EDWARD KEGG, Liverpool, and Birkenhead, Cheshire, coal dealer, Nov. 3 and 30 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Turner; Sols. Stockley & Thompson, Liverpool.-Petition filed Oct. 20. ABRAHAM DAVIS, Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, hardwareman, and dealer in china and glass, Oct. 31 at half-past 1, and Nov. 30 at half-past 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Lee; Sol. Braham, 12, Furnival's-inn, Holborn, London.- Petition filed Oct. 21. JOHN FULLWOOD, Birmingham, brass candlestick manufacturer, dealer and chapman, Nov. 3 and 30 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Bittleston; Sol. Hawkes, Birmingham. Petition dated Oct. 18. ISADORE BERNSTEIN, (sometimes called JOSEPH BERNSTEIN), formerly of Essex-street, Strand, Middlesex, outfitter; afterwards of California, America; more recently of Melbourne, Victoria, South Australia; and now of Liverpool, Lancashire, commission agent and merchant, Nov. 7 and 28 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sols. Evans & Son, Liverpool. RICHARD FORSHAW, Liverpool, machine maker, dealer and chapman, Nov. 7 and 28 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sol. Bremner, Liverpool.-Petition filed Oct. 18. JOSEPH SMITH and RALPH SIMPSON, Burnley, Lan. cashire, ironfounders, Nov. 9 and 30 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Hernaman; Sol. Slater, Manchester.- Petition filed Oct. 18.

- Petition filed Oct. 21.

MEETINGS.

George Edmund Shuttleworth, Mark Hodgson Shuttle worth, and George Edmund Shuttleworth the younger, Poultry, London, auctioneers, Nov. 6 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-Morris Schwartz, Haydon-square, Minories, Middlesex, clothier, Nov. at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-Richard Clark and John Inglis, King'scross, Middlesex, drapers, Nov. 8 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-Washington Yarroll and Thomas Hallam, High-street, Borongh, Surrey, tailors, Nov. 4 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-William Champion Eaton, Maidstone-wharf, Upper Thames-st., London, flour wharfinger, Nov. 4 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.- Frances Fanny Nevett and John Finlayson, Hampsteadroad, Middlesex, brass founders, Nov. 7 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, and. ac.-Edward Arthur Weeks and Alfred Win. G. Weeks, Park-cottage. King's-road, Chelsea, Middlesex, horticultural builders, Nov. 7 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Fred. Smith, Standon, near Ware, Hertfordshire, miller, Nov. 4 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.- -Chas. White, Whatford, Hertfordshire, sheap dealer, Nov. 3 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Wm. Paton, Bread-street, London, warehouseman, Nov. 3 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.— Wm. Astins, Joiners' Hall-buildings, Upper Thames-street, London, and Upper Fountain-place, City-road, Middlesex, machine printer, Nov. 3 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.- -Ward West Arliss, Plymouth, Devonshire, ale merchant, Nov. 3 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Samuel Turner Prout, Addle-street, Wood-street, Cheapside, London, licensed victualler, Nov. 3 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Thomas Stenhouse, Fridaystreet, Cheapside, London, warehouseman, Nov. 3 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Robt. P. Stephens, Liverpool, shipowner, Nov. 13 at 11, District Court of Bank. ruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.; Nov. 14 at 11, div.-Henry Carrington, Mile End, near Stockport, Cheshire, nurseryman, Nov. 9 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. c.-James Acomb, Blackburn, Lancashire, and York, draper, Nov. 9 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.-John Fittes and Robt. Fittes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, and Gateshead, Durham, tea dealers, Nov. at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ud. ac. joint and sep. ests.; Nov. 21 at 11, last ex. and liv. joint est.-Wm. Graham, Wigton, Cumberland, grocer, Nov. 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-uponTyne, aud. ac.-J. Harrison, Sunderland, Durham, licensed ictualler, Nov. 14 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.-Ralph Hutchinson, Monkwearmouth Shore, Durham, shipbuilder, Nov. 7 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.

