BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. TUESDAY, August 2, 1881. Metz, Augustus de, Aintree, Lancaster. July 29 FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. Alsford, William, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Grocer. Aug 12 at 12 at offices of Lovell and Co, Grays-inn sq. Bullock and Penny, Gt Berkhamsted Altman, Hyman. Leeds, Taylor. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Jenkinson, Albion st, Leeds Andrews, James, East Chinnock, Somerset, Baker. offices of Watts, Yeovil Aug 8 at 11 at Applebe, Sansom, Mudford, Somerset, Carpenter. offices of Watts, Yeovil Aug 10 at 11 at Atkinson, Thomas, Pilkington, Lancaster, Farmer. Aug 5 at 3 at offices of Simpson and Hockin, Mount st, Albert sq., Manches ter Ayres, Henry, Reading, Berks, Coal Factor. Aug 12 at 11.30 at offices of Bird, Bedford row Bailey, William, Thorne, York, Auctioneer. Aug 11 at 12 at Red Lion-inn, Market pl, Doncaster. Mander and Son, Wakefield Bayley, Samuel Charles, Old Swan, Lancaster, Tea Merchant. Aug 11 at 2 at offices of Jones and Kitchingman, Harrington st, Liverpool Brettingham, Richard Fraston, Old Kent rd, Licensed Victualler. Aug 26 at 2 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Wild and Co, Ironmonger lane Broad, William, Longton, Stafford, Florist. Aug 13 at 11 at offices of Kent, Chancery lane, Longton Brookes, Benjamin, Stockport, Chester, Stone Mason. Aug 15 at 3 at offices of Newton, Bank chmbrs, Market pl, Stockport Buchanan, John Sinton, Seymour pl, Marylebone, Oilman. Aug 6 at 3 at Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn Burn, George, sen, Burgess hill, Sussex, Brickmaker. Aug 13 at 11 at offices of Sheard, Union ct, Old Broad st Butterworth, Charles, Hulme, nr Manchester, Baker. Aug 19 at 3 at offices of Woodall and Marriott, Norfolk st, Manchester Chapman, William, Kingston-on-Thames, Stationer. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of Clements, Clarence st, Kingston-on-Thames Chorlton, James, Bristol, Glass Manufacturer. Aug 11 at 3 at Guildhall chmbrs, Broad st, Bristol. Pigeon, Bristol Cooper, George Joseph, Bethnal Green-road, Timber Merchant. Aug 22 at 3 at offices of Brighten and Co, Bishopsgate st Without Croucher, Thomas, Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Beer Retailer. Aug 19 at 11 at offices of Gibson, High st, Sittingbourne Crowther, Charles William, Oldbury, Stafford, Baker. Aug 11 at 3 at offices of Fallows, Cherry st, Birmingham Dean, Charles, Birmingham, Clothier. Aug 10 at 3 at offices of Parr and Hayes, Colmore row, Birmingham Dixon, Matthew, Walkenglon Wold, York, Farmer. Aug 9 at 12 at Chamber of Commerce, Exchange bldgs, Low gate, Kingston-onHull. Silvester and Son Elford, John, and George Sitters, Plymouth, Builders. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Greenway, Frankfort st, Plymouth Franklin, George, Windsor, Plumber. Aug 10 at three at offices of Cooper, Lincoln's inn fields Garland, James, Holloway, Bath, Baker. Aug 12 at 12 at offices of Wilton and Sons, Westgate bldgs, Bath Gibson, Robert George, Newcastle upon Tyne, Drysalter. Aug 10 at 2 at offices of Traders' Association, Grainger st West, Newcastle upon Tyne. Brown, jun, Newcastle upon Tyne Gordon, Joseph William Geach, Southampton, Theatrical Manager. Aug 10 at 3 at Bell and Co, Portland st, Southampton Graham, Adolphus Frederick, Liverpool, Surgeon. Aug 18 at 2 at offices of Collins, Harrington st, Liverpool Gray, John, Forest Gate, Essex, Civil Engineer. Aug 16 at 3 at offices of Greening, Fenchurch st Grimsley, Joseph Garratt, and John Thomas Vaughan, Leicester, Engineers. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of Wright, Belvoir st, Leicester Grove, William, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Grocer. Aug 15 at 3 at 19, Duke st, Cardiff Randall, Bridgend Hanning, William George, Newcastle upon Tyne, Innkeeper. Aug 11 at 2 at offices of Hoyle and Co, Grainger st West, Newcastle upon Tyne Hardy, Emma Maria, Lincoln, Brickmaker, Grocer. Aug 10 at 11 at offices of Swan and Co, Siluer st, Lincoln Harris, James, Camden rd, Camden Town, China Dealer. Aug 11 at 3 at offices of Cooper, Lincoln's inn fields Hayes, John, Seven Sister's rd, Holloway. Builder. Aug 16 at 10.30 at offices of Chapman, Gresham bldgs, Basinghall st Holt, Alfred, Blackpool, Lancaster, out of business. Aug 18 at at offices of May and Parry, Clifton chmbrs, Townhall st, Blackpool Hopkins, Richard, Kilsby, Northampton, Baker. Aug 11 at 3 at Grazier's Arms Inn, Rugby. Wright, Leicester Hunns, Samuel Thistlewood, Wisbech, Cambridge, Provision Merchant. Aug 10 at 11 at offices of Ollard and Co, York row, Wisbech Ikeson, John, Borough market, Southwark, Salesman. Aug 11 at 2 at offices of Fowler, Dowgate hill Inness, Isabella, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, out of business. Aug 15 at 11 at offices of Holmes and Robson, Pilgrim st, Newcastle-uponTyne Ireland, Alfred Bruton, Gloucester, Grocer. Aug 10 at 3 at offices of Haines, Westgate chmbers, Berkeley st, Gloucester Jauncey, James, Bromsberrow, Gloucester, Farmer. Aug 8 at 3 at offices of Dighton, Newent Jones, Evan, Cheslyn Hay, nr Walsall, Banksman. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Stanley, Bridge st, Walsall Kreckler, John William, Greenwich, Saddler. Aug 10 at 3 at offices of Ruddle, High Holborn Laver, James, Upton, Somerset, Farmer. Aug 15 at 12.30 at the Langport Arms Hotel, Langport. Reed and Cook, Bridgwater Lawrence, John Edward, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, Coal Merchant. Aug 5 at 11 at offices of Davies, High st, Westonsuper-Mare Levy, Sarah, Hackney rd, Clothier. Aug 17 at 3 at Guildhall Malins, Clement, Birmingham, Printing Press Manufacturer. McIver, John Hodgson, Warrington, Lancaster, Confectioner. Minchin, Henry, Hooknorton, Oxford, Farmer. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Kilby and Mace, High st, Banbury Mitchell, Mary Ann, Lytham, Lancaster, Milliner. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Turner and Son, Fox st, Preston Mitchell, Matthew, Dewsbury, York, Greengrocer. Aug 12 at 11 at offices of Shaw, Bond st, Dewsbury Mitchinson, John Archibald, Bedlington, Northumberland, Grocer. Aug 9 at 2 at offices of Chartres and Co, Grainger st West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Natus, John Michael, St Ann's rd, Stamford Hill, Baker. Ang 8 at 3 at offices of Noon and Clarke, Blomfield st O'Connor, Mary, Great Grimsby, Lincoln, Fruiterer. Aug 8 at 4 at offices of Grange and Wintringham, St Mary's chmbrs, West St Mary's gate, Great Grimsby Owen, Thomas, Banbury, Oxford, Shipping Insurance Agent. Aug 10 at 3 at Fairfax, Bridge st, Banbury Palmer, Sarah Dalling, and John Robertson, Lower Thames street, Pearce, Stephen Seward, Mark lane, Coal Owner. Aug 16 at 3 at Read, Edwin, and William Payne, Muscovy court, Tower Hill, Tea Ryland, George Crowther, King's Norton, Worcester, Colliery Agent. Aug 10 at 11 at offices of Huggins and Mallard, Newhall st, Birmingham Sanders, Richard, Leeds, Wheelwright. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Turner and Hewson, Park sq, Leeds Schofield, Ellen, Heywood, Lancaster, Licensed Victualler. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Grundy and Son, Fox st, Heywood Scholefeld, William, Liverpool, Licensed Victualler. Aug 15 at 3 at offices of Ponton, Dale st, Liverpool Shepherd, James Thomas, Felling, Durham, Provision Dealer. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Marshall, Claypath, Durham Shields, Alexander, Railton rd, Herne Hill, Bookseller. Aug 15 at 3 at Guildhall Coffee house. Davies, New inn Simpson, John, and Henry Backhouse, Cannon st, Iron Merchants. Aug 9 at 11.30 at offices of Belk and Parrington, Post Office chors, Marton rd, Middlesborough Smith, Edward, Bishopston, Bristol, Printer. Aug 8 at 11 at offices of Brown, Corn st, Bristol Smith, Joseph, Accrington, Mineral Water Manufacturer. Aug 18 at 3 at offices of Horner and Son, Clarence st, Manchester Stevens, Charles, Swansea, Butcher. Aug 8 at 2 at office of Jellicoe, Prospect pl, Swansea Stevenson, James Harvey, Burwash, out of business. Aug 10 at 12 at Camden Hotel, Calverley rd, Tunbridge Wells. Hewitt, Hastings Sutcliffe, Frances, Dunstan's ter, Peckham Rye, Corn Dealer. Aug 8 at 2 at offices of Moss, Gracechurch st Symonds, Henry, Croydon, Surrey, Furniture Dealer. Aug 8 at 11 at the Green Dragon Hotel, High st, Croydon. Dennis, Croy don Thomas, John, Conway, Carnarvon, Grocer. Aug 11 at 12 at Albion Hotel, Chester. Davies and Roberts, Rhyl Tomlinson, John, and James Henry Tomlinson, Blackburn, Lancas ter, Tailors. Aug 12 at 11 at Spread Eagle Hotel, Corporation st, Manchester. Needham, Blackburn Tucker, George Thomas, Handsworth, Stafford. out of business. Tudman, Edward, Ash, Salop, Bank Manager. Aug 19 at 12 Queen's Tuppen, George, Upper Thames st, Butcher. Aug 12 at 11 at offices of Fowler, Dowgate hill Turner, Emanuel, Marske-by-the-Sea, York, General Dealer. Aug 9 at 11 at Traders Association, High st, Stockton-on-Tees. Peacock, Middlesborough Turner, Leonard, Harry Turner, and Thomas Turner, Willow walk, Kentish Town, Bakers. Aug 12 at 3.30 at Guildhall Coffeehouse, Gresham st. Rooks and Co, King st, Cheapside Tydeman, George, Stowmarket, Suffolk, Watchmaker. Ang 17 at 12 at Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Howard and Sons, Stowmarket Walsh, John, Birkdale, near Southport, Fish Dealer. Aug 10 at 3 at offices of Gibson and Bolland, 10, South John street, Liverpool. Peck, Wigan Walton, George Pearson, Stockton-on-Tees, Earthenware Manufac turer. Aug 18 at 11 at Finklet, Stockton-on-Tees. Dodds and Co Ward, William, Eccleshall, Stafford, Grocer. Aug 9 at 1 at offices of Greatrex, Bank chmbrs, Stafford Weston, George, Huddersfield, Carver and Gilder. Aug 11 at 3 st offices of Ramsden and Co, 32, John William st, Huddersfield Whitehouse, William, Princes End, Brewer. Aug 11 at 11 at Queen's. Hotel, Birmingham. Duignan & Co, Walsall Willford, William, Uppingham, Rutland, Tailor. Aug 13 at 11 at Trade Protection Society, 4, New st, Leicester Williams, David Lloyd, Harlesden rd, Willesden, Commission Agent. Aug 12 at 3 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Armstrong and Lamb, Old Jewry Winlaw, Thomas, Leftwich. near Northwich, Chester, Licensed Victualler. Aug 11 at 11 at offices of Green and Dixon, Castle chmbrs, Northwich Woods, Henry, Halifax, Eating-house Keeper. Aug 15 at 11 at offices of Rhodes, 13, Horton st, Halifax Woodrup, Richard, Skipton, York, Bootmaker. Aug 11 at 3 at offices of Robinson and Robinson, Skipton Yates, Henry, Hampton, Builder. Aug 12 at 4 at 14, Clement's inn, Strand. Rowland TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 1881. Allen, Josiah, Leeds, Joiner. Aug 15 at 3 at offices of Harland, South parade, Leeds Bellamy, Thomas, Birmingham, General Wire Worker. Aug 12 at 11 at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham Bergmon, Lewis Hansell, Kingston-upon-Hull, Surgeon. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of Woodhouse, Parliament st, Kingston-upon-Hull Bickford, Thomas, James Joint, and William Bailey, Cardiff, Builders. Aug 16 at 11 at offices of Jones, Philharmonic chhrs, Cardiff Bloyce, James, Bromley, Kent, Builder. Aug 15 at 1 at Greyhound Hotel, Croydon. Norman, Brixton Brown, John, Middle Rainton, Durham, Grocer. Aug 17 at 2.30 at offices of Salkeld, Elvet bridge, Durham Bush, John, Salisbury si, New North rd, Marble Mason. Aug 22 at Champeny, Joseph Reeve, Stoughton, Wedmore, Somerset, Farmer. Cole, Abraham, St Mary, nr Ipswich, Farmer. Aug 25 at 12 at offices of Pollard, St Lawrence st, Ipswich Connah, John, Barrow-in-Furness, Grocer. Aug 12 at 11 at County Court offices, Church st, Barrow-in-Furness. Taylor, Barrow-inFurness Cooper, William, Cleckheaton, York, Brick Manufacturer. Aug 15 Cuff, Arthur St George, Tavistock pl, Tavistock sq, Gentleman. Aug 24 at 3 at Aug 15 at 12 at Dorr, George Michael, Hanley, Stafford, Grocer. Edwards, Thomas, and William Edwards, Caerweys, Flint, Fellmongers. Aug 15 at 1.30 at Black Lion Hotel, Mold. Louis and Edwards, Ruthin Emms, William Robert, Meeting House lane, Peckham, Chemist. Aug 16 at 2 at offices of Pittman, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall st Evans, Evan, Llandyssul, Cardigan, Licensed Victualler. Aug 16 at 12 at offices of Walters, St Mary st, Carmarthen Field, George, Hockley, Birmingham, Fruit Salesman. Aug 16 at 12 at offices of New ond Co, Bridge sti Evesham Fletcher, Robert, Scarborovgh, York, Grocer. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of Cornwall and Watts, Queen st, Scarborough Franklin, George Henry, Bristol, Baker. Aug 10 at 12 at offices of Goddard, Edwin, Shrivenham, Berks, Coal Merchant. Aug 16 at Aug 16 at 11 at Hughes, David, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Provision Merchant. Aug 15 at 12 at offices of Phillips, Canon st, Aberdare Jones, Edward Thomas, Aberavon, Glamorgon, Grocer. Aug 15 at 12 at Merchants' Association, Broad st, Bristol. Tennant and Jones, Aberavon Keeling, John, Southam, Warwick, China Dealer. Aug 15 at 3 at offices of Wood, Southam Kemp, Edward Mortlock, Woolwich, Kent, Coal Merchant. Aug 16 at 2 at 27, Ely pl, Holborn Kirkland, Joseph, Ashbourne Green, near Ashborne, Derby, Farmer. Lambert, John, Gateshead, Durham, out of business. Aug 16 at 2 at Laughton, John, Gainsborough, Lincoln, Wharfinger, Corn Factor. Law, Edwin, Mexbrough, York, Grocer. Aug 17 at 1 at offices of Shirley and Co, St George Gate, Doncaster Levens, Henry, Warwick, Furniture Broker. Aug 19 at 10 at offices of Sanderson, Church st, Warwick Levi, Fred, Birmingham, Jewellers' Factor. Aug 15 at 12 at Grand Hotel, Colmore row, Birmingham. Peet, Birmingham Long George, Torkington, Chester, Farmer. Aug 17 at 3 at offices of 23, Park st, Stockport Lurway, Frederick, Hove, Sussex, Grocer. Aug 16 at 3 at 9, North st, Brighton. Nye Marsden, Algernon Moses, King st, St, James', Picture Dealer. Aug 15 at 12 at Law Institution, Chancery lane. Sydney, Finsbury circus McEwen, James, Gillingham, Kent, Bootmaker. Aug 15 at 3 at King's Head Hotel, High st, Rochester. Shakespear, Newgate st Melling, William, Birkenhead, Boot Maker. Aug 15 at 3 at offices of Leeming, 9, Duncan st, Birkenhead. Hannan and Pugh, Birkenhead Morris, Horatio, Doncaster, York, Boot Maker. Aug 12 at 11 at Elephant Hotel, St. Sepulchre gate, Doncaster Nicklin, William, Birmingham, Bellows Maker. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of Parry, 88, Colmore row, Birmingham Ogden, Thomas, and William Lumb, Mytholmroyd, York, Worsted Spinners. Aug 17 at 11 at offices of Foster and Co, Townhall chmbrs, Halifax Ongley, Walter, Silver st, Trimming Manufacturer. Aug 19 at 2 at 106, Cheapside. Swaine, King st, Cheapside Page, Mary, Rock Ferry, Chester, Licensed Victualler. Aug 16 at 2 at offices of Thompson and Simm, 47, Hamilton square, Birkenhead. Francis, Birkenhead Payne, John Harvey, Worcester, Butcher. Aug 19 at 12 at offices of Hughes, 6, Pierpoint st, Worcester Pearce, James Seaward, Southampton, Coal Merchant. Aug 18 at 12.30 at offices of Lovell and Co, Gray's inn sq. Pearce and Co, Southampton Pinnock, Frederick, Newland, Cottingham, York, Joiner. Aug 16 at 11 at Old Exchange bldgs, Bowlalley lane, Kingston upon Hull. Hearfield