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whi h was by custom and statute an essential clause in every simple mortgage.-SOLICITORS, Wilkins, Blyth, & Dutton; Field, Roscoe, & Co.

INFANT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION-WISHES OF FATHER.-In a case of In re

before the execution of the deed, its effect was explained to the grantor. This, however, would be adding to the Act. If the Act was not clear, it followed from Ex parte National Mercantile Bank that the affidavit in the present case was sufficient. COTTON, L.J., said that the first point was entirely disposed of by what was said by James, L.J., in Ex parte Challinor. He said, "Whether the whole of the mortgage money is actually paid by the lender into the bands of the borrower, or whether part of it is with his privity or by his direction employed in the payment of a debt due by him, it is equally in a legal sense paid to him." In the present case the £2,000 was, by the direction or with the privity of the mortgagor, applied in satisfying what was due from him to the mortgagee. Of course, it must be applied in paying a debt due at the time, independently of the mortgage transaction itself. The whole argument in support of the other objection arose from an inaccurate use of language in section 10. In sub-section 1 the word "attestation must mean "attestation clause," and in sub-section 2 the words "due execution and attestation" meant that the deed had been duly executed and attested. The thing required as to the mode of attestation was that the execution should be attested by a solicitor. The explanation was something collateral, which was to be done before the deed was executed.godfather. There was another child of the marriage, a girl, born after the SOLICITORS, H. G. Field; Chester & Co.

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CONTEMPT OF COURT-CHARITY COMMISSIONERS-DISOBEDIENCE TO ORDER TO ACCOUNT-MOTION TO COMMIT-CHARITABLE TRUSTS ACT, 1853 (16 & 17 VICT. C. 137), ss. 14, 15, 16, AND CHARITABLE TRUSTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1855 (18 & 19 VICT. c. 124), s. 6.-In the case of Re The Royal Dramatic College, before Chitty, J., on the 28th ult., a motion was made on behalf of the Charity Commissioners for the committal of the respondent for contempt of court in not delivering to them, in compliance with an order made by them on the 9th of June last, a detailed statement in writing, showing where, and in whose names, and upon what security, a sum of £334 11s. 3d., being moneys subject to the trusts of the above charity, and paid to the respondent, was deposited, standing, or invested. It appeared that the Royal Dramatic College was dissolved in 1878, and that, on the 29th of March of that year, a scheme was sanctioned by the Charity Commissioners for carrying on the charity. Under this scheme the late Mr. Benjamin Webster was the surviving trustee, and, by his direction, certain books, pictures, and costumes were, on the 24th of February, 1881, sold for the sum of £334 11s. 3d., which sum was paid to, and still retained in the hands of, the respondent, who was the solicitor representing Mr. Webster in the matter. The respondent had given notice to the commissioners of the sale and sum realized, and had written to them for advice, but declined to comply with their applications for detailed accounts, on the ground that the proceeds of sale of the effects were not included in the scheme (which referred to the real estate of the charity), nor subject to the trusts of the Royal Dramatic College, or of any other charity, but received and held adversely to the charity. It was contended by the respondent that there could be no jurisdiction in the commissioners over property which was not being administered, and that as he had stated that he claimed adversely to them, the statutory jurisdiotion of the commissioners under the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853, was ousted under the 15th section of the Act, and that in any event it was not shown by the commissioners that any application in writing enabling them to interfere under the 16th section had been received by them. CHITTY, J., said that the sum in question was admittedly the proceeds of sale of property comprised in the charity, and that the endeavours of the respondent to onst the Charity Commissioners from their useful statutory jurisdiction was absurd, for it could not be contended that there was any claim to bold the money adversely to all claims in respect of its being charitable property. Therefore, in the absence of any proposition on behalf of the respondent, the order asked for must be made. The matter then stood over until the 1st inst., when it appearing that the respondent had delivered the account required of him, it was arranged that upon his undertaking to, within six weeks, pay to the official trustee the amount in hand, less £56 due to him for costs, and also to pay the costs of the motion, an order of committal should not be drawn up unless and until default.-SOLICITORS, Clabon; W. S. Webster.

TRUSTEE-TRUST FOR SALE-POWER TO MORTGAGE-POWER OF SALE. In the case of Re The Gloucestershire Banking Company, before Chitty, J., on the 28th ult., a question arose whether the trustees of a will of real estate with a trust to sell, with the consent therein mentioned, were authorized to mortgage the estates devised. It appeared that the estates were charged by the testator with the payment of his debts, and that the trustees had a discretionary power to postpone the sale for such period as should seem to them expedient. The trustees stated that they had made various attempts to sell, but were unable to do so except at a sacrifice, and that a mortgage was the discreetest mode of raising the money necessary for carrying out their trust. The question was also raised whether a mortgage should, under the circum. stances, contain the usual power of sale. CHITTY, J., said that an examination of the will showed that the case was excepted from the general rule that a trust for sale did not authorize a mortgage. The case seemed to fall within the words of Lord St. Leonards in Stroughill v. Anstey (1 D. M. & G. 643), ruling that the question was whether a mortgage was or was not authorized by the will, and that it was to be considered that where the trustees had the legal estate, and were to perform a particular trust through the medium of a sale, although the direction for a sale did not properly authorize a mortgage, yet, if the circumstances would justify the raising of the particular charge by a mortgage, it was in the discretion of the court whether the particular mode would be sanctioned, as it might be the saving of an estate and the most discreet thing that could be done. With reference to the other question, his lordship was of opinion that, if the trustees were authorized to mortgage, there was no objection to the insertion in the mortgage of the usual power of sale,

