LONDON GAZETTES. Bankrupts. FRIDAY, April 15, 1881. Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869. Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar. To Surrender in London. Bain, Alexander William, Gray's Inn rd, Bookbinder. Pet Apr 11. Murray. Apr 29 at 12 Craig, Adam Hunter, Albion rd, Islington, Estate Agent. Pet Apr 12. Murray. Apr 29 at 11.30 Evans, Henry Griffiths, East Ham, Essex, Stonemason. Pet Apr 13. Brougham. May 3 at 11.30 Fish, Austin John, Charlotte st, Blackfriars rd, Builder. Pet Apr 13. Brougham. May 3 at 11 Hooke, Charles, and Alfred Thorn, Aldermanbury, Warehousemen. Pet Apr 13. Brougham. May 3 at 12 Sholl, Frederick Henry, Percy circus, King's Cross, Builder. Pet Apr 12. Pepys. Apr 27 at 1 To Surrender in the Country. Hobbs, Robert Taylor, Oxford, Tailor. Pet Apr 9. Bishop. Oxford, Apr 30 at 3 Hole, George R., Bishopston, Gloucester, Baker. Pet Apr 12. Harley. Bristol, May 2 at 2 Jones, William, West Bromwich, Coal Dealer. Pet Apr 8. Watson. Oldbury Millington, Thomas, Wolverhampton, Baker. Pet Apr 12. Sanders. Wolverhampton, May 3 at 12 Rawlence, James, Brockenhurst, Hants, Grocer. Pet Apr 12. Daw, jun. Southampton, Apr 28 at 12 Roberts, William Pearl, Manchester, Grey Cloth Agent. Pet Apr 13. Lister. Manchester, May 2 at 12 Taylor, Matilda, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick, Milliner. Pet Apr 13. TUESDAY, April 19, 1881. Pet Apr 13. Ingram. Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869. Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar. To Surrender in the Country. Beckett, William Higginbotham, Sheffield, Stock Broker. Pet Apr 14. Wake. Sheffield, May 4 at 1.30 Halsey, Robert James, High st, Edgware, Butcher. Pet Apr 13. Edwards. St Albans, Apr 27 at 2 Haslam, James Nathaniel, Manchester, Veterinary Surgeon. Pet Apr 14. Lister. Manchester, May 9 at 12 Maclachlan, Archibald, Birmingham, Travelling Draper. Pet Apr 13. Parry. Birmingham, May 4 at 2 Salisbury, Thomas, Tyny ffwdd Bach, Cefn, Denbigh. Pet Apr 14. Jones. Bangor, May 3 at 2 Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. FRIDAY, April 15, 1881. Alder, William, New Swindon, Wilts, Dairyman. Apr 26 at 3 at offices of Boodle, Albion bdgs, New Swindon Anderson, Edward, Hughenden, Buckingham, Farmer. Apr 30 at 11 at the Coffee Tavern, Frogmoor Gardens, High Wycombe. Clarke, High Wycombe Andrews, William, Queen st, Cannon st, Hatter. May 5 at 3 at 45, Chancery lane. Roberts, Thanet pl, Strand Ball, John, Ross. Hereford, Innkeeper. Apr 30 at 11 at offices of Minett and Piddocke, St Mary's st, Ross. Piddocke, Ross Barnbrook, William, Birmingham, Die and Press Tool Forger. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Southall and Co, Waterloo st, Birmingham Bates, Watson, Francis terrace, Victoria park, Builder. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Davidson and Morriss, Queen Victoria st Beardmore, John, Burslem, Stafford, Iron Worker. Apr 28 at 11 at offices of Julian, Queen's chbrs, Liverpool rd, Burslem Beare, William George, Andover, Southampton, Shoemaker. May 4 at 12 at the Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Lamb Beckett, Charles Thomas, Preston, Lancaster, Innkeeper. Apr 29 at 11 at offices of Thompson and Craven, Lune st, Preston Blakemore, Edward, Worthen, Salop, Builder. Apr 30 at 3 at offices of Clarke and Sons, Swan hill, Shrewsbury Booker, William Henry, Great Glen, Leicester, Leather Factor. May 2 at 3 at offices of Wright, Belvoir st, Leicester Bowley, George, Willow vale, Shepherd's Bush, Plumber. Apr 30 at 1 at offices of Armstrong, Chancery lane Brown, George, Brierley hill, Stafford, Licensed Victualler. Apr 28 at offices of Waldron, Brierley hill Brown, Robert, Low hill, Liverpool, Mineral Water Manufacturer. Burke, Edward, Upper st, Islington, Glass Dealer. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Gresham and Davies, Basinghall st Bussey, William, Rolls rd, Bermondsoy, Cork Manufacturer. May 4 at 3 at offices of Finch, Borough High st, Southwark Buston, Robert, Bust m, Northumberland, Gentleman Farmer. Apr 22 at 12 at offices of Forster and Paynter, Fenkle st, Alnwick Colbeck, John, Liversedge, York, Currier. Apr 27 at 2 at offices of Clough, Railway st, Cleckheaton Colton, Robert, Salford, Lancaster, Hairdresser. Apr 27 at 12.30 at the Blackfriars Hotel, Blackfriars st, Manchester. Hill, Manchester Coombs, Lawrence, Gilson, Warwick, out of business. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Cheston, Moor st, Birmingham Cooper, Samuel, Sudbury, Suffolk, Corn Merchant. Apr 28 at 11 at offices of Andrews and Co, Friar st, Sudbury Cooper, Samuel Jehu, Kidderminster, Worcester, Bookseller. May Coppoch, Thomas Hibbert, Heaton Norris, Lancaster, Shoe Maker. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Newton, Bank chmbrs, Market pl, Stock. port Cotterill, Charles, Wolverhampton, Carter. