Sankey, Joseph, Ardwick, Manchester, Pawnbroker's Assistant. Feb 3 Shaw, Henry, Selby, York, Butcher. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Atkinson, Shaw, Squire, jun, Eastborough, York, Plasterer. Feb 5 at 10.30 at offices of Ridgway and Ridgway, Union st, Dewsbury Sharratt, Edwin John, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, Grocer. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Dallow, Queen sq, Wolverhampton Simons, Caroline, and Victor Simons, Euston rd, Tailors. Feb 2 at 2 at offices of Lovering, Gresham st. Barnet, Palmerston Buildings, Old Broad st Simpson, William, Darlington, Durham, Grocer. of Barron, High row, Darlington Feb 4 at 3 at offices Skinn, William Stainton, Fleet, Lincoln, Farmer. Feb 12 at 10 at offices of Mossop and Mossop, Holbeach Smith, John, Dulwich, Surrey, Grocer. Feb 9 at 2 at offices of Hores and Pattison, Lincoln's-inn-fields Smith, John, Kingston-upon-Hull, Grocer. Cockin, Mason st, Kingston-upon-Hull Feb 10 at 1 at offices of Speed, John, Liverpool, Grocer. Feb 5 at 11 at offices of Etty, Lord st, Liverpool Squires, Thomas Alfred, Albion rd, Holloway, Clerk. Feb 9 at 4 at the Masons' Hall Tavern, Basinghall st Stirrup, Thomas, Hindley, Lancaster, Beerhouse Keeper. Feb 4 at 11 at offices of Bryan, Ladies lane, Hindley Swallow, Charles Daniel, Huntley st, Tottenham court rd, Cab Driver. Feb 6 at 2 at offices of Harcourt, Moorgate st Tarlton, William, Lymington, Southampton, Painter. Feb 2 at 12 at offices of Davis, Portland st, Southampton. Jackman, Lymington Teale, William Evans. Brockeridge Common, Gloucester, Market Gardener. Feb 4 at 12 at offices of Clark, Regent st, Cheltenham Terry. Charles, Bradford, York, Cab Proprietor. Feb 9 at 11 at offices of Terry and Robinson, Market st, Bradford Thomson, James, Hulme, Manchester, Beer Retailer. Feb 11 at 3 at offices of Preston, Clarence st, Albert sq, Manchester Thorne, Charles, New Cross rd, out of business. Feb 9 at 12 at offices of Tower, Lower Thames st Townsend, Daniel, Newport, Monmouth, Fish Dealer. Feb 3 at 11 at offices of Parker, Commercial st, Newport Treadway, Henry, Quilter st, Hackney rd, Cabinet Maker. Jan 29 at 2.30 at offices of Liquidation Company, Finsbury pl. Gray, Fingbury pl Vivian, William, Liskeard, Cornwall, Tea Dealer. Feb 5 at 11 at offices of Elwortby and Co, Courtenay st, Plymouth. Caunter, Liskeard Wakelam, Arthur, Willenhall, Stafford, File Cutter. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Stratton, Queen st, Wolverhampton Walsh, William, Heywood, Lancaster, Eating house Keeper. Feb 4 at 10 at offices of Banks, Market place, Heywood Weller, Alfred George, Ramsgate, Kent, Hatter. Feb 5 at 3 at offices of Venn and Son, Finch lane, Cornhill. Edwards, Ramsgate Wheeler, Richard, Church rd, Essex rd, Dairyman. Jan 31 at 3 at offices of Holloway, Ball's Pond rd. Cooper, Chancery lane White, William Rewse, Glasshouse st, Trimming Warehouseman. Feb 10 at 2 at 26, Lincoln's inn fields. Prichard, St Swithin's lane Whitfield, John Smith, Glinton, Northampton, Farmer. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Wyman, Priestgate, Peterborough Whitworth, John William, Southampton, Licensed Victualler. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Harlow, Southampton bldgs, Chancery lane, Shutte, Southampton Wiggins, John, Handsworth, Stafford, Jeweller. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Davies, Bennett's hill, Birmingham Wilkin, Charles Wright, Lismore rd, Kentish Town, Engineer's Draughtsman. Feb 4 at 3 at offices of Cooper. Chancery lane Woodhead, Charles Storey, Bradford, Hatter. Feb 4 at 3 at the White Bear Hotel, Market st, Manchester. Cater, Bradford Wright, Isaac, Wigan, Grocer. Feb 5 at 3 at the Clarence Hotel, Wallgate, Wigan. Stuart, Wigan Wynn, William Arthur, Kernington rd, Lambeth, Fish Dealer. Feb 2 at 10 at offices of Goatly, Westminster Bridge rd TUESDAY, Jan. 27, 1880. Alsop, Edward Marriott, Northampton, Plumber. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Jeffery, Market sq, Northampton Arnold, Thomas, Rainhill, Lancaster, out of business. Feb 10 at 3 at 3 at offices of Riley and Cook, Hardshaw st, St Helens Baker, John, Nottingham, Lace Maker. Feb 11 at 3 at offices of Press, Friar lane, Nottingham Baldock, Edward, Hills yard, Wandsworth, Cement Merchant. Feb 19 at 1 at offices of Jones, High st, Wandsworth Barley, George, Messingham, Lincoln, Farmer. Feb 14 at 11 at offices of Bladon, Market pl, Gainsborough Barlow, Thomas Edward, and Edwin George Barlow, Oakham, Rutland, Builders. