venue, but often the costs also of the prosecutor, his witnesses, Counsel, and Attorney. In actions and suits respecting civil rights, to the occasional enforcement of which all property owes its value, it is surely enough that a party should be driven, in the establishment of his rights, to the necessity of a lawsuit, with its attendant expense of adducing proofs and employing Attorney and Counsel, without being compelled to contribute, in addition, to the general administration of justice.

2. Crude Legislation has fastened upon our already overburthened legal code many ill-digested and illconstructed statutes, the fertile source of perplexity to Judges and practitioners, and of litigation and expense to the suitor. We have seen a great deal of our ancient polity either altered or destroyed, and yet little substantial good effected, and all recourse to the Court is nearly as expensive, dilatory, and oppressive as ever. Among other changes, for instance, the relations of debtor and creditor have been varied, and for this purpose new Courts have been erected, additional Judges appointed, and a novel practice established. The course of a few years has shewn these alterations to be unnecessary or inconvenient. Then follow in a regular train the repeal of the law, the altered practice, the retiring pension, and compensation for offices abolished. Whether the mischief is to be traced to the incompetency of law-makers, or to the overwhelming mass of business which falls upon both Houses of Parliament, and excludes too often the cautious deliberation that a change in the law, and especially in the powers and constitution of Courts of Justice, demands; or whatever else may be the cause, it is surely time that some remedy for the evil were sought out and applied, and that Aets of Parliament which are to operate such important changes, were framed with care, foresight, and pre

cision.

3. Exclusion of Attorneys from Offices of Honourable Distinction.-By several modern legislative enactments, Attorneys have been excluded from public offices which they formerly held. Among these may be particularly mentioned Bankrupt Commissionerships, Lunacy Commissionerships, and Local Judgeships. Again, by the Small Debts Act (9 and 10 Vict. c. 95), the judges are to be selected from a body whose only required qualification is, that they shall have been called to the Bar seven years, such call involving no condition of previous legal examination or knowledge. By this means, contrary to the whole policy of modern Legislation, the choice of Judges is confined to one particular class, and the public is deprived of the services of other competent persons who have hitherto presided, and very ably and satisfactorily, over similar Courts. To innovate upon the rights of the Attorney and Solicitor, and to degrade him from his fair position, has not always been the prevailing policy. Many statutes may be found which acknowledge the eligibility of Attorneys for these judicial situations. In particular, the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 96, and the 8 and 9 Vict. c. 127, authorised not only Barrister but Attorneys to act as Judges in the execution of those Statutes; and numerous Bills have from time to time, from 1827 down to the last Session, been brought into Parliament by members of the Government wherein Attorneys and Solicitors were proposed as Judges of the intended Local Courts. Until lately no objection was ever made to the fitness and capacity of that branch of the Profession to discharge the duties of the office, and no charge whatever, either for want of character or ability, has been established against the gentlemen who have held these appointments. Why they should have been placed under the ban of modern legislation, is a question more easy to ask than to

answer.

4. Solicitorships to Government Boards.-Amongst the offices which peculiarly belong to Attorneys, and of which they have been wholly or partially deprived, may be mentioned Solicitorships to Government Boards. These were formerly held by Attor neys and Solicitors-a usage which it required an Act of Parliament to alter (9 Geo. 4, c. 25); and it may be observed that, whilst the statute affects to throw the office open, it has most commonly been filled by Barristers-how unfitted for many of the duties thus thrown upon them, the records of public boards, if divulged, would proclaim. According to the ancient regulations of the Inns of Court, Barristers, by undertaking such offices, would have been dis

barred.

5. Exclusive Regulations of the Inns of Court.-By the rules of the Superior Courts, Attorneys and Solicitors were formerly required to be members of one of the Inns of Court or Chancery. The Benchers of modern times, however, have excluded Attorneys and Solicitors and their articled clerks from admission into these Societies. The reason for this prohibition seems nowhere satisfactorily stated. It surely cannot promote the public advantage, that Attorneys should be debarred from advancement in their profession; for whatever raises them in the scale of intellect and honour, must, as already shewn, contribute to the public good. Moreover, it is one of the first prin ciples of a free State, that, in whatever department of life a man may choose to exercise his talents, his

course should be free and unobstructed. The ques-in pleadings or conveyances very few would contend.
tion, how far any private irresponsible bodies should The substitution of a charge, duly proportioned to
have the sole custody of the key to important branches the labour and skill employed, and the responsibility
of public occupation, must ere long have serious incurred, would be a valuable boon to the public, and
public consideration. No other occupation but the acceptable to the Profession.
upper branch of the law is placed out of all legislative
control.

6. The Right of Attorneys to act as Advocates, though restricted much within its ancient limits, has, until recently, been recognised in several Courts of Quarter Sessions, before Bankruptcy Commissioners, and in Courts for the recovery of small debts. Owing to this privilege the Suitor had the power of saving considerable expense; and the means of honourable distinction, conferred by intellectual and legal attainments, were placed within the reach of the Attorney. This right has been gradually invaded and circumscribed within narrower limits, -a restriction which has already led to a great increase of tax upon suitors, and, if fully carried out, will lead to its entire extinction. In several Courts of Quarter Sessions, where Attorneys have till recently practised as advocates, they have been superseded by Barristers; and the legislative security for the right of advocacy before Commissioners of Bankrupts, which is conferred on London Solicitors by 1 and 2 Wm. 4, c. 67, s. 10, has been withheld from Solicitors in the country. To which may be added, that under the Small Debts Court Act, 9 and 10 Vict. c. 95, s. 91, advocacy is not a matter of right but a privilege depending for its exercise upon the mere pleasure of the Judge.

7. Certificated Conveyancers.-The Inns of Court, according to long usage, have allowed their members to practise under the Bar as certificated conveyancers; but such persons formerly confined their practice to the drawing of deeds and other instruments, and advising on questions of title. Of late years, however, a new class of practitioners has arisen, assuming not only the office of the Barrister, in advising upon titles and settling drafts, but also claiming to transact business for clients and communicate with Solicitors upon conveyancing matters, in the same way as Solicitors. Now the Legislature, for the protection of the public, having thought it necessary to require that no person should act as an Attorney or Solicitor without serving a clerkship of five years, and undergoing an examination, it is manifestly unjust to the Profession and dangerous to the public, that persons not so qualified, and who have not given, and are not required to give, any evidence of their fitness or capacity, should be allowed to practise, and more especially in a branch of the law which requires the greatest skill and experience,

8. Parliamentary Agents.-The vast increase in the private business of the Houses of Parliament has brought forward a great number of persons acting as Parliamentary Agents. Formerly some of the clerks or officers of the two Houses, and but few Solicitors, acted in that capacity. At present, however, not only Solicitors, who, from a knowledge of the rules of evidence, the laws of property, and the practice of Parliament, may be fairly supposed qualified,-but persons who are qualified by merely signing their names in the Private Bill Office are allowed to act as Parliamentary Agents. This subject has attracted much notice, appears to be pregnant with public inconvenience, and should be brought before the Houses of Parliament with a view to some reform of the present practice.