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Dallow, Queen st, Wolverhampton Cowle, Phillip, Wednesbury, Stafford, Publican. Apr 25 at 3.30 at offices of Sheldon, High st, Wednesbury Davies, Evans, Gt May's bdgs, St Martin's lane, Carpenter. Apr 26 at 10 at offices of Hughes and Co, Leicester sq Edwards, John, Machynlleth, Montgomery, Master Mason. Apr 26 at 11 at the White Horse Hotel, Machynlleth. Hughes and Sons, Aberystwith Ellis, William Leonard, and Sidney Aquila Ellis, Dudley hill, near Bradford, York, Worsted Spinners. Apr 28 at 4 at offices of Watson and Dickons, Cheapside, Bradford Farlam, Thomas, Tottenham Court rd, Hosier. Apr 28 at 2 at offices of Josolyne and Co, King st, Cheapside. Boulton, Gresham bdgs, Guildhall Fowler, William Edward, Ebley, nr Stroud, Gloucester, Shopkeeper. May 2 at 12 at offices of Smith and Stafford, Bedford st, Stroud Fussell, Rev. James George Curry, Victoria st, Westminster. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Hughes and Co, 26, Budge row Fussell, James Thomas Richard, Victoria st, Edge Tool Manufac turer. Apr 27 at 12 at offices of Hughes and Co, 26, Budge row Gee, Benjamin, Louth, Lincoln, Boot Maker. Apr 28 at 2 at the Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough. Snarpley and Son Gerrand, James, Leeds, Hatter. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Cranswick, 18, Park row, Leeds Grove, Decimus, Birmingham, Fancy Draper. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Fallows, 40, Cherry st, Birmingham Gunn, Martin Thomas, Stowmarket, Suffolk, Plumber. May 6 at 11 at the Fox Hotel, Stowmarket. Gudgeon, Stowmarket Hague, William, Rosoman st, Clerkenwell, Fruiterer. May 4 at 2 at offices of Foster, 93, Gracechurch st Hall, John George, Sheffield, Builder. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Smith and Co, 17, Bank st, Sheffield Hampson, Elizabeth Alice, Stretford, Lancaster, out of business. May 3 at 3 at offices of Farrington and Crofton, 88, Moseley st, Manchester Harris, John, and Joseph Robert Thaxter, Great Yarmouth, Grocers. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Sayer, Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth Harris, Nathaniel, Rhondda Valley, Glamorgan, Grocer. Apr 29 at 12 at offices of Collins, 39, Broad st, Bristol, Beddoe, Merthyr Tydfil Hart, George Bere Farr, North Fambridge, Essex, Farmer. May 3 at 3 at the Corn Exchange, Chelmsford. Duffield and Bruty, Chelmsford Harvey, John, Mavesyn Ridware, Stafford, Farmer. May 5 at 12 at offices of Twynam, 43, Horse Fair, Rugeley Harwood, Edward, East Molesey, Surrey, Tailor. May 3 at 3 at offices of Cann and Son, 18 and 19, Fenchurch st Hawkins, Berkeley, Weston-super-Mare, Warehouseman. Apr 26 at 12 at offices of Harvey and Sexton, 2, Waterloo pl, Westonsuper-Mare. Chapman, Bridgwater Henderson, William, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Cab Proprietor. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Warlow, 1, Collingwood st, Newcastle-on-Tyne Holland, James Joseph, Southport, Lancaster, Agent. Apr 29 at 11 at offices of Byrom. 31, King st, Wigan Hurcomb, Samuel, Littledean, Gloucester, Grocer. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Guise, Berkeley st, Gloucester' Hyde, James, Old Broad st, Licensed Victualler. May 10 at 2 at offices of Perry, 2, Guildhall chbrs, Basinghall st Hyson, William, Middlesborough, York, Boot Maker. Apr 23 at 10 at offices of Catchpole, Argyle bldgs, Wilson st, Middlesborough Kenderdine, John, Stone, Stafford, Grocer. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Corbett, Avenue House, the Cross, Worcester Apr 25 at 3 Kirkham, William Joseph, St Helen's, Lancaster, Auctioneer. Apr 28 at 2 at offices of Massey, Hardshaw st, St Helen's Lea, James Alexander, Birmingham, out of business. at offices of Parry, Colmore row, Birmingham Love, Charles Dean, and William Samuel Flint, Dudley, Worces ter, Builders. Apr 23 at 12 at offices of Warmington, Castle st Dudley Marks, John, Salford, Lancaster, Poulterer. Apr 28 at 12 at Cathedral Hotel, Fennell st, Manchester. Law, Manchester Mathers, Thomas, Leeds, Cloth Manufacturer. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Harrison, East parade, Leeds Me Bride, Charles Joseph, Tranmere, Chester, Boot Dealer. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Thompson, Hamilton st, Birkenhead Mitchell, Walter, Newington causeway, Builder. May 4 at 2 at offices of Philp, Walbrook Morgan, James Rumney, Llanvrechva Upper, Monmouth, Grocer. May 4 at 1 at offices of Tribe and Co, Newport. Watkins, Pontypool Morgan, Thomas Millington, Isaiah Millington Morgan, and William George Woodcock, Walsall, Stafford, Ironmasters. Apr 26 at 12 atloffices of Duignan and Co, the Bridge, Walsall Munger, Henry, Aylesbury, Bucks, Butcher. May 4 at 4 at Bell Hotel Aylesbury. Rawson, Gt Marlow Hatter. Nicholson, George, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Davies and Co, Bewsey chbrs, Bewsey st, Warrington Davies, Warrington Norwood, James, Birmingham, Baker. Apr 21 at 11 at Bullivant's Hotel, Birmingham Harris Outon, James, and Emma Elizabeth Smith, Norwich, General Dealers. Apr 28 at 1 at offices of Culley and Gould, Queen st, Nor wich. Blyth, Norwich Pakeman, George, Swindon, Wilts, Tailor. Apr 28 at 12 at offices of Ormond, Victoria st, Swindon Pearson, Henry Stephen, Cleckheaton, York, General Dealer. Apr 28 at 2 at offices of Clough, Railway st, Cleckheaton Perry, William, Deicester, Commercial Traveller. Apr 29 at 3 at offics of Loseby and Battiscombe, Market pl, Leicester Perry, William Richard, Bradford, Wilts, Farmer. May 2 at 11 at the Christopher Hotel, Market pl, Bath. Bartrum and Bartlett, Bath Pinder, George, Adbolton, near Nottingham, of no occupation. Apr 20 at 3 at offices of Bright, Town Club, Wheeler gate, Nottng ham Pinnock, Albert William, Birmingham, out of business. Apr 28 at 11 at offices of Stokes, Bennett's hill, Birmingham Poole, Sidney Ann, Hanley, Stafford, out of business. Aps 23 at 3 at offices of 8 ord, Cheapside, Hanley Pope, Samuel, Bristol, Hay Dealer. Apr 25 at 12 at offices of Brittan and Co, Small st, Bristol Porthouse, JosJph, Maryport, Cumberland, Clogger. May 3 at 2 at offices of Nicholson, Bell's pl, Senhouse st, Maryport Porthouse, William, Wigton, Cumberland, Travelling Draper. Apr 29 at 11 at offices of Rigg, King st, Wigton May 2 at 2 at offices of Price, Daniel, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Licensed Victualler. Apr 21 at 11 at offices of Morgan and Scott, High st, Cardiff Price, Robert, Liverpool, Provision Dealer. Davies, the Temple, Dale st, Liverpool Rowberry, Charles Henry, Birmingham, Meial Worker. Apr 29 at 12 at offices of Jelf, Waterloo st, Birmingham Saala, Henry, Britannia terrace, Westbourne pk, Builder. Apr 28 at 3 at 58 Chancery lane. Preoton and Co, Southampton bldgs, Chancery lane Sanderson, Michael Henry Brasted, Amble, nr Warkworth, Northumberland, Grocer. Apr 26 at 2.30 at offices of Giilespie and Co, Westgate street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Webb, Morpeth Scales, George, Bawdeswell, Norfolk, Farmer. Apr 30 at 12 at offices of Emerson, Rampant Horse st, Norwich Shattock, Walter, Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, Boot Maker. Apr 21 at 12 at offices of Foster and Easton, Cheapside, Taunton Shellard, Alfred, St Augustine, Bristol, Licensed Victualler. Apr 26 at 12 at offices of Benson and Carpenter, Bank chbrs, Corn st Bristol Shrimpton, Alfred, Redditch, Worcester, Needle Manufacturer. Apr 27 at 11 at the Midland Hotel, New st, Birmingham. Richards, Redditch Smalley, John, Manningham, York, Commission Agent. Apr 28 at 11 at offices of Beverley, Hustlergate, Bradford Smith, John, Batley, York, ont of business. Apr 29 at 10.30 at offices of Law, Crown bdgs, Commercial st, Batley Stevenson, Thomas, Sheldon st, Paddington, Builder. May 6 at 2 at the Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Warrens and Co, Lincoln's inns fields May 3 at 3 at May 2 at 12 Stuart, William, Hulme, Manchester, Tobacconist, offices of Hankinson, Manchester Swidenbank, Thomas, Tredegar, Monmouth, Tailor. at offices of Shepard, Queen st, Tredegar Tasker, John William, Sale, Chester, Fish Dealer. offices of Cobbett and Co, Brown st, Manchester Tatlow, James Teare, Wolverhampton, Builder. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Dallow, Queen st, Wolverhampton May 4 at 3 at Taylor, Edward Charles, Bath, Coffee house Keeper. Apr 26 at 12 at offices of Wilton and Sons, Westgate bdgs, Bath Taylor, Henry, Manningham, York, Woollen Draper. Apr 27 at 11 at 11 at offices of Beverley, Hustlergate, Bradford Thomas, Mary Ann, and Josiah Thomas, Broseley, Salop, Drapers. Apr 28 at 12.30 at the Crown Inn, Broseley. Phillips and Co, Shifnal Thompson, Jonathan, Aston-cum-Aughton, York, Farmer. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Bingley, Figtree lane, Bank st, Sheffield Toome, Joseph Fletcher, Littlebourne, Kent, Farmer, May 2 at 2 at offices of Wightwick and Co, Watling st, Canterbury Varey, George Wilcock, Bradford, York, Grocer. Apr 29 at 3 at the Creditors' Association, Godwin st, Bradford Wadsworth, George, Womkwell, York, Saddler. Apr 27 at 4 at offices of Rideal, Chronicle chbrs, Barnsley Warner, William, High st, Kingsland, Fancy Goods Dealer. May 2 at 3 at offices of Parkes, Queen Victoria st Whitford, Richard, jun, Worcester, Provision Merchant. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Halford, Avenue Houee, the Cross, Worcester Wilburn, John, Portsea, Hants, Baker. May 2 at 4 at offices of Casey, St George's sq, Portsea. King, Portsea Williams, James, Carnarvon, Clothier. May 5 at 12 at offices of Allanson, Bron Seint, Segontium terrace, Carnarvon William, Williams, Newchurch, Carmarthen, Farmer. Apr 30 at 11 at offices of Morris, Red st, Carmarthen Williamson, William, Lyderstone, Norfolk, Grocer. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Cates and Bates, Swan at Fakenham Woodhouse, Thomas, Ashbourne, Derby, Coal Dealer. Apr 26 at 3 at the Green Man Hotel. Bright, Burton-on-Trent TUESDAY, April 19, 1881. Adams, William Dobson, Blakenhull, nr Betley, Chester, Farmer. Allen, John, Gt Ormond yd, Bloomsbury, Horse Dealer. May 5 at 3 at offices of Boydell, Warwick st, Gray's inn Aveyard, Thomas, Ashton under Lyne, Leather Merchant. May 3 at 3 at King's Arms Hotel, Spring gardens, Manchester. Clayton, Ashton under Lyne Bentley, Joseph, Leeds, Grocer. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Billinton, Gt George st, Leeds Bindoff, William John, Scarborough, Grocer. of Mitchell, St Nicholas st, Scarborough. Scarborough Apr 30 at 12 at offices Guy and Williamson, May 4 at 3 at offices Blamires, James, Cleckheaton, York, Grocer. of Iveson and Macaulay, Heckmondwike Boycott, William, Hartlebury, Worcester, Tin Roller. Apr 22 at 11 at offices of Thursfield, Swan st, Kidderminster Bryan, Robert Lawrence, Bishopston, Gloucester, out of employ. Campbell, Daniel, Northwich, Chester, Grocer. May 3 at 10 at offices of Green and Dixon, Castle chambers, Northwich Chorley, Walter, Minehead, Somerset, Wine and Spirit Merchant. May 3 at 1 at Grande Hotel, Bristol. Paull Chrisp, Oswald, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tea Dealer. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Johnston, Mosley st, Newcastle on Tyne Cooke, Alfred, Okeford Pitzpaine, Dorset, Miller. offices of Atkinson, Blandford May 7 at 3 at Cooper, Charles Benjamin, Mallinson rd, Battersea rise, Builder. May 11 at 2 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Janson and Co Cousen, Samuel Edwin, Bradford, York, Tobacconist. May 2 at 11 at offices of Hutchinson and Son, Piccadilly chambers, Piccadilly, Bradford Crossley, Samuel, Hunslet, Leeds, Shoe Factor. May 2 at 3 at offices of Pullan, Albion st, Leeds Crowther, Joseph, Bradford, York, Fruiterer. May 2 at 11 at offices of Haigh, Darley st, Bradford Culpeck, Josiah, Lynton rd, South Bermondsey, Fellmonger., Apr 29 at 2 at offices of Greening, Fenchurch st Cutcliff, Robert, Forest Gate, Essex, no occupation. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Price, John st, Bedford row Dosser, Thomas Makershalalhashbaz, Bawdsey, Suffolk, Grocer. May 4 at 12 at offices of Birkett and Bantoft, 24, Museum st, Ipswich Dunn, Simpson, Brompton, York, Miller. Apr 29 at 11 offices of Traders' Association, 116, Hill st, Stockton-on-Tees Dyer, William, Newport, Isle of Wight, Builder. May 3 at 3 at Warburton's Hotel, Quay st, Newport. Hooper, Newport Evans, Lewis, Pontardawe, Glamorgan, Tea Dealer. May 3 at 12 at offices of Harvey and Co, 14, Fisher st, Swansea Fenton, Richard, Heckmondwike, York, Coal Dealer. Apr 29 at 10 at Junction inn, High st, Heckmondwike Firth, Henry, and George Henry Peace, Normanton, York, Tailors. May 2 at 3 at offices of Learoyd and Co, Buxton rd, Huddersfield Francis, John Roderick, Dowlais, Glamorgan, Builder. Apr 30 at 12 at offices of Lovett, 19, Duke st, Cardiff Gilbertson, William Hunt, Cawood, York, Maltster. Apr 30 at 1 at New Inn, Sherburn. Rhodes, Sherburn Glover, Thomas, and John William Glover, Davygate, York, Carvers and Gilders. May 3 at 11 at offices of Shaftoe, Coney st, York Goodby, Samuel, jun, Wolverhampton, Cramp Maker. Apr 29 at 11 at offices of Rhodes, 53, Queen st, Wolverhampton Grainger, Richard Henry, Ludlow, Salop, Draper. May 7 at 11 at offices of Weyman, Mill st, Ludlow Hall, James William, North Wraxall, Wilts, Licensed Victualler. Apr 28 at 3 at the Castle Hotel, Bath. Clifton and Carter, Bristol Hampton, Francis, Bishop's rd, Paddington, Baker. Apr 28 at 3 at offices of Foster, 29, Brunswick sq, Bloomsbury Hawkin, Edwin, York, Hatter. May 2 at 8 at offices of Crumbie, 46, Stonegate, York Hayes, William, Winsford, Chester, Beerseller. Apr 30 at 11 at offices of Green and Dixon, Winsford Hills, Edwin George William, Southampton, Hosier. offices of Ladbury and Co, 99, Cheapside. Southampton May 2 at 12 at Bassett and Co, Hobson, John, Stockton-on-Tees, Greengrocer. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Hunton and Bolsover, 66, High st, Stockton-on.Tees Holford, Frank, Brighton, Wine Merchant. May 5 at 12 at offices of Edmonds and Co, 98, Cheapside. Lamb and Evett, Brighton Horrocks, Charles, Elton, nr Bury, Beerhouse Keeper. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Balshaw, 8, Bowker's row, Bolton Huggett, William Frederick, East rd, City rd. Blind Manufacturer. May 6 at 2 at offices of Morris, 13, Paternoster row Hyslop, Thomas, Kingston, Hants, Baker. Apr 29 at 4 at offices of Feltham, 5, Union st, Portsea James, Thomas, Chalgrave, Bedford, Farmer. Apr 27 at 1 at the Bell Inn, Leighton Buzzard. Field, Furnival's inn Johnston, Frederick, and John Hastings, Workington, Cumberland, Tailors. May 5 at 11.30 at the Red Lion Hotel, Botchergate, Carlisle,. Paisley, Workington Johnston, John, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, Builder. May 2 at 12 at offices of Barker, Sherard st, Melton Mowbray Jolly, Robert Reid, Alpha rd, Wandsworth, Carpenter. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Percival and Co, 143, Cannon st. Croft, Walbrook Jones, Margaret, Abercarn, Monmouth, Grocer. Apr 29 at 12 at offices of Parsons and Balding, 1, Tredegar place, Newport. Phillips, Newport Kerr, James, and John Kerr, Leadenhall st, Iron Merchants. May 6 at 2 at Cannon st Hotel. McDiarmid and Teather, Newman's ct, Cornhill Lane, George, and Thomas Edward Champion, Birmingham, Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Fitter, 5, Bennett's hill, Birmingham Lawton, Albert Alexander, Hanley, Stafford, Clerk. Apr 29 at 3 at offices of Sword, 6, Cheapside, Hanley Lee, John, Nottingham, Pork Butcher. Apr 27 at 3 at offices of Belk, 7, Middle pavement, Nottingham Loving, William, Westminster bridge rd, Licensed Victualler. May 6 at 3 at offices of Hyde and Co, 33, Ely pl, Holborn Mitchell, Henry, Crewe, Chester, Fishmonger. May 2 at 11 at Albert chmbrs, Churchside, Crewe. Pointon, Crewe North, James, Willenhall, Stafford, Team Contractor. Apr 30 at 11 at offices of Vaughan, 18, Walsall st, Willenhall Nooth, Samuel Frost, Blidworth Bottoms, Nottingham, Grocer. May 3 at 3 at offices 03 Belk, 7, Middle pavement, Nottingham Oldacre, Thomas Smith, Stoke-upon-Trent, Saddler. Apr 29 at 11 at Copeland Arms Hotel, Stoke-upon-Trent. Bagnall, Stoke-uponTrent Onions, Joseph, Bilston, Stafford, Engineer. Apr 28 at 11 at offices of Rhodes, 53, Queen st, Wolverhampton Palmer, George, Lincoln, Cab Proprietor. Apr 27 at 12 at offices of Williams, 14, Silver st, Lincoln Payne, Richard Wanborough, Wilts, Carpenter, May 2 at 10 at HAMPTON & SONS make NO CHARGE for offices of Boodle, 1, Albion buildings, New Swindon Rhodes, Jane, Scarborough, Hosier. Apr 29 at 3 at the Abbots' Richards, John, Festiniog, Merioneth, Grocer. Apr 29 at 1 at the Roberts, William, Leeds, Deoler in Antique Furniture. Apr 29 at 11 Robinson, Joseph John, Crossley st, Liverpool rd, Pork Butcher. Southwell, Holmes, Wimblington, Cambridge, Farmer. Apr 29 at 1 inserting particulars in their FREE MONTHLY REGISTER of ESTATES, TOWN and COUNTRY HOUSES, Furnished or Unfurnished, or for Sale, to be had GRATIS at their Offices, or post-free for two stamps. Published on the 1st of the month, and particulars for insertion should be sent not later than five days previous to end of preceding month. Valuations for Probate and Transfer. Surveys. Estate and Auction Offices, 8, Pall Mall East, S.W. ROUND-RENT, of £42 per annum, secured by £1,000.-C. C. TAYLOR & SON, Auctioneers, Valuers, &c., 10, Mileend-road, London, E. Belvoir st, Leireve, Leicester, Butcher. May 3 at 3 at Wright, 7, THE TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, and AGENCY Wade, Robert, Coldharbour lane, Brixton, Grocer. May 6 at 3 at West, Frederick, and Joshua Cattell Richardson, Hove, Sussex, Wildridge, Thomsa Tomlinson, and Frederick Simpson, Kingston- Witt, Thomas, Southsea, Hants, Builder. Apr 29 at 2 at offices of COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated and empowered by special Act of the Parliament of Victoria, No. 644, intituled "An Act to confer Powers upon the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company (Limited)." DIRECTORS. The Hon. SIR CHARLES SLADEN, K.C.M.G., Chairman. John Benn, Esq. (Grice, Sumner, and Company). W. Templeton, Esq., Managing Director. SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA, trustee, executor, or administrator, receiver, committee under the Anti-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 Medica 1Press. Being without sugar, spice, or other admixture, it suits all palates, keeps better 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 boiling water, a teaspoonful to a Break. fast Cup, costing less than a halfpenny, COCOATINA A LA VANILLE is the most delicate, digestible, cheapest Manilla Chocolate, and may be taken when richer chocolate is prohibited. In tin packets at 1s. 6d., 3s., 58. 