The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. ReceiPtl.7

Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 0 0
2
Belfast and County Down 49 49 1863.6144: 118C1
1 8°
Blyth and Tyxeter :4i
ne 2B 28 1,255 ,„0.,
1211 1, 6,324 g'.W;O!
Bristol and E
Caledonian
Coekerrnouth& Working-ton B/ 84 211 ,uty
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 352 "lYz
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 65 65 12.1
Cork and Youghal
533 324 t
1,3J509 LSI
Cornwall
Deeside l7 17 218 'A.
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75
Dublin and 31 eath
: 416901541 11
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Edinburgh Dub. & i cak.l odw,
laansdg
oNwV e x i d
19001}4
169448 27:028794 10:40(8' ;,,',
Furness, &o 5O 5, 2,826 2,680
C. lat34ow & South-Western
Gt.lffastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 353 351 33,262 29,2 ,/
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,495 1.816
ti t. Nor tlin. & IVes tn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 550 425
'it.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 373/ 329 7,774 8,512
Great Western 10563 10321 59,330 56 457
Inverness & Aberdeen June B6l 863 1,026 676
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 - 1,098 "."/",
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,692 1,%
Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 3951 35,621 31.°A-',
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 264 265 1.4 17,1/
Llanelly 461 461 405 ,3
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall- 5l 61 1,662 11,A3
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2611 2111 15,854 1,,41i16
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 725 4,479 0-0
Do. Metropolitan Extension 101 54 875 , 033
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
ffan.,Sheflield.& Lincolnsh
Blanch. S.J un.& Altrincham O5 95 1,233 '334
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 3/ - 1,936 A 0 540
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6141 42,428 ',"5'616
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2591 1921 4,652 '' • 5
1.
Monkland 714 715 1,687 9 485
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,675 '
North
and Dundee British, E
414 4105 11,755 Perth 1005
, 0
09
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl. 1095 10771 54,938 ''' 57
3,
North London 9 9 3,35 ~064
North Staffordshire 251 252 8,833 ' 9;,6
Oswestry and Newton... 5O 42 1,112 60
Rhymney l9 19 930 643
St. Helen's Canal& Railway 52 62 2,134 2,703
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 1321 4,910 351,
Somerset and Dorset 65 39. 67,8 3,377
.
South Devon
South-Eastern 3OB 306 19,388 'bl7°,
Taff Vale 67 55 6,005 .81'4
Ulster 644 51 2,019 'l3l
Vale of Clwyd
32} 255 2,133250 236556
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 302 4 033
77 1.141 "
Waterford and Limerick 776
71
West Cornwall 274 27/ 738 3.,t92
W.Hartlepoolliarbr.&Rail 52 52 3,705 961
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 7 552 636
Whitehaven Junction l3 13 945 75)
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 933
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 976
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,167 3?,13*
Austrian B2B 828 32,2192%4
Belgian Eastern Junction 264 204 332 2,00}
Bombay, Baroda, & (;en. India 185} 1671 2,467 1,008
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l} 1615 2,990 4,172
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 5,30' 3,659
Dutch Rhenish lOB5 108/ 3,940
Eastern %921
Eastern ofßen Frg 5
ance 1167 1081 58,947 .....-
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O lO9O 21,822 261:34
Great Indian Peninsula 5381 195 B,oo_B 3,977
Great Luxembourg 134 134 3,0/ 466
Great Southeen of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,975 13,714
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 650 490 14,710 . 4,071
Northern of Canada
Northern of France
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1676 136,682 55.015
Paris and Orleans 1614 1431
6),5° --•
Pernambuco
Royal Danish 6Bl 643
69 1,315 5:,,34
Sambre and Meuse 6B 6ii 1,345 49,2q'''
South Austrian
Southern of France .... .1770 1038105 .21;381 g3:o,_
Victorian 196 151 - 583
Welland ...... 00000 .... 25 25 516 ~i
9.-
West Flanders
W. and N.W. of France

Railways.

1863. 1862.

