. 28; March 1, 2, 5, 23, 1881.-The Tharsis Sulphur and
Copper Company (Limited) and others v. The London and
North-Western Railway Company.
Supply of wagons-Special At-Railway and Canal Traffic
Act, 1854, s. 2.

The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31), s. 2, requires facilities to be given according to the powers of railway companies, and as special Railway Arts make the powers of some companies larger than those of others, so they also extend or limit the facilities they give to the public, and thus the general enactment as to affording facilities has to be read and considered with reference to the language of any special clauses regarding them.

A railway was transferred to a railway company under a special Act, section 15 of which provided that the railway company, when requested so to do by any pers ns occupying works or manufactories adjacent to, and nav ng sidings enne ted with, the railway transferred, was at all reasonable times and with ali due diligence to provide wagons proper and sufficient for the conveyance of all traffic passing exclusively on the lines of railway transferred.

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Upon complaint by persons occupying works or mana factories adjacent to the railway that the railway company did not supply sufficient wagons for the traffic on the railway,

Held, that, although the duty cast upon the railway company by that Act was limited to cases where there was a request for wagons by members of a particular class, and where also any particular lines of railway were required to be used, vet where the duty did arise, it determined what was a reasonable facility within the meaning of section 2 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854, as effectively as if it were a duty of a more general kind or one which applied under any circumstances; and the railway company were enjoined to afford all reasonable facilities for the receiving, forwarding, and delivery of the applicants' ore passing exclusively over the lines transferred, having regard to the above

section.

This was an application under section 2 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854, for en order enjoining the London and North-Western Railway Company to afford reasonable facilities to the applicants for the unloading and receipt of pyrites at Garston Docks, and for forwarding it to St. Helens and Widnes, by supplying an adequate number of wagens for the traffic.

The applicants were either importers or consumers of the ore, or owners of the vessels in which it was imported. They complained that the respondents, to whom the Garston Docks belonged, did not give due facilities for vessels laden with ore to berth and unload in the docks, and did not supply in reasonable time wagons for the carriage of such ore from the docks to St. Helens and Widnes.

Webster, Q.C., and French, appeared for the applicants. The Solicitor-General (Sir F. Herschell, Q.C.), Littler, Q.C., and E. R. Moon, for the respondents.

The COMMISSIONERS delivered the following judgment :This is an application under section 2 of the Traffic At, 1854, complaining of the London and North-Western Railway Con pany for not affording, according to its powers, reasonable facilities for the carriage of traffic from Garston Docks to St. Helens and Widnes. The traffic is pyrites, and the applicants are either importers or consumers of the ore, or owners of the vessels in which it is imported. It is the duty of the respondents to transship the ore into the wagens in which it is sent forward, and a supply of wagons on hand is daily required at the docks to prevent the detention of ships, and demurrage claims, and to keep the factories at work where the ore is consumed. For several months previously to the application being made there was a great scarcity of wagons at the docks, and we are asked to decide that one of those facilities which a railway company is compellable to afford was in this case, under the circumstances, to provide sufficient wagons for the ore, and to take care that the unloading or receiving of the ore was not delayed for want of wagons.

By the Act for transferring the undertaking of the St. Helens Company to the London and North-Western Company, the St. Helens Canal and Railway Transfer Act, 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 296), s. 15, the London and North-Western Company, when requested so to do by any person occupying works or manufactories adjacent to, and having sidings connected with, the railways hereby transferred, is at all reasonable times and with all due diligence to provide wagons proper and sufficient for the conveyance of all traffic passing exclusively on the lines of railway hereby transferred, except coal slack and refuse material. The duty cast upon the respondents by this section is limited to cases where there is a request for wagons by members of a particular class, and where also only particular lines of railway are required to be used, but where the duty does arise, it determines what is a reasonable facility within the meaning of the Traffic Act as effectively as if it were a duty of a more general kind or one which applied under any circumstances. That Act requires facilities to be given ccording to the powers of railway companies, and as special Railway Acts make the powers of some companies larger than those of others, so they also extend or limit the facilities they give to the public, and thus the general enactment as to affording facilities has to be read and considered with reference to the language of any special clauses regarding them. In this case the special obligation is the more incumbent to be performed, because it is one of the terms on which the St Helens railways were transferred to their present owners, and being an obligation to find wagons, it makes a company neglecting it answerable under the Traffic Act. This was the principle of our decision in Watkinson and others v. Wrexham, Mold, and Conneh Quay Railway Company.

