BROOKES, WILLIAM HENRY, late mineral merchant. Weatbromwich. Pet. Dec. 10. Reg. Tudor. O. A. Kinnear. Sols. James and Griffin, Birmingham. Sur. Jan. 18 BUCKNELL, WILLIAM, corn merchant, Wellington. Pet. Dec. 17. CLARKE, ROBERT, saddler, Derby. Pet. Dec. 12. Reg. & O. A. GARDETT, MICHAEL, charter master, Little Dawley, Shropshire. Pet. Leeds. Sur. Jan. 7 GREGORY, GEORGE, baker, Newport Pagnell. Pet. Dec. 13. Reg. & O. A. Young. Reg. & O. A. Dec. 12. Reg. HOONE, SAMUEL, stationer, Nottingham. Pet. Dec. 15. Dec. 31 MCCORMICK, Joux, potato dealer, Wigton. Pet. Dec. 15. PHIPPS, JAMES, stock and share broker, Shrewsbury. Pet. Dec. 14, Reg. & Pet. Dec. 13. Reg. Wilde. O. A. Acraman. Sols. Press and Inskip, Bristol. Sur. Dec. 28 SAMWAYS, PHILIP, innkeeper, Bridport. Pet. Dec. 1. Reg. & O. A. Templer. Sol. Manley, Bridport. Sur. Jan. 9 SHEPPARD, WILLIAM, builder, Gloucester. Pet. Dec. 12. Reg. & O. A. Wilton. Sol. Cooke, G oucester. Sur. Dec. 29 SHUTTLEWORTH, JAMES, draper, Skipton. Pet. Dec. 8. O. A. Young. Sols. Robinson, Skipton; and Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Sur. Jan. 7 SIMMS, JAMES, coal master, Wednesfield-heath. Pet. Dec. 12. Reg. HUL O. A. Kinnear. Sols. James and Griffin, Birmingham. Sur. Jan. 14 Pet. TAYLOR, JAMES, collier, Audley. Pet. Dec. 13. Reg. & O. A. Slaney. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-st. BOOSEY, CHARLES WILLIAM, lithographer, Albert-ter, Hammersmith. Pet. Dec. 17. Reg. Roche. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Simpson, Wellington-st, Southwark. Sur. Jan. 3 BROWN, EDWARD, brewer's drayman, Tottenham. Pet. Dec. 13. Reg. BULL, DANIEL, stationer, High-st, Poplar. Pet. Dec. 18. Reg. Roche. ENGLEFIELD, SAMUEL, newspaper reporter, Reigate. Pet. Dec. 19. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Harrowell, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury. Sur. Jan. 12 GOLDSMID, WILLIAM HOLLAND, stockbroker, Deal. Pet. Dec. 17. Reg. Roche. O. A. Parkyns. Sols. Messrs. Lewis, Ely-pl, Holborn. Sur. Jan. 3 HARE, PHILIP, builder's clerk, Richmond-villas, Holloway. Pet. Dec. 19. 0. A. Edwards. Sols. Nokes and Co., Finch-la. Sur. Jan. 16 HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM THOMAS, journeyman_mattrass maker, Beddington. Pet. Dec. 18. Reg. Roche. O. A. Parkyne. Sol. Munday, Basinghall-st. Sur. Jan. 3 KIDD, HENRY, tailor. Milton-st. Pet. Dec. 17. O. A. Edwards. Sol. LEAK, ABRAHAM, timber merchant, New Broad-st. Pet. Dec. 19. MEALING, WILLIAM JAMES, marine engineer, Portland-st., Commercia-rd. Pet. Dec. 13. O. A. Edwards. Sols. Sheppard and Riley, Moorgate- st. Sur. Jan. 14 MERITON, FREDERICK THOMAS, Tonbridge-wells. Pet. Dec. 17. Reg. Roche. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Aldridge, Moorgate-st. Sur. Jan, 3 PALMER, JAMES, sen., formerly builder, Leytonstone-rd. Pet. Dec. 13. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Weekes, New Boswell-ct. Sur Jan. 1 PRIEST, JOHN, publican, Clare-market. Pet. Dec. 15. Reg. Roche." O. A. Parkyus. Sol Aldridge, Moorgate-st. Sur. Jan. 1 SAUNDERS, WILLIAM HENRY PATTEN, captain of dragoons, Darnley- SMITH, PHILIP. author, Upper Bedford-pl, Bloomsbury. Pet. Dec. 17. STUART, ROBERT, commission agent, Brunswick-st, Southwark. Pet Dec. 14. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sols. Matthews and Co., Leadenhall-st. Sur. Jan. 8 TURNER, ISAAC, late shopman, King-st, Hammersmith. Pet. Dec. 17. Reg. Roche. O. A Parkyns. Sol. Goatley, Bow-st, Covent-garden. Sur. Jan 3 YEATES, EDWIN, plcture-frame maker, Goldsmith's row. Hackney-rd. YOUNG, ADAM, naval engineer, Marine-hospital, Woolwich. Pet. BAKER, BENJAMIN, saddler, Crich. Pet. Dec. 15. Reg. & O. A. Sur. Jan. 2 BIDDLE, NOAH, victualler, Worcester. Pet. Dec. 17. Reg. & O. A. Crisp. Sol Tree, Worcester. Sur. Jan, 2 BIDWELL, JAMES BYRON, tailor, Royston, Pet. Dec 15. Reg. & O. A. Carver. Sol. Thurnall, Royston, Sur, Jan. 2 BOAG, WILLIM, grocer, Salford. Pet. Dec. 12. Reg. Harris. O. A. Morgan. Sols. Marsland and Addies haw, Manchester. Sur. Jan. 11 BRIDGEWATER, WILLIAM, machinist, Northampton. Pet. Dec. 17. Reg. &0. A. Dennis. sol. Shoosmith, Northampton. Sur. Jan. 5 BROOKS, AMELIA, fishmonger, Birmingham. Pet. Dec. 14. Reg. & O. A. Guest, Sur. Jan. 4 BROOKS, THOMAS, fishmonger, Birmingham. Pet. Dec. 14. Reg. & O. A. Guest, Sur. Jan. 4 BROWN, CHARLES, gardener, Horncastle. Pet. Dec. 15. Reg. & O. A. Clitherow. Sol. Tweed, Horncastle Sur. Jan., 1 UNDERWOOD, ALFRED, grindery dealer, Northampton. Pet. Doc. 19 WOODHALL, THOMAS, journeyman p'umber, Halifax. Pet. Dec. 17. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Gazette, Dec. 21. PENNY, WILLIAM, printer, Lincoln's-inn-fds. Oct. 4, 1866 STILL, JOHN, victualler, Margaret-st, Cavendish-sq, and Hampstead-rd Dividends. BANKRUPTS' ESTATES. The Official Assignees are given, to whom apply for the Dividends. Campbell, R. printer, second, 3s. 8d. Turner, Liverpool. - Kay, T provision dealer, third, id. Turner, Liverpool.-Morgan and Adams, bankers, second, 3s. 4d Kinnear, Birmingham.-Parker, M. coal merchant, first, 1. 5d. Laidman, Newcastle.- Pryce, J. agent, first, 8d. Acraman, Bristol.-Tutt, G. saddler, first, 4s. 3d. Acraman, Bristol. Wells, R. grocer, third, 2d. Acraman, Bristol.-fills and Wills, merchants, second, 47d. Turner, Liverpool. BURNARD, WILLIAM FRANCIS, butcher, Thame. Pet. Dec 15. Reg. Assignment, Composition, Inspectorship, and & O. A. Holloway. Sol. Spicer, Great Marlow. Sur. Jan 3 BUTCHER, GEORGE, builder, Blackpool. Pet. Dec. 19. O. A. Turner. Sol. Wilson, Liverpool. Sur. Jau 7 BUTLER, PHILIP, sen., journeyman butcher, Leamington Priors. Pet. Dec. 19. Reg Hill. O. A. Kinnear. Sols. James aud Griffin, Birmingham. Sur. Jan. 14 CAMP, JOHN WILLIAM, late miller, Barkway. Pet. Dec. 14. Reg. & CATER, HENRY WYATT, farmer, Batheaston. Pet. Dec. 12. Reg. & COOK, RICHARD, sen., hosier, Ordsall. Pet. Dec. 18. Reg. & O. A. Reg. Stephen. O. A. Young. Sols. Sale, Shipman, Seddon, and Sale, Manchester; GOULD, THOMAS, butcher, Abbots Bromley. Pet. Dec. 19. Rog. & GRIFFITHS, JOHN, surveyor, Everton. Pet. Dec. 11. Reg. & O. A. HARWOOD, JOICE, and HARWOOD, SARAH, spinsters, Newcastle, and HEWISON, THOMAS, glass maker, Sunderland. Pet. Dec. 18. O. A. HILSDON, CHARLES, sawyer, Temple Cowley, Pet. Dec. 14. Reg. & JONES, ROBERT, innkeeper, Llanfyllin. Pet. Dec. 