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observed that they had been taught that men should scorn delights, and live laborious days," but he might say of his friends in the House of Commons, and particularly in the presence of the head of the bar, that the poet's measure might be altered to "he scorns delights and lives laborious days and nights." The labours of the bar, as they all knew, were not of the smallest. Mr. Justice Williams had just told them how his labours, and those of the bench in general, had been increased by the changes brought about by the Judicature Act. He might say, with regard to the bar, that the same Act had largely increased their work, and especially was this the case with respect to those who, like himself, practised in the Chancery Division of the High Court. In the by-gone times, in conducting a case, it was not thought necessary to study the affidavits in any case, unless, indeed, the barrister happened to be a very young man, and had nothing much to do; but if he were a big man he might take some such course as that in which a leader, having to conduct a case in the court of Vice-Chancellor Wood, which depended upon affidavits, had to attend a consultation, and he was asked if his attention had been directed to 8 particular affidavit which was thought to contain the turning point of the whole case. He was asked to read the affidavit, and replied that he would, and asked whether it required reading more than once. "No, only once," was the answer. "Then," said Sir John, "I will take care to read it to the Vice-Chancellor." those good old times were passed away, and now there were positively witnesses in chancery who sometimes deceived themselves, and sometimes the suitors on whose behalf they were called, or perhaps more frequently still, they succeeded in deceiving no one until they got into the witness-box. Then, again, the przes which were at one time open to the members of the bar had decreased in number. gress of legal scientific discovery was exactly the reverse of the progress of scientific discovery in astronomy. The astronomers had been engaged for many years in resolving what appeared as single stars into groups of two, three, and four, and sometimes even constellations. But in the law the triplets and doubles had been reduced into ones by an exactly opposite process, and at length they were left with one Chief Justice. It was a great satisfaction to feel that barristers possessed the good opinion of solicitors, and to know that they were doing their work quietly, and to the best of their ability. Knowing this, they were not so much affected when verdicts and judgments went against them, so long as they had the good opinion of those most competent to judge as to whether they had satisfactorily performed their duty.

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The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening, "The Solicitors' Benevolent Association, and may prosperity attend it," which was received with acclamation. He said: Upon the present occasion I will ask to be permitted to depart from the conventional tone usually adopted at these meetings, and will speak to you as one friend speaks to another. I speak thus, not only because I see around me some of those who remind me of the earliest days of my active life-almost of the days of my boyhood-not only because I have around me those who have been my friends-my sincere friends, in later life-but because it happens that in the profession which is our common profession, some eight or nine years ago it occurred to some of us-Lord Coleridge, Mr. Justice Manisty, and the late Lord Justice Thesiger-that it was requisite, in the interests of the branch of the profession to which we belong that we should establish an association having for its object the relief of the necessities of those who had not been SO fortunate in life as some of us. And to-night we who are here have one common desire, and one common hope, that we may do some good to those who have not succeeded so well as ourselves. In every other profession, or calling, as far as I know, those who represent its interests in its charities appeal for assistance, not only to their own body, but to the general public. The artists claim the benefit they confer upon their fellow-creatures, and ask as a requital for charity from others than themselves. Literary men, again, year after after year, gather together, and tell what literature does for the advantage of their fellow-men, and, in return, for the solace and the benefit derived therefrom, ask for charity on behalf of those belonging to their profession. Even last night, I think, it was a Cabdrivers' Benevolent Association which appealed for help, with the assistance of a royal duke, who presided at a meeting at

