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WINDING UP NOTICES.

London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Feb. 4.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.
LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

AFRICAN GOLD PROPERTIES, LIMITED-By an order made by Wright, J., dated Jan 26, it was ordered that the voluntary winding up be continued. Edwards & Cohen, 3, Coleman st, solors for petners

BRITISH BORNEO TRADING AND PLANTING CO, LIMITED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Creditors having any claims are required to send in particulars to H. H. Wells & Son, 16, Paternoster row, solors for liquidators

EAST NIGEL GOLD MINING Co, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)-Creditors are required, on or before March 4, to send their names and addresses, with full particulars of their debts or claims, to Mr Herbert Edwards, Finsbury House, Blomfield st FREDERICK THE GREAT GOLD MINING AND RECOVERY CO, LIMITED (INCORPORATED 1894)--Creditors are required, on or before March 4, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Captain Bickford and Mr. T. H. Evans, St George's House, Eastcheap. Slaughter & May, Austin Friars, solors to liquidators NEW BISCAY STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before March 15, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to E. A. Smith, 30, Brazennose st, Manchester. Hill & Co, Liverpool, solors for liquidator RANDALL & CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before March 5, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to J. A. Randall and H. P. Carter, liquidators

ROXBURGHE PRESS, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Feb 2, directed to be heard on Feb 16. Wetherfield & Co, 1, Gresham blogs, Guildhall, solors for petners. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of Feb 15 UNION LEATHER CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before Feb 28, to send their names and 'addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Edward Cecil Moore, 3, Crosby sq. Reed, solor for liquidator

UNLIMITED IN CHANCERY.

MANCHESTER PROVIDENT PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY-Creditors are required, on or before Feb 28, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Mr A. H. Pownall, 42, Spring gardens, Manchester. Batty & Co, Manchester, solors to liquidator

FRIENDLY SOCIETY DISSOLVED.

RICHMOND LODGE, Friendly and Trade Societies Hall, Huddersfield, York. Dec 31
London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Feb. 8.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.
LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

BADMINTON CYCLE AND COMPONENTS CO, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Feb 1, directed to be heard on Wednesday, Feb 16 Collyer-Bristow & Co, 4, Bedford row, agents for Forsyth & Bettinson, Birmingham, solors for petners. Notice of appearing must reach Collyer-Bristow & Co not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of Feb 15 GREYLINGSTADT GOLD MINING AND EXPLORATION CO, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Feb 3, directed to be heard on Feb 16. Cameron & Co, Gresham House, Old Broad st, solors for petner. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of Feb 15

LOAN AND FINANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before Feb 19, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Mr Egerton Hugh Edmonstone Hensley, 96 and 97, Palmerston bldgs, Old Broad st. Francis & Johnson, 26, Austinfriars, solors for liquidator NEWPORT AND MONMOUTHSHIRE BILLPOSTING Co, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before March 21, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Thomas Parry, Albany chbrs, Skinner st, Newport, Mon ROBERT YOUDES BILLPOSTING SYNDICATE, LIMITED-Petn for winding up, presented Feb 7, directed to be heard on Feb 23. Eldred & Bignold, 11, Queen Victoria st, solors for petner. Notice of appearing must reach the above-named not later than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of Feb 22

SHOPKEEPERS' SUPPLY CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before March 3, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Emanuel Williams, 12, Norfolk st, Manchester

STEAMSHIP WESTLEIGH" CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before March 21, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to William Robert Clark, 25, Water st, Liverpool. Hill & Co, solors to liquidator 'TEXTILE ADVERTISING MEDIUM CO, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)-Creditors are required, on or before March 15, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Mr. John William Gibson, Bindloss chmbrs, 4, Chapel walks, Manchester. Ashworth & Inman, Manchester, solors to company

WARD & CO, LIMITED-Creditors are required, on or before March 5, to send their names and addresses, and particulars of their debts or claims, to Charles J. March, 3, Church ct, Old Jewry

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FORTESCUE, ROBERT HENRY, Exeter March 1 Bremridge & Luke, Exeter
HAWLEY SARAH ANN, Ardwick, Manchester Feb 28 Croften & Co, Manchester
HILL, REGINALD EDWARD LAKE, Panfield, Essex April 1 Cannington & Cɔ, Braintree
ISSOTT, WILLIAM, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, Rope Manufacturer March 1 Webster,
Liverpool
JEAFFRESON, ALFRED MAPLES, Hampstead March 15 Tatham & Procter, Lincoln's inn
fields
JONES, JOHN, Clapton March 5 Harvey, Fenchurch st
LEACOCK, ANNA, Westbourne Park Feb 23 Leslie & Hardy, Bedford row
LEFEVER, ALEXANDER, Stoke Newington March 1 Crossfield & Co, Hackney rd
LIDDELL, MARY JANE, Lancaster Feb 8 Sharp & Son, Lancaster
MOFFett, William John, North Shields Feb 14 Davidson, South Shields
PAULI, CHARLES PAINE, New sq, Lincoln's inn, Barrister March 1 Dowson & Co
Surrey st, Victoria embkmt
PATRICKSON, MARY ISABELLA, Ealing March 1 Simpson & Co, Moorgate st
RIGBY, BETTY, Windle, nr St Helens, Lancs April 4 Ansdell & Eccles, St Helens
RUMBOLL, Rev ABRAHAM HENLEY, Thorpe le Soken, Essex March 1 White & Son, Col-
SALWAY, MARY Feb 28 Reginald Hodson, Goldhurst tee, Hampstead
SATCHELLL, GEORGE FREDERICK, Hampstead March 4 Powell & Skues, Essex st,
Strand
SMITH, JOHN, Llanhamlach, Brecon, Farmer March 18 Jones, Brecon
STANTIFORD, JANE TRYPHENA, Hurst, Berks March 1 Barrett, Slough
SURTEES, Miss FRANCES FELECIA, Weymouth st, Portland pl March 4 Winterbothams
& Gurney, Cheltenham
THOMAS, ROBERT WILLIAM, Slough Feb 21 Dean, Slough
WINTER, EMMA, Sheffield, Nurse Feb 28 Furniss & Co, Sheffield
WYLES, ELIZABETH, Rochester Feb 22 Wood & McLellan, Chatham
WYNDHAM, the Rev JOHN, Sutton Mandeville, Wilts Feb 24
Sanctuary, Westminster

chester

London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Feb. 4.

