Irish Church Act Amendment, Highways and Locomotives Amendment, Army Aots Consolidation. BILLS READ A SECOND TIME. Solent Navigation, Highways and Locomotives Amendment, Army Acts Consolidation. BILL READ A FIRST TIME. Consolidated Fand Appropriation. AUG. 26.-BILLS READ A THIRD TIME. Solent Navigation, Irish Church Act Amendment, Consolidated Fund Appropriation. BILL IN COMMITTEE. Consolidated Fund Appropriation. BILL READ A SECOND TIME. Consolidated Fund Appropriation. AUG. 27.-ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the following Bills :-Leases for Schools (Ireland); Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure; Veterinary Surgeons ; Expiring Laws Continuance; Central Criminal Court (Prisons); Regulation of the Forces; Supreme Court of Judicature; India Office Auditors (Superannuation); Pollen Fishery (Ireland); Newspapers (Law of Libel); Fugitive Offenders; Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday (Wales); Irish Church Act Amendment; Highways and Locomotives Amendment; Petroleum Hawkers; Solent Navigation; Erne Lough and River. MARRIAGES. BIRD-MCCALLUM.-Aug. 23, at Leckhampton, Gloucester, E. Sumner Bird, barrister-at-law, to Eva, daughter of Major-General C. Campbell McCallum, of Linden House, Cheltenham. EMMOTT-BRAITHWAITE.-Aug. 24, at the Friends' Meeting House, Westminster, George Henry Emmott, B.A., LL.B., of 4, St. James'-square, Manchester, barrister-at-law, to Elizabeth, daughter of J. B. Braithwaite, of 3, New-square, Lincoln's-inn. WALKER - MACLAUGHLIN. — Aug. 17, at Doone Church, Samuel Walker, Q.C., Rutland-square, Dublin, to Ellie, daughter of the Rev. Alexander MacLaughlin, rector of Doone, county Limerick. TUESDAY, August 30, 1881. Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar. Driver, Henry, Wyvill rd, Lambeth, Builder. Pet Aug 29. Brougham. Sept 15 at 1 Keene, Edward, New Bond st, Chemist's Manager. Pet Aug 25. Brougham. Sept 13 at 1 Luxton, Henry, Bedford row, Gentleman. Pet Aug 25. Brougham. Sept 13 at 12 Marshall, Thomas, Sunny Bank, Hornsey, Buildor. Pet Aug 27. Brougham. Sept 15 at 11 Miller, Owen Lloyd, Wellington mews, Bessborough pl. Pet Aug 27. Brougham. Sept 15 at 12 Noble, James Alexander, Commercial rd East, Bookseller. Pet Aug 26. Murray. Sept 14 at 11 Slater, Robert W TUESDAY, August 30, 1881. Leeds, Tailor. Aug 24 Slater, Robert Whiteley, Leeds, General Outfitter. Aug 24 Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. FRIDAY, Aug. 26, 1881. Adams, Richard, Derby, Grocer. Sept 13 at 3 at offices of Moody Corn Market, Derby Bailey, George, Birmingham, Retail Brewer. Sept 10 at 11 at office of Huggins and Mallard, Newhall chmbrs, Newhall st, Birming ham Barnes, Isaac, Jackson od, Holloway, Tea Dealer. Sept 3 at 11 at Sardinia st, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Archer, Brayard rd, Peckham Bradley, Richard Graham, Liverpool, Licensed Victualler. Sep. 13 at 2 at offices of Field and Weightman, Fenwick st, Liverpool Brown, Henry, Liverpool, Lodging-house Kooper. Sept 14 at 12 at oflices of Carruthers, Lord st, Liverpool Butler, John, and Henry Joseph Moreton, Darlaston, Stafford, Belt and Nut Manufacturers. Sept 7 at 11 at offices of Sheldon, High st, Wednesbury Chilton, Samuel, sen., New Sleaford, Lincoln, Greengrocer. Sept 8 at 11 at offices of Holditch, West Gate, New Sleaford Clayton, Robert, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bricklayer. Sept 12 at 3 at offices of Jordeson and Whiteing, County bldgs, Kingston-upon Hull Coates, Henry, Newbold, Derby, Architect. Sopt 6 at 3 offices of Busby and Son, Gluman gate, Chesterfield Coles, George, Gloucester, Painter. Sept 14 at 2 at offices of Jones, Eldon chinbrs, Berkeley st, Gloucester Coulthard, William, Workington, Cumberland, Joiner. Septs at 11.30 at offices of Milburn, Nook st. Workington Daniels, Benjamin, Middlesborough, Fruiterer. Sept 7 at 3 at offices of Bainbridge and Barnley, Albert rd, Middlesborough Dickenson, Henry William, Bishops Stortford, Hertford, Brickmaker. Sept 7 at 12 at oflices of Baker and Thorneycroft, Bishop Stortford Dodd, Richard, Chester, Grocer. Sept 9 at 11 at offices of Mason, Doughty, John, Fleetwood, Lancaster, Butcher. Sept 9 at 3 at the Sept 6 at Emmett, Alfred, Biadford, York, Beer Seller. Sept 6 at 3 at offices of Neill, Kirkgate, Bradford Emms, John Sidney, Bedminster, Bristol, Baker. offices of Sibly, Exchange West, Bristol Evans, George, Madley, Hereford, Farmer. Sept 6 at 2 at Sept 7 at 11 at offices of James and Boddenham, St Peters st, Hereford