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which there was not one cabdriver to listen to the eloquence that came from his lips. But the legal profession never appeals to anyone except to its own members. I scarcely know why, unless it is from a consideration of the want of justice exhibited by the public in their consideration towards We can scarcely expect charity from those who never give us even justice, and who, when they speak of us in relation to the suitor, generally refer to the oft-quoted case of the oyster and the shell. We always say, in the House of Commons, that our profession is well able to take care of itself, and it is this feeling which affects us in the eyes of the public. But, I am sure, those who are with me recognize the fact that our profession is subject, not only to temptation, and to opportunity, but also to vicissitudes with which no other profession is acquainted. The solicitor branch of the profession have constituted a body, the like of which exists in no other profession. The Incorporated Law Society aims jealously, not at palliating offences committed by solicitors, but at punishing those who do wrong; and there is no profession, save one, whose members bring to justice the man who commits the slightest error without asking for pity or consideration for him. The judgment that is passed upon us does not depend upon those earnest labours, upon those confidences as sacred as those with which the physician strives to deal, almost as sacred as those of the priest who seeks to save all these strict performances of duty are not considered, but those comparatively isolated cases of yielding to temptation are held up as the standard of the morality of the profession, and we are subjected to the criticism and condemnation which results from instances which are viewed by the profession with abhorence. To give an instance, which happened only two hours since, of the injustice with which our legal profession is daily subjected. I heard a most distinguished American and a no less distinguished Englishman talking upon the subject of legal reform, and the Englishman said that we had always a difficulty in obtaining a legal reform because vested interests prevented it, and that we could get no advantage for the public in connection with the conveyance of real property, because we required long requisitions on title and long forms of conveyances for the benefit of the profession. I could not help telling the American that he must remember that when he asked members of our profession to shorten everything, and if they made the slightest mistake they were liable for the whole value of the property. when I hear censures of this kind thrown broadcast upon the profession I cannot help wishing that those who make them, whether applied to solicitors or the bar, would recollect that they were responsible to the fullest extent of protecting property and character, and sometimes even life; and then consider how difficult it is to perform the duties that are cast upon us in the carrying out of our profession. Forgive me for speaking thus, because I feel how little we may expect from the public, who are always inclined to deal out the scantiest justice to us. There is, however, a more pleasing subject on which I have to speak the charity whose anniversary festival we are met to celebrate to-night. I am going to make use of words which I am certain will appear very strange to you. I would advise those who administer this charity to be neglectful of every rule which governs them in the ordinary business of life; and I ask them to be improvident to a degree. I would advise them to scatter the largesse of this charity broadcast, because in so doing they will not only be doing immediate good, but they will be This charity has strengthening its foundations. old age to look forward to, but will be always young, and you will have no rainy day to provide for. Your necessities will never be greater than they are at the present moment, and you will always find someone wanting your assistance as much now as in the future. Your future will provide for itself, and the more you show your ability in the cause of charity in the present time, the more you will be able to accomplish in the future. No charity is ever successful until it gets into debt and wants help, and the moment that you want help you will obtain it. I see, almost with regret, in looking at your satisfactory balance sheet that you can point to a large amount of stock which belongs to the association. As long as this is the case, your subscribers will say, more do you want? If you have £30,000 invested, it proves that your subscriptions are more than you require, and that you do not want more subscribers." If you become rich you

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will at that moment become poor in your subscriptions. This feeling has been most strongly impressed upon me with regard to a matter connected with the society to which I have already referred--the Barristers' Benevolent Society. Some two years ago a most distinguished man in the profession, a distinguished colonial judge, died. He had added much to our literature and done much for our profession, and he left a large family without the slightest provision. No reflection could be cast upon him, but so it was. A committee of the Barristers' Benevolent Society was summoned, and I saw the opportunity that was offered of appealing specially to her Majesty's judges in particular in respect to this case; and although there were some timid spirits around me, I prevailed upon those present in twenty minutes' time to vote £1,000 to the relief of the family, and undertook that if more help was needed it should be forthcoming. When I pointed out that we could find this help in our rich profession, one or two timid voices questioned it. What was the result? In six months we could point to £4,000 as the outcome of the £1,000 expended as I have stated; because we could tell everyone that we had taken all this private contribution under our own care and were willing, not only to find a certain sum of money, but to administer it with that care which only such associations as this are able in their collective capacities to render. This association especially ought to feel assured that whatever it spends will be replaced, because it will be to everybody a proof that it is dealing with the present and leaving the future to itself, and there will always be men as charitable as we are and as proud of what this association has done as any of us can be. Twenty years ago £10 was the amount given away during the year. Last year it was £2,500. If we who are here are proud of this to-night, those who come after us will be prond of a still greater increase. There are men amongst us who have been very successful, and it would be ungrateful of them if they were not to make some acknowledgment in return. Let me ask those around me at this table who have met with good fortune if they know any experience more satisfactory that the knowledge that they have helped those who have been less successful-that they have been able to hold out a hand to their forlorn and shipwrecked brother, who has not had the happiness of sailing in the fair waters in which they have floated. Have they not been proud and happy to render assistance to the members of their own profession who have not been so successful as they? I sometimes have to ask for justice, and it is very easy indeed to ask for charity. It will be of no avail for me to make a personal appeal or to give expression to my personal feelings. Were I to do so I would only say, Let us who have, find enjoyment in the giving to those who deserve it. I only know that those are the happy days in which I have felt that I have done some good to those who have needed it. I am speaking in the spirit in which I am asking you to listen to me. We should be proud that we are enabled, through the society whose anniversary we eelebrate to-night, to feel that without hurting the feelings of men who are as sensitive as ourselves, and whose position ought to be as much a matter of consideration as our own, we are assisting in solacing the failing hours and the failing days of many a man who has been associated with us in our own early days, and who only wanted one thing to place him on an equality with us-namely, the good fortune which we have enjoyed. I hope you will forgive me if I have wandered away from the conventional track in proposing the toast. I have entered into common questions and I have endeavoured to express to you how entirely, how earnestly, I sympathize with the object of the association, and I hope we may rise to sufficient enthusiasm to prove at least

our earnestness for its success.

