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SOCIETIES.

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY.

A special general meeting of this society was held at the society's hall, Chancery-lane, on Friday, the 18th inst., for the purpose of considering the report of the Legal Procedure Committee. Mr. C. C. DRUCE, President, cccupied the chair. There was a large attendance of members. The PRESIDENT having read the circular convening the meeting, said:The report of the Legal Procedure Committee was published just before the annual provincial meeting held at Brighton last month. I had barely time to get up the substance of it which I stated to you at that meeting, and it was an impossibility for me to go closely into its details, but in view of the pledge giveu by my predecessor to call a meeting to consider the report, the council thought it ought to be convened at once, or as soon after the Long Vacation as we might expect our members to be able to assemble together, without reference to any deliberations they might have previously arrived at or might afterwards come to. Nevertheless, we did proceed to consider the matter and to form our own conclusions. We considered the report at the first meeting after the vacation, and again after an adjournment of a fortnight at the first meeting of the council this month; because at that meeting we always have a large attendance of the country members of the council, and we were very desirous of getting the opinion of the country solicitors as well as of the London solicitors on the subject. In the interim between those two meetings the Associated Provincial Law Societies, with northern energy, had called and carried through a meeting occupying two days, and they were good enough to send me the conclusions to which they had come. Therefore our own second meeting was held with the benefit of their deliberations before us. I hope, however, that the present meeting will feel itself entirely free and unfettered by any conclusions to which the council may have come. But we could not avoid considering the matter. We wrote to the Lord Chancellor, in order to keep the time open, and asked his lordship if he would be willing to consider our suggestions. We had a polite reply fron his lordship that he would be willing to do so. Perhaps we were right in taking this course, for even in to-day's paper, for the first time, you will see that this report has been referred to the Rule Committee of the Judges. At the same time we know from the Times that the report was issued in May and was then sent out to the judges--whether privately or not I do not know. We have no official know. ledge of the matter. That, I think, is the present state of affairs. It will be my duty in the ordinary course to read the recommendations of the council, but though they have been largely circulated I cannot think they will be well or usefully considered at so large a meeting, but unless some other proposition is brought before the meeting I shall proceed to read them.

Mr. G. A. CROWDER asked whether he should be right in making a sugges. tion?

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The PRESIDENT.-The council invite suggestions from the members preMr. CROWDER observed that the course he was about to submit to the consideration of the meeting was one which had already been suggested by the council in their annual report-namely, that a committee should be formed to consider the report of the Legal Procedure Committee when that report should be published. The present meeting was the result of the promise made in the report to convene a special meeting to consider the subject. The matter was far too important to be considered for any useful purpose at such a meeting as the present, and must, under any circumstances, be eventually considered by a committee. The solicitor branch of the profession thought the present a very good opportunity of taking that part in the consideration of the matter which he maintained they were as well able to do as any body of gentlemen in the United Kingdom. Speaking for himself and for those more immediately connected with him in the proposition, he had to ask that two or three of the members of the council should serve upon the committee. It was intended to be a representative committee and to contain both solicitors from the west-end and from the city. The solicitors had not only not been adequately represented on the Legal Procedure Committee, but they were practically he did not say intentionally ignored in its constitution; this was much to be regretted because the solicitors had to carry out the duties connected with the subject of the deliberations of the committee. He hoped that country solicitors would co-operate with the committee either by attending its meetings or by assisting with written communications. Having regard to this, and that there might be no impression that the resolution was put forward by a clique, he had been instructed not to embody in it the names of any individual gentlemen, but he was prepared with a list of firms, the members of which had expressed their willingness to act. The names of the firms would also carry greater weight. He concluded by moving :-That this meeting is of opinion that it is desirable that the whole subject to which the report of the Legal Procedure Committee directly or otherwise refers, be submitted to a committee of members of the Incorporated Law Society, of whom ten shall form a quorum, to consist of gentlemen to be named at this meeting with power to add to their number. That such committee shall have power to invite suggestions and receive and consider any which may be made to them, and shall be at liberty to confer with and shall report to the council with the view of further considering the subject at an adjourned meeting of the society.

Mr. W. MELMOTH WALTERS understood that a meeting had been held by some of the members to consider the subject, and that they had agreed upon this resolution to be proposed at this meeting, a copy of which had been sent to him with a request that he would second it. He had very great pleasure in so doing. He agreed with every word of it and hailed with satisfaction the adoption of the suggestion thrown out by the council in their last annual

report that a committee should be formed from the general body of the society to be co-workers with the council in regard to this very important subject. The only thing he would say was that they must make haste about the matter. The president had told them that the subject had been referred to the Rule Committee of Judges, and whatever suggestions they had to make, as a society, must be sent in quickly. They had before them the suggestions of the Associated Provincial Law Societies, the suggestions of the Newcastle Incorporated Law Society, the suggestions made by the council, and they would have the suggestions of the committee to be formed, and these would have to be reduced to a cohesive whole, The council would have to make a digest of these suggestions and put it before the authorities in a shape which should command attention. With regard to the suggestion that some of the members of the council should serve on the committee, he could only speak for himself, and he hoped the meeting would excuse him. The council had done their duty already in framing suggestions in the first instance, and they had had discussions over the report of the Legal Procedure Committee and had made suggestions with reference to that. They had also considered the suggestions of the Associated Provincial Law Societies and of others, and he thought it would almost be better to leave them free to consider the further suggestions to be made by the committee. He did not urge this from any want of respect to the committee, but he thought it would be better to have independent minds upon it. It might be supposed that the members would come to the committee fettered by the opinions they bad expressed at the council table, and that might be inconvenient. He heartily accepted the motion and hoped it would be passed.

Mr. F. K. MUNTON supported the motion. He would have been glad if the Crowder, but it would be sufficient if it went forth to the world that the council council could have seen their way to assist the committee as suggested by Mr. approved of the appointment of the committee, and he was sure no one present had the slightest desire that any committee should be opposed to the council. They wished it to be auxiliary to the council and to assist them in their labours. He had attended the meeting referred to by Mr. Walters, and he wished now to state publicly what he had urged upon that occasion. There was a strong feeling on the part of many members of the solicitor branch of the profession that inasmuch as the report went mainly to the reduction of the expense of carrying on legal proceedings, they ought to urge that all needless expense caused by their being compelled to employ counsel in small cases should be avoided. If they were to bring actions for sums under £200 at a reduced rate of costs-a very proper thing to do in itself-let it be understood that the true way of aiming at a saving would be that solicitors should have audience in those cases.