Farmer, Charles Walter, Great Dover st, Southwark, Haberdasher. Sept 16 at 11 at Cannon st Hotel. Ward, Walbrook Farnell, George, Nuneaton, Warwick, Butcher. Sept 13 at 11 at offices of Bland, Bridge st, Nuneaton Field, Charlotte Eliza, Manchester st. Manchester sq. Sopt 7 at 2 at offices of Vallance and Vallance, Essex st, Strand Furborough, Joseph Morris, Cosby, Leicester, Shoemaker. Sept 14 at 3 at offices of Hincks, Bowling Green st, Leicester Glazebrook, Thomas, Halesowen, Worcester, Ironfounder. Sept 9 at 12 at offices of Hartill, Birmingham st, Oldbury Goddard, Caleb, Motcombe, Dorset, Farmer. Sept 7 at 10.30 at offices of Rutter and Son, Bell st, Shaftesbury Greenwood, Robert, Thurston, Suffolk, Licensed Victualler. Sept 7 at 11 at the Angel Hotel, Bury St Edmunds. Walpole, Beyton Lodge, near Bury St Edmunds Greig, Joseph William, Coal Depot, King's Cross, Coal Merchant. Sept 19 at 2 at offices of Halse and Co, Cheapside Hall, Walter William Patten, Bristol, Beer Retailer. Sept 3 at 11 at offices of Nicholas, Corn st, Bristol Hampson, Thomas, and David Hampson, Darlaston, Stafford, Coach Spring Manufacturers. Sept 12 at 11 at offices of Topham, High st, West Bromwich Harrod, Adelaide, Birmingham, Stationer. Sept 8 at 12 at offices of Haigh, Waterloo st, Birmingham Higginson, George, Bowdon, Cheshire, Photographic Artist. Sept 9 at 3 at offices of Burton, King st, Manchester Iles, James, Newtown, Bristol, Grocer. Sept 5 at 12 at offices of Collins, Broad st, Bristol. Brown, Bristol Irving, James, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester, Builder. Sept 7 at 3 at offices of Eltoft, King st, Manchester Jefferies, John, and James Jefferies, Oldland Common, Bitton, Jefferson, John, Haxby, York, Farmer. Sept 10 at 12 at offices of Sept 9 at Lane, Thomas, Wolverhampton, Bicycle Manufacturer. 12 at offices of Underhill, Darlington st, Wolverhampton Lecomte, Pierre, Aldershot, Hants, Confectioner. Sept 19 at 2 at Royal Exchange Hotel, High st, Aldershot. Rymer, Rochester row, Westminster Lister, George, Keighley, York, Stuff Manufacturer. at offices of Terry and Co, Market st, Bradford Sept 8 at 11 London, Thomas, Leeds, Schoolmaster. Sept 7 at 3.30 at offices of Dalton, Albion st, Leeds Lord, Grace, Heywood, Lancaster. Sept 7 at 2.30 at 32, Market pl, Lowes, William, South Shields, Joiner. Sept 9 at 3 at offices of Market pl, Durham Sept 9 at 12 at offices of Oliver, Lyall, Alexander, Sunderland, Durham, Wholesale Potato Dealer. Matthews, Matthew, Gt Dover st, Borough, Drapor. Sept 8 at 2 at Mayer, William Lewin, Shifnal, Salop, Surgeon. Sept 8 at 2.30 at Sept 3 at 11 at the Green Dragon Hotel, High st, Croydon. Dennis, Croydon Mills, Thomas, Bishop Auckland, Tobacconist. Sept 9 at 11.30 at offices of Edgar, Silver st, Bishop Auckland Mitchinson, John George, Penzance, Seedsman. Sept 8 at 11 at the Law Institution, Chancery lane. Trythall and Bodilly, Pen zance Mosbery, Alfred, Sloane st, Chelsea, Jeweller. Sept 9 at 11 at offices of Pooley, Sloane st, Chelsea Mustard, Alexander, North Shields, Printer. Sept 7 at 3 at offices of Whitehorn, Camden st, North Shields Norrish, Thomas, Torquay, Devon, Boot Maker. Sept 7 at 12 at Half Moon Hotel, Exeter. Lindop, Torquay Petty, Joseph, Wyke, near Bradford, out of business. Sept 7 at 4.30 at the Fleece Inn, Manchester rd, Bradford. Wooler and Wooler Pomphry, Alfred, Cardiff, Provision Dealer. Sopt 6 at 12.30 at the Great Western Hotel, St Mary st, Cardiff. Cousins, Cardiff Poole, George Read, St Mary axe, Cigar Dealer. Sept 12 at 2 at office of Beck, East India avenue, Leadenhall st Pullen, Robert, Sheet, nr Petersfield, Hants, Grocer. Sept 8 at 2 at office of Edmonds & Co, Cheapside. Soames, Petersfield Pumphrey, Charles, Upton on Severn, Worcester, Innkeeper. Sept 8 at 11 at offices of Allan & Co, High st, Upton on Severn Rayner, Charles, Cable st, Whitechapel, Corn Dealer. Sept 16 at 3.30 at offices of Taylor and Co, South st, Finsbury sq Rimmer, Peter, Southport, Lancaster, Plasterer. Sept 8 at 11 at offices of Morris, Devonshire bldgs, Eastbank st, Southport. Buck and Co, Southport Robinson, Joseph Coply, Barnsley, York, Insurance Agent. Sept 12 at 3 at offices of Nuttall and Son, John Dalton st, Manchester Rossi, Annie Elizabeth, the Common, Upper Clapton, Schoolmistress. Sept 3 at 11 at offices of Hutchinson, Vauxhall Bridge rd Ruddle, George, Hawkhurst, Kent, Grocer. Sept 9 at 11.30 at the Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Stenning, Tonbridge Rushbrooke, Alban, Scoulton, Norfolk, Farmer. Sept 