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although, in a few months of the year, he had purchased £1,455 worth of adhesive stamps, which are only used as supplementary to the embossed stamps. The amount of embossed stamps used in the year was only £150 worth, while the adhesive stamps which he had purchased amounted to £3,600. It is therefore supposed that many thousand pounds' worth of embossed stamps must have been forged yearly. Already £1,500 worth have been identified as having been purchased from the prisoner. It is considered remarkable that the fraud should have escaped discovery so long. The prisoner was committed for trial, bail being refused.

SALES OF ENSUING WEEK.
August 2.-Messrs. DEBENHAM, TEWSON, FARMER, & BRIDGE-
WATER, at the Mart, Freehold Investment and Copyhold
Ground Rent (see advertisement, July 16, p. 5).

August 3.-Messrs. EDWIN FOX & BOUSFIELD, at the Mart,
at 2 p.m., Freehold and Leasehold Estates (see advertisement,
August 5.-Messrs. NORTON, TRIST, WATNEY, & Co., at the
July 23, p. 5).
Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold Property (see advertisement, July
16, p. 5).

LONDON GAZETTES.

Bankrupts.

FRIDAY, July 22, 1881.

Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869.

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

Davies, Evan, May's bldgs, St Martin's lane. Pet July 18. Murray.
Aug 5 at 11.30

Reid, Thomas, Warwick st, Regent st, Engraver. Pet July 20
Tilley, Thomas Henry, Durham cottages, Hackney, Sausage Manu-
Pepys. Aug 9 at 11.30
facturer. Pet July 20. Pepys. Aug 9 at 11

To Surrender in the Country.

Bailey, William, Wilsden, Bradford, Coal Merchant. Pet July 19.

Lee. Bradford, Aug 5 at 12
Bates, William, Leicester, Shoe Finisher.
Leicester, Aug 3 at 2

Pet July 18. Moore.

Howe, Thomas Heslope, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Gent. Pet July 13.
Edwards. St Albans, Aug 3 at 3

Spence, Thomas, West Hartlepool, Durham, Butcher. Pet July 19.
Boulton. Sunderland, Aug 4 at 11.30

Stephens, Thomas Trinn, Bristol, Brewer. Pet July 20. Harley.
Bristol, Aug 3 at 2

Trahar, William Henry, Devonport, Captain in her Majesty's
Auxiliary Forces. Pet July 20. Edmonds. East Stonehouse,
Aug 4 at 12

At the Manchester Assizes, Joseph Lowe, a member of the firm of Potter & Lowe, solicitors, was charged, before Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, with stealing or concealing certain title deeds relating to six shops in Rochester-road, Manchester, which were the property of a builder named O'Brien, and upon the security of which James Addison and William Openshaw had advanced £1,800 of trust money, which was given by them to Lowe to be forwarded to O'Brien. The prisoner was also charged with forging a subsequent deed purporting to be signed by O'Brien relating to the same transactions. Mr. Addison, Q. C., and Mr. Nash conducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Hopwood, Q.C., and Mr. Blair defended the prisoner. It appeared that Lowe made advances to O'Brien for the purposes of his building operations in the course of the year 1876. In December of that year Addison and Openshaw, who had trust funds to invest and were clients of Lowe, were taken by him over the Rochester-road property, and agreed to advance £1,800 upon it, a cheque for which amount was subsequently given to Lowe, and then, according to Addison's evidence, a mortgage, dated the 22nd of December, 1876, duly executed on parchment by O'Brien, was received by them, along with the bundle of title deeds in Lowe's office, and placed in Addison's own safe. The deeds were subsequently given to Lowe to be used in a chancery suit, and in the end were taken by Addison from Lowe's brother. Addison then found that the original parchment mortgage, which he said he had read in 1876, had disappeared, and in its place there was a paper mortgage unstamped, but bearing O'Brien's signature, of date January 1, 1879. The payments of interest which had been made by Lowe stopped in 1879, and when Addison complained that he had not got his original mortgage, he was told by Lowe he must be satisfied with what he had. The defence suggested was that the original parchment deed never existed, and evidence was given to show that no trace of it was to be found in the business books of the firm of Potter & Lowe. O'Brien gave evidence that he had no recollection of signing the parchment deed, but he admitted in cross-examination that he did not remember signing| the paper deed of 1879, though he believed the signature was his. It appeared in the course of the case that between December, 1876, and January, 1879, Lowe had obtained a mortgage (in which no mention was made of a prior in- Cooper, Thomas Henry, Featherstone bidgs, Holborn, Accountant. cumbrance) to Reid and Kenyon for £2,000, and a second mortgage to secure £600 due by O'Brien to a Mr. Haigh; and, further, that the two chief rents included in the mortgage of 1876 had been sold for £180. The Lord Chief Justice carefully summed up the case to the jury, who subsequently returned a verdict of Guilty. The learned judge sentenced him to five years' penal servitude.

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Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar.
TUESDAY, July 26, 1881.

To Surrender in London.

Fennell, Richard Thomas, Barking rd, Essex, Commercial Clerk.
Pet July 22. Murray. Aug 10 at 11

To Surrender in the Country.
Balaban, Jacob, Manchester, Commission Agent.
Hulton. Salford, Aug 10 at 11

Green, Charles Edward, Gt Yarmouth, Painter.

