serving as much of the procedure and practice as possible. To use Mr. Cooke's own words: "I have shewn that in the two most recent instances been altogether different from, and infinitely less work'manlike than, the first. Now, can there be any doubt, that embryo railway companies are companies or bodies of persons associated for commercial or trading purposes? Unques-in which it has been thought necessary to arm a comtionably, they are not bodies associated for purposes of 'mission with judicial powers, the machinery invented mere amusement, or for mere intellectual, or moral, or for the purpose has been far from perfect. I have charitable purposes. They are bodies of persons asso-shewn, also, that, instead of profiting by experience to ciated for making roads of a particular kind-for run-improve upon the first invention, the second essay has ning on those roads carriages of a particular kind, or drawn by a particular kind of power; but all their arrangements tend to the one purpose, of conveying passengers and goods, and making and receiving certain charges therefrom; that is, of carrying on the commerce or trade of carriers for hire. It is possible, of course, that a company may just have contrived to avoid doing any of the things which would bring it within any of the acts referred to; but we apprehend, that if a railway company has been actually incorporated, and has actually carried for hire; or if it has, without being actually incorporated or without having commenced business, been registered, either provisionally or completely, under the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 110, it is within the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 111; and, being within that act, it is within the Joint-stock Companies Winding-perhaps, see half-a-dozen different novel judicatures, up Act. Review. A Letter to Lord Denman, &c., on the Enactments con ferring Jurisdiction upon Commissions to try legal "If ever we shall have a compulsory enfranchisement of copyholds, it will probably be found neces sary to give the commissioners a jurisdiction to try questions of manorial customs, and this jurisdiction will probably be thought to require a provision for appeal. If the present course of legislation is persisted in, a third system of trial by assistant commissioners, and appeal by feigned issue, will then be invented, and the third invention will, perhaps, be even worse 'than the second. The Tithe Commission has its particular course of trial and appeal; the Inclosure Com'mission has its peculiar course of trial and appeal; the Copyhold Commission will have its peculiar course of 'trial and appeal; and if, as it is not improbable, other great reforms shall be resolved upon by our nations councils, and carried out by commissions, we may, 6 all trying not very dissimilar classes of private rights, 'but all operating with very dissimilar powers, and each having a separate and not very well understood course of practice. Your Lordship is too well aware of the litigation which invariably follows any considerable alteration in the old forms of judicial proceedings, and the decisions which eventually consolidate the new of the expense which suitors must bear in obtaining practice, to render it necessary that I should insist upon the practical injustice which these executive tribunals must, notwithstanding all the exertions to the contrary, produce." On the subject of what Mr. Cooke correctly terms an ignorant terror of technicalities, he refers to two defects found in practice to exist in the Tithe Commutation Act. He says "The first was the great difficulty in ascertaining the exact point to be decided. It was early held by the Courts that the decision must be in the terms of the claim, and it was afterwards held-although, as these 'proceedings commonly took place before the judges & chambers, the legal assistants had small opportunity of knowing what the actual practice was that the issue must be in the terms of the decision. The claim, therefore, made at the commencement of the proceedings was properly the issue afterwards tried. But this 'claim was commonly a loose, inartificial statement, altogether insufficient upon the face of it. The assist ant commissioner for special purposes had then one of 'four courses to choose: to take the claim as it was 'made; to draw the claim himself; to give the claimant leave to put in a formal claim after the case had been heard; or to decline to proceed until a good written ' claim had been put in. 6 Of this pamphlet may be said, as once was said by a judge of a certain text-book, "It is a little book, but it is none the worse for that." Mr. Cooke is, if we recollect right, the author of a work on a political subject, not unmarked by what is termed, in party language, liberalism of sentiment. He is also, and has been for many years, a legal officer under a Whig commission. He will not, therefore, be suspected of any anti-liberal sentiments tending to make him look with distate either on the works or the maxims of law reformers; though, undoubtedly, if any lawyer, but one known as of the law-reform party, had said half the bitter truths—the more