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      tion The Courtt of Commissaries , appointed by the bishop , exetcito jurisdiction within prescribed limits , and the Atchtdiaeonal Courts , aecotdin * to the terms of their patents , 6 t to local custom . There are also Peculiars of various description * , royal , arcbiepiscopal , episcopal , decanal , sob-deCanal , prebendal , reeforial , arid ridarial , and also some Manorial Courts . Several of tne Peculiars possess toluntary but not contentious jurisdiction , and merely do or sell what no one opposes , as granting dispensati 6 ns , licenses , faculties , ieinfi&nts of Papal extortion , and keeping an office open for the purpose . The appeal from each of the Provincial Courts lies to the Queen , and a commission formerly issued undet the great sealin each case , to certaifl

      dele-, gates . By the recommendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners the jurisdiction of the delegates was transferred , with the same powers , by the statute 2 and 3 William IV ., to the Privy Council . The ecclesiastical laws , as now existing , have been for upwards of three centuries administered in the principal Courts by a body of men associated as a distinct profession , for the practice of " the canon and imperial Roman law . " Some of the members of this body in the year 1576 purchased the site upon which Doctors' Common ' s * now stands , and at their own expense erected houses for the residence of the for the

      judges and advocates , and buildings holding Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts . In the year 1768 a royal charter was obtained , by virtue of which the members of the society were incorporated under the name of " The College of Doctors of Law exercent in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts . " This college consists of a president ( the Dean of Arches for the time being ) , and of those doctors of law , who having taken that degree either at Oxford or Cambridge , shall have been elected fellows in the manner prescribed by charter . From the College of Advocates the archbishop lias always selected the judges of the archiepiscopal courts .

      Proctors in these courts discharge duties similar to those of solicitors and attomies in courts of law or equity . This singular monopoly has been thus humorously described . " Doctors' Commons ( says Mr . Dickens ) is a little out-of-the-way place , where they administer what is called ecclesiastical law , and play all kinds of tricks with obsolete old monsters of acts of Parliament which three-fourths of the world know |

      nothing about . It ' s a place that has an ancient monopoly in suits about people ' s wills and people ' s marriages , and disputes among ships and boats You shall go there one day and find them blundering through half the nautical terms in Young ' s Dictionary ; and you shall go there another day and find them deep in the evidence pro and con respecting a clergyman who has misbehaved himself ; and you shall find the judge in the nautical case the advocate in the clergyman case , or contrariwise . "

      " The advocates are civilians . The proctors employ the advocates . Both get very comfortable fees , and altogether they make a mighty pnug little party . On the whole I would recommend you to take to Doctors' Commons kindly David . " f "With your permission I will continue the subject in another letter . I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , "W . C .

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      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Report . ) The present return exhibits a decrease in the mortality of the metropolitan districts during the week that ended last Saturday ; the deaths , which in the two preceding weeks were 1023 and 1037 , having now fallen to 966 . The average number of deaths in the 10 corresponding weeks vas 1104 , compared with which ( with * dttt any correction for supposed encrease of population ) the account for last week presents a favourable result . But an inspection of the Tables of Ages and Fatal Diseases shows that , though there is a marked diminution of mortality from bronchitis , which had previously thinned the ranks of the aged , who are the greatest sufferers by it ; and though the number who die from what is rather vaguely described as " old age , " has declined from 46 in the preceding week to 35 in the last , and in some complaints common to the young there is also a decrease , yet pneumonia , which is principally fatal to children , has actually encreased , and , in the epidemic class , smallpox and fever exhibit a considerable advance . The registrars again report various families which have been fatally visited by smallpox , and where vaccination is neglected from " prejudice entertained against it . " The births of 764 boys and 759 girls , in all 1523 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 is 1382 .

