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LITTLEWOOD, GEORGE, retail brewer, Aston; Feb. 9, at eleven, a
office of Sol., Harrison, Birmingham
LITTLEWOOD, JOHN, belting manufacturer, Old Trafford, near
Manchester; Feb. 9, at three, at office of Sol., Kearsley, Man-

chester

LOWE, DANIEL, grocer, West Cowes, Isle of Wight; Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Star hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight

MAWSON, HENRY, printer, Bradford; Feb. 7, at three, at office of Sols., Taylor, Jeffery, and Little, Bradford

MILLS, JOSEPH, and MILLS, JOSIAH, brick manufacturers, Shelton; Feb. 7, at three, ut office of Mr. Challinor, Hanley. Litchfield, Newcastle

Sol., MORRIS, JOHN, butcher, Wolverhampton; Feb. 10, at twelve, at office of Sol., Greenway, Wolverhampton OSBALDESTON, ROGER, cotton manufacturer, Brierfield, near Burnley: Feb. 13, at three, at office of Sols., Grundy and Coulson, Manchester'

PAIN, WILLIAM, blacksmith, Overton; Feb. 7, at half-past one, at the Red Lion hotel, Basingstoke. Sol., Clarke, Whitchurch PENNINGTON, ABEL, out of business, Warrington; Feb. 7, at eleven, at Commercial-chmbs, Horse market-st, Warrington. Sols., Davies and Brook, Warrington PICKLES, JOHN, grocer, Shipley; Jan 31, at ten, at office of Sol., Hargreaves, Bradford

PRATT, JOSEPH, saddler, Upton-upon-Severn; Feb. 5, at one, at
the Crown hotel, Worcester. Sol., Gregory
PRENTICE, JAMES, sen., fish salesman, Bermondsey, and Lower
Thames-st, and Billingsgate market; Feb. 5, at eleven, at the
British Mercantile Offices, Old Bailey. Sol., Hicks, Coleman-st
READ, PAUL, farmer, Droxford, near Bishops Waltham; Feb. 9,
at three, at offices of Sol., Killby, Southampton
RIVERS, WILLIAM MOLLART, clock maker, Hanley; Feb. 8, at
eleven, at 22, Cheapside, Hanley. Sol., Sherratt
ROSENBERG, ABRAHAM, jeweller, East Stonehouse; Feb. 9, at
twelve, at office of Sols., Messrs. Edmonds, Plymouth
RUFF, GEORGE BAKER, farmer, Chartham: Feb. 7, at three, at
the Queen's-head hotel, Canterbury. Sol., De Lasaux
SABIN, THOMAS WILLIAM, livery stable keeper, Oxford; Feb. 10,
at twelve, at offices of Sols., Hurford and Taylor, Oxford
SANDIFORD, NATHANIEL, woolsorter, Lowerfold, Spotlan1, per
Rochdale, Feb. 15, at three, at office of Sols., Messrs. Roberts,
Rochdale

SARL, CHARLES, out of business, West Cowes, Isle of Wight;
Feb. 7, at ten at the Castle hotel, Southampton
SAXBY, ROBERT, miller, Old Bradwell; Feb. 7, at three, at the
Swan inn, Newport Pagnell. Sol., Stimson, Bedford
SCRUTON, PETER DICKINSON, chemist, Boston; Feb. 5, at half-
past ten, at office of Sol., York, Boston

SHEPHERD, EDWARD FREDERICK, schoolmaster, Thatcham;
Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Great Western hotel, Reading. Sol.,
Lucas, Newbury

SLACK, GEORGE HENRY, agent, Nottingham; Feb. 6, at twelve, at office of Sol., Acton, Nottingham

SMITH, CHARLES, currier, Walsall; Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Bradford Arms inn, Walsall. Sol., Adams, Walsall SMITH, JOHN, provision dealer, Manchester; Feb. 9, at three, at office of Sols., Hardings, Woods, and Wilson, Manchester STEADMAN, JOSEPH, publican, Birmingham; Feb. 10, at twelve, at office of Sol., Jaques, Birmingham

TAYLOR, DANIEL, builder, Exeter-pl, Walham-green; Feb. 12, at three, at offices of Sols., Lindsay, Mason, and Greenfield, Basinghall-st

THORNLEY, CHARLES, lace manufacturer, Nottingham; Feb. 9. at twelve, at offices of Sol., Belk, Nottingham

TURNBULL, ANN, grocer, Newcastle; Fe5. 8, at two, at offices of Sols., Messrs. Joel, Newcastle

TYLER. GEORGE TOWNSEND, smith, Dover; Feb. 15, at twelve, at office of Sol, Mowll, Dover

WADLOW, HARRIET, innkeeper, Much Wenlock; Feb. 6, at eleven, at office of Sol., Morris, Shrewsbury

WEBBER, THOMAS, baker, Gloucester; Feb. 10, at twelve, at office of Sol.; Cooke, Gloucester

WILLIAMS, ERIC, schoolmaster, Sun dial-pl, Upper Holloway; Feb. 5, at eleven, at office of Sol., Scarth, Welbeck-st, Cavendish-sq

WILSON, JOHN, victualler, Lawford-rd. Kentish Town; Feb. 12, at two, at office of Sols., Nash, Field, and Laytou, Suffolk-la, Cannon-st WOOD, CHARLES, grocer, Burslem; Feb. 7. at half-past two, at the County Court office, Hanley. Sol., Litchfield, Newcastle WOODLEY, JOHN, cooper, Cauren-row, Limenouse; Feb. 12, at one, at office of Dubois, accountant, Gresham-bldgs, Basinghali-st. Sol., Moss, Gracechurch-st WOODWARD, GEORGE, mason, Shepley, par. Kirkburton Feb. 9, at half-past three, at office of Sol., Armitage, Huddersfield Gazette, Jan. 30.

