subscribed for-a rule which has certainly not been enforced). We need not enter minutely into the provisions mentioned in Schedule A., as such of them only are to be made as the nature and business of the company shall require, which seems to be a permission to a mutual insurance company (as the act allows such a company to exist) to omit those which do not suit its constitution. Among the provisions mentioned in that schedule is one "for insuring that each shareholder shall have a vote," and for prescribing "the number of shares or the amount of interest" by which directors are to be qualified. Sect. 28 of the act disqualifies any person from being or acting as director who does not hold in his own right at least one share in the company. the rules of the society, is not only insured, but also a member of it. Understanding, then, the word to have this meaning, when applied to a mutual society, and to have the meaning of "aliquot part of a divided capital" only where it is applied to an ordinary joint-stock company, and remembering that the act expressly suggests that there may be societies within its operation without any capital to divide, let us see how the provisions which are supposed to create a difficulty must be applied. The word "subscriber" is defined to mean, any person who shall have agreed to take any share in a proposed company, and shall not have executed the deed of settlement. This may include a person who has agreed to become an assured member of a mutual society, although, from the subsequent definition of a "shareholder," it is rather to be inferred that mutual societies were not contemplated in the former definition. In establishing such societies, however, the safe course will be, to assume that all persons who, at the date of the deed of settlement, have agreed to become assured members, are subscribers within the meaning of the act, and to return their names for provisional and complete registration accordingly. The return to No. 8 will also be 0, if there are no subscribers, which may happen even in the case of an ordinary joint-stock company. These are all the provisions of the act to which it is material to advert. The inapplicability of most of them to a mutual insurance society is obvious. The principal difficulties arise out of the requisition that the deed is to be signed by at least one-fourth in number of the subscribers, who shall hold at least onefourth of the maximum number of shares in the company; and that every director shall hold at least one share in the company. Everything turns upon the meaning of the word "share," which is not one of the The fourth particular, required by sect. 7 to be set words explained in the interpretation clause. In some forth in the schedule to the deed of settlement, is the parts of the act it seems to be used to denote exclusively amount of the proposed capital, and of any proposed ada share in a joint stock or capital, as where the word ditional capital. This cannot mean the funds to be "shareholder" is defined to mean a person entitled to raised by the contributions of the members of a mutual a share in the company, and who has executed the deed company, which are not capital, in the ordinary sense of settlement; or, in the case of mutual benefit societies, of the word, and are, necessarily, of indeterminate any person who shall be an assured member thereof. amount; but it must mean a capital of fixed amount Here the "share" held by a person interested in a joint divided into equal shares; and if there is to be (as the stock or capital seems to be distinguished from the in- act contemplates there may be) no such capital, the terest of a member of a mutual society in the concern; return, in such case, will be simply, nil. The same obbut this use of the word does not imply that it is in-servation disposes of Nos. 6 and 7. No. 7 was intended to capable of a more extended meaning. The meaning is, lay the foundation of a register of shareholders, for which, that, in the case of a company with joint stock, the as we shall presently shew, no provision appears to be shareholder must have executed the deed; in the case made in the case of a mutual society-a defect in the of a mutual benefit society, it is sufficient if he be an act-but no obstacle to the registration of such societies assured member. No meaning is expressly appropriated under it. to the word. When it is necessary to denote a title to an aliquot part of the joint capital, the word is used in the sense of a share of capital; but that is not the only meaning of which it is capable. A share is not necessarily an aliquot part of anything. It may mean a portion incommensurable with any other portion; and it may be used with reference to an association to denote other things than a portion of a joint capital. A share in the profits, a share in the benefits, a share in the risks, a share in the management, of any concern, are familiar expressions, and may mean any kind, amount, or degree of participation in the