bitter because said in the quietest possible manner that Mr. Cooke has here said of the works and maxims of law reformers, or rather of talkers on law reform, he would be suspected at once of incivisme, and declared to be of the "every-thing-as-it-should-be" school. Mr. Cooke is obviously a man of business, and an earnest man, writing what he thinks, on a subject with which he is practically acquainted. This pamphlet is, as he himself describes it, not an attack on a particular act of Parliament, but an attack on that meddling, officious, and dogmatic legislation, which, proceeding on the maxim that technicalities are odious, mistakes looseness for simplicity; and, under the pre- "Each of these courses had its inconvenience. To tence of adapting tribunals to men's special wants, in- decide the insufficient claim was to put the parties dulges in reality a morbid craving for the excitement of to all the expense of proceeding to the point of invention. Mr. Cooke's criticisms are more specially settling the issue, and to subject them to be then sent directed to defects in the Tithe Act, with the working 'back to the commission to make a valid claim and of which he is minutely acquainted by long practice re-try the case. This occurred more than once in our under it as an Assistant Tithe Commissioner; but the early practice, and in one case the costs of the party, gist of his observations goes to this-that whenever the who was successful both before the commission and at Legislature, in the exercise of its law reforming tenden- the trial, amounted to 1245l. 6s. 6d., chiefly because cies, devises an extensive scheme of law reform, such as his first claim had been badly drawn. If the comthat involved in the Tithe Commutation Act, the En-missioner undertook to draw the claim, he placed frachisement of Copyhold intended Acts, the Inclosure himself in a false position; he could not know the Commission, &c., it schemes for each a new machinery, ́ evidence which was to support the case, and he subinstead of improving the machinery of former acts, pre-jected himself to be afterwards told by the parties that London Gazettes. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 'he had made for them a claim which they had never intended to put forward. To reserve leave to make a 'formal claim after the case had been concluded was 'not unreasonably objected to by the respondents,--it deprived them of all accurate information as to the case they had to meet. The last, which was the most JOHN BAKER, Wollaston, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, obvious course, was found scarcely possible in practice. It was adopted as far as possible, but it left the com'missioner at the mercy of every claimant. A man 'who claims an exemption is usually in the present ' enjoyment of it. His interest is to delay all inquiry ' into its validity, and as the commission had no express authority to exact a written claim within a limited time, or, indeed, to exact a written claim at all, it was found in practice that to insist upon valid written 'claims from a dilatory claimant gave him an opportunity to stop the commutation for an almost inde'finite period. victualler. INSOLVENT. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS JOHN COLSON and WILLIAM MANNERS "The act was deficient in not prescribing some simple ROBERT GORING, Brentford, Middlesex, butcher, dealer 'form of pleading before the commission. "Again, although a claim might be bad upon the face ' of it-although it might be to take the sixtieth sheaf ' instead of the tenth, the decision of the commissioner 'must still send the fact, as well as the law, to the 'assizes. If the tithe-owner would admit the immemorial usage, a special case might indeed be stated; but this, in my experience, has never once happened. The consequence has been, that the existence of the custom, in fact, had first to be proved upon the feigned issue, and that the judge at Nisi Prius, after this perhaps unnecessary expense had been incurred, reserved the point of law for the opinion of the Court in banco. "A simple form of pleading would have allowed the tithe owner to object to the claim, that it was not good ' in law, and the decision of the assistant commissioner upon this demurrer would have gone to the Court at once, and the expense would have been inconsiderable. "It is mortifying to reflect how much good might have been effected by so simple a provision. In the early career of the commission, all the disputed points ' of tithe law would have been carried up to the courts ⚫ at an expense hardly exceeding that of a tithe meeting in the parish. These points would all have received ' authoritative decisions, and the legal assistants would have trod confidently and consistently by their light. "It is, I fear, a fault of modern legislators to encourage an ignorant terror of technicalities. Because they cannot distinguish between those that are necessary and 'those that are useless, they abolish all. The same men who repeat from Archbishop Whateley, that half the disputes of the world arise from bad definitions, seem to think it unnecessary that, when two parties come before a