sonal estate. There are liberal annuities to his butler, coachman, and housekeeper, free of duty, in consideration of their long and faithful services. He leaves his pictures, books, manuscripts, globes, busts, statues, bronzes, vases, antiquities, coins, medals, and and all other works of art and vertu, with the ornaments, plate, china, and furniture, to be treated as heirlooms, and to go with the inheritor of the title and estates. -The will of the Right Hon. Benjamin, Baron Llanover, who died on April 27 last, was proved in the Probate Court of London by his Lordship's widow, Augusta Baroness Llanover; John Johnes, Esq., of Dolaucothy, Carmarthenshire; and Mr. Henry Ray Freshfield, of Bank-buildings, London. The will is dated Dec. 28, 1866, and, in the fewest words, leaves all his Lordship's property, real and personal, "to his most dear and devotedly attached wife, Baroness Llanover." The personalty was sworn under 25,000--The late Mrs. Sarah Pugh, of Vale Royal, Tonbridge Wells, who died in May last, leaving personalty sworn under 70,000%, has bequeathed to the Church Missionary Society 10007.; the British and Foreign Bible Society, 4007.; the Church Pastoral Aid, and the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building, aud Repairing of Churches and Chapels, each 2007.; to the Rev. Mr. Pope, of Tonbridge Wells, for the purposes of his chapel, 2001.; and to the Kent County Hospital, 2007. The late Miss Elizabeth Carne Sloman, of Longton, Staffordshire, who died in March last, possessed of 10007. personalty, has left to the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, South American Missionary Society, British and Foreign Bible Society, Church Missionary Society, Exeter Bible and Domestic Mission, Crystal Palace Boarding-house for Young Women at Norwood, Surrey, each 1007.; to the Rev. P. M. Walker, for the Edensor New Schools, Longton, 100%.; and a like sum for the general purposes connected with Edensor Church; to the Irish Society for Promoting the Scriptural Education and Religious Instruction of Irish Roman Catholics through the medium of their own language, and to the Exeter Blanket Society, each 1001.-Illustrated London News. IRELAND. The Lord-Lieutenant has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Sir John Arnott to be a Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Cork, in the room of David Leopold Lewis, Esq., deceased. The The funeral of ex-Lord Chancellor Blackburne was celebrated on Saturday. The remains were removed from Rathfarnham Castle, and interred in Mount Jerome Cemetery. A very large cortège, extending half a mile, followed the hearse. chief mourners were Messrs. William Blackburne, Edward Blackburne, John Blackburne, and T. R. Henn. In the second coach were Messrs. Frank Henn, F. Daniels, F. Martley. and Richard Webb, In the third were Messrs. John Webb, Francis Webb, Thomas Hopkins, and William Martley; and the fourth coach was occupied by the domestic servants. WHAT IS A LEGAL MONTH?-The Irish Government have issued the following circular, addressed to magistrates and petty sessions clerks: Dublin Castle, 9th Sept. 1867. Gentlemen, I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to inform you that a question as to the meaning of the word "month," in the committal of a prisoner, having been submitted to the law officers of the Crown, with reference to the Act 13 Vict. c. 21, which declared that in Acts passed after the commencement of that Act the word "month" should be taken to mean calendar month, unless words were added showing lunar months to be intended; and also with reference to the 44th section of 14 & 15 Vict c. 93, the law officers have given the following opinion:"The word month means lunar month, unless interpreted to mean calendar month by a statute, or by the context of the document in which the word month is used. We do not think that the statutes referred to interpret the word month, when used in a committal, to mean anything else than a lunar month." I am, therefore, to request that, in order to prevent any future mistake or doubt, you will cause the word "calendar" to be inserted in every sentence and committal comprising a month or months, and that you will give directions to your clerk accordingly. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, THOMAS A. LARCOM. THE GAZETTES. Professional Partnerships Dissolbed. Gazette, Sept. 17. TAYLER, WILLIAM MOSELEY, and MOSELEY, JOHN KENT, attor neys and solicitors, Old Jewry-chambs. Sept. 4 Gazette, Sept. 20. EYRE, GEORGE LEWIS PHIPPS, and LAWSON, ARCHIBALD SCOTT solicitors and attorneys, John-st, Bedford-row. Sept. 14 Bankrupts. Gazette, Sept. 20. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. AUSTEN, JOHN WENTWORTH, commission agent, Brighton and elsewhere. Pet. Sept. 18. O. A. Edwards. Sols. Lewis and Co., Basinghall-st. Sur. Oct. 9 BARBER, SAMUEL, smack owner, Gorleston, and tinman, Great Yarmouth. Pet. Sept. 16. O. A. Edwards. Sols. Linklaters and Co., Walbrook. Sur. Oct. 3 BEAZLEY, JAMES, builder, Little Stanhope-st, Mayfair. Pet. Sept. 18. O. A. Edwards. Sols. Walters and Moojen, Southampton-st. Sur. Oct. 9 CARR, ROBERT RICH, private tutor, Adelaide-rd, Haverstock-hill. ELVES, JOSEPH, grocer, Old-town, Croydon. Pet. Sept. 17. 0. A. MASON, WILLIAM THOMAS, victualler, Leybourne-rd, Camden- Pet. RAMSHILL, WILLIAM TATLOW, victualler, Greenwich. ROBERTS, DAVID, dairyman, York-st, Westminster. Pet. Sept. 13. SELLO, EDWARD ASCHER, dealer in foreign cigars, London-wall. Pet. Sept. 17. O. A. Edwards. Sol. Murray, Great St. Helens. Sur. Oct. 9 STEWART, PETER, engine fitter, Woolwich. Pet. Sept. 16. O. A. THORNHILL, GEORGE ALEXANDER, letter carrier, Robin Hood Edwards. Sols. Linklaters and Co., Walbrook. Sur. Oct. 3 hill, Mount Pleasant-la, Upper Clapton. Pet. Sept. 17. O. A. Edwards. Sol. Dobie, Basinghall-st. Sur. Oct. 9 WEBSTER, FREDERICK, general commission agent, Maidstone. Pet. Sept. 17. O. A. Edwards. Sol. Marshall, Lincoln's-inn-fds. Sur. Oct. 3 WRIGHT, HENRY, master tailor, Mare-st, Hackney. Pet. Sept. 16. O. A. Edwards. Sol. Greaves, Essex-st, Strand. Sur. Oct. 3 To surrender in the Country AINSWORTH, JOSEPH BIGNALL, seedsman, Birkenhead. Sept. 17. 0. A. Turner. Sol. Anderson, Birkenhead. Oct. 2 AIRD, ALEXANDER, grocer, Liverpool. Pet. Sept. 17. Reg. & O. A. Hime. Sol. Blackhurst, Liverpool. Sur. Oct. 1 APPLEBY, JAMES, hasp manufacturer, Wednesfield. Pet. Sept. 10. Reg. & O. A. Brown. Sol. Cresswell, Wolverhampton. Sur. Sept. 30 Pet. Sur. BAINES, WILLIAM, collier, Haydock. Pet. Sept. 18. Reg. & O. A. Nicholson. Sol. Moore, Warrington. Sur. Oct. 3 BARKER, JAMES, furniture broker, Tunstall. Pet. Sept. 14. Reg. & O. A. Challinor. Sur. Oct. 12 BILLEAU, FRANCIS, hotel-keeper, Hull. Pet. Aug. 14. O. A. CLEGG, ABRAHAM, late cottonspinner, Wheatley, near Halifax. CLEGG, RICHARD, late cottonspinner, Wheatley, near Halifax. Pet. Sept. 14. O. A. Young. Sur. Oct. 7 COLLINS, THOMAS, previous gilt and plated jeweller, Birmingham. Pet. Sept. 13. Reg. & O. A. Guest. Sol. Parry, Birmingham. Sur. Oct. 11 COWARD, JAMES, carpenter, Kendal. Pet. Sept. 12. Reg. & O. A. CROWTHER, THOMAS HENRY, victualler, Liverpool. Pet. Sept. 16. DUPE, HARRY, butcher, Evercreech. Pet. Sept. 14. Reg. & O. A. FORSTBR, GEORGE FARMER; KEIR, ALEXANDER; and BROTHER. TON, JOHN, timber merchants, Stockton. Pet. Sept. 7. Reg. Gibson. O. A. Laidman. Sols. Hodge and Harle, Newcastle. Sur. Oct. 1 GILLINGS, ANNE, and GIBBINS, SARAH ANN, milliners, Brighton. Pet. Sept. 14. Reg. & O. A. Evershed. Sol. Runnacles, Brighton. Sur. Oct. 4 GREGORY, JOHN, master mariner, Liverpool. Pet. Sept. 16. Reg. & O. A. Hime. Sol. Bremner, Liverpool. Sur. Oct. 1 HICKLING, FREDERICK CHARLES, confectioner, Dudley. Pet. Sept. 18. Reg. Tudor. O. A. Kinnear. Sols. Whitehouse, Dudley; and Reece and Harris, Birmingham. Sur. Oct. 4 HOCKING, EDWARD, travelling teadealer, Uny Lelant, near Penzance. Pet. Sept. 13. 