things spoken of. In the Amicable Society, the interest of the insured members is expressly divided into "shares," each of which is guaranteed to produce at least 2007. In the Equitable Society, on the contrary, the use of the word "share has been avoided to the extent of prudery. Bearing in mind, then, that the act expressly takes notice of the distinction between insurance societies with joint stock (a term there used in the restricted sense of capital divided into equal shares) and pure mutual insurance societies, that it expressly requires the complete registration of both kinds of societies, and that, when it does prescribe the division into equal shares of the capital of a company, it adds the words "if any," it is plain, that when the word "share" is used in the act with reference to a pure mutual insurance society, it must be in some other sense than that of an aliquot part of a subscribed capital divided into equal shares. From the definition of the word "shareholder" with reference to such societies, it must be inferred, that by a share in such a society is meant the interest of an assured member, not the interest of every person assured by the society, but the interest of every person who, by No. 9 evidently refers to subscribers to an ordinary joint-stock company; and, if all the persons who have agreed to take shares have also executed the deed of settlement, the return to this will, even in the case of such a company, be 0, though it is more than proba ble, that, in this requisition, and in the preceding one shareholders as well as subscribers were intended. It will be as well, however, in the case of a mutual society, to return the names of all persons who, at the date of the deed, have agreed to become assured members, and to appropriate to them and retain distinctive numbers for their intended policies. The deed must contain a covenant by every shareholder to pay up the amount of the instalments on the shares taken by him. This must mean only when there are any such instalments to be paid. If (as the act contemplates) there is no capital, or if the full amount of shares are, and, by the terms of the deed of settlement, must be fully paid up before a subscriber be comes a shareholder, there can be no covenant to pay instalments. Such covenant, then, is not essential in every case, and, therefore, (though an argument may perhaps be raised on this point), the requisition only applies when there is to be a liability to pay "calls;" and premiums or payments for mutual insurance are not "instalments" within its scope. But the deed of settlement of a mutual insurance company generally contains a provision for making calls on members in the purely hypothetical case of the fund raised by the re gular premiums being insufficient to pay the claims or policies which have fallen in. The deed must be signed by at least one-fourth in number of the persons who, at its date, have become subscribers, and who shall hold at least one-fourth of the maximum number of shares. There is no maximum number of shares in a mutual society, and if there can be no "subscribers" to a pure mutual society, in the sense of the act, (and every clause in which the word is used strengthens our suggestion, that the definition does not contemplate the proposed members of a mutual society), then this requisition cannot apply to such a company. If a share in a pure mutual society means, as we think we have shewn it must mean, the interest of an assured member, then sect. 28 merely requires that every director in such a society must be an assured member-a reasonable and convenient requisition. We have now discussed, and, we think, satisfactorily disposed of, all the objections which have been urged to the possibility of applying the Registration Act to a mutual society; objections which have fortunately not found any favour in the Registrar's office. But, even if we grant to the objectors that the word "share" is used throughout the act exclusively in the sense of an aliquot part of a fixed subscribed capital, and that every company to be registered must possess such capital, and be worked by means of such shares, we still say that a company may be registered on the purely mutual principle. We have not space for, nor is the objection worth, any detailed discussion of this point, but the following outlines of clauses to be inserted in the deed of settlement of such a society will sufficiently explain our meaning: "Capital, 500l., to be divided into 480,000 shares of one farthing each." "No person to become a shareholder or assured member without taking a policy to the amount of £ at the least; and also a share or shares in the capital of 500%., and paying up the full amount of such share or shares." "The first premium to be paid by an insured member to be the difference between the amount mentioned in the tables and the amount paid up by such member in respect of the share or shares taken by him on such insurance." "No share to be held apart from the policy taken