MEETINGS.

To be granted, unless an Appeal be duly entered. John Tomkinson, Liverpool, and Runcorn, Cheshire, stoneRobert Lavers, Southampton, grocer.-Frederick La Mark mason, Jan. 21 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, and George La Mark, Water-lane, Tower-st., London, ship pr. d.-George Henry Beadle, Sydenham, Kent, builder, brokers.-Joseph Moore, Hanover-st., Islington, Middlesex, Jan. 21 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, ch. ass.-Wil- victualler.-Robert Barnard, Carnaby-street, Golden-square, liam Francis Harris, Friday-street, Cheapside, London, Middlesex, oilman.-Matthew Flaig and John Alexander, Manchester warehouseman, Jan. 21 at 11, Court of Bank- Bath, Somersetshire, watchmakers.-J. Horsfield, Wheelock, ruptcy, London, last ex.-Alexander Black, Wellington-street near Sandbach, Cheshire, coal dealer.-John Turner, Oldham, North, Covent-garden, Westminster, Middlesex, bookseller, Lancashire, cotton spinner.-Thomas Wren, Preston, LanJan. 21 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-Wil-cashire, sharebroker. liam Keeping, East-street, Walworth, Surrey, common brewer, Jan. 21 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-William Harrison, Tynemouth, Northumberland, merchant, Jan. 28 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-uponTyne, last ex.-James Keon, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, and Thomas Harrison, Stockport, Cheshire, cap manufacturers, Jan. 22 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Man

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

Henry Saunders and George A. Bird, Kidderminster and Stourport, Worcestershire, attornies and solicitors.-John C. Symes, James Weston, John M. Teesdale, and Walter S. T. Sandilands, Fenchurch-st., London, attornies and solicitors, (under the firm of Symes, Weston, Teesdale, and Sandilands).

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

Archibald Menzies, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, hotel keeper.Henry G. Booth, Row, Dumbartonshire, merchant.-Alex. Law, Burntbroom, Lanarkshire, farmer.-Kenneth M'Kenzie, Rentonhall, tile manufacturer.-Thomas Weatherston Tait, Broadhaugh, near Chirnside, Berwickshire, farmer.-William Little, High Borgue, Borgue, Kirkcudbright, cattle dealer.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS

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

chester, last ex. of T. Harrison.-James Honiball, Ingramcourt, Fenchurch-street, London, and Dunston, Wickham, Durham, anchor manufacturer, Jan. 24 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.; Jan. 31 at half-past 12, div.Lawrence Sothers and William Perritt, Gravesend, Kent, grocers, Jan. 24 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.; Jan. 31 at half-past 1, div.-George Sharp and Robert Lillington Fluder, Romsey, Southampton, timber merchants, Jan. 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. sep. est. of Robert Lillington Fluder; Jan. 31 at half-past 11, div.—Wm. Abbott and Wm. Abbott the younger, Bermondsey-st., Southwark, patent hair felt manufacturers, Jan. 24 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. sep. Wm. Kennings, Tring, Hertfordshire, harness maker, Jan. est. of Wm. Abbott the younger; Jan. 31 at 11, div.—Alfred 29 at 12, County Court of Buckinghamshire, at Aylesbury.— French, East Grinstead, Sussex, plumber, Jan. 22 at 12, Rebecca Peck, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, farmer, Jan. 27 Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-James Clarke, Old at 10, County Court of Cambridgeshire, at Cambridge. — Broad-st., London, coal merchant, Jan. 22 at 12, Court of Thomas H. Hopkins, Sheerness, Isle of Sheppy, Kent, out of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Noah Pattenden, Oxford, business, Jan. 20 at 10, County Court of Kent, at Sheerness. woollendraper, Jan. 24 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, Wm. Hawkins, Bedminster, Dorsetshire, retailer of beer, aud. ac.-Thos. Tuffield, Hoxton Old-town, Middlesex, tal- Jan. 15 at 11, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol. lowchandler, Jan. 24 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, William Millner, Benington, near Boston, Lincolnshire, aud. ac.- -Geo. Pratt and John Bodle, Addison-road North, harness maker, Feb. 4 at 10, County Court of Lincolnshire, and Queen's-road, Notting-hill, Middlesex, builders, Jan. 20 at Boston. at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. Edward Brewster, Hand-court, Upper Thames-st., London, printer, Jan. 30 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.— -Hen. Thurstan, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, innkeeper, Jan. 31 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.; Feb. 3 at 11, div.-Wm. Threlfall, Addingham, Yorkshire, cotton spinner, Jan. 21 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; Feb. 3 at 1, div.-Wm. Drabbes, Askern, Yorkshire, innkeeper, Feb. 3 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac. and fin. div.-Wm. Nelson Procter, Man-penter.-James Willoughby, Croydon, Surrey, carrier. chester, cotton dealer, and Philip Shaw Hyatt, Stone, Staffordshire, farmer, Jan. 21 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Feb. 3 at 12, div.-John Burbury, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, maltster, Feb. 3 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.John Ball, Martin's-lane, Cannon-st., London, merchant, Jan. 31 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Richard Andrews, Kingsbury-green, Middlesex, victualler, Jan. 31 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, fin div.-Wm. Jackson, Lichfield, wine merchant, Feb. 1 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. and div.-Alex. Mitchell, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, draper, Feb. 5 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, div.

