JOSEPH CUNDELL, Sheffield, Yorkshire, carpenter and MEETINGS. James Hope, Burnley, Lancashire, grocer, Aug. 11 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-Wm. Geo. Trangmar and John Trangmar, Brighton and Shoreham, Sussex, grocers, Aug. 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Thomas Hoy Burton, Winchester, cowkeeper, Aug. 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. -G. Nathaniel Grane, Chailey, Sussex, surgeon and apothecary, Aug. 4 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.Richard Gulston Wollaston, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, surgeon, Aug. 18 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.—John Baker, Edgeware-road, and Johnson-place, Westbourne-green, Middlesex, draper, Aug. 15 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Samuel Bartholomew, Birmingham, licensed victualler, Aug. 7 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.; Aug. 21 at 10, div.-John Innell, Ross, Herefordshire, grocer, Aug. 17 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, fin. div. CERTIFICATES. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, rope maker, Aug. 15 at 10, Saturday, July 22. Assignees have been appointed in the following Cases. Further particulars may be learned at the Office, in Portugalstreet, Lincoln's-inn-fields, on giving the Number of the Case. John G. Toon, Aske-street, Hoxton, Middlesex, cabinet maker, No. 64,402 T.; William Cowdell the elder and George Brown, assignees.-John Stokes, Cakemore, Halesowen, Worcestershire, nailer, No. 78,208 C.; A. Jeavons, assignee.Edward Billman, Manchester, out of business, No. 78,251 C., John Plant, assignee.-John Calvert, Lancaster, retailer of beer, No. 76,679 C.; Thomas Roose and Robert Clark, assignees.-Henry Hick, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, out of business, No. 77,931 C.; Wm. F. Dodgson and Benjamin Rowley, assignees. Saturday, July 22. Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignee the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-James T. William Oldridge, Cloth-fair, West Smithfield, London, account-book manufacturer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Richard Hare, South-square, Gray'sinn, Middlesex, attorney-at-law: in the Queen's Prison.-J. Richard G. Prentice, High-st., Shadwell, and Tachbrook- Harris the elder, Edward-street, Portman-square, Middlesex, street, Pimlico, Middlesex, grocer, Aug. 16 at 12, Court of cheesemonger: in the Debtors Prison for London and MiddleBankruptcy, London.-Thomas C. W. Pierce, Manchester, sex.-Thomas E. John, King William-street, London, promerchant, Aug. 18 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Man-prietor of refreshment rooms: in the Debtors Prison for Lonchester.-Richard G. Wollaston, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, don and Middlesex.-William Jenkins, Prospect-place, Old surgeon, Aug. 17 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bir- Brompton, Middlesex, secretary to the Cosmos Institute: in mingham.-John Greatwood, Birmingham, confectioner, Aug. the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-H. Meeson, 17 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-George Cecil-street, Strand, Middlesex, foreman to a print seller: in 1. Sharp, Oswestry, Shropshire, draper, Aug. 17 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-Thomas Adkins, Ratcliffe, Harrow-street, Lant-street, Southwark, Surrey, Bedworth, Warwickshire, grocer, Aug. 17 at 10, District wholesale stationer: in the Queen's Prison.-Robert Barnby, Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Wilmington-square, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, mathematical instrument maker: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Thomas Walker, North Bruton-mews, Berkeleysquare, Middlesex, farrier: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Richard Brown, Hatfield-street, Stamfordstreet, Blackfriars, Surrey, out of business in the Queen's Prison.-Edward Lidbetter, Long-acre, Middlesex, not in any employment: in the Queen's Prison.-John Kempster, London-wall, London, engraver: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Lewis Levy, Portland-place, Circus To be granted, unless an Appeal be duly entered. Charles Ferguson, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, draper.-George F. Rossiter, London-wall, London, wholesale clothier.-R. F. Miller, Hammersmith, Middlesex, coach builder.-Guilleaume G. Charles, Liverpool, importer of French and German goods. -John R. Gibson, Waterloo, near Liverpool, innkeeper. PETITION ANNULLED. : Robert Isherwood and Strethill Foden, Liverpool, cotton road, St. John's-wood, Middlesex, picture dealer: in the dealers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Hamilton Laird, Cupar Fife, nurseryman.-K. M Nab, Millburn-cottage, near Inverness, merchant.-Israel Guttstam, Glasgow, cloth manufacturer. INSOLVENT DEBTORS Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process. Thomas Dodsworth, Kingston-upon-Hull, printer, Aug. 4 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingston-upon-Hull.James H. Bernard, Kingston-upon-Hull, flag maker, Aug. 4 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Kingston-upon-Hull. Daniel Weatherby, Congleton, Cheshire, tailor, Aug. 15 at 11, County Court of Cheshire, at Congleton.-Philip Higgins, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, land surveyor, Aug. 9 at 3, County Court of Norfolk, at King's Lynn.-James Tallboy, Queen's Prison.-Frederick Weston, Little Cadogan-place, Sloane-st., Chelsea, Middlesex, horse dealer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-James W. Slade, Munster-street, Regent's-park, Middlesex, bricklayer and builder: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. - William Hindley, Manchester, retail dealer in ale: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-S. Robinson, Hulme, Manchester, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Robt. N. Whitehead, Manchester, commercial traveller : in the Gaol of Lancaster.