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T H E R O M A N CE OF THE BANKRUPTCY COU...
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TRIBUNALS OF COMMERCE. A systematic effo...
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THE INTERVIEW WITH GilOLAI! SINGH. The I...
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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Another report regard...
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their deaneries , as well in England as in Ireland , had been settled and established bylaw , it was enacted , that if any person , after the commencement of that act , other than the person thereunto authorized by law , should assume or use the name , style , or title of archbishop of any province , bishop of any bishopric , or dean of any deanery , in England or Ireland , he should for every Buch offence forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds ; and whereas it may be doubted whether the recited enactment extends to the assumption of the title of archbishop or bishop of a pretended province or . diocese , or archbishop or bishop of a city , place , or territory in Eng-land or Ireland , not being the see , prodiocese of
vince , or any archbishop or bishop recognized by law ; but the dttempt to establish , under colour of authority from the see of Bonne or otherwise , such pretended sees , provinces , or dioceses is illegal and void , and the assumption of ecclesiastical titles in respect thereof is inconsistent with the rights intended to be protected by the said enactment : And whereas it is expedient to prohibit the assumption of such titles in respect of any places within the United Kingdom : be it enacted , therefore , by the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the lorda spiritual and temporal , and commons , in this present Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , that— ¦• * ¦
1 . If , after the passing of this act , any person other than a person thereunto authorized by law in respect of an archbishopric , bishopric , or deanery of the united church of England and Ireland assume or use the name , style , or title of archbishop , bishop , or dean of any city , town , or place , or of any territory or district ( under any designation or description whatever ) , in the United Kingdom , whether su"h city , town , or place , or such territory or district , be or be not the see or the province , or coextensive with the province of any archbishop , or the see or the diocese , or coextensive with the diocese of any bishop , or the seat or place of the church of any dean , or coextensive with any deanery , of the said united church , the person so offending shall , for every such offence , forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds , * to be recovered as provided by the recited act . 2 . Any deed or writing made , signed , or executed after the passing of this act , by or under the authority of any person , in or under-any name , style , or title , which such person is by the recited act and this act , or either of them , prohibited from assuming or using , shall be void .
3 . Where by any assurance , transfer , will , limitation , or declaration of use or trust , or other instrument made or executed after the passing of this act , any real or personal property , or any profit or advantage to be had therefrom is assured , given , or made applicable , or expressed or intended to be assured , given , or made applicable , directly or indirectly , for or towards the endowment or maintenance of any archbishopric , bishopric , or deanery intituled or in anywise designated or described as an archbishopric , bishopric , or deanery of any city , town , or place , territory or district in the United Kingdom ( except the archbishoprics , bishoprics , and deaneries of the said united church ) , or for any purposes connected wjth-or referring to the maintenance or continuance of any archbishopric , bishopric , or deanery ( except as aforesaid ) so intituled , designated , or described , or of the titular province , see , diocese , or limits thereof , or where by any such assurance , transfer , will , limitation , declaration , or other instrument , any real or personal property , profit , or advantage , or any power , authority , or discretion ( whether for private or personal benefit , or for charitable or
other purposes ) , to be exercised over or in relation to any real or personal property , or such profit or advantage as aforesaid , is assured , given , or vested , or expressed , or intended to be assured , given , or vested , to or in any person by any name , style , or title of archbishop , bishop , or dean , which by the recited act and this act , or either of them , such person is prohibited from assuming or using-, or to or in any person who in such assurance , transfer , will , limitation , declaration , or other instrument , is in anywise designated , mentioned , or referred to as being or claiming to be , or as being called or known or reputed to be archbishop , bishop , or dean , under any name , style , or title which such person is so prohibited from assuming or using , or to or in any other person therein described as chaplain or other subordinate of" the person so designated , mentioned , or referred to , or to or in any person in anywise described by means of a reference to a name , style , or title of which , by the said act and this act or either of them , the assumption or use is prohibited , all the real or personal property , profit , or advantage aforesaid , or such estute or interest therein , as but for this enactment would have been
in anywise applicable to any of the purposes aforesaid , or would have vested in or ensured to the use of the person to or in whom the same is so expressed or intended to be assured , given , or vested , shall , without any office or inquisition found , vest in and ensure to the use of her Majesty , and shall and may be disposed of and applied as her Majesty shall be pleased by warrant under her sign manual to direct , whether such direction be to apply the same according and pursuant to the intents and purposes declared in and by the instruments hereinbefore mentioned or otherwise ; and all guch power , authority , and discretion as aforesaid , so far as th « same but for this enactment might have been exercised by the person in whom the same is so expressed or intended to be vested , may be exercised by such persons and in such manner as her Majesty may be pleased by warrant under her sign manual to direct .
4 . T . very person who may be liable to be eued for any penalty imposed by the recited enactment , and this act . or either of them , shall in any Bint or proceeding in equity in relation to any such assurance , transfer , will , limitation , declaration of use or trust , or other instrument as hereinbefore mentioned , or in relation to any secret or other trust , or other matter whatsoever , be compel-Jahle to nnHWcr upon oath notwithstanding- his liability to » uch penalty in the Hamo manner as if no euch liability existed : provided that no answer of such person in any euit or proceeding i \ 8 aioreHaul , nor any matter disclosed or made known only by iiiwina of such answer , shall bo admitted us evidence against « iucu person in any action for the recovery of such penalty .
