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Oct 4 at 11 Bedingfield, Charles Henry, Leicester, Tobacconist. Pet Sept 15. Moore. Leicester, Oct 5 at 12.30

Creyke, William Ramsden, Hanley, Builders' Merchant. 15. Jackson. Hanley, Oct 3 at 11

Pet Sept

Jones, David, Trecynon, Aberdare, Grocer. Pet Sept 17. Williams. Aberdare, Oct 3 at 11

Milan, James Thomas, Sunbury, Licensed Victualler. Pet Sept 12. Abbott. Kingston, Oct 6 at 12.30

Thomas, William Henry, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Ironmonger. Pet Sept 14. Blake. Newport, Oct 4 at 12

White, Greenwood, Bingley, York, Stuff Manufacturer. 15. Robinson. Bradford, Oct 4 at 12

Liquidations by Arrangement.

FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.
FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 1881.

Pet Sept

Allcock, Jacob, Watton, Norfolk, Grocer. Oct 3 at 2 at offices of Culley and Gould, Queen st, Norwich. Robinson, Watton Anderton, William, Lincoln, Cabinet Maker. Sept 28 at 11 at offices of Page, jun, Flaxengate, Lincoln

Arculus, Thomas, and not Arenlus, as previously advertised, Hockley Heath, Warwick, Baker. Sept 29 at 11.30 at offices of Price and Co, Paradise st, Birminghani

Basson, Robert Thomas, Goldhawk rd, Shepherd's Bush, Provision
Dealer. Sept 26 at 2 at offices of Barratt, London Wall. Lomax,
Goldhawk rd, Shepherd's Bush

Bicknell, Malcolm, Maiden Newton, Dorset, Manager of a Farm.
Sept 28 at 3 at offices of Kearsey and Co, Old Jewry
Bonfellow, George Onesimus, Golborne rd, Notting hill, out of busi-
ness. Sept 26 at 4 at 145 Cheapside

Bonser, George, Dalton, Huddersfield, Farmer. Sept 28 at 12 at
offices of Welsh, Victoria chambers, Queen st, Huddersfield
Brook, Joab Ramsden, Kirkburton, nr Huddersfield, Painter. Oct
5 at 11 at offices of Milnes and Swift, New st, Huddersfield
Burman, Arthur Ralph, Seacombe, Chester, Licensed Victualler.
Sept 30 at 3 at offices of Copeman, Dale st, Liverpool
Clark, Joseph, South Shields, Durham, Stationer. Oct 3 at 12 at
offices of Wawn and Smith, King st, South Shields
Clover, Samuel, Arthur st, Oxford st, out of business.
11 at offices of Hart and Co, Gt Russell st, Bloomsbury.
Russell st

Sept 26 at Cork, Gt Oct 4 at 3

Combes, Alfred, Chichester, Wine and Spirit Merchant. at offices of Arnold and Cooper, East st, Chichester Cook, George, Kidderminster, Worcester, Wheelwright. Sept 29 at 3 at offices of Roden and Dawes, Bank buildings, Kidderminster Cowles, James George, Mangotsfield, Gloucester, Builder. Sept 29 at 12 at offices of Parsons, High st, Bristol

Crick, John, Bristol, Builder. Sept 29 at 2 at offices of Tricks, Broad st, Bristol. Ward, Bristol

Davenport, Alfred, Birmingham, Brewer. Sept 26 nt 4 at offices of Elkington, Newhall st, Birmingham. Ratcliff, Birmingham Davie, William, Southampton, Carpenter. Sept 29 at 3 at offices of Bell and Tayler, Portland st, Southampton.

