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Gladstone (then Chancellor of the Exchequer) in 1860, with reference to a reduction of the excise duties on whisky, Mr. Grant was appointed by the deputation to represent the views of the trade. He was a Liberal in politics, and a strong supporter of the Free Church in Elgin, and was an office bearer in that body. Mr. Grant took great interest in introducing railways in the north, especially in Strathspey, and in a notice of his death, the Banffshire Journal observes :-" The Provost was for many years the leader of the citizens of whom he was the official head. Under his rule, Elgin made advances never before attained. Of a sanguine temperament, Provost Grant was daunted by no difficulties. He had the faith which removes mountains. A native of one

of the villages of this county, upon the Spey, and spending the active years of his life in the beautiful capital of the county of Moray, he has left the marks of his energy and his capacity alike in Elgin and on Speyside; and we should think ill of the residents on the banks of that noble river, or of those in that pleasant city, if they ever come to think other than gratefully of the worthy man who made Elgin the earliest railway terminus in the North, and through whom mainly the dwellers on the Spey have the privilege of railway transit." The deceased gentleman has left a widow and family, and his remains were interred in the new cemetery at Elgin.

PROMOTIONS & APPOINTMENTS

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THE GAZETTES.

Professional Partnerships Dissolved.

Gazette, June 7.

ALDOUS and PEARCE, attorneys and solicitors, Ipswich. May 31. (Arthur Henry Aldous and Robert Pearce.) Debts by Aldous. EAGLETON, OCTAVIUS CHAPMAN TRYON, and MASON, RICHARD SMITH, Solicitors, Newgate-st. June 1

Gazette, June 11.

KAIN, WITT, BULLEN, and Co., law accountants, Chancery-la. (George James Kain, Tansley Witt, and Arthur William Bullen.) As regards Witt. May 31. Debts by Kain and Bullen. OLLARD, WILLIAM LUDLOW, and GREENE, WILLIAM, attorneys and solicitors, Upwell. May 14

Bankrupts. Gazette, June 14.

To surrender at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. MURRAY, DAVID. builder, Gloucester-st, Pimlico. Pet. May 23. Reg. Pepys. Sols. Doyle and Co., Carey-st. Sur. June 25 SCONCIA, GIOVANNI ANGELO, Cambridge-ter, Notting-hill. Pet. May 22. Reg. Hazlitt. Sols. Lumley and Co., Conduit-st. Sur. June 28

To surrender in the Country.

HAMMOND, WILLIAM, butcher, Southampton. Pet. June 8. Reg. Thorndike. Sur. June 29

PARRY, RICHARD, builder, Landore. Pet. June 6. Reg. Morris. Sur. June 24

ROGERS, JOHN, mercer, Chester. Pet. June 12. Dep.-Reg. Royle. Sur. July 3

SKYES, EDWIN, innkeeper, Marsden. Pet. June 7. Reg. Jones, jun. Sur. June 29

VODREY, WILLIAM LEVESON, grocer, Woolstanton. Pet. June 12. Reg. Challinor. Sur. June 26

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ACKROYD, DANIEL, grocer, Bradford; June 26, at ten, at offices
of Sol., Hargreaves, Bradford
ADAMSON, HENRY THOMAS, draper, Clarendon-rd, Notting-hill;
June, 27, at three, at the Chamber of Commerce, Cheapside. Sol.,
Watson, Basinghall-st

ALCOCK, JOHN, baker, Wardington; July 2, at ten, at office of
Sols., Messrs. Kilby, Banbury

BAKER, HENRY, draper. Coventry; July 2, at three, at office of Sol., Lowe, Birmingham

BANKS, HARRY, corn factor, Bohemia, near Hastings, and St. Leonards-on-Sea; June 25, at two, at office of Miller and Miller, Sherborne-la. Sol., Savery, Hastings

BANNOCK, THOMAS HENRY, linen draper, Norwich; June 28, at eleven, at office of Sols., Winter and Francis, Norwich BELCHER, JAMES, edge tool maker, Wolverhampton; June 27, at twelve, at office of S. 1., Barrow, Wolverhampton BRADLEY, WILLIAM, brickmaker, Bemerton, near Salisbury; June 27, at two, at the Bull inn, Fi-herton Anger. Sol, Dew BRUMPTON, JOHN, publican, Langworth; June 25, at eleven, at office of Sol., Page, jun., Lincoln

CARRINGTON, JOHN THOMAS, coal merchant, York; June 27, at twelve, at office of Sols., Messrs. Mann, York CLARK, DANIEL, out of business, Hereford; June 29, at eleven, at office of Sol., Garrold, Hereford

CLEGG, JOHN, cabinet maker, Halifax; June 28, at three, at the Griffin hotel, Halifax. Sol., Rhodes, Bradford CLISSOLD, JOSEPH, victualler, Newbury; June 21, at four, at the George hotel. Reading. Sol., Cave, Newbury COBBETT, JAMES HOLDER, upholsterer, Lewisham; June 26, at two, at office of Sols., Dalton and Jessett, Clement's-la, Lombard-st

COLLARD, FREDERICK, brewer, Greenwich; June 24, at one, at 81, London-st, Greenwich. Sol., Smith, Church-ct, Clement's-la and Greenwich