The works of some of the applicants are connected by sidings with the railways referred to in section 15 of the St. Helens Act, 1864. and requests for wagons for their traffic were frequently addressed to the respondents; but it is said that the ore from Garston Docks does not pass exclusively over those railways, and, therefore, that the liabilities of the respondents are to be measured solely by the Traffic Act, 1854, considered independently of the special Act. The St. Helens Canal and Railway Act, 1846, authorized a dock to be made at Garston, on the Mersey, and there is no doubt that section 15 of the Act of 1864 applies to any traffic conveyed from the dock so made, now called the old dock, to Widnes, St. Helens, or any other place on the railways formerly belonging to the St. Helens Company. But under an Act passed in 1867, a second dock was made at Garston in a space enclosed by a continuation of the sea wall of the old dock, and this new dock, like the old one, has sidings and approaches branching off from the railway. Traffic from the new dock uses these siding, and hence such traffic, it is said, does not pass exclusively over railways that belonged to the St. Helens Company. But the docks and railways of the St. Helens Company were distinct parts of their undertaking, and the works since executed at Garston have been an extension, not of the railway at that place, but of its dock accommodation. The charges the respondents are authorized to make by the St. Helens Transfer Act, 1864, s. 13, for ore cr merchandize conveyed between Garston Dock (the old one that is) and St. Helens, or sidings directly communicating with the lines of the St. Helens Railway, or between the same Garston Dock and the sidings of any works or manufactories in the township of Widnes, directly communicating with the St. Helens lines of railway, include dock dues, receiving from the ship and loading on the wagons, and also the use of wagons, and by the London and North-Western Railway (New Works and Additional Powers) Act, 1867, this section of the Act of 1864 is made applicable to the new dock, as are also the two other sections of that Act which make mention of the old dock. But the railway has remained since 1867 the same as it was before, for the Act of that year authorized no new line, but only such approaches and sidings as might be required for the purposes of the new dock. It is immaterial as to traffic being deemed to use the same railway that it is not all loaded in the same sidings, or on the same portion of the terminus communicating with the docks, and we think that traffic conveyed between either dock and Widnes, St. Helens, or other places on the same railway system, passes exclusively on the lines of railways transferred from the St. Helens Company in the meaning of that expression in section 15 of the St. Helens Transfer Act, 1864.

The application refers chiefly to traffic for which wagons are requested in the terms of the section just cited, and it alleges as to such traffic that the respondents have not, at all reasonable times and with all due diligence, provided wagons proper and sufficient for its conveyance. But it refers also generally to the local traffic in ore of the St. Helens Railway from Garston inwards, as to which the importers and ship owners contend that it, as well, has not been afforded the reasonable facilities as to unloading and wagons which a company is liable for under the Traffic Act, irrespectively of any special Act. It appears that ships with ore in dock are berthed and discharged by the railway company, and it is said that as to many of the ships more than a reasonable time elapses between their coming into dock and their unloading being finished. This might be, because there were more ships in dock than there were berths for, but it is attributed for the most part to the work of unloading being retarded for want of wagons. That ships had frequently to cease working from this canse, and that the applicants were continually complaining to the company's superintendents and managers, were facts clearly proved by the evidence. The ships are unloaded by the company's steam cranes, and their dock master keeps a daily account for each crane of the ship on which it is at work, and of any time and for what cause that it is unemployed. This account for 1878, 1879, and part of 1880 was produced at the hearing, and from the words "no wagons occurring repeatedly, especially in the entries for October, 1879, and following months, it appears evident that the complaints that for want of wagons ore could not be got from the ships nor deliveries of ore to the manufactories sent forward, were well founded. The delays, and consequent questions as to time to be allowed after a ship was in dock or in berth before demurrage, made ship owners relactant to charter their ships for voyages to Garston. A ship in this trade is generally

