of Bankruptcy, Exeter, aud. ac.; Jan. 20 at 11, div.-Saml. Reading, Birmingham, hook and eye manufacturer, Jan. 26 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.; Jan. 30 at 12, div.-Wm. Thomas, Leamington-priors, Warwickshire, builder, Jan. 19 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, and. ac.-Charles F. Carne and Maurice Telo, Liverpool, merchants, Jan. 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.-Charles Sugars, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Middlesex, coal merchant, Jan. 7 at halfpast 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John Sutherland, Liverpool, coppersmith, Jan. 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-Maurice Seary, Swndwr, near Northop, Flintshire, maltster, Jan. 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-Richard Foster Breed and Wm. Eccleston, Liverpool, merchants, Jan. 5 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div. sep. est. R. F. Breed. CERTIFICATES. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting. Francis Holmes, Southtown, Suffolk, ship builder, Jan. 8 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Geo. Swaine Whitechurch, Fleet-street, London, hosier, Jan. 8 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Ditchman, Thurlow place, Hackney-road, Middlesex, builder, Jan. 12 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Bundey, Stamford-cottages, Stamford-bridge, Fulham-road, Middlesex, builder, Jan. 5 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John Burton, Liverpool, auctioneer, Jan. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Jos. Pidwell, Market Strand, Falmouth, Cornwall, general furnishing ironmonger, Jan. 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. To be allowed by the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before Jan. 5. Wm. Monk the younger, Nottingham, currier.-Willam Beamer, West Derby, Lancashire, joiner.-John Robt. Pease, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, and Lime-street, London, wine merchant.-Wm. Baker, Manchester and Salford, Lancashire, plasterer.-James Bird, Club-row, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, timber merchant.-Christopher Wakefield, Hampton Wick, Middlesex, licensed victualler.-John Brooks, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, currier.-John C. Edwards, Conduitstreet, Hanover-square, Middlesex, bill broker. Charles Jubilee Stebbing, Heath-place, Cambridge-heath, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, carpenter, Dec. 22 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Antonio Rocher, Clarence-place, Middleton-road, Dalston, Middlesex, secretary to the London and Dublin Railway Company, Dec. 22 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-D. Edwards, High-street, Hoxton Old-town, Shoreditch, Middlesex, dyer, Dec. 22 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Robinson, Queenstreet, Tower-hill, Aldgate, Middlesex, baker, Dec. 19 at halfpast 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Richard Ford, College-street, Chelsea, Middlesex, messenger and chapel clerk, Dec. 19 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-George John Moor, Church-street, Greenwich, Kent, out of business, Dec. 19 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-H. Bacon, Georgestreet, Hanover-square, Middlesex, wine merchant, Dec. 19 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-J. Hendy Holloway, Clifford's-inn, Fleet-street, London, attorney at law, Dec. 22 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Robt. Piper, Goring, near Worthing, dealer in tea, Dec. 22 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Saul Henriques Valentine, Tyssen-place, Kingsland-road, Shoreditch, Middlesex, dealer in drugs, Dec. 22 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-H. Fisher, Air-street, Piccadilly, Middlesex, plumber, Dec. 22 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.—Augustus Sam. Levy, Oxford-street, Middlesex, fruit saleman and commission agent, Dec. 22 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.James Wray, Newington-causeway, Surrey, straw hat manufacturer, Dec. 19 at half-past 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Matt. A. W. Jones, Porteous-road, Paddington, Mid dlesex, clerk in the Great Western Railway Company's Office, Dec. 22 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Jonathan T. Clark, Tottenham, Middlesex, carpenter, Dec. 19 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London. -Job Mead, Oxford-street and Sebright-pl., Hackney-road, Middlesex, working brazier, Dec. 19 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-William Everett, Bermondsey-street, Southwark, Surrey, wool sorter, Dec. 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Sam. Pettett, Brighton, Sussex, beer-shop keeper, Dec. 19 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. O. Pepper, Middlesex-street, Aldgate, London, grocer, Dec. 21 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Burgess, Church-place, Kensal-green, Chelsea, Middlesex, baker, Dec. 21 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Heyward J. St. Leger, Great Portlandstreet, Oxford-st., Middlesex, author, Dec. 21 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John M. Brace, Broad-meadow, Clifford, Herefordshire, out of business, Dec. 22 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Edw. Purslow, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, hair dresser, Dec. 22 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Sam. Peake, Kingston-upon-Hull, book-keeper, Dec. 23 at 10, Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull.-Frank B. Wall, Bedminster, Bristol, surgeon, Jan. 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, John A. Moss, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, estate agent, Jan. Edwards, Asholt, Somersetshire, out of business, Dec. 23 at 20 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Robert 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. Saturday, Dec. 12. Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignees the Estates and Effects of the following Persons:— (On their own Petitions). Francis Wall, Stockwell-place, Stockwell, Surrey, commis. sion agent: in the Queen's Prison.-John Dyer, Wenlockstreet, City-road, Middlesex, not in any business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-James Wayle, Parkfield. st., Liverpool-road, Middlesex, commission agent: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.—James E. Hayman, Ward-st., Princes-road, Lambeth, Surrey, assistant to a corn dealer: in the Gaol of Surrey.-Edward Morgan, Queen's Prison.-Rich. Atkinson the younger, Murray-st., Homer-st., Mary-le-bone, Middlesex, out of business: in the Hoxton, Middlesex, commercial traveller: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Wm. Barr, Nassau-st., Middlesex Hospital, Middlesex, bricklayer in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Wm. Boulter, Pocock's fields, near Liverpool-road, Islington, Middlesex, wheelwright: in the Queen's Prison.-John B. Kirk, Stanley, near Liver. pool, agent: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-James L. Braimer, Flushing, Maylor, near Falmouth, Cornwall, lieutenant in the Royal Marines on half-pay: in the Gaol of Bodmin. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S Meeting. Jan. 2 at 11, Castle and Ball Inn, Marlborough, sp. aff. Henry Somerset, Marlborough, Wiltshire, corn dealer, FRIDAY, DEC. 18. BANKRUPTS.. CHARLES ROBERT SAUERBREY, Fenchurch-street, London, and York-grove, Peckham-lane, Camberwell, Surrey, ship broker, shipowner, dealer and chapman, Dec. 22 at half past 10, and Jan. 26 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Belcher; Sols. J. and T. Gole, Limestreet, City.-Fiat dated Dec. 15. THOMAS TAPPENDEN, Friendly-place, Old Kent-road, Surrey, tailor, Dec. 26 at 12, and Feb. 6 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sols. Walsh & Thomson, 68, Lincoln's-inn-fields.-Fiat dated Dec. 9. HENRY FARMAN, Pulham St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, baker, Jan. 12 at 2, and Feb. 12 at 11, Court of Bankrupt. cy, London: Off. Ass. Groom; Sols. Miller & Sons, Norwich: Abbott & Wheatley, Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane.— Fiat dated Dec. 7. JAMES DIXON, Providence-place, Willow-walk, and Spa- trict Gray's-inn-lane, Middlesex, stationer, Jan. 8 at half-past 1, To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on the Geo. Fred. Town Fowler, Lillington-st., Pimlico, Middlesex, printer, Jan. 12 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.Wm. Wells and John Claxton, Bankside, Southwark, Surrey, coal merchants, Jan. 13 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London. Leopold Anton Victor Rudolphi, Sunderland, Durham, general merchant, Jan. 8 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.-Wm. Chambers, Southwick, Dur wright, Jan. 12 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, n-Tyne.-Jas. Stout, Liverpool, bootmaker, Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Acraman; Sols. Franklin, Jan. 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-C. Bristol; Smith & Son, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury.-H. Purnell, Liverpool, coal merchant, Jan. 11 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Ts. Bateman, Coventry, Warwickshire, victualler, Jan. 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. DAVID REES, Swansea, Glamorganshire, grocer and shop keeper, Dec. 31 at 12, and Jan. 29 at 11, District Court of Fiat dated Dec. 9. JOHN NEWBY, Leicester, haberdasher, dealer and chapman, Jan. 1 and 29 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Notting. ham: Off. Ass. Bittleston; Sol. Hoskins, Loughborongh. Fiat dated Dec. 8. EDWARD THOMAS BRADSHAW, Manchester, stock MEETINGS. ham, ship To be allowed by the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, unlesī PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. Ed. Parker, Thomas' Motley Weddall, and Robert John Parker, Selby, Yorkshire, attornies at law, solicitors, and money scriveners. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Scarth, Glasgow, broker.-James Robertson & Co., Glasgow and London, iron merchants.-John Reavey, Wallacetown, Ayr, merchant.-Alex. Simpson, Esq., Navity, Cromarty, deceased. INSOLVENT DEBTORS Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process. master of the East India Depôt, Jan. 14 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Chichester Fortescue Bate, Upper Eburyst., Pimlico, Middlesex, artist, Jan. 14 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Matthew Francis, North Shields, Northumberland, lodging-house keeper, Jan. 8 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.-Jas. Wright, Little Horton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, butcher, Dec. 23 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds.-Ann Langdon, Knottingley, near Pontefract, Yorkshire, schoolmistress, Dec. 23 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds. Frederick Brain, Thomas-st., Stamford-st., Blackfriars, Surrey, ivory cutter, Dec. 30 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.- -W. Perry, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, ironfounder, Jan. 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, last ex.-Thos. Cooke, Bridge-terrace, Harrow-road, Paddington, Middlesex, plasterer, Jan. 9 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-William Ludlam Ollard, Upwell, Cambridgeshire, auctioneer, Jan. 9 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-John Wm. Stratton, March, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, tailor, Jan. 9 at halfpast 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-John Gillender, Sunderland, Durham, ironmonger, Jan. 12 at 12, DisChas. Thomas, Cold Harbour-lane, Camberwell, Surrey, trict Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac. linendraper, Jan. 14 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Robert Crow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper, Jan. 8 at 11,-Henry Albert Tanner, Chatham, Kent, clerk to the payDistrict Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.