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Owston and Dickinson, Friar lane, Leicester Bebbington, Henry, Wharton, Chester, Butcher. Feb 7 at 12 at offices of Green and Dixon, High st, Winsford Blundell, James, Birkdale, Lancaster, Contractor. Feb 11 at 3.30 at Boosey, Abraham, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, out of business. Feb 12 at 11 at George Hotel, Bishop Stortford. Mills Booth, Charles, Liverpool, Public House Manager. Feb 9 at 12 at offices of Carruthers, Lord st, Liverpool Boyd, Joseph, Bridlington Quay, York, Grocer. Feb 9 at 2.30 at the George Hotel, Whitefriar gate, Kingston-upon-Hull. Harland, Bridlington Brown, Walter, and Maurice Brown, Leeds, Provision Dealers. Feb 6 at 3 at offices of Raper, East parade, Leeds Cahill, Mary Staunton. Fetter lane, Licensed Victualler. Feb 10 at 3 at offices of Snell and Greenip, George st, Mansion House Cantle, John Stephen, Lyncombe, Bath, Painter. Feb 6 at 11 at offices of Bartrum and Bartlett, Northumberland bldgs, Bath Card, Herbert, jun, Birmingham, Confectioner. Feb 10 at 11 at offices of Turner, Temple row, Birmingham Carr, William Ward, Greenside road, Shepherd's Bush, Doctor of Medicine. Feb 5 at 2 at offices of Emmott, Budge row, Cannon st Cartner, David, Parkholme road, Dalston, Wholesale Druggist. Feb 12 at 3 at offices of Davies, Basinghall st Catchpole, Jonathan, Old Whittington, Derby, Miner. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Higginbotton and Co, Irongate Office, Chesterfield. Black, Chesterfield Chapman, George, Thornton-le-Moor, York, Farmer Feb 10 at 10 at the Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton. Waistell, Northallerton Coates, George Webster, Boroughbridge, York, Plumber. Feb 9 at 1 at offices of McLaren, Castlegate, York Coffen, Caroline, Brighton, Milliner. Feb 14 at 11.30 at offices of Nye and Greenwood, Serjeant's inn, Fleet st Cogan, William, Carlisle, Theatrical Manager. Feb 11 at 2 at offices of Wright and Brown, Bank st Feb 10 at 3 at offices of Coleman, Richard, Thrupp, nr Stroud, Gloucester, Inakeeper. Feb 6 at 4 at offices of Jackson, London rd, Stroud Coulson, George, Hunmanby, York, Farmer. Cornwall and Watts, Queen st, Scarborough Crawford, George, South Shields, Durham, Refreshment house keeper. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Newlands, King st, South Shields Daniel, Daniel Herbert, Cardiff, Mining Engineer. Feb 9 at 11 at offices of Jones, Philharmonic chambers, St Mary st, Cardiff Danks, Samuel, Netherton, Worcester, Blacksmith. Feb 4 at 11 at offices of Davies, Union st, Dudley Day, Nathaniel Henry, Birmingham, Watchmaker. Feb 6 at 12 at offices of Hawkes and Weekes, Temple st, Birmingham Dibble, George, East Brent, Somerset, Farmer. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Brice, Burnham Feb 6 at 2 at offices of Allen Dunn, Francis, and Frank Dunn, Warrington, Boot Manufacturers. Evans, Frederick William, Abbey st, Bermondsey, Music Hall Proprietor. Feb 16 at 3 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Beard and Sons, Basinghall st Evers, Edward Byron, Brockley, Kent, out of business. Feb 25 at 3 at Fletcher, William Brears, Wakefield, out of business. Feb 9 at 3 at: offices of Horner, Wood st, Wakefield Gardner, John, Ladbroke, Warwick, Farmer. Feb 12 at 12 at offices of Sanderson, Church st, Warwick Garneys, Thomas Toronto, Harlesden ter, Willesden, Plumber. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Stopher and Rundle, Coleman st Gifford, Augustus Charles, and Keppel Henry Gifford, Sydenham, Kent, Wine and Beer Merchants. Feb 11 at 12 at offices of Norris, Bedford row Giles, Aaron Barnet, Sheffield, Watchmaker. Feb 10 at 1 at offices of Branson and Co, Bank st, Sheffield Goatman, Charles, Orlham, Hereford, Farmer. Feb 11 at 2 at Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford. Stallard, Worcester Godfree, Dinah, Brompton rd, Knightsbridge, Refreshment House Keeper. Feb 9 at 2 at offices of Harris and Powell, Essex st, Strand Godson, William Davis, The Gardens, Peckham-rye. Commercial Traveller. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Saxelby and Faulk ner, Ironmonger lane Gresty, Jonathan, Salford, Lancaster, Timber Merchant. Feb 17 at 3 at offices of Sutton and Elliott, Fountain st, Manchester Haigh, Anthony, Upper Wichfield Shelf, York, Plasterer. Feb 12 at 11 at offices of Stansfield, Bull green, Halifax Hands, Austin, Marton, Warwick, Farmer. Feb 17 at 3 at offices of Wratislaw, Church st, Rugby Hill, John Binnington, Bradford, York, out of business. Feb 4 at 11 at offices of Singleton, Bradford Hitch, William, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Farmer. Feb 3 at 12 at offices of Barlow and Co, St Andrew st, Cambridge Holman, Richard, Alwington, Devon, Machinist. Feb 11 at 12 at offices. of Thorne, Castle st, Barnstaple Feb 13 at 4 at Holwell, Clement, Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer. Hoyle, Fretwell William, Rotherham, York, Solicitor. Feb 9 at 11 at John, Shadrach Albert, Broke rd, Upper Clapton, Merchant. Feb 17 Jones, Benjamin, Cheslyn Hay, Stafford, Grocer. Feb 9 at 11 at offices of Stanley, Bridge st, Walsall Jones, James Thomas, Liverpool, Boot Maker. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Horner, Stafford st, Liverpool Feb 10 at 2 at offices of Jones, William, Southend, Innkeeper. Feb 11 at 4 at London Tavern, High st, Southend. Greyson, Rochford Kennell, Thomas, Countesthorpe, Leicester, Boot Factor. Feb 10 at 3. at offices of Owston and Dickinson, Friar lane, Leicester Key, Sarah, Walton Cardiff, Gloucester, Farmer. Feb 16 at 11 at offices of Moores and Romney, Tewkesbury Knight, James, Wigan, Fruiterer. Feb 10 at 3 at offices of Wood, King st, Wigan Knowles, William, Church st, Hampton, Jeweller. Feb 11 at 2 at offices of Laundy and Son, Cecil st, Strand Lambert, Henry, Kirkby Malzeard, York, Grocer. Feb 11 at 10 at offices of Bateson and Hutchinson, Ripon Latter, Louis Adolphus, and Harry Simmons, Southses, Florists. Feb 6 at 4 at offices of King, North st, Portsea Marshall, Ernest, Beaumont st, Mile-end-rd, Fruit Purveyor. Feb 4 at 11 at offices of Savidge, Eastcheap Masters, Mark John, and Frederick Tapster, Castle st, Holborn, Ornamental Gilders. Feb 11 at 2 at offices of Morphett and Hanson, King st, Cheapside. Terry, King st Mitchell, Abram, Brighouse, York, Machine Maker. Feb 12 at 11 at Mounfield, James, Rowley Regis, Stafford, Boot Manufacturer. Feb 7 Newsome, Benjamin, Earl heaton, York, Blanket Raiser. Feb 9 at 11 at oth ces of Stapleton, Union st, Dewsbury Norman. Charles, St Ives, Huntingdon, Watchmaker. Feb 11 at 2.30 at offices of Watts, St Ives Norton. William, Old Broad st, Contractor. Feb 16 at 3 at the Guildhall Tavern. Barraud, Arthur st West, London Bge Osgodby, Thomas, Redbourne, Lincoln, Innkeeper. Feb 7 at 11 at the Angel Inn, Brigg. Stephenson and Mountain, Great Grimsby Packer, Alfred Ebenezer, Addle st, Wood st, Manufacturer of Furs. Feb 10 at 3 at offices of Brewer, City rd, Finsbury sq Patchett, Thomas, Bradford, York, Manufacturer of Aerated Waters. Feb 9 at 11 at offices of Huchinson, Piccadilly chambers, Piccadilly, Brad'ord Feb 10 at 12 at the Payne, George, Ringwood, Hants, Shoemaker. Railway Hotel, Wimbourne. Sharp, Christchurch Phillips, Edwin, the younger, Salisbury sq, Fleet st. Printer. Feb 6 at 3.30 at the Guildhall, Tavern, Gresham st. Nye and Greenwood, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet st Pitt, Charles, and William Howard Ingall, Birmingham, Tin Plate Workers, Feb 12 at 11 at offices of Beale and Co, Waterloo st, Birmingham Plews, John, Dalton, York, Thresher of Corn. Feb 10 at 12 at the Talbot Inn, Richmond Potts, Thomas, Walton-on-the-hill, near Liverpool, Grocer. Feb 7 at 11 at offices of Quelch, Hatton garden, Liverpool Prestidge, George, Harbury, Warwick, Farmer. Feb 12 at 2 at offices of Sanderson, Church st, Warwick Feb 10 at 3 at Pritchard. Owen, Caeathraw, Carnarvon, Plate Layer. offices of Jones and Co, Market st, Carnarvon Quickfall, John Grantham, Waltham, Lincoln, Farmer. Feb 2 at 12 at offices of Grange and Wintringham, St Mary's chmbrs, West St Mary's gate, Great Grimsby Robertson, Alexander, Manchester, Builder. Feb 7 at 12 at offices of Ritson and Grundy, Princess st, Manchester Rogers, Thomas, Hanley, Stafford, Innkeeper. Feb 5 at 11 at the Lamb Inn, Hanley. Ashmall, Hanley Rogers, William, York pl, York road, Cab Proprietor. Feb 