ICHABOD HAGG, Colchester, Essex, tailor, draper, out- son, Sunderland, Durham, chain manufacturer, March 13 at fitter, dealer and chapman, (trading under the firm of J. half-past 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-uponHagg & Co.), Feb. 25 at half-past 12, and April 1 at 12, Tyne, aud. ac.-Jas. Watson, Carlisle, grocer, March 13 at Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Belcher; Sols. 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. Sales & Turner, Aldermanbury, London.-Fiat dated ac.-Jacob Michael, North Shields, Northumberland, general Feb. 11. dealer, March 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, NewTHOMAS WILKINSON, Hartlepool, Durham, draper, castle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.—Matt. Atkinson, Temple Sowerdealer and chapman, Feb. 26 at 12, and April 14 at half-by, Westmorland, and Jonathan Laidman, sen., Penrith, Cumpast 2, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon- berland, bankers, March 11 at 11 and half-past 11, fin. div.; Tyne: Off. Ass. Wakley; Sols. H. J. and J. E. Marshall, at 1, aud. ac. sep. est. Matt. Atkinson; March 11 at 12, fin. Durham; Harle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Rogerson, 50, div. sep. est. J. Laidman.-John W. Green, Dartmouth, DeLincoln's-inn-fields, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 4. vonshire, ship builder, March 13 at 11, District Court of WILLIAM HALL, Claypath, Durham, grocer and flour Bankruptcy, Exeter, aud. ac.; March 14 at 1, div.-Thomas dealer, dealer and chapman, Feb. 26 at half-past 11, and Eskrigge, Warrington, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, March April 14 at half-past 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, 10 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Off. Ass. Baker; Sols. Marshall, Thomas Barrs and Rob. Barrs, Worcester, tobacco manufacDurham; Harle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Rogerson, 50, turers, March 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, BirmingLincoln's-inn-fields, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 12. ham, aud. ac.-Thos. Pretty, Bilston, Staffordshire, grocer, THOMAS REES, Liverpool, porter and ale brewer, dealer March 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, and chapman, March 3 and April 1 at 12, District Court of aud. ac.-Jos. Morris, Birmingham, victualler, March 13 at Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Morgan; Sols. Harvey 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.—Ed. & Falcon, Liverpool; Sharpe & Co., Bedford-row, London. Thornley, Hinckley, Leicestershire, money scrivener, March -Fat dated Feb. 12. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. JOSEPH SCOTT, Liverpool, paper dealer, dealer and chap- —John Trevitt, Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, butcher, March man, Feb. 26 at 12, and March 25 at half-past 12, District 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Turner; Sols.-E. Cottrill, Redditch, Worcestershire, linen draper, March Greatley, Liverpool; Parkes & Co., Bedford-row, London. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. -Fiat dated Feb. 12. -Wm. Lutwyche, Birmingham, brass founder, March 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-W. Perkins, Portsea, Southampton, upholsterer, March 12 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-H. Cleeve, Edgeware-rd., Middlesex, cowkeeper, March 11 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John P. Davies, Davies-st., Berkeley-square, Middlesex, apothecary, March 11 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Thomas Batt Hall, Coggeshall, Essex, grocer, March 11 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Thos. Benson, North-place, Gray's Inn-road, and Gray's Inn-lane, Middlesex, stationer, March 11 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Alex. Winton, David Winton, and James Webber, Wood-street, Cheapside, London, warehousemen, March 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-George Harriot, Ormskirk, Lancashire, beer brewer, March 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-Thos. Eskrigge, Warrington, Lancashire, cotton JOHN HOLMAN, Exeter, victualler, keeper of an inn, manufacturer, March 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, dealer and chapman, Feb. 27 and March 27 at 11, District Liverpool, div.-Sam. Clough and Wm. T. Clough, EccleCourt of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hirtzell; Sols.ston, Lancashire, alkali manufacturers, March 11 at 11, DisTurner, Exeter; Spyer, Broad-street-buildings, London.—trict Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div. sep. est. of Sam. Fiat dated Feb. 13. WILLIAM KNIGHT, Manchester, oil cloth manufacturer, MEETINGS. Clough.-Jos. Drewe, Keynsham, Somersetshire, scrivener, John Clark, Brunswick-cottage, City-road, Middlesex, Feb. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on the March 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. To be allowed by the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, unless FIAT ANNULLED. James Diamond, George-street, Tower-hill, London, merchant. PARTNERSHIP Dissolved. John Withenshaw Ridgway, Henry Ford, and Henry Edward Ridgway, Manchester, attornies and solicitors. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Heastie, sen., Edinburgh, baker.-Philip Cadell, Cramond, iron manufacturer.