Profession in leading articles in the LAW TIMES. It found instant and almost unanimous approval. All that then remained was to put it into practical shape. For this purpose consultation with others was necessary. The plan has been growing to completeness from that period to this, and now it is about to be put into immediate action. It is obvious that, to give confidence to the public, a capital is necessary. This security it is proposed to supply by means of a capital of half-a-million, in shares of 251. But in this, as in all other insurance offices, the shares will be merely nominal. The actual sum per share required to be paid up will not exceed 57.—probably it will not be more than 21. 10s. In the first place the shareholders are to receive an interest of 4 per cent. per annum certain on the paid up capital. The profits will be divided into five parts. As in other offices, three-fifths of the profits will be given to the persons insuring, in the form of bonuses on their policies, one-fifth will be divided among the shareholders, and the remaining one-fifth will be divided among the Solicitors bringing the business, in proportion to the sum annually paid by each. other offices. own. so great that they no longer need it, a provision the same number. The plaintiff had made a personal The office will transact every species of business usually performed by such offices. Loans on deposit of policies-endowments-annuities-purchase of reversionary interests, &c. &c. so as to offer every possible facility to the Profession and the public which experience may have sanctioned. Such is an outline of the plan which is about to be submitted to the Profession. It is desirable that as many of the shares as possible should be held by the Solicitors. The sum that will be required to be paid on each is so small, that we hope there will not be a respectable Solicitor in the United Kingdom, who will not become a shareholder in his own office. To secure the utmost diffusion of interest in its prosperity, it is arranged that no more than fifty shares shall be allotted to any one person, and that the Solicitors should have the preference in the allotment. Now that the proposition is fairly afloat, it is desirable that no time should be lost in perfecting it. Perhaps, while the other needful arrangements are proceeding, our readers will suggest improvements, or notify their approval in the usual form, addressed to the Directors, by sending at once their applications for shares Solicitor for the plaintiff, Mr. Vane. In the first place let us answer the charge of pirating articles from the Law Review, as that which most grieves us, because it has been our most anxious care, from the beginning of our labours, never knowingly to extract from other periodicals without acknowledging the source in the usual manner. The Law Review has been regularly sent by Mr. RICHARDS for notice in the Law Times. Of each number a kind and flattering review has been given, and, as is usual with all reviews, extracts were appended. Only one article has ever been extracted from the Law Review without acknowledgment, and that arose from an accident. Editors, like other persons, must have some relaxation. The Editor of the Law Times was absent seeking health three weeks since. During his absence, the gentleman who kindly undertook the duties for him did exThe Solicitor's share of the profits is to be tract the memoir of Sir W. FOLLETT, mentioned in in addition to the usual commission allowed by That omission was entirely an accident, and he was the report, and omitted to acknowledge the source. But this is not all the advantage the Soli-enclosed in an envelope to the Publisher of the greatly grieved when he saw it, and had intended to citors will derive from having an office of their LAW TIMES, who will take charge of them for rectify it by an apology in the subsequent paper. the Board. In accordance with the Act, the The Editor, however, returned on the Monday It is proposed to connect with the establish- deposit will be only 5s. per share. It is desir- after, and the gentleman who had taken his place ment a Widows' and Orphans' Fund, or No-able that something should be known as early left town, forgetting to make the acknowledgment; minee Society, in which the Solicitors may as possible, of the probable support to be and the editor, unaware of the omission that had secure annuities for their Widows and Chil- hoped for from the Profession, and we trust been made in his absence, of course did not supply dren, as is now done in other professions; and that the history of this proposition, published it. The first notice of it he received was the notice to make this fund more valuable, 10 per cent. that it is not one of the bubbles of the day, got here long since, will be received as a guarantee of the Injunction obtained. is to be deducted from the shares of profits set apart for the Solicitors and shareholders, and up to catch a momentary excitement, but a applied to the increase of the Widows' Fund. matured plan, intended for enduring existence, In lieu of his share of the profits, the Soli- framed with no other object than the advan-one that has ever been so taken, and a word of citor will be entitled, if he prefer it, to have If we did not conscientiously believe that it will ductors of a periodical, acquainted with the diffitage of those to whom it is specially addressed. instantly have led to an explanation, which the concomplaint, before such unkind proceedings, would policy of insurance, and thus to secure his family from destitution without burdening his a great boon to the Profession, the readers culty of avoiding mistakes, ought to have been most of the LAW TIMES may be assured, that it ready to accept. would never have found a prominent place in pages. income. a Now it is well-known that the profits of an Insurance-office are dependant upon the amount of business transacted, and as the Solicitors have the greater portion of the business at their own command, it is certain that, if they will carry it to their own office in the manner proposed, its business, and consequently its profits, must speedily become so great that it is no extravagant expectation that in a few years it will be in the power of every Solicitor in the United Kingdom, without cost to himself, to secure a provision for his family; or, if he have none, to obtain a growing income now reaped by others from his exertions. Such are the great advantages this plan offers to the Profession. But is it no less beneficial to the other parties concerned, the Insurers and the Shareholders. be its COURT OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF AT COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. Mr. H. Prendergast, counsel for the plaintiff, ap.. plied to his Honour for an injunction to restrain the defendants, who are the printers and publishers of a weekly journal called the Law Times, from selling or circulating certain numbers of that paper, containing various articles alleged to be pirated from the Law was stated by counsel that the Law Review is a quarReview, of which the plaintiff is the proprietor. It terly publication, which was started in November Bearing in mind the principle that the profits 1844, and that the defendants had been in the habit depend on