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that motives which might subsequently lead a customer to deal with the defendant were too uncertain to enable the court to allow the wide injunction to stand.

It seems to us, with deference, that the law as thus left permits great fraud. A man who sells his good will has only to incur the damages caused by one breach of his duty not to solicit, and the custom of the old customers may be effectually stolen and lawfully retained. No doubt in many cases one purchase at a shop does not make the purchaser a regular customer, but in the case under consideration the trader is practically sure of the custom if he can only get the old customers to learn the existence of his business; and this can be done effectually by the solicitation of one purchase. It appears to us that the only point in favour of the decision of the Court of Appeal was stated by Lord Justice Brett-that an injunction against actually dealing with the old customers would in effect be an injunction against the public. This is an ingenious theoretical quibble. The injunction would only touch a small number of the public. The honesty of the trading community at large affects them all. No doubt the public benefit is of paramount importance, but it is undoubtedly of vastly greater moment that the frauds of traders should be checked than that a limited number of persons should be deprived of the right of going to two shops instead of being confined to one.

General Correspondence.

COUNTY COURT FEES AND COSTS.

[To the Editor of the Solicitors' Journal.] Sir, I have just read the letter of a county court judge (page 827 of your invaluable publication) as to the number of cases that are taken to the Lord Mayor's Court of Lon. don, Salford Court of Manchester, and Liverpool Passage Court and such-like courts, and I have long noticed the increase of business in these courts. Now, I quite agree with the remark that the Legislature has provided a remedy for the recovery of large amounts and for very small amounts by the proceedings in the superior courts and the county courts, but I think the real reason of the (what may be called) intermediate sums, such as sums between £12 and £20, not being taken into the county court is on account of the heavy fees which are risked in the county court by instituting proceedings in the county court for the recovery of such sums; and again, the remuneration to the solicitor is more in the Lord Mayor's and other courts than in the county courts on such sums. Put these two facts together and you have a very good reason why the business of the other courts for such sums increases, leaving the county courts to deal with the smaller and the superior courts to deal with the highest claims.

We do complain that the remuneration in the county court on the sums in question is totally inadequate for solicitors, and that the fees (which go to the court and are therefore risked by the suitor) are exceptionally heavy. Make the fees less to the court on the sums in question and the remuneration to the solicitor higher, or, in fact, the same as in the other courts, and the other courts would be nowhere.

I know I have hesitated, time after time, to issue plaints in the county court for sums between £10 and £20 on account of the heavy fees my client would risk.

Were the risk our own we should not mind, but it is the money our clients have to pay out of pocket that we do not like that they should risk,

Horton Grange, Redland, Sept. 7.

H. F. BUCKLAND.

Cases of the Week.

COMPANY VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION SUPERVISION ORDER-REMOVAL OF LIQUIDATOR.-In a case of In re North Buckley Colliery and Fire Brick Company (Limited), before the Vacation Judge on the 8th inst., a petition was presented for a supervision order and the removal of a voluntary liquidator. The company went into voluntary liquidation in 1876, and an action was, in 1877, commenced by the liquidator against the petitioner for calls alleged to be due by him as a director. The action was dismissed, with costs, and these costs were subsequently taxed at a sum over £100. Applications for payment of this sum had been frequently made to the liquidator and his solicitor since 1877, but without result, and it was alleged that he had failed to get in certain calls which he might have obtained from certain contributories. He had, after some time, sent in an account showing that he had paid his solicitor a sum of about £150, had retained as his remuneration a sum of £80, and had only left in his hands a sum of about £40, which he claimed as further remuneration. It was also alleged that the affairs of the company required investigation, and that a sum of money would be found to be due from the liquidator and others as promoters. As the petitioner could not obtain payment he presented this petition. For the petitioner it was contended he was entitled ex debito justitiae to a winding-up order, and that the liquidator ought to have paid him his costs in priority to any costs of the winding up, on the authority of In re Home Investment Society (L, R. 14 Ch. D. 167.) No affidavit was put in by the liquidator in answer to the case made against him, but it was argued on his behalf that time ought to be given him to answer the affidavits, and that, although he did not object to a supervision order, there was no case made for bis removal even on the petitioner's own showing. POLLOCK, B., said that the winding up must be continued under a supervision order, and, although not without some doubt, he thought, on the whole, the liquidator ought to be removed. He thought he could have answered the affidavits had he been so disposed, and as he had not done so, it was clear that he had not been acting in the winding up according to the usual rule of the court in the payments he had made, and, without desiring to stigmatize his conduct, he had not acted quite properly. Under the circumstances, the liquidator must be discharged, but he should direct the order not to be drawn up in case the liquidator within a fortnight paid the petitioner his debt and the costs of the petition.-SOLICITORS, Layton & Jaques.