4 at 4 at the Yorkshire Grey Hotel, Holborn. Claxton, Bedford row Sandifer, Robert Edward, Eastbourne, Sussex, Grocer. Feb 9 at 12 at the Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Coles and Carr, Eastbourne Feb 7 at 3 Feb 7 at 11 at Sandy, James Bullimore, Grantham, Lincoln, Broker. at the George Hotel, Grantham. Cockayne, Nottingham Scales, Charles Henry, Thoresway, Lincoln, farmer. offices of Page, jun, Flaxengate, Lincoln Seddon, Adam, Little Hulton, Lancaster, Coal Dealer. Feb 18 at 3 at offices of Taylor and Sons, Mawdsley st, Bolton Self, Simpson Helms, Knaresborough. Market Gardener. Feb 7 at 4 at offices of Farmery, High st, Knaresborough. James, York Selwyn, Selwyn, Westbury-upon-Severn, Gloucester, Cattle Dealer, Feb 7 at 3 at offices of Haines, Westgate chmbrs, Berkeley st, Gloucester Sheldon, Joseph, Walsall, Stafford, Grocer. Feb 6 at 12 at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham Slater, Joseph, Snitterfield, Warwick, Drain Contractor. at offices of Sanderson, Church st, Warwick Feb 12 at 11 Slater, Joseph Henry, Tombland, Norwich, Tailor. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Turner and Prior, Upper King st, Norwich Smith, David, Tostock, Suffolk, Licensed Victualler. Feb 11 at 12 at the Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds. Gross Smith, Edward, Glastonbury, Somerset, Hotel Keeper. Feb 6 at 1.30 at the Grand Hotel, Broad st, Bristol. Miller, Bristol Smith, William, Runham, Norfolk, Fish Merchant. Feb 10 at 12 at offices of Blake, Hall Quay chambers, Great Yarmouth. Palmer, Great Yarmouth Spelling, Edward, Guildford st, Provision Merchant. Feb 24 at 2 at offices of Bath and Son, St Benet's pl, Gracechurch st. Armstrong, Fenchurch avenue Starkey, Richard William, Kingston-upon-Thames, Coal Merchant. Feb 5 at 11 at offices of Greenfield and (Abbott, Queen Victoria st Steel. George, Kirkby Steven, Westmoreland, Farmer. Feb 6 at 2 at offices of Heelis, Appleby Stephens, Frederick William, Middlesborough, Tailor. Feb 12 at 11 at offices of Peacock, Zetland rd, Middlesborough Storr, George, Swinethorpe, Lincoln, Farmer. Feb 10 at 11 at offices of Tweed and Co, Saltergate, Lincoln Tillbrook, Frederick, Coldharbour lane, Camberwell, School Proprietor. Feb 11 at 3 at offices of Lumley and Lumley, Old Jewry chambers Tucker, William Burras. Portland st, Walworth, Travelling Auctioneer Feb 19 at 2 at offices of Brown, Basinghall st Vickers, Ann, Ancoats, Manchester, Printer. Feb 12 at 4 at offices of Addieshaw and Warburton, Norfolk st, Manchester Waddington, Thomas, South Kirkby, York, Stone Merchant. Feb 9 a Waller, John Charles, Dartford, Kent, Builder. Feb 9 at 11.30 at offices of Haywards and Co, Frederiek's pl, Old Jewry Walters, Thomas, jun, Beauchamp st, Leather lane, Grocer. Feb 11 at 12 at offices of Plunkett and Leader, St. Paul's churchyard Watt, Sarah Ann, Sunderland, Durham, Publican. Feb 9 at 12 at offices of McKenzie, John st, Sunderland Welch, Francis Bernard, Manchester, Engineer. Feb 13 at 11 at offices of Preston and Young, Norfolk st, Manchester Weller, Thomas, Wordsley, Stafford, Grocer. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Addison, High st, Brierley Hill Whatley, Edward, and William Homewood, Portobello rd, Notting Hill, Grocers. Feb 9 at 3 at offices of Aird, Eastcheap White, Alfred, Chatsworth rd, Stafford, Dairyman. Feb 10 at 2 at offices of Morphett and Hanson, King st, Cheapside. Terry, King st Wigston, Henry Charles, Birmingham, out of business. Feb 6 at 3 at offices, of Fallows, Cherry st Birmingham Wilkinson, John, Conduit st, Regent st, Electrician. Feb 22 at 12 at the Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Thompson and Taylor, Worcester Willis, Cottingham, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Feb 11 at 12 at offices of Glasier, King st, King's Lynn Willoughby, Thomas Bridport pl, Hoxton, Grocer. Feb 3 at 11 at offices of Marchant and Co, Ludgate hill. 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HE CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL, a quarto of 16 pages in each number, is published weekly in St. Louis, Mo.; is fresh, vigorous, varied, and practical; affords to its subscribers the very latest information in regard to important decisions in State and Federal Courts long before their publication elsewhere; furnishes prompt and general legal news; is, in short, a law library in itself. Read what its subscribers say : "It is, in fact, what it purports to be, a legal newspaper."