0. A. Carrick. Sols. Boyns, Penzance; and Pitts, Exeter. Sur. Oct. 1 JAMES, WILLIAM, refreshment-house keeper, Tavistock. Pet. Sept. 14. Reg. & O. A. Bridgman, jun. Sol. Cudlipp, Tavistock. Sur. Sept. 30 KING, JOSEPH JOHN, journeyman wheelwright, Swanbourne. Pet. Sept. 16. Reg. & O. A. Hearn. Sol. Shepherd, Luton. Sur. Oct. 1 LAWRENCE, JOHN, farmer, Brigham. Pet. Sept. 17. Reg. Gibson. O. A. Laidman. Sols. Hodge and Harle, Newcastle. Sur. Oct. 2 MATTHEWS, JOSEPH, brewer, Canton, near Cardiff. Pet. Sept. 17. Reg. Wilde. 0. A. Acraman. Sols. Abbott and Leonard, Bristol. Sur. Oct. 2 NEWSOME, CHARLES, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry. Pet. Sept. 16. Reg. Tudor, O. A. Kinnear. Sols. James and Griffin, Birmingham. Sur. Oct. 4 ORMANDY, FISHER, wine merchant, Liverpool. Pet. Sept. 19. SOUTHERN, ROBERT, grocer, Manchester. Pet. Sept. 17. Reg. & TAYLOR, JOHN, lace manufacturer, Nottingham. Pet. Sept. 16. Reg. Tudor. O. A. Harris. Sols. Enfield and Dowson, Notting. ham. Sur. Oct. 1 THOMSON, RICHARD, late victualler, Hastings. Pet. Sept. 16. Gazette, Sept. 24. To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. BAMBERGER, JOSEPH, shoe manufacturer, Charterhouse-la. Pet. Sept. 12. 0. A. Edwards. Sols. Satchell and Co., Queen-st, Cheapside. Sur. Oct. 10 BLANCHARD, WILLIAM, blacksmith, King's-rd, Chelsea. Pet. Sept. 18. Reg. Brougham. 0. A. Edwards. Sol. George, Fenchurch-st. Sur. Oct. 9 BLISS, WILLIAM HENRY, oil and colourman, Oxford. Pet. Sept. 18. Pet. COLLINS, ALFRED, preparer of photographic papers, Brewer-st, DENNIS, HENRY, baker, Woolwich. Pet. Sept. 20. O. A. Edwards. FREAKER, HENRY, grocer, Brixton. Pet. Sept. 19. O. A. Ed- KENT, HENRY ROBERT, cabdriver, Chatham. Pet. Sept. 19. O. A. Edwards. Sol. Pittman, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghallst. Sur. Oct. 9 MARSDEN, JOHN WRIGHT, merchant, Aldermanbury, and Alexandra-ter, Victotia-pk. Pet. Sept. 20. Reg. Roche. O, A. Parkyns. Sol. Dobie, Basinghall-st. Sur. Oct. 10 MOORE, HUGH, bricklayer, late East Wickham. Pet. Sept. 17. O. A. Edwards. Sur. Oct. 10 MURTON, JOHN, out of business, Colmar-st, Carlton-sq, Mile-end. Pet. Sept. 18. Reg. Roche. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Spencer, Coleman-st. Sur. Oct. 9 NEWBY, THOMAS GILBERT, of no occupation, Rural-cottage, Sur. Oct. 10 Pet. PARKER, ROBERT, commercial traveller, Bishopsgate-st, Pet. Sept. 20. Reg. Roche.. O. A. Parkyns. Sol. Goatly, Bow-st, Covent-gdn. Sur. Oct. 10 PURCHES, GEORGE, out of business, West Ham. Pet. Sept. 19. SCARNETT, JOHN, jun., blacksmith, Horsham St. Faith's. STREET, RICHARD, surveying instrument maker, Paris-st, Palace- without. Sur. Oct. 10 To surrender in the Country. ABBOTT, RICHARD BAKER, pattern maker, Garston. Pet. Sept. 19. Reg. & O. A. Hime. Sols. Blackhurst and Williams, Liverpool. Sur. Oct. 7 ALLEN, WILLIAM, and ALLEN, JAMES, ironfounders, Tipton. Pet. Sept. 20. Reg. Tudor. O. A. Kinnear. Sols. Watson and Topham, Westbromwich. Sur. Oct. 4 BIRD, JOHN, innkeeper, Middlesborough. Pet. Sept. 20. O. A. Young. Sols. Bainbridge, Middlesborough; and Cariss and Tempest, Leeds. Sur. Oct. 7 Fet, CARPENTER, EDGAR THOMAS, accountant, Birmingham. COO, WILLIAM, joiner, Leeds. Pet. Sept. 18. Reg. & O. A. Mar shall. Sur. Oct. 10 DAWSON, JOSEPH, fishmonger, Pontefract. Pet, Sept. 19. Reg. & Pet HOOPER, EDMOND JOHN, fishmonger, late Ryde, Isle of Wight. JONES, ANNE MARIA, tavern keeper, Aberystwith. Pet. Sept. 20. KNOTT, ROBERT, joiner, Middlesbrough. Pet. Sept. 13. Reg. & NORBURY, THOMAS, publican, late Leeds. Pet. Sept. 14. 0. A. OAKLEY, WILLIAM, grocer, Brill. Pet. Sept. 18. Reg. & O. A. Reg. Macrae. O. A. Morgan. Sol. Heywood, Manchester. Sur. PARFITT, JAMES, grocer, Ebbw Vale. Pet. Sept. 13. Reg. Wilde. O. A. Acraman. Sols. Lloyd, Newport; and Abbot and Leonard, Bristol. Sur. Oct. 3 PORTER, JAMES, baker, late Halstead. Pet. Sept. 16. Reg. & O. A. Harris. Sur. Oct. 4 PRICE, JAMES, journeyman tailor, Dudley. Pet. Sept. 19. Reg. & RAYWARD, ABRAHAM WARDEN, licensed victualler. New Shoreham. Pet. Sept. 18. Reg. & O. A. Evershed. Sol. Runnacles, Brighton. Sur. Oct. 8 ROBERTS, ROBERT, jolner, Tranmere. Pet. Sept. 21. Reg. & STUBBS, FRANCIS ARTHUR, lieutenant on half-pay, Stratford-on- BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Gazette, Sept. 20. MARSHALL, WILLIAM, bricklayer, Huli. June 23, 1867 Dibidends. BANKRUPTS' ESTATES. The Official Assignees are given, to whom apply for the Dividends. Adam, E. C. B. printer, first, 18. 3d. Lidman, Newcastle.-Harper, S. B. newspaper proprietor, second, . Turner, Liverpool. Little, J. H. plumber, first, 3s. 5d. Laidman, Newcastle.Thompson, T. innkeeper, first, 78. 10. Laidman, Newcastle.Webster, J. H. farmer, first, 58. Laidman, Newcastle. SHARPLEY, SAMUEL, grocer, Prestbury. TAYLOR, CHARLES, tailor, Bradford. Sept. 13. Trust. H. Varley, accountant, Horsforth TAYLOR, HENRY BELL, commercial clerk, Chorlton-upon-Medlock. Sept. 13. Trust. W. F. Eno, commercial clerk, Longsight THOMPSON, WILLIAM, draper, Workington. Aug. 23. Trusts. H. Bowes, banker, J. Fawcett and J. Carter, grocers and provision dealers, all Workington TURNER, MARLTON WILLIAM, stonemason, Beulah-pl, Bethnalgreen. Sept. 2. 28. 6. by two equal instalments on Oct. 14 and Nov. 25 TURNER, WILLIAM ALLEN, gentleman, Clarges-st, Piccadilly. Sept. 19. 20s, at 6, 12, and 18 mos Assignment, Composition, Inspectorship, and WARD, ALFRED JAMES, cigarette manufacturer, High-st, Blooms Trust Deeds. Gazette, Sept. 20. ATKIN, WILLIAM, hosier, Leeds. Sept. 2. 78. 6d, by three equal instalments at 2, 4, and 6 mos.-secured. Trust. G. B. Cuff, ac countant, Manchester ATWOOD, SAMUEL, draper, Upper Tooting. Sept. 7. Trust. W. Morley, warehouseman, Gutter-la BAGNALL, WILLIAM GALLIMORE, of merchant, Manchester. Sept. II. 5.-18. G. at 2 and 4 mos, and 2%, at 6 mos.--secured BELL, FRANCIS, boot and shoe maker, Shieldfield, and Newcastle. Sept. 3. Trust. G. Edminson, corn and salt merchant, Newcastle BRISCOE, THOMAS, saddler, Letherland. Sept. 7. Trust. J. Wilson, leather dealer, Liverpool BROWN, JOHN HARCOURT, gentleman, Burnham-ter, Richmond. Sept. 17. 18. on Sept. 17, 1868 CHARLTON, LEONARD FOSTER, grocer, Beverley. Sept. 10. Trusts. M. Whitfield, wholesale grocer, and W. Ainger, confectioner, both Hull CULVER, ARTHUR, out of business, Francis-st, Tottenham-ct-rd. DENMAN, ROBERT, shopkeeper and farmer, Caerwys. Sept. 14. DOBELL, RICHARD, tailor, Lamb's Conduit-st, Red Lion-sq. Aug. 14. Inspector, J. Perry, tailors' trimming seller, Red Lionst, Holborn DEXFORD, JOHN ALEXANDER, tailor and outfitter, Margate. Sept. 6. 78. Gd, by instalments--14, 64, in 7 days, and 6, by three equal four mo, instalments from date of registration secured. Trust. V. A. Ottaway, gentleman, Grosvenor-pl, Peckham-grove ERREY, THOMAS JENNER, draper, Easthothly. Aug. 23. Trusts. H. Sendall, grocer, Hurstpierpoint, and J. Broad, tallow chandler, Lewes FAIRFAX, WILLIAM HENRY, and BRYSON, GEORGE, merchants, Birmingham, and Leadenhall-st. Aug. 29. Trusts. W. Goode, banker, W. Barker, plater, and E. Boughton, merchant, all Birmingham FARRAND, BANKS, bookseller, Stafford. Aug. 23. Trusts. H. W. Fourdrinier, wholesale stationer, Sherborne-la, and R. W. Routledge, publisher, Broadway, Ludgate-hill FERGUSON, THOMAS, contractor, of the Wharves, Paddington. Aug. 23. To pay debts in full, or compound-trustees to carry on the business for one year. Trusts. S. Tildesley, brick merchant, Irongate-whari, Paddington, R. Little, coal merchant, New Windsor, and W. Mead, jun., hay salesman, South Wharfrd, Paddington GARRETT, THOMAS WILLIAM, manufacturer, Foster-la. Sept. 2. Trusts, R. J. S. Joyce, Aldermanbury, and L. Goldberg, Lovela, warehousemen. Sols. Lewis, Munns, Nunn, and Longden, Old Jewry GERHOLD, NICHOLAUS, baker, Goldsmith's-row, Hackney-ri. Sept. 16. 2. 6. by two equal instalments-first immediately, the other at 3 mos GROVES, JOHN, wire worker, Birmingham. Aug. 28. Trust. L. Woodward, pin manufacturer, Birmingham HADDOCK, Jons, contractor, Ice Well-wharf, Camden-town, and Hyde. Sept. 14. 58.-2s. 6d. Nov. 20 and 28. 