therewith during the subsistence of such policy." "No dividend to be declared or paid on any share, otherwise than by way of bonus on the policy taken." "The payment, satisfaction, forfeiture, or discharge of a policy to be deemed to be a satisfaction of all claims of the holder of the share or shares taken therewith, which share or shares shall thereupon revert to the society, and may be re-allotted on the grant of a new policy or new policies to any other person or persons." Two or three enactments, which are supposed to impose inconvenient restrictions on the conduct of the business of a mutual assurance society, even after it has passed the ordeal of the Registrar's office, remain to be considered. Sect. 11 requires half-yearly returns of transfers of shares and of persons who have otherwise ceased to be or become shareholders-that is to say, in the case of a mutual assurance society, every act within the knowledge of the director, by which a person becomes or ceases to be an assured member, must be returned; but no return is necessary of a transfer of the benefit of a policy in equity, with or without a power of attorney, not amounting to a charge of membership. By sect. 13, no transfer of a share is to have validity, for the purpose of constituting the transferee a shareholder, or entitling him to receive any part of the profits of the concern until it has been returned. Here, again, is no restriction upon transferring the benefit of a policy, consistently with the constitution of the society, with out making or purporting to make a transfer of the membership; nor is there any restriction, even in the case of an ordinary joint-stock company, upon an equitable assignment of the dividends upon a share or shares, with a power to sue in the name of the transferor. The same observation applies to the enactment in the 26th section, that "no shareholder shall be entitled to receive any dividends or profits, or to act as shareholder, until he has executed the deed of settlement, or some deed referring thereto, and has paid up all calls due from him." Every assured member of a mutual society must, therefore, execute the deed of settlement, or some deed referring thereto, which deed is not required to be delivered to or kept by the company, and may, therefore, be the policy itself; or, in case of assignment, the deed of assignment, containing a covenant on the part of the assured to abide by the provisions of the deed of settlement, (such covenant, as a necessary incident to the transaction, not rendering the policy or assignment liable to any additional stamp). The provisions for enforcing payment of calls need not be discussed; they are wholly inapplicable to mutual insurance societies. London Gazettes. TUESDAY, MARCH 13. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM SIMMONS, Piccadilly, Middlesex, tobacconist, March 20 at 1, and April 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Pennell; Sol. Roberts, St. Martin'scourt.-Fiat dated March 10. EDWARD LEWIS BLACKMAN, late of Gracechurch-st., London, tailor and outfitter, but now of Lombard-street, London, tailor, dealer and chapman, March 20 at 11, and April 24 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Stansfeld; Sols. Wright & Bonner, 15, London-street, Fenchurch-st.-Fiat dated March 9. HENRY PEET, Ludgate-hill and Newgate-street, London, printer and stationer, March 22 at 11, and April 30 at halfpast 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Graham; Sol. Vaughan, Furnival's-inn, London.-Fiat dated March 9. THOMAS WITHERS, St. Dunstan's-bill, London, wine merchant, March 22 at 1, and April 30 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Graham; Sol. Dolman, Jermyn-street.-Fiat dated March 3. WILLIAM ATKINSON WARWICK, late of Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, and Hobson-pl., Sidney-st., Cambridge, printer, publisher, and newspaper proprietor, but now of Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, out of business, March 22 at 11, and April 30 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sols. J. & C. Cole, Adelphi-terrace.Fiat dated March 10. ALFRED MORECRAFT, Marlborough, Wiltshire, draper, March 21 at half-past 12, and April 26 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sols. Reid & Co., Friday-st., Cheapside.-Fiat dated March 12. DAVID LEES, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, coach-step and coach-iron-work manufacturer, dealer and chapman, March 27 and April 17 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Corser & Underhill, Wolverhampton: Motteram & Co., Birmingham.- Fiat dated Feb. 26. JOHN FRAMPTON, Cerne Abbas, Dorsetshire, formerly a glove manufacturer and money scrivener, but now a money scrivener only, March 23 at 1, and April 18 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hirtzel; Sols. Slade & Vining, Yeovil; Terrell, Exeter; Cragg & Jeyes, JOHN CAWKER, Okehampton, Devonshire, innkeeper, 22, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 23. timber dealer, dealer and chapman, March 23 at 1, and April 18 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hernaman; Sols. W. & J. M. Burd, Okehampton; Terrell, Exeter; Messrs. Baxters, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 27. MATTHEW ROE, Coventry, Warwickshire, draper, March 29 and April 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Valpy; Sol. Wilmot, Coventry.