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FORGING DEEDS.

to indorse the cheques for himself. On account of the smaller sum he deposited with Mr. Mann deeds relating to some property at Syston, but he was dissatisfied with that, and when the larger amount had to be paid over, then prisoner told him that his own property at Narborough was ample security for the money, and that he should have deeds on the whole of the property as security. He then prepared a third forgery, similar in all respects to the conveyance which had been palmed off on the Lord Brougham Lodge with the exception of the date. It was on finding unsatisfactory and wrong entries in his (Mr. Wright's) books regarding those transactions that he looked into the matter and discovered that prisoner had played a trick upon the old man. He, accordingly, at once dismissed him, being of opinion that a person who would act as prisoner was then found to have done was not fit to fill a position of trust. Further inquiries into that matter led to the discovery of the forgeries now before the court. Prisoner bad a wife and large family, and he (Mr. Wright) was extremely sorry that he did not consider them when he sat down to perpetrate this series of frauds. To himself it was the cause of the greatest possible pain, but he was bound to discharges, but it might be that before the assizes those who had been defrauded in other ways would think it necessary to institute proceedings against the prisoner. Evidence having been given in support of the charges, the prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes.

AT the Norwich Guildhall on Thursday week, before the borough magistrates James Charles Edwards, solicitor's clerk, Norwich, was charged on remand with forging and uttering a deed dated December 24, 1881, purporting to be a mortgage from George Thirkettle to Ephraim Hinde, to secure £250. Mr. Chittock, in opening the case, said he proposed to give some further evidence in the case in which Mr. Thirkettle was concerned. The next case was that of Fryer, where prisoner was charged with forging a deed dated November 14, 1879. Mr. Chittock added that it was an agreement between John Fryer, shopkeeper, Norwich, and Ephraim Hinde. It purported to be a second mortgage by Fryer in favour of Hinde of two estates, one in Rose-lane and the other in Distillery-street, Heigham, for £250, interest to be paid at the rate of six per cent. The imitation of Fryer's handwriting was so good, that Mr. Chittock said even Mr. Fryer was in a little doubt as to whether it was his signature. The next case was the charge of obtaining the sum of £700 from Mr. Hinde on two forged deeds purporting to represent property in Bed-charge his duty, and should do so. At present there was only three ford-street and Adelaide-street, Heigham. The next charge was that of obtaining the sum of £500 by means of a forged conveyance relating to prop erty at Gorleston belonging to Mr. Hewitt, a builder, and the last charge was that of obtaining the sum of £90 from Mr. Hinde by means of a forged oontract of sale of four houses in Lower Heigham, from Mr. A. B. Newhouse to the prisoner, on the 19th of August, 1882, for £450. In consideration of this prisoner obtained the sum of £90, the amount of the deposit money.

Evidence was given in support of the various charges, and ultimately the prisoner was remanded.

At the Leicester County Police Office, on Thursday week, John Winzar, solicitor's clerk, Narborough, was charged on remand with feloniously forging certain deeds, purporting to be the conveyance of some real estate at Nar borough to himself, with intent to defraud, and with uttering the forged deeds also with intent to defraud, on October 25, 1880.

Haden lent him £500 on it.

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. JAMES REDfoord Bulwer, Q. C., M.P., has been elected one of the Chairmen of the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, in succession to Mr. Justice Kay. Mr. Bulwer is the son of the Rev. James Bulwer. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Hilary Term, 1847. Mr. Bulwer became a Queen's Counsel in 1864. He was a member of the old Norfolk Circuit, but since the last re-arrangement of the assizes he has practised on the South-Eastern Circuit. He was M.P. for Ipswich in the Conservative interest from 1874 till 1880, and in the following year he was returned for Cambridgeshire. He was recorder of Ipswich from 1866 till 1868, when he was appointed recorder of Cambridge. Mr. Bulwer is common law editor of the Law Reports, and a bencher of the Inner Temple, of which society he was treasurer in 1880. He is also lieutenant-colonel of the Inns of Court Rifle Volunteers.

Mr. GEORGE LEWIS DENMAN, barrister, has been appointed Recorder of the Borough of Queenborough, in succession to Mr. John Deedes, resigned. Mr. Denman is the eldest son of the Hon. Mr. Justice Denman, and was born in 1853. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated second class in the Law Tripos in 1875. He was called to the bar at Lincoln'sinn in Hilary Term, 1877, and he practises on the South-Eastern Circuit and at the Kent Sessions.

Mr. JOHN PAGE MIDDLETON, barrister, has been appointed a District Judge for the Island of Cyprus. Mr. Middleton is a graduate of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1874. and he has practised on the South-Eastern Circuit. He acted for several months as Queen's Advocate for the Gold Coast Colony.

