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SPECIAL APPEAL for the POOR.-SOUP KITCHEN, THE LANDS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, incor

Ham-yard, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.-The severity of the present winter has driven a largely increased number of indigent and unemployed persons to seek the assistance of this charity; and although upwards of 1000 have been daily served with a meal of good soup and bread, it is painful to state that from want of funds many The Committee, therefore, call upon the public to aid them in their endeavour to alleviate the suffering around, and to visit the Kitchen at three o'clock, and witness the great amount of benefit afforded.

could have no relief.

Contributions thankfully received at the Bankers, Messrs. Barnett,
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East; by the Treasurer, Mr. W. J. Golbourne, Princes-street, Leicester-
square; and at the Office, Ham-yard.
By order of the Committee,

Feb. 10, 1855.

JOHN HOBSON, Sec.

porated by special Act of Parliament for England and Scotland. To Landowners, the Clergy, Solicitors, Surveyors, Estate Agents, &c.-Loans may be contracted for the execution by the proprietor, or by the Company, of every landed improvement, especially drainage, building, clearing, inclosing, warping, irrigation, embanking, reclamation, roads, planting, machinery, &c. The plans (of buildings), specifications, and estimates are prepared by the proprietors, and are submitted to the approval of the Inclosure Commissioners. Proprietors may avail themselves of the powers of the Act to recover from the inheritance their own funds to be expended on improvements. They may also apply jointly for the execution of a mutual improvement, such as a common outfall, &c. For forms of application, &c., apply to the Hon. William Napier, Managing Director, 2, Old Palace-yard, Westminster.

INCUMBERED ESTATES COMMISSION.-Notice to

Claimants and Incumbrancers.-In the matter of the ESTATE

HEREFORDSHIRE. To be SOLD by AUCTION, of THOMAS EYRE, assignee of Richard. Jolin Hicks, a bankrupt,

SUNDERLAND, (pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause of "Harris v. Watkins"), at the Mitre Hotel, in the city of Hereford, on Thursday, March 29, at 3 o'clock.-Lot 1. TWO MESSUAGES or TENEMENTS, situate in Church-street, in the city of Hereford, held for the remainder of a

term of twenty-nine years from the 2nd February, 1833, granted by the custos and vicars of Hereford Cathedral, and renewable septennially on payment of a fine. Lot 2. A Farm at Tupsley, in the county of Hereford, within two miles of the city of Hereford, comprising a farm-house and buildings, and 56A. 1R. 37P. of arable, meadow, and orchard land, of which about twenty-eight acres are copyhold of inheritance, and the remainder leasehold for lives, held under the Bishop of Hereford. This lot is now in the occupation of Mr. Richard Phillips, at a yearly rent of 801. Lot 3. Four Inclosures of Meadow Land, at Tupsley aforesaid, called Barnes Meadow and Bridge-green Meadow, containing 15A. 1R. 11P. Barnes Meadow is leasehold for lives, held under the Bishop of Here

owner, ex parte Richard Wingfield Hicks, William Hicks, Henry
Edmund Hicks, and Frederick Benjamin Hicks, infants, by Edmond
Johnston Figgis, their guardian and next friend, petitioners.-The
Commissioners having ordered a sale of the upper mills of Loader's-
park, near Harolds, and the mill-ponds and watercourses thereto
belonging, and the machinery and utensils therein, and Loader's-park-
fields, situate in the baronies of Newcastle and Upper Cross and county
of Dublin, and the lands of Kilmacanogue, situate in the half barony of
Rathdown and county of Wicklow, all parties objecting to a sale of the
said lands, or having any claims thereon, are hereby required to take
notice of such order. Dated this 6th day of February, 1855.
HENRY CAREY, Secretary.
WILLIAM WHITTON, Solicitor, (having carriage of sale),
18, Middle Gardiner-street, Dublin.

