WINDING UP NOTICES. London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Jan. 14. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. LIMITED IN CHANCERY. PALKIS CO, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before April 1, to send their names and addresses to Frederick Maynard, 14, Queen Victoria st, and Allen Henry Philip Stoneham, 29, St Swithin's lane. Gurney, Queen Victoria st, solor for liquidators NOTTINGHAM GENERAL OMNIBUS CO, LIMITED.-Petn for winding up, presented MATLOCK BATH WATERWORKS Co.-North, J., has, by an order, dated Dec 17. Jan 12 SUSPENDED FOR THREE MONTHS. HOTSPUR FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 10, Brunswick rd, Liverpool. Jan 11 London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Jan. 18, LIMITED IN CHANCERY. BRITISH BURMAH LEAD CO, LIMITED.-Petn for winding up, presented Jan 15, directed to be heard before Kay, J., on Jan 29. Lattey & Hait, Devonshire sq, solors for petners CENTRAL SUGAR FACTORIES OF BRAZIL, LIMITED.-North, J., has fixed Wednesday, Jan 26, at 12, at his chambers, for the appointment of an official liquidator EMPIRE FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. LIMITED.-Petn for winding up, presented Dec 17, directed to be heard before Kay, J., on Saturday, Jan 29. Pritchard & Sons, Gracechurch st, solors for petners ICE FACTORY CONSTRUCTION CO, LIMITED.-Petn for winding up, presented Jan 14. directed to be heard before Kay, J., on Jan 29. Honey, Aldermanbury, solor for petner UNLIMITED IN CHANCERY, MYRTLE SPRING ESTATE.-North, J., has. by an order, dated Dec 23, appointed Thomas Hadfield, Sheffield, to be official liquidator. Creditors are required. on or before Feb 19, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to the above. Monday, Feb 28, at 1, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. LIMITED IN CHANCERY. WILLIAM HARTLEY & SONS, LIMITED.-Bristowe, V.C.. has, by an order, dated HAWKINS, WILLIAM, Powick, Worcestershire, Farmer. Worcester. Pet Jan 5. Ord Jan 11 HUGHES, THOMAS WILLIAMS, Meilltyrne, Carnarvonshire, Surgeon. Bangor, Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 HURREY, WILLIAM CHARLES, Spalding, Lincolnshire, Farmer. Peterborough, Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 JEFFERY, MOSES WILLIAMS, Liverpool, Bookkeeper. Liverpool. Pet Jan 11. Ord Jan 11 JONES, WILLIAM THORNHILL, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, Grocer. Pembroke Dock. Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 LLOYD, JOSEPH, Plymouth, Confectioner. East Stonehouse. Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 LOOG, HERMANN, London Wall, Merchant. High Court. Pet Jan 6. Ord Jan 11 LOVERIDGE, FRANK, West Bromwich, Tobacconist. Oldbury. Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 MELLER, JAMES, Nottingham, out of business. Nottingham. Pet Jan 12. Ord Great Grimsby. Jan 12 MORRIS, ALFRED, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Shopkeeper. Pet Jan 11. Ord Jan 11 Ord Jan 11 Ord Jan 10 NEATE, GEORGE, Bristol, Coach Builder. Bristol. Pet Jan 11. ROWLEY, THOMAS, Crown ct, Cheapside, Licensed Victualler. High Court. Pet SCHATZ, JACOB, Edgbaston, Warwick, General Merchant. Birmingham. Pet Jan 11. Ord Jan 11 SMITH, GEORGE WILLIAM, Bury St Edmunds, Carriage Builder. Bury St Edmunds. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 STAFFORD, WILFRED, Newcastle on Tyne, Hairdresser. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet Jan 11. Ord Jan 11 THORN, JOSEPH PREDDICE, Budge row, Cannon st, Restaurant Proprietor. High Court. Pet Jan 10. Or Jan 10 TIDSWELL, EDWARD, Wood st, Cheapside, Warehouseman. High Court. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 TURNER, FRANCES, residence unknown, Widow. High Court. Pet Dec 1. Ord Jan 10 TURNER, THOMAS HARPER, Sheffield, Wireworker. Sheffield. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 WHITE, FRANK CARTER, Alkham rd, Stamford hill, out of occupation. High Court. Pet Jan 8. Ord Jan 10 Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 WILCOX, HENRY, Plymouth, Aerated Water Manufacturer. East Stonehouse. The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the RECEIVING ORDER RESCINDED. ADELPHI PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY.-Petn for winding up, presented Jan 15, directed to be heard at the Assize Courts, Manchester, on Monday, Jan 31. Rutherford, Liverpool, solor for petner OLD SWAN AND WEST DERBY PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. - Petn PROSSER, EVAN, Plaistow, Essex, Builder. High Court. Ord Oct 1. Resc for winding up, presented Jan 15, directed to be heard at the Assize Courts, Manchester, on Monday, Jan 31. Rutherford, Liverpool, solor for petner NOTICES TO CREDITORS UNDER TRUSTEES RELIEF ACT, for insertion in the London Gazette or any newspaper, should be sent to Harrison and Sons, Publishers London Gazette, 45, St. Martin's-lane, W.C. The Gazette is published every Tuesday and Friday.-[ADVT.] BANKRUPTCY NOTICES. London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Jan. 14. RECEIVING ORDERS. ADAMS, JOHN, Furnival's inn, Holborn. High Court. Pet Dec 18. Ord Jan 11 BARNETT, JAMES VEYSEY, Bridgwater, Accountant. Bridgwater. Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 BELTON, EDWARD, Tudworth, nr Thorne, Yorks, Farm Manager. Sheffield. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 BLOCH, CHARLES, Fremont st, South Hackney, Shoe Bow Manufacturer. High Court. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 BOOTH, WILLIAM BINGHAM, Sheffield, Sheep Shear Manager. Sheffield. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 BRAMHAM, BENJAMIN, York, Provision Dealer. York. Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 BRICKELL, JOHN, Manor pk, Essex, Builder. High Court. Pet Dec 8. Ord Jan 11 BRITTEN, GEORGE, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, Innkeeper. Peterborough. Pet Jan 11. Ord Jan 11 BULMAN, THOMAS, Newcastle on Tyne, Dealer in Fancy Goods. Newcastle on CLAYTON, WILLIAM, Burslem, Earthenware Manufacturer. Hanley, Burslem, DOUBLEDAY, CHARLES, Wavertree, nr Liverpool, out of business. Liverpool. Pet Dec 23. Ord Jan 12 DOULT, HENRY, Penshurst, Kent, Brickmaker. Tunbridge Wells. Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 DOWSON, THOMPSON JACQUES, Kirby Ravensworth, Yorks, no occupation. DUNN, NOAH, West Bromwich, out of business. Oldbury. Pet Jan 11. Ord HARPER, JOHN, and GEORGE HARPER, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Builders. Derby. Jan 12 FIRST MEETINGS. ANGOOD, JOHN, Chatteris, Cambridge, Farmer. Jan 28 at 3. George Hotel, Chatteris BARNETT, JAMES VESEY, Bridgwater, Accountant. Jan 21 at 2. Bristol Arms BATSON, EDWARD, Kingskerswell, Devon, Gent. Jan 22 at 11. Castle of Exeter, BRAMHAM, BENJAMIN, York, Provision Dealer. Jan 24 at 12. Off Rec, York BURN, THOMAS, Morpeth, Grocer. Jan 22 at 10.30. Off Rec, Pink lane, Newcastle on Tyne GOLDSMITH, ABRAHAM, Mildmay park, Canonbury, Schoolmaster. Jan 21 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields HARPER, JOHN, and GEORGE HARPER, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Builders. Jan 22 at 2 15. Flying Horse Hotel, Nottingham HAWKINS, WILLIAM, Powick, Worcestershire, Farmer. Feb 1 at 11. Off Rec, PUIG, MANUEL VALLESY, Crystal Palace rd, East Dulwich, Clerk. Jan 21 at 11. STAFFORD, WILFRED, Newcastle on Tyne, Hairdresser. Jan 25 at 2.30. Off Rec, STANDING, JAMES HERBERT, Brighton, Actor. Jan 24 at 12. Off Rec, 4, Pavilion bldgs, Brighton TRIPPIT, JOHN, South Shields, Bootmaker. Jan 22 at 11. Off Rec, Pink lane, Newcastle on Tyne UPWARD, WALTER, Finsbury circus, Solicitor. Jan 21 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lin The following amended notice is substituted for that published in the London Gazette of Jan. 7. COOPER, ROBERT, Nottingham, Grocer. Jan 21 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham ADJUDICATIONS. BEENY, CAROLINE. Hailsham, Sussex, Corn Merchant. Lewes and Eastbourne. Pet Jan 7. Ord Jan 10 BELTON, EDWARD, Tudworth, nr Thorne, Yorks, Farm Manager. Sheffield. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 BISHOP, HENRY, Harleyford rd, Kennington, Builder. Wandsworth. Pet Dec 15. Ord Jan 11 BLACKMAN, FRANK, Southampton, Builder. Southampton. Pet Jan 4. Ord Jan 10 BLOCH, CHARLES, Fremont st, South Hackney, Shoe Bow Maker. High Court. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 BOBBITT, WILLIAM JAMES, and ROBERT KNIGHTS, Lowestoft, Fishing Boat Owners. Gt Yarmouth. Pet Jan 4. Ord Jan 10 BOOTH, WILLIAM BINGHAM, Sheffield, Sheep Shear Manager. Sheffield. Pet BRAGG, H, Stralock terr, Parson's green, Fulham, Builder. High Court. Pet Pet Jan 11. Ord Jan 11 HAWKINS, WILLIAM, Powick, Worcestershire, Farmer. Worcester. Pet Jan 5. HUGHES, THOMAS WILLIAMS, Meilltyrne, Carnarvonshire, Surgeon. Bangor. HUNT, MARY COLE, Springfield, Essex, Schoolmistress. Chelmsford. Pet Dec 20. Örd Jan 11 KING, THOMAS, Brunswick terrace, Grosvenor park, Camberwell, Showman. High Court. Pet Jan 4. Ord Jan 10 MARSHALL, ROBERT, Kingston upon Hull, Fish Merchant. Kingston upon Hull. Pet Dec 31. Ord Jan 10 MORRIS, ALFRED, Great Grimsby, Shopkeeper. Great Grimsby. Pet Jan 11. Ord Jan 11 PAIN, WILLIAM, Western super Mare, Nurseryman. Bridgwater. Pet Jan 5. Ord Jan 11 PEACOCK, ROBERT MARK, Kingsland rd, Manager of Tobacco Manufactory. High Court. Pet Dec 30. Ord Jan 10 PEMBLETON, SAMUEL, Arnoid, Nottinghamshire, Hosier. Nottingham. Pet Nov 23. Ord Jan 10 PEPPER, SAMUEL, Gotham, Nottinghamshire, Farmer. Nottingham. Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 Commission PINOLI, CHARLES, Wardour st, Restaurant Keeper. High Court. Pet Dec 11. Pet Dec 4. SMITH, JAMES, Liss, Hampshire, Farmer. Portsmouth. Pet Jan 3. Ord Jan 6 SMITH, SYDNEY HERBERT, Nottingham, Grocer. Nottingham. Pet Dec 4. Ord Jan 10 SPACKMAN, GEORGE, Swindon, Solicitor. Bristol, trans from Swindon. Pet Dec 4. Oid Jan 12 SPILSBURY, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Birmingham, Baker. Birmingham. Pet Jan 7. Ord Jan 10 STAFFORD, WILFRED, Newcastle on Tyne, Hairdresser. Newcastle on Tyne. Pet Jan 11. Ord Jan 11 STONE, EDWARD, Charterhouse sq. High Court. Pet Dec 3. Ord Jan 10 SUFFIELD, WILLIAM, Bridge rd, Poplar, Coppersmith, High Court. Pet Nov 12. Ord Jan 10 THORN, JOSEPH PRIDDICE, Budge row, Cannon st, Restaurant Proprietor. High Court. Pet Jan 10. Ord Jan 10 TURNER, THOMAS HARPER, Sheffield, Wire Worker. Sheffield. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 ARMSTEAD, JOHN, Sheffield, Accountant. Sheffield. Pet Dec 13. Ord Jan 13 BASE, JACOB, West st, Mile End Old Town, Contractor. High Court. Pet Jan 14. Ord Jan 14 BASSETT, GEORGE, Little Bowden, Northampton, Builder. Leicester. Pet Jan 13. Ord Jan 13 COLBY, NATHANIEL, Kirkley, Suffolk, Fishing Boat Owner. Gt Yarmouth. Pet DENHAM, WILLIAM GRAHAM, Scott's ter, Trafalgar rd, Old Kent ra, Umbrella FORD, AUGUSTUS FRANK JUSTICE, Langley Mill, Derby, Private Tutor. Derby. Pet Jan 14. Ord Jan 14 HILLS, CHARLES, Margate, Baker. Canterbury. Pet Jan 14. Ord Jan 14 JONES, MORRIS OWEN, Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Mason. Pontypridd. Pet Jan MARKS, ABRAHAM MARK, Wilson st, Finsbury, Manufacturer. High Court. Pet Jan 13 Pet Jan 13. Ord Jan 14 Ord Jan 14 Ord Jan 15 POOLE, ARTHUR, Winchester, Carpenter. Winchester. Pet Jan 14. SMITH, BIRCH, Halifax, Cabinet Maker. Halifax. Pet Jan 14. Ord Jan 14 SMITH, JONAS, Bradford, Yarn Agent. Bradford. Pet Jan 14. Ord Jan 14 WADSWORTH, STEPHEN, Smethwick, Staffs, Baker. Oldbury. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 14 WAITE, JOHN, Bingley, Yorks, Cab Proprietor. Bradford. Pet Jan 14. Ord WILLIAMS, JOHN, Corwen, Merionethshire, Builder, Wrexham. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 12 WILLOWS, JOHN, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, Grocer. Lincoln. Pet Jan 14. Ord Jan 14 WISEMAN, JOHN JOSEPH, Spalding, Lincolnshire, Farmer. Peterborough. Pet Jan 13. Ord Jan 13 YEXLEY, FREDERICK, White Horse st, Stepney, Hotel Keeper. High Court. Pet Dec 22. Ord Jan 13 FIRST MEETINGS. BARBER, HENRY, High Holborn, Builder. Jan 25 at 12. Bankruptcy bldngs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields BASSETT, GEORGE, Little Bowden, Northamptonshire, Builder. Jan 27 at 12.30. 28, Friar lane, Leicester BEENY, CAROLINE, Hailsham, Sussex, Corn Merchant. Jan 26 at 12. Off Rec, 4, Pavilion bldgs, Brighton BRITTEN, GEORGE, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire, Innkeeper. Jan 28 at 11.30. White Horse Hotel, St Ives CHOAT, CHARLES, West Ham, Essex, Smith. Jan 25 at 2.30. 33, Carey st, Lin coln's inn CLAYTON, WILLIAM, Burslem, Earthenware Manufacturer. Jan 25 at 2. North Stafford Hotel, Stoke upon Trent CLIFFE, JAMES COVERDALE, Kingston upon Hull, Sewing Machine Agent. Jan 25 at 2. Hull Incorporated Law Society, Lincoln's inn bldgs, Bowlalley lane, Hull COOPER, HENRY FRANCIS, Walsall, Clerk. Feb 2 at 10.15. Off Rec, Walsall COTON, THOMAS, Halifax, Coal Merchant. Jan 27 at 10.30. Off Rec, Halifax CRACKNELL, ALFRED, Beckenham rd, Penge, Grocer. Jan 26 at 3. 109, Victoria st, Westminster CRIDLAND, THOMAS RICHARD, Totnes, Grocer. Jan 25 at 11. 