tribunal, the point in dispute between them should be clearly stated." and chapman, March 2 and April 3 at 1, Court of Bank- HENRY HIX ULPH, Forest-gate, West Ham, Essex, JAMES ROBINSON, Slough, Buckinghamshire, grocer and GEORGE MADDOCK, Burslem, Staffordshire, grocer, WILLIAM EAST HOLMES, Lichfield, Staffordshire, coach JOHN MALLETT, Tiverton, Devonshire, grocer and pro- ABRAHAM JAMES CROWTHER, Church Garforth, We have cited enough to shew the views taken by Mr. Cooke on the subject of two principal defects in our law reform legislation, as applied to the carrying into effect alterations in the tenure of property by commission; and we may add, that we thoroughly approve those views, and join Mr. Cooke in the hope that some legislator, of sufficient weight as well as knowledge, will press on the Legislature the subject of consolidating the procedure and practice of commissions, in, at least, all those subjects which involve the same kinds of inquiries, and of not being afraid to apply to the machinery of such commission precision in the forms of proceeding, or what may, in fact, be termed the plead- JOSEPH CLEGG, Manchester, licensed victualler, March 13 ings, even although such precision should be open, the hands of the ignorant and wordy, to the imputation of technicality. at MASTER IN CHANCERY.-The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Claye, Gent., of Manchester, to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. 3 and 28 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester : Off. Ass. Pott; Sols. Clay & Welsh, Manchester; Gregory & Co., 1, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 10. DAVID EVANS the younger, Liverpool, coach builder, wheelwright, and licensed victualler, dealer and chapman, March 1 and 26 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sols. Frodsham, Liverpool; Gregory & Co., Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 16. MEETINGS. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting. Wm. Abbott and Wm. Abbott the younger, Bermondseystreet, Southwark, Surrey, patent hair felt manufacturers, March 16 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.George Thomas Saltmarsh, Houndsditch, London, wine merchant, March 16 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-C. Story the younger, High-street, Bow, and High-street, Poplar, Middlesex, hatter, March 16 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-J. T. Bourne, Dilhorn, Staffordshire, earthenware dealer, March 20 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. To be allowed by the Vice-Chancellor of the High Court of Chancery, acting in Bankruptcy, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before March 13. Gabriel Benda, Camomile-street, London, importer of foreign goods.-Wm. Wood, Waddington, Lincolnshire, licensed victualler. -Abraham Butterfield, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, builder.-Wm. Evans, Sheffield, Yorkshire, knife manufacturer.-S. C. Aaron, Brighton, Sussex, auctioneer.-Henry Searle, Oxford, tailor.-Josias Thomas Harrison, Haydonstreet, Minories, Middlesex, cooper.-Edward Gooch Hone, Liverpool, licensed victualler. Darlington, Durham, rope manufacturer, March 15 at 1, DisJames Smith, Birkenhead, Cheshire, slate merchant, March trict Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, div.-T. 6 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, pr. d.- | Nesbitt and Robt. C. Nesbitt, Sunderland, Durham, brewers, Zebulun Leigh, Manchester, tea merchant, March 2 at 1, March 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, NewcastleDistrict Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-John upon-Tyne, div.-George Cradock, Darlington, Durham, rope H. Caton, Stondon Massey, Essex, cattle dealer, March 14 at maker, March 15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, New11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-B. Pallister, castle-upon-Tyne, fin. div.-Geo. Atkins, Liverpool, brewer, Gravesend, Kent, innkeeper, March 14 at 12, Court of Bank- March 19 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div. ruptcy, London, aud. ac.-James B. Adams, Horsmonden, James Coop, Radcliffe, Lancashire, timber merchant, March Kent, miller, March 14 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, div.-W. London, aud. ac.-George Streeter, Lisson-grove, Middlesex, Ellam the younger, Birmingham, patent cock founder, March draper, March 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, fin. div. ac.-James Norton, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and Smith's--Thomas Lay, Dudley, Worcestershire, grocer, March 14 at hill, Paisley, Scotland, manufacturer, March 14 at half-past 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, div.