9. Unjust and Unequal Taxation.-The taxes, in the way of stamp duties, which are levied on Attorneys and Solicitors have long been a topic of just complaint. The stamps on the articles of clerkship and admission amount to 1451. and the various fees for enrolment, examination, admission, and for commissions to swear affidavits and act as Masters Extraordinary in Chancery, extend the amount to 1657. Without entering on the justice or expediency of the stamp duties on articles of clerkship and admissions, the Committee, for the present, advert only to the annual tax of 121. on town, and 81. on country Solicitors, for the privilege of exercising their calling, an imposition which has taken from them, ever since the year 1785, when it was first levied, a large annual sum, now exceeding 90,000l. Its injustice and inequality are obvious. No tax of this kind is levied upon the clerical or the medical profession in any of their several branches, nor upon the higher grade of the Legal Profession, nor is it proportioned to the extent of practice, and consequent profits, of the class on which it is exclusively imposed. It is a tax, in fact, that violates, not only the principle of equal justice, but the established rules of taxation. The Profession is entitled to have this method of raising a revenue extended to every other branch of occupation, or to have it totally repealed.

11. The Deficient Construction and Inconvenient Situation of the Courts at Westminster.-These have long been complained of as of inconvenient structure and deficient in number and accommodation, not only for Attorneys, but for jurors, parties, and witnesses. The distance, also, of all the courts from the law offices and places of business, serves to retard the progress of legal proceedings, and interrupts the duties both of Counsel and Attorneys. If the Courts of Law and Equity, the chambers of the Judges, Masters, Regis trars, and other officers were united under one roof, the change would abridge expense, prevent the waste of time, and essentially promote the efficient administration of justice. Besides these complaints regarding the Courts at Westminster, there is a serious want of accommodation both for the public and the Profession in the Courts of Nisi Prius in London, and at the Assizes and Sessions in the country.

III. To these subjects, and others which might be enumerated,-such as compulsory references at Sittings and Assizes,-the multiplicity and expense of Law Reports, &c.-the attention of every practi tioner is earnestly invited; and the Committee have, lastly, to state the course of proceeding which, in the outset, they recommend to be adopted.

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1. Extension of Law Societies. They exhort every Solicitor in the kingdom to become a member of one of the Local Law Societies, now existing or hereafter to be established, in order that the whole Profession may be comprehended in one general Society. Many advantages will result from this. Union will be one, and not the least. It may appear to some to partake of paradox, but it is nevertheless true, that no class of the community has been so supine and inactive in the assertion of their own rights, or permitted more passively aggression and encroachment. and divided, the Profession has been weak; combined, their power will be, for the accomplishment of every reasonable object, amply sufficient. Another advantage that may be looked for is, the salutary control over all its members which may be attained by means of such an extended Association: thus, disputes may be adjusted, rules of practice established, misfeazance prevented, and, what has hitherto been wanting, support and encouragement afforded to the Attorney, under circumstances of trial and difficulty, which may sometimes meet him in the fair and honourable discharge of professional duty.

The Committee recommend that, in all those counties which do not yet possess those important advantages, Law Societies and Law Libraries should, without delay, be founded; and such Societies, when formed, should join either the present Provincial Law Societies' Association, or form a new Association as a branch of the general body.

Promotion of Fair and Honourable Practice.-This important measure, if carried out, will promote fair and honourable practice, an object equally beneficial to the public and to all branches of the Profession. To these Societies, or to the General Association, appeals may be made on disputed points of professional usage; abuses may be examined and rectified, and applications to the Superior Courts, or to Parliament, may be concerted.

The Committee have had interviews with the Council of the Incorporated Law Society, and with the Committees of many of the Provincial Law Societies; and as the objects of the Association are just in themselves, tend to the public good in the due administration of justice, and are, moreover, calculated to promote the usefulness and respectability of the Profession, they have received assurances that the present Association will have the cordial co-operation of all the existing Societies.

2. Improvements in Legal Education.-As a means of raising the intellectual character of the Profession, the Committee recommend that a higher degree of classical literature, of science, and general knowledge, than is ordinarily possessed, should hereafter be required before the clerk is allowed to be articled. The examination also, as to the principles and practice of the law, should gradually be improved, become more extensive and stringent; and, with a view to excite emulation, a further examination might be instituted for the purpose of conferring some mark of honour on candidates who should distinguish themselves by a profound and accurate acquaintance with the various topics of general and legal knowledge. Such a measure would probably go far to secure the after success in life of those most likely to be an honour to the general body.

3. State of the Profession to be submitted to Parat-liament.-To promote the redress of all, or at least some, of the public and professional grievances which have been touched upon, and of others that may hereafter be brought to their notice, the Committee propose, at as early a period as may be convenient, to bring the general state of the Profession, or, if that be too large a matter, at least some particulars of it, under the consideration of Parliament. In the meantime they are taking means to collect the materials

10. Solicitors' Fees and Emoluments.-Many tempts have been made, within the last few years, to abridge the length of both legal proceedings, of deeds, and other instruments. It is admitted, and indeed has been constantly put forward by the proposers of these alterations, that Attorneys and Solicitors were insufficiently remunerated, even while legal instruments remained unaltered. That their remuneration should depend upon the number of words contained

SIR, I thank your correspondents "Mr. Berry" and "B." for their replies to the case in the last week's LAW TIMES. But this case does not appear to me to be "such a very clear" one as Mr. Berry is led to suppose. This is certainly an original mortgage, but it contains an actual transfer (incident, of course, to the security) of the first mortgage. The 831. mortgage to C. contains an assignment and transfer of the original mortgage debt of 300l. and the indenture securing the same, and of all the estate and interest of B. therein, including the benefit of the covenants. It also contains a power of attorney from B. to C. and the mortgaged premises are held subject to such right of redemption as the same are subject to by virtue of the first mortgage, but with such powers, &c. for selling the premises as are expressed in the first mortgage, and which were then subsisting as fully and effectually, &c. as B. could have exercised if the last mortgage had not been made. There is no proviso for redemption in favour of C.; nevertheless the transaction is not a sale. Such is the nature of the security to C.