Mr. FRANCIS MILLER would have liked that the resolutions should have been come to at a general meeting instead of by a committee. He thought it would be better that each item of the report should be considered in general meeting.

Mr. WALTERS observed that the resolution provided for further consideration of the subject at an adjourned general meeting.

Mr. MILLER thought the time pressed too much for the matter to be delayed for the committee's report, and he would have liked the opinion of the preThere were one or two sent meeting upon each of the items seriatim. matters which ought not to be decided on the opinion of a committee, however large or influential. The first was: were pleadings to be abolished or not? If alterations were made in the law which did not work well, solicitors had to bear the brunt of it when they presented their bills to their clients. Mr. E. LE RICHE asserted that the interests of the council and the members were identical, and he was sure the council would be pleased to übite with them or with any members of the profession in consideration of these proposed changes. It did appear to him extraordinary that the council should have deferred to the whole of the resolutions with a few alterations.

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cardinal changes, the most important that had been proposed within the last twenty years, and yet they had been passed over without a single remark from the council. Pleadings were to be abolished, discovery and inspection were to be curtailed, and the whole jurisdiction placed in the hands of the masters. He supposed most of the members of the council had at some time in their lives attended chambers, and must be aware of the way in which summonses were decided. Would they suggest for one moment that the whole procedure of an action was to be entrusted to the discretion of a master-that one master of the most consummate geniuses that ever existed. According to the report of was to say what was to be the whole course of an action? He must be one committee there were 36,590 undefended cases in 1879, and ordinarily there were three masters sitting, which would give 12,000 to each, and he is to have a knowledge of every case, so as to prevent unnecessary solicitor that the pleadings and discovery in actions stopped nineexpense being incurred. It must be within the experience of every tenths of them. The report said that there were 38 per cent., or 20,000 defended causes, and of these something under 3,000 were tried, consequently there were 18,000 cases which were settled without being tried. The report said of the 57,650 writs issued in 1879, 16,967 actions-i.e., 23-34 per cent. were settled by default; by judgment under order 14, 4,251 or 7.10 per cent. ; total of practically undefended causes 36,590 or 61.124 per cent.; cases unaccounted for and therefore presumably settled or abandoned after some litigation, 20,804 or 35.10 per cent. The remaining cases were thus accounted for. Decided in court: for plaintiffs 1,232; for defendants 521; before masters and official referees 512; total 2,265, There was not a practising solicitor but knew that nothing stopped an action so often as the pleadings; and the result of their abolition would be that instead of 3,000 cases tried there would be more, nearly 15,000, but instead of the costs going into the pockets of the solicitors they would go into the pockets of the bar, and they would have nothing but applications for surprise, which would be one continual source of annoyance and vexation. The decision of the master or of the judge in chambers was to be practically without appeal, and this was in the highest degree objectionable.

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Then the committee could not see how one person by the mere statement that he had a cause of action against another should be entitled to discovery of documents. He (Mr. Le Riche) should have thought that if there ever was a case where the suitor should be entitled to discovery it should be where he brings an action against another. These gentlemen could pass over these matters as if they were of no importance. They were really vital points to practising solicitors. With respect to the audience of solicitors there was no doubt that it would be for the benefit of the world at large if the distinction between barristers and solicitors were abolished, but it would not be well for the solicitors. At the present time three persons were paid for doing the work of one. It would, perhaps, be well to improve the solicitors off the face of the earth; but let it be clearly understood that if the distinction between barristers and solicitors were abolished, one-third of the profession would be starved out. If solicitors acted as barristers, barristers would act as solicitors, and the very last thing they ought to wish for was the fusion of the two branches. He did not think the resolution should be passed in its present stage without some remark with regard to the cardinal changes that were proposed, the abolition of discovery, the abolition of pleadings, and the absurd idea of giving the masters jurisdiction over the whole action, and also with regard to limiting appeals from chambers.

Mr. G. B. GREGORY, M.P., was anxious to correct an impression by Mr. Le Ricbe that these resolutions had been passed without deliberation or consideration. That, they all knew, was by no means the case. The matter had been very fully considered by the council. The object of the meeting was not that the council should express their opinions but that they might ascertain the opinions of the members, and he therefore would not prejudice the discussion by offering any opinion. He only wished to point out that the report was carefully considered by the council, and the recommendations which were before the meeting were adopted, not unanimously, but by a majority of of that body on the main issues that were submitted.

Mr. PROUDFOOT was sorry to differ from the opinion of the council. In 1879, 59,659 writs were issued. There could be no more conclusive evidence of the effect of the issuing a writ to bring the matter to a close without expense than the figures of the report which showed that out of 59,000 and odd actions that were commenced, only 3,000 came to trial in a court of justice. As soon as the writ was issued, terms were made. If not, the statement of claim was delivered. He was not particularly partial to the statements of claim of the present day, but look at 1852 when the declaration was as simple as possible, the writ was issued, an appearance was entered by the defendant, who gave a simple declaration. All he had to say was that he was never in debted or had paid the amount, or to put in some special plea, and in thousands of cases the matter was settled. This was plainly shown by the fact that out of 60,000 writs that were issued in 1879, 2,265 cases only came to trial. What more could be required in the direction of simple and cheap law? Then, with regard to the abolition of pleadings, how was it possible the solicitor could know what course to pursue without them? It was absolutely necessary to know what the plaintiff demanded and what the defence was, and if it was put off until the action was tried to end of difficulty would arise, and where clients would find themselves when they came into that position it would be impossible to say. He was surprised to find that this should have been agreed to by men who had been concerned in common law business. It was necessary to know what the plaintiff's case was, what the defence was, and then, as the judges always said, let them look at the record and not travel out of the record. He was, certainly, in favour of a committee being appointed to be composed of men in active practice. To go to chambers under the present state of affairs was a day's work. As to the masters telling them in a common law action what they were to do all the way through, that was an impossibility. He hoped that the committee would be at liberty to call in the evidence of experienced clerks who attended chambers, that they might ascertain how the business was conducted.