Worlledge. Gt Yarmouth, Aug 13 at 12
Lord, Thomas, Haslingden, Lancaster, Innkeeper.
Bolton. Blackburn, Aug 8 at 11

Pet July 23.

Pet July 16.
Pet July 22.

July 13

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
FRIDAY, July 22, 1881.
Bond, Alfred, Freston, Suffolk, Clerk in Holy Orders.
Elford, Thomas, Plympton. Devon, Gent. July 20
Lloyd, Oliver Wimburn, Gresham bldgs, Basinghall st, Solicitor.
July 16
TUESDAY, July 26, 1881.

July 22.

Liquidations by Arrangement.

FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

FRIDAY, July 22, 1881.

Adams, Samuel Enoch, Belvoir rd, Lordship lane, Builder. Aug 19 at 3 at Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Marsden and Wilson, Old Cavendish st

Alwen, John, Wordsley, Stafford, Farmer.

Aug 2 at 3 at offices of

Homfray and Holberton, High st, Brierley hill
Astell, William John, Claydon, Oxford, Farmer. Aug 5 at 2 at offices
of Munton and Stockton, High st, Banbury

Baggley, Daniel, Silverdale, Stafford, Miner. Aug 4 at 11 at offices of
James, Nelson sb, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Barker, Richard, New Malton, York, Horse Dealer. Aug 3 at 11 at
Angel Inn, New Malton. Simpson, New Malton

Barnett, Louis, Birmingham, Furniture Dealer. Aug 4 at 11 at offices

of Burn and Co, Temple st, Birmingham

Beech, William, jun, Tunstall. Stafford, Joiner, Aug 5 at 3 at offices
of Llewellyn and Ackrill, Piccadilly st, Tunstall
Bell, Thomas Henry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Innkeeper.

Aug 2 at

1 at offices of Hoyle and Co, Burdon bldgs, Grainger st West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Aug 12 at 2 at

Bond, Walter, Preston, Lancaster, Fancy Stationer.
offices of Thompson and Craven, Lune st, Preston
Bott, William, aud Thomas Jones, Burslem, Joiners. Aug 2 at 4 st
North Stafford Railway Hotel, Stoke-upon-Trent. Hollinshead,
Tunstall

Brown, John, Wroot, Lincoln, Farmer. Aug 5 at 12 at Elephant
Hotel, Doncaster. Parkin and Co, Epworth

Buckley, Woodhead, Huddersfield, Printer. August 4 at 11 at offices
of Welsh, Queen st, Huddersfield

Buncombe, John Clarke, Bruton, Somerset, Ironmonger. July 30 at 12.30 at High st, Bruton.

Russ

Burrell, John Samuel, Lanchester, Durham, Grocer. August 4 st 12 at offices of Holmes and Co, Pilgrim st, Newcastle upon Tyne Bushell, Edmund, Faversham, Kent, Carpenter. Angast 3 at 3 at the Ship Hotel, Faversham. Norman, Chatham

August 4 at 11.30 at

Carr, Joseph, Holgate, York, Colliery Agent.
offices of Bateson and Co, Harrogate
Chadwick, Thomas, Wolstanton, Stafford, Builder.

August 4 at 12 at offices of Heaton and Son, Brickhouse st, Burslem Cheetham, George Middleton Salford, Lancaster, Baker. August 4 at 3 at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Corporation st, Manchester. Walker, Manchester

Chivers, James, Bristol, Haulier. July 30 at 12 at offices of Williams Andrews, Nicholas st, Bristol. Ayre, Bristol Coles, Charles Henry, Lansdowne rd, Dalston, Baker. August 3 at 2 at the Inns of Court Hotel. Beswick, Bedford row Cook, John, Lever st, St Luke's, Boot Manufacturer. July 30 at 11 at the Unicorn Tavern, Vivian rd, Roman rd. Hicks, Grove rd, Victoria Park

Cook, Matthew, Gateshead, Durham, out of business. August 3 at 2 at offices of Aitchison, Collingwood st, Newcastle upon Tyne Corder, John George, Lynton rd, Bermondsey, Coal Merchant, July 30 at 10 at offices of Bordman and Co, Victoria House, Trinity st, Southwark

Crookhorn, Charles, Bradbury st, Kingsland, Cab Proprietor. Aug 9 at 2 at offices of Mackreth, New Broad st

Crow, George, Canterbury, Carpenter. Aug 3 at 12 at offices of Mercer, High st, Canterbury

Curtis, George, Ipswich, Suffolk, Grocer. Aug 4 at 11 at offices of
Mills, Elm st, Ipswich

Dand, Thomas, Teignmouth, Devon, Engineer. Aug 4 at 11 at
Bude Haveu Hotel, St Sidwell, Exeter. Hooper, Exeter
Fellows, James Henry, Birmingham, Grocer. Aug 3 at 11 at offices
of Eaden, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham

Fitzpatrick, James, Southport, Lancaster, Grocer. Aug 5 at 3 at offices of Threlfall, London st, Southport

Foster, Benjamin Edwin, Lansdowne rd, Clapham, out of business. Aug 9 at 2 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Gray, Ludgate hill

Froggatt, Eliza Howard, Walsall, Stafford, Grocer. Aug 3 at 11 at Queen's Hotel. Stephenson pl, Birmingham. Cramp

Frost, Edgar, Hornsey rd, Pastrycook. Aug 8 at 2 at Martin's lane, Cannon st. Hogan and Hughes

Dealer.