Clark, before Kay, J., on the 31st ult., a question arose as to the religious education of an infant ward of court whose father was dead. The application education of the infant out of real estate to which he was entitled as hei was made for the purpose of obtaining an allowance for the maintenance and of his father, and also to obtain directions as to the faith in which the infant was to be brought up. The father of the infant was a Protestant. He married a German lady, who was a Roman Catholic. Before his marriage he stipulated in writing that his children should be brought up in the Catholic faith. The first child of the marriage, a girl, was born in England in February, 1871. She was baptized as a Roman Catholic. The second child was a son, the infant now in question. He was born in Germany in November, 1873. He Roman Catholic priest, to whom the father had written to ask him to be the was baptized as a Roman Catholic; his sponsor by proxy was an English

death of her father. The father appointed no guardian by will, he having died intestate. He was entitled in remainder, on the death of his own fatber, the tenant for life, to the fee simple of an estate in Lancashire, the income of which was about £2,600 a year. He had no other property, but received from his father an allowance which was continued to his widow down to the time of the grandfather's death. The father and mother after their marriage lived in Germany. The children were brought up by the mother in her own faith without any interference by the father, who, although he professedly continued a Protestant, did not go to any Protestant place of worship, but often with his wife attended mass. On the other hand, in a letter to his mother previously to his marriage, he had expressed an intention that, if he had a son who inherited the estate, notwithstanding that the children were to be baptized as Roman Catholics, such child should be brought up as a Protestant, and his confidence that his intended wife would be satisfied by a Roman Catholic baptism. He had also, subsequently to the marriage, in writing to his mother, expressed his desire that, if he had a son, he should be educated at an English public school. KAY, J., said that, in this kind of case, the court was placed in much difficulty. In his opinion, the decision ought to be without the smallest bias as to the question of faith. There was no doubt as to the ordinary rule affecting the faith in which a ward of court was to be brought up, that the court, or any person who had the guardianship of a child after the father's death, should have sacred regard to the religion of the father in dealing with the child, and, unless under very special circumstances, ought to see that the child was brought up in the religious faith of the father, whatever that might have been. On the other hand, the court had to consider whether the father had himself indicated any particular faith in which he wished his child to be brought up. If the father had not indicated expressly what faith he wished his child to be brought up in, but had acted in such a manner as to show an abdication or abandonment of bis right to have him brought up in his own faith, as had happened in some cases, that again was a circumstance which the court was bound to have regard to. Other circumstances to be looked at were what, according to the existing state of things, it was likely that the father, if alive, would have desired, and what, under the particular circum. stances of the case, was most for the benefit of the child. The agreement as to the religious education of the children, had, of course, no legal validity. On the facts his lordship came to the conclusion that the father had indicated a wish that his children should be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith. Further, he thought it was for the advantage of the child that he should be brought up in that faith; if a contrary intention were come to, some provision would have to be made for taking the child out of the custody of the mother, except during holidays, and away from his sisters, who, as they had no property, and were not wards of court, would, in any event, be brought up in the faith of their mother. Again, there seemed to be no reason why the boy could not be educated at an English public school, if the court should hereafter consider that desirable, though he were a Roman Catholic, or even proceed to an English university. And, considering that the property was situated in Lancashire, where there were mary Roman Catholics among the gentry, when he grew up he would find himself in a position that was not in the least injured by the fact of his being a Roman Catholic. His lordship appointed the mother and a paternal uncle as guardians, and allowed £800 a year maintenance until further order, the guardians undertaking, when called on to do so, to bring the infant within the jurisdiction.-SOLICITORS, Bower, Cotton, & Bower.

DIVORCE-DECREE NISI-DECREE ABSOLUTE-POWER TO FIX A SHORTER TIME-MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT, 1866 (29 & 30 VICT. c. 32), s. 3.-In the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, on the let inst., an application was made on behalf of the petitioner in the suit of Rippingall v. Kippingall and Lockhart, to shorten the time for making absolute a decree nisi for a divorce. The Matrimonial Causes Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 32), s. 3, provides that no decree nisi for a divorce shall be made absolute till after the expiration of six months, "unless the court shall, under the power now vested in it, fix a shorter time." In the present case the decree nisi was pronounced on the 15th of February last, and therefore could not be made absolute before the 15th of August, when the court would have risen for the long vacation. The special grounds relied upon in support of the motion were these, that the petition was filed on the 8th of July, 1881, and was ready for trial in the ensuing November; but that in consequence of the court not sitting for the trial of special jury causes during the Michaelmas Sittings, it could not be heard until after Christmas, and thus three mouths had been lost through no laches o the petitioner's part. The Queen's Proctor had been communicated with, but had refused to give his assent to the present application. The petitioner's counsel relied upon Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald (L. R. 2 P. & D. 136) as an authority.

HANNEN, P., observed that the real groand for the application was the circumstance that the six months for making the decree absolute expired during the long vacation, but this was a matter of frequent occurrence, and to grant the application would open the door for an indefinite number of similar applications. Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald was not in point, for that case had been for many months before the Queen's Proctor, who had become satisfied that there was no necessity for intervention. Here the Queen's Proctor had in effect left the matter in the hands of the court, and, dealing with the case upon general principles, the application must be refused. - SOLICITOR, Turner.

The LORD MAYOR acknowledged the compliment, and, in conclusion, expressed the hope that the Law Society might flourish, for the advantage of the public and the profession, and that he might have the honour of being remembered for this occasion.

LAW ASSOCIATION.

At the usual monthly meeting of the directors, held at the Hall of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery-lane, on Thursday, August 3, the following being present-viz., Mr. E. Tylee (Chairman), and Messrs. Boodle, Desborough, jun., Finch, Hedger, Styan, Sidney Smith, H. Tylee, and A. B. Oarpenter (Secretary), grants of £5 were made to the widows of solicitors, and £25 to a member, and the ordinary g neral business was transacted.

SOCIETIES.

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY.

