should have thought he would have been the last man to have acted in that discourteous and improper manner in which he did. I therefore now give that gentleman an opportunity of expressing his regret at having exceeded his duty to his client. His HONOUR then paused for Mr. Harper to speak, but that gentleman made no sign, and his Honour, after waiting a few seconds, called apon Mr. Humphrey, who appeared for the defendant, to proceed with his application for a new trial. Humphrey then argued that the defendant was entitled to a new trial on the ground that as to the number of days for which the sheriff claimed possession money the jury had decided against the weight of evidence, and that the damages ought to be reduced by about £15. Harper opposed the application, but made no application on the part of the plaintiff to review the verdict. His HONOUR ultimately granted a new trial on the point raised by Mr. Humphrey only, on pay ment of the plaintiff's costs up to this time within fourteen days. LEGAL EXTRACTS, THE GOVERNMENT COUNTY COURTS BILL. THE County Courts Bill (No. 2) (H.L.), as passed in the House of Lords, is now awaiting its second reading in the House of Commons. We desire to call the particular attention of our readers to sects, 4 and 5 of this Bill, which are, in our opinion, worthy of their most serious consideration. Sect. 4 runs thus: referred to in sect. 5 viz.: the Bloomsbury, the of one of the assistant registrars, who, together with the registrar, is responsible to any person who may suffer from fraud or neglect in the making of such search; and lastly it has all the incidents and effects that such an instrument should possess under the system the committee propose. Among the secondary advantages to flow from the system of deeds registration recomIt must be observed that by this section all the mended in the report is the practical abolition of County Court judges having jurisdiction in bank-"tacking." This is a practice which has hitheto ruptcy, and those enumerated in schedule B, prevailed in England, by which a person having a would, if the Bill became an Act of Parliament, be first mortgage was enabled, by getting possession invested with as much power as the Lord Chief of any subsequent mortgage, to deprive intervenJustice of England, the Master of the Rolls, or ing mortgagees of their rights. This practice is any Vice-Chancellor, to hear and determine all stated by the committee to have been productive actions and petitions in their respective divisions, of much injustice. It is an injustice, however, so that a plaintiff could go to any of such County from which Ireland has been kept practically safe Courts in all cases and for every kind of business, by the intervention of the fourth section of the however much might be the amount of the Irish Registry Act. We congratulate the country on the possession of a system so superior to that of property involved. or, the amount sought to be recovered. If no solicitor or no defendant objected, more favoured portions of the Empire, and we the action or petition might proceed therein from congratulate the officials of the Irish registry first to last, and, as solicitors may act as advocates in the County Courts, an office on the fact that their system embodies so estate many of the points of an ideally perfect plan of worth millions of pounds might be adminis- deeds registration.-Saunders' Irish Daily News. tered under this section in a County Court by a County Court judge and two solicitors; the costs would moreover be taxed by the registrar of the court, a practising solicitor,a retainer of counsel not being necessary at any stage of the proceedings. If this section be perthe executors and trustees of an estate equalmitted to pass into law it would be possible for ling in amount that of the late Baron Rothschild, to administer their testator's real and personal estate in a County Court, unaided by counsel and possibly without their advice, and we therefore strongly protest against it, because we think it would tend to break up the Bar, ruin or seriously injure the prospects of numberless barristers, London solicitors with agency practices, and their dependents; overturn by a radical, mighty, and unexpected change, all existing arrangements, to the embarrasment of all, and considerably increase the burden of taxation on the non-litigants of the United Kingdom. Cox's Monthly Legal Circular. LEGAL NEWS. THE IRISH REGISTRY OF DEEDS. have received the Royal assent. this week contained eighty-two entries, including MR. HENRY BEAUMONT, solicitor, has resigned the office of town clerk of Grantham, which he has held since 1856; but will continue to hold the appointment of clerk of the peace. AT the Stipendiary Magistrates' Court, Sedgley, on Monday, there were twenty-four cases down for hearing, when a county justice, who attended, stated that no successor to Mr. Spooner having been appointed no business could be attended to. LORD JUSTICE BRAMWELL mentioned at the Yorkshire Assizes on Monday, that he had heard there was a case on the list in which there were forty-six pages of accounts; and when it came on he intended to refer it to a special referee, and would take uncommon good care that people who had wantonly brought a case which they knew could not be tried should suffer in the costs. 4. Where in any action of contract brought in the High Court the claim indorsed on the writ does not exceed two hundred pounds, or where such claim, though it originally exceeded two hundred pounds, is reduced by payment, an admitted setoff, or otherwise, to a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds, a judge of such court, on the application of either party, after service of the writ may, unless he is of opinion that there is a question of fact or law to be tried of sufficient importance or difficulty to warrant the action being tried in the High Court, order the action to be tried in the County Court or one of the County Courts in which the action might have been commenced, or in some court near or adjoining to one of such courts THE report of Mr. Osborne Morgan's Select Com- dependent Member of Parliament writes in the REFERRING to the detained solicitor, an inand the cause and all proceedings therein mittee on Land Titles and Transfer in England Birmingham Post that shall be heard and taken in such County Court as has been issued, and we congratulate the com"Mr. Ward's punishif the action had been originally commenced in mittee on the result of their labours. Both the charged when Parliament is prorogued. Lord ment will not be very severe, as he must be dissuch County Court; and the costs of the parties report and the minutes of evidence show that the Denman, in the celebrated case