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SELECTIONS FROM CORRESPONDENCE. "B." thus replies to the query of last week, on Mortgage Transfer Stamp

On undecided points, and consequently in cases of doubt, little more can be done to assist the inquirer, than to refer him to the best opinions. In the last number of the LAW TIMES, your correspondent "Lex" has not quite sufficiently stated his case; but, if, as I take it, B. the transferrer, be liable to repay to C. the transferrec, the consideration-money, i. e. 150l. on payment of which, the security is to be retransferred, the transaction must be looked upon as a new mortgage, and must be stamped accordingly; i. e. both with the deed stamp, and ad valorem duty. To support this conclusion, I refer "Lex" to Sweet's Jarman and Bythewood, Vol. V. p. 534.

Heirs-at-Law, Next of Kin, &c. Wanted.

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794. NEXT OF KIN of ROBERT PARKER, formerly of Rochester, and afterwards of Maidstone, Kent, then of Bath, where he died, 27th March, 1837, or their representatives

795. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAME, formerly an ensign of her

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Majesty's 26th regiment of foot, who was supposed to
be drowned at sea in the transport ship Maria, in De-
cember 1805, residuary legatee named in the will of
William Cunninghame, late of Weston-place, St. Pan-
cras, Middlesex, esq. (died Aug. 1805), or his personal
representatives. To claim.

796. COUSINS of GEORGE CLUBLEY, of Scarborough, York.
mother's side, or their legal representatives.
797. NEXT OF KIN of HUGH DUFFY, who was accidentally
burnt to death in a house which he occupied in the
eastern part of London, about the year 1831. Some-
thing to advantage.
798. LEGATEES of WILLIAM FULKE GREVILLE, late of
Hatenborough House, and of Dover, Kent, died 14th
Jan. 1837. To come and prove.

shire (died 4th Nov. 1837), both on the father's and

799. CERTIFICATE of the BURIAL of JOHN WELLS, a journeyman butcher, who left the neighbourhood of East Garston, Berkshire, upwards of sixty-eight years ago, and was reported to have died in the neighbourhood of London, about forty-eight years since. Two gui neas reward.

800. DEED OF SETTLEMENT, supposed to have been made upon the marriage of MR. HENRY READE, late of Lothbury, London, merchant, with Miss ANN SUMPTER, some time about the year 1792. 201. reward. 801. SARAH KITCHEN, wife of Thomas Kitchen, joiner and military sash maker, who, in 1827, was resident in Islington. Something to advantage. Information of

her death rewarded. 802. FANNY WARREN, who married, in 1818, James Parra

more, of Bristol, dyer, and afterwards resided for some years at Guernsey with her husband. Something to advantage. Information of her, or if dead, of her burial, will be rewarded. She was at Exeter in 1829, and was supposed to have been born at Thorverton near that place. 803. REGISTER of MARRIAGE of CHRISTOPHER PARKER

reward.

and LIDDIARD, and the BAPTISMAL REGISTER of MARY PARKER, their daughter. Both events took place in London between 1745 and 1775. Ten guineas 804. NEXT OF KIN of ANN BLAKE, of Lisbon-street, Bethnal-green, widow, deceased. Something to advantage. 805. ANNUITANTS named in the Will of LADY ESSEX KER; viz. Mrs. Wood, M. Youd, or Yond, Greatorex, Holloway, Green, Tenand, and S. Banks, or their representatives. 806. JANE JOHNSON, formerly OWEN, widow of John John

Wainright, E. Taite, C. Campbell,

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son, late of King David Lane, Shadwell, engineer, died Nov. 4, 1835. Something to advantage, or in 807, MARY GRIFFITH, otherwise GRIFFIN, legatee in the will of Mrs. Susanna Davis, formerly of Petworth, Sussex (died January 1785), described by testatrix as daughter of her niece Mary Flew, and who intermarried with one Griffith, otherwise Griffin, and who is supposed to have taken to an irregular course of life, and to have gone with a marching regiment to Ports808. MARY LEE, SISTER, and other the NEXT OF KIN of ANN SILVER, spinster, who died in Gloucester-street, Com

mouth.

mercial-road, East, in January 1839, aged 60 years.

Something to advantage.

(To be continued weekly.)

To Readers and Correspondents.

"A SUBSCRIBER."—This anonymous "Advertising Attor-
ney" has been often noticed, but we have been always

unable to trace his identity.

tical a form, that ere another four years shall have rolled by, we are confident that something like the great scheme of union proposed here a few months since, and of the feasibility of which every day's consideration more and to answer a question put out of mere curiosity. more convinces us, will be carried out, not "ONE, &c."-His remarks on Attorney's gowns are more merely with the assent, but with the eager cowitty than wise. "P. G." (Monmouth).—Thanks for the hints; there is jus-operation, of those who now say, "It is a very

"JUVENIS." We have not leisure to look into the books

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us with reports from them will bear this in mind, as it will
sare to them much needless trouble in writing, and to us
much labour in revising.

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THE LAW TIMES.

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1847.

good thing, and when it is formed perhaps Í will join it; but I cannot take any trouble to help its formation."

For that consummation, therefore, the Solicitors must wait, and much loss cannot arise from the delay. But there is a matter connected with this union, but not dependent upon it, which admits of no delay, and which, if not done now, cannot be done for years, so that when most in need of it, it will be unattainable. We allude to the representation of the Profession-and especially of the Attorneys-in the next Parliament.

All are agreed that this is the first step to an improvement of their position; the great object of exertion, with which alone they may accom plish much, and without which, whatever their influence out of doors, they can do nothing. A representative who shall speak their sentiments-submit their views on legal mattersproclaim their grievances-protect their interests, daily more and more threatened with assault-watch legislation, with intent to improve crude theories into practical measures-this is the foremost matter to be achieved, a subject that presses for immediate attention, and not for barren talk only, but for resolute action. In six weeks Parliament will be dissolved. If the Legal Profession shall omit to place in the next House of Commons a representative who shall do for them what Mr. WAKLEY has done and is doing for the Medical Profession, years will in again offer. In those years what mischief may, all probability elapse before an opportunity will and doubtless will, be done, if the Attorneys have no voice there embodying their influence to protest against it, there needs no prophet to foretel! It may be read in the notices of moand which have been only postponed, not abantions in both Houses during the last two years, doned, until a season when returning prosperity shall give relief from questions of vital urgency.

Only six weeks, and so much to be done! Only six weeks for the interests of a Profession to be provided for! And if those six weeks be permitted to pass by unimproved, what a prospect opens upon it! Whatever is to be done, must be done quickly-instantly. The time admits of no delay. There must be promptitude and action. He who would serve the cause now, must not deliberate and ask advice, but come and do!

SHALL WE BE REPRESENTED? The time for talking is past; the time for doing has arrived. Presuming upon an acquaintance of four For four years have we been urging the At-years-upon the confidence of past efforts in torneys to union, to action, to energy, in self their behalf-we ask the influential men of defence and for the advancement of the social the Profession-the Secretaries and Chairmen influence and status of their Profession.

of the Law Societies-every Attorney who feels an interest in the matter, all who do not regard a little labour in a great cause, to meet here on Wednesday, the 19th instant, to deter mine the means to be pursued for the attainment of this vital object of the representation of the Profession in the next Parliament.

Plans have been proposed, discussed, approved, and even partially put in operation; but their development has been prevented by the strange apathy of those whose interests are most deeply involved in their success. They Complain, they ask for aid, they implore their fellow Lawyers to be up and stirring; but no And if all who are willing to take a part, Sooner are they called upon for the most who approve the design, and can attend in trifling exertions, if it be only to add their London on that day, will so inform us by names to an Union, and subscribe five shil- letter during the present week (and it should lings a year towards its expenses, than they be as early as possible), the post shall in like put their hands in their pockets and go to manner inform them the place and hour of sleep. They are very desirous that the ad- meeting. Vantages of union and activity should be obtained, but only if they can be secured by the labour and at the cost of other people!

In the meanwhile, if there be such a meeting as we propose, that it may be enabled to decide at once upon a course of action, will This is the lesson learned by four years' ex- those who approve its object, and can aid it, perience. But do we, therefore, despair of inform us (in strictest confidence if desired,) if rousing the Profession to a sense of what is there be any borough within their knowledge due to itself? By no means. Events will where a seat might be secured, with such parwork with us. The necessity will become so ticulars as to its cost, &c. as may help to a apparent ere long, the mischiefs of their apathy decision whether it may be attainable for the and neglect will be proved to them in so prac-purposes of the meeting?

MARRIAGES.