-Fiat dated March 3. March 6. ruptcy, Manchester, fin. div.-Joshua Wood, James Wood, before the Day of Meeting. HENRY GRANT, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, clock and watch maker, jeweller, dealer and chapman, March 27 and April 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or Acraman; Sols. Bird, Cardiff; Rowland & Co., 38, Threadneedle-st., London.-Fiat dated March 7. JOHN STÁNBURY COBBLEDICK, Whitstone, Cornwall, draper, grocer, and tea dealer, March 23 at 1, and April 17 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hernaman; Sols. Rowe, Stratton, Cornwall; Turner, Exeter; Fox, 40, Finsbury-circus, London.-Fiat dated GEORGE CROOKES, Sheffield, Yorkshire, bookseller, printer, stationer, dealer and chapman, March 24 and April 21 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield: Off. Ass. Freeman; Sols. Hoole & Yeoman, Sheffield; Tattershall, Great James's-st., London.-Fiat dated March 7. GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, Northwich, Cheshire, grocer, March 27 and April 17 at 11, District Court of Bank ruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Bird; Sols. Evans & Son, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry-chambers, London. - Fiat dated March 1. THOMAS OCCLESHEAD and CHARLES CUMMINS, Liverpool, commission and forwarding agents and general merchants, (carrying on business under the firm of Thomas Occleshead & Co.), March 30 and May 10 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Bird; Sols. Payne, Liverpool; Gregory & Co., Bedford-row, London. -Fiat dated March 5. MARK M'GIVERIN and JOSEPH JOHNSON, Manchester, smallware manufacturers, dealers and chapmen, March 29 and April 20 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Hobson; Sols. Cooper, Manchester; Gregory & Co., 1, Bedford-row, London. Fiat dated March 7. MEETINGS. - James De Bernardy, Hanover-street, Hanover-square, Middlesex, victualler, April 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Sam. John Thomas, London-road, Southwark, Surrey, Cottell, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Southampton, plumber, April surgeon, April 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Jas. 4 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-James Soutter and William Fred. Hammond, Causeway, Limehouse, Middlesex, engineers, April 4 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.Henry Hawgood, Newington - causeway, Surrey, stationer, April 4 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-S. Williams, Reading, Berkshire, coach proprietor, April 3 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Zebulun Leigh, Manchester, coffee merchant, April 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-Christopher G. Middleton, Manchester, soap manufacturer, April 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. - Francis Deflinne, Manchester, gingham manufacturer, April 4 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. James W. Jeffreys and John Meek, Liverpool, merchants, April 3 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool. Thomas Hughes, Liverpool, woollen draper, April 5 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Thomas Williams, Birmingham, surgeon, April 4 at 12, 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 April 3. Samuel Mobbs, Alfred-place, Alexander-square, Brompton, Middlesex, coal merchant.-Sam. Jones, Manchester, timber merchant.-Enoch Fellows, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, licensed victualler.-W. D. Hay, Newcastle-uponTyne, baker.-Nicholas Brown, Hexham, Northumberland, timber merchant.-James Heritage, Uxbridge, Middlesex, draper.-Caleb Radford, Uckfield, Sussex, apothecary. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Mack & Rutherford, Leith, traders.-Wm. Hall, Eaglesham, Renfrew, blacksmith.-E. and A. M'Millan, Edinburgh, writers.-Charles Grassick, Buchaam, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, farmer.-William Semple, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, grocer. INSOLVENT DEBTORS Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process. Jonathan Higginson and Richard Deane, Liverpool, merchants, March 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, pr. d.-John Leadbeater, Manchester, merchant, March 27 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, pr. d.