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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:

Jan. 24 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONer. Walter Loughurst, Queen-street, Chelsea, Middlesex, car

Jan. 24 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner LAW. Marianne Wood, widow, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Middlesex, lodging-house keeper.

Jan. 25 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.
John James Rowland, Dover-place West, Old Kent-road,
Surrey, tobacconist.-H. Golding, Commercial-road, Pimlico,
Middlesex, coal merchant. John Cass Waller, Belgrave-
street, Commercial-road, Stepney, Middlesex, messenger at
the Thames Police Court.-Edward Eley, Commercial-place,
Kentish-town, Middlesex, out of business.

Jan. 27 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner Law.
Daniel Cannon, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, out of business.-
Innes Scott, Turrett-grove, Clapham Old-town, Surrey, clerk
herd's-court, May-fair, Middlesex, out of employment.

To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or in the Admiralty, Somerset House.-Charles Mears, Shepbefore the Day of Meeting.

Wm. Woods, Devonshire-road, Wandsworth-road, Surrey, builder, Jan. 31 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Robert Devey, Cornhill, London, confectioner, Feb. 4 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.- Wm. King, Gravesend, Kent, draper, Feb. 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Simpson, Manchester, starch manufacturer, Feb. 3 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. Wm. Huze, Stockport, Cheshire, draper, Feb. 5 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester.-Hen. Higgins, Bilston, Staffordshire, grocer, Feb. 3 at half-past 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Jonas Haley, Batley Carr, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, machine maker, Jan. 31 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds.

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 :-
:-

Jan. 24 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.
Wm. Quarterman, Cloudesley-square, Islington, Middle-
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Jan. 24 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner LAW.
Robert Levick, Gloucester-street, Queen-square, Holborn,
Middlesex, blond joiner.

Jan. 27 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner Law.
Jas. W. Furness, High Holborn, Middlesex, baker.

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be imprisoned without further inquiry. It might be, that although the judge was perfectly satisfied, and on good grounds, that the debtor would be able to pay at the end of six weeks, and made an order for him to pay then, yet, that when the day came, ample reason would be given to excuse the non-payment, and induce the judge not to commit." The counsel for the defendant cited In re Hammersmith Rent-charge, (4 Exch. 87), in which it was held, that, under the Tithe Commutation Act, a judge might order a writ to issue to the sheriff to assess arrears of rent-charge upon an ex parte application; but Maule, J., distinguished that case from the one before the Court, upon the ground that there the writ was civil process, but that here imprisonment was the penalty. Jervis, C. J., denied that the judge had power to make an order for committal, to take effect at a future period, upon the happening of some contingency. The decisions in Ex parte Kinning (4 C. B. 507) and Kinning v. Buchanan (18 L. J., C. P., 332) were held to govern the case before the Court.

Correspondence.

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE JURIST." Sir,-Do me the favour to turn to the new Stamp Act, 13 & 14 Vict. c. 97, and refer to the schedule, under the head of " DUPLICATE OR COUNTERPART," and read the whole of that part of the schedule, including the proviso.

