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advantage of seeing the papers, but we believe the circumstances from which this inference was drawn were, that though the agreement contained terms beyond those that would flow from the mere transaction under the Pawnbrokers Act, as to the time of repayment and power of sale, (the excess being, however, for the advantage of the borrower), yet the transaction was entered in the pawnbroker's regular books, and a memorandum, or some document in the nature of a duplicate, consistent with the terms of the Pawnbrokers Act, was delivered.

It may be a question, if the question were material, whether the adoption of any particular form of contract or course of procedure, could be used to put a construction upon an act which might be lawful, for the purpose of shewing it was intended to bear a certain character which would make it unlawful. No doubt persons may attempt to use an instrument, for a purpose appearing to be lawful upon the face of the instrument, for an unlawful purpose, the secret agreement being, that it is to be used for the unlawful purpose; as in the case of conveyances to give colourable qualifications. But if a person may, as pawnbroker, do certain things, and no others, but may, out of his character of pawnbroker, lawfully do those other things, is it consistent with the principles of the law to collect, from anything short of actual declaration of intention, that he intended to do the act in the very character in which it would be unlawful? Can such an inference, at any rate, be drawn from the mere circumstance of the adoption of a form of contract used by the pawnbroker in his admittedly lawful transactions?

tion of the 39 & 40 Geo. 3 and 2 & 3 Vict.; and that it is quite immaterial what be the form of the contract between the pawner and pawnbroker, except in so far as it may be material, for the purpose of avoiding penalties, that the pawnbroker should comply with the formalities prescribed by the 6th and subsequent sections of the Pawnbrokers Act.

CASES UPON THE 11 & 12 VICT. c. 45.

Since the passing of the Joint-stock Companies Winding-up Act (11 & 12 Vict. c. 45) several important cases have been decided under it, and it may be convenient to our readers to have them brought together and considered.

The first question is, what companies are within the act; and this has been discussed in several cases before his Honor the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. In The Herne-bay Pier Company's case, (12 Jur. pt. 1, p. 1064), the company was formed for the purpose of making a pier or jetty for landing goods and passengers. It had power to make landing-places, quays, &c.; to erect toll-gates, &c.; and to take tolls. It did not appear that it had or contemplated any other business than that of affording landing accommodation for goods and passengers from vessels, and taking tolls therefor. The Court thought it not clear that the company was within the meaning of the act; and that the jurisdiction ought not to be exercised except in reference to companies clearly and beyond all doubt within the meaning of the act. The next case is that of The Agricultural Cattle Insurance Company, (13 Jur., part 1, 75). In that case the company was formed for the purpose of insuring against the losses arising by mortality among all kinds and descriptions of animals. The Court held, as in the case first referred to, that the act was not to be applied except in cases which are clearly within its scope, and free from difficulty; and the petition was dismissed.

But the more material question is, whether, admitting the transaction to be a pawnbroking transaction that is, a transaction by a pawnbroker in the way of his trade the decision in Fitch v. Rochfort can be supported. If, as we conceive is clear, the 39 & 40 Geo. 3 merely enables a pawnbroker to take 15l. per cent. upon transactions not exceeding 107., and requires him to pursue certain forms in all his pawnbroking trans- These cases seem to call for no observation. Unactions, and leaves altogether untouched his common- questionably, taking tolls for the landing of passengers law right to effect loans to any amount at ordinary or the like, or taking premiums for insuring against interest, it is plain that the question upon the legality any contingency, has never been considered a strictly of his transactions was not, under that statute at least, commercial or trading occupation, although it may be whether they were pawnbroking transactions or not, a profitable business; and it would require a consibut whether he agreed for lawful interest or not. If derable stretch of imagination to fix upon companies he agreed for more than 157. per cent. on a loan of 107., of either of the kinds referred to in the above-mentioned or for more than 57. per cent. upon any larger loan, cases, the character of companies formed for commercial his transaction would be unlawful, whether it was or trading purposes. called, or whether it was or not, a pawnbroking trans- The next case that was decided is The London and action; and if he confined himself to the interest which Manchester Direct Independent Railway Company's case, was rendered lawful by the statute for loans of 107., (13 Jur. part 1, 182). In that, the company was an and to the interest on larger loans, which, being lawful uncompleted railway company-that is, a company before, was not rendered unlawful by the statute, it formed for constructing and working a railway, but could be of no consequence whether the transaction not carried beyond the formation of the company and was in his shop or out of it-in the course of his trade the allotment of shares, &c.; in fact, not carried to the or otherwise it would in either case be lawful. If that point of obtaining, or even applying for, the sanction o is so, how does the 2 & 3 Vict. affect the question? By the Legislature. The Court declined to apply the atf the 1st section of that statute, any person, pawnbroker or of Parliament to such an association, intimating again not pawnbroker, may agree for any amount of interest that the Court was only to put the law in force in a on any loan exceeding 107., secured upon any kind of per- case to which the Legislature had plainly and dissonal security-of course, among others, upon any depo- tinctly said that it should apply. On this case, we sit of any chattel. The 3rd section prevents the repealing believe, an appeal is pending; and as we commented of the Pawnbrokers Act. What it does, therefore, is upon the doctrine involved in it, in a preceding page of this: it leaves it lawful for pawnbrokers to take 157. per this journal, (ante, p. 61), before we knew that the cent., and no more, as prescribed by the 39 & 40 Geo. 3, case was under appeal, we shall not now observe upon upon loans of 107., and it leaves subsisting the silence it, further than to say this-that as the object of the of the Pawnbrokers Act as to the interest which may Legislature was, undoubtedly, to enable the parties to be taken by a pawnbroker upon loans above 10l. It associations, whose business was not worth being carleaves him, therefore, at liberty to do what, at common ried on, to wind them up without a suit; and as, at law or by the statute law, is left lawful by the 39 & the time when the act was passed, by far the greater 40 Geo. 3; that is, to take any amount of interest on part of such associations consisted of railway comany loan exceeding 107. We submit, with great de- panies wholly or partially formed, it will be a singular ference to the high authority of the learned judge who miscarriage of the Legislature, if precisely that class of decided Fitch v. Rochfort, that this is the true construc-associations shall be found to be excluded from the