Gelson, William, Wolstanton, Suffolk, Earthenware
Aug 3 at 11 at offices of Challinor, Cheapside, Hanley
Gooder, Henry Hall, Accrington, Lancaster, Licensed Victualler.
Aug 10 at 3 at Adelphi Hotel, Avenue parade, Accrington.
Sharples, Accrington

Goodwin, Sampson, Birmingham, Grocer. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of
Dale and Vachell, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham

Gottschalk, Gustavus, Watling st, of no occupation. Aug 12 at 12 at offices of Lawrance and Co, Old Jewry chmbrs Griffiths, Frederick Ezekiel, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Corn Merchant. July 30 at 11 at offices of Howell, Stepney st, Llanelly Hainsworth, Joseph, and Samuel Hainsworth, Bradford, York, Blacksmiths. Aug 4 at 3 at the Creditors' Association, Goodwin st, Bradford

Halford, Henry, West Smethwick, Stafford, Coal Merchant. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Taylor, Colmore row, Birmingham

Hall, Robert, Bury, Lancaster, Joiner. Aug 3 at 3 at offices of Grundy, Union st, Bury

Harris, John Rosser, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Grocer. Aug 3 at 12 at offices of Beddoe, Victoria st, Merthyr Tydfil

Hawkes, Samuel. Upper North st, Poplar, Baker. July 29 at 11 at 49, Bromley st, Commercial rd East

Henderson, Andrew, Nottingham, Upholsterer. Aug 5 at 3 at offices Assembly Rooms, Low pavement, Nottingham. Clifton, Notting

ham

Hester, William, and Thomas John Hester, Bride court, Fleet st, Printers' Brokers. Aug 4 at 11 at offices of Schultz and Son, South sq, Gray's inn

Hickinbotham, Trussell, and Edmond Hickinbotham, Upper St.
Martin's lane, Auctioneers. Aug 3 at 2.30 at offices of Graham,
Chancery lane

Hill, George, Kirby Moorside, York, Draper. Aug 6 at 11 at North
Eastern Hotel, Tanner row, York. Harrison, Kirby Moorside
Hill, William James Renwick, Birmingham, Gun Manufacturer.
Aug 2 at 3 at offices of O'Connor, Bennett's hill, Birmingham
Hind, Roger, Warrington, Lancaster, Engineer. Aug 9 at 3 at office
of Davies and Co, Market pl, Warrington

Hird, Robert Smith, Bradford, Temperance Hotel Keeper. Ang 3 at 11 at offices of Hutchinson and Son, Piccadilly chbrs, Piccadilly, Bradford

Hoare, Henry, Clearwell Meend, nr Coleford, Gloucester, Collier.
Aug 10 at 3 at offices of Fryer, Coleford

Holliday, John Nicholson, Sunderland, Engineer. Aug 3 at 11 at
offices of Robinson, West Sunnyside, Sunderland
Hollings, John Crispin, Upper Mar&lebone rd, Provision Merchant.
Aug 2 at 3 at offices of Harman, Chancery lane
Hughes, William John, Halifax, Warehouse Clerk. Aug 3 at 3 at
Creditors Association, Southgate, Halifax

Ivory, Henry Allsopp, Victoria park rd, Pianoforte Manufacturer.
Aug 9 at 2 at Beyfus and Beyfus, Lincoln's inn fields

Jackson, Thomas, Bolton, Ironfounder. Aug 8 at 3 at offices of Hall, Acresfield, Bolton

Jennings, James, Birmingham, Wine Merchant. Aug 5 at 12 at Acorn Hotel, Temple st, Birmingham. Hawkes and Weekes, Birmingham

Keen, Matthew, Leicester, Grocer. Aug 5 at 3 at offices of Buckby, Millstone lane, Leicester

Keene, John Williams, Langley, Worcester, Licensed Victualler. Aug 2 at 12 at offices of Hartill, Birmingham st, Oldbury Lancashire, John, Farnham, Surrey, Railway Goods Manager. Aug 9 at 12 at Board Room, Townhall, Farnham

Lister, Joel, Sheffield, Cutlery Manufacturer, Aug 4 at 2 at the Law Society's Rooms, Aldine court, High st, Sheffield. Allen, Sheffield

Longworth, Edward, Huddersfield, Woollen Manufacturer. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Whitley, New st, Huddersfield Longworth, James, Huddersfield, Woollen Merchant.