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COMPANY-SUPERVISION ORDER-COMPULSORY ORDER -EXECUTION AFTER WINDING UP-DELAY OWING DECEPTION BY COMPANY.-In the case of The Mid-Cornwall Colliery Company (Limited), also before the Vacation Judge on the 8th inst., a petition was presented for a compulsory order where the company had passed a resolution for a voluntary winding up, and a motion was also made by some judgment creditors seeking to discharge an ex parte order restraining them from enforcing an execution after the voluntary winding up. It was contended for the judgment creditors that they had been deceived by the company into taking no steps for some months, and, therefore, that they were, on the authority of In re Richards and Company (L. R. 11 Ch. D. 676), entitled to enforce their execution. They also submitted that the petitioner could not claim a supervision order, as he had only asked by his petition for a compulsory order. POLLOCK, B., was of opinion, notwithstanding that the petition only asked for a compulsory order, that the petitioner was entitled to ask for a supervision order, which he accordingly gave him. As to the motion, he was of opinion it failed, as there was no evidence that the creditors had in fact been deceived by the company, and they had not, therefore, been able to bring their case within the authority of In re Richards and Company. The motion must, therefore, be dismissed with costs, and the winding-up order now made would operate as an injunction, making it unnecessary to continue the previous order.-SOLICITORS, Taylor, Hoare, & Taylor; Doyle & Sons; Emmet & Co.

INJUNCTION-RESTRAINING USER OF NAME-DELAYRESTRAINING ISSUE OF ADVERTISEMENT.-In a case of

Hatcher v. Ball, also before the Vacation Judge on the 8th inst., a motion was made to restrain the defendant from using the word "Hatcher" as an addition to his hotel, and also from issuing an advertisement stating that his hotel was the only one at Dawlish having an uninterrupted sea view. The plaintiff's hotel has a sea view, but as to the word "Hatcher" it appeared that the defendant had used the name since 1877. The plaintiff had advertised his hotel as having a splendid sea view. For the plaintiff, as to the second part of the motion, it was contended the case came within the authority of Thorley's Cattle Food Company v. Massam (28 W. R. 866), and Thomas v. Williams (Ib. 983). POLLOCK, B., said he should not define the exact amount of injury necessary to entitle the court to interfere in the case of an advertisement. As to the word "Hatcher," it was clear the plaintiff was not entitled to any interim injunction, and as to the advertisement, he was also of opinion there was no case for an injunction. There could be no doubt that the defendant's advertisment was untrue, and scarcely any hotel could be said to have an uninterrupted sea view from all the windows. It was a question of degree, however, as to what constituted an actionable injury, and, looking at this advertisement in a reasonable way, he was of opinion it did not constitute such an injury as to entitle the court to interfere. There was here no affirmative statement that the plaintiff's hotel had no sea view, or anything sufficient to bring the case within the authority of Thomas v. Williams and Thorley's Cattle Food Company v. Massam, and it was also clear there was no taking of a trade-name by the defendant, so as to bring the case within another class of cases. The motion must, therefore, be dismissed, with costs. -SOLICITORS, Thomas Scott; Coode, Kingdon, & Cotton.

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MOTION TO DISCHARGE DEBTOR-DISCRETION-DEBTORS ACT, 1878.-In the case of Sawyer v. Sawyer, also before the Vacation Judge on the 8th inst., an application was made to discharge a defaulting trustee from prison, on the ground that there was no moral blame attributable to him, and that he offered to pay into court as large a sum as his means would allow. His affidavits were not met by the other side. A preliminary objection was taken to the motion that it ought to have been made to the same judge who made the order for committal. POLLOCK, B., overruled the preliminary objection, and held that on the trustee's affidavits there was sufficient ground for releasing him, and he accordingly ordered his discharge from prison on the terms offered.-SOLICITORS, Cooke; Courtenay; Croome.

Societies.

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. The first meeting of this Institute at Oxford took place on the 7th inst. in the Divinity School. The Right Hon. Montague Bernard was elected president, MM. Neumann and Bluntschli vice-presidents, M. Rivier secretary general, and M. Rolin secretary.

The following members were also present:-MM. Arntz, Professor at Brussels; Clunet, of Paris (editor of the Revue de Droit International Privé); Laveleye, Professor at Ghent; Gessner, of Dresden; Mr. Holland, Professor at Oxford; Dr. Landa, of Pampeluna; Prof. Lorimer, of Edinburgh; MM. Martens, of St. Petersburg; Neumann, of Vienna; Pierantoni, of Rome; Rolin-Jacquemyns, Minister of the Interior for Belgium; Saripolos, late Professor at Athens; Sir Travers Twiss, Q.C.; and Mr. Westlake, Q.C. The following associates also attended the meeting:-Sir Sherston Baker; MM. J. Clère, of Paris; Danewsky; Mr. A. V. Dicey; Mr. W. E. Hall; MM. Prins, Professor at Brussels; A. Rolin, of Ghent.