Mr. WALTERS explained that the council had not suggested that pleadings should be abolished. They had suggested originally that they should not be abolished. They had to consider the report of the Legal Procedure Committee, and the majority of the council took the view that recommendation No. 1 did not amount to the abolition of pleadings. It was a mere question of terms. His own view was that it gave them practically what they wanted. The plaintiff had to give notice of what he relied on, and the defendant had to give notice in reply. Mr. CROMPTON thought that the judges were aiming at uniformity of practice in common law and chancery. It was a known fact that a great many of the rules under the Judicature Act had been modified by sub rules by the judges of the Court of Chancery in their particular courts, and it had been the practice of the Master of the Rolls never to allow a statement of claim in an ordinary administration suit, and to go direct into court upon an indorsement of the writ. If the rule was to be that there were to be no pleadings in the first instance, but that they were to go to a master and ask for pleadings in special actions, let them simply indorse their writ for an erdinary claim where there was no necessity for pleadings, and where there Was a complicated state of things let them go to the master and go through the present course of pleadings. Then, again, where the master had power to treat the whole matter in the first instance, he had not the slightest doubt that it would work out in practice much as the taking out a summons for directions in an administration suit in chancery. He admitted that it would create a great deal of injustice, and hoped that if the principle were carried out common law chamber work would be much more like chancery chamber work, especially if the rule were also carried ont that there should be a list of the cases set down to a particular master so that he might carry his mind through the whole of the cases. If that were done, principals as well as their clerks would be enabled to go before the master, the master would be prepared to give proper consideration to the cases, and a great deal of inter locutory matter could be satisfactorily dealt with in chambers as was at present done in the Chancery Division. Solicitors wanted their clients to have the

benefit of improvements with regard to litigation, and he felt in reading the report that it was honestly framed on that footing and that it ought to receive their best assistance in working it out on that basis.

Mr. W. J. FRASER, C.C., supported the motion. He observed that it was intended to deal with the subject in a very serious manner and that the opinions of the members should be beard with regard to it. He hoped there might be one or two members of the council on the committee, that it might have the benefit of the views of the council.

Mr. J. MOXON CLABON suggested that Mr. Crowder should read the list of firms willing to serve on the committee of which he had spoken. The PRESIDENT put it to the meeting whether the list should be read or not, and, on a show of hands, the proposition was negatived.

Mr. T. H. DEVONSHIRE observed that if a committee was to be appointed to consider this very grave and important subject it would be desirable to know whether the council had pledged themselves to the opinions that had been ex. pressed in the paper which had been circulated. If they were merely suggestions to be reconsidered by the council after the result of the deliberations of the proposed committee should be made known, well and good, but if the council already felt themselves pledged to any conclusions, and if the conclu sions of the committee should not be in harmony with the views of the council, then he feared the society would find themselves in a position of some difficulty.

The PRESIDENT: I endeavoured to state in my opening remarks that the council were not unanimous in the conclusions at which they have arrived. We were fairly unanimous on the more important points but not on all of them, but I also stated that I hoped this meeting would consider the matter unfettered.

Mr. DEVONSHIRE observed that it would be an encouragement to the committee if they could feel that they were not placing themselves in opposition to the council.

The PRESIDENT: There may be difference of opinion, but no antagonism. Mr. BROMLEY thought it a matter of regret that the council had considered the report without taking the members into their confidence. It seemed to him a most unfortunate thing to request the committee to act at all in the matter. They had better let matters go on for a year or two. At present it was ill-advised and ill-timed. The report was of a very tentative character. No evidence was called before the Legal Procedure Committee. Certain details seemed to have been laid before them, and the resolutions were put forward as general recommendations. Anyone reading the report must see that it was at a very early stage of incubation. It said that information was laid before the committee. What that information was he did not know-not a single witness was called. Unless this information were laid before the proposed committee, they could not deal with the report as they would like to. He was very glad to hear that the council were not tied down by any opinion expressed to the judges.

The PRESIDENT: I think I stated- -or I ought to have done so that in October the Lord Chancellor sent us a copy of that report simply-not requesting our opinion or advice. We thought it our duty to consider it, and in order to keep the matter open, I wrote to the Lord Chancellor, asking if he would receive our suggestions. I had a very polite answer that he would be very willing, and so the matter rests.

Mr. THOMAS PAINE (vice-president) observed that one of the speakers had found fault with the council for not taking the members into their confidence before expressing an opinion. The council had found themselves on the horns of a dilemma. It was obvious that there was no time to be lost in dealing with the report, and they felt that if they did not give some expression of their views it would very naturally be thrown into their teeth that they had evaded the consideration of the matter, and had left it with the meeting. Under these circumstances they came to the best conclusions they could.

Mr. C. FORD asked whether the report of the Legal Procedure Committee would be submitted to the Council of Judges. It had been whispered about that it would not be considered by the judges.

The PRESIDENT: I said at the opening of the meeting that in to-day's Times it is stated that the rules have been referred to the Rule Committee of Judge. Mr. E. KIMBER observed that it was clear that the council had considered the report, but it was equally clear, from their recommendations, that they had not fully considered it. One of the recommendations of the report of the Legal Procedure Committee was "no pleadings should be allowed unless by order of a judge." This was a very serious question, which had agitated the minds of ninety-nine out of a hundred of the members of the profession who had any active practice in London. He would like to know what the council thought about it. Another was as follows:-"The existing practice of requiring a separate summons for each separate matter shall be discontinued; and upon any summons by either party, it shall be competent for the judge or master to make any order which may seem just at the instance of the other party." The profession and the public had not such confidence in these tribunals as to lead them to place such a power in the hands of the master. It had been found that the tribunal of chief clerks worked satisfactorily, and there was no reason at all why they, as a society, should not make a recommendation to her Majesty's Government, that gentlemen chosen to occupy the position of masters should be selected from the solicitor as well as the barrister branch of the profession. Then again, "The mode of trial shall be by a judge without a jury, but, on the summons for directions, on the application of either party, an order shall be made that the cause be tried by a jury, if it shall appear that the questions involved can conveniently be so tried." He could not understand how such an idea could ever have entered the minds of the judges. According to the present law a suitor had the right to have his cause tried by a jury. That was the rule in the county court, and why should a different rule be established in the High Court? The recommendation went on to say:-"Provided always, that in the following cases the right of either party to a trial by jury shali be absolute