amount of business, and should the of taking entire articles from its pages, and transferSolicitors avail themselves of it, that its busi-ring them to the columns of the Law Times without the plaintiff's permission, and frequently without any ness must exceed that of any half-dozen exist- acknowledgment of the source whence such materials ing offices-the profits will be proportionably were taken. The August number of the Review great, and, as both shareholders and assurers come in for their shares of the whole profits, they will far exceed those that could be secured in any other office. The assured will have the advantage of mutual assurance combined with the security of a large proprietary. The shareholders will receive a certain interest of four per cent. per annum upon the sum paid, and, in addition to this, a share of the large profits that must flow from a large business. But inasmuch as it is desirable that the Solicitors should have the power to pay off the capital, should the wealth of the office become contained two articles of great interest. One was So far, therefore, from articles being taken "frequently, without any acknowledgment of the source," as stated by Mr. PRENDERGAST, this was the only As for the other extracts from the Law Revier, they have been all, with one exception, made in the course of reviews of the various numbers forward ed to us by Mr. RICHARDS for that purpose. We believed that by such extracts we were doing him a service, and making his magazine known. Little did we expect such a reward for that which we had deemed and intended to be a benefit and a kindness. The article on "Conditions of Sale" was the only one beside which did not appear as among the extracts inserted in the course of reviews of the book, and which, if not strictly legal, is sanctioned by universal custom. That article was acknowledged, not only at the commencement, but at the head of each section, save one only, which was omitted by an accident of the printer, upon which Mr. RICHARDS remonstrated, not that the article had been extracted, but that the source was at once supplied. not stated at each appearance; and the omission was Such are the facts. Now let us state the motives. Mr. SYMONS, the editor of the Law Magazine, was, as our readers well know, connected with the Law Times. We were extremely anxious that Mr. RICHARDS should not suppose that private friendship warped our public duties, and that more frequent notice was taken of the Law Magazine than of the Law Review. Our continual care was how we should keep the balance even, and give equal prominence to both in our columns. Accordingly, the extracts were made with no other thought than the advantage of the Law Review and fair dealing towards Mr. RICHARDS. object to our making extracts from his Review (for Our complaint is not that Mr. RICHARDS should he has a full right to do that), but that, without warning or remonstrance-without so much as an attorney's letter first sent-he should pounce down upon us with an Injunction. We submit with some this was not a mode of proceeding which, according confidence to the Profession and the public, that to the usual courtesies of society, ought to be taken under any circumstances, even between enemies. But in our case there is in it something peculiarly harsh and ungenerous. From the Law Times Mr. RICHARDS has received only one unvarying series of kind and friendly services. Every book he has published has been promptly and advantageously noticed, and even the Law Review is indebted to the repeated notices taken of it in the Law Times for the greater portion of such circulation as it has. The very number that is the subject of this uncalled-for proceeding prints Mr. RICHARDS's list of books, containing no less than ten extracts from the Law Times recommendatory of his publications. ADVERTISING ATTORNEYS. of generation have been found inflamed, especially THE following appears in a Birmingham in the female. The action of the poison is unpaper. Cannot the advertiser be traced? Pity doubtedly due to the absorption of cantharadine. With regard to the treatment, all that we can do 'tis that this "attorney of ten years' standing" is to promote vomiting, by milk-and-water, or excite should conceal his name from the public eye. We shall be obliged to any of our readers who by emetics, if vomiting do not already exist. When will help to give it the publicity from which he the tincture has been taken, there is some hope of dislodging the poison from the stomach by vomitshrinks so bashfully. ing; but as to the powder, there is great difficulty, for it is locked up in the mucous membrane, or the ACT FOR THE RECOVERY OF SMALL Debts. Whereas, by the Act of 8th and 9th Victoria, debts GRATIS, the usual charge of 2s. in the pound only under 201. may be recovered expeditiously and with effect, but in consequence of the many niceties attending the proper reading and understanding of the Act, numerous persons are deterred from putting the What, according to all recognised rules of bearing same in force-this is to give notice, that an attorney between man and man, and more between the con- of 10 years' standing will attend at his offices, No. ductors of periodicals, and most of all in relation 170, Bradford-street, Birmingham, and give advice to a party from whom one unvaried series of kind-upon all cases within the province of the said Act nesses and services had been received, ought to have been the course of Mr. RICHARDS, if he had objected to extracts being made from his Review? Should it not have been to have written to the Editor and stated his complaint, or called upon him and seen him? And, even then, if remonstrances were disregarded, before resorting to legal proceedings, is it not the usual course to give some notice of proceedings contemplated, and afford some opportunity for explanation, apology, or compensation for any injury that might have been sustained? But not such has been Mr. RICHARDS's conduct. Never a word of complaint, objection, or remonstrance did he address to the Editor of the Law Times; he never wrote to him, never saw him (for, had he done this, his request would have been in. stantly complied with); his solicitor was not even permitted to give that which, according to the wholesome usages of the Profession, it is usual to give—notice of legal proceedings contemplated; but counsel is despatched to the Isle of Wight to obtain an Injunction, with intent to saddle us with heavy costs before we could utter a word in defence or explanation. was it? VERULAM SOCIETY. LECTURES ON MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. Delivered at Guy's Hospital. is This lining of the stomach; nevertheless we ought to promote vomiting in every possible way. I very much doubt the propriety of using the stomachpump, on account of the high state of inflammation of the throat. As to the chemical analysis of this poison, no chemical process can be relied upon for the detection of it. If the poison has been administered in powder, we shall not have much difficulty in identifying it, if we can procure any of the substance taken. The powder is known in the most minute degree of divisibility, by the scales having a golden green and copper colour intermixed; it is impossible by any mechanical process so to