-John 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-George Thos. Wainwright, Digbeth, Birmingham, draper, March 17 at 12, Saltmarsh, Houndsditch, London, wine merchant, March 16 District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Geo. Evans, CERTIFICATES. Canon's Marsh, Bristol, carpenter, March 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-Jas. Turley, Bradley New Iron-works, Bilston, Staffordshire, iron master, March 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. -John Barker, Sedgley, Staffordshire, nail manufacturer, March 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-S. B. Lines, Oldbury, Halesowen, Shropshire, grocer, March 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-W. Walker, Birmingham, hosier, March 17 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Wm. Perry, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, ironfounder, March 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-J. Whitehouse and Isaiah Round, Birmingham, manufacturers of wrought iron, March 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-J. Perry, Birmingham, retail brewer, March 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-John Ransford, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, coal merchant, March 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.; March 22 at 12, div.-Hannah Minchew, Bilston, Staffordshire, widow, grocer, March 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-W. Lowe, Birmingham, plater, March 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-James L. Wilks, Worcester, tailor, March 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Wm. Welch, Birmingham, victualler, March 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Thomas Tabberner, Birmingham, corn factor, March 17 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. -James Brett, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, grocer, March 21 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Kingston-uponHull, aud. ac. and second and fin. div.-Thos. Cooper, York, stock broker, March 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.-F. Kirkby, Leeds, Yorkshire, grocer, March 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.-R. Nickson, Cefn Maior, Ruabon, Denbighshire, grocer, March 19 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.Wm. Croudson, Wigan, Lancashire, iron merchant, March 13 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; March 14 at 12, div.-Richard Ellerbeck, Pilkington, Lancashire, cotton spinner, March 13 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; March 14 at 12, div.-J. Berkley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, March 13 at halfpast 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.; March 15 at half-past 10, second and fin. div. -Jabez Russel the younger, Whittlesea, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, builder, March 16 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Saml. L. Bensusan, Jacob L. Bensusan, and Joshua Levy Bensusan, Magdalen-row, Great Prescott-street, Goodman's-fields, Middlesex, merchants, March 13 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Wm. Hoole and John Lockyer, St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, metal tool merchants, March 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. sep. est. W. Hoole.-T. Ridgway, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, wool merchant, March 15 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Rich. Dutton, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, London, wool broker, March 15 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-George Hilton, Hithe, Kent, grocer, March 13 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. Anne Evans, Raglan, Monmouthshire, victualler, March 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, div.-Jas. Philp, Bristol, wholesale stationer, March 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, div.-B. Fenwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen draper, March 15 at half-past 10, District Court of Bank ruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, fin. div. FIAT ANNUlled. George Braund the younger, Exeter, land surveyor. John Lyell, Aberdeen, ironmonger.-Peter Brown, Edinburgh, printer.-Thomas Gray, Glasgow, surgeon.-John Cameron, Dingwall, printer.-J. Pattison, Edinburgh, writer merchants.-J. Pearce, Edinburgh, dealer in railway shares. to the signet.-David and Jessie Hannah, Irvine, Ayreshire, DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Charles Nash, Hereford, bookseller, March 15 at 10, Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, John Sargeant, Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, out of business, March 19 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingston-upon-Hull.-Henry Slater, Balsall-heath, King's Norton, Worcestershire, out of business, Feb. 26 at 2, County Court of Warwickshire, at Birmingham.-Jas. Philip Mann, Hockley, Birmingham, merchant's clerk, Feb. 26 at 2, County Court of Warwickshire, at Birmingham.-Richard Deakin, Birmingham, baker, Feb. 26 at 2, County Court of Warwickshire, at Birmingham.-John Westwood, Brampton, Huntingdonshire, dissenting minister, March 27 at 2, County Court of Huntingdonshire, at Huntingdon.-Wm. J. Bennison, Kingston-upon-Hull, out of business, March 19 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingston-upon-Hull.-Thos. Gibson, Kingston-upon-Hull, auctioneer, March 19 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingston-upon-Hull.