渡 LE has been put upon this Act by the Court of Exchequer in Joyful v. Both and others, 2 L. R. Ex. 267, which is quite against the plaintiff. It is true that in that case it was stated in the margin of the bill of lading that "weight, contents, and value are unknown," although in the body the weight was specified, and it was held that the words in the margin controlled the statement of the weight. But it was also held that the owners were not bound by the signature of their agents. Kelly, C.B., after deciding on the effect of the words in the margin, goes on to say, "But I do not give my judgment on this ground. We are called upon for the first time to put a construction on this Act, and it is fit that we should state our opinions as to its effect with reference to the character of the party signing the bill of lading, when an action is brought against the owner or charterer;" and then, after reading sect. 3, he goes on, 'Now, here the master certainly has not signed, but other persons, the Messrs. Borchi, have; and throws the defendant within the second branch of the alternative. They cannot be so, unless Messrs. Borchi's signature is equivalent to their own; that is, unless Messrs. Borchi have signed in their place. It appears, in the first place, that these gentlemen the defendant's agents, here signed in conformity with a practice arising out of cases which would make it not merely inconvenient, but impossible for the agents to weigh the goods, and thus the weight is accordingly taken from the shippers. In the second place, it appears that in such cases, the agent signs instead of the master, and that "no difference is recognised as any matter of trade usage or understanding, between the efficacy of a signature by the agent, and of a signature by the master. This amounts, then, to a statement that Messrs. Borchi signed instead of the master, and not instead of the defendants; and if the action had been against the master, the points raised by the plaintiff might have been material; but being neither against the master, nor against the person actually signing the bill of lading, it entirely fails." And on the same point Bramwell, B. says:-" At common law the defendants would not be liable on this bill, because although Messrs. Borchi were their agents to conduct their business, they were not their agents to make an admission contrary to the fact, by signing a bill of lading for a quantity they knew nothing of. Then does the statute make any difference? I think not; it seems to me that the person actually signing the bill of lading shall be liable. If, for instance, an owner had signed, it would be conclusive against him; but it would not be so against the other owner. If, then, the bill of lading is only conclusive against the person actually signing, the defendants not being the signers of the bill in question are not made liable by the statute. They are therefore entitled to our judgment. And so, in the present case, the defendant not having signed the bill of lading himself is not liable, but the plaintiff's remedy must be against the master who signed. Mr. Ingledew relied a good deal on the proviso in sect. 3, for exonerating the master when there was no default on his part; but I am inclined to think that this proviso does not protect him here. The words of the proviso are" Provided that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself in respect of such misrepresentation by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper," &c. Now, it seems to me difficult to say, that a person who acknowledges himself to have received a certain weight on board, but who does not take the precaution of weighing the cargo, can be said to be without default in respect of the misrepre sentation. NORFOLK COUNTY COURTS.-A correspondent writes as follows:-"The following appeared in the Eastern Express of Saturday last : NORWICH COUNTY COURT. Saturday, March 13. His Honour took his seat sufficiently early to enable him to leave for London by the 10.45 a.m. up train. After his departure, the assistant registrar, Mr. E. M. Bullard, sat in the Crown Court, where he performed judicial duties with an attention and urbauity which were highly appreciated. Surely there must be some mistake, as Mr. E. M. Bullard is only a clerk in the office of Mr. Palmer, the registrar, and his Honour (W. H. Cooke, Esq., Q. C.) is so strict in his courts as to prohibit managing clerks appearing for their principals, although his predecessor for about eighteen years permitted such an infringement upon the Profession." ECCLESIASTICAL LAW. ECCLESIASTICAL DILAPIDATIONS.-After the lapse of several sessions without a Dilapidations Bill, the Archbishop of York has laid before the House of Lords another Bill upon the subject. The Bill proposes, like its predecessors, the appointment of official surveyors; they are to be that sum and under 5s., 198 in which it was under 7s. 6d., 57 in which it did not reach 10s., 65 under 15s., 15 estates realised between 15s. and a sovereign, and only 36 out of 9000 paid 20s. in the pound. From the returns of the salaries of officers it appears that Mr. E. W. Edwards was the best paid of the official assignees; his salary was 1500l. a year, and no other official assignee gets more than 12001. Mr. Stansfeld, whose appointment to succeed Mr. Edwards has been announced, had a salary previously of 12001. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE PROFESSION. free discussion on all professional topics, the Editor is not responsible for any opinions or statements contained in it.] chosen, not for a diocese, but for an archdeaconry, and by the archdeacon and rural deans, subject to the approval of the bishop. The surveyors are to be paid, not by salary, but according to a rate of charges to be fixed in each diocese by the bishop, the archdeacons, and the chancellor. An incumbent of a benefice may at any time, at his own expense, have the buildings belonging to his benefice inspected by an official surveyor; his report is to be subject to appeal to the bishop or archdeacon. On the incumbent executing the works, he and his estate are to be free for five years from all claims for dilapidations, unless the bishop, on a vacancy occurring within the five years shall consider that wilful waste committed make a fresh inspection proper. If the surveyor certifies that, in consideration of the antiquity of the premises, [NOTE. This department of the LAW TIMES being open to or for other reason to be specified, the cost of the repairs ought to be spread over several years, then with the consent of the bishop Queen Anne's Bounty Board may lend money for the execution of the repairs, to be repayable by instalments out of the proceeds of the living. On the avoidance of any benefice, the incumbent not being free from liability as above mentioned, the archdeacon is to order an inspection of the buildings. If the surveyor's report of dilapidations is objected to, the archdeacon may direct a fresh survey; and the order eventually made by the archdeacon will be subject to appeal to the bishop. If the amount finally ordered to be expended cannot be recovered from the late incumbent or his estate, or if there are repairs ordered for which he is not liable, the new incumbent may. with the consent of the bishop, borrow from the Bounty Board on the security of the benefice, the amount to be repayable from the proceeds of the living by instalments. The new incumbent is to pay to the Bounty Board the sum required to make good the dilapidations, and it will be paid out as the works progress. There are several clauses of an incidental or miscellaneous character. incumbent of every benefice hereafter becoming vacant is to insure from fire, and deposit the receipt from time to time in the bishop's registry, The Bill does not appear to relate to houses of residence of bishops, deans, or canons. The THE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW. NOTES OF NEW DECISIONS. BANKRUPTCY ACT 1861, SECTS. 159, 154ORDER OF DISCHARGE CONDITIONAL ON ANNUAL PAYMENTS-SUBSEQUENT BANKRUPTCY.