H. Jesse, Basingstoke, Southampton, corn factor, Nov. 15 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Wm. H. Hemsworth, Primrose-st., Bishopsgate-street, London, wine merchant, Nov. 21 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. CERTIFICATES.

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

Wm. Speller, Warwick-road West, Paddington, Middlesex, builder, Nov. 14 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London -John London, warehousemen, Nov. 14 at half-past 1, Court of M'Calla and Alex. Fotheringham, Friday-street, Cheapside, Bankruptcy, London.-W. Henry Unwin, Belle-vue-terrace, Camberwell, Surrey, builder, Nov. 23 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Eliz. Munting and J. Munting, Little Moorfields, London, licensed carmen, Nov. 15 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-W. Geldart, North Shields, Northumberland, shipowner, Nov. 16 at half-past 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.-Geo. Lowry, Salford, Lancashire, flax spinner, Nov. 15 at 12, District End, near Stockport, Cheshire, silk manufacturer, Nov. 15 at Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-Alfred Burrows, Mile 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-R. Mason, Manchester, stationer, Nov. 15 at 12, District Court of Bankshire, innkeeper, Nov. 16 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, ruptcy, Manchester.-Jas. Lawrenceson, Blackpool, LancaLiverpool. - Wm. Banfield, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, hop, merchant, Nov. 16 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.

To be granted, unless an Appeal be duly entered. Stephen Wiles, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, brewer.-D. Knight, Wood-st., Cheapside, London, warehouseman.-John Milnes, Rochdale, Lancashire, woolstapler.-William Guest, Manchester, commission agent.-Hen. Brownentt, Liverpool, merchant.-Samuel Youds, Birkenhead, Cheshire, joiner.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Ebenezer Davidson, Leith, ship broker.-Francis Jardine, Edinburgh, wine merchant.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Monmouthshire, at Newport. Elizabeth Green Wait, Nov. 8 at 12, County Court of

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

Thomas Hill, Bristol, baker, Dec. 7 at half-past 10, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol.-Charles Perry Raffills, Bristol, packing-case manufacturer, Nov. 23 at halfpast 10, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol.-Geo. Bush, Bristol, in no business, Dec. 7 at half-past 10, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol.-John Paddle, Debtling, Kent, boot maker, Nov. 7 at 12, County Court of Kent, at Maidstone.-Thos. Hoad, Maidstone, Kent, baker, Nov. 7 at 12, County Court of Kent, at Maidstone.-John Glover the younger, Warrington, Lancashire, travelling tea dealer, Nov. 9 at 10, County Court of Lancashire, at Warrington.Matthew Hume, Hexham, Northumberland, tailor, Nov. 15 at 12, County Court of Northumberland, at Hexham.-Edwin Griffin, Prestleigh, Doulting, Somersetshire, land drainer, Nov. 16 at 11, County Court of Somersetshire, at Wells. The following Persons, who, on their several Petitions filed in the Court, have obtained Interim Orders for Protection from Process, are required to appear in Court as hereinafter mentioned, at the Court-house, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn, as follows, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

Nov. 24 at 10, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONer. Henry Restall, Macclesfield-street North, City-road, Middlesex, clerk to an ironmonger.-Henry Darke, Ranelagh-st., Pimlico, Middlesex, clerk in the General Registry-office, Somerset-house.-John Judd, Kent-street, Southwark, Surrey, baker.-Henry Porter, Ealing, Middlesex, shoemaker.George Norman, Stratford, Essex, confectioner.-Frederick Armstrong, Lower Sussex-place, Old Kent-road, Surrey, clerk in her Majesty's dockyard.

Jan. 4 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Charles Evan Streachan, Manor-place, Upper Holloway, Middlesex, cheesemonger.-Jas. Hilaro Maskell, Richmond. road, Islington, Middlesex, bookkeeper at the Crystal Palace

at Sydenham.-Thomas Wooldridge, Shepherd-st., Hanover square, Oxford-st., Middlesex, lodging-house keeper.-John Drew, Bond's-place, Rye-lane, Peckham, Surrey, surveyor.Wm. Wells Ford, Deptford-green, Deptford, Kent, barman. -James Morley Cogswell, Harford-place, West-street, Walworth, Surrey, carpenter.-James Finch, York-place, Stepney, Middlesex, out of business.-John Collins, Seaward-st., Goswell-st., St. Luke's, Middlesex, awl maker.