ARNFIELD, SQUIRE OWEN, draper, Derby; Feb. 20, at eleven, at St. James's hotel, Derby. Sol. Moody

BELL, SAMUEL, bricklayer's labourer, Stoke-upon-Trent; Feb. 7, at eleven, 18, Cheapside, Hanley. Sol., Tennant, Hanley BENJAMIN, ISAAC, cigar manufacturer, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; Feb. 9, at one, at the Midland Commercial Hotel, Leicester BROWNE, ROBERT LANGLEY, grocer, Norfolk-ter, Bayswater Feb. 13, at two, at 26, Maddox-st, Regent-st. Sol., Peck BURGES, SAMUEL, tailor, Dunstable, Feb. 7, at two, at 12, Hatton garden. Sol. Marshall, Lincoln's-inn fields

CLARK, FISHER, confectioner, Rye; Feb. 13, at three, at the
Cinque Ports hotel, Rye. Sol., Tanner

CORDEN, HENRY, commission agent, Addle-st, Wood-st, and
Groombridge-rd, South Hackney; Feb. 6, at twelve, at offices of
Sols., Marsden and Chubb, Friday-st, Cheapside
CROSS, FREDERICK, coal merchant, Newport Pagnell; Feb. 12, at
three, at offices of Sol., Stimson, Bedford

DANE, WILLIAM, coal merchant, Milton-next-Sittingbourne;
Feb. 12, at eleven, at offices of Sol, Gibson, Sittingbourne
DAWSON, GEORGE, bootmaker, Basinghall-st, and Studley-rd,
Stockwell; Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Mason's-hall Tavern,
Mason's-avenue, Basinghall-st

DAVIS, RICHARD, tube manufacturer, Great Bridge; Feb. 12, at half-past eleven, at the Dudley Arms Hotel, Dudley. Sols., Duignan, Lewis, and Lewis, Walsall

DEARN, JOSEPH, ironmonger, Birmingham; Feb. 9, at three, at offle of Sol., Walter, Birmingham

DYBELL, GEORGE, fisherman, Winterton; Feb. 9, at twelve, at office of Sol., Curaude, Great Yarmouth

ECCLES, REUBEN, stone mason, Stockport; Feb. 10, at ten, at the Queen's hotel, Stockport. Sol,, Law

EDWARDS, ABRAHAM CHARLES, shipwright, Rochester; Feb. 14, at the Globe Hotel, Chatham. Sol., Barrow, Walbrook ELDERS, ROBERT, joiner, Gilling; Feb, 13, at twelve, at the Talbot inn, Richmond, Yorkshire. Sol., Croft

ELSTOW, CHALES, oilman, St. John's-rd, Hoxton: Feb. 5, at three, at offices of H. T. Thwaites, Basinghall-st. Sol., Dobie, Ba-inghall-st

FLETCHER, RICHARD, farmer, Charringworth, par. Ebrington: Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Noel Arms un, Chipping Campden. Sol., Griffiths, Campden

FRICKER, CHARLES, grocer, Bristol; Feb. 8, at eleven, at office of Sol, Plummer, Bristol GOLDING, GEORGE WILLIAM, butcher, Kentish Town-rd: Feb. 4, at cieven, at at office of Sol., Davis, Bedford-row, Holborn HANDEL, CHARLES MAXIMILIAN GEORGE, cigar merchant, Bowling par. Bradford; Feb. 13, at eleven, at offce of Sol., Peel, Bradford HARRISON, JOHN, grocer, Bridge Mills, near Rochdale; Feb. 12, at three, at office of Sol., Harris, Rochdale

HARPER, ALEXANDER GORDON, draper, Worcester and Birmingham; Feb. 14, at two, at office of Sols., Wright and Marshall, Bi mingham

HARPER, ABRAHAM BLOOM, licensed victualler, Norwich; Feb. 12, at eleven, at effice of Sol., Winter, Norwich

HART, SOLOMON JACOB, and HART, ELEAZER JACOB, tobacco manufacturers, Leicester; Feb. 12, at one, at office of Sol., Ste. venson Leicester

HERMANN, ALEXANDER, prestidigitateur, Rezent-st, and the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly; Feb. 7, at two, at offices of Sol., Roberts, Moorgate-st HIFLEY, RICHARD JAMES, out of business, Plymouth; Feb. 13, at twelve, at office of Messrs. Edmonds, Parade, Plymouth HOBSON, WILLIAM, joiner, Sheffield; Feb. 12, at twelve, at office of Sols., Mellor and Porrett, Sheffield

HODSON, NATHANIEL, builder, Grimesthorpe near Sheffield;
and Newbold Moor; Feb. 9, at twelve, at office of Sol., Mellor,
Sheffield

HOLLINGSWORTH, RICHARD, provision dealer, Birmingham;
Feb. 14, at eleven, at office of Sols., Powell, Birmingham
HOLSTIUS, NILS WILHELM, ship chandler, Falmouth; Feb. 14,
at eleven, at the Globe hotel, Falmouth

INGER, ELIZABETH, china dealer, Nottingham; Feb. 9, at two,
at the Queen's hotel, Birmingham. Sol., Simpson
ISAACS, ALFRED, dea'er in watches, Bevis-marks, St. Mary-axe;
Feb. 19, at two, at offices of Sol., Barnett, New Broad-st