18, Frankfort st, Plymouth DAFFON, JOHN, Bromsgrove, Farmer. Jan 29 at 11. Off Rec, Worcester DEIGHTON, ROBERT, Richmond, Yorks, Saddler. Jan 25 at 11. Off Rec, 8, Albert DOUBLEDAY, CHARLES, Wavertree, nr Liverpool, out of business. Feb 4 at 3. Off rd, Middlesborough DURRANT, JABEZ ALFRED, Crutched Friars, Wine Merchant. Jan 25 at 11. BankRec, 35 Victoria st, Liverpool ruptcy bldgs, Portugal st, Lincoln's inn fields DUTTON, JOSEPH, Middle, Salóp, Farmer. Jan 25 at 1. Law Society, Talbot ELLIS, HENRY SAMUEL, Nottingham, Pianoforte Tuner. Jan 26 at 11. Off Rec, chbrs, Shrewsbury 1, High Pavement, Nottingham FORD, AUGUSTUS FRANK JUSTICE, Langley Mill, Derbyshire, Tutor. Jan 28 at 2.30. Off Rec, St James's chbrs, Derby GREENLAW, HENRY, Beverley, Joiner. Jan 27 at 2 Hull Incorporated Law Society, Lincoln's inn bdas, Bowlalley lane, Hull HURREY, WILLIAM CHARLES, Spalding, Farmer. Feb 2 at 11.30. White Hart Hotel, Spalding JOHNSON, ALFRED, Newcastle on Tyne, Drysalter. Jan 27 at 2.30. Off Rec, Pink lane. Newcastle on Tyne JONES. WILLIAM THORNHILL, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, Grocer. Jan 25 at 11. Off Rec, Carmarthen KING, THOMAS, Brunswick terr. Grosvenor pk, Camberwell, Showman. Jan 26 at 2.30. 33. Carey st, Lincoln's inn KNIGHT, GEORGE, Southsea, Watchmaker. Jan 31 at 3. 166, Queen st, Portsea LITTLEWOOD, GEORGE ORLANDO, High st, Gravesend, Draper. Jan 27 at 12. Off Rec, High st, Rochester MARTIN, GEORGE, jun, Bowles rd, Old Kent rd, Stone Merchant. Jan 26 at 11. Bankruptcy bldgs, Portugal st. Lincoln's inn fields MERRICK, JOHN, Widnes, Lancs, Milliner. Feb 4 at 2. Off Rec, 35, Victoria st, MORGAN, WILLIAM HENRY, Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, Farmer. Jan 26 at 12.30. OPIE, CHARLES, Noble st, Maker. Jan 27 at 11. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn PARR, TC, Nottingham, Builder. Jan 25 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham PEACOCK, ROBERT MARK, Kingsland rd, Manager of Tobacco Manufactory. Jan 27 at 12. 33, Carey st, Lincoln's inn PEPPER, SAMUEL. Gotham, Nottingham, Farmer. Jan 26 at 12. Off Rec, 1, High pavement, Nottingham PINOLI. CHARLES, Wardour st, Restaurant Keeper. Jan 27 at 11. Bankruptcy PRESCOTT. THOMAS Prescot, Lancashire, Watch Material Dealer. Feb 4 at 2.30. ROGERS, WILLIAM, Leeds, Horse Dealer. Jan 26 at 11. Off Rec, 22, Park row, SKIDMORE, DANIEL (sep estate), Dudley, Worcester, Coalmaster. Jan 31 at 10.30. SKIDMORF, DANIEL, and ELIJAH SWAIN, West Bromwich, Coalmasters. Pet Jan SMITH, BIRCH, Halifax, Cabinet Maker. Jan 27 at 11. Off Rec, Halifax SMITH, WILLIAM, Mi'ton Court rd, New Cross, Mason. Jan 26 at 12. 109, Vic- STOCKS, GEORGE THOMAS, Walworth rd, Newington, Manager to a Tobacconist. STONE. EDWARD Charterhouse sq. Jan 26 at 12. Bankruptcy bldngs, Portugal SWAIN, ELIJAH (sex estate), Port Tipton, Staffordshire, Beerhouse Keeper. WILCOX, HENRY, Plymouth, Aerated Water Manufacturer. Jan 25 at 11. Bank- WISEMAN, JOHN JOSEPH, Spalding, Farmer. Feb 2 at 12.30. White Hart Hotel, ADJUDICATIONS. ADAMS, JOHN, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Draper. Cardiff. Pet Dec 17. Ord Jan 14 BASSETT, GEORGE, Little Bowden, Northampton, Builder. Leicester. Pet Jan BATSON. EDWARD, Kingskerswell, Devon, Gent. Exeter. Pet Nov 24. Ord BRAMHAM, BENJAMIN, Monkgate, York, Provision Dealer. York. Pet Jan 10. BRITTEN, GEORGE, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, Innkeeper. Peterborough. BROOKER, HENRY, High st, Beckenham, Carman. Croydon. Pet Nov 18. Ord Jan 13 CLAYTON, WILLIAM Burslem, Earthenware Manufacturer. Hanley, Burslem, CLIFFE. JAMES COVERDALE, Kingston upon Hull, Sewing Machine Agent. COLBY, NATHANIEL, Kirkley, Suffolk, Fishing Boat Owner. Gt Yarmouth. Pet COLMAN, ELIZABETH, Stoke Ash, Suffolk, Farmer. Ipswich. Pet Dec 23. Ord COTON, THOMAS, Halifax, Coal Merchant. Halifax. Pet Jan 13. Ord Jan 13 DAFFON; JOHN, Bromsgrove, Farmer. Worcester. Pet Jan 15. Ord Jan 15 EDWARDS WILLIAM OSBERT, Colwyn Bay, Denbigh, Solicitor. Wrexham. Pet FIELD, JOHN, Bristol, Jeweller. Bristol. Pet Dec 29. Ord Jan 14 GOULDING, JOHN THOMAS, Northwich, Cheshire, Coal Dealer. Nantwich and HAYWARD. JAMES THOMAS. Victoria rd, Surbiton, Carver. Kingston, Surrey. HEDGES, ELIZABETH ANN, Clifton, Bristol, Licensed Victualler. Bristol. Pet Dec HILLS, CHARLES, Margate, Baker. Canterbury. Pet