7 at 12 at offices of Emerson, Rampant Horse st, Norwich Sea, William Cutforth, Rural grove, Kennington, Livery Stable Keeper. Sept 8 at 3 at offices of Davies, Old Jewry chmbrs Stribbling, Charles Henry, Lowther Arcade, Strand, Fancy Goods Dealer. Sept 5 at 2 at offices of Spyer and Son, Winchester house, Old Broad st Sharman, John Edward, Robinhood ct, Bishopsgate st Without, Builder. Sept 16 at 3 at oflices of Cooper and Co, Lincoln's-inn flelds Smith, Richard, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancaster, Baker. Sept 13 at 11 at Imperia Hotel, Cornwallis st, Barrow-in-Furness. Thompson, Barrow-in-Furness Stewart, Thomas, Thornhill Lees, nr Dewsbury, York, Greengrocer. Sept 5 at 3 at Wellington Hotel, Dewsbury. Shaw Storey, James, Manchester, Skirt and Mantle Manufacturer. Sept 14 at 3 at offices of Ritson and Grundy, Princes st, Manches ter Strange. Josiah Caleb, Wotton Bassett, Wilts, Outfitter. Sept 5 at 11 at Regent st, New Swindon. Baker, Stratton Sturman, Edward Albert, Upper Tollington-park, South Hornsey, Doctor of Philosophy. Sept 6 at 2 at Masons'-hall Tavern, Masons avenue, Coleman st. Noton Taylor, Robert, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dentist. Sept 7 at 2 at offices of Middlemiss and Pearce, Parliament st. Kingston-upon-Hull Teasdale, Joseph, Bury, Lancaster, Provision Dealer. Sept 9 at 3 at offices of Anderton and Donnelly, Garden st, Bury Templar, Charles Rowland, Old Kent-road, Ham and Beef Shop Keeper. Sept 6 at 12 at Masons hall Tavern, Masons' avenue, Basinghall st. Fulcher, Horton rd, Hackney Thorley, Henry, Fenton, Stafford. Retail Draper. Sept 8 at 11 at offices of Kent, Chancery lane. Longton Townsend, John, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Baker. Sept 8 at 11 at offices of Clark, Regent st, Cheltenham Treweek, Mary Palmer, Redruth, Cornwall. Berlin Wool Dealer. Sept 3 at 11 at offices of Peter, Townhall, Redruth Waterhouse, Samuel, Egremont, Cumberland. Draper. Sept 14 at 11 at offices of Atkinson and Collins, Union Hall, Whitehaven Williams, James, Holme, Manchester, Draper. Sept 6 at 3 at offices of Eltoft, King st, Manchester Wills, Samuel Reed, Dorset st, Baker. Sept 13 at 12 at offices of Sampson, Marylebone rd Wilson, James, West Hartlepool, Durham, Clothier. Sept 12 at 3 at offices of Edgar, Town wall, Hartlepool Winter, Samuel Henry, Vicarage park, Plumstead, Schoolmaster. Wright, Thomas Poyntz, East Ridgeford, Nottingham, Surgeon. TUESDAY, August 30, 1881. Alt, William, Archer st, Notting Hill, Corn Dealer. Sept 15 at 3 at offices of Holmes. Eastcheap Atwood, Levi Lincoln, and Biron Levi Atwood, Goswell rd, Blacking Manufacturers. Sept 8 at 2 at offices of Foster, Birchin lane Bakewell, William, jun, Guildford, Surrey, Fishmonger. Sept 14 at 3 at the County and Borough Hall, Guildford. Geach, Guildford Bamlett, Thomas Western, and Robert Whittaker McAll Bamlett, Sunderland, Durham, Painters. Sept 9 at 11 at offices of Newton and Watson, Fawcett st, Sunderland. Routledge, Sunderland Bartlett, Henry, Totnes, Devon, Tailor. Sept 12 at 12 at the Plymouth Inn, High st, Totnes. Edmonds and Son, Totnes Bean, Robert, Bradford, York, Grocer. Sept 14 at 3.30 at offices of Last and Betts, Bond st, Bradford Bedford. James, Coal Merchant, Leeds. Saville, East parade, Leeds Sept 13 at 11 at offices of Bishop. Bradford, York, Hosier. Sept 15 at 11 at offices of Yewdell and Son, Henrietta st, Covent Garden Bold, Samuel Spencer, Hanley, Stafford, Hatter. Sept 9 at 2 at offices of Sword, Cheapside, Hanley Brooking, Lewis, and Richard O'Leary, Borners st, Oxford st, Costume Manufacturers. Sept 12 at 12 at offices of Leslie and Co, Coleman st. Herbert, Vigo st, Regent st Brooks, Benjamin, Stafford, Grocer. Sept 9 at 12 at offices of Paddock and Sons, 1, Old Hall st, Hanley Bruckshaw, Mary Ann. Market Drayton, Salop, Horse Shoe Manufacturer. Sept 12 at 2 at the Star Inn, Stafford st, Market Drayton. Tennant and Co, Hanley Burton, Robert Edward Lingen, Shrawardine, Salop, Farmer. Sept 12 at 12 at the Raven Hotel, Shrewsbury. Clark and Co, Ludlow Bury, James, Sale, Chester, Steam Packing Manufacturer. Sept 14 at 3 at offices of Gardner, 1, Cooper st, Manchester Chandler, Charles, Croydon, Builder. Sept 19 at 3 at the Station Hotel, Station yard, East Croydon. Gowing and Co, Finsbury pavement Clark, Henry, Hunstanton St Edmunds, Norfolk, Carter. Sept 8 at 12 at offices of Beloe, New Conduit st, King's Lynn Collard, Charles Owen, Carmarthen, Hotel Keeper. Sept 12 at 11 at offices of Howell, 