Mr. W. MELMOTH WALTERS in proposing "The Visitors" remarked with pleasure upon the fact that the association still maintained its influence over the whole country, and was glad to state that its numbers were constantly increasing. This was owing in part to the dinners and also to the active way in which the secretary performed his duties. They had the honour of being presided over by a distinguished chairman, and they were glad to see that their friend Mr. Dodds found the opportunity in the midst of his multifarious duties to come amongst them and to endeavour to remove the stigma which attached to solicitors in the mind of the public that they wanted to make long drafts and long pleas. Mr. Dodds had been one of the most active members of the Council of the

Incorporated Law Society in the consideration of Lord Cairns' Conveyancing Bill, which had for its object the

reduction of conveyances to a length of about two and a half inches. The council had taken up that Bill with the greatest vigour, and it had been carried it would have reformed the land laws of the country. Solicitors always were of opinion that what was for the benefit of the public was also for their own benefit, and that if litigation were made cheaper and more speedy, although their profits would be reduced in proportion, yet they would have more work and quicker returns. They had also amongst them that evening distinguished presidents of provincial law societies, and what gave him the greatest satisfaction was the fact that these gentlemen on the bench, these gentlemen at the bar-at the head of the bar-these gentlemen at the head of the country law societies, these gentlemen in Parliament and on the Council of the Incorporated Law Society-all of whom had not the ghost of an idea that it would ever be necessary for them to apply to the associa. tion for assistance, attended at these festivals and were staunch supporters of the association-not because of any benefit that they could derive from it personally, but because they were anxious to stretch out the right hand of sympathy to the poorer members of their profession. It was a pleasant thing to observe the men who had climbed the high position to which they had attained, not kicking to the topmost rang of the ladder and who were safe in the ladder away, but doing their best to assist those who were still struggling at the buttom of it. Mr. OWEN briefly replied.

in submitting The Chairman of the evening," remarked Mr. LEWIS (Chairman of the Committee of Management), that he occupied a position second to none in the whole profession of the law-one which had been filled in by-gone days by some of the ablest men whose history had ever adorned the annals of Westminster Hall; and, looking at the ability and energy displayed by their chairman, they would have no difficulty in predicting that the dignity and honour of the office would never fail in his hands. He (Mr. Lewis) had had the honour of being present at every banquet of the association; but he could not help observing that never had it been his lot, on any of these occasions, to listen to so able an address of the chairman with reference to the expenditure of the as that which they had heard that evening. The opinions funds of the association exactly coincided with his own, and he had always urged upon the board the adoption of the plan which they had heard recommended by the chairman. In his opinion, charities were never in a better condition than when they were in debt; but, unfortunately for the that the sooner that was got rid of, and an appeal made to association, there were £30,000 in hand, and he thought the profession at large, the better for all concerned.

The toast was honoured with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compliment, observed that he was reminded of how much he owed to the profession, which he felt he could never repay. The profession was nothing unless it existed for the public be nefit, and he was sure its members were most happy when they were engaged in promoting the good of their fellow

creatures.

The donations received during the evening amounted to £400; and it was announced that twenty-one new life members, and sixty-five new annual members of the assoc a:ion, had been enrolled at the meeting.

Madame Worrell, Miss Marian Burton, Mr. Harper KearAn excellent programme of music was performed by ton, and Mr. Frederick Beavan, under the direction of Mr. John Davis, who presided at the pianoforte. Mr. Harradine was the toastmaster.

KENT LAW SOCIETY.

The annual general meeting of the Kent Law Society was held at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Monday, the 13th of June, 'under the presidency of Mr. G. F. CARNELL, of Sevenoaks, the president for the year.

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Amongst the members present we noticed Mr. Carnell (Sevenoaks), Mr. Cripps (Tunbridge Wells), Mr. Hoare, Mr. Hoare, jun., Mr. King, Mr. Mempses, Mr. Tatham, Mr. C. A. Case (Maidstone), Mr. Stringer (Hythe), Mr. Tasker (Dartford), Mr. Bassett and Mr. Arnold (Rochester), Mr. Tassell, Mr. Bathurst (Faversham), Mr. Girand and Mr. Knocker (Dover), Mr. Norwood (Ashford), Mr. Crary (Canterbury), Mr. Norton (Town Malling), Mr. Bristow, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Batchelor, Mr. Saw, sen., Mr. Saw, juo

(Greenwich), Mr. Hallett (Ashford), Mr. Wightwick (Folkestone), Mr. Winch (Chatham), Mr. Hinds (Goudhurst), Mr. Daniels (Ramsgate), &c., &c.

The accounts of the treasurer and bills were audited.

Mr. Cripps, of Tunbridge Wells, was chosen president, and Mr. Knocker, of Sevenoaks, vice-president, for the ensuing year.