Jan 14. Ord Jan 14 Jan 15 Arti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality with the excess of fat extracted. The Faculty pronounce it "the most nutritious, perfectly digestible beverage for Breakfast, Luncheon, or Supper, and invaluable for Invalids and Children." Highly commended by the entire Medical Press. Being without sugar, spice, or other admixture, it suits all palates keeps for years in all climates, and is four times the strength of cocoas THICKENED yet WEAKENED with starch, &c., and IN REALITY CHEAPER than such Mixtures. Made instantaneously with iling water, a teaspoonful In tins at 1s. 6d., 3s., 5s. 6d., &c., by Chemists and Charities on Special Terms by the Sole Proprietor, LAW. Wauted, by a young Solicitor, a Clerkship with a view to a Partnership (London office preferred); can introduce some_capital.-Address, A. P. R., 101, Leadenhall-street, E.C. LA JONES, WILLIAM THORNHILL, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, Grocer. Pembroke Jan 13 Jan 15 LLOYD, JOSEPH, Plymouth, Confectioner. East Stonehouse. Pet Jan 10. Ord MORGAN, WILLAM HENRY, Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, Farmer. Pembroke Dock. POWERS, WILLIAM, Lidlington, Bedford, Farmer. Bedford. Pet Jan 14. Ord SMITH, JONAS, Bradford, Yarn Agent. Bradford, Pet Jan 14. Ord Jan 14 UFTON, WILLIAM GEORGE, Bailgate, Lincoln, Tobacconist's Assistant. Lincoln. WADSWORTH, STEPHEN, Harborne, Stafford, Baker. Oldbury. Pet Jan 12. Ord Jan 14 Jan 14 WAITE, JOHN, Bingley, Yorks, Cab Proprietor. Bradford. Pet Jan 14. Ord BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. LEACH.-Jan 19, at 34, Elm Park-gardens, S.W., the wife of Arthur Leach, MARRIAGES. SICHEL-HOLMS-Jan. 18, at St. Mary Abbott's, Walter S. Sichel. of 2, Dr. COURT PAPERS ........ 198 THE TOWN-PROVINCIAL MEETING REVIEWS EDE AND SON, 94, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. MESSRS. GEDGE, KIRBY, & MILLETT require the Assistance of an able Managing Clerk, a graduate who has had at least two years' experience since his articles; good salary.-Apply by letter only, addressed to 1, Old Palace-yard, Westminster. AW.-Wanted, by a Solicitor (29, ad- DETECTIVE OFFICES (SLATER'S). mitted 1881), Managing Clerkship; the advertiser has no objection to Advocacy, and is hard working and energetic; excellent references; shorthand; salary moderate.-Apply, R. LINTON, Eastrow, Whitby. The only acknowledged Establishment in the DUCATION.-To Solicitors and other AW.-A Young Solicitor (Honours, ad- EDU LA mitted, aged 24), at present with large London firm, seeks a Junior Conveyancing and General Clerkship in a good office, in town or country; advertiser is industrious, and can give good references.-Apply, H., 17, Upper Woburn-place, London, W.C. ........... 207 ......... ...... 207 WINDING-UP NOTICES .............. 208 ............ 208 UNTEARABLE LETTER (HOWARD'S PATENT.) 1,000 Leaf Book, 5s. 6d. ; 500 Leaf Book, 3s. 6d. English made. THE BEST LETTER COPYING BOOK OUT. WODDERSPOON & CO., 7, SERLE STREET, AND 1, PORTUGAL STREET, firm, and the other attending St. Paul's School) in a Professional Men and Gentlemen of Limited In- IN come.-A few boys, sons of the above, are admitted ESTABLISHED 1872. NSTITUTION for BOYS of the UPPER CLASSES only in any Misfortune or Distress.Two Guineas on admission and Five Guineas per Apply to the CHAPLAIN, St. Michael's, Woodside, quarter for education, maintenance, and clothingCroydon. Latin, French, Mathematics. IN CONNECTION with the transfer of causes, the complaints most frequently heard have arisen by reason of the causes coming into the daily list before the parties are ready, or being so near the head of the list that sufficient notice to prepare briefs and evidence has not been afforded to the parties. There is, however, it appears, another aspect of the result of transfers, and another cause of A cautious solicitor, seeing that The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. complaint not usually heard. LONDON, JANUARY 29, 1887. CURRENT TOPICS. THE BLUE RIBBON of the conveyancers, disposable by the retirement of Mr. DART, has been bestowed on Mr. SPENCER P. BUTLER, and we believe that his title to the honour has been admitted without objection or requisition by the fraternity. ON SATURDAY LAST Mr. Justice NORTH gave notice that, as soon as he had got through his list of further