6d., &c., by Chemists and Grocers, H. SCHWEITZER & CO., 10, Adam-street, London, W.C. IRKBECK ΒΙ Bankers-Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, and its Branches. This Company is empowered in its corporate capacity to act as Lunacy Statute, or as agent for trustees, executors, or administra tors, or for principals, who, from absence, ill-health, or other causes, are unable or unwilling to act for themselves, and in this capacity will receive and pay over, as directed, legacies, annuities, dividends, rente, interest on debentures or mortgages, and will buy, sell, or let landed property, &c. The Company will also invest money, negotiate loans, buy or sell shares, effect insurances, and act generally as agent, as well in Melbourne as in country districts. The Company derives its profits entirely from commission business, a very important element in estimating its security. Any further information can be obtained at the office of the Company's agents in England, Messrs. Sladen & Mackenzie, 1, Delahays reet, Westminster, Solicitors. ELEPHONE COMMUNICATION.-The UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY (Limited), has entered into an arrangement with the Postmaster-General under which the Company will supply TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION through. out the METROPOLIS, upon what is known as the EXCHANGE SYSTEM, under a special licence from the Postmaster-General. The instruments used by this Company are those now in general use in all the Exchanges in America; they are also used by upwards of one thousand firms in Liverpool and Manchester, and in most of the important towns in the United Kingdom, and have given the greatest satisfaction, not only from the distinct manner in which the words of the speaker are heard, but also the ease with which his voice can be recognized. It may be mentioned as an instance of one of the many ways in which the Telephone may be utilised to save time, labour, and expense, that the Times avails itself of this Company's system to transmit verbally by the Telephone the speeches of the Members from the House of Commons to Printing House Square. The Postmaster-General having entered into an arrangement with the above Company, the latter are now prepared to establish Ex changes in all the principal suburbs, so as to afford, not only communication between local subscribers, but also, by connection with their City and West End Exchanges, with subscribers to every other Exchange. The following districts are to be included in the above arrangement Camden Town BANK. Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane. Current Accounts opened according to the usual practice of other Bankers, and Interest allowed on the minimum monthly balances when not drawn below £25. No commission charged for keeping Accounts. The Bank also receivesmoney on Deposit at Three per cent. Interest, repayable on demand. The Bank undertakes for its Customers, free of charge, the custody of Deeds, Writings, and other Securities and Valuables; the collection of Bills of Exchange, Dividends, and Coupons; and the purchase and sale of Stocks and Shares. Letters of Credit and Circular Notes issued. A Pamphlet, with full particulars, on application. 31st March, 1880. FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, Manager. Brixton Brompton Camberwell Clapham Clapton Kennington' Kentish Town King's Cross Lambeth Poplar South Kensington By this means Merchants, Brokers, and private Individuals residing in any of the above districts can instantaneously communi cate with all parts of the Metropolis, and also with any of the subscribers to the Exchange System. The Company are prepared to run PRIVATE LINES if desired. down by the Master of the Rolls in a recent case in the Court of Appeal is "not to order the plaintiff to pay the costs of a co-defendant and then have them over again from the other defendant, but to make a direct order for the payment of the co-defendant's costs by the other defendant." Otherwise, adds the learned judge, if the other defendant happened to be insolvent, the plaintiff would have to pay the co-defendant's costs, and would lose them altogether. It may be questioned whether this rule, although applicable to the case before the court, is not laid down in too general terms. 66 IT APPEARS that the memorandum referred to in the first paragraph of Lord BEACONSFIELD's will, designating certain articles as intended for personal remembrances to his friends, has not yet been discovered. It may be doubted whether, if discovered, it will be of any legal validity. In order to give effect by a will to a memorandum or paper signed by the testator, but not itself a testamentary writing, it is necessary that such memorandum should "be shown to have been in existence at the time when the will was executed": (per Lord CAIRNs in Singleton v. Tomlinson, L. R. 3 H. L. p. 414.) Now, the words of Lord BEACONSFIELD's will, as given in the daily papers, are except any articles belonging to me which I may by any memorandum in my own handwriting, or by any paper signed by me, designate as intended for personal remembrances to my friends, and which memorandum or paper I direct may have the same force and effect as if it had formed part of this my will." The first part of this clause clearly contemplates the memorandum as not being then in existence, but