In the present anomalous condition of the Stamp Act as interpreted by the judges, and since (as expressed in a learned article on this subject in the Jurist of the 8th of May)" the temper of the Courts with respect to the construction of the Stamp Act has taken a turn," and the benefit of doubts arising on the construction of the statute will no longer be given to the subject, I incline to the opinion of "B." in this case, that two stamps are necessary. It has been suggested to me that the deed would be sufficiently stamped with a 35s. stamp, as 3 Geo. 4, c. 117, im- 839. poses the 35s. duty only on any" assignment, &c. of " any mortgage where no further sum is added to the money already secured; and if any further 840. sum is added, then the ad valorem duty only in respect of the further advance, without the 35s. transfer

HEIRS-AT-LAW and NEXT OF KIN of THOMAS MOF- of the new Law Association, and the Court
IN consequence of the length of the Address
FATT, late of New York (U.S.), and previously of
Goswell-street, Old-street-road, Middlesex, and also
of Paternoster-row, blue manufacturer, died about
WILLIAM and MARTHA FOREST, son and daughter of

GOLDING, George, fourth son of William Golding, esq. of Leavers, East Peckham, to Anne Henley, daughter of the late William Williams, esq. solicitor, of Wrotham, on the 13th inst. at Hadlow, in the county of Kent.

KERSHAW, the Rev. T. A., M.A. rector of Milton, Northampton, to Mary, daughter of Mr. J. Lee, solicitor, Whitchurch, on the 13th inst. at Whitchurch.

KIRBY, Mr. T. H. solicitor, of Warwick, to Mariane Smith Clarke, daughter of the late Thomas Clarke, esq. of Lin. coln's-inn-fields, on the 11th inst. at Banbury.

it appears that a desire exists among the BROUGHAM was from the common law bar, and Country Attorneys to form here a Club, where framed his court on the model of those to they may resort during their visits to Town, which he had been most accustomed. He, unand find all the accommodations of such an fortunately, omitted one element-his judges in If they had establishment, with the opportunity for agree- banco did not sit at Nisi Prius. able and profitable intercourse. been required to act as commissioners severally We shall be happy to aid our correspondents and collectively in appeals, they would have had in carrying out their wishes, and persons desi- work enough to do, and would have done it all the PYCROFT, James Wallis, esq. F.S.A. of New-inn, to Cor rous of joining such a Club are requested to better from seeing it in its roughest stages. But transmit their names to the LAW TIMES Office, they had not work enough to do; the commissionAn entrance fee of 101. and an annual sub-ers in London most perversely refused to send them work; they most arrogantly took upon themselves scription of 51. would, it is presumed, be suffi- to finish their own cases. There was a manifest falling off of bankrupt petitions, even from the country, where permanent lists had been established; and when Lord LYNDHURST, on his return to power, attorned to the views he had formerly opposed, and extended Lord BROUGHAM'S system to the country, the occupation of the Court of Review was gone. The promotion of Mr. Justice ERS

cient.

LONDON AND PROVINCIAL LAW

ASSOCIATION.

delia Sarah Halford, youngest daughter of the late Rev.
William Ellis, incumbent of Thames Ditton, Surrey, on
the 19th of April, at Kingston-on-Thames.
SLACK, D. H. esq. of Dublin, barrister-at-law, to Margaret
Jane, youngest daughter of the late W. Gales, esq. of
Hylton, in the county of Durham, on the 8th inst. at
Croft.
DEATHS.

ATTWATERS, Mr. Charles,
of 27, Queen-street, Cheapside,

solicitor, on the 16th inst. aged 41.
BARLOW, G. B. esq. of the Crown-office, at Queen Anne-
street, Cavendish-square, on the 9th inst. aged 41.
BLOWER, J. esq. of 61, Lincoln's-inn-fields, on the 13th

inst. at Totness, Devon, aged 63. CANGLEY, D. esq. barrister-at-law, at the Lunatic Asylum, Waterford, on the 9th inst.

We have only space this week to direct the
attention of our readers to the Address of this
Society, which appears in our columns to-day.
It was through no neglect of ours that it did KINE gave the first example of gratuitous adjudi- DAY, Henry, youngest surviving son of the late T. Day, esq.

not appear last week, or that the formation of the Society was not earlier announced to them. The cause of this omission (which may seem somewhat extraordinary when the Society itself owes its existence to our labours of the last four years) will be readily understood by those who read it. But this, as well as the history of the Society, and a consideration of the Address, we are obliged to defer until next week, as a copy of the Address was not sent to us by the Secretary until Thursday.

The purpose of the Society is union. It may deserve some consideration whether that is likely to be produced by a discourtesy, which, in this particular case, is something more.

THE BANKRUPTCY COURTS.

We all love a bold writer-one who flies at high game, strikes fearlessly, and cares little whether he bespatters chancellor, bishop, judge, or petty constable. Such a one is the author of a paper in the Law Magazine, entitled "Modern Orators," of which the thesis is Lord ERSKINE, and the subject

Lord BROUGHAM.

We foresee the getting-up of a very pretty fight; but before our combatants enter the lists, we must just warn the junior champion, that what he fancies the weakest is, or was, one of the strongest parts of T. G. P. must not run a his adversary's armour. tilt at the Bankruptcy Court Bill, till he is a little better acquainted with its substance. He writes thus:-" Witness his (Lord BROUGHAM'S) Court of Bankruptcy, which, as established by him, cost this country 15,000l. or 20,000. yearly, the principal business of which has been done for some years by Sir JAMES BRUCE, at odd hours taken from his duties as Vice-Chancellor, with the greatest ease, to the perfect satisfaction of the public, and without the expense of one shilling to the country." Now it is quite evident that T. G. P. does not know what the Court of Bankruptcy is, what the Court of Bankruptcy costs, or what is the principal business of the Court of Bankruptcy. He does not seem to know that the Court, as established by Lord BROUGHAM, Consisted of two parts-The Court of Review, and the Court (or rather Courts) of Commissioners; and that the principal business of bankruptcy is transacted in the latter. Now the Court of Review, which T. G. P. evidently means, never cost much more than 10,0007.-certainly not 12,0007.; and the earliest opportunity was taken, by Lord BROUGHAM himself, of cutting off 2,0007. on the death of Sir ALBERT PELL. The Court of Commissioners cost somewhat above 12,0007. more, say in round numbers; and then the Court of Bankruptcy, as established by Lord BROUGHAM, cost altogether 25,000l. per annum. A large sum! But what was it in lieu of? Seventy commissioners at not much less than 4001. each, say 26,000l. and the time of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor so occupied in bankrupt petitions, that the delays in Chancery were mainly attributed to the prevalence of that description of business. Lord BROUGHAM was fully justified in looking out for a remedy for such an evil: he established a separate court-he did well; and if he had severed it at once, entirely, and for ever, from the Great Seal, he would have done better. It is true that the Court of Review worked ill, as very many prophesied it would do; bankruptcy is essentially a subject of equity, and should be administered by one judge. Lord