AMBROSE, Thomas Henry, esq. of Manchester-square, and Copford, Essex, to Emma Fosbury Ann, eldest daughter of the late Charles Thomas Hitchcock. esq. of Albemarlestreet and Fulham, on the 29th ult. at St. Marylebone Church, by the Rev. H. T. Liveing, vicar of Bedfont.

Thursday, April 29. Little, W. paper manufacturer, last exam. June 9.—Paull, H. H. B. lodging-house keeper, last exam. June 4. Friday, April 30.

Butt and Batt, silk dealers, fin. joint div. and sep. of J. B. next week. Pennell, London.-Blackmore, C. tailor,

HEIR-AT-LAW SOCIETY. have lost sight of this pretended Sofor some time past; and after the expoin the Police Courts and in the LAW s, we thought that the three worthies who itute it, viz. the Manager, the Attorney, the Barrister, had dissolved partnership. pears, however, from the following para MERCER, John, jun. esq. of Maidstone, to Jane Harriet tailors, last exam. June 15.-Jewesson, R. merchant, div.

EDMUNDSON, Rev. G., M.A. of Redcar-house, Cleveland, to

Elizabeth Anne, eldest daughter of the late W. Whytehead, esq. of Thirsk, solicitor, on the 29th ult. at Northallerton.

second daughter of William Scoones, esq. of Tonbridge, on the 29th ult. at St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square. RANSOM, Thomas Bayly, esq. solicitor, Wellington, Somerset, to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. John Clark, of Sudbury, on the 4th inst. at Sudbury.

div. next week. Groom, London.-Brown, C. plumber, last

exam. sine die.-Castle, H. shipowner, div. next week. Edwards, London.-Dodgson and Co. ironmongers, &c. div. D. next week. Groom, London.-Hazard and Beaumont,

next week. Whitmore, London.-Pells, J. grocer, last exam. passed.-Such, J. J. auctioneer, div. next week. Whitmore, London.-Wilson, J. P. builder, &c. last exam. passed. Saturday, May 1.

1 in a Stockport paper, that they are still
g their trade. We direct to it the attention
ir readers, with a view to their detection
y proceedings similar to those which have
dy engaged the attention of the courts RUNDLE. G. H. E. esq. solicitor, to Winifred Steart, youngest Son, builders, last exam. June 19.

stice :

AIMANTS TO THE LATE R. HAMILTON'S 'ERTY.-The following communication from the ary of the Heir-at-Law Society has been reby the Stockport committee for conducting the case. They have responded promptly to the and have since received a request to forward the rees of the claimants, which Mr. Adams, accant, of this town, is now busily engaged in preg.

It will be seen by an advertisement in ancolumn that delegates from various families will in Manchester on the 3rd of May, the result of h we shall give in our next week's paper.

London, April 13th, 1847. R,-This society rather expected to have had the sure of hearing from you with instructions for the hat is recommended by counsel to be filed against representatives of the executors in the above e, before the commencement of the present Term. hat is not the case, it occurs to them it may ibly arise from the difficulty of getting the claimto join in a subscription to raise the 201. deposit, e paid towards the costs of the bill and answers. I as it sometimes happens that to accommodate clients we put their bill on the file by their reting us one-half of the amount, with the undernding that the other half shall be forthcoming in a nth or six weeks, by the same time that the aners of the defendant become due. This we have it done for another party similarly situated, which viates the inconvenience of being thrown over the ag vacations, and we shall willingly, if desired, so oblige you.

We do not urge this as an inducement for your oceeding in the suit, unless you have fully made up our mind to do so; but it occurs to us that it may e a convenience of which you may be desirous of vailing yourself, to save time, but we cannot recomend it unless the other 101. is sure to be collected nd remitted within the time above mentioned. That there is property in this case, to a large mount, which has never been brought to account, our own intimate knowledge of the transactions of he parties enables us, without the fear of contraliction, to affirm, and to be the medium of placing it n the hands of the lawful owners, would afford much satisfaction to this society, for whom, I am, Sir, yours, &c. Mr. R. Adams. GEORGE ROSs, Manager.

TO SOLICITORS ENGAGED IN THE

ELECTIONS.

THE proposed series of Books and Forms for use at the coming General Election are now in preparation.

As it is desirable that they should be as complete as united experiences can make them, readers in possession of Books and Forms which they have found useful in practice will oblige by forwarding a description of them immediately, that from the whole a plan may be perfected which shall give to the Profession, in their Election duties, assistance which they have not hitherto possessed.

daughter of the late R. Curgenven, R.N. of Plymouth, on the 29th-ult. at Stoke.

SMITH, Archibald, esq. Advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Lanarkshire, to Jannett, youngest daughter of the late William Blackwood, esq. publisher, on the 29th ult. at Edinburgh.

WYATT, Rev. C. F. of Broughton, to Maria Frederica, youngest daughter of the late W. Walford, esq. of Banbury, on the 29th ult. at Hillingdon.

DEATHS.

Beaumont, R. woollen draper, last exam. sine die.-Fennell, J. G. child-bedlinen dealer, last exam. passed.—Ternan and

DIVIDENDS. Bankrupts' Estates.

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

Brambroffe, T. L. hair dresser, Manchester, first, 1s. 114d. Hobson, Manchester.-Brothers and Co. curriers, third, id. Valpy, Birmingham.-Cartwright, St. J. grocer, first, 2s. Kynaston, Hull.-Coxwell and Co. ship brokers, first jt. 1s. Wakley, Newcastle.-Evans, R. draper, Liverpool, Is. 3d. Turner, Liverpool.-Evill and Co. cloth manufacturers,

MEWBURN, Hannah, the wife of B. Mewburn, 9, Green-third jt. 11d. Cannan, London.-Goodenough, R. woollen
terrace, New River Head, and Great Winchester-street,
City, solicitor, on the 29th ult. aged 50.
RICHARDS, Emma, wife of John Richards, of Maize-hill
and South-square, Gray's-inn, solicitor, on the 5th inst.
at Maize-hill, Greenwich. Also, on the 24th ult. George,
the only child of the above.

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SPEED, William, the only surviving child of William Speed, esq. of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, on the 1st inst. at Croom's-hill, Greenwich, aged 2 years and 1 month. STUART, the Hon. Sophia Margaret, granddaughter of the

celebrated William Penn. founder and proprietor of Pennsylvania, and widow of the Hon. and Rev. W. Stuart, D.D. late Lord Primate of all Ireland, on the 29th ult. at the house of her son-in-law, the Earl Ranfurly, aged 82.

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It may be stated also that a second or supplementary part to the Fourth Edition of The Registration of Electors Act, by E. W. Cox, Esq. is in preparation, to contain the Regis- The sum stated as the Dividend means so much declared in tration Appeals decided since its publication, and the LAW OF ELECTIONS, with Instructions, Forms, and Statutes; providing the practitioner with a Handbook for Elections, similar to that which the volume, as it is, provides for the Registrations.

BIRTHS, MARRIACES, AND DEATHS. [The charge for the insertion of the above is 5s.] BIRTHS. A'BECKETT.- On the 2nd inst. at Portland-house, Hammersmith, the wife of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, esq. of a son. BELK. On the 20th ult. at Hartlepool, the wife of T. Belk, esq. town clerk, of a daughter.

MAY. On the 1st inst. at Chelsea, the wife of T. B. May, esq. barrister-at-law, of a daughter.

Monday, April 26.

last exam. May 5-Round, W. grocer, last exam. passed.Ffitch, S. maltster, last exam. passed.—Martin, W. grocer, Wavell, T. B. miller, last exam. June 28.

Tuesday, April 27. Berryman, G. victualler, assignees June 1.-Bickerton, J. hat manufacturer, div. next week. Whitmore, London.Chettle, J. draper, assignees, May 18.-Gilpin, W. army clothier, div. next week. Whitmore, London.-Hilton, G. last exam. sine die.-Johnson, J. grocer, div. next week. Whitmore, London.-Joyce, J. corn dealer, last exam. psssed.-Knights, J. cattle dealer, div. next week. Pennell, R. carrier, last exam. May 17. London. Kesteren, F. builder, last exam. sine die.-Parker,

Wednesday, April 28. Ashby, C. tailor, div. next week. Belcher, London.Hayward, W. butcher, last exam. June 10.-Peake, R. farmer, assignees May 27.

draper, final div. 12d. and 3 of a farthing. Hirtzel, Exeter.Graham, J. sen. 2s. 3d. Wakley, Newcastle.-Gundry and Gundry, merchants, third jt. Is. 3d. Hirtzel, Exeter.Harris, R. glass manufacturer, third, 3-32nds of a penny. Valpy, Birmingham. - Lawley, J. cooper, second, 3d.Valpy, Birmingham.-Mackay, J. tailor, first, 10s. Turner, Liverpool.-Payne, J. draper and tailor, first, 4s. Hirtzel, Exeter.-Potter and Co. calico printers, final jt. 1d. Pott, Manchester.-Rouse, J. plumber, first, 6s. 8d. Hirtzel, Exeter. Smith, J. grocer, first, 6s. Whitmore, Birming ham.-Strawson and Young, chemists, first jt. 75. Kynas

ton, Hull.-Suger, T. corn merchant, first, 1s. 9d. Kynas ton, Hull.-Wheeler, F. A. percussion cap manufacturer, second, 24d. Valpy, Birmingham.