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      FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , Jan . 28 . Declarations of Dividends . —C . Bunyard , Mark-lane , seedsman ; first div . of 2 s ., any Wednesday ; Mr . Whitmore , Baein ^ hall-street—W . Claridge , Bromley St . Leonard , butcher ; first div . of 4 s . 8 Jd ., any Wednesday ; Mr . Whitmore , Basinghallstreet—B . Good , Bishopsgate-street Without , stationer ; second div of ls . 54 d ., any Wednesday ; Mr . Whitmore , Basinghall-street —H . Deane , Liverpool , merchant ; div . of 20 s ., on Wednesday , Jan . 29 , Or any subsequent Wednesday ; Mr . Turner , Liverpool—R . Abram , Liverpool , merchant ; third div . of 3 d ., and upon new proofa , 4 a . Id ., on Wednesday , Jan . 29 , or any subsequent Wednesday ; Mr . Turner , Liverpool . Bankrupts . — J . Hayward , Oxford-street , Whitechapel , watchmaker , to surrender Feb . 11 , March 4 ; solicitor , Mr . Henderson , Mansell-Btreet , Goodman ' s-flelds : official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane , Lombard-street—B . J . Johnson , Woolwich , plumber , Feb . 4 , March 6 solicitors , Messrs . Willoughby and Cox , Clifford ' s-inn ; official assignee , Mr . Bell , Colemanstreet-buildinffs—W . Waterman , Sheffield , grocer , Feb . 22 , March 22 ; solicitor , Mr . Chambers , Sheffield ; official assignee , Mr . Freeman . Sheffield—M . M'Donnell , Liverpool , licensed victualler , Feb . 10 , March 3 ; solicitor , Mr . Bretherton . Liverpool ; official assig-nee , Mr . Cazenove , Liverpool— S . H . Watson and J . Kingston , Rochdale and Burnlry , Lancashire , mercers , Feb . 7 and 28 ; solicitors , Messrs . Sale , Worthington , and Ship . man , Manchester ; official assignee , Mr . Mackenzie , Manchester —W . Thompson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , grocer , Feb . 13 , March 7 ; solicitors , Messrs . Sudlows , Torr , and Jane way , Bedfordrow ; Mr . Hodge , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and Mr . Wareing , Liverpool ; official assignee , Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Dividends . —Feb . 21 , R . Bowlatt , West Smithfield , licensed victualler—Feb . 21 , B . Tebbit , Ventnor , Isle of Wight , draper—Feb . 18 , W . Goode , jun ., Monmouth , linendraper—Feb . 14 , T . B . Waters , Towcester , ! Northampton 9 hire , licensed victualler—Feb . 18 , T . Rowan , Cambridge , draper—Feb . ! 9 , J . Johnson , Salford , Lancashire , timber merchant—Feb . 18 , T . Hampson , Liverpool , broker—Feb . 20 , W . G . W . Tayler , Tywardreath , Cornwall , surgeon—Feb . 20 , J . Kite , Crewkerne , Somersetshire , wine merchant . Certificates . —To be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day oj meeting - —Feb . 19 , J . Roden , Stamford , Lincolnshire , draper—Feb 19 , A . Black , Wellington-street North , Covent-garden , Westminster , bookseller—Feb . 19 , T . Edwards , Newport , Monmouthshire , ironfounder . Scotch Sequestration . —R . Murdock , Blantyre , Lanarkshire , farmer , Feb . 4 and 23 .

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      BRADFORD HUNGARIAN COMMITTEE . Bowling- Dye Works , Jan . 27 , 1851 . Sin . —The enclosed is a balance sheet of the Bradford Hungarian Committee ' s subscription , and aleo a post-office order for the balance , £ 2 16 s ., which we wish you to acknowledge in your next week ' s Leader , according to a resolution passed at a public meeting in Bradford , which you were kind enough to atten'l , and trust that you will Bee it properly disposed of . Your kind attention to this will oblige , Yours , &c , on bohalf of the Committee , JoNATHANT HaIITXKY .