of Stockdale v. in respect of proceedings subsequent to the committee pursued their inquiry in no half-hearted Hansard, decided this point, and added that if order of the judge of the High Court shall be manner, but with an earnestness worthy of a sub-the House imprisoned only for a week, on the allowed according to the scale of costs in use in ject of great national importance, and with the day before the prorogation, every court in Westthe County Courts, and the costs of the proceed- ability to be expected from so distinguished a body.minster would be bound to discharge by habeas ings previously had in the High Court shall be Besides suggesting certain changes in the existing allowed according to the scale in such latter law, such as the Repeal of the Statute of Uses, corpus on the day after the prorogation." with a view to simplifying our system of conveyIn our March issue it was shown by a table that ancing and the payment of legal expenses by ad about nine-elevenths of the actions tried at West-valorem fees, with a view to shortening legal documinster, and at the assizes, in the year ending 31st Oct. 1877 were for the recovery of sums under £200. It follows that if sect. 4 be not withdrawn, the judges of the Common Law Divisions will have power to transfer to the County Courts all actions in which the amount claimed is under £200, on the application of either party, at any time after service of the writ. It seems to us that this would have the effect of seriously injuring and inconveniencing London solicitors and the Bar, and would block the County Courts; and although the officers of the Common Law Divisions would receive the same remuneration for doing 2-11ths only of their former work, the County Court officers, who would perform the other 9-11ths, would get no more than they receive at present. The County Court officials now have quite as much work, we should think, as they can reasonably be expected to perform. If they have more to do, a larger staff and increased court." salaries will be necessary. The following is a copy of sect. 5, to which we have serious objections to raise : 5. Every County Court having jurisdiction in bankruptcy, and every County Court mentioned in schedule B. to this Act, and the City of London Court, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions and petitions which can be brought or filed in the Chancery, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer Divisions, of the High Court of Justice where such actions or petitions could not have been brought or filed in a County Court but for this section; and all such actions or petitions shall be removed as of right into the said High Court by writ of certiorari or otherwise as may be prescribed by rules of the High Court, upon the application of the defendant to the action or the party opposed to the petitioner, but any order made or act done prior to such removal shall be valid if so ordered by the High Court." Schedule B. contains a list of the County Courts ments, the committee primarily recommend the the office; its accuracy is attested by the signature MR. WILLIAM BARSTOW, solicitor, Halifax, not being satisfied with the election of a clerk to the Halifax Board of Guardians (for which he was a candidate) by the casting vote of the chairman, brought the matter under the notice of the Local Government Board, and has received a reply that the authorities, upon the facts at present before them, "are of opinion that the objections upon which you appear to rely do not affect the validity of Mr. Longbottom's appointment.” CORRESPONDENCE OF THE PROFESSION. NOTE.-This Department of the LAW TIMES being open to free discussion on all professional topics,the Editors do not hold themselves responsible for any opinions or statements contained in it. THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY'S PRO VINCIAL MEETINGS.-I am most sorry to see you complain that resolutions at the annual provincial A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF NEARLY The following are the paragraphs referred to : Should you wish to attend the meeting, I shall feel obliged if you will communicate with me not later tha the 19th of August next, as the list of gentlemen to be included in the invitation of the Cambridgeshire Law Society will be closed on that day. If you are good enough to prepare a paper for the meeting, I shall be obliged if you will send it to me, or inform me the title and purport of it, by the 16th September, that is, three weeks before the meeting, in order that notice of the subject may be given before. hand to those attending the meeting. X. BILLS OF SALE-PRACTICE.-As it is now compulsory for a bill of sale to be attested by a solicitor, I should like to know what responsibility devolves upon him. Is it incumbent upon the solicitor to peruse the document and then give an explanation of the same to the mortgagor ? Or, is a general explanation of a bill of sale only requisite, [Sect. 10, sub-sect. 1, of the Act requires the solicitor to explain to the mortgagor the effect of the deed, and this explanation must be made before the deed is executed. It would certainly not be enough to ask the borrower if he understood the nature of the deed. On the other hand, it may not be necessary to explain the operation of every provision.-ED. SOL.'S DEPT.] RE A LIQUIDATION.-I swore a client of mine to a debt in a matter, and delivered the proof to her, and requested her to send it to the solicitor at whose office the meeting of creditors was going to be held, and she did so. Of course it was sent to the solicitor prior to the meeting. She immediately received a letter from the solicitor in question, who wrote as follows: "I return the proof; there is no proxy for me to act in the matter at the meeting on your behalf, so that no advantage accrues to my client in taking the custody of your proof." Was it not the solicitor's duty to have received this proof and to have presented it at the meeting, and filed it with other proofs? This has always been my custom, Apostle, Queen-street, E.C., has been appointed by THE appointments of Registrar of the Bishop's THE LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed Mr. S. B. CRESSWELL, of Daventry, Northamptonshire, solicitor, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature in England. MR. CHARLES ADSHEAD LOXTON, LL.B., of THE LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed Mr. LEGAL OBITUARY, NOTE.