Insolvents' Estates.

Akers, T. lieutenant in the navy, on half-pay, further, 7s. 6d-Baker, C. L. chemist, Upper East Smithfield, 9ąd. -Gowdy, W. master in the navy, 25. 2d. (in addition to a former of 10s. 2d.)-Innocent, T. grocer, Shadwell, 1s.— Jeacocke, A. milliner, Little Britain, 1s. 51d.-O'Callaghan, H. G. lieutenant in the navy, on half-pay, Lisson-grove, 10s. 3d.-Turner, H. grocer, Romford, 1s. 44d.-Williams, Rev. S. of Magor, 5s. Sd.

ASSIGNMENTS

To Trustees for the benefit of Creditors.
Gazette, April 30.

Macturk, J. tea dealer, Redruth, April 19. Trust. C. Bennett, draper, Redruth. Sol. Hearle, Redruth.-Mander, T. linen draper, Birmingham, Feb. 17. Trusts. J. Bradbury, Aldermanbury, and E. Pullein, St. Paul's-churchyard, warehousemen, Sol. Hardwick, Weavers'-hall, Basinghall-st.Sherring, J. draper, Beaminster, April 10. Trusts. R. Spence, Love-lane, and C. J. Parker, Milk-st. warehousemen. Sols. Reid and Langford, Friday-st.

Gazette, May 4.

Davidson, J. T. Chatham, April 23. Trusts. W. Buss, provision merchant, Great Trinity-lane, and W. Bagshaw, accountant, Coleman-st. Sol. James, Basinghall-st.-Felton, H. innkeeper, Bagshot, March 6. Trust. W. B. Cooper, gent. Old Windsor. Sol. Barton, New Windsor.-Fitchett, J. victualler, New North-road, April 23. Trusts. J. Steede, distiller, New-st. Dockhead, and F. Webb, wine merchant, King William-st. Sols. Yonge and Hancock, Tokenhouseyard.-Jones, R. and C. millers, Llandegla, April 10. Trusts. E. Jones, miller, T. Jones, publican, and E. Edwards, cattle dealer, all of Llandegla. Sol. Smart, Ruthin.-Lloyd, J. draper, Brixham, April 15. Trusts. W. White, Cheapside, and C. Milburn, Newgate-st. warehousemen. Sols. Ashurst and son, Cheapside.

Bankrupts. DATE OF FIAT AND PETITIONING CREDITORS' NAMES, Gazette, April 30, AMOS, WILLIAM, coal merchant, Whitstable, Kent, May 7, at two, June 11, at eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Fonblanque; Belcher, off. ass.; Richardson and Talbot, Bedford-row, and Sankey, Canterbury, sols. Date of fiat, April 27. E. Baker, gent. Harbledon, Kent, pet. cr. BLINKO, WILLIAM, cattle dealer and cattle salesman, West Smithfield, and 17, Northampton-street, Lower-rd. Islington, May 7, at one, June 11, at half-past one, Ba singhall-st. Com. Fane; Whitmore, off. ass.; Smith, Barnard's-inn, Holborn, sols. Date of fiat, April 28. Bank, rupt's own petition.

BRAZIER, HENRY SYDNEY, tailor, Broad-street, Oxford, May 14, at one, June 11, at eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Holroyd, Groom, off. ass.; Wood and Fraser, Dean-st., sols. Date of fiat, April 26. J. Griffiths, and S. and P. Long, woollen manufacturers, Gresham-st. pet. crs. BURNET, JAMES, hosier, Sunderland, Durham, May 11, at eleven, June 9, at one, Newcastle, Com. Ellison; Wakley, off. ass.; Dixon, New Boswell-court, and Ranson, Sunderland, sols. Date of fiat, April 23. Bankrupt's own petition.

CLARKE, JOHN, machine maker, Portwood, within Binning ton, Stockport, May 13 and June 7, at twelve, Manchester; Pott, off. ass.; Bower and Son, Chancery-lane, and Stringer, Stockport, sols. Date of fiat, April 23. Bankrupt's own petition.

HUMPHREY, JOHN, grocer and leather cutter, North Walsham, Norfolk, May 11, at half-past one, June 11, at eleven, Basinghall-s. Com. Fonblanque; Belcher, off. ass.; Torkington, New Bridge-st. and Tillett and Co. Norwich, sols. Date of fiat, April 19. R. Blake, soap manufacturer, Norwich, pet. cr.

RAY, RICHARD, and WYNNE, THOMAS, manufacturers of china, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, May 13 and June 10, at twelve, Birmingham, Com. Daniell; Whitmore, off. ass.; Young, Longton, and Smith, Birmingham, sols. Date of fiat, April 19. J. Hawley, J. Goodwin, and S. Bridgwood, coal masters, Stoke-upon-Trent, pet. crs. THOMAS, DAVID RICHARD, draper, Lammas-st. Carmar then, May 14, at twelve, June 11, at eleven, Bristol, Com.

Stephenson; Acraman, off. ass.; Reed and Langford, Gracechurch-st. May 14, at eleven (adj. April 9), last exam.
Friday-st. and Heaven, Bristol, sols. Date of fiat, April-Rainy, A. estate agent, Regent-st. May 14, at one (adj.
15. E. Standley, warehouseman, 67, Cheapside, pet. cr. March 13), last exam.-Ross, J. C. merchant, 2, Savage-
WARD, JOHN, grocer, Runcorn, Cheshire, May 14 and June gardens, May 26, at eleven, div.-Sauerbrey, C. R. ship-
14, at eleven, Liverpool, Com. Perry; Morgan, off. ass.; broker, Fenchurch-st. and Peckham-lane, May 11, at twelve
Johnson and Co. Temple, and Grocott, Liverpool, sols. (adj. March 9), last exam.-Seppings, E. victualler, Cromer,
Date of fiat, April 24. Bankrupt's own petition.
May 11, at eleven (adj. April 13), last exam.-Sharp and
Sharp, stonemasons, Commercial-road, Lambeth, May 11,
at eleven (adj. April 13), last exam. G. Sharp.-Wiles, W.
pawnbroker, Dulwich, May 14, at twelve (adj. April 16), last
MEETINGS FOR ALLOWANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
Dailey and Inskipp, leather manufacturers, Long-lane,
Bermondsey, May 26, at twelve, as to Inskipp.-Ullathorne,
J. builder, Spencer-place, Brixton-road, May 26, at half-
past eleven.

Gazette, May 4. BURKINSHAW, RICHARD, share broker, Sheffield, May 14 and June 11, at ten, Sheffield, Com. West; Freeman, off. ass.; Butterfield and Co. Gray's-inn, and Potter, Rotherham, sols. Date of fiat, April 27. G. Green, farmer, Beighton, pet. cr. COGAN, ROBERT, glass, lead, and colour merchant, May 16, at half-past twelve, June 12, at twelve, Basinghall-st. Com. Goulburn; Follett, off. ass.; Richardson MoorgateDate of fiat, April 30. G. Ward, gent. 35, street, sol. Tavistock-st. Covent-garden, pet. cr. COLLYER, ANN, commonly ealled Ann Miles, cowkeeper, Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, May 11, at half-past eleven, June 15, at eleven, Basin ghall-st. Com. Fane; Cannan, off. ass.; Meyrick, Furnival's-inn, and James and Smythies, Aylesbury, sols. Date of fiat, May 1. Bankrupt's own petition. COOPER, JAMES, cattle salesman, Billericay, Essex, May 14, at half-past two, June 11, at one, Basinghall-st. Com. Holroyd; Groom, off. ass.; Norton and Son, New-st. Bishopsgate, sols. Date of fiat, May 1. Bankrupt's own petition. HORNE, GEORGE, and BURGHES, ALEXANDER MACLEOD, booksellers, Cheapside, May 12, at half-past eleven, June 15, at eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Fonblanque; Pennell, off. ass.; Billing, King-st. Cheapside, sol. Date of fiat, April 30. J. Billing, gent. King-st. Cheapside, pet. cr. MUNKS, JOHN, licensed victualler and cabinet case maker, Sheffield, May 14 and June 11, at ten, Sheffield, Com. West; Freeman, off. ass.; Tattershall, Great James-st. and Broadbent, Sheffield, sols. Date of fiat, April 26. Bankrupt's own petition.

pet. cr.