SF & H Noyes, The

ALLEN, HENRY, Bath, Auctioneer March 1 Stone & Co, Bath
BATEMAN, JAMES, Manor Farm, Harmondsworth March 4 Dean, Slough
BRIDGFORD, SIDNEY THOMAS, Pall Mall March 25 Harwood & Stephenson, Lombard ■t
BROWN, ELIZABETH, Brigg, Lincoln March 12 HE&R Mason, Barton upon Humber
BULLIVANT, EVERARD, Mirfield, Insurance Agent March 4 Wilson, Mirfield
BURB, JOB, Shaftesbury, Dorset, Horse Dealer March 5 Burridge & Co, Shaftesbury
BUTLER, EMILIA MARY, Nice March 31 Bolton & Co, Temple gardens
CHAPMAN, ROBERT, South Killingholme, Lincoln, Sloop Owner April 20 Nowell & Co,
Barton on Humber
CLUBBE, FRANCES, Kirkley, Suffolk March 25 Ellen & Holt, Lowestoft
COLEMAN, JOHN KEMP, Poplar, Auctioneer March 10 Bradshaw, Leadenhall st
COWGILL, SARAH ANN, Sowerby Bridge, York March 1 Cadman & Cadman, Cleck-
DACIE, GEORGE LANE, Exeter March 16 J & S P Pope, Exeter
DARLASTON, EMMA, Leicester March 5 McAlpin, Leicester

heaton

DRING, THOMAS, South Hornsey March 5 Wells & Son, Paternoster row
ELLERAY, AGNES, Windermere, Westmorland Feb 15 Sharp & Son, Lancaster
FROST, JAMES, Cheetham, Manchester, Baker March 15 Sutton & Co, Manchester
FERRIS, Mrs JANE, Milton Manor, Wilts Feb 28 Dixon, Pewsey

GRAY, MARY ANN, Kentish Town March 10 Stoker & Hansell, Gray's inn sq
HAINES, SARAH, Bognor March 1 Staffurth & Staffurth, Bognor
HAND, JAMES, Esh, Durham, Farmer March 4 Turnbull, Durham
HARVEY, HENRY, Waxham, Norfolk, Farmer April 1 Keith & Co, Norwich
HARVEY, MARY NUNN, Shanklin, I of W March 4 Blyth & Co, Gresham house, Old
HEDGCOCK, JOSEPH FLAVEL, Old Compton st, Tool and Metal Merchant
Andrews & Fawcus, Essex st, Strand
HEYWOOD, ELLEN, Bolton March 31 Coope, Bolton

Broad st

March 5

HEYDE, CHRISTOPHER OCTAVUS VONDER, Brixton Marsden & Co, Old Cavendish st HILTON, MATTHEW, Tyldesley, Lancs March 4 Whittingham & Whittingham, Tyldesley HIRSCHBERG, PHILIPP, Camden Town, Bank Clerk March 25 Harwood & Stephenson, Lombard st

HOBSON, HENRY, Sheffield Feb 28 Gibson, Sheffield

Feb 28 Crofton v Boycott

HODGES, SABAH, Kensington April 1 Malkin & Co, Martin's In
HOPE, MARY, Westward, Cumberland Feb 26 Hetherington, Wigton
HORTON, HENRY, Stoke Newington, Builder March 4 Stansbury, Chancery In
JAMES, CHARLES, Cheltenham, Innkeeper March 4 Dighton, Cheltenham
LAGDEN, MARY, Cheshunt, Herts March 1 Howse, Abchurch yard

London Gazette.-FRIDAY, Jan. 28. CROFTS, JACOB, Newark upon Trent, Gent. March 1. Crofts v Burton, North, J. Norledge, South Lambeth rd

JONES, GEORGE, Llandovery, Carmarthen, Esq. March 1. Phillips v Jones and Owen, Kekewich, J. Jones, Llandovey

SEABROOK, PHILIP, Dagenham, Essex, Farmer. March 1. Seabrook v Seabrook, Kekewich, J. Smith, Romford

UNDER 22 & 23 VICг. CAP. 35.

LAST DAY OF CLAIM.

London Gazette.-TUESDAY, Feb. 1.

BAINES, ISABELLA JESSIE, Broadstone, Dorset March 1 Elliott & Crawley, Verulam bldgs, Gray's inn

BERNHART, JACOB, Battersea March 1 Birt & Follett, Town hall chmbrs, Southwark BICKLEY, ANN VOKES, St Petersburg Feb 18 Godwin, Winchester

BLACKMORE, JANE, Manchester Feb 18 Cobbett & Co, Manchester

BLAKE, BENJAMIN, Biddlestone, Wilts March 1 Keary & Stokes, Chippenham.