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chartered to make a series of voyages, and the agent of one charterer (the Rio Tinto Company) put in a list of vessels, the owners of which had paid Is. 5d. a ton extra to have them discharged in the Mersey at another port than Garston for the sake of more dispatch in unloading. In some cases the consumers at Widnes, unable to get the ore by railway to prevent the stoppage of their works, had the ore brought from the ship by lighter at an extra cost of 10ld a tɔn, and a witness for the Rio Tinto Company, whose business it was to receive their ore from vessels and deliver it to the different buyers, and who had to keep books showing, amongst other things, what ore was discharged into lighters, said he had frequently, in consequence of the short supply of wagons, loaded the ore into lighters alongside the quays. The main facts were uncontradicted by the respondents, as to such of them at least as bore date between the end of September, 1879, and end of March or April, 1880, but it was represented on their part, by way of explanation and excuse, that the state of things during that period was exceptional, that a revival of trade which commenced about September, 1879, caused their traffic to increase faster than they could find means to convey it, and that in particular the requisitions for railway stock were so numerous that they had not enough stock for all in full, but that the whole of their general stock was put in circulation and distributed equally as far as possible, and an augmentation of it at once ordered, and they have now 2,000 more traffic wagaus than they had then.

It is noticeable, also, to account for occasional short supplies at any time, that the wagons which come into the docks under load are not available to be loaded back with ore instead of being returned empty, because the export trade is coal, which comes in owners' wagons, and consequently the supply of wagons to be used for loads of ore depends upon empties being daily collected and delivered with punctuality at the docks, and upon the actual number required not being under estimated in advance in the calculations of the dock officers. But the complaints about the wagon supply for the Garston traffic being insufficient were not made, for the first time, towards the latter end of 1879. There were many complaints in 1875, as admitted by the respondents, and again later, and an association formed in 1873 by the Widnes traders to protect their interests as manufacturers was stated by their chairman, one of the applicants, to have frequently brought before the respondents the manner in which the traffic between Garston and Widnes was worked with reference to the number of wagons amongst other points. Strong, Reid, & Page, another of the applicants, have six steamers, making each ten or eleven voyages a year to Garston, and a member of their firm, who gave evidence, was asked as follows :-" Dealing with the last three years of the Garston trade from the shipowner's point of view, have you found any delays there?"-A. "Almost continuous delays." Q. "From what cause?"-A. "Solely from want of wagons." As regards the press of orders for wagons from trade, from September, 1879, becoming rapidly and generally more active, had the case been that there was a large and sudden increase of the cre traffic, and that the respondents did not at once send extra wagons in proportion, it would have been met by their answer that their reserve of stock was not sufficient to give at once additional wagons at all points of their line. But the imports of pyrites into Garston according to the figures put in were, for 1878, 172,000 tons; for 1879, 157,000 tons; and for 1880, 232,000 tons. The imports were not more in the latter part of 1879 than in the corresponding part of 1878. They were at an increased rate throughout 1880, and wagons were more plentiful after the beginning of that year, but it was not till April or May that there were as many as were wanted, and that complaints ceased as to the way in which ore was discharged and forwarded. But up to the end of 1879 it was for ore of an amount in which there was nothing excessive that the means of conveyance seem to have been deficient, and as regards, at any rate, the species of traffic mentioned in section 15 of the Act of 1864, we think the respondents did not give facilities according to their statutory obligations. It was not enough, having regard to those obligations, to distribute wagons equally as far as possible. We think, as to the traffic in question, their duty in respect of providing wagons goes beyond their general duty in that respect. They are required at all reasonable times and with all due diligence to provi te wagons proper and sufficient for the conveyance of all such traffic, and under this enactment wagons for service

on the St. Helens line mav properly be demanded even in circumstances which would excuse a deficient supply of them in the case of other lines. We are of opinion that the complaints have been proved at least as to wagons for carrying such of the ore from Garston as came under the special enact ment, and that as to ore similarly circumstanced in future it is our duty to enjoin the respondents to afford all reasonable facilities for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of it, having regard to the provisions of section 15 of the St. Helens Transfer Act, 1864.