12. Reg. & O. A. LAMBERT, ROBSON, out of business, Newcastle. Pet. Dec. 19. Reg. & O. A. Clayton. Sol. Clavering. Newcastle. Sur. Jan. 5 LEIGHTON, GEORGE, telegraph clerk, Chorlton-on-Medlock. Pet. Dec. 17. Reg. Macrae. Ö. À. Morgan. Sol. Farrington, Manchester. Sur. Jan. 8 LOCK, JAMES, shoemaker, Swansea. Pet. Dec. 5 Reg. & O. A. Morris. LUCAS, JOHS, grocer, Birmingham. Pet. Dec. 18. Reg. Tudor. MAYCOCK, THOMAS, late timber dealer, Manchester. Pet. Dec. 14. PARFITT, WILLIAM SAUNDERS, engineer, Devizes Pet. Dec. 17. Rog. Wilde. O. A. Acraman. Sols. Wittey, Devizes; and Abbott and Leonard, Bristol. Sur. Jan. 2 PARRAMORE, THOMAS, гopemaker, Birmingham. Pet. Dec. 14. Reg. & O. A. Guest. Sur. Jan. 4 PEART, JOHN STRAW, late banker's clerk, Spilsby. Pet. Dec. 15. Reg. ROBSON, THOMAS, retired officer of Inland Revenue, Whitehaven, TAYLOR, HENRY, late cab proprietor, Castlehouses, near Huddersfield. Jan. 3 TAYLOR, JOHN, lace manufacturer, Nottingham. Pet. Dec. 18. Reg. Trust Deeds. Gazette, Dec. 18. ANDREWS, HENRY, victualler, Handsworth. Dec. 8. 5.-^s. Gd. at 1 BALDWIN, JOHN, tailor, Leadenhall-st. Nov. 24. 10s, by three equal instalments at 4, 6, and 9 mos. from 1st Nov.-secured BAYNES, JOHN, and LEWTAS, WILLIAM. joiners, Lytham. Nov. 22. Trusts. J. Sumner, timber merchant, Preston, and J. Ward, manager, Fleetwood BINNS. CHARLES, cloth manufacturer, Rawden. Dec. 8. 95s on execution of deed, 2s. in 3 and 2, in 6 mos. Trast. J. Booth, cloth manufacturer, Kawden BLAKE, JOHN, forage dealer, Plymouth. Nov. 12. Trust. T. J. Hewitt, merchant, Plymouth BOUTHEY, WILLIAM LUDOVICK, portmanteau maker, Strand. Nov. 24. 2s. Ed. in 3 mos BRIERLEY, MARY ANN, smallware dealer, Salford. Dec. 8. 2s. in 7 days BRITTAIN, HENRY, coaldealer and saddler, Walsall. Nov. 20. Trusts. J. Brewer, jun, lime master, and T, W. Edwards, iron merchant, both Walsall BROWN, WILLIAM TITCHENER, baker, High-st, Woolwich. Dec. 8. 21. on 1st Jan CHARLESWORTH, JOHN, jun., general dealer, Brindley Ford. Nov. 19. 73. tid-secured CHARTRES, JAMES, seedsman, King William-st, and Forest-hil. Dec. 15. 5.-2 d. on 1st April and 1st July 1857 CLAYTON, WILLIAM Carman, Queen's-rd, Notting hill. Dec. 3. 2s. 6d. -1, 3d at 6 and 12 mos COHEN, ABRAHAM MARK, Southgate-rd, Kingsland. Dec, 10. 19s. 11d. on 12th April COLLINGS, FRANCIS HENRY, surgeon, Broadclist. Nov. 30. 10s. in 10 days CRABTREE, JAMES, reed and heald maker, Todmorden, Nov. 19. fs. -38. on 19th Feb. and 19th May. Inspectors, J. Hargreaves, reed and heald maker, Bacup, and C. Lord, chemist and druggist, Todmorden DALE, WILLIAM, linendraper. Brighouse, co. York. Dec. 1. 5. in 14 days. Trust. J. Hawarth, auctioneer, Halifax DAVIES, LEWIS, shipwright, L'ansiadwen. Dec. 2. Is DRUMMOND, SAMUEL, provision agent, Manchester and Blackpool, DUVALL, CHARLES, cheesemonger, Walworth-rd. Nov. 16. Trust. FIRTH, SOLOMON, woolstapler and shoe manufacturer, Leicester. FISHER, DANIEL, victualler, Tettenhall. Dec. 5. Trusts. J. Farmer, butcher, Tettenhall, and F. Snow, tobacconist, Wolverhampton FISHER, THOMAS, builder, Plaistow. Dec. 7. Trusts. J. H. Sankey, cement merchant, Iron-bridge-wharf, Blackwall, and W. Walker, timber merchant. Regent's-whart, Poplar FITZGERALD, PATRICK, provision merchant, Bolton. Nov. 21, Trust. GUILLAUME, LOUIS ALEXANDRE, watchmaker, Spencer-st, Clerkenwell, and Hanley-rd, Hornsey-rd. June 25. 48, in 14 days, is. in 4 mos., and ls. in 8 mos HEATON, EDWARD, boiler maker, Ardwick. Dec. f. 12s 6d.—5s. on 10th Dec., 2s. 6d. on 10th March, 10th June, and 10th Sept.-secured. Trust. J. Horsley, merchant, Manchester HIRT, CHARLES, woollendraper, Leeds. Dec. 1. 12s by three equal instalments at 3, 6, and 9 mos.-secured HOBBS, WILLIAM, blacksmith, Wallbridge, nr Stroud. Dec. 3. Trust. J. Bizzey, draper, Stroud JAMES, JOSEPH LOSH, out of employ, Camberwell-green. Dec. 13, 1s. on 1st Jan LAKE, WILLIAM, schoolmaster, Norwich. Nov. 27. Trust. G. C. Kerry, accountant, Norwich LEWIS, JAMES HENRY FREDERICK, gentleman, Bursted-lodge, Twickenham. Dec. 15. is. on 15th Jan. 1568 LOVETT, WILLIAM, builder, Esher. Nov. 19. Trusts. T. McIntyre, slate merchant, and R. C. Fox, lime merchant, both Kingston-onThames MANN, WALTER, wholesale and retail tobacconist, Westow-hill-ter, Upper Norwood. Dec. 13. 10s. by four equal instalments on 1st March next and every 3 mos MARSH, JOHN EDWIN, merchant. Birmingham. Dec. 5. Trust. E. W Genever, accountant, Birmingham MARSH, WILLIAM, shoemaker, Cerne Abbas, co. Dorset. Dec. 14. 28. in 1 mo MAXFIELD, CHARLES PEACHEY, and STUART, FRANCIS FFrench, wine and split merchant, Brighton. Nov. 16. Trusts. H. Marston, distiller, Albany-st, Regent's-park, and E. Reddall, accountant, King-st, Cheapside MCCANN, JOHN SMITH, outfitter, Liverpool, Nov. 19. 6s. on 30th Nov. Trust. P. Williams, outfitter, Liverpool MITCHELL, WILLIAM, blacksmith, Easington-la, co. Durham. Nov. 27. 1s. on 20th Dec MULLANY, PATRICK, corndealer, Albert-rd, Islington. Nov. 19. 21. in 1 mo PELL, JONATHAN, innkeeper, Aberystwyth. Dec. 8. 20s.-5. with interest at 5 per cent. per annum, on 29th Sept 1857, 29th Sept. 1868, 29th Sept. 169, and 29th Sept. 1970. Trusts. H. Hughes, Aberystwyth, and R. James, Llanrwst, gentlemen POWIS, LITTLETON, fishmonger, Wolverhampton. Dec 11. 2s. 6d. on 1st March next PRATT, JOHN, and PRATT, WILLIAM, shoddy manufacturers, Pudsey. Nov. 19. Trusts. W. Bottomley, rag merchant, Bradford, and W. Baxter, extractor, Bradford PROSSOR, GEORGE BAKER, commission agent, Southsea. Dec. 11. Trust. F. J. Vosper, gentleman, Southsea REYNOLDS, ADAM, coachmaker and shopkeeper, Maidenhead, Nov. 17. Trust. W. H. Richards, coach ironmonger, King-st, Long-acre ROBINSON, AGNES, widow, CUSTALL, HARRY, gentleman, both St. John's grove, Croydon, and BARTRAM, ROBERT WILLIAM, Belvedere-rd, Lambeth. Nov. 19. Trusts T. Patrick, builder, Westminster-bridge-rd, Lambeth, J. W. Weldon, gentleman, St. James'ssq, and E. t. Bayley, wheelwright, Newington-causeway SIMMONS, GERSCHON, cap manufacturer, Gravel-la, Houndsditch. Dec. 11. 2, in 2 mos SMITH, GEORGE, paperdealer, Birmingham. Dec. 5. 3s. by 15th Dec. and 3. by 15th March-secured SMITH, JOSEPH EDWARD, architect and surveyor, Dunham Massey, and Manchester. Dec. 6. Trust. H. Elliott, public accountant, Manchester ST. AUBYN, WILLIAM, solicitor, Grocers'-hall-ct. Dec. 14. 