Power. Richard Mellish, Margate, Kent, Ham and Beef dealers. Aug 23 at 4 at offices of Parry, Union row, Margate Prichard, Emma, Brighton, General Draper. Aug 10 at 12 at offices of Edmonds and Co, Cheapside. Lamb and Co, Brighton Proby, William Henry, Kingston upon Hull, Hair Dresser. Aug 22 at 3 at offices of Jordeson and Co, County bldgs, Kingston upon Hull Pugh, Jonathan, Kerry, Montgomery, Farmer. Aug 17 at 11 at Broad st, Newtown. Powell Rea, Charles, South Kensington, Post Office Surveyor. Aug 15 at 12 at offices of Hudson, Furnival's inn Reader, Alfred Henry, Liverpool, Pawnbroker. Aug 18 at 3 at offices of Quinn and Co, Lord st, Liverpool Robinson, William, Blackpool, Lancaster, Fancy Draper. Aug 16 at 11 at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Chapel st, Salford. Ambler, Manchester Rogerson, Horatio, Camberwell rd, Bootmaker. Aug 18 at 3 at offices of Pratt and Co, Old Jewry chmbrs. Chapman, Pancras lane Sampson, James George, Bingfield st, Caledonian rd, Grocer. Aug 17 at 2 at offices of Lea, Old Jewry chbrs Sanders, Alfred Tom, Reigate, Saddler. Aug 16 at 1 at offices of Hubbard, London Joint Stock Bank chbrs, West Smithfield Scott, John Howard, Longsight, nr Manchester, Wire Rope Manu. facturer. Aug 23 at 11 at Mitre Hotel, Cathedrel yd, Manchester. Leigh, Manchester Simmons, Augustus, Newtown, Bristol, Publican. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of Brown, Corn st, Bristol Simpson, James Rowland. Bolton, Cotton Cloth Manufacturer. Aug 17 at 3 at offices of Pennington, Wood st, Bolton Skellon, Hugh, Newfield, Tunstall, Stafford, Hay Dealer. Aug 13 Smith, Robert, Hulme, Grocer. Aug 15 at 3 at offices of Nuttall and Smith, William, Birmingham. Aug 16 at 11 at offices of Huggins and Mallard, Newhall chbrs, Newhall st, Birmingham Speh, Peter, West st, Mile End Old Town, Baker. Aug 19 at 2 at offices of Morris, Paternoster row Spittel, George, Aylesbury, Builder. Aug 13 at 3 at offices of Reader and Sons, Temple st, Aylesbury. Reader, Holborn viaduct Stephenson, George, Askam in Furness, Lancaster, Coal Dealer. Aug 15 at 11 at the Temperance hall, Ulverston. Pearson, Ulver ston Aug 20 at 10 at offices of Stones, John, Gnosall, Stafford, Grocer. Tanner, Francis James, Croydon, Surrey, Bootmaker. Aug 23 at 3 Tonner, Henry, Cardiff, Fruiterer. Aug 12 at 12 at offices of Morgan. and Scott, High st, Cardiff Towler, William, Kingston-upon-Hull, Grocer. Aug 15 at 3 at offices of Redfearn, Bank chambers, Land of Green Ginger, Hull Trace, Frank, Moretonhampstead, Devon, Gardener. Aug 12 at 2at offices of Southcott, Post office st, Bedford Circus, Exeter. Har-vey Tyler, George, Lower Tottenham, and George Brand, Edmonton, Builders. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of Wells, Paternoster row Vernon, Joseph, Doveholes Dale, Derby, Grocer. Aug 17 at 3 at offices of Newton, Bank chbrs, Market pl, Stockport Wall, Henry, Headless Cross, nr Redditch, Worcester, Builder. Aug 23 at 3 at offices of Williams, Prospect Hill, Redditch Warner, John, Little Ellingham, Norfolk, Grocer. Aug 12 at 3 at offices of Sadd and Linay, Theatre st, Norwich Wiley, Arthur John, and Edwin Rowley, Huddersfield, Woollen Manufacturers. Aug 11 at 2 at George Hotel, Huddersfield. Laycock and Co Yates, Thomas, Southport, Wine Merchant. Aug 16 at 3 at offices SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA, Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality, with the excess of fat extracted. 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[N.B.