446 Parliamentary Returns: Revising Barristers. Number BARRISTERS EMPLOYED. DISTRICT. Travelling Total. £ s. d. £ s. 9d. £ s. d. H. Sockett, Esq. Borough of Preston Robert Bruce Chichester, Esq. County and borough of Monmouth Henry Jeremy, Esq. R. T. Fisher, Esq. H. Sockett, Esq. Herbert George Jones, Esq. County of Pembroke, borough of Haverfordwest, Narberth, Fishguard, Hugh Spencer Stanhope, Esq. Roger Meeson, Esq. 18 16 84 0 0 53 13 5 137 13 5 Western division of Norfolk, and boroughs 68 5 0 25 10 6 93 15 6 13 68 5 0 29 4 0 97 9 0 Southern division of Northumberland, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Tynemouth 41 215 5 0 106 15 5 322 0 5 Southern division of Nottingham, and borough of Newark 89 5 0 57 18 9 147 3 9 Northern division of Nottingham, and boroughs of Nottingham and East Retford 18 94 10 0 72 0 10 166 10 10 19 99 15 0 85 0 0 184 15 0 County of Montgomery, and borough of Montgomery, Llandloy, Welchpool, Mackinlleth, Llanfyllin and Newtown 30 157 10 0 66 7 3 30 157 10 0 66 7 3 101 7 0 Robert Ph. Tyrwhitt, Esq. County and city of Oxford, and boroughs of Banbury and Wood 15 78 15 0 62 12 3 141 7 3 George Clive, Esq. stock 16 84 0 0 30 17 7 114 17 7 Edward Lloyd Williams, Esq. 80 7 0 16 84 0 0 44 4 0 164 7 0 128 4 0 The parts of Lindsey, in the county of Lincoln, Lincoln and Great Great} 22 115 10 0 70 2 6 185 12 6 23 120 15 0 70 2 6 190 17 6 12 63 0 0 38 1 0 101 1 0 12 63 0 0 26 10 6 89 10 6 Northern division of Salop and Shrewsbury 32 168 0 0 94 14 7 262 14 7 28 147 0 0 87 3 1 234 3 1 Southern division of Salop, Ludlow, Wenlock, and Bridgenorth Parliamentary Returns: Revising Barristers. } Eastern division of Somerset James Wake, Esq. W. Cripps, Esq. Henry James Perry, Esq. Thomas Henry, Esq. William Elmsley, Esq. N. R. Clarke, Esq. W. Carpenter Rowe, Esq. }Western division of Suffolk, Eye, Sudbury and Bury St. Edmunds Northern division of Wilts, Marlborough, Calne, Devizes, Chippen- Southern division of Hants, boroughs of Christchurch, Lymington, Eastern division of Sussex, Lewes and Horsham }Western division of Sussex, Chichester, Arundel and Midhurst Westmoreland, Lancaster, Kendal and Bradford Whitehaven, Cockermouth, Western division of Cumberland Tower Hamlets and Finsbury Ashton-under-Line and Wakefield Northern division of Stafford, Newcastle-under-Lyne, Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent South division of Stafford, boroughs of Tamworth, Walsall, and Wolverhampton Southern division of Lincolnshire, Stamford, Boston and Grantham 33 173 5 0 62 13 7 80 11 7 33 173 5 0 108 5 10 281 10 10 448 Parliamentary Returns: Revising Barristers. Isle of Wight, and Newport William Dickins, Esq. George R. M. Ward, Esq. John Bather, Esq. George Percy Elliott, Esq. G. N. Oxenham, Esq. George H. Wilkinson, Esq. John Francis Gunning, Esq. John Elliot Drinkwater, Esq. North Riding of York and City, and Ainsty, Malton, Northallerton, Richmond, Scarborough, Thirsk and Whitby Northern division of Devon Berkshire, Abingdon, Reading, Wallingford and New Windsor 17 89 50 38 1 3 127 6 3 17 89 50 38 1 3 127 6 3 14 73 10 0 30 1 6 103 11 6 Western division of Worcester and boroughs 16 84 0 0 46 7 8 130 7 8 Eastern division of Worcester, and boroughs of Dudley, Droitwich and Evesham West Riding of York, Sheffield, Halifax, Huddersfield and Pontefract Messrs. Gorst & Birchall, Clerk of the Peace for Lancashire, for Advertisements, &c. published by direction of the Secretary of State Note. The accounts of A. E. Cockburn, Esq. and Charles Penruddock, Esq., as Revising Barristers for the Western Division of Somerset, amounting, I am not aware whether any or what sums have been paid to the above-named gentlemen by order of the Lords of His Majesty's Treasury. 25 February 1833. GEORGE MAULE. Sheriff Courts in London.-Selections from Correspondence, No. XXV SHERIFFS' COURTS IN LONDON. It does not appear to be generally known, that there exist, in the city of London, two courts of justice, called the Sheriffs' Courts, wherein are tried actions of debt, case, trespass, covenant and other personal actions, attachments, and sequestrations. Here, debts of any amount may be recovered, and a cause, although defended, can be tried for less than 77., in three weeks: if the debtor should not defend the action, the costs will amount to about 37. only, and execution can be obtained in a week. 449 thrown open, and from which it will be seen, that giving facility of admission to attorneys tioners to avail themselves of the privilege and has induced several highly respectable practithe advantages of these Courts. A. ATTORNEYS ADMITTED OF THE SHERIFFS' COURTS. Old Attorneys. C. Walker, 17, Cateaton Street. J. Platt, 5, Church Court, Clements Lane, B. Davies, 4, Devonshire Square, Bishops gate. H. Hoppe, 3, Sun Court, Cornhill. J. Davies, 4, Kings Arms Yard, Coleman M. Sarson, 28, Broad Street Buildings. F. Hobler, Walbrook. By the custom of London, a creditor may attach money or goods of his debtor, either in the creditor's own hands, or in the custody of a third person. The process of attachment, properly called foreign attachment, is the cheapest, and, at the same time, the most prompt and efficacious remedy for the recovery of debts recognised by the laws of England. An attachment for 20,0007., as well as for 20., may be made in less than an hour, at an expense of no more than 2.; and within the space of