-J. Dickinson, Manchester, dealer in ale: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Moss, Preston, Lancashire, tailor: in the Gaol of Lancaster. -William Tither, Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire, cotton waste dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Thomas Robinson, Bentley Wood-green, near Padiham, Lancashire, block printer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-G. Salisbury, Oxton, Cheshire, banker's clerk in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Isaac Housley, Stalybridge, Lancashire, shuttle tip spring and tong maker: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Israel Riley, Over Darwen, Lan : cashire, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Farrell, Manchester, baker.-Joseph Shepherd, Pudsey, near Leeds, Yorkshire, clothier: in the Gaol of York.-Edmund Marsland, Failsworth, near Manchester, out of business in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Ralph Home the younger, Heaton, near Manchester, reed manufacturer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Wm. H. 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CHITTY'S STATUTES. Recently published, vol. 3, royal 8vo., price 21. 12s. 6d. cloth boards, of thereon, intended as a Court and Circuit Companion. The Second Edition, containing all the Statutes of practical utility in the Civil and Criminal Administration of Justice to the present time. By W. N. WELSBY and EDWARD BEAVAN, Esqrs., Barristers at Law. * Also Vols. 1 and 2 of the above, price 21. 2s. each, in cloth boards. Vol. 2 contains the title "Criminal Law," with separate paging and contents, to enable the Subscribers to bind it by itself; and the Titles "Poor" and "Sessions of the Peace," in Vol. 3, can be in like manner 骨 detached, and bound for Sessions use. S. Sweet, 1, Chancery-lane; V. & R. Stevens & G. S. Norton, 26, Bellyard, Lincoln's-inn. CRIMINAL LAW-PLEADING, EVIDENCE, AND PRACTICE. cester.-J. Glynn, Tidenham, Gloucestershire, gardener: in the Gaol of Gloucester.-G. K. Pollock, Willows, near New Windsor, Berkshire, attorney-at-law: in the Gaol of Reading.Wm. 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WE confess to an extreme jealousy of all that pertains to the administration of justice-a feeling which, we believe, is entertained by the great mass of the community. Indeed, how can it be otherwise with those who appreciate the magnitude of the interests committed to our legal tribunals? Life itself; the means of living; all that makes life desirable; a man's reputation-that curious, delicate structure, built upon the opinions of others, requiring many years to raise, and yet, like a house of cards, capable of being laid prostrate by a breath-these are involved in the decisions of Courts of justice. Is it not, then, natural that we should anxiously seek to preserve them from the taint of corruption and undue influence-in other words, from becoming the instruments of the greatest injustice-that we should desire to see their investigations conducted in a calm and fair spirit, and presided over by a dignity and authority that should invite as well as command respect? The danger of these elements being absent is not so imminent in our higher tribunals, both from their character, and the greater amount of public attention directed towards them; but it is strikingly apparent in some of the inferior courts scattered throughout the country, and attracting little notice until the occurrence of some extraordinary circumstance in connexion with them. What more flagrant instance can we cite in support of our observations (and indeed it is the moving cause of them) than the recent proceedings at a coroner's inquest, when the conduct and professional skill of two medical gentlemen were assailed amid applause, groans, hisses, excitement, prejudice, and abuse that would almost have disgraced a parliamentary election? We VOL. XVIII. DD PRICE 18. poration for establishing a Public Library, Botanic Garden, &c.-Domicile).. 669 COURT OF QUEEN's Bench. The South-eastern Railway Company, Apps., The Churchwardens and Overseers of Dorking, Resps. -(Railway-Rateable Value-Rent of LineValue of Occupation increased by Circumstances out of the Parish).... Tress v. Savage.-(Lease for more than three Years, not by Deed-Terms of Tenancy-Notice to quit -8&9 Vict. c. 106, s. 3-Ejectment-Leave to move to enter Nonsuit-Mesne Profits-15 & 16 Vict. c. 76, s. 214).. 673 680 ADMIRALTY PRIZE COURT. The Aina.-(National Character-Mortgage-Claim -Practice-Enemy Master-Private Adventure) 681 know nothing of the skill, or want of skill, on the part of the accused; we do not inquire whether the finding of the jury was justified by the evidence; but we are quite certain that it was impossible to obtain a fair hearing, or a calm, dispassionate inquiry, before such a tribunal. Esculapius himself would not have been safe had he been charged before a coroner's inquest with having caused the death of a child belonging to one of that class who crowded the room, earwigged the jury, goaded on the counsel, terrified the witnesses, and kept alive popular excitement until popular vengeance was satiated. How is it that a court of criminal jurisdiction, where the finding of the jury is equivalent to the presentment of a grand jury, on which a man may at once be put upon his trial for the offence presented, is thus permitted to lower the administration of justice in the eyes of the public, and to inflict irreparable injury upon individuals? We think the causes may be traced to the low character of the tribunal itself, arising from the deterioration of the office of coroner, the absence of any standard of tangible qualification in the jurymen, and the fact of the court being held in all sorts of holes and corners, not even excluding public-houses. All this leads to a want of solemnity, decency, and order, where they ought to be peculiarly conspicuous, as the inquiry relates to the cause of death of a human being. We cannot help here observing, that we consider it especially the duty of counsel to treat legally-constituted authorities with respect, and we are always sorry to see them failing in the payment of this debt, which they owe to their Profession and to the public. The office of coroner, we are told, is one of high antiquity-certainly as ancient as King Alfred, who punished with death a judge for passing a capital sen NEWSPAPER |