operation of the Joint-stock Companies Winding-up Act.

In Ex parte Wyld (13 Jur. part 1, p. 133) the question decided was, that a mining company, formed on the "cost-book" principle before the passing of the act, is not within its operation. The construction of the statute is, that the second clause is confined in its operation by the first, and merely adds to the description of the companies which are to be affected by the description and operation of the first clause.

The next question is, who is a contributory, and what is the intention of the act with regard to the liabilities of the members of an association which is within it? And it has been decided, on the latter point, that the act does not touch the question of liability to third parties, but only the liabilities of the members inter se. (Ex parte Fenwick, re The North of England Jointstock Banking Company, 13 Jur. part 1, 204).

As to what makes a party a contributory, the following cases have been decided:-A father bought shares for and in the name of his son, who was a minor. The vendor declared, pursuant to the rules of the company, that the purchaser was of age, and the purchaser entered into a deed containing the usual covenants with respect to the shares; afterwards, the father, by deed with the company, reciting the purchase of the shares for his son, covenanted that he should, on coming of age, execute the deed of settlement, and in the meantime fulfil all his liabilities. The father received all the dividends. It was held, that the father was a contributory, although the son was the person registered in the books of the company. (Ex parte Reaveley, re The North of England Joint-stock Bank, 12 Jur. part 1, 1065). The ground of the decision was, that the father had contracted with the company; and when that circumstance did not exist, but there was merely a purchase of shares for sons with the father's money, and the shares were taken in the name of a trustee, whose name alone was registered as a shareholder, the Court held the father not a contributory, although there was an agreement be tween the father and the trustee that the dividends and profits should be paid to the father during the minority of the sons. By the same instrument, it was agreed, that, on their attaining their ages, the shares were to be transferred to the sons; and the father indemnified the trustee against liability in respect of the said shares.

As to the circumstances that give rise to the application of the act generally, this point has been considered in two cases-Ex parte Wyld, above cited, and Ex parte Troutbeck, (13 Jur. part 1, p. 157). In the former case it was held, that the act is not intended to apply to the case of a solvent company, or a company that can carry on its affairs, merely to settle a quarrel between an individual shareholder and the company, although the company may, in point of form, have acted so as to be within the 5th article of the 5th section of the statute. The act is intended to enable companies that are insolvent, or that for other reasons cannot go on, to be wound up, and the conditions of the 5th section are intended as tests of that insolvency or incapacity; and, therefore, in the case secondly referred to, Ex parte Troutbeck, the act was held to apply, although there were no outstanding debts, and there was a decree for an account and contribution in a suit in equity, on the ground that the company could not go on; and that the very thing the act intended, was to afford a company in such a position, the means of avoiding the insurmountable difficulties attending the winding-up by a suit in Chancery.

MASTERS IN CHANCERY.-The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentlemen Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery:-William Hinde, of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire; Horace Frost, of Kingston-upon-Hull.

London Gazettes.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3.