reduce it as to prevent this character from being observed, either by the naked. eye or by the use of a lens. With regard to the tincture, I may say, that there is no test by which we can positively identify it when it is mixed up with any of the fluids of the stomach; nor can we identify it in the pure state except by its blistering properties. There are no chemical tests known. Orfila has devoted great attention to this point, and so have other chemists, but there is not a single test on which we can rely. All that have been proposed are quite destitute of that certainty which the law properly requires. We are better situated with regard to the powder. There is no chemical test for it; but we have the Cantharides-Poisonous effects-Treatment-Che-power of detecting it when taken in small quantimical analysis. Narcotic poisons: Opium- ties, and this by the characters I have described. Symptoms-Fatal doses-Post-mortem appear- Among the methods adopted for detecting the miances-Treatment. Morphia-Salts-Tests. nute coloured particles the following is the best :IN concluding the description of the irritant poi- Supposing you are examining the body, and find. It was, indeed, stated by counsel that the "plain-sons, there is one that requires a little notice; the powder locked up, and quite embedded in the tiff had made a personal remonstrance." But what whatis called an animal irritant poison,-namely, the mucous membrane, remember it is quite insoluble In his own shop he delivered a verbal blistering fly, or cantharides. This poison cantha- and very heavy, so that if you dilute the contents. message to a clerk, and it was simply a request that rides, has been frequently given for the purpose of of the stomach with water, the mucus and lighter we would state the source from which the article producing abortion, and other improper purposes, substances will be suspended, while the scales of the was taken, without a word of objection to the making and where so administered has frequently been the insect will fall down mixed with other matter. Run of extracts-an objection never made to us in any subject of criminal investigation. Cantharides may off all the supernatant liquid, and you then have a shape, or it would have been attended to. As to be regarded as poisonous in all its forms, but the dark residue, which should be washed with alcohol; the notice on the back of the number, really we are tincture and the powder are the states in which we it may be then spread on a sheet of plate-glass, and too much occupied to read the notices to corre- chiefly find it. The poisonous property of this in- allowed to dry spontaneously. A sort of varnish spondents in that or any other of the many periodi- sect is a very peculiar volatile crystallizable prin- is then formed on the glass; and in the course of cals we daily receive. Iciple, which is called cantharadine. It is a crys- sixteen or eighteen hours, by a reflected light and In conclusion, let us say that it is not the act that tallizable solid of a fatty nature, and fuses and the aid of a small lens, it will be easy to perceive has grieved us so much, as the manner of the doing burns like resin; it is soluble in alcohol and ether, the minute specks presenting the beautiful colours of it. To have kindnesses repaid with injury and when separated is insoluble in water. so characteristic of the wings of the fly. There are harshness shewn where courtesy was deserved-the principle is contained in the blistering fly; but it is many flies which have these colours; but do not ordinary rules of intercourse between man and man there combined with other substances, which render look to the colour only, but to the effects, i. e. the forgotten, and even professional etiquette set aside, it soluble in water, whence the aqueous infusion irritant properties. We must have before us the for the purpose of inflicting heavy costs upon is injurious. The tincture of cantharadine is a history of the symptoms during life, and we must us, without the slightest benefit to him who so very active poison. The blistering fly does not examine the fauces and the stomach after death. rewards those who have done him favours, is a cause contain more than the 150th part of its weight It is not the property of all insects with wings of a more for sorrow than for anger; and with this, of cantharadine. In the form of powder, 24 gold and green colour, as is the case with many of we hope, calm and candid statement of our case, we grains have been known to destroy life; but there the flies of England, to blister and inflame the submit to the judgment of the Profession the unpre- are not many well-reported cases of the action of alimentary canal; and persons are never so absurd cedented proceeding of Mr. RICHARDS. this poison. Twenty-four grains of cantharides as to swallow flies of this description, and indeed contain less than the tenth of a grain of canthara- they are never collected for the purpose. You may dine. One ounce of the tincture has been known not be able to extract it from the contents of the to destroy life, but a less quantity might undoubt-stomach, for it may be locked up in the mucous edly kill. When cantharides are swallowed in the membrane; yet there is a way of detecting it. Supstate of powder or tincture, there is immediately a posing it to be in the duodenum: tie up one end burning sensation in the throat, with difficulty of tightly, and inflate it at the other; suspend a weight swallowing, violent pain in the abdomen, with nau- to it, so that it may be drawn down tightly till all sea and vomiting of bloody mucus; there is also the folds disappear, and then allow it to dry; when great thirst and dryness of the fauces. hours the patient experiences pain in the loins, and portions and examining them with care, you will After a few quite dry, slit it in pieces, and, on laying open the an incessant desire to pass urine; but in general little have the little particles of the wings of the insect or no urine is passed, and when there is any passed, it fixed by the mucous substance of the intestine on is mixed with blood, one of the most characteristic the surface of the gut. symptoms of strangury of the worst description. Besides this there is diarrhoea, and a discharge of blood from the bowels, and syncope and convulsions succeed, followed by death. As to the post mortem appearances, there are very few opportunities of examining bodies, but as far as experience has taught us hitherto, there have been noticed appear ances of inflammation of the fauces, stomach, and intestines, owing to the local irritation; but no corrosion or destruction of the mucous membrane has occurred. Cantharides is a pure irritant poison, acting locally without producing any chemical effect on the stomach. SHAM LAWYERS. Here is another specimen of this pestiferous tribe on whom it behoves his neighbours to keep a strict eye. Let the 2s. 6d. be paid, and let him be prosecuted for obtaining money either by threat or by false pretences. Office, Church-street, Longport, Mr. William Bratt. October 4, 1845. SIR,-I am instructed by Mr. Samuel Hilditch, of Burslem, to apply to you for payment of the sum of 88. 