PULLEINE, JOHN, jun. brewer and maltster, Selby, York-
shire, May 18 and June 3, at ten, Leeds, Com. West; Young,
off. ass.; Wiglesworth and Co. Gray's-inn; Weddall and
Parker, Selby; and Bond and Barwick, Leeds, sols.
Date of fiat, April 10. R. Binney, share broker, Leeds,
pet. cr.
RIPPINGALE, FRANCIS, auctioneer, Thrumpton, Ordsall,
Nottinghamshire, May 14 and June 11, at ten, Sheffield,
Com. West; Freeman, off. ass.; Johnson and Co. Tem:
ple; Bowley, Nottingham; and Binney, Sheffield, sols.
Date of fiat, April 28. J. Whelton, farmer, Nottingham,
ROBINSON, THOMAS, blacksmith and builder, Liverpool,
May 11 and June 11, at twelve, Liverpool, Com. Ludlow ;
Bird, off. ass.; Messrs. Cornthwaite, Old Jewry-chambers,
and Pemberton, Liverpool, sols. Date of fiat, April 26. |
Bankrupt's own petition.
ROLPH, WILLIAM, innkeeper and common brewer, Bil-
lericay, Essex, May 10, at one, June 14, at eleven, Basing-
hall-st. Com. Shepherd; Turquand, off. ass.; M'Leod
and Co. London-st. Fenchurch-st. sols. Date of fiat,
May 1. A. Offin, farmer, Hutton, Essex, pet. cr.
SOUTHWELL, GEORGE, baker and coal merchant, Whit-
stable, Kent, May 10, at half-past one, June 14, at half-
past eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Shepherd; Graham,
off. ass; Richardson and Co. Bedford-row, sols.
Date of
fiat, May 1. J. White, butcher, Whitstable, pet. cr.
STIRLING, THOMAS, jun. and WILLIAM, slaters, Stratford,
Essex, May 8, at half-past one, June 2, at two, Basing-
hall-st. Com. Goulburn; Green, off. ass.; Scott and Co.

St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, sols. Date of fiat, April 27.
Bankrupt's own petition.
TRIMMER, JOHN ALFRED, victualler and boarding house-
keeper, Brentford, May 14, at two, June 11, at twelve,
Basinghall-st. Com. Holroyd; Edwards, off. ass.; Law-
rence and Reed, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, sols. Date of
fiat, April 30. E. Shackel, butcher, Brentford, pet. cr.

Meetings at Basinghall-street.
Gazette, April 30.

exam.

Meetings in the Country.

Gazette, April 30.

Alexander and Alexander, opticians, Exeter, May 25, at eleven, Exeter, aud.-Glover and Glover, dyers, Leeds, May 25, at ten, Leeds, aud.-Halliley and Halliley, calico printers, Wigton, May 19, at eleven, Newcastle (adj. April 20), last exam.-Ibbotson, W. merchant, Sheffield, May 21, at ten, Sheffield, aud. and May 28, at ten, div.-Newby, J. haberdasher, Leicester, May 21, at eleven, Birmingham, aud. -Stuttard, J. cotton spinner, Manchester, May 12, at eleven, Manchester (adj. March 8), last exam.-Tout, T. grocer and draper, Ashburton, May 25, at eleven, Exeter, aud. MEETINGS FOR ALLOWANCE OF CERTIFICATES. Benson, R. share broker, Liverpool, May 21, at eleven, Liverpool.-Grimes, M. saddler, Cheltenham, May 27, at eleven, Bristol.-Hastings, J. draper, Hull, May 26, at ten, Hull.-Smith, W. mercer, Uttoxeter, June 19, at twelve, Birmingham.-Williams, D. cattle salesman, Ruthin, May 21, at twelve, Liverpool.

Gazette, May 27.

Franceys and Franceys, masons, Liverpool, May 25, at
eleven, Liverpool, sep. aud. of S. Franceys.-Harvey, J. W.
grocer, Ottery Saint Mary, Devonshire, June 1, at eleven,
Exeter, aud. June 2, div.-Howells, H. C. the younger,
Bristol, aud. May 28, 'div.-Hunter, B. H. merchant and
stock and share broker, Albion-chambers, May 27, at eleven,
dealer, Liverpool, May 25, at twelve, Liverpool, aud. May
28, div.-M'Alphine, W. tailor, Liverpool, May 25, at twelve,
Liverpool, aud.-Ogden, J. cotton spinner, Reddish, May
18, at twelve, Manchester (adj. April 7), last exam.-
ham (adj. April 22), last exam.-Wadley, T. broker, Liver-
Reader, T. miller, Foleshill, May 20, at eleven, Birming-
pool, May 25, at twelve, Liverpool, aud."

MEETINGS FOR ALLOWANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
Burns, P. jun. bookseller, Liverpool, May 25, at twelve,
Liverpool.-Cowper and Co. drapers, Darlington, May 26,
at eleven, Newcastle.-Cursham, A. J. scrivener, Mansfield,
June 11, at ten, Sheffield.--Dix, R. saddler, Wells, May 28,
at twelve, Bristol.-Dutchman, H. shipowner, Liverpool,
May 25, at eleven, Liverpool.-Hepworth, J. wine merchant,
Huddersfield, May 25, at ten, Leeds.-Ingham, J. wool-
stapler, Liverpool, May 25, at eleven, Liverpool.-Jebb, J.
grocer, Baschurch, June 9, at twelve, Birmingham.-Kier,
Rev. A. clerk and wood merchant, May 26, at ten, Hull.
Lovatt and Coran, merchants, Liverpool, May 25, at eleven,
Liverpool.

Partnerships Dissolved.

Gazette, April 27.

April 19. Debts paid by Shuttleworth.-Barker, J. and Allen, J. and Shuttleworth, R. cotton spinners, Edgworth, Owen, O. surgeons, Coleshill, Dec. 31.-Dearman, H. and Kirkman, T. dyers, Salford, April 15. Debts paid by Dearman. Dennistoun, A. and J. Wood, W. Cross, W. Mylne, W. C. Thomson, M. M. and Sellar, T. merchants and factors, Glasgow, Dec. 31, so far as regards Cross.-Dennistoun, A. and J. Wood, W. Mylne, W. C. Cross, W. Sellar, T. Thomson, M. M. and Dawson, B. F. merchants and factors, New York, so far as regards Cross and Sellar, Dec. 31.-Douglas, R. and J. drapers, Bradford, April 24. Debts paid by R. Douglas.-Ellis, J. Priestman, J. and Lythall, W. worsted manufacturers, Bradford, April 21. Debts paid by Ellis and Priestman.-Emery, J. and Stannard, W. lithographic printers, Poland-st. April 24. Debts paid by Stannard.-Fletcher, J. and Kay, W. (deceased), skein dyers, Radcliffe, Jan. 11.-Frearson, S. and by J. Frearson.-Gregory, H. and Sawyer, J. bricklayers, Liverpool, April 23.-Henry, A. Wildes, G. Scholefield, W. F. Johnson, W. R. Barton, T. Stoddard, A. F. and MDonald, W. H. merchants, Glasgow, so far as regards M'Donald, Feb. 28.-Lang, S. Blackburn, G. Lyon, G. and Brooke, A. H. commission agents, Liverpool, so far as regards Brooke, April 14.-Mann, C. H. and Inkson, W. linen drapers, Parliament-st. April 24.-Price, C. and Graveley, W. H. ship smiths, Blackwall, April 24. Debts paid by Price.-Roberts, H. and G. grocers, Windsor, Aug. 9. Debts paid by H. Roberts.-Robinson, J. and Wilson, J. plaster merchants, Newark-upon-Trent, March 27.-Russell, W. T. and Whincop, H. W. corn dealers, Manchester April 22. Debts paid by Russell.-Singleton, H. and Rawnsley. J. stone masons, Bradford, April 8. Debts paid by Singleton.-Tabor, S. and paid by Rankin.-Tayleur, C. and Saunderson, G. S. VulRankin, W. H. millers, Little Stambridge, April 19. Debts and Stockwell, J. woollen cloth manufacturers, Hudderscan Foundery, near Warrington, April 19.-Taylor, J. and B. Lyon, C. W. wine merchants, Burton-upon-Trent, June 24. field, Oct. 29. Debts paid by Taylor.-Tylecote, C. and Weemyss, D. and Lorck, J. F. bookbinders, Long-lane, Bates, J. grocer and cheesemonger, Three-colt-st. Lime- and Potter, P. joiners, Liverpool, April 23. Smithfield, April 17. Debts paid by Weemyss.-Wittan, T. house, May 26, at half-past twelve, div.-Best, C. printer, Potter.-Wood, J., W., J., S. and G. machine makers, BirDebts paid by 5, St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell, May 27, at half-paststal, April 10, so far as regards G. Wood. Debts paid by eleven, div.-Bird, J. timber merchant, 13, Club-row, remaining partners. Bethnal-green, May 26, at twelve, div.-Bull, W. stock manufacturer, Little Love-lane, May 27, at half-past one, aud.-Cartlitch, J. victualler, Spread Eagle, Whitecross-st. May 26, at one, div.-Coker, J. timber dealer and builder, Narford, Norfolk, May 26, at half-past one, div.-Daniels, A. merchant, Brompton, May 7, at one, proof of debts.Dove, M. grocer and cheesemonger, Maidstone, May 27, at half-past twelve, div.- Duckham, J. and Lankester, R. warehousemen, Bread-st. Cheapside, May 27, at two, div.— Greig and Rawlings, timber merchants, Maiden-lane, May 11, at eleven, aud.-Murray, J. Manchester warehouseman,