6. Feb. 20. Trust. T. Curnick, butcher, High-st, Marylebone HADFIELD, WILLIAM, spinner and manufacturer, Manchester, and Latchford. Sept. 11. Trusts. R. Whitworth, cotton mer. chant, and W. A. Cunningham, bunk manager, both Manchester. Sols. Sale, Shipman, Seddon, and Sale, Manchester HADLOW, EDWIN, waiter, Herne-hill. Sept. 2. HARDERN, WILLIAM, out of business, Macclesfield. Aug. 24. Trusts. S. Jesper and P. Hall, drapers, both Macclesfield HARPER, WILLIAM, currier and leather seller, Bilston. Sept. 10. Comp. by four promissory notes of equal amount at 3, 6, 9, and 12 mos. secured JACKSON, HENRY, grocer, St. Bees. Aug. 27. Trusts. J. Kitchin, corn merchant, and J. Walker, biscuit manufacturer, both Whitehaven KELLEWAY, EDMUND, coal merchant and farmer, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Aug. 31. Trust. G. A. Mowbray, coal merchant, Newport MAISEY, CHARLES, farmer and beerhouse-keeper, Withington. Aug. 27. Trusts. C. Williams, Withington, and D. Taylor, Ched. worth, farmers MARCHANT, WILLIAM, cigar maker, Quilter-st, Bethnal-green. Sept. 2. 1. by two equal instaliments on Oct. 1 and Nov. 1 MATHEWS, CHARLES ROBERT, gas lump and lantern manufacturer, High-st, Bloomsbury. Sept. 13. 2. f. by two equal instalments at 3 and 6 mos MCDERMOTT, EDWARD, shoemaker, Cheltenham. Aug. 20. Trust MCVITTIE, GEORGE, draper, Blackburn. Aug. 30. Trusts. W. MORRIS, CHARLES SUMPTER, clothier, Ely. Aug. 23. 10. by NICHOLAS, JAMES, oil refiner, Liverpool. Sept. 19. 1. in 1 week bury. Aug. 31. 64. on Oct. 30 WAUGH, THOMAS, painter, Rochdale. Aug. 24. Trust. T. Spencer, agent, Rochdale WHEATLEY, THOMAS, and CLARKE, FREDERICK HENRY, grocers and drupers, Ipswich. Aug. 22 3.-4. in 1 week and 1, in 3 mos. from registration. Trust. H. M. Burton, wholesale grocer, Ipswich WILLIAMS, FRANCIS, grocer, Southampton and St. Denys. Aug. 23. 78. 6. by two equal instalments in 1 and 3 mos. from regis WILSON, JAMES, carpet furniture dealer, Birmingham. Aug. 22. 58. in 2 mos. secured. Trust. A. J. Boddington, accountant, Cheapside tration Gazette, Sept. 24. ARROWSMITH, WILLIAM, warehouseman, Noble-st, city London. Sept. 3. Trust. T. Lahce, warehouseman, Goldsmith-st, city London ASHTON, WILLIAM THOMAS; NICHOLS, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS, both Over Darwen, and BRINDLE, CARTER HAWKINS, Blackburn, cottonspinners. Sept. 4. 15s, by four instalments of 5., 4., 3., and Ss.. payable on Dec. 4 next, March 4, June 4, and Sept. 4. 1868 secured. Trusts. J. A. K. Wilson, shipbroker, Liverpool, and D. Smith, accountant, Manchester BENNETTO, JAMES, tailor and draper, Landore, near Swansea. Aug. 29. 8. by three equal payments at 3, 6, and 9 mos. from Aug. 10, 187 secured. Trust. J. Bennetto, sen., taflor and draper, Swansea BERRY, ISAAC, cloth manufacturer, Yeadon, co. York. Aug. 27. Trusts. T. Johnson, bank manager, Leeds, W. Broadbent, Bradford, and J. Claughton, Pudsey, woolstaplers BRADLEY, BENJAMIN, manufacturer, Morley. Aug. 31. Trusts. W. Dodgshun, wool merchant, Leeds, and J. Whiteley, rag merchant, Soothill, near Dewsbury BRYDE, THOMAS, block and mast maker, Liverpool. Sept. 21. 6. 87, in 11 days from registration. Trust. J. W. Braithwaite, accountant, Liverpool COOK, WILLIAM, farmer, Gislingham, co. Suffolk. Aug. 28 Trusts. CORNUAUD, MARC SAMUEL LOUIS, silk manufacturer, Manchester. Sept. 16. Trusts. G. H. Gaddum and A. Whitworth, merchants, Manchester DANFORD, WILLIAM; LENG, ROBERT; and LENG, WILLIAM, machinists and sawyers, Masbrough. Aug. 27. Trusts. J. Reed, coal merchant, Rotherham, and T. Waring, colliery owner, Swinton sen. DAVIS, HENRY JOHN THOMAS, upholsterer, Landport, and SouthAug. 26. 78. 6d. by three equal instalments on Oct. 2, Dec. 26, and Feb. 26 next-secured. Trust. W. Good, gentleman, Southsea DORAN, EDWARD JOSEPH, printer, Liverpool. Sept. 11. 28. in 1 mo DUNN, WILLIAM, grocer and spirit merchant, North Shields. Aug. 31. Trust. W. Atkinson, provision merchant, Newcastle. upon-Tyne EAVES, JAMES, licensed victualler and general dealer, Coventry. Sept. 18. 58. by four equal instalments at 3, 6, 9, and 12 mos. secured. Trust. G. Haynes, plumber, Coventry FAIERS, SAMPSON, grocer and cheesemonger, Suffolk-ter, Poplar. Sept. 20. 3. in 7 days after registration. Trust. J. Iunes, house decorator, Harrison-st, Kingsland-rd FURNESS, JOHN GEORGE, and KNEE, PHILLIP, auctioneers, Agar-st, Strand. Aug. 27. 2. by two equal instalments at 3 and 6 mos. from registration. Trust. H. D. Cooper, Parliamentst, Westminster GOLDSTEIN, GEORGE, cigar merchant, Fleet-st. Sept. 17. 5. by two equal instalments on Oct. 1, 1857, and March 1, 1868 HALLAM, WILLIAM, currier and leatherdresser, Liverpool. Sept. 19. 58.-28. in 2 mos., 28. in 4 mos., and 1s. in 6 mos. from registration, the last instalment secured. Trust. R. Gray, broker, Liverpool HAMBLETON, CHARLES ROBERT, innkeeper, Rhyl. Aug. 28. 5. by two equal instalments at 2 and 4 mos. from Aug. 6, 1867-secured. Trust. J. Hambleton, widow, Rhyl HAMBLIN, JAMES THOMAS, engineer, Tonbridge Wells. Aug. 24. 78. 6. by two instalments-3. forthwith and 48. 6d. in 3 mos. Trusts. J. Hartridge, farmer, Bockingford, and I. W. Pemble, farmer, Tonbridge HANSON, LYDIA LOUISA, widow, Clarendon rd. Notting-hill. Sept. 17. 5. by two equal instalments on March 20 and Sept. 20. 1868 HARRISON, SAMUEL GEORGE, merchant's clerk, North-grove east, HINDSON, JOSEPH, corn merchant, Liverpool. Sept. 20. Trust. ISAACS, HENRY, 2nd BRITTON, JOSEPH, carvers, Bevis-marks, St. Mary Axe, and Somerset-st, Aldgate. Sept. 17. 2. d. on Oct. 17, 1867. Trust. J. Sydney, gentleman, Pentonville-rd JOHNSON, EDWIN, jun.. straw hat manufacturer, Dunstable. Aug. 28. Trusts. J. Bailey, draper, E. Johnson, sen., straw hat manufacturer, both Dunstable, and J. Eames, straw plait dealer, Eggington KAY, HARRIETT, confectioner, Pendleton. Aug. 31. 2. 64. in 7 days secured. Trust. T. Keeton, drill sergeant, Reading KNIGHT, JOHN HENRY, farmer, Wolston, co. Warwick. Sept. 20. 2. in cash MARKS, GEORGE, grocer, West Chinnock. Aug. 27. Trusts. W. REES, EVAN, grocer, Resolvan, co. Glamorgan. Aug. 26. Trust. RILEY, JOSHUA, innkeeper, Ripponden. Sept. 8. 3e. Cel RUBENSTEIN, SALOMON, German merchant, Tassett-rd, Dalston, also Clement's-court, Wood-at, city London. Aug. 2.o Oct. 25 RUSS, BARNABAS, engineer, Manor-st, Old Kent-rd. Sept. 18. 1. by two equal instalments at 12 and 24 mos SCOTT, JOAH, linendraper, Kirkburton. Sept. 3. Trusts, J. Denham and J. Fox, linendrapers, Huddersfield 6 mos SHAFTO, JAMES, grocer and innkeeper, Coxhoe, co. Durhamı Aug. 26. 2. by two equal instalments-1s. in 4 mos, and 1, in SHELDON, ROBERT, grocer and provision dealer, Jarrow. Ang. 11. 4. G-18, 37, in cash on registration of deed, and n. 34. by Duve equal instalments at 3, 6, and 9 mos, from such registre insecured. Trusts. J. Sheldon, grocer, Jarrow, and C. Mir, butcher, Hetton-le-Hols, both Durham SWALES, JAMES, butcher, Hartlepool. Sept. 18. 12. Gd by tw equal instalments in 2 and 6 mos.-secured. vey, butcher, South Shields TAYLOR. ROBERT SCOTT Commission Sept. 11. 28. 6. in 28 days Sept. 14. . by TOMLISON, JAMES, schoolmaster, Southport. three equal instaiments on Oct. 7, Jan 7, and April 7 next TYSON, WILLIAM, joiner, Kingston-upon-Hull. Aug. 27. Trosta. J. Saner, brickmaker, C. W. Ellyard, timber merchant, sud E. S. Wilson, gentleman, al Kingston-upon-Hul WILKS, JAMES, tailor, Worcester. Sept. 11. 78. Ge, by three equal payments on Jan 15, April 15, and July 15 next WILLEY, THOMAS, joiner and builder, Leeds. Aug. 3. Trust. G. Steel, sawyer, Leeds WOODALL, AMBROSE HEALAS. grocer, Kingston-upon-Hull Sept. 10. Trusts. M. Whitfield, wholesale grocer, Kingston upon-Hull, and T. W. Brown, teadealer, Harp-la, Great Tower st, city London. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTH. WILLIAMS.On the 24th inst., at Richmond-house, Rhyi. No h Wales, the wife of William R. Williams, Esq., solicitor, sen MARRIAGES. BOMPAS - WHITE. On the 20th inst., at Regent's-park (1. sel Henry Mason Rompas, of the Inner Temple, Esq, hamlete zoate law, youngest son of the late Charles Carpenter Boinpak, sp jeant-at-law, to Rachael Henrietta, eldest daughter of the Rev. Edward White, of Tufnell park, Holloway. BRUTY-GLYNES. On the 19th inst., at St. Paul's, Upper Norwood, by the Rev. W. Graham, M.A., Williva John Bruty, Esq.A Tokenhouse-yard, London, solicitor, to Emily, eldest dari ter of Randall Glynes, Esq., of the Crescent, Americas, London, solicitor. COVENTRY-CARMICHAEL. On the 19th inst, at Trinity E; fx copal Church, Edinburgh, Mr. H. J. Coventry, Writer to the Signet, to Mary J. D., second surviving daughter of Mr. X. T. Carmichael, of Eastend, Lanarkshire, and of Mansfelt, Ajrshire. EDGE LOUGHBOROUGH.