As stated last week, the president, council, and members of the Incorporated Law Society were entertained by the Lord Mayor at a banquet at the Mansion House on the 27th ult. At the close of the banquet, says the City Press, after the customary toasts, the LORD MAYOR said: I have now to propose a toast which I trust will be interesting to us all. It is “The Health of the President, the Vice-President, and the Council of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom." Gentlemen,-This hall is one in which there have been a great number and a great variety of entertainments.

There have been here received almost all the institutions, and the interests which have made law, religion, and commerce famous, but I think there has been one oversight which I trust this evening will remedy. Bacon said that religion formed the chief bond of human society. Well, no doubt it does in a spiritual sense; but I venture to think that in a physical sense the strongest bond of human society is the law. Now, I have also been attracted by an observation of Horace that some are razors and others are the hones on which the razors are sharpened. Well, there are now a great many razors in this world, but I venture to suggest that the interest which I have the honour to entertain this evening is a remarkable instance of the hone on which so many razors are set. Gentlemen, I am much honoured in receiving you here this evening, for there is no question whatever but that you represent the greatest power in this country, and I then look around and I say, how has that power been exercised? Has it been for the good of society? Has society prospered guided by a power which holds it in its grasp, and from which it cannot escape? Well, I think I am within the bounds of reason when I say that the national prosperity bas gone hand in hand with the advancement and the protection of the law; that the law has ever been one of the civilizing elements of society; and that the most influential portion of society have been lawyers in this country. Of course, I include the bench and the bar, but those are elements which have been entertained in this room from time immemorial, but I think that at least those razors who have sharpened themselves so long upon the solicitors cannot but feel that I have justification in asking you here to-night. The Incorporated Law Society, whom we more especially greet this evening, is a special instance of the organization for good which the law and solicitors have effected for their country. They are incorporated by Act of Parliament and by charter, and it is to them that we look, and on them that we depend, that there shall be none enter into practice of the law but of good reputation and of sound knowledge of the principles of law; and it is not a little to say that they have successfully established a great school of lawyers which is now governing, with a power that few people imagine, but which thoughtful men will admit, the whole of the ordinances of country; and that service of examination, that service of domination over evil and support of good is rendered by the Incorporated Law Society without fee or endowment. I think, therefore, that I have made a good case, and a good reason why I, as the Chief Magistrate, should feel honoured in the presence of the president, the vice-president, and members of the Incorporated Law Society, and that I have also gooi reason to ask the representatives of the solicitors of London and England to be present here to-night. I couple with this toast the name of Mr. Paine, the president of the Incorporated Law Society.

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The PRESIDENT, in reply, thanked his lordship for the flattering manner in which he had spoken of the society and lawyers generally. In proposing the toast, the Lord Mayor had touched upon nearly everything which could be said on the subject. It was not for him to dwell upon responsibilities and duties of solicitors, for that his lordship knew all about, nor had he anything new to say to the company present, for all assembled there that evening were members of the society, and were well acquainted with what was being done. Some might not agree with all the council sometimes did, but they might rest assured that the intention was the best interest of all. There was one matter which had given a good deal of trouble, but which he hoped would be soon settled. At the present time his mouth was closed on the subject, and, therefore, he asked the indulgence of the company to pass from it. Speaking of the society itself, Mr. Paine said they had in their course generally been reticent, and had not courted public notoriety. The leading journal, however, bad recently favoured them with an article, in which it was shown the kind of duties performed by the society, how they were carried out, and the great strides which the society had made in later years.

Mr. F. H. JANSON (vice-president) then submitted the toast of "The Lord Mayor," which was warmly received. Without expatiating on the subject, he would at once remark that it was very good of the Lord Mayor to ask this society to the Mansion House, where they had been received with so much cordiality, hospitality, and splendour. The Lord Mayor had referred to his connection with lawyers; and he (the speaker) would remark that he had noticed what a large amount of legal knowledge his lordship brought to bear in dealing with the cases brought before him at the Mansion House, and his judicial mind had so developel, if he might be allowed to put it in that way, that he thought they ought to make him an honorary member of the society.

LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL.

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.

Kerr, Francis James Knowles, Edward Lance, Cyril William Lane, Horace Houlton

The following candidates were successful at the Preliminary Examination held on the 12th and 13th of July, 1882 :Apps, Whitmore Frederick Atchley, Henry Wilmot Wickham Badcock, Frederick Banloft, Guy Cyril Barker, Frederick Hubert Berridge, Samuel Morpott Booth, Joseph Lister Booth, Sam

Bowen, Arthur Kendrick
Bowen, Ignatius Edward
Broomhead, Thomas
Bull, William James
Bury, Walter Wilfred
Bush, Harrington Paul
Byrne, Peter

Cadle, Clement Pearce
Cartmel, George Edward
Clegg, Sam

Cockcroft, Richard Lonsdale
Cockle, Ernest
Coley, William

Coode, George Jones
Cowan, Thomas Galloway
Cox, Henry Herbert
Crow, John Henry
Crump, Frank Charles
D'Arcy, Franc's Meager
Davies, Alexander Reid
Davis, Hasbrouck
Day, Charles Gregory
Denman, Thomas Hercey
Drake, Arthur Herbert
Druitt, Alan

Dubois, William Arthur
Dunn, Henry Penniston
Edwards, William George Albert
Eley, Robert Spence Taylor
E laby, Arthur James

Elliot, Michael William Harry
Emsley, Robert Garside
Eskrigge, Theodore Robson
Evans, Charles Denham
Faber, Frank Stanley
Fenwick, Joseph

Ferrington, George William
Fielders, R.