BANKRUPTS.

ALEXANDER CHARLES HANDLEY, Maldon, Essex, draper, dealer and chapman, April 11 at 1, and May 15 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Stansfeld; Sols. Sole & Turner, Aldermanbury.-Fiat dated March 27. HENRY MACKENZIE, Farnham, Surrey, draper and dealer in tea, coffee, tobacco and snuff, dealer and chapman, April 14 at 1, and May 19 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sol. Collins, 37, King Williamstreet, City.-Fiat dated April 3.

FREDERICK JOHN ABLETT, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, draper, dealer and chapman, April 11 and May 9 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sols. Sole & Turner, Aldermanbury, London.-Fiat dated March 23. JOSEPH HULLS, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, cop

persmith and founder, dealer and chapman, April 12 at half-past 1, and May 10 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sols. Gem & Co., Lincoln's-innfields.-Fiat dated March 24. HENRY GORING, Hanwell, Middlesex, butcher, grocer, and cheesemonger, April 11 at 11, and May 10 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sols. Allen & Nicol, Queen-street, Cheapside. Fiat dated March 31.

JOHN DYSON ANDERSON, Pavement, Moorfields, London, linen draper, dealer and chapman, April 17 at 2, and May 17 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Groom; Sol. Jones, 15, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. - Fiat GEORGE NEWBOLD, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, Stafdated March 20. fordshire, mercer and draper, dealer and chapman, April 12 and May 24 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Young, Longton, Staffordshire; Smith, Birmingham.-Fiat dated March 20. RICHARD BULLOCK, Kidderminster, Worcestershire,corn factor, dealer and chapman, April 21 and May 12 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Finch, Worcester; Motteram & Co., Birmingham; Letts, 8, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, London.-Fiat dated March 28.

LUCY PERRERS, widow, Holsworthy, Devonshire, innkeeper, April 12 and May 3 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hirtzel; Sols. Gurney & Cowlard, Launceston, Cornwall; Turner, Exeter; Bell & Co., 59, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. -Fiat dated March 23. WILLIAM FREEMAN FAWCETT, Sedbusk, Aysgarth, Yorkshire, grocer and cheesemonger, dealer and chapman, April 26 and May 18 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Young; Sols. Bond & Barwick, Leeds.Fiat dated March 14.

MATTHEW NORMAN the younger, Richmond, Yorkshire, cabinet maker, joiner and upholsterer, April 24 and May 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Hope; Sols. Benson, Birmingham; Courtenay, Leeds; Chilton & Co., Chancery-lane, London. Fiat dated March 21.

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AARON EGERTON, Over, Cheshire, builder, dealer and chapman, April 17 and May 7 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sols. Cooke, Over, Cheshire; Tyrer; Liverpool; Milne & Co., Temple, London.-Fiat dated March 29.

JOHN STRUTT, Liverpool, silk mercer and clothier, dealer and chapman, April 17 and May 7 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Morgan; Sols. Curry & Statham, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple, London.-Fiat dated March 30.

MEETINGS.

George Allison, Darlington, Durham, scrivener, April 23 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pr. d.-John Huxtable, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, silBristol, last ex.-John Arnold, Oxford-st., Westminster, versmith, April 19 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Middlesex, linen draper, April 28 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-John Fitzgerald, Portland-pl., Middlesex, and Pendleton, Lancashire, coal merchant, April 26 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Henry Hix Ulph,

ac.

shire, builder, April 26 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy,
London, div.-Thomas Mannington, Brighton, Sussex, tobac-
conist, April 26 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-
Luke Langley, Brading, Isle of Wight, baker, April 26 at
half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-William
Sims, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Middlesex,
coach maker, April 26 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy,
London, div.-Charles Bourjot and William Espivent de la
Vellesboisnet, Coleman-street-buildings, London, merchants,
April 26 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-James
Walton, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, iron founder, April 26
at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.
and fin. div.-Wm. Garret, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, book-
seller, April 26 at half-past 11, District Court of Bankruptcy,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, div.-Thomas Read, Manchester, cigar
dealer, April 26 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Man-
chester, fin. fiv.-George Lewis, Wrexham, Denbighshire,
apothecary, April 25 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy,
Liverpool, div.-William Beamer, West Derby, Lancashire,
joiner, April 25 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liver-
pol, div.
CERTIFICATES.

To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or
before the Day of Meeting.