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Moore, Albert, Wells, Somerset, Fismonger. Aug 4 at 1 at Grand Hotel, Broad st, Bristol. Hobbs, jun, Wells

Newell, Freeman, Fletton, Huntingdon, Commercial Traveller. Aug 8 at 12 at offices of Deacon and Wilkins. Cross st, Peterborough Newlands, Joseph, Derby, China and Glass Dealer." Aug 8 at 3 at offices of Moody, Corn Market, Derby

Aug

Phillips, William, Burry Port, Carmarthen, Innkeeper. at 11 at offices of Johnson and Stead, Church st, Llanelly Poole, George Read, St Mary Axe, Cigar Dealer. Aug 18 at 2 at 2 at offices of Beck, East India avenue, Leadenhall st Preston, George, Sheffield, Grocer. Aug 5 at 12 at offices of Rodgers and Co, Bank st, Sheffield

Prince, George, Leeds, Whitesmith. Aug 5 at 10.30 at Law Institute, Albion pl, Albion st, Leeds. Cross, Bradford

Pugmire, John Thomas, Hightown, nr Liverpool, Joiner. Aug 3 at 2 at offices of Etty. Lord st, Liverpoel

Aug 5 at 12 at

Aug 4 at 2 at offices of

Quince, Elizabeth, March, Cambridge, Farmer.
Chequers Inn. Ruston, Chatteris
Ray, Henry, Upper Thames st, Engineer.
Halse and Co. Cheapside
Robinson, Elijah, Leeds, Joiner.
Albion st, Leeds

Aug 2 at 3 at offices of Dalton,

Salt, Frederick, Tunstall, Stafford, Solicitor. Aug 3 at 3 at offices of Alcock, Market st, Tunstall

Simcock, James, Longport, Burslem, Stafford, Wheelwright. Aug 2 at 3 at North Stafford Railway Hotel, Stoke-upon-Trent. Hollinshead, Tunstall

Skinner, Frederick William, Ide hill, nr Sevenoaks, Kent, out of business. Aug 3 at 11 at Victory Inn, Sundridge, near Sevenoaks. Gregory, Cannon st

Smith, Thomas William, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Chemist. Aug 3 at 12 at offices of Kent, St Andrew's hall plain, Norwich Steel, John, Willington, Warwick, Pig Dealer. Aug 9 at 11 at offices of Barkes, Moreton-in-the-Marsh

Thompson, Emma, Harriett Thompson, and Ellen Thompson,
Nottingham, Milliners. Aug 5 at 12 at offices of Parsons and Son,
Wheelergate, Nottingham

Upfield, Matilda Mary Ann, Aldershot, Southampton, Butcher.
Aug 2 at 4 at offices of Foster, Victoria rd, Aldershot
Waldron, Edward, Balsall Heath, Worcester, Barman. Aug 5 at 3
at offices of Fallows, Cherry st, Birmingham

Webb, George Pike, of HM'sship Royal Adelaide, Devonport, Sick
Bay Steward. Aug 8 at 11 at St Aubyn st, Devonport. Graves
Wilcoxon, Arthur. Queen Victoria st, Wholesale Cabinet Maker.
Aug 9 at 2 at the Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Montague,
Bucklersbury

Williams, William, Bury, Lancaster, Watchmaker. Aug 4 at 3 at Dog and Partridge Inn, Fennell st, Manchester. Anderton and Donnelly, Bury

Young, Charles Silvester, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick, Traveller. Aug 3 at 3 at offices of Duke, Temple row, Birmingham

TUESDAY, July 26, 1881.

Abrahams, Lawrence, and George Lyon Abrahams, Brighton, Tailors. Aug 8 at 3 at offices of Ladbury and Co, Cheapside. Myer, New Bridge st

Allen, Mary, Leek, Stafford, Silk Manufacturer. offices of Hacker and Allen, St Edward st

Aug 8 at 2 at

Bail, Alfred William, Edgware rd, Dairyman. Aug 6 at 12 at offices of Bristow Macmullen, Praed st

Barton, John Thomas, Wilton Park, Durham, Grocer. Aug 9 at 11 30 at offices of Edgar, Silver st, Bishop Auckland

Blake, John, Exminster, Devon, Smith. Aug 8 at 3 at offices of Fryer, Gandy st, Exeter

Botting, George, Billingshurst, Sussex, Grocer. Aug 9 at 3.30 at King's Head Hotel, Horsham. Medwin and Co, Horsham Brett, Harry, Gresham st, Public Accountant. Aug 10 at 2 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Rose-Innes and Co Broadhead, William Henry, Bowling, Bradford, York, out of business. Aug 8 at 11 at offices of Hutchinson and Son, Piccadilly. chmbrs, Piccadilly, Bradford

Browning, John, Strand, Optician. Aug 11 at 2 at offices of
Hughes and Co, Budge row

Chesterton, Thomas Henry, St Helen's, Lancaster, Tobacconist.
Aug 9 at 3 at offices of Riley, Hardshaw st, St Helens
Clarke, Henry Naylor, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bottle

Merchant.

Aug 4 at 2 at offices of Pickering, Parliament st, Kingston-uponHull. Todd, Hull

Cliffe, Charles, Gamston, Nottingham, Farmer. August 8 at 12.30 at offices of Marshall, Chapelgate, East Retford

Cliffe, Samuel, Everton, Nottingham, Farmer, August 8 at 11 at offices of Marshall, Chapelgate, East Retford Coates, William, Chesenhale rd, Old Ford rd, Carpenter. August 17 at 3 at offices of Cooper, Lincoln's inn fields Coles, Frederick Augustus, Highbridge, Somerset, Coachbuilder. August 11 at 3 at the George Hotel, Highbridge. Broad, Burnham

Cook, John, Lever st, Saint Luke's, Boot Manufacturer.