4d. which you stand indebted to him, and I am further to inform you, that unless the same be paid to me at my office, together with 2s. 6d. my charge for this application, on or before Monday next, legal proceedings will be commenced against you for the recovery thereof the unpleasantness of such a step hope you will prevent. I I am, Sir, your obedient servant, B. W. B. attends at the White Lion Inn, Bucknall, every Thursday from one till four o'clock in the afternoon. The ureters, the kidneys, and the internal organs With respect to opium, this is a most important poison, to which nearly half the cases of poisoning in England may be abscribed; and in the years 1837-8 there were no less than 185 fatal cases of poisoning by this substance. This is a solid vegetable extract, sometimes taken in this state as a poison, but more commonly in solution in alcohol, under the form of tincture. Its poisonous properties are due to the presence of the alkaloid morphia, which exists in it in the state of a soluble salt, being combined with a particular acid, the meconic. Opium contains a very variable proportion of morphia; the Turkey contains from 5 to 6 per cent.; the East-Indian, from 4 to 8, or 9 per cent.; and the Bengal only 2 per cent. We have not yet brought to perfection the means of separating the whole of the morphia. It is said that the poisonous properties of morphia are much diminished by extraction from the drug; thus, according to the per centage given, ten grains of opium are equivalent to about half a grain of morphia; but it is well known that ten grains of solid opium will produce a more powerful effect than half a grain of morphia, because it is in a state better fitted for absorption. and almost immediately after the greater portion of it is soluble in every thing. The acetate of morphia is a common preparation, and so is the muriate. The acetate was administered some years ago to a gentleman in Paris; sixteen grains were taken, and the person died in thirty-six hours. The morphia was not discovered in the body, but there was no question as to the deceased having been killed by it, and the physician who administered it was very properly convicted. The muriate is a more active poison than the acetate. The acetate is liable to decomposition when in solution, while the muriate is better preserved under these circum. stances. The salts of morphia produce their symptoms more speedily than opium or its tinc tures. In poisoning by morphia, the symptoms are very rarely delayed beyond twenty minutes. A question was raised a short time since as to the solubility of opium. A case occurred in which a quantity of powdered opium was taken, with some warm water poured on it, and the infusion killed the child to whom it was administered. A question, | therefore, likely to be put to you, is as to the solu bility of opium. The question may be answered in the following way: If twenty-five grains of the infusion of opium in water be evaporated, this result will be obtained : 25. 23 5 water 1. 5 opium. There are no strong post mortem appearances found in the bodies of persons killed by this poison. This excites astonishment, for non-professional persons think that we must always see some changes, to account for death, in the stomach. In fact we commonly find no traces of the action of the poison, and i. e. water dissolves about six per cent. of its young subjects are easily killed by a dose that is not weight. Opium is not to be detected in the state except by its smell, or likely to excite even the most common irritation. All liquid or solid we find is this, in adults and children, commonly if odour, and other physical properties. There any appearances exist, they are principally confined to is no test for it; and we only know it by the congestions of the brain. That is not constant, and smell, or by giving a small quantity of the extract effusion of blood is very rare. There are only one or tincture to animals, and noticing the effect. In the or two cases on record. Marks of inflammation analysis of opium, we search for the salt, the meconite have been found in the alimentary canal in one or of morphia. It has been said that a medical jurist two instances, but in these cases the effect is due to should find out every compound contained in the alcohol with which the poison is combined; for opium, but that is never done, nor is it required. in many cases opium is swallowed in brandy or All that it is requisite to do is to demonstrate the other spirits. It has been said that the bodies presence of the meconite of morphia, which is the rapidly putrify, when this poison has been taken, chief poisonous salt contained in the substance. more readily than in some other cases; but this We first notice, with regard to morphia, that it does not rest on sufficient authority. crystallizes in fine prisms, which are white and perfect according to their degree of purity; and they contain five per cent. of water. The English opium is extracted from lactuca. When heated, it melts and burns like resin. We cannot rely on the physical appearances, for we sometimes find two specimens of this substance more dissimilar than two dissi milar alkaloids. If you take a small quantity of morphia, and heat it in a glass tube, it is decomposed, and ammonia is produced. If we do not get ammonia it is not likely to be morphia that we are analyzing. No specimen of morphia has been found that would not evolve ammonia by heat. Morphia is scarcely soluble in cold water, which and forms a sort of film. hardly affects it. In cold water it floats like arsenic, It is soluble in 100 parts of boiling water, and the solution is faintly alkaline. It differs from narcotine, in being insoluble in ether, but it is soluble in acids, and the caustic alkalies. Acetic acid dissolves it, and it is quite soluble in caustic potash, while narcotine is not. It is very Morphia is said to have a bitter taste, and it is difficult to get a precipitate of morphia in solution. | indiscriminately soluble in all acids, vegetable or mineral. When a large dose of opium or its tincture has been taken, the symptoms are of a very uniform character: they consist of giddiness, drowsiness, and stupor, succeeded by perfect insensibility; the patient lying motionless as if in a sound sleep. In this stage he may be easily roused by a loud noise, and made to answer a question; but the insensibility gradually passes in coma, and in this state it is impossible to arouse him. The pulse is at first quick and irregular, and the respiration hurried; but when the individual becomes comatose, the breathing is slow and sterterous, and the pulse is also slow and full. With regard to the state of the pupils, great dispute has existed among medical men. In general, they are much contracted, like points of pins. In a memorable The treatment in cases of poisoning must now be case of poisoning that occurred in Paris four years considered. The immediate employment of the ago, Chaussier and Orfila differed on this point; one stomach-pump is most to be relied upon in case of contending that they were always contracted, and the tincture, but there is no case of its being effecthe other that they were dilated. The truth actually tual in respect to the solid opium. Emetics are lies between these statements; because we find useful where the stomach has power to act, but them sometimes in one state, and sometimes in the they