cation of bankrupt petitions; the removal of Sir G.
ROSE continued it; and when the sudden death of
Sir T. CROSS was supposed to create the necessity,
Sir J. K. BRUCE was made Chief Judge in Bank-
ruptcy without a salary: we say supposed, because
a measure now in progress will dispense with the
office altogether; as, indeed, might have been done
long since, if the Chancellor had availed himself of
the powers of the statute, which enable him to
transfer the original jurisdiction of the Court of
Review to the courts of the commissioners. Why
this has not been done, we have been unable to
discover.

It will be seen that we are not advocates for the
Court of Review, either as to the theory of its con-
stitution, or its practical working when established;
but we contend that it was a fair experiment, and
we have shewn that it cost very little more than
half the sum which our author assigns to it. But
Court of Commissioners succeeded.
why did the Court of Review fail? Because the
T. G. P.
says nothing of this branch; he gives Lord
BROUGHAM no credit for carrying this part of his
measure against the most strenuous, the most viru-
lent opposition-not though the King of Hanover
(then Duke of Cumberland) arrayed himself against
it-not though Lord LYNDHURST, after ten years'
trial, was compelled to confess its unquestionable
success, and follow the example, or, rather, carry
out the remainder of the plan, which had only been
suspended on the very rational ground that one
experiment should have a sufficient trial before the
other was attempted. Thus the old county system,
denounced so emphatically by Lord ELDON, in
ex parte Smith v. Vesey, and which cost, in fees
to commissioners alone, between 60,000l. and
70,000l. a year, besides enormous litigation, was
finally amended.

EASTWOOD, W. esq. solicitor, Todmorden, on the 12th inst.
EDWARDS, J. esq. solicitor, Plas Llanddausaint, Anglesey,

solicitor, on the 10th inst. aged 28.

aged 35.

on the 15th inst.

GRACIE, J. B. esq. W.S. and commissary clerk of Edin

burgh, on the 10th inst. at Caverhill, Peeblesshire.

WILSON, G. S. esq. barrister-at-law, on the 13th instant,

aged 48.

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It is the more important to put Lord BROUGHAM'S work in its proper light, as it is understood that he intends to destroy, or assist in destroying, it. There is to be no separate court; bankruptcy is to be again tacked to the train of the Chancellor-his fiat is to be the law. From the attics of Quality Court to the cellars of Basinghall-street, commissioners, accountants, clerks, messengers, bousemaids, proceedings, records, mops, pails, and all (a)! are to be subject to the superintendence and control of the Great Seal! Whether this will be an improvement, time must determine; but, with the alteration, ends THE publication of a new set of Chancery Orders Lord BROUGHAM'S Court of Bankruptcy.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
[The charge for the insertion of the above is 5.]
BIRTHS.

CANPBELL. The lady of John Campbell, esq. clerk of the
peace, at Colesberg. Cape of Good Hope, on the 26th of
February last, of a third daughter.
CHURCH.-The wife of J. Church, esq. barrister-at-law, of
Oatlands, in the county of Londonderry, on the 10th inst.
of a daughter.

TREVOR.-The wife of J. Trevor, esq. at Bridgewater, on
the 10th inst. of a daughter.
WILLINS.-The wife of W. Willins, esq. solicitor, of Bristol,

on the 8th inst. of a son.

MARRIAGES.

BOODLE, E. of Lincoln's-inn, esq. barrister-at-law, to Julia,
eldest daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir R. Barrie,
K.C.B. and K.H. of Swarthdale, Lancashire, on the 18th
inst. at Ripley, Yorkshire.

(a) Perhaps the Chancellor does not intend to handle
these matters himself-perhaps, indeed, he may know very
little of the work cut out for him (we thought he had
enough); but the Bill is called the Chancellor's Bill, and till
repudiated, we must treat it so.

NOTICES OF NEW LAW BOOKS.
The Practice of the Court of Chancery, under the

Orders of the 8th of May, 1845. Edited by
JOHN ROGERSON, a Solicitor of the Court. Lon-
don S. Sweet, 1, Chancery-lane.

involves serious considerations both to practitioners and suitors-more especially when, as was the case with the Orders of May, 1845, they abrogated old. established rules of practice. Practitioners had to unlearn long-acquired knowledge, and apply themselves to the acquirement of a new practice, unassisted by the light of experience; whilst at the same time the changes effected were of the utmost impor tance to suitors, inasmuch as the result of any misconstruction of the orders is attended with considerable delay and expense, and in many cases with still more serious consequences-instance, for example, the cases of Neck v. Gaines, 9 L. T. 19, and Matthews v. Chichester, id. 69.

The work is confined to the practice of the Court of Chancery, under the Orders of the 8th of May, 1845. The plan adopted by the author appears to be the most conveniently adapted for that speedy reference which a book on practice should afford. The orders are given verbatim, in a conspicuous type; and in the notes are embodied all the cases decided upon them, as also such cases determined upon the abrogated orders as are still applicable in practice.

J. Broadfield, tea merchants, both of Manchester. Sol.
Beverley, Enfield, near Blackburn.-Montier, J. builder,
Tonbridge Wells, March 15. Trust. H. Larking, timber
merchant, Tonbridge. Sols. Stenning and Co. Tonbridge.-
Threlfall, E. and Ascroft, W. cotton spinners, Salford, April
13. Trusts. R. Harking, machine maker, Bury, E. Bramall,
manager of the Oldham Banking Company, Oldham, R.
Ascroft, gent. Preston, and G. Hardman, manufacturer,
Rawtenstall. Sol. Foster, Manchester.

