and defend the distinction laid down by Lord Eldon, but at a length which precludes quotation. We shall content ourselves, therefore, with referring our readers to that work, as well as to Mr. Collyer's valuable chapter on the same subject; and conclude by expressing, with much diffidence, our own opinion, that this point in the law of dormant partnerships has still to be settled by adjudication. Emperial Parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Lord Chancellor laid on the table a Bill for the Improvement of the Proceedings in Bankruptcy. His Lordship stated, shortly, that it was, in its provisions, like that which had been introduced by the late Lord Chancellor, HOUSE OF COMMONS. Wednesday, March 16. Mr. E. Tennent moved the second reading of the Copyright of Designs Bill in a speech of considerable length. ment. Dr. Bowring, approving the principle of the Bill, objected to the proposed plan of giving the right of adjudication, in cases of infringement of the copyright, to justices of the peace, persons, in his opinion, not at all qualified; and, on that ground, he feared the Bill would only lead to litigation and embarrassMr. M. Phillips thought, there would be great difficulty in determining what really were inventions in design; in many cases, designs were brought from France, and then published here as original. Mr. Heathcote objected also to the machinery of the Bill. By making a certificate given to the owner of a design primâ facie evidence of its originality, and by other of its details, it would render every manufacturer and shopkeeper in England liable to penalties for invasion of copyright. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed for the 13th April. Lord Mahon moved the second reading of the Copyright Bill, which was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday, the 23rd. The debate on the Law of Marriages was resumed; and after a somewhat lengthened discussion, in which Mr. C. Buller, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir W. Follett took active parts, the Bill was thrown out. London Gazettes. TUESDAY, MARCH 15. BANKRUPTS. CHARLES PAGE, High-street, and Nottingham-mews, Marylebone, coach tyre smith and wheelwright, March 18 at 2, and April 26 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy: Off. Ass. Pennell; Sol. Kell, 43, Bedford-row.-Fiat dated March 10. THOMAS MORRIS, Newbridge, Glamorganshire, grocer and draper, March 26 and April 26 at 2, Commercial-rooms, Bristol: Sols. Short, Bristol; White & Eyre, 11, Bedfordrow.-Fiat dated March 3. JOHN JONES, Liverpool, cordwainer and victualler, March 24 and April 26 at 1, Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool: Sols. Cornthwaite, Liverpool; Cornthwaite, Dean's-court, Doctors'-commons.-Fiat dated March 9. JOHN DAVINSON BEDFORD, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, common brewer, March 30 and April 26 at 12, George Hotel, Burton-upon-Trent: Sols. Richardson, Burton-upon-Trent; Hicks & Braikenridge, Bartlett's-bdgs., Holborn.-Fiat dated March 7. JOHN PARBERY, Northampton, saddler and harnessmaker, March 21 and April 26 at 2, Stag's Head Inn, Northampton: Sols. Hall, Northampton; Weller, 8, King'sroad, Bedford-row.-Fiat dated March 10. PETER BOULD, Ovenden, Halifax, Yorkshire, cotton spinner and manufacturer, March 29 at 1, and April 26 at 12, White Lion Inn, Halifax: Sols. Stocks & Macaulay, or L. & E. N. Alexander, Halifax; Emmet & Allen, 14, Bloomsbury-square.-Fiat dated March 5. STEPHEN PEAKE, Ramsgate, Kent, builder, March 24 at 7, and April 26 at 9, Albion Hotel, Ramsgate: Sol. Smith, 9, Barnard's Inn.-Fiat dated Feb. 26. JOHN ALEXANDER, Pendleton, Lancashire, common JOSEPH PAGE, jun., Gloucester, carrier by land, hallier, and porter-merchant, March 28 and April 26 at 12, Smallridge's, Gloucester: Sols. Smallridge's, Gloucester; Jones & Blaxland, 7, Crosby square.