You will see, that, before an exchange of lease and counterpart can be effected, it will be necessary for the tenant to lend his landlord the counterpart of the lease, "❝duly executed," in order that such counterpart may be stamped with a denoting stamp, and thus made available for the landlord's ordinary protection. Can anything be more absurd than such a provision? What can be its object? Surely, the fact that a counterpart will be useless if not properly stamped (as has been the law up to the 11th October last, when stamps were really of pecuniary importance as well as of legal weight) would operate so as to make a landlord cautious in having such deed duly stamped-the more so, as his solicitor ordinarily does what is necessary in this respect; and, therefore, to impose such a task as is contained in this proviso is absurd.

charged with a duty of 35s. only, and the parts" shall be respectively received in evidence accordingly"-that is to say, the part bearing the lower duty shall be adThis was considered to be a sufficient protection against missible only when coming from the master's custody. fraud. It will be observed, that duplicates are here confounded with counterparts. The above provision did not extend to indentures of clerkship to attornies, &c., in respect of which there was merely the following clause-and for any counterpart or duplicate thereof,

17. 158."

Under the head "CONVEYANCE" it is provided, that " where there shall be duplicates of any deed or instrument chargeable with the said ad valorem duty exceeding 27., one of them only shall be charged therewith, and the other or others shall be charged with the ordinary duty on deeds or instruments of the same kind, not upon a sale; and on the whole being produced duly stamped as hereby required, the latter shall also be stamped with a particular stamp for denoting or testifying the payment of the said ad valorem duty." The head" MORTGAGE" has a similar provision. Duplicates of deeds of EXCHANGE OF PARTITION were expressly charged with the same duties as the originals.

The counterpart or duplicate of a LEASE was charged with a duty of 17. 10s. where the ad valorem duty on the lease exceeded 17., and there was no provision for affixing a denoting stamp. A counterpart did not remissible in evidence without proof that there was or quire a denoting stamp; but a duplicate was not adhad been an original duly stamped. (Doe v. Smith, 8 Ad. & El. 263).

The clause in the new act to which our corresponinstrument liable to stamp-duty with the same duty as dent refers charges a duplicate or counterpart of any the original, or 5s., whichever is least, and it provides, that where the original is liable to a higher duty, the duplicate or counterpart shall not be available unless stamped with a particular stamp, denoting the payment of the full duty on the original, which particular together with the original deed or instrument, and on stamp shall be impressed on the same being produced, the whole being duly executed, and duly stamped in all other respects." (See also the title "SETTLEMENT"). There are two absurdities in this provision: first, the cuted before the denoting stamp is affixed to the requisition that both instruments shall he duly exeduplicate or counterpart, when it would have been sufficient for the protection of the revenue to require, as in the old act, the production of the original duly It is, moreover, no difficult matter to state cases where every resistance would be offered to any such stamped; and, secondly, the requisition of a denoting parting with the deed as is here required-I mean dis- stamp at all in the case of a counterpart, which, while it agreement between the parties during the progress of stitute for the original, and as soon as it is converted remains a mere counterpart, can never be made a subthe business, or a mortgage by a tenant, as in the case of a brewer's lease. A refusal to lend the deed in-out proof that there was an original duly stamped. into a duplicate, becomes inadmissible in evidence withvolves the attendance of the solicitors of both parties at The old act allowed the imposition of a denoting stamp the Stamp-office, there to waste their time, and exhaust in certain cases, but did not render it imperative in any. or try their patience, amidst the crowd of waiting law stationers.

I call your attention to this rare specimen of legislation, in order that it may attain to its required notoriety through your talented and useful journal, and thereby insure an alteration in the law as soon as the

Parliament shall assemble.

Your faithful servant,

A CONSTANT READER.

[The old act contained no general provision for stamps on duplicates and counterparts; but there were special provisions respecting duplicates or counterparts of certain instruments. Thus, under the head "APPRENTICESHIP AND CLERKSHIP," it was provided, that "where there shall be duplicates or two parts of any such indenture," &c., and the ad valorem duty exceeds 35s., the part kept by the master and mistress shall be

It will be observed that the new act places all counhave been informed that this arrangement is not satisterparts and duplicates on the same footing; but we factory to the officers of inland revenue, who ignore the possibility of there being a counterpart of any instrument except of a lease, and decline to affix the "duplicate or counterpart" stamp on a counterpart of any other instrument until it is made, as they express it, "a fac-simile" of the original, by being executed by all parties. We are not told whether, in case of a conveyance to uses to bar dower being executed in duplicate, they require both instruments to be executed by the nominal trustee.

While we are upon this subject we may mention one or two other absurdities in the new act.

The progressive duty on agreements is reduced to 2s. 6d., but the provision in the old act, that where an