-libel, slander, seduction, false imprisonment, mulicious prosecution, breach of promise of marriage." Did it not occur to them that there were other matters that could equally well be tried by jurymen? Then there was the following recommendation of the council:-"Any reduction of the scale shall not apply to the initial stages of an action; and in no case where the amount recovered is under £200 shall the fees of more than one counsel on either side be allowed, unless the judge shall otherwise order." Had it ever occurred to them that there might be an intimate friendship between the judge and the senior counsel, and that without much consideration he might say, "Yes, both counsel alike"? Had it not occurred that in the most paltry and trumpery cases the attendance of counsel had been allowed ? Then there was another recommendation of the Legal Procedure Committee:-"These recommendations shall extend to all business which is not assigned by the Judicature Acts to a division other than the Queen's Bench Division; and there shall be, as far as practicable, a uniform system of procedure in all the divisions." How was it that an extraordinary jurisdiction of the Queen's Bench Division should be continually wrapped up in the greatest mystery and misunderstanding? What did they mean by it? He asked them to ask any judge upon any difficult point on the Crown practice as to whether he knew what the practice was or not, and he would candidly confess his ignorance. But ought things to be left in this state of mystery? The solicitors were obliged to get their knowledge from an officer of the court and not from books. These recommendations were crude and ill-digested, and showed a want of consideration on the part of those who were responsible for them.

Mr. Crowder's motion was put to the meeting and carried, with the addition of the words, "That it be an instruction to the committee to apply to the secretaries of the provincial law societies to suggest the names of country members willing to serve on the committee."

Mr. CROWDER, after premising that the list of those to serve on the com. mittee had not been prepared with the object of thrusting it upon the meeting, but simply because representatives of the firms therein named were present at a meeting which had been held for the purpose of arranging the course to be pursued, read the list, which, after several additions had been made to it, stood as follows:

Messrs. Bell, Broderick, & Gray, 9, Bow Church-yard; Mr. Bromley, 43, Bedford-row; Messrs. Bolton, Robine, & Busk, 45, Lincoln's-innfields; Messrs. Crowder, Anstie, & Vizard, 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields; Mr. G. S. Gibb, 3, Fenchurch-avenue; Messrs. Shum & Crossman, 16, Theobald's-road, Gray's-inn; Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, Crisp, & Co., 6, Old Jewry, E.C.; Mr. V. I. Chamberlain, 48, Finsbury-square; Mr. T. H. Devonshire, 1, Frederick-place; Mr. C. Ford, 10, Wellington-street, Strand; Mr. W. J. Fraser, 2, Soho-square; Messrs. Chester, Mayhew, Broome, & Griffithes, 11, Staple-inn; Messrs. Torr, Janeway, Torr, & Gribble, 38, Bedford-row; Messrs. Surr, Gribble, & Bunton, 12, Abchurch-lane; Mr. E. Kimber, 22, Queen-street, Cheapside; Messrs. Coode, Kingdon, & Cotton, 34, Bedford-row; Messrs. Munton & Morris, 3, Lambeth-hill, Queen Victoria-street; Messrs. Iliffe, Russell, Iliffe, & Cardale, 2, Bedfordrow; Messrs. Field, Ros oe, Field, Francis, & Osbaldeston, 36, Lincoln's-innfields; Messrs. Sharpe & Parker, 41, Bedford-row; Messrs. Sole, Turner, & Knight, 68, Aldermanbury; Messrs. Young, Jones, Roberts, & Hale, 2, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry; Messrs. Winter & Co., 16, Bedford-row; Messrs. Hanbury, Hutton, & Whitting, 62, New Broad-street; Messrs. Mullens & Bosanquet, 11, Queen Victoria-street; Messrs. Robinson, Preston, & Stone, 35, Lincoln's-inn-fields; Mr. R. H. Milward, 40, Chancery-lane; Messrs. Witall & Compton, 19, Great George-street.

Mr. ROBERTS suggested that some country firms should be placed on the committee, as there were a great many points in the report which affected the country solicitor, and there were certain matters on which country practitioners could give better information than the London members of the profession. They could tell them that to assimilate the question of costs would be a most retrograde step. It would mean that the plaintiff or defendant would themselves have to pay the costs of an action, as was the case in county court actions, which many solicitors would not undertake upon the county court scale.

Mr. FRASER remarked that the committee had power to add to their number.

Mr. ELDERTON hoped that some gentlemen accustomed to county court practice would be placed on the committee.

Mr. RUBENSTEIN proposed that the members of the council should be ex officio members of the committee.

Mr. F. K. MUNTON moved, "That it be an instruction to the committee to apply to the secretaries of the several provincial law societies to suggest the names of country members who will be willing to attend the committee." Mr. LE RICHE seconded the motion.

The motion was put and carried.

On the motion of Mr. FRASER, Mr. Grinham Keen, Mr. W. Melmoth Walters, Mr. R. Pennington, and Mr. J. Ellerton, members of the council, were added to the list.

The list, as read by Mr. Crowder, with the additions referred to, was then put and carried.

Mr. FRASER: I presume the committee will have the use of a room in the building?

The PRESIDENT: We shall give every possible facility for their meetings. Mr. RUBENSTEIN moved that the adjourned meeting be held in the evening. They were all pressed for time, and it was very inconvenient for many solicitors to attend during the busiest hours of the day.

The meeting was at this time breaking up, and the motion was not put. A vote of thanks to the President, proposed by Mr, MUNTON, terminated the proceedings,

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SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE.

Tuesday, the 13th day of September, 1881. CHANCERY DIVISION.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, do hereby, in the exercise of the powers for this purpose conferred upon them by the "Courts of Justice (Salaries and Funds) Act, 1869," and of all other powers enabling them in this behalf, determine and order as follows:

1. From and after the date hereof, the existing and all future clerks in the several offices and departments of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice specified in the schedule hereto shall be classified respectively as first class, second class, and third class clerks.

2. There shall be paid to the said existing clerks the yearly salaries specified in the said schedule with the annual increments therein mentioned, and to all future clerks the yearly salaries following; that is to say, to first-class clerks, the sum of £500, rising by annual increments of £20 to £600; to second-class clerks, the sum of £250, rising by annual increments of £15 to £400; and to third-class clerks, the sum of £100, rising by annual increments of £10 to £200. 3. The said existing and all future clerks in the Chancery Division shall be interchangeable and liable to be transferred to and perform the duties of any office or department in the said division. 4. There shall be employed in the chambers of each judge of the Chancery Division to whom for the time being a chamber staff may be attached, such chief clerks and other clerks as may from time to time be necessary, not exceeding three chief clerks, six first-class clerks, six second-class clerks, and three third-class clerks.

5. Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in any of the clerkships specified in the said schedule, the staff of the office or department in which the vacancy occurs may be re-adjusted, and the numbers of the clerks therein reduced or their duties altered accordingly in such manner as the Treasury, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, may determine.

6. Unless under special circumstances the Lord Chancellor shall otherwise direct, a second or third class clerk shall not be promoted to a higher class until the acting head of the office or department in which such clerk shall, for

the time being, be employed has certified in writing to the Lord Chancellor that such clerk has discharged his duties in a satisfactory manner in every respect, and that he is fully qualified for promotion.

ARTHUR D. HAYTER, CHARLES C. COTES. I concur in the above order, SELBORNE, C. [The schedule contains the names of present officera and the amount of their salaries.]

COUNTY COURTS.

I, the Right Honourable Roundell, Baron Selborne, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, do, under the powers vested in me by the County Court Rules, 1875, hereby order that the offices of the county courts may be closed on the 23rd, 24th, 26th, and 27th days of December, 1881. Given under my hand, this lat day of November, 1881. SELBORNE, C.

It appears from the Indian newspapers that a reduction is proposed in the salaries of the judges of the Calcutta High Court. Sir Richard Garth has protested against it on the ground that it is unjust to the people of Bengal, inasmuch as the sum paid by them in the shape of court fees not only covers the cost of their own judicial machinery, but leaves a large surplus to go towards making up the deficit under this head in the other presidencies. In 1879, the surplus was thirty lacs of rupees, while in 1880 it was considerably in excess

of that sum.

Californian courts. A curious case, says the Chicago Legal News, has just been decided in the Nicholas Sepulveda and Francisco Salazar were jointly indicted for the crime of grand larceny, and tried together in the Santa Clara County Court. The jury rendered a verdict in these words: "We, the jury, find the defendences guilty as charged in the inditisment." The clerk, in recording the verdict, corrected orthography, and wrote the word defendant for defendences. Upon appeal to the Supreme Court by Sepulveda, it was determined that the record of the clerk must be taken as the verdict rendered. And as there were two defendants on trial, a verdict finding the defendant guilty, without specifying which of the two defendants, was void for uncertainty.

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. NAPOLEON FREDERICK ARGLES, solicitor (of the firm of Argles & Argles), of 85, Gracechurch-street, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Mr. THOMAS RICHARDSON KEMP, Q.C., and Mr. WILLIAM MICHAEL, Q.O., have been elected Benchers of the Middle Temple.

LORD FRASER has been appointed Lord Ordinary in Exchequer Cases in Scotland in succession to the late Lord Churchill.

Mr. NATHANIEL BAKER, barrister, has been appointed Secretary to the Royal Commission on Fever and Smallpox Hospitals in the Metropolis. Mr. Baker was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1867. He practises on the Oxford Circuit and at the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Sessions. In 1875 he was secretary to the Royal Commission on the Vaccination Acts, and last year was secretary to the Commission of Inquiry into Corrupt Practices in the Borough of Boston.

Mr. JOHN POSTLETHWAITE CARTWRIGHT, solicitor, of Chester, has been elected Sheriff of that city for the ensuing year. Mr. Cartwright was admitted a solicitor in 1861.

Mr. CHARLES TANNER KINGDON ROBERTS, solicitor, of Exeter and Bud. leigh, has been appointed Under-Sheriff of the city of Exeter for the ensuing year. Mr. Roberts is the son of Mr. Edward Hunt Roberts, solicitor. was admitted in 1872, and is in partnership with his father.

He

Mr. JOHN HEARFIELD, solicitor and notary, of Hall, has been appointed Under-Sheriff of the Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull for the ensuing year. Mr. Hearfield was admitted a solicitor in 1859.

Mr. JOHN TATLOCK, solicitor, of Chester, has been appointed Under-Sheriff, and Mr. WILLIAM THOMAS HAMLIN (of the firm of Hamlin & Grammer), solicitor, of 7 and 3, Staple-inn, London, W.C., Deputy, of the City of Chester for the ensuing year.

COMPANIES.

WINDING-UP NOTICES. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

ASTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.-Chitty, J., has fixed Nov 28, at 11, at his chambers, for the appointment of an official liquidator

FOREIGN PROVISION, WINE, AND SPIRIT TRADING ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Nov 14, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Nov 26. MacColla, Cheapside, solicitor for the petitioner

HAND'S AFTERNOON TEA COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by Chitty, J., dated Nov 5, it was ordered that the company be wound up. Ellis, Bedford row, solicitor for the petitioners

METROPOLITAN PRINTING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Nov 15, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Nov 26. Mackreth, New Broad st, sclicitor for the petitioner

NORTHERN COUNTIES BANK, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Dec 20, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Edmund Nichols, Westgate rd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Thursday, Jan 12, at 12, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims RICHARDS AND CO., LIMITED.-Creditors are requested, on or before Dec 6, to send their rames and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Frederic George Painter, 2, Moorgate st bldgs. Tuesday, Dec 20, at 11, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims

[Gazette, Nov. 18.]

ARTS' PROMOTION SOCIETY, LIMITED.-Kay, J., has, by an order dated Oct 4, appointed Mr. Samuel James Boyce, 46, Queen Victoria st, to be official liquidator. Creditors are required, on or before Dec 10, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims to the above. Jan 16 at 11 is appointed for adjudicating upon the debts and claims.

CARDIFF SILICA FIRE BRICK COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Nov 19, directed to be heard before Hall. V.C., on Dec 2. Warry and Co, Lincoln'sinn-fields, agents for Burges and Co, Bristol, solicitors for the petitioners CUMBERLAND STEAM CULTIVATION COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Nov 18, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Dec 3. Speechley and Co, New-inn, solicitors for the petitioners

FOREIGN PROVISION, WINE, AND SPIRIT TRADING ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Nov 19, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Dec 3. Crook, Fenchurch st, solicitor for the petitioner

GABWEEN SLATE QUARRY COMPANY, LIMITED.-The creditors are required, on or before Dec 13, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Lewis Williams, Dolgelly. Tuesday, Jan 10 at 12 is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts or claims.

TEXAS FREEHOLD FARM AND EMIGRATION UNION, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Nov 18, directed to be heard before Hall, V.C., on Dec 2. Labrow, Finsbury pavement, solicitor for the petitioner. UNLIMITED IN CHANCERY.