-Fiat dated March 11. JOHN FRANKLAND and THOMAS FRANKLAND, Liverpool, merchants, March 29 and April 26 at 3, Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester: Sols. Atkinson & Saunders, Manchester; Makinson & Sanders, 3, Elm-court, Middle Temple.-Fiat dated Jan. 27. THOMAS FINCH COZENS, Canterbury, builder, March 24 at 12, and April 26 at 1, Guildhall, Canterbury: Sols. R. & G. Furley, Canterbury; Butterfield & France, 5, Gray's Inn-square.-Fiat dated March 10. MEETINGS. Wm. Peace, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, builder, April 12 at 1, Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors, pr. d.— April 6 at 11, George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull, ch. ass.-J. John Gilder Shackles, Kingston-upon-Hull, linen-draper, 22 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, last ex.-Augustus Sanders, Manor-place, King's-road, Chelsea, baker, March Lines, Irongate-wharf, Paddington, hay-salesman, March 18 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, last ex.-Ed. Bright, Picket-st., Strand, draper, March 26 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, last ex.-John Hall and Samuel Vincent, Saint Mary Axe, wholesale tea and coffee dealers, April 7 at 11, aller, April 16 at 1, Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool, last ex. and Court of Bankruptcy, last ex.-John Shand, Liverpool, victuaud. ac.-Edward Raine and John Raine, Barnard Castle, Durham, carpet manufacturers, April 14 at 11, King's Head Inn, Barnard Castle, last ex. and aud. ac.; at 12, div.-John sion-agents, April 7 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. Ruston and John Jackson, St. Paul's Church-yard, commisac.-R. H. C. Hunt and Ed. O. Smith, Old Broad-st., London, and Hamburg, Germany, merchants, April 7 at 12, Court Hoffstaedt, Billiter-st., Fenchurch-st., merchant, April 7, at of Bankruptcy, aud. ac. joint and sep. est.-Augustus J. half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.-John Buckle, Terrace, Kensington, tea dealer, April 7 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, aud ac. and div.-Thomas Giles, St. John's-lane, Clerkenwell, wire worker, April 7, at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.-Robert J. Makins, Blandford-st., Manchester-sq., grocer, April 6 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.-Benj. Paice, Red Lion, Thames-st., New Windsor, Berks, victualler, April 6 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.-John C. Adams, Basinghall-st., woollen warehousman, April 6 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.-Wm. I. Law, Manchester, chemist and druggist, April 5 at 11, Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester, aud. ac.; at 10, div.-J. Wheeler, Princes-st., Hanover-sq., tailor, April 5 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, fin. div.-Thos. Brown, Bell-yard, Lincoln's-inn, plumber, April 8 at half-past 10, Court of Bankruptcy, div.-Frederick Lock, Three Crown-court, Jewry-st., Aldgate, April 7 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, div.-J. Coulsell, Richmond, builder, April 6 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, div.-John H. Cassell, Mill-wall, Poplar, naptha seller, April 6 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, div. -Thomas E. Jones, Birmingham, leather seller, April 5, at 1, Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham, aud. ac. and fin. div.—Joseph Butler, Walsall, Stafford, saddlers' ironmonger, April 13 at 11, Swan Inn, Wolverhampton, Stafford, aud. ac.; at 12, div. -Thomas Wiggerham and Richard Saunders, Birmingham, Warwick, ale and porter merchants, April 13 at 12, Waterloorooms, Birmingham aud. ac.; at half-past 12, fin. div., joint est. ; at 1, aud. ac.; at half-past 1, fin. div., sep. est. of Thos. Wiggerham.