The vacancies in the list of members were filled by the election as members of MM. Schulze, of Heidelberg, and Clunet, of Paris, who had been hitherto associates. The following were elected associates:-M. Danewsky, Professor at Kharkoff; Mr. A. V. Dicey; MM. Grünhut, Professor at Vienna; Lyon Caen, Professor at Paris; Prins, Professor at Brussels; and Professor Teichmann, of Basle.

The SECRETARY described the work of the several commissions during the year, and concluded by enumerating the

great names- -Bracton, Albericus Gentilis, Blackstone, and Eldon-connected with Oxford and the science of jurisprudence.

M. MOYNIER gave a resume of the statistics of the society, and an obituary notice of M. Heffter was read.

The meeting then proceeded to discuss the report of the committee on the "Conflit des Lois de Droit Civil," the first article being that "the stranger, whatever his religion or nationality, shall enjoy the same civil rights as the native," save in certain excepted cases.

M. NEUMANN stated that this was the case in Austria, provided there was reciprocity.

A discussion followed on the meaning of the term "civil," but the article was accepted as it stood after a long discussion, in which MM. JACQUEMYNS and PIERANTONI and Professor HOLLAND took part,

M. ARNTZ then moved Article 2: "That a legitimate child should have the nationality of its father; an illegitimate child that of its putative father; or, failing an admitted parentage, of the mother; and the child of unknown parents shall be a citizen of the country in which it is born, or in that in which it is found, when the place of its nativity is unknown."

M. MARTENS, while agreeing in the principle of the last clause, argued that the wording was unsuitable, and on his motion part of the proposal was remitted to the Commission for revision.

Professor BLUNTSCHLI remarked that the territorial prin. ciple as determining nationality was that of the middle ages; the national principle was the modern and the more just.

A discussion followed on the nationality of illegitimate children and of foundlings, in which MM. ROBIN, WESTLAKE, Sir TRAVERS TWISS, MM. SARIPOLOS, MARTENS, and others took part, and the article was carried.

The meeting proceeded to discuss the proposal that legal status and legal capacity should be regulated by the laws of the State to which a person belongs by his nationality, or by the laws of the place of his original domicile in cases where different legislations co-exist in the same State. When a person has no known nationality his status to be regulated by the laws of his place of domicile.

Mr. WESTLAKE preferred the last instead of the original domicile, and M. Clanet and Mr. Dicey agreed with him in principle.

Mr. DICEY suggested substitution of "actual domicile," pointing out that a comparatively large number of persons never think of registering or legalising their domicile, and insisting on the impossibility frequently of discovering original domicile.

The discussion was resumed in the afternoon, when Mr. WESTLAKE stated that, in view of the difficulties connected with the subject in Great Britain, he hoped to see passed an Act for the compulsory registration of change of domi cile.

M. CLUNET urged that it was sufficient to say that a person's status was governed by the law of his nationality. M. ARNTZ agreed with M. Clunet in principle. The first part of the article was carried unanimously. As to the second part, it was proposed and carried to omit the word "original," and an amendment of M. PIERANTONI was substituted for the article as it stood, to the effect that in cases where different legislations co-exist in the same country (as in Great Britain) the status should be determined in accordance with the law as interpreted by the courts of that

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M. CLUNET thought them frequent and important. He suggested at the same time cases in which one nationality had been renounced, and no other acquired, and when there was at the same time no domicile.

M. BLUNTSCHLI, however, said that nationality could not be renounced, except on the acquisition of another nationality.

On Wednesday morning the meeting was occupied in dis cussing an article laying down that successions should be regulated by the laws of the State to which the deceased belonged, and another to the effect that "in no case will the

laws of a State have effect in the territory of another State, if they are in opposition to the public right or the public order of that State." As to this, a discussion arose as to what were questions de l'ordre public.

M. CLUNET gave as an illustration the disposition of landed property.

Sir TRAVERS TWISS maintained that this was not so in England, but that, nevertheless, English courts would not consent to allow foreign law to intervene in the administration of succession in landed estates. This term was, therefore, opposed by him, as also by Professor Holland.

M. NEUMANN suggested the substitution of droit intérieur for droit public, but this was rejected almost unanimously, as also the proposal to suppress the term droit public.

In the afternoon the meeting discussed topics connected with the conflict of penal laws.

corrupt practices in the City of Chester, was educated at Orie College, Oxford, where he graduated third class in law and modern history in 1868. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn in Easter Term, 1870.