The place of meeting for the next year was fixed at Tunbridge Wells, and the committee for the ensuing year was appointed.

The president then presented to the late treasurer, Mr. Hoare, of Maidstone, in the name of the members of the society, a testimonial, consisting of a very handsome silver dinner service, for his valuable assistance as treasurer of the society for twenty-nine years, stating his father had occupied that position before him for the period of twenty-four years. Mr. Henry Banell Bradley, of Folkestone; Mr. Alfred Drake Brookman, of Folkestone; Mr. Lewis James Drake Brockman, of Folkestone; Mr. Frederick Johnson, of Faversham; Mr. Vernon Edwin Knocker, of Dover; Mr. Frederick Mitchell, of Gravesend; Mr. Edward Norwood, of Charing; Mr. Charles Norwood, of Ashford; Mr. Reginald Wilson Pearless, of Tunbridge Wells; Mr. Howard Russel, of Rochester; Mr. Percy Edward Sankey, of Margate; and Mr. Walter Strouts, of Sittingbourne, were duly elected as members of the society.

The meeting then proceeded to discuss the several Bills in Parliament affecting solicitors, and after other business adjourned until four o'clock, when the members dined together at the Pavilion, Mr. Carnell, the president, being in the chair.

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. WILLIAM N. A. DANIEL, Solicitor, of No. 5, Plowdenbuildings, Temple, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. HENRY MEESON MORRIS, solicitor, of Shrewsbury, has been appointed Clerk to the Magistrates for the Condover Division of Shropshire, in succession to Mr. William Salt, deceased. Mr. Morris was admitted a solicitor in 1873. He is also clerk to the Condover Highway Board, and to the Commissioners of Taxes for the Condover and Chirbury Divisions.

Mr. JOHN EDWARDS PRICE, solicitor, Newent, Gloucestershire, has been appointed a Commissioner for taking the Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women for the County of Gloucester.

Mr. FRANCIS ROXBURGH, Q.C., has been appointed Judge of County Courts for Circuit No. 33, in succession to Mr. Samuel Boteler Bristowe, Q.C., who has been transferred to Circuit No. 18. Mr. Roxburgh was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Michaelmas Term, 1845. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1866, and has practised for several years in the Rolls Court. He is recorder of the borough of Aldborough, a magistrate for the county of Suffolk, and a bencher of the Middle Temple.

Mr. JOHN TUDOR, solicitor (of the firm of Cobb & Tudor), of Brecon, has been elected Clerk to the Brecon School Board. Mr. Tudor was admitted a solicitor in 1873.

Mr. T. G. VICKERY, solicitor, of Church-court Chambers, Old Jewry, London, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. JOHN WHITHAM, solicitor, of Ripon, has been elected Clerk to the Magistrates for that city, in succession to Mr. Richard Ward Nicholson, deceased. Mr. Whitham was admitted a solicitor in 1875. He is in partnership with Mr. John Frederick Augustus Coppin, who is chapter clerk of Ripon Cathedral, and registrar of the Ripon County Court.

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CLIVIGER COTTON SHED COMPANY, LIMITED.-The Master of the Rolls has fixed June 28 at 11 for the appointment of an official liquidator EAST LONDON GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY, LIMITED.-The Master of the Rolls has appointed June 22 at 11 for the appointment of an official liquidator

RYE VALE DISTILLERIES COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented June 15, directed to be heard before V.C. Hall on July 1. Ellen, Chancery lane, solicitor for the petitioners SUTTON PARK CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented June 14, directed to be heard before the M.R. on June 25. Robinson and Co, Lincoln's inn fields, for Fitter, Birmingham, solicitor for the petitioners TRAMWAYS SHARE INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.-V.C. Bacon has, by an order dated Jan 29, appointed Harold Marlboro' Carter, Clarence chambers, King William st, to be official liquidator. Creditors are required, on or before July 7, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts and claims, to the above. July 18 at 12 is appointed,for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims

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INDIAN MAMMOTH GOLD MINES, LIMITED.-The M.R. has fixed June 29 at 12 for the appointment of an official liquidator SCOTTISH PETROLEUM COMPAAY, LIMITED.-V.C. Hall has fixed June 29 at 12 at his chambers in the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, for the appointment of an official liquidator WHITCHURCH AND ELLESMERE BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED.Petiton for winding up presented June 17, directed to be heard before V.C. Hall, on July 8. Cunliffe and Co, Chancery lane, agents for Churton, Chester, solicitor for the petitioner ¡Gazette, June 21.]

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DISSOLVED. SOCIETY OF TRADESMEN, Market Tavern, Abercarn, Monmouth, June 14 [Gazette, June 17.]

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Local Government (Gas) Provisional Order, Enclosure Provisional Order (Thurstaston Common).