LAKE, The Rev WILLIAM CHARLES, Eaton pl March 31 Littledale & Lefroy, King's
Bench walk, Temple

LEADLEY, JAMES FREDERICK, York, House Agent March 4
57, Clarence st, York
MCKNIGHT, ALEXANDER, Birmingham, Manufacturer March 8

mingham

Mary Ann Leadley, Green & Williams, BirMORGAN, JOHN HENRY, Cardiff, Stevedore March 5 Belcher, Cardiff NEWTON, ELIZABETH, Stourton, York March 21 Middleton & Sons, Leeds NICHOLLS, ELLEN JANE, Birmingham March 1 Westwood, Birmingham NICKOLS, DAVID, Maldon, Essex, Tailor March 31 Beaumont & Bright, Maldon NICHOLSON, JOHN, Renwick, Cumberland, Yeoman March 15

Penrith

Little & Lamonby OATES, JOSEPH, Clark's pl, Bishopgate st within, Housekeeper March 1 Gane & Kilner

Gt St Helen's

PEIRCE, GEORGE BEST, Richmond March 1 Senior & Furbank, Richmond PILE, JULIA, Maidenhead March 4 Rivington & Son, Fenchurch bldgs

PRIME, CHARLES JOSEPH, Lokoja, West Africa, MRCS March 18 Mary Victoria Prime, 87, Ermine rd, Ladywell

RAWLINS, ELLEN, Bournemouth Feb 25 Crossman & Co, Theobald's rd

RAY, SABAH, Forest Gate March 1 Monro & Co, Queen Victoria st

ROSMEAD, the Rt Hon HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT Baron, Rosmead, Westmeath,
PC, GCMG July 4 Marsden & Co, Old Cavendish st
RUTLEY, HENRY, Hampstead, Auctioneer March 15 Jennings, Kentish Town rd
SADLER, JOHN, Shurdington, nr Cheltenham May 5 Wood, Winchcombe
SIMPSON, FRANK, Fulham rd March 25 Harwood & Stephenson, Lombard st
SIMS, JOHN, Cheltenham, Beerhouse Keeper March 5 Griffiths & Co, Cheltenham
SLADE, GERALD, Albany, Piccadilly March 25 Harwood & Stephenson, Lombard st
SMITH, WILLIAM, Eling, Southampton, Builder March 25 Coxwell & Pope, South-
ampton

SPRUCE, ROBERT, Horsford, Norfolk, Farmer March 12 Culley, Norwich
STONE-WIGG, Joux, Tunbridge Wells, JP March 31 King & Co, Queen Victoria st
March 4 Sampson, Parson's hill,
TOPPING, JOHN, Greenwich, Licensed Victualler
Grierson & Mason, Liverpool

Woolwich

TOWARD, JAMES, Waterloo, nr Liverpool March 31
TRELOAR, ELIZA Barbara, Kingswear, Devon March 25 Marsden & Co, Old Cavendish
March 1 Jno Clayton & Son, Ashton

square

WALTON, MARK, Ashton under Lyne, Grocer
under Lyne
WARBRICK, WILLIAM, Lancaster, Stonemason Feb 28 Sanderson, Lancaster
WOOD, SARAH ANN, Alkham rd, Stamford Hill March 1 Howse, Abchurch yard
WHITE, ROBERT CHARLES CLAPPEN, Upper Hornsey rise March 5 HH Wells & Sons,
Paternoster row

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Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

Pet

Pet

COOPER, JOHN, Yeadon, nr Leeds, Shuttle Maker Leeds

High

DENT, WILLIAM RICHARD, New ct, Lincoln's inn
Court Pet Jan 28 Ord Feb 1
DEWHURST, JOHN, West Kensington, Electrician High
Court Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1
DUBRANT, ERNEST HENRY CHAPLIN, Hadleigh, Suffolk,
Beerhouse keeper Ipswich Pet Jan 31 Örd Jan 31
FEGEN, CHARLES MILTON, Bedford, Surgeon Luton Pet
Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

FOWLER, FRANCIS JOHN, Redland, Bristol, Provision Mer-
chant Bristol Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1
GAGER, ARTHUR LEE THOMAS, Sudbury, Suffolk Colchester
Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

HALLAREN, JOHN, Bedminster, Boot Dealer Bristol Pet
Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

HORN, DAVID, Bramley, Leeds Leeds Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

HORROX, ARTHUR, Leeds, Builder Leeds Pet Jan 29 Ord Jan 29

ISWORTH, WILLIAM BARNARD, Brighton, Jeweller Brighton Pet Jan 14 Ord Jan 31

JONES, WALTER ROBINSON, Aberdare, Grocer Aberdare Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

KING, JOHN, Walworth, Builder High Court Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

KNOWLES, ISAAC, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancs, Collier Wigan Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

LARGE, EDWARD, City rd, Valuer High Court Pet Jan 15 Ord Feb 2

LEWIS, PRYCE, Blaenavon, Mon, Grocer Newport, Mon
Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

LUMSDEN, JAMES, Gateshead, Durham, Schoolmaster New-
castle on Tyne Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31
MACLACHLAN, W, Earl's Court High Court Pet Dec 1
Ord Feb 2

PARKES, WILFRED RODERICK, Upper Holloway, Flour Mer-
chant High Court Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1
PARKYN, JAMES, St Merryn, Cornwall, Farmer Truro Pet
Jan 19 Ord Feb 2

POPE, JOSEPH KELLAWAY, Dorchester, Licensed Victualler
Dorchester Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2
POWELL, HENRY BASSETT, Westbourne grove High Court
Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

PRITCHARD, EVAN PIERCE, Bethesda, Saddler Bangor Pet
Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

REED, ROBERT WADE, Wiston, Pembroke, Grocer Pem-
broke Dock Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1
ROBERTS, EVAN WILLIAM, Bethesda, Hairdresser Bangor
Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

Feb 2

SCOTT, GEORGE, Bath, Bootmaker Bath Pet Feb 2 Ord STEPHENS, GEORGE JOHN DIX, and JAMES HENRY HOUGH TON, Huddersfield, Clothiers Leeds Pet Jan 31 Ord

Jan 31

STURGESS, EDWARD, Sneinton, Nottingham, Labourer Nottingham Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2

THOMAS. JAMES, Hafod, nr Pontypridd, Grocer Pontypridd Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