Gazette, May 18.

These orders have now been in operation for nearly
two years, and as the author truly observes, there is
now a vast body of cases decided upon their con-
struction, of the most vital importance to the prac-
titioner, which had not, until the publication of this
work, found their way into any book of practice.
These cases are cited in a concise and pertinent
manner, which reflects credit upon the author.
By this method the author has embodied no less Archer, J. glass merchant, Redcross-st. March 9. Trusts.
than six hundred cases. The Index to the work is J. J. Kayll, Upper Thames-st. and R. Pearson, Victoria-st.
most elaborate, and entitles the author to the highest-Cattell, W. druggist, Birmingham, May 4. Trusts. W.
Holborn-bridge, glass agents. Sol. Jerwood, Thavies-inn.
commendation for his attention to an important J. Robinson, M. Cullwick, and C. Reeves, wholesale grocers,
point too much neglected by legal authors.
and J. Cattell, haberdasher, all of Birmingham. Sol. Bur-
Altogether we can recommend the book as sup- Frindsbury, Kent, March 30.
bury, Birmingham.-Corke, R. manufacturer of patent fuel,
Trusts. T. French, esq;
plying a want much felt at this time by every prac- Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park; C. Boyd, Friday-st. and
titioner in the Court of Chancery. To articled T. W. Elstob, Wood-st. warehousemen. Sols. Heather and
clerks preparing for examination it will be of great Moorgate-st. April 19.
Moger, Paternoster-row.-Lemoine, H. and F. booksellers,
Trusts. H. G. Bohn, bookseller,
service, as an easy and explanatory elucidation of York-st. Covent-garden, and J. R. Sheppard, merchant's
orders which have puzzled old and experienced clerk, Blenheim-st. De Beauvoir-town, Hoxton. Sol. Bil-
practitioners.
ling, King-st.-Westcott, H. M. smith and victualler, Piy-
mouth, March 27. Trusts. W. M. Rickard, accountant,
Stoke Damerel. Sols. Lockyer and Bulteel, Plymouth.

Thursday, May 13.

Axmann and Christ, merchants, div. next week. Graham, London.-Barlow and Gill, hop factors, last exam. June 25. -Capps, T. toy dealer, last exam. June 17.-Dover, J. mer. chant, div. next week. Graham, London. - Kingscote, R. A. F. merchant, div. next week. Graham, London.Mackey, W. H. attorney, last exam. June 9.-Mackey and Holt, merchants, div. next week. Graham, London.

Friday, May 14.

Bonds, W. H. victualler, last exam. June 16.-Columbine, D. E. scrivener, last exam. June 9.-Cooper, J. cattle salesman, assignees, May 14.-Dudelle, F. hair dresser, assignees, June 19-Fugler, W. warehouseman, assignees, May 21. Jones, H. oilman, outlawed.-Marshall, E. pewterer, last exam. June 25. Murray, J. warehouseman, last exam. June 11.-Rainy, A. estate agent, last exam. June 25.Wiles, W. pawnbroker, last exam. May 28.

DIVIDENDS.

Bankrupts' Estates.

Official Assignees are given, to whom apply for the
Dividends.

Aspinall, J. cotton manufacturer, first, 4s. d. Hobson, Manchester.-Bedford, J. H. artists' colour manufacturer, first, 1s. 6d. Acraman, Bristol.-Bullen, H. brewer, fourth, 5d. Turner, Liverpool.-Burns, W. draper and grocer, first, 28. 3d. Cazenove, Liverpool.-Burrows and Gliddon, brewers, sep. Gliddon, 78. 6d. Hernaman, Exeter.-Hannaford, P. A. bookseller, 2s. 2d. Hernaman, Exeter.Knapton, J. stonemason, first, 3s. Turquand, London.Lees, A. cotton spinner, final, 32d. Pott, Manchester.Marshall and Rodgers, iron founders, first joint, 2s. 6d. Cazenove, Liverpool.-Metford, J. wine merchant, first, 2s. 2d. Acraman, Bristol.-Nayler, R. victualler, first, 3s. 6d. Acraman, Bristol.-Rand, W. F. jun. china dealer, first, 18. 5d. Turquand, London.-Richard, J. jun. banker, first, 6d. Turquand, London.-Rickards, T. watchmaker, first, 7s. 6d. Acraman, Bristol.-Rigmaiden, E. wine dealer, first, 1s. Cazenove, Liverpool.-Rolfe, W. farmer, second, 6d. Turquand, London.- Rowbotham and Co. calico printers, first joint, 1s. 6d. Hobson, Manchester.-Stephen. son, C. worsted manufacturer, first, 2s. 3d. Hobson, Manchester.-Trice, W. grocer, first, 1s. 11d. Turquand, London.-Wright, J. I. B. druggist, second, 7s. 10d. Turner, Liverpool.

Insolvents' Estates.

Buckeridge, R. clerk, Castle Church, first, 7d. Christie, Birmingham.-Burckhardt, J. C. jeweller, Oxford-st. 18. 1d. -Chapman, S. master brewer, Victualling-yard, Deptford, 68. 10d. (in addition to a former div. of 118.)-Cleveland, C. master in the navy, Canterbury-place, Old Kent-road, 5s. (making 20s.) Dobson, W. H. superannuated clerk, Brompton, 5s. 114d.-Forster, J. B. clerk in the audit office, Stratford, 3s. 114d.-Freeman, G. J. clerk, Bruntingthorpe, 6s.-Hebb, H. jun. farmer, Stanton-on-the-Wolds and Wysall, 4s. 1d. Bittleston, Nottingham.-Hooper, T. clerk in the customs, Stracey-st. 2s. 44d.-Miller, W. tailor, St. Melons, near Cardiff, first, 1d. Acraman, Bristol.-Price, S. farmer, Blaenycwm, first, 7d. Acraman, Bristol.-Tucker, W. S. brewer, Bishop's Stortford, 9s, 11d.-Wolsey, J. house agent, Oxford-st. 5s. 8d.

ASSIGNMENTS

To Trustees for the benefit of Creditors.
Gazette, May 14.

