are very few. It is with us a prevailing practice for a litigant to deny all the facts alleged by his opponent, and to put him to proof of them. Such a denial, tending as it does to maintain the volume of a case, ought to be punished by deprivation or infliction of costs. Litigants would then soon learn only to carry into court the real question at issue, and not a mass of irrelevant matter; but as long as the fundamental principle of the law of evidence remains as it is, I am convinced there can be no relief to the suitor on the score of the cost of litigation." LONDON GAZETTES. Bankrupts. FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 1880. Under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869. Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar. Baveas, Paul Caralamfos, Wilton rd, Westminster, Hotel Keeper. 12 Dixon, James William, Hanover st, Hanover sq, Patent Medicine Vendor. Pet Sept 1. Murray. Sept 16 at 11 To Surrender in the Country. Carter, William Robert, Brettenham villas, Edmonton. Pet Aug 30. Gough. Edmonton, Sept 16 at 12 Craven, Franklin Howard, Pudsey, York, Stuff Manufacturer. Pet Aug 30. Lee. Bradford, Sept 14 at 12.30 Craven, Phinchas, Pudsey, York, Stuff Manufacturer. Pet Aug 23. Lee. Bradford, Sept 14 at 12 Cubitt, Robert John, Heigham, Norwich, of no occupation. Pet Aug 28. Cooke. Norwich, Sept 21 at 12 Esher, William, Attercliffe. nr Sheffield, Pork Butcher. Pet Aug 31. Rodgers. Sheffield, Sept 14 at 11 Lambart, Hon. Oliver George, Southend, Essex. Pet Aug 21 Gepp. Chelmsford, Sept 10 at 11 Marsden, William John, Sheffield, Architect. Pet Sept 1. Rodgers. Sheffield, Sept 14 at 11.30 Richards, James, Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Grocer. Pet Aug 31. Jones. Neath, Sept 15 at 12 Seldon, John, Barnstaple, Devon, Dairyman. Pet Aug 28. Bencraft. Barnstaple, Sept 14 at 2 Thompson, George, Salisbury, Wilts, Innkeeper. Pet Aug 26. Wil son. Salisbury, Sept 16 at 11 Winslow, O E Silverstone, Devon, Gent. Pet Aug 14. Daw. Exeter, Sept 16 at 11 TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 1880. MARRIAGES. BRIDGMAN-DAVIES.-On September 2, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Joseph Bridgman, solicitor, Chester, to Jane, widow of the late J. D. Weaver, surgeon, Chester. DEAS-CHRISTIE-THOMSON.-On September 6, at Edinburgh, Adam Deas, of Dunse, N.B., solicitor, to Janet, daughter of the late Alexander Christie-Thomson, of Grueldykes, Berwickshire. GOLFIERI-MARTIN.-On August 26, at the church of Sta. .-On Sept. 2, at Hythe, Kent, Ernest Page, of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Ethel Grace, daughter of Colonel Grantham, late S9th Regiment. TEMPANY-PALMER.-On Sept. 2, at Frookfield, Thomas William Tempany, solicitor, of Bedford-row, to Anne, daughter of J. R. Palmer, of Grove-road, Highgate. DEATH. CARR.-On Sept. 2, at Bedford House, New Barnet, John Carr, LL.B., Late Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, and Bencher of Gray's-inn, aged 70. Smethurst, John, Glodwick, Oldham, Planer. Pet Sept 1. Tweedale. Oldham, Sept 20 at 11 Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 1880. Agelasto, John Michael, Demetrius Augustus Galatti, Lucy Stamati Frangopulo, Nicholas Stamati Frangopulo, James Stamati Fran. gopulo, and George Stamati Frangopulo, Great Winchester st buildings, Merchants. Sept 30 at 2at oflices of Cooper and Co., George st, Mansion House. Hollams and Co, Mincing lane Allen, Stephen, Bristol, Beerhouse Keeper. Sept 21 at 11 at offices of Ward, Albion chambers, Bristol Sept 17 m 11 Sept 22 at 3 Appleby, Enoch, Willenhall, Stafford, Lock Maker. at offices of Vaughan, Walsall st, Willenhall Ashworth, Peter, Hollinwood, Lancaster, Plumber. at offices of Whitaker, St Peter st, Oldham Badcock, Peter Harry, Derby, Tailor. Sept 21 at 3 at offices of Flint, Full st, Derby Bailey, Francis, Leicester, Commission Agent. Sept 14 at 3 at office of Smart, Silver st, Leicester Baker, Arthur, Horsham, Sussex, Builder. Sept 17 at 1 at Crowa Hotel, Horsham. Cotching, Horsham Berkshire, George Nathaniel, High st, Stratford, Firework Mara. facturer. Sept 13 at 11 at Unicorn Tavern, Vivian road, Roman road. Hicks, Victoria Park rd Bradshaw, David, Caddington, Bedford, Farmer. Sept 13 at 10.39 Broughton, Henry, Grange rd, Bermondsey, Grocer. Sept 13 at 3 at offices