Part of the application was an allegation that the respondents neglected the local traffic of the St. Helens line because their maximum rates on that line were lower than the corresponding rates on their other lines. Tuis charge was withdrawn by the applicants at the hearing, but, as respects the question of costs, no extra expense having been caused by it, the fact that it was made may be left out of considera

tion.

The application also contained a complaint that ships in dock at Garston were not berthed in proper turn, and that an undue preference was given to some steamers trading from Havre, not only in berthing them before other ships, but also in keeping a vacant berth for them when there were other ships in dock waiting to discharge. One or two instances were given in which a berth was so kept vacant, but as to them we prefer to express no opinion, as they were stuted to be the subject of an action still pending. But as to the alleged undue or unreasonable preference in the steamers from Havre having been berthed and unloaded as soon as they arrived, we consider that ground of complaint to have failed to be made out. Costs must be paid by the respondents, except so far as they have been increased by that particular complaint.

Subsequently the Commissioners gave the respondents leave to appeal from their judgment to the Queen's Bench Division upon the question whether or not section 15 of the St. Helens Canal and Railway Transfer Act, 1864, applies to traffic which originates upon and passes over the docks, sidings, and approaches at Garston, constructed under the powers of the respondents' Act of 1867.

Solicitors for applicants, W. W. Wynne, for H. Forshaw & Hawkins, Liverpool.

Solicitor for respondents, R. F. Roberts.

CREDITORS' CLAIMS.

CREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. CAP. 25. LAST DAY OF CLAIM.

BARRATT, FRANCIS, Plymouth, Esq. July 1. Stokes, Bodmin BARROW, Rev JAMES, Southwell, Nottingham, Clerk. July 25. Stenton and Co, Southwell

BEAL, HENRY RIDLEY, Leinster gdns, Hyde Park, Esq. July 5. Beal, Lincoln's inn fields

BROOKS, THOMAS, Mattocklane, Ealing, Esq. July 1. Palmer and Bull, Bedford row, Holborn

BURLINGTON, ELIZABETH, Brownlow rd, Dalston. June 9. Bridger, Botolph lane, Eastcheap

COWPER, FREDERICK, Montagu sq, Esq. June 24. Stoneham and Legge, Philpot lane

CRESTADORO, ANDREA, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, Librarian July 1. Shaen and Co, Bedford row

CROOKES, SEPTIMUS WILKINSON, Shifnal, Salop, Gent. July 1. King and P'eto, Abchurch lane

DAY, JAMES, Spitalfields Market, Gent. June 20. Hanbury and Co, New Broad st

DEACON. JOSEPH, Ibstock, Leicester, Farmer. July 1. Smith and Mammatt, Ashby de la Zouch

DIXON, WILLIAM, Owersby, Lincoln, Farmer. June 30. Rhodes, Market Rasen

DOYLE, ELIZABETH, Crimplesham Hall, Norfolk. June 14. and Wayman, Downham Market

Reed

DOYLE, HANNAH, Crimplesham Hall, Norfolk. June 14. Read and Wayman, Downham Market

EYRE, FRANCIS, Kingston on Hull, Merchant. June 21. Holde and Co, Kingston upon Hull

GILBERT, WILLIAM, Stamford, Commercial Traveller. Sept 1. Atter, Stamford

HAYMAN, ELIZABETH, Teignmouth, Devon. July 1. Whidborne and Tozer, Teignmouth

HIRSCHFELD, MARTIN LOUIS, Tressillian crescent, Lewisham High rd, Gent. June 29. Clarke and Co, Gresham House, Old Broad

street

HOLDEN, JAMES HENRY, Hampton Court Palace, Gent. June 21. Holden and Co, Kingston upon Hull

HOLDEN, JOHN FEARNE, Kingston upon Hull, Surgeon. June 2.. Holden and Co, Kingston upon Hull

HOWARTH, JOHN, Stockport, Grocer. July 12. Smith, Great Underbank, Stockport

KEER, WILLIAM, Orford, Suffolk, Farmer. Aug 13. Welton, Woodbridge

LANE, JANE, Bolton, Lancaster, Beer Seller. June 3. Eckersley,
Bolton

LORD, JAMES, Lee, Kent, Manchester Warehouseman. June 14.
Saxelby and Faulkner, Ironmonger lane