Charles John Penney, Roberts-place, Commercial-road East, Middlesex, manufacturer of varnish, No. 64,664 T.; Joseph Francis Holmes, assignee.-Charles Kemp, Crowfield, near Debenham, Suffolk, bricklayer, No. 78,400 C.; Samuel Mann, assignee. Samuel Haigh, Leeds, Yorkshire, flax dresser, No. 78,693 C.; Alexander Blenkinsop, assignee.William Bracewell, Bradford, Yorkshire, provision dealer, No. 78,758 C.; William Pratt Tattersall, assignee.-Joseph Harrison, Bradford, Yorkshire, butcher, No. 78,769 C.; William Pratt Tattersall, assignee.—-William Danby, Caistor, Lincolnshire, plumber, No. 76,515 C.; John Robinson, assignee.

Saturday, Oct. 21.

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

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Fred. Bond, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, out of business: in the Gaol of Hertford.-James Jones, Openshaw, near Manchester, plumber in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Robt. Bagnall, Manchester, overlooker in a cotton factory in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Hardman, Manchester, grocer in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Patrick Murphy, Manchester, general marble mason in the Gaol of Lancaster.-W. Lightboun, Eccleshill, near Over Darwen, Lancashire, licensed victualler in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Thos. Booth, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester, commercial traveller: in the Gaol of Lancaster. -Thos. Webb, Fenton, near Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, grocer in the Gaol of Lancaster.- Wm. Wyatt, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, stonemason: in the Gaol of Oxford.-David Prosser, Werndew, near Bridgend, Glamorganshire, farm labourer in the Gaol of Cardiff.-R. Frederick Bankes, Brighton, Sussex, licensed victualler in the Gaol of Lewes. -John Yates the elder, Colton, near Rugeley, Staffordshire, farmer in the Gaol of Stafford.—Benjamin Springall, Norwich, out of business: in the Gaol of Norwich.-Francis Jay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, baker: in the Gaol of Norwich.-Geo. Smith, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, out of business : in the Gaol of York.-Wm. Smith, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, out of business in the Gaol of York.-Robert Vickers Moyse, Bridge-road, Stratford, Essex, out of business: in the Gaol of Springfield.-Samuel Emmott, Burnley, Lancashire, mousselin de laine manufacturer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.William Rayner the younger, Halstead, Essex, blacksmith: in the Gaol of Springfield.-John S. Richmond, Bisbrooke, Rutlandshire, farm bailiff: in the Gaol of Oakham.-Robert Marr, Kingston-upon-Hull, out of business: in the Gaol of Kingston-upon-Hull.-Thomas Batcock, Milton, Cambridgeshire, publican: in the Gaol of Cambridge.-George James Moors, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, beerhouse keeper: in the Gaol of Dorchester.-Charles Edward Townsend, Painswick, Gloucestershire, saddler: in the Gaol of Gloucester.-J. Frankish, Bridlington, Yorkshire, auctioneer: in the Gaol of Kingston-upon-Hull.-Joseph Brand, North Shields, Northumberland, builder: in the Gaol of Morpeth.William Williams, King's Sutton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, out of business: in the Gaol of Oxford.-Robert Balls, Brix

ton-hill, Surrey, not in any business: in the Gaol of Surrey. -Wm. M'Dowell, Hill-cottage, Shooter's-hill, Kent, insurance agent in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. -John Mee, Crown-hill, Norwood, Surrey, licensed retailer of beer in the Queen's Prison.-Wm. Henry Wren, Wellington-street, Chelsea, Middlesex, bricklayer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-John Savage, King's Arms Livery Stables, Blackfriars-road, Surrey, livery-stable keeper: in the Gaol of Surrey.-John Neighbour, Albion-street, Caledonian-road, Middlesex, cook in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-F. W. Wightman, William-street,