of Butcher, Bouveric st, Fleet st Brown, Lawrence, Milton st, Dorset sq, Timber Merchant. Sept 19 at 3 at offices of Wright and Law, High Holborn Brown, Samuel Henry, Market pl, Shepherd's Bush, Statiomer. Sept 17 at 2 at offices of Morris, Paternoster row Buckle, John Charles, Queen Anne's ter, North Kensington, Builder. Sept 20 at 11 at the Guildhall Tavern, King st. Tilsley, Abchurer yard Butcher, Everard John, Souldern, Oxford, Farmer. Sept 10 at 2 at offices of Munton and Stockton, High st, Banbury Carthew, Caroline Elizabeth Nosworthy, Exeter, Licensed Victualler. Sept 16 at 11 at offices of Hooper, Bamfylde st, Exeter Chapman, George Tassel, Tranmere, Chester, Grocer. Sept 15 at 3 at offices of Bleakley and Downham, Hamilton sq, Birkenhead Cheetham, Jonathan, Marsden, nr Huddersfield, Mungo Manufacturer. Sept 13 at 3 at offices of Ainley and Hall, New st, Huddersfield Cohen, Isaac, Bilston, Stafford, General Dealer. Sept 22 at 11 at offices of Stratton, Queen st, Wolverhampton Colmer, Cornelius Agrippa, Melcombe Regis, Dorset, Surgeon. Sept 20 at 11 at offices of Howard, East st, Melcombe Regis Coulson, Robert, Kingston-upon-Hull, General Draper. Sept 15 at 11 at the Home Trade Association Rooms, York st, Manchester. Laverack, Hull Sept 10 Cuthbertson, John Cook, North Shields, out of business. Elphick, Cornelius, Westbourne terrace, Hammersmith, Butcher. Everingham, Samuel, Brough, York. Farmer. Sept 13 at 11 at the Imperial Hotel, Paragon st, Hull. Hind and Evoratt, Goole Sept 15 at 11 Sept 20 at 3 at Farmer, Edward, Swinton, York, Grocer. Sept 18 at 11 at offices of Sept 17 at 3 at offices of Gilbert, James, Leicester, Elastic Web Manufacturer. Sept 15 at 3 at offices of Haxby, Belvoir st, Leicester Gravener, William Twiss, Vernour rd, Burdett rd, Schoolmaster. Sept 18 at 12 at the Masons' Hall Tavern, Masons' avenue, Basinghall st. Fulcher, Horton rd, Hackney Griffiths, David, Glynneath, Glamorgan, Grocer. Sept 15 at 12 at 27, Queen st, Neath. Curtis, Neath Hannay, David, and William Dickson, Gorton, Lancaster, Brewers. Sept 16 at 12 at offices of Browne and Co, Queen st, Cheapside. Heywood and Son, Manchester Hargreaves John, Pendleton, near Manchester, Draper. Sept 21 at 11 at the Trevelyan Hotel, Corporation st, Manchester. Eastham, Clitheroe Harris, Henry George, Upper George st, Baker, Sept 14 at 11 at offices of Jenkins, Tavistock st, Covent Garden Hawkins, John, Wrexall, Somerset, Licensed Victualler. Sept 15 at 2 at offices of Benson and Carpenter, Bank chambers, Corn st, Bristol Heath, Albert, Wolverhampton, Brass Founder. Sept 16 at 3 at offices of Dallow, Queen st, Wolverhampton Highfield, William, Sheffield, Joiner. Sept 17 at 12 at offices of Rogers and Co, Bank st, Sheffield Hildred. Thomas Benjamin, Boston, Lincoln, Hosier. Sept 23 at 1 at offices of Dyer, Church lane, Boston Hobbs, George Wilson, Market Harborough, Leicester, Painter. Sept 22 at 11 at the Swans Hotel, Market Harborough. Cave, Market Harborough Jenkins, George, Newport, Monmouth, Grocer. Sept 16 at 12 at offices of Collins, Broad st, Bristol. Vaughan, Newport Jessop, William, Knowl-in-Mirfield, York, Grocer. Sept 22 at 3 at Black Bull Hotel, Mirfield. Wilson, Mirfield Jones, John William, Glanygors, Anglesey, Coal Merchant. Sept 22 at 2 at British Hotel, Bangor. Fanning, Amlwch Jousiffe, George Richard, and Sydney Laurence Jousiffe, Old Change, Wine Merchants. Sept 21 at 2 at offices of Layton and Co, Budge row, Cannon st Kenyon, Harriett, Thomas Prescott Kenyon, Henry Kenyon, and William Davy Kenyon, Westleigh, Lancashire, Bone Manure Manufacturers. Sept 20 at 3 at Dog and Partridge Hotel, Fennell st, Manchester. Brett and Craven, Manchester Lynas, William, South Stockton, York, Builder. Sept 17 at 11 at offices of Dodd and Co, Finkle st, Stockton-on-Tees Makin, Edwin John, Sheffield, Slate Merchant. Sept 13 at 3 at Law Society's Rooms, Aldine ct, High st, Sheffield. Bromhead and Co, Sheffield Marriott, John, and Frederick William Rhodes, Leeds, Venetian Blind Manufacturers. Sept 15 at 11 at offices of Tennant and Barret, Albion st, Leeds Martin, Samuel, Tedburn St Mary, Devon, Farmer. Sept 16 at 12 at Castle Hotel, Castle st, Exeter. Floud, Exeter Masterman, Henry Samuel, Dorset st, Commercial rd. Sept 10 at 3 at offices of Prockter and Andrews, Princes st, Spitalfields