MANFIELD, ANNE RAMSAY, Hove, nr Brighton. June 24. Verrall,
Brighton

MORRIS, GEORGINA, Plymouth. June 29. Willcocks and Prideaux,
Plymouth

NEWMAN, LUCY, Stockwell Park rd, Brixton. June 14. Saxelby
and Faulkner, Ironmonger lane

OGDEN, WILLIAM HENRY, Highfield, nr Southampton, Esq. June 30. Baddeley and Sons, Leman st

OXLEY, JOHN STEWART, Worth, Sussex, Esq. June 30. Johnsons
and Co, Austin Friars

PETVIN, ANN, Street, Somerset. June 24. Bulleid, Glastonbury
PKTVIN, EDWIN, Street, Somerset, Carpenter. June 24. Bulleid,

Glastonbury

REDKISON, WILLIAM, Holloway rd, Ivory Turner. June 20. Han-
bury and Co, New Broad st

RICHARDSON, FREDERICK, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Esq. June 21.
Ingram and Co, Lincoln's inn fields

RIGDEN, SARAH, Margate, Kent. July 30. Wightwick and Gardner
Folkestone

SCHENK, GEORGE, Vine st, Minories. July 1. Hollams and Co,
Mincing lane

SEYMOUR, SAMUEL, Leckhampton, Gloucester, Bricklayer. June 29.
Mallory, Cheltenham

SOLLEY, JAMES, Ickham, Kent, Farmer. July 9. Plummer and
Fielding, Canterbury

TWEDDELL, WILLIAM, Dunston, Durham.
Swann, Newcastle upon Tyne

VERNELL, JAMES, Thames Ditton, Surrey, Gent.

and Co, Clement's inn, Strand WEBB, RICHARD MALLAM, Brighton Esq. Brighton

June 24. Verrall, [Gazette, May 20.]

LEGAL NEWS.

Mr. Charles Hall has been appointed a Queen's Counsel. On Thursday week an influential deputation of country bankers waited upon Mr. Chamberlain, at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the pending Bankruptcy Bill. Mr. W. Beckett Denison, as president of the association, stated that the main provisions of the Bill met with the entire approval of country bankers, who recognized it as an earnest attempt to deal with the very serious imperfections in the present law. There were, however, several particulars in which amendments were desired. These were:-1. The provisions of the 16th clause, with regard to the valuation of securities; 2, the provision in the 17th clause, requiring holders of bills of exchange to value the other names upou the bills before voting as creditors upon the bankrupt's estate; 3, the provision requiring payment of all moneys into the Bank of England. On the first point it was submitted that the existing rules of court, which were incorporated into the Bill in the 16th clause, worked unjustly July 1. Arnott and to the partially secured creditor in compelling him to give up for the benefit of the estate any surplus which June 24. Kennedy the security might realize above the valuation price, while in the event of the security realizing less than the value placed upon it, the creditor could not prove for the balance, and it was suggested that the Scotch law on the subject would, in its main features, meet the justice of the case. On the second point, it was urged that the existing law did not give rise to any practical injustice, but that if any amendment was necessary it would be sufficient to provide that WEEK. the holders of bills should value the names of those liable in priority to the debtor. On the third point, it was contended that the payment of all moneys into the Bank of England would make it practically impossible to work many estates, and more especially those in which the trustee for a shorter or longer period of time was compelled to carry on the business of the debtor, and it was urged that the objections to the present system would be sufficiently met by requiring trustees to pay all moneys to a separate account with such bank as the majority of creditors should appoint, all balances unclaimed on the closing of an estate being paid by the trustees into the Bank of England. Mr. Chamberlain expressed his satisfaction that the Bill in its chief provisions met with the approval of the country bankers, and expressed the hope that the amendments which he was intending to introduce would meet the objections which had been raised, and enable the Bill to pass into law during the present session. Mr. Denison having thanked Mr. Chamberlain, the deputation retired.

LEGISLATION OF THE

HOUSE OF LORDS.

MAY 27.-BILLS READ A SECOND TIME. PRIVATE BILLS.-Brighton and Dyke Railway, Cheshire

Lines Committee.

BILLS READ A THIRD TIME.