August 5

at 3 at offices of Rawlings and Co, Railway Approach, London Bridge, in lieu of the time and place originally named Davies, Williams, Neston, Chester, Grocer. August 9 at 2 at offices of Bremner and Co, Dale st, Liverpool

Deane, James Augustus, Leek, Stafford, of no occupation. August 9 at 2 at offices of Redfern and Son, Church lane, Leek Dickinson, John, Wigan, Lancaster, Licensed Victualler. August 8 at 11 at offices of Wilson, King st, Wigan

Dobbing, Thomas, Greatham, nr West Hartlepool, Durham, Grocer. August 9 at 11 at the Grey Horse Inn, Stockton on Tees. Clayhills

Fawkner, George, Congleton, Chester,

Licensed

Victualler.

August 12 at 11 at the Old Cheshire Cheese Inn, High st, Congle. ton. Garside and Co, Congleton

Aug 9 at 11

Feek, James, London rd, Butcher. August 2 at 3 at offices of Wenn, King Edward st, Newgate st

at Queen Hotel, Huddersfield. Whitley and Whitley, Huddersfield

Filmer, Edmund, Berners st, Upholster. August 15 at 12 at Bucklesbury. Young and Co, St Mildred's ct, Poultry

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Gascoine, Edward Stanley, 168, Fleet st, Broker. Aug 11 at at offices of Armstrong and Lamb, Old Jewry Glendenning, John, Norwich, School Desk Manufacturer. Aug 8 at 12 at offices of Burton, Queen st, Norwich. Blyth, Norwich Goldman, Marks, Swansea, Glamorgan, Jeweller. Aug 4 at 11 at offices of Evans and Davies, Wind st, Swansea Gooding, Sampson, Chatham, Bootmaker. Aug 10 at 12 at offices of Clabon, Great George st, Westminster. Wood and McLellan, Chatham

Graham, Francis Dixon, Birkenhead, Chester, Tallow Chandler. Aug 9 at 11 at at offices of Bleakley and Downham, Hamilton sq, Birkenhead

Grantham, William Wilkinson, Small Heath, Warwick, out of business. Aug 8 at 11 at offices of Barber, Colmore row, Birmingham Green, John Arthur, and John Canham, Regent st, Provision Merchants. Aug 10 at 2 at offices of Lewin and Co, Southampton st, Strand

Griggs, George Adkins, Chatsworth rd, Clapton Park, Corn Dealer.
Aug 4 at 11 at offices of Harrison, Pancras lane, Queen st
Grove, Thomas, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Draper. Aug 3 at 3.30 at
offices of Collins, Broad st, Bristol

Guilford, Thomas James, Bishopsgate Churchyard, Bishopsgate st,
Licensed Victualler. Aug 19 at 2 at offices of Moore and Son,
Crosby sq. Myers, Gresham buildings

Gurnsey, Edward, Gillingham, Kent, Grocer. Aug 8 at 3 at Royal Crown Hotel, High st, Rochester. Knight, Serjeant's inn, Chancery lane

Harper, James, Horton, Bucks, no occupation. Ang 1 at 4 at office of Webb, High st, Slough

Hartz, William, Mark lane, Merchant. Aug 8 at 3 at 14, George st,
Mansion House. Hollams and Co. Mincing lane
Haworth, James, Blackburn, Upholsterer. Aug 9 at 11 at Mitre
Hotel, Cathedral yd, Manchester. Stones, Blackburn
Haynes, Timothy, Birmingham, Boot Dealer. Aug 8 at 12 at office of
Hawkes and Weekes, Temple st, Birmingham

Herbert, Francis, Gloucester, Steam Laundryman. Ang 8 at 3 at
Bell Hotel, Gloucester. Taynton and Sons, Gloucester
Hey, Alfred, Blackpool, Cabinet Maker. Aug 8 at 3 at Station Hotel
Talbot rd, Blackpool. Wilkinson, Bradford

Hopkins, aoshua Joseph Mather, Bloxwich, Stafford, Awl Blade
Manufacturer. Aug 8 at 11 at offices of Baker. Bridge st, Wal-

sall

Hopper, William, Rochester, Builder. Aug 11 at 11.30 at offices of Mann, Hamond pl, Chatham

Horn, John, Stoop House, nr Pennithorne, York, Farmer. Aug 5 at 10 at offices of Topham and Groves, Leyburn. Waistell, Northallerton

Rogers, John, Llanfair Dyffrynclwyd, Denbigh, Farmer. Aug 10 at 3 at offices of Louis and Edwards, Castle st, Ruthin Rounds, Edward Stormont, Chester, Schoolmaster. Aug 9 at 4 at at offices of Churton, Eastgate buildings, Chester Russell, Albert, and William Butcher, Lewisham, Kent, Builders. Aug 8 at 2 at offices of Dubois, Serjeants' inn, Chancery lane. Selby, Cecil st, Strand

Salkeld, Thomas Henry, Bishop Auckland, Commercial Traveller. Aug 9 at 11 at the Queen's Hotel, Leeds. Maw jun, Bishop Auckland

Smith, Harris, Cable st, St George's-in-the-East, Wholesale Clothier. Aug 17 at 3 at offices of Brighten and Co, Bishopsgate st Without Smith, Ralph, jun, and Edgar Joyce, Amhurst rd, Hackney, Auc tioneers. Aug 15 at 2 at offices of Ingoldby and Buckley, Finsbury sq