Mr. HERBERT AUGUSTUS HILLS, barrister, has been appointed Vice-Presi dent of the International Court of Appeal in Egypt, in succession to Mr. John Scott, who has been appointed a judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. Mr. Hills is a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Hilary Term, 1864, and he has been for several years one of the judges of the International Court of First Instance at

Alexandria.

Mr. Wright said that he appeared to prosecute prisoner, not only on the charge named above, but also on others which were alleged against him. Prisoner had had considerable experience of conveyancing as a solicitor's clerk, having been engaged in that capacity for some years in an office at Runcorn, in Cheshire, whence he was engaged in Mr. Macaulay's office, Leicester, where be remained for ten years; and subsequently being employed at his (Mr. Wright's) office, where he remained about five years. The frauds now charged against him had been concocted and carried out during the last three years. Prisoner purchased some land at Narborough which was properly mortgaged to the Starr-Bowkett Building Society. There were three charges against him, the prosecutor in the first being Mr. William Haden, of Cliff Hill, Markfield, who in 1880 had some money to invest, and applied at his (Mr. Wright's) office for advice respecting its disposal. After negotiatiations bad been entered into a letter was sent from the office to) Mr. Haden asking him to decide on one of the securities offered him, as the mortgagor wished to get some money. On the same day the prisoner, without the knowledge of his employer, wrote to Mr. Haden dissuading him from accepting the proposal made from the office, and telling him that he had some property of his own at Narborough, which would be ample security for the investment, and better than that before mentioned to him. Such a course of conduct was grossly improper. It was an attempt, whilst receiving high wages from his employer, to interfere with the regular course of business, and to induce a client to refuse good security whilst he might palm off his own forgeries upon him. Mr. Haden, never dreaming that he was dealing with so accomplished a swindler, responded to the letter, and subsequently went to Narborough and saw the property-which consisted of prisoner's own house and the land surrounding it. On the faith of prisoner's represensation that he was in a position to mortgage the property, Prisoner then prepared a mortgage for the amount. He forged a conveyance, which was to satisfy Haden that he had the right to deal with the property, had it engrossed by a law stationer who bad engrossed the original deed, and got the smallest boy in his (Mr. Wright's) office to witness the signatures to the mortgage-a little boy who had never before been trusted as an attesting witness to such an important document. All that was done without the knowledge of the principal, and no record of it appearing in the office books. Haden parted with his money, and until the preliminary proceedings took place last week and were published in the Leicester papers he was under the impression that he had a genuine and proper security for his money. With regard to the second charge, which was mentioned last week-namely, that of obtaining £700 from the Lord Brougham Lodge of Oddfellows by means of forged docu-Clerk to the Commissioners of Land Tax for that borough, on the resigna ments, Mr. Neale, who appeared on behalf of the lodge, would probably have something to say, and his observations would consequently be brief. When prisoner perpetrated the first fraud the deed he drew up was merely a duplicate of the first conveyance. For the second and third frauds he concocted deeds altogether different, and including his two pieces of land, and treating it as though it was conveyed to him in one plot. He might also observe that prisoner kept in his own possession two of the original deeds, so that he was able to have the original signatures in some way as a guide for his subsequent frauds, and the signatures were so palpably the writing of prisoner himself that anyone who had seen his writing two or three times would immediately fix upon him as the forger of the signatures. Prisoner was a member of the Lord Brougham Lodge, and therefore got from men of his own class £700 by putting before them a deed which was in all respects a forgery. Not content with those two frauds and forgeries, prisoner in the present year, also abusing the confidence placed in him in the position he held, became aware that a person named Robert Mann was entitled to receive certain money from him (Mr. Wright) in connection with a trust deed, and on two occasions he (Mr. Wright) handed prisoner cheques to be paid over to Mr. Maun, in one instance for £294 48. 2d., and in the other for £400. Prisoner, without Mr. Wright's knowledge, caused improper entries to be made in his books, and got the man

Mr. ALEXANDER MILNE, solicitor (of the firm of Harrison & Milne), of Kendal, has been appointed Clerk to the Kendal Board of Guardians, Assessment Committee, and Rural Sanitary Authority, and Superintendent Registrar for the district, in succession to Mr. Christopher Gardner Thompson, deceased. Mr. Milne was admitted a solicitor in 1877.

Mr. JOHN HERBERT Williams, solicitor, of Ludlow, has been unanimously elected Coroner for that borough, in succession to his father, the late Mr. John Williams. Mr. Williams was admitted a solicitor in 1873.