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Commercial-road East, Middlesex, clerk in the Audit-office, Somerset-house in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-George Richardson, Alexandrian-cottages, Queen's. road, Dalston, Middlesex, smith: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.- Wm. Dunford, Upper Berkeley-st., Portman-square, Middlesex, saddler: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-G. L. Story, Moreton-terrace, Kentish-town, Middlesex, house agent: in the Debtors Pri son for London and Middlesex. - Robert Smith, Crofton Mills, Blyth, Northumberland, mariner in the Gaol of Surrey.-H. R. Quartley, New Bond-street, Middlesex, clerk in holy orders: in the Gaol of Dover.-C. Coppinger, Folkestone, Kent, custom-house agent: in the Gaol of Dover.-Thomas Penk, Manchester, grocer in the Gaol of Lancaster.- Wm. Josling, Bradford, Yorkshire, shoemaker: in the Gaol of York.-Daniel Hartnett, White Windows, Sowerby, York. shire, schoolmaster: in the Gaol of York.-Wm. Heafield, Birmingham, builder: in the Gaol of Coventry.-W. Hooper, Astwood, Feckenham, Worcestershire, carpenter: in the Gaol of Worcester.- Wm. Pashley, Leeds, Yorkshire, boatman: in the Gaol of York.-James Glover, Shipley, near Bradford, Yorkshire, agent for the sale of spirituous liquors: in the Gaol of York.—Robert Myers, Leeds, Yorkshire, hay dealer: in the Gaol of York.-Frederick Hurlston, Birmingham, out of bu. siness: in the Gaol of Coventry.-Henry C. Buller, Birmingham, retail brewer: in the Gaol of Coventry.-F. W. Roof, Canterbury, Kent, out of business: in the Gaol of Maidstone.

Abraham Whitehead, Lee Bank bottom, Ovendon, near Halifax, Yorkshire, grocer in the Gaol of York.-G. Cadman, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Henry Sagar, Padiham, Lancashire, out of business in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Austin, Blackburn, Lancashire, woollen flock dealer in the Gaol of Lancaster.— Richard Lolli, Wigan, Lancashire, cabinet maker: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Thomas Besley, Tiverton, Devonshire, livery. stable keeper: in the Gaol of St. Thomas-the-Apostle.-G. Piggin, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, retail dealer in ale: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Robert Tinker, Manchester, out of business in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Andrew Cockshut, Black. burn, Lancashire, provision dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster. James Rogers, Liverpool, out of business in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Donagan, Dartmoor Barracks, Devonshire, pensioner: in the Gaol of St. Thomas-the-Apostle.-A. 0. Luscombe, Stonehouse, Devonshire, dealer in fruit in the Gaol of St. Thomas-the-Apostle.-John Rhodes, Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, out of employ in the Gaol of Nottingham. -Wm. H. Podmore, Balsall-heath, Worcestershire, out of business in the Gaol of Worcester.

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The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before the Court, in Portugal-street, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute :

Nov. 7 at 10, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. William Lellan, Munster-street, Regent's-park, Middlesex, mining agent.

Nov. 7 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner MURPHY. Charles John Philip Howting, Cowcross-street, Middlesex, grocer.

The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before a Judge of the County Court, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

At the County Court of Kent, at MAIDSTONE, Nov. 7 at 12.
John Down, Maidstone, brick merchant.-F. W. Roof,
Canterbury, out of business.
At the County Court of Cornwall, at BODMIN, Nov. 8

at 10.

Charles Sanders, Truro, innkeeper. At the County Court of Essex, at CHELMSFORD, Nov. 9 at 12.

Robert V. Moyse, Stratford, out of business.-W. Rayner the younger, Halstead, blacksmith.

At the County Court of Devonshire, at EXETER, Nov. 14 at 10.

