No. 515-VOL. X.

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TENISON EDWARDS, Esq. of the

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We call the attention of our readers to a very important decision, (Re Pender, reported 10 Jur. 891), in reference to the taxation of a solicitor's bill of costs, under the 6 & 7 Vict. c. 73.

The principal question in the case was, whether, in order to bring a solicitor's bill within the act, for the purpose of referring it for taxation, the bill must have been signed; and this question turned upon the construction of the 37th section of the act, which, so far as relates to the matter in hand, is in the following words:"That no attorney or solicitor shall commence or maintain any action or suit for the recovery of any fees, charges, or disbursements for any business done by such attorney or solicitor, until the expiration of one month after such attorney or solicitor, or executor, administrator, or assignee of such attorney or solicitor, shall have delivered unto the party charged therewith, or sent by the post to, or left for him at his counting-house, office of business, dwelling-house, or last known place of abode, a bill of such fees, charges, and disbursements, and which bill shall either be subscribed with the proper hand of such attorney or solicitor, or be inclosed in or accompanied by a letter subscribed in like manner, referring to such bill; and, upon the application of the party chargeable by such bill within such month, it shall be lawful" &c.

In Re Pender, bills of costs were delivered by a solicitor to his client, which were neither signed by him, nor inclosed in a letter, signed, referring to the bill in the manner prescribed by the act. The client referred the bills for taxation; and it was contended by the solicitor, that the court could not, under the act, direct the bills to be taxed, on account of their not being signed, or inclosed in a letter signed, pursuant to the act. The question was, in effect, whether the act inVOL. X.

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tended merely to impose upon an attorney, as a personal condition, to be fulfilled before he can sue for his bill, the signing it, or inclosing it in a letter signed; or whether it meant the condition to be annexed to the very existence of the bill as a bill. Were it not, firstly, for the proverbial hatred of taxation which pervades the class of solicitors no less than every other class of her Majesty's subjects; secondly, for the equally proverbial aptness of counsel to see, if necessary, and contend for every possible meaning of words except their natural and obvious one; and, thirdly, for the habitual impression, produced by the experience of at least the last fifteen years on the minds of lawyers, that an act of Parliament cannot have a clear meaning,—one would be astonished at the audacity of that astuteness, which could see in the 37th clause of the 6 & 7 Vict. c. 73, any other meaning than that which the Master of the Rolls and the Lord Chancellor have declared belongs to it.

The act first declares, that an attorney or solicitor shall not sue for his fees till he has delivered or sent a bill of such fees, thereby giving to the instrument that he is to deliver, its character of a bill. Then the act goes on to direct, that such bill, that is, a bill unsigned, shall be signed or sent in a letter signed and referring to it: and then, thirdly, comes the power given to the party chargeable by such bill, to apply to the court for an order for its taxation. If the act had meant that a bill is not a bill until it is signed, it would have said so; but, on the contrary, it speaks of the instrument to be delivered, as a bill before it is signed; and, with regard to the signing, all that the act says is, that, before an attorney can sue upon his bill, it must be signed. Again, when the act speaks of "the application of the party chargeable by such bill," it does not refer to such bill for the first time, and therefore the reference does not of necessity apply exclusively to a bill accompanied

by signature; the very words of the act which direct the signature, referring to the antecedent description of a bill, necessarily not a signed bill. There is nothing, therefore, from which to infer, even on grounds of the purest technicality, that the act, in authorising the client to apply for taxation of such bill, meant to refer to a bill signed. Again, although at first sight it might appear, as it seems to have been argued in Re Pender, that, when the act speaks of the party chargeable by such bill, it must be speaking of a bill signed, because, if the bill is not signed, the attorney cannot recover upon it, and therefore, in a sense, the client is not chargeable; yet a little consideration shews that this cannot be the meaning of the word "chargeable;" for the client is as chargeable on the bill before as after signature; the chargeability being, not the immediate susceptibility of being the subject of an action, but the inchoate liability to pay, whenever the formal proceedings necessary to authorise the attorney to sue, are taken by him.

We apprehend, that the signing of the bill under the statute under consideration, is to the chargeability of the client, what the stamping of a deed is, in general, to the chargeability of the parties affected by such deed. The liability of the party affected, depends, not upon the signing in the one case, more than it does upon the stamping in the other; each of these formalities being an ingredient necessary, not for the purpose of giving its legal effect to the instrument, but merely for the purpose of enabling the party claiming under it, to bring it before the court.