Mr. THOMAS ROBERT OAKLEY, solicitor, of Monmouth, has been appointed tion of his father, Mr. Thomas William Oakley. Mr. T. R. Oakley was the Monmouth County Court, clerk to the Monmouth Board of Guardians, and to the borough and county magistrates, and superintendent registrar. Mr. PHILIP OXENDEN PAPILLON, barrister, has been elected one of the Chairmen of the Essex Quarter Sessions. Mr. Papillon was educated at University College, Oxford, where he graduated second class in mathe matics in 1848. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Hilary Term, 1852, and he formerly practised on the Home Circuit. He was M. P. for Colchester in the Conservative interest from 1859 till 1865, and he is an alderman for that borough, and has served the office of mayor.

admitted a solicitor in 1875. He is town clerk of Monmouth, registrar of

Mr. SAMUEL Milner Barton, solicitor, of Manchester, has been appointed Clerk to the Magistrates for that city. Mr. Barton was admitted a solicitor in 1846.

DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS.

THOMAS MYERS CROOME, executor and trustee of the late William Woodruffe Kearsey, and ROBERT HENRY BEST PARSONS, solicitors, Stroud (Kearsey & Parsons). The business will in future be carried on by the said

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July 19.-The Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company v. The Isle of Wight Railway Company. Terminal charges-Coal traffic-Extraordinary services-Construction of special Act-Regulation of Railways Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 48), s. 15.

A railway company were authorized by their special Act to charge a sum for the conveyance of coal along the line, "including the tolls for the use of the railway, and wagons or trucks and locomotive power, and every expense incidental to such conveyance," which sum was to be a maximum sum, except in certain cases, the exception being thus expressed: "Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the company to demand and take, in addition to the tolls, rates, and charges which are herein before authorized, a reasonable sum for the delivery and collection of goods, and other services incidental to the business of a carrier, where such services are performed by the company."

Held, upon the authority of The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company v. Gidlow (L. R. 7 E. & I. App. 517), that shunting the trucks containing the coals and marshalling the said traffic, and finding, providing, and maintaining siding accommodation at their stations, together with unloading platforms, roads for the egress and ingress of carts and horses which are sent to cart away the coals, were not services for which a charge could be made under the proviso above set out.

Held, also, that invoicing and taking accounts of all consignments, and keeping a staff for the purpose, and providing and maintaining office accommodation, and giving notice to the consignees of each consignment, were not services for which a charge could be made, but were services which were incidental to conveyance, the remuneration for them being included in the mileage rate.

This was an application by the Isle of Wight Railway Company to the Railway Commissioners, asking them to decide, under section 15 of the Regulation of Railways Aot, 1873, what were reasonable sums to be paid to such railway company for terminal charges or services incidental to the duty of a carrier, and performed by such railway company, in respect of coal traffic delivered to them by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company at Sandown Station to be carried to Shanklin and Ventnor.

The Isle of Wight Railway Company were authorized by their Act to charge for coal a rate not exceeding 3d. per ton per mile for conveyance, and for everything incidental to conveyance, and also a reasonable sum for the delivery and collection of goods and other services incidental to the business of a carrier, where such services are performed by the railway company. Under this enactment the Isle of Wight Company claimed to be entitled to charge for shunting and marshalling the trucks containing the coals, finding, providing, and maintaining siding accommodation at their stations, together with roads for the carts sent to take away the coals, and for invoicing and taking accounts of all consignments and keeping a staff for the purpose, and providing and maintaining office accommodation, and for giving notice to the consignees of each consignment.

J. W. Batten (Webster, Q.C., with him), appeared for the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company.

Balfour Browne (Pope, Q.C., with him), for the Isle of Wight Railway Company.

Sir F. PEEL, in delivering the judgment of the Commissioners, said: -The question is whether the services for which the company wish to make an extra charge are services which are not an expense incidental to conveyance, or are services which are incidental to the business of a carrier, and are performed by the company. It appears they desire to make a charge for unding station accommodation, for receiving and taking an account of consignments, also for sending word to the consignee, on the arrival of the goods, of the goods having arrived and of their being prepared to deliver up the goods on the application of the consignee. As regards charging for station accommodation, it appears to me that whether that is or is not an expense incidental to conveyance, it is not a service performed by the Isle of Wight Railway Company. I think the case of The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company v. Gidlow shows that providing accommodation of that sort is not, within the terms of the Act of Parliament, a service performed by the railway company. As regards the other matters, the receiving goods on their delivery to the railway company, and taking an account of them, and at the other end of the journey sending word to the consignee of the arrival of his goods, and of the company being prepared to deliver them up upon his application, they are, in our opinion, services which are incidental to conveyance, and the remuneration for them is included in the mileage rate. Under

Reported by W. H. MACNAMARA, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.