Axford, E. milliner, St. John's-wood-terrace, May 21, at one, aud.-Broom, H. C. grocer, Lawrence Pountney-hill, May 22, at eleven, aud. div. and (adj. April 24) last exam.Browne, C. M. schoolmaster, Newchurch, May 22, at halfpast eleven, aud.-Ffitch, S. merchant, Writtle, May 24, at eleven, aud.-Freeman, T. fringe and trimming manufac-J. clasp manufacturers, Birmingham, April 20. Debts paid turer, 96, Wood-st. Cheapside, May 24, at half-past twelve, div.-Hallett, C. and Parker, C. linen drapers, Thornton-st. Dockhead, Bermondsey, and 102, Minories, May 24, at one, div.-Macdonald and Campbell, army agents, Regent-st. May 22, at half-past e even, aud. of Campbell.-Newstead, T. draper, Norwich, May 22, at eleven, aud.-Noller, S. innkeeper, Ipswich, May 11, at one, last exam.-Payne, G. D. tailor, Saville-row, May 22, at eleven, aud.-Richards, W. beer retailer, Old-st. May 22, at twelve, aud.-Taylor, R. A. victualler, Tottenham. May 7, at eleven, last. exam.-Thorogood, J. innkeeper, Blue Boar inn, Aldgate High-st. May 21, at half-past one, div.-Weir, R. bookseller, Harley-st. May 22, at eleven, aud.-Wolton, J. C. ironmonger, Halstead, Essex, May 22, at twelve, final div. MEETINGS FOR ALLOWANCE OF CERTIFICATES. Fitch, S, maltster, Writtle, May 24, at eleven.-Rochat, J.jeweller, St. Martin's-lane, May 24, at half-past eleven. -Round, W. grocer, Hammersmith, May 24, at twelve. Saw, R. grocer, Hammersmith, May 24, at half-past eleven. -Snowden, E. painter, Alton, May 22, at twelve.-Wood, J. plumber, Luton, May 21, at half-past twelve.

Gazette, May 4.

and Taverner, J. ribbon manufacturers, Nuneaton, April 20.
-Gwyer, H. W. and F. rope manufacturers, Bristol, April
26.-Heaven, D., J., and C. timber merchants, Bristol,
April 28. Debts paid by D. and J. Heaven.-Holliss, G.,
A. and M. farmers, Studley, so far as regards M. Holliss,
April 7. Debts paid by the remaining partners.-Knutton,
S. and Brown, N. stonemasons, Lenton, April 28. Debts
paid by Knutton.-Owen, B. V. and Lindo, Z. surgeons,
April 30.-Potter, H. W. and S. E. drysalters, Manchester,
April 27. Debts paid by S. E. Potter.-Prescott, H. J.
Wallace, D. and Rew, S. merchants, Old Broad-st. Dec. 31,
-Simpson, W. White, T. and Simpson, W. H. April 22.-
Smith, T. S. and Dey, H. L. commission agents, Leeds,
April 27. Debts paid by Middleton, sol. Leeds.-Stevenson,
J. H. and Crouch, C. E. drapers, Rotherfield, April 24.
Debts paid by Crouch.-Thompson, J. H. and Stevenson, C.
stockbrokers, Derby, April 89. Debts paid by Stevenson.-
Toms, S. R. and Mottram, C. wine merchants, Great Tower.
st. April 28.-Tuck, W. H. and Croucher, J. H. jun. pho
tographic artists, Ludgate-hill, April 27.-Westropp, B.
Prinsep, W. and Melhado, J. A. stockbrokers, Old Broad-st.
April 30. Debts paid by Westropp and Melhado.-Worman,
A. and Benas, L. boot warehouseman, High-st. Shadwell,
April 26.

Insolvents

Petitioning the Courts of Bankruptcy.
Gazette, April 27.

PETITIONS TO BE HEARD AT BASINGHALL-
STREET.

Ault, H. schoolmaster, West Han, May 4, at half-past twelve.-Bowdidge, H. livery-stablekeeper, South-mews, Manchester-square, May 4, at half-past eleven.-Colston, P. silk mercer, Ashley-crescent, City-road, May 4, at twelve.Cooper, M. widow, Union-place, Horsemonger-lane, April 30, at half-past one.-Dibley, F. fur skin dresser, Great Saffron-hill, May 6, at eleven.-Flack, J. out of business, Green-st. Blackfriars-road, April 30, at half-past one.Gore, S. J. publican, Tilehurst, near Reading, May 13, at eleven. Gray, J. turner, Old Gravel-lane, April 30, at two.-Hoare, F. B. attorney, Beaumont-st. Maryle bone, and of Great James-st. May 4, at eleven.-HopMay 13, at eleven.-Jones, W. drover, Enfield, April 30, at kinson, J. cabinet manufacturer, Banner-st. St. Luke's, half-past one.-Lamprell, J. Brunswick-st. Blackwall, shopman to an eating housekeeper, May 13, at eleven.Lewis, W. surgeon, Little Pulteney-st. and of Sussex. place, Hammersmith, May 6, at eleven.

Gazette, April 30.

PETITIONS TO BE HEARD AT BASINGHALL-
STREET.

Chisman, G. railway director, Dalston-place, Dalston, May 12, at eleven.--Copleston, W. labourer, Luton, May 20, at eleven.-Cory, W. M. bonnet presser, Great Charlotte-st. Blackfriars-road, May 13, at eleven.-Godman, J. surveyor, St. Alban's, May 20, at eleven.-Inall, G. fishmonger. Felix cottages, Liverpool-road, May 6, at twelve.-Partridge, J. waiter, Globe-cottage, Highbury-vale, May 6, at eleven.Snelgrove, W. pawnbroker, Southampton, May 20, at eleven. White, J. dealer in pigs, Gosport, May 20, at half-past eleven.-Willimett, E. G. painter, Charlotte-st. Whitechapel, May 20, at half-past eleven.-Yates, W. surgeon dentist, Grafton-st. May 12, at eleven.

PETITIONS TO BE HEARD IN THE COUNTRY. Backwell, J. painter, Crediton, May 5, at eleven. Exeter. -Barker, T. cattle jobber, Derby, May 7, at eleven, Nottingham.-Booth, H. late publican, Chorley, May 14, at twelve, Manchester.-Brighton, R. out of employ, Arley gist, Preston, May 10, at twelve, Manchester.-Brook, H. Kings, May 18. at eleven, Birmingham.-Bromley, R. drugout of business, Huddersfield, May 18, at ten, Leeds.Davis, W. out of business, South Cerney, May 6, at one, Bristol.-Gibson, W. wheelwright, Whitwick, May 7, at eleven, Nottingham.-Holland, W. out of business, Prestbury, May 14, at twelve, Manchester.-Hughes, J. butcher, Liverpool, May 7, at twelve, Liverpool.-Lewis, E. hosier, Sheffield, May 7, at ten, Sheffield.-Roebuck, T. 1ork manu facturer, Ecclesfield, May 7, at ten, Sheffield.-Smith, R. tailor, Wigan, May 14, at twelve, Manchester.-Stone, E. out of business, Derby, May 7, at eleven, Nottingham.— Turner, S. F. fender maker, Dudley, May 8, at eleven, Birmingham.