HULL RECHABITE SAVINGS FUND AND EQUITABLE LOAN SOCIETY.-Petition for winding up, presented Nov 17, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Nov 26. CollyerBristow and Co, Bedford row, agents for Leak and Co, Kingston-upon-Hull, solicitors for the petitioner [Gazette, Nov 18.] TYDICATE OF THE MINING PROPERTY PLACER AURIVERO GENERAL ALVAREZ.-Petition for winding up, presented Nov 21, directed to be heard before Fry, J., on Friday, Dec 2. Edwards and Son, Cloak lane, solicitor for the petitioner. [Gazette, Nov. 22.] FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DISSOLVED. DORE UNION FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Schoolroom, Abbey Dore, Hereford. Nov 15 [Gazette, Nov. 18.]

PERFECT DAYLIGHT.-Chappuis' Reflectors supersede gas in daytime, and improve atural daylight. They can be adapted to any window, fanlight, skylight, area-light, be, wherever natural light is impeded owing to the bad construction of premises, or the oximity of walls or buildings. They will be found to promote health, comfort, and tomy. They can also be used as screens or blinds, and at the same time they act as daylight diffusers. More than 30,000 are in use in London alone. For prospectuses, dress two stamps to (S. J.) Chappuis, patentee and manufacturer, 69, Fleet-street.(ADVI.]

CREDITORS' CLAIMS.

CREDITORS UNDER 22 & 23 VICT. CAP. 25.
LAST DAY OF CLAIM.

ADAMS, WILLIAM, Totnes, Devon, Professor of Music. Dec 1. Windeatt and Windeatt,
Totnes
BINDLOSS, ANN, Eccles, nr Manchester. Jan 9. Wood and Williamson, Manchester
BLINSTON, JOHN, Statham within Lymm, Chester, Gent. Dec 25. Ridgway and
Worsley, Warrington

BOARD, OLIVER, Weston super Mare, Plumber. Dec 1. Smith, Weston super Mare
BROWN, JOSEPH, Woolton, nr Liverpool, Gardener. Nov 22. Lynch and Teebay, Liver.
pool
CATHCART, FRANCES LOUISA, Maidenhead, Berks. Dec 15. Poole and Co, Chancery lane
CLEWER, GEORGE, Harpley, Worcestershire, Yeoman. Jan 1. Cave, Bromyard
CRAMPTON, ROBERT, Caistor, Lincoln, Yeoman. Nov 14. Smith and Cousans, Caistor
CROSLAND, SAM, Farnley, Leeds, Woollen Manufacturer. Dec 24. Rider, Leeds
DARWIN, ERASMUS ALVEY, Queen Anne st, Cavendish sq, Esq.
Dec 8. Paterson and
DAVIES, DAVID REYNOLDS, Agden Hall, nr Lymm, Chester, Merchant. Jan 1. Earle
Co, Lincoln's inn fields

and Co, Manchester

EARLE, MARY, Spring Bank, Kingston upon Hull. Dec 24. Thorney, Hull
FLETCHER, MARGARET, Prescot, Lancaster. Dec 1. Cross, Prescot

GOWING, JAMES JOSEPH WARDEN, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Merchant. Dec 31. Reeve,

Lowestoft

KILBY, EMMA, Rearsby, Leicester. Dec 24. Kirby and Woodcock, Leicester
MATHEWS, ANN ELIZA, Ripon rd, Plumstead. Dec 31. Rogers, Basinghall st
MAUGHAN, Rev JOSEPH, Leeds. Dec 24. Rider, Leeds

MEYER, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK CHRISTIAN, Cockspur st, Charing Cross. Dec 20. Jackson
and Wright, Lincoln's inn fields
ODAMS, JAMES, Fenchurch st, Merchant. Dec 31. Gee, Bishop's Stortford
Dec 20. Denton and Co, Gray's
ODY, ROBERT HENRY, Strand, Truss Manufacturer.

inn sq

OWEN, JOSEPH, High st, Poplar, Grocer. Dec 31. Marsh, Fen ct
PERRY, ROBERT, Debden, Essex. Dec 31. Gee, Bishop's Stortford
PICKLES, SARAH ELIZABETH, Dewsbury, York, Nov 19. Stapleton, Dewsbury
PLUMMER, WILLIAM, Shaw, Wilts, Farmer. Dec 12. Townsend
QUINN, THOMAS PETER, Walton, nr Liverpool. Dec 5. Evans and Co
RUSSELL, WILLIAM NATHANIEL, Bedale, York, Retired Captain. Jan 1. How, Shrews-
bury

TAYLOR, JOHN DOBEDE, Bishop's Stortford, Herts, Solicitor. Dec 31. Gee, Bishop's
Stortford

WAITES, WILLIAM, Pontefract, York. Dec 24. Foster and Raper, Pontefract
WOOD, HANNAH, Hove, Brighton. Dec 13. Winter, Broomfield

[Gazette, Nov. 8. ]

ALDERSON, HARRIETT, Ashbourne, Derby. March 2. Alderson and Co, Eckington
BELL, ANN PHILADELPHIA, Highbury grange, Highbury. Dec 20. Gregson, Angel ct,
Throgmorton st

CHAMLEY, THOMAS REGINALD, Grove pl, Brompton, Esq. Jan 10.
Chancery lane

Wrentmore,

CRISP, MARIA, Cambridge. Feb 18. Eadens and Knowles, Cambridge
DAVIES, GEORGE, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Dec 7. Stewart, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
DAWBARN, WILLIAM, Elmswood, nr Liverpool, Merchant. Dec 31. Jones and Co,
Liverpool

DODD, HENRY, City Wharf, Hoxton, Contractor. Feb 1. Darvill and Co, New Windsor
GARRARD, ROBERT, Panton st, Haymarket. Dec 19. Garrard and Co, Suffolk st, Pall
Mall East

HARRISON, JOHN, Bath, Esq. Dec 19. Wilde and Co, College hill

HOWELL, JAMES CHAMBERS, Warburton House, Hackney. Jan 31. Anstie, Lincoln's inn fields

JONES, RICHARD, Yate, Gloucester, Master of Union Workhouse. Dec 21. Trenfield,
Chipping Sodbury
JORDAN, CHARLES, Ward st, Lambeth. Nov 30. Furber, Gray's inn square

LAWES, JOHN, Trowbridge, Wilts, Lcensed Victualler. Dec 31. Mann and Rodway,
Trowbridge

LOMAS, THOMAS, Higher Broughton, Lancaster, Banker. Dec 31. Smith and Co, Manchester