-W., a bankrupt, proposed to set aside 2007. a year for the payment of his debts, and upon condition of his so doing, his order of discharge was granted. of his second bankruptcy, arrears of payments W. again became bankrupt, and at the time to the amount of 2001. were due to the assignees under the first bankruptcy: Held, that the debts proveable under the first bankruptcy, were barred by the order of discharge: That the condition annexed to the order of discharge under the first bankruptcy is not a contract or promise to pay, proveable under Bankruptcy Act 1861, sect. 154, and therefore not affected by subsequent order of discharge, and the court would not annex conditions to the second order of discharge to provide for future payments under the first, no offence under sect. 159 having been proved. Proof for arrears of payments under first order of discharge was properly admitted under second bankruptcy: (Re Wilson, 20 L. T. Rep. N. S. 119. Bank.) In the Dublin Court of Bankruptcy, when a vintner and grocer named Curran came up for final examination, the solicitor acting for the assignees drew the attention of Judge Harrison to the cause alleged by the bankrupt for his failure. The judge said it was a most extraordinary reason -"depression of trade caused by the suppression of the Fenian conspiracy." He was inclined to hold that a statement of that sort was a contempt of court. It was explained that what the bankrupt meant was that "he lost his trade by the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act." BANKRUPTCY.-From a return just issued it appears that there were, in the year ended Oct. 11, 1868, 9195 bankruptcies in England and Wales. Of these 3193 were in the London court, 1841 in the provincial district courts, and 4161 in the County Courts. Of the total number 817 adjudications were on the petition of a creditor, 6679 on the petition of a debtor, 1152 by registrars at the prisons, 532 on petitions in forma pauperis, and 15 on judgment-debtor summonses. The gross produce realised from bankrupt estates was 852,039. 11s., of which creditors' assignees realised 542,3091. 8s. 11d. and official assignees 309,730l. 2s. 1d. There were 6489 cases in which there was no dividend, 925 in which the dividend was under half-a-crown, 418 in which it was above PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS.-The 8th section of the Attorneys Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 127), which provides for the preliminary examination of articled clerks, gives power for any one of the judges, under special circumstances, to dispense with such examination in any case, either wholly or partially, or subject to conditions. Can anyone inform me whether a clerk who has been engaged in an attorney's office over ten years, and enters into a three years' term of service, would be able to procure a dispensation from a judge of this regulation in his case on the ground of the inconvenience and trouble it would occasion? And if so, what form of application and recommendation should be adopted? DOMAT OMNIA VIRTUS. NOTES AND QUERIES ON POINTS OF PRACTICE. [N.B.-None are inserted unless the name and address of the writers are sent, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee for bona fides.] Queries. 91. LEGAL ESTATE-ASSIGNEES OF INSOLVENT.-Free hold hereditaments are mortgaged in fee to A. upon trusts for sale to secure 1000l. to B. and C., who are trustees. A. makes an assignment for the benefit of his creditors of all his property. Upon the executors of the survivor of B. and C. selling the property under the power of sale in the mortgage, is it necessary for A.'s assignees to join in the conveyance to the purchaser, or can A. alone convey the legal estate, the executors joining to acknowledge the receipt of the money? Under the Bankruptcy Act 1861 property in which the bankrupt has no beneficial interest does not vest in the assignées; but whether this is the case with regard to insolvents is not clear. H. C. R. 92. POWER OF LEASING.-A tenant for life, with power of leasing in possession, agrees in writing to grant a lease to his tenant on the expiration of his then holding, and the tenant, on faith of such agreement, lays out money on permanent improvements for the tenant for life, whose land agent at each rent-day used to allow out of the rent due, or repay tenant on account, for the money up to each rent-day expended on such improvements. Tenant for life dies insolvent before the expiration of his tenant's mid-holding. Is there any case the power? Has the tenant any claim (he having condeciding such agrement to be an equitable execution of tinued in possession of farm for eighteen months after tenant for life's death, and still is in possession, though proceedings are threatened to recover rent not yet paid expended during tenant for life's life and not yet repaid? to remainderman) on the remainderman for money so The land is worth more rent by aid of the tenant's money; how is he to recover it, and from whom? ΑΩ 93. BOOK WANTED.-Can any of your readers inform me what is the best and most recent work on Churchwardens' Law? Mus. Rus. Answers. (Q. 51.) RECONVEYANCE-DOWER.-For years past you have occasionally inserted paragraphs and answers on these subjects, but the communication of "M. E. S." last week seems to throw most light on the subject. The Act, sect. 77, says a woman may" dispose of lands and money subject to be invested in the purchase of lands," &c. It is common in wills to direct lands to be sold and the proceeds to be laid out in other lands or in the funds. Surely if the wife has to dispose of money subject to be so invested, she may do it by deed acknowledged, &c., according to the Act-the Act says she may. The fact that the "premises" may consist of money to be laid out in land not having any locality, must be considered (says Hayes on Conveyancing, 5th edit. 238) as excepted out of the rule that the situation of the parcels shall be set out in the affidavit. If this be not so, the words I have quoted from the Act must be useless and unmeaning. Of course in disposing under the Act of moneys liable to be invested in lands merely, the affidavit given by the rule must omit the statement of the situation of the lands. THOMAS WETHERELL. (Q. 77.) WILL-CONVEYANCING.-I have very carefully considered this case, as now stated by "Practitioner," and, with all deference to the learned counsel by whom "Practitioner" has been advised, I am clearly of opinion that S. would, upon bill filed against D.'s heiress-at-law, be decreed to have an equitable charge to the extent of the legacy upon D.'s moiety of the estate. In Noel v. Bewley, 3 Sim. 103, a man conveyed afterwards destroyed by the tenant for life, who, having a contingent remainder to a purchaser, which was acquired the fee, by his will gave the seller other inte rests in the estate. The seller, upon the ground that he had agreed to convey his estate absolutely in the first instance, was compelled to convey those interests to the purchaser. In Smith v. Osborne, 6 H of L. 397, Lord Wensleydale, while disapproving of the applica tion of this proposition in Noel v. Bewley, as he did not think the facts in that case were sufficient to support the judgment, approved decidedly of the proposition itself. A similar case is Smith v. Baker, Y. & C. C. C. 223; L. J. Dig. 1840-1845, p. 735, where S., under the belief that he had the fee simple in an estate subject to his mother's life interest, conveyed the estate. The fact was that the mother had the fee simple, but upon the fee descending to S. as heir-atlaw, it was held that no estate passed by the conveyance; the transaction amounted to a contract for sale of the specific estate which S. was compelled to carry out. In Jones v. Kearney, 1 Dru. & War. 159, Lord St. Leonards laid down the rule to be that if a man sell an estate, and his title be afterwards defeated, but he subsequently acquires the same lands even under a different title and for valuable consideration, there is an equity arising out of the contract, which fastens upon the new title. The present case is one of the same class. D. has sold a charge upon an estate, the charge is defeated, and he afterwards, or rather by the same event as that by which the charge is defeated, becomes entitled to the estate itself. It is to be noticed that no question is raised as 'to the laches of the purchaser in these cases in buying an interest which does not exist; that is reasonably taken to be less than the right he has to get as much as the vendor is able to give him for his money. I need hardly say that I do not consider the mere misdescription of the legacy in the testatum as of the slightest consequence, there being no possibility of doubt as to what legacy was intended. It appears to me that counsel, like "D.," whose answer appears in last week's paper, has fallen into the error of treating the legacy as if it were a mere money legacy, and has not paid sufficient attention to the fact of the estate whereon it was charged having become vested in D. I will not say more upon this point, except to refer "Practitioner " once more to Holroyd v. Marshall, 33 L. J. 193. Now comes the question, is the case affected by the death of D. leaving an I think not at all. It is true that it was once considered that an equity such as the present one was a personal one, attaching on the conscience of the party, and not descending with the land, and therefore that if the vendor did not in his lifetime confirm the title, and the estate descended to the heirat-law, the latter would not be bound by his ancestor's contract; but this has been judicially disapproved by Lord St. Leonards, in Jones v. Kearney (supra) and, says Dart, V. and P. 526, "there seems to be no good ground for such a distinction." If I may say so without presumption, I agree with Mr. Dart. There are still two points which deserve consideration. 