-Wm. Newby, Manchester, joiner, March 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-James Pierce, Chorley, Lancashire, corn dealer, March 27 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-James De Benardy, Hanover-square, Middlesex, victualler, April 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Hen. Hawgood, Newington-causeway, Surrey, stationer, April 4 at halfpast 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Edwin T. Gough, Edmonton, Middlesex, boarding-house keeper, April 5 at half-past 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.- John Bowman Jones, Liverpool, hair dresser, March 19 at George Prince, Romsey, Hampshire, wine merchant, April 4 10, Liverpool District County Court, at Liverpool.-Joseph at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. and fin. div.- Clegg, Manchester, blacksmith, March 23 at 1, County Court Samuel Williams, Reading, Berkshire, coach proprietor, April of Lancashire, at Manchester.-Ann Greenhow, Hulme, Man3 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Isaac chester, provision dealer, March 23 at 1, County Court of Gaze, Stroud-road, Gloucestershire, builder, April 10 at 11, Lancashire, at Manchester.-Benj. Mason, Embsay, Skipton, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.; April 13 Yorkshire, spindle forger, March 23 at 11, County Court of at 11, div.-Bridger Rontree, Hylton Ferry, Durham, grocer, Yorkshire, at Skipton.-Geo. Lucre, Bath, licensed victualler, April 4 at half-past 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, New- March 17 at 12, County Court of Somersetshire, at Bath.castle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.-John Donaldson, Wigton, Cum- John Coster Bryant, Poulton, Gloucestershire, out of business, berland, common brewer, April 4 at 11, District Court of April 7 at 10, County Court of Wiltshire, at Malmesbury.Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.-Robert Crow, Solomon Jewson, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, professor of music, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper, April 4 at 12, District Court April 12 at 12, County Court of Lincolnshire, at Holbeach.of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.-Rich. Yates, Richard Fuller, Portsea, Hampshire, ironmonger, March 31 at Manchester, innkeeper, April 5 at 12, District Court of Bank- 10, County Court of Hampshire, at Portsmouth.—W. Robinruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.-James Jarvis, Birmingham, son, New Malton, Yorkshire, tailor, March 26 at 10, County plane maker, April 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Court of Yorkshire, at New Malton.-Ner Tyler, VictoiaBirmingham, aud. ac.-) -Robert K. Mann, Kingston-upon- st., Gloucestershire, retailer of beer, April 9 at 10, County Hull, wine merchant, April 4 at 10, District Court of Bank- Court of Gloucestershire, at Gloucester.-Ed. Gartside Cowruptcy, Kingston-upon-Hull, aud. ac. and fin. div.-Rob. F. per, Old Delph, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, auctioneer, March Gower the younger, Robert E. Alison, and W. L. Cumberlege, 31 at 11, County Court of Yorkshire, at Saddleworth. -John New Broad-street, London, and Valparaiso, Chili, merchants, Perkins, Birmingham, chaser, March 26 at 2, County Court April 3 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. of Warwickshire, at Birmingham.-Thos. Sanders, Torr, Tor-Robert James Popplewell, Southampton, outfitter, April 5 moham, Devonshire, grocer, March 24 at 11, County Court of at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. — Ozias Day, De- Devonshire, at Newton Abbot.-Jos. Field, Cheltenham, vizes, Wiltshire, baker, April 13 at 11, District Court of Gloucestershire, plumber, March 20 at 10, County Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, div.-Caleb Radcliffe, Bury, Hulme, Gloucestershire, at Cheltenham.-James Buzzacott, Torring Manchester, drysalter, April 4 at 12, District Court of Bank-ton, Devonshire, whitesmith, April 6 at 10, County Court of Devonshire, at Torrington.-Wm. Crowson, Cambridge, hair dresser, March 28 at 10, County Court of Cambridgeshire, at Cambridge.-George Elwood, Barnwell, Cambridge, licensed victualler, March 28 at 10, County Court of Cambridgeshire, at Cambridge.-Charles Thresher, Cambridge, clerk to the market of Cambridge, March 28 at 10, County Court of Cambridgeshire, at Cambridge. 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: March 27 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner HARRIS. John Pells, Romford, Essex, coach wheelwright.-Edward Geo. Brooks the elder, Clarendon-st., Somers-town, Middlesex, dealer in milk.-Jas. J. Bowler, Lower Norwood, Surrey, out of business.-Charles Clark the younger, Prince's-road, Bermondsey, Surrey, tailor. March 28 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONer, Wm. Wilmot Twichin, Camomile-st., London, out of business.-Thos. Wm. Shackel, King-st., Stepney, clerk to an ironmonger.-Thos. Weedon, Yeading Hayes, Middlesex, general dealer. Wm. Passenger, Somers-town-terrace, Somers-town, Middlesex, artificial florist.-Wm. May, Pennyfield, Poplar, Middlesex, pork butcher. March 29 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. John Wm. Chandler, William-st., Prince's-road, Nottinghill, Middlesex, conductor to an omnibus. and Middlesex.