MILLWARD, JOHN, Balsall Heath, Worcester, Retired Law Clerk. Dec 17. Bloxham and Son, Birmingham

Stone, Bath

Dec 10. Surman and Co, Lincoln's inn

PARKER, GEORGE LLOYD, Bath, Gent. Dec 31.
PAUL, JAMES, Wellington, New Zealand, Gent.
fields
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM NOBLE, South Shields, Grocer. Dec 5. Bird, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne

ROE, SEMPRONIUS WILLIAM, Henrietta st, Brunswick sq, Attorney's Clerk. Dec 20.
Redpath and Holdsworth, Bush lane

SAGE, CHARLES FREDERICK, Clifton, Bristol, Esq. Jan 1. Osborne and Co, Bristol
SKIRVING, GEORGE, Wednesbury, Stafford, Surgeon. Dec 18. Seaman, Wednesbury
SPOONER, CHARLES, Girdler's rd, Hammersmith. Dec 31. Trinders and Curtis-
Hayward, St Helen's place
Dec 23. Withall and Co, Great

THWAITES, JOHN, North Row Covent Garden Market.
George st, Westminster

TOOGOOD, FREDERICK BARUCH, The Boltons, West Brompton. Dec 31. Eldridge,
Parliament st

WILKINSON, ALFRED, Great Cumberland pl, Bryanston sq, Lodging House Keeper. Dec 20. Mann, Essex st, Strand [Gazette, Nov 11.]

BENCE, HENRY ALEXANDER STARKIE, Thorington, Suffolk, Esq. Dec 31. Reeve, Lowestoft

CHAMBERLAIN, EMMELINE MARY, Hammersmith rd. Dec 31. Spaull, Verulam bldgs,
Gray's inn

CowAN, MARY, Little Leigh, Chester. Dec 31. Davies and Co, Warrington
COWELL, JOHN, Blackpool, Lancaster, Gent. Dec 10. Challinor, Manchester
DOWNER, HARRIET, Watford, Hertford. Dec 17. Thompson and Debenhams, St Alban's
HAUPTMANN, RENATUS, Birstall, York, Ironmonger. Feb 1. Butler and Middlebrook,

Leeds

ham

HUTCHINSON, DOROTHY, Harrogate, York. Dec 28. Powell, Harrogate
CARYSFORT, AUGUSTA MARIA, Countess of, Grosvenor gdns. Dec 15. Frere and Co,
Lincoln's inn fields
MASON, Sir JOSIAH, Erdington, Warwick, Knight. Dec 31. Johnson and Co, Birming-
PORTER, WILLIAM, Belfast, Ireland. Dec 6. Flux and Co, East India avenue
ROBERTS, JOHN, Gresford, Denbigh, Gent, Jan 1. Smith and Son, Liverpool
ROBERTS, WILLIAM, Banstead, Surrey. Dec 6. Flux and Co, East India avenue
SANDERSON, JANE, Burnshield Haugh, Blanchland, Northumberland. Dec 31. Batey,
Hexham

STEVENSON, WILLIAM, Moss Side, Manchester, Packer. Dec 31. Farrar and Hall, Manchester

TURNER, JOSEPH, Aston, York. Mar 2. Alderson and Co, Eckington
WOLFE, JOHN LEWIS, Lower Kennington lane, Esq. Dec 15. Wilde and Co, College Hill
[Gazette, Nov 15.]
ARMITSTEAD, MARY, Stainforth, Giggleswick, York. Dec 29. Hartley, Settle
BARRES, SUSANNA DES, Broughton rd, Ealing. Jan 10. Mackenzie, Delahay st, West-
Jan 20. Wiltshire, Great

minster

CATTERMOLE, WILLIAM, Great Yarmouth, Licensed Victualler.
Yarmouth

COWAN, JAMES MOFFAT, Upper Norwood, Surrey, M.D. Dec 31. Goodhart and Medcalf,
Great George st, Westminster

DALE, WILLIAM, Huddersfield, York, Retired Lead Merchant. Dec 31. Haigh and Son,
Huddersfield

ELVY, THOMAS, Stodmarsh, Kent, Farmer. Dec 24. Plummer and Fielding, Canterbury
EVANS, JOHN, Porson st, Battersea, Gent. Dec 28. Bolton and Co, Lincoln's inn fields
FISHER, GOODRICKE ARMSTRONG, Dover, Lieutenant General. Jan 15. Lewis, Dover
GREEN, JOHN, Liverpool, Coffee Roaster. Dec 31. Harvey and Co, Liverpool
JOHNSON, JOHN, Seghill, Northumberland, retired Colliery Overman. Dec 10. Mac-
donald, Newcastle upon Tyne

LONGFORD, JOSEPH, Stroud, Gloucester, Retired Baker. March 25. Fisher, Stroud MAHAFFY, EDWARD, Maidenhead, Berks, Esq, M.D. Jan 15. Brooks and Co, Godliman st, Doctors' commons

MERRETT, WILLIAM GWILLIM, Beckford, Gloucester, Surgeon. Jan 5. Gole, Lime st MORTON, ROBERT, Woodford, Essex, Gent. Dec 31. Swepstone, Lime st

PALMER, THOMAS, Birmingham, Gent. Feb 11. Taylor, Colmore row, Birmingham
PARKER, Right Hon JOHN, Onslow sq, South Kensington. Dec 31. Young and Co,
Essex st, Strand

PARKINSON, JAMES HICKS, Carlisle, Cumberland, Esq. Jan 5. Gole, Lime st
SARJEANT, JOHN, Stratford upon Avon, Gent. Dec 31. Slatter and Co, Stratford upon

Avon

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STANLEY, Very Rev ARTHUR PENRHYN, D.D., Dean of Westminster. Dec 15. Tathams and Pym, Frederick's pl, Old Jewry

SUTTON, JOSEPH, Penge, Surrey, Gent. Jan 11. Vandercom and Co. Bush lane, Cannon st TURTLE, SARAH, Grecian terrace, Lincoln. Jan 20. Potter and Sandford, King st, Cheapside

WAINWRIGHT, SAMUEL, Dewsbury, York. Jan 2. Chadwick and Sons, Dewsbury
WHITE, ARTHUR HENRY, Essex rd, Islington. Dec 31. Harrison, Chancery lane
WALKER, Sir EDWARD WALTER, Bushey, Herts, a General in Her Majesty's Army, K.C.B.
Dec 31. Minet and Co, New Broad st

WALKER, THOMAS, Nottingham, Maltster. Dec 20. Watson and Co, Nottingham
WALLER, ELIZABETH, Richmond, Surrey. Dec 31. Burn, Bell yard, Doctors' Commons
WREFORD, JOHN REYNELL, Dorset sq. Dec 15. Johnsons and Co, Austin Friars
[Gazette, Nov. 18.]