The argument, however, which cannot be got over, is that which is put so prominently by the Lord Chancellor: "I have also," said his Lordship," "to consider what would be the result of adopting the one or the other construction; and I have in vain endeavoured to see what benefit would arise to either party from its being necessary that the bill should be signed."

The result of the decision is, that the condition respecting the signing of an attorney's bill of costs, is a condition not affecting the nature of the bill, but merely imposed upon the attorney, so that he must comply with it before he can proceed to sue upon his bill; and that it does not affect the client, so that his right to taxation is quite independent of the question, whether the bill, if it has been delivered, is signed or not. The decision would, of course, be an authority, whether it seemed consistent with plain common sense or not. But it is always satisfactory when one finds that a decision, which is an authority, is, as we conceive this one to be, as far from technicality, and as near common sense as possible.

A case has very recently been decided by the ViceChancellor of England, (Hall v. Hugonin, reported in this day's JURIST), which seems to sweep away all the refinements that have been thought to surround the question of the possibility of getting at a married woman's reversionary interest in personalty, so as to dispose of it; and to place the doctrine on this broad basis, that wherever any prior interests can be transferred to or for the benefit of the married woman, so as to give her in effect the whole estate, she may, with the assistance of the court, dispose of it.

The case of Hall v. Hugonin, stripped of the facts not bearing upon this point, was this: that A., a married woman, being entitled as next of kin to a Mrs. Edgar to a share of a trust-fund, consisting of money in the funds, in which Edgar, the husband, had a life estate; A. and his wife took an assignment of Edgar's life estate to the wife of A., to the intent that such life estate might be merged in the wife's reversion, and that the reversion might thereby be reduced into possession; the parties in this case following strictly the authority

of Lachton v. Adams (5 Law Journ. 382) and Creed v. Perry (2 New Eq. Rep. 42; and see 10 Jur. 516).

The trustees refusing to transfer the fund to the husband of A., he filed a bill against them, to take the opinion of the court; and His Honor the Vice-Chancellor was of opinion, that, upon a petition by the husband to transfer, the wife consenting, the transfer would be ordered. His Honor thought that this was not a case to which the doctine of merger applied; and put his decision on the ground, that the married woman, being entitled to the life interest and reversion, had such an interest as could be dealt with in equity as if she had the whole interest.

This case is peculiarly important, because, although the same judge has already decided two others of a similar nature in the same way, (Wilson v. Oldham, Lewin on Trusts, 296, and Creed v. Perry, cited supra), one of those cases (Wilson v. Oldham) was, it is believed, decided without any argument at all, (probably it was heard as a short cause); and in the other, although the point was called to the attention of the court, there was no argument, and it is believed that only one case was cited. (See the observations on Creed v. Perry, 10 Jur. 516). The principal case was, on the contrary, very fully argued, and by counsel of eminence, and the court delivered, as will be seen by the report, an elaborate judgment. It may be considered, therefore, as a solemn decision of the question so much contested of late in the Profession, and considered to be of so much difficulty so lately as 1844, that the Master of the Rolls refused to decide it upon petition. (Story v. Tonge, Beav. 91). And, unless Hall v. Hugonin should be overruled, which, looking at the state of the authorities, is not now likely, the rule of the court may henceforth be considered to be, that wherever a married woman has a reversion in personalty, preceded by life interests in other persons, if those interests can be made over to the married woman, then, by apt proceedings in the Court of Chancery, she may dispose of the whole fund. C. S. D.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. MICHAELMAS TERM.-10 VICTORIÆ.-Nov. 16.

The following Reg. Gen. was read in court:"It is hereby ordered, that so much of the Table of Fees signed by the judges, and ordered to be inrolled on the 20th December, 1837, purporting to be made pursuant to the stat. 1 Vict. c. 55, as relates to process at the suit of the Crown, be annulled." (Signed) DENMAN, T. COLTMAN, THOMAS WILDE, R. M. ROLFE, FRED. POLLOCK, W. WIGHTMAN, J. PARKE, W. ERLE,

E. H. ALDERSON,
J. PATTESON,
J. T. COLERIDGE,

T. J. PLATT,
E. V. WILLIAMS."

THOMAS LAMBERT POWELL, Romsey, Hampshire, cabinet maker, Nov. 25 at half-past 11, and Dec. 23 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Pennell; Sols. Husband & Wyatt, 1, Moorgate-street, London. -Fiat dated Nov. 13.