31, Stepney st, Llanelly Copsey, Charles Bruce, Colchester, Farmer. Sept 14 at 3 at offices of Goody and Son, Colchester Crabb, George, Phoenix Works, Kingsland green, Builder. Sept 14 at 2 at the Law Institution, Chancery lane. Rogers and Co, Westminster chmbrs, Victoria st Creyke, William Ramsden, Hanley, Stafford, Builder's Merchant. Sept 14 at 1 at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, New st, Birmingham. Paddock and Sons, Hanley Sept 13 at 3 at Skake Crossland, George, Dove Holes, Farmer. speare Hotel, Buxton. Broomhead, Bakewell Dunham, Henry Simes, Bridport, Dorset, Ironmonger. Sept 15 at 3 at offices of Gandry, Downe st, Bridport. Lock, Dorchester Ellen, Franklin, Linden terrace, Fulham, Grocer. Sept 14 at 3 at offices of Reynolds, Furnival's inn, Holborn Follett, William, Sherborne Saint John, Southampton, Farm Bailiff. Sept 15 at 12 at offices of Chandler and Son, Basingstoke Fry, Albert James, Southampton, Beer Retailer. Sept 9 at 3 at offices of Shutte, Portland st, Southampton Godfrey, James Alfred, and Timothy James Iroton, Tottenham, Builders. Sept 6 at 2 at offices of Henry, Furnival's inn, Holborn Green, Henry, jun, Ellough, Suffolk, Farmer. Sept 13 at 12 at Hall Quay chmbrs, Great Yarmouth. Dowsett Grove, William, Henry, Australian avenue, Barbican, Merchant. Sept 13 at 3 at Queen's Hotel, Birmingham. Stokes and Hooper, Dudley Sept 23 Sept 9 at Hailey, Henry, Newmarket terrace, Kings Cross, Grocer. at 3 at offices of Buchanan and Rogers, Basinghall st Halstead, Edward Percy, Ross, Hereford, Horse Dealer. 3 at offices of Corner, High Town, Hereford Halstead, William, Huddersfield, Provision Merchant. Sept 14 at 11 at offices of Milnes and Swift, New st, Huddersfield Hamilton, Archibald, Liverpool, Baker. Sept 19 at 3 at offices of Kemble, Castle st, Liverpool Hannon, John, Twickenham, Licensed Victualler. Sept 9 at 12 at offices of Lay, Townhall, Brentford Harris, Edward Alfred James, Folkstone, Kent, Oil and Colourman, Sept 12 at 4 at offices of Heath, James Wilson, Windsor, Berks, Grocer. Sept 21 at 4 at Inns of Court Hotel, Holborn. Smith, Windsor Hill, Thomas, Gravesend, Kent, Grocer. Sept 15 at 3 at offices of Eves and Son, Mark lane Hughes, George James, Murton, York, Farmer. Sept 13 at 3 at offices of Crumbie, Stonegate Irons, John William, Harpenden, Hereford, Baker. Sept 6 at 3 at Midland Railway Hotel, Harpenden. Wells, St Albans Isaac, John, Sketty, nr Swansea, Builder, Sept 7 at 11 at offices of Evans and Davies, Wind st, Swansea James, John, Coventry, Cattle Dealer. Sept 15 at 3 at offices of Huggins and Mallard, Newhall chambers, Newhall st, Birming ham Simmonds, John, Venner villas, Penge, Builder, Sept 12 at 3 at offices of Robinson and Leslie, Coleman st Smith, John, South Shields, Grocer. Sept 7 at 2 at Traders' Associa tion, Grainger st West, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Fenwick, Jarrow-GDTyne Spiers, John, Worcester, Greengrocer. Sept 14 at 11 at offices of Salmon, the Avenue, the Cross, Worcester Stanley, Edward, Morpeth, Northumberland, Jeweller. Sept 12 at 2 at offices of Gillespie and Co, Cross house chmbrs, Westgate rd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Webb, Morpeth Stephenson, Robert, Gateshead, Ironmonger. Sept 12 at 2 at offices of Robson, Townhall, Gateshead Stevens, George, Weston-super-Mare, Baker. Sept 12 at 3 at the Merchants' Association, Broad st, Bristol. Smith, Weston-super Mare Sept 12 Stock, Charles, Soundwell. Gloucester, Stone Merchant. Sept 13 at 12 at offices of Evans, Exchange bldgs East, Bristol Swift, William Henry, Stoke-upon-Trent, General Dealer. at 10 at offices of Tennant and Co, Cheapside, Han ey Thompson, James, Handforth, Chester, Saddler. Sept 13 at 12 at offices of Lamb, St Peter's sq, Manchester Tranter, Edwin Allen, Trowbridge, Wilts, Bicycle Manufacturer, Sept 12 at 11 at offices of Mann and Rodway, Union st, Trowbridge Watson, John, Darlington, Durham, Tailor. Sept 8 at 3 at offices of Clayhills, Coniscliff rd, Darlington Sept 13 at Wheeler, Gervase, Hove, Sussex, Architect. Sept 14 at 2 at Inns of Jones, William, Betley, Stafford, Grocer. Sept 13 at 11 at offices of SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA, Griffith, Lad lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme Ketley, Jonathan, Birmingham, Machine Dealer. Sept 15 at 11 at offices of Price and Co, Paradise st, Birmingham Lark, Thomas Bastin, Balham, Surrey, Bootmaker. Sept 13 at 2 at offices of Gibney, Queen st pl, Cannon st Lawson, John, Carlisle, Plasterer. Sept 