ford. Bridge-green Meadow is copyhold of inheritance. This lot is in URGENT APPEAL to the WEALTHY.—In consequence

the occupation of Messrs. E. L. Bristow and S. Jones, at rents amounting to 381. per annum. It is the custom of the Bishop of Hereford to renew, on the dropping of a life, the leases, on payment of a fine. Should this lot not be sold, it is intended to offer Barnes Meadow (containing 12 acres, and let at 301.) as one lot, and Bridge-green Meadow (containing 3A. IR. 11P., and let at 87. per annum) as another separate lot. Printed particulars, with a map of the second and third lots, may be had gratis of Messrs. Smith & Son, 16, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury; Messrs. Robinson, Queen-street-place; and Messrs. Hall & Hunt, New Boswell-court, Solicitors, London; of Mr. Humfrys, Mr. Pritchard, and Mr. Symonds, Solicitors; of Mr. W. H. Apperley, Land Surveyor; the Auctioneer; and place of sale, Hereford.

of the continued severity of the weather, an overwhelming number of destitute sick persons, more especially unfortunate females, suffering under aggravated and contagious diseases, have sought refuge at the ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. From want of funds alone the medical officers have been compelled to refuse them admission into the wards, although many of the wretched applicants had neither home nor bed. Unless timely aid can be given, numbers of these poor sufferers must perish. The Hospital has three large wards unoccupied, which may be at once made available if this appeal is responded to by the merciful and affluent. John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane, is treasurer, and by whom donations will be thankfully received; also by the following bankers:-Messrs. Coutts & Co.; Drummond & Co.; Herries & Co.; Ransom & Co.; Prescott, Grote, & Co.; Smith, Payne, & Co.; Glyn & Co.; Jones Loyd & Co.; Barclay Co.; Masterman & Co.; by Messrs. Nisbet & Co., Berners-street; and at the Hospital.

IN CHANCERY." Coldwell v. Holme."-West Derby, & Co.; Denison & Co.; Williams, Deacon, & Co.; Overend, Gurney, &

near Liverpool.-Freehold and Copyhold Estate.-To be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs. THOMAS WINSTANLEY & SONS, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool, on Thursday, the 15th day of March, 1855, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, in one lot, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery made in the above cause, and with the approbation of the Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, the Judge to whose Court the said cause is attached, a FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATE, situate at West Derby, consisting of a copyhold messuage or tenement, outbuildings, kitchen and pleasure gardens, together with three crofts, closes, or parcels of land thereunto belonging, situate and being near Club Moor, within and held of the manor of West Derby, Lancashire, and estimated to contain, with a small piece of land laid thereto as an incroachment from the waste, three acres of the large measure there used, or thereabouts; and a freehold field, called Hawkhurst, situate in Club Moor aforesaid, and containing 1A. 1R. 5P. of the large measure there used, or thereabouts; which said freehold and copyhold estate contains in the whole eight statute acres or thereabouts of excellent land, well situate for building purposes, and abutting upon the valuable properties of John Pemberton Heywood, Esq., and Benjamin H. Jones, Esq., and late in the occupation of the defendant, John Holme, but now of Mr. William Walton, as yearly

tenant, at 801. per annum. The copyhold part of the premises is subject

to a yearly quit rent of 2s. 4d., and to a nominal fine on death or alienation. The freehold part is subject to a perpetual yearly rent of 17. 168. 2d. The premises may be viewed by permission of the tenant, and particulars and conditions may be had of Mr. Potts, Solicitor, 1, Lancaster-place, Strand, London; of Mr. Fluker, Solicitor, 10, Symond'sinn, Chancery-lane, London; of Mr. William Hinde, Solicitor, Peel'sbuildings, Harrington-street, Liverpool; of Mr. James Nicholson, Solicitor, Warrington; at the Clarendon Rooms aforesaid; and of Messrs. Winstanley & Sons, Liverpool.

CONTRACT FOR IRON TANKS. DEPARTMENT of the COMPTROLLER for VICTUALLING and TRANSPORT SERVICES, Somerset-place, Feb. 3, 1855.

LONDON HOSPITAL. February 21, 1855.—A QUAR

TERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors of this Institution will be held here on Wednesday, the 7th day of March next, at 1 o'clock precisely, to receive the Report of the House Committee for the past

three months, and on other business.