COPP, JAMES TROAK, baker, Exmouth; June 29, at eleven, at office of T. Andrew. Exeter

CORNISH, HENRY COULSON, auctioneer, Penzance; June 27, at eleven, at office of Sol.. Trythali, Penzance CROWTHER, JOSEPH, rag grinder, Halifax; June 27, at three, at office of Sol., Thomas, Halifax DALTON, EDWARD HENRY, and WILLOCK, EDWARD HULSE, brewers, New Windsor, July 1, at three, at office of T. Durant, Guildhall-chmbs. Sol., Durrant

EYBES, JOHN, innkeeper, Wimborne Minster; June 27, at eleven, at Laing's hotel, Wimborne Minster. Sol., Johns, Ringwood FARRELL, PATRICK, builder, Salford, and Hulme, near Manches. ter; July 5, at three, at office of Sols., Grundy and Coulson, Manchester

FELL, JOSEPH, slater, Wigton; June 22, at two, at office of Sol.,
Hodgson and McKeever, Wigton

FISK, EDWARD, cook, Liverpool; July 1, at three, at offices of
Sols., Masters and Fletcher, Liverpool
FOTHERGILL, JOHN, upholsterer, Fulham-rd; June 26, at ten, at
office of Lewis and Lewis, Coleman-st. Sol., Padmore, Cole-
man st
GAGE, ROBERT DYE, builder, Red-hill: June 25, at four, at 72,
High-st, Croydon. Sols., Wood and Hare, Basinghall-st, and
Reigate, and Croydon

GALLEY, ANN, out of business, Bristol; June 21, at eleven, at office of Sol., Essery, Bristol

GLOVER, MARGARET, MALCOLM, widow, lodginghouse keeper, Liverpool; June 27, at three, at office of Cobb and Sowton, Liverpool

GRAHAM, JAMES, shoemaker, Leeds; June 28, at three at office of Sol., Harle, Leeds

GREENHOUGH, RAND EDWARD, corn merchant, Northampton; June 26, at three, at office of Sol., Shoosmith, Northampton HALL, JAMES, grocer, Aberdare; June 28, at two, at offices of J. Collins, jun., accountant and secretary to the Bristol and West of England Merchants' Association, Bristol. Sol., Linton, Aberdare HARDISTY, ROBERT, outfitter, West Hartlepool; June 25, at eleven, at office of Sol., Todd, Hartlepool

HECTOR, JOHN CANN, painter, Crediton; June 28, at two, at offices of Messrs. Harris, Wreford, and Co., accountants, Exeter. Sol., Sparks, Crediton

HEMMINGS, HENRY, mason, Bristol; June 24, at eleven, at office of Sol., Essery, Bristol

HOWES, WILLIAM, commission agent, Newcastle-st; June 26, at eleven, at office of Sol., Pullen, the Cloisters, Middle Temple HOYLE, ROBERT, felt manufacturer, Newchurch; July 2, at three, at offices of Messrs. Grundy and Coulson, solicitors, Manchester. Sol., Wright, Bacup HUGHES, LOUIS LE MERE, carver, Bradford; June 28, at three, at offices of Sol., Atkinson, Bradford KINGSTON, SIDNEY, labourer, Westbury: June 24, at twelve, at the White Lion inn, Westbury. Sol., Shrapnell, Bradford LOWE, WILLIAM, seed crusher, Hull; June 24, at twelve, at office of Sol., Jacobs, Hull

MAUNDER, ISAAC, baker, South Cheriton; July 4, at eleven, at the Virginia Ash inn, Henstridge. Sol., Howard, Melcombe Regis MITCHELL, ROBERT, commission agent, Clarendon-villas, Birkbeck-rd, Upper Holloway: June 27, at three, at 4, Charlton, King's-rd, Kentish-town. Sol., Steadman, Coleman-st MINCHEW, CHARLES, electro plater, Walsall; June 26, at eleven, at office of Sol., Glover, Walsall

NEALE, EDWARD, commercial traveller, Bradford; June 27, at twelve, at office of Sols., Stone and Sparks, Bradford ODELL, WILLIAM, estate agent, Liverpool: June 29, at eleven, at office of Sole., Richardson, Jones, and Billson, Liverpool OSBORNE, ALFRED, purse manufacturer, Birmingham; June 28, at three, at office of Sol., Jacques, Birmingham PARKINSON, JOHN, and PARKINSON, JOSEPII, joiners, Bradford. June 27, at four, at office of Sol., Moore, Bradford PARRISH, HENRY, ironmonger, Burslem; June 24, at twelve, at office of Sol., Sutton, Burslem

PEARCE, WILLIAM AMBROSE, out of business, Olney-st, Walworth-rd; June 21, at three, at office of Sol., Warriner, Great Tower-st

PIKE, WILLIAM HARRIS, grocer, Devizes; July 1, at two, at the
Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Sol., Wittey, Devizes
PUGSLEY, WILLIAM, potatoe dealer, Bristol; June 21, at twelve,
at offices of Sols., Benson and Elletson, Bristol

ROBERTS, WILLIAM, pawnbroker, Newcastle; June 28, at two, at offices of Sols., Messrs. Joel, Newcastle