PRIVATE BILLS. Nar Valley Drainage, Warehouse
Owners' Company, Hyde Gas, Leicester Improvement.
MAY 30.-BILLS READ A SECOND TIME.
PRIVATE BILLS.-Bagot Estate, Furness Railway, Staly-
bridge Extension and Improvement, Edmonton Local Board,
Great Eastern Railway.

BILLS READ A THIRD TIME.
PRIVATE BILLS.-Stockton Bridge, Milford Haven Dock
and Railway, Burton-upon-Trent (Station-street Extension)
Railway, Dudley Gas.

BILL READ A FIRST TIME.
Customs and Inland Revenue.

MAY 31-BILIS READ A SECOND TIME. PRIVATE BILLS.-Redcastle and Tarradale Estates, Ellon Trost Estates, Earl of Hardwicke's Estate, London and North. Western Railway (Additional Powers), Rosebush and Fishguard Railway, Midland Railway, Bray Township. Customs and Inland Revenue, Veterinary Surgeons, Local Government Provisional Orders (Poor Law, No. 2). BILLS READ A THIRD TIME.

PRIVATE BILLS-Cleator Moor Local Board, Ryton Local Board (Water), Cheltenham Corporation Water, Matlock Water.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. MAY 26.-BILL IN COMMITTEE. Alkali Works Regulation (Clauses 1-15).

BILLS READ A THIRD TIME. PRIVATE BILLS.-Exeter Tramways, Reading Corporation, Rotherham, Parkgate, and Rawmarsh Street Tram

ways.

MAY 30.-BILLS READ A THIRD TIME.
PRIVATE BILLS.-Central Norfolk Railway, Charnwood
Forest Railway (Deviation, &c.), Metropolitan Board of
Works, Metropolitan Bridges, Potteries, Shrewsbury, and
North Wales Railway, Whitland and Cardigan Railway,
Woking Water and Gas.

Customs and Inland Revenue.

MAY 31.-BILLS READ A THIRD TIME. PRIVATE BILLS.-Birkenhead Corporation (Improvement, &c.) (No. 2), Lea Bridge, Leyton, and Walthamstow Tramwaye, South Metropolitan Gas.

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An issue is announced of 6,000,000dols. First Mortgage Six per Cent. Gold Bonds of the Oregon and California Railroad Company, and the London and San Francisco Bank will receive subscriptions for 2,245,000dols. of the amount. The loan is made in pursuance of the plan of re-organization ratified by the stockholders on the 7th of last month, and the proceeds, after discharging the prior lien of 2,000,000dols. of German Obligations, are to form a construction fund exclusively applicable to the completion of the lines and the payment of interest not exceeding four coupons per bond. statement has also been issued showing the position and prospects of the company. The present Oregon and California Railroad Company is a re-organization of the original Oregon and California Railroad Company, with which has been consolidated the Oregon Central, Western Oregon, and Albany and Lebanon Railroad Companies, and it now owns all the railroads, lands, franchises, and property of those companies. It derives its land grants and franchises from the Government of the United States. The grants of lands made by Acts of Congress were at the rate of 12,800 acres (equal to twenty square miles) per mile of road, subject to the ordinary reservations of existing rights. Considerable sales have been made, but there still remain over 1,900,000 acres. This immense body of lands can of course only be realized in a long series of years; and the large proportion of timber land, while perhaps of gr at value in the future, is not available for immediate cultivation or settlement. The capital of the company as re-organized consists of twelve millions of dollars of Seven per Cent. Preferred Stock, and seven million dollars of Common Stock. The properties are now subject to the prior lien of two million dollars of German Obligations, which are

redeemable at par, at the option of the company. The present issue is made for the purpose of effecting that redemption and completing the line to California in order to connect with the Central Pacific, in accordance with the Act of Congress of July 25, 1866, and thus unite Portland in Oregon, and San Francisco in California by a through line of railroad. The surplus of bonds available for construction, upwards of four millions of dollars, is believed to be sufficient to finish the rowd to the authorized point of junction at the State line in two years. The purchasers of the bonds now offered to the public will have comprised in the mortgage securing their bonds all the present property of the company, and all the new property created by the surplus proceeds of the new bonds remaining after redemption of the two millions prior lien. Acording to the terms of the mortgage no further issue can be made before 1883.