PETITIONS TO BE HEARD IN THE COUNTRY.
Adamson, B. jun. grocer, Scarborough, May 4, at eleven,
Leeds.-Bailey. J. sub-contractor, Totness, May 4, at eleven,
Exeter.-Brook, S. book-keeper, Manchester, May 4, at ten,
Leeds.-Brown, J. clothier, Guiseley, May 11, at ten,
Leeds.-Copley, G. joiner, York, May 11, at ten, Leeds.-
Duddridge, J. hallier, Lonk, near Coleford, May 13, at
eleven, Bristol.-Evans, G. fender maker, Birmingham,
May 4, at eleven, Birmingham.-Furbershaw, J. tailor,
Rochdale, May 4, at twelve, Manchester.-Hillary, J. beer
seller, Leeds, May 11, at ten, Leeds.-Robbins, R. beer
seller, Quorndon, May 7, at eleven, Nottingham.-Stamford,
E.S. foreman to a joiner, Hull, May 12, at ten, Hull.-Stone,
E. out of business, Derby, May 7, at eleven, Birmingham.
Summerscales, J. nail maker, Silsden, May 4, at eleven,
Leeds.-Terry, D. victualler, Dewsbury, May 4, at eleven,
Leeds.-Whitehead, L. butcher, Bradford, May 11, at ten,
Leeds. Wilkinson, J. beer seller, Yeadon, May 4, at eleven,
Leeds.-Wyrill, W. fishmonger, Scarborough, May 11, a
ten, Leeds.

From the Gazette of Friday, May 7.
Bankrupts.

Cogan, R. glass merchant, Leicester-square.-Duddelle, F. hair dresser, Ryde, Isle of Wight.-Rumsey, J. dry-salter, Lansdowne-villas, Fulham-road.-Fugler, W. warehousefordshire.-Andrew, W. livery-stable keeper, Hornsey-road. man, Cheapside.-Laxton, J. linen draper, Cheshunt, HertTate, J. shoemaker, Holles-st. Cavendish-square.-Jones, R. J. tailor, Southampton-Hoare, F. B. printer, Lincoln'sGazette, April 30. inn-fields.-Riley, J. cheesemonger, Mount-place, Walworth. Ambler, R. and Bottom, J. confectioners, Manchester, Shea, J. woollen warehouseman, Aldermanbury-BurHorror, J. drysalters, Chadderton, Dec. 31. Dec. 24.-Astbury, J. M. (deceased), Critchley, T. and bidge, G. auctioneer, Moorgate-st.-Sansom, J. surgeon, Horrox.-Baker, J. and Davisson, J. brewers, Woolwich, Mount Ephraim, Tonbridge Wells.-Hawkins, J. currier, Debts paid by Fordingbridge.-Timpson, H. C. surgeon, Grosvenor-house, April 27. Debts paid by Davisson.-Burdikin, J. and Har- Nottingham.-Swift, E. saddlers' ironmonger, Stafford.Burdikin.-Campbell, H. and Page, W. bootmakers, Pa'l- Whitchurch.-Burton, W. builder, Bradford.-Rymer, R. rison, R. millwrights, Southshore, April 26. Debts paid by Tyler, J. hop merchant, Worcester.-Groom, S. auctioneer, mall East, April 28. Newcomb, C. C. and Clayton, J. news agents, Portsmouth, facturer, Rochdale.-Mellor, E. builder, Ashton-under-Lyne. Debts paid by Page.-Garnett, W. hotel keeper, Manchester.-Butterworth, J. cotton manuso far as regards Newcomb, March 31.-Gratrix, W. H.-Bradbury, G. T. cotton-spinner, Ashton-under-Lyne.

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succeed, were set forth in the petition of right, and
it seemed to be considered necessary to embody all
117 these in the commission. The officers in the Petty
119 Bag Office, whose duty it was to make out the com-
120 mission, foreseeing that it would be of very great
length, and also that the petitioners were very poor,
122 required a payment of 507. in advance, the whole of
125 the fees and costs, according to their calculation,
These poor persons demurred
128 amounting to 1731.
It was but justice to the officers to
to the charge.
say, that they offered, that if the petitioners would by
their counsel make out a shorter petition, they would
receive it and charge accordingly. The counsel for the
133 petitioners could not take such a responsibility upon
134 them without the consent of the counsel for the
184 Crown, who would consent to nothing in these mat-
ters, but, on the contrary, would be very sure to take
advantage of any departure from the strict prac-
tice; and really to know what that was, in a pro-
ceeding which has occurred but twice since the time
of James I. was not easy. The only two instances
of petitions of right proceeding to any thing like a
In the
trial since James the First, were in the late cases
138 of Lord Canterbury and the Baron de Bode.
138 present case, and under the circumstances of it, he
138 submitted two propositions to the Court: first, that
no fees at all ought to be made for making out this
commission; or, secondly, if they were to be paid, as
the officers ought not certainly to be required to work
A
whose advantage the commission was to issue.
for nothing, they ought to be paid by the Crown, for
suit of this sort between the Crown and a subject was
not like a suit between subject and subject. The
Crown was not to be made a party, except by a matter
This commission was the foundation for
of record.
The officers of the Crown may not at-
141 such record.
tend, but procure from their short-hand writer a know-
141 ledge of what was done, and then traverse every fact
142 found by the inquisition. The subject, the adverse
party, would not have advanced one step towards the
end of the litigation by the finding under the commis.
sion, so that the proceeding was for the benefit of the
Crown, which therefore ought to pay. Why, there-
He submitted that
fore, should the subject pay?
these suppliants (Mrs. Robson and her sister) should
not be required to pay. The fees were claimed
under an order of Lord Hardwicke, of 1742, and
the report of the commissioners of inquiry into the
fees of Chancery officers in 1816; and the fees were
first 1s. per folio of seventy words, for drawing the
commission, that is, for altering a few words of the
petition in the way of recital; and secondly, 1s. 4d.
containing twenty folios, for engrossing the draft.
These fees, together, would in the present case come
per folio of seventy words; or 17. 5s. 8d. per skin,
to 1731.

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Practice-Petition of right-Petty Bag Office-Fees-
Form of petition.

The Court will make no order to alter the scale of fees
in the Petty Bag Office by reason of the pressure
of such fees in a particular case of petition of right.
The practice on petitions of right discussed.

The LORD CHANCELLOR.-Is there no precedent
in this matter?

Hill.-There had been no commission made out since
the reign of James the First, except the Baron de
Bode's, and he paid whatever was charged. But these
poor people cannot pay, and their case amounts to a
He hoped his lordship would see
denial of justice, although her Majesty had ordered that
"justice be done."
some way in which these suppliants might be able to
advance a step towards the trial of their cause at
law: bills of exceptions, formerly very long and of
course expensive, were shortened. It would be bet-
ter for the subject that petitions of right, of which
Blackstone and other writers spoke as the boast and
triumph of the English law-leaving no wrong with
out a remedy, enabling the subject to pursue his
rights even against the sovereign-were altogether
abolished, than have them fettered in this way by
exorbitant fees.

Anstey also cited and referred to Beames's Ord. in
Chan. 360, 369, 400; ib. 154, 234; Lord Bacon's
Orders, ib. p. 44; Cur. Canc. 437; Toth. Pro-
ceed. 38.

M. D. Hill and Anstey appeared to support a petition to the Lord Chancellor, "That the commission which had been ordered to be issued in the matter of this petition of right might be prepared, sealed, and delivered without the petitioners' paying or giving any fee for the same, or, at all events, without their paying or giving any fee, except for the sealing thereof; and for the better effectuating the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, that it might, if necessary, be ordered that the petitioners might be at liberty to prepare the said commission for the said seals, instead of having the same prepared at the Petty Bag Office, or else that the Lord Chancellor might be pleased to order and direct such other regulations and provisions to be observed and performed touching the fees or reward to be taken in the premises by the said clerks of the said office, or their under-clerk or deputy, as the Lord Chancellor should think proper; and that his lordship might order and direct that the Twiss and Wray, for the Attorney-General. whole of the said petition should not be set forth The LORD CHANCELLOR, after inquiring what by way of recital in the said commission, or in the inquisition to be taken under such commission; but that the petition, or a transcript of the said peti-fees had been demanded at the Petty Bagy Office, said tion of right, should be annexed to such commission he was compelled to refuse the application. n a schedule thereto, and should be therein and in the said inquisition referred to as such schedule to the said commission; and that, save as aforesaid, no further or other recital or reference to the said petition of right, either in the said commission or in the said inquisition, should be deemed requisite; "and that They the said petitioners should have such further or other his lordship might think proper. relief as stated that a petition of right had been presented to her Majesty by Mrs. Robson and her sister, as next of kin of Samuel Troutbeck, claiming a sum of 400,000l. the residue of his estate, which had been seised into the hands of the Crown, in default of any The Queen had returned the petition next of kin. through the Secretary of State, with her Majesty's direction thereon, endorsed "Let justice be done.' In consequence of an application afterwards by the petitioners to this Court, his lordship directed a commission to issue to certain persons therein named to inquire into the facts in the petition. Those facts, and the various proceedings at law and equity taken heretofore by the petitioners, even an appeal to the House of Lords, in which they did not VOL. IX. No. 215.