To this Court will be submitted the following resolution, passed at a Special Meeting of the House Committee held on the 30th day of January last, viz.:

"That, considering the very onerous nature of the duties devolving on the Chaplain of this Hospital, it be recommended to the next Quarterly General Court, with a view to the performance of the said duties in the most satisfactory manner, that power be granted to the House Committee to appoint a Non-Resident Assistant Chaplain, the various details connected with the office (except the amount of salary, which is hereby proposed to be limited to 1007. per annum) being left to the consideration of the House Committee."

CHARITY and POLICY

WM. J. NIXON, Secretary. UNITED.-The MARINE SOCIETY in the past year trained on board the Society's ship, and clothed and fitted out for the Royal Navy, Indian Navy, and the mercantile marine, 455 poor and destitute boys, who, rescued from ignorance and the innumerable dangers of a life of idleness, are now stimulated to support themselves by the exertions of their own industry; a heavy burthen is thus removed from their distressed parents and friends, whilst the boys have obtained employment in a service most useful to the country.

Since the formation of this Society, nearly a century ago, it has clothed and fitted out 90,000 individuals for the sea service, and it is hoped that an institution so highly beneficial will ever commend itself to the support of the British public.

At this juncture, when large demands on the Society's funds may be expected, it becomes necessary to appeal to the liberality of the bene

THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High volent for increased donations and subscriptions.

Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on Thursday, the 1st of March next, at 1 o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for SUPPLYING, and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such IRON TANKS, and spare articles, and articles for repairs, as shall from time to time be required, under a contract for three years certain, and afterwards until the expiration of three months' warning.

Patterns of the tanks and articles may be seen at the Victualling-yard at Deptford, and a form of the tender and the conditions of the contract may be obtained at the said office; or on application to Commander Bevis, at Liverpool; or the Collector of Customs, at Bristol. No tender will be received after 1 o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose.

Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Tanks;" and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

Contributions of any amount towards the further support of this national charity will be thankfully received at the offices of the Society in Bishopsgate-street. T. P. RUST, Secretary.

APPEAL to the COUNTRY GENTRY.-The Com

mittee of the SAMARITAN INSTITUTION (President, the Most Noble the Marquis of BRISTOL) earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the wealthy at this trying season to the poor, when great numbers flock into the metropolis from all parts of the country, in consequence of the want of out-door employment. Of this class 3000 have been relieved at the Institution during the past week. Immediate aid is required to enable the Committee to continue the daily relief.

Contributions thankfully received by Messrs. Glyn, Mills, & Co., Lombard-street; Charles Maddock, Esq., M. A., Serjeant's-inn, Temple; and at the Institution, Victoria-street, Farringdon-street, by

S. E. PACK BARBER, Secretary.

acting under advice for the benefit of the general body of their creditors, and as a means of obtaining time and opportunity to look more narrowly into the state of their affairs, and to enable them to call their creditors together, with a view to some arrangement by which the creditor suing may not obtain a preference over all others; and your petitioners contend that the provisions of the existing law in this respect, which the proposed bill is intended to change, have not been required to be altered, nor have the new remedies which it is sought to substitute been called for, by any of the influential classes of commercial men in this country."

Without further comment of our own, we now leave the question, with the arguments pro and con, for the

consideration of our readers.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

THE Criminal Justice Bill, giving magistrates in - petty sessions power to convict in all cases of petty larceny where the value of the article stolen does not exceed 10s. in value, and in such cases to inflict a punishment not exceeding one year's imprisonment, has been read a second time in the House of Lords. The prisoner may be tried by a jury, if he prefers it. Prisoners pleading guilty to charges of larceny, where the value exceeds 10s., may be sentenced by the magistrates at once to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year.

The Law Amendment Society met on Saturday, the 24th February. Lord Brougham was in the chair, and the Solicitor-General moved a resolution to the effect that the friends of law reform should at the present time direct their special attention to the following measures:

1. The consolidation of the law.

2. An amendment of the Common-law Procedure Act of last session, so as more effectually to secure the attainment of its objects.

3. Amendment of the law of bankruptcy.

4. Alteration in the law of partnership, so as to afford greater facilities for the promotion of partnerships with limited liability. 5. Amendment of the laws relating to women, including the law of divorce.