McDougall, John, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Furniture Dealer. Sept 10 at 12 at offices of Moody, Clayton st, West, Newcastle-uponTyne Miskelly, John, Liverpool, Provision Dealer. Sept 16 at 12 at offices of Cowl, South John st, Liverpool Moger, George Robert, Laverton, Somerset, Maltster. Sept 15 at 3 at offices of Hornsey and Oakley, Market place. Ames, Frome Mudd, Simon, Darlington, Durham, Grocer. Sept 18 at 1 at Station Hotel, York. Barron, Darlington Noble, Arthur, Manchester, Ironmonger. Sept 23 at 3 at offices of Entwistle and Cole, Princes st, Manchester Nock, Walter Joseph, Birmingham, Wine, Ale,and Porter Merchant. Sept 16 at 12 at Western Hotel, Monmouth st, Birmingham. Pointon, Birmingham Noise, Thomas, Newport, Isle of Wight, Grocer. Sept 13 at 11 at Painter, George Edward, Sunderland, out of business. Sept 15 at Perl, Michael, Houndsditch, Dealer in Tobacconists' Fancy Goods Sept 16 at 3 at Metropolitan Hotel, South pl, Finsbury. Podmore and Harte, Moorgate st Phillips, Joseph, Bristol, Licensed Victualler. Sept 10 at 12 at offices of Clifton and Carter, Broad st, Bristol Pounder, George, Kirbymoorside, York, Churn Manufacturer. Sept 16 at 12 at the Black Swan Hotel, Kirbymoorisde. Jefferson, Northallerton Powell, James, Cambridge rd, Kilburn, Greengrocer. Sept 17 at 4 at offices of York, Conduit st, Broad st Price, John Llewellyn, Bucknall, Salop, Shoemaker. Sept 18 at 12 at offices of Weyman, Mill st. Ludlow Riddiford, Edmund, Pontypool, Monmouth, Grocer. Sept 15 at 10.30 at offices of Morgan, Pontypool Sept 16 at 4 at the Tyson and Hobson, Mary Sept 20 at 3 Ridley, John David, Banham, Norfolk, Farmer. Sept 11 at 10.30 at offices of Stanley, Bank plain, Norwich Smith, John Sam, Flimby, Shipowner. Green Dragon Hotel, Workington. port Snook, James, Sylvan cottage, Hornsey rise, Builder. at offices of Noon and Clarke, Blomfield st Spanton, John, Kingston-upon-Hull, Grocer. Sept 16 at 11 at offices of Stead and Sibree, Bishop lane, Kingston-upon-Hull Stevenson, John, Cardiff, Baker. Sept 21 at 12 at ofllces of Jenkins and Co., Philharmonic chmbrs, Cardiff Stucke. Emma, Cheltenham, Tallor. Sept 15 at 11 at offices of Winter botham and Co., Essex pl, Cheltenham Tapp. William, Aston, nr Birmingham, Tailor. Sept 15 at11 at offices of Eaden, Bennett's hill, Birmingham Taylor, William, Great Driffield, York, Mechanical Engineer. Sept 14 at 11 at Keys Hotel, Great Driffield. Stead and Sibree, Hull Thackray, William Cole, Sheffield, Electro Plater. Sept 16 at 2 at offices of Taylor, Norfolk row, Sheffield Wakefield, Thomas, Hanley, Stafford, Beerseller. Sopt 17 at 12 at offices of Sword, Cheapside, Hanley Ward, Henry Charles, Birmingham, Wine Merchant. Sept 17 at 2 at the Inns of Court Hotel, High Holborn. Glaisyer, Birming ham Whitby, James, Sutton, Surrey, Surveyor. Sept 20 at 12 at offices of Jackson and Prince, Cannon st Whitehead, Henry, Dewsbury, York, Grocer. Sept 16 at 10.30 at offices of Ridgway and Ridgway, Union st, Dewsbury Wilson, Robert, Norwich, Picture Frame Maker. Sept 15 at 11 at 5, West End st, Old Palace rd Wright, David, Birmingham. Sept 17 at 3 at offices of Arnold and Son, Temple row, Birmingham Wright, Joseph Robert, jun, Sheffield, Steel and Wire Manufacturer. Sept 22 at 2 at offices of Broomhead and Co, Bank chambers, George st, Sheffield Young, Richard Wake, and Robert James Cornett, Engineers, Tyne Dock, Durham. Sept 13 at 12 at offices of Alcock and Routledge, Frederick Lodge, St Thomas st, Sunderland Allen, Thomas, Tamworth, Warwick, Greengrocer. Sept 21 at 2 at Austin, Arthur Fenner, Fenchurch st, Hatter. Sept 23 at 2 at the Guildhall Tavern, Gresham st. Lane, Gresham st Barber, Robert, Colchester, Essex, Schoolmaster. Sept 18 at 11 at offices of Prior, Head st, Colchester Bargen, Gustav, Cullum st, Restaurant Proprietor. offices of Kennedy, Warwick ct, Gray's inn Baskeyfield, William, Chesterton, Stafford, Farmer. offices of James, Nelson sq, Newcastle-under-Lyme Baxter, Edward, Birmingham, Woollen Merchant. Sept 13 at 3 at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, in lieu of the place originally named Sept 23 at 4 at Bishop, James. Hurlingham lane, Fulham, Builder. Sept 27 at 3 at offices of Fitch, Bedford row Booth, Egbert Henry, Wolverhampton, Draper. Sept 23 at 11 at Bowen, Thomas