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bill filed by four of the subscribers to an abandoned
A demurrer, for want of equity and want of parties, to a
railway-project on behalf of themselves and all other
the subscribers except the defendants, who were the
directors, upon the authority of Wallworth v. Holt.
The bill prayed an account of the funds in the hands
of the defendants, the payment of the debts of
the concern, and the distribution of the surplus
amongst the subscribers rateably in proportion to the
It was alleged that the
amount of their shares.
scheme had failed through the defendants' miscon-
duct; and the bill charged that the defendants had,
by improper means, and in particular by means of
persons who were only nominal holders of shares, ob-
tained a majority of votes to sanction an application

to Parliament for an Act to authorise the under-
taking.

ought to be dissolved:
There was also a charge in the bill that the company

sary that all the shareholders should be parties, or
Held, that the frame of the suit did not render it neces-
any of the shareholders who had constituted the ma-
jority at the meeting which determined to proceed
with the Bill before Parliament.

This was an appeal by the defendants against an
order of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, overruling a
demurrer to the plaintiff's bill for want of equity and
want of parties.

The bill, filed on the 25th of July by John Apperley,
Joseph Buckton, Joseph Kitchen, Richard Stead, and
Benjamin Kettle, on behalf of themselves and other
plaintiffs, stated that, in July 1845, defendants
Robert Page and George Benjamin Bunbury, to-
gether with divers other persons, projected the founda-
tion of a joint-stock company or partnership to be
called "The Midland and Eastern Counties Rail-
way," and the object of the said company was to
Counties Railway at Cambridge, and thence to
construct a railway from the Northern and Eastern
Northampton, Fenny Compton, Stratford-upon-
Avon, and Alcester, to the city of Worcester, so as
to form a direct and complete communication be-
tween the eastern counties and the Midland and
western counties of England; and that the capital of
into 60,000 shares of 251. each; and upon each of the
the said company was to be 1,500,000l. to be divided
said shares 17. 7s. 6d. was to be paid: and that on
the 25th of July, 1845, the promoters caused the same
to be provisionally registered, pursuant to the pro-
visions of the statute relating to the registration of
joint-stock companies, and obtained from the Regis-
trar-General appointed under the said statute a pro-
per certificate that the said company had been duly
provisionally registered.

The bill then set forth the substance of the pro-
spectus, in which the amount of capital, the names
of the provisional committee, the course and advan-
tages of the proposed railway, and the other particulars
usual in such documents were statec. And it contained,
also, the following statements: that the defendants were
appointed and acted as the provisional committee of
management, and had the sole and exclusive manage-
ment of the affairs of the said company. That appli-
sons eligible as shareholders were made to an
cations for shares from solvent and respectable per-
amount exceeding the number of shares to be sub-
scribed; and that if the defendants had allotted the
the whole amount of the proposed capital.
whole of the 60,000 shares, they might have raised

That the objects of the company were good, and by proper management might have been accomplished, according to the terms of the prospectus.

That certain shares were allotted to the plaintiffs, and they were required to pay the deposits (which had been increased to 21. 12s. 6d.) on such shares to the bankers before the 8th of October, 1845, which they had done. That the provisional committee adallotted the shares in the undertaking; that such allotvertised on the 6th of September, 1815; that they had ment ought to have been of the full number of shares; and that the plaintiffs were induced to take shares by the conduct of the said committee, that the whole number of shares had been allotted; that the committee undertook to prepare, and did prepare, a subscribers' agreement and parliamentary contract, and That they had lately discovered that the provisional which were respectively executed by the plaintiffs; committee, instead of allotting, as they might and and that at the time of so executing them, they believed that all the shares had been allotted. ought to have done, the whole number of shares to and that such number was greatly insufficient, if the whole had been accepted and the deposits paid thereon, and among the persons who applied for the same, allotted 35,000 in the said company, and no more; to have enabled the defendants to have prosecuted the objects of the company, as set forth in the prospecundertaking, and to have properly carried out the tus. That out of the said 35,000 shares so allotted, a nor the deposits paid thereon, and that, in fact, 18,160 shares in the said company, and no more, were accepted, and the deposits thereon paid, and large number, amounting to 17,840, were not accepted, that such deposits amounted to 47,6701.; and the whole of such sum was paid in to the bankers of the said company to the credit of the said defendants; visional committee of management of the said comand the same sum was received by them as the propany, and they became and were answerable to plainon whose behalf plaintiffs sued for its due applitiffs, and the other shareholders in the said company, cation.

That the defendants had refused to give the plaintiffs copies of the subscribers' agreement or parlia mentary contract, but they had obtained a copy of the parliamentary contract from the Private Bill was set forth in the bill, and followed the terms of Office. This contract, which was in the usual form, the prospectus.

That at the date of the said parliamentary contract (that is to say on the 29th day of October, 1945),

the defendants, as the provisional committee, well Standing Orders. The bill then charged, in detail,
knew that by reason of the insufficient allotment of the particular additional subscriptions which were
shares which had been made, and of the small num- alleged to have been fraudulently made by the de-
ber of such allotted shares which had been taken up, fendants themselves; and that 955 shares were sub-
and on which the deposits had been paid, they, the scribed for nominally, by various parties, at the in-
said defendants, had failed to raise the capital neces- stance and by the procurement of the defendants;
sary for the formation of the said company, and that but that no shares, or certificates of shares, were ever
it had become and was then wholly out of their power issued to the persons so subscribing, and no part of
to carry out the objects of the company, as set forth the moneys by the parliamentary contract represented
in the prospectus; and that the purposes for which to be paid upon such subscriptions were ever paid.
the company was proposed to be established, were That a meeting of scripholders was held on the
then frustrated, and had become impracticable. That 22nd of May, 1846, to consider whether the bill in
when it had been ascertained that the objects of the Parliament should be proceeded with, when the de-
proposed company had failed, and as early as the 29th fendants, by means of certificates which they had pur-
of October, 1845, it became the duty of the defend- chased, or cansed to be held by persons under their
ants, as the provisional coinmittee, to have stopped the influence, and by various undue means, procured a
further prosecution of the undertaking, and to have majority of votes to be recorded in favour of proceed-
returned the deposits to plaintiff's and the other share-ing with the bill. That the defendants prosecuted
holders in the said company, on whose behalf plaintiff the undertaking after they knew it had become inca-
sued, and to account with plaintiffs and the other pable of being carried out, and that the defendants
shareholders, in respect of the residue of the moneys were guilty of a breach of trust towards the plaintiffs
so paid by them, after deducting a proper proportion and the other shareholders in proceeding, and that
for their share of the preliminary expenses; but, ne. the defendants therefore ought not to be allowed to
vertheless, the defendants, in violation of their duty, charge or retain, out of the moneys in their hands,
and in disregard of the rights and interests of the expenses incurred after the same had failed, and par-
plaintiffs, and the other shareholders, proceeded with ticularly the expenses of the application to Parlia-
the prosecution of the said undertaking; and for that ment.
purpose, although the defendants well knew the ob-
jects and purposes of the company had failed, and
had become impracticable, they caused surveys to be
made, and plans and sections to be prepared, and
other expenses to be incurred to a very large amount,
in respect of the proposed railway, and that the whole
of which expenses were useless and improper. That
the defendants were well aware that they were unable
to apply to Parliament for an Act to authorise the
construction of the line of railway described in the
prospectus, and for the making of which the said
company was proposed to be established; yet the de-
fendants were, nevertheless, determined to proceed
with the undertaking, and, under colour and pretence
of certain of the provisions in that behalf contained in
the parliamentary contract (but which provisions, as
was thereinafter alleged, were a fraud upon the plain-
tiffs and the other shareholders on whose behalf the
plaintiffs sued), to apply to Parliament in the then
present session, for an Act to authorise the construc-
tion of a railway for a small portion of the line of
railway, for the making which the said company was
originally formed, namely, a railway from the town
of Cambridge to Heedon, in the county of North-
ampton, and that defendants caused such a bill to be
introduced, and that such bill passed through the
House of Commons, but was rejected in the House
of Lords, and had been since withdrawn, and was
then finally abandoned.

That the committee had made the deposit required by the standing orders, and that two suns were standing in the names of three of the defendants, for which by petition the defendants had obtained an order for payment, but which had not been acted upon by reason of the state of business in the Accountant-General's office.