IZARD, WILLIAM, builder, Hamilton-rd, Bethnal-green; Feb. 10,

at eleven, at the Victoria Tavern, Victoria-park. Sk; PARTRIDGE AND COOPER

Lansdown-ter, Victoria-park

JACKSON, AMBROSE, draper, Stalybridge; Feb. 14, at three, at the Boar's Head Inn, Manchester. Sol., Buckley

JONES, HERBERT ALWYN, coal merchant, Liverpool; Feb. 9, at two, at offices of Sol., Fowler, Liverpool

JOSLING, GEORGE, farm bailiff, Writtle; Feb. 12, at twelve, at office of Sol. Meggy, Chelmsford

KAUFMAN, LEVY, jeweller, Middlesborough; F3b. 29, at three, at office of Sol., Bell, Mest Hartlepool

KLITZ, GEORGE PHILIP, professor of music, Fairfield; Feb. 12, at eleven, at at office of Sol., Taylor, Buxton LANCASTER, DAVID, shopkeeper, Bradford; Feb. 8, at three, at office of Varley, accountant, Bradford. Sol., Rhodes, Bradford LEE, JOSEPH, potato dealer, Bilston; Feb. 12, at eleven, at offices of Sols., Woodward and Smith, Wednesbury MADDICK, GEORGE WILLIAM, newspaper proprietor, Shoe-la. Fleet-st, and Brixton-rd, Brixton; Feb. 12, at three, at offices of Sol., Jenkins, Tavistock-st, Covent-gardet MARBROOK, GEORGE DOUGLAS, grocer, Birmingham; Feb. 12, at two, at offices of Sols., Wright and Marshall, Birmingham MILLER, JOHN EDMUND, butcher. High-st, Notting-hill; Feb. 19, at two, at offices of Sol., Edwards, Gracechurch-st MOORE, JOHN GODDARD, coal merchant, Lowestoft; Feb. 16, at one, at offices of Sol., Diver, Great Yarmouth MORRIS, WILLIAM, baker, King's Sutton; Feb. 15, at two, at office of Sols., Buller and Pearse, Banbury NICHOLSON, JAMES, innkeeper, Redcar; Feb. 10, at four, at the Queen hotel, Redcar. Sol, Pullan

NORTHCOTT, JOSEPH, woollen manufacturers' agent, Adelaide. rd, Haverstock-hill; Feb. 7, at three, at Mullens' Hotel, Ironmonger-la. Sol., Croft, South Lambeth-rd

ORBAN, MICHAEL JAMES GEORGE, auctioneer, Cannon-st; Feb. 9, at twelve, at offices of Sol., Eady, Great Winchester-st-bldgs OSBORN, GEORGE, dyer, Upper-st, Islington; Liverpool-rd, Islington; High-st, Notting hill; and Canal-rd, Kingsland; Feb. 15, at three, at the Jamaica Coffee-house, St. Michael's. alley, Cornhill. Sols., Messrs. Child, Doctors'-commons OXLEY, TOM ELPHIC, saddler, Footscray, par. Chislehurst; Feb. 19, at office of Holloway, accountant, Ball's-pond-rd, Islington. Sols,, Heathfield, Lincoln's inn-fields PAGE, ANN ELIZABETH, carver, Coventry-st, Piccadilly; Feb. 14, at two, at offices of Sols., Hudson, Matthews, and Co., Bucklersbury PALMER, ALBERT REYNOLDS, clerk in orders, New Bond-st: Feb. 7, at three, at offices of Sol., Luscombe, New Burlington-st PASSMORE, RICHARD ADOLPHUS, merchant, Newman's-et, Cornhill; Feb. 6, at half-bast two, at offices of Sol., Pain, Quality-ct, Chancery-la

PEACE, FREDERICK, commercial traveller, Sheffield: Feb. 14, at eleven, at office of Sols., Mellor and Porrett, Sheffield PEATE, JOHN, miller, Shrewsbury; Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Crown hotel, Shrewsbury. Sol., Jones, Oswestry PUSEY, GEORGE, stationer, High Wycombe; Feb. 12, at one, at the Falcon Hotel, High Wycombe. Sol., Batting, Great Marlow RIDINGS, ELIZABETH, boiler maker, Bolton: Feb. 10, at halfnast two, at office of Sols., Messrs. Winder, Balton ROBINSON, CHARLES, oilman, Myddelton sq and Exmouth st. Clerkenwell; Feb. 15, at two, at the Guildhall Coffee house, Gresham-st. Sol., Norris, Acton-st, Gray's-inn-rd ROEBUCK, RUFUS, licensed victualler, Unstone; Feb. 9, at three, at office of Sol., Gee, Sheffield

ROPER, JAMES, boot dealer, South Shields; Feb. 17, at eleven, at offices of Sol., Duncan, South Shields

ROYLE, WALTER, merchant's clerk, Noel-st, Islington: Feb. 12, at one at offices of Sols., Fallows and Whitehead, Lancaster-pl, Strand