Protheroe, Nantyglo, Monmouth, out of business- Bull, John Romnald, Sheffield, Fruiterer. Sept 29 at 12 at offices of Bullworthy, Thomas. and Henry Bacon, Junction pl, Hackney, Provision Dealers. Sept 21 at 4 at offices of Hanson, King st, Cheapside. Dear, Gresham st Corbishley, John Crofts, Bradford, York, Draper. Sept 20 at 11 at offices of Berry and Robinson, Charles st, Bradford Davies, Charles, Liverpool, Hairdresser. Sept 22 at 2 at offices of Fowler, Cable st. Liverpool Sept 23 at 12 at offices of Davies, Thomas, Bronllys, Brecon, Tailor. Ditcham, George Thomas Pearce, Jewin st, Fancy Goods Merchant. Sept 21 at 11 at the Guildhall Tavern, King st, Cheapside. Radford and Frankland, Chancery lane Donaldson, Agnes, Ulverston, Lancashire, Fancy Repositor. Sept 21 at 11 at the Temperance Hall, Ulverston. Pearson, Ulver ston Edwards, Joseph, and John Edwards, Worcester, Builders. Sept 23 at 11 at offices of Saunders and Bradbury, Temple row, Birmingham Ellis, Francis Henry, Abchurch yd, Glue Merchant. Sept 29 at 2 at offices of Brighten and Co, Bishopsgate st Without Evans, Richard, and John Miles, Ashford, Market Gardeners. Sept 17 at 10 at the Druids Head Inn, Market pl, Kingston-on-Thames. Wenn, Bell yd, Temple bar Fryer, Samuel, and William Henry Smith, Leeds, Tin Smiths. Sept 18 at 11 at offices of Wells, Cookridge st, Leeds Gaite, Frederick Thomas, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, Ironmonger. Sept 27 at 12 at the George Hotel, Frome. Hobbs, jun, Wells Galloway, William Henry, jun, Leicester, Leather Dealer. Sept 20 at 12 at offices of Hunter and Curtis, Halford st, Leicester Gardiner, Robert William, Margate, Watchmaker. Sept 21 at 11 at offices of Parry, High st, Ramsgate Glenn, Sarah, and George Glenn, Nuneaton, Warwick, Drapers. Sept 20 at 3 at the Wellington Hotel, Leicester. Slingsby, Nun eaton Gore, Lambert, Noble st, Manufacturers' Agent. Sept 20 at 3 at offices of Theodore and Co, Finsbury circus. Bellamy and Co, Bishopsgate st Within Gorton, William, Dover, Draper. Sept 30 at 2 at offices of Miller & Miller, Sherborne lane Stephens, William, Northfield, Worcester, out of business. Sept 19 at 11 at offices of Duke, Temple row, Birmingham Stevens, Stephen, Bowling green, nr Dudley, Manager of Chain Works. Sept 23 at 3 at offices of Wright, High st, Cradley Heath, nr Brierley hill Stone, Solomon, Cowfold, Sussex, Farmer. Sept 25 at 1 at King's Taylor, Daniel, Chipping Norton, Oxford, Labourer. Sept 18 at 11 at Vincent, Richard, Docking, Norfolk, Blacksmith. Sept 23 at 1 st Warren, James, Birmingham, Ironmonger. Sept 17 at 12 at offices of Smith, Temple st, Birmingham Wood, John James, New st, Whitechapel, Carcase Butcher. Sept 27 at 2 at offices of Thomson and Co, Cornhill Wrighton, William Ellis, Nottingham. Wheelwright. Sept 20 at 12 Hales, William, Brigg, Lincoln, Gardener. Sept 21 at 12 at offices of SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA, Sowter, Wrawby st, Brigg Hall, Francis Russell, Cambridge, Surgeon. Sept 21 at 12 at offices of Barlow and Co, St Andrew's st, Cambridge Hancox, George, Birmingham, Dairyman. Sept 25 at 11 at offices of Fallows, Cherry st, Birmingham Harton, Joseph, Rawtenstall, Lancaster, Provision Merchant. Sept 22 at 11.30 at the Dog and Partridge Hotel, Fennel st, Manchester. Townsend, Rawtenstall Harvey, David, Birmingham, Clothes Dealer. Sept 16 at 3 at offices of East, Temple st, Birmingham Sept 23 at 2 at the Hawes, William Michael, Diss, Norfolk, Miller. Heaps, John, Bradford, Lancaster, Plumber. Sept 23 at 3 at 35, Heath, William, Trinity st, Hanley, out of business. Sept 17 at 10 at 33, Albion st, Hanley. Ashmall, Hanley Hockley, Charles, Saffron Walden, Essex, Upholsterer. Sept 17 at 12 at offices of Aldridge and Co, Bedford row, Gray's-inn. Freeland and Bellingham, Saffron Walden Hodgson, John Kirk, South Portland road Brickfields, South Norwood, Brickmaker. Oct 1 at 2 at Mullen's Hotel, Ironmonger lane. Pullen, Basinghall st Huxley, Henry Latter, Wilmington, Kent, Blacksmith. Sept 21 at 3 at offices of Downing, Basinghall st Johnson, William, Middlesborough, Coal Merchant. Sept 17 at 3 at offices of Lewis, Zetland rd, Middlesborough Kirkby, Samuel Robert, Sheffield, Beer Retailer. Sept 20 at 12 at offices of Auty and Sons, Queen st, Sheffield King, Thomas, and Thomas Arthur