That an account should be taken of deposits and the expenses properly incurred, and that a rateable distribution of expenses should be made to the plaintiffs, and the other shareholders, in proportion to the number of shares, and that the residue should be paid to the plaintiffs and the other shareholders: that the number of shareholders was so great, that all could not be made parties; and that the interests of the other shareholders, except the defendants, was identical with those of the plaintiffs; and that none of the shareholders, except the defendants, had any in terests adverse to, or differing from, those of the plaintifs in respect of the property in the company, or the surplus thereof; and that all the shareholders, other than the defendants, were fully represented by the plaintiffs, and had a common interest in obtaining, and, in fact, consented and agreed to, the relief prayed.

And the bill prayed that it might be declared that the objects and purposes for which the company was proposed to be established had failed through the neglect and misconduct of the defendants, and that the defendants were not justified in prosecuting the undertaking after the failure thereof, and that they were not entitled to pay or retain out of the funds of the company any expenses incurred in prosecuting the undertaking subsequent to the failure: that an account of all moneys received by the defendants might be taken, and of their application thereof, and that the defendants might be charged with and ordered to repay all the moneys which might appear to have been improperly paid by them out of the funds of the company; and that an account might be taken of all the costs and expenses properly incurred by the defendants in the conduct and manage. ment of the affairs of the company; and that the plaintiffs and the other shareholders on whose behalf the plaintiffs sued, might be declared liable to contribute such proportion of the amounts of the exand such other persons bear to 60,000, being the whole number of shares into which the capital of the company was proposed and intended to be divided, or such other proportion of the said expenses as the Court should, under the circumstances, declare to be be attributed to the shares held by the plaintiffs and the other persons on whose behalf the plaintiffs sued, might be deducted out of the moneys paid by way of deposit on their shares, and that the residue of the deposits might be repaid to the plaintiffs and the other shareholders on whose behalf the plaintiffs sued; and that an account might be taken of the moneys in the hands of the defendants, and that the same might be applied in payment of the debts and liabilities properly incurred by the defendants on the behalf of the company (if any) which remain outstanding, and that the residue thereof might be applied in aid of the objects of this suit; that a receiver might be appointed; and that the defendants might be restrained from obtaining payment of the money deposited with the Accountant-General.

That the line of railway from Cambridge to Weedon, for the authority to constitute which the application was made by Parliament, was not the line of railway for the construction of which the company was estab-penses as the number of shares held by the plaintifs lished, but only a small and insignificant part thereof, and was of the length of thirty-eight miles only; whereas the line of railway for making which the said company was established was 115 miles in length, and extended from Cambridge to Worcester, both of which were important termini, and appeared a valua-proper; and that the proportion of expenses so to ble and most important thorough communication from the eastern to the western parts of the kingdom, and could have been supported by a very large general as well as local traffic. The bill then, amongst other things, charged, that the said line from Cambridge to Weedon was wholly inadequate to accomplish the important objects and purposes of the said original bill from Cambridge to Worcester, and was of little or no value as a thorough communication from the eastern to the western parts of the kingdom, and was incapable of being supported by any general, or by sufficient local, traffic; and the said Bill was, in fact, rejected by the select committee of the House of Lords, on the ground that there was not evidence of sufficient traffic to support it.

That the line so applied for was not a fair and bond fide exercise of the discretion given to the committee by the parliamentary contract, but that such application was unwarranted and improper, and was in fact a fraud upon the plaintiffs and the other shareholders, and that the defendants had no reasonable grounds for expecting to raise even the smaller sum of 600,000l. for making the smaller line to Weedon.

That inasmuch as the bona fide subscriptions were insufficient to shew that the capital required by the Standing Orders of Parliament had been subscribed, the defendants, in fraud of the plaintiffs and the other shareholders, had procured the parliamentary contract to be subscribed by themselves and divers other persons, to the extent of 3,515, representing a further subscribed capital of 77,8751. making, with the sum before subscribed, a sufficient compliance with the

Speed (J. Russell with him), in support of the demurrer, contended that the plaintiffs could not represent all the shareholders upon a record seeking the relief asked for by this bill, which was in substance the winding up and distribution of the affairs and funds of a partnership; and that even if that objection could not be sustained, that the persons who constituted the majority at the meeting in May, or some of them, ought to have been parties.

The LORD CHANCELLOR.-The bill having been rejected by Parliament, the contract cannot be considered as continuing. What does the parliamentary contract say is to be done with the funds after payment of expenses?

Speed. There is no special direction; the rights of the parties must be determined as in the case of an expired partnership.

The LORD CHANCELLOR.-There is no partner. ship: the parties come together for a given purpose; the object has failed.

Speed. That is in effect a partnership determined. The LORD CHANCELLOR.-Liberty for one person to sue on behalf of himself and others having common interests with him, is an exception to the general rule of the Court, that all parties interested in the subject-matter of the suit must be parties; the question is, whether this falls within one of the exceptions.

Speed cited and referred to Richardson v. Hastings, 7 Beav. 301; Walworth v. Holt, 4 Myl. & Cr. 619; Pearce v. Piper, 17 Ves. 15; Hichens v. Congreve, 4 Russell, 562; Cockburn v. Thompson, 16 Ves. 321; Gray v. Chaplin, 2 Sim. & Stu. 267; Small v. Att. wood, 1 Young, 459; Taylor v. Salmon, 4 Myl. & Cr. 134; Walburn v. Ingilby, 1 Myl. & K. 61.

Rolt and Daniel, for the plaintiffs, were not called on. The LORD CHANCELLOR.-I will read through the bill before calling on the plaintiff's counsel. If the result of the objection, which is in effect the want of parties, would be to leave the plaintiffs without a remedy, and to allow the defendants to keep the money in their pockets, I should struggle against coming to a conclusion producing such a result, and should be disposed to extend the ordinary rule of this Court, unless it should appear that by so doing more mischief would be done than by adhering to the rule. I do not think, however, that it will be necessary to extend the rule. I am inclined to think the ViceChancellor's decision right, but I will read the bill.

JUDGMENT.

April 14.-The LORD CHANCELLOR.-This case came before me upon demurrer, the demurrer being a general demurrer for want of parties and want of equity; and the want of parties is alleged to be, that those who were alleged in the bill to constitute a majority of a certain meeting of subscribers to the undertaking are not made defendants, the bill being by certain shareholders on behalf of themselves and all other shereholders, except the defendants. But in the course of the argument, the objection was a little varied from that which was visible on the face of the demurrer; and not only was the absence of those parties insisted upon, but also that a certain number of persons, the holders of 955 shares also, ought to have been parties to the suit. Now the outline of the case made by the bill is one which, but for the special circumstances stated in the bill, it is admitted would not be open to demurrer upon the authority of the cases which have been recently decided, and which must be considered as now laying down the rule of the Court. The bill states a plan which was suggested for a railway, under which many persons came in as subscribers, and amongst others the plaintiffs. It alleges that sums of money were paid by those who so became members, the plaintiff's among the rest. It states then that the plan of the railway is entirely at an end, at an end from there not baving been a sufficient number of subscribers, or sums subscribed; and above all, it states that the attempt to obtain a Bill failed, and consequently, according to that statement, for various reasons stated on the face of the bill, the speculation has ceased to be a speculation, and the plau has entirely failed. For the purpose, therefore, for which these persons came together, and for which the money was subscribed, it is stated on the face of the bill to be no longer an existing purpose. Then the bill prays, after praying certain directions with respect to the amount of deductions which the defendants are to have, an account of the expenses incurred, that the remainder may be divided among the plaintiffs and the other shareholders, in proportion to the sums which they have so subscribed. Now, upon that statement, if you take out for the present purpose those allegations in the bill on which the argument assumed a special form, it is neither more nor less than the case that was before rae in Walworth v. Holt, 4 Myl. & Cr. 419, when, after reviewing all the ca es, I was of opinion that the rule of this Court permitted a plaintiff to sue on behalf of himself and others in a case precisely similar to the case which is now stated, being the case which appears on the bill, without reference to the particular facts which I am now about to advert to. The general demurrer, therefore, it is quite clear cannot be sustained; there is no ground for it. If that case be right, and until I am corrected by a higher authority I shall act upon it, the rule laid down would be a precise guide to the decision of this case. But it is said there are certain specialities which would require to have certain other parties to the cause, and that they cannot be said to be represented by the plaintiffs suing on behalf of themselves and the other shareholders, except the defendants; and those two special circumstances are comprised in two distinct allegations on the face of the bill. In order to make that intelligible, however, and to understand how that bears on the general rule of company, it is necessary to state that the bill represents the conduct of the defendants, the directors, as having been very improper with respect to the interest of those for whom they were acting, among others for the plaintiffs, because, it is said, they never had subscriptions to

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