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T H E R O M A N Ce Of The Bankruptcy Cou...
T H E R O M A N CE OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT . The romance of real life is more frequently to be lound m a Bankruptcy Court than almost any other place wo know , but it does not always meet with a very ready acceptance . The presiding judge in generally of a verv sceptical disposition ; very much incinuid to throw doubt upon any murvellous story , ^ specially when it happens to bo connected with the « innpp « , irnnce of large sums of money . Two notable inHtnnciM , of this occurred at the Nottingham Bankruptcy ( , ourt the other day . John Hughes , of Hac--oii > y , Lincolnshire , mi unfortunate boast-jobber , ^» th whom Colonel Sibthorp would sympathize as a vicri m ol lm » trade , whh opposed on behalf of the I eut . onmg creditors , becauNo ho had not furnished ivi'n iV , tO 1 y » ' «»» nc « -Hhoot . IIi « liabilities w . ro jm . ji lzh . 2 ( 1 ., and bin ntuwtti £ 3 !)/ i 10 h . The
defalcation was chiefly accounted for by the following memorandum which appeared in his balance-sheet : — « ' Wednesday , the 24 th of April , 1850 , I attended Leicester fat-market , after which I went to Lincoln for the purpose of buying beasts at the fair . I took with me about £ 1000 , £ 840 of which I had in a purse in my inside waistcoat pocket , and the remainder ( £ 160 ) in a similar purse in my trousers pocket . I was staying at the Queen ' s Head Inn , Lincoln , and on the evening of the 25 th of April , about nine o ' clock , I took a stroll as far as the railway station for the purpose of making inquiries respecting some cattle wagons . On my return , when I got outside the railway , station , I perceived a
crowd of persons , and I had some difficulty to pass through . When I had gone a short distance I discovered that I bad been robbed of the £ 840 . I walked backwards and forwards in a great excitement for a short time , but when I became more composed I made up my mind to keep the circumstance a secret , being fearful that it might injure my credit , which stood high in the market at that period . About a fortnight after I mentioned to a person named Lowe , at Morton , that I had a very severe loss , but I never mentioned the particulars to a single individual until the month of November , when I mentioned it to Mr . Casswell ( my brother-in-law ) , who communicated it to the bank ' s agent at Bourn . "
Mr . Commissioner Balguy was not satisfied with this narrative , and a 9 the bankrupt adhered to his statement , he committed him to prison till he can give a more satisfactory statement of the mode in which he lost the £ 840 . The other unfortunate individual who came before the court on the same day was John Day Teasdale , of Boston , Lincolnshire , who had followed the occupation of horse-dealing , and who was opposed by his creditors on similar grounds . Among other losses set down in his balance-sheet was one of £ 600 , which had taken its departure in the following
unsatisfactory manner : —A short time ago he had come to London with £ 600 in a leather purse , in an inside pocket . He reached London in a state of intoxication , fell into the hands of two women , went with them to a house , but could not say where , and next morning , on coming to his senses , found that the £ 600 had fled . The money was principally in bank notes , but he had made no attempt to stop them , or to cause the apprehension of the thieves , nor had he ever seen or heard of the money since . Rhadamanthus Balguy asked if he had no other explanation to give regarding the disappearance of the money . On his answering in the negative he was sent back to prison .
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Tribunals Of Commerce. A Systematic Effo...
TRIBUNALS OF COMMERCE . A systematic effort has been made to establish a Tribunal of Commerce in London for the adjudication of commercial cases and to extend the principle of arbitration . A public meeting on the subject was held at noon on Wednesday , in the great room at the Hall of Commerce . The assemblage was most striking in point of numbers and influence ; the Lord Mayor presided ; several members of Parliament were present , Sir James Duke , Mr . John M'Gregor , and Mr . Arthur Anderson , and a large number of mercantile men . The requisition for the meeting had been signed by 1000 of the merchants , bankers , and traders of the city .
Mr . Francis Lynesaid that what they wanted was a court of equity , where the judges were practical men of business , with a barrister learned in commercial law appointed by the Government ; where technicalities were discarded , and the special pleader was denied all power for quirks , quibbles , and chicanery ; where the utmost force wus given to usages , and where truth would be perfectly free , come from whom it might ; where the expense would bo moderate , and the justice prompt . In other words , a Tribunal of Commerce , by which disputes , simple in their nature , and often resting on the usages of trade , may be settled without an appeal to nice legal definitions , which too frequently leads to the ruin of those concerned .
It was stated by Mr . Anderson , that to avoid the evils attendant on the present administration of the law many persons voluntarily submit themselves to the arbitration of their own members . This is the practice with the members of the Stock Exchange , us well as with the Jews and Quakers . Great corporations and companies also require cases involving contracts for buildings and works to be nubmitted to the decision of their own engineers and architects .
A resolutions in favour of the establishment of a Tribunal of Commerce was passed , and it was resolved that memorials should 1 >« forwarded to the Prime Minister and the President of the Board of Trade .