1s, in 3 mos TULLY, COLLINGWOOD, timber merchant and shipowner, Newcastle. Nov. 24. Trusts. H. C. Armstrong, timber merchant, J. Harle, merchant, G. F. Bolton, ship chandler, and W. Oswell, agent, all Newcastle TURNER, THOMAS ALLEN, leather seller, Birmingham. Nov. 15. Frusts, W. Y. Madeley, tanner, Yardley, and T. Lake, leather dealer, Birmingham WALTON, JAMES, stockbroker, Bristol. Nov. 26. Trust. P. Owen, grocer, Bristol WELLS, WILLIAM HENRY, milliner and draper, Worcester. Nov, 20. 78. by three instalments of 21. 4d each at 3, 6, and 9 mos. from 15th Nov.--secured. Trust. J. Howell, warehouseman, St. Paul'schurchyard WEST, FREDERICK BURG!!, parliamentary stationer, King-st, Whiteball. Dec. 5. 58. in 14 days. Trust. J. H. Vaughan, stockbroker, Cpthall-ct, Throgmorton-st WHITEHOUSE, WILLIAM, builder, Smethwick. Dec. 15. 6s. 8d.3. 4d. and 3 and 6 mos. Trusts. R. Taylor, brickmaker, Washwoodheath, and J. Sadler, brickmaker, Oldbury WILLIAMS, JOHN MAURICE, chemist and druggist, Llangonoyd. Nov. 30. 4. on 30th May 1867. Trust, W. B. Popkin, chemist and druggist, Maesteg WISE, BENJAMIN, carrier, Maidenhead and Cookham. Dec. 13. Trusts. J. Swailes, gentleman, Maidenhead, and J. Fuller, miller. Maidenhead WOODWARD, RICHARD HILL, photographic stationer, Basinghall-st. Dec. 10. Trust. E. Leibius, manager to a leather merchant, Towerroyal Gazette, Dec. 21. ABBERLEY, WILLIAM, cab proprietor, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Dec. 15. Trust. C. Glover, brewer, Longton ANDERSON, MARY JUDITH, grocer, Newcastle. Nov. 23. 108.-3s. 4d. in 3, 6, and 9 mos. Trusts. R. Punshon, merchant, and R. Turnbull, agent, Newcastle BENTHALL, HENRY, contractor, Chatham-pl, Blackfriars. Dec. 19. 23. in 3 and 6 mos BIRCH, JAMES, grocer, Broadstairs. Nov. 26. 10. on 1st Dec. or in 14 days after BOYER, WILLIAM HENRY, photographist, Ramsgate. Dec. 1. 5s, 6d. on 1st July BRADING, ROBERT, farmer, Briddlesford and Shorwell, also maltster, Shorwell and Newport, Isle of Wight. Dec. 1. Trusts. W. B. Mew, brewer, J. Bull, miller, both Newport, C. Allen, yeoman, Fattingpark-farm, and W. Taylor, cattle dealer, Newport. Sol. Mew, Newport COOK, JAMES, late wheelwright, Bradford. Dec. 8. Trust. J. Wiseman, builder, Bradford COOPER, FREDERICK, builder, Amwell-st, Clerkenwell. Dec. 5. 78. Ed. -2s. 6d in 3 weeks and 3 and 6 mos COOPER, GEORGE, house decorator, Newcastle. Nov. 28. Trusts. T. Cuthbertson, paper stainer, Whitelands, Chelsea, and G. E. Swithinbank, accountant, and H. A. Wilkinson, agent, both Newcastle DAVIES, RICHARD, mercer, Aberdovey. Dec. 11. 7s. 6d.-3s. 9d. at 3 and 6 mos. Trusts. E. Davies, shipping agent, E. Davies, widow, both Aberdovey, and R. Davies, smith, Llanegryn DEMERQUE, GEORGE COTTON, gentleman, Twickenham. Nov. 28. 1s. in 3 mos EDWARDS, HENRY, wine merchant, Bristol. Nov. 30. Trusts. C. H. Pye and J. Prestwich, merchants, Mark-la EDWARDS, WILLIAM, silversmith, Birmingham. Dec. 13. 9s. on 27th Dec. Trust. J. Willis, jeweller, Birmingham FOLBIGG, OBADIAH, farmer, Tempsford. Nov. 28. 58. in 1 mo.-secure. Trust. H. Barker, gentleman, Biggleswade FRANKLIN, CHARLES, Woollendraper, Ramsgate. Nov. 21. 10s. 2s. 6d. at 3, 6, 9, and 11 mos.-secured. Trust. J. Walker, sen., Aldermanbury GARSIDE, WILLIAM, baker, Stockport. Nov. 24, Trust. P. C. Brownell, corn merchant, Stockport GAUTEROGER, JAMES, coton warp agent, Huddersfield. Dec. 5. GILL, WILLIAM, Esq., Lincoln's-inn-fields. Nov. 21. Trust. J. Healy, accountant, Bedford-row HACKWORTH, JOHN, grocer, Grantham. Nov. 21 Trusts. R. H. Johnston, banker, Grantham, and S. L. Williamson, grocer, Little GoDerby HALL, RICHARD, corn merchant, Hull. Nov. 22. Trust. H. F. Smith, seed crusher, Hull HANDLEY, ELIZABETH, out of business, Greenheys, near Manchester. Dec. 3. 2s. 6d. in 21 days HOBSON, THOMAS, and HOBSON, EPHRAIM, earthenware manufacturers, Longton. 4s. Trust. W. Goddard, Longton HODGSON, SAMUEL, ironfounder, Bradford, Dec. 7. Trusts. G. Ackroyd, bank manager, and 1. stephenson, oil merchant, both Bradford. Sols. Wells and Ridehalgh, Bradford HOLDEN, RICHARD, sewing-machine maker, Hulme, and Manchester. Dec. 18. 2. on 18th June HUNT, ANDREW, chemist, Herne Bay. Dec. 7. 2s. 6d. in 7 days. Trust. T H. E. Showell. Holloway-rd PERCY, JOHN LUKE, beershop-keeper, Rhyl-st, Kentish-town. Dec. ROOKE, ISAAC, coffee-house keeper, Houndsditch. Dec. 12. 2s. 6d.- RYDING, SAMUEL, and RYDING, WILLIAM JAMES CLULOW, corn millers and farmers. Wortley. Nov. 27. Trusts. R. Sykes, agent, Sheffield, G. Wright, cornfactor, Horncastle, and L. Sampson, cornfactor, Sheffield SHELFORD, HENRY, pianoforte manufacturer, Downham-rd, Kings- SIMKISS, MESHACH, charter master, West Bromwich. Dec 11. SIMS, JONATHAN, innkeeper, Stow-on-the-Wold. SMITH, EDWIN JAMES, hairdresser, Ross. Dec. 5. Trust. H. R. SOPER, JOHN RICHARDSON, builder, New Cross-rd. Dec. 19. To pay debts in full on 18th Dec STEAD, ROBERT, shipwright and shipowner, Wakefield Nov. 24. TAPPENDEN, EDWARD, grocer, Lenham. Nov. 29. 1's, on demani, UPTON, CHARLES, baker, High st, Poplar. Nov. 24. 2s. 6d.—2r. in 7 days and s. 6d. on 26th Jan. Trust. W. Hempleman, sen., shipwright. High-st, Poplar WAITE, GEORGE, joiner, Newcastle. Dec. 10. 7s. 6d.-2s. 6d. at 2, 4, and 6 mos.secured WATERHOUSE, THOMAS, plumber, Garstang. Dec. 14. Trust. J. B. Jones, accountant, Preston WAY, RICHARD, bootmaker, Torquay. Dec. 3. Trust. R. W. Pyne, brushmaker, Exeter WEBB, THOMAS, manufacturer, Earl Shilton, near Hinckley. Dec. 15. 1500 by four equal instalments in 6, 12, 1, and 24 mos. Trust. G. B. Cuff, accountant, Manchester WEDGWOOD, CHARLES FERDINAND, perfumer, Rurslem. Nov. 24. 6s. 8d.-2s. Ed, in 3 mos.. 21. Ed. in 6 mos., and Is. Sd. in 9 mos WHEELER, HENRY, warehouseman, Noble-st, and Grove, South Lambeth. Nov 24. 2s. 6d. in 6 mos WILLATS, WILLIAM, auctioneer Short-st, Finsbury, and Pantechnicon, Kingsland. Nov. 23, 5s, on 22nd Jan WILLIAMS, JOHN, sewing-machine maker, Old Charles-st, City-rd. Nov, 21. 2s, on 1st Dec WILSON, WALTER, grocer and draper, Byth. Nov. 27. Trusts. J. Burge, draper, Gainsborough, and E. Wilmshurst, ironmonger, East Betford WOOF, GEORGE, chair and sofa manufacturer, Liverpool. Dec. 14. 2. on 15th Jau ERRATA. Gazette, Dec. 14. BURBEY (and not Bonbey, as before advertised), ROBERT, merchant. Granville-st, Clerkenwell SOLLY (and not Solby, as before advertised), JAMES, ironmaster and steel manufacturer, Tipton. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. MARRIAGES. HERCHMER SHERWOOD.-On the 8th ult., at the Cathedral, Kingston, Lawrence W. Herchmer, to Mary II, second daughter of the late Hon. H. Sherwood, Attorney-General of Upper Canada. SEALY WALKER-On the 15th ult, at the Cathedral, St. Michael's, Barbadoes, George A., second son of Mr. J. Sealy, Attorney-General of Barbadoes, to Agnes S., second daughter of his Excellency Mr. J. Walker, C.B., Governorin-Chief of the Windward Islands. DEATHS. ELMSLEY.-On the 20th inst., at Derby, aged 69, William Elmsley, Esq., Q. C., of Darley-hail, near Matlock, Judge of the Derby County Court. KIRKMANN On the 20th inst., at his chambers, 79, Chancerylane, aged 70, Abraham Kirkmann. 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Of course there are several enactments affecting the public health, the poor-law, the revenue, &c. &c., to notice which particularly would occupy more than one-half of our impression. The causes celebrés of We will, therefore, proceed to epitomise what we may term the constitutional legislation of and Post-office Orders payable to Mr. HORACE Cox, the the session. The very first Act suspended the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland until Sept. 1, piration of twenty-one days after the commencewhen it was continued by cap. 119 until the exment of next session. Mr. WILLIAM FORSYTH was unseated by an election committee on the ground that he was disqualified by reason of holding the office of standing counsel to the Secretary of State for India. He was indemnified from the consequent penalties by cap. 20. One uniform oath was appointed to be taken by all Members of Parliament by cap. 19; Quakers to make an affirmation. Any peer sitting and voting, by himself or by his proxy, without having taken the oath, is made liable to a penalty of 5007.; and a member of the Lower House to a THIRD EDITION of like penalty, his seat also to be vacated as if he were dead. Cap. 55 permits the PostmasterGeneral to sit in the House of Commons. the year are not numerous. The branch of the law which has exhibited unusual activity is the law of defamation, and the principal cases have had their origin in the criminal courts. The only two which we need name are Sothern v. Colman, in which a fine of 50%. was inflicted for a gross libel; and Hunter v. Sharpe, being an action medical man whom it designated a scoundrel and against the Pall Mall Gazette by an American an impostor. The damages were estimated by the jury at one farthing. The great case of the year in the Divorce Court was that of Cavendish v. Cavendish and Gordon, tried in March, when 10,000l. damages was awarded. Our dependencies have furnished us with two remarkable cases, the one decided, the other scarcely begun. The former is that of Reg. v. Jervis, where an officer in service in India was charged by his commander-in-chief with embezzlement and pilfering. He was acquitted of these charges by the court-martial, but found guilty of insubordination, evidenced by his letters in reference to the charges to his commander-in-chief. The second case arises out of the Jamaica in THE Law and the Lawyers. THE LEGAL YEAR 1866. THE year which terminated last Monday has not been remarkable when regarded from a practical point of view. Law reformers in Parliament have been comparatively idle, however active they may have been at social science gatherings. There is very little to notice in respect of repeal, amendment, and the introduction of new laws. The Legislature was mainly engaged in adapting clumsy measures to the actual requirements of the cattle plague. In a constitutional aspect the year has not been unimportant, for we have seen the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act so far as concerned Ireland, and the extension of the Bank Charter; the former caused by the threatened outbreak of a Fenian insurrection, and the latter by a train of lamentable events connected with joint-surrection, and will become celebrated under the stock schemes, which culminated in the horrors of Black Friday. We will deal, first, with the actual enactments affecting the administration of the law. Cap. 14, 88. 11, 14, conjoins the offices of registrar and high bailiff in the County Court; cap. 96 assimilates the law affecting registration of bills of sale to that affecting the registration of judgments by enacting that there shall be a renewal every five years; cap. 32 gives a power to the Divorce Court to order a husband upon a dissolution of marriage to make monthly or weekly payments to the wife; it enables the court, when a suit is opposed by counter charges, to give the same relief to the respondent as if a suit had been instituted by such respondent; and it enacts that the time for making a decree absolute be extended from three to six months. Cap. 21 facilitates the proof of depositions taken abroad by rendering them receivable in evidence, if signed by a judge or magistrate, whose signature is authenticated in the manner usual in the state where the depositions are taken. By cap. 52, a certificate for expenses may be given in case of a charge before a magistrate of felony or misdemeanor, though there be no committal for trial. Cap. 84 amends the laws for the regulation of the profession of attorneys and solicitors in Ireland, and assimilates them to those of England. By VOL, XLII.