Sheffield

RUMBALL, WILLIAM LOUIS, hair dresser, High Wycombe; Feb. 12, at eleven, at 90, Easton-st, High Wycombe SANDERSON, HENRY, cutlery manufacturer, Sheffield; Feb. 12, at three, at office of Sols., Broomhead, Wightman, and Moore, SHEARSMITII, PETER, butcher, Kingston-upon-Hull; Feb. 7, at two, at the George hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull. So'.. Laverack SLATOR, THOMAS, commission agent, Manchester, Feb. 14, at three, at offices of Sol., Duckworth, Manchester SNOWDEN, JAMES, plumber, Ossett: Feb. 13, at three, at the Batley Station hotel, Batley. Sol, Stringer, Ossett SWEATMAN, WILLIAM, blacksmith, Middlewich; Feb. 15, at eleven, at office of Sol., Fletcher, Northwich

TENNANT, WILLIAM, hosier, Wolverhampton; Feb. 15, at three, at office of Sol., Craven, Guildford-st, Russell-sq THORNTON, JOSEPH, grocer, Dewsbury; Feb. 21, at three, at office of Sols., Scholes and Brearey, Dewsbury TURNBULL, JAMES, grocer, Crouch-end, Hornsey; Feb. 14, at twelve, at offices of Sols., Carter and Bell, Leadenhall-st VOSPER, WILLIAM, tailor, Redhill; Feb. 9, at twelve, at offices of Sol., Howell, Cheapside

WATSON, RICHARD, slater, Chesterfield; Feb. 12, at four, at office of Sol., Gee, Chesterfield

WHITEHOUSE, BENJAMIN, rope manufacturer, Dudley; Feb. 8, at three, at office of Sol, Lowe, Birmingham

WILLSON, ROBERT, miller, North Somercotes; Feb. 13, at eleven, at offices of Sol., Bell, Louth

WRIGHT, HENRY, stationer, Birmingham; Feb. 16, at three, at office of Sol., Rowlands, Birmingham

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De Castro, J. and G. merchants, first, 2s. d. Paget, Basinghallst.-Ellis, H. T. W. silversmith, second, 2d. (first and second of 28. 5. to new proofs). Paget, Basinghall-st.-Hollingsworth, H. painter, first, 5. 64. Paget, Basinghall-st.-Laurence and Mortimore, leather factors, seventh, 21. Paget, Basinghall-st.Laurence, Mortimore, and Schrader, leather factors, seventh. 21. Paget, Paget, Basinghall-st.-Lee, T. merchant, second, is. Id. Basinghall-st.-Neare and Skaife, machine coopers, first, 28. d. (to new proofs, on account of 2s. 7d.) Paget, Basinghall-st. -Richardson, H. widow, further, 18. R. Daw, Exeter.-Scorell, J. H. sail maker, first, 2. Paget, Basinghall-st.-Taunton, W. attorney, first, 1s. 1d. Paget, Basinghall-st."

Beattie, J. and J. merchants, comp. of 10s., sep. of each, 1. At offices of Trust. J. Waddell, New-Poultry-chmbs, 7, Poultry.Buck, W. C. innkeeper, first, 158. At offices of Trust. O. Omman. ney, 12, Great Winchester-st.-Burton, F. grocer, 18. d At office of Trust. J. M. Henderson, 72, Basinghall-s.-Dar, S. butcher, 2. 6d. At office of Trust. G. Wreford, Gandy-st-chmbs, 37 & 38, Gandy-st, Exeter.-Henderson and Reed, final, Id. At offices of Trust. M. Joseph, 49, St. Paul's-sq, Birmingham.-Houghton, A. R. cotton broker, final, 198. At offices of Gibson and Bolland, accountants, 10, South John-st, Liverpool.- Houghton, A. cotton broker, final, 98, 54. At office of Gibson and Bolland, accountants, 10, South John-st, Liverpool,- Walter, E. F. and Sutton, W. linen drapers, first, 5s. At office of F. H. Collison, 93, Cheapside. Whiteley, T. and W. cotton spinners, 54. At office of Trust. J. Bamford, Royal Insurance-bldgs, Crossley-st, Haliax

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

BIRTHS. HUNTER.-On the 25th ult., at Esher, the wife of Mark William Hunter, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. MACKENZIE.-On the 13th ult., at Johnston, near Aberdeen, the wife of Willlam Laurence Mackenzie, barrister-at-law, Calcutta, of a son.

MARRIAGES. PLUES-HUME.-On the 21st Dec., 1871, at the Church of St. John the Baptist, in Belize, British Honduras, The Hon. Samuel Swire Plues, Attorney-General for the Colony, to Sarah, the third daughter of the late George Hume, Esq. WILLINS-HOFFMAN.-On the 31st ult.. at the Parish Church, Hendon, Middlesex. William Preston Willins, of Rugby Cham bers, Bedford-row, London, solicitor, to Annie Rutledge, eldest daughter of James Farquhar Hoffman, Esq., of Goshen, Orange county, New York, solicitor.

DEATHS.

CUFAUDE. On the 28th ult., at Great Yarmouth, aged 61, John Lomas Cufaude, solicitor.

FORSHAW. On the 24th ult.. at Hoghton-street, Southport, aged 62, Henry Forshaw, of Liverpool, solicitor. RED. On the 9th ult., at 34, Bloomsbury-square, aged 42, Ernest Haythorne Reed, Esq., barrister-at-law. ROSE.-At Thames Lawn, Great Marlow, aged 63, Mr. W. Rose sol citor, late of No. 19, Change-alley.

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BRIEF PAPER, 158. 6d., 178, 6d,, and 23s. 61. per ream.
FOOLSCAP PAPER, 108, 60., 138. 6d., and 188. 6d. per ream.
CREAM LAID NOTE, 38., 4s., and 58. per ream.
LARGE CREAM LAID NOTE, 4s., Gs., and 78, per ream.
LARGE BLUE NOTE, 38., 48., and 6s, per ream.
ENVELOPES, CREAM OR BLUE, 18. 6d., and 6s. 6d., per 1000.
THE TEMPLE" ENVELOPE, extra secure, 9s. 6d. per 1000.
FOOLSCAP OFFICIAL ENVELOPES, 18. 6d. per 10.