Stock, William Ravenhill, Long Ashton, Somerset, Colonial Br (T
Aug 8 at 12 at offices of Brittan and Co, Small st, Bristol
Suter, John, Birmingham, out of business. Aug 5 at 3 at offices of
Jaques, Temple row, Birmingham

Sutter, Alexander, Chipping Norton, Draper. Aug 3 at 11 at Crown
Hotel, Chipping Norton. Wilkins, Chipping Norton
Thomas, John, and Henry Pritchard, Llandudno, Carnarvon,
Builders. Aug 9 at 12 at Royal Hotel, Llandudno. Chamberlain,
Lladnudno

Tucker, Frederick Walter, Little Love lane. Commission Agent.
Aug 6 at 1 at offices of Dubois and Reid, Pancras lane, Queen st
Turnham, Henry, High Wycombe, Buckingham, Innkeeper. Aug
6 at 11 at Coffee Tavern, Frgmoor Gardens, High Wycombe.
Clarke, High Wycombe

Wallis, George, sen, Ken, Somerset, Farmer. Aug 8 at 12 at offices
of Parsons, High st, Bristol. Woodforde, Clevedon
Waterman, Mark, Southampton, Cutler. Aug 4 at 4 at offices of
Watts and Chamberlain, Albion pl, Southampton

Watkinson, Asa, Liverpool, Tobacconist. Aug 5 at 3 at offices of Sheen, North John st, Liverpool. Blackhurst and Fretson, Liver. pool

Wheeler, Edwin, Beckenham, Builder. Aug 5 at 3 at offices of Blewitt and Tyler, Gracechurch st

Wilson, Mary Ann, Walworth rd, Boot Dealer. Aug 10 at 11 at office of Chalk, Finsbury circus

Wood, Michael, Salford, Fish Salesman. Aug 8 at 3 at offices of Garthwaite, Brazennose st, Manchester

Wren, Henry, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Grocer. Aug 4 at 11 at offices of York, Berkeley st. Gloucester

Wright, William, Bootle, Lancaster, Grocer. Aug 5 at 2.30 at offices of Lumb, Dale st, Liverpool

Young, William, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Brushmaker. Aug 2 at 3at offices of Sewell, Grey st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Hutchison, John, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Pawnbroker. Aug 10 at 2 SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA,

at offices of Joel, Newgate st, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Johnston, George Gordon, West Ferry rd, Milwall, Licensed Victualler. Aug 15 at 2 at offices of Leyton and Co, Budge row Joseph Louis, Nelson sq, Blackfriars, Feather Manufacturer. Aug 10 at 3 at offices of Lee, Gresham blgs, Basinghall st Kent, George, Lather Brush, near Bishop Auckland, Innkeeper. Aug 10 at 11 30 at offices of Edgar, Silver st, Rishop Auckland Knowles, Richard, Thornhill, York, Butcher. Aug 9 at 3 at offices of Scholefield and Son, Wellington rd, Dewsbury Lewis, Arthur, Monmouth, Grocer. Aug 8 at 2 at offices of Williams, Monmouth

Lusty, George, Bedminster, Bristol, Retail Hatter. Aug 10 at 12 at offices of Phillips, Small st, Bristol. Wansbrough, Bristol Mackie, John, Birmingham, Boot and Shoe Maker. Aug 5 at 3 at offices of Wright and Marshall, New st, Birmingham

Major, William, Cotton Broker. Aug 10 at 2 at offices of Gill and Archer, Cook st, Liverpool

Marriott. Thomas William, Sneinton, Dentist. Aug 9 at 11.30 at offices of Webster, Brougham chambers, Wheeler gate, Notting

ham

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Pass, Richard, Rochdale, Lancaster, Maker of Spindles.
2.30 at offices of Brierley, Batt's avenue, Rochdale
Poole, William, Hereford, Timber Merchant.
Hotel, Gloucester. Williams and Co, Newport
Powell, George, Richmond, Surrey, Upholsterer. Aug 12 at 2 at
Mason's Hall Tavern, Mason's avenue, Coleman st. Ashley and
Co, Frederick's pl, Old Jewry

Powell, William, Smethwick, Stafford, Haulier. Aug 6 at 11 at office of Wright and Co, Church st, Oldbury

Prax, Joseph, Manchester, Tailor. Aug 5 at 3 at offices of Sampson,
South King st, Manchester

Proud, Thomas, Bishop Auckland, Leather Seller.
offices of Edgar, Silver st. Bishop's Auckland
Pyne, John Henry, Croydon, Surrey, Stationer.
Guildhall Coffeehouse, Gresham st. Parry

Aug 9 at 3 at

Aug 17 at 2 at

Raddon, Joseph Nosworthy, Warwick, Builder. Aug 5 at 11 at offices Boddington, High st, Warwick

Roberts, Henry, Carnarvon, Ship Chandler. Aug 5 at 2 at the Queen's Hotel, Chester. Rees, Carnarvon

Roberts, John Cwmyrafar, Llanbedr, Merioneth, Farmer. Aug 9 at 1 at the Commercial Hotel, Portmadoc. Jones and Jones, Portmadoc Rodman, Stephen Hook, Bury, Huntingdon, Licensed Victualler. Aug 5 at 12 at offices of Hart, Priestgate, Peterborough

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recently expressed, that no such general authority can be delegated to the Chief Clerks.