-No. 1240. title of Reg. v. Eyre. The criminal courts have produced some important convictions. The one which excited the greatest interest was Toomer's case, where a tradesman was convicted of a rape upon a young woman whom he had induced to enter his family upon false pretences, but who remained there after discovering the deception. He was thereupon sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude. The murder by Southey, alias Forward, of his entire family, stands forth as the most conspicuous crime of the year, and his trial was remarkable as affording an instance of excessive ingenuity in simulating insanity. He was convicted and suffered death on the 11th Jan. An important case with reference to the reception of evidence and trial by jury in criminal cases, is that of Reg. v. Winsor. It decided that the judge may discharge the jury if satisfied that they are not likely to agree, and try the prisoner at a subsequent assizes or sessions upon the same indictment; and also that where two persons are jointly indicted, separate trials may be had, and the evidence of one of the persons charged be given against the other, although such person has not been acquitted, or tried, or pleaded guilty to the indictment. Ecclesiastically, Colenso v. Gladstone is the great case of the year, deciding that the trustees of a fund appropriated to the endowment of a colonial bishopric have no discretion in payment of the stipend, although the office be occupied by a person excommunicated by his colonial superior. Constitutionally, we may mention Ryves v. Attorney-General, which was the revival of an old and absurd claim on the part of the "Princess Olive " to the Crown of England. It terminated adversely to the plaintiff. A change of Ministry brought about an unusual number of legal changes. When Lord DERBY took office Lord CRANWORTH was Lord Chancellor, Sir ROUNDELL PALMER was AttorneyGeneral, and Sir R. P. COLLIER Solicitor-General. These offices were, upon that event, filled by Lord CHELMSFORD, Sir IUGH CAIRNS, and Mr. WILLIAM BOVILL respectively. Subsequently, upon the retirement and death of KNIGHT-BRUCE, L. J., Sir HUGH CAIRNS was raised to the Equity Court of Appeal, and Mr. ROLT became AttorneyGeneral. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK retired from the Court of Exchequer, and was succeeded by Sir FITRZOY KELLY; and at a later period Sir WILLIAM ERLE vacated the cushion of the Com mon Pleas, which thereupon was given to Sir The Solicitor-Generalship WILLIAM BOVILL. thus becoming vacant, it was filled by Mr. J. B. V.C. retired, and his place was filled by Mr. KARSLAKE. Later in the year KINDERSLEY, MALINS. If we may bring the inquiries into elections of members of Parliament under the legal category, and we assume that we may, the year in this respect has been remarkable. It has perhaps given us more inconsistent decisions than Rogers can rival in one and the same year. A large number of members were unseated, the most conspicuous case being that of the town of Nottingham, where both members, although of opposite politics, were ejected. The inquiry lasted twenty-seven days, and so frequent were the objections, upon one side particularly, that the learned counsel making them is known among his colleagues as "I object." Great Yarmouth, Totnes, and Lancaster rivalled the old reputation of Wakefield with such success the dissolution of Parliament. Constitutional that they called forth commissions of inquiry upon principles were discussed in the cases of Cambridge, Harwich, and Banbury, the two former involving the question, what is a disqualifying tion, "Who is an alien ?" and the method of office under the Crown, and the latter the quesseated, on the ground of bribery by their agents proving the birth and parentage of an alien. In the Devonport case, both members were unin paying dockyards'-men for the loss of half. a day. the year which have cast shadows upon great There have been some legal scandals during names. Let them sleep for ever. This brief summary of the principal events of the legal year suggests the following reflections: first, with reference to legislation, that there is a lack of energy or inclination on the part of the members of both Houses of Parliament in introducing legal reforms. Bankruptcy has stood still notwithstanding the existence of the most enormous evils. Also, there has been a dead-lock in our common law courts which is a disgrace to any judicial system; so much so, that one of these days the procrastina tion which was once the shameful characteristic of the Court of Chancery will be justly ascribed to our common law procedure. A measure should have been introduced last session for the mitigation of the evil by the creation of more judges, or an increase in the number and an enlargement of the functions of subordinate judicial functionaries. The initiatory proceedings with reference to Governor EYRE suggest that there should be a Government prosecutor, a man of high legal attainments, independent position, and unconnected with any political party, without whose sanction at least no suit of a criminal character should be instituted against a public servant. In criminal matters we observe a growing disposition on all sides to stop short of the terrible retribution of capital punishment; but on the other hand we perceive in the sentences of the Judges, especially on circuit, a determination to punish severely assaults on women, and for assaults aggravated by brutal violence to award corporal chastisement. Legal education has made no advancement. Sir FITZROY KELLY and Mr. COLERIDGE have sketched out what should be the initiatory training of barristers and solicitors, but in each case the sketch was overdrawn, and in a greater or less degree unpractical. King's College has, indeed, and if undue significance has been attached to it, UPON the first day of next Term the courts will sit at the usual hour, as the LORD CHANCELLOR will not receive the Judges on that day. THE first sittings at Nisi Prius in Hilary Term are appointed for the 14th inst. for Middlesex only. The sittings after term for Middlesex commence on the 1st Feb., and at Guildhall the Common Pleas and Exchequer on Feb. 13, and the Queen's Bench on Feb. 15. PARLIAMENT has been prorogued until Tuesday, Feb. 5, then to meet for the dispatch of business. ONE hundred and sixty-eight articled clerks To support our view of the general question, to which we still adhere, we may refer to an "occasional note" which, curiously enough, appeared in our well-informed contemporary, the Pall-Mall Gazette, the evening before the publication of Mr. CHITTY's letter. It refers to our statement, and says that there is some degree of truth in it, and adds, "that on first assuming the command of the regiment Col. SARGENT caused a good deal of irritation among the men by doing all the evolutions in slow time, according to the letter of the Red Book," and that "this irritation was increased by the emphasis with which Col. ERSKINE, the inspector, complimented them on their close adherence to the regulations." So much for our gross imputation." Success is the usual criterion of good management. There are splendid materials for a brilliant corps in the Inns of