BILLS READ A THIRD TIME. PRIVATE BILLS.-Sectional or Block Buildings Management.

Land Drainage Provisional Orders.

JUNE 20.-BILL IN COMMITTEE. Land Tax Commissioners' Names.

BILLS READ A THIRD TIME. PRIVATE BILLS.-Charnwood Forest Railway (Deviation, &c.), Lancashire County Justices. Local Government (Gas) Provisional Order, Local Government Provisional Order (Birmingham).

JUNE 21.-BILLS READ A SECOND TIME.
PRIVATE BILL.-Croker Estate.

Post Office Land Consolidated Fund (No. 3).
BILLS READ A THIRD TIME.

PRIVATE BILLS.-Watford and Rickmansworth Railway Swansea Corporation Loans, Kingston-upon-Hull Corpora tion (Loans, &o.)

Land Tax Commissioners' Names.

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BILL READ A THIRD TIME. PRIVATE BILL.-Standard Bank of British South Africa (Limited).

BILL READ A FIRST TIME.

Bill to amend the Law respecting the Regulation of Her Majesty's Forces, and to amend the Army Discipline and Regulation Act, 1879 (Mr. Childers).

BILLS READ A THIRD TIME.

PRIVATE BILLS.-Witham Drainage, Local Government Provisional Orders (Acton, &c.), Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation.

Summary Jurisdiction (Process).

JUNE 23.-BILL READ A SECOND TIME.

Parliamentary Registration.

BILL IN COMMITTEE.

Copyhold Enfranchisement.

BILL READ A FIRST TIME.

Bill to alter the Law relating to the Use of Gunpowder in certain Stratified Ironstone Mines (Mr. Pease).

CREDITORS' CLAIMS.

CREDITORS UNDER ESTATES IN CHANCERY. LAST DAY OF PROOF.

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BARNARD, JOHN WILLIAM, Reymerstone, Norfolk, Farmer.
17. Barnard v Barnard, M.R. Taylor and Sons, Norwich
DRUCE, WALTER THOMAS, Clifton hill, St John's Wood, Gent. June
17. Woodrooffe v Druce, M.R. Evans, Eastcheap
HOPPERTON, GEORGE, Plumstead, Builder. May 30. Hopperton v
Martir V.C. Hall. Arnold, Townhall chbrs, Southwark
KNOWLES, JOHN, Liverpool. Gent. June 9. Dodson v Turner, V.C.
Hall. Peacock and Co, Liverpool

PROWETT, ROBERT, Richmond, Gent. June 21. Colman v Jephson,
V.C. Hall. Parton, Rood lane, Fenchurch st

ROBINSON, FRANCIS, Filey, York, Farmer. June 17. Megginson v Robinson, M.R. Graham, Scarborough

SAUNDERS, THOMAS, Bath, Licensed Victualler. June 23. West of England and South Wales District Bank v Saunders, Fry, J. Bobbett, Bristol

June 17.

WALKER, WILLIAM, sen., Manchester, Wire Maker.
Walker v Grime, V.C. Bacon. Waddington, Manchester
WHITE, JAMES DANIEL, Darenth, Kent, Market Gardener. June 7.
Hollands v White, M.R. Hayward, Dartford
WINNIATT, WILLIAM, St Andrew's park, Bristol. June 16. France
v France, V.C. Bacon. Salmon, Bristol

[Gazette, May 20.]

CHATTERTON, GEORGE, Coniston, Holderness. York, Farmer. June 27. Chatterton v. Chatterton, Fry, J. Park, Kingston-upon

Hull

KIRK, JOHN, Louth, Lincoln, Gent. June 20. Kirk v Kirk, Fry, J. Wilson, Louth

CHATTOCK, JOHN BELLETT, Sampford, Arundel, Somerset, 'Gent. June 4. Shattock v Shattock, V.C. Bacon. Bristow, John st, Adelphi

TAYLOR, THOMAS, Southport, Gent. June 20. Taylor v Taylor, M.R. Storer, Manchester

WRIGHT, WILLIAM, Edith ter, Fulham, Butcher. June 15. Wright v Crowle, V.C. Hall. Noon and Clarke. Blomfield st

[Gazette, May 24.] GRAHAM, FERGCS JAMES, Pau, Republic of France, Esq. June 23. Graham v James, V.C. Hall. Williams and Co, Lincoln's-innfields [Gazette, May 27.1 ALLWOOD, SAVILLE, Nottingham, Coal Merchant. June 28. Allwood v Belk, M.R.

BEAMENT, GEORGE, St Alban's, Farmer. July 1. Midwinter y
Beament, V.C, Hall. Stocken and Jupp, Lime st sq
CLIFTON, THOMAS, Oldham, Draper. June 30. Hoare v Fitton, Fry,
J. Clark, Oldham

Buxton v

June 29.