SCRAGG, JOHN, innkeeper, Audley; July 1, at eleven, at office of Sol., Stafford

SHAW, JOHN, contractor, Harborne; June 26, at twelve, at offices of Sols., Jelf and Goule, Birmingham

SHEPPARD, THOMAS, fishmonger, Union-cottages, Grove-rd, Hornsey-rd, Holloway; June 28, at twelve, at office of Sol, Field, Furnival's-inn

SMITH, EDWIN, mantle manufacturer, Upper-st, Islington and Edgware-rd; June 27, at eleven, at office of Sol., Chalk, Moorgate-st

SPRING, JOHN PATRICK, gentlemen, Bangor; June 25, at eleven, at Smith's Marine Hotel, Holyhead. Sol., Williams, Carnarvon STEVENS, GEORGE, block maker, Ramsgate; June 27, at three, at 1, York-st, Ramsgate. Sol., Edwards STRIDE, SARAH ELIZABETH, no occupation, Hart-st, Blooms. bury; June 27, at two, office of Sol., Lay, Poultry TAVERNER, GEORGE MENZIES, victualler, Romford: June 27, at two, at offices of Sol., Hilleary and Tunstall, Fenchurch-build. ings

TAYLOR, JAMES, tailor, Litchurch; July 1, at eleven, at office of Sol., Briggs, Derby

TURNER, STEPHEN, fishmonger, Banbury; July 1, at 10, at office of Sul., Crosby, Banbury

UNSWORTH, THOMAS, painter, Frodsham; July 2, at two, at office of Sol., Linaker, Frodsham

WARD, ALEXANDER, jeweller, Birmingham; June 21, at three, at office of Sol., Parry, Birmingham

WIDDOP, JOHN HENRY, draper, Bradford: June 28, at three, at offices of G. R. Mossman, 4, Bond-st, Bradford. Sol., Mossman WOOD, JOHN, bricksetter, Altrincham; June 26, a three, at offices of Sols.. Potter and Knight, Manchester WOODS, WILLIAM HENRY, draper, Aldershot; July 1, at one, at the Royal Camp Hotel, Aldershot WRIGHT, HENRY, lead merchant, Southampton; June 25, at three, at the Guildhall Coffee House, King-st, Cheapside. Sol.. Killby, Southampton

YORK, REV. THOMAS, schoolmaster, Edgbaston; June 28, at twelve, at offices of Sols., Beale, Marigold, and Beale, Birmingham

Gazette, June 18.

ACORS, ANN, milliner, Canterbury: July 1, at eleven, at office of Sols., Messrs. Sankey, Son, and Flint, Canterbury ANDREWS, GEORGE, corn factor, Sheffield; June 29, at twelve, at office of Sol., Tattersall, Sheffield ARMSTRONG, CHARLES CLARKE, packing case maker, Birming ham; June 29, at twelve, at office of Sol., Grove, Birmingham BELL, WILLIAM, eating-house keeper, New-rd, Woolwich; June 23, at two, at the Coat and Badge Public-house, High-st, Woolwich. Sol., Maniere, Gray's-inn-sq

BERNHARD, GODFREY LOUIS, merchant, High-st, Clapham; July 3, at three, at office of Sols., Lawrance, Plews, Boyer, and Baker, Old Jewry-chmbs

BETTS, GEORGE, licensed victualler, Uxbridge-rd, Acton; June , at two at office of Sol., Aird, Ea-tcheap BRANTIGAN, JOHN, baker, Marshall-st, Golden-sq; June 25, at three, at 9, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Sol., Marshall

BROWN, SAMUEL WILLIAM, grocer, Cheltenham; June 29, at eleven, at office of Foreman and Cooper, accountants, Greshamst. Sol., Marshall, Cheltenham

BYRNE, EDWARD, painter, Leek; July 3, at three, at 4, Exchangest, Macclesfield. Sols., Sols., Higginbotham and Barclay, Macclesfield

BUNN, WILLIAM, grocer, Liverpool; July 5, at three, at office of
Roose and Price, accountants, Liverpool. Sols., Masters and
Fletcher, Liverpool

CASTELL, GEORGE BAYLISS, out of business, Shrewsbury; June
27, at eleven, at the Bush inn, Shrewsbury
CHAMPION, WILLIAM HENRY SUCHET, professor of music,
Arundel-gdns, Notting-hill; June 27, at three, at office of Sol.
Parkes, Beaufort-bldgs, Strand

CHAPMAN, HENRY, out of business, Birmingham; June 29, at
twelve, at offices of Sol., Fallows, Birmingham
CROCKFORD, JAMES RICHARD, schoolmaster, Easthampstead;
July 5, at three, at the Hind's Head inn, Bracknell
CROSS, WILLIAM BROWN, printer, Ellesmere; July 1, at four, at
the Wynnstay Arms hotel, Wrexham. Sol., Salter, Ellesmere
DAWS, THOMAS, timber merchant, Portland-rd, South Norwood,
and Carshalton-rd, Sutton; June 28, at two, at the Guildhall
coffee house Gresham-st. Sol., Hogan, Martin-la, Cannon-st
DOUGLAS, BINNY, gentleman, Castle Bar-hill, Ealing; July 3, at
twelve, at office of Sol., Smedley, Chancery-la
EDWARDS, ROBERT, gentleman, Folkestone; July 1, at two, at
the Rose hotel, Canterbury. Sol., Minter, Folkestone
EMBLEY, HENRY CENEARE, tailor, East India-rd, Limehouse;
July 3, at two, at office of Sols., Digby and Liddle, Circus-place,
Finsbury-circus