-Henry Seton, Edinburgh, veterinary surgeon. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before the Court, in Portugal-st., on Tuesday, March 4, at 9. John Von Hollen, Seymour-place, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, out of business.-John Brokenshir, Broad-st., Bloomsbury, Middlesex, victualler.-Wm. Hutchison, Southamptonstreet, and Eastern Adelphi and Salisbury Wharfs, Strand, stonemason.Alexander Blazdell, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, Middlesex, harp manufacturer. Court-house, MAIDSTONE, Kent, March 6 at 10. Silas Newman, Five-oak-green, Capel, Kent, grocer. Court-house, IPSWICH, Suffolk, March 4 at 10. Robert Vince, Kersey, near Hadleigh, butcher.-J. Whatson, Brandeston, agricultural labourer. Moot-hall, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, (Town), March 5 at 10. Edmund Seaborn, North Shields, out of business.-John Court-house, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Northumberland, John Watson, Morpeth, gardener.-Joel Levien, North Court-house, LANCASTER, (County), March 11 at 10. Samuel Parsons, Manchester, paper hanging manufacturer. -George Wood, Manchester, drysalter.-Richard Rigby, Preston, corn dealer.-W. Higgins, Manchester, butcher. Court-house, NORWICH, (City), March 7 at 10. George Howard, Norwich, coal dealer. Court-house, NORWICH, Norfolk, March 7 at 10. Court-house, BURY ST. EDMUND's, Suffolk, March 11 at 10. Court-house, WARWICK, (County), March 15 at 10. Court-house, STAFFORD, (County), March 22 at 10. Court-house, LEICESTER, (County), April 2 at 10. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' DIVIDENDS. the pound.-James S. Buzza, St. Ive's, Cornwall, draper, Feb. 24, Little & Hearle's, Devonport: 28. 2d. in the pound.-J. G. Powell, Lincoln-chambers, Gate-street, Lincoln's-innfields, Middlesex, clerk, at Hodgson & Burton's, 10, Salisburystreet, Strand: 1s. 4d. in the pound. MEETINGS. Philip Bevan, Swansea, mariner, March 4 at 11, Insolvent Debtors' Court, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London, pr. d.-Edw. Rees, Glanmorfa, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, contractor, March 5 at 12, New Inn Tavern, Kidwelly, sp. affairs. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21. WILLIAM DALE, London-wall, London, boot and shoe maker, Feb. 28 at 11, and April 4 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Belcher; Sol. Pryer, 17, Pavement, Finsbury-square.-Fiat dated Feb. 17. LAWRENCE DANIEL DOLBELL, Ravensbury-mill. Lower Mitcham, Surrey, dyer, March 5 at 11, and April 4 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Edwards; Sol. Beart, 4, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street.-Fiat dated Feb. 19. JAMES CRABB, Great Tey, Essex, bricklayer, builder, victualler, and butcher, March 4 at half-past 12, and April 2 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sol. Bell, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 15. CHARLES RANSFORD, Stoneley, South Tottenham, Middlesex, grocer and cheesemonger, Feb. 28 at 11, and April 2 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sol. Kempster, Kennington-lane.-Fiat dated Feb. 15. ALFRED WYATT, Babmaes-mews, Well-st., St. James's, Middlesex, out of business, Feb. 28 at 1, and April 9 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off, Ass. Follett; Sol. Taylor, 10, South-place, Finsbury-square.-Fiat dated Feb. 20. LEWIS GEORGE, Ion-cottage, Downham-road, Kingslandroad, Middlesex, shawl warehouseman and furrier, dealer and chapman, Feb, 28 at half-past 11, and April 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off, Ass. Graham; Sols. Young & Co., St. Mildred's-court, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 17. WILLIAM BEHNES, Osnaburgh-street, New-road, Middlesex, marble and stone merchant, sculptor, dealer and chapman, Feb. 28 at 12, and April 4 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sols. Lawrence & Plews, Bucklersbury.-Fiat dated Feb. 19. FRANCIS CRÁNSWICK, Bridlington-quay, Bridlington, Yorkshire, innkeeper, March 4 and April 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Young; Sols. Taylor, Bridlington; Blackburn, Leeds.-Fiat dated Jan. 28. GERARD SAMSON, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, corn dealer and chapman, March 4 and April 1 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hernaman; Sols. Phillips, Weymouth; Terrell, Exeter; Combe, Staple-inn, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 11. THOMAS FERRIS, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, grocer and tea dealer, March 7 and April 4 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass Kynaston.-Fiat dated Dec. 26. JAMES WELLS, Winchcomb, Gloucestershire, common carrier, coal merchant, dealer and chapman, March 5 at 12. and April 15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Miller; Sol. Trenfield, Winchcomb.-Fiat dated Feb. 14. Feb. 11. CHARLES THORNTON, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, stationer and bookseller, dealer and chapman, March 3 and 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass Fearne; Sols. Floyd & Booth, Huddersfield; Clark & Cooper, Sessions-house, Old Bailey, London.-Fiat dated WILLIAM REEVES, Walcot, Somersetshire, coach builder and harness maker, dealer and chapman, March 7 and Apri 4 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass Hutton; Sol. Gray, Bristol and Bath.