12 at 11 at offices of Murray, Scotch st, Carlisle Lewis, Elias, Liverpool, Draper. Sept 12 at 3 at offices of Jones and Pride, North John st, Liverpool Lewis, Evan, Tonypandy, near Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Grocer. Sept 9 at 12 at offices of Davies, Old post office chbrs, Pontypridd Morgan and Male, Pontypridd Lord, Sam, Liverpool, Cotton Broker. Sept 14 at 1 at offices of Gibson and Bolland, South John st, Liverpool Mackness, Joseph Arthur, Kentish Town rd, Cheesemonger. Sopt 14 at 3 at ofllces of Crouch and Co, Queen Victoria st Mainwood, William James, Richmond, Surrey, Mineral Water Maker. Sept 12 at 1 at offices of Lawson, Essex st, Strand Moore, Joseph, Redditch, Worcester, Grocer. Sept 13 at 3 at offices of Williams, Prospect Hill, Redditch Morgan, Catherine Elizabeth, Lower Caversham, Oxford, Gentlewoman. Sept 13 at 3 at offices of Jones, Park st, Maidenhead Norris, Thomas Mostyn, Birkenhead, Commission Agent. Sept 12 at 12 at office of Paynter, Cable st, Liverpool Orme, Stephen, Rainow, nr Macclesfield, Builder. Sept 14 at 3 at the Queen's Hotel, Waters Green, Macclesfield Parker, Thomas, Ulverston, Grange over Sands, Lancaster, Shoemaker. Sept 16 at 11 at the Temperance Hall, Ulverston. Pearson, Ulverston Pelham, William, Leeds, Hosier. Sept 12 at 2 at offices of Postlethwaite, Park row, Leeds Pennington, Albert, Warrington, Lancaster, Farmer. Sept 19 at 3 at oflices of Davies and Co, Market pl, Warrington Pike, George, Tarrant Keynston, nr Blandford, Dorset, Wheelwright. Sept 13 at 3.30 at the Crown Hotel, Blandford. Dickinson, Poole Potter, William Ero, Liverpool, Merchant. Sept 20 at 2 at 14, Cook st, Liverpool. Collins and Co, Liverpool Poupard, William, and William John Poupard, Weighing Machine Manufacturers, Blackfriars rd. Sept 14 at 3 at oflice of Holder, Cheapside Quambusch, John William, Leeds, Wool Merchant. Sept 12 at 3 at offices of Routh and Co, Commercial bldgs, Leeds. Green and Peake, Leeds Reavey, Henry, and Henry Norbury, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Finishers. Sept 14 at 3 at offices of Earle and Co, Brown st, Manchester Rees, John, Trecynon, Aberdare, Travelling Draper. Sept 10 at 11 nt offices of Beddoe, Canon st, Aberdare Richards, Thomas, Whitchurch, Salop, Grocer. Sept 19 at 12 at Victoria Hotel, High st, Whitchurch. Brooke Roberts, Evan, and Benjamin Roberts, Shop Carneddi, Bethseda, nr Bangor, Drapers. Sept 15 at 1 at Queen's Head Cafe, High st, Bangor. Roberts, Bangor Robinson, William, Blackpool, Lancaster, Fancy Dealer. Sept 12 at 3 at offices of Ambler, Chapel st, Salford Salter, George, and Frank Saunders Stark, Red Lion sq, Brush Merchants. Sept 15 at 1 at Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Foster, Birchin lane Sampson, Samuel, Leominster. Hereford, Auctioneer. Sept 7 at 3 at offices of Moore, Corn sq, Leominster Sigrist, Richard, Tustin st, Old Kent rd, Tin Plate Worker. Sept 7 at 3 at oflices of Ody, Blackfriars rd Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa of the Finest Quality, with the excess of fat extracted. The Faculty pronounce it "the most nutritions, perfectly digestible beverage for Breakfast, Luncheon, or Supper, and invaluable for Invalids and Children." Highly commended by the entire Medica IPress. Being without sugar, spice, or other admixture, it suits all palates, seeps better in all climates, and is four times the strength of cocoas THICKENED yet WEAKENED with starch, &c., and IN REALITY CHEAPER than such Mixtures. Made instantaneously with boiling water, a teaspoonful to a Breakfast Cup, costing less than a halfpenny. COCOATINA A LA VANILLE is the most delicate, digestible, cheapest Manilla Chocolate, and may be taken when richer chocolate le prohibited. In tin packets at le. 6d., 3s., 58. 6d., &c., by Chemists and Grocers, Charities on Special Terms by the Sole Proprietors, H. SCHWEITZER & CO., 10, Adam-street, London, W.C. HEDOZONE. THE ORIGINAL (1876) NON-ALCOHOLIC SPARKLING BEVERAGE. MORE REFRESHING CHAMPAGNE. THAN HEDOZONE IS A GRATEFUL REFRESHMENT. THE SELECTION of Mr. CHITTY for the vacant judgeship will be received with general satisfaction by the profession, as well on account of the leading position which he has so long filled as of his personal popularity. The appointment is also satisfactory as indicating that eminent men are still willing to accept 66 ordinary" judgeships, and as proving the possibility of reconciling political claims with personal merit. The announcement that the new judge, and not Mr. Justice