The Interview With Gilolai! Singh. The I...
THE INTERVIEW WITH GilOLAI ! SINGH . The India papers contain un account of the interview between the Marquis of Dalhousic and Oholab Singh , on the 2 (> th of Decombcr . The meeting had been fixed for the 24 th , but was put off for two days on account of the ill health of the Governor-General . On the afternoon of the 2 ( 5 th tho brigadier commandi | ig the station of Vizierabud , accompanied by his staff , the Commissioner of Lahore , and the
Governor-General ' s secretaries , went to meet the Maharajah , and conducted him through a street about a mile long , composed of the whole of the soldiers in camp . On arriving at the door of the Durbar tent he was met by the Marquis of Dalhousie , who shook hands , and then conducted him to a seat on hia right hand . The presents on both , sides were then brought forward . Those on out side were very rich , but still we were not losers , it is said , by the exchange . Gholab Singh returned to his camp under a salute of
guns . On the following day the Marquis o Dalhousie , attended by a brilliant staff , all mounted on elephants , twenty-one in number , proceeded in state , under a salute of nineteen guns , to return the Maharajah ' s visit . The procession was preceded and followed by detachments of the Body Guard . The whole of the troops were also out , and formed in line from their own camp towards that of Gholab Singh . The latter had deputed his son , Meer Runbeer Singh , and some Sirdars , to go as far as the viceregal camp to meet and escort the Governor-General , and he himself came nearly a mile in . advance of his own tents to receive and conduct his lordship to his camp , showing a marked deference in the mode of reception , and establishing his inferiority in a decided manner in the eyes of the swarm of native lookers-on .
On alighting from his howdar , which greatly eclipsed anything of the kind in Gholab Singh ' s auwaree , the Governor- General was conducted into the Durbar tent by the Maharajah , who assigned to him a seat on his own right , while Sir Henry Elliot took his place to the left , the other British officers in attendance seating themselves on the right of the Governor-General . The Durbar tents were most tastefully arranged , and when all were seated , the Governor-General and Maharajah at the top of a long vista of tents , with fully 100 officers in their glittering uniforms , forming a double line on either side , must have presented an imposing spectacle . After some conversation , during which Gholab Singh pressed on the Governor-General his anxiety to see
him in Cashmere , the presents to the Governor-General were brought in . They consisted of fifty-one trays , with horses and elephants . The tribute shawls of the year , intended for her Majesty , were the chief objects of attraction . " In brilliant colour and exquisite softness and delicacy of texture , " says a correspondent , " they exceed anything of the kind I ever saw . " After the offerings to the Governor-General had been disposed of , twenty-one trays were brought in for Sir Henry Lawrence , and twenty-one for Sir Henrj r Elliot . The other officers in attendance on the Governor-General also participated in his Hi <* hness ' s liberality , a list of their names having been previously sent to the Maharajah .
His lordship , on his return , was escorted by Gholab Singh to the place at which his elephant was in waiting , and by Meer Runbeer Singh to some distance from the camp . On his arrival and departure , he was saluted by a discharge of twenty-one guns . The Maharajah left Vizierabad on his return to Jummoo on the 29 th , but at the date of the latest accounts , the Governor-General was still detained there by heavy rain , which appears to have been general throughout the Northern Punjab . Gholab Singh had lost fifty of his followers from intense cold in traversing the passes between Jummoo and Cashmere .
Sir John Franklin. Another Report Regard...
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . Another report regarding Sir John Franklin and his crew has reached this country ; but it does not seem at all authentic , and , even if it were , is not of such a nature as to give much encouragement to his friends . Tho intelligence is contained in an extra , Sublished by the Columho Observer , under the date of ingapore , January 6 , and is to the following effect : — " News from the utmost ends of the earth are always acceptable , more especially when the subject matter is the relief of the distressed , who have risked , and it may be feared lost , their lives in a search after knowledge . I have it in my power this month to give you later information of the nearch whieh is being prosecuted for the
recovery of Sir J . Franklin and his party than even the Admiralty itself is yet possessed of . Her Majesty ' s surveying ship Herald arrived here from the Arctic regions , via the Sandwich Islands and Hong Kong , during the liiHt week , and she has the latent accounts from the far North . Near the extreme station of the Russian Fin-Company they learned from the natives that a party of white men had been encamped 300 or 400 miles inJand ; that the RuHsiuns had made un attempt to supply them with provisions and necessaries , but that the natives , who arc at enmity with the Russians , had frustrated all attempts . No communication could be opened with the
spot where they were said to be , as a hostile tribe intervened . From the Esquimaux they had this vague story very satisfactorily confirmed , with the nddition that the whites and natives having quarrelled , tho former had been murdered . As to the possibility of these unfortunates being Sir John Franklin ' s party , I leave you and your readers who have paid attention to the case in all Uh bearings to judge . Whether theso men spoken of were or were not Hir John's company , little hopes can now bo entertained of finding them alive , as their provituoiiH must havn been expended one year , and their fuel , which is as necessary , must hare all been burned out nearly two years since . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 22, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22021851/page/7/
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