never operate unless the patient is roused a other. As a general rule, they are more commonly a little. It is useless to go on with them while contracted, and very small. We do not, however, at- coma exists, therefore you must rouse the patient. tach much importance to this sign, because it is very It is now very rare to hear of a case of poisoning Hable to vary. The expression of the countenance by opium terminating fatally, from the employment is pale and ghastly. Sometimes there is vomiting of the stomach-pump: there have not been more or diarrhoea; and if this takes place freely before than two fatal cases in this hospital during the last stupor sets in, there is great hope of recovery, fourteen years. Vomiting has been ascribed to the mechanical effect soning, but the speedy employment of the stomachIt is a very common form of poiof the poison on the stomach; as, for example, where doses of from two to three ounces have been pump causes the contents of the stomach to be expelled, and the individual then recovers. Sulphate of taken it is in general only noticed where the doses zinc in doses of from one to two scruples is a useful are large. You may be asked the question-At remedy, but it should not be very freely adminiwhat time do the symptoms appear? The symp-stered, because it is an irritant. The patient must toms usually commence in from half an hour to an hour after the poison has been swallowed. They falling into a state of lethargy: he should be be roused, and must by all means be prevented appear gradually, and more speedily when the opium is dissolved (as in the case of the tincture) continually moved about by walking between two in alcohol, than when it is in the solid form. The persons. Cold water thrown on the spine, or dashed on the back of the neck, has been found a useful The tests for morphia are, nitric acid, permuriate effects of a dose of opium are often manifested in a few minutes; but if the individual be intoxicated at body to be cold, stimulating liniments rubbed on means of rousing the patient; and, supposing the of iron, and iodic acid. Nitric acid changes it to the time, or if the dose be taken after a full meal, the surface are useful. A curious plan has been is destroyed by heat, and if the solution is very an orange red, or gold red colour; and this colour the symptoms are more slow in appearing. These differences are accounted for by the greater or less adopted in Germany; i. e. flagellation by means of acid the colour is slow in appearing. degree of absorption. Under these circumstances, hands, or the soles of the feet. twigs, or any hard material, to the palms of the The chemical change is not well understood. when a case has terminated fatally, death has been has been aroused, strong ammonia may be applied acid tinges all organic substances yellow, but there When the patient There are several objections to this test. Nitric observed to occur in from seven to twelve hours. to the nostrils. It has been recommended, as a is no substance except nux vomica which nitric In one instance a person died in three hours. Where the individual survives twelve hours, there good plan with infants, to plunge them in warm acid does change to a colour resembling that of is a very great chance of recovery. water at 96°, and, on taking them out, let them morphia. Nitric acid changes morphia, strychnia, observed, that in the majority of cases which are the bath again. This rouses the child by the sudden gives a gold colour; to strychnia a red colour; to cool in the open air, and then plunge them into brucia, narcotine, and nux vomica: to morphia it protracted recovery takes place. alteration of the temperature, and no harm at all brucia a reddish colour, more like morphia than is done. Electricity, electro-magnetism, and gal- strychnia; to narcotine a gamboge yellow colour; vanism have been recommended, and they appear to and to nux vomica a deep red colour. Nitric acid have succeeded. In all cases we must adopt the does not turn pure strychnia red, but every speci-! greatest energy in the treatment, and by no means men of strychnia contains brucia. We may therefore allow any delay to take place. have strychnia in such a state that it will not be affected by the acid. The second test for morphia is the sesqui-chloride, or permuriate of iron. This when neutralised by a little potash, gives an indigo blue colour with a solution of morphia. In all diluted solutions of morphia the colour is green, but in all concentrated solutions it is blue, and : It has been The quantity of this poison required to destroy life varies considerably. The smallest fatal dose hitherto known is two drachms of the tincture, which is equal to about six grains; but a larger quantity has often been taken without a fatal result ensuing. A few years ago a friend of mine took a large teacupful of opium by mistake for the tincture of rhubarb, which he swallowed in a hurry, without giving himself time to think of what he was doing. He must have swallowed about three ounces of the tincture. Violent vomiting ensued, Now, with regard to morphia and its salts. These bodies are highly poisonous, but pure morphia, on account of its insolubility, is less so in proportion to its salts. The meconite of morphia is the poisonous principle. Meconic acid is extremely poisonous, when diluted by water, alcohol, or ether; -A from this you may judge of the strength of it. The colour is entirely destroyed by heat, and by diluted sulphuric acid. The third test is iodic acid. Morphia is a very deoxidising agent, it takes the oxygen from nearly all substances, and it acts on iodic acid on the same principle, setting free iodine. The iodine may be known by the odour, or by its producing a blue colour with a solution of starch. No other alkaloid that we are acquainted with will produce an effect like that. lodic acid is liable to be decomposed by a great number of substances. White mustard has the property of setting free iodine from iodic acid, and the saliva will also decompose it, owing to the presence of sulphocyanate of potash; but the liquid is not turned red, but coagulated, by nitric acid. The consideration of meconic acid will form the subject of the next lecture. JOURNAL OF PROPERTY. THE NEW COMPANIES.-No. II. THE reader must not mistake the purpose of these brief commentaries upon the schemes that are now inviting his attention. We have no intent to take him through the wide field of speculation, and point out the good and the bad-what may be E embraced, what should be avoided. Such a task we could not undertake, and would not if we could. Our design is merely to convey to him such knowledge as we chance to have derived from personal observation, and, having some considerable opportunities, to impart that which we have learned, and give him a candid opinion on matters within the scope of those opportunities. Doubtless there are many other schemes afloat as excellent as those of which we may make mention; but, as we are unacquainted with their merits, we do not venture to comment on them. J Σ J It was simply because we were personally familiar with the origin, history, plans, and prospects, of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, that we last week ventured to direct to it the attention of our readers, as one among the many claims upon their consideration really worthy of notice; as at least an honest and genuine scheme, of long standing, and promoted by responsible and respectable parties. Public Sales. called for without a vote of the shareholders, nor An endeavour will of course be made, not to limit opinion entertained of it by the sound-thinking In So far from any prospect of reaction, the mania LIABILITIES OF SHAREHOLDERS. The following queries, which are of a most important nature, have been submitted by a correspondent: "1. Supposing A applies for and gets allotted twenty shares in a new railway undertaking, and after paying the deposit and signing the necessary deeds, &c. sells them to B, who holds them till the books as the holder of these twenty shares, is not B Act is got, and is then registered in the company's the party liable to further calls? 