- On the 18th inst.. at Holy Trinity. Tulse-hill, Surrey, Mr. J. Edre, of the Middle Temple. by rister-at-law, only son of Mr. B. B. Edge, of Clenbrock, Ų æern ́s County, Ireland, to Laura, youngest daughter of Mr. T. Loughborough, of Selwood-lodge, Tulse hill. FOSTER STURGIS. On the 19th inst., at Trinity Church. P dington, Richard Betton Charles Pulsford Foster, Esq., of Gray'sinn, to Mary Jane, elder daughter of Samuel Stargis, Esq., of Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park. HADLEY WILKINSON. On the 24th inst., at St. Stephen's Church, Shepherd's-bush, Edward Alfred Hadley, Esq., M.A., Barristers at-law, to Georgiana Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev. W. F. Wilkinson, B.D., of Keith-road, Shepherd's-bash. HUBAND-SMITH MARTIN. On the 19th inst, at St. Arine's, Soho, the Rev. E. Huband-Smith, B.A, son of Mr. J. Hub Smith, barrister-at-law, late Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, Dublin, to Caroline, youngest daughter of Mr. E. Martin, Late of North-place, Regent's-park. LANGBORNE ROSE. On the 18th inst., at St. Michael Malton, Frank Langborne, Esq., solicitor, Malton, to Esther, third sarviving daughter of Edward Rose, Esq, of the same place. PHILBRICK BEADEL. On the 19th inst., at the parish church, St. Leonard's-en-Sea, by the Rev. Thomas Chalk, M.A., brother in-law of the bride. Egerton Philbrick, Esq., solicitor, of Hastings, to Emily, daughter of the late James Beadel, Esq., of Broomfieldlodge, Essex. No cards. PYKE-CAMPBELL. On the 24th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Thomas Pyke, Esq., of Hongkong, to Florence Elma, youngest daughter of the late W. A. Campbell, Esq.. barrister-at-law, and granddaughter of the late Hon. Sir William Campbell, Chief Justice of Upper Canada. WAISTELL TOYNE.-On the 11th inst., at St. Luke's, Jersey, Mr. C. Waistell, solicitor, of Northallerton, to Margaret L, young daughter of Mr. J. H. Toyne, of Islington, London, and Beli zanne, Jersey, WETHERELL GRAVES. On the 17th inst., at Darmstadt, the Rev. F. Wetherell, of Parsonstown, King's county, to Enima J. E.. daughter of the late Mr. J. S. Graves, barrister-at-Law, Bath, and Woodbine-hill, Devon. DEATHS. ADDISON. On the 19th inst., at Dean's-yard, Westminster, aged FENWICK. On the 15th inst., at Cullercoats, Northumberland, Harris, miller, Crewkerne, and G. Lock, miller, Merriott, both PARTRIDGE AND Sept. 20. 1. in ODOM, JAMES, tailor, Wood-st, Barnet, and East Barnet-rd, New Barnet. Aug. 28. Trust. J. T. Powell, woollendraper, NewKate-st O WALD, GEORGE HENRY, boot and shoe de ler. Hetton-le-Hole. Aug. 23. Trusts. W. Wilson, curier, Chester-le-Street, and R. Douglass, shoe-dealer, Newcastle OWEN, WILLIAM, draper, Carnarvon. Aug. 20. Trusts. S. Watts and F. Taylor, merchants, both Marchester OWENS, THOMAS, builder, Holywell. Aug. 31. 3s. on Oct. 1 PALMER, JAMES, tailor, Scarborough. Aug. 21. Trusts, Z. Crowther, woollen manufacturer, Huddersfield, and J. G. Hart, auctioneer. Scarborough PETTS, THOMAS EDWARD, victualler, Dover. Sept. 11. Trust. PICKERSGILL, THOMAS, currier. Huddersfield. Sept. 2. Trust. ROSENBERG, ADOLPH, general factor, Birmingham. Aug. 28. 64. RUSSELL, THOMAS DOWTON, grocer, Brompton-rd. Ss. 4. by two instalments--58, on Dec. 1 and 2, 4d, on March 1 -secured. Trust. F. Willmott, gentleman. High-st, Southwark SAMUEL, SYLVESTER LEWIS, commission spent, Liverpool. Aug. 26. Trust. R. Martin, inansger of the Liverpool business of Jerome and Co SCOTT, WILLIAM, livery-stable keeper, Leeds. Sept. 18. Trust. 8. Askey, cabinet-maker, Leeds SCRIVENER, HAYTER, out of business, Brookfield-ter. Highgate New town. Sept. 1. 18. 44. on signing and 67. in 6 mos, after registration SEMARK, WILLIAM, draper, Maidstone. Aug 23. Trusts. T. Bayley, Wood-st, and W. S. Leaf, Old-change, warehousemez. Somerset MARSHALL, WILLIAM, bricklayer, Kingston-upon-Hull. Aug. 27. Trusts. J. Saner, brickmaker, and E. S. Wilson, gentleman, both Kingston-upon-Hull MASSEY, SAMUEL TIMOTHY, grocer, Pakefield. Aug. 26. Trust. H. Freeman, wholesale grocer, Norwich MILES, THOMAS, grocer and provision dealer, Mountain Ash, co. Glamorgan. Fept. 17. 10 by three equal instalments at 2, 4, and 6 mos. Trusts. II. Miles, yeoman, Ferndale, and W. Jenkins, colliery agent, Aberdare MILNES, WILLIAM; MILNES, JAMES: SUTCLIFFE, ENOCH: and WEESTER, JOHN, worsted manufacturers, Bradford. Aug. 29. Trusts. J. Edinondson, manufacturer, Halifax, and J. Keighley, machine maker, Bradford MINN, WILLIAM, ironmonger, Whitechapel-rd. Sept. 13. 15s, by three equal instalments at 4, 8, and 13 mes MORGAN, EVAN, licensed victualler, Tonyrefail, co. Glamorgan. Sept. 13. 2s. 6d. by two inst.dments at 1 and 3 mos.- secured. Trust. M. Howells, contructor, Glynogwr, co. Glaroorgan NICHOLS, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS, and ASHTON, WILLIAM THOMAS, cotton manufacturers, Over Darwen. Aug. 23. 6. by three instalments of 2x. 34, 2, 3, and 18. Gl. on Oct. 23 next, Feb. 2, and May 23, 1868 secured. Trusts. E. Shorrock, R. S. Ashton, and W. S. Ashton, cottonspinners, and D. Smith, accountant, Manchester PARSONS, SAMUEL THOMAS, oil and colourman, Barnet-st, Hackney-rd, and King-st, Camden-town. Sept. 7. 5. by two equal instalments in 1 and 3 mos.secured. Trust. J. Jenson, oil and colourman, Goswell-rd PERKINS, JOSEPH, tinsinith, Sheffield. Sept. 18. Trust. W. Frog gatt, grinder, Sheffield RAMSDEN, CHARLES, wire manufacturer, Sheffield. Aug. 26. 78. 6. -58. in 7 days and 2s. 6d. on Feb. 10, 1860 REDDIN, EDWARD, horsedealer, Holland-park-rd, Kensington. Sept. 18. 2. by two equal instalments on Nov. 1 and Jan. 1, 1808 (Late PARTRIDGE and COZENS), WHOLESALE & RETAIL STATIONERS. 192, FLEET-STREET, and 1 & 2, CHANCERY-LANE, LONDON, EC. Carriage paid to the Country on Orders exceeding 20%. DRAFT PAPER, fs., 78., 78. 9d, and 23. 9d. per ream. INDENTURE SKINS, Printed and Machine-ruled to hold twenty or Library or Office, post free. To Readers and Correspondents. JUSTUS—The term "University Man" is not regarded as All communications must be authenticated by the name DIARY OF SALES BY AUCTION DURING model constituency as respects purity, for does THE NEXT WEEK. THURSDAY, OCT. 10. By Messrs. C. C. and T. MOORE, at the Mart. Leasehold properties at Somers-town, Camberwell, Step- the great towns because of their purity. The ney, and West Ham. Advertised this day. ELECTION EXPENSES. desire and object are not freedom but power. Of THAT the extension of the franchise will increase all tyrants it is everywhere and always the most in the same proportion the expenses of elections, tyrannical. Where democracy reigns liberty dies. nobody will doubt who has any practical know- The law that can protect the individual against ledge of the business of electioneering. Large all other forms of despotism is powerless against constituencies are advocated as being of neces- the despotism of a majority. If proof of this sity pure; "they are too big to be bought, it is be demanded, we point to America. The party said." in power, for the purpose of keeping power, has Let us see if it be so. Birmingham is a big openly set aside the Constitution, has forcibly constituency, and we may presume it to be a excluded its opponents from the polls, and subjected many millions of its fellow-subjects it not return Mr. BRIGHT? Well, there has to the most brutal and degrading slavery. The been an election at Birmingham, fought during last news we read of the doings of democracy in the heat of the Reform struggle, when Mr. America shows how the law itself may be perBRIGHT and others were demanding a redistri-verted when the tyranny of a majority decrees it. bution of seats that would give more power to SURRATT, charged with participation in the murder of Mr. LINCOLN, has been tried, but, the battle