KAY, will occupy the Rolls Court and take over the staff of Sir GEORGE JESSEL is probably premature, since by section 7 of the new Supreme Court of Judicature Act the Lord Chancellor must first make an order directing by which judge the Rolls Court and chambers shall be used and to which judge the chief clerks and staff hitherto belonging to that court shall in future be attached. IT HAS BEEN Mr. Justice CHITTY's lot to obtain eminence in everything which he has undertaken. At Eton and Oxford he was known as a first-rate rower and cricketer, and he achieved the unusual distinction of being included both in the University eight and the University eleven. He terminated his athletic career by rowing stroke of the winning Oxford crew in 1852, and his academic career with a first class, the Vinerian Law Scholarship, and a fellowship. During the time of his connection with the Inns of Court Volunteers he was probably one of the most efficient officers to be met with in the Volunteer Service. On his call to the bar he soon obtained a first-class junior business, and although he did not obtain silk for eighteen years, he became the acknowledged leader in the Rolls Court within a few months of his promotion. His first attempt to enter the House of Commons was successful, although his Parliamentary career had been too short to enable him to establish a reputation as a politician. A CORRESPONDENT of the Times draws attention to a matter which has often been the cause of annoyance to many members of the profession-the narrowness of the footway on the west side of Chancery-lane-and asks how it is that the authorities have apparently been inactive in the matter. Probably this inactivity is owing to the great value of the strip of ground which would have to be purchased from the Society of Lincoln'sinn before the pavement can be widened. The suggestion that the new iron railing in front of Lincoln's-inn should be removed, and three feet added to the footway, will not be received with much favour by tenants of ground-floor chambers in the new buildings. A RECENTLY REPORTED CASE before the Master of the Rolls -In re Warner and Steel (29 W. R. 726, L. R. 17 Ch. 1). 711)-settles a point of considerable importance, and one which might fairly have been thought open to doubt. The decision is that, upon a sale authorized by the court under the Settled Estates Act, 1877, the charge for succession duty is transferred from the land to the purchase-money and its future investments. This is the rule upon a sale under a power, and the court was enabled to ascribe the same result to a sale under the Settled Estates Act by reason of the 22nd section, which provides that the deed of conveyance executed by the persons directed shall take effect as if the settlement had contained a power enabling such persons to effect the sale, and so as to operate, if necessary, by way of revocation or appointment of the use. The well-known decision of Dugdale v. Meadows (L. R. 6 Ch. 501) (in which land sold under a power was held upon a very literal reading of the 42nd section of the Succession Duty Act, to be freed from the duty to arise upon the determination of a jointure paramount to the power) was adverted to in the argument, but the judgment contains nothing, in language or reasoning, to fortify that case. WE PRINT this week the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, the leading provisions of which may be thus summarised. Section 2 empowers the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Incorporated Law Society, and the president of some provincial law society (to be, from time to time, selected by the Lord Chancellor to serve during his tenure of the presidency), or any three of them, the Lord Chancellor being one, to make and revoke, or alter, any general order prescribing and regulating the remuneration of solicitors "in respect of business connected with sales, purchases, leases, mortgages, settlements, and other matters of conveyancing," and other business not being in any action or transacted in any court, or judges' or masters' chambers, or otherorder is made, its provisions are to be communicated to the wise contentious. By section 3, before any such general Incorporated Law Society, who will be at liberty to offer any observations and suggestions in writing thereon, which are to be taken into consideration, within one duly authorized to make such order, which may be made month, by the Lord Chancellor and the other persons additions, or amendments. either in its original