Iforniman's Tea is choice and strong,
moderate
in price, and wholesome to use. These edyanta
isgesolds have
It in
secured for this Tea a general preference•
packets by 2,280 Agents.

of a daughter.
Births.
FAWCETT.— On the 24th inst., at Spring-lodge, Syden•
ham, the wife of W. Wr. Fawcett, Esq., of
a uttilg.uter.
LIDDELL.-011 the inst., at Sutton House, in Holder•
ness in the East Biding
. of the county a York, the wife
TA° 24th inst at
On the. Cheat;
s„Tabor, Surrey, the wife of
the Rev'. of a daughter.
TALBOT--06 the 21st inst., at 10 ,Great George-atroat •
Westminster, the Hon. Mrs, John Gilbert. Talbot, of a
daughter.
BtoOß'..,f. M. Liddell, Eeq•,

Marriages.
coopER—ANDERSON,—On the 24th inst., in London, ikiori
T. Cooper, of Canterbury, to Miss Meroy Anderson,
Blean, near Canterbury. tv'of
WALKER—PETo.—On the 22d inst., at St. lklatthe-
Brixt°n, William John Pilkington Walker, Escilteof
r
Stockwell-green, Surrey, to Fanny, youngest dolga_ ,
of the late John Prato, Esq., of Larkhall-lane, Clapb

Deaths.
BUTCHER.—On the ?3d inst., at Richmond-read,Dalooll/
George Butcher, Esq., aged 81.
CIIAPLIN.—On the 23d inst., at Tathwell Hall, Lin
e°lll'
shire, Fredk. Chaplin, Esq., aged 61. the
COULCIIER.—On the 19th inst., at Wattisfield RectorY)
Rev. George Coulcher, aged 58, 13 111
EDWARDS.—On the 19th inst., at 8, Belgrave-road, Jo
Edwards, builder, aged 58. innel
FIRE is.—On
the 18th inst., at Radford, Devon, t-,°""
Harry Bulteel Harris, KM., aged 75.
POLLARD.—On the 21st inst., at Southland.,
T0;11u39
Win. Pollard, Esq., aged 76.

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THE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT
COMPANY (Limited).
(The Directors reserve to hemselyes the right of changing
the name of the Company.)
To be incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1862," by
which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the
amount of share,.
Capital £1,000,006, in 20,000 Shares of £5O.
First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application £1 per
share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5
per share, and at inter :els of not less than three months.
It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share.
DIRECTORS.
George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con-
stable', Cannon-street.
George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great
St. Helen's.
William Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway.
Wm. M`Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander
3PArthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street.
F. J. Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargoed, Kin;, and Sargood),
London and Melbourne.
Th mas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos
Ayres aad River Plate Bank.
James Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and
Co.), Gutter-lane.
*Hugh Fraser Sandeman, Esq.
*Richd. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman 4; Co.
*Samuel Baker, Esq.
* Committee of Management.
BANKERS.
The London and. Westminster Bank, -4" ''"'
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick.
BROKERS.
James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lane.
Messrs. Sandeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings.
Offices—No. 4, Abatreh-lane.
PROSPECTUS.
In forming this Company the Directors have secured the
no-operation of Messrs. Sandeman and Co.. of Abchurch-lane.
Whose well-known and long-established business it is the
object of this Company to take up and develope.
The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary
discount busines,.
The terms on which the business of Messrs. Sandeman and
Co. has been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating
a profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up
capital.
The Company will take possession of the premises now oc-
cupied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the Ist day of
January, and the business of the Company will commence
from that day.
No promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses
will be strictly confined to the necessary payments.
Prospectuses and forms of' applications for shares may be
oh' ained at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and
of the Solicitors.
In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will
be returned in full ; should a less number of shares be al-
lotted than are applied for, the depDsit will be made avail-
able towards the payment on allotment, and the balance, if
any, returned to the applicant.

N°. 22,309.

Io PERSONS SEEKING LANDED
ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PROPER PIES GENERALLY-

To BE HAD GRATIS, at tliTeprincipal Hallway Bookstalls
throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices,
No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's
"FREE PROPERTY VEGISTER," containing a varied selection
of landed and house properties now in the market, from
the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
cottage with its few acres.
OWNERS or PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can erns-
brace the opportunity that the medium of this Resister
affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the
Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs.
Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers,
where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid-
ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon-
veniences.

THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency,
and then only the usual moderate commission.
Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London.

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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Directors of the Consolideed Discount Company

(Limited).