WILLIAM HODGES, Kingsgate-st., Holborn, Middlesex, cloth worker, presser, and packer, Nov. 25 at half-past 1, and Dec. 29 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Of. Ass. Pennell; Sols. Shaw & Newstead, 18, Ely-place, Holborn.-Fiat dated Nov. 14.

RICHARD KENT PAYNE, Brighton, Sussex, grocer and tea dealer, dealer and chapman, Nov. 26 at 2, and Dec. 22 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Edwards; Sols. Blaker & Co., Lewes, Sussex; Sowton, 27, Great James-st., Bedford-row.-Fiat dated Nov. 12. JOHN DODGSON and GEORGE BRADBURY, Bishopsgate-street Without, and Moor-lane, Fore-street, London, ironmongers and mustard manufacturers, Dec. 1 at halfpast 2, and Jan. 12 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London : Off. Ass. Groom; Sol. Murray, London-st., Fenchurch-st. -Fiat dated Nov. 16.

WILLIAM REEVES, Horseferry-road, Limehouse, Middlesex, live stock dealer, Nov. 26 at half-past 11, and Dec. 19 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Green; Sol. Wells, 1, Brunswick-terrace, Commercial-road East. Fiat dated Nov. 14.

ROBERT MANN, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, chemist and druggist, dealer and chapman, Dec. 8 at half-past 2, and Jan. 12 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Edwards; Sols. Hunnybun, Huntingdon; Fox & Britten, 1, Basinghall-st., London.-Fiat dated Nov. 13. JOHN ECKSTEIN, High-street, Notting-hill, Kensington, Middlesex, ironmonger, dealer and chapman, Nov. 27 and Dec. 28 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sol. Neal, 5, Austin-friars.-Fiat dated Nov. 12. WILLIAM ROLFE, Leyton, Essex, corn dealer, Nov. 27 | at 2, and Dec. 28 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sol. Ogle, Great Winchester-street.-Fiat dated Nov. 16.

ALEXANDER AUGUSTUS MACKEY and NATHANIEL JAMES WHITE HOLT, St. Helen's-pl., Bishopsgate-street, London, merchants, dealers and chapmen, (carrying on trade in London together with James Henry Mackey, of Calcutta, in the East Indies, their co-partner, in the firm of Mackey, Holt, & Co.), Nov. 30 at 2, and Dec. 28 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Grabam; Sols. Freshfields, New Bank-buildings. -Fiat dated Nov. 13.

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JAMES CHURCHYARD, Sutherland-terrace, Cold-harbour-lane, Brixton, Surrey, carpenter and builder, dealer and chapman, Nov. 27 at 12, and Dec. 28 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sols. Jenkinson & Co., 29, Lombard-st.-Fiat dated Nov. 11. STEPHEN WOODGATE, Westmoreland-place, Southampton-street, Camberwell, Surrey, auctioneer and furniture dealer, and electrico-chemical gilding and plating manufacturer, dealer and chapman, Nov. 27 at half-past 12, and Dec. 28 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Graham; Sol. Thistlewood, Lawrence-lane.-Fiat dated Nov. 13.

JOHN MARSTON, Birmingham, (carrying on business under the name of John Hunter), surgeon and apothecary, Dec. 2 and 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Hair, Kidderminster; Motteram & Knowles, Birmingham.-Fiat dated Nov. 12. WILLIAM HUNTER, Rainford, Lancashire, manager of a quarry, Nov. 23 and Dec. 15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Morgan; Sols. Green, Liverpool: Gregory & Co., Bedford-row, London. -Fiat dated Nov. 4.

JOHN THOMAS, Cwmbach, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, builder and shopkeeper, Dec. 2 at 12, and Dec. 31 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol : Off. Ass. Miller; Sol. Leman, Bristol.-Fiat dated Nov. 11. DAVID GOSTICK, Keighley, Yorkshire, grocer and druggist, dealer and chapman, Dec. 3 and 23 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Young; Sols. Upton, Leeds; Few & Co., London. - Fiat dated Nov. 10. ROBERT PARKINSON the younger, Leeds, Yorkshire, stock broker, share broker, and general commission agent, dealer and chapman, (trading under the firm of Robert Parkinson, jun., & Co., formerly of Leeds, carrying on business in copartnership with James Hebdin, as stock and share brokers, under the style or firm of Hebdin & Parkinson), Dec. 3 and 23 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Freeman; Sols. Harle & Clarke, Leeds; Jones & Co., John-street, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Nov. 11.