-At the last (June) Final 24 pupils out of 20 sent up passed, 4 obtaining Honours (2 being in the First Class and getting Prizes, 1 being the New Inn (third) Prizeman), thus making 62 successful in passing out of 67 sent up this year, and 17 successful in Honours.] THE REPORT of the Comptroller and Auditor-General upon the transactions of the Paymaster-General, on behalf of the Chancery Division, which was issued on Wednesday, shows that the total amount of funds belonging to suitors of that Division on August 31, 1880, was £78,366,061 3s. 4d. in consols and other securities, and £17,138,426 6s. 1d. in cash, besides a large amount of foreign securities. THE RECENT ATTENDANCE of the Lord Chancellor in the Court of Appeal has been rendered at the expense of the suitors in the House of Lords, where scarcely any progress has been made since Whitsuntide with the pending appeals. Out of the fourteen cases in the list the law lords have decided only one English appeal and three Scotch appeals, exclusive of Green v. Lord Penzance, for which a special arrangement was made, as being a case involving the liberty of the subject. Lord HATHERLEY'S death is a great loss to the House, since Lords CAIRNS and PENZANCE seldom render any assistance to the Lord Chancellor and the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. THE CONVEYANCING and Law of Property Bill, which, according to the Times, reached the final stage in the Commons on Monday last, will go far to redeem the present session from the charge of barrenness as regards English legislation. A more carefully considered measure dealing with the law relating to the transfer of land has probably not been passed since Mr. BRODIE framed his famous Act for the Abolition of Fines and Recoveries. The Bill was prepared last year under the direction of Lord CAIRNS, who was then Lord Chancellor. The draft was sent to the leading conveyancers at Lincoln's-inn, who were invited to offer criticisms and suggestions. When these had been considered the Bill was remoulded, and was introduced in the House of Lords as one of the Land Bills of the late Government. It passed that House, but the dissolution of Parliament stopped its progress through the House of Commons. It was re-introduced this session, having again been carefully revised; and, after passing the Lords, it was referred to a Select Committee of the House of Commons for final amendment. The main object of the measure is to lessen conveyancing costs by implying certain ordinary conditions of sale on all purchases; by implying general words and covenants for title in conveyances; by making certain powers incident to the estate of a mortgagee, and by providing a statutory form of mortgage. The Bill also contains numerous other amendments of the law tending in the same direction, and many miscellaneous provisions, among which not the least satisfactory is that by which a lessee will be enabled, in most cases, to obtain relief against forfeiture of his lease. THE PROVISION cf the Conveyancing Bill relating to relief against forfeiture of leases proceeds upon the lines which, we believe, were originally suggested in these columns. The lessor is not to enforce a forfeiture until he has served on the lessee a notice specifying the breach complained of, and if the breach is capable of remedy, requiring the lessee to remedy the breach, and in any case requiring the lessee to make compensation in money for the breach, and the lessee has failed within a reasonable time thereafter to remedy the breach if it is capable of remedy, and to make reasonable compensation in money, to the satisfaction of the lessor, for the breach. Where the lessor proceeds, by action or otherwise, to enforce a forfeiture, the lessee is enabled, in the lessor's action, if any, or in any action brought by himself, to apply to the court for relief, "and the court may grant or refuse relief, as the court, having regard to the proceedings and conduct of the parties under the foregoing provisions of this section, and to all the other circumstances, may think fit; and, in case of relief, may grant it on such terms, if any, as to