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Mr. John Williams, solicitor, died at Ludlow on the 15th inst. Mr. Williams was the son of Mr. John Williams, solicitor, and was born in 1813. He was admitted a solicitor in 1836, having been articled to his father, with whom he Herbert Williams, had been associated in business with him. Mr. Williams was for several years in partnership. For several years past his son, Mr. John had an extensive private practice, and held most of the legal appointments in the town. He was appointed coroner for Ludlow in 1845, and town clerk of the borough in 1849. In the following year he became registrar of the Ludlow County Court (Circuit No. 27), in succession to his father, on whose death, in 1849, he was appointed clerk to the borough and county magistrates and actuary of the Ludlow Savings Bank. Mr. Williams was buried at Ludlow on the 20th inst. The Shrewsbury Chronicle speaks of him in the following terms:life became a favourite with those he came in contact with, and the same "Always of a genial and generous disposition, the deceased gentleman in early attractiveness adhered to him to the day of his death. In his official duties he was always obliging and wonderfully even tempered, and thereby managed to discharge his duties without making an enemy. His loss will be deeply regretted by all who knew him."

LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL.

LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. 24th inst., when the question, "Is it desirable to annex Egypt in the interests The society met for the first time after the Long Vacation on Tuesday, the of the Empire ?" formed the subject of discussion. Mr. J. A. Neale opened the debate in the affirmative, and was supported by Messrs. Davies and Strickland; while Messrs. P. T. Rhys, J. W. Ellis, Hurst, Napier, Austin, R. J. Rhys, and Brandon spoke in favour of the negative. On a division being taken the negative had a majority of fourteen votes. There were twenty-seven members and two visitors present. The next meeting will be held at the Law Institution on Tuesday next, the 31st inst., when the society will contract which would assist a person in determining whether he would become discuss the question, Ought the prospectus of a company to disclose every

a shareholder ?"

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BIRMINGHAM LAW STUDENTS' SOCIETY.

An ordinary meeting of this society was held in the Law Library on Tuesday evening last. Mr. H. M. Barrows occupied the chair. The subject for debate was, "That the 'Married Women's Property Act, 1882,' will be a beneficial change in the law in relation to husband and wife." The speakers on the affirmative were Messrs. Ryland, Marigold, Travis, and Saunders, and on the negative Messrs. G. T. Edwards, Hibbert, Lynse, and Stevens. The chairman summed up and put the question to the meeting when it was decided in the negative by the casting vote of the chairman.

NEW ORDERS, &c.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.-CHANCERY DIVISION.
ORDER OF COURT.

Tuesday, the 24th day of October, 1882. Whereas John Pearson, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, one of her Majesty's counsel, has been appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice, and of the Chancery Division of the said High Court. And whereas it is expedient that the causes now standing for trial or hearing before Mr. Justice Kay should for the purpose only of trial or hearing be transferred to the said John Pearson, Esq., as a judge of the Chancery Division. Now I, the Right Honourable Roundell Baron Selborne, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, do hereby order :-(1) That the several causes now standing for trial or hearing only before Mr. Justice Kay, be transferred to the said John Pearson, Esq., as judge of the Chancery Division for the purpose only of trial or hearing. (2) That no cause or matter be assigned to the said John Pearson, Esq., as judge, by the same being marked with his name. And this order is to be entered with the registrar and set up in the several offices of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice. SELBORNE, C.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING ACT, 1882. The following alterations have been made in the Rules issued by the Board of Trade in August last :-Rule V.-The words "the lands which the applicants propose to take for the purposes of the licence or order" have been omitted. Rule IX.-The wording of the first few lines of this rule have been altered in order to make the meaning more clear.

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HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
CHANCERY DIVISION.
V.C. SIR JAMES BACON.
At Westminster.

Thurs, Nov. 2..Motions

At Lincoln's Inn.

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Petitions in Lunacy will be taken every
Saturday during the sittings.

Final and interlocutory appeals from the
Queen's Bench Division, and (from the
Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Divi-
sion (Admiralty).

ORDER OF BUSIMESS.
At Westminster.

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Causes in which witnesses are to be examined will be taken on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; and causes without witnesses will be taken on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays; further considerations will be taken on Mondays. Any cause intended to be heard as a short cause must be so marked in the cause book at least one clear day before the same can be put in the paper to be so heard, and the necessary papers must be left in court with the judge's officer the day before the cause is to be put into the paper.

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Causes and actions in which witnesses are
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Thursdays, and causes and actions
without witnesses will be taken on
Mondays; but when the list of causes
and actions without witnesses is ex-
hausted, causes and actions with wit-
nesses will be taken on Mondays also.
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HOUSE OF LORDS APPEALS.