2. Suppose B sells these shares to C, who has them transferred to his name, and then C finds he cannot pay the next call which is made, who is the party liable-A or B ? The Provincial Sewage Manure Company, to which we now invite attention is, as its name implies, "3. If C cannot pay this call, and the company an extension to the provincial cities and towns of come upon A or B (or whoever is the party liable), the plan pursued by the other Company for Lon-is not the payer of the call entitled to have the don. If the one prove as profitable as all the au- shares, and to have them transferred to his name? "4. When does A's responsibility cease?" thorities on the subject anticipate, and as the estimates shew, the other cannot fail to be equally answer to all these questions. We do not, at present, undertake to give a perfect So much may, howadvantageous. But from its very nature it offers ever, be stated, we believe, with correctness :-If A, some peculiar advantages to the shareholder which to whom the shares are originally allotted, sells them it may be as well to explain. to B, who after the Act is obtained is registered as the holder, his (A's) responsibility ceases. If, however, B. is not registered, either because the company will not accept him, or because, finding the undertaking not so good as he anticipated, he does not withstanding any sale, to the extent of the calls that desire to come forward, A's liabilities remain, notbe made upon his shares. On paying such calls, however, he becomes the actual shareholder, and the claim of B, or any subsequent purchaser, may be considered as forfeited.-Times. Inasmuch as the Provincial Company cannot, at its inception, define the precise districts upon which its operations will be commenced, it will not need an Act of Parliament for the purpose of incorporation. Nothing more will be necessary in the first instance than complete registration under the Joint Stock Companies Act, and by that Act the deposit is limited to 10s. per 1007. which will make that which the Company can call for only 2s. 6d. per share of 257. Mark, now, the advantage of this Company. The shareholder pays a deposit of half-a-crown per share; this will be much more than sufficient to pay the costs of incorporating the Company. And this sum is all he can hazard; for nothing more will or can be called for until it be determined by the shareholders themselves that they shall apply their capital to any particular town; which of course they will not do until after due inquiry and examination, nor unless it be plainly shewn to be profitable. Then, and not till then, will a call be made. may AS CLERGYMEN SHAREHOLDERS.-A correspondent has favoured us with a copy of a letter, which has been sent by the lord bishop of this diocese to those clergymen, with cure of souls, whose names appear in the lists of provisional committees of railroad companies :-"Bishopstowe, October 2, 1845. Dear Sir: Without the slightest intention of ascribing any improper purpose to you, I scruple not to call your attention to 1 & 2 Vict. c. 105, ss. 29, 30. I think that the words 'dealing for gain or profit,' in the 29th section, taken in conjunction with the exemption in favour of benefit society, and fire or life assurance company, in the 30th section, may be held The utmost limit of risk, therefore, is half-a- to bring railroad companies within the provision of crown on each share. As soon as the registration the statute, and therefore that the being members of is completed, the Company will be in a condition provisional committees might possibly expose clergyto receive applications from any city or town de- men to the penalty of the statute.-I am, dear Sir, sirous of availing itself of the aid of the Company. yours sincerely, H. EXETER."-Western Luminary. Due inquiries will be instituted and submitted to the shareholders, who will determine by vote whether on the high road from Beccles to Lowestoffe, consistthey will apply their capital in that locality. ing of a mansion and several farms, the whole comprising about 920 acres of land, which, it will be reShould they resolve to do so, the necessary powers membered, was put up to auction by Mr. W. W. will be obtained from Parliament, and a portion of Simpson, in August last, has been recently disposed the capital will be called for. of to the Rev. Thomas Farr, for 40,0501. by private Thus it will be observed, that no capital can be contract. We hear that the North Cove Hall Estate, situate By Messrs. SHUTTLEWORTH and SONS, at the Mart. The reversion to two thirteenth shares in the undermentioned property :-5,8257. 9s. 3d. Three per Cent. Consols;. at present amounting to 4581. 5s. arising from the above 1,000l. Three per Cent. Reduced; 7,800. Three-and-a-quar ter per Cent. Reduced; 258. 14s. 9d. cash. The dividends, funds, are subject to the payment of two annuities of 401. each to two females aged 58 and 61-1,2501. An annuity of 117. 6s. 8d. during the life of a widow lady The absolute reversion to one-seventh part of a moiety of two sums of 5,4257. 19s. 4d. Three per Cent. Consols, and 5,500l. Three per Cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, expectant on the decease of a lady now in her 69th year; also the absolute reversion to one other seventh part in the other moiety of the said sums of 5,4251. 19s. 4d. Three per Cent. Consols, and 5,5007. Three per Cent. Reduced, on the decease of the above-named lady, and also a lady in her 64th year-8201. The absolute reversion to 1,7001. Three per Cent. Bank Annuities, and 2871. 4s. Bank of England Stock, upon the decease of a gentleman now in the 77th year of his age1,530. The absolute reversion to one-fourth part of 2,2007. on the death of a lady aged 64-2551. A policy for 9991. effected with the Victoria, August 8, 1839, upon the life of a gentleman now in the 50th year of his age; annual premium, 361. 9s. 2d.-1057. By Messrs. MUSGROVE and GADSDEN, at the Mart. Ball's Pond-road, let at 1161. per annum; held for 52 years at An improved ground-rent of 1057. per annum, secured upon 50 houses and other premises in Berners-street, Everardstreet, and Henry-street, Commercial-road East; held for 81 years from June, 1818-1,3607. A residence, in King-street, New North-road, let at 477. 5s.; hithe, Kent-4551. A residence, No. 2, Ridgmount-place, Hampstead-road, let at 657. held for 964 years, at 51. per annum-8501. By Messrs. WINSTANLEY, at the Mart. A house, No. 5, Patriot-square, Cambridge-heath; held for 57 years, from March, 1815, at 51. 