-Chief Justice Waite, United States Supreme Court. "It is of great service both to the practitioner and the judge."-Hon. J. P. Bradley, United States Supreme Court. "I should much regret to forego the weekly instruction and pleasure I have derived from it. Aside from the miscellaneous content of the Journal, which are always readable, the large number of recent cases which it furnishes, in authentic shape, and much in advances of the regular reports, makes it of great practical use to the profession." -Francis Hilliard, Worcester. "It is seldom that a new journal in any field is enabled, from the start, to achieve so decided a success, and none ever deserved it better." -Hon. Thomas M. Cooley, Ann Harbour. Mich. Subscription price, 5 dols. per annum. Bound, vol. 1 (1874), 5 dois. of the judicial amenities at the Rolls. It so happened that during the argument of a case before the Court of Appeal on Thursday, some passages were cited from a judgment of Lord Cairns in the House of Lords, and the counsel who cited them pointedly observed that the judgment had been revised by Lord Cairns. The Master of the Rolls took occasion to remark that the report which had appeared in some newspapers, to the effect that he had on a recent occasion said in the Rolls Court that Lord Cairns is not in the habit of revising the reports of his judgments which appear in the Law Reports, was totally inaccurate. What really took place was this. A passage was cited from a judgment of Lord Cairns, which appeared to him to be unintelligible, and he then said that the judgment could not have been revised by Lord Cairns. In making that observation he intended to imply that the reporter was to blame for not having sent the judgment to Lord Cairns for revision. His lordship added that he had since spoken to Lord Cairns about it, who said that he had had occasion to blame the reporter for not having sent some of his judgments to him for revision before they were published, and that he always revises his judgments when they are sent to him by the reporter. Perhaps we may add that it is hardly satisfactory that reports should depend for their intelligibility on the revision of a judge. THE DECISION in Davies v. Goodman (28 W. R. 150, L. R. 5 C. P. D. 20), on which we commented last week, like all decisions which contravene the general understanding of a legislative provision, is certain to give rise to a large crop of questions. One was raised last week before Vice-Chancellor Malins in Baghott v. Norman, and the Vice-Chancellor appears to have adopted, unhesitatingly, the view of the Common Pleas Division. He recognized in the provision of section 10, sub-section 1, of the Bills of Sale Act a valuable weapon against money-lenders. He is reported to have said; "It was obviously directed against those cases in which moneylenders were in the habit of advancing sums of money at an enormous rate of interest to necessitous persons, farmers, and others who were ignorant of the powers they were conferring, by which their property and everything that made life worth having might be taken for a small debt. These bills of sale were generally on a printed form, and they contained clauses of the most stringent character. It was no doubt thought by the Legislature that, if a solicitor had attested the bill of sale and had explained it to the borrower, there would be some protection against the money-lender. In his lordship's opinion this clause was a most beneficial one, and he should be inclined to give it a liberal interpretation." He accordingly held that a mortgage of a leasehold theatre with the furniture was a bill of sale, and if not explained by a solicitor was void as against the grantor so far as it related to the furniture. It did not, apparently, occur to the Vice-Chancellor that the main result of his decision would be to embarrass a class very far removed from that against which, according to his view, the provision was aimed. In all mortgages of freehold or leasehold property it will now be the bounden duty of the solicitor to consider whether there are any chattels included, and if so to have the mortgage explained