Test Ham, Essex, cattle salesman, April 26 at half-past 1, ourt of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Wm. Blacknell, lumstead, Kent, baker, April 26 at 11, Court of' Bankiptcy, London, aud. ac.-John Philpotts, Holborn-bars, ondon, shawl warehouseman, April 26 at 11, Court of Bankuptcy, London, aud, ac.-Thos. Manson, King William-st., ondon, underwriter, April 26 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, ondon, aud. ac.- -William Lancaster, Regent-street and Carlton-st., Middlesex, jeweller, April 26 at 11, Court of Jankruptcy, London, aud. ac. and div.-William Clayton, angcliffe, Yorkshire, Wm. Clayton, Lostock, Walton-leDale, Lancashire, and Wm. Wilson, Preston, Lancashire, ankers, April 26 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manhester, aud. ac.-Harry V. Stroud, Spettisbury, Dorsetshire, niller, April 25 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter, ud. ac.; April 26 at 1, div.-Christopher Robson, Newastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, April 25 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.; April 26 at 11, liv.- Wm. Cameron, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, confectioner, April 25 at half-past 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.; April 26 at half-past 10, div.James Dent, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, cloth merchant, April 26 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.John Whitworth, Leeds, Yorkshire, millwright, April 26 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.-Jacob Forth, Nottingham, hatter, April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham, aud. ac..-W. Wood, Waddington, Lincolnshire, licensed victualler, April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham, aud. ac.-Thomas Payne, Falkingham, Lincolnshire, licensed victualler, April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham, aud. ac.-John Jowett, Loughborough, Leicestershire, boot manufacturer, April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham, aud. ac.-Mark Kirk, Nottingham, builder, April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham, aud. ac.-George Edwards, Drayton in Hales, Shropshire, innkeeper, May 1 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. Matthew Holmes, Bilston, Staffordshire, victualler, April 26 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Thomas Bourne, Birmingham, coal dealer, April 25 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.Wm. Irving, Birmingham, draper, April 25 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-W. Stephens, Leigh, Worcestershire, blacksmith, April 25 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-William Nash, Oldbury, Shropshire, grocer, April 26 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Thomas Williams, Birmingham, surgeon, April 25 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.— Leonard Thompson, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, coach spring maker, April 26 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Thos. Hill, Redditch, Worcestershire, builder, April 25 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Henry Knapp, Abingdon, Berkshire, banker, April 25 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Horatio Vertue, Great Saint Helen's, London, and Ipswich, Suffolk, corn factor, April 26 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Daniel Ross and Edward Tatham, Union-street, Southwark, Surrey, hat manufacturers, April 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. sep. est. of Edward Tatham.-Gidley Howden, Pump-row, Old-street-road, Middlesex, patent stove manufacturer, April 24 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Wm. C. Streatfield, Cornhill, London, underwriter, April 25 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. div.-Edmund Manning and Cornelius C. Manning, High-st., Aldgate, London, April 27 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, Lon- C. Samson, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, brewer. don, div. sep. est. of C. Chas. Manning.-Thomas Bromley, Abel Uglow, St. Thomas the Apostle, Cornwall, miller.Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, grocer, April 27 at 11, Court Robert Living, Leadenhall-market, London, poultry salesman. of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Thos. Brunker, Queen's-st., - Alexander M'Alley, Romney-terrace, Horseferry-road, Finsbury, Middlesex, wadding manufacturer, April 26 at 1, Westminster, Middlesex, builder.-John Jarvie and James Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Henry Clark, Redcross- Rowley, Nutsford Vale Print Works, Newton, Manchester, street, London, and Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, Middlesex, silk manufacturers.-Wm. Foster, Nottingham, hat manufacoil merchant, April 26 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, turer.-Wm. Trap, Warminster, Wiltshire, mason.-Thomas div.-Martin Nunn, Regent's-circus, Oxford-st., Middlesex, Poole, South-square, Gray's-inn, Middlesex, money scrivener. childbed linen warehouseman, April 25 at 12, Court of Bank-Robt. Wm. Hunter, Praed-street, Paddington, Middlesex, ruptcy, London, div.-Edward Hen. Browne, Peckham Rye, baker.-Thomas Stocks, Tormoham, Devonshire, baker.-H. Surrey, and Beaufort-buildings, Strand, Middlesex, brick. V. Stroud, Spettisbury, Dorsetshire, miller.-Rich. Wilkin, maker, April 26 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, Lon- Liverpool, agent.-Henry John Chambers, Kirkdale, Liverdon, div.-Samuel Mobbs, Alfred-place, Alexander-square, pool, vinegar brewer. Brompton, Middlesex, coal merchant, April 26 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Geo. Banks, Lymington, Hamp