Fletcher, James Herbert
Floyer, Sydenha'n Ernest
Fox, Edmund Thomas
Galt, William Bruce
Graham, Peter

Green, John Walter

Hall-Say, Geoffory Norman Elward
Harries, James Syminous
Hart, Samuel Hopgood
Hetherington, John Bowerbank
Hill, Frederick William}
Hills, Henry Maurice
Hodgson, James Harvey
Huskingson, Charles John
Jackson, Æmilius Hartman
Johnson, Samuel Jon
Jones, Harry (of London)
Jones, Harry (of Wolverhampton)
Jones, Lloyd Overstone
Jones, John Piers Lloyd
Jones, William Edward
Kelly, John Joseph

Leake, John Haslebam

Ledsam, Henry Thomas Clutton Salt

Lewin, Thomas Ellerker

Lilley, George Trice
Lloyd, Francis Horatio
Logan, George Alfred
Lowther, Newton Ernest
McArthur, Allen Gordon
Main, Francis Ingram
Martin, Percy William
Mead, James Ernest

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Metcalfe, Robert John Golborne
Michel', G. B.

Miles, Alfred Horsfall

Milner, Charles Dickens
Milne, Joseph

Monk-Smith, Robert Lionel

Morland, Francis John

Morland, George Holbrow
Mould, Samuel

Mumby, Frederick Hugh
Nayler, Benjamin Round

Nevins, Victor Edgar Edmondson

Orford, Lewis Alfred

Parham, Maurice Crozier

Parisot, Henry W. W. J.

Parker, Alan Montague
Parkin, Agar Hooper
Paull, Frederick Reginald
Payne, Thomas Stockwood
Pears, Arthur Grant
Phillips, Llewellyn
Pollard, John Empson Toplis
Prichard, Riehard Henry
Ransom, D'Oyley Scott
Reckett, Charles Coleby

Ridley, William Allder

Roberts, John Richard

Robinson, Cecil Peregrine
Roche, Charles Hubert

Rogers, William Augustus Fydell
Rotherham, Richard Alexander
Round, Charles

Salt, Walter Sutton

Sanderson, Stephen Goodman
Sandiford, H. M.
Scholefield, John

Scholefield, Joshua
Shackell, Charles Henry
Sharpley, Philip Henry
Sharpley, Sydney Thomas
Shaw, Bernard Lefevre
Shaw, Frank
Shaw, Walter John
Simpson, Clayton
Sleigh, Myles Atkinson
Smith, Charles John Bedford
Steele, Charles Deans
Stephen, St. Leger Grant
Stirk, James William Edward
Stokoe, John Herbert

Stoneham, Reginald Charles
Swaine, William

Swift, William Gilbert

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UNITED LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY.

At a meeting of this society, held at Clement's-inn Hall, on Wednesday, July 26, Mr. E. F. Spence in the chair, after the business of the evening bad been disposed of, Mr. Mott-Whitehouse brought forward the following motion:-"That the circuit' system should be abolis ed, and provincial courts of justice established in its place." The opener was supported by Messrs. Spence, Templer, and Bartrum, and opposed by Messrs. Bull and Napier. Mr. Mott-Whitehouse replied, and the motion, on being put to the vote, was carried by a majority of one.

OBITUARY.

MR. G. W. ANSTIE.

Mr. George Washington Anstie, solicitor, who died at his residence, Park Dale, Devizes, on the 17th ult., in his eighty-third year, was the sixth son of Benjamin Webb Anstie, Esq., of Devizes, by Hannab, daughter of John Overbury, Esq., of Tetbury, and was born in the year 1800. Mr. Anstie was educated at Mill Hill Grammar School. He was articled in Bristol, but spent a year or two in the office of Messrs. Swain & Co., of London, and it was during his stay there that the late Lord Beaconsfield made, in the same cffice, his transient acquaintance with the lawyer's desk. Mr. Anstie was admitted in 1822 and went into practice at Devizes, where for many years he took an active part in public business. He worked energetically for Parliamentary Reform, Negro Emancipation, and Corn Law Repeal, and he was an early and zealous promoter of the Temperance movement. He retired from practice many years before his death. Mr. Anstie married first, Harriet, daughter of William Tomkins, Esq., of Abingdon, by whom he has left five surviving children; and, secondly, Anne, daughter of Robert Tomkins, Esq., of Berkeley, who survives him.

PROPOSED INCORPORATED LAW
SOCIETY FOR SCOTLAND.

THE Scottish Journal of Jurisprudence says:-A meeting of enrolled law agents was held in Edinburgh on the 20th ult. to receive a report from a committee appointed at a meeting held on the 19th of December last, and to take such action thereon as might be considered desirable. Mr. W. M'Clure, of Greenock, was in the obair ; and representatives were present from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Greenock, Dumfries, Perth, Hamilton, Airdrie, Elgin, Falkirk, &c. The report of the committee, inter alia, stated that the committee had acted upon the resolutions passed at the meeting last December. These resolutions were: (1) "That in the opinion of the meeting it is desirable to form a society similar to the Incorporated Law Society of England, which shall be open to the whole legal profession in Scotland, to be called the Incorporated Law Society of Scotland." (2) "That the society shall consist of individuals, and shall not be confined to any branch of the profession, the sole qualification being that the member shall be an advocate or law agent duly admitted to practise before either the Supreme or Local Courts of Scotland." (3) "That a committee be appointed to take the necessary steps for the formation of such a society, to draw up a constitution and rules, and when members have expressed their intention of becoming members, a meeting be called to consider the constitution and rules drawn up by the committee." The committee nominated had framed drafts of all documents necessary, with the view of an application being made to the Crown for a charter of incorpora. tion. They had thereafter, by issuing a circular to the profession stating the objects and scope of the proposed society, taken means to satisfy themselves that the incorporation of such a society would be heartily supported. They had received assurances of support from 300 members of the profession, and they bad reason to believe that this number would be largely increased so soon as the society is actually formed. The committee further stated that having ascertained that the Lord Advocate would be prepared to consider the terms of the constitution and bye-laws, together with any memorial in support thereof, they had prepared, and now submitted for the consideration of the meeting, drafts of a charter and bye-laws on the model of the charter and bye-laws of the English Incorporated Society, together with a memorial and other documents to be transmitted to the Lord Advocate. In laying this report before the meeting, the convener mentioned that he had received from Inverness and other proved of the whole proposals contemplated, and accordingly thought it unimportant local faculties com munications to the effect that they cordially apnecessary to send special deputations to this meeting. The report having to them. These were generally approved of, and were ultimately remitted to been adopted, the meeting proceeded to consider the various drafts submitted a committee, consisting of Messrs. Spens, Glasgow; M'Clare, Greenock; Cameron, Elgin; Gair, Falkirk; Dougall, Ayr; Downie, Glasgow; Shaw, Glasgow; and Barty, Dunblane, finally to adjust. Power to take other steps necessary towards an incorporation of the society was also conferred on the same committee.