SALES OF ENSUING WEEK.

June 7.-Messrs. JAMES LEWIS & Co., at the Mart, at 1 p.m., Freehold and Leasehold Properties (see advertisement, this werk, p 3.)

June 8.-Messrs. EDWIN Fox & BOUSFIELD, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold Building Estates (see advertisement, May 21, p. 5.)

Jane 9-Messrs. TUNLEY & BOYLE, at the Mart, at 1 p.m., Reversion (see advertisement, May 28, p. 3.)

Jane 10.-Messrs. CHINNOCK, GALSWORTHY & CHINNOCK, at at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Shares (see advertisement, this week, p. 3.) Jun 10.-Messrs. NORTON, TRIST, WATNEY & Co, at the Mart, at 2 pm., Freehold and Leasehold Properties (see advertisement, May 21, p. 4.)

LONDON GAZETTES.

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FRIDAY, May 27, 1881.

Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869.

Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar. To Surrender in London.

Bath, Michael Edward Lawrence, High Holborn, Cork Manufac turer. Pet May 24. Murray. June 17 at 11 Harvey,

and Francis Hoole Davids, Bishopsgate st Within, Auctioneers. Pet May 25. Brougham. June 21 at 11.30 Iago, Arthur John, Draper's gdus, Stock Broker. Pet May 25. Brougham. June 21 at 11

Ranwell, William, Cowper st, City rd, Packing Case Maker. Pet May 26. Hazlitt. June 15 at 12.30

Willis, John, Vere st, Clare Market, Leather Merchant. Pet May 23. Pepys. June 15 at 12

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Arbuthnot, William Robert, Great St. Helen's, Insurance Broker. June 14, at 2, at offices of Cooper Brothers and Co, George street, Mansion House. Astley Morris

Arnold, Robert Henry, High st, Peckham, Greengrocer. June 7, at 3, offices of Micklethwait, Red Lion sq

Atherley, George, the younger, West Bromwich, Stafford, Confec tioner. June 8, at 11, at offices of Hughes, High st, West Bromwich Ballard, Herbert, Cassland rd, South Hackney, Corn Factor's Clerk. June 9, at 2, at office of Ashwin, Garden-court. Temple Beake, Alfred, Canton, Cardiff, Boot and Shoe Maker. June 8, at 12, at office of Kennard, Queen st, Crockherbtown, Cardiff. Price, Cardiff

Behagg, William Ashley, Warboys, Huntingdon, Miller. June 13, at 12, at Pelican Inn, Warboys. Serjeant, Ramsey

Bevan, William, Bloxwich, Stafford, Harness Maker. June 10, at 11, at office of Stanley, Bridge st, Walsall

Blake, Samuel James, Bristol, Grocer. June 3, at 12, at offices of Bennett, Broad st, Bristol

Bridges, Thomas, Chatham, out of business. June 7, at 11, at offices of Norman. High st, Chatham

Brokoski, Constantine, Birmingham, Licensed Victualler. June 9, at 12, at offices of Hodgson and Haigh, Waterloo st, Birmingham Brown, Samuel Thomas, Birmingham, Tailor. June 8, at 2, at offices of Brown, Waterloo st, Birmingham

Coles, Jesse, Fareham, Hants, Pork Butcher. June 9, at 3, at Bugle
Hotel, West st, Fareham. King, Portsea

Collinge, Abraham, Castleton, near Rochdale, Lancaster, Farmer.
June 8, at 3, at offices of Watson, Church lane, Oldham
Conibear, John, Swansea, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer. June 7, at
12.30, office of Parsons, High st, Bristol. Hartland, Davies and
Isaac, Swansea

Cosham, Thomas, Carlton rd, Paddington, Baker. June 9, at 3, at offices of Anderson and Sons, Ironmonger lane

Coward, William, Pennington, Lancaster, Beerseller. June 9, at 3, at offices of Buckley, Bond st, Leigh

Cox, William, Leeds, Solicitor. June 7, at 11, at Brayshaw's Res taurant, Bridge st, Bradford. Grisdale, Leeds Coxhead, Frederick John, West Ferry rd, Millwall, Barge Builder, June 8, at 3, at Mullen's Hotel, Ironmonger lane. Hulbert, Coleman street

Cranke, William, Egrement, Cumberland, Labourer. June 8, at 12, at Shaw's King's Head Hotel, Broughton-in-Furness. Dickinson, Broughton-in-Furness.