, .
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of
£ , I request you to allot me shares in the
Consolidated Discount Company (Limited), and I hereby
azree to become a member of the Society, and to accept such
shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and
I request you to place my name on the Register 6f Members
in respect of the shares allotted tome.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant.
Name in full .
Address
Usual signature
•
Date

CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY
(Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that no APPLICATIONS
for SHARES in this Compaqy will be received after WED-
NESDAY next, the 30th instant.
By order.
Temporary Offices, 4. Abchurch-lane, E.O ,
Dec. 24, 1863.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE.
This Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for
Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced
scale of rates.
Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle-
street.

PPERIAL LIFE INSUR tNCE COMPANY
no. 1, Old Broad-street, London, E.C.

Instituted 1820.
HENRY DAVIDSON, Esq., Chairman.
EDWARD HENRY CHAPMAN, Esq„ Deputy-Chairman.
Insurances effected before the 31st January, 1861, will be
entitled to Three Years' Additions in the Profits to be de-
clared in 1866.

SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.

NOTICE,-CHRISTMAS RENEWALS.

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2,001
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4.1719
3,65

52,92 i

Mercantile and Deck Insurances at the reduced rates.

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The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000.
The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was
£85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock,
£10,086,332.

A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to
parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received
sums amounting in the aggregate to .C 440,000 ; and the Society
now holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus.

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The rates of premium are in no case higher than those
charged by the other principal offices making no returns to
their insurers.

For pro,pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey-
street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars, E.C.

THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF
GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY

THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL
POST-OFFICE, WAR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL,
INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
DIRECTORS IN LONDON.
HENRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
John Cheetham, Esq., Staleybridge.
John Field, Esq., Warnford-court, City.
Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall.
Richard Francis Georqe, Esq , Bath.
Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's-wood.
Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury.
John Hedging, Esq., Cavendish Club.
James Edward M`ronnell, Esq.. Wolverton.
C. W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia.
Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of
Cust'ms, Bomb iy.
H. Wickham Wickham. Esq. M.P. for Bradford.
Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Esq.,
Club, and Canonbury.
J.P. Brown-Westhead, Esq., M.P. for York.

Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank-
-11:1Z and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies,
Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust.

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Life AFsurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad-
vantageous terms.
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information
may be ob'ained from the Chief Offices, 2. Waterloo-place,
Pall-mall, London ; and 39, Gcorge-street, Edinburgh.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
__OCT_VTIJS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
svmr:f__A-RNICEB BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
ki ay PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
iTenty Bainbridge E DIRECTORS.
Robert Barclay, EBO sq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
John Garratt Cattl -v. r Earl of Leven and Melville.
Mark Currie Close, cE,,' -sq. Chas. Jim Mannino., Esq.
William Davidson, Esq; Henry Nelson, Es cc.
ISElaropn:ur,je I°Bee Leoll Ils
Thomas Dent, Esq.
ecl:Vu.stPeerr,7E.sq.
Alexander Druce, 'En Charles Robinson, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Ea,.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, req. wilijam 'arrPFton Smith, Esq.
1! ob 1. Amadeus Heath, Req. joser srtau' EN'
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.! Nyn am Zncs, Rao., M.P.
Wallace lan
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Yoliu 1
p iernet
on
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., OF Sq.
NOTICE.- The usual fiftedeunedaatyschalriloswtmedasfzinnr). ,
FIRE PREMIUMS falling
9th January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms. I
Insurances against Fire on Merchandize n the doerand
warehouses in the Port of London are accepted at the late
reduced rates of Premium.
FAR MING-STOCIC—No extra charge is made for the use
of a Steam Thrashing machine.
The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave-
raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000
Life. ,o----nn
may be Insured on one
- - • --

This Corporation affords to the Assured--
the li
Liberal participartnershipation in Profits—with
exemption from
A rate of Bonus equal to the average
returns of
Capital Mutual
Societies—with the guarantee of a large Invested
Stock.
The advantages of modern practice,—with the B
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the eg
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
Way Terminus. Icing's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MajeAy the QUEEN.
Tice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE S,K.G
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad-
mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the
at tient and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged
t) treat as out-patients many di stres •ing cases which. with
Inore adequate tun ds, they would gladly admit into the war r" s.
The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 600
beds.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
tltuntal7 contributions and legacies, which are received by
b Treasurer Edward Nas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
Co.Y Messrs. Coutts and Co.: Drummond and Co. ; Herries and
6 ; Ransom and Co, Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith,
-gne,oand Co.: Glyn and' Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay
oyt_C • ; Denison and Co. W Maras, Deacon, and Co. ;
~,arend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., BerPers-street ;
Lrman and Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at
the 1108Pita1, from 10 till 5.