to be made thereafter. With regard to the direction at the end of the clause, however clear may be the wish of a testator to incorporate in his will, and have read as part of it, an unattested future writing, it is certain that he cannot thus create for himself a power of testamentary disposition unfettered by the safeguards which the law has thrown round the execution of wills (see Countess Ferraris v. Marquis of Hertford, 3 Curt. 468). THE FIRST MONTHLY LIST of persons detained in prison under the Protection of Person and Property (Ireland) Act, 1881, has, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4 of section 1 of the Act, been presented to Parliament. It contains the names of thirty-five prisoners, all of whom have been "reasonably suspected" of crimes punishable by law, and are now in Kilmainham Prison, Dublin. At the head of the list is the name of MICHAEL BOYTON, stated to be suspected of having within a prescribed district, "incited divers persons to murder certain other persons," and JOHN NALLY is stated to be detained on the same grounds. Among other crimes which the respective persons in custody have been "reasonably suspected" of having committed within prescribed districts, are the following: "treasonable practices"; intimidating (or inciting others to intimidate) certain of her Majesty's subjects "with a view to compel them to leave their lawful employments"; inciting divers persons to assemble and maliciously assault the dwelling-house of one of her Majesty's subjects, and unlawfully and maliciously to shoot at certain of her Majesty's subjects; assembling with others and assaulting certain dwelling-houses, and by threats and menaces causing certain arms and weapons to be delivered up; shooting, with intent to do grievous bodily harm; inciting to arson; riot, and unlawful assembly, or inciting thereto; intimidating persons, with a view to compel them not to pay rent, or to compel them to quit their farms and give up their lawful occu pation; maiming cattle; intimidating a person with a view to compel him to join the Land League; and intimidating others with a view to compel them to abstain from dealing with a certain person. THE REPLIES of the county court judges and registrars to the Lord Chancellor's circular requesting information concerning the recent operation of bills of sale, especially under the Act of 1878, with suggestions for the amendment of the law, have been published. They are, as might be expected, of a diverse character, but most of them concur in representing the evil results of the present enactment, and in stating that it is principally made use of by the professional moneylender. Many of the replies refer to the enormous number of bills of sale for under £20, and the heavy rate of interest charged, and several of the writers are in favour of a more or less modified re-enactment of the usury laws. Most of the answers point to the desirability of registration of bills of sale in the county courts, and the exhibition of a list of bills of sale in the offices of the courts. Several of the writers would have bills of sale of after-acquired property made void, and among these is Mr. DANIEL, Q.C., who says, "The decisions of the courts have greatly increased the evils to creditors by recognizing the validity of bills of sale which include after-acquired property, especially stock-in-trade, a misapplication, if I may presume to say so, of the principle of the case in the House of Lords of Marshall v. Holroyd. I should think the experience of every county court judge would confirm these remarks." Mr. DANIEL also points out, what no one who knows anything of the subject can doubt, that one main cause of the evil of the present system is due to section 20 of the Act of 1878, taking chattels comprised in a duly registered bill of sale out of the operation of the order and disposition clause of the Bankruptcy Act. As Mr. ELLIS, the registrar of the Sunderland County Court, says, "It is the absolute security which has thus been given to the registered holder that has, in my opinion, invited the attention of money-lenders to transactions in which their principal is secured, and the only question is how much they can extract by way of so-called 'bonus' from the unfortunate borrower." MR. RYLANDS has raised in the House of Commons the question of taking proceedings against solicitors who have been scheduled in the reports of Election Commissioners as having been guilty of corrupt practices at the last general election; and it appears from the reply of the Attorney-General that the Council of the Incorporated Law Society have resolved that, since all the solicitors scheduled have received from the com missioners certificates of indemnity, under the 15 & 16 Vict. c. 57, s. 10, it would be acting contrary to the spirit of that enactment if proceedings were to be