King, Prestwich, Lancaster, Contractors. Sept 21 at 3 at offices of Kidson and Astbury, St James's 8q, Manchester. Evans, Manchester Madgett, George, Hastings, Licensed Victualler. Sept 28 at 12 at offices of Nash and Field, Queen st, Cheapside. Brighton Stuckey and Co, Sept 21 at 2 at Sept 20 at 3 at Madren, William, Liverpool, Master Shipwright. Moffat, James, Morpeth, Northumberland, Grocer. Sept 16 at 3.80 at Douglas Hotel, Grainger st West, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Webb, Morpeth Morfey, Thomas Edgar, Tunstall, Stafford, Pianoforte Dealer. Sept 24 at 3 at offices of Hollinshead, Tunstall Morrish, Henry William, Kentisheare, Devon, Draper. Sept 21 at 11.30 at offices of Andrew, Bedford circus, Exeter. Burrow Morris, Charles, Newton st, Hoxton, Drapers' Box Manufacturer. Sept 16 at 3 at offices of Knight. Bow st Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. 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JONES, To Hajesty, the Lord Chancellor, the Whole of the Judicial Bench SOLICITORS' AND REGISTRARS' GOWNS. 94. CHANCERY LANE. LONDON. at CHURCH PREFERMENT WANTED.—Private Neve, Henry Alfred, St Leonards-on-Sea, Builder. Sept 18 at 12 at 145 Cheapside. Hughes, Eastcheap Nevin, Thomas, Henry, Birkenhead, Painter. Sept 23 at 3 at offices of Bleakley and Downham, Hamilton sq, Birkenhead Oakes, George Francis, Seven Sisters' rd, Boot Maker. Sept 23 at 12 at Incorporated Law Society, Chancery lane. Liggins, Budge row, Cannon st Paxton, Henry, East view, Hanley. Sept 18 at 10 at offices of Ashmall, Albion st, Hanley Pearce, Gilbert, Chulmleigh, Devon, Farmer. Sept 20 at 11 at offices of Riccard and Son, Churchyard, Southmolton Polyblank, Elizabeth, Charles Polyblank, and Alfred Polyblank, Newton Bushel, Devon, Engineers. Sept 21 at 12.30 at offices of Hare and Company, High st, Bristol. Beachey, Newton Abbot Powell, Mary Daughton, Pensnett, Stafford, Grocer. Sept 21 at 12 at offices of Saunders and Co, High st, Dudley Pritchard, William, Sheffield, Beer Retailer. Sept 30 at 12 at offices of Mercer and Alderson, Bank st, Sheffield Roberts, Thomas Rowland, Penmaenmawr, Carnarvon. Sept 29 at 3 at oflices of Webster, Llewellyn st, Conway Rogers, James, Sittingborne, Kent, Baker. Sept 21 at 11.30 at offices of Gibson, High st, Sittingbourne Shields, Edwin Tetlow, Middlesborough, out of business. Sept 13 at 2 at oflices of Teale, Albert rd, Middlesborough Smith, Hugh, Edgcumbe st, East Stonehouse, B atswain, R.N. Sept 23 at 12 at offices of Gard, St Aubyn st, Devonport patrons, interested in the legitimate sale, by private tresty, of advowsons, presentations, &c., in favour of well-recommended clergymen, should refer to the PRIVATE PATRONS' GAZETTE, edited by Mr. W. EMERY STARK, Associate Institute of Actuaries, F.R.G.S., &c. Post free for six stamps.-Address, Messrs. W. EMERY STARK, 23, Bedford-street, Strand. THURGOOD & CO., Estate and Land Agents Surveyors and Auctioneers, Lonsdale Chambers, 27, Chancerylane, W.C., hold PERIODICAL SALES of Property, at the MART, the Second Tuesday in each month. Railway, School Board, Corporation, Board of Works, and other Compensations conducted. Valuations for Probate, Mortgages, &c. Estates managed. A scale of charges upon application. MESSRS. DEBENHAM, TEWSON & FARMER'S LIST of ESTATES and HOUSES to be SOLD or LET, including Landed Estates, Town and Country Residences, Hunting and Shooting Quarters, Farms, Ground Rents, Rent Charges, House Property and Investments generally, is published on the first day of each month, and may be obtained. free of charge, at their offices, 80, Cheapside, E C, or will be sent by post in return for two stamps.-Particulars for inser tion shoulde be received not later than four days previous to the end of the precding month. "judicial purity" need not be "in the slightest degree Solicitors' Journal. impugned, their position disqualifies them, on the ground, THE NEW RULES for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes will destroy a lucrative branch of business hitherto enjoyed by the junior bar-namely, briefs to apply for directions as to mode of trial and to make decrees absolute. Motions of the former kind were formerly made in probate suits, but this practice was superseded by the rules under the Judicature Acts, which rules (by order 62) were not to apply