TURNER, THEODORE, Birmingham, Corn Factor Birming

ham Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2

BELL, WILLIAM, Driffield, York, Plumber Feb 11 at 11
Off Rec, Trinity House In, Hull
BOTTOMLEY, GEORGE WILLIAM, Coatham, nr Redcar, Meat
Salesman Feb 16 at 3 Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middles-
borough

COLLENS, JAMES, Ramsgate, Greengrocer Mar 3 at 9.30
Off Rec, 73, Castle st, Canterbury
DENT, WILLIAM RICHARD, New court, Lincoln's inn Feb
11 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
DURRANT, ERNEST HENRY CHAPLIN, Hadleigh, Suffolk,
Feb 18 at 10.30 Off Rec, 36,
Beerhouse Keeper

Princes st, Ipswich
EDWARDS, FRANCIS HENRY, Upper Holloway, Commercial
Traveller Feb 11 at 2.30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
FOWLER, FRANCIS JOHN, Redland, Bristol, Provision Mer-
chant Feb 16 at 1 Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol
GAGER, ARTHUR LEE THOMAS, Sudbury, Suffolk, Innkeeper
Feb 11 at 11.30 The Cups Hotel, Colchester
GETHING, WILLIAM HENRY, Melinerythan. nr Neath, Glam,
Labourer Feb 12 at 12 Off Rec, 31, Alexandra rd,
HALLABAN, JOHN, Bedminster, Boot Dealer Feb 16 at
11.45 Off Rec, Baldwin st. Bristol

Swansea

HARRISON, LAST HERBERT, Gt Yarmouth, Commercial Traveller Feb 12 at 1 Off Rec, 8, King st, Norwich HAWKSLEY, WILLIAM, Sheffield, Butcher Feb 11 at 2 Off Rec, Figtree lane, Sheffield

ILES, HENRY, and JOSEPH ILES, Kingswood, nr Bristol, Boot Manufacturers Feb 16 at 12 Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol

ISON, HARRY, Hartshill, Warwicks, Innkeeper Feb 15 at 11 174, Corporation st, Birmingham ISWORTH, WILLIAM BARNARD, Brighton, Jeweller Feb 11 at 2.30 Off Rec, 24, Railway app, London Bridge JAEHNICHEN, FERDINAND RICHARD, Birmingham Feb 14 at 11 174, Corporation st, Birmingham Feb 11 at 12 BankKING, JOHN, Walworth, Builder

ruptcy bldgs, Carey st KNOWLES, ISAAC, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancaster, Collier Feb 15 at 11 16, Wood st, Bolton

LAMB, JOHN WILLIAM, South Milford, Farmer Feb 14 at 12.15 Off Rec, 28, Stonegate, York MARSHALL, WALTER, Nottingham, Groom Feb 11 at 12 Off Rec, 4, Castle pl, Park st, Nottingham Moss, FRANK, Blyth, Northumberland, Draper Feb 14 at 11.30 Off Rec, 30, Mosley st, Newcastle on Tyne PERKINS, JOHN HENRY, Whissendine, Rutland, Builder Feb 11 at 12.30 Off Rec, 1, Berridge st, Leicester POUNDER, WALTER, New Wortley, Leeds, Baker Feb 16 at 11 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds POYSER, HENRY CRISP, Gedling, Notts, Farmer Feb 18 at 2 Off Rec, 36, Princes st, Ipswich

REES, JOHN, Llansamlet, Glam, Commission Agent Feb 14 at 12 Off Rec, 31, Alexandra rd, Swansea ROBERTS, DAVID RICHARD, Corwen, Merioneths, Blacksmith Feb 11 at 11.30 The Priory, Wrexham SIMPSON, RALPH, West Hartlepool, Blacksmith Feb 11 at 3 Off Rec, 25, John st, Sunderland SKELSON, EDWARD, Nottingham, Greengrocer Feb 11 at 11 OF Rec, 4, Castle pl, Park st, Nottingham TAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER JAMES, Bentham, Yorks, Grocer Feb 12 at 10.45 Grosvenor Hotel, Stramongate, Kendal

WALTERS, ELIZABETH, Kidwelly, Carmarthens, Boot Dealer Feb 12 at 11.30 Off Rec, 4, Queen st, Carmarthen

WATSON, WILLIAM, Ilkley, York, Fine Art Dealer Feb 16
at 12 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds
WILKINS, HARRY GEORGE, Bristol, Builder Feb 16 at 12.30
Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol

ADJUDICATIONS.

AMIES, THOMAS ANDREW ARTHUR, Etwall, Derbys, Shop
Assistant Burton on Trent Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31
BATTEN, WILLIAM WALTER, Southampton, Builder South-
Órd Jan 31
ampton Pet Dec 30
BICKLEY, CATHERINE, Birmingham Birmingham Pet Jan
13 Ord Jan 31

BONE, THOMAS AMADENS THORNTON, Margate, Journey-
man Painter Canterbury Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1
BUNN, ROBERT EDWARD, King William st, Financial
BUTLER, RICHARD, Southsea, Hants, Painter Portsmouth
Investor High Court Pet Dec 29 Ord Feb 1

Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31
CHALONER, THOMAS OSBORNE, Newmarket, Suffolk, Trainer
of Racehorses Cambridge Pet Jan 17 Ord Feb 2
Bristol Pet COOPER, JOHN, Yeadon, nr Leeds, Shuttle Maker Leeds
Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

WHITESMITH, GEORGE, Scunthorpe, Lincs, Greengrocer
Gt Grimsby Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31
WILKINS, HARRY GEORGE, Bristol, Builder
Jan 21 Ord Jan 31

FIRST MEETINGS.