-Edward Claridge, Warwick-lane, Newgatestreet, London, goldbeater: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-George D. Dempsey, Elcom-terrace, New North-rd., Islington, Middlesex, civil engineer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Alfred T. Hatch, Blenheim-place, High-street, Peckham, Surrey, ham dealer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-T. Wentworth, Stafford-place, Wyndham-road, Camberwell, Surrey, cattle dealer: in the Queen's Prison.-James Oliver the elder, Bury-street, St. James's, Middlesex, plumber : in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Wm. G. Clark, Carlisle-lane, Westminster-road, Lambeth, Surrey, builder: in the Queen's Prison.-Wm. Barrett, Charrington-st., Oakley. square, Somers-town, Middlesex, carpenter: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-D. Hennessy, Orchardstreet, Westminster, Middlesex, licensed victualler: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.—John Briggs the elder, Gravesend, Kent, plumber : in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Thomas Pocklington, Bull's-place, Shepherdess-walk, City-road, Middlesex, rope manufacturer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. — James Leigh, Pickering-place, Paddington, Middlesex, ornamental modeller: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.— Thos. Martindale, Bidborough-street, Burton-crescent, Middlesex, clerk in Somerset-house: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Edmond Simkins, Essex-street, Islington, Middlesex, butcher: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Thomas Pike, Market-street, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, shopman to a tailor: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Eliz. Mary Mendham, New-inn-yard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, licensed victualler: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-John Boswell, Farthinghoe, near Brackley, Northamptonshire, in no business in the Gaol of Northampton.-J. Mackrill the younger, March 29 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner Law. Charles John Green, Cromwell-row, Old Brompton, Mid-Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, in no business: in the Gaol of dlesex, tobacconist.—Wm. Mallett, Gloucester-terrace, Vauxhall-bridge-road, Westminster, Middlesex, blind maker.Michael Levy Goodman, Leicester-place, Leicester-square, Middlesex, out of business.-James Mead, Manor-place, Harlesdon-green, Willesden, Middlesex, wheelwright.-James Boden, Pied Bull-yard, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, coach maker. March 29 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Samuel Forest Leach, Great Queen-st., Lincoln's-inn, private teacher.-John Phillips, Torrington-place, Torringtonsquare, Middlesex, land surveyor.-Jas. Zacharies Williams, Spencer-street, Goswell-road, Middlesex, shopman to an optician. Saturday, March 10. The following Assignees have been appointed. Further particulars may be learned at the Office, in Portugal-st., Lincoln's-inn-fields, on giving the Number of the Case. James Hervey Chappell, Sussex-st., Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, publisher of fashions, No. 60,341 T.; Ed. Minister, assignee.-John Carter, King-st., Southwark, Surrey, dealer in horse flesh, No. 60,433 T.; Thomas Winkley, assignee.-Reginald Remington the younger, Holywell-street, Strand, Middlesex, attorney at law, No. 60,490 T.; John Mann, assignee.-Robert Tucker, Southampton, bricklayer, No. 70,260 C.; Ed. Sheppard, assignee.-Geo. Hanson the younger, Leeds, Yorkshire, brushmaker, No. 70,348 C.; R. Harrison and Jos. Blackburn, assignees.-Elizabeth Hughes, Halifax, Yorkshire, spinster, No. 70,487 C.; William Aked Metcalfe, assignee.-Ed. Welsh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, railway contractor, No. 70,541 T.; Wm. Sykes Thornton, James Sheard, Henry Hirst, and Joseph Parker, assignees. John Shutt, Birkenhead, Lancashire, lodging-house keeper, No. 70,581 C.; George M'Connal, assignee.—John Thompson, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, shopkeeper, No. 70,629 C.; Thomas Richardson, assignee. Lincoln.-Frances Runder, Exeter, Devonshire, out of business in the Gaol of Exeter.-Thomas Bishop, Southampton, Hampshire, builder: in the Gaol of Southampton.-Elizabeth Brown, Nottingham, licensed victualler: in the Gaol of Radford Peverel.-John Dyke, Nottingham, shoemaker: in the Gaol of Radford Peverel.—John Hodgkinson, New Radford, Nottinghamshire, maltster: in the Gaol of Radford Peverel.James Hedderly, Nottingham, baker: in the Gaol of Nottingham.-Wm. John, Pentyrch, Glamorganshire, labourer: in the Gaol of Cardiff.-Benjamin Bayes, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, pork butcher: in the Gaol of Norwich.-John Geo. Holmes, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, guard on the North Staffordshire Railway: in the Gaol of Stafford.