-Fiat dated Feb. 15 THOMAS LANGSTON, Manchester, share broker and agent dealer and chapman, March 4 and 24 at 1, District Court o Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Fraser; Sols. Hitch cock & Co., Manchester; Johnson & Co., Temple, London -Fiat dated Feb. 12. JAMES TAYLOR, Higher Walton, Cheshire, farmer and MEETINGS. PARTNERSHIP Dissolved. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Walker Wood, Churton-street, Vauxhall-bridge-road, Middlesex, quarryman, March 18 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-W. Jackson, Charlotte-st., Fitzroy-sq., Middlesex, paper hanger, March 18 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London. Charles Cash, Whitechapel-road, Middlesex, ironmonger, March 14 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John B. Pim, Sweed'scourt, Great Trinity-lane, London, stationer, March 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Jas. Mackay, Liverpool, merchant, March 19 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Rich. Bratton, sen., Shrewsbury, Shropshire, cabiJoa. Brown, Regent-street, St. John's, Westminster, Mid- net maker, March 18 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birdlesex, grocer, March 15 at half-past 11, Court of Bank-mingham.-Sam. Parsons, Manchester, paper-hanger, March ruptcy, London, aud. ac.; March 28 at half-past 12, div.- 17 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-J. Ball Chas, Cash, Whitechapel-road, Middlesex, ironmonger, March and W. Ball, Langley, Sutton, Cheshire, silk manufacturers, 14 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Lucy Wil- March 17 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. liems, Oxford, woollen draper, March 14 at half-past 11, Rich. Blockley, Crewe, Cheshire, linen draper, March 14 at Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-William Notman, 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. John-street, Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, piano-forte To be allowed by the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, unless maker, March 18 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before March 14. -Hen. Robinson, Devonport, Devonshire, brewer, March 18 Sarah T. Watson, Skinner-st., Snow-hill, London, woolat 1. District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter, aud. ac.; March 20 11, div.-Wm. L. Prattman, Butter Knowle-lodge, and len warehouseman.-M. Maslin, Croydon, Surrey, lime merMichael Forster, Copley, Durham, timber merchants, March chant.-Rich. Coleman, Colchester, Essex, ironfounder.14 half-past 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-Jas. Mallallieu, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, cotton spinner. po-Tyne, aud. ac.-Geo. Walton, Stockton-on-Tees, Dur-Cecil S. T. Walker, Oxford-street, Middlesex, artificial hem, wine merchant, March 14 at 12, District Court of Bank- florist.-Chas. Hen. Hambleton, Northampton-street, Bethruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.; March 18 at 12, fin. nal-green, Middlesex, licensed victualler.-Hen. Watkinson, -Wm. Birkett, Whitehaven, Cumberland, grocer, March Meredith-street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, tea dealer.-George 17 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon- Craven, Wakefield, Yorkshire, maltster.-Ed. G. Flight, Tyne, aud. ac.; March 18 at 11, fin. div.-Jacob Wallington, Adam-street, Adelphi, Westminster, Middlesex, publisher. Bristol, painter, March 18 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.; March 19 at 11, div.-John B. Williams, Regent-street, Westminster, Middlesex, stationer, March 14 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.Samuel Breckels, High-street, Southwark, Surrey, bedstead maker, March 14 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. Wm. Robertson, Aberdeen, clothier.-Alex. Gray Cund-Levi I. Themans, Sidney-place, Commercial-road, Mid-ningham, Edinburgh, wine merchant.-Alex. Brown, Port dlesex, tea dealer, March 14 at half-past 12, Court of Bank- Glasgow, shipmaster.-Alex. Dunbar, Dingwall, wine merruptcy, London, div.-Henry Wood, Basinghall-street, Lon- chant.-Alex. Maclean, Forres, baker.-Robert Jas. Simpdon, woolen factor, March 14 at half-past 1, Court of Bankson, Musselburgh, draper. ruptcy, London, div.-Wm. Stent, Oxford-street, Middleser, hosier, March 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fa dir-John Manniglier, Oxford-street, Middlesex, watch maker, March 14 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.Rich. Tucker, Westminster, Middlesex, farrier, March 15 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John Sparham, Froston, Suffolk, miller, March 15 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. div.-W. H. Barton, Bedford-place, Commercial-road, East, Church-lane, Whitechapel, Middlesex, and Chelmsford, Essex, and Gravesend, Kent, boot maker, March 15 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Jas. Oldham, Wood-street, London, silk warehouseman, March 15 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Wm. Mather Nobbs, Maiden-lane, Middlesex, hotel keeper, and Upper Seymour-street, Euston-square, Middlesex, chemist, March 14 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Hen.wich, Harrison, Bruton-street, Hanover-square, Middlesex, builder, March 14 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John Lavender Gray, Jermyn-street, Westminster, Middlesex, tailor, March 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.John Sedman, Queen-street, Cheapside, London, colour merchant, March 17 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.Ja. Ralph Stringer, Houndsditch, London, wholesale clothier, March 18 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. -James Robert Drage, Leeds, Yorkshire, tallow merbant, March 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, and. ac.; March 26 at 11, div.