by a solicitor. We wonder how many mortgages coming within this description have been executed without due explaination since the 1st of January, 1879! THE DISCUSSION on the proviso for re-entry which has taken place since we referred to the subject has failed to elicit any novel practical suggestions, but it has called forth a letter to the Times of considerable importance. Both from internal evidence, and from the now wellknown signature "B.," we believe we are justified in ascribing the authorship of this epistle to a learned Lord Justice of Appeal. The point of the writer is that the Legislature ought not to interfere to prevent foolish bargains from being made. After all, he says, a bargain is a bargain. The lessee has entered into it. 'May be it is a foolish one, and one which the lessor ought not to have exacted. But he has, and it seems to me that for the Legislature to rescind it savours of a questionable agrarianism." As regards rack rent leases, this, or something like this, is what we have always maintained. But the learned writer fails to distinguish cases which are totally different in their circumstances. In the class of leases in which, in our opinion, a legislative qualification of the proviso for re-entry is most required, viz., building leases (the proviso for re-entry in mining leases being usually expressly qualified), the case is not as it is represented by "B." The lessee does not enter into the bargain; it is the builder, who expects to have the property off his hands before the leases are granted, who agrees in the building agreement that such leases shall contain a proviso for re-entry on breach of any covenant; moreover the builder who enters into the bargain has frequently to look for funds for erecting the houses either to the ground landlord or to his solicitor, and is not therefore in a position to take exception to the provisions proposed to be inserted in the leases to be granted of the houses when erected. And, so far as our suggestion is concerned, it is not proposed that the Legislature shall "rescind the proviso for re-entry, but that it shall be restricted to the purpose for which by general under-, standing and usage in cases of building leases it has always been intended viz., as a security for the fulfilment of the provisions of the lease. This the learned writer describes as a case of "people not being taken to mean what they say, but something else"; we should rather describe it as people being taken to mean what they do mean. are right in this statement as to building leases, it will be seen that as regards this class of leases, the learned Times' correspondent is not a little wide of the mark. It is not a case of asking the Legislature to prevent foolish bargains from being made and to set aside those already made; it is a case of asking the Legislature to qualify contracts entered into under circumstances of pressure, or, at all events, of indifference on both sides to the interests of the lessee. As regards the suggestion of "questionable agrarianism," we can hardly imagine that the learned writer has forgotten that the Legislature has already three times affirmed the principle that where the breach of covenant is clearly capable of being compensated, the bargain between the parties contained in the proviso for re-entry in the lease should be rescinded," whether entered into in the past or the future. But he adds "it would be difficult to legislate on the subject without injustice," and proceeds to cite the instance of the owner of a row of residential houses, who grants a lease of one of them, containing a covenant not to use it as a beer-shop, and a proviso for re-entry on breach of this covenant. What adequate damages, he asks, could the lessor get for breach of this covenant? No adequate damages, we reply, and therefore it is that no one who knows anything about the matter proposes that the proviso for re-entry shall be absolutely swept away, even in the case of a building lease. The proposal is not that the proviso should be abolished, but that it should be restricted to cases where the breach of covenant cannot be, or is not, remedied by the lessee, and full compensation cannot be, or is not, made to the lessor. If we 66 WE REFERRED a few weeks ago to a remark made by the Lord Chief Justice at the Maidstone