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THE PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of
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Founded on Chemical Analysis, and embracing the most
approved Methods of the Art.
By the Author of "Fruits and,Farinacea the Proper Food
of Man."
London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C.

THE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and
Preserved by ART.
By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist
London : 18, New Burlington-street W.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent
heavy gales some of the boats of the Royal Nalonal
Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the
crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi-
lus, of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17 ;
schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4 ; pilot boat, of St.
Ives, 7 ; schooner Anion, of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy,
of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque
Marietta, of Lisbon, 1; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ; Tenby
fishing boat, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzic, 7. Total
lives saved, 55. The lifeboats also assisted in bringing safely
into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian
brig Camoglino, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby,
the schooner Guilts, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am-
sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of
distress on fourteen °cessions, but their services were not
ultimately required. The amount of reward paid for all
these services was £216.

The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the
public for ASSISTANuE to enable ?hem to meet the con-
tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lileb Jat estab-
lishments. Contributions are received by all the London
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

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Lincoln.

SOHO ESTATE. HOUSE, AND GENERAL
BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring
Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and
Houses to be dispose,' of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES
MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 20, Gerrard-street,
Soho, 7..

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INNS OP COURT.

The Council of Legal —Education have approved
the following rules fur the public examination of
the students for Hilary Term, 1864.

ENVELOPES. INVOICES. &c with JONES'S
PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS.

The above would be found useful to youths at school for
embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, &c. The Press
complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 9s. 6d.
Note the Address :—WILLIAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press
Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op-
posite Day and Martin's).

BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.-
Mr. WETHERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street,
City, PRACTISES in COURT, and effects PRIVATE
ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity.
Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun-
try cases economically conducted.
N. B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs.
Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex-
pense.

The attention of the students is requested to the
following rules of the Inns of Court :
As an inducement to students to propose themselves for
examination, studentships shall be founded of 50 guineas
per annum each, to continue for a period of three years, and
one such studentship shall be conferred on the most dibtin-
guished student at each public examination; and further,
the examiners shall select and certify the the names of three
other students who shall have passed the next best exami-
nations, and the Inns of Court to which such students be-
long, may, if desired, dispense with any terms not exceed-
ing two, that may remain to be kept by such students pre-
viously to their being called to the bar. Provided that the
examiners shall not be obliged to confer or grant any stu-
dentship or certificate unless they shall
be of opinion that
the examination of the student they select has been such as
entitles them thereto.
At every call to the Bar those students who have passed
a public examination, and either obtained a studentship or
certificate of honour, shall take rank in seniority over all
other students who shall be called on the saute day.
No students shall be eligible to be called to the Bar who
shall not either have attended during one whole year the
lectures of two of the readers, or have satisfactorily passed
a public examination.
RULES FOR THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES
FOR HONOURS OR CERTIFICATES ENTITLING{ STUDENTS
TO BE CALLED TO THE BAR.
An examination will he held in next Ililary Term, to
which a student of any of the Inns of Court, who is desirous
or
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MR. REARMS, LAND ESTATE. and
HOUSE AGENT, SURVEYOR and VALUER, 91
and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge Douse, opposite the
Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the
particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property
for Sale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which
no charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, and then
only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be
given on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr.
Reardon charges tne Tenant only, and not the Landlord.
Particulars of Property for Sale and to be Let will be given
personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town
and Country Residences, Landed Properties, and Farms
wanted to Rent and Purchase immediately.
Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above.

TEETH.—Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in
follow',
the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the
maau
ng advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work-
matnfp and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the
Perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without
pain or extraction of
stumps, and to answer all the purposes
of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without
wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the
gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option
of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad-
just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the
aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always
useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea-
tise Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps.
Inspection of specimens and oonsultations iree.-B,Grsvenor-
eetexp lainin
Bond-street, W ; and at as, Bennett's-hill, Bir-
mingham-
str, g

Each student proposing to submit himself for examina-
tion will be required to enter his name at the Treasurer's
office of the Inn of Court to which he belongs, on or before
Friday, January 1 next, and he will further be required to
state in writing whether his object in offering himself for
examination is to compete for a studentship or other
honourable distinction, or whether he is merely desirous of
obtaining a certificate preliminary to a call to the Bar.
The examination will commence on Thursday, January
7 next, and will be continued on the Friday and Saturday
following.