Anderson, R. saddler, Alnwick, May 7. Trusts. E. Hud. son, butcher, and J. Bell, shoemaker, both of Alnwick. Sol. Basby, Alnwick.- Bagley, J. grocer, Motcombe-st. Belgrave-sq. April 16. Trusts. E. Eagleton, tea dealer, New. gate-st. and E. Crosse and T. Blackwell, oil merchants, Soho-sq. Sols. Rippingham and Co. Great Prescott-st.Bracegirdle, J. slater, Over, Cheshire, May 1. Trust. W. Williamson, yeoman, Over. Sol. Cooke, Over.-Hammond, J. and Cotton, W. hosiers, Sheepshead, Leicestershire. Trusts. J. Place, merchant, and T. Gascoigne, merchant, both of Nottingham, Sol. Bowley, Nottingham.-Maxwell, H, chemist, Accrington, April 29. Trusts. J. Labrey, and

Bankrupts.

DATE OF FIAT AND PETITIONING CREDITORS' NAMES.
Gazette, May 14.

AITCHISON, ROBERT KERR, wine merchant, 8, Great Wind-
mill-st. Haymarket, May 29, at eleven, July 3, at half-past❘
eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Goulburn; Green, off. ass.;
Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers, sols. Date of
fiat, April 20. Bankrupt's own petition.
ARTHUR, RICHARD, grocer and cheesemonger, late of Ayles-
bury, Buckinghamshire, May 27, at two, June 30, at
twelve, Basinghall-st. Com. Evans; Johnson, off. ass.;
Dods, St. Martin's-lane, sol. Date of fiat, May 10. J.
Stapp, cheesemonger, Snow-hill, pet. cr.
BALLANTYNE, ROBERT, merchant, Liverpool, May 24 and
June 17, at eleven, Liverpool, Com. Perry; Cazenove,
off. ass.; Gregory and Co. Bedford-row, and Radcliffe,
Liverpool, sols. Date of fiat, May 11. Bankrupt's own
petition.

BARRATT, JOHN CHARLES, picture dealer, picture frame
maker, carver, and gilder, 368, Strand, May 21, at half-
past eleven, June 25, at one, Basinghall-st. Com. Fane;
Whitmore, off. ass.; Flight, Adam-st. Adelphi, sol.
Date of fiat, May 5. T. Flight, attorney, Walditch, Brid-
port, pet. cr.
CHAMBERS, JOHN, victualler, now or late of Masborough,
Yorkshire, May 28 and June 25, at ten, Sheffield, Com.
West; Freeman, off. ass.; Cox and Co. Size-lane, and
Rawson and Best, Leeds, sols. Date of fiat, May 1.
G. and R. B. Burleigh, and W. Snelgar, wine and spirit
merchants, Devonshire-sq. pet. crs.

COLSTON, PETER, silk merchant, 21, Ashley-crescent, City-
rd. May 20 and June 23, at twelve, Basinghall-st. Com.
Evans; Johnson, off. ass.; Cross, Surrey-st. Strand, sol.
Date of fiat, May 12. Bankrupt's own petition.
EDGE, WILLIAM and SAMUEL, earthenware manufacturers,
Fenton, Staffordshire, May 26 and June 23, at eleven, Bir-
mingham, Com. Daniell; Christie, off. ass.; Ward, Burs-
lem, and Smith, Birmingham, sols. Date of fiat, April 26.
J. Twigg, colour manufacturer, Burslem, pet. cr.
GREEN, CHRISTOPHER, wharfinger, St. Mary Overies Dock,
St. Saviour, Southwark, May 29 and July 3, at half-past
eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Goulburn; Follett, off. ass.;
Baylis and Co. Basinghall-st. sols. Date of fiat, May 11.
Bankrupt's own petition.
HEATHCOTE, GEORGE and ROBERT, coach and job masters,
omnibus proprietors, and livery stablekeepers, Clapham,
Surrey, May 26, at two, June 24, at half-past one, Basing-
hall-st. Com. Evans; Bell, off. ass.; Wellborne, Tooley-
st. sol. Date of fiat, May 7. J. Lines, coach builder,
Newington-causeway, pet. cr.

LAYBOURNE, JOHN, printer and stationer, Manchester, June
3 and 17, at eleven, Manchester; Hobson, off. ass.; Smith
and Co. Bedford-row, and Messrs. Andrew, Manchester,
sols. Date of fiat, May 10. Bankrupt's own petition.
LEES, ROBERT, cotton spinner, Bottoms, near Mossley,
Lancashire, June 1 and 22, at eleven, Manchester, Fraser,
off, ass.; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and
Buckley, Ashton-under-Lyne, sols. Date of fiat, May 7.
G. Lawton, cotton dealer, Ashton-under-Lyne, pet. cr.
LETT, THOMAS, builder, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, May
21, at half-past eleven, June 25, at eleven, Basinghall-st.
Com. Fonblanque; Pennell, off. ass.; Medina, Crosby-
hall-chambers, Bishopsgate-st. sol. Date of fiat, May 12.
Bankrupt's own petition.

crs.

MORANT, HENRY, fishmonger, Connaught-terrace, Edge-
ware-road, May 21, at eleven, June 25, at two, Basinghall-
st. Com. Fane; Whitmore, off. ass. ; Dods, St. Martin's-
lane, sol. Date of fiat, May 10. Bankrupt's own
petition.
ROBERTS, CHARLES L. merchant, Manchester, and of New
York, in the United States of North America, trading at
Manchester and New York aforesaid, in co-partnership
with Henry Prince Freeman, under the firm of Roberts
and Freeman, as a trader indebted jointly with the said
Henry Prince Freeman, June 3 and 17, at eleven, Man-
chester, Hobson, off. ass. ; Reed and Langford, Friday-st.
and Sale and Co. Manchester, sols. Date of fiat, May 7.
James Sidebottom, of Manchester, calico printer, and his
co-partners, James Kershaw and Joseph Leese, jun. pet.
SCOTT, JOHN, victualler and innkeeper, Llanidloes, Mont-
gomeryshire, May 28 and June 18, at eleven, Liverpool, Com.
Perry; Cazenove, off. ass.; Bigg and Co. Southampton-
buildings, Hayward, Llanidloes, and Mallaby and Towns-
end, Liverpool, sols. Date of fiat, May 3. Elizabeth
Evans, of Llanidloes, widow, pet. cr.
SELBY, ROBERT, wine and spirit merchant, Burleigh-
street, Strand, May 24, at half-past one, and June 28,
at half-past eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Shepherd, Gra-
ham, off. ass.; Smith and Son, Southampton-st. Blooms-
bury, sols. Date of fiat, May 12. Bankrupt's own pe-
tition.
STALEY, GEORGE, provision shopkeeper, grocer, and tea
dealer, Chester-st. Hulme, Manchester, June 1 and 16, at
eleven, Manchester, Pott, off. ass.; Mourilyan and Row-

sell, Verulam-buildings, and Aspinal, Manchester, sola.
Date of fiat, May 7. Bankrupt's own petition.
WATERS, SAMUEL, baker, Castle-st. Luton, Bedfordshire,
May 29, at half-past eleven, and July 3, at twelve, Basing.
hall-st. Com. Goulburn; Follett, off. ass.; Weall and Co.
Temple-chambers, sols. Date of fiat, May 12. William
Brown, gent. Luton, pet. er.
WOODWARD, MARK, Victualler, Basford, Nottinghamshire,
May 28, June 25, at ten, Sheffield, Com. West; Freeman,
off. ass.; Johnson and Co. Temple, and Bowley, Notting-
ham, sols. Date of fiat, May 8. Bankrupt's own peti-
tion.