AMIES, THOMAS ANDREW ARTHUR, Etwall, Derby Feb 11
at 11 Off Rec, 40, St Mary's gt, Derby
ARTHER, WILLIAM, Leicester, Milk Dealer Feb 11 at 3 Off
Rec, 1, Berridge st, Leicester

BABUGH, ROBERT, Middlesborough, Milk Seller Feb 16 at 3 Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough

DEWHURST, JOHN, West Kensington, Electrician High
Court Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1
DURRANT, ERNEST HENRY CHAPLIN, Hadleigh, Suffolk,

Beerhouse Keeper Ipswich Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31
EDWARDS, FRANCIS HENRY, Upper Holloway, Commercial
Traveller High Court Pet Jan 5 Ord Feb 1
FOWLER, FRANCIS JOHN, Redland, Bristol, Provision Mer-

chant Bristol Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

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LUMSDEN, JAMES, Gateshead, Schoolmaster Newcastle on
Tyne Pet Jan 27 Ord Jan 31
PAUL, SAMUEL WARFIELD, West Park, Bristol, Mercantile

Clerk Bristol Pet Jan 14 Ord Feb 2

POPE, JOSEPH KELLAWAY, Dorchester, Licensed Victualler Dorchester Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2

POWELL, HENRY BASSETT, Westbourne grove High Court Pet Jan 31 Ord Jan 31

POYSER, HENRY CRISP, Gedling, nr Nottingham, Farmer Ipswich Pet Dec 22 Ord Feb 2

PRITCHARD, EVAN PIERCE, Bethesda, Saddler Bangor Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

REED, ROBERT WADE, Wiston, Pembroke, Grocer

broke Dock Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1 ROBERTS. EVAN WILLIAM, Bethesda, Hairdresser Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 1

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4 Ord Feb 4
AUSTIN, JOHN, Churchdown, Glos, Nursery Grower
Gloucester Pet Feb 5 Ord Feb 5
BARLOW, JOHN JOSEPH, Alfreton, Foreman Labourer
Derby Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4

BASS, WILLIAM HENRY, Darlington, Bricklayer Stockton
on Tees Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2
BIRCH, THOMAS, Burslem, Staffs, Bookbinder Hanley Pet
Jan 21 Ord Feb 3

BLANDFORD, EDMUND GEORGE, Charminster, Dorset, Farm
Bailiff Dorchester Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4
BROOKS, ALFRED WILLIAM, and FREDERICK VINCENT
BROOKS, Gate st, Lincoln's inn fields, Lithographers
High Court Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4
CHATTELL, ADA, Yardley, Worcs, Baker Birmingham Pet
Jan 12 Ord Feb 2

CLARK, WILLIAM PETER, St John's Wood, Butcher High
Court Pet Jan 6 Ord Feb 3

CLAXTON, ARTHUR ANDERSON, Bradford, Yarn Agent

Bradford Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

DANIEL, MATTHEW JAMES, Rotherfield, Sussex, Draper Tunbridge Wells Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2

DIXCEY, GEORGE, Paddington, China Merchant High Court Pet Jan 12 Ord Feb 4

EARL, JOHN, and CHABLES FRANCIS TAYLER, Kingskerswell, Devon, Brewers Exeter Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4 EVANS, JOHN, Pontypridd, Commission Agent Pontypridd Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4

GREEN, THOMAS, Hucknall Torkard, Notts, Veterinary
Surgeon Nottingham Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3
HANBURY & Co, ¡Featherstone bldgs, High Holborn,
Auctioneers High Court Pet Jan 21 Ord Feb 4
HAWORTH, JOHN ALFRED, Accrington, Grocer Blackburn
Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

HOPKINSON, JOHN, Bradford Bradford
Feb 3

JONES, RICHARD, Llanfynydd
Ord Feb 4

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Dec 10 Ord Feb 2 RICHARDS, WILLIAM HENRY, and CHARLES RICHARDS, Cardiff, Outfitters Cardiff Pet Jan 24 Ord Feb 3 ROBERTS, STANLEY NAPIER, Aldershot, Colonel High Court Pet Dec 17 Ord Feb 3

SELVEY, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Worcester, Dentist Worcester Pet Feb 5 Ord Feb 5

SIMCOX, BENJAMIN, West Bromwich, Dairyman

West

Bromwich Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3 SIXSMITH, MOSES, Ashington, Northumberland, Boot Dealer Newcastle on Tyne Pet Jan 18 Ord Feb 3 THICK. CHARLES, Shepton Mallet, Fishmonger Wells Pet Feb 5 Ord Feb 5

TIBBETTS, THOMAS ADAMS, Cradley Heath, Staffs, Maltster Dudley Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2

TONKYN, ARTHUR, St Columb, Cornwall, Baker Truro Pet Feb 5 Ord Feb 5

TRANT, WILLIAM EDWARDS, Kingswear, Devon, Baker Plymouth Pet Jan 20 Ord Feb 4

WALKER, JAMES, South Shields, Boot Maker Newcastle on Tyne Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

WARD, PHILIP, Wolverhampton, Plasterer Wolverhampton Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

WILLIAMS, GEORGE, Llandudno Bangor Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4

RECEIVING ORDER RESCINDED AND
ADJUDICATION ANNULLED.

COHEN, LAWRENCE. and LOUIS COHEN, Hatton garden, Watch Material Dealers High Court Rec Ord Dec 15, 1891 Adjud Jan 7, 1892 Resc and Annul Feb 1

FIRST MEETINGS.