-Robert Peart, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottingham, rope maker, April 7 at 11, Castle and Falcon Inn, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottingham, aud. ac.; at 2, div.-Benjamin Jacques, Standard-hill, Nottingham, John Cotton, Nottingham-park, Nottingham, and Thomas B. Oliver, Quorndon, Leicester, hosiers, April 6 at 12, George the Fourth Inn, Not tingham, aud. ac.; at 1, div., sep. est. of Benj. Jacques.~ Edward Knight, Southampton, cabinet maker, April 7 at 12, Star Hotel, Southampton, aud. ac.; at 1, fin. div.-Francis Perks, jun., Stourbridge, Worcester, hatter, April 16 at 11, Vine Inn, Stourbridge, aud. ac.; at 12, div.-Henry Caulier, Bath, Somerset, nurseryman, April 28 at 11, Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath, pr. d. and aud. ac.; at 1, div.-Nathaniel Fraley and J. E. Merchant, West-st., Bristol, linen-drapers, April 6 at 1, Commercial-rooms, Bristol, div. CERTIFICATES to be allOWED Unless Cause shewn to the contrary, on or before April 5. J. Macaire, Liverpool, merchant.-J. Worrell, Sussex-st., Tottenham-court-road, victualler.-Richard Wilson, Blyth Tile Sheds, Northumberland, manufacturer of bricks.-Wm. Wilcocks, Bracknell, Berks, saddler and harness maker.-E. Elfick, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, grocer.-Benjamin Palmer, Duke-st., St. James', tailor.-Geo. Harriot, Ormskirk, Lancaster, beer brewer.-R. Bowley, Commercial Salerooms, Mincing- lane, and Doddington-grove, Newington, broker. James Lindsay and J. W. Lindsay, North Shields, Northumberland, grocers. FIAT ANNUlled. The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought before the Court, in Portugal-st., on Tuesday, April 5 at 9. Rob. King, sen., Cane-pl., Kentish-town, builder.-Thos. Hazelton, Norland-terr., Notting-hill, carpenter.-John Biggadike, Blackman-st., Southwark, out of business.-Daniel Saunders, Park-side, Knightsbridge, clock maker.-Wm. B. Wright, Grenville-st., Brunswick-sq., gentleman.-Thos. R. Hawker, Cumberland-terr-, Camden New-town, tailor.-D. Humphrey, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, ironmonger.Wm. Eman. Harper, New-street, Dorset-sq., Mary-le-bone, butcher.-Jas. Callow, Old Quebec-st., Portman-sq., schoolmaster.-Humph. Wm. Ravenscroft, John-st., West, Blackfriars-road, Surrey, preparer of hair. Court-house, DORCHESTER, Dorsetshire, April 5 at 10. Wm. Sherring, Beaminster, bookseller.-Walter Clarke, Lyme Regis, butcher.-Wm. Tucker, Lyme Regis, butcher.Jas. Follett, sen., Bridport, beer-house keeper.-Rob. Trayte, Charmouth, cordwainer.-Rich. Andrews, Leigh, butcher.Wm. Seward, Winborne Minster, tailor. Court-house, DERBY, Derbyshire, April 7 at 10. Geo. Hodgkinson, Derby, wheelwright.—John Waterhouse, New-mills, joiner.-Eliz. Hunt, widow, Worksworth, in no John Hetherington, King's Arms-yard, wholesale tea-mer- business.-John Outram, Eckington, near Chesterfield, shoe chant. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Archibald Scott, farmer, Southfield, Haddington.-John Hutchison, flesher, Edinburgh.-Houston and Potter, builders, Glasgow.-Thos. Ramsay, merchant, Glasgow.-Charles Hamilton, Fairholme, Edinburgh-J. Wright, confectioner, Glasgow.-Macpherson and M Naughton, distillers, Denny, Stirling.-Robert Gibbons, baker, Edinburgh. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Saturday, March 12, 1842. The following Assignees have been appointed. Further Par ticulars may be learned at the Office, in Portugal-st., Lincoln's-inn-fields, on giving the Number of the Case. James Alex. Legender, Sunderland near the Sea, Durham, master mariner, No. 58,728 C; Thos. Taylor and Geo. Booth, assignees.-Mary Kitchingman, widow, Broynllis, Brecon, innkeeper, No. 58,785 C.; Wm. Wood, assignee.-William Bishop, Worcestershire, tailor, No. 58,653 C.; Wm. Parry, assignee.-William Grant Liddaman, High-street, Kensington, shopman to a pawnbroker, No. 52,569 T.; John Brooks, assignee. Philip Barnes, York - place, Pentonville, surveyor, No. 52,250 T.; Samuel Charles Marsh, assignee.