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. WILLIAM COMYNS CLIFTON, solicitor (of the firm of Haynes & Clifton), of 4, Tokeuhouse-yard, and of Stratford and Romford, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Mr. HENRY LATHAM, solicitor, of Congleton, has been appointed Registrar of the Congleton and Sandbach County Court (Circuit No. 9), on the resignation of his father, Mr. John Latham. Mr. H. Latham was admitted a solicitor in 1870.

Mr. FRANCIS ROBERTSON MOORE, solicitor, of Warwick and Leamington,

has been elected Clerk to the Warwick School Board. Mr. Moore was

admitted a solicitor in 1861. He is coroner and clerk to the magistrates for the borough of Warwick.

Mr. JOSEPH PEARCE, solicitor, of 39, Essex-street, has been appointed a Commissioner for taking Affidavits in England for Use in the Supreme

Court of the Colony of Victoria.

Mr. ROBERT MACLEANE PAULL, solicitor, of Truro, has been appointed Secretary to the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries, in succession to his partner, the late Sir Philip Protheroe Smith. Mr. Paull was admitted a solicitor in 1866.

Mr. GEORGE SMITH, solicitor, of Salisbury, has been elected Secretary to the Salisbury Infirmary. Mr. Smith is coroner for the city of Salisbury. He was admitted a solicitor in 1848, and is in partnership with Mr. Henry William Cobb, who is clerk to the county magistrates.

Mr. THEOPHILUS LOTT, solicitor, of Oxford and Shipston-on-Stour, has been appointed Registrar of the Shipston County Court (Circuit No. 22), in succession to Mr. Edward Vere Nicoll, resigned. Mr. Lott was admitted

a solicitor in 1879.

Mr. GEORGE BURTON, solicitor (of the firm of Jennings, Son, & Burton), of 17, Gracechurch-street, and of Burton-on-Trent, has been happointed a Notary Public for Burton-on-Trent and ten miles round.

Mr. WILLIAM B. CROFT, of Mildmay-chambers, 7, Union-court, Old Broadstreet, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oatbs in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS.

A. LESLIE and T. C. FENWICK, solicitors, 34, Conduit-street, Regentstreet (Leslie & Fenwick). July 25.

SAMUEL BRIGHT WILLIAMS and JOSEPH HOWLETT, solicitors, Redditoh and Birmingham. June 30. [Guzette, July 28.]

NEW ORDERS, &c.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
CHANCERY DIVISION.

LONG VACATION, 1882.-NOTICE.

quire to be immediately or promptly heard, are to be made to the judges who During the vacation until further notice:-All applications which may refor the time being shall act as Vacation Judges.

One of the Vacation Judges will sit in the court of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Charles Hall, at eleven a.m. on Wednesday in every week, commencing on Wednesday, the 16th of August, until further notice, for the purpose of hearing such applications.

No case will be placed in the court paper unless leave has been previously obtained, or a certificate of counsel that the case requires to be immediately or promptly heard, and stating concisely the reasons, is left with the papers.

The necessary papers relating to every application made to the Vacation Judges are to be left with, or addressed (under cover marked outside Chancery Vacation Papers) to the officer in attendance, Chancery Registrars' Chambers (Room 136), Royal Courts of Justice, before one o'clock on the Monday previous to the day on which the application is intended to be made.

In any case of great urgency the brief of counsel is to be sent to the judge by book-post, or parcel, prepaid, accompanied by office copies of the affidavits in support of the application, and also by a minute, on a separate sheet of paper, signed by counsel, of the order he may consider the applicant entitled to, and an envelope capable of receiving the papers, and addressed as follows: "Chancery Official Letter: To the Registrar in Vacation, Chancery Regis trars' Chambers, Royal Courts of Justice, London, W.C."

On applications for injunctions or writs of ne exeat regno, in addition to th above, a copy of the writ, and a certificate of writ issued, must also be

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CREDITORS' CLAIMS.

LONG VACATION, 1882.-NOTICE TO SOLICITORS. On and after Monday, the 21st of August, the registrar in attendance will, for the purpose of facilitating vacation business, sign certificates for sale and transfer on Tuesday and Friday in every week, but the certificates should be left for examination at least one clear day previously, and on Tuesday in every week the registrar will make alterations necessary in orders to be acted on by the Chancery Paymaster.

nature.

The registrar will not attend on Saturdays and Mondays unless on notice of any intended application to the judge for an order of an urgent F. S. TEESDALE, C. CARRINGTON, Chancery Registrars' Chambers, Royal Courts of Justice, August 1, 1882.

Vacation Registrars.

LONG VACATION, 1882.-JUDGE'S PAPERS.

The following papers for the Vacation Judge are required to be left with the officer in attendance at the Royal Courts of Justice (Room-136), on or before the Monday previous to the day on which the application to the judge is intended to be made :

1. Counsel's certificate of urgency, or note of special leave, granted by the judge.

2. Two copies of writ and two copies of pleadings (if any), and any other documents showing the nature of the application.

3. Two copies of notice of motion.

4. Office copy affidavits in support with exhibits, and also the affidavits in answer, if any filed.

Chancery Registrars' Chambers, Royal Courts of Justice,
August 1, 1882.