Mr. EDWARD RIDLEY, barrister, who has been appointed a Commissioner to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices in the City of Oxford, is the second son of the late Sir Matthew White Ridley, baronet, and was born in 1843. He was educated at Harrow, and was formerly scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated first class in Litera Humaniores in 1866. He is a fellow of All Saints' College, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1868, Mr. Ridley practises on the NorthEastern Circuit, and was M.P. for South Northumberland in the Conservative interest from April, 1878, till April, 1880.

Mr. JOHN VERNON, solicitor, of 2, Moorgate-street, E.C., has been appointed a Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Appointments, Etc.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM ALDERSON, solicitor, of Eckington, has been appointed Clerk to the Magistrates for the Eckington, Dronsfield, and Hemsworth Divisions. Mr. Alderson was admitted a solicitor in 1872, and is in partnership with Mr. William Dust, the clerk to the Eckington Burial Board.

Mr. JOHN BRIDGE ASPINALL, Q.C., who has been appointed a Commissioner to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices in the City of Gloucester, was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Michaelmes Term, 1841, and is a member of the Northern Circuit. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1864, and is a bencher of the Middle Temple, recorder of Liverpool, and Attorney-General for the County Palatine of Durham.

Mr. GEORGE BOYDELL, solicitor and proctor (of the firm of Boydell, Taylor, & Fluitt), of Chester and Flint, has been appointed Registrar of the Mold and Flint County Courts (Circuit No. 29), Mr. Boydell was admitted a solicitor in 1845, and is clerk to the magistrates and the Commissioners of Taxes for the Eastern Division of the Hundred of Broxton. He is in partnership with Mr. Taylor, town clerk and clerk to the magistrates for the borough of Flint, and with Mr. Arthur Randal Fluitt.

Mr. LEWIS WILLIAM CAVE, Q.C., who has been appointed a Commissioner to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices in the City of Oxford, was formerly scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated second class in Litera Humaniores in 1856. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Trinity Term, 1859, and he is a member of the South-Eastern Circuit. Mr. Cave became a Queen's Counsel in 1875, and is recorder of the city of Lincoln, and a bencher of the Inner Temple.

Mr. ARTHUR JOHN HAMMOND COLLINS, Q.C., who has been appointed a Commissioner to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices in the City of Chester, was called to the bar at Gray's-inn in Trinity Term, 1860, and is a member of the Western Circuit. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1877, and he is a bencher of Gray's-inn.

Mr. ALFRED TRISTRAM LAWRENCE, barrister, who has been appointed a Commissioner to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices in the City of Chester, was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in Hilary Term, 1869, and practises on the Oxford Circuit.

Mr. WILLIAM ROBERT MCCONNELL, barrister, who has been appointed a Commissioner to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices in the City of Gloucester, was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in Easter Term, 1862, and is a member of the Northern Circuit.

Mr. CHARLES WILLIAM PALMER, Solicitor, of Cambridge, has been elected (without opposition) to be Coroner for Cambridgeshire, in succession to his partner, the late Mr. Frederick Barlow. Mr. Palmer is also clerk to the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners and to the county magistrates. He was admitted a solicitor in 1869, and is in partnership with Mr. John Bonnett, the clerk to the Harston School Board.

Mr. WILLIAM ALVES RAIKES, barrister, who has been appointed a Commissioner to inquire into the existence of

Companies.

WINDING-UP NOTICES. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

LIMITED IN CHANCERY.

CLARKE AND COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, pre sented Sept 1, directed to be heard before the Vacation Judge, on Sept 22. Rogers and Chave, Queen Victoria st, solicitors for the petitioner DIRECT FISH SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Sept 2, directed to be heard before the Vacation Judge, on Sept 15. Christmas, Walbrook, solicitor for the petitioner

LAND AND FINANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED.-Baron Pollock has fixed Sept 15 at 12, at Staple inu, Holborn, for the appointment of an official liquidator

ROCHDALE PAPER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Aug 30, directed to be heard before Baron Pollock, on Sept 15. Johnson and Weatheralls, King's Bench walk, Temple, agents for Needham and Co, Manchester, solicitors for the petitioner [Gazette, Sept. 7.]

COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER. LONGRIDGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED.-Petition for winding up, presented Aug 31, directed to be heard before V.C. Little, at the Assize Courts, Strangeways, Manchester, Oct 21. Ascroft, Preston, solicitors for the petitioner

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Legislation of the Week.

HOUSE Of Lords.

SEPT. 2.-BILL IN COMMITTEE.

Assaults on Young Persons.

BILLS READ A THIRD TIME.

Savings Banks (No. 1), Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain), Ground Game.

BILL READ A FIRST TIME.

Expiring Laws Continuance.

SEPT. 3.-BILL READ A SECOND TIME. Expiring Laws Continuance.