MUCH INCONVENIENCE has been caused of late by the unpunctuality of certain judges of the Chancery Division in attending at chambers. When it is announced that a learned judge will be at his chambers at three o'clock, it is not to the advantage of the practitioners who have summonses on the list that he should continue to sit in court until four o'clock. Counsel and solicitors are kept idle during the hour or more of waiting, which of itself is a considerable grievance; but a still greater is the fact that the time for transaction of the chamber business is seriously curtailed.

THE ATTENTION of practitioners should be directed to the amending order, which we print elsewhere, as to fees and percentages to be taken in the Supreme Court by means of stamps. The principal feature of this order consists in a direction that certain fees shall only be paid by means of impressed stamps, and not by adhesive stamps. The documents which are required to be stamped by impressed stamps are (1) all writs of summons for the commencement of an action; (2) the

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LEGISLATION OF THE WEEK.................................... 764 præcipe on sealing concurrent, renewed, or amended

COURT PAPERS
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LONDON GAZETTES, &C., &C..................................... 765

writs; (3) judgments or decrees or decretal orders, whether on the original hearing of a cause or on further consideration, including causes commenced by summons at chambers, and orders on the hearing of a special case or petition, and orders by the Appeal Court; (4) petitions; (5) petitions for orders of course; (6) orders of course on petitions of right; (7) orders for a commission on a petition of right; (8) judges' fiats; (9) certificates on a reference to a master; (10) recognizances and bail pieces; (11) commitments; (12) applications to produce 830 judges' notes, and (13) transcripts of the Chancery Paymaster's accounts.

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CASES REPORTED IN THE WEEKLY REPORTER.
Banner v. Berridge (Ch.Div. Kay, J.)

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Benbow v. Low. Low v. Benbow (Ch. Div. V.C.B.)
Daw v. Rooke. Rooke v. Nisbet (Ch.Div. Kay, J.)

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Great Western Railway Company v. Waterford and Limerick
Railway Company (App.).

Emden v. Carte (Ch.Div. Fry, J.)

Hardy, In re. Wells v. Barwick (Ch, Div. V.C.M.)
Honck v. Muller (App.)..

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Midland Counties Insurance Company v. Smith (Q.B.Div.)
Royal Society of London to Thompson (V.C.H.).
Whitmore v. Farley (App.)

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ALL THE
COURTS at Lincoln's-inn will rise for the
Long Vacation this day (Saturday).

LORD JUSTICE LUSH is making favourable progress towards recovery, and hopes to be able to leave town in the course of a week.

THE VACATION NOTICE, which we publish elsewhere, and which is now for the first time promulgated, leaves unnamed the vacation judges, for the reasons which we have previously stated. Of course, unless and until some change is made in the judges of the High Court, Mr. Justice CAVE and Mr. Justice KAY will divide the vacation work between them.

IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED that the clause hitherto contained in vacation notices, enabling the Chief Clerks to give leave to parties to give short or other special notice of motion, has this year been omitted, in deference, we believe, to the opinion of the Master of the Rolls,

IT APPEARS probable, from the Attorney-General's statement in the House of Commons a few days ago, that the patronage clause of the Judicature Bill will be withdrawn. The Lord Chancellor has confessed that the matter has occasioned him great perplexity, and it is to be hoped that before another session a more satisfactory scheme may be devised for dealing with this important question. The long-delayed return, showing the amount of patronage now theoretically vested in the three common law chiefs has been issued, and it shows that the existing patronage relates to eighteen masterships, with salaries varying from £2,000 in the cases of the senior master (who is also Queen's Remembrancer), and the master who acts as registrar of judgments, down to £1,200. The patronage also at present includes 93 clerkships in the Central Officeviz., 17 first-class clerks, 42 second-class clerks, and 34 third-class clerks, with salaries varying from £600 down to £100. It is clear that this amount of patronage is not a matter to be dealt with hastily at the fag end of a session. The efficiency of the Central Office is a matter of vital concern to the public, and this is in no small degree dependent on the decision which may be arrived at as to the patronage.

WE OBSERVE that, in clause 14, the Judicature Bill speaks of "the Act of the sixth and seventh years of