THE NEW "VELLUM WOVE CLUB HOUSE" NOTE, 9s. 6d. per

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SETTLEMENT POLICIES IN FAVOUR OF WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE GRANTED IN TERMS OF THE MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT 1870."

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an adjudication, is good against the trustee, las been affirmed by the Exchequer Chamber. At the very opening of the arguments Mr. Justice WILLES pointed out the omission from the last Bankruptcy Act of any enactment similar to the 184th section of the Act of 184, and, consequently, that an execution-creditor is not bound to seize and sell before adjudication. The case is reported in the court below in 24 L. T. Rep. N. S. 631, and L. Rep. 6 Ex. 228. Both law and equity are now in accord on this much-vexed question.

We are informed that a movement is in progress amongst the friends of Mr. SAMUEL STONE, town clerk of Leicester, the wellknown author of the widely-circulated Justices' Maul, for the purpose of presenting him with a testimonial, as an acknowledgment of the long and valuable public services rendered by him in that borough, and as a mark of the esteem and respect in which he is held, not only on account of the services mentioned, but also for the uniform courtesy and kindness he has invariably displayed towards all those who have been brought into contact with him. We understand that subscriptions will be received by Mr. Joun BAINES, honorary secretary, 28, Belvoir-street, Leicester.

WE are informed that the petitions to Parliament which are in course of signature by solicitors practising in London and in the provinces, in favour of the establishment of a School of Law, are being very influentially signed, upwards of two thousand signatures having already been obtained. The petitions from the county of Oxford, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed have been sent to Sir ROUNDELL PALMER for presentation. In the former case, five-sixths of the solicitors practising in the county have signed the petition; in the latter, the solicitors are unanimous in supporting the movement. We may mention that all petitions which have not yet been returned to the secretaries of the Legal Education Association should be sent to Mr. LONG BOURNE, the honorary secretary, on or before the 19th instant, as Sir ROUNDELL PALMER proposes to move his resolutions in the House of Commons on the 1st of March.

WITH reference to the Tichborne case a Lincolnshire solicitor writes to us: "I cannot understand how it is that the Tichborne case is conducted in such apparently flagrant violation of the law of maintenance, if I rightly understand that law. Are not all the parties who have taken bonds liable to be indicted for supporting an action in which they have no interest?" Clearly not. They have simply bought the claimant's security. Undoubtedly, they know that the bonds will be worthless unless he succeeds, but this does not constitute maintenance. If the money were advanced as a consideration for obtaining a share of the proceeds of the suit it would be champerty; and f advanced without any security, expressly to promote the suit, it would be maintenance. The existence of the bonds excludes the question of maintenance. not for us to say whether some partizans of the claimant have brought themselves within the law referred to by our correspon

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THE United States law is far in advance of ours in the legal remedies it allows to women. It gives them a right of action for slandered chastity without calling for proof of special damage, and it has sustained an action by a wife for enticing away her husband. It was argued by the court which has decided this point, that if by marriage the husband gains a right to damages for the loss of his wife's society, the same result for stronger reasons should follow the loss of the husband's consortium by the wife. The court concludes that in the highest sense, the wife is the ward of the court, and as such, under the generous policy of the law, relieved of the eld idea of conjugal servitude, which placed her as a chattel under the control of her husband, that she is entitled to its protection and aid in the enforcement of her rights; for it is only consistent with the relations into which the husband and wife have entered, that each must have their separate interest, controlled only by mutual affection and regard, which is subject, nevertheless, to the protection of the law.

MR. CHARLEY has issued his two Bills for the better protection of women and infants. The former empowers a single woman with child, or having become a mother, to apply to a justice of the peace for a summons against the putative father, whereupon the justice may make an order on the putative father for the expenses consequent on the birth of her child," and a weekly sum for the maintenance and education, or funeral of her child, such order to be enforced by distress and commitment. Power is proposed to be given to Boards of Guardians to recover the cost of maintaining an illegitimate child from the putative father. As a kindness, and no doubt a compliment, to our County Court Judges, they are to exercise the same jurisdiction as is vested in justices. We trust that they will feel grateful. As to the protection of infant life, it is proposed to enact that a licence be taken out by every person having two or more children to nurse for hire, and persons receiving two or more

children without a licence are to be guilty of a misdemeanor. Power is given to justices to revoke the licence; and a licensee must give notice to the coroner of the death of a child twentyfour hours after the event. The punishment for an offence within the Act is not to exceed six months' imprisonment.

WE cannot but deem it unfortunate that the ATTORNEY-GENERAL should have thought it necessary in the course of his speech in the TICHBORNE case, to refer to the constitution of the firm of attorneys who are conducting the case of the claimant. Whether Mr. ROSE had withdrawn from the firm or not, could by no possibility form an element for the consideration of the jury, and the assertion that he had done so naturally called forth a letter of explanation which was calculated to have a bad effect upon the claimant's cause. Mr. ROSE has had a difference with Mr. BAXTER and Mr. NORTON, but until there had been a change of attorneys by order of the court, that difference was a private matter not in evidence, and to surmise inaccurately with reference to it was straining the licence of counsel to the utmost. And in our opinion Mr. ROSE, considering the moment inopportune for giving an explanation, should have contented himself with saying that he had not withdrawn from the firm. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL made a point of the fact that attorney after attorney had been kept out of the box by the claimant's counsel; and most wisely and properly according to our view. Under ordinary circumstances, it is frequently a difficult matter for attorneys to give their clients the full benefit of the privilege which the law throws around the relationship; but under cross-examination this difficulty would have been multiplied an hundredfold. The personal opinions and private transactions of the attorneys employed by the claimant at various times, have no bearing upon the case, and as mere opinion is always inadmissible in evidence, all conjecture or inference on the subject should be carefully avoided.