a few days, and for less than 5., judg-Street. ment may be obtained, and the creditor's demand paid over to him. An attachment is also of general utility, it being a mistaken notion, that citizens alone are entitled to its advantages. Neither the creditor, nor the debtor, nor even the holder of the debtor's property, need be free of, or resident within the city. If a creditor, resident any where out of the city, be in possession of property belonging to his debtor, which he cannot by law dispose of, he may bring it to London, and dispose of it by attachment. A sequestration is an attachment of the defendant's property made in the hands of the defendant himself, where he absconds, and leaves goods in a house, &c. locked up. It is also a custom of the city, that if a debtor be fugitive, (that is, if he intends to withdraw himself and his goods out of London,) he may be arrested before the day of payment, to find better security; upon which he must go to prison, unless he enter into recognizance, with two sureties, to pay the debt when due, or render to prison. Although this custom has of late years fallen much into disuse, yet it is available, and undoubtedly in some cases, a beneficial custom to the citizens of London; inasmuch as it gives them a power of holding a defendant to bail before an action could be maintained in any of the superior Courts. To the Editor of the Legal Observer. Sir, HAVING seen some letters in your valuable miscellany, on the practice of the Sheriffs' Courts, London, for the speedy recovery of debts by attachment and otherwise, I have thought it would be acceptable to you to have a list, which I inclose, of the old, together with the new attorneys, who have been admitted at the only two Courts of Aldermen which have been held since the Sheriffs' Courts were G. Walford, 8, Grafton Street, Broad Street, D. Lay, 14, Old Jewry. T. West, 1, Mount Street, Minories. H. Hindmarsh, 7, Crescent, Jewin Street. J. C. Fourdrinier, 3, Angel Court, Throgmorton Street. J. Fawcett, 44, Jewin Street, and South Sea F. Broughton, 4 and 6, Falcon Square. other attorneys of the Superior Courts on the SELECTIONS FROM CORRESPONDENCE. ON THE EXPENSES OF ADMISSION TO PRAC- To the Editor of the Legal Observer. of Sir, DEVOTED as your pages are to the interests of the profession, I trust no apology is necessary for offering a few remarks on the the admission of gentlemen to practise in the expenses various Courts of Justice in this country. There are five Courts, of which it is absolutely necessary that a general practitioner should 450 Selections from Correspondence, No. XXV.-Bankruptcies superseded.—Bankrupts. now be a member, viz. the Courts of Chan- | furnished, the lands have always passed either cery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exche- by will or deed; so that the law of descent quer, and Bankruptcy; and in order to his admission he is compelled to swear, no less than five several times, that he has paid the duty to Government imposed on articles of clerkship; to obtain five several certificates from the Judges' Clerks that he is qualified to practise, and to attend five several times to take the oaths of allegiance, &c. In addition to the stamp duty of 251. payable to Government, he has to pay for his admission in each Court about as follows: 0 0 pro In all, at the very least £2 5 Your obedient servant, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 13th March, 1833. has in no instance been resorted to. The question to be ascertained is, whether or not this particular estate be of gavelkind tenure. I am aware the legal presumption is, that all lands in Kent are of gavelkind tenure, and must be so held except the contrary be made to appear; but as it is well known that many large estates in Kent have, by various statutes, been disgavelled and converted into the English common law tenure, it is important to discover what lands were comprised in the disgavelling statutes. They are not there described by metes and bounds, but merely as the manors, land, hereditaments, &c. of A. B., C. D., &c. &c.; which seems to make it necessary to trace the title of the lands as far back as these statutes, -a matter of great difficulty, and probably impossible; and especially to identify the lands, unless there be some ancient description running throughout. I shall be glad to know whether plans, or plain descriptions, of the estates and lands which from time to time have been the subject of the disgavelling statutes, be preserved in any office of record or otherwise, or how the actual tenure of any particular land in Kent is with certainty to be known, when it does not appear on the title that it has ever passed either according to gavelkind or com mon law tenure. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. From Feb. 19, to Mar. 19, 1833, both inclusive. Cue, Charles, Gloucester, Hatter. 0. Freeman, John, jun., Drayton, Somerset, Linman and Sail Haynes, Tho., Great Yarmouth, Cabinet Maker. Makers. Gaukrodger, Tho. Huddersfield, Merchant. Manufacturer. Butcher. Timson, Abel, Dovor, Draper. Jeweller. Woolbert, John Henry, Southampton Row, Russell Square, Bennet, Edw., Merstham, Surrey, Smith. Holmer, New Beare, John, Birmingham; Bishop Wearmouth; Durham; Brockman, John, Leamington Priors, Warwick, Wine Mer chant. Spencer & Compton, St. Mildred's Court, Pous try; Parry, Leamington Priors. |