T. W. J. Forwood, Tiverton, attorney-at-law.

CHANCERY BILLS and CLAIMS.-C. H. STOWERS, Law Stationer, Printer, &c., No. 7, Warwick-court. Gray's-nn, begs to submit to the Legal Profession the following list of prices for printing Bills and Claims, inclusive of paper:-For 30 and not exceeding copies, 358. per sheet; for 100 and not exceeding 150 copies, 45%. per 50 copies, 28s. per sheet (four pages); for 50 and not exceeding 100 sheet.

KERR'S ACTION AT

10s.

123.

58.

98.

PULLING'S LAWS of ATTORNIES.
JONES'S ATTORNEY'S POCKET BOOK.
ALLEN'S ROYAL PREROGATIVE.
TUDOR'S CHARITABLE TRUSTS.
London: William Amer, Law Bookseller and Publisher, Lincoln's-
inn-gate.

TO SOLICITORS AND COPYHOLDERS.
Now ready, price 1s.,

SUGGESTIONS and PLAN, with Tables, for the ESTA

BLISHMENT of COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT and

IMPROVEMENT SOCIETIES. By ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY,
M.A., Author of "A Treatise on Benefit Building Societies," &c.
C. Mitchell, 12, Red Lion-court, Fleet street.

Loans granted to facilitate the enfranchisement and improvement of copyhold and life leasehold property, by the Western Life Assurance Society, 3, Parliament-street, London.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY.

Established 1797.

PRESIDENT ANTHONY HUDSON, Esq., Banker. VICE-PRESIDENT-Lieut.-General Sir ROBT. JOHN HARVEY, C. B. It is provided by the constitution of the Society that the insured shall be free from all responsibility; and to guarantee the engagements of the office, a fund of 330,0007, has been subscribed by a numerous and opulent proprietary, which fund has been further increased by the accumulation of an additional reserve, now amounting to 96,8001. Returns of three-fifths of the profits of the Company are periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus from time to time received from the Society sums amounting in the aggregate to nearly 380,0001.

The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers.

The business of the Company exceeds 62,000,000/., and, owing to the liberality with which its engagements have been performed, is rapidly The duty paid to Government for the year 1852 was 74,037. 98. Ild.; and the amount insured on farming stock was upwards of 9,066,0807.

increasing.

For Prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars; and Surrey-street, Norwich.

CITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,

for General, Accumulative, and Self-protecting Assurance. Head Offices, 2. Royal Exchange-buildings, London.

Subscribed Capital, a Quarter of a Million.

This Society, guaranteed by a capital fully adequate to every contingency, and not injuriously large, offers all the advantages of the mutual system.

PREMIUMS.-Rates calculated expressly for this Society, based upon actual experience, and thus accurately graduated.

POLICIES granted on any Life Contingency, and indisputable.
CLAIMS.-Promptitude and liberality in the settlement.

BONUS.-Announced, 1852, equivalent to a cash bonus of 20 per cent.
STAMPS.-No charge for stamps.

INCOME TAX.-Payments for Life Assurance are free from this Tax and the new Succession Duty.

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E. F. LEEKS, Esq., Secretary.

CAUTION.

TRADESMEN, MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, OUTFITTERS, &c.-Whereas it has lately come to my knowledge that some unprincipled person or persons have for some time past been imposing upon the public by selling to the Trade and others a spurious article under the name of BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK, this is to give Notice, that I am the ORIGINAL and SOLE PROPRIETOR and MANUFACTURER of the said article, and do not employ any traveller, or authorise any persons to represent themselves as coming from my Establishment for the purpose of selling the said Ink. This Caution is published by me to prevent further impositions upon the public, and serious injury to myself.

E. R. BOND, sole Executrix and Widow of the late John Bond, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, London.

To avoid disappointment from the substitution of counterfeits, be careful to ask for the genuine Bond's Permanent Marking Ink, and further to distinguish it, observe, that NO SIXPENNY SIZE is or has at any time been prepared by him, the Inventor and Proprietor.

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTION, founded

1846.