Day, James. Bradford, York, Grocer. Oct 3 at 11 at offices of Atkinson, Dale st, Bradford

Evans, Martha, Byton, Hereford, Licensed Victualler. Sept 29 at 3 at offices of Moore, Corn sq, Leominster

Farley, William Henry, Ramsgate, Coach Builder. Sept 21 at 1 at offices of Parry, Harbour st, Ramsgate

Fenton, William, Wigan, Draper. Oct 3 at 11 at offices of Barlow, King st, Wigan

Foulouse, Joseph, Digbeth, Licensed Victualler. Sept 27 at 3 at offices of Sargent and Son, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham

Gardner, John, Cathay, Bristol, Builder. Sept 30 at 2 at Guildhall, Broad st, Bristol

Geen, Henry, Cardiff, Builder. Sept 30 at 11 at offices of Smith and Co, High st, Cardiff. Morgan and Scott, Cardiff Goodman, Harriet, Stourport, Worcester, Painter. Oct 3 at 3 at offices of Thursfield, Swan st, Kidderminster

Grant, William, Bristol, Draper. Sept 23 at 12 at offices of Essery, Nicholas st, Bristol

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Griffith, Richard, Llangeinwen, Anglesea, Farmer. Sept 30 at 11
at Sportsman Hotel, Carnarvon. Williams and Hughes, l'orth-yr-
Gwillam, John, Birmingham. Licensed Victualler. Sept 29 at 2 at
offices of Buller and Bickley, Bennetts-hill, Birmingham
Hoare, John Chapman, Broad st, Bloomsbury, Cab Proprietor.
Sept 29 at 3 at offices of Cooper and Co, Lincoln's-inn-fields
Hodgins, James, Holbeach. Lincoln, Schoolmaster. Sept 29 at 1 at
offices of Mossop and Mossop, Holbeach

Hudson, Isabella, Burnley, Lancaster, Leather Dealer. Sept 29 at
3 at offices of Artindale and Artindale, Hargreaves st, Burnley
Israel, Nathan, Salford, Hulme, Manchester, out of business.
Sept 29 at 11 at offices of Ambler, Chapel st, Salford
Jones, Rowland Gill, Lye, Oldswinford, Worcester, Chemist. Sept
30 at 11 at offices of Corser and Co, Market st, Stourbridge
Landen, William, Moulton, Lincoln, Publican. September 29 at 1
at the White Hart Hotel, Spalding, Calthrop, Spalding
Lee, John, Kingston upon Hull, Hatter. Sept 28 at 3 at offices of
Martinson, Exchange bldgs, Bowlalley lane, Kingston upon Hull
Leigh, John, Hanley, Stafford, Grocer. Sept 28 at 10 at offices of
Ashmall, Albion st, Hanley

Longstaffe, Edwin, Amhurst rd, Stoke Newington, Baker. Sept 29 at 2 at offices of Willis, Charles sq, Hoxton

Lund, George, Bradford, York, Woollen Merchant. Sept 28 at 11 at Leutchers' Restaurant, Darley st, Bradford. Beverley and Co, Bradford

Malpass, John, Burslem, Stafford, Wheelwright. offices of Bennett, Piccadilly bldgs, Hanley

Sept 23 at 3 at

Manners, William, Grantham, Lincoln, Solicitor. Sept 29 at 1.30st the George Hotel, Grantham. Barker, Melton Mowbray Maxwell, Thomas, High Harrington, Cumberland, Grocer. Sept 29 at 11 at office of Millburn, Nook st, Workington

Newby, Thomas, and John Newby, Cleckheaton, York, Builders. Oct 4 at 11 at oflices of Curry, Cleckheaton

Peel, Richaad, Salterforth, York, Farmer. Oct 1 at 2 at offices of Robinson and Co, Skipton

Picknell, Edward Shepherd, Hastings, Lodging house keeper. Sept 27 at 2 at the Law Institution, Chancery lane. Davenport and Co, Hastings

Pigott, Botry Eversfield, Gate Burton, Lincoln, Clerk in Holy Orders, Oct 5 at 1 at the Great Northern Hotel, Lincoln. Bescoby, East Retford

Potter, Martha, Brighton, Ladies' Outfitter. Sept 30 at 3 at offices of Champion and Co, Ironmonger lane. Champion, Brighton Puddephatt, Henry, Dunstable, Bedford, out of business. Sept 30 at 11 at offices of Carter, Barber's lane, Luton

Rees, Jacob, Llandilo, Carmarthen, Innkeeper. Sept 27 at 11 at offices of Howell, Stepney st, Llanelly

Robinson, John Haylock, Moray rd, Tollington Park, Wholesale Confectioner. Oct 5 at 2 at offices of Dalton and Jessett, St Clement's House, Clement's lane