JOHN KNIGHT, Birmingham, timber merchant, dealer and chapman, Dec. 1 and 22 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Valpy; Sols. Motteram & Knowles, Birmingham; Smith & Co., Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Nov. 13.

HENRY LEONARD, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ironmonger and lamb dealer, Nov. 30 and Dec. 29 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Miller; Sols. Bubb & Co., Cheltenham.-Fiat dated Nov. 12. CHARLES TAYLOR, Mirfield, Yorkshire, common brewer, Nov. 28 and Dec. 18 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Hope; Sols. Freeman, Huddersfield ; Sanderson, Leeds; Yonge & Co., Tokenhouse-yard, London.-Fiat dated Nov. 12.

HENRY JAMES PALMER, Wantage, Berkshire, grocer, dealer and chapman, Nov. 27 at half-past 1, and Dec. 28 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sol. Thrupp, 2, Winchester-buildings. Fiat dated Nov. 16. JAMES ULLATHORNE, Spencer-place, Brixton-road, Surrey, builder, plumber, painter, and glazier, Nov. 26 at half-past 2, and Dec. 31 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sol. Wadeson, Austin-friars.Fiat dated Nov. 12.

MEETINGS.

Anthony George Wright Biddulph, John Wright, Henry Robinson, and Edmund Wm. Jerningham, Henrietta-street, St. Paul, Covent-garden, Middlesex, bankers, Nov. 27 at halfpast 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, pr. d.-Jas. Stubbs, Worthing and Brighton, Sussex, coach maker, Dec. 9 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, pr. d. and div.- Benjamin Clark, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, export ale merchant, Nov. 21 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex. — Th. Wallis, College-street, Chelsea, Middlesex, builder, Nov. 19 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-John Ricketts, Gosport, Southampton, grocer, Dec. 14 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.; Dec. 14 at 1, div.-Edw. Roberts, Liverpool, corn merchant, Dec. 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.; Dec. 15 at 11, div.-Wm. Wilshere Benn, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.; Dec. 18 at 11, div.-Thomas Siddorn, Liverpool, ironmonger, Dec.

15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.George Edward Schultz and Henry Ward Carr, Liverpool, stockbrokers, Dec. 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.; Dec. 18 at 1, div.-W. Kelly, Chester, common brewer, Dec. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac. and div.-William Kirby, Liverpool, hotel keeper, Dec. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.; Dec. 11 at 11, div.-Henry Hutchinson, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 8 at 12, District Court of Bank. ruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.-John M'Gibbon, Liverpool, bootmaker, Dec. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.-John Evans, Liverpool, ironmonger, Dec. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.Joseph Greaves Smith, Liverpool, grocer, Dec. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.-Benjamin Marshall, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and Selbridge Abbey, Kildare, Ireland, woollen manufacturer, Dec. 8 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.-Wm. Dunnett, Manchester, commission agent, Dec. 22 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Dec. 23 at 12, div. Wm. Grundy, Manchester, yarn dealer, Dec. 22 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.-J. Grundy, Ramsbottom, Tottington Lower End, Lancashire, woollen manufacturer, Dec. 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Dec. 22 at 12, div.-J. Astley, Manchester, and Whitefield, Lancashire, fustian manufacturer, Dec. 10 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Dec. 17 at 12, div.-J. Atwood Beaver, Manchester, cotton spinner, Dec. 10 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Dec. 11 at 12, div.-John Shorland, Bristol, grocer, Dec. 18 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-Wm. Henry Hounsfield, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, draper, Dec. 17 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol; aud. ac.; Dec. 22 at 11, div.-Maria Bird, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, milliner, Dec. 17 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-Richard Perry, Leeds, Yorkshire, hatter, Dec. 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; Dec. 15 at 11, first and fin. div.-E. Lilley, Kingston-upon-Hull, timber merchant, Dec. 9 at 10, Townhall, Kingston-upon-Hull, aud. ac.— -Wm. Heskin Osborn, Leicester, and H. Webster Blackburn, Bradford, Yorkshire, out of business, Dec. 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; Dec. 15 at 11, div. sep. est. of W. Heskin Osborn.-John Yeardley, William Yeardley, and Elizabeth Yeardley, Ecclesfield-mill, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, flax spinners, Dec. 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield, aud. ac. and fin. div.-Michael Wilson Osborne, Coventry, Warwickshire, grocer, Dec. 17 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.; Dec. 19 at 12, div.-John Broom, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, and St. Mildred'scourt, Poultry, London, carpet manufacturer, Dec. 24 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Rich. Wanklin Bellamy, Ross, Herefordshire, grocer, Dec. 5 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Henry Van Wart, Birmingham, merchant, Dec. 8 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-Wm. Birch Price and John Edwards, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, bankers, Nov. 24 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. sep. est. of John Edwards.—John Douglas Herrick, Colchester, Essex, grocer, Dec. 8 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Edward Jones, Liverpool, ironmonger, Dec. 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-Joseph Taylor, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-C. Hall, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-William Worrall and Robert Williamson, Liverpool, merchants, Dec. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-J. Leadbeater, Manchester, manufacturer of shirtings and calicoes, Dec. 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, div.-Robt. Barker, Manchester, druggist, Dec. 8 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, div.-Wm. Baker, Manchester, and Salford, Lancashire, plasterer, Dec. 9 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, div.-Thos. Langston, Manchester, sharebroker, Dec. 21 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, div.-Rich. Carlisle Capleton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, tea dealer, Dec. 10 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, div. Stephen Askham, Bradford, Yorkshire, commission agent, Dec. 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, fin. div.-Alfred Wm. John Mason, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, builder, Dec. 5 at 10, District

Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, div.-Thomas Wenman,
Birmingham, merchant, Dec. 5 at 10, District Court of Bank.
ruptcy, Birmingham, div.
CERTIFICATES.

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

Wm. Mitchell, Westerham, Kent, draper, Dec. 9 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Jas. Bird, Club-row, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, timber merchant, Dec. 10 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thos. Pilbeam, Parker-st., Drury. lane, and Hanover-court, Hart-st., Covent-garden, Middlesex, coach smith, Dec. 11 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London. – Geo. Kidman, Long-alley, Middlesex, victualler, Dec. 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Cramp, Garlinge, Margate, Kent, cowkeeper, Dec. 14 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Jos. Wilcox, Little Bell-alley, Moorgatest., London, tailor, Dec. 14 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Edmund Burke Kilpin, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Southampton, jeweller, Dec. 14 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.- Thos. Morris, Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, linen draper, Dec. 17 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Henry Cowie and Jas. Clark, Liverpool, merchants, Dec. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liver. pool.-Aaron Linley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, sheep shear manufacturer, Dec. 11 at 11, Town-hall, Sheffield.-Wm. Aston, Lapley, Staffordshire, maltster, Dec. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Wm. Brook, Manchester, and Goldsmith-st., London, stuff merchant, Dec. 9 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-Robert Kirkpatrick, Manchester, ironfounder, Dec. 10 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.

To be allowed by the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before Dec. 8. Robert Harding Evans, New Bond-st., Middlesex, auctioneer.-Walter M'Dowall, Pemberton-row, Gough-square, London, printer.— Wm. Wood, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, wine merchant.-T. Dousbery, New Farringdon-st., London, boot factor.-Peter M'Shane, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland, cattle dealer.-Edward Mundy, Liverpool, house agent.-Samuel Reading, Birmingham, button manufacturer.

FIAT ANNULLED.

Thos. Smith, Burrowes-mews, John-street, Blackfriarsroad, Surrey, cab master.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

Benj. Geo. Tyzack and Thos. Carr Lietch, North Shields, Northumberland, attornies and solicitors.-H. W. Taylor and John Speakman, Manchester, attornies, solicitors, and conveyancers.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process.

Chas. Henry Quick, Shirley, Millbrook, Hampshire, out of business, Nov. 26 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.Jos. Batchelor, Weston-place, Paddington, Middlesex, omnibus driver, Nov. 24 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Jay, Romford, Essex, bricklayer, Nov. 24 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-J. Badman, Compton-st., Clerkenwell, Middlesex, dealer in cigars, Nov. 24 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-William Weston, Oxford, hair dresser, Nov. 24 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Ed. Page, Clare-market, Middlesex, butcher, Nov. 24 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Abraham Amson Crapp, Stanhope-st., Clare-market, Middlesex, overlooker in the press department at the printing-office of Mr. Hansard, Parker-street, Drury-lane, Middlesex, Nov. 24 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thos. Wheeler, Castle-place, Kent. ish-town, Middlesex, out of business, Nov. 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Jas. Hucklesby, North-wharf-road, Paddington, Middlesex, carman, Nov. 24 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Bowness, Brownlowst., Holborn, Middlesex, tea dealer, Nov. 24 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Henry Carr, York, share broker, Nov. 25 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds.