-Wm. Wilkinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, furniture broker, March 19 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingston-upon-Hull. John Batty, Kingston-upon-Hull, superintendent of public baths, March 19 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingston-upon-Hull.-Benj. Russell, Kingston-upon-Hull, grocer, March 19 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingstonupon Hull.~James Wm. Bogie the younger, Woodchurch, eb. 26 at 10, Liverpool District County Court, at Liverpool. Thomas Webb Gilson, Kingston-upon-Hull, st., Whitechapel, Middlesex, lamp cotton dealer: in the Debtbutcher, March 19 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at King-ors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Geo. Loader, Steston-upon-Hull.-Hen. Ibbotson, Sheffield, brace bit manu- phen-st., Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, butcher: in the facturer, March 1 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Shef- Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-W. J. Kelly, Murfield.—John Russell, Sheffield, Yorkshire, watch maker, March ray-st., New North-road, Shoreditch, Middlesex, smith: in 1 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Sheffield.-J. Hague, the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.—Wm. BurSheffield, Yorkshire, brush manufacturer, March 1 at 10, gess, Church-place, Kensall-green, St. Luke, Chelsea, MiddleCounty Court of Yorkshire, at Sheffield.-John Bishop, Bir- sex, baker: in the Debtors Prison for London and Midmingham, beer retailer, Feb. 26 at 2, County Court of War-dlesex.-- Wm. Grant Gore, Margate, Kent, shipwright: in wickshire, at Birmingham.-Henry Clark, Holbeach, Lincoln- the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Wm. Ray, shire, bricklayer, March 8 at 1, County Court of Lincoln- Bloomsbury-market, Middlesex, coal merchant: in the Queen's shire, at Holbeach.-John Howard, Gainsborough, Lincoln- Prison.-John Railton, Mark-lane, London, ship broker: shire, hair dresser, March 19 at 11, County Court of Lin- in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. - Thocolnshire, at Gainsborough.-D. Mounsey, Birmingham, com- mas Dobby, Robert-street, Bedford-row, Middlesex, cabmission agent, Feb. 26 at 2, County Court of Warwickshire, riolet driver: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middleat Birmingham.-Thos. Cropper, Linton, near Overseal, Der- sex.-Wm. Pascoe, Riding-house-lane, Marylebone, Middlebyshire, railway sub-contractor, March 5 at 11, County Court sex, greengrocer in the Queen's Prison.-James Graham, of Staffordshire, at Burton-upon-Trent.-Jas. Edmund Cur- Brunswick-street, Brunswick-square, Middlesex, baker: in the rey, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, doctor of medi- Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Wm. Astins, cine, Feb. 26 at 10, County Court of Hampshire, at Newport. Queen-street, Hoxton, Middlesex, copper plate engraver: in The following Persons, who, on their several Petitions filed in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Thomas the Court, have obtained Interim Orders for Protection Wenham, John-street, Great Suffolk-st., Southwark, Surrey, from Process, are required to appear in Court as hereinafter gentleman: in the Queen's Prison.-Thos. Hickson, Southmentioned, at the Court-house, in Portugal-street, Lin- row, New-road, St. Pancras, Middlesex, commission agent: coln's Inn, as follows, to be examined and dealt with in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-William according to the Statute:Lambert, Gloucester-place, Camden-town, Middlesex, grocer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-George Booth, Bradford, Yorkshire, shopkeeper: in the Gaol of York. -James Harrington, Brightlingsea, Essex, servant: in the Gaol of Springfield.-John Jackson, Middlesborough, Yorkshire, shoemaker: in the Gaol of York.-Leopold Anton V. Rudolphi, Sunderland, Durham, general merchant in the Gaol of Durham.-Thomas Thompson, Greenheys, Manchester, manufacturer and agent: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-W. Trewhitt, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, grocer in the Gaol of Durham.-John Robson, Hanwick, near Bishop Auckland, Durham, mason: in the Gaol of Durham.-Wm. C. Spencer, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, hay dealer in the Gaol of Durham.-John Wear, Seaham Harbour, Durham, marine store dealer: in the Gaol of Durham.-James Pitman, Weston Zoyland, near Bridgewater, Somersetshire, farmer: in the Gaol of Wilton.-Thos. Pullan, Leeds, Yorkshire, plumber: in the Gaol of York.-John Merelie, Sunderland, Durham, auctioneer: in the Gaol of Durham.-Alfred Bourne, Ashford, Kent, corn dealer: in the Gaol of Maidstone.-Robert Gold, Warwick, tailor: in the Gaol of Warwick.-Edw. H. Powell, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, attorney at law in the Gaol of York.-Nathaniel Cook, Easton-road, Gloucester March 6 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Charles Osborne, Salisbury-st., Portman-market, Middle sex, grocer. March 6 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner HARRIS. John Green, Charlotte-st., New Charlton, Woolwich, Kent, grocer.