to divorce proceedings. Under the new rule (205), suits where damages are claimed will be appointed for trial with a common jury, but all other cases will be set down for hearing by oral evidence before the court itself, without a jury, it being open to either party to apply by summons for a direction for trial in any other manner than that specified in the rule. Rule 206 directs the registrar to certify (before the cause is set down for trial) that the pleadings are correct and in order, and to cause any irregularity to be corrected, or to refer any question arising thereupon to the court for its direction. Rule 207 deals with the mode of making absolute decrees nisi for dissolution and nullity of marriage. It will now be necessary only to file in the registry notice of application for a decree absolute with the necessary affidavit or affidavits, and such decree "will thereupon be pronounced in open court at a time appointed for that purpose." The final dissolution of the marriage will therefore be a ceremony not very unlike the more cheerful earlier one of the " publication of the banns." SOME REMARKS have appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette with respect to the list of commissioners appointed to inquire into corrupt practices, which have a superficial appearance of justice, but seem when their grounds are examined to be unreal and captious. It is alleged that nine of the gentlemen selected were themselves defeated candidates at the general election; that all these are avowed political partizans," and that the inquiry is one which will "stir up the very dregs of party politics"; that" on the theory of chances some of these gentlemen may have been themselves concerned (through their agents, of course) in corrupt transactions"; and that, though their 66 it seems, that "they will be more or less than men if they feel no sympathy with a position which might have been their own." If it is suggested that the best qualification for a seat on a commission of inquiry is a general ignorance of the subject-matter inquired into, it will be a just conclusion that commissioners should be men who had never smelt the scent of political warfare. But if, on the other hand, some preliminary knowledge is likely to be useful, it would seem that those who have had some practical experience of such warfare possess, in this circumstance, an addifional qualification. So far the selection justifies itself, but if it is really meant that sympathy with a position which might have been their own would induce the commissioners to be lax in the conduct of the inquiry intrusted to them, the suggestion can hardly be made without impugning their " "judicial purity," not, indeed, "in the slightest," but in a very high, degree. The author of the objection, in fact, seems not clearly to have understood what he meant, or how much he was willing to impute; and he has, no doubt, allowed himself to be unwittingly carried by a superficial objection far beyond the point which his sober judgment would approve. For our own part we cannot leave this subject without saying that, taken as a whole, the composition of the commission is considerably above the average. 66 WE SHOULD REALLY like to be informed in what manner certain newspaper critics of the judges would wish them to deliver sentence in aggravated cases. Perry was convicted on Wednesday of, first of all, trying to render a fellow passenger by the railway insensible, in order to rob him of his employers' money, and next, on the failure of this scheme, making a desperate attack upon his victim with the knob-end of a stick, then robbing him of the money, and then trying to fling him out of the carriage-door while the train was in motion. Mr. Justice Stephen tried the case with calmness and impartiality, but when he came to give sentence he delivered his mind, and told the prisoner he had been guilty of a most dastardly outrage, and that he was one of the most brutal and cowardly wretches that had ever stood in the dock. Forthwith it was intimated by an evening paper that this language was unbecoming the dignity of the bench or the majesty of the law." We must admit that Mr. Justice Stephen's remarks must have seemed rude to Mr. Perry. They probably hurt his feelings very much indeed. If the judge had addressed him as my erring