Offices, 12, John-street, Adelphi, and 18, Nassau-street, New York. This institution has been established many years (with great success) as a medium for the introduction of parties unknown to each other, who are desirous of forming matrimonial alliances, but who, from some cause or other, cannot find partners in their own circle of acquaintance suitable in position, &c. The strictest honour and secresy is maintained in every case.- Prospectuses, Application, Forms, Rules, and every information sent free to any name, initials, or address, on receipt of twelve postage stamps. By order of the Directors,

12, John-street, Adelphi, London.

LAURENCE CUTHBERT.

DEAFNESS CURED in a few hours, by painless treat

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ment, and relief from those unpleasant noises in the ears. monials of such cures may be seen, and the persons referred to. published, by Dr. HERBERT MANFRED, Member of the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons, a little Volume, sent post free for eight postage stamps. Mode of self-cure by means of his new and painless treatment. Deafness, accompanied with noises in the ears, removed in half an hour's time, and in many cases the hearing restored instantly. Address to Dr. Manfred's residence, 72, Regent-street, (first door in Air-street), where patients are received daily.

Good Cream Laid Adhesive, all warranted well gummed, 4s. 6d. per 1000. Superfine ditto, 68. 6d. per 1000.

Thick superfine ditto, either stamped with initials, or from private dies, without extra charge, 7s. 6d. per 1000.

Thick Blue Laid, 7s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per 1000.

Foolscap official-size 83 by 3, 28. per 100, or 16s. 6d. per 1000.
Demy superfine ditto, 10 by 3, 3s. 6d. per 100.

*Draft Cartridge, open at end, 103 by 5, 3s. 6d. per 100.
*Brief ditto, ditto, 14 by 152, 58. per 100.

*Deed ditto, ditto, 113 by 93, 68. 6d. per 100.
Cloth-lined envelopes at the same low rate of charges.

PARTRIDGE & COZENS' CELEBRATED STEEL PENS. These Pens are all made of the purest Steel, and selected with the greatest care, and, at the very moderate price at which they are charged, command an universal sale. "Nearly twenty millions sold annually."

The Correspondence or Drafting Pen, only 18. 3d. per box of twelve

dozen.

The Fine Point, for light writing, 1s. 3d. per ditto.

The Broad Point, for engrossing, &c., a good pen for parchment, 18. 6d. per ditto.

Extra Broad Point, a very easy pen, will write with comfort on brown paper, 18. 6d. per ditto.

Polished Cedar Holders, fit any pen, 6d. per dozen, or 58. per gross.

PARCHMENT.

"Best quality, London manufacture." Indentures for 20 or 30 folios, machine-ruled and printed, 178. per doz., or 808. per roll.

Followers, ruled, 15c. per doz., or 70s. per roll.

Memorials or Records, 5s. 6d. per doz., or 258. per roll.
Plain Skins, any size, at the same low scale of charges.
SUNDRIES FOR SOLICITORS' OFFICES.

Best Red Tape-narrow, 9d.; middle, ls.; broad, is. 4d. per dozen pieces.

Narrow Green Silk, ls.; Green Silk Cord, 1s. per piece.
Silk Ferrit, 1s. 9d.; Cotton Ferrit, 6d. and 18. per piece.
Runners, from No. 5 to 14, 1s. 9d.; Bodkins or Piercers, with or without
eyes, 9d. each.

Strong Blue Bags, 2s. 6d. each.

Very best Wax, 3s. 9d. per lb.; Super ditto, 28. 6d.; Parcel Wax, 18. Elastic Bands, Is. per box of six dozen, various.

Silver Pens, 18.; Gold, 38. 6d. each; Plated Pocket-holders for ditto, 6d. each

Magnum Bonum Pens, 4d. per dozen. Desk Knives and Erasers, 18. each. Writs, 6d.; Copies, 3d. per dozen; Copies, 28. per 100.

100 Writs and 100 Copies, with your name and address inserted, for 68. Affidavit of Service of Writ, 9d. per dozen.

Terms, Cash. Catalogues post free. Observe-PARTRIDGE & COZENS, Stationers and Paper Makers, 127 and 128, Chancery-lane, two doors from Fleet-street.

* These are all made from a strong, fine, and smooth cartridge; but inferior qualities can be had of the same sizes if required.