was between a Radical of the most jury not agreeing that his guilt was proved, advanced school-lavish of professions of purity, they were discharged. It is now stated that he is of denunciations of corruption-and a Liberal- not to be again tried until a jury of negroes can Conservative. The Radical won by a small be procured, under the emancipation laws, bemajority. The accounts of the election ex- cause it is hopeless to obtain any jury of sensible penses of the two candidates have just been white men who will convict him! And this in published, in pursuance of the provisions of a country that is held up to us as an example! the Corrupt Practices Act, and what do we Suppose that our own Government were to keep there find? The sitting member, Mr. DIXON, a man in prison until the sheriff could find expended no less than 36597. to secure his return, twelve jurors ignorant enough, or “venal enough,” and Mr. LLOYD, the Conservative, 50097. The to hang him upon evidence that every honest or conclusions from these astounding figures are educated man rejects: what should we say of it? worth noting. Yet this it is that democracy is actually doing First, it is shown that the Democrats of Bir-in America at this moment. Should we not mingham have so little zeal for their principles learn a lesson from this, and hold faster than that they will not take the trouble to go to the ever to "liberty protected by law." poll to record their votes for a democratic candidate, unless he will in some form (we ask not what) expend among them nearly 4000l. Second, if 4000l. be the legitimate expenses of an election with the present constituency, what will be the cost of an election when that Sent by post to Sub-constituency is quadrupled, as it will be by the PART XII. of VOL. II. of JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES CASES, decided by all the Courts. PART X. of VOL. II. of MARITIME LAW CASES, decided by all the Courts, with Reports of important decisions of the American Admiralty Courts, and a Digest of all the Maritime Cases decided during the last twenty years. Price 58. 6d., published quarterly. The completed volumes and parts may still be had to perfect sets. LAW TIMES Office, 10, Wellington-street, Strand, W.C. THE Law and the Lawyers. THE SHERIFFS' COURT OF LONDON. THE recent County Court Act seems to have entirely altered the nature and constitution of the Sheriffs' Court. Although spoken of as "The Sheriffs' Court," there are in truth two Sheriffs' Courts, each sheriff of London having a court of his own, one holden for the Poultry Compter or prison, and the other holden for the Giltspur-street Compter. These two courts are, beyond all question, the most ancient tribunals in the kingdom, more ancient indeed than the monarchy; as they represent the courts which were held by the two prefecti urbani who governed London when it was a Roman municipium. They are more ancient than the Court of Hustings, which is derived from the Danes, and existed long before the Lord Mayor's Court, which did not spring up for some considerable time after the Conquest. The County Court Act 1867, s. 35, consolidates these two courts into one, which is to be called the City of London Court;" but it is difficult to perceive why this title was adopted. The County Court rules and scales of costs also are to apply to the new court, which is to be a Court of Record; and as it thereby becomes a "Court of our Lady the Queen in right of her Crown and Dignity," its connexion with the Sheriffs of London, even in name, no longer exists. The Corporation of London seems, however, to retain the appointment of the judge and officers of the new court. The changes that have been made may cause regret to those interested in City institutions; and they may be a prelude to alterations of a more sweeping character. Mr. Commissioner KERR is the last Judge of the Sheriffs' Court; and it may well be doubted whether "the City of London Court" will have so long a life as its predecessor. VOL, XLIII-No, 1279. Reform Act? And these are the lawful expenses actually published. What must be added to them for the illegitimate expenses, always incurred more or less at an election, and not published ? JOHN CROSS. THE NEW COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION ACT. In THE more the operation of this Act is examined, THE LAW TIMES ventured to denounce, as foolish Court had the law been then as it is now, and That testimonial of public esteem for theft, while it has demoralised hundreds of labourers all over the country, has also ruined the object of the perverted sympathy. JOHN CROSS is a bankrupt. Seeing what a famous personage his larceny had made of him, how honoured he was for having stolen a hurdle, what wealth was poured into his lap, whilst his honest neighbours went unrewarded, he naturally enough assumed the airs of a great man, took to high living, ran up a score with his butcher and baker for no less than 437. 10s., being for food alone an expenditure weekly of more than his entire wages previously to the good fortune that made him a thief. The testimonial presented to him amounted to 2654, but this was prudently invested in the names of trustees, and he enjoys only the interest. But then, even to be a bankrupt is a rise in the world for John Cross; and he is, perhaps, the only agricultural labourer that ever was a sufficiently important personage to become at once a thief, a martyr, and a bankrupt. LAW IN THE UNITED STATES. It is not without cause that "Liberty" is directed to be tried. The administration of justice is now so far localised that the next step will compel the construction of more complete machinery for the purpose. We may be sure that more jurisdictions will continue to be given to the County Courts, and they must be reformed if they are to exercise them properly. There will be little difference of opinion as to what that reform should be, and the commission about to investigate and report upon the administration of justice in the Superior Courts can scarcely perform that task without taking the County Courts also into consideration, and showing how they may be made a part of the entire scheme. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETING. ASSEMBLING in Ireland, and therefore attended mainly by its Irish members, the Congress of 1867 very properly devoted itself mainly to Irish topics, and these were numerous and exacting enough to provide ample talk for the week. With all of these we have no concern. Our business is with the papers and debates that relate to Law Amendment and Jurisprudence, and of these we are in course of presenting very full reports. Last week we published the very interesting address of Mr. Justice O'HAGAN. This week we are enabled to give a verbatim report of the able and exhaustive essay read by the MASTER of the ROLLS, of which a few extracts only have appeared in the newspapers. Its importance will excuse its length; and we commend it to careful perusal by all our readers. Many of its recommendations will, we hope, be adopted by the law reformers in the coming Parliament. Foremost of these is the establishment of a Public Prosecutor. This is not now a theoretical reform. It has been tried and proved entirely successful in Ireland, and the MASTER of the ROLLS tells us how and why. THE NEW LAW OF MASTER AND THE questions that have been raised upon the previously given by the LAW TIMES, only the reasons for it are stated more elaborately: OPINION. The fourth section describes the circumstances to which the proceedings afterwards prescribed are to apply. These are all of them conditioned upon "a contract of service," and all the remedies are applied to breaches of that contract or wrongs done by either party to the other under such contract of service." But these provisions are not general; they do not apply to all contracts for service, for sect. 3 expressly enacts that the Act shall not apply to any contract of service other than such as come within the meaning of the enactments set forth in the schedule, that is to say, such contracts only over which the