William Towns, Kingston, Surrey, farmer, April 25 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Richard Webster and Richard Webster the younger, Cornhill, London, chronometer makers, April 25 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-M. Cowles, Nine Elms, Vauxhall, and York-road, Lambeth, Surrey, livery stable keeper, April 26 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London. 26 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Hen. H. George Cheetham, Frindsbury, Kent, ship builder, April Ulph, West Ham, Essex, cattle salesman, April 26 at halfpast 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Gurman, Bitterne, South Stoneham, Southampton, builder, April 25 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Jos. Peachey, Colchester, Essex, cabinet maker, April 25 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Arnold, Oxford-street, Westminster, Middlesex, linen draper, April 28 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Lancaster, Regent-street, and Carlton-st., London.-Thos. Plumley the younger, Bristol, grocer, April Middlesex, jeweller, April 26 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-John Robt. Long, Bath, linen draper, April 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Jas. Pierce, Chorley, Lancashire, corn dealer, April 24 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-John Krauss, Manchester, agent, April 26 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-P. Whitehead, Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds.-John Frayne, Northmolton, Bradford, Yorkshire, corn miller, April 26 at 11, District Devonshire, draper, April 26 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter.-William Cradock, Truro, Cornwall, auctioneer, April 25 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham.-Thos. Larkins -Wm. Thornley, Ripley, Derbyshire, grocer, April 27 at 11, Walker and Edward Wm. Kelsall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, brickmakers, May 1 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Robert Ashforth, Birmingham, hardwareman, April 25 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.— James Hellings, Rugeley, Staffordshire, common brewer, To be allowed by the Vice-Chancellor of the High Court of April 25 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Chancery, acting in Bankruptcy, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before April 24.

FIAT ANNULled.
Ralph Addison, Laurence Pountney-lane, London, merchant.

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April 19 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Benj. W. Ekins, Easton-street, Exmouth-street, Clerken.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Peter Robertson, Knock, Renfrewshire, farmer.-J. Campbell, Glasgow, distillers' agent.-Wm. Grant, Ruthven, Kirk-well, Middlesex, shoemaker.-John C. Mitchell, Brunswick. michael, Banffshire, farmer.-Thomas Jaffrey and Andrew Jaffrey, Waterton-mills, Stoneywood, Aberdeen, paper manufacturers.-Thos. T. Hanna, Glasgow, merchant.

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John Mitchell, Keynsham, Somersetshire, licensed victualler, May 9 at 11, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol.-John Hort, Bristol, licensed victualler, May 2 at 11, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol.-Robert Smy, Cathay, Bedminster, Bristol, grocer, May 16 at 11, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol.-Joseph Furze, Bristol, surgeon, May 16 at 11, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol.-Thomas Brook, High Uckfield, Sussex, tailor, April 24 at 2, County Court of Sussex, at Lewes.-Z. Parry, Awre, Gloucestershire, out of business, April 20 at 10, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Newnham.-Wm. Fry, Bradney, Bawdrip, Somersetshire, farmer, April 16 at 11, County Court of Somersetshire, at Bridgewater.-Elizabeth Gibbon, spinster, Haverfordwest, innkeeper, April 20 at 9, County Court of Pembrokeshire, at Haverfordwest.-Thos. Taylor, Oswestry, Shropshire, hatter, April 20 at 10, County Court of Shropshire, at Oswestry.-James Tillie, Quatre Bras, near Hexham, Northumberland, victualler, April 20 at half-past 2, County Court of Northumberland, at Hexham.-William D. Garbutt, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, joiner, April 19 at 10, County Court of Northumberland, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.-Cornelius Piercy, Lewes, Sussex, builder, April 24 at 2, County Court of Sussex, at Lewes.-Wm. Lasseter, Arundel, Sussex, watchmaker, April 21 at 11, County Court of Sussex, at Arundel.-Francis Anderson, Blaydon, Winlaton, Durham, builder, April 23 at 10, County Court of Durham, at Gateshead.-Jesse Varley, Ellesmere, Shropshire, stonemason, April 20 at 12, County Court of Shropshire, at Oswestry.-James Somerville, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, common brewer, April 19 at 10, County Court of Northumberland, at Newcastle-uponTyne.-Thomas Bassett, Chailey, Sussex, carpenter, April 24 at 2, County Court of Sussex, at Lewes.-Henry C. Bunting, Bradford, Wiltshire, agent for the Kennet and Avon Canal Company, April 9 at 12, County Court of Wiltshire, at Bradford.-Richard Morse, Liverpool, provision dealer, April 9 at 10, Liverpool District County Court, at Liverpool.-Thomas Minster, Liverpool, clerk at the London and North-western Railway Station, Liverpool, April 9 at 10, Liverpool District County Court, at Liverpool.