Assizes, where counsel having stated that the prisoner's mouth was closed, and that he (counsel) could not give the prisoner's account of the matter, the Lord Chief Justice said that "he could not acquiesce in that, for counsel represented the accused, and whatever the prisoner would be entitled to say, that his counsel was entitled to say on his behalf," and to the observation of Mr. Justice Byles, that a prisoner has "the option of either speaking himself or of having his counsel to speak for him." In a case at the Leeds Assizes on Tuesday the question arose whether a prisoner could both speak himself and have his counsel to speak for him; and Mr. Justice Hawkins, with the concurrence of Mr. Justice Lush, held that he could. "I think," the learned judge said, "that, though there are dicta of individual judges to be found in the books, that a prisoner, when defended by counsel, is not at liberty to make a statement to the jury I ought not to be bound by any such dicta, because there is no decision of any court of criminal appeal on the point. As a general principle a prisoner may make his statement, and give his version of the transaction in respect of which he stands charged. I shall, therefore, though counsel appears for the defence, admit the statement of the prisoners. The statement might be made by the counsel, but I think it may also be made by the prisoners." And accordingly it is stated that after the end of the speech of the prisoners' advocate, they were allowed to make their statements to the jury. We should have thought that the better course would have been to allow the prisoners' statements to be given before the speech of the counsel, so as to enable him to comment on it. It should be noticed, however, that in cases of treason the prisoner is always invited by the court to address the jury after his counsel have spoken for him. AS WE ANTICIPATED last week, an order of transfer has been made of causes from the cause lists of the Master of the Rolls, Vice-Chancellor Malins, and Vice-Chancellor Hall to Vice-Chancellor Bacon, and, for the purpose of trial or hearing only, to Mr. Justice Fry. None of the causes will, except by consent, be placed in the paper for hearing before the 12th inst. Messrs. Cox & Sons in their monthly circular say, with reference to the sale of law forms in the Royal Courts of Justice, "We have always been led to believe, and doubtless many others have held it to be a fundamental maxim, that the public funds of the country could not constitutionally be applied by their custodians in the carrying on of any particular trade, calling, or business. Rightly or wrongly, the Commissioners of Inland Revenue have established themselves in business as printers and publishers of law forms, and a portion of the Royal Courts of Justice has been appropriated to them as the place of sale. As tradesmen who for more than a quarter of a century have been engaged in the preparation and sale of law forms, we feel the competition to be a grievance of which we have just right to complain, this being intensified by the fact that some of our own publications are being exactly reproduced, and that matters of instruction given by ourselves for the guidance of our customers are being made available for the practical use of the forms sold by the commissioners. The sale, moreover, is not limited to such as are subject to a judicature fee stamp, but consists of forms generally; the list issued by themselves under the title, "List of Forms issued at the Inland Revenue Office," containing many which are used solely by parties to an action or by their respective solicitors. Napoleon, when in the zenith of his power, described England as a nation of shopkeepers, but he, doubtless, excepted the ruling power of the country from that category, and rightly so. Competition with a power having unlimited pecuniary means wherewith to establish itself in business-not labouring under the compulsion to pay rent, rates, or taxes of any kind, whose waste is not a matter to be accounted as a loss and whose profits are not subject to any deduction on account of income tax-is too for midable to be encountered without a visible diminution of trading, hence the exception of Government from the effect of the designation and its restriction from entering upon any trade project." |