justices had jurisdiction before the passing of this Act, or to any case, matter, or thing arising under or relating to" any such contract other than that to which the said enactments, that is to say the existing law, already applied. forwarded to me here, where I am staying for a day I am now preparing a new edition of my "Formu- I am of opinion that the Master and Servants Act 1867 gives no new jurisdiction to the justices, but only affects the manner in which the previously existing law, regulating contracts between them, shall be administered. It changes the manner of deter- I think you will find on a careful perusal of the mining questions (see preamble), but not the ques-provisions of the Act, especially of sect. 4. coupled tions that may be determined. with the express and limited terms of adjudication authorised by sect. 9, to be made by justices, that the Act goes no further than this; and sect. 3 confines it to these cases strictly. I may say further, in corroboration of this view, that when the Bill came to the House of Lords I was instructed by the solicitors for the promoters to see if its provisions were workable, and to revise it. I found it in such a state of confusion that, with the exception of some immaterial alterations and additions in sects. 4, 9, and 14, the Bill had to be redrawn in its details and procedure, which was accordingly done by Mr. F. S. Reilly and myself before it went into committee in the Lords, by whom the altered Bill was adopted, and as it now appears as an Act. I suggested a clause giving justices a general power to order payment of wages to all servants within the Acts; but, upon consideration, and especially as the Act was experimental and limited in duration, it was deemed advisable to conform the Bill to the object I have mentioned, for which it was originally introduced, and so the recovery of wages was purposely kept out of the Act. It is, however, erroneous to say that the justices' jurisdiction is ousted by this Act of 30 & 31 Vict. c. 141; there is no repealing clause in it, and it is a mere partial substitution of remedies; and, as the preamble states, is only "to alter in some respects" the older Acts. If it had been intended to repeal or alter the justices' power in this respect it would have been done definitely and specifically by Mr. Reilly or myself; but as that part of the subject is in no way touched by the present Act, wages are, in my opinion, still recoverable under the old Acts. There was not time to prepare and pass a consolidation Act in the last session (the Bill did not reach me till July), which I recommended when the measure came into my hands; but, with a view to that end at an early period, the Act is only to last for a year and a session. Consequently, to ascertain if any case comes within the jurisdiction of the magistrate, it is necessary to refer to the previous statutes, and no case that would not be "within the meaning" of those previous statutes would be within the provision of the new statute. But if "the contract of service," and the employer and employed, and the "case, matter, or thing" arising upon such contract, and upon which the justices are required to adjudicate, be such as they might have adjudicated upon if the new Act had not passed, then and then only the case will come within their jurisdiction under the new Act, and can be dealt with according to its provisions. The questions the justices may then try are defined by sect. 4. The contract, the parties, and the subject matter of the complaint arising upon the contract being such as they might have entertained before the new Act, they may now proceed to ascertain and adjudicate: First, if either party has neglected or refused to fulfil the contract; secondly, if the employed has neglected or refused to enter or commence the service in pursuance of the contract; thirdly, has absented himself from the service; fourthly, if any question, difference, or dispute has arisen as to the rights or liabilities of either of the parties in relation to the contract; fifthly, or if there be a charge of misusage, misdemeanor, misconduct, illtreatment, or injury to the person or property of either of the parties under such contract of service. In few words, the contract of service, the parties to it, and "the cases, matters, and things" arising under or relating to it, must be such only as the justices had jurisdiction over by virtue of the statutes named in the schedule, that is, the previously existing law; but being such they may then adjudicate upon such contract, person, and matter to the extent specified in sect. 4, and in the manner prescribed by the subsequent sections. This is my clear opinion of the construction of the new Act. Applying it to the case stated, the first question is, is it within the meaning of either of the enactments described in the schedule? If it is, the justices have jurisdiction; if not, then not. The evidence is that the plaintiff is a contractor. If that be so, the relationship of master and servant does not exist. It is not a question of wages, but of work and labour. The new Act does not give any new jurisdiction in such a case, and clearly it was not a contract of service within either of the previous Acts. Consequently it is my opinion that the justices have no jurisdiction in the case stated above. Temple, 26th Sept. 1867. This opinion has been since confirmed by another authority, entitled to no less weight, that of Mr. Oke, who, it seems, participated in the drawing of the statute, and who can at least inform us what it was designed to enact. It is in the form of a letter addressed to Mr. Jefferson, Clerk to the Justices of Northallerton, and is as follows: You can make what use you please of these remarks, as I observe a good deal of misconception exists upon the Act, and I have not time myself to write to the legal journals or morning newspapers (in which most erroneous views seem to be recently promulgated) upon the subject.-Believe me, dear Sir, yours faithfully, GEORGE C. OKE. W. T. Jefferson, Clerk to the Magis- ILLEGAL LOTTERIES. at Faversham for the promotion of a Faversham institute, to aid its building funds, and the drawing of which is announced to take place on Tuesday, Oct. 29. But this is so flagrant a defiance of the law, and so peremptorily calls for the interference of the authorities, local as well as general, to put it down, that we take the advertisement as it stands : IMPORTANT NOTICE.-The GRAND DIS- TRIBUTION of PRIZES for the FAVERSHAM The sale of photographs being now closed by the Provincial Agents, Tickets can only be obtained of the Committee, Messrs. Mead and Powell, and the Hon. Secretary, up to Saturday, October 19th, after which date no more can be issued under any circumstances. Committee:-J. A. Anderson, Esq., Mayor of Faversham, Chairman and Treasurer: Messrs. C. Bryant, T. Carr, J. M. Cowper, A. Greey, H. Fielding, C. Smith, Hon. Sec.; W. N. Spong, J. Tong, H. Wilkins, Faversham; Rev. H. J. Hatch, Maidstone; Dr. Wiglesworth, Hamstreet; Messrs. Saunders, Whitstable; Fells, Deal; Adams, Rochester; Parrett, Sittingbourne, Waggonette, 70 guineas; Two Pianofortes, 55 and 23 Among the Prizes to be distributed will be found a guineas; Silver Tea Service, 35 guineas; Double-barrelled Gun, 30 guineas; Rosewood Harmonium, 16 guineas; Sewing Machine, 121.; Two Gold Watches, 15 and 10 guineas, &c. For a more detailed list see prospectus and former advertisements in the Daily Telegraph, Standard, and Star. Prizes the Committee have now great pleasure in anNotwithstanding the excellence and value of the above nouncing that they have, through the support which has been accorded them, been enabled, a second time, to augment the number, and that the value of the List has in consequence been raised from 500 to 600 GUINEAS!!! The public are informed that the very best carte de visite portraits of the Queen and Royal Family, and other eminent celebrities from the studios of Messrs. Disderi, Watkins, Mayall, and the Stereoscopic Company are now on sale at the retail price of one shilling each, and that the