The following Persons, who, on their several Petitions filed in the Court, have obtained Interim Orders for Protection from Process, are required to appear in Court as hereinafter mentioned, at the Court-house, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn, as follows, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

April 17 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner HARRIS. Jas. R. Bruce, Chandos-street, Strand, Middlesex, clerk to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.-Thomas Wise, Portlandstreet, Soho, Middlesex, out of employ.-J. Elliott, Rotherhithe-street, Surrey, barman to a licensed victualler.-George Seaman, Albany-road, Camberwell, Surrey, out of business.— Wm. Powell, Rose and Crown-court, Eldon-street, Finsbury, Middlesex, general shopkeeper.-Charles New, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, Middlesex, china dealer.-G. Abbott, Jacob-street, Dockhead, Bermondsey, Surrey, lighterman. Sally Robinson, widow, Roydon, Essex, out of business.-F. S. Dumont, Quaker-street, Spitalfields, Middlesex, dyer. pril 17 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner LAW. Jams Cooper, King-street, Greenwich, Kent, coffee-house keeper.

April 18 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Eiza Gosling, London-road, St. John's-wood, Middlesex, schoolmistress.-Mercy White, Cross-street, Manor-street, Clapham, Surrey, cook.—Wm. Poulton, Chandos-st., Strand, Middlesex, coffee-house keeper.

April 19 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner LAW. Wm. G. Churches, Albert-terrace, Victoria-road, Newington, Middlesex, clerk to a coal merchant.-John Mileham, Wardour-street, Soho, Middlesex, clerk in the Money Orderoffice of the General Post-office.

street, Barnsbury-road, Islington, Middlesex, ball manufac. turer.-M. G. Garner, South Island-place, Clapham-road Surrey, clerk to a commission agent.-Richard Sandon Bell Charles-place, Charles-square, Hoxton, Middlesex, clerk in the Money Order-office of the General Post-office.—William Aldread, Harper-street, Newington, Surrey, corn dealer. Saturday, March 31.

The following Assignees have been appointed. Further par. ticulars may be learned at the Office, in Portugal-st., Lin. coln's-inn-fields, on giving the Number of the Case. Rachel Richardson, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, confectioner, No. 70,525 C.; Eliz. Park, assignee.-John Richardson, Sherfin-house, Lower Booths, Lancashire, farmer, No. 70,547 C.; Robert Unsworth, assignee.-William Bardsley, Daw Bank, Stockport, Cheshire, pork butcher, No. 70,684 C.; Joshua Collier, assignee.-Colley Bedford the elder, Kings. ton-upon-Hull, tailor, No. 70,195 C.; Thomas Merrick, assignee.-George Evans, Stapeley, near Nantwich, Cheshire, boot maker, No. 70,610 C.; T. W. Jones, assignee.-C. H. Broughton, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, out of business, No. 60,121 T.; George Basham, assignee.-Benj. Wood, Leeds, Yorkshire, out of business, No. 70,630 C.; R. Wood, assignee.-Jas. Rust, Soham, Cambridgeshire, seed merchant, No. 70,154 C.; James Guyton the younger, assignee. Saturday, March 31.

Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignee the Estates and Effects of the following Persons:(On their own Petitions).

ral dealer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.Charles Smith, Paradise-st., Clapham-road, Surrey, geneAgnes M Crae Dalrymple, widow, Prince's-st., Chelsea, Middlesex: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. -Sarah Ann Mountford, Wharf-road, Pritchard-road, Regent's-canal, Hackney, Middlesex, out of business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Geo. Edward Noone the elder, Norland-road, Notting-hill, Middlesex, engineer in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.butcher: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.Chas. Templar, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, assistant to a pork Louis Urban, Barbican, London, maker and dealer in cap trimmings: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.