BILL READ A THIRD TIME.

Assaults on Young Persons.

SEPT. 4.-BILL READ A THIRD TIME. Expiring Laws Continuance.

BILL READ A FIRST TIME.

Consolidated Fund (Appropriation).

SEPT 6.-BILL READ A SECOND TIME. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (also passed through other stages).

SEPT. 7.-ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal assent was given by Commission to the fol: lowing Bills:-Consolidated Fund (Appropriation), PostOffice Money Orders, Debtors (Scotland), Wild Birds Protection, County Court Jurisdiction in Lunacy (Ireland), Savings Banks, Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain),

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TRADE-MARKS (SWITZERLAND).

A dispatch has been received through the Foreign Office from her Majesty's Minister at Berne, containing copies of the trade-marks deposited at the Federal Bureau between the 1st of May and the 31st of July last for subsequent registration in Switzerland. It is very important that persons using trade-marks in Switzerland should inspect the official publication containing a transcript of the trademarks applied for, as the period for lodging objections to the registration of these marks terminates on the 30th of the present month. The publication can be seen at the Trade-Marks Registry Office, 25, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, between the hours of ten and four.

Creditors' Claims.

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

ARKLE, WILLIAM, Stocksfield on Tyne, Northumberland, Joiner. Nov 1. Mather and Co, Newcastle upon Tyne

ASPINALL, SARAH, Rock Ferry, Chester. Sept 15. Burton and Coleman, Liverpool

ATKINSON, SAMUEL, Heckmondwike, York, Chemist. Sept 20. Sykes,

Heckmondwike

BAKER, SUSANNAH, Dorchester. Sept 29. Aldridge and Aldridge, Poole

BAXTER, RICHARD, Leinster gardens. Sept 20. Carlyon and Son, Truro

BERRYMAN, JOHN PENBERTHY, Saint Austell, Cornwall, Surgeon. Sept 29. Coode and Co, St Austell

BULL, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS HUMPHREY, Dinton, Buckingham,
Land Agent. Oct 30. Fell, Aylesbury

BURDETT, Sir ROBERT, Foremark, Derby, a Retired Colonel in H.M.'s
Army. Sept 30. Farrer and Co, Lincoln's inn fields
CARLISLE, BENJAMIN, Hartlepool, Greengrocer. Sept 20. Todd,
Hartlepool
Sept 18. Percival

CHADWELL, THOMAS, Peterborough, Printer.
and Son, Peterborough

CLARK, WILLIAM, Leeds, Coachmaker. Oct 10. rell, Leeds

Simpson and Bur

May, Russell sq

EDIS, ROBERT, Upper Norwood, Esq. Sept 25.
CRITCHELL, ANN, Dowry parade, Bristol. Sept 30 Jacques, Bristol
FITZGERALD, CHARLES ROBERT, York st, Portman sq, Esq. Oct 6.
Barnes and Bernerd, Finsbury circus

FISHE, MARGARET CAULFIELD, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Sept 29.
Elliott, Veralum bldgs

GABBALAS, JOHN, Blashford, Southampton, Gent. Sept 1. Sharp, Christchurch

GILSON, WILLIAM HALL, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Esq. Sept 4. Ratcliffe, Ryde

HARGREAVES, THOMAS, St. Annes on the Sea, Lancaster, Gent. Sept 20.

Ascroft, Preston

HARVEY, AFFRA, Walsall, Stafford. Dec 1. Wilkinson and Gillespie, Walsall

HASTIE, HENRY, Pimlico rd, Pimlico, Journeyman Baker. Sept 22. Mills and Co, Brunswick pl, City rd

HAYDEN, JOSIAH, Birmingham, Jeweller. Sept 29. Pointon, Birmingham

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Bedford and

KELL, WILLIAM GRIMES, Brighton, Esq.
Monier-Williams, Bucklersbury
KENISTON, SAMUEL HALLET, Goswell rd, Islington, Draper. Nov 2.
Cattell, Great James st, Bedford row

LAWRENCE, ROBERT, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berks, Builder. Sept 11. Cave, Bracknell

LEWIS, THOMAS HODGE, Carmarthen, Wine and Spirit Merchant. Sept 29. George, Newcastle Emlyn

MORGAN, WILLIAM, Ystalyfera, Glamorgan, Saddler. Oct.1. Jelli. coe, Swansea.