purchaser of one of these will have presented a Ticket for the drawing. Any one purchasing a large Photograph at 5s, of a Landscape, Building, or Engraving, will be entitled to five Tickets, and any one taking a Book of twenty Cartes or four Photographs, will have an extra Carte and Ticket presented. Many of the Prizes are now on view, and the whole may be seen by Ticket-holders in the course of the week previous to the drawing. The Winning List will be published immediately after the Drawing in the Daily Telegraph and Standard Every person sending a stamped and directed envelope to the Secretary will have forwarded, as soon as possible, a List of the Winning Numbers. Applications for Tickets can now be made only to side; and to Mr. Charles Smith, Honorary Secretary, 14. Members of Committee; to Mead and Powell, 73, Cheap Market-street, Faversham, who will forward a Photograph. and Ticket by return of post on receipt of thirteen, stamps; or Five Photographs and Five Tickets on receip of s. in postage stamps; or a Book of twenty-one Tickets and the same number of Photographs on receipt of a P.0.0. for 20s. J. A. ANDERSON, Chairman and Treasurer. C. SMITH, Hon. Secretary. Here is the chief magistrate of Faversham, who if an information were laid against this lottery, would be required to adjudicate upon it and inflict the penalty on the committee, taking the lead in the illegality. Can he be ignorant that the law prohibits lotteries? If he be, he is not a fit man to administer the law. If he knows the law, what can excuse this violation of the law? He and every member of the committee is liable to the penalty for holding a lottery; so is every purchaser of a share; so are all connected with it in any manner; each and all of them are at the mercy of any informer. But that is not their only peril. The authorities have interfered schemes far less flagrant than this; as soon as before to enforce the law and suppress other it is known, they must do here as they have done elsewhere. THE law should be repealed or enforced. Lot- self and upon each of his coadjutors the penalty he and they have incurred. PRISONERS AT THE BAR. THE prisoners charged with participating in the Fenian outrage at Manchester were brought handcuffed to the bar of the police-court for examination, and so kept there during its progress. Mr. ERNEST JONES, who defended some of them, peremptorily demanded the removal of the handcuffs, and on refusal by the stipendiary and other magistrates upon the bench, threw up his brief and left the court. Was he right in this? Undoubtedly the incident was unusual, if not unprecedented, in modern times. It is the invariable practice to place the prisoner at the bar, whether for examination or trial, with full freedom of limb; and even in the cases where he has committed or attempted to commit an assault upon the judge by throwing at him any missile at hand, or upon the gaoler, warder, or person having him in custody, we remember no instance in which resort has been had to handcuffs or other instrument of bodily restraint save the strong arms of the attendants. The custom clearly is as contended for by Mr. JONES, and is so commendable an one that neither judge nor justices would depart from it but under circumstances of most urgent necessity. But Mr. JONES seemed to assert that it was something more than a custom-that it was a right with which an unconvicted prisoner is invested to stand in the dock as a freeman, because the law presumes a man to be innocent until his guilt is proved. This was the only argument advanced by Mr. JONES in support of his assertion; but it will not bear examination. If a defendant has a right to freedom of limb in the dock because he is presumed to be innocent, that right for that reason could not be limited to the moment of his standing at the bar of a criminal court; it would extend to the whole time from capture to conviction. To handcuff him while in the custody of the police, or in conveyance to or from the prison and the court, would be no less an invasion of that right. But even Mr. JONES could not dispute either the right or the propriety of instruments of restraint either before or after the appearance of the prisoner in court. Thus considered, it is plain that the removal of fetters during examination or trial is a custom of courtesy only, and not a right, and is designed to relieve the prisoner, so far as is practicable, from all that might enlist prejudice against him or unduly disturb his own self-possession. But, being only a custom and not a right, handcuffs being used before and after the hearing, because such a precaution is deemed to be a necessary security against escape or rescue, it is manifestly only a question of propriety whether the restraint, used without objection up to the moment of appearance in court, should then be continued or removed. In practice, the irons have always been removed, because the circumstances have permitted it to be done with safety. But on this occasion (and it is gratifying to think that it was without precedent), the authorities who were responsible for the safe custody of the prisoners and the peace of the country were of opinion that the prisoners could not be left free of limb without imminent risk of an escape or rescue. How could there be other than danger, seeing that the very charge against them was a rescue accomplished by armed force in the streets of Manchester. she has outrun it to a profitable end or not is the main question. We are not altogether without experience of such registers on this side of the Channel, and the latest opinion, or suggestion of an opinion, on the estimation in which the system in the two English register counties is held may be found in Mr. GREENWOOD's recent report to the Home Office on the somewhat notorious Middlesex registry. The question of its continued existence he leaves for the Legislature; but the strongest standing testimony against the supposed advantages of the system he considers to be, that, after a trial of 160 years, it has not been adopted universally, or at all events in other suburban counties. The history presented by Mr. Justice O'Hagan of legislation, proposed and attempted, to establish a register of assurances throughout England, is at first sight favourable to a conclusion that the measure would be beneficial, but, when pursued to the end, raises a strong presumption in the contrary direction. We are reminded that for centuries the subject has occupied the attention of English statesmen and lawyers; that its necessity was recognised by Parliament so long ago as the year 1535 (27 Hen. 8, c. 6), and again during the Chancellorship of Lord BACON, in 1617, by the issue of letters patent, but abortively; that Lord HALE, and others of high authority, recognised and lamented the failure. Then, in 1815 and 1816, the efforts and ill success are noticed of Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY and Serjeant ONSLOW, when they tried to induce the House of Commons to approve of Bills for a general registration; also the solemn consideration of the subject and elaborate reports of numerous Commissions, followed by repeated attempts in both Houses by Lord CAMPBELL, Lord CRANWORTH, and others, to pass into law various schemes which had high approval, but all which were defeated. To this hour England remains without any general register of conveyances. But between the time of these attempts and the present there has been an intervening period of ten years, during which discussion of law reforms has been systematic and active, not only in the Lords and Commons, but in the very society in which the learned president of the department of jurisprudence and amendment of the law delivered his oration; and, during the same period, an increasing number of legal publications has afforded enlarged opportunity for bringing forward or advocating plans for the improvement of conveyancing. The legal societies, too, in London and the provinces, have grown in number and strength. Yet, save in such addresses as this at Belfast, which touch many subjects but go to the