Court. Such the corps has been, and such it will undoubtedly again become now that the system of Col. BREWSTER has been adopted in accordance with the evident predilections of both officers and men. 66 THE JURIST v. THE LAW REPORTS. are not good," and turning to the editors with, you receive 12001. a-year, yet "there are no signs of revision or editing;" passing to the Council, who are called merely "collectors of subscriptions," whose success is declared to have been "exclusively in the performance of that function," and who are charged in plain terms with practising on "the credulity and hard cash of the subscribers" by "vociferation and empty promises," a euphuism for swindling; again, their very existence was "due to a scheme based on injustice, and they have not abandoned the platform;" then comes the climax: "They have shown themselves incapable; they are irresponsible," and their copyright, when it becomes of enormous value by the extinction of rivalry, may "be found to be in private hands." But there is one gleam of consolation for the dying Jurist. The wicked will not always triumph; in prophetic vision it sees a time when Parliament will provide an official report for all the courts: then the Nemesis will come; for the New Reports, having no owner, belonging neither to individual nor to a company, will be debarred from claiming compensation, and will be themselves condemned to a process of extinction yet more rapid than that to which they have subjected the prophet. have applied to be admitted as attorneys during THE Jurist has died, but not decorously. Ascrib. Reports are faultless. We have said before, and the ensuing term. THE arrears of causes for Hilary Term are considerable, but it is difficult, from the bare synopsis, to estimate the amount of injury inflicted by delay upon suitors. In the Queen's Bench, of new trials there are 3 for judgment and 40 for argument. In the special paper there are 3 rules for judgment and 52 for argument, and 4 enlarged rules. In the Common Pleas there are 27 rules for new trials, 4 enlarged rules, 2 cases for the judgment of the court, and 40 matters in the special paper. In the Exchequer, of errors and appeals there are 5 for argument and 1 for judgment; 8 rules in the special paper, and 3 in the perenptory paper. Of new trials there are 7 for judgment and 36 for argument. In the three courts there are 106 rules pending for new trials. THE LORD CHANCELLOR has ordered that all causes transferred from the County Courts to the Court of Chancery under the County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Act shall be heard before V. C. STUART. ing its fate to the establishment of the New But there is a preliminary question, "Who fact it had been in an atrophy for years and We are not now asserting that the New ment. But their faults are such only as are inwe repeat, that there is great room for improveseparable from youth and inexperience, and will disappear with age and practice. The editors are too timid. They lack that courage to blot, which is an editor's most difficult but most necessary duty. They give place to a very large number of cases that should never be admitted into Standard Reports. They have not suffiwhich was one of the foremost advantages ciently encouraged that brevity in reporting proposed by the promoters, and it must be admitted that too often they have sacrificed should be published in a work that is to be accuracy to speed, for no report whatever by the counsel who argued it, and by the Judges the ultimate authority, until it has been revised practice, not in the design, and the Council will who decided it. But these are only defects in be compelled, by the remonstrance of the whole Profession, to insist on their amendment. THERE WAS perceivable at the Clerkenwell pearance hastened the end by a few weeks or injustice to the regular reporters, and practised Police Court on Thursday a great diminution in the charges of "drunk and disorderly." The police attribute this circumstance to the inclement state of the weather. This is worthy of attention. People who are cold do not get drunk, and if drunk do not behave in a disorderly manner. Could not some freezing process be applied to the inebriate in the population? Or would misbehaviour under intoxication be prevented by the application of snow and an east wind? If so, we may take a hint as to building our reformatories with an eastern aspect and in particularly cold localities. WE are informed by the Irish Times that the appointment of Taxing Master in Chancery in Ireland, vacant by the retirement of THOMAS REILLY, Esq., has been conferred upon WILLIAM GIBSON, Esq. Mr. GIBSON holds a high position in his profession, and his appointment to this valuable important office will, there is no doubt, give general satisfaction. MR. CHITTY, a Captain in the Inns of Court Volunteer Corps, writes to the morning papers for the purpose of stating that the paragraph published by us last week is "utterly without foundation." Now, although we are willing to admit that in stating that nine officers had resigned (if non-commissioned officers are included the number after all may not be so gross an exaggeration), we were not strictly accurate, we cannot submit to the emphatic contradiction put forward by Mr. CHITTY. According to that gentleman's own version two lieutenants and an ensign have resigned since Col. BREWSTER'S death, whilst only five officers resigned during the period of six years which elapsed between the formation of the corps and the regretted decease of its commander. Whatever may have been the cause of the resignation of the officers first named, until explained, the fact remains, had ceased long before. Thus much was due to the alleged cause of But for the grave charge preferred against deliberately practised upon the credulity and the Council of Law Reporting, that they have hard cash of the Profession by vociferation and empty promises; that they have behaved with a dodge for the benefit of private interests, sure we are that it is sufficient to read the list of the Council to be assured that they could not be guilty of such practices as them. Doubtless, they are not free from those are imputed to jobbers who are always to be found gathering about any concern likely to provide places and profits; self-seekers