June 27.

GANT, WILLIAM, Mileham, Norfolk, Farmer. June 29.
Gant, M.R. Barton, East Dereham
HALL, JOHN STURDY, Sibthorpe, Nottingham, Maltster.
Hall v Snow, V.C. Hall. Tallents, Newark-upon-Trent
HEGINBOTTOM, JOHN, Withington, Lancaster, Gent.
Heginbottom v Willans, M.R. March, Rochdale
HUTCHINSON, JAMES, Horsforth, nr Leeds, Innkeeper. June 30.
Bailey v Hudson, M.R. Ridsdale, jun, Gray's inn sq
KERBY, EDMUND, Lanark villas, Maida Vale, Gert. June 30. Kerby
Neal, Fry, J. Neal, Old Jewry

MINIFIE, WILLIAM. Kidderminster, Gent.
Minifie, Fry, J. Gardner, Bewdley
STANDINGFORD, CHARLOTTE ANN, Maldon, Essex. June 30.
Gutteridge, V.C. Hall. Evans, Maldon
STOKELY, TRAFALGAR, Brisley, Norfolk, Innkeeper. June 28.
v Stokely, M. R. Girling, East Dereham

June 20.

Minifie v

Snell v

Ray [Gazette, May 31.]

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BATESON, WILLIAM GANDY, Liverpool, Solicitor. July 30. Bateson and Co, Liverpool

BOBY, WILLIAM, Willisham Hall, Suffolk, Gent. July 1. Hayward and Sons, Needham Market

BRINTON, RICHARD JAMES WILLIAM, Birmingham, Iron Merchant. July 26. Mason, Birmingham

CARRINGTON, HENRY, Great Cornard, Suffolk, Yeoman. Aug 1. Andrewes and Co, Sudbury

CHITTY, THOMAS BURRIDGE, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Gent. July 30. Burridge, Shaftesbury

COLLIER, ERWARD, Standish with Langtree, Lancaster, Painter. June 26. Scott and Ellis, Wigan.

COLSON, WILLIAM, Northampton, Pork Butcher. June 25. Becke and Green, Northampton

CROSSLAND, JOSEPH TAYLOR, Masborough, York, Innkeeper. July 15. Pashley, Rotherham

DUNN, HANNAH, Buxton, Derby. June 30. Mair and Co, Maccles field

EDWARDS, WILLIAM, Dudbrook, Gloucester, Stone Mason. July 1. Smith, Winchcomb

FENTON, WILLIAM, Cleckheaton, York, Butcher. June 30. Yew. dall and Son, Bradford

FISH, THOMAS SKELHORN, Clifton. Lancaster, Farmer. July 1. Chapman and Co, Manchester

FREELING, CHARLES RIVERS, New sq, Lincoln's inn, Esq. July 1.. Guscotte and Co, Essex st, Strand

GAGGS, THOMAS EDWARD, Howden, York, a Retired Captain, July 1. Bescoby, Retford

GARDNER, AMELIA LYDIA SOPHIA, Lee, Kent. July 9. Flint, St Helen's pl, Bishopsgate

HALL, LAWRENCE, Radcliffe, Lancaster, Manufacturer. Aug 20. Ashworth and Inman, Manchester

HEWETSON, THOMAS, Tottenham court rd, Esq. July 31. Shepheard and Sons, Finsbury circus

HILLS, WILLIAM, North Charlton, Northumberland, Farmer. July 1. Nicholson, Morpeth

HOGG, EDWARD, Low Teams, Durham, Farmer. July 1. Stanford, Newcastle upon Tyne

JERVOISE, FRANCIS JERVOISE ELLIS, Herriard Park, Hants, Esq. Aug 1. Whatman, Salisbury

JOHNSON, RICHARD, Kemnal Manor, Chislehurst, Kent, Wire Manufacturer. Aug 6. Sale and Co, Manchester

JONES, SARAH ANNE, Prince of Wales rd, Kentish Town. July 16,
Prior and Co, Lincoln's inn fields

KILLICK, WILLIAM, Bishop's Waltham, Gent.
Bishop's Waltham

LAW, PHILLIS, Barnstaple, Devon. July 16.
Barnstaple

LOWE, ELIZA FRANCES, Hove, Sussex. July 3.
Inner Temple

Aug 16. Hewitt,

Law and Brewer,

Lowe, Temple guns,

LLOYD, ALFRED KIRKMAN, Sheerness, Kent, Captain in the Royal Artillery. July 15. Brundrett and Co, King's Bench walk,

Temple

MACKERETH, Rev MILES, Patrington in Holderness, York, Clerk.
June 30. Watson and Son, Hull