WRIGHT, THOMAS, ironmonger, Birkenhead, Cheshire, May
31 and July 1, at eleven, Liverpool, Com. Perry; Caze-
nove, off. ass.; Gregory and Co. Bedford-row, and Ford-
sham, Liverpool, sols. Date of fiat, April 17. Bankrupt's
own petition.
Gazette, May 18.
BLASHFIELD, JOHN MARRIOTT, cement manufacturer
and builder, Albion-wharf, Blackfriars, June 3 and 29, at
eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Fane; Cannan, off. ass.;
Ashurst and Son, Cheapside, and Vandercom and Co.
Bush-lane, sols. Date of fiat, May 14. Bankrupt's own
petition.

BERKLEY, JOHн, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 3,
at twelve, June 30, at one, Newcastle, Com. Ellison;
Wakley, off. ass.; Harle, Newcastle, and Chisholme and
Co. Lincoln's-inn-fields, sols. Date of fiat, May 7.
Bankrupt's own petition.

BERNER, FREDERICK, tea dealer and Italian warehouse.
man, West Kirkby and Birkenhead, June 1 and 23, at
twelve, Liverpool, Com. Ludlow; Turner, off. ass.; Sharpe
and Co. Bedford-row, and Lowndes and Co. Liverpool,
sols. Date of fiat, May 14. Bankrupt's own petition.
DICKINSON, JOHN, bookbinder and stationer, Manchester,
June 2 and 23, at one, Manchester, Fraser, off. ass.;
Cornthwaite and Adams, Old Jewry-chambers, and Pem-
berton, Liverpool, sols. Date of fiat, May 14. Bankrupt's
own petition.
FITCH, THOMAS, hop merchant, 14, Duke-st. Tooley-st.
Borough, May 25, at half-past two, June 29, at one, Ba-
singhall-st. Com. Holroyd; Edwards, off. ass.; Older-
shaw, Tokenhouse-yard, sol. Date of fiat, May 14. Bank-
rupt's own petition.
GRAHAM, ROBERT, lodging-house keeper, Brunswick-house,
Clapham-common, May 29 and July 9, at twelve, Basing-
hall-st. Com. Goulburn; Green, off. ass.; Turnley, Lud
gate-st. sol. Date of fiat, May 14. Bankrupt's own
petition.
HARRIS, WILLIAM, mineral agent, Aberystwith, June 1, at
twelve, June 29, at eleven, Bristol, Com. Stephen; Hut-
ton, off. ass.; Maples and Co. Frederick's-place, and Har-
sell, Bristol, sols. Date of fiat, May 14. Bankrupt's own
petition.

HITCHINS, JOHN, leather seller, Chichester-place, Gray's
inn-road, and Upper Whitecross-st. May 29 and June 29,
at one, Basinghall-st. Com. Fonblanque; Belcher, off.
ass.; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury, sols. Date of
fiat, May 12. C. Calling, carrier, Bartholomew-close,
MATHER, JOSEPH, builder, Rock-ferry, Cheshire, May 25
pet. cr.
and June 25, at twelve, Liverpool, Com. Ludlow; Bird,
off. ass.; Parker and Co. Gray's-inn, and Reade and Co.
Birkenhead, sols. Date of fiat, May 10. Bankrupt's
own petition.

PHILLIPPO, JAMES, dealer in horses, Cross-st. Finsbury,
May 26 and June 25, at twelve, Basinghall-st. Com.
Evans; Bell, off. ass.; Taylor, Pavement, Finsbury, sol.
Date of fiat, May 14. C. Marshall, veterinary surgeon,
Church-lane, Whitechapel, pet. cr.
PICKETT, JOSEPH, Cowkeeper and milkman, 29, Everett-
st. Brunswick-sq. May 29, at one, July 9. at eleven,
Basinghall-st. Com. Goulburn; Follett, off. ass.; Car-
penter, Staple-inn, sol. Date of fiat, May 14. Bankrupt's
own petition.
PURTON, GEORGE, innkeeper, Longfleet, Poole, May 24,
at two, June 28, at twelve, Basinghall-st. Com. Shep-
herd; Turquand, off. ass.; Fox, Finsbury-circus, and
Welch, Poole, sols. Date of fiat, May 8. T. W. Shepard,
gent. Parkstone, Poole, pet. cr.

QUARTERMAN, ABEL, breeches-maker and glover, Oxford,
May 25, at eleven, June 29, at half-past one, Basing-
hall-st. Com. Holroyd; Edwards, off. ass.; Wood and
Fraser, Dean-st. Soho, sols. Date of fiat, May 11. W.S.
Wheeler, warehouseman, Ludgate-st. pet. cr.
ROBINSON, JOHN, jun. manufacturing chymist and agri-
cultural agent, Fenchurch-st. May 25, at two, June 29,
at eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Holroyd; Edwards, off.
ass.; Taylor, North-buildings, Finsbury-circus, sol.
of fiat, May 12. T. Troth, sen. builder, Primrose-st.
Bishopsgate, pet. cr.

Date

SIMPSON, JOHN, out of business, Cropwell Bishop, near
Nottingham, May 28, at eleven, June 29, at half-past
eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Fane; Cannan, off. ass.;
Farrar, Doctors'-commons, sol. Date of fiat, Aug. 15.
Bankrupt's own petition.

STANTON, WILLIAM, lace maker, Lenton, Nottingham-
shire, June 4 and July 2, at ten, Sheffield, Com. West;
Freeman, off. ass.; Johnson and Co. Temple, and Bowley,
Nottingham, sols. Date of fiat, May 12. Bankrupt's
own petition.