may not improbably be seen among those whose professions were the public good. But from wilful false pretences, swindling, and jobbery the Council, collectively and individually, will stand absolved in the opinion of the public, notwithstanding the dying declaration of the Jurist. produces evils far greater than its benefits, for competition is the cause of hurry and its consequences, and stimulates that piling up of useless reports and that wordiness of reports which was the sin of the old competitive system, and has not yet been banished from the new one. The Law Reports, however, as a whole, are not about them, although the two editors receive, we good. There are no signs of supervision or editing are told, 12007. a year. We suspect that the editing of the Law Journal, which is, and always has been, a reality, costs very much less. It was in the power of the Committee of Law Reporting greatly to amend the method of reporting. Instead of attempting this, they seem to have been content indeed, their success has been exclusively in the per- the remaining rivals of the Law Reports can with the position of collectors of subscriptions, and, It may be, as the Jurist asserts, that none of formance of that function, and the merit of it is due survive another year. In this there is really as much to the credulity and hard cash of the sub-nothing to regret. Competition in law reporting scribers as to the vociferation and empty promises of the council. What else has been remarked in their proceedings has not been creditable to them. Their existence was due to a scheme based on injustice, and they have not abandoned the platform. They behaved with injustice to those of the regular reporters who asked for a proper guarantee of their printing and publishing their reports was settled interests; and the dodge by which the contract for without giving the law publishers an opportunity of competing, appears to be explicable only on the hypothesis of a job. They have shown themselves incapable; they are irresponsible; and the copyright of their reports-the present site of which is a legal mystery-may, if and when it has acquired enormous value by the extinction of all rivalry, be found to be were taken of the justice of the case, would perhaps in private hands. That event, if the right view lead to a satisfactory result, for no consideration could be asked for a property so acquired, and the establishment by the Legislature of an authorised and exclusive series of reports, under really responsible and public management, might then be justly demanded, and effected without the payment of a shilling for the purchase of vested rights. Here is an accusation, beginning with the general assertion, "the Law Reports, as a whole, THE NEW CHIEF BARON. WE hear but one chorus of praise of the CHIEF BARON. His manner to the Bar combines perfect courtesy with perfect dignity, forcibly reminding us of that model Judge, Lord DENMAN. He is patient to hear, prompt to determine, quick to seize the true points of the ment of the reasons for his judgments, in this case; clear, convincing, and succinct in staterespect almost rivalling Lord WESTBURY, that greatest master of legal expression. Lord DERBY has been singularly fortunate in his appointments to the Bench. All of them are proving to be considerably above the average of judicial capacity. This is the more satisfactory, inasmuch as it is impossible to predicate of any counsel, however eminent at the Bar, that he will therefore exhibit equal greatness upon the Bench. The faculties required for the Advocate and the Judge are not the same, and are not always possessed by the same mind. THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL. THE Customary honour of knighthood has been conferred upon the new Solicitor-General, now Sir JOHN B. KARSLAKE. The Illustrated London News of Saturday published a portrait of him, very unlike, and a memoir still more faulty. Among other strange errors it stated that he was the son of a Devonshire clergyman, and had practised at the Equity Bar. Not so. His father was the head of the highly respectable firm of solicitors of that name in Regent-street, and he himself is of the Common Law Bar, having for some time past enjoyed the largest leading practice on the Western Circuit. PRIVATE BILLS. THERE is now a fixed fee of 51. for filing a petition or other document relating to private Bills. A fee of 15l. is to be paid on each reading, and on the report of the committee. The total number of private Bills for the next session is 317, and a single firm has the carriage of no less than seventy-four of them. MR. COMMISSIONER KERR'S COURT. THE Sheriff's Court of London is, in fact, the City County Court." The customary statement of the business transacted there during the last year has just been issued. It appears from the document that in 1865 no less than 10,466 summonses were issued, exclusive of the judgment summons plaints under the new equity jurisdiction. Of these, upwards of 5000 have come directly for adjudication before the indefatigable judge, Mr. Commissioner KERR, and of these 3000 at least have been disputed cases, occupying more or less of time and thought in the hearing and decision. The summonses were in excess of those of 1865 by 534. So much for the complaint of certain members of the Common Council. The suitors have given the best practical refutation of the calumny by crowding to the court in greater numbers than ever. why should Mr. GARTH vilify Mr. BRIGHT? No A CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL. Dear Sir,-In the very careful and impartial You say that this proposal is not so liberal in its Gladstone. Either you have forgotten his figures enfranchisement of borough electors as that of Mr. or you have mistaken mine. His plan was limited to occupiers at 77. rentals; mine enfranchises every householder, whatever the amount of his rental. His plan would have added only about 70,000 to the borough constituencies; mine will add 150,302. He would have increased them by 15 per cent. only; I would increase them by 23 per cent. THE CHURCH-RATE QUESTION SOLVED. GARTH UPON BRIGHT. MR. GARTH, Q. C., the newly-elected member for Guildford, has unnecessarily subjected himself to insult by a gratuitous attack on Mr. BRIGHT'S character as an employer