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INCORPORATED LAW SOCIE ry,9 U.K.—
LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69.

LECTURES.

Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile
Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and
Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the
manilla of December, January, February, March, April,
May, Ad June next.

LAW CLASSES.
In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted
under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers,
and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The
number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and
the instruction given will be confined to an examination
of the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or
on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject.
A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and
be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc-
tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the
lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the
memory by the classes; and the system of constant ex-
amination will test, from time to time, the progress made
by the students.
LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW,
by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister-
at-Law.

lowTihnegCsumbirjesect ws
:i_ll consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol-
a. Simple Contracts.
b. Contracts under S, al.
c. The Contract of Sale.

d. Bills of Exchange, -Promissory Notes, and Checks ;
with the distineitJu 13,...wc0u negotiable instruments and
other simple contracts.
e. Freight and Contracts of Affreiehtment, with the pe-
culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading.
f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences-
1. To the Owner of the Vessel.
2. To the Owner of the Cargo.
3. To the Underwriter.
g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered
the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on
Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a
Master for the acts of his Servant.

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In his private classes the reader will use as text-books
—The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law
(Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson).

LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of
REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law.
This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:—

Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on tho perusal
and examination of Abstracts.

Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements.-1. Settlements of
Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds ; b.
Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c.
Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the
Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ;
a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste; b. Jointures,
Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases
and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty
Act-3. Di.eutailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail-
4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of
Settlements.
Lectures V., VI. V ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents
of a Will -`2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3.
Practical Hints on Drawing Wills.
Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks,
Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3.
Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds.
Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi
tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds-3. Articles of
Partnership, &c.
In these lectures and classes the Introductions and
Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially
referred to.
As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on
Real and Personal Property are recommended.

E4tfiIfEEOTURES,I?y Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart.,

Barris ter-at-Law.

. This course will consist of Nine Lectures :
Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suegested arrange-
ments for purposes of Study.
Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account ;
generally, Apportionment and Contribution.
Lecture HI. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued : specially, between Principal and Agent.
Lecture IV. Tho Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued : specially, bet ween Partners. •
Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra-
tion : 1. The Administration of Assets.
Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction,
continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged
by recent statutory enactment.
Lectures VIII., IX. Injunctions.
Books recommended:—Story's Equity Jurisprudence,
chapters 8; 9, 10, 13, 1,, 23 ; liaddan's Administrative
Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery.
Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead-
ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred
to during the course.
The subscription payable for the Lectures—
For all the Foreaeh
three courses, course.
By c!erks of members ....... £2 2 0 £1 1 0
By clerks of gentlemen not
members
By all other persons not being
members
The subscription payable foi the law classes—
For all the
branches of Foreach
instruction. branch.
By every subscriber £s 5 0 £2 12 6
Members of the Society may attend the lectures without
subscribing.
To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers
cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com-
menced. .

E. W. Williamson, Secretary.
Law Society's hall, Oct., 1868.
N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atteni the lec-
tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as
the instruction given in the classes will have special re-
ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those
who desire to attend the classes should also attend the
lectures.

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