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her Majesty, chapter eighteen." In the Representation of the People Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 102, s. 34), we read of "the Act of the sixth Victoria, chapter eighteen"; but in the Parliamentary Electors Registration Act, 1368 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 58), the full expression "Act passed in the session of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of her present Majesty, chapter eighteen, intituled, 'An Act to, &c.,'" is used. The draftsman of the Parliamentary and Municipal Registration Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 26), has directed that the Acts referred to in that Act by short titles, "may be cited for all purposes by those titles respectively," and also that the term "Parliamentary Registration Act, 1843," Imeans the Act of the session of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of her present Majesty, chapter eighteen." We may hope, therefore, that some friendly amending hand may read this very proper "short title" into the Judicature Bill. But in cases where there is no statutory short title, what is the proper yearly numeration of an Act of Parliament? We believe the rule to be this. If the Act passes before the anniversary of the accession of the Sovereign, it has a single number; if after, it has the double number. The present Sovereign ascended the throne on the 20th of June. The Parliamentary Registration Act, 1843, receiving the Royal assent on the 31st of May, was rightly called, when first issued by the Queen's printers, 6 Vict. c. 18, for it was not certain at that time that the session would extend beyond the 20th of June. When, however, the session has overlapped that day, how ought the Act which passed before it to be printed or described? Here the practice is diversified. The statutes themselves, as we have seen, sometimes follow one mode of citation, sometimes another. The Statute Law Revisers print the double year in the Chronological Table of the Statutes irrespective of the precise date at which an Act was passed. The text-books and the Law Reports Digest appear usually to number each Act as numbered at first, singly or doubly as the case may be, and so does the Law Reports' edition of the Statutes, but so do not the Queen's printers themselves (in the headings to each page) when they come to issue a whole volume of statutes. There is something to be said for each mode of numeration. If the single year is retained, we get a mode of fixing the date-i.e., we know that the Act was passed before the date of the accession of the Sovereign. On the other hand, the single employment of the two years (6 & 7) for both sets of statutes obviates the necessity for the double search in an index. Clearly the most convenient mode is to drop the "year of the Queen" altogether and to describe by the year of the calendar, as was recommended by the Select Committee on Acts of Parliament many years ago, giving every Act a statutory short title. We have got considerably beyond such descriptions as "thacte of Parliament or statute made in the fyve and twenty yere of the reigne of the most noble Kinge of famous memorye, King Edwarde Thirde" (1 M. St. 1, c. 1, s. 2), or "the statute made in the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the fourth daye of November in the thyrd yere of the raigne of our late Sovraigne lord, Kynge Edwarde the Sixt" (13 Eliz. c. 6); but it is plain that our modern mode of describing Acts of Parliament still leaves much to be desired.

EXCLUSIVE OF the provisions relating to the Court of Appeal, the disposal of patronage, and the formal interlineations as to salaries and pensions, the Judicature Bill, as brought from the House of Lords on the 25th of last month, appears to contain five amendments. These may all be described as of a minor character, but it may be as well to note them in their first inception. The first amendment merely provides that the President of the Probate, &c., Division "shall not be entitled to any precedence over any existing judge to which he would not have been entitled as a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature if this Act had not passed." If this clause, as amended,

should lead to hastening the day when this awkwardly styled division shall be "reduced," so much the better. That it ought to be merged in the Chancery Division without delay is abundantly clear. The next amendment is a new substantive clause. It provides that "in any case of urgency arising during the absence from illness or any other cause, any one judge of the High Court who may consent to do so may officiate for any other in hearing any application for an injunction or other interlocutory order." Upon this the only remark we have to make is, that it is so desirable a provision that it may very well be extended, so as to allow the substituted judge to act for his brother to any extent, and in hearing any kind of application. It | might be inconvenient that the interlocutory order should be made by the deputy, and the final hearing take place before the principal. The third amendment is obviously a desirable one. It provides (clause 13) that an election judge may continue the hearing of a petition or other pending matter although his year of office may have run out. The amendment is, we believe, suggested by the curious facts of a Worcester election petition some fifteen months ago, in which the then Mr. Justice LUSH was sitting as election judge beyond his year, but it so happened that the awkward legal point as towhether he had jurisdiction or not to give judg ment, never came to be argued. This amendment suggests the question whether it would not be well to apply to all judges and all cases that provision of section 60 of 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80, by which a retiring Lord Chancellor is enabled to give judgment within six weeks after his retirement. The next amendment is a well-meant attempt to remedy the defect in the present constitution of the Court for Crown Cases Reserved, to which we recently drew attention in connection with this Bill, by reason of the requirement of section 47 of the Act of 1873, that the Lord Chief Justice of England shaib always be a member of that court. A new clause (16) now provides that the Lord Chief Justice shall always be one of the judges "unless by writing under his hand, or by the certificate in writing of his medical attendant, it shall appear that he is prevented by illness or otherwise from being present," in which caso "the presence of the said Lord Chief Justice shall not be necessary." That the Lord Chief Justice should be present if possible is in accordance with sound judicial traditions. He is the chief criminal judge of England, and his attendance is peculiarly desirable. But is it not a mistake to define so precisely the grounds on which he may be absent? As the clause now stands, a court constituted without him has no jurisdiction in law unless all its conditions are satisfied. To leave it as it is might give rise to "error," and we should think a directory clause, such as "It shall be the duty of the Lord Chief Justice," &c.,. would satisfy the necessities of the case. Or perhaps it might be enough simply to put the two senior puisnes of the Queen's Bench Division in the place of the two extinguished chiefs.

ANOTHER AMENDMENT (clause 24), reciting that there is no power to appoint as district registrars persons other than those designated by the existing Judicature Acts-that is (see section 60 of the Act of 1873), registrars of county courts, or local courts, or prothonotaries-enacts that whenever "it shall appear to the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, that from the nature and amount of the business to be transacted it is expedient that the office should be conferred upon a person not so qualified as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, to appoint to such office any barrister-at-law of not less than five years' standing, or any solicitor of the Supreme Court of not less than five years' standing." We note the absence of the ordinary requirement, that the barristers or solicitors in question should be "in actual practice," but as it is

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