6. The appointment of a public prosecutor.

7. The more speedy trial of offenders, (especially when charged with petty offences), and a general improvement in the administration of the criminal law.

8. The amendment of the act of last session relating to juvenile reformatories.

In the second Court of Exchequer, (Feb. 24), Martin, B., and the special jurors who were in attendance, expressed their opinion that the old system of trying causes by special juries was much more convenient than the new one requiring a separate special jury for each separate cause.

In Re Manning, (Feb. 24, Bankr., before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn), upon an application, under the 125th section of the Bankrupt-law Consolidation Act, for an order for the sale of certain goods and chattels, which it was alleged were "in the possession, order, or disposition" of a bankrupt, at the time he became bankrupt, with the consent of the true owner, "and whereof he was reputed owner," but of which he had previously given a bill of sale to one of his creditors, the learned commissioner held, that the fact of the bill of sale having been duly filed under the recent act (17 & 18 Vict. c. 36) did not affect the " reputed ownership" contemplated by the 125th section; the registration or filing of a bill of sale under the act not giving notoriety to the transfer of the property comprised in it sufficient to destroy the "reputed ownership." By consent of the parties, the commissioner's decision was to be final, subject only to appeal to the Lords Justices. In the absence of such consent the application is ex parte, (see Ex parte Barlow, 2 De G., Mac., & G. 921), and the order is granted as a matter of course.

The Public Prosecutors Bill (introduced by Mr. J. G. Phillimore and Mr. Watson) empowers the Queen to divide the circuits of the judges of assize into districts, and the Lord Chancellor to appoint for each of such districts one or more public prosecutors, being barristers of not less than ten years' standing; the salaries of these officers are to be fixed by the Lords of the Treasury. Before a criminal trial, the public prosecutor's duty will be somewhat analogous to that of a grand jury that is, he will examine the depositions, and signify his opinion whether the evidence is sufficient to justify the prisoner's committal for trial or not. At the trial, the duty of the public prosecutor will be to conduct the prosecution on the part of the Crown. Deputy public prosecutors may be appointed, in case of need, by the clerk of assize. Such officers are to be barristers of three years' standing. Provision is also made for the appointment of attornies for the prosecution, and district agents, whose duty it will be to get up evidence for the public prosecution. Persons, MORTGAGE-ACKNOWLEDGMENT WITHIN however, may present bills of indictment before the grand jury as before, at their own cost.

STAT. 3 & 4 WILL. 4, c. 27, s. 28.

[From a Correspondent.]

On the trial of Thomas Munroe at Carlisle, on the 23rd February, for the murder of Isaac Turner, Dr. THE important practical consequences attendant on Alfred Taylor was examined as to spots of blood found the recent decision in Stansfeld v. Hobson, (16 Beav. on the prisoner's clothes, and stated that by the aid of 236; 3 De G., Mac., & G. 620), and the imperfect conthe microscope he separated the particles of blood, mea-sideration the case appears to have received, justify sured them, and found that the globules had the large some remarks respecting it. size peculiar to human blood. They were larger in human beings than in any other animals of the same class -mammalia. They were about six times the size of the particles of blood from a cow. Ammonia enabled him to ascertain it to be blood: when ammonia was added to blood, it underwent no change in colour; all other red colours were converted by ammonia into green. The small globules in a human being were in diameter 3500 to an inch; in a sheep 5600; in a cow 4200; in a pig 3900 or 4000. In recent blood, if coagulated, the spots were shining and glossy, like varnish; when placed in distilled water they speedily dissolved. Neither age nor sex made any difference in the appearance of the blood, but disease would make a difference.

Stansfeld v. Hobson was a suit to redeem, under the following circumstances:-A leasehold estate was assigned to the defendant by way of mortgage. In 1825, the interest being in arrear, the defendant entered into possession, and continued in possession down to 1852, when the claim was filed. In 1850, in reply to an application from the plaintiff's solicitor, he wrote a letter, in which he said, "I do not see the use of a meeting, either here or at Manchester, unless some party is ready with the money to pay me off." This letter, the plaintiff contended, brought the case within the exception in the 28th section of the 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27. The Master of the Rolls so determined, and the Lords Justices, on appeal, affirmed the decision.