The following is a list of the appeals standing for hearing by the judicial members of the House of Lords, the business of which will commence on Tuesday, November 7, viz. :-Nobel's Explosives Company v. Jones, Scott, & Co.-Buchanan v. Stevenson and others-The Singer Manufacturing Company v. Logg-F. Englehardt & Co. v. Bosanquet, Curtis, & Co.-Harvey v. Farnie-The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company v. Lee and anotherJohn Orr Ewing & Co. v. Orr Ewing-Mews and another v. The QueenWilliam Dixon (Limited) and others v. White and others-Oakbank Oil Company v. Crum-Fleming and wife (paupers) v. Newport Railway CompanyClippens Oil Company (Limited) and another v. Henderson and another-Wake and another v. Hall and others-Lyell v. Kennedy-The Plating Company (Limited) v. Farquharson and others-Bradlaugh v. Clarke-Campbell v. Allan-Brownlie and others v. Russell-Starr & Co. v. BollandMetropolitan Bank (Limited) and another v. Roberts-Witham and others v. Vane and others-Studd v. Cook-Mecredy, jun., and others v. Alexander and others-Temple v. Ingledew and others-Byrne v. The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company-Steade v. Newbould-Cahill v. Cabill and othersMaddison v. Alderson-Justices of the Peace for the County of Lancaster v. Mayor of Rochdale. Cause waiting for judgment.-Neill and another v. The Duke of Devonshire.

COMPANIES.

WINDING-UP NOTICES.

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.
LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

GREAVE COMPANY, LIMITED.-Day, J., has fixed Monday, Oct 30, at 12, at the chambers of Bacon, V.C., for the appointment of an official liquidator

INDIAN KINGSTON AND SANDHURST GOLD MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Oct 18, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Nov 4. Lumley and Lumley, Old Jewry chambers, solicitors for the petitioners

SURREY AND HAMPSHIRE CANAL CORPORATION, LIMITED.-By an order made by Day, J.,
dated Sept 29, it was ordered that the company be wound up. Morris, Walbrook,
solicitor for the petitioner

UNITED PARKEND AND NEW FANCY COLLIERIES, LIMITED.-By an order made by North,
J., dated Oct 11, it was ordered that the voluntary winding up of the collieries be
continued. Field and Co., Lincoln's inn fields, solicitors for the petitioners
TGazette, Oct. 20.]
INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Oct
20, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., at the Rolls Court, Rolls yard, on Nov 4.
Wilson and Son, Basinghall st, solicitors for the petitioner
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS' CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.-Petition for
winding up, presented Oct 23, directed to be heard before Chitty, J., on Saturday,
Nov 4. Barnard and Co, Lincoln's inn fields, solicitors for the petitioner
PIONEER MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Oct 13,
directed to be heard before Fry, J., on Nov 3. MoDiarmid and Teather, Newman's
court, Cornhill, solicitors for the petitioner
[Gazette, Oct. 24.]

UNLIMITED IN CHANCERY.

No. 2 PERMANENT MONEY SOCIETY.-By an order made by North J., sitting for Chitty,
J., dated Oct 11, it was ordered that the society be wound up. White and Sons,
Bedford row, solicitors for the petitioners. North, J., has fixed Oct 30, at 12, at
the chambers of Chitty, J., for the appointment of an official liquidator
[Gazette, Oct. 20.]

COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER.
LIMITED IN CHANCERY.
HODGSON AND STEAD, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Oct 20, directed to
be heard before the Vice-Chancellor, at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday, Dec
5. Jackson, Ashton under Lyne, solicitor for the petitioner

[Gazette, Oct. 24.]

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LAST DAY OF CLAIM.

BROWN, HENRY, Stockwell green, Stockwell rd, Lambeth, Gent. Nov 6. Ballard
BROWN, JAMES FRANCIS, Clewer, Berks, Bricklayer. Nov 4. Phillips and Randle
D'ARCY, JOHN, Gt Marlborough st, Esq. Dec 7. Grover and Humphreys, King's Bench
walk, Temple
DAWES, ESTHER, Birmingham. Dec 6. Horton and Co, Birmingham
FALCONER, THOMAS, Lincoln's inn, Esq. Nov 15. Inman and Inman, Bath
FISHER, JAMES, Dudley, Worcester, Surgeon. Jan 1. Sanders and Co, Dudley
GRAVER-BROWNE, FRANCES, Morley, Norfolk. Nov 30. Coaks and Co, Norwich
HADDON, EDWARD LINDSAY, West Derby, near Liverpool, Builder. Nov 6. Morecroft
HALDANE, ALEXANDER, Westbourne ter, Esq, J.P. Nov 10. Lambert and Co, John st,
and Winstanley, Liverpool

Bedford row

HARRISON, THOMAS HENRY, Copenhagen st, Islington, Cheesemonger. Nov 30. Boulton
and Co, Northampton sq, Clerkenwell
HEYWOOD, SAMUEL, Stanhope st, Hampstead rd, Gent. Nov 15. Weston and Co, Man-

chester

JONES, ESTHER CHARLOTTE, Powick, Worcester. Nov 30. Southall, Worcester

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.-PROBATE AND MATRIMONIAL PADMORE, RICHARD, Hallow, Worcester, Esq. Nov 30. Southall, Worcester

DIVISION.