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BICKERTON, WILLIAM HENRY, sen, Newton on the Hill, Salop, Yeoman. Aug 30. Cooper v Bickerton, Chitty, J. Young and Co, St Mildred's ct, Poultry

BRIDGE, JAMES SOUTHBY, St Thomas's square, Hackney, Gentleman. Sept 1. Bridge v Bridge, Kay, J. Mackrell and Co, Cannon st

HAWKINS, GEORGE DREW ADOLPHUS, Great Yarmouth, Ironmonger. Oct 1. Hawkins v Hawkins, Bacon, V.C. Ruddock, Great Yarmouth

HAWORTH, BARNES, Woodhey, Lancaster, Manufacturing Chemist. Oct 1. Nuttall v
Hudson, Bacon, V.C. Watson, Bury

LOCK, SAMUEL ROBERT, King Henry's rd, Primrose hill, Gentleman. Oct 2. Smart v
Smart, Kay, J. Draper, Vincent sq, Westminster
TYSON, RUTH HANNAH, Whitehaven, Cumberland.
Bacon, V.C. Dodgson, Great Winchester st

Sept 30. Walker v Atkinson,

[Gazette, Aug. 1.7

COMPANIES.

WINDING-UP NOTICES. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

AMYLINE COMPANY, LIMITED.-Chitty, J., has, by an order dated July 10, appointed William Waddell, 1, Queen Victoria st, to be official liquidator LIBERIA LAND AND INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Sept 14, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Edwin Banks Harding, 38, Old Jewry. Saturday, Oct 28, at 12, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims STANDARD BANK OF LONDON, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Sept 30, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Henry John Leslie, Coleman st. Monday, Oct 30, at 1, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims

STANDARD UNION INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Aug 31, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Charles Cross Holmes, 25, Abchurch lane

STRAHAN AND COMPANY, LIMITED.-Chitty, J., has, by an order dated May 31, appointed
Arthur James Hill, 1, Finsbury circus, to be official liquidator
TYLLWYD AND DYNEVOR COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by Chitty,
J., dated July 19, it was ordered that the company be wound up. Walker and Co,

Gresham bldgs, agents for Smith, Wednesbury, solicitor for the petitioner WHITE OAK COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Creditors are required, on or before Sept 23, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to Frederick Augustus Jenkins, Bristol. Friday, Oct 27, at 12, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims

[Gazette, July 28.]

BLAKE AND GOODYEAR BOOT AND SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented July 31, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Nov 4, at the Rolls court, Rolls yard. Wilkins and Fanshawe, Founders' Hall, St. Swithin's lane, solicitors for the petitioner

BOGNOR BRICK AND TILE COMPANY, LIMITED.-By an order made by Chitty, J., dated July 22, it was ordered that the company be wound up. Harlow, Southampton bldgs, Chancery lane, agent for Gregory, Chichester, solicitor for the petitioner DYNEVOR IRON AND TIN PLATE COMPANY, LIMIITED.-By an order made by Chitty, J., dated July 22, it was ordered that the company be wound up. Meredith and Co, New sq, Lincoln's inn, agents for Brown, Bristol, solicitor for the petitioner INDIAN CO-OPERATIVE AGENCY, LIMITED.-By an order made by Chitty, J., dated July 22, it was ordered that the agency be wound up. Mote, Walbrook, solicitor for the petitioner

NATIONAL FUNDS ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.-Chitty, J., has, by an order dated June 13, appointed Herman Joseph Lescher, 1, Princes st, Bank, to be official liquidator PURE BEVERAGE COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented July 27, directed to be heard before the Vacation Judge, at the court of Hall, V.C., on Aug 16. Norton, Queen st, Cheapide, solicitor for the petitioner SOUTHERN STATES COAL, IRON, AND LAND COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented July 29, directed to be heard before the Vacation Judge, on Wednesday, Aug 16. Goldring and Mitchell, Southampton st, Bloomsbury, agents for Ramwell and Co, Bolton, solicitors for the petitioner [Gazette, Aug. 1.1

COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

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PRIVATE BILLS.-Glamorganshire Canal (Railway); Railway Working and Management Company; Tredegar Water and Gas. July 28.-Bill Read a Third Time.

Electric Lighting.

Bill Withdrawn.

Parliamentary Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices).

Aug. 1.-Bills Read a Third Time.

PRIVATE BILLS.-Earl of Aylesford's Estates; Maharajah Duleep Singh's Newport Railway; St. Pancras Guardians of the Poor. Estates; Oswestry and Llangynog Railway; Pontypridd, Caerphilly and

Aug. 2.-Bill Read a Second Time. PRIVATE BILL.-Somersham Rectory.

[Gazette, Aug. 1.]

Parcels Post.

Bill in Committee,

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At the Stock and Share Auction Company's sale, held on the 3rd inst., at their Bale-room, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, the following were among the prices obtained :-West Devon Consols 10s.; Homachos Silver Lead Mining Shares, £5 10s,; Angle-Continental Telephone Company (Limited) £1 shares, 17s. 6d. ; Indian Zoedone Company £1 shares, 10. paid, is. ; Lordon Fish Market and National Fishery Company (Limited) £1 shares, 16. jaid, 10s.; Junior Army and Navy Stores (Limited) £1 shares, 10s.; and other securities fetched fair prices.

SALES OF ENSUING WEEK.

Aug. 8.-Mr. WALTER KNIGHT. at the Masons' Hall at 1 [.m., Leasehold Wine Establishment (see advertisement, July 29, p. 4).

Aug. 8.-Messrs. THURGOOD & Co, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Leasehold Chambers (see advertisement, July 29, p. 4).

Aug. 9.-Mes re. EDWIN FOX & BOUSFIELD, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Reversion Policy (see advertisement, July 29, p. 4).