-This department of the Law TIMES, is contributed LORD JERVISWOODE. a man of the bench, in their decisions. Lord Jerviswoode A. E. CLARKE, ESQ. THE late Arthur Edward Clarke, Esq., barristerat-law, of Penang, China, whose death has just been reported as having occurred on the 18th July, on board the mail steamship Lombardy, was the third son of William Clarke, Esq., of Kensington Park-gardens, Notting Hill (senior partner in the firm of Messrs. Clarke, Rawlins, and Clarke, of Gresham House, Old Broad-street), and was born in 1847, so that he was in the thirtysecond year of his age. He was educated at Bruce Castle, Tottenham, and King's College Schools, London, and graduated B.A. at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1866. He was called to the bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in Hilary Term 1871, and practised as a special pleader. He joined the South-Eastern Circuit, and for some time attended the East and West Sussex THE late Hon. Charles Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Jerviswoode, formerly a Judge of the Scotch Court of Session, who died on the 23rd July, at his country residence, Dryburgh House, near St. age, was the second son of the late George Baillie, Esq., of Mellerstain, Berwickshire, and of Jerviswoode, Lanarkshire, brother of George tenth Earl of Haddington, and uncle of the present peer; his mother was Mary youngest daughter of the ERRATUM.-SOLICITORS' CALL TO THE BAR. burghshire, and he was born at Mellerstain in late Sir James Pringle, Bart., of Stichill, RoxNov. 1804. He was and has been the custom of every solicitor that I Boswell's, N.B., in the seventy-fifth year of his sessions, and also the sessions for Brighton and have ever sent a proof to, and I have never had -Mr. Munton asks us to correct a clerical error in his letter last week. Final" Examination should read "Intermediate" Examination. 49. REPAIR OF FOOTPATHS.-Who are liable to repair footpaths adjoining a turnpike road running through a village the owners of the adjoining land on which the houses (let from year to year, and lying up to the line of footpath) are built, and who have recently dealt with a portion of the footpath as their property, including it in a lease, binding the lessee to repair it; the parishioners; or the road trustees? The footpath in question has not been repaired for upwards of thirty years. References to cases and text books will oblige. A. B. admitted ments. Hastings. He was, at the time of leaving Penang, acting Solicitor-General for the Straits Settledaughter of Duncan Clerk Presgrave, Esq., by Mr. Clarke married, in 1878, Isabelle, whom he has left one son. A. D. ORR, ESQ. THE late Alexander Douglas Orr, Esq., barrister at-law, of Lincoln's Inn, and of Calcutta, who died on the 9th July, on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Lombardy, in the thirty-second year of his age, was a gentleman of Scottish extraction, and was born in the year 1847. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took his Bachelor's degree in 1869; he was called to the bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in Hilary Term 1873, and joined the Midland Circuit. tised for some time as an equity draftsman and conveyancer, and attended the Moot-hall Chambers, Nottingham, and also the Birmingham Derby sessions. He prac COURTS AND COURT PAPERS. COURT OF APPEAL AND HIGH COURT OF an advocate more Rota of Registrars in Attendance. Saturday, Aug. 2 Saturday.. 2456789 Farrer V.C Malins. Latham Latham V.C. Hall. King 8 9 Merivale Jackson Cobby Jackson Certificates of Sale and Transfer.-Saturday, August 2, Mr. Teesdale Monday, Mr. Koe; Tuesday, Mr. Clowes; Wednesday, Mr. Cobby; Thursday, Mr. Jackson; Fr day, Mr. Latham; Saturday Mr Leach To surrender at the Bankruptcy Court, Lincoln's-inn-fields. BARTLETT, JOHN SEARLE, picture dealer, King-st, St. James's. Pet. July 22. Reg Murray. Sols. Davis and Co., Burlington-grdns. Sur. Aug. 12 DRIVER, WILLIAM, editor, Leytonstone. Pet. July 22. Reg. Brougham. Sol. King, Martin's la. Sur. Aug. 12 BAGGETT, FREDERICK GEORGE, WILLIAMS, FREDERICK WILLIAM, and BEADON, EDWARD, auctioneers, Greshamst. Pet. July 23. Reg. Pepys. Sol. Andrews, Clement'sla. Sur. Aug. 13. To surrender in the Country. COATH. WILLIAM, cashier, Walsall. Pet. July 23. Reg. Clarke. Sur. Aug. 6 COCSES, FREDERICK, out of business, Bradford. Pet. July Dep.-Reg. Lee. Sur. Aug. 8 GIRLING, JAMES BARRY, solicitor, Southport. Pet. July 21. Reg. Cooper. Sur. Aug. 7 THOMPSON, THOMAS, woollen draper, Hull. Pet. July 21. WHITE, HUGH, miller, Hednesford. Pet. July 22. Reg. WILKINSON, JOSEPH, merchant, Skipton and Bradley. Pet. July 22. Dep-Reg. Lee. Sur. Aug. 8 TATES, THOMAS WILLIAM, farmer, Poulton with Fearnhead. Pet. July 21. Reg. Nicholson. Sur. Aug. 7 Gazette, July 29. To surrender at the Bankruptcy Court, Lincoln's-inn-fields. BAWTHORN, HENRY, coach maker, Sloane-st, Chelsea. Pet. July 4. Reg. Murray. Sur. Aug. 12 JACKSON, FREDERICK JOHN, gun maker, Wigmore-st, Oxford- NOBLE, GEORGE, paper board manufacturers, Wanstead. To surrender in the Country. ASTON, EDWARD YATES, STANLEY, JABEZ, and BOTT, JOSEPH, tronfounders, Chapleton. Pet. July 24. Reg. Rodgers. Sur. Aug. 13 BENISH, JOHN, out of business, Hight st, Putney. Pet. July 25. Reg. Willoughby. Sur. Aug. 12 FORRESTER, FRANK, out of business, Gloucester. Pet. July 21. Dep.-Reg. Haines. Sur. Aug. 13 HEWITT, EDWIN GODDARD NICHOLSON, and GREENFIELD, ALFRED SAMUEL, printers, Norwich. Pet. July 24. Reg. Cooke. Sur. Aug. 9 MOLYNEUX, WILLIAM, ladies' outfitter, Southport. Pet. July 25. Reg. Sellringer. Sur. Aug. 11 MORGAN, DAVID LLOYD, auctioneer, Llanidloes. Pet. July 5. Reg. Talbot. Sur. Aug. 8 SWIRES, JOSEPH, maltster, Cleckheaton. Pet. July 21. Dep. Reg. Lee. Sur. Aug 12 Bankruptcies Annulled. Gazette, July 22. FAWCETT, HENRY, barrister at-law, Putney. June 26, 1878 ROOTS, GEORGE, brickmaker, Riverhead. Jan. 9, 1871 Liquidations by Arrangement. FIRST MEETINGS. AARONSON, SAMSON, and AARONSON, CATHERINE, Thanet'spl, Strand. Pet July 18. Aug. 2, at two, at King-stchmbrs, Cheapside. Sol. Mayhew, Walbrook ABBOTT, HUGH, butcher, Pwllheli. Pet. July 22. Aug. 8, at one, at the Queen's hotel, Carnarvon. Sol. Breese and Co, Pwllheli ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM, plumber, Minchington. Pet. July 21. Aug. 6, at twelve, at the Crown hotel, B andford Forum. Sols. Moore and Harvey, Wimborne Minster ALLANSON, JOHN, tailor, Farnworth. Pet. July 23. Aug. 13, at the Mitre hotel, Manchester. Sols. Dowling and Urry, Bolton ALLINGHAM, JAMES WILLIAM, printer, Farringdon-st. Pet. July 23. Aug. 12, at three, at office of Sol. Finch, Borough High-st, Southwark ALLPORT, JOHN, aerated water manufacturer, Castleford. Pet. July 21. Aug. 6, at eleven, at office of Sol. Lake, Southgate ASKHAN, GEORGE, tailor, Sharrow. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at twelve, at the rooms of the Sheffield District Incorpo rated Law Society, Sheffield. Sols. Watson and Esam BACOS, WILLIAM HATLEY, traveller, Birmingham. Pet. July 23. Ang. 12, at three, at the Wool Pack hotel, Birmingham. Sol. Cartwright, Birmingham BALL, GEORGE, tea caterer, Manchester. Pet. July 21. Ang. 5, at three, at Falstaff hotel, Manchester. Sol. Tremewen, Manchester BANKS, WILLIAM HENRY, officer of inland revenue, Cirencester. Pet. July 22. Aug. 7, at eleven, at the King's Head hotel, Cirencester. Sols. Mullings, Ellett, and Co, Cirencester BARTHOLOMEW, GEORGE, joiner, Sheffield. Pet. July 23. Aug. 7, at half-past eleven, at offices of Sols. Webster and Styring, Sheffield BESTOS, JAMES, tailor, Cambridge. Pet. July 22. Aug. 7, at ten, at office of Sol. Turner, Cambridge BLUNDELL, EDWIN, joiner, Nottingham. Pet. July 28. Aug. 15, at three, at office of Sol. Lees, Nottingham BROWN, HENRY, tailor, Sheffield. Pet. July 18. Aug. 6, at three, at offices of Sols. Burdekin and Co, Sheffield BURGE, THOMAS, builder, Kilburn. Pet. July 22. Aug. 12, at four, at offices of Sols. Yorke and Brewer, Conduit-st, Bond-st BURNS, JANES WILLIAM, brewer, Bradford. Pet. July Aug. 11, at three, at office of Sol. Tucker, Manchester BUH, Jons, pork butcher, Bath. Pet. July 17. Aug. 11, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Bartrum and Bartlett, Bath BUTLER, THOMAS, Coach builder, Cheltenham. Pet. July 16. Ang. 4, at twelve, at Northfield house, Cheltenham. Sol. Potter, Cheltenham CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM, merchant's clerk, St. Thomas's-rd, CLARK, SAMUEL WILSON, railway contractor, Knight Riderst. Pet. July 22. Aug. 18, at three, at offices of Pannell and Co, Girdler's Hall-chmbrs, Basinghall-st. Sols. Beard and Sons, Basinghall-st COLLINS, JOHN, grocer, Birmingham. Pet. July 18. Aug. 6, CREANE, ROBERT, saddler, Brighton. Pet. July 21. Aug. 5, at three, at the Chamber of Commerce, Cheapside. Sol. Maynard, Brighton CROPLEY, BARKER, clog iron manufacturer, Walsden. Pet. July 21. Aug. 7, at eleven, at Sol. Longbottom, Halifax DAVIES, DAVID, farmer. Lythwood. Pet July 21. Aug. 6, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Anderson and Davies, Shrewsbury DYSON, THOMAS, innkeeper, Staveley. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Jones and Middleton, Chesterfield ELLIOTT, THOMAS, watchmaker, Preston. Pet. July 23. FERRY, GRAHAM ROBERT, builder, Darlington. Pet. July 18. Aug. 7, at eleven, at office of Sol. Catchpole, accountant, Middlesbrough FLETCHER, GEORGE WILLIAM ALBERT, tailor, Kingsland-rd. Pet. July 21. Aug. 7, at three, at office of Sol. Cannon, King-st, Cheapside FORSYTH, ALEXANDER PEEL, iron broker, Middlesbrough. Pet. July 21. Aug. 6, at three. at offices of Sols. Belk and Parrington, Middlesbrough FRANCE. HENRY JOHN, ironmonger, Warwick-rd, Kensington. Pet. July 23. Aug. 14, at three, at office of sol. Stokes, Chancery-la FRANCIS, EVAN, grocer, Llanelly. Pet. July 22. Aug. 8, at GAYFER, WILLIAM, schoolmaster, Bromley. Pet. July 17. GIBSON, JOSEPH, hosier, Cockermouth. Pet. July 22. Aug. 7. at eleven, at offices of Sols. Hayton and Simpson, Cockermonth GRIFFITHS, JOHN, farmer, Bendy Glas. Pet. July 22. Aug. 8, at two, at the Queen's hotel, Carnarvon. Sols. Breese and Co. Pwllheli HALL, THOMAS, innkeeper, Kentmere. Pet. July 22. Aug. HOOPER, WILLIAM, butcher. Worcester. Pet. July 23. Aug. 11, at three, at offices of Sols. Allen and Beauchamp, Worcester HORAM, IRVIN, shopkeeper, Euxton. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at ten, at office of Sol. Blackhurst, Preston HUMPHREYS, THOMAS DARWIN, and GREEN, CHARLES, pub. lishers, Strand. Pet. July 21. Aug. 7, at two, at office of Sol. Wood, St. Paul's Churchyard HUNT, NATHAN, clerk to Bristol Waterworks, Gloucester. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Penson and Carpenter, Bristol IRONS, THOMAS, victualler, Derby. Pet. July 23. Aug. 12, at three, at office of Sol. Flint, Derby JACKSON, JOSHUA, and CHILD, JAMES HEMINGWAY, builders, Dewsbury. Pet. July 22. Aug. 8, at three, at the Batley Station hotel, York. Sols. Chadwick and Sons, Dewsbury JOHNSON, FLETCHER ATKINSON, dispensing chemist, Bradford. Pet. July 22. Aug. 11, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Gardiner and Jeffery, Bradford JONES, CHARLES SIDNEY, victualler, Worcester. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at three. at offices of Sols. Allen and Beauchamp, Worcester JONES, WILLIAM, farmer, St. Martin's. Pet. July 21. Aug. 13, at one, at the Wynnstay Arms hotel, Oswestry. Sols. Acton and Bury, Wrexham KENNIS, JOHN WILLIAM, merchant's clerk, Springfield. Pet. LEES, FREDERICK PRESTON, cotton spinner, Manchester. LINNELL, JOSEPH SAMUEL, tea dealer. Alexandra-ter, Lau- LOCKHART, FREDERICK WILLIAM, grocer, Dunstable. Pet. July 22. Aug. 8, at two, at offices of Sols. Lindo and Co., King's Arm's-yd. Moorgate-st LOMAS, THOMAS HENRY, cotton manufacturer, Burnley, Pet, July 23. Aug. 11, at half-past twelve, at offices of Sols. Holmes and Holmes, Burnley LONGDEN, HENRY, farmer, Bradworthy. Pet. July 21. Aug. 7, at twelve, at office of Sol. Thorne, Barnstaple LYDDON, JOHN WILLIAM, auctioneer, Bishopston. Pet. July 23. Aug. 7, at two, at office of Sol. Sibly, Bristol M'DONALD, JOHN WALLACE DOUGLAS, patentee and manufacturer of folding boats, Gracechurch-st. Pet. July 19. Aug. 12, at half-past two, at offices of Sols. Darley and Cumberland, John-st, Bedford-row M'KIE, JAMES, soda water manufacturer, Newcastle. Pet. July 23. Aug. 6, at three, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Incorporated Law Society, Royal Arcade, Newcastle. Sols. Allen and Davies, Newcastle MARSHALL, JOHN, farmer, Bradfield. Pet. July 18. Aug. 2, at three, at the Queen's hotel, Reading. Sols. Beale and Martin, Reading MARTIN, GEORGE ROBERT, cabinet maker, Bath. Pet. July 21. Aug. 8, at one, at office of so:. Clark, Bath MATTHEWS, JOHN, out of business, Denby Dale. Pet. July 14. Aug. 1, at three, at office of Sol. Booth, Huddersfield MOSES, LANIERT ALFRED, hardware dealer, Barrow-in-Furness. Pet. July 22. Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Imperial hotel, Barrow-in-Furness. Sol. Pearson, Barrow-in-FurMUSGRAVE, JOHN, and MUSGRAVE, JOSEPH MEEK, cloth manufacturers, Holbeck. Pet. July 21. Aug. 5, at two, at office of Sol. Harrison, Leeds ness NASH, CHARLES LLEWELLYN, out of business, Swansea. Pet. Jul, 22. Aug. 12, at three, at offices of Williams and Co, Albion-chmbs, Small-st, Bristol. Sol. Woodward, Swansea OSBORNE, HENRY, farmer, Walton. Pet. July 21. Aug. 7. at three, at office of Higginbottom, accountant, Knife. smith-gate, Chesterfield. Sol, Black, Chesterfield OWEN, OWEN ELLIS, painter, Lla iberis. Pet. July 21. Aug. 18. st eleven, at the British hotel, Bangor. Sol. Allanson, Carnarvon PARR, GEORGE, glass dealer, Brierley Hill. Pet. July 19. Aug. 4, at quarter past ten, at office of Sol. Addison, Br erley Hill PERRY, JOSEPH EDWARD, engine turner, Birmingham. Pet. July 21. Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Queen's hotel, Birmingham. Sol. Shakespeare, Oldbury Pet. PIATT, GEORGE ANDREW, hatter, Burton-on-Trent. July 22. Aug. 9, at eleven, at office of Sol. Wright, Burton-on-Trent PRUST, GEORGE BALHATCHET, stove manufacturer. Birming ham. Pet. July 23. Aug. 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Grove, Birmingham RADCLIFFE, FRANK, ironfounder, Pendlebury. Pet. July 22. Aug. 8, at three, at offices of Sols, Boote and Edgar, Manchester RANSON, MARY ANN, widow, out of business, Alkborough. RICHARDSON, JAMES, and STEBBINGS, JOHN, bricklayers, SAUNDERS, SAMUEL EDGAR, steam launch builder, Streatley. SAVINS, GEORGE, innkeeper, Begbroke. Pet. July 21. Aug. 6, at twelve, at office of Sol. Bickerton, Oxford SELBY, GEORGE, butcher, Carlisle. Pet. July 23, Aug. 11, at three, at office of Sol. Bendle, Carlisle SHACKLETON, SAMUEL, glass merchant, Bradford. Pet. July 17. Aug. 2, at twelve, at the Blackfriars hotel, Manchester. Sol. Singleton, Bradford SHENTON, FRANK, auctioneer, Leicester. Pet. July 22. Aug. 11, at three, at office of Sol Buckley, Leicester SHOREY, CHARLES, Ironmonger, Hackney-rd. Pet. July 15. Ang. 5, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Cotterell and Homan, Chancery-la SMITH, BEECHAM, grocer, Trafalgar-rd, East Greenwich. Pet. July 22. Aug. 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Child, South-sq. Gray's-inn SOUTHWOOD, CHARLES BRAY, castle dealer, Coryton. Pet. SPINK, JOHN, butcher, Hull. Pet. July 18. Aug. 5, at three, SUNDERLAND, JAMES, letter-press printer, Bradford. Pet. July 22. Aug. 6, at half-past two, at offices of sols. Peel and Gaunt, Bradford TAYLOR, GEORGE, music seller. Halifax. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at three, at offices of Ridsdale, Craddock, and Ridsdale, Gray's-inn-sq, Holborn. Sol. Boocock, Halifax TAYLOR, WILLIAM, manufacturer of cotton shirtings, Radcliffe. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at three, at offices of Sols. Ritson and Grundy, Manchester TRUBSHAW, JAMES, Deer retailer. Birmingham. Pet. July 16. Aug. 8, at eleven, at office of Sel. Taylor, Birmingham TYRRELL, HENRY JOHN, cheesemonger, Leather-la. Pet. July 21. Aug. 6, at three, at office of Sols. Cooper, Chancery-la VESTEY, ROBERT EBENEZER, pianoforte maker, Islington. Pet. July 17. Aug. 6, at two, at offices of Lass, Gracechurch-st. Sols. Grain and Nazer, Castle-st, Holborn WALL, ROWLAND, grocer, Stafford. Pet. July 17. Aug. 2. at eleven, at office of Sol, Wilcock, Wolverhamptor WARREN, GEORGE EDWARD, plumber, Cleveland-st, Fitzroysq. Pet. July 9. Aug. 2, at ten, at offices of Sols. Micklethwait and Co, Long-acre WHITTAKER, GEORGE, boot dealer, Blackburn. Pet. July 23. Aug. 7, at three, at office of Sol. Scott, Blackburn WILLIAMS, JOHN, contractor, Llanelly. Pet. July 22. Aug. 6, at quarter-past ten, at Sol. Griffith, Carmarthen WILLS, EDWARD, fish dealer, Teignmouth. Pet. July 22. Aug. 7, at three, at office of Sol. Hartnoll, Exeter WINTERBOTTOM, JAMES, draper, Bury. Pet. July 22. Aug. 8, at three, at office of Sol. Leyland, Manchester PRICE. DANIEL, baker, Swansea. Pet. July 19. July 30. at Fisher-st, Swansea. In lieu of the place originally named Gazette, July 29. AYRTON, JOHN, wholesale butcher, Fulwood. Pet. July 26 Aug. 12, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Catley and Maynard, Preston AINSWORTH, WILLIAM, machine broker. Preston. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at three, at offices of Sols. Cunliffe and. Watson, Preston ABRAHAMS, ABRAHAM, tailor, Westbourne-grove, Bayewater. Pet. July 23. Aug. 18, at three, at office of Lovering, Gresham-st, accountant. Sols. Emanuel and Sim mons ATHERTON, CHARLES, and SANDHAM, CHARLES, joiners. Bolton. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at three, at offices of Sols. Rutter and Finney, Bolton ASHTON, JOHN. ASHTON, WALSTUN, ASHTON, EDWIN. and STANLEY, JAMES, the younger, cotton spinners, Blackburn. Pet. July 25. Aug. 12, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Turner and Son, Preston ABBOTT, JOHN, cotton mill manager, Blackburn. Pet. July 24. Aug. 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Ainsworth, Black burn ARMYTAGE, EDWARD GREEN, and ARMYTAGE, JAMES BANKS, THOMAS (the younger), draper, Willenhall. Pet. BENTLEY, THOMAS EDWARD, drysalter, Cleckheaton. Pet. July 23. Aug. 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Curry, Clechheaton BRACEWELL, WILLIAM, picture frame maker, Halifax. Pet. July 26. Aug. 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Kerr, Halifax BUSBRIDGE, HENRY, plumber, Beckenham. Pet. July 24. Aug. 13, at eleven, at the Masons' Hall tavern, Masons'avenue, Basinghall-st. Sol. Gregory, Moorgate-st BURROUGHS, JOSEPH, greengrocer, Liverpool. Pet. July 26. Aug. 14, at twelve, at office of Sol. Carruthers, Liverpool BLAIN, JOHN, out of business. Runcorn. Pet. July 21. Aug. 5, at eleven, at offices of Lightburn, ccountant, Runcorn BUCKWELL, REUBEN, builder, Keymer. Pet. July 24. Aug. 13, at three, at office of Sol. Nye, Brighton CHANT, CHARLES GEORGE, dairyman, High-st, Poplar. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at one, at office of Sol. Willis, Charlessq. Hoxton CUIM, THOMAS, tobacconist, Openshaw. Pet. July 25. Ang. 15, at three, at offices of Sols. Chew and Sons, Manchester CULSHAW, JAMES, ironmonger, Wigan. Pet. July 24. Aug. CARR, JOHN WILLIAM, silversmith, Leeds. Pet. July 19. CREBER, THEOPHILUS JonпY THOMAS, printer, Plymouth. Pet July 24 Aug. 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Greenway. Plymouth CAMPION, JOHN NEVILLE, grocer, Birmingham. Pet. July 22. Aug. 12, at eleven, at office of Sol. Foster, Birmingham COOPER, SAMUEL, baker, Old Basford. Pet. July 25. Aug. COULSON, HENRY, machinist, Leicester. Pet. July 26. Aug. CLEGHORN, WILLIAM, out of business, Walsall. Pet. July 25 Aug. 9, at quarter-past ten, at office of Sol. East, Birmingham COPE, JOHN, potter, Hanley. Pet. July 17. Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Sea Lion hotel, Hanley. Sol. Lawrence, Hanley DOY, ARTHUR, blacksmith, Feltwell. Pet. July 23. Aug. 15, at twelve, at the Bell hotel, Ely. Sol. Rogers, Ely DODD, EDWARD, labourer Crewe. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at two, at office of Sol, Warburton, Crewe DOWNER, WILLIAM. fariner, Gosport, Pet. July 25. Aug. 12. at three, at the India Arms hotel, Gosport. Sol. King, Port ea DEMPSEY, JOSEPH, baker, Salford. Pet. July 26. Aug. 14, at shree, at the Mitre hotel, Manchester. Sol. Dewhurst, Manchester EGAN, EDWARD, eating house keeper, Bradford. Pet. July 23. Aug. 