PALMER, JOHN, St Peter st, Islington, Builder. Nov 10. Foster, Birchin lane
PALMER, WILLIAM HALL, Weston Colville, Cambridge, Farmer. Dec 5. Whitehead,
Cambridge

PRIOR, THOMAS HENRY, Plymouth, Devon, Captain Royal Navy. Nov 6. Greenway,
Plymouth

ROE, THOMAS, Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Hosier. Nov 20. Richardson and Small,
Burton-upon-Trent
RYDER, JOHN, Davenport, near Stockport, Chester, Gent. Dec 5. Claye, Manchester
SPOONER, DAVID, Ascot Heath, Berks, Hotel Keeper. Nov 8. Mercer and Mercer,
Mark lane
STOUTE, PENELOPE PURDON, Brighton, Sussex. Nov 1. Woods and Dempster, Brighton
TOWER, JOHN FIRMAN, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Oct 28. Holt, Great Yarmouth
WALMSLEY, EDWARD, Broughton, near Preston, Lancaster, Farmer. Nov 1. Thompson
and Craven, Preston
WIGGLESWORTH, JOHN, Daybrook, Nottingham, Gent. Dec 6. Burton and Co, Notting-

The causes set down for trial before the Probate and Matrimonial Division for Michaelmas Sittings will be taken in the following order :-Causes for bearing before the court itself will be heard on Friday, November 3, and following days-first, probate; secondly, undefended matrimonial; thirdly, defended matrimonial. Common jury causes will be heard on Friday, December 8, and following days-first, probate; secondly, matrimonial. Special jury causes will not be taken at these sittings. Summonses will be heard in chambers at half-past 10, and motions in court at 12 o'clock on Tuesday, November 7, and on each succeeding Tuesday during the sittings. All papers for motions on Tuesday, November 7, must be left with the Clerk of the Papers, in the Probate Registry, at Somerset House, or with the Chief Clerk of the Divorce Registry, at the same place, before 2 o'clock on Wednesday, YOUNG, JAMES, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Lieutenant-Colonel. Dec 5. Bubb, CheltenNovember 1, and for motions on subsequent Tuesdays before 2 p.m. on the preceding Thursday.

RECENT SALES.

At the Stock and Share Auction Company's sale, held on the 26th inst., at their sale-room, Crown-court-buildings, Old Broad-street, E. C., the following were among the prices obtained :--Cooper, Box, & Co. £5 shares, £2 5s.; North Grogwinion Silver Lead, 178.; John Bucktrout & Co., £1; Last Chance Consolidated Silver, 7.; Colombo Commercial £10 shares, £4 paid, £3 10s.; The "Chalet" Company £5 shares, £6 10s. to £6 12s. 6d.; Stockton and Darlington Steam Tramways, £7 17s. 6d. ; Southwark and Deptford Tramway Company, £8 12s. 6d.; North London Tramways, late North London Suburban, £5 shares, £3; London Road Car £10 shares, £5, paid 158.; and other miscellaneous securities fetched fair prices,

ham

ham

[Gazette, Oct. 10.
BEDLOW, WILLIAM, Mountfitchet, Essex, Wheelwright. Jan 1. Thurgood and Cox
Saffron Walden
BLACKWOOD, MARIA ELEANOR MADOX, New Windsor, Berks. Nov 1. Long and Co
Windsor

BRADFORD, JOHN, Bishop Auckland, Durham, Tailor. Nov 10. Trotter and Co, Bishop
Auckland

Manchester

BREWSTER, ROBERT GRAY, South Waimea, Nelson, New Zealand, Surgeon. Nov 30.
BRIDGE, THOMAS, Manchester, Estate Agent. Nov 6. Addleshaw and Warburton
Darnton and Bottomley, Ashton-under-Lyne
CARRINGTON, HENRY, Gloucester, Architect. Nov 23. Coleman, Gloucester
CLAYTON, ROBERT, Pontefract, York, Gent. Nov 14. Foster and Raper, Pontefract
GRUNDY, WALTER ERNEST, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Esq. Nov 30. Taynton, Glouceste
MARSH, THOMAS, Billericay, Essex, Yeoman. Nov 22. Woodard and Hood, Ingram
ct, Fenchurch st
MEERE, SUSANNAH, Chertsey, Surrey. Nov 20. Drewe, Chertsey
NEUMAN, ALFRED, Paternoster row, India Rubber Stamp Manufacturer. Nov 25.
PIKE, HENRY, Bristol, Hosier. Nov 25, Daniell and Co, Bristol

Rollit, Mark lane

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BROOKMAN, BENJAMIN, Margate, Kent, Gent. Nov 30. Prockter and Andrews, Prince's st, Spitalfields

CLARKE, HENRY JOHN, Bouthrop, nr Lechlade, Gloucester, Farmer. Nov 20. Fallows, Strand

DENHOLM, ALEXANDER, Manchester rd, Draper. Dec 1. EVANS, DAVID WILLIAM, Oswestry, Salop, Currier.