— Jos. Lane, Trafalgar-sq., Stepney, clerk to an engineer, No. 52,551 T.; Rob. Langton, assignee.-John_Lanman, Dukest., St. James's, tailor, No. 52,456 T.; Jos. Smith, assignee.John Charge, Gainford, Durham, butcher, No. 55,846 C.; R. Clark and John Wetherell, assignees.-John Larkin, York, shoemaker, No. 58,391 C.; Geo. Ramsden, assignee.-John Geo. Victor, Holmes-st., Commercial-road, tide surveyor in the Customs, No. 35,462 T.; Sam. Sturgis, gentleman, new assignee, in the room of Jos. Middleton, deceased.-Wm. J. Haynes, Twickenham, omnibus proprietor, No. 52,651 T.; J. Eyke, assignee.-Fred. Sturmer, Howland-st., Fitzroy-sq., clerk, No. 52,481 T.; Jas. Ratcliff, assignee.-Jas. Drewett, Hill-park, Westerham, Kent, gardener, No. 58,370 C.; Edw. G. Flight, assignee.-Wm. Hayward, Upper Stone-st., Maidstone, Kent, town carter, No. 58,806 C.; Wm. Bartholomew, assignee.-Joseph Barrow, St. Helen's, Lancashire, provision shopkeeper, No. 58,742 C.; Sam. Tomlinson, assignee.-Ann Storey, widow, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, in no business, No. 58,629 C.; Rich. Spoor, assignee.-Dan. Linsley, South Shields, Durham, baker, No. 58,527 C.: Thos. Glaholm, assignee.-Edw. L. Blew, Badsey, near Wesham, Worcestershire, labourer, No. 57,681 C.; Wm. Pitts, assignee.-Wm. Carruthers, Carlisle, solicitor, No. 58,301 C.; John Birket, assignee.-Wm. Hartley, Bowling, near Bradford, Yorkshire, beer retailer, No. 58,566 C.; B. Nell, assignee.-Jas. Bowker, sen., Broadway, Ludgate-hill, bootmaker, No. 51,824 T.; R. E. Warwick and Wm. Hen. Main, assignees.-Thos. Foster, Chiswell-st., Middlesex, carpenter, No. 52,494 T.; Thos. Robinson, assignee.-Fred. Roberton, Wenlock-terr., City-road, woollen draper, No. 52,158 T.; Wm. Smith, assignee.-Geo. Miles, Broadway, Westminster, assistant to a cheesemonger, No. 52,665 T.; John Webber, assignee.-Alfred Addis, Sydenham, Kent, of no business, No. 52,564 T.; John Robins, assignee.-Thos. Romney, Basing-place, Waterloo-bridge-rd., maker. Court-house, SALISBURY, Wiltshire, April 7 at 10. Wm. Drew, jun., Salisbury, printer.-Rich. Harris, Eastcott, Swindon, tailor.-W. Bidgood, Alton Priors, shopkeeper. Edw. C. Budd, Elcombe, in no business.-Robert Wilson, Liddington, out of business.-Wm. Hull, Salisbury, wheelwright.-Wm. May, Corsham-side, Corsham, farmer.-Wm. West, Fisherton Anger, victualler.-Rich. G. Sceats, Sherston Magna, chemist.-Hen. Weight, Malmsbury, watch maker.St. Margaret's, cooper. Edw. Thornton, Amesbury, plumber.—Wm. Dodd, Stratton MEETING. March 29 at 11, Fernell's, Sheffield, sp. aff. WILLIAM MACLEOD, Coleman-street-buildings, merchant, March 24 at 12, and April 29 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy: Off. Ass. Graham; Sols. Wilde & Co., 21, College-hill, Queen-street.-Fiat dated March 14. WILLIAM BATEMAN BYNG, Old Windsor, Berkshire, and Saffron Walden, Essex, engineer and gas manufacturer, March 30 at 2, and April 29 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy: Off. Ass. Johnson: Sol. Nield, Bond-court-house, Walbrook.-Fiat dated March 14. DAVID BIDMEAD, Bread-street, Cheapside, warehouseman and shipping agent, April 2 at half-past 1, and April 29 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy: Off. Ass. Edwards; Sol. Jones, 15, Sise-lane.-Fiat dated March 17. ROBERT MILLS, Heywood, Lancashire, iron-founder, joiner, and builder, April 5 and 29 at 11, Commissioners'rooms, Bolton-le-Moors: Sols. Blair, Manchester; Johnson & Co., Temple.-Fiat dated March 7. WILMOT ROBERT BAYNTUN, Bath, Somersetshire, surgeon and apothecary, March 29 and April 29 at 11, Drake's, Bath: Sols. Drake, Bath; Rickards & Walker, 29, Lincoln's-Inn-fields.-Fiat dated March 10. JOHN MATTHEWS, Ledbury, Herefordshire, builder, March 28 and April 29 at 12, Feathers Inn, Ledbury: Sols. Ellis & Co., Gloucester; Haywood & Webb, Birmingham; W. R. King & Son, 11, Serjeant's Inn, Fleetstreet.