but all suits and proceedings, whether at law, in equity, or in bankruptcy or sequestration, or otherwise howsoever, as well in Great Britain and Ireland as in the colonies and dependencies thereof, by or on behalf of any such society, against any person or persons, whether bodies politic or others, and whether members or not of such society, shall be commenced and prosecuted in the name of one of the two officers for the time being appointed to sue and be sued on behalf of such society, 41. Saving the rights of the corporation of Stockport and and registered in pursuance of the directions for such appointthe borough justices. 42. For payment of expenses of this act. CAP. XXI. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year 1854. CAP. XXII. [16th June, 1854.] An Act to enable the Collector-General of Dublin to levy CAP. XXIII. An Act for raising the Sum of Six Millions by Exchequer CAP. XXIV. An Act for granting to her Majesty an increased Rate of Duty 1852. CAP. XXV. An Act to amend the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 2. Officers to be appointed to sue and be sued on Behalf | 3. Returns to be certified, and Certificates to be Evidence. 4. Proceedings commenced in Name of Officer not to be abated by his Death, &c., or by Change of Members of Society. 5. Effect of Judgments, &c. against the Society. ment and registration respectively hereinafter contained; and all suits and proceedings, whether at law or in equity, or by or on behalf of any person or persons, whether bodies politic or others, and whether or not members of such society, against such society, shall be commenced and prosecuted against such officers, or if there shall be no such officer for the time being, then against the trustees of the said society. 2. Every such society shall, within one calendar month after the passing of this act, appoint two officers to sue or be sued on behalf thereof in manner aforesaid, and make or cause to be made a return to the Registrar of Friendly Societies of the names and descriptions of the officers so appointed; and every such society may from time to time remove any officer so appointed; and in case of the death, resignation, or removal of any such officer, the said society shall, within one calendar month thereafter, appoint in his stead another officer to sue and be sued on behalf of such society, and make or cause to be made a return to the said registrar as aforesaid, containing as well the name and description of the person who has ceased to be such officer in manner aforesaid as the name and description of the officer who has been appointed in his stead to sue and be sued on behalf of such society; and every such return signed by the officers or officer so appointed, and shall be kept shall be signed by three members of such society, and counterwith the rules of the society; and in case any society should neglect or refuse to appoint any officers or officer to sue and be sued as aforesaid, the trustees of such society, or the majority of them, may appoint any members or member of such society to be such officers or officer, and shall forthwith make such return as last aforesaid under the hand of such trustees and such officers or officer; and every appointment so made shall be as effectual for all the purposes of this act as if it had been made by such society. 3. Any person shall be at liberty to require a copy of such return to be certified by the registrar; and there shall be paid for such certificate a fee of 18. 6d., and no more; and the day of the registration of every return to be made in pursuance of this act shall be written on such return by the said registrar; and a copy, so certified as aforesaid, of such return, including the date to be marked thereon, shall be received in evidence in all proceedings, whether civil or criminal, and shall also be received as evidence of the day of the registering thereof. 4. No action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, commenced either by or against any such society, (whether in the name of one of the officers appointed to sue and be sued 6. Bankruptcy, &c. of Officer not to affect Liability of as aforesaid, or of some member of such society, in the case Society. 7. Service of Process on Society. 8. Dissolution of Society not to prevent winding up of 9. Suits pending against Trustees to be carried on Whereas by the Industrial and Provident Society's Act, 1852, it is enacted, "that all the provisions of the laws relating to friendly societies shall apply to every society to be consticated under the said act, except in so far as any such provision might be expressly varied by the said act, or by any rule xpressly authorised to be made thereby:" and whereas it is pedient to vary the provisions of such laws in relation to ocieties registered under the act aforesaid, so far as concerns ne manner in which legal proceedings shall be carried on in any matter concerning any such society: be it therefore enacted kc. as follows: and in manner aforesaid), shall be abated or prejudiced by the death or by any act of such officer or person, or by the resignation or removal of such officer either before or after the commencement of such action, suit, or proceeding, or by any change in the members of such society, but the same shall be continued in the name of such officer or member (as the case may be) notwithstanding such death or act, or such resignation or removal, and notwithstanding such change in the members of such society. 