1. The case will be very much strengthened if the assignment contains, as it not improbably does contain, a covenant for further assurance. If the title prove bad, and the defect can be supplied by the vendor, which is assuredly the case here, the purchaser may file a bill for specific performance of this covenant. 2. I cannot help suspecting from the wording of the testatum, as far as it has been set out, that the will was not recited ipsissimis verbis, but that the supposed effect only was given, and if that be the case, doubtless the legacy was treated in the recital, as in the habendum, as absolute. If that be so, I am of opinion that, irrespective of equity, in an action by S. for his legacy, D. and his representa tives would be estopped from showing that the legacy was a contingent one, which has failed. The rule as to estoppel is this, that where the statement of a particular fact is made in a recital of an instrument under seal, and a contract is made with reference to that recital, it is not competent to the party bound (and the rule extends to heirs) to deny the recital: Carpenter v. Buller, 19 L. J. 393 Ex.; Wiles v. Woodward, 20 L. J. 261, Ex.; Horton v. Westminster Improvement Commissioners, 21 L. J. 297 Ex. Will "Practitioner" be good enough to say whether the deed contains such a covenant or recital. There is one more remark which occurs to me, which is, that S. appears to have ample grounds for an action against the attorney, if any, who prepared the assignment for him. In conclusion, would "Practitioner" object to state for which party he is now acting, and the result of any steps that may be taken in the matter. infant heiress-at-law? M. E. S. (Q.88.) GIFT TO CHAPEL.-The statute 31 & 32 Vict. c. 44, exempts from the provisions of 9 Geo. 2. c. 36. and 24 & 25 Vict. c. 9, s. 2, all deeds fulfilling the three following conditions:-1. The land must be the site, or intended site, of a building for religious, educational, scientific, or other like purposes. 2. It must not exceed two acres in extent. 3. The deed must be really and bona fide made for a full and valuable consideration actually paid upon or before the execution thereof, or reserved by way of rent or other annual payment. If the deed complies with all the above conditions, it is then optional to enrol it. In other cases the deed must be enrolled as heretofore, except that no acknowledg ment is now necessary previous to enrolment. Louth, 22nd March. J. T. S. (Q. 90.) TEN YEARS' CLERKSHIP.-If Z. will refer to 37 L. J., N. S., 82, Q. B. Re an Articled Clerk, he will find an answer to his question. It was there held, by the Court of Queen's Bench, that the binding under articles of clerkship required by sect. 4 of 23 & 24 Vict. c. 127, may commence before the expiration of the term of ten years, provided there is a service of three years under these articles after the term of ten years has expired; and, consequently, that where the applicant for admission became clerk to an attorney in March 1855, and in 1864, after nine years' service, entered into articles of clerkship, under which he served until 1868, he was entitled to be examined for admission under the Act. W. O. C. Liverpool, 20th March 1869. LEGAL OBITUARY. E. OVENS, ESQ. THE late Edward Ovens, Esq., barrister-at-law, of Bowdon, Cheshire, judge of the Manchester County Court, who died at his residence, Enville House, Bowdon, after a short illness, on the 19th ult., was the eldest surviving son of the late Hugh Ovens, Esq., of St. Catherine's, county Fermanagh, by Elizabeth, daughter of the late Hugh Lyle, Esq., of Coleraine. He was born in the year 1817, and had consequently attained the age of fifty-one. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and having chosen the law as a profession, quitted Ireland at an early age, and came to this country in the same steamer with Lord Cairns, when the two learned gentlemen were about to commence practice in England, and, it is said, in their conversation they compared prospects. Mr. Ovens was duly called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple in 1845, and elected to practise upon the Northern Circuit, which he did with considerable success until the death of Mr. Foster, the chairman of the Salford Hundred Quarter Sessions, in 1858, when he was appointed to that post. Upon the demise of Mr. Brandt, in 1862, Mr. Ovens received from Mr. Cardwell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the appointment of County Court Judge of Circuit No. 8, which comprises the city of Manchester. office he filled with great ability; his decisions were rarely appealed against, and when they were, in the majority of cases his decision was sustained. Mr. Ovens last presided in the Manchester County Court on the 10th ult., when he was evidently ill, suffering from heart disease. gentleman, who was a magistrate for the counties of Lancaster and Chester, married in 1854 Sophia, youngest daughter of General de Gaja, and granddaughter of Lord Robert Fitzgerald, but by her, who still survives, he leaves no family. The The deceased M. TROPLONG. he THE French Bar has lost one of its most distinguished members in the person of M. Ray mond Theodore Troplong, the eminent jurist, better known, however, to the public as president of the French Senate. Born towards the close of the last century, at an early age devoted himself to the study of the law, and was called to the Bar about the year 1814 or 1815. When Louis Philippe came to the throne in 1830, he had already been working hard for some fifteen years as a barrister, and shortly afterwards he was appointed president of a local court. He became a member of the Court of Cassation in 1835, his rapid promotions being mainly due to his extensive contributions to the works then existing on the French civil law. He was made a peer of France in 1846, and soon after the revolution of Feb. 1848 he was appointed first president of the Court of Paris, In 1852 he became a member and vice-president of the new senate, and two years later was appointed president of that body. M. Troplong was likewise appointed president of the Court of Cassation in 1852, and in 1858 he become a member of the Privy Council. His life has been one of uninterrupted official success, but his abilities were well worthy the offices he held, and his public services were doubtless of proportionate value. Among the numerous works on French law of which M. Troplong was the author, the principal is the Droit Civil Expliqué, in 28 vols., the publication of which extended from 1834 to 1858; The Influence of Christianity on the Roman Civil War: The Power of the State over Education, may also be mentioned; and he was also a frequent contributor to periodical literature. The deceased was honourud with a public funeral. J. BAIKIE, ESQ. The late James Baikie, Esq., of Tankerness, Orkney, Barrister-at-Law, who died at The Hall of Tankerness, on the 24th 'ult., in the 83rd year of his age, was the eldest son of the late Robert Baikie, Esq., of that place (who died in 1817), by Anne, daughter of Thomas Balfour, Esq., of Huip. He was born in the year 1786, and having been educated at Edinburgh, was called to the Scottish Bar in 1811; he was a magistrate for, and vicelieutenant of the counties of Orkney and Shetland, Mr. and was formerly Convenor of Orkney. Baikie married in 1814 Eleanor Anderson, daughter of the late William Wemyss, Esq., of Cuttlehill, Fifeshire, who died in 1862. LAW SOCIETIES. LAW STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. At the meeting of this society, held at the Law Institution, Chancery-lane, on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Warmington in the chair, the question for discussion was "When the lessor's want of title appears on the face of the lease, is the lessee, who has entered into possession estopped from denying the demise ?" (Pargeter v. Harris, 7 Q. B. 708; 15 L. J. 113, Q. B.; Morton v. Woods, 16 W. R. 979.) Mr. Kent opened the debate. The society stands adjourned until the 6th prox., when several important motions will be brought forward. LEGAL NEWS. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.-A Mrs. Pym, of Ivybridge, Devonshire, has just died after a lingering illness, aged 100 years and 3 months. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-A singular trial for breach of promise was brought to a close at the County Court of Warren, United States, on the 8th inst. The plaintiff was a milliner, twenty. six years of age, named Mary Ferguson, carrying on business in the village of Springboro', and the defendant was Mr. John Armstrong Bradshaw, who is forty-seven years of age, and claims to be a a descendant to Bradshaw, the English regicide. Evidence of the " 'promise" having been given, the defendant, urged in his defence that the reason he could not, under the laws of Ohio, plaintiff was of African descent, and for that legally wed her. This was met by demurrer on the ground that the law of 1861, forbidding the union of a white person with one having a distinct admixture of African blood, was superseded by the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or, if not, by the Civil Rights Act. The demurrer was not sustained by the court, and the case was sent to the jury on its merits. The question of the purity of the plaintiff's blood was the most interesting that came up on the trial. It years of age with a woman known as Betsy Ferguson, as her child, and Betsy, it was shown, was a little lighter than a mulatto. Shadrick Ferguson and Pete Ferguson, two mulattoes, tes that the plaintiff was their niece, the daughter of their sister Betsy, and that she was born on the Kanawha river, in Virginia, and that a white man named William Harvey was said to be her father. Betsy Ferguson was living at the time at the house of her father, being an unmarried woman. The Ferguson family, they say, came from Virginia to Springboro' while Mary was a nursing child. They were with the family, and never heard anyone question the matter of her being the child of their sister. Three physicians were called, who said that they had attended Mary medically, and that as they saw her sick in bed, not appearing as she does in the court room, she exhibited undoubted marks of African admixture. Other parties, supupon, and testified that they could observe indicaposed to be judges of such matters, were called tions of African blood in the plaintiff's appearance. On the other side, more than twice as many persons said they saw in her no indications of negro blood. It was shown that she associated with white per sons, and moved in good society. The trial lasted a whole week, and the jury returned a verdict of 10,000 dollars for the plaintff, after being out but was shown that she had lived until nine or ten a few minutes. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.-The Scotch confirmation, or testamentary disposition, of the Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth Hope-Vere, who died on the 19th Dec. last, at her residence, 20, Park-lane, was sealed, in Her Majesty's Court of Probate, on the 13th inst., the personalty having been sworn under 12,000l. Her ladyship was the fourth daughter of George, seventh Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T., and married, in 1813, Mr. James Joseph Hope-Vere, of Craigie-hall, Linlithgow, who died in 1843 by whom her ladyship had issue two sons and sir daughters. The will of the Hon. Catherine Tollemache has been proved under a nominal sum, and that of Lady Bradford under 40007.-The will of Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, K.C.B Admiral of the Fleet, J.P., and Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants, late of East Cosham, Portsmouth, was proved in London on the 20th ult. by M Septimus Curtis, the son, and Frances Ann Curtis, the daughter, power being reserved to Mr. John E. Paddon, of Fareham, the executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under 12,000. The gallant admiral died on the 14t ult., at the age of 83. The baronetcy descended from his ancestor, Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, G.C.B., who attained the rank and title in co sideration of his gallantry under Lord Howe The will the memorable victory of June, 1794. is dated Oct. 2 last. Sir Lucius has left to s daughter, Elizabeth O'Shea, and to his so Septimus Curtis, certain articles of plate. The rest of the plate and the residue of his personal estate he leaves to his daughter Frances Ann Curtis. His real estates at Wymering, Portsea and Chatering, in Hampshire, he leaves to his son Septimas chargeable with an annuity to testator's sister, Jane Curtis. He leaves his estates at East Cosham. and all other his real estates, to his daughter Frances Ann Curtis, whom he has appointed res Sir Lucius is succeeded by his duary legatee. grandson, now Sir Arthur Curtis, born in 1858. The will of Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., F.R.S., F.S.A., of 24, Bedford-square, was proved in the principal registry, on the 19th ult., by the executors, Mr. Reginald Bray, of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, solicitor, and Miss Jane Sarah Ellis, the testator's daughter, the personalty was sworn under 25,000l. The testator had held the office of principal librarian of the British Museum from 1827 to 1856; he was also director of the Society of Antiquaries. Sir Henry attained to the very advanced age of ninety-two, and died at his town residence on the 15th Jan. last, a widower, Lady Ellis having died in 1854. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. BAVERSTOCK, JAMES HINTON, brewer, Peckham-grove, Camberwell. Pet. March 15. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Godfrey, Hatton-gdn. Sur. April 15 BLOMFIELD, HENRY, bookseller, Amen-corner, Paternoster-row, and Grange-rd, Bermondsey. Pet. March 17. Reg. Murray. 0. A. Parkyns. Sol. Clark, Dean's-ct, St. Paul's Church-yd. Sur. April 1 BURDUS, FREDERICK THOMAS, out of business, Church-st, Kentish-town. Pet. March 13. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Hall, Fenchurch-st. Sur. April 12 CALVERT, WILLIAM, tailor, Worthing. Pet. March 16. O. A. CHALON, HENRY BARNARD, auditor, North-ter, Alexander-sq, COGDON, EDWARD WILLIAM, baker, Manchester-bldgs, Silchester- DAVIES, WILLIAM PHILLIPS, victualler, Orchard-house, Blackwall. Pet. March 17. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Brown, Basinghall-st. Sur. April 15 EVANS, ALFRED ROBERT, late harness maker, Fakenham and Burham. Pet. March 16. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sur. April 12 FAIRCHILD, WILLIAM, commission agent, Long-acre. Pet. March 15. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Hutchinson, Vauxhall-bridgerd, Westminster. Sur. April 12 FOLEY, JOHN, journeyman harness maker, Upper Bryanstone-st, Bryanstone-sq. Pet. March 15. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Godfrey, Hatton-gdn. Sur. April 12 GARWOOD, CHRISTOPHER, carpenter, Ledbury-rd, Notting-hill. Pet. March 16. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Drake, Basinghall-st. Sur. April 12 GREEN, CHARLES, assistant to a publisher, St. Margaret's-pl, Westminster. Pet. March 16. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Buchanan, Basinghall-st. Sur. April 12 HARDING, WILLIAM, baker, Carlton-ter, Lower Park-rd, New Peckham. Pet. March 12. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Harrison, Basinghall-st. Sur. April 7 HOOD, ROBERT, out of business, Field-rd, Forest-gate. Pet. March 16. Reg. Brougham. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Steadman, London-wall. Sur. April 14 LEGGE, GEORGE, auctioneer, Ely. Pet. March 16. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sols. Nethersole and Speechly, New-inn, agents for Hall, Ely. Sur. April 1 LEHMON, ZELL, out of business, Zion-pl, Carr-st, Limehouse-fds. LOWER, RICHARD, builder, Upper Bemerton-st, Islington. Pet. MILLS, FREDERICK CHARLES MOGGY, brick merchant, South- Sur. REYNOLDS, GEORGE WAIDE, assistant to a stay manufacturer, Sol. Pet. SELBY, JAMES, ship smith, Victoria-pl, and Torrington Arms-yd, Ferry-rd, Millwall. Pet. March 15. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Godfrey, Hatton-gdn. Sur. April 5 STRAY, FREDERICK, tailor, Cranbourne-st, Leicester-sq. Pet. March 15. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Chidley, Old Jewry. Sur. April 15 TAPPENDEN, JOHN THOMAS, boot manufacturer, Green-st, Bethnal-green. Pet. March 16. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Drake, Basinghall-st. Sur. April 14 THORPE, GEORGE, general dealer, Hercules-bldgs, Westminsterbridge-rd. Pet. March 16. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Dobie, Gresham-st. Sur. April 15 VASS, THOMAS, plumber, Abbotts Langley. Pet. March 12. O. A. WARNETT, WILLIAM, bricklayer, Corwall-rd, Stamford-st, Lam- To surrender in the Country. Pet. March 15. Reg. Tudor. O. A. Harris. Sol. Lees, jun., Nottingham. Sur. April 13 BALLARD, HENRY JAMES, tailor, Netley. Pet. March 15. Reg. & O. A. Thorndike. Sol. Mackey, Southampton. Sur. March 31 BANNISTER, AUGUSTUS WYNDHAM, land surveyor, Tonbridge. ADDLESEE, JAMES, bootmaker, Nottingham. wells. Pet. March 15. Reg. & O. A. Alleyne. Sol. Cripps, Tonbridge-wells. Sur. March 29 BARRON, ANTHONY FORSTER, cabinetmaker, Newcastle. Pet. Collins. Sol. Wallis, Bodmin. Sur. April 3 BLAKELEY, THOMAS, cloth manufacturer, Hanging Heaton. Pet. BONNER, THOMAS, draper, Bristol. Pet. March 9. Reg. Wilde. O. A. Acraman. Sols. Press and Inskip, Bristol. Sur. March 31 BOSSWARD, EDWARD JAMES, organ builder, Edgbaston, near Birmingham. Pet. March 16. Reg. Hill. O. A. Kinnear. Sol. Atkins, Birmingham. Sur. April 7 March 13. O. A. Young. Sur. April 5 BOOTH, IBBETSON, commission agent, Halifax. Pet. March 16. CAPEL, WILLIAM, baker, Cumnor. Pet. March 11. Reg. & O. A. CONDON, HUGH, baker, Bishop Auckland. Pet. March 16. Reg. & DRAFFIN, JAMES, merchant, Manchester. Pet. March 15. Reg. FEWTRELL, WILLIAM, labourer, Beverley, near Ketley. Pet. Pet. Sur. GLOVER, JOHN, beerhouse keeper, Walsall. Pet. March 16. O. A. March 31 HIGGINBOTTOM, JOHN, cotton spinner, Tenbury. Pet. Feb. 26. Reg. Hill. O. A. Kinnear. Sols. Messrs. Norris, Liverpool, and Messrs. Hodgson, Birmingham. Sur. April 7 HOPKINS, JAMES, heavy steel toy manufacturer, Birmingham. Pet. JACKSON, RICHARD WILLIAM, butcher, Boston. Pet. March 15. LOWE, THOMAS, butcher, Warrington. Pet. March 15. Reg. & MAYSMOR, CHARLES HUMPHREY, banker's clerk, Bottle. Pet. NORTON, JOHN, innkeeper, Howden. Pet. March 15. Reg. & PRATT, JOHN, commercial traveller, Keynsham. Pet. March 12. Pet. RANYELL, MATTHEW, cattle dealer, Peterborough. RIMMER, JAMES, labourer, St. Helen's. Pet. March 13. O. A. ROBY, REUBEN, victualler, Stourbridge. Pet. March 15. Reg. & ROLLIN, GEORGE, labourer, Caunton. Pet. March 15. Reg. & SHEPHERD, EDWARD, dealer in coal, Brimfield. Pet. March 11. SIMCOCK, ISAAC, innkeeper, Dowlais. Pet. March 15. Reg. & SWAINE, JAMES, Woolsorter, Halifax. Pet. March 17. Reg. & WHITE, THOMAS, bootmaker, Glastonbury. Pet. March 16. Reg. WILCOCKS, WALTER, glass dealer, Torquay. Pet. March 15. Reg. Gazette, March 23. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. ADAMS, GEORGE FREDERICK RICHARD, writing clerk, Miles'ster, Battersea. Pet. March 18. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sols. Collett and Co., Myddelton-st, Clerkenwell. Sur. April 16 ANDERSON, THOMAS ALFRED, carpenter, Lake's cottages, Croydon-common. Pet. March 19. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Windsor, Moorgate-st. Sur. April 5 ANSELL, ALEXANDER, out of business, Burleigh-rd, Highgate. Pet. March 18. O. A. Stansfeld. Sols. Messrs. Lewis, Ely-pl. Sur. April 14 Pet. BAKER, EDWARD, blacksmith, Chalfont st, Holloway. March 18. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Biddles, Southsq, Gray's-inn. Sur. April 12 BAKER, EDWARD THOMAS, clerk, Liverpool-st, King's-cross. Pet. March 18. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Godfrey, Hatton-gdn. Sur. April 14 BARTON, WALTER ROBERT, commission agent, Lorrimore-rd, Kennington-pk. Pet. March 20. Reg. Roche. O. A. Parkyns. Pet. March 16. Sol. Levy, Surrey-st, Strand. Sur. April 7 BAYLY, EMMA, out of business, Bournemouth. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sols. Lovell and Co., Gray's-innsq., for Webb, Bournemouth. Sur. April 15 BISS, JOHN, sen., out of business, Wiseton-rd, Wandsworth. Pet. March 19. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Greaves, Essex-st, Strand. Sur. April 14 BOOTH, ROBERT, architect, Vale of Health, Hampstead. Pet. March 20. Reg. Roche. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Morley, King's Bench-walk, Temple. Sur. April 7 BRIE, JOSEPHINE, outfitter, Conduit st, Regent - st. Pet. March 19. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sols. Reed, Phelps, and Co., Gresham-st. Sur. April 16 BROWN, JOHN ARCHIBALD, draper's assistant, Gravesend. Pet. CALLAS, GEORGE FREDERICK, ironmonger, Reading. Pet. CANTLE, THOMAS, builder, New Hampton. Pet. March 19. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Remnant, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Sur. April 14 COOPER, WILLIAM JOHN, contractor, late Marylebone-rd, and Duke-st, Westminster. Pet. March 16. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Kimberley, Scott's yd, Cannon. st. Sur. April 15 DOWNARD, THOMAS, builder, Ingrave-rd, Battersea. Pet. March 18. Reg. Brougham. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Lund, Castlest, Holborn. Sur. April 14 DOWNARD, RICHARD, bullder, Melbourne-sq, Brixton. Pet. March 18. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Lund, Castle-st, Holborn. Sur. April 5 DOWNTON, CHARLES PAGE, grocer, Gough-st, Poplar. Pet. March 18. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sols. Wimborn, Collett, and Co., Myddelton-st, Clerkenwell. Sur. April 5 ESLING, ROBERT, brewer's agent, late Sudbury. Pet. March 19. Reg. Murray. Ó. A. Parkyns. Sols. Messrs. Sheriff, Austinfriars, Old Broad-st, agents for Pollard, Ipswich. Sur. April 5 HARRIS, ALFRED CHARLES, lieutenant in the Royal Navy, late Ship Hotel, Woolwich. Pet. March 20. Reg. Roche. O. A. Parkyns. Sols. Young, Jones, Roberts, and Hale, St. Mildred'sct, Poultry. Sur. April 7 HELMAN, STEPHEN, builder, Northumberland.pl, Westbourne- KER, ROBERT, no occupation, Great Northern Hotel, King's- Pet. March 18. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Scarth, Welbeck-st, Cavendish8q. Sur. April 14 LIVESEY, JOSEPH, cattle food manufacturer, Bishopsgate-st, NEIGHBOUR, WILLIAM, auctioneer's clerk, Oxford. Pet. March 18. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Roberson, Bedfordrow. Sur. April 16 PETHEBRIDGE, WILLIAM ANTHONY, timber merchant, King Edward-st, Westminster-rd. Pet. March 19. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Hicklin, Trinity-sq, Borough. Sur. April 16 PRICE, GEORGE FREEMAN, out of business, New North-rd, Hoxton. Pet. March 17. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Dobie, Gresham-st. Sur. April 5 SILVESTER, ALFRED, prestidigitateur, Millbank-st, Westminster. Pet. March 20. Reg. Pepys. O. A. Graham. Sol. Hicks, Strand. Sur. April 16 STACEY, HENRY, commission agent, late East Sheen, Mortlake. Pet. March 17. Reg. Brougham. O. A. Stansfeld. Sol. Kimberley, Scott's-yd, Bush-la. Sur. April 14 STRIONI, ANNE, lodging-house keeper, Burlington-rd, Bays. water. Pet. March 17. Reg. Murray. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Goatley, Bow-st, Covent-garden. Sur. April 5 WARNE, JAMES, mercantile clerk, Alma-ter, South Lambeth. WILLS, MARIA, widow, domestic servant, Warwick-st, Pimlico WYNN, WILLIAM NATHANIEL, engineer, Portsmouth, and To surrender in the Country. BADDELEY, ROSALINA, out of business, Newport. Pet. March 15. BARNES, EDWARD, grocer, West Derby. Pet. March 12. Reg. & CLAYTON, WILLIAM, bookkeeper, Liverpool. Pet. March 16. Reg. COOKE, JAMES, Ironville. Pet. March 18. Reg. & O. A. Hubbersty. EVERATT, JOHN, sen., no occupation, Pilham. Pet. March 18. O. A. Young. Sols. Toynbee and Larken, Lincoln. Sur. April 14 FENWICK, JOHN CLEREVAULX, attorney-at-law, Middle Shields and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Pet. Feb. 27. Reg. Gibson. O. A. Laidman. Sols. Hoyle, Shipley, and Hoyle, Newcastle-uponTyne. Sur. April 8 FEWKES, JOSEPH, beerseller, Leicester. Pet. March 18. Reg. & O. A. Ingram. Sol. Spooner, Leicester. Sur. April 10 FRANKLIN, ROBERT, engine fitter, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Pet. 18. 