TABOR, CHARLES, and CLARKE, WILLIAM, lace manufac
turers, Nottingham, June 11 and 25, at twelve, Notting
ham, Com. Balguy; Bittleston, off. ass.; Wadsworth,
Nottingham, sol. Date of fiat, May 11. J. Watson and
F. B. Gill, silk throwsters, Nottingham, pet. crs.
VYSE, CHARLES, straw bonnet maker and draper, 30,
Ludgate-st. City, May 25, at one, June 29, at twelve, Ba
singhall-st. Com. Holroyd; Groom, off. ass.; Milne and
Co. Temple, sols. Date of fiat, May 12. C. Evans, E.
Eyles, J. C. Hands, and R. Wells, warehousemen, Lud-
gate-st. pet. crs.
WADE, RICHARD, tailor and draper, 89, Cheapside, City,
May 26, at eleven, June 29, at twelve, Basinghall-st. Com.
Fonblanque; Belcher, off. ass.; Lindsay and Mason,
Gresham-st. sols. Date of fiat, May 14. W. H. Davis,
W. Barber, and T. House, woollen drapers, St. Paul's-
churchyard, pet. crs.
WALLIS, THOMAS, woollen draper, Oxford-st. June 3 and
29, at twelve, Basinghall-st. Com. Fane; Whitmore, off.
ass.; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury, sols. Date of fiat,
WEBSTER, GEORGE, nail and bolt maker, Staineross, Roy-
May 11. J. Vevers, warehouseman, Cheapside, pet. cr.
stone, Yorkshire, June 1 and July 24, at ten, Leeds, Com.
West; Young, off. ass.; Smith and Co. Bedford-row,

Meetings at Basinghall-street.
Gazette, May 14.

Baylis, T. C. grocer, Gloucester-place, Old Kent-rd. and
Crown-row, Walworth-rd. June 4, at two, aud.-Biddle, P.
tallow chandler, Judd-st. June 4, at eleven, aud.-Billings,
B. victualler, Harlow, June 7, at half-past twelve, aud.-
Denyer, W. plumber, Littlehampton, June 7, at half-past
twelve, aud.-Dorling, E. Berlin wool dealer, Ipswich, June
7, at half-past twelve, aud.-Eckstein, J. ironmonger, Not-
ting-hill, June 4, at twelve, aud.-Fabry, J. grocer, Strath-
fieldsaye, June 3, at half-past eleven, aud.-Fletcher, A.
bookseller, Shaftesbury-pl. Pimlico, June 4, at eleven, aud.
-Furby and Stockton, tailors, Sackville-st. June 4, at
twelve, aud.-Kitching, W. T. ship owner, Lloyd's Coffee-
house, June 8, at eleven, aud.-Layt, R. spirit merchant,
Hingham, June 4, at one, aud.-Mullett, W. paper manu-
facturer, Peckham, June 4, at twelve, aud.-Palfrey, W. sen.
builder, Tyssen-pl. Kingsland-rd. June 8, at twelve, aud.-
Paull, H. H. B. lodging house keeper, Peckham, June 4, at
one, aud.-Showell, T. tailor, 40, Ludgate-st. June 4, at
half-past twelve, div.-Strevens, E. victualler, Brighton,
June 4, at half-past one, aud.-Swalwell, M. schoolmistress,
bookseller, and stationer, Kensington Gravel-pits, Kensing
ton, June at eleven, fin. div.-White, G. patten maker,
Chichester, June 4, at twelve, aud.-Womersley, R. hat
manufacturer, Stoney Stratford, June 4, at twelve, aud.
MEETINGS FOR ALLOWANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
Blenkarn, W. builder, Stockwell-park-rd. June 7, at one.
-Cubitt, S. clothier, Colchester, June 7, at half-past one.
Howell, H. draper, Shrewsbury, June 4, at twelve.-King,
H. victualler, Fulham, June 4, at half-past eleven.-Noller,
S. innkeeper, Ipswich, June 4, at two.-Roberts, G. grocer,
Southampton, June 11, at eleven.

Allison, J. bookseller and stationer, Penrith, Cumberland, June 8, at eleven, Newcastle, aud. and June 9, at eleven, first div.-Beal, J. wholesale confectioner and tea dealer, Manchester, June 8, at twelve, Manchester, aud. and June 15, at twelve, div.-Coulson, J. provision dealer, Bridgwater, June 8, at eleven, Bristol, aud.-Cross, R. chymist, Bridlington, June 9, at ten, Hull, proof of debts, and to choose new assignees.-Durden, E. H. manufacturing chymist and naphtha distiller, Pitchcombe-mill, Standish, Gloucestershire, June 8, at eleven, Bristol, div.-Gill, J. wine and spirit merchant and licensed victualler, Liverpool, June 8, at eleven, Liverpool, aud. and June 11, at eleven, div.-Hayward, J. R. bookseller, Manchester, June 8, at twelve, Manchester, aud.-Hill, S. boiler maker, Bolton-le-Moors, June 8, at eleven, Manchester, aud. and June 9, at eleven, div.-Potts, T. draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 8, at

From the Gazette of Friday, May 21.
Bankrupts.

Burrell, T. licensed vitcualler, Billericay, Essex.-Palmer,
E. agricultural agent, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars-road.
Whittenbury, J. C. builder, Blackheath, Greenwich.-
Moody, S. B. civil engineer, Fenchurch-street.-Croft, W.
Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street.-Roelants, L. milliner,
fishmonger, Spring-street, Paddington. -Keeler, E. dealer
Argyll-street, Regent-street.-Wood, D. Birmingham ware-
in glass, Canterbury.-Paddon, C. clothes salesman, Milner-
houseman, Devonshire-street, Mile-end.-Sugden, J. butcher,
place, Lower-marsh, Lambeth.-Hibbins, R. stone mason,
Bradford, Yorkshire.-Thomas, J. grocer, Glamorgan.-
Ketton, Rutlandshire.-Mackey, J. H. merchant, St.
Cooke, T. T. bill vender.-Hill, J. and G. builders, Little
Silver, Exeter.-Norvall, A. painter, Liverpool.-Harland,
J. banker, Marrick, Yorkshire.-Slater, S. B. wine mer-
chant, Nottingham.-Groves, J. T. seed crusher, South-
ampton.-Webb, H. porter dealer, Stafford.

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