Davey, Frederick Thomas, and Robert Lawson, Pocock st, Blackfriars rd, Hot Water Engineers. June 8 at 1, at offices of Waring, Blackman st. Southwark

Davies, William Henry, Wigan, Lancaster, Butcher. June 9, at 11, at office of Stuart, King st, Wigan

Eals, John, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, Grocer.

June 16, at 2, at

offices of Garrick, Lee and Sons, Haltwhistle Edwards, James, Tarporlay, Chester, Gentleman. June 14, at 1.30, at the Crewe Arms Hotel, Crewe. Paddock and Sons, Hanley Elford, Charles, Ilchester, Somerset, Baker. June 8, at 11, at offices of Watts, Yeovil

Elkington, William, Wolverhampton, Manufacturer of Washers. June 10, at 12, at offices of Underhill, Darlington st, Wolverhampton

Evans, George, Ludlow, Salop, Grocer. June 10, at 2, at offices of
Weyman, Mill st, Ludlow

Flaws, Gordon Graham, Bedford, Journalist.
George Hotel, Bedford. Jessopp, Bedford

June 8, at 4, at

Fletcher, Richard, and George Fletcher, Blackburn, Lancaster, Builders, June 10, at 3. at offices of Malam Brothers, Exchange flags, Blackburn

Gantlett, Henry, Chippenham, Wilts, Watchmaker's Assistant. June 10, at 4, at offices of Phillips and Son, Market place, Chippenham

Garner, Henry, Birmingham, Cooper. June 4, at 10, at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham

Gerhold, Heinrich, Cumberland market, Regent's park, French Cabinet Maker. June 8, at 2, at offices of Lea, Old Jewry chambers Gibson, James, Penrith, Cumberland, Innkeeper. June 8, at 2.30, at the office of Arnison, St. Andrew's place, Penrith Gittus, John, Inkberrow, Worcester, Licensed Victualler. June 3, at 3, at the offices of Simmons, Evesham st, Redditch Goodwin, George, Worcester, Grocer. June 10, at 11, at offices of Allen and Beauchamp, Sansome place, Worcester Grice, Edwin, Kingswinford, Stafford, Grocer. the office of Waldron, High st, Brierly Hill Halliday, Thomas Cochran, Hulme, Manchester, Draper. June 14, at 3, at offices of Boote and Edgar, Booth st, Manchester Halstead, Henry, Worsthorne, near Burnley, Lancaster, StoneIcason. June 11, at 11, at the office of Hodgson, Grimshawe st, Burnley

June 8, at 10.30, at

Harris, Francis, Birmingham, Fancy Draper. June 9, at 3, at the Great Western Hotel, Monmouth st, Birmingham. Fitter, Birmingham

Hayes, Henry, the younger, Sheffield, Grocer. June 10, at 3, at offices of Branson, Son and Coombe, Bank street, Sheffield Haynes, Frank, Offord rd, Barnsbury, Plumber. June 8, at 3, at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet st. St. Aubin Angove, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet st

Hayward, Augustus, Poland st, Oxford st, Licensed Victualler. June 8, at 3, at offices of Shearer, Basinghall st. Prockter and Andrews, Princes st, Spitalfields

Heap, Thomas, Manchester, Yarn Agent. June 7, at 11, at offices of Heath and Sons, Swan st, Manchester

Heath, Albert Austin, and George Scott, Stafford, Shoe Manufac turers. June 9, at 3, at the Vine Hotel, Stafford. Morgan, Stafford

Heselgrave, Charles Coulam, Dorking, Surrey, Builder. June 14, at 2, at the Cannon Street Station Hotel, Cannon st. Hart, Hart and Marten, Dorking

Higgins, John, Hanslope, Northampton, Licensed Victualler. June 9, at 11, at the office of Andrew, Market square, Northampton

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