7. Acraman, Bristol.-Mackay, J and Son, timber merchants, second, 24. Turner, Liverpool.-Newson, W. cigar merchant, first, 48. 5. Acraman, Bristol.-Osborne, W. J. stockbroker, second, 51d. Acraman, Bristol.-Rees, M. grocer, first, 58. 31. Acraman, Bristol.-Rollason, D. and Rollason, B. wire manufacturers, first, 18. 7. Kinnear, Birmingham.-Scammell, J. farmer, first, 2. 8d. Acraman, Bristol.-Shaw, J. G. manufacturer, first, 44d. Acraman, Bristol-Steeds, E. corn merchant, first, 9. 6. Acraman, Bristol. -Wannop, N. farmer, first, 1d. Laidman, Newcastle. March 13. Reg. & O. A. Slaney. Sols. Edmund and Tennant, Assignment, Composition, Inspectorship, and Hanley. Sur. April 3 Pet. O. A. FRIPP, ERNEST THEOPHILUS, in no business, Bristol. GREAVES, JOSEPH, insurance agent, Wells. Pet. March 18. Reg. Wilde. O. A. Acraman. Sols. Hobbs and Seal, Wells, and Press and Inskip, Bristol. Sur. April 2 GREENWOOD, THOMAS, cooper, Kingston-upon-Hull. Pet. March 18. Reg. & O. A. Phillips. Sol. Summers, Hull. Sur. April 3 HAINSWORTH, GEORGE, and IIAINSWORTH, JOSEPH, cloth manufacturers, Calverley. Pet. March 17. O. A. Young. Sol. Carr, Leeds. Sur. April 5 HAYES, REV. STANLEY HAMILTON, clerk in Holy Orders, Birmingham. Pet. March 18. Reg. Hill. O. A. Kinnear. Sol. Duke, Birmingham. Sur. April 7 HILLMAN, RICHARD, beer retailer, Wingfield, near Trowbridge. Pet. March 16. Reg. & O. A. Harley and Gibbs. Sur. April 2 HINDLEY, JAMES, and HINDLEY, RICHARD, butty colliers, Rowley. Pet. March 20. Reg. & O. A. Watson. Sol. Topham, Westbromwich. Sur. April 7 HOUGHTON, JOHN, licensed victualler, Peasley Cross, near St. Helen's. Pet. March 22. O. A. Turner. Sol. Pemberton, Liverpool. Sur. April 5 HOUGHTON, WILLIAM HENRY, horsedealer, Keisley. Pet. Feb. 10. Sur. April 2 HUMBER, THOMAS, farmer, Northwood, Isle of Wight. Pet. HYETT, LEWIS, watchmaker, Swansea. Pet March 13. Reg. & JONES, EDWARD, builder, Tremirchion. Pet. March 20. O. A. KELLY, JOHN, builder, Liverpool. Pet. Feb. 18. O. A. Turner. Sur. April 8 LAWTON, MAJOR, coal miner, Leeds. Pet. March 16. Reg. & O. A. Marshall. Sol. Harle, Leeds. Sur. April 8 LEWIS, JOHN. painter, Bristol. Pet. March 18. Reg. & O. A. Harley and Gibbs. Sur. April 2 MALTBY, WILLIAM COLE, attorney, Stourbridge. Pet. March 18. Reg. Tudor. O. A. Kinnear. Sols. James and Griffin, Birming. ham. Sur. April 2 MARTIN, RICHARD, builder, Darlington. Pet. March 19. Reg. Gibson. O. A. Laidman. Sols. Hoyle, Shipley, and Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sur. April 8 MCDONALD, SAMUEL FOSTER, accountant, East Stonehouse. Pet. March 20. Reg. & 0. A. Pearce. Sols. Greenway and Adams, Plymouth. Sur. April 7 MILLER, ROBERT, cattle dealer, Lechlade. Pet. March 10. Reg. Wilde. O. A. Acraman. Sols. Sewell and Co., Cirencester, and Press and Inskip, Bristol. Sur. April 2 NODDLE, SARAH ANN, widow, butter factor, Bradford. Pet. March 18. O. A. Young. Sols. Berry, Bradford, and Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Sur. April 5 PALMER, JAMES, outfitter, Scarborough. Pet. March 13. O. A. Young. Sur. April 5 PARR, PETER, licensed victualler, Stockport. Pet. March 18. Reg. Fardell. O. A. McNeill. Sol. Law, Manchester. Sur. April5 PARKER, JAMES, jun., grocer, East Bergholt. Pet. March 16. Reg. & O. A. Newman. Sol. Calvert, East Bergholt Sur. April 5 PENNY, EDDELL CHARLES, public accountant, Bacup. Pet. March 18. Reg. & O. A. Druitt. Sol. Sharp, Christchurch. Sur. April 3 Pet. REDDING, FRANCIS VAUGHAN, soap boiler, Liverpool. SELVEY, SAMUEL, out of business, Belper. Pet. March 11. Reg. STEWART, WILLIAM PATRICK, innkeeper, Denbigh. Pet. March 19. TAY, JOB. joiner, Smethwick. Pet. Jan. 11. Reg. & O. A. Watson. Sur. April 7 TEBBY, GEORGE HALL, spirit merchant, King's End. Pet WHITEHEAD, BENJAMIN, and WHITEHEAD, ENOCH, boot manu- WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, farmer, O. A. Turner. Sur. April 7 Trust Deeds. Gazette, March 19. ARMITAGE, RICHARD, engineer, Huddersfield. Feb. 18. Inspectors-C. C. Dunkerley, iron merchant, Manchester, and T. Brook, land surveyor, Huddersfield BAKER, RICHARD, farmer, Maidstone. Feb. 20. Trusts. T. H. Park, farmer, Ditton, and J. C. Plumley, veterinary surgeon, Maidstone BARKER, JOHN HENRY, Woollen cloth merchant, Leeds. Feb. 22. Trusts. J. M. Lockwood, woollen cloth merchant; T. Avison, salesman; and J. Roberts, woollen cloth merchant, all Huddersfield BARNETT, JOSEPH, clothier, Graces-alley, Wellclose-sq. March 10. 5. by two instalments of 2s. Gd. in 2 and 4 mos. Trust. R. Richardson, cap manufacturer, Duke-st, Aldgate BARTON, ALFRED THOMAS, and GOLDING, HENRY THOMAS, lightermen, Lower Thames-st. Feb. 18. 5s. by two equal instalments, in 3 and 6 mos BEAGLE, GEORGE, confectioner, Middlesbrough. Feb. 12. 2s. 6d. by two equal instalments, in 3 and 6 mos from Jan. 7 BEENY, EDWARD, jun., grocer, Hooe. March 13. Trusts, H. Beeny, grocer, Wartling, and E. Beeny, sen., miller, Herstmonceux. Sol. Sinnock, Hailsham BELL, THOMAS, commission agent, Salford. Feb. 26. Trust J. Dewsbury, gentleman, Hulme BELLERBY, LANCELOT, grocer, Bradford. Feb. 22. Trusts. T. Alderson, and J. T. Bradley, wholesale grocers; and T. William. son, provision merchane, all Bradford BLYTH, JOHN, earthenware manufacturer, Denaby Potteries. CHATE, GEORGE, tailor, Malmesbury. Feb. 15. CROSS, ALFRED CONSTANTINE, gentleman, Chislehurst. Feb. 27. DEE, GEORGE HORATIO, innkeeper, Handsworth. Feb. 18. DREW, WILLIAM, farmer, Preston. Feb. 18. Trusts. W. Hartland, Preston, and J. Sparkman, Little Martle, both farmers DRUIFF, LIONEL, clothier, Newport. Feb. 23. s. by two equal instalments,-secured. Trust. A. A. James, accountant, Tokenhouse yard DUTCH, EDWARD, builder, Liverpool. March 8. Trusts. W. B. Dorning, accountant, and J. Halsall, timber merchant, both Liverpool EAGLING, GEORGE EDWARD, cheesemonger, Shoreditch, and Hackney-rd. Feb. 18. 5s, by two equal instalments of 2s. 6d. on March 4 and April 19 ELLIS, FREDRICK, stonemason, Heywood. Feb. 10. Trusts. J. Maden, agent, Maden Fold, and J. Kershaw, ironmonger, Heywood FLAMSON, HENRY, builder, Nottingham. Feb. 27. Trusts. A. Doubleday, slater, and W. Terry, brick manufacturer, both Nottingham FORSTER, HENRY, printer, Eastcheap. March 13. 88. Ed.18. 6d., 18. 6d., 18. 6, and is. 6d. in 7 days, 3, 6, and 9 mos, and 28. 64. by quarterly instalments, extending over 2 years, com. mencing on April 1, 1870 GARNER, HENRY, sen.; GARNER, JOHN; and GARNER, HENRY, jun., boot manufacturers, Leicester. Feb. 22. 58. by two equal instalments, in 2 and 4 mos,-secured. Trust. A. Bromwich, accountant, Leicester GODDARD, JOHN, hardware dealer, Evelyn-st, Deptford. March 18. 1s. Ed. in 14 days HALL, JOSEPH, butcher, Cheetham. March 4. Trust. J. Chadwick, butcher, Strangeways HARRISON, MATTHEW, milliner, Stockton. Feb. 10. 10s, by two equal instalments, in 3 and 8 mos. Trust. R. S. J. Winterton, draper, Yarm HEATH, GEORGE, draper, Leek. Feb. 20. Trust. S. Watts, merchant, Manchester HEATH, JOHN, builder, Regina-rd, Holloway. Feb. 11. Trusts. J. Hanson, gas engineer, High-st, Camden-town, and T. Sheath, timber merchant, City Saw-mills, Wenlock-st, City-rd JARVIS, MAURICE, and SILVERLOCK, HENRY JAMES, Wool brokers, Liverpool. Trust. H. W. Banner, accountant, Liverpool JOHN, ISAAC, innkeeper, Cardiff. Feb. 17. Trusts. J. W. A. Stevens, wine merchant, and H. Anthony, brewer, both Cardiff JONAS, THOMAS, plumber, Chester. March 10. Trust. J. Caldecott, accountant, Chester JONES, HENRY, victualler, Bilston. Feb. 15. 58. by two equal instalments in 14 days and 6 mos-guaranteed. Trust. R. Dalgleish, draper, Bilston JOYCE, MICHAEL, victualler, Liverpool. March 1. 48. by two equal instalments in 1 and 2 mos--secured KRAUSE, LOUIS FERDINAND CARL, schoolmaster, Kensington. March 3. 28. by two equal instalments, on Nov. 15 and March 15 LANENSTEIN, CHARLES, merchant, Manchester. March 13. 58. by two equal instalments, in 3 and 6 mos LANGHAM, FREDERICK, and LANGHAM, WILLIAM, boot manufacturers, Leicester. Feb. 24. 78. by three instalments of 2s. 6d., 2s. 6d., and 28. on June 1, Sept. 1, and Dec. 1-secured LEWIS, RICHARD, grocer, Aberavon. Feb. 19. Trusts. D. Smith, Aberavon, and J. Harding, miller, Saint Fagans LITTEN, JOHN, merchant, Great Coram sq, Russell-sq. March 2. 2. by two equal instalments, on June 2 and Sept. 2 LOVERIDGE, EDWIN FREDERICK, victualler, Bristol. March 8. 