instituted against them with a view to their being struck off the rolls. Section 9 of the statute in question provides that a witness who, upon examination before the commissioners, "makes a true discovery to the best of his knowledge touching all things as to which he is so examined, shall be freed from all penal actions, forfeitures, punishments, disabilities, and incapacities to which he may have been or may become liable or subject at the suit of her Majesty, her heirs or successors, or any other person, for anything done by such person in respect of such corrupt practice." By section 10 a witness so examined is not to be indemnified under the Act unless he receives from the commissioners a certificate in writing under their hands to the effect that he has made a true disclosure as to all things upon which he has been examined, and the pro ceedings in any "action, information, or indictment" against the witness for any corrupt practice at the election which has been inquired into is to be stayed on the production and proof of the certificate. Although a proceeding taken with a view to striking a solicitor off the rolls would not be an "action, information, or indictment" within section 10, it would seem to fall within the "disabilities and incapacities" mentioned in section 9. Any other construction of the statute would place a solicitor giving evidence before the commissioners in a worse position than an ordinary witness, since his examination would expose him to a risk from which a certificate of indemnity could not protect him. MR. C. NASH writes to us:-I have just disentombed the only official record of the entry into public life of Mr. D'ISRAELI, and it may be a fitting pendant to the account of his quitting it. It is his " apprenticeship indenture," recorded No. 2,953 of the old King's Bench of 1821, in the usual manner, with an affidavit of the execution. The date is the 10th of November, 1821, between ISAAC D'ISRAELI, of Bloomsbury-square, Esquire, BENJAMIN D'ISRAELI his son, and WILLIAM STEVENS, of Frederick-place, solicitor (SWAIN, STEVENS, & Co.), whereby the son was placed for five years from the date as clerk to learn, &c., in usual form, to become "an attorney of the King's Bench, and a solicitor in chancery." The deed was executed by all three parties and filed on the 13th of November. He performed the usual routine of an office, as I have had papers in my hand indorsed "Served copy on clerk on date, B. D'I." And I am probably the last survivor of his then surroundings, then in my teens when he was in his twenties. The firm had the largest business of the day, and amongst its elevés were Mr. Justice PARK, Master UNTHANK, and Mr, DIGBY SEYMOUR, Q.C. Mr. William Barber, Professor of the Law of Real and Personal Property to the Council of Legal Education, will, during the ensuing educational term, deliver twelve lectures on "Vendors and Purchasers of Real Estate." The first lecture will be delivered on Friday, April 29, at 3.5 p.m. The subsequent lectures on this subject will be delivered on Tuesdays at 4 p.m., and Fridays at 3.5 p.m. The lectures on this subject will be suspended after Tuesday, May 17, and be resumed on Friday, June 17, at the usual hour. The lectures will be delivered in Gray's-inn-hall. " A writer in the Albany Law Journal, discussing the law relating to drinks, says that the Court of Queen's Bench, in Ontario, had on one occasion to wrestle with the question whether "Old Tom gini is spirits. "It took the judges about six months to decide the point. Witness s and dictionaries were called in to the assistance of the court. Some witnesses thought 'spirits' meant pure, unflavoured spirits; another thought that they lost their character as such if mixed with anything else; that then they became a cordial. The general notion was that Old Tom gin' being a compound of spirits, sugar, and flavouring matter, it was no longer spirits. But the judge could not see that the admixture of sugar, with some flavouring essences, to make it more agreeable to the taste, could deprive the mixture of its general character, any more than the mixing of spirits with water to reduce their strength; nor did he think that the giving a name, or prefix, such as Old Tom,' to any one of the various drinking beverages coming within the term 'spirits,' freed it from the generic appellation. On the whole, he was clearly of the opinion that Old Tom gin belonged to the family known as Spirits: Winning v. Gow (32 A. C. R. 526). 'Sweet spirits of nitre' (we have it upon the authority of no less a judge than Baron Rolfe), is not adapted for ordinary use as an intoxicating beverage: Attorney-General v. Bailey (1 Ex. 292). Spirits' do not cease to be spirits because mixed with small quantities of water: Scott v. Gilmore (3 Taunt. 226). This opinion is generally held by the whole body of liquor sellers." |