FITZPATRICK, HELENA COLTHURST, spinster, Farnborough; July 2, at four, at offices of Sols., Messrs. Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer Old Jewry-chmbs

FITZPATRICK, MARGARET, widow, Farnborough; July 2, at three, at offices of Sols., Messrs. Lawrance, Plews, Boyer, and Baker, Old Jewry-chmbs

FORRETT, JOHN, tallow chandler, Liverpool; July 2, at three, at office of Ivey, public accountant, Liverpool. Sol., Hughes, Liverpool

FRENCH, GEORGE BURCH, tobacconist, and joiner in Her Majesty's Dockyard, Landport: June 29, at eleven, at offices of Wainscot, Portsea. Sol., Walker, Portsea

FRISKNEY, MOSES, hatter, Kidderminster; June 29, at eleven, at office of Sol., Crowther, Kidderminster

GAUNT, RICHARD, stamper, Birmingham; June 28, at eleven, at office of Sol., Allen, Birmingham

GOMERSALL, SAM, innkeeper, Thornhill; July 1, at two, at office of Sols., Messrs. Sykes, Huddersfield

HARRIS, THOMAS, farmer, Frankton; June 29, at eleven, at the Bath hotel, Leamington. Sol., Davies, Southam HENDREN, GEORGE, manufacturer of electro-plated goods, Birmingham; June 29, at eleven, at 25, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. Sol., Davies. Birmingham

HILL, JOHN, coal merchant, Kentish Town-rd; July 2, at twelve, at offices of Sols., Messrs. Burt, Stevens, and Cave, Gray's-innchmbs, High Holborn

HIRSCHBERG, JOHN ROBERT, oil merchant, Seething-la; June 26, at three, as office of Sol., Hall, Fenchurch-st HUGHES, WILLIAM, baker, Crowland; July 1, at eleven, at office of Sols., Brown and Atter. Peterborough JONES, JOHN BENJAMIN, out of business, Dowlais; June 29, at three, at office of Sols., Simons and Plews, Merthyr Tydfil JONES, SAMUEL, saddler, Narberth: July 1, at a quarter-past ten, at office of Sol., Griffiths, Carmarthen JONES, WILLIAM, draper, Ilkeston; July 1, at three, at office of Sol., Gibson, Jun., Nottingham KINKPATRICK, EBENEZER, tea dealer, King's Lynn; June 28, at twelve, at office of Sols., Messrs. Nursa, King's Lynn

MACARTNEY, DAVID, coal dealer, Harrow.rd, and Waverley-rd, Paddington; June 28, at twelve at offices of Sol., Harrison, Furnival's-inn

MAYOH, WILLIAM HENRY, licensed victualler, Stockport; July 3, at three at office of Sols., Gardner, Horner, and Brandwood, Manchester MEGGITT, CHARLES, tailor, Kingston-upon-Hull; June 28, at three, at office of Sol., Summers, Hull MORLEY, BENJAMIN, innkeeper, Worksop; June 25, at twelve, at office of Sol., Whall, Worksop

MORTIMER, BENJAMIN; MORTIMER, WILLIAM HENRY; and MORTIMER, EDWARD, corn millers, Leeds; July 3, at eleven, at the Victoria hotel, Leeds. Sols., Carr and Cadman, Gomersal, near Leeds PALFREY, FREDERICK JONES, window ticket writer, Birmingham; June 25, at three, at office of Sol., Kennedy, Birmingham PARKINGTON, THOMAS WILDING, July 1, at eleven, at office of Blyth, solicitor, Chelmsford

PICKFORD, JAMES, bootmaker, Union-street, Borough; June 27, at two, at office of Sol., Marshall, Hatton-dn REDFERN, SAMUEL HERBERT, grocer, Derby, July 9, at three, at office of Sol, Heath, Derby

RICHARDSON, JAMES, Contractor, Bristol, and Clevedon; June 28, at two, at office of Messrs. Parsons, public accountants, Bristol. Sol., Price, Clevedon

ROBERTS, JOHN, out of business, Eaton-villas, Acton; July 2, at three, at office of Izard and Betts, Eastcheap. Sols., Carter and Bell, Leadenhall-st

SCHULIE, CHARLES, merchant, Fore-st, and St. George's-villas, Bickerton-rd, Upper Holloway; July 1, at three, at office of Sol., Holmes, Eastcheap

SCOTT, SAUL, Wholesale jeweller, Birmingham: June 28, at one, at the Queen's hotel, Birmingham. Sol., Reece and Harris, Biriningham SHACKELL, THOMAS, grocer, Kentish Town-rd: July 3, at two, at the Mitre tavern, Chancery-la. Sol, Fennlilade, Cook's-ct, Lincoln's-inn

SHADFORTH, JOHN, builder, Monkwearmouth Shore; July 4, at eleven, at office of Sol., Steel, Sunderland SHEPPARD THOMAS, miller, Marston Magnus; July 3, at three at the Mermaid hotel, Yeovil. Sot., Davies, Sherborne SMITH, ANN, rule maker, Birmingham; July 1, at eleven, at office of Sol., Allen, Birmingham