form or with any alterations, general order may prescribe a mode of remuneration by By section 4, any such commission or percentage (which may be varied in different classes of business), or a gross sum, or a fixed sum, for each document prepared or perused (without regard to length); or in any other mode; or partly in one mode and partly in another; and the amount of remuneration is to be regulated by all or any of the following, among other, considerations":-The position of the client (whether vendor or purchaser, lessor or lessee, mortgagor or mortgagee, or the like); the place, district, and circumstances at or within which the business is transacted; the amount of capital or rent to which the business relates, and the skill, labour, and responsibility involved therein; the number and import ance (without regard to length) of the documents prepared or perused; and the average or ordinary remuneration paid for like business before the passing of the Act. By section 5, a general order may authorize the taking by a solicitor of security for future remuneration, and the allowance of interest. Although the Act came into force on the 22nd of August, there will be no immediate alteration of the law, for by section 6 no general order is to take effect until after the lapse of one month from the time of its being laid before each House of Parliament; and any such order may be disallowed (wholly, or in part) by Order in Council in an address presented to the Crown by either House within such month. Section 8 reserves the right of solicitor and client to make any agreement for the remuneration of the former (whether a general order under the Act is in operation or not) by a gross sum, commission, percentage, or salary, or otherwise; but the agreement must be in writing, "signed by the person to be bound thereby, or by his agent in that behalf." It may, or may not, include disbursements, and it may be sued upon, impeached, or set aside in the same manner as any ordinary agreement, subject (if, on being relied on by the solicitor, it is objected to as unfair or unreasonable) to inquiry and report by the taxing officer, upon whose certificate the court or a judge may either cancel the agreement or reduce the amount payable thereunder. Section 9 excludes the operation of the Solicitors Act, 1870, in all business to which the present Act relates. ALTHOUGH the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1881, has only been published this week, it has been actually in operation since the 27th of August. Most of its provi sions are already familiar to our readers. Section 2 restricts the Master of the Rolls to appellate duties (subject to the obligation on future holders of the office to go circuit), and section 3 reduces the number of the Lords Justices to five. Section 4 constitutes the President for the time being of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division an ex officio judge of the Court of Appeal. Section 5 (under which Mr. Justice CHITTY has been appointed) authorizes the appointment of a judge of the Chancery Division to supply the place of the Master of the Rolls; and section 6 provides that the power given to her Majesty, under the 40 & 41 Vict. c. 9, to appoint an additional judge of the High Court may be exercised from time to time, so as at all times to make due provision for the business of the Chancery Division, but no such appointment is to be made unless the number of judges of the Chancery Division (other than the Lord Chancellor) is reduced below five. Section 7 deals with the staff of the Rolls Court Chambers, and with the existing Rolls Court. The Lord Chancellor is to direct by which judge of the Chancery Division that it and its chambers shall be used, and the chief clerks and other officers now attached to the Rolls Court will be attached to the judge named in the Lord Chancellor's order. Other sections, which deal with the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, and appeals to the House of Lords, have already been noticed by us. Section 9 provides that, subject to any orders made under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, all appeals to the House of Lords shall be presented within a month if the House is sitting, and, if not, within fourteen days if after the next meeting of the House. Several sections provide for the transfer to the Queen's Bench Division of certain functions which belonged to the Common Fleas and Exchequer Divisions. Thus the election judges will be selected out of the judges of