ASPELL, WILLIAM LAXTON, Leicester, Box Manufacturer Feb 15 at 12.30 Off Rec, 1, Berridge st, Leicester BEARD, CHARLES OAKLEY, Herne Bay, Kent Feb 17 at 2.30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st

BECKWITH, HENRY, Finsbury crcs Feb 15 at 11 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st

BIRD, H MACPHERSON, South Hampstead, Stockbroker
Feb 15 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
BLANDFORD, WILLIAM, West Kensington, Umbrella Manu-
facturer Feb 17 at 11 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
BONE, THOMAS AMADENS THORNTON, Margate, Journeyman
Painter March 3 at 9 Off Rec, 73, Castle st, Canter-
bury
BRADY, ESTHER, Leicester, Milk Dealer Feb 16 at 12.30
Off Rec, 1, Berridge st, Leicester

CHALONER, THOMAS ÖSBORNE, Newmarket, Trainer Feb
15 at 2.30 White Hart Hotel, Newmarket
CLARK, WILLIAM PETER, St John's Wood, Butcher Feb 15
at 2.30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
CLINTON, JAMES, Willenhall, Stafford, Hairdresser

Feb

17 at 11.30 Off Rec, Wolverhampton COHEN, SAMUEL. Sandygate, Burnley, Glazier Feb 16 at 3 Exchange Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley DEWHURST. JOHN, West Kensington, Electrician Feb 17 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st FEWSTER, JOSEPH ANTHONY, Wisbech St Peter, Cambs, Stationer Feb 17 at 11 Court house, King's Lynn FOSTER, WILLIAMSON, jun, Leeds, Tailor Feb 18 at 11 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds HEDLEY, JOSEPH, Sadberge, Durham, Licensed Victualler, Feb 16 at 3 Off Rec, 8, Albert rd, Middlesborough HORN, DAVID, Bramley Feb 17 at 11 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds

HORROX, ARTHUR, Leeds, Builder Feb 17 at 12 Off Rec, 22, Park row, Leeds HUMPHREY, THOMAS, Gt Grimsby. Smackowner Feb 15 at 11 Off Rec, 15, Osborne st, Gt Grimsby LANCASHIRE, JOSEPH HENRY, Gracechurch st, Commission Agent Feb 16 at 2.30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st LARGE, EDWARD, City rd, Finsbury sq, Valuer Feb 15 at 2.30 Bankruptcy bidgs, Carey st

LEWIS, DAVID RHYS, Swansea, Grocer Feb 17 at 2.30 Off Rec, 31, Alexandra rd, Swansea

LOVE, ALFRED, Battersea Feb 15 at 12.30 24, Railway app, London Bridge

MACLACHIAN, W, Earl's Court Feb 16 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs. Carey st

PARKES, WILFRED RODERICK, Upper Holloway, Flour Merchant Feb 16 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st PARKYN, JAMES, St Merryn, Cornwall, Farmer Feb 17 at 12 Off Rec, Boscawen st, Truro PEIRCE, WILLIAM, Clapham, Job Master Feb 15 at 11.30 24, Railway app, London Bridge

PITTS, JOHN, Cambridge. Bootmaker

Rec, 5, Petty Cury, Cambridge

Feb 16 at 10 Off

POWELL, HENRY BASS TT, Westbourne grove Feb 17 at 2.30 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st

PRIESTLY, JOHN ANDREW, Stoke upon Trent, Chemist Feb 16 at 3 The North Stafford Hotel, Stoke upon Trent PRITCHARD, EVAN PIERCE, Bethesda, Carnarvons, Saddler Feb 15 at 3.30 Ship Hotel, Bangor

ROBERTS, EVAN WILLIAM, Bethesda, Carnarvons, Hairdresser Feb 15 at 3.15 Ship Hotel, Bangor

RYLAND, ALFRED, jun, Birmingham, Brassfounder

16 at 11 174, Corporation st, Birmingham

Feb

SCOTT, GEORGE, Bath, Bootmaker Feb 16 at 3 Off Rec, Baldwin st, Bristol

SIMS, TOM, Tredegar, Tailor Feb 16 at 12 65, High st, Merthyr Tydfil

SoWERBY, GEORGE, Northumberland, Company Managing Director Feb 16 at 11.30 Off Rec, 30, Mosley st, Newcastle on Tyne

STEPHENS, SAMUEL, Stone bldgs, Chancery ln, Barrister
Feb 17 at 12 Bankruptcy bldgs, Carey st
STUTTARD, WILLIAM, Nelson, Lancs Feb 25 at 1 Exchange
Hotel, Nicholas st, Burnley

TANNER, SAMUEL, Llanwnda. Railway Secretary Feb 15 at
12.45 Prince of Wales Hotel, Carnarvon
TUNSTALL, JOHN ROBERT, Rishton, Draper March 9 at 1
County Court house, Blackburn

VIALL, JOSEPH HENRY, North Shields, Commission Agent
Feb 16 at 12 Off Rec, 30, Mosley st, Newcastle on
Tyne

WARD. PHILIP, Wolverhampton, Plasterer Feb 17 at 11
Off Rec, Wolverhampton
WELLS, HARRY FITZWILLIAM, New Swindon Feb 16 at 11
Off Rec, 46, Cricklade st, Swindon
WILLIAMS, REES, Pontypridd, Painter Feb 15 at 12 65,
High st, Merthyr Tydfil

ADJUDICATIONS.

AUSTIN, JOHN, Churchdown, Glos, Nursery Grower Glou-
cester Pet Feb 5 Ord Feb 5
BARLOW, JOHN JOSEPH, Alfreton Derby Pet Feb 4 Ord
Feb 4

BASS, WILLIAM HENRY, Darlington, Bricklayer Stockton
on Tees Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 2
BLAKE, the Honourable CHARLES WILLIAM JOSEPH HENRY,
Coventry st, Piccadilly High Court Pet Dec 10 Ord
Feb 3

BLANDFORD, EDMUND GEORGE. Charminster, Dorset, Farm
Bailiff Dorchester Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 4
BLANDFORD, WILLIAM, West Kensington, Umbrella Manu-
facturer High Court Pet Jan 13 Ord Feb 4
CLAXTON, ARTHUR ANDERSON, Bradford, Yarn Agent
Bradford Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

CORBALLIS, JAMES FREDERICK JOSEPH, Farnham, Surrey

Guildford Pet Jan 25 Ord Feb 3 CRUNDALL, THOMAS BULLOCK, Barry Dock, Glam, Ironmonger Cardiff Pet Jan 14 Ord Feb 4 DANIEL, MATTHEW JAMES. Rotherfield, Sussex, Draper Tunbridge Wells Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2 DUTHIE, JEAN, Bootle, Lancs, Tailor Liverpool Pet Jan 17 Ord Feb 3

EVANS, JOHN, Pontypridd, Commission Agent Pontypridd Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4

GREEN, THOMAS, Hucknall Torkard, Notts. Veterinary Surgeon Nottingham Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

All letters intended for publication in the "Solicitors' Journal" must be authenticated by the name of the writer.