LONDON, NOVEMBER 4, 1854.

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THE writ of mandamus, which has been of so high a character as seldom to fall within the reach of her Majesty's subjects, promises all at once to become a very popular weapon in the hands of litigant parties. Proceedings with regard to the old prerogative writ are simplified by the Common-law Procedure Act, 1854: the rule for the issuing of the writ may be absolute in the first instance, the writ bear teste on the day of its issuing, and be returnable forthwith, in term or in vacation; and the provisions of the Procedure Acts, 1852 and 1854, are to apply, so far as they are applicable, to the pleadings and proceedings upon the writ. (Sects. 76, 77).

It is by means of a writ of mandamus also that the new jurisdiction conferred on common-law courts, for enforcing the specific performance of contracts, is to be exercised; and it is to this procedure that we are now about to call attention.

The language of the chief section on this subject is curious, but we believe was rendered so by late alterations made in the bill during its progress, and not by its original framers. Indeed, we may remark, with respect to the composition of the act of 1854, that it is deserving of much praise on account of its brevity and condensation. We doubt whether any statute working such great changes was ever expressed in such few words. The common effect of extreme brevity, namely, obscurity, will probably be found in some few of its sections; but taken as a whole, and without reference to some of the clumsy additions and omissions for which certain members of the Legislature are answerable, we consider it almost a model act.

To return to specific performance: it is enacted, that the plaintiff in any action in any of the superior courts, except replevin and ejectment, may indorse upon the writ and copy to be served a notice that he intends to claim a writ of mandamus, and may thereupon claim in the declaration, either together with any other demand which may now be enforced in such action, or separately, a writ of mandamus, commanding the defendant to fulfil any duty in the fulfilment of which the VOL. XVIII. Q Q

PRICE 18.

VICE-CHANCELLOR WOOD'S COURT.

Martin v. Wellsted.-(Charitable Trust-Mortmain) 941 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Maclae v. Sutherland.-(Banking Company-Unregis tered Company-Deed of Settlement-Power of Directors to bind Shareholders-" Borrowing or taking up Money at Interest"-Issue of Notes with Coupons-Ratification by Shareholders-Joint and several Note-Action by Holder of Note-Money lent)

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plaintiff is personally interested. The declaration is to set forth sufficient grounds on which the claim is founded, and that the plaintiff is personally interested therein, and that he sustains or may sustain damage by the nonperformance of such duty, and that performance has been demanded by him, and refused or neglected. The pleadings and proceedings to be the same, and costs recoverable, as in an ordinary action for the recovery of damages. If judgment is given for the writ to issue, the Court may, besides issuing execution for costs and damages, also issue a peremptory writ of mandamus, to which no return but that of compliance shall be allowed. It may be enforced by attachment, and have the same effect as a peremptory writ of mandamus issued out of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Court may also order the act to be done by the plaintiff or some other person at the expense of the defendant. (Sects. 68-74).

It is to be observed, that the writ may be claimed in the Exchequer or Common Pleas as well as the Queen's Bench. The duty to be fulfilled means, we presume, a duty or obligation recognised at law, whether arising from a contract or from the relation of parties*, and not a merely equitable duty. Suppose, for instance, an agreement to execute a lease; the claim may be for damages for breach of the agreement, and for a mandamus to compel the defendant to execute the lease. By some, we believe, it is considered that the words will not only include equitable duties, but even confer a larger jurisdiction than that which has been exercised in equity-e. g. the compelling an actor to performt, or the enforcing a contract for the sale of good-will of a business. The plaintiff must be "personally" interested in the fulfilment of the duty-the word originally used was "individually." May parties suing en autre droit, or for injuries to relative rights, have a mandamus? How is the defendant to object that it is not a proper

*This was, it seems, the intention of the Common-law Commissioners. (See Second Report, p. 39).

† See Kemble v. Kean, (6 Sim. 333). Our readers have probably seen that Mademoiselle Rachel was lately decreed by the French Court to perform a character written for her at her own request, or to pay heavy penalties.