Robert Hope Gadesden, Marlborough-place East, Greenwich, Kent, occasional clerk in the Colonial-office in the G. Powell, Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. Ashford-st., Hoxton, Middlesex, carpenter: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Stephen Docura, Norfolk-st., Shoemot-place, Rye-lane, Peckham, Surrey, beershop keeper: in the Gaol of Horsemonger-lane.-John Lane, Keppel-st., Russell-square, Middlesex, barrister at law: in the Queen's Prison.-Titus Spicer, Well-walk, St. John's, Hampstead, Middlesex, licensed victualler: in the Queen's Prison.-Sam. Cozens, Charlton, Andover, Hampshire, carpenter in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.Wm. Smith, King-st., Cambridge-road, Mile-end, Middlesex, stationer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. -Wm. Armitage, Salford, Manchester, provision dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Jas. Butterworth, Bamford, near Rochdale, Lancashire, farm labourer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Joshua Boden, Manchester, cotton-waste dealer: in th Gaol of Lancaster.-Thos. O'Brown, Hulme, near Manchester, tobacconist: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Robert Dickens, Hulme, Manchester, cotton-waste dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Denerley, Haughton-green, Denton, near Manchester, hatter: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Ed. Nehemiah Gerrard, Cheetham, Manchester, chemist: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Thomas Greenhalgh, Rochdale, Lancashire, butcher in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Martin, Whalley, near Clitheroe, Lancashire, grocer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.

John Holgate, Sandygate, Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancashire, overlooker in a cotton mill: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Wm. Maltwood, Hulme, Manchester, shopman to a trunk maker: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Pickels, Barrowford, near Colne, Lancashire, manager in a cotton mill: in the. Gaol of Lancaster.-Thomas Riding, Liverpool, house agent: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Ed. Roberts, Droylsden, Lancashire, shoemaker: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-George Robinson, Lancaster, in no business: in the Gaol of Lancas

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ter.-Henry Safran, Woodbine-cottage, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, fancy manufacturer: in the Gaol of York.-Jose Rathbone Smith, Manchester, keeper of a boarding-school: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Henry Whittle, Preston, Lancashire, brewer in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Edmund Alderson, Richmond, Yorkshire, joiner in the Gaol of York.-Wm. Burley, Nun Monkton, Yorkshire, vessel owner: in the Gaol of York.-Patrick Cogley, Liverpool, boarding-house keeper: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-W. Roscoe Bardswell, Liverpool, traveller to a brewer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Francis Clough, Doncaster, Yorkshire, draper: in the Gaol of York. David Haworth, Charlestown, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire, provision dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Jos. Hibbert, Manchester, clogger: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Yeadon, Yeadon, near Leeds, Yorkshire, labourer: in the Gaol of York.-Matthew Birkett, Lamberhead-green, near Wigan, Lancashire, licensed victualler: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Sampson Godden, Old Woodstock, Oxfordshire, glove manufacturer: in the Gaol of Oxford.-Wm. Smith, Lower Town, Ashperton, Herefordshire, auctioneer in the Gaol of Hereford.-Henry James Sylvester, Northleigh, Oxfordshire, publican: in the Gaol of Oxford.-John Elliott, Hulme, Manchester, packer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-C. Adamson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, farrier: in the Gaol of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.-Charles Burrell, Shambles, Leeds, Yorkshire, butcher: in the Gaol of York.-Josiah Nutt Godden, Beaumont-square, Mile-end-road, Middlesex, glove manufacturer: in the Gaol of Oxford.-George Mouat, Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire, in no trade or profession: in the Gaol of Fisherton Anger.-Henry Nicholls, Brighton, Sussex, shoemaker: in the Gaol of Lewes.-John Wainwright, Goole, Yorkshire, schoolmaster: in the Gaol of York.-Thos. Vincent Cavell, Deal, Kent, bookseller: in the Gaol of Dover.Geo. Gibson, Bristol, retired army lieutenant-colonel in the Gaol of Bristol.-Abraham Isaacs, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, out of business in the Gaol of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.-Peter Smith, Whittlesey, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, wheelwright: in the Gaol of Cambridge.-Thos. Charlton, Hartlepool, Durham, ship owner: in the Gaol of Durham.-Thomas Lewis, Victoria-place, Old Kent-road, Surrey, furniture dealer: in the Gaol of Horsemonger-lane.

The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before the Court, in Portugal-street, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute :

April 12 at 10, before Mr. Commissimer Law. Robert Hope Gladsden, Marlborough-place, East Greenwich, Kent, manager to the London and Westminster Coal Club.-James Marshall, Clifton-street, Finsbury, Middlesex, manager of a pewterer's business.

The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before a Judge of the County Court, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

At the County Court of Somersetshire, at TAUNTON, April 18.

James Pitman, Weston Zoyland, near Bridgewater, farmer. James Gould the younger, Weston Zoyland, near Bridgewater, butcher.-Wm. Notley the younger, Martock, miller. Thos. Walter Bush, Charmouth, near Lyme Regis, in no way of business.

At the County Court of Northumberland, at NEWCASTLE-
UPON-TYNE, April 19.

Chas. Adamson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, furrier.
At the County Court of Gloucestershire, at BRISTOL,
April 18 at 11.