Rowe, John Alfred. Rock Ferry, nr Birkenhead. Boot Maker. Oct 3 at 3 at offices of Moore, Duncan st, Birkenhead Rowlands, Thomas, Forest Hill, Kent, Cowkeeper. Oct 3 at 12 at the Law Institution, Chancery lane. Child and Son, South sq Gray's inn

Rynveld, Daniel Levie, Cannon st rd, Butcher. Sept 26 at 10.30 at offices of Cattlin, Wormwood st, Old Broad st

Saunders, John Gilbert, Wollaston, nr Stourbridge, Worcester, Farmer. Sept 30 at 3 at offices of Gould and Elcock, Lower High st, Stourbridge

Senior, Ann, Huddersfield, Innkeeper. Sept 29 at 11 at offices of Dransfield, Ramsden st, Huddersfield

Shaw, Edwin, Liversedge, York, Bobbin Manufacturer- Sept 29 at 10.15 at offices of Scholes and Son, Wakefield rd, Dewsbury Smith, John, Heywood, Lancaster, Dyer. Oct 1 at 12 at offices of Banks, York st, Heywood

Taylor, Robert, Nottingham, Fruit Merchant. Oct 4 at 12 at offices of Fraser, Brougham chmbrs, Wheelergate, Nottingham Thomas, David, Cardiff, Builder. Sept 23 at 3 at Merchants' Association, Duke st, Cardiff. Morgan, Cardiff

Tidswell, William, Licensed Victualler, Liverpool. Sept 29 at 12 at offices of Paynter, Cable st, Liverpool

Toombs, Daniel Richard Lawrence, Millbrook rd, Brixton, Coal Agent. Oct 3 at 4 at offices of Yorke and Wharton. Conduit st Bond st

Tyley, Edward, Oswestry, Salop, Joiner. Sept 30 at 2 at Public
Hall, Oswestry, Ellis, Oswestry

Walker. John, Bradford, York, Scrivener. Sept 20 at 11 at
Leuchter's Restaurant, Darley st, Bradford. Cox, Bradford
Walton, Alfred, Essex rd, Islington, Oil and Colour Man. Seșt
at 12 at Mark-lane. Palmer and Smith, Charles-square, Hox-

ton

West, Thomas, jun., Gerboldisham, Norfolk, Pork Butcher. Oct 3 at 11 at offices of Newson, North Lopham

White, James Peters, Hastings, Licensed Victualler. Sept. 27 at 12 at Law Institution, Chancery lane. Davenport, and Co. Hasings

White, Robert, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Grocer. Sept 26 at 1 at office of Hoyle and Co, Westgate rd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne White, Robert, Sheffield, Timber Merchant. Sept 27 at 11 at cffices of Porrett, Bank st, Sheffield

Williams, John Charles Henry, Bideford, Devon, Baker. Sept 30 at 12 at offices of Rooker and Bazeley, Bridgeland st, Blueford

Williams, William Parry, Birmingham, Commission Agent. Oct1 at 1 at Queen Railway Hotel, Chester. Buller and Bickley, Bir mingham

Wilson, John, Leeds, Commercial Traveller. Sept 30 at 1 at offices of Rooke and Midgley, White Horse st, Boar lane, Leeds Winder, David, Bolton, Licensed Victualler. Sept 28 at 3 at cffices of Ramwell and Co, Mawdsley st, Bolton

Woolston, John, Harpenden, Herts, Farmer. Sept 27 at 3 at the Midland Hotel, Harpenden. Wells, St Albans

Wotton, Edwin, Taunton, Auctioneer. Sept 27 at 11 at offices of Reed and Cook, Paul st, Taunton

Wornack, John Wharton, North Lopham, Norfolk, Grocer. Sept 10 at 11 at offices of Chittock and Woods, Bank st, Norwich Yates, Richard Smalley, Manchester, Confectioner. Scpt 27 at 11 at offices of Simpson, South gate, King st West, Manchester Young, James Arthur, Victoria chmbrs, Westminster, Enqueur. Sept 30 at 3 at offices of Alsop and Co, Gt Marlborough si

TUESDAY, Sept. 20, 1881.