-John Bird, North Shields, Northumberland, linendraper, Jan. 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastleupon-Tyne, aud. ac.—Jas. Riding and Jas. Fielding, Leyland, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers, Jan. 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Jan. 15 at 12, div.-John Senior, Salford, Lancashire, common brewer, Jan. 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Jan. 28 at 11, div.-J. G. Schott, Manchester, and J. Casper Lavater, Aldermanbury Postern, London, merchants, Jan. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Jan. 12 at 12, div.-I. Bird, Harrow-on-theHill, Middlesex, grocer, Jan. 9 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Wm. Joy, Tonbridge, Kent, plumber, Jan. 9 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Edward Cowdell, Kingston-upon-Hull, dealer in toys, Jan. 9 at halfpast 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Alex. Yeatman and Aubrey Lum, Fore-st., London, chemists, Jan. 9 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. div. sep. est. of A. Yeatman.-Richard Bowerman and Geo. Bowerman, Ensham, Oxfordshire, carriers, Jan. 8 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. div. se . est. of Rich. Bowerman.-Richard Walter, Coventry, ribba manufacturer, and Wood-street, Cheapside, London, warehouseman, Jan. 8 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin. div.-Edward Whitmore, J. Wells, J. Wells the younger, and F. Whitmore, Lombardst., London, bankers, Jan. 8 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Thos. Benson, North-place, Gray's-inn-road, and " Wednesday, Dec. 16. Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignee Richard Martin, Wandsworth-road, Nine Elms, Surrey, out of business: in the Queen's Prison.-John Jones, Peter'slane, St. John-street, Middlesex, tailor: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Andrew Bruce, Allan-st., Cross-st., Islington, Middlesex, stonemason: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Thos. Cheverton, Johnstreet, Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, grocer: in the Queen's Prison.- Richard Pryce, Strand, Middlesex, shell fishmonger: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Joseph Mould, Goswell-street, Middlesex, and Copthallchambers, Throgmorton-street, London, accountant: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-John F. Trigg, Salem-gardens, Moscow-road, Bayswater, Middlesex, shop man to a corn dealer: in the Debtors Prison for London and LAW PARTNERSHIP. 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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:— By an extract from the Gazette of the 22nd of this month, printed in another part of THE JURIST, it will be seen that Her Majesty has issued a notice, pursuant to the 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95, (the County Courts Act), of her intention to take into consideration the propriety of making orders for the purposes of the said act, and for putting the said act into execution in every county throughout England and Wales. The section of the act under which notices such as that just issued are to be given, is in the following words:-" Be it enacted, that any order in council, made for the purposes of this act, shall be published in the London Gazette, and notice of the intention of Her Majesty to take into consideration the propriety of making any such order shall be published in the London Gazette one calendar month at least before any such order can be made." On this Mr. Moseley, in his Treatise on the Law of the New County Courts, (p. 5), makes the following observations:-" Among other forms prescribed by the statute to be observed in the formation of the new county courts, is that by the 8th section, by which a month's notice is to be given in the London Gazette before any order can be made, so that, if an order be made on any matter requiring an order, whereof such due notice has not been given, such order will be void, because the council had no authority to make the order. And as, by the words of the act, 'every order made in council for the purpose of the act shall be published in the London Gazette, and notice of the intention of Her Majesty to take into consideration the propriety of making any such order shall be published in the London Gazette one month at least before such order shall be made,' it would appear, not only that notice of taking into consideration the ordering the court to be VOL. X. XX held must be given, but also a notice of every material fact which is to take place respecting such holding of the court, requiring an order of the council. As of the dividing the county into districts, of declaring parts of one county within the jurisdiction of the county court of another, of where the court is to be held and for what district, for all these facts can only be done by order in council, (vide statute), and no order is to be made without notice. So that, it would appear, the notice in the Gazette must set out everything that will be necessary for the creation of the court and the jurisdiction respecting which it is made, and for which the order of the council is necessary, or otherwise the order will be bad, and all proceedings under it void. At least, this is what the statutory enactments would appear to amount to, though, of course, this at present can be but matter of opinion. But there is no reason why notice of everything for which an order in council is likely to be required may not be given in the first instance, for if not required they can do no harm, and time will be saved. And if any material point for which an order is required, as an alteration of the district, or of the place of holding the court, is omitted, there must, no doubt, be a month's notice before such order can be made." If this be the true construction of the 8th section of the act, the notice issued on the 22nd of December would seem to be of very little use, as it specifies nothing in regard to the orders, or the object of the orders, and amounts to no more than a notice that