SMITH, ELLIOT, confectioner, Mile End-rd; June 27, at twelve, at office of Sol., Marshall, Hatton-gon

SMITH, GEORGE, grocer, Brick la, Spitalfields; July 10, at three at office of Sol., Brighten, Bishopsgate-st without

SMITH, EZEKIEL, ecal merchant, Halifax; July 3, at three, at office of Sol., Jubb, Halifax

SOUTHAM, DAVID, boot manufacturer, Leeds; July 2, at two, at office of Sols., Messrs. Emsley, Leeds

SPINDLEY, ROBERT WILLIAM, joiner, Great Grimsby; June 28, at eleven, at office of Grange and Wintringham, Great Grimsby STONE, ELIZA, cap manufacturer, Birmingham: July 1, at eleven at office of Sol., Butt, Birmingham

SUTTON, SAMUEL HENRY, jeweller, Edgbaston; June 28, at eleven, at office of Sol., Smith, Birmingham TEGGIN, JANE, innkeeper, Gobowen; July 1, at twelve, at onces. of Messrs. Minshall, solicitors, Oswestry. Sol., Jones THACKER. THOMAS, licensed victualler, Walsall; June 9, at ten, at office of Sol., East, Birmingham

TONNIES, AUGUST OVE, merchant, Bishopgate-st Within: July 5 at two, at offices of Turquand, Youngs, and Co., Tokehnrase-yd, Sols, Linklater, Hackwood, Addison, and Brown, Walbrook TEAGUE, CHARLES ROBERT, auctioneer, Sydenham-rd, Croydon; June 24, at two, at 27, Sackville-st, Piccadilly. Sols, Messrs, Robson, Tidy, and Herbert

TROWELL, RICHARD WILLIAM, grocer, Maidstone; July 3, at three, at offices of Messis. Bath and Co., King William-st TYLER, JOHN NORRIS, bootinaker, Deal; June 2, at twelve, at the Royal Exchange hotel, Deal. Sol., Drew, Deal WARDEN, JOHN, chronometer instrument maker, Liverpool; July 3, at three, at office of Ivey, accountant, Liverpool. Sol., Hughes, Liverpool

WEBSTER, WILLIAM, paper bag maker, John's-ter, Kingsland; July 3, at three, at office of Birchall, Southampton-bldgs, Chancery-la. Sol,, Harrison, Furnival's-inn, Holborn WOOD, MILES JOHN CLEGG, grocer, Middleton, near Manchester; July 2, at four, at offices of Sols., Addle-haw, Manchester WYATT, WILLIAM, of no occupation, Taunton; June 29, at offices of Messrs. Wotton and Co., accountants. Taunton

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The Official Assignees, &c., are given, to whom apply for the Dividends.

Barnard, W. shawl manufacturer, third, 21d. Harley, Bristol.Card, J. cabinet maker, first, 54d. Paget, Basinghall-st.-Carleton, R. W. grocer, first, lid. Paget, Basinghall-st.-Crannidge, W. H. draper, first, 28. old. Paget, Basinghall-st.--Forbes, H. G. widow, second, Gs. Gd. Paget, Basinghall-st.-Garrett, J. W. corn dealer, second, Is. 14d. Stone, Liverpool.-Greensill, J. S. clerk in Woolwich Arsenal, first, 20s. (to new proofs only). Paget, Basinghallst.-Hill, A. shipping insurance agent, second, 23, 34d. (and 98. old. to new proofs). Paget, Basinghall-st.-Holm, J. H. H. merchant, third, 18. 2id. (and is. 41d. to new proofs). Paget, Basinghall-st. -Lamb, J. publican, first, 94d. Paget, Basinghall-st.-Lowin, C. dealer in timber, first, 18. 5d. Paget, Basinghall-st.--Reeves, T. H. shoe seller, first, 10d. Paget, Basinghail-st.- Walton, T. J. merchant, first, 11d. 11-16ths. Paget, Businghall-st.-Young, A. naval engineer, first, 88. 4d. Paget, Bastughall-st.

Kenny, M. pianoforte dealer, second and final, 2s. At Trust., F. Lucas, 26, Maddox-st, Regent-st.-Lewis, R. E. farmer, 3s. 4d. At Trust., G. Harries, 53, Mardol, Shrewsbury.-Mather, H. R. wine agent, first and final, 1d. At Trust., A. West, 3, Harcourt. buildings, Inner Temple. Mander, E. wood dealer, second, 1s. 9d. At office of Trust., R. M. Riccard, in the Churchyard, Southmolton.-Pearson, T. coal dealer, second and final, sd. At office of Trust., W. Heaton, Kendal.-Peate, J. G. sewing cotton manufacturer, second, 6d At Trust., W. Butcher, 32, Cooper-st, Manchester-Reade, P. W. V. gentleman, first, 1s. 7d. At Trust., J. Cooper, 3, Coleman-st-bldgs.-Riste, T. commission agent, final, 10d. At Trust.. L. A. Baillon, St. Mary's gate, Nottingham.Sansom, T. shipowner, first and final, 7d. At office of Trust., W. Mathison, 22, Lord-et, Liverpool.-Thornley, C. lace manufacturer, 10s. At Trust., R. Mellors, Britannia-chmbs, Pelham-st, Nottingham.- Wakelin, C. brickmaker, first and flual, 4s. At office of Sol., H. A. Owston, 23, Friar-la, Leicester.