5. All judgments, decrees, interlocutors, and orders obtained in any such actions, suits, or other proceedings as aforesaid, against such officer or member, in manner aforesaid, whether such member or officer respectively be party to such actions, suits, or proceedings as plaintiff, pursuer, petitioner, or defendant or defender, shall have the same effect against the property and effects of such society as if such judgments, decrees, interlocutors, or orders had been obtained in suits or proceedings against the trustees of such society, and execution or diligence shall be issued thereon accordingly. 6. The bankruptcy, insolvency, or stopping payment of any officer or member of such society in his individual capacity Sect. 1. After the passing of this act no suit or proceeding shall not be construed to be the bankruptcy, insolvency, or hall be commenced or prosecuted by or against the trustees stopping payment of such society; and the property and effects of any society registered under the Industrial and Provident of such society shall, notwithstanding such bankruptcy, insolSocieties Act, 1852, except in the case hereinafter provided; I vency, or stopping payment, be liable to execution or diligence in the same manner as if such bankruptcy, insolvency, or stopping payment had not taken place. 7. In all cases wherein it may be necessary for any person to serve any summons, demand, or notice, or any writ or other proceeding, at law or in equity, or otherwise, upon any such society, service thereof respectively on the secretary of the said society, or by leaving the same at the head office for the time being of the said society, or in case such secretary shall not be found or known, then service thereof on any agent or officer employed by the said society, or by leaving the same at the usual place of abode of such agent or officer, shall be deemed good and sufficient notice of the same respectively on such society. 8. In case of the dissolution of any such society, such society shall nevertheless be considered as subsisting, and be in all respects subject to the provisions of this act, so long and so far as any matters relating to the same remain unsettled, to the intent that such society may do all things necessary to the winding up of the concerns thereof, and that it may be sued and sue under the provisions of this act in respect of all matters relating to such society. 9. When any action, suit, or prosecution shall, at the passing of this act, be pending by or on behalf of or against the trustee or trustees of any society, the same shall and may be proceeded in by or against such registered officer as aforesaid, in the proper name or names of the person or persons commencing or defending the same; and such officer shall pay or receive like costs as if the action or suit had commenced in his or their name or names for the benefit of or to be reimbursed from the funds of such society. 10. The provisions of the laws relating to friendly societies, whereby the trustees of any society are declared incapable of prosecuting any action or proceeding in any court of law or equity on behalf of such society until they shall have duly furnished to the registrar a general statement of the funds and effects of such society, shall not apply to the prosecution of any action or other proceeding by the registered officer of any society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1852. and Canals. CAP. XXXI. An Act for the better Regulation of the Traffic on Railways [10th July, 1854.] Sect. 1. "Board of Trade:" "Traffic:" "Railway:" "Canal:" "Company." Stations. 2. Duty of Railway Companies to make Arrangements 3. Parties complaining that reasonable Facilities for 5. Court or Judge may order a Rehearing. limited Amount in certain Cases, unless the Value declared and extra Payment made. Proof of Value to be on the Person claiming Compensation. No special Contract to be binding unless signed. Saving of Carriers Act, 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 68. 8. Short Title. Whereas it is expedient to make better provision for regulating the traffic on railways and canals: be it enacted &c. as follows: Sect. 1. In the construction of this act, "the Board of Trade" shall mean the Lords of the Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations: The word "traffic" shall include, not only passengers and their luggage, and goods, animals, and other things conveyed by any railway company or canal company, or railway and canal company, but also carriages, waggons, trucks, boats, and vehicles of every description adapted for running or passing on the railway or canal of any such company: The word "railway" shall include every station of or belonging to such railway used for the purposes of public traffic and, The word "canal" shall include any navigation whereon The expression "railway company,' or "railway and canal company," shall include any person being the owner or lessee of, or any contractor working, any railway or canal or navigation constructed or carried on under the powers of any act of Parliament: A station, terminus, or wharf shall be deemed to be near another station, terminus, or wharf when the distance between such stations, termini, or wharfs shall not exceed one mile, such stations not being situate within five miles from St. Paul's Church, in London. 