-N. G. Murrell, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, grocer: in the Gaol of Cambridge. Frederick Dorrington, Ware, Hertfordshire, carpenter: in the Gaol of Hertford.-James Fielding, Eccles, near Manchester, provision shopkeeper: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Hall, Great Gaddesdon, Hertfordshire, shoemaker in the Gaol of Hertford.-William Miller, Portsea, Hampshire, builder: in the Gaol of Portsmouth.-J. Peck, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, commissioned horse dealer: in the Gaol of Norwich.-George Thomas, Panthumphrey, LlanarthRich. T. Hinton, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, clerk to the ney, Carmarthenshire, weaver in the Gaol of Carmarthen.trustees of the Wenlock and Church Stretton Turnpike-road: in the Gaol of Shrewsbury.-Thomas Lloyd, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, licensed victualler: in the Gaol of Stafford.chester, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Henry Wm. Leicester, Kersall-hall-farm, Kersall-moor, near ManRedfearn, Sheffield, Yorkshire, saw maker: in the Gaol of York.-Marmaduke Taylor, Skerton, near Lancaster, cordwainer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-R. Tolson, Dalton, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, cloth salesman: in the Gaol of York. Henry Tomlinson, Mayfield, Staffordshire, schoolmaster: in the Gaol of Derby.—John Bancroft, Manchester, beerhouse-keeper: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Richard Simmons, Preston, Lancashire, retail dealer in ale: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Wm. Russell, Manchester, agent: in the Gaol of the Gaol of Lancaster.-Herbert Haselden, Manchester, tailor: Lancaster.-Thomas Morris, Manchester, out of business: in in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Edward Cook, Manchester, reed maker: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-James Fairclough, Bootle, near Liverpool, architect: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Thos. Taylor, Coleshill, Hertfordshire, blacksmith: in the Gaol of Aylesbury.-Wm. Westwood, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, farmer: in the Gaol of Winchester. 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 29 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. John Dalby, Old Kent-road, Surrey, coal merchant's clerk. -Wm. Baldwin the younger, Alfred-place, Harrow-road, Middlesex, smith.-Daniel Paskins, Grosvenor-mews, Grosvenor-sq., and Brownlow-st., Drury-lane, Middlesex, coachsmith. 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 Carmarthenshire, at CARMARTHEN, March 27 at 2. JOHN COSSINS, New Church-street, Portman-market, Middlesex, linen draper, dealer and chapman, March 29 at 1, and April 27 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Groom; Sols. Hardwick & Davidson, 22, Basinghall-street.-Fiat dated March 10. JOHN THOMAS FLYNN, Birmingham, grocer, tea dealer, and shopkeeper, dealer and chapman, March 22 and April 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Valpy; Sol. Harrison, Birmingham.-Fiat dated Feb. 23. WALTER PALMER, Rugeley, and Etching-hill, near Rugeley, Staffordshire, corn merchant, dealer and chapman, March 27 and April 24 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Öff. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Rawlins, Birmingham; Wilde & Co., 21, College-hill, Queen-street, Cheapside, London.-Fiat dated March 2. Griffith Davies, Llanstephan, victualler. Samuel Ball, JOHN LIGHT, Weston-super-Mare, Somersetshire, saddler, Llangunnor, land surveyor. At the County Court of Cambridgeshire, at CAMBRIDGE, March 28 at 10. N. G. Murrell, Swavesey, grocer.-Robert Layton, Fulbourn, butcher. At the County Court of Staffordshire, at STAFFORD, March 26 at 12. John Wolverson, Sedgley, chain maker.-Thomas Lloyd, Wolverhampton, licensed victualler. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' Dividends. Wm. K. Jackson, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, stock broker: 28. 3d. in the pound.—John Andrews, Aldersgate-street, London, tobacconist: 28. 8d. in the pound.-Jas. Mackie, White Rose-court, Coleman-street, London, watch. maker 18. 8d. in the pound.-Alexander Hawkins, Londonroad, Southwark, Surrey, ironmonger: 1s. 34d. in the pound. -Wm. Crawley, Wood-street, Cromer-street, Brunswicksquare, Middlesex, lieutenant on half-pay, 27th Infantry: 58. 6d. in the pound.-John Hull, Lee, Kent, a pensioner of the East India Company: 68. 6d. in the pound.-W. Somerville, Lee, Kent, lieutenant in the Navy, on half-pay: 48. 4d. in the pound. Apply at the Provisional Assignee's Office, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London, between the hours of 10 and 1. Luke Kent, mariner, at Mr. Stigant's, Portsea : 78. 5d. in the pound. FRIDAY, MARCH 16. BANKRUPTS. ELISHA ALLSOP and DAVID ALLSOP, Arlington-place, Back-road, Saint George's in the East, Middlesex, builders, dealers and chapmen, March 23 and April 27 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass Whitmore; Sol. Hodgson, 8, Great Tower-street, City.