of workmen. Instead of answering for himself, Mr. BRIGHT Coolly consigns Mr. GARTH to his foreman, who thus roughly deals with him: Rochdale, Dec. 25, 1866. Dear Sir,-Pardon me for not sooner replying to your note of the 20th. I have the papers you sent. Mr. Garth does not seem a gentleman on whom many words may be expended with profit. I have not the smallest hesitation in saying that his reference to the business relations of Mr. Bright ROBERT MILLS. was a wilful, malignant, and premeditated falsehood. have an overwhelming predominance in numbers Whether so large a measure can be conceded with safety depends upon the course adopted by the other classes. If they will unite on the common platform of the maintenance of constitutional government, as opposed to the establishment of a democracy, by which they would be politically extinguished, they will be enabled to hand down to their children that freedom which has been their own boast, and which is enjoyed in the like degree by no other country, and least of all in countries where democracy preextinguishes free thought, free action, and free trade. vails, and despotism, in its most hateful form, It is a significant fact that in all the gatherings for promoting a democracy the glorious old sentiment, formerly so enthusiastically given and received"Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World "never now finds a place. It is thrown aside and forgotten. Why? Because it would be a mockery, in the face of the fact that, wherever democracy has been substituted for constitutional government, social liberty has been extinguished, free trade has been destroyed, the taxes are levied and spent by those who do not pay them, politics have become a trade, the upper and middle classes have retired from public life in disgust, and corruption of the vilest character prevails in every department of the State. And such will assuredly be our fate unless all who have anything to lose, throwing aside minor differences, will unite upon the common platform of the maintenance of constitutional government against the despotism of Democracy which threatens us from the great manufacturing populations of the north, who are agitating to obtain political power of Commons of the populations of the west and by the extinguishment of the influence in the House south.-I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, EDWARD W. Cox. 1, Essex-court, Temple, 26th Dec. 1866. Another critic has objected that the author registers, and not the actual number after exhas taken the gross number of electors on the cluding double entries and such like, and that therefore the estimated additions that would be made by the adoption of household suffrage are fallacious. But this was purposely and rightly so done, for the return of the burgesses also is that of the gross and not of the net totals, and therefore the proportions of the two franchises are correctly shown. It is for this purpose only that they are adduced. GOVERNOR EYRE. THE long-threatened persecution of Governor EYRE has commenced. It is announced by the Defence Committee that actions for false imprisonment have been commenced against himself and General NELSON by Dr. ROBERT G. BRUCE upon allegations of illegal arrest and cruel and Mr. ALEXANDER PHILLIPS, both of Jamaica, treatment during the rebellion. Committee assert that these suits are private The Jamaica adventures, not instituted by them, nor connected with their proceedings, and have nothing to do with the indictment for murder which is yet to be preferred by themselves. Of course it is open to any individuals who believe themselves to have been wronged, to When you say that Mr. Gladstone's Bill pro- resort to the proper legal remedy for redress, posed the enfranchisement of upwards of 200,000 and if the plaintiffs in these actions are really you overlook the fact that this number included the pursuing their own vindication, of their own imadditions to the county franchise, which were esti-pulse, at their own cost, and without the mainmated at 140,000. My figures represent the additions to the borough electors only. Adding his tenance, direct or indirect, of other parties, no But is it so in estimate of the additions to the county voters (for complaint can be made of them. fact? Are Messrs. BRUCE and PHILLIPS prothe ascertaining of which I have no data), and plan will enfranchise in the whole about 300,000 ceeding without the instigation, if without Gladstone's plan. that is to say, 100,000l., or one-third more than Mr. the formal concurrence, of the Jamaica Committee? Are they, in very truth, volunteer litidemand for justice? gants? If so, why this long delay in their Lambeth, a few nights since, stated that one of Mr. HUGHES, M.P. for the object of the committee was to try the validity of martial law; they deny its legal existence, or rather, we should say, its right to exist in Great Britain, or in any of our colonies. If it does not, it ought to do so, and must be made to You say that my plan does not increase the power do so. The British empire would not be safe of the working class in the House of Commons. In for a week if it were not that it is believed that this you have wholly misconceived it. The working- our governors are everywhere invested with class electors are at present 22 per cent. of the entire authority to stamp out rebellion by force of of borough constituencies. I should add to them arms-and that is martial law. Governor EYRE another 23 per cent, making them 45 per cent. of undoubtedly saved Jamaica and the lives of the whole. I give them the absolute, uncontrolled all its white inhabitants by the instant and my sion was, the manifest partiality with which it was return of two members out of three in twenty-four honest maintenance of opinions honestly formed? large boroughs, in which they might, if they pleased, vigorous employment of this weapon. Surely it would be sufficient for all party purposes to deny and denounce the opinion without discrediting the man who holds it. Wherefore should Mr. BRIGHT brand Mr. Lowe, and return men of their own class, as it may be hoped If the Fenians were to rise in rebellion in Ireland our governor there would, with the approval of all England, use it too. Were he to refuse to do so, and a massacre were to result, we should |