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Fox, Bradford EASTWOOD, JOHN, bootmaker, Thornton. Pet. July 16. Aug. 9, at ten, at offices of Sols. Lancaster and Wright, Bradford EDWARDS, WILLIAM, bootmaker, Stanley. Pet. July 26. Aug. 12, at three, at office of Sol. Stanford, Newcastleupon Tyne EVANS, WILLIAM, labourer, Llandovery. Pet July 25. Aug. 9, at one, at office of Sol. Williams, landilo EYNON, JOHN FREDERICK, gasfitter, Salisbury. P-t. July 23. Ang. 9, at twelve, at office of Sol. Nodder, Salisbury EVANS, DAVID, joiner, Cardiff. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at eleven, at office of Sol. Jones, Cardiff FROMANS, WILLIAM, shopkeeper, Cradley Heath. Pet. July 26. Aug. 12, at five minutes past ten, at office of Sol. Addison, Brierley-hill FORD, GEORGE, out of business, Silverdale. Pet. July 19. Aug. 7, at eleven, at office of Sol. James, Newcastle underLyme FERNEYHOUGH, JOHN, grocer, Silverdale. Pet. Ju'y 23. Aug. 12, at two, at offices of Sols. Slaney and Son, Newcastle-under-Lyme FIRTH, WILLIAM, chemist, Bilston. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Globe hotel, Bilston. Sol. Bowen, Bilston FLETCHER, JAMES, joiner, Heywood. Pet. July 26. Aug. 18, at three, at office of Sol. Edwards, Manchester FOSTER, WILLIAM, timber merchant, Emsworth. Pet. July 21. Aug. 13, at two, at offices of Edmonds, Clarke, and Co, 9s, Cheapside. Sol. King, Portsea FAWCETT, EDWARD, draper, Batley. Pet. July 25. Aug. 15, at two, at the Scarbro' hotel, Dewsbury. Sols. Scholes and Son, Dewsbury FIRTH, WILLIAM, plasterer, Brighouse. Pet. July 24. Aug. 11, at three, at offices of Sols. Tennant, Rayner, and Nevin, Brighouse FAWBERT, CHARLES THOMAS, stationer, Castleford. Pet. July 26, Aug. 12, at three, at the Commercial hotel, Leeds. Sol. Horner, Wakefield GAFFNEY, JAMES, ironmonger, Manchester. Pet. July 26. GRAVES, EDWARD, bootmaker, Gateshead. Pet. July 26. GLOVER, FREDERICK WILLIAM, boot factor, Preston. HOWDEN, JOHN, coal merchant, Leamington Priors. Pet. July 25. Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Globe hotel, Warwick. Sol. Boddington, Warwick HEALING, EDWARD, ironmonger, Nuneaton. Pet. July 25. Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Acorn hotel, Birmingham. Sol. Slingsby, Nuneaton HARVEY, FRANCIS, carpenter, Handsacre. Pet. July 24. Auz. 8, at one, at office of Sol. Twynham, Rugeley HARRIS, ROBERT JOHN, outfitter, New Swindon. Pet. July 23. Aug. 11, at half past one, at the Queen's Royal hotel, Swindon station. Sol. Dunn and Payne, Frome HARDY, JOSEPH, baker, Yeovil. Pet. July 24. Aug. 9, at at three, offices of Sols. Watts and Watts, Yeovil HEWETT, GEORGE, tailor, Brampton. Pet. July 23. Aug. 14, at three, at office of Sol. Forster, Brampton HILL, HENRY JOHN, outfitter, Mainde. Pet. July 26. Aug. 12, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Lloyd and Lloyd, Newport HADINGHAM, ALFRED, corn miller, Wangford. Pet July 26. Aug. 15, at half-past twelve, at office of Sol. Dowsett, Great Yarmouth HOARE, OLIVER WILLIAM SIMPSON, wine merchant, Southampton. Pet. July 24. Aug. 11, at three, at office of Sol. Robins, Southampton HAYES, WILLIAM EDWARD, cooper, Lozells. Pet. July 28. Aug. 7, at quarter-past ten, at office of Sol. East, Birming ham HOOKHAM, JOHN, grocer, Deptford. Pet. July 22. Aug. 12, HEWETT, JAMES, out of business, St. James's-road, Stratford Pet. July 26. Aug. 18, at three, at offices of Sols. Blake and Weall, Surrey-st, Strand HOLLIER, JAMES TEMPLE, and THACKER, EDMUND, dealers in artists' materials, Victoria-hldgs, Pimlico. Pet. July 19. Ang. 7, at half past ten, at office of Greening Budge row, Cannon-st. Sol. Swane, King-st, Cheapside HUBIE, JAMES, and WALKER, ALFRED, cabinet makers. Mill. row, Kingsland. Pet. July 21. Aug. 7, at two, at office of Sol. Parke, Colebrook-row, Islington JONES JOHN PRITCHARD, tailor, Portmadoc. Pet. July 25. Ang. 11, at one, at the Grosvenor hotel, Chester. Sols. Jones and Jones, Portmadoc JONES, JOHN, mason, Aberystwith. Pet. July 22. Aug. 7, at twelve, at offices of Sols. Hughes and Son, Aberystwith JOHNSTON, CARRUTHERS CHARLES, and JOHNSTON, SAMUEL LOGAN, merchants, Liverpool. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at three, at the Law Association rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Bateson and Co, Liverpool JOHNSON, WILLIAM, silk throwster, Blockley. Pet. July 17. Aug. 12, at one, at the Flying Horse hotel, Banbury. Sol. Barkes LEWIS, EVAN, grocer, Tonypandy. Pet. July 23. Aug. 12, at four, at offices of Sols. Hollier and Williams, Pontypridd LEE JOSIAH, baker, Bournemouth. Pet. July 23. Aug. 18, at three, at office of Sols. Lacey and Son. Bournemouth LAWTON, ROBERT CHARLES, upholsterer, Bristol. Pet. July 26. Aug. 5, at twelve, at office of Sol. Essery, Bristol LOWRY, GEORGE, engineer, Salford. Pet. July 26. Ang. 20, at three, offices of Sols. Sale. Seddon, Hilton, and Lord, Manchester LATTIMER, ZIPPORAH JANE, estate agent, Liverpool. Pet. July 25. Aug. 19, at two, at offices of Sols. Stephens and Danger. Liverpool LOKER, Jons, out of business, Springfield. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at half-past ten, at the White Hart hotel,Witham. Sol. Dixon, Chelmsford LEVERETT, JOHN, boot maker, Manchester. Pet. July 21. Aug 14. at three, at office of Sol. Rylanc, Manchester LAWTON, GEORGE, builder, Orford-st, Marlborough-rd, Chel Fea. Pet. July 26. Aug. 12, as eleven, at office of Jarvis, Guildhall-climbs, Fasinghall-st, accountant. Sol. Blair LYONS, SAMUEL, clothier, Knizhtrider-st, Doctors'-commons. Pet July 23. Aug. 11, at three, at 33, New Bridgest, Blackfriars. Sols. Carey, Warburton, and De Paula, West st, Finsbury-circus MCDONALD, ALEXANDER, out of business, Leicester. Pet. July 21. Aug. 13, at three, at office of Sol. Shires, Leicester MARTIN, GEORGE WILLIAM, grocer, Martock. Pet. July 24. Aug. 11, at three, at the Red Lion inn, Yeovil. Sols. Watts and Watts, Yeovil Pet. MCDANIEL, RICHARD, retail brewer, Birmingham. July 25. Aug. 11, at three, at office of Sol. Fallows, Birmingham NEALE, MARTIN HORATIO, out of business, Woodford. Pet. July 24. Aug. 13, at eleven, at the Berkeley Arms hotel, Berkeley. Sol Hurd, Stroud NUTTELL, JOHN, refreshment-room keeper, Cleethorpes. Pet. July 26. Aug 9, at eleven, at offices of Sols. Stephenson and Mountain, Great Grimsby NORRIS, JAMEs, jun, engineer, Great Queen-st, Lincoln's-inn. Pet. July 24 Aug. 8, at thre, at office of Sol. Holland, St. Swithin's-la NASH, JAMES HENRY, CHina dealer, Woolwich, Pet. July 25. Aug. 12, at two, at office of Sol. Whale, Woolwich OXTOBY, THOMAS BROWN, refreshment-house keeper, Halifax. Per. July 26. Aug 12, at three, at the White Lion hotel, Halifax. Sol. Boocock, Halifax PORTER, CHARLES, brewer, Ely. Pet. July 17. Aug. 6, at three, at the Lamb ho'el. Ely. Sol. Papworth, Camoridge PENLINGTON, WILLIAM HENRY, licensed victualler, Nantwich. Pet. July 22. Aug 8, at eleven, at the Royal hotel, Nantwich-rd, Crewe. Sol. Garside, Congleton. PEARSE, ALFRED, baker, Cambridge-ter, Kensal-rd, Westbourne Park, Paddington. Pet. July 17. Aug. 7, at eleven, at office of Sol. Anning, Cheapside POULTON, FREDERICK, plasterer, Leominster. Pet. July 25. Asg. 12, at half-past ten, at offices of Edwards and Wea ver, Leominster. Sol. Garrold, Hereford ROWLAND, WILLIAM, builder. Llanelly. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at eleven, at offices of Sols, Rees, Edwards, and Wood, Llanelly RETALLACK, CHARLES, manager, Sparkbrook. Pet. July 24 Aug. 8, at twelve, at office of Sol. Pointon, Birmingham RIDLEY, ALFRED, out of business Birmingham. Pet. July 25. Aug. 14, at twelve, at office of Sol. Jagger, Birminghm ROBINSON, DENIS CHARLES EDWARD, commission agent, Leadenhall-st. Pet. July 21. Aug. 14, at three, at office of Sol. Hill, Mincing-la RICHMAN, JOHN, builder, St. Luke's-sq, Hoy-st. Canning Town. Pet. July 22. Aug. 13, at three, at office of Sol. Paulin, Fen-ct, Fenchurch-st RUGLEN, JAMES, out of business, Barnsley. Pet. July 24. Aug. 8, at two, at the Queen's hotel, Barnsley. Sols. Frankland and Alderson, Barnsley RIDSDALE, RICHARD BURTON, farmer. Ripley. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at half-past eleven, at offices of Sols. Bateson and Hutchinson, Harrogate STONE, THIRZA, widow, St. Leonard's. Pet. July 26. Arg. 11, at eleven. at offices of Fewing and Oakley, 16, Queenstreet, Exeter. Sol. Huggins, Exeter SARGEANT, EMMA, fancy stationer, Gosport, Pet. July 24. SNUGGS, CHARLES, plumber, Windsor. Pet. July 23. Aug. 13, at three, at office of Sol. Durant, Guildhall-chmbrs, Basinghall-st SIMPSON. THOMAS, grocer, Preston. Pet. July 24. Aug. 8, at three, at offices of Sols. Forshaw and Parker, Preston SPENDER, BENJAMIN, farmer, Park Heath. Pet. July 24. Aug. 15, at eleven, at office of Sol. Smallwood, Newport SCUTTS, EBENEZER, carpenter, Swindon. Pet. July 17. Aug. 11, at ten, at the offices of Coleman, Buller and Co, public accountants, Swindon. STRONG, FREDERICK HENRY, boot manufacturer, Saint George. Pet. July 24. Aug. 8, at two, at office of Sol. Sibly, Bristoi SNOOD, JOHN, builder, Eastville. Pet. July 26. Aug. 14, at eleven, at offices of Milne and Co, Bristol. Sol. Pearson, Bristol THORNLEY, PETER, draper, Preston. Pet. July 24. Aug. 8, at two, at office of Sof. Cooper, Preston TAYLOR, HELEN, school proprietor, Fortiss-grn. Pet. July Pet. July 23. Aug 9, at WALTERS, JENNET, grocer, Porth. hali-past ten, at the Royal hotel, Cardiff. Sol. Cousins, Cardiff. WATSON, THOMAS WHITTET, farmer, Hadstock. Pet. July 24. Aug. 8, at eleven, at 2, Silver-st, Cambridge. Sol. Wayman WALLINGTON, GEORGE (the younger), joiner, Warrington. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at offices of Sols. Davies and Co. Warrington WHITE, FRANK, oil merchant, Ryde. Pet. July 23. Aug. 11. at two, at offices of Ley and Mould, 61, Carey-st, Lincoln's-inn. Sol. Pettis, Newport, 1.W. WILLIS, HENRY, Saddler, Basingstoke. Pet. July 21. Aug. 11, at two, at office of Sol. Webb, Basingstoke WOOD, JAMES, tailor, Heaton Norris. Pet. July 16. Ang. 11, at three, at ffice of Sol. Newton, Stockport WRIGHT, WILLIAM SYMES, out of busines, Glo scp. Pet. July 21. Aug. 11, at three, at offices of Sols. Hibbert and Hibbert, Hyde WILLIAMS, EDWIN, farmer, St. Weonard's. Pet. July Aug. 11, a half-past two, at the Royal hotel, Ross. Sol. Corner Hereford WOOD, WILLIAM. assistant leather dealer, Liverpocl. Pet. July 26. Aug. 11, at three, at office of Sol. Bartlett, Liver pool WALLER, EDWIN, coal merchant. Devons-rd, Bow. Pet. July 23. Aug. 9, at two, at orice of Sol. Foster, Grace church-st WILTSHIRE, JOB, carman, Bournemouth. Pet. July 25. Aug. 16, at three, at the Pembroke hotel, Bournemouth. Sol. Trevanion YOUNG, CHARLES, market gardener, Balcombe. Pet. July 23. Aug. 8, at twelve, at office of Sol. Ricketts, Bath Dividends. BANKRUPTS' ESTATES. The Official Assignees, &c., are given, to whom apply for the Dividends. Freeman, J., late commission agent, first 208. At Stone, Liverpool. Alsop, W. jun., Swinner on, first and final, 58. 7d. At Trust. Wright, Stafford.-Blanchard, ju builder, first and final. Id. At Trust. Bolland, LiverpoolBowman, J.,boot merchant, prove debts for div.4d. At Trust, Heselton, Bradford.-Burch J., draper, first 78. At Trust, Lovering, Gre-ham-st-Buttifant, J., a countant, first and final, 2s. 6d. At Trust. Bullard, Norwich.-Freemd, B. draper, first 48. 10d. At Trust. Edwards, King-s, Crap side.-Lane, G., victualler, second and final, 4d. At Time Rogers, Nottingham-Mellino, H., joiner, first and firal, Ss. 7d. At Trust. Morris, Southport.-Motteni, A., fur ture dealer, first, 48. 10d. At Trust. Harvey, Gresham bldgs, Basinghall-st.-Taylor, R., jun., farmer. second, ls. 5d. At Trust. Cobb, Colchester.-Waldegrave, R. P. and E, butchers, first and final, 28. 1d, At Trust. Lucas, BostonWood, S., archit ct, first and final, 7d. At Trust. Lowden, Barrow-in-Furness Orders of Discharge. Gazette, July 22. BRANNAN, HUGH, spirit merchant, Gateshead BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BOYALL.-On the 22nd ult., at Grantham, the wife of John HUTION-On the 15th ult, at Roseneath, Rawdon, Leeds, the wife of F. Douglas Hutt n. Solicitor, of a son. MARRIAGES. BATTEN-ELIAS.-On the 23rd ult, at Kensington Parish Church, Henry Howard Batten, Barris'er-at-law, to Edit younger daughter of Ney Elias. Esq., of 33, Inverness terrace, W. BEALE PHILLIPS.-On the 22n ult., at St. Mary's, Stur minster, John Alexander Beale, of Auckland, NZ. Barrister-at-law, to Martha, younger daughter of Edwi Phillips, Esq., of Sturminster. HANNAM-HURT.-On the 29th ult., at Kirkhy Overblow, by the Rev. F. L Harrison, vicar of Pannall, assisted by the Rev. J. J. Toogood, vicar of the parish, Willam Simpson Hannam, of York, Solicitor, only son of John Denbigh Hannam, of Knaresborough, to Hannah Mar, only surviving daughter of the late Robert Bains Hurst, of Plompton, Knaresborough, and formerly of Clayton, Bradford. ILES-ILES.-On the 22nd ult., at St. Mary's, Fairford, Alexander Hitchman Iles, Solicitor, Fairford, to Alice, eldest daughter of Alexander Iles, Fairford. ROBERTS-DORLING.- On the 23rd nlt., at the Church of St. Barnabas, Kensington, Charles Tanner Kingdon Roberts of Exeter, Solicitor, to Eliza Dorling. of 31, Elsham-road Kensington, daughter of the late Henry Dorling, of Epsom. STANWAY-HERRON.