Thomas Mountain, Adwalton, Birstal, Yorkshire, coal leader and earthenware dealer, and Martha Mountain, bis wife, Nov. 25 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds.— John Fawcett, Leeds, Yorkshire, card maker, Nov. 25 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds.-Richard Nash, Open

shaw, Lancashire, brick maker, Nov. 26 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-Robert Arthur Kenney, Upper Kennington-green, Surrey, schoolmaster, Nov. 24 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Henry Stowe, Witney, Oxfordshire, coach maker, Nov. 24 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Emelie Catharine de Massow, Thurlow-place, Thurlow-square, Brompton, Middlesex, widow, Nov. 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thos. Cox, Buller-place, Notting-hill, Kensington, Middlesex, dealer in old building materials, Nov. 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Benj. Woodall, Dudley, Worcestershire, fire iron | maker, Nov. 21 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Edward Jinks, Birmingham, out of business, Nov. 21 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Thos. Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, attorney at law, Dec. 4 at halfpast 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. -Edward H. Roberts, Wells, Somersetshire, schoolmaster, Dec. 15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Jos. Townsend, Bristol, cabinet maker, Dec. 17 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Jacob Seargeant, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, cabinet maker, Dec. 4 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Wm. Coulsting, Bristol, brush manufacturer, Dec. 10 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-George M. Shepherd, Cannock, Staffordshire, horse trainer, Nov. 21 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-John F. Milnes, Nottingham, engraver, Nov. 20 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham.

Saturday, Nov. 14.

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. George Cannon, Millfield-place, Green-lane, Stoke Newington, builder, No. 58,489 T.; Henry Hammond, assignee. -Joseph Barnett, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, innkeeper, No. 50,473 C.; Wm. Pulling, assignee.-Thomas Dickons, York, tailor, No. 67,591 C.; Geo. P. Bainbridge, assignee. -Wm. Banks, Kirby Moorside, Yorkshire, chair maker, No. 67,635 C.; Thomas Pearson and Thomas Phillips, assignees. -Thomas East, Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire, baker, No. 67,645 C.; William East, assignee.-Martin Bell, Little Snoring, Norfolk, blacksmith, No. 67,723 C.; Chas. Baker, assignee.-William Wharrie, Otley, Yorkshire, tinman, No. 67,728 C.; John Tennant and John Manby, assignees.Thomas Edw. Clarke, Acle, Norfolk, surgeon, No. 67,731 C.; S. B. Sherrington, assignee.

Saturday, Nov. 14.

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

Rechard Hall, High-street, Poplar, Middlesex, clothier: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesx.-Henry Jennings, Gray's-inn-rd., Middlesex, servant: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-- Wm. Houghton, South Conduit-street, Bethnal green, Middlesex, paper stainer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Jas. Lucy, Burton-street, Burton-crescent, Middlesex, town traveller to a soup manufacturer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Nathaniel Levy, Aldgate High-street, London, assistant to a carcass butcher: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-W. H. Chapman, Somerset-pl., Havilst., Camberwell, Surrey, tea dealer: in the Queen's Prison.Henry Nicks, Romford, Essex, eating-house keeper: in the Gaol of Chelmsford.-Edw. Jas. Holton, Warminster, Wiltshire, licensed victualler: in the Gaol of Fisherton Anger. Thomas Maylam Walker, Salisbury, Wiltshire, tailor: in the Gaol of Fisherton Anger.

The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before the Court, in Portugal-st., on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 9. George Jones, Maddox-street, Regent-street, Middlesex, author.-Henry James Martin, Bartholomew-close, London, out of business.-Wm. Spriggins, Waterloo-terrace, Commercial-road East, Middlesex, tobacconist.— William Cooper, Lower Shadwell, Middlesex, brewer.

Court-house, EXETER, Devonshire, Dec. 2, at 10. Daniel Kinsman, East Stonehouse, out of business.-Robert Westcott, Torquay, plasterer.-Mary Anne Jennings, Axminster, victualler.-Joseph Stamp, Henton, labourer.Christopher Chown, Alphington, out of business.