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      Halanoe iSheat of the Bradford Committea for the Hun-, garian Refugeen , Jan . 21 , 1851 : — Dr . —Subscriptions—Bradford : J . Hartley , £ 113 s . 8 d . ; J . Hunter . 6 s . lOd . : T . Oarr , 8 s . 6 d . ; J . HargreaTca , <»»• Hd . ; Thomas Wilcook , 4 a . 6 d . ; J . Normington , £ b . 8 d . ; W . Scott , 2 i . 2 d . ; Thomas Umnleby , 14 b . 6 <\ . ; W . Cooko , 2 « . 6 < 1 . ; P . Ambler , la . lOjd . ; J . Hudson , [> h . 9 d . Great llortou : Fleece Inn , Us . 2 Jd . ; W . LofthouHe , 4 s . 9 d . ; J . Walker , tts . lOd . j Aaron Shnpherd , 4 « . 9 ( 1 . New Leeds : It . lihyder , In . 6 d .: J . Waddinirton , ' « s . 3 d . ; J . Watfton , 3 « . lid . White Abbey : W . Christian , ( 5 s . Bowling : J . Barrett , 7 « . 2 A . Burby : W . iMetouer , 5 s . 4 d . ; collection at K . Jones' lecture , £ l ; himth and Booth , 10 h . ; sundries , 2 ld . —Total , £ 9 7 « . M . . ^[ - —To lubrlti for collection books , 2 a .: postages , Is . 8 ( 1 . ; stationery , 4 s . ; printing appeals , ' 12 s . ; rent of I'oinnnttee rooim , 7 n ( id . ; cxp ^ nsus of collection , 4 a . ; "y CUHh to deader office , £ 5 . —Balance , £ 2 l ( is . —Total ,

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      So flallnl from the doctors dliiliiff togntlinr at one common wnie . In Ili 7 (> the privilege of Importing- winn for the conii « i ¦ witll (> IIt l" » y «» K th »» usual taxes , Wan granted at Lord Jmrlelfrh ' B su { nro « tlon to " her majouty ' s rljfht trutty friendu . " + David Copperjlcld , p . JJ 49 .

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      Friday , January 31 . Declarations of Dividends . —J . Seaber , Newmarket Cambridgeshire , scrivener ; final div . of Is . 2 | d ., any Tuesday ; Mr . Pennel , Guildhall-chambers , Basinyhall-street—F . Westover , Lewlsham , Kent , cheesemonger ; first div . of Is . 3 d ., on Tuesday , Feb . 4 , or any subsequent Tuesday ; Mr . Pennell , Guildhall-chambers , Basing ) , all-street—T . Rutherford , Ag-nes-place , Waterloo-road , merchant ; first div . of 2 » 4 il . any Tuesday ; Mr . Pehnell , Guildhall-chambers , Bafinghall-street—J . and 8 . B . Searle , Saffron Vvulden , bankers ; final div . of Ju ., on Tuesday , Feb . 11 , or any subsequent Tuesday ; Mr . PeHnell , Guildhall-chambers , Baaingh . ill-atreet — G . W . Law , Landport , Hampshire , auctioneer ; first div . of 6 r ) ., on Tuesday , Feb . 4 , or any subsequent Tuesday ; Mr . Pennell , Guildhall-chambers , Basinghall-street — J . W . Robson and J . Barrow , St . Ann ' s-piace , Limchouse , patent pump-manufacturers : second div . of 2 s . 7 d . ; and first div . of 14 s . 6 d .

      on the separate estate of J , Barrow , on Thursdaj next , and the three subsequent Thurjdays ; Mr . Graham , Coleman-street—II . Heay , Mark-lane , wine-merchant ; third div . of ( is . ( id . ( on the separate estate ) on Thursday next , and the thrue subsequent Thursdays ; Mr . Graha-n , Coleman-street—F . Bun < h : irt , Clillbrda'reet , Bond-street , tailor ; fourth div . of 2 . { d ., on Thursday next , and the three Bubaequent Tlmrsclu ) 8 ; Mr . Gnihitm , Coleiuun-Htreet—J ¦ Prentice , Oxford , ironmonger ; first div . of 6 s . < 5 d ., on Thursday utxt , or the three subsequent Thursdays ; Mr . Graham , Colemuii-Btrcet—It . Leach , Newmarket , tailor ; first div . of . % . 0 ( 1 ., on Thursday next , or the three subsequent 'I huradays ; Mr . ( iriilmm , Colemun-atreet—W . Pownall , Maeclesiielii , nilkmuiiufiicturer ; first div . of ; is . 3 d , on Thursday next , or the three subsequent Thursdays ; Mr . Grah . un , Coleinaii-ntreet—C . Porter . Hraintree , I ' . bhi-x . g-iocer , flrnt div . of 2 a . 3 d ., on Thursday next , or the three subsequent Thursdays ; Mr . Graham , Colemanmreet—A . G . W . Hidtltilph , J . Wriirni . H . ItobiiiHon , und K . W .