Allen, John, Denton, Lancaster, Chemist. Oct 6 at 3 at Clarence
Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester. Drinkwater, Hyde
Anderson, Tom, Leeds, Architect. Oct 3 at 12 at Law Institutit,
Albion pl, Leeds. Craven, Leeds

Atwood, William, Kimberley, Notts, Cottage Farmer. Oct 7 at 11
at offices of Carter, Eldon chmbrs, Wheeler gate, Notresnek a
Baggalley, William, Blackley, nr Manchester. Stathon.r.
11 at 3 at offices of Evans, St George's chmbrs, Alberts, Main
chester

Barton, Robert Henry, Walton-on-Thames, Watch Maker. 0.16 a 3 at offices of Noton, Lombard st

Beesley, John, Bath, Baker. Oct 3 at 3 at offices of Titley, Orange grove, Bate

Bettany, George, jun., Birmingham, China Dealer. Oct 3 at 11 a offices of James, Temple row, Birmingham

Boyle, John, Bewdley, Worcester, Tailor. Sept 30 at 11 at offices of Lowe and Son, Wolverhampton st, Dudley

Brayshay, William Wright, Leeds, Licensed Victualler. Oct 3 at 3 at Leeds Law Institute, Albion pl, Leeds. Walker, Leeds Broad, Richard, Longton, Stafford, Potter. Sept 29 at 11 at offices of Kent, Chancery Lane, Longton

Burn, Henry, Derby, Commercial Traveller. Oct 3 at 3.30 at offices of Hextall, Full st, Derby

Carroll, John, Marylebone lane, Furniture Dealer. offices of Philp, Walbrook

Catterson, John Harrison, Beverley, York, Tanner.

at offices of Hobson, Beverley

Sept 30 at 4 at

Sept 30 at 11 Oct 11

Chambers, James, Fenchurch st, Oil and Colour Merchant. at 2 at the Cannon st Hotel, Cannon st. Pritchard and Marshall, Gracechurch st

Clark, William, New Swindon, Wilts, Baker. Oct 3 at 10 at offices of Boodle, Albion bldgs, New Swindon

Clifford, Henry, Hyson green, Nottingham, out of business. Oct 3 at 3 at offices of Belk and Miller, Middle pavement, Nottingham Dalzell, John, Papcastle, Cumberland, Farmer. Sept 30 at 12 at offices of Hayton and Simpson, Cockermouth

De Cort, Emmanuel, Kingsland rd, Marble Mason. Oct 6 at 3 at offices of Holloway, Ball's Pond rd. Cooper, Lincoln's inn fields Denny, Alfred Edward, Stoke, Devonport, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Oct 5 at 12 at offices of Pearse, Princess sq, Plymouth Easenby, Frank, Pollington, York, Butcher. Oct 4 at 12 at Downe Arms Inn, Snaith. Mander and Son, Wakefield Ellery, John, Plympton St Mary, Devon, no business. Sept 30 at 10,30 at the Cannon st Hotel. Curteis, East Stonehouse Evans, Lewis, Brynmeurig, Cemmaes, Montgomery, Farmer. Sept 29 at 2 at the Blue Bell Inn, Machynlleth. Williams and Co, Newtown

Finney, Elizabeth Ann, and Julien Barker, Leicester, Paper Merchants. Oct 4 at 3 at offices of Harding and Co, Princes st, Manchester

Fish, Amos, Penryn, Cornwall, Boot Maker. Oct 4 at 12 at offices of Jenkins, the Square, Penryn

Fitzpatrick, John Frederick, Leicester, Draper. Oct 4 at 11 at offices of Hardcastle, Finsbury pavement

Garner, Samuel, Florence, Stafford, Blacksmith. Sept 27 at 11 at offices of Kent, Chancery lane, Longton

Goodchild, William Denton, Hilgay, Norfolk, Farmer. Sept 29 at 12 at County court house, Downham Market. Reed and Wayman, Downham Market

Goodwin, Thomas, Knaresborough, York, Engine Cleaner. Sept 30 at 12 at offices of Kirby and Sons, Harrogate