MEYER, VICTOR WALDEMAR, Leighton grove, Kentish Town, Gent.
July 20. Ware and Hawes, Great Winchester st
NEWHAM, GEORGE, Kingston upon Hull, Corn Meter. Sept 1. Goy
and Cross, Barton upon Humber

OLDHAM, RITON, West Hartlepool, Durham, Esq, J.P., F.R.C.S.
July 4. Brunton, West Hartlepool

PHIPPS, ANNA MARIA, Chichester. July 2. Raper and Freeland, Chichester

PLANT, ROBERT HENRY, Worksop, Nottingham, Draper. Aug 1. Coulson, Worksop

READ, WILLIAM HENRY, Cambridge gdns West, Notting Hill, Esq. Aug 10. Taylor and Co, Furnival's inn

SHELTON, ELIZA, Halsey st, Chelsea. July 1. Child, William st, Albert Gate

SMART, JOHN, Kingston upon Hull, Gent. July 1. Martinson, Hul STANLEY, NAOMI, Sedgley, Stafford. June 6. Tinsley, Sedgley STRATON, EDWARD, Captain in Her Majesty's 22nd Regiment. July 1. Balfour Straton, Parkside, Beckenham

TIERNEY, JAMES, Birmingham, Tobacconist. July 26. Mason, Bir. mingham

VANDY, CHARLES, St Croan's rd, Westbourne Park, Printer. June 30. Pownall and Co, Staple inn

WALKER, SARAH, Huddersfield. July 1. Ainley and Hall, Hudders

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ADAMS, GEORGE, Dover, Gent. July 15. Carder, Dover BARNES, RICHARD BOOTH, Pits-o'-th'-Moor, Bury, Lancaster, Innkeeper. July 2. Grundy, Bury

BIGG, WILLIAM, Swallowfield, Northurst, nr Horsham, Sussex, Esq. July 1. Parker and Co, St Paul's churchyard

BROWN, AARON ALFRED, Hartfield Allerton, Lancaster, Merchant, Aug 2. Radcliffe and Smith, Liverpool

CROLL, ALEXANDER, Grange rd, Upper Norwood, Esq. July 16, Clift, Cheapside

ELTON, EDWARD, Bury, Lancaster. July 2. Grundy, Bury FALCONER, RANDLE WILBRAHAM, Bath, M.D. July 12. Inman anl Inman, Bath

FINDLAY, JOSEPH GARDINER, Newgate st, Esq. July 15. Rivington and Son, Fenchurch bldgs

FRENCH, WILLIAM, Newport, I.W., Gent July 16. Pittis, Newport
GARDNER, THOMAS WILLIAM, Osnaburgh st, Regent's pk, Ge
Aug 1. Comins. Gt Portland st

GOODE, WILLIAM, Norden ct, Hendon, Esq.
Edwards, Gt St Helen's

GOULTER, JAMES, Kingston-on-Thames, Gent.
Durham, Kingston-on-Thames

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Aug 8. Phillips July 1. Parkers, July 30. Davies and Rhodes and

STOTHARD, EMMA MARY, Bognor, Sussex. July 30.
Son, Chancery lane

TAYLOR, JOHN, Stourport, Worcester, Dyer. July 9. Watson,
Stourpor

TESKEY, ANN, Ann's pl, Deptford. Aug 1. Bristow, Adelphi THWAITES, THOMAS, Bury, Lancaster, Gent. July 2. Grundy, Bury WALKER, ANN, Chollerford, Northumberland. Aug 1. Mason, Gt George st, Westminster

WALNE, Rev. THOMAS RANDALL, Gt Easton, Essex. July 18. Hill and Co, Old Broad st

WATERHOUSE, Rev. OSWALD, Altrincham, Chester. July 20. Nicholls and Co, Altrincham

WATSON, ABRAHAM, Bucks, Gent. July 16. Goldring and Mitchell, Southampton st, Bloomsbury

WENSLEYDALE, the Hight Hon. CECILIA ARABELLA FRANCES, Baroness, Ampthill pk, Bedford. July 1. Bowlings and Co, Essex st, Strand

WILLIAMS, EDWARD MAUNSELL, Fairford, Gloucester, Esq. July 30. Young and Co, Mildred's ct, Poultry

WISE, ANNA MARY, Reigate, Surrey. July 16. Hand and Co, Stafford

WOOLHOUSE, JOHN, Southorpe, Northampton, Farmer. Aug 12. English, Broad st, Stamford

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NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-(Lord Coleridge, C.J., and Lopes, J.) -Carlisle, Wednesday, July 6; Appleby, Friday, July 8; Lancaster, Saturday, July 9; Manchester, Wednesday, July 13; Liverpool, Tuesday, July 26.