PARKER, JOHN, Giggleswick, Morecambe, Lancaster, Gent. Oct 25. Hartley, Settle

STURGEON, WILLIAM, Galway st, City rd, Gent. Sept 22. Mills and Co, Brunswick pl, City rd

SON, ISAAC, Mansell st, Whitechapel, Gent. Sept 25. Harris and
Godwin, Moorgate st

SPRIGG, ELLEN, Aylestone, Leicester. Oct 18.
THOMAS, JOHN Leominster, Gent. Sept 30.
Gloucester

Haxby, Leicester. Burrup and Coren,

WARDELL, WILLIAM, Birmingham, Tallow Chandler. Aug 31. Sargent and Son, Birmingham

WORTLEY, JOHN, Durham, Chemist. Sept 26. Wortley, Framwellgate, Durham

YOUNG, JANE, Markham st, Chelsea. Sept 27. Flux and Leadbitter, Leadenhall st

[Gazette, August 20.] BEADON, Sir CECIL, K.C.S.I., Clement's lane. Oct 4. Bockett and Son, Lincoln's inn fields

BEAKBANE, ELIZABETH, The Retreat, York. Sept 27. Foster and Son,
Liverpool

BENNETT, JOHN, Exeter, Esq. Nov 30. Roberts, Exeter
BETT, WILLIAM, Benniworth, Lincoln, Farmer. Oct 19. Bell,

Louth

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ELLIS, JOHN, Harper's Hall, Pembroke, Gent. Oct 2. Lock. Tenby ELLWOOD, WILLIAM, Thorpe, Westmoreland, Yeoman. Oct 16. Arnison, Penrith

GUEST, JOHN, Rotherham, York, Gent. Sept 20. Oxley and Coward, Rotherham

HAWKES, WILLIAM, Charlton Kings, Gloucester, Gent. Oct 1. Gabb, Cheltenham

LEVER, HANNAH, Bury, Lancaster. Oct 1. Grundy and Co, Bury MAJER, FRANCIS, Kingston upon Hull, Tailor. Sept 30. England and Co, Hull

MILLAGE, JOHN, Russell court, Strand, Carpenter. Oct 1. Nicholls,

Lincoln's inn fields

MOSELEY, WILLIAM, Cumberland terrace, Regent's Park, Architect. Oct 1. Wodehouse, Gray's inn sq

NAGLE, JAMES GWYN, Sydney, New South Wales, Purser. Mar 1. Hillearys and Taylor, Fenchurch bldgs

NALSON, JOSEPH, Ossulton st, St Pancras, Gent. Oct 1. Hill and Dickinson, Liverpool

PAGE, ROBERT HYDE, Brighton, Gent. Sept 30. Page, Underwood, Mumbles

PHIBBS, JAMES KINGSTON, Margate, Kent, Gent. Oct 30. Cuff, St Martin's lane

PIPER, ELIZABETH, Cambridge. Oct 1. Fenn, Newmarket POYSER, THOMAS, Mugginton, Derby, Farmer. Sept 17. Fisher and Co, Ashby-de-la-Zouche

RAYNER, KATHERINE, Bury, Lancaster. Oct 1. Grundy and Co, Bury

SHEPHERD, JOHN, Rochdale, Lancaster, Gent. Oct 1. Grundy and Co, Bury

STAMP, ALICE BRADLEY, Nottingham. Sept 20. Acton, Nottingham TAYLOR, ALFRED WILLIAM, Stoke Newington rd, Grocer. Sept 29. Parkes, Queen Victoria st

TAYLOR, RICHARD, Newark upon Trent, Butcher. Oct 11. Pratt and
Hodgkinsons, Newark upon Trent

TEMPERLY, THOMAS CRAM, Gateshead, Durham, Commission Agent.
Nov 1. Temperly, Gladstone terrace, Gateshead.
TRENNERY, EDWIN, Sydenham, Kent, Esq. Oct 1. Stevens and Co,
Old Jewry

WHEELER, MARIA, Malvern Link, Worcester. Oct 1. Stroud, Chel

tenham

WALLER, MARY, Southsea. Sept 29. Reed, Portsea WOODS, JOSEPH, Preston, Lancaster, Cotton Manufacturer. Sept 21. Houghton and Myres, Preston

[Gazette. Aug. 24.] ATKINSON, GEORGE, Surgeon Major in the Army Medical Depart ment, in H.M.'s Service. Sept 20. Hardman and Sons, Dublin ATTHEY, THOMAS, Gosforth, Northumberland, Grocer. Nov 1. Clay. ton and Gibson, Newcastle upon Tyne

BENDY, RICHARD, jun, Seymour st, Euston sq, Oilman. Oct 30.
Munns and Longden, Old Jewry
BRAITHWAITE, JOSEPH, Nottingham, Esq.
Wadsworth, Nottingham

Oct 30, Watson and

BRIANT, JAMES, Kennington Park rd, Auctioneer. Oct 1. Briant, Kennington Park rd

CLARKE, WILLIAM ROBERT, Wymondham, Norfolk, Esq. Oct 19. Whites and Co, Wymondham

CLAVERING, JOHN, Durham, Esq. Nov 1. Waistel, Northallerton CROCKER, JAMES, Ivybridge, Devon, Haulier. Sept 30. Pearse, Plymouth

CURRIE, CATHERINE LOUISA, Bryanston st. Sept 25. Abbott, New inn, Strand.