considerations, he should proceed with the adjourned summonses and the non-witness actions, and that, until he had made some way with these matters, he could not fix a day for beginning the actions with witnesses. IN A SHORT CAUSE which was in Mr. Justice NORTH's paper on Saturday last no copy of the minutes of the proposed judgment had been left for the use of the judge. His lordship said that in future, if a copy of the proposed minutes was not left in such cases, he should order the case to stand over for a week, and should make the person who was responsible for the omission pay the costs of the standing over. In another short cause the same day his lordship said that this rule would apply to foreclosure actions as well as others. THE TRANSFER, which we stated last week to be in course of preparation, of one hundred actions to the list of Mr. Justice KEKEWICH was made on Saturday, the 22nd inst., and issued on the 24th. It will be observed that the earliest date on which any of these actions was set down was the 16th of June, 1886, and the latest day the 11th of December, 1886. It is impossible to predict when the earliest cases in the transferred list will come into the paper; that depends on several considerations, but it seems probable that by the middle of next month the previous list will be exhausted. MR. JUSTICE CHITTY a few days ago made some pointed remarks on the duties and liabilities of receivers. It appeared that a receiver, instead of paying money into court and passing his accounts, paid the money he received to his solicitors, who became bankrupt. Mr. Justice CHITTY charged the receiver with interest at four per cent. on the balances in his hands, and took the opportunity of observing, by way of warning to receivers, that solicitors for receivers sometimes seemed to think that delay was of no importance in passing the accounts. It was not sufficiently remembered that the duty of receivers was to protect the fund and to see that the money got into court. THE RECENT DEATH of Mr. Serjeant SLEIGH, following closely upon that of Mr. Serjeant BALLANTINE, has reduced the number of surviving serjeants-at-law, other than judges and ex-judges, to five, and of these only Sir JOHN SIMON and Serjeant ROBINSON hold patents of precedence. It is noticeable that Serjeant SLEIGH obtained the coif in 1868, at the same time as the late Serjeant SARGOOD and the late Serjeant Cox, and that the rank of serjeant was not conferred on any practising barrister after that date. a case is likely soon to come into the paper (say fifteen off), wires to his client, who is abroad, to come over to England according to previous arrangement. The client starts on his long journey, and there is then no opportunity of using the telegraph to inform him that his case has been transferred to another judge. and that, instead of being fifteen off, it is now more than a hundred off. This is a source of expense which may not arise very frequently, and we can see no remedy for it unless, indeed, the circumstances should induce the Lord Chancellor to comply with an application for a re-transfer. A PURCHASER who completes without notice of an act of bankruptcy by the vendor, and before a receiving order is made agaiust him, is safe, even if a receiving order is subsequently made against the vendor in respect of an act of bankruptcy committed before completion Bankruptcy Act, 1883, s. 49. It follows that in many cases a prudent purchaser will search for receiving orders against the vendor before completion. By some oversight, neither the Bankruptcy Act, 1883, nor the rules made under it, make any provision for the registration of receiving orders. The Board of Trade has set a good example to all public offices by taking an enlightened view of their duties, and keeping a register that they were not inn-fields; it is divided into two parts, one containing London, and strictly bound to establish. The register is kept at 34, Lincoln'sthe other country, receiving orders, and it consists of copies of the tabular statements of receiving orders as they appear in the London Gazette. The register is arranged under the surnames of the debtors, all names beginning with the same letter being colIt lected together, but not being in alphabetical order inter se. would probably add to the convenience of the public if some provision could be made for official