It will take place in the Benchers' Reading-room of
Lincoln's-inn, and the doers will be closed 10 minutes after
the time appointed for the commencement of the examina-
tion.

The examination by printed questions will be conducted
in the following order :—Thursday morning, January 7, at
half-past 9,:0n Constitutional Law and Legal History; in
the afternoon, at half-past 1, on Equity. Friday morning,
January 8, at half-past 9, on Common Law; in the after-
noon, at half-past 1, on the Law of Real Property, &C.
Saturday morning, January 9, at half-past 9, on Jurispru-
dence and the Civil Law ; in the afternoon, at half past 1,
a paper will be given to the students, including questions
bearing upon all the foregoing subjects of examination.
The oral examination will be conducted in the same order
during the same hours, and on the same subjects, as those
already marked out for the examination by printed ques-
tions, except that on Saturday afternoon there will be no
oral examination.
The oral examination of each student will be conducted
apart from the other students, and the character of that
examination will vary, according as the student is a candi-
date for honours or a studentship, or desires simply to ob-
tain a certificate.

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Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen
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round the
Is here avoided--a soft bandage being worn
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body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied ease
Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so
much
be worn
And closeness that it cannot be detected, and may
the
during slee so often hurtful in its effects,
p• A descriptive circular may he had, and
truss, which cannot fail to
ournference ot the body, two inches below the hip®, being
fit, forwarded by post, 011
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WRITE, 225, Piccadilly.
A Single TrUss, 165., 215., 268. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is.
1 Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
Xn Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, is. 10d.
the cir-
Post-office Orders to be made payable 1-,s— John White, Post-
office, Piccadilly.

Theoral examination and printed questions will be founded
on the books below-mentioned, regard being had, however,
to the particular object to which the student presents him-
self for examination.

In determining the question whether a student has
passed the examination in such a manner as to entitle him
to be called to the Bar, the examiners will principally have
regard to the general knowledge of law and jurisprudence
which he has displayed.
A student may present himself at any number of exami-
nations until he shall obtain a certificate.

Any student who shall obtain:a certificate may present him-
self a second time for examination as a candidate for the
studentship, but only at one of the three examinations im-
mediately succeeding that at which he shall have obtained
such certificate, provided that if any student so presenting
himself shall not succeed in obtaining the studentship, his
name shall not appear in the list.
Students who have kept more than 11 terms shall not be
admitted to an examination for the studentship.
The reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History will
expect the candidates for honours to be well acquainted with
the Origin and Progress of our Laws and Constitution, as
explained in chap. 3, part 3, of Hallam's History of the
Middle Ages.

He will expect them to be well acquainted with the
chapters in Hallam's Constitutional History which give an
account of the reigns of Henry VIII., of Elizabeth, the
Stuarts, William 111. and Anne, with the State trials of
persons eminent in our history, or remarkable, for any
other reason, from the accession of James I. to the year
1747, vith the history of the law of treason and the law of
libel.

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All candidates will be required to know the leading events
in English history from the Conquest to the accession of
George 111. , to have an accurate knowledge of the reigns
of the Stuart Kings, of Magna Charta, the Petition of
Right, the Bill of Rights, the Act of Settlement, and the
Toleration Act.