IT may fairly be expected that we should give expression to the general opinion in the Profession with reference to the conflict, for such it must be called, between the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and the counsel for the Tichborne claimant on Wednesday. The prevalent feeling and opinion is strongly opposed to the course pursued by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. The primary question is, Has any counsel a right to impugn the honour and integrity of counsel opposed to him on grounds such as those advanced by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL? The learned gentleman concludes that a certain piece of evidence proves fraud, and that such evidence cannot be rebutted. He concludes further, that this conviction has also been brought home to the minds of his opponents, and he charges them, as counsel, with being accessories in the fraud, unless they at once throw up their briefs. As interpreter, by his position, of the rules of etiquette governing the Bar, Sir JOHN COLERIDGE Would undoubtedly be justified in expressing this view if his opinion were taken upon the point. But immediately that he constitutes himself the censor morum in a yet undecided cause, in which he is acting not as ATTORNEY-GENERAL, but simply as an advocate, and condemns his opponents as accessories in a fraud unless they pursue a certain course, he frames a dangerous precedent-a precedent calculated to promote indecent displays of temper in our courts of law to the confusion of suitors and the detriment of the Profession. We are not at all sure that he is right in drawing a distinction between the duties of counsel in defending a man whom he knows to be guilty, and in upholding a suit which, in his own mind, he believes to be dishonest. But to add that counsel in the latter case is to usurp the functions of the jury, and anticipate their verdict by throwing up the case, and that if he fails in this, he is a participator in the villany of his client, is to propound a principle most difficult of application, and which, if accepted, might lead to disastrous consequences. We believe, therefore, that the protests of Serjt. BALLANTINE and Mr. GIFFARD have the cordial approval of the entire Profession.

It has been laid down that where a man, in possession of property under a title which turns out to be invalid, has made improvements, a court of equity will not interfere to give him compensation, if possession is recovered at law; on the other hand, if recourse is had to equity to obtain possession, compensation will be allowed. The former part of the rule is laid down in Needles v. Wright (Nelson Ca. 57), where it is said, "No fraud being proved, verdict passed for the defendant, and therefore this court will give no relief." The civil law would have decided differently, and applied the term dolus malus to the case of a man so taking advantage of improvements made by another. In Sandon v. Hooper (6 Beav. 248; and 4 L. T. Rep. N. Š. 249), it was held that a mortgagee is not entitled to recover for improvements made without the mortgagor's consent. But the claim of a mortgagee is less strong than that of a bona fide holder under a mistaken title, for the former knows of necessity the qualified nature of his interest, while the latter does not. Moreover, it would be hard that the mortgagor should be put to extra expense in redeeming his property, or, in other words, be built out of his inheritance. Less

strong, too, and for the same reason, are the claims of tenants such as those whom the Irish Land Act was passed to assist, and yet the Legislature thought they ought to be protected. The rule is commented upon in Story on Equity, and disapproved of. The English law contemplates the possibility of a person mistaking his title, as is shown by the principle that a vendor is not liable for damages in selling an estate to which he wrongly thinks himself entitled; and if it gives protection in such a case, should it not rather indemnify the innocent improver of another man's inheritance? A case has lately occurred showing the extreme injustice of the rule in question. Portions of a large settled estate were assumed to be let on building leases, which there was really no power to grant, and, after a considerable outlay had been made by the various lessees, the effect of which was to cover a large tract of unproductive land with valuable house property, they found themselves liable to eviction before the terms of their leases were expired without compensation. On the whole, we cannot help think ing it doubtful whether the rule is conclusively settled, and we should much like to see the question thoroughly fought out, in the hope that the House of Lords might, by a righteous judgment, settle the matter in a satisfactory manner.

THE LAWYERS' INDICTMENT AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT.

As a legal journal, representing lawyers generally, it is immaterial to us which political party may be in power. Whichever set of men deals fairly with our great profession, and avoids unnecessarily shocking its prejudices, or riding roughshod over the principles which it professes, will receive every consideration at our hands.

It is therefore with no feelings of triumph that we describe the indictment which must necessarily be preferred by lawyers against the Government, unfortunately involving principles of the Consti tution, as well as matters of detail of small importance, however irritating. Had it been determined beforehand to render Lord HATHERLEY'S tenure of office memorable as obnoxious to lawyers, the success of the scheme could not have been more complete than is the result of unpremeditated action. We referred a short time since to the circumstance that Treasury officials have condescended to review the expenditure in postage stamps connected with criminal prosecutions, and we could hardly begin with a more insignificant subject of complaint. But the parsimonious interference with the functions of a local taxing master will receive little attention at the hands of Parliament, the probability being that under the advice of the Queen's Bench the Treasury will reconsider its proceedings.