searches. WE REPORT in another column a case of Re Grey's Brewery Co., which, if it is to be taken as laying down a general principle, will very seriously affect the remuneration of solicitors on sales of property subject to incumbrances. It is true that the learned judge said that the sale in question was not a sale subject to incumbrances, and that he decided the case according to the special facts; but as he immediately afterwards intimated his view on a general point-viz., that he could look at the substance of the matter, and was not bound by the contract for sale- we are entitled to assume that his decision has, to that extent, a general application. Its effect appears to be that, in sales subject to incumbrances, the vendor's solicitor may be restricted to the scale fee on the balance received by the vendor, which in most cases is comparatively small. To hold that in such cases the solicitor's fee must be calculated on the balance cannot be right; for transactions of this kind are often of the most complicated and difficult nature, and the difficulty is increased by the existence of the incumbrances. Of course, it might be said that it is open to the solicitor to elect; but this is more easily said than done. Solicitors are loath to adopt a course which may give rise to the notion that they are endeavouring to obtain more than they are justly entitled to; besides, it is impossible for a solicitor to understand the nature of the business until he has gone into it to some extent, and it will then be too late for him to elect (Re Allen, ante, p. 185). Mr. Justice CHITTY admitted that, if he only looked at the formal contract for sale entered into by the vendor in the recent case, he would have to decide in favour of the solicitor; but he held that he was not bound by that contract, and that it was competent for him to go behind it and look at all the circumstances of the case, and, having done this, he deprived the solicitor of the commission because he found that a person other than the vendor -viz., the original owner-was the person principally interested in the sale. And, according to the taxing master's reasons, it would appear that as the greater part of the proceeds went into the original owner's pocket, he ought to pay a proportionate share of the costs, and the solicitor must put up with the loss because he had not a binding contract from this person to pay his costs. The persons who received the principal part of the proceeds of the sale in question had nothing to gain by it beyond what was secured to them by their own contract, the costs in connection with which, it is assumed, had already been paid; and why they should be called upon to pay again-they being only concurring parties does not seem quite clear. The judge, how ever, seems to have treated them as joint vendors. We venture to think that the sale in question was, in substance, a sale subject to incumbrances, and as such the solicitor was, under rule 9 of schedule I. part I. of the Remuneration Order, entitled to charge on the whole amount of the purchasemoney. When the Remuneration Order was made, the scales therein provided were intended to cover the rough transactions and the smooth ones, but the tendency of the authorities seems to be to make it rough for the solicitor all round. If the solicitor loses in pocket, there is no remedy for him, as the scale must be adhered to; but if the scale gives him anything more than he would be entitled to before it came into operation, his charges must be cut down. We hope that the Incorporated Law Society, who, it was stated in court, were supporting the contention of the solicitors, will not allow the matter to remain as it now stands. fiction of identification with the driver cannot be used, and in future a passenger who is injured in a collision or other accident involving two vehicles or ships, and which is due to the negligence of each, will be able to recover against the owner of either. In the case just decided, three persons who were on board The Bushire were killed in a collision between that ship and The Bernina. Both vessels were in fault. One of the deceased was an officer directly responsible for the collision; he therefore had no remedy, but the representatives of the other two recovered against the owners of The Bernina. The law is now settled in accordance both with the most