during the ensuing month the Queen in Privy Council will sit and deliberate, not upon the propriety of any specific order, but upon the question, whether she shall or shall not make orders at all; and when that question shall have been solved, it will then become necessary to publish a fresh notice specifying the particular orders which it is intended to make, if Her Majesty shall think 2 fit to make them, after considering them in Council. It And whereas by the said act it is also enacted, that would seem, however, from the language of the notice it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with the advice of just issued, that that is not the construction which the her Privy Council, to order that any court, holden for the recovery of small debts or demands within the procrown officers have put upon the act; for they can visions of any act cited in either of the schedules anhardly mean that the Privy Council shall be called to-nexed to the said act, and marked (A) and (B) respectgether to consider whether it will be proper for the ively, shall be holden as a county court, and to assign Crown to take the act into consideration, or not; and a district to every such court either greater or less than we apprehend they must mean, that, during the month the district in which the court, holden under the provifollowing the date of this notice, Her Majesty will take sions of any such act, has jurisdiction, and to alter the into consideration the propriety of making some certain place of holding any such court, or to order that any orders, and that she will, at the end of a month or later, make such orders forthwith, if she is then advised that they are proper to be made. The language of the 8th section of the statute is certainly rather loose and ambiguous. It is not easy to see of what use it is at all, unless the notice in some way specifies the object and nature of the order that is to be taken into consideration. But, on the other hand, the section does not in terms require that the notice shall in any way describe the intended order; and it is further to be noticed, that, if that were the construction, no alteration could be made by the Privy Council in any order as set forth in the notice, without a further notice before Her Majesty could make the order; because if she made an order not in the terms described in the notice, it would not be the order of which notice had been given, and would not, therefore, be lawful; and after the terms of an order were finally settled, then to give notice of the Queen's intention to take it into consideration would be absurd, as there could be nothing left to consider. It is, however, extremely important, that, whatever is the true construction of the statute, the notice should strictly pursue it; for whether there be doubt or not about the meaning of the 8th clause, there can be none, that if a county court be constituted under an order not made pursuant to the act, everything done in such court will be coram non judice, and utterly void. At the court at Windsor, the 19th day of December, 1846; present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council:-Whereas by an act passed in the last session of Parliament, intitled "An Act for the more easy Recovery of small Debts and Demands in England," it is, among other things, enacted, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, to order that the said act be put in force in such county or counties as to Her Majesty, with the advice aforesaid, shall seem fit; and to divide the whole or part of any such county, including all counties of cities, and counties of towns, cities, boroughs, towns, ports, and places, liberties, and franchises therein contained, or thereunto adjoining, into districts; and to order that the county court shall be holden for the recovery of debts and demands under the said act in each of such districts; and to declare by what name and in what towns and places the county court shall be holden in each district; and if it shall appear to Her Majesty that any part of any county, liberty, city, borough, or district may conveniently be declared within the jurisdiction of the county court of an adjoining county, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with the advice aforesaid, to order that such part shall be taken to be within the jurisdiction of the county court holden for the purposes of the said act for such adjoining county in and for such district as Her Majesty shall order, in like manner as if it were part of such adjoining county. such court be abolished. And whereas by the said act it is also enacted, that any order in council, made for the purposes of the said act, shall be published in the London Gazette, and notice of the intention of Her Majesty to take into consideration the propriety of making any such order shall be published in the London Gazette one calendar month at least before any such order shall be made; and whereas Her Majesty has been pleased this day to refer the consideration of the said act, and of the orders which it may be proper to make for the purposes thereof, to a committee of the Lords of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and to direct that the said committee do report their opinion thereupon to her Majesty. Notice is hereby given, that, after the expiration of one calendar month from the date of the publication of this notice in the London Gazette, Her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, will take into consiposes of the said act, and for putting the said act in exederation the propriety of making orders for the purcution in every county throughout England and Wales. C. C. GREVILLE. London Gazettes. TUESDAY, December 22. BANKRUPTS. NEVILLE DANIELL, Charlotte-st., Fitzroy-square, Middlesex, dentist, dealer and chapman, Jan. 8 at half-past 12, and Feb. 5 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sol. Rushbury, Mitre-court, Ely-place, Hol born.-Fiat dated Dec. 18. WILLIAM DAWSON, Staverton-row, Walworth, Surrey, JOHN MOUSLEY, Holland-terrace, Millbrook-road, JAMES DALE the younger, Sumner-street, Southwark, |