The Reader on Equity proposes to examine in the fol.•
lowing books :-1. Haynes's Outlines of Equity ; Smith's
Manual of Equity Jurisprudence ; Hunter's Elementary
View of the Proceedings in a Suit in Equity, part 1. 2. The
cases and notes contained in vol. 1 of White and Tudor's
Leading Cases; the Act to Further Amend the Law of Pro-
perty and to Relieve Trustees, 22 and 23 Victoria, chap. 35 ;
the Act to Further Amend the Law of Property, 23 and 24
Vic., chap. 38 ; the Act to give to Trustees, Mortgagees, and
other certain powers now commonly inserted in settlements,
mortgages, and wills, 23 and 24 Vic., cap. 145; the Act to
Regulate the Procedure in the High Court of Chancery and
the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster,
25 and 26 Vic., cap. 42 ; the General Orders of the Court of
Chancery of the Ist February, 1861, and of the sth Febru-
ary, 1861 (Jurist, vol. 7, N.S., part 2, p. 58); Mitford on
Pleadings in the Court of Chancery, introduction, chap. 1
secs, 1 and 2 ; chap. 1, sec. 3 (the first six pages); chap. 2,
sec. 1; chap. 2, sec. 2, part 1 (the first three pages) ; chap.
2, sec. 2, part 2 (the first two pages); chap. 2, sec. 2, part 3;
chap. 3.
Candidates for certificates having passed a satisfactory
examination will be expected to be well acquainted with the
books mentioned in the first of the above classes.
Candidates for a studentship or honours will be examined
in the books mentioned in the two classes.
The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to ex-
amine in the following books and subjects:-1• Joshua
Williams en the Law of Real Property, sixth edition. 2.
Legal and Equitable Interests, J. W. Smith on Real and
Personal Property, second edit., pp. 234-287. 3. Vested and
Contingent Bequests; Stapleton v. Mottles, Prec. Chan.,
317; Hanson v. Graham, 6 Ves. 239 and the notes to those
cases ; Tudor's Real Property Leading cases, second edit.
pp. 724.762. 4. The Fines and Recoveries Abolition Act,
3 and 4 Will. IV., cap. 74, and the notes to that Act, shei_
ford's Real Property Statutes, seventh edit. 5 71,
nature
and effects of tenure, Hayes on Conveyancing,
vol. L, cap.
1, pp. 1.51, fifth edition.
Candidates for honours or the studentship Will b
exa-
mined in all the foregoing books and subjects; candidates
for a certificate in those under heads 1,2, and 3,
The Reader on Civil Law and Jurisprudence proposes to
examine in the following books and
subjects --1 Justi-
nian's Institutes, book ii., with thejuenotes of .Ortolansand_
Sanders. 2. Mackeldeii-Systems
eialis, lib. 1., secs. 208-327 (pp. 227 is Romani, Pars,
•
3. Code Napoleon, art. 516-710, 388 edit. Lips., S4‘)
differentes
modifications de la proprict6 ; des-biens et des
esorip.
tion. 4. Wheaton's Elem art. 2,219-2,281 de It Pawr
1,
commencement
ents of International
1863) ; Part IV,, c.
imme-
diate effect. 5. Austin, thelnencement of war and
its
im(eradist
de-
fined, lectures I. and
Candidates for . province of jurisprudence
hobnours will be exam' 'ned in the whole of
the above subjectsbe examined in 1,,4,ut cdansdidlates for a pass certificate will
The Reader on Common Law proposes to examine in the
following books and subjects :
Candidates for a pass certificate will be examined in,-1.
The Ordinary Steps and Course of Pleading In an Action.
2. The Law of Contracts so far as set forth in Broom's
Commentaries (second edit.), book ii., omitting chaps. 4
and 6. 3. Selwyn's Nisi Prius (twelfth edit.)—Titles :
Assault and Battery, Deceit, Libel, Trespass, and Troyer,
4. Archibold's Criminal Pleading, 15th edit. (by Welsby),
book ii., part 1, secs. 1-3 of Larceny, Embezzlement, and
Cheating.
Candidates for the studentship and honours will be exa-
mined in 1,3, and 4 supra, and also in-5. The under-
mentioned cases, with the notes appended to them con-
tained in Smith's Selection of Leading Cases (last edition),
vol. II : Cutter v. Powell, Elves v. Mawe. Macriot v.
Hampton, Pesky v. Freeman, Vicars v. Wilcocks. 6.
Broom's Legal Maxims (third edit.) ; chap. s—Fundamen-
tal Legal Principles ; chap. 8.--The Interpretation of
Deeds and Written Instruments. 7. Smith's Mercantile
Law, sixth edit. (by Dowdeswell) ; Book I.—Of Mercantile
Persons. 8. Taylor on Evidence (third edit.) ; part 1.--
Nature and Principles of Evidence.

By order of the Council,

C. WES7BURY, Chairman.

ROBIN HOOD has been taken as the subject of a
German poem by Anastasitts Grim.