-Fiat dated Feb. 26. WILLIAM BARNES, Shincliffe, Durham, fire brick manufacturer, wood sawyer, and dealer in coal dust, April 5 and 29 at 12, Newcastle Arms, Durham: Sols. Maynard, or Maynard & Middleton, Durham.-Fiat dated March 8. JOHN POWELL, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, grocer and flour dealer, March 28 and April 29 at 12, Wheat Sheaf Inn, Stoke-upon-Trent: Sols. Harding, Burslem; -Fiat dated March 15. LIAM HYDE, Nottingham, dyers, March 24 and April 29 at 12, George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham: Sols. W. & S. Parsons, jun., Nottingham; Yallop, 8, Furnival's Inn. THOMAS CLENT, St. Helen, Worcester, victualler, March 24 and April 29 at 12, Cresswell's, Worcester: Sols. Cresswell, Worcester; Dryden, 23, Lincoln's-Inn-fields.- Fiat dated March 9. quodale, Greenock, baker.-Dav. Russell, Sauchinford, Stir- The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before King, jun., High-st., Camden-town, bricklayer. John Grigg, Red Lion-passage, Red Lion-sq., cab driver.-Thos. Hearn, Chiswick, general dealer.-Charles Moore, Broadway, White Horse-court, White Horse-street, Middlesex, furniture broker. Edw. Mathew, Brixton-road, out of business. Hen. Parrott, —John Mantle, Great Suffolk-st., Southwark, pork butcher.Mount-st., Walworth, out of business.-Wm. Wright, Bowling-st., Westminster, and Maiden-lane, Covent-garden, carJOHN ANDERSON and WILLIAM GARROW, Liverpool, merchants, March 26 and April 29 at 1, Clarendon-penter.-Rob. M. Hague, Richmond-green, ginger beer manufacturer. rooms, Liverpool: Sols. Duncan & Radcliffe, Liverpool; Adlington & Co., 1, Bedford-row.-Fiat dated March 15. MEETINGS. Court-house, HERTFORD, Hertfordshire, April 8 at 10. Chas. King, Chipping Barnet, corn merchant.-Jas. King, Chipping Barnet, corn dealer.-Lucy Lee, Redbourneburymill, Redbourne, servant.-Geo. Fry, Hertford, coach builder. Court-house, WINCHESTER, Hants, April 11 at 10. Chas. P. Gover, Portsea, lime burner.-Maria Hastings, Portsea, nurse.-Wm. Tolfree, Overton, Southamptonshire, labourer.-John Douglas, Winchester, boot maker.- William Lambert, Newport, Isle of Wight, bookseller.-Wm. Voller, Southwick, Southampton, boot maker.-Thos. H. Hayward, Winchester, watch maker.-Wm. Hall, Petersfield, Southampton, wheelwright.-John Hannington, Emsworth, Southampton, fishmonger.-J. Herridge, sen., Ventnor, Isle of Wight, carrier.-John Irvine, Gosport, Southampton, dealer in tea.Wm. Billett, Overton, victualler.-Chas. Nicholls, jun,, Aldershot, Southamptonshire, bricklayer.-Geo. Romney, Kingston, Portsea, plumber.-Wm. Rann, Boldre, New Forest, Southamptonshire, vendor of fire wood.-Alf. Durell, Southampton, carpenter.-Jonath. Janaway, Havart, general dealer. housekeeper.-Rob. Hyslop, jun., Gosport, Southampton, in no business.-Wm. B. A. Wilshin, Gosport, brewer.-Robert Hancock, Longham, Hampreston, Southamptonshire, journeyman carpenter.—Samuel Jurd, Fareham, Southamptonshire, brewer.-Thos. Moore, Hartley Wintney, Southamptonshire, harness maker.―Jos. Corps, Overton, Southamptonshire, boot maker.-Edw. Barter, Christchurch, Southamptonshire, brick| layer. Court-house, SOUTHAMPTON, April 9 at 10. Jas. Weeks, Shirley, near Southampton, wine merchant.Wm. Henley, Southampton, carpenter. Heary B. C. Hillier, Montague-place, Russell-sq., apothecary, March 29 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, pr. d.-James H. Heron, J. S. Heron, J. K. Heron, and A. Heron, Manchester, and Wigan, cotton spinners, April 1 at 3, Commissioners'rooms, Manchester, pr. d., joint. est.; April 26 at 12, div.; at 1, aud. ac. sep. est. of J. K. Heron; April 27 at 12, div.; at 1, aud. ac. sep. est. of J. S. Heron; April 28 at 12, div.; at 1, and. ac. sep. est. of J. H. Heron.