Isaac Leedham, Clifton, clerk to stock and share brokers.
Wm. F. Morris, Lower Easton, assistant at a public-house.
MEETING.

Peter Smith Sampson, Ipswich, Suffolk, silk mercer, April 19 at 11, Court-house, Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London, sp. aff.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6.

BANKRUPTS.

THOMAS NIXON KERR, Biggleswade, and Holme Mills, Southhill, Bedfordshire, miller, merchant, dealer and chapman, April 19 at half-past 12, and May 17 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Cannan; Sols. Nash & Thurnail, Royston, Hertfordshire; Church, 9, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated March 20.

MICHAEL JAMES MOSES, Houndsditch, London, foreign goods importer, dealer and chapman, April 13 at half-past 1, and May 18 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Pennell; Sol. Wallington, 3, Crown-court, Threadneedle-st.-Fiat dated March 10.

HENRY FISH, Prince's-row, Pimlico, Middlesex, painter, plumber, and glazier, April 17 and May 18 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Pennell; Sol. Robinson, 17, Orchard-st., Cavendish-sq.-Fiat dated March 24. JOHN WARDEN ROBBERDS, Norwich, manufacturer, dealer and chapman, April 19 at 2, and May 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sols. Messrs. White & Borrett, Lincoln's-inn-fields.-Fiat dated March 23. ALEXANDER PRINCE, Lincoln's-inn-fields and Russellsquare, Middlesex, zincographer and lithographer, patent agent, dealer and chapman, April 14 at half-past 1, and May 19 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Green; Sol. Goren, South Molton-street.-Fiat dated March 8. JAMES SMITH, Smith's-buildings, Mansell-st., Whitechapel, Middlesex, spruce merchant, dealer and chapman, April 14 at 2, and May 19 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sol. Paxon, Lincoln's-innfields. Fiat dated April 4.

RICHARD SMITH, Hathern, Leicestershire, and Formark Park, Derbyshire, tanner and farmer, dealer and chapman, March 30 and May 4 at 11, (and not on the 27th April, as advertised in the Gazette of the 20th March last), District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham: Off. Ass. Bittleston; Sol. Brewster, Nottingham.-Fiat dated March 6. WILLIAM TRUELOVE, Oakland House, Ledbury, Herefordshire, schoolmaster, horse, pig, and sheep dealer, baker, and dealer and chapman, April 18 and May 15 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Gregg, Ledbury; Motteram & Co., Birmingham.-Fiat dated March 31. FREDERICK COOK, Exeter, upholsterer and cabinet maker, April 17 at 11, and May 10 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hernaman; Sols. Hooper, Exeter; Fox, Finsbury-circus, London.-Fiat dated March 22. JOSEPH ASPINALL, Liverpool, stock and share broker, dealer and chapman, April 17 and May 18 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Bird; Sols. Littledale & Bardswell, Liverpool; Gregory & Co., Bedfordrow, London. -Fiat dated March 31

WILLIAM PITFIELD, Tottington Lower End, Lancashire, bleacher, dealer and chapman, April 20 and May 17 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Hobson; Sols. Rushton & Armistead, Bolton; Gregory & Co., Bedford-row, London. -Fiat dated March 31. WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW HANKINS, Lugwardine, Herefordshire, cattle, sheep, and corn dealer, hop merchant, dealer and chapman, April 14 and May 16 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Valpy; Sols. Pritchard, Hereford; Bloxham, Birmingham; J. & C. Robinson, Queen-street-place, London.-Fiat dated March 31. JOHN WOODHOUSE, Darlington, Durham, butcher, dealer and chapman, April 17 at half-past 10, and May 22 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Off. Ass. Wakley Sols. Allison, Darlington; Harle, 20, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and Newcastleupon-Tyne; Tilson & Co., 29, Coleman-street, London. -Fiat dated March 29.

MEETINGS.

James Andrew, Dean Water, Prestbury, Cheshire, and Manchester, calico printer, April 18 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, pr. d.-G. Houldsworth, Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, April 26 at 11, Brentford, Middlesex, butcher, April 27 at 1, Court of BankDistrict Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, last ex.-Robt. Goring, ruptcy, London, aud. ac.—Alexander Anderson, Philpot-lane, London, merchant, April 27 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Wm. Minton, Liverpool, linen draper, April 27 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-J. Jackson, Lackenby, Yorkshire, builder, April 30 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; May 1 at 11, div.Joseph Oxley, Bradford, Yorkshire, cotton warp dyer, April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.-J. Ellis, Preston, Lancashire, cotton spinner, April 30 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.—James

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