DARNELL WILLIAM, Grange rd, Bermondsey, Granary Keeper. Oct 29. Arckoll and Cockell, Tooley st, Southwark

DASHWOOD, HENRY, Chipping Norton, Oxford, Ironmonger. Oct 30. Kilby and Mace, Chipping Norton HARRISON, HENRY, Edingale villas, Champion Hill, Lieutenant in H.M.'s 8th Regiment of Hussars. Oct 20. Carter, Austin Friars HILL, CATHERINE, Stockport, Chester. Sept 20. Newton, Stockport

HUNT, WILLIAM SUTTON, Fawler, Oxford, Farmer. Sept 29. Wilkins, Chipping Norton

JOHNSON, RALPH, Tunstall, Stafford, Common Brewer. Hollingshead, Tunstall

MCALLUM, GEORGE DONALD, Claverton st, Pimlico, Esq. Murray, Whitehall place

NEWTON, WILLIAM, Alnwick, Northumberland, Gardener. Hindmarsh, Bondgate Without, Alnwick

Sept 13.

Oct 14.

Oct 16.

NIELD, THOMAS HENRY WELLINGTON, Holmes Chapel Chester, Gent. Oct 24. Parker and Stocks, Manchester

PAGET, Right Hon. LORD GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, K.C.B. Farm st, Mayfair. Oct 4. Lowe, Temple gardens, Temple PARRY, ELIZABETH SARAH, Bryngola, Holyhead, Anglesey. Oct 15. Barber, Bangor

PEARCE, PARMENAS, Plymouth, Esq. Oct 4. Francis and Co, Newton Abbott

SCUDAMORE, CATHERINE JANE, South Devon place, Plymouth. Oct 6. Bulteel and Rowe, Plymouth

SCUDAMORE, WILLIAM JAMES, Plymouth, Captain in the Royal Navy. Oct 6. Bulteel and Rowe, Plymouth

SMITH, ANN, Hopwood, Lancaster. Oct 1. Grundy and Co, Bury
TIMMIS, JAMES, Haslington, Chester. Yeoman. Sept 15. Cooke,
Crewe

WHIPPLE, EDWIN BASTARD, Plymouth, Ironmonger.
Pearse, Plymouth

WILKINSON, HENRY, Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, Gent.
Cooper and Walker, Billiter st

Sept 30. Sept 23.

WRIGHT, JOHN GRANT, Southampton, Presbyterian Minister. 31. Wright, Forrestfield, Kelso

Aug

[Gazette, August 27.]

BORROW, HENRY, Truro, Gent. Sept 30. Smith and Paul COULDREY, WILLIAM LOVELACE, Bromley, Kent, Gent. Sept 29. Bristow and Shepherd, Cannon st

DALTON, ELIZABETH HAYWOOD, Dempsey st, Mile end. Sept 29. Pearce and Sons, Giltspur st

DEASON, AMBROSE BERRY, Ilford, Stratford, Timber Merchant. Oct 19. Hilearys and Taylor, Fenchurch bldgs.

DIX, JOHN, Stoke-upon-Trent, Marble Merchant, Sept 29, Slaney and Son, Newcastle-under-Lyme

FURTADO, SARAH REBEIRO, Avenue de la Grande Armee, Paris. Sept
31. Emanuel and Simmons, Finsbury circus
HITCHCOCK, WILLIAM, Arlington rd, Surbiton. Sept 29. Potter,
Farnham

HORSFORD, Dame ELIZABETH MARIA, Delamere terrace, Paddington. Sept 30. Poole, South Petherton

HUMPHREY, GEORGE FRANCIS, Tooley et, Southwark, Esq. Oct 15. Druce and Co, Billiter sq

question of criminal law codification will be fully recognized. -Believe me, yours faithfully, HENRY JAMES."

The Scotsman announces the death of Mr. J. Cockburn Christie, W.S., Deputy-Keeper of the Records in the Register House, Edinburgh. After becoming, in 1838, a member of the Society of Writers to the Signet, Mr. Christie acted for a number of years as clerk to Lord Ivory, in which post he remained so long as his lordship continued on the bench. When his services were no longer required in this capacity, he was offered an appointment on the searching staff in the Register House, which he ac. cepted, thus entering on a connection with this public establishment which lasted till his death. A few years after thus obtaining a footing in the office, he was, on the resignation of the late Mr. G. R. Kinloch, in the year 1868 promoted to the keepership of the Register of Deeds. Five years later, when the post of Deputy-keeper of Records became vacant, he received that appointment, and this office he held down to the time of his death.