Gotterson, Thomas, Aylsham, Norfolk, Wheelwright. Sept 28 at 12 at offices of Stanley, Bank Plain, Norwich

Roberts, John, and William Mapp, Leominster, Carriage Builders. Oct 3 at 12 at Midland Hotel, Birmingham. Moore, Leominster Robinson, James, Carlisle, Grocer. Oct 3 at 11 at offices of Dobinson and Watson, Bank st, Carlisle

Rosser, William, Aberdare, Butcher. Oct 5 at 10 at office of Rosser High st, Pontypridd

Russell, John, Chetwode, Buckingham, Farmer. Oct 1 at 11.30 at
Swan and Castle Hotel, Buckingham. Stockton, Banbury
Shepherd, Charles, Halifax, Greengrocer. Oct 1 at 11 at offices of
Walshaw, Crown st chmbrs, Halifax

Simmons, Thomas, Letcomb Regis, Berks, Farmer. Sept 30 at 1 at
Wantage Coffee house, Market pl, Wantage. Jotcham, Wantage
Smith, William, Barrow-in-Furness, Corn Dealer. Oct 3 at 3 at 17,
Strand, Barrow-in-Furness. Taylor, Barrow-in-Furness
Soar, Thomas, Nottingham, Blacking Manufacturer. Oct 4 at 3 at
offices of Fraser, Wheeler gate, Nottingham

Surman, Henry Charles, Cheltenham, Baker. Oct 1 at 10 at offices of
Pruen, Regent st, Cheltenham

Taylor, Catherine, and Walter Taylor, Matlock Bridge, Derby. Plumbers. Oct 7 at 2 at offices of Calder, Market chmbrs, Derwent st, Derby

Taylor, John, High st, Deptford, Tailor. Oct 3 at 2 at offices of Reed and Co, Guildhall chbrs, Basinghall st

Till, William Mace, King's rd, Chelsea, Bank Clerk.

Oct 6 at 12 at the Pier Hotel, Oakley st, Chelsea. Gibson, Sittingbourne Toulouse, Joseph, and not Foulouse, as erroneously printed in last Gazette, Digbeth, Licensed Victualler. Sept 27 at 3 at offices of Sargent and Son, Bennett's hill, Birmingham

Wadling, Henry, and William Bolton, St George's place, Battersea Rise, Builders, Sept 30 at 2 at offices of Corsellis, East Hill, Wandsworth

Wells, Robert, Broomfield st, Poplar, Ironmonger. Oct 3 at 2 at offices of Morphett, King st, Cheapside. Wetherfield, Queen st, Cheapside

Welsh, Frances Elizabeth, Maidstone, Kent. Oct 4 at 11.30 at offices of Stenning, Earl st, Maidstone

White, John Edward, Leeds, Grocer. Oct 6 at 3 at offices of Scat-
cherd and Hopkins, Albion st, Leeds
Williams, Richard, Bethesda, Carnarvon, Draper.
Station Hotel, Bangor

Sept 30 at 1 at

Williams, William, Birkenhead, Steam Tug Owner. Oct 12 at 3 at offices of Cowl, South John st, Liverpool

Woodcock, Exley, Huddersfield, Dyer. Oct 3 at 3 at George Hotel, St George's sq, Huddersfield. Mitcheson, Heckmondwike

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Heath, Albert Huxley, Wolverhampton, Brass Founder. Oct 1 at 11
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Henn, Thomas Parson's Green, Fulham, Butcher.
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Hill, Charles, Southampton, Travelling Draper.
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Hockfield, David, Bishop's rd, Paddington, Jeweller. Oct 3 at 12 at office of Norman, Gt Marlborough st

Hunt, Robert Edmund, Pinchbeck, nr Spalding, Lincoln, Registered
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Hyam, Thomas, and Richard Hyam, New King st, Deptford,
Dairymen. Oct 7 at 1 at offices of Ruddle, Greenwich rd,
Imms, James, Birmingham, Venetian Blind Manufacturer.
29 at 11 at offices of Free, Temple row. Birmingham

Sept

Jackson, George Edward, Batley, York, Joiner. Oct 4 at 10.30 at offices of Truswell, Bank chmbrs, Commercial st, Batley. Brearly, Batley