brother," and lovingly shaken his head at him, Mr. Perry would not have felt nearly so uncomfortable. Nor, it should be remembered, would the other Perrys who are lurking about the railway trains have felt that it is a degrading and cowardly thing to adopt a form of crime peculiarly tempting, from its comparative ease and likelihood of escaping discovery. There are two modes of influencing the conduct of ruffians of the Perry type. One is by stigmatizing a particular form of crime as cowardly and dastardly, for there are few men so sunk in infamy as not to hesitate to have themselves branded as cowards. The other is to dangle the cat before them, for a reasonable use of the cat does more to protect the public from these brutes than the heaviest sentence of penal servitude without it. Mr. Justice Stephen has adopted both these measures, and he has, in our opinion, done well. THE GENERAL ELECTION of 1880 has, we believe, given rise to a larger number of Commissions of Inquiry than any general election since the passing of the Corrupt Practices at Elections Act, 1852. No fewer than eight boroughs will be the scene of an inquiry into the existence of corrupt practices; and of these constituencies Canterbury, Gloucester, and Boston will be visited by commissioners for the second time. The Act confers very wide powers upon the commissioners, who are to be barristers of not less than seven years' standing. They are "by all such lawful means as to them appear best, with a view to the discovery of the truth," to inquire into the manner in which the election, as to which a report to the House of Commons was presented, was conducted, and whether and in what way any corrupt practices were committed at such election. If the commissioners find that corrupt practices were committed at the election into which they are authorized to inquire, "it shall be lawful" for them to make the like inquiries concerning the latest previous election, and so on in the case of each preceding election, "as far back as they may think fit," but if they do not find that corrupt practices were committed at any election, they are not to inquire concerning any previous election. They are from time to time to report to her Majesty the evidence taken by them, specifying the names of both bribers and bribed. The Act of 1852 provided for the payment of the remuneration of the commissioners and the other expenses of the inquiry "out of any money which may be provided by Parliament for that purpose," but this provision was altered by the Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868, s. 15, which provides that the expenses of any commission of inquiry which may be issued under the earlier Act" shall be defrayed as if they were expenses incurred in the registration of voters for such county or borough." In the case of a borough, under 32 & 33 Vict. c. 21, the expenses will be payable by the overseers "out of the first moneys to be collected for the relief of the poor." The mode of taking evidence is further regulated by the Corrupt Practices at Elections Act, 1863, s. 7, which provides that no witness is to be excused from answering any question relating to any corrupt practice at, or connected with, any election forming the subject of inquiry by such commissioners, on the ground that the answer may criminate, or tend to criminate, himself; but any witness answering every question which he may be required to answer, and the answers to which may criminate, or tend to criminate, him, is to be "entitled to receive" a certificate from the commissioners stating that he was required to answer, and did answer, questions, the answers to which criminated or tended to criminate him. If any information, indictment, or action is at any time thereafter pending against such witness for any offence under the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, committed before the giving of his evidence before the commissioners, and at, or relative to, the election concerning which he was examined, the court is to stay proceedings on production and proof of the certificate, while no statement made in answer to questions put by or before the commissioners is to be admissible evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding, except an indictment for perjury. But, according to Reg. v. Hulme (18 W. R. 