costs, expenses, damages, compensation, penalty, or otherwise, including the granting of an injunction to restrain any like breach in the future, as the court, in the circumstances of each case, thinks fit." The clause is made applicable to the case of an underlease; of a grant at a fee-farm rent, and to cases where the proviso of re-entry is inserted in the lease in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Parliament; also to cases where the lease is limited to continue so long only as the lessee shall abstain from committing a breach of covenant; but it does not extend to forfeiture for breaches of covenant against assigning or underletting, for bankruptcy, or taking in execution of the lessee's goods, or, in the case of a mining lease, to forfeiture for breaches of covenant for allowing the lessor to inspect books or other things, or to enter and inspect the mine a THE PROGRESS made in the building of the Royal Courts of Justice during the last three months is not such as was made previously to the month of May last. As far as can be seen by the ordinary observer, no work whatever has been done in any of the courts towards their completion, and although this is not quite the case, yet no one of the twenty-one courts exhibits any material advance during that time. The two model courts which were fitted up for the inspection of the Lord Chancellor and the judges have been dismantled, and will, it is presumed, be fitted according to the plan decided on, which is understood to be a combination of the two models. With two exceptions, the ceilings of all the courts are in a more or less unfinished state, and the walls are still devoid of the panelling or plaster which is to hide the brick-work. It would appear that the builders have of late concentrated their energies upon the rooms in the western block, which are, during the present vacation, to be occupied by the chief clerks of the chancery judges. These rooms are practically complete, and only require the furniture to be brought in in order to make them habitable. In the central hall the progress recently made is very marked. Scores of masons are at work putting in the groined stone ceiling. It is not possible at present to obtain view from the ground of this ceiling, but a very good idea of what it will be like may be had from the scaffolding by those able to make the somewhat arduous ascent. The joists for the slate roof which is to cover the central hall are now in position, and the slates might be put on at once, but for the necessity there is that the workmen who have to be both above and below the ceiling should have light to work by, and as they proceed every stone placed in position helps to obstruct the light from below. All other parts of the building are progressing but slowly. The whole of the scaffolding on the outside, with the exception of a small portion on the Strand front, has been removed. Regarding the building as a whole, we are not sanguine that Mr. STREET will be able to accomplish his desire to hand the whole over in a finished condition by Easter next. There is yet time for him to do so, but more men should be employed in completing the courts. The wooden fittings for these are prepared at another place, and to put them in position need not Occupy more than a month, but until the courts are made ready to receive them nothing can be done towards that object. It is understood that within the last few days all building and fitting operations in those parts of the Royal Courts of Justice which have already been handed over to the authorities have been transferred from the charge of the Board of Works to the more rapid, and less official, care of the architect and builder. The dilatory practice which obstructed the minutest processes in the nature of builder's work will by this transfer be avoided, at