-Wm. T. H. Phelps, Newport, Monmouth, coal-merchant, April 13 at 12, Three Salmons Inn, Usk, ch. ass.-John Cuisset, Blackfriars-road, Christchurch, Surrey, jeweller, March 29 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, last. ex.-Thomas Marris and R. Nicholson, Bartonupon-Humber, Lincolnshire, bankers, March 24 at half-past 10, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.-Paul Axmann and J. G. Christ, Mark-lane, foreign and general merchants, April 11 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.; at half-past 12, div.R. Bacon and R. Wayman, Barbican, wire workers, April 11 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.-R. Rendell, Newton Ab-Amelia Nasmith, widow, South Stoneham, Southampton, bott, Devon, draper, April 11 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac.; at half-past 11, div.-B. P. Parlour, Alfred-st., Stepney, victualler, April 9 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac. and div.-Patrick W. Carter and James Jackson, Brewer-street, Golden-square, woollen drapers, April 9 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, aud. ac. and div.-Thomas Benrose, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer, April 14 at 10, White Hart Inn, Spalding, and. ac.-Thos. Saunders, Northampton, linen draper, April 11 at 1, Cross Keys Inn, Northampton, aud. ac.—Edward Weatherby, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, James H. Ford, Bodlondet, Carnarvonshire, Wm. L. Hilton, Holywell, Flintshire, Richard Addison, Preston, and Robert Gibson, BoltonCourt-house, STAFFORD, Staffordshire, April 11 at 10. le-Sands, Lancashire, cotton spinners, April 21 at 2, Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester, aud. ac.; April 22 at 1, div. sep. Thomas Chapman, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, brewer.est. of Robert Gibson; April 21 at 3, aud. ac.; April 22 at 2, verhampton, watch maker.-Edw. Williams, Horsley-heath, Thos. Henshaw, Penkridge, victualler.-J. Woolrich, Wooldiv. sep. est. of J. H. Ford.-Armitstead Sedgwick, Macclesfield, Chestershire, ironmonger, April 16 at 1, Macclesfield Tipton, commercial traveller.-Jas. Rogers, Pelsall, near WalArms Hotel, Macclesfield, aud. ac.; at 2, fin. div.-Thomas sall, butcher.-John Minshull, Uttoxeter, attorney's clerk.Ward, Nottingham, victualler, April 11 at 12, George the Stafford, hair dresser.-M. O'Brien, Bramley, Kingswinford, Sarah Banks, widow, Rugeley, fellmonger.-Henry Dawson Fourth Inn, Nottingham, aud. ac.; at 1, div.-George Shaw, time keeper.-John Jones, Woolverhampton, tailor.-Thomas Wakefield, Yorkshire, grocer, April 15 at 12, Commissioners'rooms, Leeds, aud. ac.; at 1, first and fin. div.-R. Drewry, White, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, earthenware manufacturer. Penrith, Cumberland, banker, April 13 at 12, Crown Hotel, Wassell, jun., Coseley, Sedgeley, out of business.-J. Hunt, -Wm. Bromley, Stoke-upon-Trent, out of business.-John Penrith, aud. ac.; at 3, div.-Stannard Algar, Reading, Berkshire, common brewer, April 11 at 11, George Inn, Read Handsworth, in no business.-Wm. Sutton, Bilston, hatter.ing aud. ac.; at 12, div.-Wm. J. Wardell, Pickering, York-Walsall, chain maker.-Benjamin Higgison, Woolverhampton, Rob. Stevenson, Stoke-upon-Trent, saddler.-Nich. Roper, shire, wine merchant, April 11 at 8, Angel Inn, Whitby, div. CERTIFICATES TO BE ALLOWED, Unless Cause shewn to the contrary, on or before April 8. William Baner, Oxford-street, laceman.-Edmund Adams, Blenheim-st., New Bond-st., livery stable-keeper.-T. Dare, New-town, Exeter, builder.-Henry Clark, Fleet-st., brushmanufacturer.-Charles S. Evans, Cornhill, Hammersmith, master mariner.-John D. Wells, George-st., Mansion-house, commission-agent. FIAT ANNULled. out of business.-Hen. Lynex, Walsall, plater.-S. Scarlett, INSOLVENT DEBTORS' DIVIDENDS. Dav. 