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A correspondent of the Times writes to say that, entering a literary work of any sort at Stationers'-hail is a complete farce, and confers no rights that the proprietor does not possess from the simple fact of publication; but in case a copyright is infringed the form of entering the book at the hall has to be gone through before an injunction can be granted against the infringer. As an illustration of the practical inutility of the Stationers'-hall Registry I may refer to the evidence of Mr. William Longman before the Commission on Copyright which sat a few years back, when he stated that of so little practical importance was Stationers'-hall to the trade that not two per cent. of the books that were published by his firm were ever entered there. It may be gathered from this of what little importance the registers at Stationers'-hall are to those who consult them for purposes such as your correspondent mentions. I have acted as an agent for many years in entering at Stationers'-hall, and have paid at least £1,000 in fees, nearly every penny of which has been utterly wasted, so far as any practical end has been served."

Mr. F. T. Hall, writing to the Times on the cost of litigation, says the root of the evil "which is so exuberant in its

LOWE, DENNIS, Elton, Overlooker in a Paper Mill. Oct 1. Grundy growth, and which underlies the whole difficulty, is the law

and Co, Bury

MASON, RICHARD, Hereford, Farmer. Sept 18. Masefield and Sons, Ledbury.

PIDGEON, HENRY CLARK, Fitzroy rd, Regent's park, Artist. Sept 21. Francis and Johnson, Austin Friars

PRICE, SAMUEL, Sheffield, Corn Miller. Oct 16. Vickers and Son Sheffield

RUTLEY, GEORGE, Qucon st, Soho, Printer. Oct 14. Sheirs, Burleigh st, Strand

STEVENS, HONORIA, Buckland, Dover. Sept 29. Mowl, Dover.
WHITEHORN, JOHN, Featherstone bldgs, High Holborn, Jeweller.
Oct 30. Attenborough, St. Paul's Churchyard
WILLIAMS, CHARLES, sen, Cranbrook, Kent, Carrier.
Philpott and Wood, Cranbrook

Sept 29.

[Gazette, Aug 31.]

Legal News.

On Wednesday the Corporation of Canterbury held a special meeting for the purpose of appointing a coroner for that city in the room of Mr. Thomas Thorpe de Lasaux, solicitor, who recently resigned the office, after having held it for half a century. The choice of the corporation fell upon Mr. Johnson. Mr. de Lasaux, although he has given up his appointment in connection with Canterbury, still retains the office in respect of the county, which position he has occupied for about sixty years.

On the last day of Parliament notice was given of a question to the Attorney-General as to the intentions of the Government with respect to the introduction next session of the Criminal Code Bill. The following letter has been received from the Attorney-General: "Dear Sir,-I observed ou Saturday that you gave me notice of a question in relation to the bringing forward of the Criminal Code. As I believe you will have no opportunity of putting the question, I beg to inform you that I am not aware that the Government have as yet determined upon the legal measures to be introduced during the coming session of Parliament. But you may be assured that the importance of dealing, if possible, with the

of evidence as it now exists. It is well known in our branch of the profession that the expense which weighs heaviest on the litigant is that of the attendance of witnesses. Persons of all classes and occupations, and from all parts of the country, have to be collected in readiness for the trial. The trial itself may last only an hour, but the witnesses must be ready often many days together in waiting. Counsel and solicitors are averse from running any risks, and often advise the attendance of many witnesses who turn out to be unnecessary, for, as a rule, if everything be not ready at the moment the cause is called on there is no postponement. In former days causes were tried and witnesses examined on much stricter lines than they are now. Of late years crossexamination to the credit of a witness" has become an insidious cause of the protraction of trials. It has always been a rule in England not to admit secondary evi dence of any fact if primary evidence can be obtained. The attendance of witnesses and the preparation of briefs for counsel and the fees of the latter are all regulated by these exigencies of the law of evidence. There appear to be two remedies for this evil :-(1) A return to the old system of winnowing out each case by a process of pleading and extracting out one or two precise questions of fact which will constitute the issues to be tried, and to confine the evidence strictly to those questions; or (2) to relax the law of evidence and to permit the judges and juries to consider documents and other matters of evidence, although not constituting primary evidence; and to modify the practice of the courts so as to allow of trials being postponed for such further evidence on controverted points as the judge may think necessary. The first alternative remedy would no doubt be a retrograde movement, although probably an improvement on the present state of things. I believe that the second remedy is the only one that could be successfully applied. I have had much experience in French litigation, where this system is adopted, and, on the whole, I think justice is thereby administered as completely as by our much more elaborate and expensive procedure. In the vast majority of cases the questions at issue upon which there is any substantial conflict of evidence

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