Court-house, CHESTER, (County), Dec. 2, at 10. Wm. Benson, Chester, architect.-Wm. Davenport, Farn

don, wheelwright.-Samuel Martin, Hewhall, Acton, near Nantwich, labourer.-Philip Axon, Great Bedbury, near Stockport, joiner.-W. Martin, Birkenhead, Cheshire, newspaper vender.-Rob. Turner, Devonport, out of business.Wm. Croft, Liverpool, joiner.-James Holt, Handforth, near Wilmslow, labourer.-Francis Harding, Lime-kiln-lane, near Birkenhead, retail beerseller.

FRIDAY, Nov. 20. BANKRUPTS.

SAMUEL YORKE, Cambridge, upholsterer, dealer and chapman, Nov. 28 at 2, and Jan. 13 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sols. Bristow & Tarrant, Bond-court, Walbrook.-Fiat dated Nov. 19. EDWIN BRYANT, Lime-st.-square, London, merchant, dealer and chapman, Nov. 27 at 1, and Jan. 8 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sol. Cutler, Bell-yard, Doctors'-commons.-Fiat dated Nov. 18. JOHN VARNEY, Clement's-inn-passage, Clare-market, Middlesex, grocer, Nov. 27 and Dec. 29 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Pennell; Sols. Rosser & Co., Fenchurch-street.-Fiat dated Nov. 12.

SERVAIS JAMAR, Frith-st., Soho, Middlesex, cabinet maker, dealer and chapman, Nov. 27 at 12, and Dec. 29 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Belcher; Sols. Hill & Everill, 21 A, Soho-square. - Fiat dated Nov. 17.

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JOHN FAYRER and WILLIAM FAYRER, Nutfordplace, Edgware-road, Mary-le-bone, Middlesex, cabinet makers, Nov. 27 at half-past 1, and Dec. 29 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. ; Sol. Hilleary, Fenchurch-street.-Fiat dated Nov. 16. ALEXANDER DENHOLM, Queen-street, Stepney, Middlesex, linendraper, Nov. 27 at 2, and Jan. 13 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Green; Sol. Cook, 30, King-st., Cheapside.-Fiat dated Nov. 18. CHARLES BORER, Elliott's-row, Lower-road, Islington, Middlesex, grocer, dealer and chapman, Nov. 24 at 12, and Dec. 19 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sols. Hine & Co., Charterhouse-square. - Fiat dated Nov. 13.

CHARLES GOODWIN, Great Guildford-street, Southwark, Surrey, plasterer and cement manufacturer, Dec. 2 at 1, and Dec. 31 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sol. Butler, jun., 134, Tooley-street, Southwark.-Fiat dated Nov. 18.

THOMAS HALL, Romsey Extra, Southampton, common brewer, Dec. 2 at half-past 1, and Dec. 30 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sols. Park & Nelson, 11, Essex-st., Strand.-Fiat dated Nov. 16. FRANCIS PERRY the younger, Austin-friars, London, merchant, Nov. 26 at half-past 11, and Dec. 31 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sols. Wilkinson & Co., Nicholas-lane.-Fiat dated Nov. 12.

THOMAS SANDERSON, Leeds, Yorkshire, corn factor, dealer and chapman, Nov. 30 and Dec. 21 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Hope; Sols. Barr & Co., Leeds; Fiddey, Paper-buildings, Inner-temple, JOHN ANDERTON, Bradford, Yorkshire, stock and share London.-Fiat dated Nov. 2. broker, Dec. 3 and 23 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Freeman; Sols. Bond, Leeds; Williamson & Co., Gray's-inn, London.-Fiat dated Nov. 9. Chorlton-upon-MedJOHN BOWKER DUNKERLEY, lock, Manchester, draper, dealer and chapman, Dec. 4 and 22 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Hobson; Sols. Taylor, Manchester; Johnson & Co., Temple, London.-Fiat dated Nov. 16. CHARLES THOMAS, Llivior, Montgomeryshire, grocer, dealer and chapman, Dec. 8 at 11, and Dec. 22 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Bird; Sols. Jones, Newtown; Gregory & Co., Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Nov. 16.

MARY LEWIS WAIT, Clifton, Bristol, lodging and boarding-house keeper, Dec. 4 and 31 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Hutton; Sol. Crosbie, Bristol.-Fiat dated Nov. 16.

WILLIAM OSTLER, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, grocer, Dec. 11 and Jan. 8 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Bittleston; Sols. Flewker, Derby ; Motteram & Knowles, Birmingham.-Fiat dated Nov. 14.