-Fiat dated March 12. JAMES AYERS, Elham, Kent, farmer and grazier, commission agent, dealer and chapman, March 23 and April 27 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Cannan; Sols. Sankey, Canterbury; Richardson & Talbot, 47, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated March 14. WILLIAM SKINNER, High-street, Aldgate, London, clothier, outfitter, dealer and chapman, March 23 at 11, and April 27 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Cannan; Sols. Mardon & Prichard, 99, Newgate-street.-Fiat dated March 9. GEORGE RAIT, Moorgate-street, London, tailor, dealer and chapman, March 28 at 1, and April 27 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Pennell; Sols. Desborough & Co., 6, Sise-lane.-Fiat dated March 14. WILLIAM LANCELOT KELLY, Newport, Monmouthshire, bookseller, stationer, dealer and chapman, March 23 and April 28 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sols. Fry & Co., 80, Cheapside. Fiat dated March 13. THOMAS NOKES the elder, Upminster and Stifford, Essex, miller, dealer and chapman, March 22 and April 30 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sol. Towne, Devonshire-square.-Fiat dated March 22. THOMAS WESSON, Nottingham, lace manufacturer, dealer and chapman, March 30 and April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham: Off. Ass. Bittleston; Sol. Coope, Nottingham.-Fiat dated March 9. dealer and chapman, March 30 and April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Miller; Sols. Gibb, jun., Bristol; Irwin & Taylor, Gray's-inn.Fiat dated Feb. 27. HENRY ADAMS, Bridgetown, Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devonshire, scrivener and broker, March 27 and April 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hirtzel; Sols. Turner, Exeter; Spyer, Broad-street-buildings, London.-Fiat dated March 10. HENRY WILCOX, Manchester, tailor and draper, dealer and chapman, March 28 and April 24 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Fraser; Sols. E. & R. W. Bennett, Manchester; Abbott, 46, Lincoln's-innfields, London.-Fiat dated March 8. JOHN REWCASTLE, Gateshead, Durham, copperas maker, March 23 at half-past 10, and April 26 at half-past 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Off. Ass. Baker; Sol. Harle, 20, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.-Fiat dated March 10. THOMAS CRAGG, Blackpool, Layton-with-Warbreck, Lancashire, grocer, March 27 and April 23 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sols. Liddell, Poulton, near Preston, Lancashire; Snowball, Liverpool; Appleby, Harper-street, London. -Fiat dated March 8. MEETINGS. George Henry Husband, Salford, Lancashire, joiner, April 3 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.John Pulleine the younger, Selby, Yorkshire, brewer, April 5 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, last ex.- -Henry Rogers, Sheffield, Yorkshire, victualler, April 7 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield, sp. aff.-J. B. Amey, Liverpool, ship broker, April 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac. - G. Weiss, Liverpool, music seller, April 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.; April 10 at 11, div.-Saml. Brownentt, Liverpool, fruit merchant, April 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.- -George Crocker, Yeovil, Somersetshire, ironmonger, April 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter, aud. ac.; April 12 at 1, div.-Hugh Kennedy, Taunton, Somersetshire, draper, April 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter, aud. ac.; April 12 at 1, div.- John Harvey, Sidmouth, Devonshire, printer, April 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter, aud. ac.; April 12 at 1, div.-William Woodward, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, plumber, April 10 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.— – John Morgan the elder and John Morgan the younger, Hereford, and Glasbury, Radnorshire, woolstaplers, April 10 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-James Sorby, Sheffield, Yorkshire, scrivener, April 7 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield, aud. ac.- -Thomas Potter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, printer, April 7 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield, aud. ac.-R. Dunn and R. D. Dunn, Wakefield, Yorkshire, corn factors, April 23 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; April 24 at 11, div. sep. est. of R. Dunn.— Saml. Williams, Reading, Berkshire, coach proprietor, April 10 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John Peake and Thomas Hall, Litchfield, ironmongers, April 10 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. and fin. div. Thos. Bate, Wm. S. Bate, and James Hellings, Rugeley, Staffordshire, brewers, April 10 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. and div.-James Batson, Great |