2. Every railway company, canal company, and railway and canal company shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable facilities for the receiving and forwarding and delivering of traffic upon and from the several railways and canals belonging to or worked by such companies respectively, and for the return of carriages, trucks, boats, and other vehicles, and no such company shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favour of any particular person or company, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever, nor shall any such company subject any particular person or company, or any particular description of traffic, to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever; and every railway company, and canal company, and railway and canal company, having or working railways or canals which form part of a continuous line of railway or canal or railway and canal communication, or which have the terminus, station, or wharf of the one near the terminus, station, or wharf of the other, shall afford all due and reasonable facilities for receiving and forwarding all the traffic arriving by one of such railways or canals by the other, without any unreasonable delay, and without any such preference or advantage, or prejudice or disadvantage, as aforesaid, and so that no obstruction may be offered to the public desirous of using such railways or canals or railways and canals as a continuous line of communication, and so that all reasonable accommodation may, by means of the railways and canals of the several companies, be at all times afforded to the public in that behalf. 3. It shall be lawful for any company or person complaining against any such companies or company of anything done, or of any omission made, in violation or contravention of this act, to apply in a summary way, by motion or summons, in England to her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, or in Ireland to any of her Majesty's superior Courts in Dublin, or in Scotland to the Court of Session in Scotland, as the case may be, or to any judge of any such court; and upon the certificate to her Majesty's Attorney-General in England or Ireland, or her Majesty's Lord Advocate in Scotland, of the Board of Trade, alleging any such violation or contravention of this act by any such companies or company, it shall also be lawful for the said Attorney-General or Lord Advocate to apply in like manner to any such court or judge, and in either of such cases it shall be lawful for such court or judge to hear and determine the matter of such complaint; and for that purpose, if such court or judge shall think fit, to direct and prosecute, in such mode and by such engineers, barristers, or other persons as they shall think proper, all such inquiries as may be deemed necessary to enable such court or judge to form a just judgment on the matter of such complaint; and if it be made to appear to such court or judge on such hearing, or on the report of any such person, that anything has been done, or omission made, in violation or contravention of this act, by such company or companies, it shall be lawful for such court or judge to issue a writ of injunction or interdict, restraining such company or companies from further continuing such violation or contravention of this act, and enjoining obedience to the same; and in case of disobedience of any such writ of injunction or interdict it shall be lawful for such court or judge to order that a writ or writs of attachment, or any other process of such court incident or applicable to writs of injunction or interdict, shall issue against any one or more of the directors of any company, or against any owner, lessee, contractor, or other person, failing to obey such writ of injunction or interdict; and such court or judge may also, if they or he shall think fit, make an order directing the payment by any one or more of such companies of such sum of money as such court or judge shall determine, not exceeding for each company the sum of 2001. for every day, after a day to be named in the order, that such company or companies shall fail to obey such injunction or interdict; and such monies shall be payable as the court or judge may direct, either to the party complaining, or into court, to abide the ultimate decision of the court, or to her Majesty, and payment thereof may, without prejudice to any other mode of recovering the same, be enforced by attachment or order in the nature of a writ of execution, in like manner as if the same had been recovered by decree or judgment in any superior court at Westminster or Dublin, in England or Ireland, and in Scotland by such diligence as is competent on an extracted decree of the Court of Session; and in any such proceeding as aforesaid such court or judge may order and determine that all or any costs thereof or thereon incurred shall and may be paid by or to the one party or the other, as such court or judge shall think fit; and it shall be