the Queen's Bench Division, which will also have jurisdiction in all registration and election cases, and in the nomination of sheriffs, and the presentation and swearing-in of the Lord Mayor will take place before the same division. Sections 25 and 26 give the Lord Chief Justice of England all the powers formerly exercised by the other chief judges, including that of appointing commissioners for taking acknowledgments by married women. Section 15 provides for the place of the Lord Chief Justice, as President of the Court of Criminal Appeal, being filled, in case of necessity, by some other judge of the Queen's Bench Division. Section 22 relates to the appointment of district registrars. In cases within section 60 of the Judicature Act, 1873, and section 13 of the Judicature Act, 1875, that is to say, upon a vacancy where the district registrarship has been held by the registrar of an inferior court of record, other than a county court, the Lord Chancellor may appoint a solicitor as district registrar, and every district registrar is prohibited from acting, either by himself or his partner, as solicitor or agent in any proceeding in his own registry. By section 21, upon any vacancy in any office (other than that of a judge) of the Supreme Court, notice thereof is to be forthwith notified to the Lord Chancellor, and no new appointment is to be made within one month of the vacancy without the assent of the Lord Chancellor, given with the consent of the Treasury. Section 27 is intended to remove doubts as to the extent of the power of making rules under the County Courts Act, 1856, and provides that such power is to extend to all matters of procedure or or practice in any cases within the cognizance of county courts, as to which rules of court could have been made under the Judicature Acts, and the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, for cases within the cognizance of the High Court, and validity is given to all rules alrealy made under the first-mentioned Act. A first meeting was held before Mr. Registrar Brougham under the bankruptcy of William Richard Preston, described as of 7, Mark-lane, solicitor, and of Harold Word, Hornchurch, Essex, market gardener. The adjudication was made on August 5, upon the petition of Mr. John Walton, of 37, Petherton-road, Highbury, a creditor for about £5,000, and the bankrupt has absconded. Messrs. Morley & Shirreff conducted the proceedings. The liabilities are esti. mated at from £30,000 to £40,000, and proofs of debt amounting to £10,000 were admitted, including about £2 200 for barrister's fees. Mr. Southcott, accountant, King-street, Cheapside, was appointed trustee, together with the following committee of inspection : Mr. J. Walton (petition ng creditor). Mr. A. J. Dudgeon, of 10, London-street, and Mr. W. C. Williams, of New Southgate. The meeting for the pable examination of the bankrupt (for whose arrest a warrant has been issued) was appointed for Friday, November 18. A correspondent writes us as follows:-"About eleven a. m. on Sunday morning Mr. Henry Latham, of London, a solicitor, a very fine young fellow-who had lately male the ascent of the Wetterhorn, and also of the Eiger, which are respectively 12,000 ft. and 13,000 ft. high-left Grindelwali to ascend the Bourg Mountain, a few miles south-west, and a few thousand feet above this village. As he did not return in the evening his friends and the landlord of the Bar Hotel sent two guides in search at eleven p.m., and at six o'clock the next morning they found his dead body. The head was sadly broken, and the body was buried in the snow several hundred feet beneath the precipitous and serra'ei top of the mountain, and the projecting feet and legs alone marked his whereabouts. As the body was frozen and lifeless the gaides descended for help, and returning with assistance brought down the body to the pastor's house. The event has cast a terrible gloom over Grindelwald. Mr. Latham had made several friends in the hotel-pension where he was staying. He was of singular affability and simplicity, and had a powerful frame. The day before his death he pointed out the Bourg Mountain to a gentleman staying in the same hotel, and dwelt on it with admiration. The snow fell up there for eighty consecutive hours, ending at noon on the 41b instant, but the precipice part of the Bourg is too steep for it to lodge. The unfortunate young man is supposed to have slipped from the serrated point on the summit, either upon a loose stone or upon the slippery ice."-Standard. |