any rate for the present. some THE CASE Of The Queen v. Most has now found ite way into the law reports (29 W. R. 756, L. R. 7 Q. B. D. 244), and, though we are not sorry that the court saw its way to the decision that the publication of such pestilent trash as the effusions of the prisoner was criminal, it seems to us that the words of the statute have certainly been stretched to their full extent. The words of the statute are, "whosoever shall solicit, encourage, persuade, or endeavour to persuade, or shall propose to any person to murder any other person, whether he be a subject of her Majesty or not, and whether he be within the Queen's dominions or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor," &c. Now, it hardly seems to us that the objection upon which the counsel for the defendant appears chiefly to have relied, and which was discussed at considerable length, and overruled by the court, was the greatest difficulty in the case. That objection, put shortly, seems to have been that, in order to constitute the offence, there must be some personal proposal to some defined person, or effect produced or attempted upon the mind of a defined person: that a mere newspaper article, addressed to the world at large, or at best to an indefinite body of readers, could not be an attempt to persuade, or a proposal to, "any person" within the statute. It seems to us that this argument, If the persuasion or though plausible, is not sound. proposal is intended to reach and affect some person or persons, though not directed at any definite person or per sons, and though who that person or those persons whom it is to reach may be is undetermined at the time of the publication of the article, it is nevertheless in common sense an attempt to persuade, or proposal to, any person or persons to whose hands it may come. But to our notion there was a greater difficulty in the case than that, though we do not say that this, too, may not be got over. From the passages cited in the report it would appear that the article which the defendant published was hardly an attempt to persuade to the murder of any definite person: it was in the nature of a general glorification of tyrannicide. We quote one or two of the strongest passages : "What one might in any case complain of is only the rarity of so-called tyrannicide. If only a single crowned wretch were disposed of every month, in a short time it should afford no one gratification henceforward still to play the monarch. But it is said, 'Will the successor of the smashed one do any better than he did?' We know it not. But this we do know, that the son can hardly be permitted to reign long if he only steps in his father's footsteps. Meanwhile, be that as it may, the throw was good, and we hope that it was not the last. May the bold revolutionists far and wide with fresh courage." deed which, we repeat it, has our full sympathy, inspire The indictment contained various counts, laying the offence in somewhat different ways, and with different intents, but the most material counts laid the intent as being to persuade to the murder of the sovereigns and rulers of Europe generally, and to the murder of the Emperor of Russia," the successor of the smashed one." The suggestion of a general intention against the sovereigns and rulers of Europe does certainly seem to us rather vague. It is perhaps a possible construction of the words relating to the present Emperor of Russia that they persuaded to murder him, though it is rather a strong construction. If, however, there was enough to go to the jury it would be sufficient to sustain the conviction. We cannot help thinking, however, that the words of the libel were rather severely strained by construing it so as to bring the defendant within the words "persuade or propose to any person to murder any person." |