- Wm. Lumley Sanders, Fulham-road, Brompton, Middlesex, oilman.-George Crane, Ladbrook-mews, Wellerst., Notting-hill, Middlesex, greengrocer.-Stephen Prideaux, Cottage-lane, Commercial-road East, Middlesex, butcher. March 6 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner LawW. Chas. J. Fearnley, Greyhound-place, Old Kent-road, Surrey, out of business.-Fred. Williams, Essex-st., Kingslandroad, Middlesex, out of business.-Robert Jones, Castle-st., Holborn, clerk to an attorney. March 8 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIoner. Wm. Roberts, Shepperton-terrace, New North-road, Islington, Middlesex, out of business.-Ed. Worall, New Northst., Red Lion-square, Middlesex, town traveller.-Hen. Herrick, Clarendon-terrace, Camberwell New-road, Surrey, officer of her Majesty's Palace Court. March 8 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner Law. : James Buckley Brown, Cottage-row, Bermondsey, Surrey, shire, out of business: in the Gaol of Bristol.-Griffith Davies, carpenter. March 8 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Surrey, out of business.-Jas. Wm. Geo. French, White- Saturday, Feb. 17. The following Assignees have been appointed. Further par- Saturday, Feb. 17. Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignee Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, victualler: in the Gaol of Carmarthen.-Robert Bromley, Preston, Lancashire, out of business in the Gaol of Lancaster.-George Cunliffe, Mid dleton, Lancashire, provision dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster. -Ruth M. Dawson, widow, Manchester, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Robert Devereux, Welland, Worcestershire, shopkeeper: in the Gaol of Worcester. - John Luming, Lancaster, stone mason: in the Gaol of Lancaster.Wm. Owston, Hulme, Manchester, bookkeeper: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Jas. Shuttleworth, Salford, Lancashire, joiner: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Robert Howe, Manchester, fish dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-James Atkinson, Leeds, Yorkshire, out of business: in the Gaol of York.-John Atkinson, Leeds, Yorkshire: in the Gaol of York.-Thos. Cort, Chorley, Lancashire, provision dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Gabriel Dunn, Dudley, Worcestershire, pensioner: in the Gaol of Worcester.-Charles Springett, Linton, near Maidstone, Kent, farmer: in the Gaol of Maidstone.-James Vero, Burbridge, Leicestershire, labourer: in the Gaol of Coventry.-Rob. White, Oldham, Lancashire, cabinet maker: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John C. R. Wequelin, Shaldon and Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, farmer: in the Gaol of Exeter. 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: March 6 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner Law. Robert Jarman, King's-row and Trevor-square, KnightsJoseph Fundell, Red Lion-st., Holborn, Middlesex, baker. bridge, Middlesex, paper hanger: in the Debtors Prison for March 7 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner LAW. London and Middlesex.-Wm. Baldwin, Alfred-place, Har- Isaac Manvell, Park-terrace, Well-street, Hackney, Midrow-road, Middlesex, smith: in the Debtors Prison for Lon- dlesex, out of business.-George Huggins, Hill-road, Abbeydon and Middlesex.—Hen. Asher Davis, John-st., Chicksand-road, St. John's-wood, Middlesex, nurseryman. March 8 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner Law. Samuel Swan Jepps, Chalcroft-terrace, New-cut, Lambeth, Surrey, furniture dealer. The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before At the County Court of Yorkshire, at KINGSTON-UPON- Wm. Smith, Kingston-upon-Hull, out of business.--John Thomas Wood, Cheltenham, appraiser. At the County Court of Worcestershire, at WORCESTER, JOSEPH BUSST, Walsall, Staffordshire, timber merchant, Robert Devereux, Welland, shopkeeper.-Gabriel Dunn, EDWARD DAVIS, Marnhull, Dorsetshire, cattle dealer and Dudley, out of business. At the County Court of Kent, at MAIDSTONE, March 6 at 12. At the County Court of Durham, at DURHAM, March 9. Anthony Blanchard, Seaham-harbour, miller.—John Sanderson, South Shields, builder.-James Watson, Stocktonupon-Tees, plumber.-J. W. Hogg, South Shields, fruiterer. -L. A. V. Rudolphi, Sunderland-near-the-sea, out of busi3.-Wm. Colledge, South Shields, master mariner.-Wm. Trewhitt, Bishopwearmouth, out of business.-John Wear, Seaham-harbour, ship owner.-John Merelie, Sunderland, auctioneer.-Wm. C. Spencer, Sunderland, hay dealer.-John Robson, Hunwick, near Bishop Auckland, mason. ness. At the County Court of Cumberland, at CARLISLE, Feb. 27 at 10. Edward Nicholson, Wreay, joiner. At the County Court of Brecknockshire, at BRECKNOCK, Wm. Asbury, Buckland, Llansaintfread, coachman. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23. BANKRUPTS. farmer, March 7 and 28 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hirtzel; Sols. Slade & Vining, Yeovil; Terrell, Exeter; Cragg & Jeyes, 22, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 14. WILLIAM SCOTT, Exeter, ironmonger and tinman, March 8 and 29 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hirtzel; Sols. Turner, Exeter; Spyer, Broad-streetbuildings, London. - Fiat dated Feb. 20. HENRY FENWICK, Liverpool, banker, dealer and chap- JOHN KRAUSS, Manchester, agent, dealer and chapman, Joseph Hughesdon and Alexander Mackay, Chundernagore, East Indies, merchants, March 6 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.- - Chas. Howard, Kingston, Surrey, and Great Tower-st., London, wine merchant, March 9 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-John Henry Caton, Stondon Massey, Essex, cattle dealer, March 6 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, sp. aff.-John Forster, Shafto, Hartburn, Northumberland, banker, March 7 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, last ex.-Thomas Samuel Sharland, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, linen draper, March 6 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, sp. aff.-Rob. Hebblethwaite and James Hirst, Halifax, Yorkshire, dyers, March 5 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, sp. aff.John Wentworth Elger, Cambridge, baker, March 19 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-John Binns, Newland-place, Kensington, and Acton, Middlesex, linen draper, March 19 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.— David Frazer, Little Tower-st., London, ship owner, March 17 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-J. Vallis the elder, Sparkford, Somersetshire, cheese dealer, March 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.; March 20 at 11, div.-Thomas Read, Manchester, cigar dealer, March 15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; March 16 at 11, div.-John Taylor, Hollinwood, near Oldham, and Manchester, rope manufacturer, March 16 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.-Charles Samson, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, brewer, March 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac. paper manufacturer, March 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.-Joseph R. Simpson, Sheffield, Yorkshire, spring knife manufacturer, March 17 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield, aud. ac.-- Wm. Linley, Conisbrough, Yorkshire, scythe manufacturer, March 17 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield, aud. ac.-A. Wise, Wolborough, Nicholas Baker, Newton Bushel, Highwick, and Wm. S. Bentall, Totnes, Devonshire, bankers, March 28 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter, aud. ac.-Gilbert Currie, Church-row, Upper-street, Islington, Middlesex, and St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, London, oil warehouseman, March 22 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John Peterson, Mount-street, Lambeth, Surrey, shoemaker, March 19 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Fred. Peake and John Jillings, Honi ton, Devonshire, drapers, March 19 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. sep. est. of J. Jillings.-Jacob Mon ALFRED WESTLEY, Holme-mills, Southill and Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, miller, March 6 at 12, and April 13 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Cannan; Sol. Vallance, 9, Old Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry.-Fiat dated Feb. 21. RICHARD WEBSTER and RICHARD WEBSTER the younger, Cornhill, London, chronometer makers and watch and clock manufacturers, March 7 at 12, and April 3 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Stansfeld; Sols. Bolding & Poper, Scot's-yard, Bush-lane, Cannon.st.-Fiat dated Feb. 20. BENJAMIN BARROTTE, North Walsham, Norfolk, innkeeper, March 5 at 1, and April 16 at half-past 12,_ Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sols. Taylor, Norwich; White & Co., 35, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Fiat dated Feb. 9. RICHARD CLARKE, Aldersgate-st., London, woollen dyer, dealer and chapman, (carrying on business under the style or firm of Clarke & Co.), March 1 at 12, and April 9 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Graham; Sols. Crosby & Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry.-Fiat dated Feb. 20. JANE DAVIS, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, builder, March-Charles Mason, Manchester, and Longsight, Lancashire, 1 and April 5 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sol. Farrar, Doctors-commons.-Fiat dated Feb. 9. JOHN CHATTERTON the younger, Derby, lead merchant, dealer and chapman, March 9 and April 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham: Off. Ass. Bittleston; Sols. Haywood & Webb, Birmingham.-Fiat dated Feb. 19. WILLIAM MILES, Worcester, stock and share broker, dealer and chapman, March 8 and April 19 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Christie; Sols. Daniel, Worcester; Edwards, 14, Clement's-inn, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 17. BENJAMIN LOWE, Hill-top, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, miner, provision dealer, dealer and chapman, March 7 and April 10 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Duignan & Hemmant, Walsall. Fiat dated Feb. 19. |