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SMITH.-On the 17th inst., at Surbiton, the wife of E. T. Smith
Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son.
BATTYE.-On the 15th inst., at 66, Queen's-gardens, Hyde-park,
the wife of Richard Battye, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daugh-
ter.

CHATTERTON.-On the 15th inst., at Wood-green, the wife of
Horace W. Chatterton, Esq., solicitor, of a daughter.
MALIM. On the 13th inst., at Chichester, the wife of F. J. Malim,
soliciter of a son.

MOORE.-On the 18th inst., at Talbot Lodge, Tatterdown, Horn-
sey, the wife of Robert Moore, solicitor of a son.
OXLEY.-On the 17th inst., at Grove-hill, Woodford, Essex, the
wife of Frederick Oxley, solicitor of a daughter.
SMITH. On the 20th May, at Paradise Pen, Kingston, Jamaica,
the wife of Sir John Lucie Smith, G.A.G., Chief Justice of
Jamaica, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

COWAX-DEAS.-On the 17th inst., at Pittendriech, Robert Cameron Cowan, Esq., of Edinburgh, to Margaret, second daughter of the Hon. Sir George Deas, one of the Senators of the College of Justice.

MILLER-MATTHEWS. on the 12th inst, at East Molesey, Surrey John Fisher Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, to Adele, daughter of the late John Matthews, Esq., of East Molesey.

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ALLEN.-On the 8th ult., at Buckingham, aged 69, Samuel Mail
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JEE. On the 17th ult.. at 18, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square,
aged 28, Mr. Thomas Jee, of 45, Fenchurch-street, solicitor.
SCOTT.-On the 12th inst., at Brent House, Penrith, aged 84,
Thomas Scott, Esq., J.P. for the counties of Cumberland and
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WE have to record the death of Mr. CHARLES DACRES BEVAN, Judge of the Cornwall County Courts. Mr. BEVAN was a son of the late Lieut. Col. CHARLES BEVAN, who died in 1811, his mother being Mary, daughter of Vice-Admiral JAMES RICHARD DACRES. Born in 1805, he was educated at the Charter-house and Balliol College, Oxford, where he took his degree of B.A. in 1827, and of M.A. in 1829. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1830, and selected the Western Circuit. appointed successively Recorder of Falmouth, Helston, Dartmouth, and, succeeding Sir R. P. COLLIER, of Penzance. Mr. BEVAN was also the revising barrister of the eastern division of the county. The deceased Judge was appointed in 1857.

VOL. LIII.-No. 1526.

He was

THE Freeman's Journal complains that the Bar of Ireland shunned the meeting against Mr. Justice KEOGH held in the Rotunda. This may be true of the Bar as a body, but we regret to say that this prudent course was not followed without exception. By the Times report we find "Mr. RICHARDSON, a young barrister," seconding a resolution that the learned Judge ought not to be allowed to remain on the bench; whilst "Mr. HOWLEY, a barrister," is reported to have moved the adoption of a petition to Parliament praying for the Judge's removal. Anything more indecent can scarcely be conceived, and we must rejoice that these two individuals are not accepted as representing the Bar of Ireland. It is a sound saying of good and ancient authority that wise men learn more by fools than fools by wise men. The application of this observation to the present posture of the Irish Bar is clear.

THE Galway petition case has brought again to the surface the question how far the maxim that ignorance of the law excuses no one applies. This was much discussed in the case of Reg. v. The Mayor of Tewkesbury (L. Rep. 3 Q. B. 629; 18 L. T. Rep. N. S. 851), where it was held that municipal electors were not necessarily cognizant of the legal disqualification of a candidate, although from his office such disqualification was patent to a lawyer. In that case Mr. Justice BLACKBURN adopted the law as laid down by Mr. Justice MAULE in Martindale v. Falkner (2 C. B. 719; 15 L. J. 94 C. P.), that "there is no presumption in this country that every person knows the law; it would be contrary to common sense if it were so. . . . The rule is that ignorance of the law shall not excuse a man, or relieve him from the consequences of a crime, or from liability upon a contract." In the Tewkesbury case Mr. Justice Lusi referred to the maxim, but added "there is no maxim which says that, for all intents and purposes, a person must be taken to know the legal consequences of his acts.' Whether the actual legal knowledge is brought home to the mind of the individual is a mixed question, and this is a point which we shall consider somewhat at length next week.

In his criticisms in the case of Lamprey v. Lambert on judicial procedure in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, Lord Justice CHRISTIAN took occasion to allude to the condition of law reform in the two countries. And he appears to take a view different to that which is generally entertained as to the cause of successive failures to do anything. "Since the Act of 1867 was passed," his LORDSHIP said, "there had been another great commission issued in England with which they were all acquainted, and which recommended large reforms to be adopted for England. The state of transition, as he understood it, was this, that some day or other the recommendation of that report would come to be the law in England, and then some party or other would move that this law be extended to Ireland. There were two stages-the English and the Irish stage. They had not yet got beyond the English stage. Several Bills in the Irish stage were brought in, but no progress had been made. Nothing would be done this year even for England. They could not hope to see a measure of the kind passed for Ireland unless it had sufficient of that floating power which seemed necessary to float a measure of that kind of reform through Parliament-that it was accompanied with a certain amount of valuable patronage. How long that period of transition was to go on until they had decent orders in the court was a matter he would not trust himself to speak on." This is fortunate, because no amount of bitter commentary would have done any good, however true it might have been.