Aug. 9.-Messrs. BAXTER, PAYNE, & LEPPER, at the Mart, at 2 p.m., Freehold and Leasehold Properties (are advertisement. this week, p. 4).

Aug. 10.-Messrs. WAGSTAFF & WARMAN, at the Mart, at 12, Freehold Property (see advertisement, this week, p. 3).

Aug. 10-Mesra. C. C. & T. MooKE, at the Mart, at 1 for 2 p.m., Freehold and Leasehold Estates (see advertisement, this week, p. 4).

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Murray. Aug 10 at 1

Pet July 25.

Barton, Allen James, and John Henry Clay Spencer, Upper Thames st, Tavern
Keepers. Pet July 25. Murray. Aug 10 at 12.30
Foulkes, Richard, Liverpool, General Broker. Pet July 24. Murray. Aug 10 at 12
Gale, W E
Brook green, Hammersmith. Pet July 21. Murray. Aug 10 at 11
Harrison, William B Change alley, Cornhill, Commission Merchant.
Brougham. Aug 15 at 12

Taylor, William, Whitecross st, Draper. Pet July 26. Pepys. Aug 9 at 1
To Surrender in the Country.

Pet July 12.

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Luscombe, William Richard, Marlborough rd, Chelsea, Boot Maker. Pet July 29.
Pepys. Aug 16 at 12
Pook, Charles Oliver, Chancery lane, Law Clerk. Pet July 27. Pepys. Aug 16 at 12
Pryce, Thomas, Essex rd, Islington, Ironmonger. Pet July 27. Pepys. Aug 16 at
12.30

Shippy, Arthur, King st, Cheapside, Accountant. Pet July 29. Pepys. Aug 16 at 12
Thorogood, Thomas, Blackstock rd, South Hornsey, Baker. Pet July 29. Pepys. Aug

16 at 1

To Surrender in the Country.

Greeenwell, Thomas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Baker. Pet July 25. Ingledew. Newcastle, Aug 11 at 11

Hancock, John, jun, North rd, Clapham, Fishmonger. Pet June 20. Willoughby.
Wandsworth, Sept 1 at 11
Lewis, James, Bucknell, Salop, Farmer. Pet July 24. Robinson. Leominster, Aug 16
at 2.30
Wells, Aug 15
Yeovil, Aug

Masters, George, Stileway, Meare, Somerset. Pet July 28. Foster.
Stichland, Samuel, Yetminster, Dorset, Grocer. Pet July 25. Batten.

at 12

18 at 3

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Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. FRIDAY, July 28, 1882.

Blaker, James Dyer, Southwick, Sussex, Timber Merchant. Aug 15 at 12 at office of Cockburn, Duke st, Brighton

Boyce, Arthur, Leytonstone, Essex, Looking Glass Salesman. Aug 14 at 3 at office of
Palmer and Smith, Charles sq, Hoxton

Brady, Edwin, Norfolk ter, Westbourne grove, Licensed Victualler. Aug 17 at 3 at
Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Tilsley, St Benet's pl, Gracehurch st
Brady, Patrick, Bradford, York, Cutler. Aug 10 at 12 at Bell Hotel, Norfolk st, Shef-
field. Last and Betts, Bradford

Brettell, Margaret, Newport, Monmouth, Licensed Victualler. Aug 9 at 12 at office of
Lloyd, Bank chmbrs, Newport

Bromley, Thomas Benson, Rusholme, Lancaster, Lodging house Keeper. Aug 17 at 3 at office of Grundy and Co, Booth st, Manchester

Burton, Joseph Saunders, High st, Aldgate, Hawker. Aug 10 at 2 at office f Bradley, Mark lane

Cazes, Isaac, Quadrant rd, Canonbury, Merchant. Aug 21 at 3 at office of Cooper, George st, Mansion house. Hollams and Co, Mincing lane

Chandler, Jonathan, Bedford, Coal Merchant. Aug 10 at 12 at offices of Conquest and Clare, Duke st, Bedford

Chapman, Robert, Wild's rents, Long lane, Bermondsey, Beer Retailer. Aug 5 at 11 at 6, Wild's rents, Long lane, Bermondsey. Biggenden, Kingsland rd

Chase, James, Titchfield, Hants Builder. Aug 9 at 3 at offices of Goble and Warner, Fareham

Chesterton, John, Wrexham, Denbigh, Toy Dealer. Aug 12 at 3 at Bull's Head Inn, Market pl, Manchester. Sherratt, Wrexham

Codling, Stephen, Walbrook, Woollen Warehouseman. Aug 11 at 3 at offices of Lovering and Co, Gresham st. Keeble, Basinghall st Cooke, Isaac William Henry, Lancaster rd, Notting hill, Upholsterer's Salesman. Aug

17 at 3 at offices of Crook and Carlill, Fenchurch st

Coppard, George, Monkwell st, Manufacturer's Agent. Aug 8 at 12 at offices of Plunkett and Leader, St Paul's churchyard

Crofts, Isaac, Bramcote, Nottingham, Market Gardener. Aug 16 at 3 at office of Elliott, Cauldon pl, Long row, Nottingham

Daniell, Claude Melville, Woolston, Southampton, Cabinet Maker. Aug 5 at 11 at office of Guy, Albion ter, Southampton

Davies, David, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Grocer. Aug 10 at 12 at offices of Vaughan,
High st, Merthyr Tydfil
Dawson, Walter William, Brotherton, Market Gardener. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of
Kaberry, Pontefract

Dealtry, Hugh Thornton Cuningham, Southampton row, Bloomsbury, Tea Merchant.
Aug 11 at 3 at Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn, Godfrey, South sq, Gray's-inn
Drinkwaker, John, Maindee, nr Newport, Monmouth, Lime Merchant. Aug 10 at 11 at
office of Parker, Commercial st, Newport

Easton, Robert, Bristol, Photographer. Aug 8 at 2 at office of Clifton and Carter, Broad st, Bristol