COURT PAPERS.

SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE.

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

COLENSO.-Nov. 19, at The Close, Norwich, the wife of Francis Ernest Colenso, barrister-at-law, of a son.

LAWRENCE -Nov. 18, at 21, Berners-street, W.,the wife of Frank T. Lawrence, of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, of a daughter.

O'BRIEN.-Nov. 14, at 38, Upper Leeson-street, Dublin, the wife of Alfred O'Brien, barrister-at-law, of a daughter, prematurely.

PHILPOT.-Nov. 13, at Charmouth, Dorsetshire, the wife of Robert Philpot, of 37, St. James's-square, Notting-hill, barrister-at-law, prematurely, of a son, who survived his birth only a few hours.

ROBERTS.-Nov. 15, at Hilperton, Rivercourt-road, the wife of Edward P. Roberts, solicitor, of a son.

STREETEN.-Nov. 21 at 9, Eaton-rise, Ealing, the wife of George A. Streeten, barrister-at-law, of a son.

DEATHS.

BREWER.-Nov. 6, at Clapham, John Brewer, member of the firm of Norton, Rose, Norton, & Brewer, of 6, Victoria-street, Westminster Abbey, solicitor, aged 59.

TYNDALL.-Nov. 20, at 55, Beaumont-street, Cavendish-square, Charles Mahon Tyndall, barrister-at-law, of Leyton, Essex.

WILDE.-Nov. 10, 1880, at the Aubrey-road, William Wilde, Senior Bencher of Gray's-inn, and late Chief Justice of St. Helena, aged 82.

The Rio Tinto Company (Limited) announce the redemption of their 5 per Cent. (Spanish Coupon) Bonds on the 1st of January next. They are prepared to commence the payment on the 22nd of December.

At the Stock and Share Auction Company's sale, held on Friday at their sale-room, Crown-court-buildings, Old Broad-street, the following were amongst the prices obtained :-Date Coffee Company, £1 shares fully paid, £2 2s. 6d. ; Indian Consolidated Gold £1 shares, 5s. paid, 28. 9d.; Preston Trams, £10 shares fully paid, 40s.; Oriental Telephone £1 shares, 10. paid, 9s.; Norwood (Middlesex) Waterworks £5 shares, £3 103.; Hingston Downs Consols Mines £1 shares, 13s. paid, 23s. 9d.; Gas Purification and Chemical Company £5 shares, £3 paid, 20s.; and other miscellaneous securities were dealt in at market prices. On Tuesday, the following were amongst the prices obtained :-Grogwinion Lead Mines £2 shares, fully paid, 17s. 6d.; Norway Copper Mines £1 per cent. Preference Shares, 10s. paid, 69. to 10s.; Sovereign Life Assurance £10 shares, £3 5s. paid, 30s.; Gold Hill Mines £1 shares, fully paid, 13s.; Silver Hill Mining £1 shares, 10s. paid, 11s.; Rio Tinto Shares to Bearer, £10 each, 28; Confederate Dollar Bonds, 2dols. per cent.; East Wheal Rose, 5. paid, par; and other miscellaneous shares fetched fair prices.

TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 1881.

Jeffryes, Robert, Ormskirk, Lancaster, Cattle Salesman. Nov 18
Jubber, Albert Ward, Garrog, nr Corwen, Merioneth, no occupation. Nov 17

Liquidations by Arrangement.

FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 1881.

Allen, Arthur Barrow, Ellesmere, Salop, Solicitor. Dec 1 at 11 at offices of Cartwright, White Friars, Chester

Anderson, Thomas, Arthington, York, Farmer. Dec 1 at 2 at offices of Middleton and Sons, Calverley chmbrs, Victoria sq, Leeds

Armstrong, John, Lowton, Farmer. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of France, Churchgate, Wigan

Bardcu, James, Barnsley, York, Tailor. Dec 2 at 12 at offices of Dibb and Co, Regent st. Barnsley

Barrett, William, and Samuel Barrett, Shipley, York, Builders. Nov 30 at 11 at Talbot

Hotel, Kirkgate, Bradford. Mergan and Morgan, Bradford

Barritt, William, Ordnance ter, Barking rd, Cheesemonger. Nov 29 at 4 at offices of Wetherfield, Gresham bldgs, Guildhall

Barnes, Hannah, Gloucester, Innkeeper. Nov 26 at 12 at Bell chmbrs, Bell lane, Gloucester. Abell

Batchelor, John, Aldgate High st, Provision Merchant. Dec 7 at 2 at offices of Lea, Old Jewry chmbrs, Old Jewry

Bennett, John Wing, Birmingham, Timber and Slate Merchant. Nov 30 at 3 at offices of Jaques, Temple row, Birmingham

Berry, Martin William, Chatham, Kent, Smith. Dec 5 at 11 at offices of Norman, High st, Chatham

Beynon, Isaac, Narberth, Pembroke, Grocer. Nov 26 at 11 at offices of Lascelles, Nar

berth

Bott, Thomas, Wigan, Lancaster, Marine Store Dealer. Dec 3 at 11 at the Clarence
Hotel, Wallgate, Wigan. Stuart, Wigan

Booth, Sarah, Hopwood, Heywood, Lancaster, Farmer. Nov 30 at 11 at offices of Banks,
York st, Heywood
Coates, Benjamin, Wheatley, Otley, York, Woollen Merchant. Dec 1 at 3 at offices of
Carr, Albion st, Leeds

Portsca. Bramsdon, Portsea

Coate, Thomas Henry, Southsea, Hants, Tobacconist. Nov 29 at 3 at 90, St Georges sq,
Cooper, James, Over Darwen, Lancaster, Draper. Dec 2 at 11 at offices of Broadbent,
Bridge st, Over Darwen

Cox, Harry, Woodstock, Oxford, Grocer. Dec 6 at 2 at the Creditors' Association, Arthur
st East, London bridge. May and Co, Adelaide pl, London bridge
Cubitt, Benjamin, New Oxford st, Tailor. Nov 30 at 3 at 145, Cheapside. Butcher,
Cheapside

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