      Jtrnln ^ huni , Horn iottn-otreet , bankers ; fourth div . tit 2 Ad ., on Saturday , Keb . I , or the following Wednesday «» r Thursday , or any Saturday j Mr . Kdwards , Sambrook-court , Basinghull-Htree . t—C Wurfen . Nhrewutiury , and Market Dray ton , Shropshire , banker ; third div . of 1 » . ( kl . ( on the pepurato eutate ) , any Thtirw < l ; ty ; Mr . Christie , Birmingham — J . and T . Ilorsfield , Wheelock , near Bandbttdi , coal dealers ; Hrat div . of 6 s . 8 d ., on Wednuaduy , Feb . l '< i , or any subseuuent Wednesday ; Mr . Morgan , Liverpool—J . Smith , l . ivi-rpoi ^ haburdautier ; first div . of < ln . l « l ., on Wutlnuuday , Feb . \ "J , or any Hubuequeut Wednesday ; Mr . Morgan , Liverpool—8 . l'anmll , K / int l . ooe , Cornwall , grace . ! ; ( Lt'Ht div . of 2 s . ( Sd . t any Tuentluy or Friday niter the iSlta nf Juiuiiiiy ; Mr . Ilernainau , Exeter—H . ( iil ) Hoii , York ; innkeepir ; hi'coik ! div . of 1 ^( 1 ., any duy on or after ( ho . trd of Februnry ; Mr . "Young LcedH—Blnnchurd and Pasamore , LcciIh , tailoru ; first div . of 3 s . tt ^ d ., any day on or after the 3 rd of February ; Mr . Young , I . eeda—A . U . Martin , Leeds , statiotier ; Hecond div . of 2 jd ., any day on or after the 3 rd of February ; Mr . Young , Leeds — J . Stork , KingHton-upim-lliill , wino

      merchant ; first and final div . of Ifld ., on Tuesday , Fet > . 4 , or any Hubuequent Tuesday ' ; Mr . Carrick , Hull — W . Jefforfluil , Kingwton-upoii Hull , painter ; first and Inal dir . of 2 a . ( id . on 'I ' lieadny , Feb . 4 , or any subsequent Tuesday ; Mr . Carrick , Hull—II . Andrew , Maiichenter , dyer ; div . of 7 s . ( id ., < m Tuesday , Kelt . 4 , or any HubseqiiRiit Tuesrluy ; Mr . Mackenzie , Manchester—J . und J . Hliarpleo , Daisylield , Liiiicunlilr \ v < : < i 8 tle-upon- 'Iyne , builders ; tlrot div . of i- 'Os . (< iu the NApnrute estatn of ( 1 . Honirfby ) , on Saturday , V « b . 8 , or any HiibHcquoiit Haturday ; Mr . Baker , NoweaBtle-upon-Tyno —J . VVnllaco , <; urlJBle , grocer ; first div . on new projfu of * ' s .

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      Town-made per sack 40 s . to 43 « . Seconds ° l ~ * V Essex and 8 nffolk , on board ehip ^ — »* Norfolk and Stockton ..... ^ ... 4 . J « — A * American » per barrel 21 - 28 Canadian '"• H""V \' a * a ~~ Wbeaten Bread , 7 d . the 41 b . loaf . Hou «« hold 9 , 6 d . GENEBAL AVERAGE PBICB ^ OF GBAlK . W * KK ENDIKO Jan . 25 . Imperial General Weekly Average . Wheat .... 38 s . Od . Bye »•• f - Barley 22 7 Beans * *> * Oata 16 7 Peas ..... 37 5 Aggregate Average of the Six Weeks . Wheat 38 b . 5 d . Rye 23 s . lOd . Barley 23 1 Beans 27 0 Oats 1 C 10 Peas 27 7