-Thomas Tempest, Leeds, Yorkshire, grocer, March 24 at 11, District Court of Bankptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; March 26 at 11, fin. div.-James Watson, Carlisle, grocer, March 14 at 2, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, div.-John Hawksley, Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, fin. div. Arnold, Nottinghamshire, merchant, March 20 at 1, District DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. chant. The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought before a Commissioner on Circuit:Court-house, BRISTOL, (City), March 10 at 10. John Buckley, Liverpool, out of business. Court-house, NORWICH, Norfolk, March 7 at 10. Smith Wright, Walton, grocer. Court-house, NORWICH, (City), March 7 at 10. seedsman.-Geo. Hudson, jun., Norwich, carpenter. Thos. 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Price 18.-with Supplement 2s. ** The following are the Names of the Gentlemen who favour THE JURIST with Reports of Cases argued and decided in the several Courts of Law and Equity: We are glad to perceive, by the reports of the proedings in Parliament, that Lord Campbell has brought in a Bill for abolishing the very ridiculous Law of Deodand. The origin of this law is traced back to the oldest periods of European superstition, when the belief in the efficacy of masses for the souls of the dead, to rescue them from the pains of purgatory, was as prevalent and as thoroughly rooted in the mind of all Christendom, as the disbelief of it is now in this country. It was in those days a general practice, naturally flowing from this belief, among the classes of society who could afford such a luxury, for masses to he said for the souls of the dead, particularly of those who died on the field of battle, or otherwise came to sudden death, and were supposed, therefore, to pass from this world without due preparation and without absolution: and to this practice is traced the law of deodand: Anciently, it seems, when any person came suddenly by his death by the accidental agency of any animate or inanimate chattel, the chattel was to be given to the church to purchase masses for the soul of the deceased. Such a law was manifestly a wise and humane De, while it was the fervent belief of the people that sach saying of masses was essential to the eternal welfare of the souls of deceased persons; for in all times, persons of the poorer sort are those who are most exposed to death by accidents, and this would be particularly the case in the times of which we speak, when the higher classes of society took care, by their continual state of warfare and mutual destruction, to allow little room for accidental death among themselves, so that, but for the law which devoted to the purchase of masses the thing that caused accidental death, there could have been for the poor, no provision for that species of spiritual consolation, which was considered, VOL. IX. G both by rich and poor, as much an essential as decent. burial is at this day. In process of time, however, the law appears to have been perverted from its ori-. ginal intention; and, while the ulterior object for which the forfeiture was inflicted, appears to have been gra-dually lost sight of, the forfeiture itself was retained, but in favour of the Crown; and the fruits of it became, and have continued even down to this day, a mere source of revenue to the Crown. Still, so long as the Crown depended for its support upon its possessions, and the casual profits arising from various sources, such as forfeitures, &c., forming, in the aggregate, a con-siderable sum, there was some sense in retaining the law of deodand, although its original and legitimate object. was gone. But when the Crown, in our modern times, gave up into the hands of the public its possessions, and most of its precarious sources of revenue, exchanging them for the Civil List, the retention of the law of deodand became thenceforth a rank absurdity; the absurdity consisting, not, we submit, in the curious distinctions in its application, which were so facetiously pointed out by Lord Campbell, but in the simple fact of forfeiture to the Crown of the chattel, the unconscious cause of the death of a human being, answering no public purpose whatever; being founded on, or consistent with, no popular belief whatever; and being, as a source of profit to the Crown, too ridiculous to be worth an instant's notice. The distinctions which have prevailed in the application of the law of deodand, so far from being in themselves ridiculous, appear to be perfectly sound and rational, if we keep in view the principle of the law itself. For instance, if a man getting on the wheel of a cart not in motion falls off and is killed, the wheel of the cart only is subject to forfeiture as a deodand, and for a very good reason, because the law is, that the thing which caused the death shall be forfeited; |