It is a curious question to ask what detectives really do,
and how they do it—how much crime is found out through
their agency, and what are the means they employ ? Those
wretched private detectives, as they call themselves, who
offer their services to get up scandals, do unquestionably
pick up or invent a mass of gossip; and it is by no means
a pleasant reflection that any one who owes another a
grudge can hire a scoundrel to spy out all the details of his
irsets
police particular
aek
dimple
sp oi f
o persons
questions
o the enemy's life, in the hope of securing some base end by
daring the man he has spied to face publicity. There are,
et
we suppose, some private detectives of a higher stamp ; but
putting these people aside, what do the detectives employed
in a proper and responsible way, by official authority, really
itperfectly obvious. A dead body is found, and the
do ? We believe that the experience of all lawyers who
have had much to do with the working of the criminal law
their selves' The police merely conduct an inquiry
lawe ea
l hhe a
is that the detectives do exceedingly little. The crimes
which are found out, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred,
reveal
make inquirypeelemost
about
oe
t. which
Tt
likely to know, tied get answers which show who was the
murderer. It is true that the police in such a case discover
the criminal, but this is merely because the police are the
persons paid to go through this easy process. If a crime
has been committed of a kind to make detection complicated
the police may obtain some clue by simply exhausting all
the chances of finding something to guide. They have
unbounded time before them; if they succeed, they are
complimented and paid extra; if they fail, they are still
paid as much as their labour is worth in the market. They
have also the prestige of the law to help them, and in most
cases, in England, there is a general desire in the popula-
tion that the offender should be brought to justice. But
they have not anything more, and if the concealment of the
crime is such as to bailie the investigation of :persons who
are armed with the authority of the law, and can afford to
take plenty of time in the search, the crime almost always
remains undetected. There is no such thing, unless in very
exceptional cases, as sending to London for skilled detec-
tives who, by some magical art, can hunt out a crime un-
discoverable by a decent set of competent policemen work-
ing in the ordinary way. The main use of calling in the
gprviece of London policemen is, that the men sent are the
most expert of their class, and are tolerably sure to avoid
gross blunders at the outset. They may be useful in pre-
venting the local authorities from going off the wrong
scents and so losing time. But when they set to work, they
can but work as all men of sense and experience would
work in conducting such an inquiry, and have no special
secret or art of their own. T hen what can detectives really do ?
They can do two things if they are masters of the business.
They can catch, better than most men, a person supposed to
have committed a crime ; and, secondly, when they have
caught him,
they can deal with him better than most per-
sons can. Both these things are distinct from unravelling
the secret of a crime. The detectives could not find out the
clue to the Road murder; but if they had fixed reasonable
suspicion on any person, and that person had tried to run
away, they would have effected his capture better than any
ordinary men of intelligence could have done. This is
partly from experience and partly from a natural capacity
for acting, A man accustomed to hunt criminals gets a
general idea of what criminals are likely to do—what ports,
for example, they are likely to embark at, or what are the
most common devices for throwing suspicion on other people.
Then, again, the detective has, or ought to have, a turn for
acting, and a good deal of practice in acting. He has the
face and figure which admit of disguises : he can, in tech-
nical language, make up well; and when he is made up, he
can behave as a person of his assumed character would be-
have. He can do at least as well as a fair farce actor could.
He knows how to dress as a waiter, as a clergyman, as a
commercial traveller, and he is tolerably at home in his dis-
guises. Wherever the fugitive is, he must, unless in soli-
tude or in a regular den of thieves, be among people inno-
cently pursuing the ordinary business of life, and regardless
of him. He is on his guard against exceptional people who
look as if they were engaged on special business, and whose
special business may be to catch him ; but he cannot be on
his guard against all the people who seem to be doing only
what they do every day, and to be going on without any
reference to him and his crime. It is the part of the detec-
tive to pretend to be one of these people, and to act so na-
turally that the fugitive is entrapped ; and in order to act
the part the detective must have a manageable figure and
face, and knew how to talk naturally, and be willing and
ready to tell a vast amount of lies on the spur of the mo-
ment. Then, again, when the prey is bagged and the de-
tective has revealed himself as a detective, and has his
criminal in his grasp, he often, from experience of criminals,
and from the general quickness which a life like his fosters,
can deal with his man in a very effective way. He can,
perhaps, read in the captive's face whether he is guilty or
not, and if he looks guilty he can often make defence vir-
tually impossible by boldly accusing him of the crime, while
beforehand the detective had no more than a general sus-
picion.—Saturday Review.

JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, VA, PlaidlllY.