5s. per annum-1457. A residence, No. 4, Northampton-square; held for 40 years, at 241. per annum-2501. THE GAZETTES. AMOUNT OF DIVIDENDS DECLARED. The sum stated as the Dividend means so much declared in tist, last exam. passed, -Hogg and Co. wine merchants, last exam. Jan. 1.-Nettleton, G. tailor, div. next week. Turq. London.-Owen and Owen, tailors, joint div. next week. Turq. London.-Powell, J.C. apothecary, last exam. Jan. 1.-Stammer, J. brush dealer, div. next week. Turq. London.-Taylor and Co. plumbers, last exam. passed. Friday, Oct. 3. st. Com. Goulburn; Green, off. ass.; Messrs. Hilleary, Kirkham, J. butcher, last exam. passed.—Sims, J. wheel- SWALLOW, JOSEPH, share broker and share dealer, Manches wright, last exam. Oct. 21. Saturday, Oct. 4. Dow, J. A. draper, last exam. Nov. 8.-Lejeune, W. R. corn-merchant, last exam. Nov. 8.-Poole, W. sen. shopkeeper, last exam. Oct. 24.-Salmon, G. timber-merchant, last exam. passed. DIVIDENDS. Bankrupts' Estates. Official Assignees are given, to whom apply for the ter, Oct. 18 and Nov. 7, at twelve, Manchester; Hobson, off Meetings at Basinghall-street. Gazette, Oct. 3. and Brown, E. machine smiths, New Basford, Sept. 23.- Gazette, Oct. 3. Aldwinckle, T. and Fryer, R. linen drapers, High-st Islington, Sept. 15.-Bardwell, T. N., T. N. jun., and F. auctioneers, Sheffield, Sept. 29. Debts paid by T. N. and F. Bardwell.-Batley, W. and Carr, J. joiners, Leeds, Sept. 27. Debts paid by Batley.-Bennett, S. and Hearfield, W. H. stockbrokers, Hull Sept. 16.-Blake, H. C. and Smith, H. sharebrokers, Leeds, Oct. 2. Debts paid by Blake.Bolton, T. and Buckley, S. merchants, Birmingham, Sept. 30. Debts paid by Buckley.-Cawthron, D. and Bramham, R. rope makers, Knottingley, July 23. Debts paid by Bramham.-Chapman, W. and Elliott, F. sharebrokers, Notting. ham, Sept. 30.-Christopher, W. T. and Mackinlay, J. wine merchants, Great Coram-st. Sept. 30.-Clark, J. and Wells, W. coal merchants, Victoria-wharf, and Wellington-cham bers, Southwark, Oct. 1. Debts paid by Wells and Claxton. Cockrell, A. and W. tea dealers, Warminster, Sept. 29. Debts paid by A. Cockrell.-Cockshutt, E. and Lowe, W. iron founders, Preston, Sept. 23.-Colyer, J. and Willson, W. S. coopers. Leman-st. Sept. 29. Debts paid by Colver. Coyle, T. H. wine merchant, Argyle-st. Oct. 25, at eleven, aud.-Eastwood, T. grocer and cheesemonger, Brighton, Oct. 25, at half-past twelve, aud.-Greenwell, W. wheelwright, Redcross-st. Oct. 25, at twelve, aud.-Mohon and Simons, wine merchants, Mincing-lane, Oct. 25, at halfpast eleven, aud.-Poole, W. sen. shopkeeper, Horton-lock, Bucks, Oct. 25, at twelve, aud.-Tallent, A. sen. provision dealer and general merchant, Ipswich, Oct. 25, at one, aud. and div.-Taylor, T. out of business, residing at the Bell, Addle-hill, Oct. 16, at one, last exam.-Shefford, J. hay and corn merchant, Halstead, Oct. 25, at half-past eleven, aud. -Thorn, J. paper hanger and plumber, New Brentford and Great Ealing, Oct. 15, at two, last exam.-Wotton, J. C. ironmonger, Halsted, Oct. 25, at half-past twelve, aud. MEETINGS FOR ALLOWANCE OF CERTIFICATES. Samuel, H. cigar manufacturer, Leadenhall-st. Oct. 28, at one.-Wood and Holmes, tea dealers, Maidstone, Oct. 28, at . saddlers' ironmongers and curriers, Bristol, Sept. 29. eleven.-Wyatt, A. victualler, Highworth, Oct. 25, at two. Gazette, Oct. 7. Alden, H. stationer, 14d. Alsager, London.-Bainbridge, J. ironfounder, first and fin. 18. 104d. Young, Leeds.Barron, G. builder, fin. 34d. Groom, London.-Bourjot and Co. merchants, fin. none made. Follett, London.Buisson, J. F. merchant, fur. Nov. 4. Groom, London.Clarke, W. builder, first, 3d. Young, Leeds.-Chrisp, J. wine broker, 2s. 6d. Alsager, London.-Couchman, I. T. builder, 9d. Groom, London.-Currie and Co. merchants, joint, sine die. Pennell, London.-Dunks, M. carpet warehouseman, none made. Pennell, London.-Dobson, L. cloth merchant, fin. 14d. Young, Leeds.-Dudley, F. builder, sine die. Green, London.-Farren, J. corn dealer, fin. none made. Turquand, London.-Fisher, G. dealer and chapman, first, 88. Young, Leeds.-Ford, T. H. victualler, none made. Bell, London.-Fossick, S. warehouseman, &c. 1d. Groom, London.-Gibbs, J. scrivener, 6d. Edwards, London.-Goodere, A. warehouseman, 44d. Alsager, London. -Hardley, J. miller, 5d. Alsager, London.-Harman, J. brewer, 6d. Pennell, London.-Jemmett, G. coachmaker, fin. joint of J. and S. 6d. Whitmore, London.-Jenkyns and Co. merchants, J. 20s. H. Ss. Johnson, London.Johnstone, L. wine merchant, none made. Whitmore, London. Kipling and Co. warehousemen, fur. joint, Is. and fin. K. 20s. Edwards, London.-Lambert, J. victualler, none made. Alsager, London. -Mears, J. grocer, first, 38. 4d. Hope, Leeds.-Miller and Co. sail-cloth manufacturers, 18. 5d. Edwards, London.-Minister, E. tailor, 5d. Alsager, London. Monkman, T. M. tobacconist, fin. 3s. 9d. and fin. street, Hammersmith, Oct. 17, at half-past one (adj. Aug. 8), Hill, J. licensed victualler, Six Bells public-house, Queen9d. to new proofs. Young, Leeds.-Newton and Co. spirit last exam.-Mallan, E. dentist, Brook-strect, Bond-street, merchants, joint, 6s. 8d. sep. of J. N. 203. sep. of J. W. and Oxford-street, Oct. 24, at half-past twelve, aud. N. 78. and sep. of F. N. 1s. 63. Young, Leeds.Richards, J. plumber, 1s. 8d. Alsager, London.-Ridge MEETINGS FOR ALLOWANCE OF CERTIFICATES. and Co. bankers, joint, 33d. Whitmore, London.-Rossiter, Kirkham, J. butcher, Lapus-street. Pimlico, Oct. 30, at G. jeweller, 2s. 4d. to new proofs. Alsager, London. half-past twelve.-Ling, B. timber dealer, Fore-street, Lime Runting and Co. bookbinders, joint, 1s. 6d. Alsager, Lon-house, Oct. 28, at twelve.-Mitchell, J. livery-stable keeper, don.-Simson and Co. engineers, joint, none made. Follett, eleven-Taylor and Watkinson, plumbers, York-terrace, Montague-street, Montague-square, Oct. 30, at half-past London.-Soul, C. grocer, none made. Edwards, London.Themans, L. I. tea dealer, none made. Alsager, London. Regent's-park, and Watling-street, Oct. 30, at twelve. Thompson, A. grocer, 4d. Alsager, London.-Warwick and Wrake, M. jun. bricklayer, Canterbury, Oct. 28, at one. Co. merchants, final Clagett, 2. 74d. to new proofs. Whitmore, London.-Welsh, W. I. attorney, 2s. 8d. Johnson, London.-Wood, J. merchant, first, 2s. 6d. Young, Leeds.-Wright, F. builder, none made. Whitmore, London.-Yandle and Co. coachmakers, joint, 5s. to new proofs. Alsager, London. Insolvent's Estate. Ullett, J. farmer, Stowe, near Market Deeping, 9s. 3d. To Trustees for the benefit of Creditors. Gazette, Oct. 7. Jones, M. widow, Peckforton-hall, Cheshire, Oct. 2. Trusts. J. Woolley, shopkeeper, Bunbury, and J. Robinson. farmer, Leighton, both in Cheshire. Sols. Harper and Jones, Whitchurch, Shropshire.