-On the 22nd ult., at St. Luke's, Lowe Norwood, Edward Funcutt Stanway, of Lancasteros Lower Norwood, Solicitor, to Alice, youngest daughter of the late George Robert Herron, of York-crescent, Lower Norwood. DEATHS. CLARKE. On the 18th ult., aged 31, on board the mail steamer Lombardy, Arthur Edward Clark, of Penang, Barrister-at-law. GODFREY. On the 19th ult., at Ealing, John Godfrey, Esq.. 25. Aug. 15, at twelve, at office of Sol. Peterson, Bury-st, PAINLESS DENTISTRY. St. James's TATTERSALL JOHN, cotton waste spinner, He'mshaw. Pet. July 25. Aug. 14, at three, at offices of Sols. Grundy, Kershaw, and Co, Manchester 23. UDALL. ROBERT, and UDALL, ROBERT JOHN, merchants. ARTIFICIAL TEETH. MR. G. H. JONES, Surgeon Dentist, 7, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, LONDON, (Immediately opposite the British Museum.) Has obtained HEB MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT for his perfectly painless system of adapting Prize Medal (London and Paris) Aug. 11. at twelve, at offices of Sols. Flint and Flint, ARTIFICIAL TEETH BY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE Uttoxeter WARREN, JOHN BESLEY, and WARREN, GEORGE HARDING, builders. Bristol. Pet. July 28. Aug. 7. at twelve, at office of Collins, Bristol. Sol. Beckingham, Bristol WEST, WALTER FREEMONT, tailor, Cheltenham. Pet. July 24. Ang. 9, at twelve, at office of Sol. Chesshyre, Chel tenham WILLIAMS, THOMAS, tailor, Penygarth. Pet. July 25. Aug. 11, at one, at the Sportsman hotel, Portmadoc. Sols. Breece and Co, Pwllheli Pamphlet gratis and post free. Tnd GAUNT OF VALBONY, HE COUNTY COURTS CHRONICLE 1s. 6d., contains all the Law and Reports of the Courts Courts and in Bankruptcy. London: COUNTY COURTS CHRONICLE Office, 10, Wellington street, Strand, W.C. Justice STEPHEN taking the first half, and Mr. Justice BowEN the second half of the vacation. We hope that the two judges have agreed this year on the costume to be adopted in court, and that robes will be worn. A VERY important notice, of which the following is a copy, has been affixed to the walls of the Chancery Taxing Masters' Offices: "Notice. The vacation taxing master will, at the request of the parties, take any reference involving the payment or distribution of money under any order made subsequent to the 15th July last depending on the taxation of costs." AN undoubtedly hard case came before the magistrate sitting at the Marylebone Police Court a day or two ago. An application was made on behalf of the wife of a discharged letter-carrier for a separation order. The husband had been previously committed for trial to the Middlesex Sessions by the magistrate, and there sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for an aggravated assault upon his wife. When the man was committed for trial the magistrate was of opinion that the sessions could grant a separation order if requested so to do. At the sessions, however, the judge who presided was asked to grant such an order, but refused on the ground that he had no power. It was mentioned during the hearing of this application before the magistrate, that one of Her Majesty's judges took the view that the separation could be granted if asked for, and granted an order under circumstances similar to those in this case. There ought to be no difficulty in granting a separation in such cases on the ground of jurisdiction of the court or judge. AN intended sale of corporation documents, archives of the borough of Weymouth for more than 500 years, has given rise to a question of title. These documents originally belonged to the corporation. They subsequently became known as the "Sherren Papers" having passed into the possession of a person named Sherren, whose successor placed them in the hands of an auctioneer about a week ago for sale. An offer of £100 from the town council was refused. At the sale it was stated that the late owner bought these and other papers in "a barbarous state of mutilation;" but the proceedings were not allowed to go on without a protest being lodged in the name of the corporation against the sale. The protest was further supported by a reference to various expressions of opinion that public documents could not be held by private persons, and that this rule applied irrespective of the lapse of time during which such private persons had possession. If the claim of the corporation proceeded from a desire to regain possession of those papers, which must be of great interest to all who are interested in the antiquities of Weymouth, it is curious that an effort had not been made long ago to settle the question of title. THE Children's Dangerous Performances Act has just been issued, and, though a short and simple statute, it may be made effective in practice. It will come into operation upon the first day of next year, and applies to the United Kingdom. The main provision is, that any person who shall cause a child under the age of fourteen to take part in any public exhibition or performance whereby "in the opinion of a court of summary jurisdiction" the life or limbs of the child shall be endangered, and its parent or guardian, shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of not more than ten pounds. Here we have still further duties thrown upon our already over-worked magistrates, for they, or justices, will have to give their " opinion" as to the dangers to children of gyinnastic and acrobatic performances. Another section provides that where, in the course of such a dangerous performance or exhibition, any accident causing bodily harm occurs to such child," the employer shall be liable to be indicted for having committed an assault, and be punishable accordingly. But, with great good sense, the Act goes on to provide for the payment of some small compensation in cases of injury, by giving power to the court before whom such employer is so convicted to award compensation to an amount not exceeding £20, payable to the child, or some person on its behalf. This excellent provision is in the best interests of those for whom the statute is passed, as it would save the necessity for bringing a doubtful action, besides which the money so awarded would be summarily recoverable. The allegation as to the child's age made upon the complaint is to hold good until disputed, when the onus of proving the fact is thrown upon the party charged. THE utility of the Foods and Drugs Act 1875 has been jeopardised in more than one particular since the Act came into operation. On a recent occasion a summons was issued under the 17th section against a milkman at one of the Metropolitan police courts. That section imposes a penalty in certain cases upon persons who refuse to sell any article to any officer, by enacting that if any duly authorised officer, inspector, or constable apply to purchase any article of food or any drug "exposed to sale or on sale by retail on any premises, or in any shop or stores," and tender the price for the quantity which he may require for the |