James, Henry, Birmingham, Baker. Oct 4 at 2 at offices of Potts, Temple row, Birmingham

Jansen, Julius, Merton st, Euston rd, Cabinet Mannfacturer. Sept 30 at 2 at offices of Morphett, King st, Cheapside. Wetherfield, Queen st, Cheapside

Jones, Charles, Blenheim crescent, Notting-hill, Horse Dealer. Sept 28 at 12 at offices of Morris, Mitre crt, Temple

Jones, Walter, Narberth, Pembroke, Saddler. Oct 3 at 1 at offices of Lewis, Narberth

Kent, Edward, Worthing, Livery Stable Keeper. Sept 28 at 3 at Steyne Hotel, Worthing. Nye, Brighton

Kilner, William, Preston, Lancaster, Spinner. Oct 5 at 11 at offices of Houghton and Myres, Winckley st, Preston

Landrogt, Philip Henry, Pratt st, Camden Town, Baker. Sept 29 at 3 at offices of Johnston. Seymour pl, Marylebone Lord, William, Blackburn, Lancaster, Licensed Victualler. Oct 4 at 11 at offices of Withers, Tackett st, Blackburn

Margrett, William, and Benjamin Callaway, Gloucester, Timber Merchants. Sept 90 at 11.30 at Queen's Hotel, New st, Birmingham. Haines, Gloucester

Marolda, Emilio, Margaret st, Regent st, Artist. Oct 7 at 3 at office of Lumley and Lumley, Conduit st

Marshall, George William, Stanley st, New Cross, House Decorator. Oct 11 at 1 at offices of Moss, Gracechurch st

May, Frederick, Ladbury. Hereford, Licensed Victualler. Oct 1 at 2.30 at offices of Miller and Corbet, Foregate st, Worcester Mills, James, Cheltenham, Lodging House Keeper. Oct 3 at offices of Clark, Regent st, Cheltenham

Musgrave, William, Leeds, Dyer. Oc, 3 at offires of Simpson and Burrell, Albion st, Leeds

Oliver, James, Helston, Cornwall, Cabinet Maker. Oct 12 at 3 at offices of Tyacke, Coinage Hall st, Helston

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IT WILL BE WELL not to rely too much on the new law courts being ready by Easter next. An inspection of the building reveals the fact that not one of the courts has appreciably advanced, as regards either ceiling or fittings, during the last two months. The work done has mainly consisted in filling in the spaces between the flooring girders on which the wooden floors will rest, but in no court has this wooden floor yet been completed. Nor are all the courts even yet roofed in. The fixing of the heating and ventilating apparatus is not commenced, and cannot be commenced until the scaffolding in the central hall has been removed, and the floor of the part of the building under which the boilers are to be placed is in position.

OWING TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRES which have lately taken place in London, attention has been called to the numerous instances of conflagrations in which the return of Captain SHAW shows that the cause of the fire is 'unknown." As a remedy for incendiary fires it is now suggested that the coroner should hold an inquest in every case of a conflagration the actual cause of which cannot 'be ascertained by the ordinary modes of inquiry. So recently as the year 1845 the ancient practice of holding inquests into the causes of fires was revived and made use of by coroners in an intermittent sort of way until the jurisdiction was called in question, in the year 1860, in the case of Reg. v. Herford (8 W. R. 579). That was the case of a fire at Manchester where the coroner held an inquest, and the judges arrived unanimously at the opinion that such an inquiry is "beyond the limits of the jurisdiction of a coroner," so that, unless there is a death, no inquest can now be held. It follows that parliamentary sanction would be required to confer such a jurisdiction, and it may fairly be questioned whether the nature of the case requires it. Wherever the offence of arson is suspected, the law as it stands is strong enough to deal with the accused, and nothing would be gained by conferring on the coroner a jurisdiction, as in the case of death, to be exercised side by side with that of the local magistrate.