lawful for any such engineer, barrister, or other person, if directed so to do by such court or judge, to receive evidence on oath relating to the matter of any such inquiry, and to administer such oath. 4. It shall be lawful for the said Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, or any three of the judges thereof, of whom the Chief Justice shall be one, and it shall be lawful for the said Courts in Dublin, or any nine of the judges thereof, of whom the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Lords Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, shall be five, from time to time to make all such general rules and orders as to the forms of proceedings and process, and all other matters and things touching the practice and otherwise in carrying this act into execution before such courts and judges, as they may think fit, in England or Ireland, and in Scotland it shall be lawful for the Court of Session to make such acts of sederunt for the like purpose as they shall think fit. 5. Upon the application of any party aggrieved by the order made upon any such motion or summons as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the court or judge by whom such order was made to direct, if they think fit so to do, such motion or application on summons to be reheard before such court or judge, and upon such rehearing to rescind or vary such order. 6. No proceeding shall be taken for any violation or contravention of the above enactments, except in the manner herein provided; but nothing herein contained shall take away or diminish any rights, remedies, or privileges of any person or company against any railway or canal or railway and canal company under the existing law. 7. Every such company as aforesaid shall be liable for the loss of or for any injury done to any horses, cattle, or other animals, or to any articles, goods, or things, in the receiving, forwarding, or delivering thereof, occasioned by the neglect or default of such company or its servants, notwithstanding any notice, condition, or declaration made and given by such com. pany contrary thereto, or in anywise limiting such liability, every such notice, condition, or declaration being hereby de clared to be null and void: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the said companies from making such conditions with respect to the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of any of the said animals, articles, goods, or things as shall be adjudged by the court or judge before whom any question relating thereto shall be tried to be just and reasonable: provided always, that no greater damages shall be recovered for the loss of or for any injury done to any of such animals beyond the sums hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say), for any horse, 501.; for any neat cattle, per head, 151.; for any sheep or pigs, per head, 21.; unless the person sending or delivering the same to such company shall, at the time of such delivery, have declared them to be respectively of higher value than as above mentioned, in which case it shall be lawful for such company to demand and receive, by way of compensation for the increased risk and care thereby occasioned, a reasonable per-centage upon the excess of the value so declared above the respective sums so limited as aforesaid, and which shall be paid in addition to the ordinary rate of charge; and such per-centage or increased rate of charge shall be notified in the manner prescribed in the stat. 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 68, and shall be binding upon such company in the manner therein mentioned: provided also, that the proof of the value of such animals, articles, goods, and things, and the amount of the injury done thereto, shall in all cases lie upon the person claiming compensation for such loss or injury: provided also, that no special contract between such company and any other parties respecting the receiving, forwarding, or delivering of any animals, articles, goods, or things as aforesaid, shall be binding upon or affect any party unless the same be signed by him or by the person delivering such animals, articles, goods, or things respectively for carriage: provided also, that nothing herein contained shall alter or affect the rights, privileges, or liabilities of any such company under the said act of the 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 68, with respect to articles of the descriptions mentioned in the said act. 8. This act may be cited for all purposes as "The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854." (To be continued). London Gazettes. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18. BANKRUPTS. HENRY KNAPP, late of Cirencester-place, New-road, but now of Chelsea, Middlesex, builder, Aug. 31 and Oct. 4 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sol. Huson, 7, Ironmonger-lane.-Petition filed Aug. 16. THOMAS MARSOM, South-place, Finsbury, London, dealer in horses, dealer and chapman, Sept. 4 at half-past 11, and Oct. 11 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sols. Smith & Son, 6, Barnard's-inn.— Petition filed Aug. 18. SIDNEY MILNES HAWKES, Anchor Brewery, Brittenstreet, Chelsea, Middlesex, brewer, dealer and chapman, Sept. 4 at 12, and Sept. 30 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Marten & Co., 31 and 35, Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane.-Petition filed SAMUEL HELBERT ELLIS the younger, Stock Exchange, Aug. 5. London, dealer in stocks and shares, dealer and chapman, Sept. 2 at 1, and Sept. 30 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Cannan; Sol. Eady, 15, Hattongarden.-Petition filed Aug. 15. HENRY ALFRED MATHEWS, Camberwell-green, Camberwell, Surrey, boarding-house keeper, victualler, dealer and chapman, Aug. 26 at 12, and Sept. 27 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Stansfeld; Sols. Wilkinson & Co., 2, Nicholas-lane, City.-Petition filed Aug. 16. GEORGE THOMAS CHANTRY, Birmingham, paper box manufacturer, Sept. 1 at 12, and Sept. 28 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sol. Standbridge, Birmingham.-Petition dated Aug. 16. SAMUEL ROUTLEDGE, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, dyer, dealer and chapman, Sept. and Oct. 5 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Hope; Sols. Floyd & Son, Huddersfield; Bond & Barwick, Leeds.-Petition dated Aug. 15. The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before a Judge of the County Court, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute: ROBERT TRIPP, St. Michael's-chambers, St. Michael's- Manchester, pawnbroker, No. 78,410; T. Lomas, assignee.— alley, Cornhill, London, and Hereford-road, Bayswater, Charles Whitehead, Preston, out of business, No. 78,429; Middlesex, (but a prisoner for debt in the Queen's Prison), John T. Blackhurst, assignee.—George Cook, Salford, wheeldealer in railway and mining shares, dealer and chapman, wright, No. 78,266; R. E. Bibby, assignee.-Thomas LanAug. 28 at half-past 12, and Sept. 26 at 12, Court of Bank-cashire, Newton Heath, near Manchester, out of business, ruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Edwards; Sols. Goddard & No. 78,426; John Abbot, assignee. Eyre, 101, Wood-street, Cheapside.-Petition filed Aug. 4. HENRY BREWER, Ross, Herefordshire, innkeeper and victualler, dealer and chapman, Aug. 29 and Sept. 26 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Miller; Sol. Wilkes, Gloucester. - Petition filed Aug. 5. HENRY SCARLETT, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, common brewer, dealer and chapman, Aug. 28 at 12, and Oct. 5 at 11, Alice Clark, widow, Manchester, out of business.-Mary District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Hope; Sols. Ann Ainscow, widow, Hindley, near Wigan, out of business. J. & W. Sykes, Huddersfield; Bond & Barwick, Leeds.--James Scott, Blackburn, retail dealer in ale.-G. Sherlock, Petition dated Aug. 16. THOMAS DEANS, Blackburn, Lancashire, draper, dealer and chapman, Sept. 1 and 30 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester: Off. Ass. Hernaman; Sols. Cobbett & Wheeler, Manchester.-Petition filed Aug. 8. MEETINGS. J. Milligan, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester, draper, Aug. 30 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, ch. ass.-Henry Hartley, Trawdon, near Colne, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, Aug. 28 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-Benjamin Boothby the elder and Benj. Boothby the younger, Nottingham, ironfounders, Sept. 5 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham, aud. ac.-William Henry Ludford, Gloucester, brushseller, Aug. 31 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac. -Thomas Edwards, Newport, Monmouthshire, ironfounder, Oct. 3 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, div. CERTIFICATES. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting. Nathan Langlands, Dartford, Kent, grocer, Sept. 7 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Sir Evan Mackenzie, Bart., St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, London, merchant, Oct. 4 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-T. Jones Burton and Baker John Gabb, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, Middlesex, church furnishers, Sept. 21 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-George Stanley, Queen-street, London, and Bruton-street, Bond-street, Middlesex, fishing-tackle maker, Sept. 21 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Owen Evans, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, Middlesex, surgeon, Sept. 8 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Samuel James Bird, Weston, Bath, Somersetshire, brewer, Sept. 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-William Henry Turner, Brecon, innkeeper, Sept. 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. -James Bowerman, Gloucester, common brewer, Sept. 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Richard Latham the younger, Bristol, leather dealer, Sept. 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-Samuel Walton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manufacturer, Sept. 13 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. PETITION ANNULLED. Charles Mee, Bath, Berlin wool repository. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. At the County Court of Lancashire, at MANCHESTER, Hulme, Manchester, joiner.-John Carr, Manchester, butcher. Robert Ferguson, Liverpool, plumber. - Robert Jones, Salford, out of business.