"A BARRISTER" addresses us on the subject of our comments with reference to the recent appointment of a Crown Prosecutor in Madras. He writes: "In last week's LAW TIMES you say that 'the Madras Bar has been thrown into a state of agitation by an appointment which really seems hardly defensible,' and you conclude by saying, 'the Madras Bar must not be too exacting.' The appointment you write of is the same as that of SolicitorGeneral with us, and it is not difficult to imagine what 'agitation' there would be amongst the members of the English, Scotch or Irish Bars, if an unknown stranger was put over them. Sir WALTER MORGAN (himself a stranger to the Madras Bar, and only recently appointed) brings his friend from the North-west of India on a visit to his house, where he remains till public opinion compels him to remove to a hotel, after his appointment over the heads of the entire Madras Bar is gazetted. If Government will countenance such injustice, are there not many legal men, Members of Parliament, who will take on themselves to see that fair professional promotion is not stopped at the Madras Bar ?" It will probably have been seen by our readers that we simply held out no hope of redress to the Madras Bar from a Government whose legal appointments at home have been so peculiar. Nevertheless the matter is one which may most properly be brought before Parliament.

In a recent case there was a difference of opinion on the Bench as to whether it was governed by Bridges' case or Cockle's case, and a contemporary facetiously expressed a desire to know whether in a certain event he would fall under Cockle's case or Bridges' case.

Both these cases turn on the question of invitation to alight alleged to be given by porters who call out the names of the stations which a train approaches, and that is a question which supports a view expressed by us last week to the effect that although a principle of law may be clear, the facts of different cases may vary infinitely. In Cockle's case the train was at a standstill opposite the platform, but the platform receded from the carriage at the spot where the plaintiff alighted and fell. In Bridges' case the name of the station was called out, and when the train stopped the last two carriages were within a tunnel; the deceased stepped out on to what he conceived to be the platform, fell and was injured so that he died. In Cockle's case the Common Pleas was divided, but the Exchequer Chamber gave an unanimous judgment for the plaintiff; in Bridges' case, four Judges against three decided in favour of the defendants. The better opinion seems to be that the calling out of the name of the station is an invitation to alight or not according to the circumstances. This is the opinion of Mr. Justice WILLES. Baron BRAMWELL Considers that it is no invitation at all. And the opinion of Baron CHANNELL supplements both-that whether it be an invitation or not due care must be used. Unless this condition be observed it will be perilous for a plaintiff to trust to the precedent of either Cockle's case or Bridges' case, for on no subject perhaps has there existed greater diversity of judicial opinion.

A MOST useful Bill, prepared and carried by Mr. HINDE PALMER through the House of Commons, was, under the charge of Lord ROMILLY, read a third time on Tuesday last in the House of Lords, and awaits the Royal assent. We allude to The Charitable Trustees Incorporation Bill. The object of this measure is, the saving to thousands of institutions established for religious, educational, literary, scientific, and charitable purposes, of the expenses now necessarily incurred whenever new trustees are appointed. Such costs are not always limited to deeds and conveyances, but frequently arise from applications required to be made to the Court of Chancery. Moreover, it constantly happens that great difficulties are now felt in the letting, protection, and management of the property belonging to these societies, by reason of the trustees having been allowed to die off, and become disqualified in various modes, until it is almost impossible to ascertain in whom the property is legally vested. The signatures, too, of all the individual trustees are often not easily obtainable without delay and expense, when they are scattered about the country and sometimes resident abroad. The Bill will remedy these disadvantages by enabling the trustees of any such society, at a trifling expense, to become a corporate body, with a name, perpetual succession, and a common seal, on merely applying to the Charity Commissioners for a certificate of incorporation, which those officers in all proper cases will have full power to grant. It is believed that the Act will be a boon to the public; and it will be another instance afforded by the same gentleman of what may be quietly accomplished in the way of law reform by a member of legal experience and parliamentary industry.