IN A CASE of In re Willaume's and Landau's Contract, reported elsewhere, Mr. Justice KAY followed the decision of the Court of Exchequer in Want v. Stallibrass (21 W. R. 685, L. R. 8 Ex. 175), that a condition of sale limiting the time within which requisitions or objections may be made does not apply where the objection taken is one which shows that the vendor cannot really make any title at all. In that case the condition of sale was only that "all objections and requisitions not stated in writing and delivered to the vendor's solicitor within fourteen days from the delivery of the abstract shall be considered waived, and in this respect time shall be of the essence of the contract." This condition the majority of the court held to apply only to objections to a valid title or one capable of being made valid; not to "a title wholly bad." "The basis of the contract," they said, "is that the vendor has a title, and although parties might by their conditions of sale waive even this, the plaintiff has not done so; by failing to make any objection or requisition within the stipulated time he cannot be taken to have waived that which was the foundation of the whole contract, and which, on the face of the defendant's own abstract, is shown not to exist." The effect of this decision has been rather strangely overlooked, both by Mr. DART in his last edition, and by recent framers of forms of conditions of sale. Will the decision be applicable if the condition goes on to say that, if no requisition or objection shall be so stated, the title shall be considered as accepted"? The reasons for the decision seem to extend to this provision; and it is to be observed that in the recent case the condition expressly stated that, "in default of such objections and requisitions (if none) and subject only to such (if any), the purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted the title "; so that, according to the view of Mr. Justice KAY, the insertion of the words referred to above will not prevent the doctrine of Want v. Stallibrass from applying. This would seem to point to the necessity of some addition to the ordinary condition of sale relating to the time within which requisitions and objections are to be made.

IT HAS BEEN SAID that statistics may be made to show anything, but we have rarely met with such a barefaced attempt to make statistics show what was wanted to be shown as in the annual report of the Howard Association, an extract from which has been published in a daily paper. On the subject of inequality and revision of sentences the report says:-"It would appear that, in civil matters, the judges very freely upset each other's decisions, inasmuch as half of them are thus overruled on appeal. Thus in 1880, of the decisions of the five equity judges of England, 51 were confirmed on appeal, and 50 reversed. This points to the probability of grave errors in criminal sentences by the judges of assize." We do not know where the information as to 1880 was got, but we have looked in vain in the last return of Judicial Statistics for a shadow of justification for the statement that half the decisions of the judges are overruled on appeal. Taking the Chancery Division alone, we find that the appealable decisions of the five equity judges, in the year ending the 31st of October, 1879, amounted to 24,405, and that 197 appeals from their decisions were heard during that period. The returns do not show, as to the Court of Appeal, what number of decisions were confirmed, and what number reversed, but daily experience, extending

over many years, leads us to believe that on the average about three-fourths of the chancery appeals are dismissed. The reference cannot be to the decisions of the House of Lords, for it appears that, during the year 1879, only 24 judgments were delivered by the House of Lords in appeals from English courts, and although the returns do not give the information, it may be presumed that at least one-half of these were in appeals from common law divisions; but, at any rate, in 20 out of the 24 cases the judgment of the court below was affirmed. Surely the Howard Association have good enough grounds to urge in support of their views without resort to any such sweeping statement as that the judges in civil matters "freely upset each other's decisions."

THE PRESUMPTION OF LIFE Limitation (Scotland) Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 47), is a statute of consider. able importance. After reciting that "great hardships have arisen from the want of any limitation to the presumption of life as regards persons who have been absent from Scotland, or who have disappeared for long periods of years, and that it is desirable that a limitation should be provided," it enacts that where a person has been absent from Scotland, or has disappeared for a period of seven years or upwards, and has not been beard of for seven years, the person entitled to succeed to him may, by presenting a petition to the Court of Session, obtain authority to uplift and enjoy the yearly income of the heritable or moveable estate of such absent person." After a further period of seven years, the successor may obtain authority to possess and enjoy the capital of the moveable estate, and after a further period of thirteen years, a like authority in respect of the heritable estate. The claim of an absent person is barred after the lapse of thirteen years. Policies of assurance are excepted from the operation of the Act. The perusal of this statute at once raises the question whether its provisions, or some of them, might not be usefully extended to England. The Act 19 Car. 2, c. 6, "for the redress of inconveniences by want of proof of the deceases of persons beyond the seas, or absenting themselves, upon whose lives estates do depend," which fixes seven years as the limit; the Act (6 Anne, c. 18) for the more effectual discovery of persons pretended to be alive, to the prejudice of those who claim estates after their death," which allows a successor to require a corporal production of a cestui que vie; the enactment (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, s. 57) by which absence of husband or wife for seven years is a defence to a prosecution for bigamy-all of these Acts are in pari materiâ with the Scotch Act of 1881; but all this law is fragmentary and insufficient.