831, L. R. 5 Q. B. 377), a witness is not entitled to receive" a certificate from the commissioners unless he truly answers all the questions which are put to him. THE ANNUAL REPORT of the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral on the receipts and expenditure of the Paymaster on behalf of the Chancery Division and of the National Debt Commissioners' Chancery Funds for the year ending the 31st of August, 1879, has just been printed. From the accounts it appears that during the year £12,648,633 1s. 11d. in cash, and £7,498,681 13s. 3d. in securities were paid and transferred out of court, and that £12,485,864 3s. 5d. cash, and £9,294,529 4s. 8d. in securities, were brought into court. The balance in the Paymaster's books at the beginning of the year consisted of £5,191,623 18s. 3d. cash, and £67,287,678 13s. 11d. securities, and at the end of the year of £5,029,454 19s. 9d. cash, and £69,083,526 5s. 4d. in securities. All these figures are exclusive of several securities expressed in the currency of foreign countries, There is, therefore, a slight decrease in the cash in the books, and a considerable increase in the securities, showing that about a million and a half sterling of suitors' money has been added to the already enormous fund being administered by the Chancery Division, amounting to no less than £74,032,981 5s. 1d. (adding together the securities and cash), and standing to 34,765 accounts. In the year ending in 1869, this total was £63,835,946, standing to 28,948 accounts. The number of drafts drawn on these accounts during the year was 51,485; ten years ago the drafts drawn numbered 49,244. The number of transactions occasioned by deposit accounts was 14,714. During the year covered by this report the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt reduced the balance left in their hands, and invested in stock by £416,548 78. 6d., but notwithstanding this, the securities left with them now exceed by £81,417 9s. 3s. cash value, the amount of cash they are intended to secure. THE REPORT Winds up with a representation of the incompleteness of the audit on account of the inadequacy of the staff, and a letter on the subject addressed to the Treasury in January, 1880, is appended. This letter does not speak of the inadequacy of the Chancery Paymaster's staff, but we may hope that when the staff of the Auditor-General is increased, that of the Chancery Paymaster will experience the long looked for augmen tation. The long list of securities in court comprises, besides English and Indian Government Funds and Metropolitan Consolidated Stock and Bank Stock, the stocks and shares of most of the railways in the United Kingdom and the shares of many joint-stock companies as well as investments in bonds and loans of the colonies and of foreign Governments. Lest it should be thought that the court invests the suitors' money in risky securities, we ought to state that all these securities, except those of the British Government, have been purchased by testators or others entitled at the time to so invest, and have been transferred into court intact. Besides these securities in the books of the Chancery Paymaster, there is a very large amount of valuable securities, which for good reasons the Paymaster refuses to have transferred into his name. These are deposited in boxes and left at the Bank of England. The list of these boxes occupies about three columns of printed matter. Looking at the magnitude and number of the transactions of the Chancery Paymaster, we should not have been surprised to hear of numerous mistakes made in the course of his business, but we are glad to find that the few discrepancies mentioned in the report are of so unimportant a nature as to be unworthy of mention or comment here. ONE CURIOUS TRANSACTION is recorded in this report which may prove interesting to the parties concerned. A sum of £415 was invested under the authority of an old order, while a later order had directed its distribution among five claimants. When the stock came to be sold there was a profit of £21 2s. 1d., which would presumably belong to the five claimants, but which the Lords of the chequer." Either this case is incorrectly stated or the Treasury "decided should be transferred to the Exfive claimants are entitled to the money now in the Exchequer. |