-Joseph Bonehill, Hulme, Manchester, out of business.-Thomas Penk, Manchester, grocer.—§. Whiteley, Salford, out of business.-Thomas Lord, Todmorden, schoolmaster.-John Lord, Rochdale, out of business.-—out of business.-J. Sharrod, Rock Ferry, near Liverpool, out S. Lord, Burnley, out of business.-W. Irlam, Manchester, of business.-W. Gowanlock, Little Bolton, Bolton-le-Moors, out of business.-J. J. Bradshaw, Stretford, out of business. Heaton Norris, near Manchester, out of business.-J. Allen, John Gowers the younger, Lancaster, joiner.-Isaac Sumner, Gorton-brook, near Manchester, out of business.-Thomas Dugelby, Little Bolton, Bolton-le-Moors, beerseller.—Wm. Baker the elder, Manchester, bobbin turner.-Wm. Baker the Manchester, baker.-William Swindlehurst, Preston, out of younger, Manchester, rag dealer.-Joseph Hodson, Hulme, business.-Joseph Bohanna, Manchester, out of business.Thomas C. Johnstone, Manchester, floor-cloth dealer.-Thos. Maddocks, Birkenhead, near Liverpool, baker.—Harry Ellis Wartnaby, Birkenhead, Cheshire, bookkeeper.-C. Hopwood, Manchester, milk seller.-James Driver, Manchester, grocer. - Edward Beardsworth, Blackburn, hairdresser.—William Kent, Oldham, beerseller. At the County Court of Sussex, at LEWES, Sept. 5. Thomas Brown, Hove, baker.-John Stevens, Brighton, builder. At the County Court of Yorkshire, at SHEFfield, Sept. 6 at 12. Ann Barker, Shalesmoor, Sheffield, out of business. George Marjoram, Kingston-upon-Hull, out of business. at 12. Wm. Buffam, Mablethorpe, out of business.-J. Armitage, Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, corn porter. INSOLVENT Debtors' Dividends. John Nicholson, Drury-lane, Middlesex, out of business: 78. 5d. in the pound.-Edward Crook, Edgeworth, Lancashire, labourer: 208. in the pound.-Wm. Havelock, East Teignmouth, Devonshire, gentleman: 2s. 114d. (making 118. 2 d.) in the pound.-Frederick J. White, Bridgend, Glamor Wm. Hartcup and Edward Hobart Barlee, Bungay, Suf- ganshire, half-pay officer, Royal Marines: 9d. in the pound. folk, attornies and solicitors. INSOLVENT DEBTOR Who has filed his Petition in the Court of Bankruptcy, and has obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process. Wm. Swain, Sheffield, Yorkshire, razor grinder, Sept. 6 at 12, County Court of Yorkshire, at Sheffield. County Court of Lancashire, at Lancaster. Assignees have been appointed in the following Cases:James Allen, Heaton Norris, near Manchester, out of business, No. 78,307; J. W. Owen, assignee.-Thos. Gibson, Manchester, out of business, No. 78,334; Joseph W. Owen, assignee.-B. Smith, Rushton, near Blackburn, licensed victualler, No. 77,543; Thos. Thwaites, assignee.-A. Pimblett, Bolton-le-Moors, out of business, No. 77,827; Charles Hunt, assignee.-J. Gregson, Bolton-le-Moors, draper, No. 78,332; Charles Skelton, assignee.-Thos. Kidd, Manchester, potato dealer, No. 78,338; D. B. Fletcher, assignee.-J. Sutcliffe, -Henry A. Hart, Lamb's Conduit-street, St. George-the- Apply at the Provisional Assignee's Office, Portugal-street, TUESDAY, August 22. BANKRUPTS. EBENEZER KEMPSTER, MACKENZIE GRIFFITHS, CORNELIUS PROUT NEWCOMBE, and FRANCIS THOMAS GRIFFITHS, Gracechurch-street, London, and Liverpool, shipowners and ship and insurance brokers, (carrying on business under the style and firm of Griffiths, Newcombe, & Co.), Aug. 30 at 1, and Sept. 27 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Graham; Sols. Lawrance & Co., Old Jewry-chambers, City. - Petition filed Aug. 21. PETITIONS ANNULLED. JOHN MCALLA and ALEXANDER FOTHERING- Manchester, merchant.—Richard Gulston Wollaston, Bishop's HAM, Friday-street, Cheapside, London, warehousemen Castle, Shropshire, surgeon.-Thos. Adkins, Bedworth, Warand commission agents, Aug. 30 and Sept. 27 at 2, Court wickshire, grocer.-John Patterson, Atherstone, Warwickof Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Grabam; Sol. Murray, shire, market gardener. London-street, Fenchurch-street.-Petition filed Aug. 21. GEORGE PRINCE and JAMES PRINCE, Regent-street, and Carlton-street, Regent-street, Westminster, Middlesex, wine and cigar merchants, dealers and chapmen, (proprietors of the club called and known as Prince's Club), Aug. 30 and Sept. 27 at half-past 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Stansfeld; Sol. Chidley, Gresham-street, City. - Petition filed June 10. GEORGE HAMMOND, King's-row, Walworth, Surrey, wark-bridge-road, but now of Albert-street, Penton-place, RICHARD BENCH, Birmingham, flour dealer and baker, -Petition dated Aug. 18. James Hart, Borough-road, Southwark, Surrey, engineer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. INSOLVENT DEBTORS Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process. victualler, Sept. 12 at 11, County Court of Hampshire. at Wm. Roberts, Bentley, near Alton, Hampshire, licensed Alton.-Thos. Monck, Portsea, Southampton, dealer in pastry, Sept. 8 at 11, County Court of Hampshire, at Portsmouth.— Jesse Barton, Maidstone, Kent, printer, Sept. 5 at 12, County Court of Kent, at Maidstone.-Isaac Jenner, Brighton, Sussex, retailer of beer, Aug. 26 at 10, County Court of Sussex, at Brighton.-John Kayley, Burnley, Lancashire, temperance hotel keeper, Oct. 5 at 11, County Court of Lancashire, at Burnley.