The indictment, indeed, need contain two counts only, upon either of which, if convicted, the Government must confess itself disgraced. The first relates to inferior judicial appointments; the second to the translation of Sir ROBERT COLLIER. It is, perhaps, a hardship upon individuals that their names should be constantly in the mouths of the public because the Government has been weak enough to gratify their reasonable though presumptuous ambition. When our legal system was upon its trial, it was in the highest degree unwise to make its important offices a refuge for political or personal claimants. The recent appointments to County Court judgeships, with perhaps a single exception, have been unjustifiable, and, indeed, absurd. So much so, that County Court law will very soon become as much a byeword as justices' justice has been for many years past. It is really deplorable that this should be the case when the Bar offers material of the highest order, and calculated to dignify and im prove the administration of the law in the inferior tribunals. Mr. WATKIN WILLIAMS, we believe, is pledged to prefer this charge of reckless distribution of patronage against the Government.

The more serious question of Sir ROBERT COLLIER's translation is the subject matter of the second count of our indictment; but this is not merely a lawyer's grievance. Never, perhaps, has a judicial appointment excited such an universal outcry, for the gravity of the blunder is palpable to the meanest capacity, legal or lay; and we are glad to see that the motions on the subject are to be made by members of the two houses of Parliament having no immediate connection with law, namely, Earl STANHOPE in the Upper House, and Mr. CROSS in the Lower. Mr. CROSS does not tell us what form his resolution is to take. Earl STANHOPE, on the other hand, couches his motion in the strongest terms. He will ask the House of Lords to say that the acts complained of were "at variance with the spirit and intention of the statute and of evil example in the exercise of judicial patronage." As Mr. GLADSTONE invites a fair trial on the merits, we can hardly, with courtesy, say more upon the subject. "Short of treason," said the PREMIER, "no heavier charge can be made against a minister than the deliberate evasion of an Act of Parliament." The gravity of the situation therefore is thoroughly appreciated, and we must assume that Mr. GLADSTONE and the LORD CHANCELLOR see a way out of their difficulty.

Another matter which ought certainly to be brought against the Government is the manner in which it has constituted the London Court of Bankruptcy-a court of appeal from all the County Courts in England and Wales having bankruptcy juris

diction. During the present and the ensuing month, ViceChancellor BACON will sit only six days in bankruptcy, the remainder of his time is entirely absorbed in the general business of his court as a Court of Chancery. The Bankruptcy Act is an unwieldy piece of machinery, and we have the high authority of Lord Justice JAMES for saying that only a few of its provisions can be considered clear. An enormous amount of business is transacted under it by the London Court of Bankruptcy, but the bulk of it is left to registrars, from whom appeals constantly go to the LORDS JUSTICES; and certainly there is no court in the country which more loudly demands efficient supervision, and the Government should be urged to appoint a Chief Judge, whose sole duty shall be to attend to bankruptcy business.

We are fully aware that the Government has business on its hands of a more serious nature than any to which we can draw attention, but this fact offers no excuse for neglecting the interests of the country in the matter of legal procedure. The QUEEN'S speech refers to Lord HATHERLEY'S reforms, and there certainly could be no better introduction to their adoption than a thorough investigation into the existing system of legal patronage, and Government supervision of legal procedure. No reform will work well which does not place the distribution of legal patronage on a more reasonable basis than it rests upon at present, by shutting the approaches to the bench against ill-qualified political partisans, or useful but ignorant subordinates.

ANOTHER ANOMALY IN THE LAW OF LUNACY. ACCORDING to the present law, it appears that an alleged lunatic, not found so by inquisition, detained in custody under the usual medical certificates, cannot be discharged except by the Commissioners in Lunacy themselves, or by the party detaining him. It seems essential to the ends of justice that this power should be vested in the LORD CHANCELLOR also.

A case may be brought before the Court of Chancery, for example, under sect. 54 of the Lunacy Regulation Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 70), on a report of the Commissioners that the property of an alleged lunatic is not duly protected-(which case the Act directs shall be tantamount to, and proceed and be conducted as, a petition for inquiry)—the court may be of opinion that there is no case for an inquiry, and be in favour of an immediate discharge, and yet all that it can do is to remit the matter to the Commissioners for their consideration, accompanied, it may be, with a suggestion (which has no legal validity), that it is a case proper for a discharge. The Board is left to act according to its own conscience and discretion; considerable delay may ensue, and the alleged lunatic be detained on insufficient evidence.

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A notable instance of the evils which flow from such a state of things occurred recently in practice in a case reported in the Times, in its earlier stages, on 6th July last. In Dec. 1869, F. J., a person alleged to be of unsound mind, was placed in an asylum at Peckham upon the certificate of two medical men in the usual way, at the instance of his sister. Seventeen months after, viz., on 24th April 1871, the Commissioners, having 66 reason to suppose that his property was not duly protected, and that the income thereof was not duly applied for his maintenance " (it does not appear why they did not make this discovery sooner, as we think they might), made a report to the LORD CHANCELLOR to that effect under the powers given to them in sect. 94 of 8 & 9 Vict. c. 100. On 27th May 1871 the report came be heard before the LORDS JUSTICES. A good deal of evidence was offered on the subject of F. J.'s sanity; and the LORDS JUSTICES directed the consideration of the report to stand over till a visitor in lunacy had reported on the case, and they accordingly sent a visitor to do so, who reported on 2nd June in favour of F. J.'s sanity. On 10th June the report of the commissioners again came on for hearing before the LORDS JUSTICES, who expressed an opinion that it was not a case for an order of inquiry, and directed it again to stand over in order that the visitor's report might be laid before the commissioners with a view to see what course they would decide on. This opinion of the LORDS JUSTICES was, in accordance with their express direction, communicated by F. J.'s solicitor immediately to the commissioners, who replied that they had received no communication from the LORD CHANCELLOR OF LORDS JUSTICES upon the subject, but that it should receive their special attention at their next visit to Peckham. Some other letters and interviews passed between the board, F. J.'s solicitor, and the solicitor to the Suitor's Fee Fund, who had been appointed to take proceedings upon the commissioners' report, and on the 17th June 1871, two of the board visited F. J., and stated their opinion that he was still of unsound mind, and that they could not promise to promote his discharge at present; and the board (nettled it would seem by not having received any personal communication from the LORDS JUSTICES) adhered to their opinion that they could not move for his discharge. The original report of the commissioners of the 24th April 1871, was then heard before the LORD CHANCELLOR, who intimated his opinion against an inquiry; but being unable himself to order the discharge, ordered the case to stand over, that he might write to the commissioners; which he accordingly did through his secretary, suggesting a temporary release of F. J. on trial; and, if at the end of that time he manifested no

