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time as Mr. Whitworth will consent to submit his
guns to the long-talked-of competitive trial against
Sir William's—a competitive trial which is appa-
rently as far off now as when it was first determined
on 12 months ago. In the meantime Elswick re-
mains idle and useless to the country, for whose
benefit alone will Sir William let it work, for
we believe there is not a single Government in
Europe that has not applied either directly or indi-
rectly for guns to Sir William Armstrong, but
always applied in vain. A number of the new guns
which Sir William has j ust completed are now shown
at Elswick, in which the difficulties of the breech
piece are, it is believed, entirely overcome. This is
a side-loader, in which the breach is composed of
massive wedges, working in grooves, which prevent
their getting out of place or order, and in which,
from the solidity of the wedge-pieces themselves,
no crack or yielding is likely to occur. An exceed-
ingly simple but most ingenious piece of mechanism
connected with the touch-hole prevents the piece
being fired till the breech is closed, and on the
whole this side-loader seems to combine all the ad-
vantages and none of the failings of the old 100-
pounder. Its trial on board the Excellent has
only rendered certain slight modifications neces-
sary, and the general opinion of artillerists leans
strongly in favour of this new gun, which will soon
be used in exper:meats at Shoeburyness. As a mat-
ter of course all parts of the factory at Elswick
abound in beautiful examples of hydraulic ma-
chinery, by means of which all the heavy work of
of a boy who starts or stops the
hydraulic cranes. ,
lifting and moving large masses about is performed
through
the ageuoy

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS,
BEFORE ENTERING INTO ARTICLES OF CLERKSHIP TO

Attorneys and Solicitors.

Pursuant to the Judges' Orders, the Preliminary Exa-
minations in general knowledge will take place on the fol-
lowing days, viz., the 27th and 28th Oct., 1863, and the
9th and 10th Feb. 1864, and will comprise--
1. Reading aloud a passage from some English author.
2. Writing from dictation.
3. English Grammar.
4. Writing a short English composition.
5. Arithmetic—A competent knowledge of the first four
rules, simple and compound.
C. Geography of Europe and of the British Isles.
7. History—Questions of Englis History.
8. Latin—Elementary Knowledge of Latin.
9. 1. Latin. 2. Greek. Modern and Ancient. 3.
French. 4. German. 5. Spanish. 6. Italian.

The special examiners have selected the following books,
in which candidates will be examined in the subjects num-
bered 9 at the examinations in October 1363, and February
1361:

OCTOBER EXAMINATION.
In Latin—Cicero, De Mils, books i. and ii.; and
Horace, Odes, book iii.
In Greek—llomer, Iliad, book i.
In Modern Orcek.-•*-11
—cxxaptoV ?Terl 9A
Blxriptirow
Xni 11013/c7M, twrackarrilevov afro Triv ITaXtxiv
l'Acwro-av 17-30 ; or, BEvrorris tlgropin
(3ioXiov
In French—Guillaume, Guizot, Alfred to Grand, ou
l'Angleterre sous les Anglo-Saxons; or Jean Racine,
Phedre.
In German—Schille.r
.Juogfra.o von Orleans, or Gcs-
chichte des 30-Jahr:gen Kriege, 1 volume.
In Spanish—Cervantes Don Quixote, capit. xxx.—xlv.;
or, Fernandez de Moratin, El Si de las Nenas.
In Italian—Manzoni's Promessi Sposi, cap. xii--xxii.;
or, Torquato ThSSO'S La Gerusalemme, 6,7, 8, and
9 cantos.

Xenophon,
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In
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FEBRUARY EXAMINA.TTON.
Latin
-I,Jourrigxait:aroaxo.:.xt:;(o:Vvrvirgil,.2Eneid, bookvi.
'107:7 erif:r ;1*
Iv cropla rqs•
In Modern Greek,—
In Greek— Memorabilia.
In French—P. Corneille, Cinna ; Fenelon, Telemaque
(Les aventures de). Liv.
In German—Schiller, Don Carlos: Ist and 2nd Act.
Tieck's William Lovel, books i.--iv.
In Spanish—Cervantes' Don Quixote, capit. i.—xx.; or
Dom Ilartzanbusch La Coja y el Encogido.
In Italian—Alsozon's Promessi Sposi, cap. i.--x.; or,
Torquata Tasso's La Gerusalemme, first 4 cantos.
With reference to the subjects numbered 9, each candi-
date will be examined in one language only, according to
his selection. Candidates who select Latin will be examined
in both the works above specified. In Modern Greek,
French, Gorman, Spanish, and Italian, candidates will
have the cboire of either of the above-mentioned works.
Candidates ore. rilitircil by the judges' orders to give one
calendar month's notice to the Incorporated Law Society,
as registrar of attorneys, of the lanc,mago iu which they
propose to be examined, the place at which they wish to
be examined, and also their age and place of educa-
tion. All notices and inquiries should be addressed to the
Secretary of the. Incorpurated Law Society, Chancery-
lane, W.C.

E. W. WILLIAMSON, Secretary.
Law Society's Hall, Chancery-lane,
Lender., August, IW':3.