bottom of none, no hint of the desirableness of continuing the three centuries' struggle for a general register is heard. There must at least be some reason for applied to the last point, the commissioners were not satisfied that any mode had been or could be devised sufficiently free from complication. As to the Middlesex and Yorkshire registers, they considered them signally defective in not presenting at one view all the documentary evidence which a party investigating a title might have occasion to use. There was no guide to the searches to be made on a sa'e, except a previous investigation of the documents which might happen to be included in the vendor's abstract of title, and from which the names of former grantors or owners were ascertained, and these searches must be repeated in new names, as new light was from time to time thrown on the title; whereas a register of deeds ought itself to furnish consecutive information of the dealings with the land which had taken place, when once a reference to the proper head of the index had been obtained. The opinions of the Commission of 1857 on the kind of register which had so long occupied men's minds were adopted by Lord CAIRNS in 1859, when he introduced his Land Bills, and have been since generally accepted in this country. It can then scarcely be considered a reproach to England that in this respect she has been outrun by Ireland, nor ought this want of assimilation in their laws to be a source of regret or uneasiness. To enter more fully into the question now would be out of place. If fraud and suppression or loss of documents were the rule or the common characteristics of conveyancing, the case would be different; but in the present state of such business, great weight has always appeared to us due to the argument, that it is a false principle to make the convenience of men in the great bulk of their transactions subservient to burdensome measures intended to be safeguards in casual and exceptional instances. FIRES. THE Select Committee of the House of Commons on Fires, their causes and prevention, has reported, as did the late Mr. BRAIDWOOD, that a very considerable proportion of the fires that occur are not accidental but wilful, mainly for the purpose of defrauding the insurance offices. After divers proposals for better organising fire-brigades and other devices for the speedy extinction of such as are of accidental origin, they add a further suggestion for better ascertaining the causes of fires, and thus by the fear of detection to deter the fraudulent. This important portion of the report is as follows: mendation made above, if carried into execution, Though your committee hope that the recomwould be productive of much good, they still are of opinion that the large number of fires whose causes are unknown or suspicious would not be much affected by such recommendations. Some means must be devised for discovering such causes, and for preventing the frequency of wilful or intentional fires. On referring to the evidence your committee sources-First, to individuals and organised gangs of men who make a trade of it to defraud the insurance companies; second, to parties who have been unfortunate in business, and who cannot meet the claims made on them; third, to persons in warehouses, to conceal theft of goods made by them on the warehouses; fourth, to malice. There being then an obvious necessity for the this; and we should have thought it incumbent find that wilful fire-raising is traced to several precaution, that necessity overruled the custom, and the magistrates rightly refused to hazard the defeat of justice by granting that which is a courtesy and not a right. And, the magistrates, acting within their jurisdiction, Mr. JONES was clearly wrong in throwing up his brief. Had they acted illegally, his duty might have been otherwise; but as they were within the scope of their authority, and he could question only the propriety, and not the legality, of their decision, Mr. ERNEST JONES erred professionally in abandoning his clients. Another motive has been imputed, which we are reluctant to accept. Mr. JONES is to be a candidate for Manchester. The working_men of Manchester are extremely hostile to the Irish, and especially to the Fenians, and Mr. JONES may have been glad of an excuse to escape from an unpopular cause in a popular way. SOCIAL SCIENCE AND ASSURANCE REGISTRIES. THE contrast drawn by Mr. Justice O'HAGAN at Belfast between England and Ireland as to registration of deeds and instruments will not be gainsaid as matter of fact. But when this difference between the two parts of the kingdom is pointed to by him with a view to the desirable result of assimilating their legal systems by the interchange of good laws, many will refuse to acknowledge the justice or expediency of such a treatment of the subject. It is true that here, as Mr. Justice O'HAGAN says, Ireland "has outrun the legislation of England;" but whether on social science to deal with reasons. Let us make one or two additions to the president's historical review. Shortly after the time at which he has left it unfinished, a commission, including Mr. WALPOLE, Mr. JOSEPH NAPIER, Sir ALEX. COCKBURN, Sir RICHD. BETHELL, Mr. LowE, Mr. W. D. LEWIS, Mr. ROBT. WILSON, and Mr. W. S. COOKSON, entered fully into the subject, with the benefit of all the work and argument of their long train of predecessors. What was the result of their deliberations? They admitted that a register of assurances would remedy the evils of suppression of documentary evidence of title, and guard against the ordinary accidents to which deeds and instruments are subject, and so far be beneficial; but they thought that the technicalities and anomalies of the law of real property would be confirmed rather than lessened or relieved by such a register. They offered seven distinct objections to it: 1, the bulk, which would have to be searched and examined on every transaction; 2, the cost, which would be an additional burden on land transfer; 3, increased complication arising from the omission to register instruments in particular cases; 4, risk of unnecessary and uncalled-for disclosure; 5, enhanced difficulty of obtaining loans by a deposit of deeds; 6, diminution of the security of possessory titles; 7, difficulty of classification of deeds or titles for the purpose of furnishing the requisite indexes to a register, and affording the necessary facilities for search. Although from time to time the best brains in the country, as in the case of the late Mr. DUVAL, have been studiously There is no doubt that the causes of a consider able number of fires will never be discovered, as a fire frequently destroys any traces of evidence that might lead to the discovery of its cause; but almost this subject concur in the opinion that an inquiry all the witnesses who have devoted any attention to made into all fires would have the effect not only of discovering the causes of many fires at present unknown, but of reducing the gross number of fires. Though in London and Liverpool some inquiry iŝ made by the police or fire brigade, for their own satisfaction, into the origin of fires, it is not of that searching character to elicit the whole truth; nor is it possible that it can be of this character, for those conducting the inquiry are not invested with suffithe Watch Committee in Liverpool, stated in evicient powers for so doing. Mr. Clint, chairman of dence that the police in Liverpool always inquired into the origin of fires, but that they often failed in discovering the cause, and that too when they had strong suspicions that the fire was wilful, because they cannot examine anyone on oath. The inquiry, therefore, should be made by some duly qualified officer having the power to examine witnesses on oath. Your committee, in recommending that an inquiry should take place into every fire, would direct attention to three stages, into which, in so far as respects England, the inquiry should be divided-first, the initiatory stage, to be made by the police or fire brigade, who must be instructed and charged to do |