SOUTH-EASTERN CIRCUIT.-(Bramwell, L.J., and Denman, J.)-Lewes, Tuesday, July 5; Maidstone, Monday, July 11; Hertford, Monday, July 18; Chelmsford, Wednesday, July 20; Huntingdon, Tuesday, July 26; Cambridge, Thursday, July 28; Bury St. Edmunds, Monday, August 1; Norwich, Thursday, August 4.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.-(Lush, L.J., and Manisty, J.)— Salisbury, Wednesday, July 6; Winchester, Saturday, July 9 Dorchester, Saturday, July 16; Exeter, Wednesday, July 20; Bodmin, Wednesday, July 27; Wells, Saturday, July 30; Bristol, Thursday, August 4.

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.-(Baggallay, L.J.)-Newtown, Monday, July 4; Dolgelly, Thursday, July 7; Carnarvon, Monday, July 11; Beaumaris, Friday, July 15; Ruthin, Monday, July 18; Mold, Thursday, July 21; Chester, Saturday, July 23; Swansea, Saturday, July 30.

SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.-(Pollock, B.)-Haverfordwest, Thursday, July 7; Cardigan, Monday, July 11; Carmarthen, Wednesday, July 13; Brecon, Monday, July 18; Presteign, Thursday, July 21; Chester, Saturday, July 23; Swansea, Saturday, July 30.

NORTH-EASTERN CIRCUIT.-(Hawkins, J., and Kay, J.) -Newcastle, Thursday, July 7; Durham, Wednesday, July 13; York, Tuesday, July 19; Leeds, Monday, July 25. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-(Stephen, J., and Williams, J.)— Aylesbury, Monday, July 4; Bedford, Thursday, July 7; Northamp on, Monday, July 11; Leicester, Friday, July 15; Oakham, Tuesday, July 19; Lincoln, Wednesday, July 20; Notting bam, Tuesday, July 26; Derby, Satur day, July 30; Warwick, Thursday, August 4.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-(Mathew, J., and Cave, J.)-Reading, Thursday, June 30; Oxford, Saturday, July 2; Worcester, Wednesday, July 6; Stafford, Monday, July 11; Shrewsbury, Thursday, July 21; Hereford, Monday, July 25; Monmouth, Thursday, July 28; Gloucester, Monday, August 1.

Field, Grove, Lindley, and Bowen, JJ., and Huddleston, B., will remain in town, and the last-named, with another judge, will attend the Surrey Assizes, which will be held at Croydon, but the commission day for which has not yet been fixed.

The prospectus has been issued of the Law Stationery, Lithographic and General Printing Company (Limited), capital £25,000, in 25,000 shares of £1 each. The company is started to undertake printing, copying, engrossing, &c. The founder, whose services have been secured as manager, transfers to the company the premises in Chancery-lane, now occupied by him, in consideration of receiving £500 in cash and 1,000 fully paid-up shares. No other promotion money has or will be paid.

A prospectus has been privately circulated of the Royal Courts of Justice Chambers Company (Limited), having for its object the erection of a large building in the Strand, immediately opposite the main entrance to the New Law Courts, for the accommodation, by means of suites of offices, of members of the legal profession. It is intended to provide a large room on the first floor for a subscription room and law library, for the use of the profession only, and there will be a number of rooms set apart for conferences, &c. The building will also have electric communication with the Law Courts, by means of which the progress of the different suits will be ascertainable at all times of the day. The ground floor and basement are to be devoted to the purposes of a restaurant and luncheon bar, capable of accommodating about 350 persons at one time.

In the Queen's Bench Division on the 17th inst., says the Times, a question of some interest and of some importance to the bar was raised. Under the new practice cases to be moved or brought on upon motions are put into a list and brought on in their order. The indirect effect of this has been found to be that cases moved by juniors may come on before cases moved by seniors, and that thus Queen's Counsel are deprived of their precedence over other members of the bar and seniors lose their precedence over juniors. This consequence may not have been contemplated when the new practice was resorted to, and certainly was not discussed, though it has been more than once mentioned. To-day, Mr. Aspinall, Q.C., and Mr. Wills, Q.C., who were counsel in One of the cases in the list, claimed to bring it on before the others by right of seniority and rank; but the Court said the rule was that cases in the list should come on in their order. Mr. Aspinall said the effect of that was to deprive Queen's Counsel of their precedence, which ought not, he submitted, to be done without discussion. Mr. Wills made similar observations. Mr. Baron Pollock said, no doubt it was a serious matter and fit to be discussed, and he would. mention it to Lord Coleridge (who had left the court), that it might be brought forward for discussion when he was present.

SALES OF ENSUING WEEK.

June 27.-Messrs. ROGERS, CHAPMAN, & THOMAS, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold and Leasehold Properties (see advertisement, June 18, p. 5).

June 28.-MessIS. DEBENHAM, TEWSON, FARMER, & BRIDGEWATER, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold and Leasehold Estates and Properties (see advertisements, June 11, pp. 11 and 12).

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