DRUGS WON'T DO.

FREE TRIAL OF SOMETHING THAT WILL DO. You would be perfectly astonished if you were made aware of the many thousands of pounds absolutely thrown away from year to year upon so-called curatives that are foisted upon a public only too willing to believe the specious arguments laid before them.

Even the hard-earned shillings of the very poor are wasted in this way; in fact, it is to the ignorant, anxious to rid themselves of the various ailments which handicap them in the race for life, that such arguments are too often addressed.

Now, strength and muscular activity, rosy cheeks, plumpness, and health can be obtained without medicine.

The replenishing of the system from the wasting of tissues which is going on every day can only be accomplished by the proper assimilation of food.

It cannot be done with medicine. It can, however, be accomplished with a perfect, flesh-forming, palatable, and agreeable Food Beverage. Dr. Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa is such a Food Beverage, possessing, as it does, wonderful nourishing, strengthening, and stimulative powers unsurpassed by any other Food Beverage. Dr. Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa is not a medicine. It does simply what it is claimed to do, and its strengthening powers are being recognized to an extent hitherto unknown in the history of any preparation.

Merit, and merit alone, is what we claim for Dr. Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa, and we are preparel to send to any reader who names the SOLICITORS' JOURNAL, a post-card will do, a dainty sample tin of Dr. Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa free and postpaid. There is no magic in all this. It is a plain, honest, straightforward offer. It is done to introduce the merits of Vi-Cocoa into every home. Dr. Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa, as a concentrated form of nourishment and vitality, is invaluable; nay, more than this, for to all who wish to face the strife and battle of life with greater endurance and more sustained exertion, it is absolutely indispensable.

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HAWORTH, JOHN ALFRED, Accrington, Grocer Blackburn M. W. EDGLEY, 40 & 41, Fleet-st.

Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

HOPKINSON, JOHN, Bradford Bradford Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 3

JAEHNICHEN, FERDINAND RICHARD, Birmingham Birmingbam Pet Jan 11 Ord Feb 3

JONES, RICHARD, Llanfynydd Carmarthen Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4

KING, JOHN, Walworth, Builder High Court Pet Feb 1 Ord Feb 3

KITCHEN, JOHN, Bradford, Builder Bradford Pet Feb 4 Ord Feb 4

LEE, ASHTON, and ALFRED LEE, Horsforth, York Leeds Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

LINER, THOMAS CHARLES, Derby, Billposter Derby Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

MOON, EMMA, Yeovil, Fruit Dealer Yeovil Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2

MORRIS, HERBERT GEORGE, Bournemouth, Newsagent
Poole Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

NYE, GEORGE THOMAS, Rochester, Builder
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TIBBETTS, THOMAS ADAMS, Cradley Heath, Staffs, Maltster Dudley Pet Feb 2 Ord Feb 2

TONKYN, ARTHUR, St Columb, Cornwall, Baker Truro Pet Feb 5 Ord Feb 5

WALKER, JAMES, South Shields, Boot Maker Newcastle on Tyne Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 3

WARD, PHILIP, Wolverhampton, Plasterer Wolverhampton Pet Jan 29 Ord Feb 3

WILLIAMS, GEORGE, Llandudno Bangor Pet Feb 3 Ord Feb 4

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CURRENT TOPICS.

names of the committee appointed to frame the rules under the WE HAVE an inquiry from esteemed correspondents as to the Land Transfer Act, 1897. We supposed that its constitution was tolerably well known; but it may be well to state that it consists of Mr. Justice NORTH, who was appointed by the judges of the Chancery Division; Sir HOWARD ELPHINSTONE, who was appointed by the Council of the Bar; Mr. B. G. LAKE, who was appointed by the Council of the Incorporated Law Society; Mr. J. W. CLARK, Legal Adviser to the Board of Agriculture, who was appointed by that Board; and Mr. R. H. HOLT, the Registrar of the Land Registry.

THE DIE is now cast, and on the 1st of July next the solicitors of London will be face to face with compulsory registration of title. As was generally anticipated, the London County Council at their meeting on Tuesday refused to veto the application to London of the Land Transfer Act, 1897; passing a feeble resolution "that the Privy Council be informed that the London County Council relies on the Order applying the Land Transfer Act, 1897, to London being so framed that it shall be made to take effect according to the letter from the clerk of the Privy Council of the 18th of January, 1898." As that letter specified no periods for the "taking effect progressively" of the Act, it would be "according to the letter" if the Act were applied to one-fourth of the county on the 1st of July, to another onefourth on the 1st of August, and so on. It is safe to predict that the Act will be applied exactly as may suit the convenience of the Land Registry Office. We print elsewhere a full report of the discussion, and we desire to draw the special attention of solicitors who entertain the notion that the result of the Act will be to increase solicitors' remuneration to the observations made by Mr. SHAW-LEFEVRE. He is not likely Mellor, The Right Hon. John W., Q.C., to have touched the subject of solicitor's costs without having

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interfere with the lawyers' profits." That is, at all events, a straightforward statement of the objects of the Act, and it accords with what we have maintained ever since the controversy commenced.