Oswestry

COLLIER, HANNAH, New Malton, York. Nov 11. Simpson, New Malton
COLLIER, JOHN, New Malton, York, Gent. Nov 11. Simpson, New Malton
CONYNGHAM, GEORGE HENRY, Marquis, Belgrave sq. Nov 30. Benbow and Co,
Stone buildings, Lincoln's inn
Mason, Gresham st
Dec 1. Minshalls and Parry-Jones,
EVANS, SAMUEL, Oswestry, Salop, Currier. Dec 1. Minshalls and Parry-Jones,
Oswestry
EVANS, THOMAS, Oswestry, Salop, Currier. Dec 1. Minshalls and Parry-Jones,
Oswestry
FISH, JOSEPH, Bristol, Licensed Victualler. Nov 15. Salt and Parnell, Bristol
GABY, SARAH, High Littleton, Somerset. Dec 1. Wood and Awdry, Chippenham
GOODDAY, ARTHUR ROBERT, Serling, Essex, Esq. Nov 18. Stevens and Co, Witham
GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM, Aberayon, Cardigan, Chemist. Oct 24. Buckland, Bristol
HARDY, DAVID CUSSON, Cornforth, Durham, Grocer. Oct 28. Draper, Stockton upon

Tees

HAWKINS, ELIZABETH, Stroud, Gloucester. Jan 1. Witchell
JONES, ROBERT OWEN, Llanllechid, Carnarvon, Surgeon. Nov 4. Jones, Bangor
ORMISTON, THOMAS, Ormidale, West Dulwich, Surrey, Civil Engineer. Jan 1. Hores
and Pattison, Lincoln's inn fields

SMITH, WILLIAM, Stilton, Huntingdon, Gent. Dec 2. Percival, Peterborough
THOMPSON, MARGARET, Skipton, York. Nov 30. Heelis and Thompson, Skipton
TYROR, THOMAS RICHARD, Oxford, Gent. Dec 9. Robinson, Oxford

[Gazette, Oct. 17.] ANDERSON, FREDERICK, Piccadilly, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Austrian Army. Dec 1. Van Sandau and Co, King st, Cheapside CODD, ELIZA ANN, Nottingham. Dec 8. Pratt and Hodgkinsons, Newark upon Trent COLVIN, EMMA SOPHIA, Brighton, Sussex. Dec 1. Freshfields and Williams, Bank buildings

DORNING, JOHN, Balham Hill, Surrey, Gent. Nov 15. Munns and Longden, Old

Jewry

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HOOTON, JOHN, Walkerith, Lincoln, Gent. Dec 30. Hayes, Gainsborough
LEWIS, CAROLINE, Thornbury, Gloucester. Dec 9. Crossman and Lloyd, Thornbury
MCEWEN, JOHN, Victoria terrace, Ealing, Gent. Nov 15. Phillips, Haverfordwest
MALLETT, ARTHUR JAMES, Leeds, Hosier. Nov 1. Dawson, Leeds

PARKER, THOMAS, Bamburgh, Northumberland, Esq. Dec 1. Weatherhead, Berwick upon Tweed

PEARCE, ANN, Chippenham, Wilts. Nov 9. Pininger and Co, Chippenham
PIGRUM, MARY ANN, Saffron Walden, Essex. Jan 1. Collin, Saffron Walden

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On the 20th inst. Mr. Bulwer, Q.C., M. P., was elected one of the chairmen of the Norfolk Quarter Sessions on the motion of Mr. Justice Kay. The learned judge said it had long been a question very much agitated and conquarter sessions, and the common objection to any proposal of the kind bad sidered whether or not it would be expedient to extend the jurisdiction of been that many gentlemen who held the honourable position of chairmen of quarter sessions were not sufficiently versed in legal matters to make it altogether safe to extend their jurisdiction. According, however, to his personal experience of Norfolk, the jurisdiction of the chairman of quarter sessions might very well be largely extended. Personally he had certainly a considerable interest in this being done, because if it were it would relieve her Majesty's judges of a great deal of their hard work.

A question of some importance was raised on the 20th inst, at the Middlesex Sheriff's Court, in an interpleader issue as to a bill of sale, in which Mr. Sims and Mr. Bucknill, barristers, were engaged, as to a jurat in an affidavit. The solicitor before whom the affidavit was sworn had merely subscribed his name, without stating that he was a commissioner to take affidavits. Mr. Sims cited cases to show that the omission was fatal; but Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell sent for the commissioner, and he proved his signature. The case, which occupied a portion of two days, proceeded, and, in the result, the jury found in favour of the bill of sale. Mr. UnderSheriff Burchell said he would grant a certificate to enable Mr. Sims to raise the question in the Queen's Bench. Mr. Sims quoted several other authorities in support of his objection, and Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell said the learned counsel would be able to argue the question in the ensuing Michaelmas Sittings.