-King, G. grocer, Bury St. Edmund's, Sept. 24. Trusts. R. Rowe, tea dealer, Arthurstreet West, London-bridge, and S. Bedells, grocer, Bury St. Edmund's. Sols. Salmon, Bury St. Edmund's, and Pemberton, Symond's-inn. The deed lies at the office of Salmon. Bankrupts. Date of fiat, DATE OF FIAT AND PETITIONING CREDITORS' NAMES. Gazette, Oct. 3. DAVIES, THOMAS, merchant and commission agent, Liverpool, Oct. 21 and Nov. 18, at half-past twelve, Liverpool, Com. Phillips; Cazenove, off. ass.; Reed, Friday-st. and Sale and Co. Manchester, sols. Date of fiat. Sept. 30. W. B. Worthington, W. Worthington, and J. Judd, ware. housemen, Manchester, pet. crs. LIMES, JAMES HURLSTONE, butcher, Richmond, Oct. 11, 29, and Nov. 20, at eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Goulburn; Green, off. ass.; Smith, Barnard's-inn, sol. Oct. 2. Bankrupt's own petition. M'ENTIRE, ROBERT, commission agent, Paternoster-row, and Barnsbury-square, Middlesex, Oct. 14, at twelve, Nov. 14, at half-past eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Shep. herd; Graham, off. ass.; Young, Warwick-square, sol. Date of fiat, Oct. 3. T. Turner and W. T. Turner, woolstaplers, Lavenham, Suffolk. pet. crs. STAYT, WILLIAM, baker, Finstock, Oxfordshire, Oct. 15 and Nov. 11, at two, Basinghall-st. Com. Evans; Bell, off. ass.; Nichols and Doyle, Bedford-row, and Thompson, Oxford, sols. Date of fiat, Sept. 17. J. Steane, corn dealer, Oxford, pet. cr. Gazette, Oct. 7. Meetings in the Country. Gazette, Oct. 3. Cursham, W. and Campbell, H. B. attorneys, Nottingham, Sept. 29.-Greenhow, E., E. H., and Clarke, W. B. medical practitioners, North Shields, Sept. 25.-Harborne, J. and S. ironmongers, Down-st. Sept. 30. Dehts paid by S. Harborne.-Harding, B. Batchelor, J. and Harding, W. coach lace manufacturers, Long-acre and Kidderminster, so far as regards Batchelor, Sept. 24.-Harper, A. and Brown, T. and Debts paid by T. and W. Brown.-Horner, J. and T. flour factors, Manchester, Sept. 30. Debts paid by T. Horner.Lumb, W. B. and Milner, W. R. surgeons, Rochdale, Jan. 1, 1844. Debts paid by Lumb. - Metcalfe, W. H. and Edden, E. wholesale druggists, Upper Thames-st. Sept. 29. Debts paid by Edden.-Parker, A. Lowthian, I. and Parker, W. cotton spinners, Carlisle and Dalston, so far as regards Parker, Sept. 18.-Pierrepoint, T. and Marsden, J. watch jewellers, Liverpool, July 15.-Platt, C. Gourlay, W. K. and Platt, T. wine merchants, Liverpool, so far as regards Thomas Platt, Sept. 30. Debts paid by the remaining May 8, 1940.-Salmon, E. and Thorn, C. provision dealers, partners.-Rogers, S. and Dew, G. vinegar makers, Bristol, Lower East Smithfield, Oct. 2.-Snowdon, J. jun. and Mag, W. drapers, South Shields, Sept. 26. Debts paid by Snow don.-Stokes, E., G., H., C. and O. B. joiners, Stalybridge. April 12.-Strickland, G. and S. millers, Bexley-heath, Sept. 26. Debts paid by S. Strickland.-Wilson, H. and Noar, R. W. linen yarn merchants, Manchester, Sept. 4. Debts paid by Noar.-Worthington, W. B., W. and Judd, J. calico printers, Manchester, so far as regards Judd, Sept. 30. Debis paid by W. B. and W. Worthington. Insolvents Petitioning the Courts of Bankruptcy. PETITIONS TO BE HEARD AT BASINGHALL- Danks, A. widow, Collier's-rents, High-st. Southwark, Barber, J. V. banker, Walsall, Staffordshire, Oct. 25, at Gazette, Oct. 7. Knight, J. butcher and tanner, Wigan and Haydock, Oct. 29, at twelve, Manchester, and. and Oct. 30, at twelve, div.-Lowthin and Brinley, printers, Newcastle, Oct. 30, at eleven, Newcastle, aud.-Patterson and Codling, earthenware manufacturers, Gateshead Fell, Oct. 30, at twelve, Newcastle, joint aud. and sep. Patterson.-Weir, W. iron merchant, Carlisle, Oct. 30, half-past eleven, Newcastle, aud. MEETINGS FOR ALLOWANCE OF CERTIFICATES. Banning, J. stationer, Liverpool, Oct. 30, at eleven, Liverpool.-Cadogan, J. jun. hat and stay warehouseman, Brecon, Oct. 30, at eleven, Bristol.-Dames, D. paper stainer, Liverpool, Oct. 30, at eleven, Liverpool.-Hindes and Thompson, stockbrokers, Leeds, Oct. 29, at eleven, Leeds.-Watts, W. R. chymist, Bath, Oct. 23, at eleven, Bristol. Partnerships Dissolved. Gazette, Sept. 30. Allon, W. and Harrison, A. tallow chandlers, South Shields, June 11.-Bower, G. and Willis, C. attorneys, Tokenhouse-yard, Sept. 29.-Burditt, M. and L. milliners, Ludgate-hill, Sept. 24.-Burgon, T. C. and Barnwell, C. L. Cooper, M. and Marshall, H. P. attorneys, High-st. SouthGreat St. Helen's, Sept. 30.-Clutton, J. Waller, T. G. wark, Sept. 29.-Dowell, W. S. and J. joiners, Sunderland, July 1.-Elias, D. and Halsall, T. J. cotton spinners, ChorBird, W. F. W. attorneys, King-st. Cheapside, Sept. 27. ley, Sept. 25. Debts paid by Elias.-Fisher, W. W. and Gurney, J. and Chapman, S. brewers, Lambeth-walk, Sept. 29.-Hughes, E. and Owens O. munufacturing chymists, Salford, Sept. 26. Debts paid by Owens.-Johnston, R. and Campble, F. traveling drapers, Manchester, Sept. 25. Jones, T. and Stephens, C. jun. mercers, Newtown, Sept. 23. MIDDLETON, JOSEPH, hay and straw salesman, Aveley, Essex, Debts by either partner.-Kennett, T. and Gregory, J. A. Oct. 13, at half-past eleven, Nov. 20, at one, Basinghali-attorneys, Chatham-pl. Blackfriars, Sept. 29.-Leavers, W. HALL, WILLIAM LAWTON, victualler, Liverpool, Oct. 17 and Nov. 11, at twelve, Liverpool. Com. Phillips; Morgan, off. ass.; Gregory and Co. Bedford-row, and Green, Liverpool, sols. Date of fiat, Oct. 2. Bankrupt's own petition. LAURENCE, SAMUEL, dealer in watches, plate, and jewellery, Bedford-st. Covent-garden, Oct. 14, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 14, at eleven, Basinghall-st. Com. Shepherd; Graham, off. ass.; Strutt, Buckingham-st. sol. Date of fiat, Sept. 22. S. Solomon, fruiterer, Covent-garden-market, -pet. cr. COUNTRY. Acornley, W. grocer, Lane bridge, near Burnley, Oct. 8 at twelve, Manchester.-Calvert, T. miller, out of business, Fighting Cocks, near Middleton-one-row, Oct. 10, at halfpast eleven, Newcastle.-Cawthorne, W. Sheffield, Oct. 9, at eleven, Leeds.-Lenton, H. provision dealer, Nottingham, Oct. 18, at half-past ten, Birmingham.-Needham, R. plumber. Sheffield, Oct. 7, at eleven, Leeds.-Stead, J. and Stead W. machine makers, Gildersome, Oct. 7, at eleven, Leeds.-Woolhouse, G. manufacturing chymist, Kirkheaton, Oct. 7, at eleven, Leeds. Gazette, Oct. 5. PETITIONS TO BE HEARD AT BASINGĦALL- Cassini, H. T. pianoforte manufacturer, Kilburn, Oct. 13. at half-past eleven.-Daniel, W. D. warehouseman at a hat manufacturer's, Southwark-sq. Borough, Oct. 15, at halfpast one.-Deacon, D. hay-dealer, Capland-mews, Paddington, Oct. 13, at half-past twelve.-Forster, W. E. general shopkeeper, Enfield, Oct. 13, at eleven.-Frimley, J. vie tualler, Barnsbury-st. Liverpool-rd. Oct. 13, at twelve. COUNTRY. Bowen, W. miner, Tydfil, Oct. 21, at eleven, Bristol.Burgess, C. M. gent. out of business, Liverpool, Oct. 8, at eleven, Liverpool.-Cook, G. butcher, Riddings, near Alfreton, Oct. 16, at twelve, Manchester.-Jenkins, T. cabinet maker, Bristol, Oct. 21, at twelve, Bristol.-Moore, S. vietualler, Bath, Oct. 23, at eleven, Bristol.-Nye, G. F. cha rister, Walbrook-row, Hoxton, Oct. 15, at one.—Papps, C. H. coal merchant, Oval, Kennington, Oct. 21, at eleven.Ratcliffe, W. police officer, Birkenhead, Oct. 10, at eleven, Liverpool.-Speed, G. cabinet maker, Bristol, Oct. 21, at twelve, Bristol.-Tucker, T. shipwright, East Teignmouth, Oct. 13, at one, Exeter.-Wilson, R. out of business, Snenton, Oct. 9, at twelve, Birmingham.. MEETING UNDER INSOLVENT'S ESTATE. From the Gazette of Friday, October 10. Bankrupts. Elliot, J. smith, Beer-lane, City.-Farrar, J. and J. woolstaplers, Leeds.-Lilly, J. farmer, Brinepits, Worcestershire.-Glover, E. públican, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.-Brown, W. and Preston, T. jun. cotton-spinners, Manchester. |