A QUESTION of great importance to trustees who have invested trust property upon mortgages of farms which have unexpectedly become impossible to let by reason of the present depression in agriculture, came before Mr. Justice KAY on Wednesday last in a case of In re Ames's Settlement, reported elsewhere. Trustee-mortgagees of a farm, who had entered into possession and were unable either to sell or let the property without loss, being advised that if the farm went out of cultivation it would greatly deteriorate in value, and become entirely impossible to let or sell, except at a great sacrifice to the trust estate, presented a petition to the court, asking for directions as to the appointment of a manager or receiver of the trust estate, with power for him when appointed to appoint such person or persons as might be necessary for the cultivation of the farm, and also asking, that if the profits should be insufficient to cover the expenses of working the farm, for the payment of the deficiency out of the capital or income of the other funds comprised in the settlement. But Mr. Justice KAY refused the application, and declined to give the trustees

any special protectio a, or to enable them to take other trust funds for the purpose of cultivating the farm, or of providing against any deficiency which might arise by taking the farm into their own hands. We do not see how the learned judge could have come to any different decision as the law stands; but surely the posi tion of trustees of agricultural land, and of trustees holding securities on such land where the mortgagor is insolvent, deserves the attention of the Legislature. It is for the interest both of trustces and their beneficiaries that provision should be made for such cases.

THE PRACTICAL EFFECT OF
THE CONVEYANCING ACT.
II. AS TO MORTGAGES.

We commenced our discussion of this Act with some observations upon sub-section (1) of the 17th section, on account of the interesting and somewhat techni cal nature of its subject. We now propose briefly to examine the remaining sub-sections of section 17, and sections 15 and 16, which, together, make up one of the sub-divisions of Part IV. We shall then shortly set forth the view we take of the probable effect of that subdivision upon practice. The two remaining sub-sections of section 17 are as follows:

"(2.) This section applies only if, and as far as, a contrary intention is not expressed in the mortgage deeds, or one of them.

"(3.) This section applies only where the mortgages, or one of them are or is made after the commencement of this Act."

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Now, suppose the following case:-A mortgagor at different times, all after the commencement of the Act, and without excluding the operation of this section, executes two (or more) mortgage deeds to the same mortgagee. Subsequently he executes a third mortgage deed to another mortgagee, in which is expressed such a as above mentioned. The third contrary intention mortgage is afterwards transferred to the first-mentioned mortgagee. Would it be possible, in the face of the above-cited language of the Act, to contend that this third mortgage would not prevent the section from applying also to the other two? Could it be denied that a contrary intention" was "expressed" in "one of " the mortgage deeds? Thus the mortgagor would be remitted to the hardships of the present law of consolidation.

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It might perhaps be replied that this was foreseen, and that the third mortgage was intended to (and might justly) confer upon the person taking it the right, if he acquired other mortgages by the same mortgagor, to consolidate these latter with his original mortgage, although these latter mortgages would not, by themselves, have conferred any right to consolidate; and that this right is reasonably allowed to pass along with the mortgage, in which it inheres, to the owner of the two first-mentioned mortgages. But we fail to see the justice of permitting consolidation even to the original owner of the third mortgage, who must have had notice, when he took over the others, that the Act applied to them, and that the parties intended, at the time when they were made, to exclude them from the present law of consolidation. Still less do we see the justice of enabling the owner of the prior mortgages, who took them subject to a distinct understanding that they should not be liable to consolidation, designedly to evade a bargain to which he was a party, by getting into his hands another mortgage containing a different bargain to which he was not a party.

It would seem also to follow, by similar reasoning, that a mortgagee who is entitled to the benefit of several mortgages, all executed before the commencement of the Act, will not be able to make any further advances

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