stronger symptoms of unsoundness than were then apparent, a complete discharge. To the former suggestion the commissioners assented; as to the latter they object to the report of their colleagues of 17th June. The advisers of F. J. being thus, as it were, in a cleft stick, and driven into a corner, a scheme for his temporary removal was, as an expedient for his immediate relief, and as a compromise with the commissioners, submitted to and approved by the LORD CHANCELLOR (which has since been carried into effect), and the matter ordered to stand over till the November following; the alleged lunatic having, as the price of this compromise, which his medical attendant considered essential to his health, to pay all the costs up to that time. On 11th Nov. 1871, another doctor having again visited and pronounced him sane, the report of 24th April was once more heard before the LORDS JUSTICES, and an order made by them that no sufficient ground for inquiry appearing, they refused to make any order for such inquiry. After this order the commissioners still refused to discharge F. J. and required him to return to the asylum to be visited by them, promising to discharge him if they thought him fit. Under advice, he did not return, and was shortly afterwards released by his sister, who had signed the order for his admission, and with whom he is now living.

Now, here was, first, a grave injury done to the person whose benefit is always supposed to be the first object to be considered in cases of this kind; for he was detained certainly six monthspossibly two years-on what appeared to the highest judicial authority insufficient evidence; and, secondly, there was what we cannot but consider an unseemly conflict between two tribunalseach professing to deal with the case. Mere concurrence of jurisdictions is not of itself an evil, and does not necessarily work injustice, so long as they run parallel to each other, and each is in itself avragens (to use a favourite word with a living Ex-Chancellor), but the moment they conflict or cross one another, that moment mischief ensues. Now, that was clearly the effect of the divisum imperium here. The LORDS JUSTICES saw no case for an inquiry, the LORD CHANCELLOR saw no case for it; the commissioners did. The LORD CHANCELLOR's Visitor in Lunacy reported that F. J. could not be deemed of unsound mind; the commissioners themselves by their own personal examination satisfied themselves that he could. Neither can, we think, anything be clearer than that the power to discharge should have been possessed by the LORD CHANCELLOR. The anomaly lies in this, that the matter was forced on him by the Legislature, without the power to work it out, but he must needs send it for that to a vastly inferior tribunal—an indignity, one would have thought, which our Legislature would not have willingly imposed on so high an authority entrusted with the prerogative. We fear nothing but Parliament can remedy this. The power of the LORD CHANCELLOR to make general orders seems to extend only to matters of practice and procedure. We would recommend, therefore, such of our legislators as take an interest in these matters, and, indeed, the Government itself, to bring in a short declaratory Bill which shall enact that if, on a report of the commissioners, the LORD CHANCELLOR himself is of opinion that there is no case for inquiry, or if a master or a jury, on an order for inquiry, shall be of opinion that any alleged lunatic in custody is not of unsound mind, the LORD CHANCELLOR may order his immediate discharge.

THE LIABILITY OF UNDERWRITERS ON GOODS FOR FREIGHT AFTER ABANDONMENT. THIS branch of marine insurance law is at present in a most uncertain and unsatisfactory condition. Many years ago Lord Mansfield laid down the general principle that underwriters on goods have nothing to do with the freight: (Baillie v. Moudigliani, 1 Park. Ins. 116.) That learned Judge said "As between the owners of the goods and the underwriters upon the cargo, the latter have nothing to do with the freight. The owner of the ship has a lien for his freight; but in a total loss, literally so-called, no freight is due. In case of a loss, total in its nature, with salvage, the owner of the goods may either take the part saved, or abandon; but in neither case can he throw the freight upon the underwriters; because they have not engaged to indemnify him against it." No further reason is given for the judgment, which, it will be observed, may be said to go to this extent that an abandonee who takes the salvage of a cargo on which a shipowner has earned freight, is not liable to pay that freight, but can take the benefit without the burden.

The above is the only case upon the point which has been decided in this country, but we observe that Mr. Maclachlan, in his fourth edition of Arnould (p. 866) cites a recent case in opposition to what he calls the well-established rule. That case is Dakin v. Oxley (33 L. J. 115, C. P.; 10 L. T. Rep. N. S. 268), which was an action on a charter-party, and had nothing to do with marine insurance. What this learned author says is somewhat striking, and seems to involve a contradiction. "In this country," he says, "it was long ago decided in the case of Baillie v. Moudigliani, and is undoubtedly established as the general rule, that the assured cannot in such cases"-having just referred to cases where the abandonee takes the salvage-throw the loss on freight upon the underwriters on goods, and this on the plain

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