Evans, John, Pembroke, Grocer. Aug 24 at 11.30 at Water st, Pembroke Dock. Gilbertson, Pembroke

Everard, Thomas, Brownsover Mill, nr Rugby, Warwick, Miller. Aug 7 at 3 at office of Wright, Belvoir st, Leicester

Fieldhouse, Aquilla, Middlesborough, York, Joiner. Aug 9 at 2 at office of Lewis, Zetland st, Middlesborough

Groves, Christopher, Southwark, Durham, Builder. Aug 12 at 11 at office of Parr and Co, Bridge st, Sunderland. Edgar, Bishop Auckland

Haddon, William, Grantham, Lincoln, Coal Dealer. Aug 11 at 12 at office of Malim, Grantham

Haigh, George, Elland, York, Innkeeper. Aug 9 at 11 at office of Stansfeld, Halifax. Hall, Charles, Bristol, General Ironmonger. Aug 9 at 2.30 at Gt Western Hotel, Birmingham. Murly and Co

Hallwood, Henry, Warrington, Lancaster, Baker. Aug 9 at 3 at office of Davies and Co, Market pl, Warrington

Halse, Charles Smith, New Bridge st, Blackfriars, Surgeon. Aug 16 at 3 at office of Godden, Lime st

Hamden, Francis, Clee, Lincoln, Lobster Merchant. Aug 9 at 3 at Law Society, Bowlalley lane, Kingston upon Hull. Woodhouse, Kingston upon Hull Hankey, Edward Haynes, Shrewsbury, Salop, Station Master. Aug 11 at 12 at Talbot chmbrs, Shrewsbury. Chandler

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Hardman, Alfred, Gloucester, Rent Collector. Aug 5 at 11 office of Jackson, Broad st, Gloucester

Harris, William, Leyton, Essex, Timber Merchant. Aug 24 at 3 Masons' Hall Tavern, Masons' avenue, Basinghall st. Lewis, Stratford

Harrison, Henry Palmer, West Bromwich, Stafford, Stud Manufacturer. Aug 10 at 11 at office of Topham, High st, West Bromwich

Heney, Robert Farrington, Strand, Electrical Novelty Depot. Aug 22 at 3 at office of Foreman and Co, Gresham st. Curtis, Old Jewry chmbrs

Hill, John Ebenezer, Old Swinford, Worcester, Iron Plate Worker. Aug 9 at 3 at office of Addison, High st, Brierley hill

Hiscox, John Henry Thomas, Woolston, Southampton, Grocer. Aug 8 at 3 at office of Watts, Albion place, Southampton

Humphreys, Eliza Ann, Seymour pl, Bryanstone sq, Oil and Colour Dealer. Aug 10 at 2 at office of Carter and Bell, Eastcheap

Huskisson, Charles Frederick, Birmingham, Letter Cutter. Aug 10 at 3 at office of Higgs, Bennett's hill, Birmingham

Jackson, William Knowles, Bury St Edmunds, Bookseller. Aug 21 at 1 at office of Hensman and Nicholson, College hill, Cannon st

Jacob, Robert, Wolverhampton, Lock Maker. Aug 11 at 11 at office of Rhodes, Queen st, Wolverhampton

Joel, Jacob, Bristol, Boot Manufacturer. Aug 8 at 2 at office of Benson and Carpenter Bank chbrs, Corn st, Bristol

Kearton, Frank, Richmond, York, Butcher. Aug 10 at 3 at office of Robinson, Great Channel, Richmond

Kett, Arthur William, Heigham, Norwich, Tobacconist. Aug 11 at 12 at office of Brock, Briggs st, Norwich

Kirkland, Job, Derby, Provision Dealer. Aug 10 at 3 at Bell Hotel, Sadler Gate, Derby. Hextall, Derby

Laurence, Joshua, Birmingham, China Dealer. Aug if at 3 at office of Rowlands and Co, Colmore row, Birmingham

Lawford, John Alfred, Fenchurch st, Asphalte Contractor. Aug 8 at 3 in lieu of time originally named

Legg, Thomas Rowland, and Sidney Archer Legg, Bermondsey st, Woolstaplers. Ang 16 at 12 at office of Turquand and Co, Coleman st. Hawks and Co, Borough High st, Southwark

Levy, Mark, Comeragh rd, West Kensington, Builder. Aug 11 at 12 at office of Lane and Monro, Queen Victoria st

Levy, Michael Charles, and Joseph Vann Lester, Duke st, Aldgate, Tobacconist. Aug 14 at 2 at office of Helmore, Bishopsgate st Within Maris, William, Norwich, Fruit Merchant. Aug 10 at 1 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Sadd and Linay, Norwich McNulty, James, Wigan, Lancaster, Bootmaker. Aug 10 at 2 at offices of Kenney, King st, Wigan

Masters, Stephen, Lyndhurst, Southampton, Grocer. Aug 9 at 3 at offices of Bell and Tayler, Portland st, Southampton

Mawhood, William Erskine, Sheffield, Merchant. Aug 11 at 3 at offices of Branson and Co, Bank bldgs, Sheffield'

Maycock, Charles, and John Brightley, Fulham fields, Builders. Aug 14 at 2 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Andrews, Fenchurch st

Mead, Edwin Samuel, Chester, Tallow Chandler. Aug 15 at 11 at offices of Brassey Eastgate row North, Chester

Middleton, Albert, Melcombe Regis, Dorset, Livery, Stable Keeper: Ang 21 at 12 Queen's Hotel, King st, Melcombe Regis. Street, Weymouth

Biddulph, Thomas, Openshaw, nr Manchester, Coal Merchant. Aug 16 at 3 at Falstaff Miller, William Carver, Gt Yarmouth, Hairdresser. Aug 10 at 12.30 at office of Dow Hotel, Market pl, Manchester

sett, Hall Quay chmbrs, Gt Yarmouth

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