      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Saturday . This has been a very dull week in th 6 market for English securities . On Monday Consols opened at 96 j | to 96 | , and continued at the same figure with an occasional advance of \ till yesterday , when they closed at the very same prices as those quoted on Monday . The fluctuation in English stocks during the week has been as follow : —Consols , 96 i to 96 |; Bank Stock , 214 to 215 ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents ., 98 | to 99 ; Exchequer Bills , 57 s . to 61 s . premium . Although little business has been done in foreign securities prices have been , on the whole , well supported . The transactions in the official list , yesterday , comprized : —Brazilian , at 90 J and 89 J j Mexican , for money , 334 and ex . dividend ; for the account , 334 ex . dividend ; Peruvian , 7 8 j , i , and 2 ; the Deferred , 33 g and 34 ; Portuguese Four per Cents ., 35 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents-, 97 ± , k , 97 , and 97 J ; Spanish Five per Cents ., 18 g ; the Three per Cents ., 38 i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., 68 J ; and the Four per Cent Certificates , 911 and i . Mark-ianb , Friday , Jan . 31 . We are largely supplied with Foreign Wheat and Flour . Since Wednesday , holders being un * illing to submit to any decline in prices , there is only a very limited business doing at former rates . There are now fery few cargoes from the Mediterranean and Black Seas off the coast . Polish Odessa Wheat is held for 36 s ., but we have not heard of any sales at that price . The supplies of Foreign Barley are more than adequate to the demand , which is very languid , and sales cannot be made , to any extent , without submitting to a reduction of 6 d . to Is . per quarter . Fine Malting Barley is scarce , and readily taken at fully former rates . With fair eupplies of Oats , Foreign , Irish , and from our own coast , as well as per railway , trade is exceedingly dull , at a decline of 6 d . per quarter . There has been no alteration of importance at any of the country markets held during the week . Arrivals from Jan . ' 27 to 31 Jan . : — English . Irish . Foreign . Flour . Wheat .. .. 1890 29216 2660 Barley .. .. 4950 7020 Oats .. .. .. 3180 _ 4850 __ 11200 BRITISH FUNDS I'OH THK PAST WKEK . ( Cloning Prices . ) , S " a * ur Mond . Tues . fVedn . Thurt . t ' rid . 3 ir . CCon . AnV . < m \ JMij * $ »« 4 ^ _ »»! ilp ' ctcon ^ ' ~ ao 4 ~ % 4 wi y « a "i » BA m iifp Cent An S 8 § !» "J « J »» ™ t _^_ N (!\ v 5 per Cts . - - ¦ m uXlt- : 71 p Tip 70 P 6 » V Jl P 71 P '" lAT - ^ - SS SSf SS SIS I ' " () R . KI « N FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during' t » ie Week ending Friday levelling . ) Auatrlanft porOente . « r > Mexican 5 per Ct . AcC . Xlfr BHfrUn HdB .. 4 A |> . Ct . — — — ««»>»»•• - ~ Brazilian ft p « r Cents . WJl N eapolitaii ft , H » r (> cnt 8 . — Biwno # Ayr « 8 8 p . Ct « . - Peruvian 4 ^ per Cent .. — Chilian 6 per Cent * . .. lOrt P « rtu K uoii « . ) per Cent . ~~ Danlah ft por C « nt « . .. 103 * 1 *~ ~ * l' «» r CU . J 5 Dutch 34 per Cents ... flH ^ ^ miiiltlen --4 , > rtr Conta . .. U 1 J UuB « ian , IHlia , 4 J p . tH » 97 i Kcuailor Uomla .. — » l «»> - Aclivet , l > p . CIb . 1 H ^ Krenchflp . O . Aii . ntParisiMJ . Ift - ^ l > " " — __— - 3 p . Ctu ., Jail . 31 . W . ftft Ih ^ inod .. — ORAIN , Mfirk-lMiie , J "" - " - Wheat , It . Now : » 0 h . to M » . ' Muplo I » n . to . 11 a . Finn : m -40 wi . it « a . i — ai Old ; w 40 H «» il «? rn ~>> — ' "I Whitii 40 — Xi HeaiiH , Ti (; kn . .. ~ M —2-1 Kill * 40 - \ 1 OI . I 2 » - ^> Huporior Now 44 —40 Indian Ooi-n .... - M — 3 ( | ly ) , 2 d — 'ii () ut « , Keed lf > — Hi llarley " ! 1 H — li ) ' »» e ltt ~ ^ Mi . ltiiiB' 2-i ~ » 1 Polnn . 1 17 — 1 H M « H , Ord 48 -60 'i " ¦• - ! 2 ~ \ l Fine fiO — 52 Potato 17 — 1 H l ' eutf , Hof ^ — a ( J n ' "' iH ~~ 1 J >

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 1, 1851, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1868/page/17/