tion with the trial for the Dunecht outrage. The dean of faculty for the time being is An important point of legal etiquette, says the Morning Post, arose in connecby usage bound to give poor prisoners who cannot pay counsel the benefit of his services in their defence when he is approached through the medium of the young lawyers who may be acting as counsel for the poor at the time. Mr. Mackenzie, one of the junior counsel, who is also one of the counsel for the poor, approached the dean in the usual way, and his services were at once made available. It however transpired that the other junior counsel in the case was Mr. Hay, and as he is not one of the counsel for the poor, the dean, in the interest of the younger class of advocates, raised the point of etiquette in question. He

SIMEY, CHARLES Ross, Sunderland, Durham, Consulting Engineer. Nov 8. Dixon and said it was not fair to counsel who for a year did the work of defending poor

Barker, Sunderland'

SMITH, WILLIAM, Stilton, Huntingdon, Gent. Dec 2. Percival, Peterborough
STAINES, MARY ANN, Little Ilford, Essex. Jan 1. Rawlings, Bishopsgate st Within
THORN, ELIZA, Bexley Heath, Kent. Dec 1. Marson and Dadley, Southwark Bridge rd
TROTMAN, CHARLES, Gt Cambridge st, Hackney, Cowkeeper. Nov 28. Mills and Co,
Brunswick place, City rd
WALKER, PETER, Coed-y-Glyn, near Wrexham, Denbigb, Brewer. Jan 1. Hore and
Co, Liverpool

Leicester

WHITE, Sir THOMAS WOOLLASTON, Bart, Wallingwells, Nottingham. Dec 1. Burnaby, WOOD, JAMES, Kingston-upon-Hull, Smack Owner. Nov 16. Woodhouse, Hull

Chertsey

[Gazette, Oct. 20.] AUBREY, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Chertsey, Surrey, Confectioner. Nov 25. Crowdy, BAILEY, ELEANOR, Elm House, Ellison rd, Barnes, Surrey. Dec 21. Letts, Bartlett's bldgs, Holborn circus BANKES, THOMAS HOLME, Union grove, Clapham, Esq. Dec 20. Crosse, Lancaster place, Strand BEYNON, ROBERT CATHCART, Queen's gate, Esq. Dec 5. Walker and Co, Theobald's rd, Gray's inn BOOTH, JOHN, Shifnal, Salop, out of business. Dec 6. Phillips and Co, Shifnal

BRAMLEY, LAWRENCE, Scarborough, York, Gent. Dec 1. Emmet and Walker, Halifax BROOKS, JOHN, Elton, nr Bury, Lancaster, Farmer. Nov 17. Grundy, Bury COCHRANE, WILLIAM, Charlotte st, Bedford sq, Gent. Dec 20. Crosse, Lancaster place,

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persons at much trouble, and sometimes at considerable expense, that when any cause célèbre turned up senior men should step in and oust them from doing work which might afford them an opportunity of showing the public the stuff of which they are made, and of gaining a position which in ordinary cir cumstances they might not attain for years. It was arranged that, as in this case the parties had entered into the arrangement with no intention of violating the unwritten law of the faculty, and as of recent years the rule has been but loosely observed, the arrangement should be permitted to stand, though in future the custom vindicated by the dean will be strictly enforced.

As

Arthur Stracey, aged nineteen, was charged with forging a stamp At Bow-street Police Court, on the 19th inst., a solicitor's clerk named of the High Court of Justice. The prisoner was employed by Messrs. directed to sign judgment on behalf of one of the firm's clients. Instead Davies, Son, & Co., of 80, Coleman-street, and in August last was of doing this he was alleged to have appropriated 10s. intrusted to him for stamp fees. In the ordinary course an office copy of the judgjudgment had not been signed the office copy stamp could not be officially ment is supplied bearing a 6d. stamp, which is subsequently obliterated. obliterated, and to overcome this difficulty prisoner had obtained an obliterated stamp, and had placed it over the one he was desirous of obliterating by the aid of a pin. It eventually occurred that default was made in certain payments by the person against whom judgment was signed, and prisoner was directed to issue a writ of execution. Not having signed judgment he could not do this, but to avoid discovery it was alleged that he obtained an impression of a stamp on another judgment, and while it was wet placed it on the writ of execution form, and so obtained a reversed impression of the stamp. This stamp would have cost 5s. in the ordinary course, and the prisoner was now charged with appropriating this sum. The alleged forgery of the stamp was detected by the sheriff's officer, and the prisoner was subsequently arrested on a warrant. He was now committed for trial.

The prospectus has been issued of the Fish Supply Company (Limited), capital £30,000 in 6,000 shares of £5 each. The object is to supply all kinds agencies in Cornwall and at Grimsby, Dover, Great Yarmouth, &c., for the of fish, poultry, and game. It is stated that the company have important supply of fish direct from the coast on terms far more advantageous than can be obtained at Billingsgate.

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