We have elsewhere discussed Mr. FAWCETT'S motion on the subject of the Law officers. It appears that for the purposes of his motion he consulted Mr. FITZJAMES STEPHEN, who has recently returned from India with some reputation as a law reformer, and we are sorry to see that Mr. FAWCETT made so little use of Mr. STEPHEN'S suggestions. Instead of the single minister of justice Mr. STEPHEN Would establish an office to be called "The Board of Legislation," to act in concert with the law officers of the Crown, but not in official subordination to the Government. The essence of his whole scheme, he says, "would be in the organisation by a more or less independent body, of a series of measures, carefully devised and systematically framed, with a view to the reform of the law, and without reference to party considerations." The scheme as developed would leave the existing state of things quite undisturbed, except in one important particular-“it would relieve the LORD CHANCELLOR and the law officers of the Crown from a duty which, as is admitted on all hands, they cannot possibly perform as matters stand at present." Mr. STEPHEN goes on to remark that Lord Chancellors and law officers are not generally the men best fitted to inaugurate reforms. Indeed, he passes an opinion upon them which they will hardly relish. "I do not think that, in point of fact," he says, "Lord Chancellors or Attorneys-General have been distinguished, or that they are likely to be distinguished hereafter, for depth and concentration of thought, for rigid exactness in language, or for that sort of understanding which ponders over and arranges in their natural relation to each other the different branches of an intricate and difficult subject." This is most distinctly the wrong ground upon which to rest the suggestion to take the work out of the hands of the Lord Chancellors and law officers. Taking Lord HATHERLEY as a specimen Lord Chancellor, and Sir ROUNDELL PALMER as a good example of an Attorney-General, we conceive that they possess the qualifications indicated by Mr. STEPHEN in as large a degree as any of the philosophical lawyers, and would probably do the work better if they had the time. Apart from these ungracious comments the scheme appears to be sound.

THERE are some people, at least, who are under an obligation to Mr. Justice KEOGH. Probably on no other occasion was a Bar so highly eulogised by any Judge as were the members of the Connaught Circuit who appeared in the Galway petition. Mr. Jus tice WILLES, in the Coventry case, spoke of the advocacy employed as equalling that of the best days of the English Bar, but that is insignificant when compared with the elaborate eulogy of Mr. Justice KEOGH, which we reproduce: "I have now also to return my best thanks to the learned and eminent Bar I see before me. The great man (for such he undoubtedly is) who leads for the petitioner in this case, first in rank in the absence of the ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR GENERALS, first in power whether they are absent or present, needs no eulogium at my hands. The very eminent and distinguished gentleman who leads for the sitting member in this case will not be offended with me if I say that he had acquired a reputation by great industry, by great knowledge, by great sagacity and intelligence, long before I was called to the Bar; a reputation which he has sustained, and never more so than in the progress of these election trials, in nearly all, if not in all, of which I have had to deal with I have been accompanied by him. If he has not been uniformly successful, he has always made it certain that the vessel which he directed would not sustain shipwreck upon hidden shoals or visible rocks. As to the other gentleman in the case, the second, if I may use the expression, in command for the petitioner, whose burning words are still ringing in our ears, it is not for me to speak. Of the other gentlemen, the jumors on both sides, I myself, having been for a long time a member of this circuit, and having passed here the happiest days of my life, I think I can say that the conduct of both of those gentlemen, the juniors in the case, and especially that of my friend Mr. MACDERMOTT, who had an opportunity of speaking which was not vouchsafed to the other junior counsel, proved by his great industry, by his great and conspicuous ability, by his eloquence, and by every other quality which should distinguish an advocate, that the sitting member made no bad selection when he declined to go to any other circuit than the Connaught Bar for the custody and protection of his interests." This is higher praise than any collection of English barristers would get from any English Judge; but we are not altogether sorry that it is so.

MR. FAWCETT'S MOTION ON THE LAW OFFICERS. IN considering what he intended to do with the motion which he brought forward on Friday night, Mr. FAWCETT said that it would be useful to know the views of the Government and also of those who might hold a contrary opinion. It is somewhat to be regretted that the motion was put upon a footing which at once aroused the hostility of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. By the existing Treasury minute the country is saved an expense in connection with the salaries of the law officers of something like £12,000 a year. That minute Mr. FAWCETT proposed to cancel, and, as a substitute for law officers, he suggests the appointment of a Minister of Justice, at a salary of £18,000 a year, or £5000 a year more than the joint salaries of the ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR GENERAL under the terms of the Treasury minute. This was the position which was attacked by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER with telling effect.

We are not concerned with the financial view of the question. To lawyers the suggestion that some single individual should be selected from the Bench or the Bar and be very highly paid, for the purpose of devoting all his energies to drafting Bills, controlling the law reports (sic), and to systematic law reform, will appear somewhat ridiculous. It clearly so appeared to Mr. Lowe, who thus sketched the position of the proposed minister: "Being a very able man, he would naturally find out a number of defects not obvious to other people, which he would press on the consideration of the Government in season and out of season." And he added, "Whatever may be the hon. gentleman's opinion as to the demand for law reform, it is a demand which very easily might be exceeded by the supply. As to this paragon of a minister, a man of boundless erudition, knowledge, and capacity, where are we to find him, and having found him what are we to do with him?" This tone of banter was complained of by Mr. HARCOURT, but it was not unreasonable. Mr. FAWCETT does not know what the profession of the law is; Mr. Lowe does. Mr. FAWCETT expects to get the best ability at the Bar whilst depriving that ability of the very atmosphere which it breathes, and which makes it what it is. Mr. LOWE rightly said that "the best ability can only be obtained by allowing gentlemen to retain their practice at the Bar." The reason of this is not far to seek. Eighteen thousand a year is very genteel income, but it is a great deal more than most men want. A thoroughly able man in the foremost rank of practising barristers makes his £10,000 a year, or possibly more, and enjoys a completely independent position. What is it pro posed that such a man should undertake in consideration of the increase of income? As the official law reformer a certain amount of work would be expected from him as a matter of course. The legal profession-with which he would no longer have any interest in common, or any sympathywould be kept in a constant commotion, too probably in a state of

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