-Henry Palmer, Gayton, Norfolk, farmer, Sept. 6 Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, farmer, Sept. 6 at 3, County at 3, County Court of Norfolk, at King's Lynn.-J. Andrews, Court of Norfolk, at King's Lynn.-George Sydney Davies, Sept. 7 at 11, County Court of Brecknockshire, at CrickTyr Berllau, Crickhowell, Brecknockshire, attorney-at-law, howell.-John Salmon, St. Colomb Minor, Cornwall, out of business, Sept. 15 at 1, County Court of Cornwall, at St. Colomb Major. Saturday, Aug. 19. 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. HENRY WILSON, Öld Swindon, Wiltshire, grocer, cheesemonger, bacon factor, dealer and chapman, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Acraman; Sols. Haines & Son, Farringdon, Berkshire; Bevan & Girling, Bristol.-Petition filed Aug. 18. BENJAMIN SMITH, Kildwick, Yorkshire, worsted spinner and manufacturer, Sept. 5 at 12, and Oct. 3 at 11, District John Wood, Liverpool, watchmaker, No. 78,181 C.; Chas. Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Hope; Sols. Taylor, Critchley, assignee.-John Barnes, Walmer, Kent, sutler, No. Bradford; Blackburn, Leeds.-Petition dated Aug. 12. 78,229 C.; Samuel Rogers, assignee.-Joseph Green, Shef. ALEXANDER SMITH, Liverpool, merchant, dealer and field, butter factor, No. 78,243 C.; William Bishop, assignee. chapman, Sept. 4 and 27 at 11, District Court of Bank--Joseph Hardmeat, King's Lynn, Norfolk, ironmonger, No. ruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sols. Duncan & 78,441 C.; Henry Bradfield Plowright, assignee.-D. WoodCo., Liverpool.-Petition filed Aug. 15. head, Hulme, Manchester, out of business, No. 77,773 C.; HUGH BROWN, Liverpool, merchant, Sept. 1 and 29 at James Smith and Abraham Littlewood, assignees.-Jas. Sut11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. cliffe, Manchester, provision-shop keeper, No. 78,410 C.; Turner; Sols. Harvey & Co., Liverpool.-Petition filed Thomas Lomas, assignee. Aug. 17. MEETINGS. Samuel Barnes, Oldham, Lancashire, machine maker, Sept. 7 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-Joshua Crowther and Wm. Dickinson the younger, Manchester, Manchester warehousemen, Sept. 4 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-Frederick Dimsdale, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-st., London, dealer in iron, Sept. 6 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. -Josiah Bowrin, Walsall, Staffordshire, currier, Sept. 28 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.; Oct. 5 at 12, div.-Joseph Boycot, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, draper, Sept. 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, fin. div. CERTIFICATES. To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting. Thomas Bray, Chelmsford, Essex, architect, Sept. 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thos. Clements, St. Helen's, Lancashire, grocer, Sept. 15 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool.-Jeremiah Billingham and Jesse Bilingham, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, chain makers, Oct. 12 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-J. Adams, Longton, Staffordshire, china manufacturer, Oct. 12 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. To be granted, unless an Appeal be duly entered. George Butler, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-st., London, aucioneer.-John Harrison, Sunderland, Durham, licensed vicmaller.-John Sagar, Birkenhead, Cheshire, brewer.-Crosby Leighton, Liverpool, grocer.-Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Saturday, Aug. 19. Orders have been made, vesting in the Provisional Assignee Henry Edw. Young, Brentwood, Essex, licensed victualler: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Robt. Jas. Pearson, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, tassel manufacturer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Wm. Dolden, Roadside, Mile-end, Middlesex, shoemaker: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.Frederick Waller Prince, Caroline-place, Hampstead-road, Middlesex, gunmaker: in the Queen's Prison.-G. Gienny, Dungannon-house, Walham-green, Middlesex, landscape gardener: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-J. Falkner, Manchester, butter dealer: in the Gaol of Lancaster. George Rusling, Manchester, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Joseph Hodson, Manchester, baker: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John James Bradshaw, Stretford, near Manchester, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-J. Allen, Gorton Brook, near Manchester, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-William Gowanlock, Little Bolton, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Thomas Lord, Todmorden, Lancashire, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Lord, Rochdale, Lancashire, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Gowers the younger, Lancaster, joiner: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Wm. Irlam, Manchester, calenderer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Simeon Lord, Fulledge Meadow, Burnley, Lancashire, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Joseph Sharrod, Rock Ferry, near Liverpool, out of business: in the |