recent American decisions and with the decided tendency of opinion among ourselves. the setting down of a chancery action for hearing and the date of the COVENANTS RUNNING WITH THE LAND. (I.) COVENANTS IN LEASES. THE LEGAL POSITION of the travelling public has been very much improved during the past week. This change is due to the decision of the Court of Appeal in The Bernina, Armstrong v. Mills, overruling Thorogood v. Bryan (8 C. B. 115). The latter case had settled that a passenger was so far identified with the driver of the vehicle in which he was travelling that contributory negligence on his part would prevent the passenger from recovering damages against the owner of another vehicle by which he was injured. This was, of course, upon the ground that the relationship between the two was analogous to that between master and servant. The facts of Thorogood v. Bryan were briefly these-A passenger alighted from an omnibus which had stopped in the middle of the road; another omnibus, following too rapidly, ran over him, and he died from the injuries received. An action was brought by his representative, under Lord Campbell's Act, against the owner of the second omnibus, but failed, owing to the contributory negligence of the driver of the first omnibus in not drawing up to the kerb-stone. But the identification of the passenger with the driver, upon which the decision was founded, was a great extension of a principle that, even in its usual application, is often difficult to justify. Hence the decision was regarded with dissatisfaction, and it has long been anticipated that it would be overruled upon an opportunity arising. Such opportunity the recent case has afforded, and the Court of Appeal has unhesitatingly taken advantage of it to abolish a fiction which had no foundation in fact. The identification of a master with his servant is a principle well known to the law, and its extension to the more general case of principal and agent will probably not be disputed. It is usual to justify it by saying that the master has exercised his discretion in choosing his servant, and must be held liable if he has chosen a careless one. This was applied in Thorogood v. Bryan, on the ground that the passenger had selected his omnibus. But the Court of Appeal has now got nearer the truth. In very few cases The above is an outline of the theory of covenants running with has a passenger by a public conveyance any real chance of selection, the land at law, or at least so far as the matter is governed by the and, even if he has, the analogy of master and servant does not common law. To speak of them, however, as running with the in the least hold, for he has no control of any kind over the driver. land, is clearly wrong, for it is not with the land as such that Moreover, the Master of the Rolls pointed out one result of the the covenants in any case run, but with particular estates in pretended identification which makes the matter very clear. If it the land. This distinction is fundamental, and upon it rests the really exists, not only are the passengers' rights thereby diminished, importance of the idea of privity of estate. As to this, morebut a new and unexpected liability must be laid upon him, inas-over, a distinction must be taken. If A. and B. are the original much as he becomes actually liable for the driver's negligence. contracting parties, and if B. assigns his interest to C., we may This, of course, is too absurd. It is clear, therefore, that the require privity of estate between A. and B. as well as between UNDER ordinary circumstances it is only the original parties to a contract who can sue upon it, or who are bound by it-in other words, who can claim the benefit or are liable to the obligation or the burden of it. Between such persons there is said to exist privity of contract. But if the contract refers to land, and if one or both of the contracting parties have an estate in it, then the contract is sometimes allowed to follow that estate into the hands of assigns. The privity of estate in such cases is allowed to take the place of privity of contract, and the assigns are treated in law as though they had been originally parties. The particular contract to which these remarks apply is a covenant, and when the covenant in this manner is transferred to subsequent assigns it is said to run with the land. |