MEANWHILE the Corporation of the City of London have declined the invitation of the spider to step into its little parlour. It is stated that the corporation had communicated with the Incorporated Law Society, the London Chamber of Commerce, the Surveyors' Institution, the Institute of Bankers, the Auctioneers' Institute, and the Royal Institute of British Architects, and with leading firms of conveyancing solicitors and land agents and surveyors practising in the City, asking for their opinion as to whether it was expedient in the public interest that the Act should be applied to the City. Thirty-six replies had been received, three being in favour of the Act being applied and thirty-three opposed to it. Unlike the London County Council, the corporation have followed the advice for which they asked. The exceptional value of property in the city and the magnitude of the pecuniary interests involved appeared to the corporation to render it undesirable that the Act should be applied to the City in the interests of owners of property. The Act, they thought, should be first applied to some portion of a county where the volume and importance of conveyancing were less than in the City, and where there would be less disturbance or prejudice to owners. The corporation therefore considered that the Act should not be applied to the county of London or the city, and they communicated this opinion both to the Lord Chancellor and the London County Council.

IT is always interesting to see a novel point of law worked out upon principle, especially when the principle is stated and applied so clearly, if we may be allowed to say so, as was done by KEKEWICH, J., in the recent case of Re de Nicols (ante, p. 252). Two persons who were both domiciled in France were married in Paris in 1854. They were, under the French law, capable of making any disposition they chose by way of marriage settlement of the property then existing or thereafter to be acquired by them, but in the absence of such special settlement they became subject to the French law of community. Under this the goods forming the common property include all the personal property which the husband and wife own at the time of the marriage, and all personal property coming to them during the marriage, unless, in the case of donation, the donor has provided differently. During the marriage the husband has the sole management of the common property, and when the coverture has ceased the property is divided equally between the husband and wife or their representatives. În the present instance the husband was adjudicated a bankrupt in France in 1863, and in the same year he and his wife came to this country and subsequently became naturalized British subjects. In 1897 the husband died, having by a will made in the English form given his residuary real and personal estate, consisting of property acquired in England, to his wife for life. It was claimed, however, on the part of the wife, that the property thus acquired was subject to the French law of community, and that she was entitled to one-half of it absolutely. The point is by no means free from difficulty, but it seems to depend upon whether the marriage of the parties without an express settlement was equivalent to a contract that all property then existing or afterwards acquired was to be held under the French law applicable in the absence of a settlement. KEKEWICH, J., held that it was, and that the contract was not affected by the subsequent change of domicil. In the case of an English marriage it seems pretty clear that the absence of a settlement does not amount to a contract between the parties to hold property in any particular manner. They take such interests as the law for the time being provides and their interests vary with a change of the law or a change of domicil. But the French law of community is in itself a form of settlement, and the omission of the parties to adopt any of the other forms of settlement may well be taken to be in pursuance of a contract that their rights shall be governed by the common

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A TRIAL for manslaughter of an unusual kind took place this week before HAWKINS, J., at the Leicester Assizes, and the case is one of the greatest importance to football players. The facts may be stated very shortly. The accused, in playing a game of football under the Association Rules, charged the deceased from behind and threw him violently forward against the knee of another player who was in the act of kicking the ball. The deceased was seriously injured internally and died in consequence. Charging from behind is against the rules of the game. The judge, however, would not allow the rules to be put in evidence, and held that they were quite irrelevant, and that it did not matter whether the prisoner had broken the rules or not. There seems to be only one other case of the sort reported, and that was also tried at Leicester before BRAMWELL, LJ., in 1878. In that case (Reg. v. Bradshaw, 14 Cox 83) the judge gave directions to the jury very similar to those given by HAWKINS, J. He said: "No rules or practice of any game whatever can make that lawful which is unlawful by the law of the land; and the law of the land says you shall not do that which is likely to cause the death of another... Therefore in one way you need not concern yourselves with the rules of football. But, on the other hand, if a man is playing according to the rules and practice of the game, and not going beyond it, it may be reasonable to infer that he is not actuated by any malicious motive or intention, and that he is not acting in a manner which he knows will be likely to be productive of death or injury. But independently of the rules, if the prisoner intended to cause serious hurt to the deceased, or if he knew that in charging as he did he might produce serious injury, and was indifferent and reckless as to whether he would produce serious injury or not, then the act would be unlawful." HAWKINS, J., told the jury that the only question for them was whether the deceased came by his death as the result of gross negligence, or intentional violence on the part of the prisoner. If they thought he had come by his death from any such cause, they should convict. They accordingly did convict. It is submitted, however, that, although the rules are immaterial to the question of "guilty" or "not guilty," anything should be admitted in evidence which affects the degree of the prisoner's guilt, and from this point of view it may be most important to know whether or not the rules were broken. Lord BRAMWELL seems to have held this opinion. No rules can justify an illegal act; but where a person has acted within rules which regulate the play of thousands of young men every day, it seems reasonable that a presumption in favour of accident should be raised, or, at all events, that there should]be a pre sumption against any intention to hurt.

THE DECISION Of BYRNE, J., in Birmingham Breweries (Limited) v. Jameson is instructive with reference to the position of the lessees of "tied" houses. "It certainly is rather a startling thing," said LINDLEY, L.J., in Clegg v. Hands (38 W. R. 433, 44 Ch. D. 503), "to anybody to be told that when you have agreed to buy beer of a particular brewer, you may find yourself bound to take beer from somebody else"; yet this is a result which will ordinarily follow from a covenant by the lessee to take beer from the lessor or his assigns, whether the word "assigns" is expressly used in the covenant, or is left to be brought in by the interpretation clause. In Clegg v. Hands the latter form was adopted. In a lease by A. and B., who were brewers at the X. brewery, the lessee covenanted not to sell beer other than such as should have been purchased of the lessors or either of them; and the term "'lessors was defined to include their assigns. A. and B. assigned their business and also the demised premises to C., a brewer carrying on business at the Y. brewery, and the X. brewery was shut up. It was held, upon the construction of the covenant, that the benefit of it was not restricted to assigns carrying on the same brewer's business as the lessors, and that since it was a covenant

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