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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: It has occurred to us, that we should render an acceptable service to many of our readers, particularly to those who have not yet had much opportunity of watching the proceedings of Parliament, if we were to point out, as briefly as possible, some of the more prominent points in the practice of the House of Commons in regard to public Bills; for, we believe, that many, even among lawyers, find themselves frequently at a loss correctly to estimate the state of proceedings in Parliament, in regard to those measures in which they take interest, owing to their attention not having been directed to any safe sources of information explaining the course of Parliamentary proceedings. In drawing up the following very brief heads, we have consulted chiefly Mr. Hatsell's elaborate work, on Parliamentary Proceedings, and a concise Epitome, on the same subject, by Mr. Hammond, published in 1825, to which we refer those of our readers who wish more ample information. The first step to a public Bill, unless it be a Bill of Supply, or of Charge upon the subject, is a motion for leave to bring it in; this may be made by any Member who thinks fit. The introduction of the Bill may be, though it is not usually, opposed on the motion for leave to bring it in (as was the case on the very recent motion for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the Law of Marriage). If the House reject the motion, the Bill must then be dropped for that Session. If the House assent, it is ordered to be prepared and brought in. The Bill may be, and usually is, read the first time on its being presented; but it may be ordered to be read for the first time on a subsequent day. The second reading is usually appointed for a subsequent day, but it may immediately follow the first. After the second reading, the Bill is committed, viz. referred to a committee; which may consist of a certain number of members selected by the House; or of all the members; and it is then called a committee of the whole House: and this is done by the Speaker, in consequence of a motion to that effect, leaving the chair; whereupon, another member being appointed chairman, the House then sits and debates as a committee. The Speaker may sit and debate in such committee as a private Member. In committee, the Bill is debated clause by clause; amendments are made; blanks filled up; and though it is generally understood, that the proper function of a committee is to discuss and settle the details of a Bill whose principle has been adopted by the House, yet, in fact, the Bill may obviously, and sometimes is, wholly changed in committee by a succession of alterations affecting all the material clauses. After the Bill has gone through the committee, the chairman reports it, as altered therein, to the House; and the House then reconsiders the whole Bill. The question is put on every clause and amendment; and it is open to members, at this stage, again to debate, clause by clause, the whole of the Bill. When the House has agreed, finally, to the Bill, as amended by the committee, or as altered by amend It is prepared by being drawn out on paper with blanks, for such matters as must be inserted by Parliaments of its own, it is ordered to be ingrossed, which is ment, such as dates, penalties, and the like. It is then presented to the House, and must pass through five distinct stages, viz. first, the first reading; secondly, the second reading; thirdly, commitment; fourthly, third reading; and, fifthly, motion, that it do pass. K VOL. VI. done by writing it, in an ingrossing hand, on slips or rolls of parchment. It is then to be read a third time; and, on the motion for this reading, it may again be opposed, in whole or in part. If the Bill be read a third time, the Speaker finally puts the question, whether it shall pass; and if that question be determined in the |