8. Pet. wenllwyfo. Pet. March 12. WILKINSON, GEORGE, butcher, Kilnhurst. Pet. March 17. Reg. & O. A. Newman and Hoyle. Sol. Whitfield, Rotherham. April 12 Sur. Pet. YEOMANS, GEORGE, out of business, Whatstandwell. March 15. Reg. Tudor. O. A. Harris. Sol. Maples, Nottingham. Sur. April 13 BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Bonner, T. draper, first, 4s. 34. Acraman, Bristol.-Buckley, J. N. miller, first, 1s. 11. Acraman, Bristol.-Bush, J. draper, first, 78. 04. Acraman, Bristol.-Dawkins, J. corn merchant, first, 10s. Acraman, Bristol.-Dovey, T. lodging-house keeper, first, 4s. 9d. Acraman, Bristol.-Geen, H. builder, first, 48. Acraman, Bristol. -Heatley, J. plumber, first on new proofs, 10s. 9d. (and second, 1. Ed.) Laidman, Newcastle.-Hughes, J. laceman, first, 11d. Parkyns, London.-Huntley, Wookey, and Crosby, oakum manufacturers, first, 6s. Gd. Acraman, Bristol.-Lawford, T. W. market gardener, first, 9. Acraman, Bristol.-Leighton, G. ship chandler, first, 28. 10. Laidman, Newcastle.-Long, A. shipbuilder, first, MARTIN, ELIZABETH, bedstead manufacturer, Birmingham. March 6. Trusts. J. Percivall, accountant, and A. Holden, varnish manufacturer, both Birmingham MATTISON, WILLIAM, druggist, North Shields. Feb. 18. 2s. 6d. on March 17 MILFORD, WILLIAM, sen., ironmonger, Canterbury-rd, Kilburn. March 15. 6d. on March 1, 1870 MOOR, WILLIAM, medical plaster manufacturer, Leicester. Feb. 24. Trusts. D. Challis, wine merchant, and G. Crawford, tailer, both Leicester NADEN, THOMAS; NADEN, GEORGE; and NADEN, HENRY, builders, Birmingham. March 6. 68. 8d. by three instalments, in 4, 8, and 12 mos,-secured NEVE, JOHN MAYLAM, grocer, Pluckley. Feb. 22. Trust. W. Laurence, wholesale grocer, Maidstone OLDFIELD, JAMES, and REFFITT, JOHN, stuff merchants, Bradford. Feb. 12. 13s. 6d. by four instalments,-is. on May 4, Aug. 4, and Nov. 4, 1869, and 2. 6d. on Feb. 4, 1870. Trust. H. W. Blackburn, accountant, Bradford OSBORNE, JAMES PHILLIPS, carpenter, Hastings. Feb. 26. 2s. 6d. in 28 days PARKINSON, FREDERICK, warehouseman, Wood-st. March 4. 11s. by three equal instalments, in 3, 6, and 9 mos,-secured. Trust. H. Honey, accountant, King-st, Cheapside PENNY, WILLIAM, bacon factor, Hull. Feb. 24. 48. on March 24 PITT, JOSEPH, plumber, Bath. March 4. Trust. W. Smith, accountant, Bath PORTER, JOHN, grocer's assistant, Bristol. Feb. 18. Trust. F Sherwell, accountant, Bristol REDFORD, WILLIAM GREGORY, accountant, Manchester. Feb. 22. Trusts. C. Meredith, law stationer; G. C. Williams, gentleman; and W. Wilson, architect, all Manchester RICHARDS, WILLIAM BIVEN, chemist, Manchester. Feb. 12. Trust. T. W. Gillibrand, accountant, Manchester ROBBINS, THOMAS, leather seller, Digbeth. Feb. 26. 6s. by two instalments in 3 and 6 mos RUSSELL, WILLIAM BUNNEY, solicitor, St. Mildred's-cottage, Kilburn. March 10. Trust. J. C. Wyatt, coachmaker, Platt-st, Oakley-sq SAXON, LUKE, fruiterer, Rochdale. Feb. 19. 58. by four instalments, in 3, 6, 9, and 12 mos SMYTH, JOHN RICHARD COKE, artist, Brighton. March 12. by two equal instalments in 3 and 6 mos WESTALL, JOSEPH SPURDEN, grocer, Mitcham. Feb. 19. Trast, WILLSON, WALTER DE LANCEY, `grocer, Landport. Feb. 2 WRIGLEY, JOSEPH, cotton manufacturer, Rochdale. 78. G.--58. forthwith, and 24, 6d in 9 mos,-secured. Ints. C. Whitaker, cotton manufacturer, Okenrod; S. Tweedale, cotton spinner, Passmans: and H. Chappell, yarn agent, Rochdale Gazette, March 23. ACOCKS, CHARLES MARTIN, boot manufacturer, Liverpoo March 5. 9s. by three equal instalments, in 3, 6, and 9 secured. Trust. B. Jagger, bootmaker, Liverpool ASHTON, JAMES, tailor, Digbeth. Feb. 25. 2s. 6d. in 14 days from registration BENSON, JOSEPH, grocer, Ulverston. Feb. 19. Trust. A. Woodburn, miller,; W. Ripley, grocer; and R. Casson, auctioneer, all Ulverston BENTON, JAMES, and BENTON, ELIZA, dyers, Wakefield. Feb Trusts. J. Marshall, drysulter, and J. Craven, ironfounder, Wakefield BIRDSEY, WILLIAM CHARLES, grocer, Ernest-st, Regent's-pk. Feb. 23. 28. 6. in 3 mos from registration BOSTON, JAMES, builder, Stoke-upon-Trent. Feb. 11. 4, on April 8, and 3s. 6d. on July 8. Trusts. T. Asbury, brick manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent BOTTOMLEY, ALLEN; BOTTOMLEY, ELY; and BOTTOMLEY, JOHN EDWARD, cotton spinners, West Vale. March Trusts, R. Ostler, accountant, Halifax, and J. Whitworth, waste dealer, West Vale BROWN, THOMAS, licensed victualler, Great Quebec-st, St. Mary. lebone. Feb. 22. 7. 6d. by three equal instalments, on March, June 1, and Sept. 1-secured. Trusts. W. Brown, Portsmouth; and A. Taylor, gentleman, Leadenhall-st BROWN, JOHN, builder, Sheffield. Feb. 26. Trusts. J. Craven, timber merchant, Darnall, and J. Armitage, five-brick an facturer, Sheffield BOWN, JAMES, grocer, Newport, Feb. 26. Trust. J. Griffitas, provision merchant, Newport CALVERT, WILLIAM, farmer, Clifton-with-Salwick, near Preston Feb. 26. Trust. J. Walmsley, cotton manufacturer, Ower Darwen CARAPATA, ULYSSES, merchant's clerk, Lombard House, Lenbard st. March 9. 18. on June 10 Cox, JOHN, jun,, pork butcher, Ipswich. Feb. 19. 48. in 7 Cays from registration CROCKER, JOHN, grocer, Gower-pl, Euston-rd. Feb. 25. 46, in 7 days from April 30 DALBY, JULIUS, innkeeper, Eccleshill. Feb. 20. 5. by two equal instalments, on Feb. 19 and May 19 next,-secured DENTON, THOMAS ROXBROUGH, tifter, Owlerton. Feb. Trusts. E. Gray, saw manufacturer, Sheffield, and A. Wilson, millwright, Owlerton DERRY, CHARLES EDWARD, shipbroker, Victoria-gdne, Kensing ton. Feb. 20. Trust. W. Elliott, clerk to the Harlen Coal Cam pany, Newcastle-upon-Tyne DEPPER, HENRY, cheesemonger, Kidderminster. Feb. 17. 5. 14 days from registration-secured. Trust. T. Taylor, bac factor, Kidderminster DUNMUR, THEOBALD MATTHEW, grocer, Wellingborough. March 1. Trust. W. W. James, grocer, Wellingborough, and T. Almond, grocer, Leicester ELLIS, Feb. FORDHAM, grocer, Romford. 19. Trust. E. Rogers, provision merchant, Grey Eagle-st, Spitalfields GAMMON, CHARLES, attorney, Cloak-la and Fulham. Feb. 21 Trust. H E. Norfolk, public accountant, Coleman-st GORLE, WILLIAM, baker, Birmingham. March 11. 38. în 14 daya from registration HALL, SPENCER TIMOTHY, hydropathic practitioner, Plumgarths, near Kendal. March 2. Trusts. G. B. Greenall, coal agent, and T. Wilson, bookseller, both Kendal HANNAM, JOHN, farmer, Kirk Drighton. Feb. 25. 3s. 6d. in 6 weeks. Trust. C. Naylor, gentleman, Leeds HANIN, JAMES, builder, Walton. March 13. Trust. W. Hampson flag merchant, Liverpool HARGREAVES, JOHN ELLWOOD, grocer, Birkenhead. Feb. 7. HEATHCOTE, JOHN, joiner, Longsight. March 8. 10. by three HOLMES, JOSEPH, miller, Anston. Feb. 20. Trust. T. Birk cornfactor, Retford HORTON, GEORGE, pearl button manufacturer, Birmingham. Feb. 22. Trust. G. Hawkins, NIGHTINGALE, WILLIAM HENRY, table cloth manufacturer Lavender-cottage, Mitcham. Feb. 1. 2s. 6d. on July 21 PARSONS, JOSEPH, general dealer, Birmingham. March 19. 1 in 14 days from registration PROUD, RICHARD, draper, Whitby. March 5. Trusts. J. Wikieson, gentleman, and A. Yorke, banker's clerk, both Whitby RICHARDSON, WILLIAM, butcher, Chester. Feb. 24. Trusts Y J. Dewsbury, agent, and J. Pickering, auctioneer, both Chester ROBERTS, DAVID, tailor, Runcorn. March 9. Trust. W. H Barsley, accountant, Runcorn ROSE, JAMES CHARLES, Manchester, and ROSE, LUCY, Folke stone, bakers. March 1. Ge. Ed. Trust. T. Cobb, cornfactor, Folkestone SCHALLER, CORNELIUS ROBERT, land agent, Charles-si, Samt James's-sq. Feb. 24. 28. 6d. by instalments, of 6d, la, and la on Aug. 23, and Feb. 23 next, and Aug. 23, 1870 SHAW, ELIZABETH, schoolmistress, Brighton. March 1. 26. in 1 mo from registration STEVENS, CHARLES, pleasure barge builder, All Saints WALKER, ROBERT, shoe manufacturer, Leeds. March 12 BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. COLLINS. On the 18th inst., the wife of Arthur Collins, Esq. DEATHS. BELL.-On the 17th inst., aged 64, Charles Bell, of No. 29, Stanley THOMSON. On the 20th inst., at Old Charlton Kent, aged 15 To Readers and Correspondents. J. G.-We do not reply to questions of law. Did we do so, we should have to engage several counsel to answer all the questions which would be addressed to us. All communications must be authenticated by the name all persons born within the dominions of the Crown should be regarded by British law as British subjects by birth, except children born of alien fathers and registered as aliens. APOLOGY IN ACTIONS FOR LIBEL. and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica- THE law of libel has received one more and a tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. 157 161 SUBSCRIPTION TO THE LAW TIMES. R THE CHELTENHAM AND SWANSEA RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND WAGON COMPANY; LITTLE'S CASE Paid in advance: £ s. d. Allottee of shares without having applied for themAcquiescence --Order to rectify register. One year 162 Half-a-year 2 13 0 1 7 6 Re THE LANGHAM HOTEL COMPANY; EZ parte LIQUIDATORWinding-up under supervision-Joint liquidators : REESE RIVER SILVER MINING COMPANY . ATWELL 13 Eliz. c. 5-Voluntary settlement-Judgment creditor... 163 R THE ABERAMAN IRONWORKS COMPANY (LIMITED); Winding-up--Contributory-Allotment BEYFUS . BULLOCK 165 166 168 160 On credit or for separate numbers Single numbers (stamped) (unstamped) Double numbers (stamped) (unstamped) THE very useful illustration from a case tried before Mr. Justice KEATING at the late Wolverhampton Assizes. It was an action brought against the proprietor of the Wolverhampton Chronicle, for an the Horsehills alleged "slander of title" to estate, contained in an advertisement of five lines inadvertently inserted in the Chronicle on the 6th 0 17 of January last. The defendant placed upon the record a special plea, under the 6 & 7 Vict., c. 96, to the effect that the alleged slander was published without actual malice and without gross negligence; that at the earliest opportunity after notice of the action he inserted in the Chronicle a full and ample apology, and that he had paid 10/. into court. Law and the Lawyers. SIR JAMES WILDE, Judge of the Divorce Court, is to be raised to the peerage by the title of 170 Baron WILDE. The Government will thus pay deserved honour to one of the most able and 177 accomplished of the Judges, and materially 175 strengthen its small band of supporters in the House of Lords. The judgments of Sir JAMES WILDE are distinguished, not merely by their mastery of legal principles and logical dealing with the facts to which they are applied, but by a clearness of expression and gracefulness in composition that commend them as models of judicial eloquence. He will, doubtless, distinguish himself in debate in that higher place to which he is to be called. 179 180 180 180 Agency-Coalition of candidates-Bribery-Treating......... 181 LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE:- SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF THE COURTS SOLICITORS' JOURNAL: Notes of New Decisions. Creditors under Estates in Chancery MAGISTRATE AND PARISH LAWYER:- REAL PROPERTY LAWYER:- Elementary Precedents in Conveyancing JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES' LAW JOURNAL:Notes of New Decisions A statement has obtained currency to the effect that the SOLICITOR-GENERAL has returned his fees in the case of Saurin v. Star, in the belief that Miss SAURIN's friends were not in a position to pay them. We have authority to state that the SOLICITOR GENERAL has not returned his fees, and that Miss SAURIN's friends calculated the cost before instituting proceedings, and are quite prepared to bear them, should the appeal on 421 points of law reserved terminate adversely to her. 421 421 422 AN agitation is on foot for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on the subject of criminal 427 appeal, and the desirability of establishing an 428 appellate jurisdiction in criminal matters. The jurisdiction of the Home Secretary is objectionable in the highest degree, and however wisely it may be exercised it is impossible to avoid injustice 430 on the one side or the other, and the injustice as a general rule is inflicted on the public for the benefit of the culprit. The substitution of a 430 regularly constituted Court of Appeal is highly to be desired, and we wish the Criminal Law Amendment Society every success in its efforts for the attainment of this end. THE Royal Commission on the Laws of Naturalisation and Allegiance has made its report. The report, however, was published too late for full notice this week. Unhappily, a difference exists upon one point, namely, whether the child of an alien father should be an alien though born in British dominions, the father having been born 436 abroad. Baron BRAMWELL and Mr. BERNARD favour the affirmative. Mr. HARCOURT and the other members of the commission would allow the child to alter its nationality by its own deliberate act. Mr. HARCOURT's proposition being, that children born within the realm of alien fathers who have been themselves born abroad shall be deemed aliens-but such children shall become British subjects (1) upon the naturalisation of their fathers; or (2) upon their being themselves naturalised either by their fathers during their minority, or by themselves at full age. The commission propose the annihilation of the allegiance of a British subject upon becoming naturalised abroad; and that CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements must reach the office not later than five o'clock on Thursday afternoon. VOL. XLVI.-No. 1357. The question to which we wish to refer turned upon the words of the special plea that at the the defendant inserted an apology. "earliest opportunity" after notice of action The facts, according to the defendant, were these. The writ which informed the defendant of the fact that the action had been "commenced" was not served until Saturday afternoon, the 30th of January, and the apology was published on Tuesday evening the 9th of February, only eight "working days" after the defendant had been so informed by the writ that the action had been “ commenced." The defendant was advised that it was important in a case where the title to property was concerned that the opinion of counsel should be taken on the wording of the apology to be inserted. That opinion could not be obtained in time for the publication of the next Chronicle, the 2nd of February (only two working days after the service of the writ), but it was obtained in time for the following publication, on Tuesday evening the 9th of that month, when the apology appeared, most conspicuously, in two different parts of the paper. The learned Judge, in summing up to the jury, drew attention to the fact that the apology had not been inserted until a month after the defendant's attention was called to the libel. The defendant, in an article appearing in his own journal, and to all appearances written by some one acquainted with the law takes exception to this ruling as being improper. That writer says, "the Act of Parliament under which the plea was placed upon the record provides, not that it shall be competent to the defendant to plead that at the earliest opportunity after his attention was called to the libel he inserted such apology, but the words of the statute are 'that before the commencement of the action, or at the earliest opportunity afterwards, he inserted in such newspaper, or other periodical publication, a full apology for the said libel.'" This appears to have been written under a misconception. The Judge, in our opinion, was quite right in pointing out that a month had elapsed after the defendant's attention had been called to the libel, notwithstanding the defendant's plea. The plea of an apology goes to mitigate damages, for the first section of the Act (6 & 7 Vict. c. 96) says that it shall be lawful for the defendant (after notice in writing of his intention so to do, duly given to the plaintiff at the time of filing or delivering the plea in such action) to give in evidence, in mitigation of damages, that he made or offered an apology to the plaintiff for such defamation before the commencement of the action, or as soon afterwards as he had an opportunity of doing so, “in case the action shall have been commenced before there was an opportunity of making or offering such apology." In our view these latter words cover the enactment of the second section as to the pleading, and a plea that says an apology was inserted at the earliest opportunity after the commencement of the action must be taken to mean that there was no opportunity before the commencement of the action. Therefore, it would be clearly the duty of the Judge in such a case, to point out that there had been an opportunity of inserting an apology before the commencement of the action. A case in point to support this view is that of Smith v. Harrison, 1 F. & F. 565. The headnove of that case is this: "The Times having published, in December, a libel on a tailor, |