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London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

INNS OF COURT.

An examination will be held in Hilary Term next, .to
;which a student of any of the Inns of Court who is desirous
of becoming a candidate for a studentship or honours, or a,
obteining a certificate of fitness for being called to the bar,.
will be admissible.
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
Tuesday, January 1; and he will further be required to
state in writing whether his tobject`in offering himself for
examination is to compete for a studentship or other honou.r-
able distinction, or whether he is merely desirous of obtaiin
ing a certificate preliminary. to a, call to the bar.
The examination will commence on Tuesday, January 8
ru
next, and will be continued on the Wednesday and Thurs-
day following, and will take place in the Benthers Reading
Room of Lincoln's-inn.
The Reader on Constitutional Law and Legta History will
expect the candidates for honours to be well acquainted
with the origin and progress of our laws and coustitution
,as explained by chapter 3, part iii. of " Hallam's History
me the Middle Ages."
,He will expect them to be well acquainted with the most
important provisions of the Great Charter (on which they
will an excellent commentary iu " Sullivan's Lectures,"
39 40, 41, 42, 43, pages 343 to 381) ; with the chapters in
" Hallanr's Constitutional History" which contain an ac-
count of thO reigns of Henry VIII., Elizabeth, the Stuarts,
William III.? and Anne ; with the State trials. of persons
eminent in our history, or which are remarkable for any
other reason, from the time of Mary to the accession of
Anne ; and with the history of the law of treason, libel, and
of the tenure of land.
He refers those candidates especially to the 26th, 27th,
28th, and 29th chapters in the third volume of Lord
Brougham's " Philosophical Philosophy ;" to the close of
the 23d chapter of " llume's History," vol. 3, p. 296, Bvo
edition, the passage beginning " Thus have we pursued
the history of England," &c. ; to the third volume of
" Millar's History ;" to the preface to " Gilbert on Uses,"
by Lord St. Leonards ; the preface to the " State Trials ;"
the fifth chapter of the second volume of " Blackstone's
Commentaries" (edition in which the text is preserved) ;
and chapters 1,2, and '3 of Mr. Justice Foster's work on
the Crown Law.
All candidates will be expected to know the principal
events in English history from the Conquest to the acces-
sion of George HI. ; to have an accurate Jraowledge of the
reigns of the Stuart Kings, of Magna Charta, the Petition
of Right, the Bill of Rights, the Law of Treakon, and the
Act of Settlement.
The Reader on Equity proposes to examine in'
lowing fol-
lowing books :-
1. " Hayne's Outlines of Equity," " Smith's Manutris of
Equity Jurisprudence," " Hunter's Elementary View of
the Proceedings in a suit in Equity," part
2. The cases and notes contained in the first volume of
White and Tudor's " Leading Cases," and the following
cases in the second volume Ashburner v. Macguiro,"
Earl of Oxford's case, and
" Harding v. Glyn," with the
notes on those cases ; the " Act further to Amend the Law
of Property and to relieve Trustees," 22 and 23 Vict., cap
35 ; the " Act to further Amend the Law of Property," 23'
and 24 Vict., cap. 38, secs. 10, 11, and 12 ; " Mitford on
the 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 i. (the first three pages);
chap. 2, sec. 2, part ii. (the first two pages) ; chap, 2, sec. 2,
part 3 ; chap. 3.
Candidates for certificates of having passed a satisfectify
examination will be expected to be well acquaint ed 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.
ex-
The Reader on the Law of real property proposes to
amine in the following books and subject,
1. " Joshua Williams on the Law of Real Property,o,
fifth edition. 66 Alexander v,Alizauder 3,

23 and 24 Vic
2. On the exercise of powers ;
2 yes., 640, and the notes to that case in ~• Tudor's Lead•
ing Cases in Conveyancing," 299•
3. As to the capacity and incapacity to buy and Bell real
estate; "Dart's Vendors and Purchasers," chap. 1, third
edition.
244. Vic., cap. 14e,
and the OW to those acts in Hunter's or Langley's edi-
Zhoeasesta.tsu,e9o: 2an2danld223;
aniridel3caanp.d3s;

bons.
410 common law UM and trusts.
certillezaracillatesciinin 2tll2l.oteleiuntere-
-5. Hayes on . • .
g 0.... 154 Q.
head' 1,
and
d
The Reader on Junspru enne and the Civil Law Port._
• e candidates for honours in the following b°°"
to examm
and subjects
..„oe. Warn-
1. The Roman law of property and initse",
14 book ii. of
konig,
Institationes Anis Romani prilla--P'
edition of 1860.
fiend Laws" part
2. " 'Wheaton's Elements of Interna
ration, ind:epon-
II.:—" International rights of BOPP
dance, equality, and property." d ZdaliMS of Jurisp nt-
3. " Principles and the commentaries on
deuce," the first 30 masinas'
f;twandidtajectestaf;ocanbliOda7aWfillor bae

Candidates for a WWI berksilil.ecianirii. ; with
each. - - -
ogetinianwill bs
1. " The Institutes of J"--- '"
or the explanations in
the notes in Soudan,' o edition,
" Cimin's Manual*"
2. ‘‘ wheaten's Elements," part 11. :«—" International
olfpfeeervation, independence, equality, and
rights of
property."
gaoler on Common Law proposes to examine in the
Themein boo and subjects :
follow
candidates for a pass certificate will be examined as to—
, 1, The ordinary proceedings and course of pleading in

an action.
2. The elements of the laws of contracts, which may be
read from " Smith's Lectures on Contracts". (last edition.
by Malcolm), omitting so much of lecture 9 as relates to.
joint-'stock companies.
3. The first six chapters of Broom's " Legal Maxims,"

third edition.
4. " Archbold's Criminal Pleading" (by Welsby), book
ii.—" Offences against individuals," part i,, and part ii.,
sees. 1-4.
Candidates for the studentship or honours will be ex-
amined in the above subjects, and also in-
5. The principles of the law of evidence so far as ex
plained by Mr. Best in his treatise on that subject (part i.
chaps. 1 and 2, part iii., book i., chap. 2), last edition.
6. The following cases :—" Chasemore v. Richards," 7
H. L. Cas., 349 " Hooper v. Lane," 6H. L. Cas., 143 ;
" Morley v. Attenborough," 3 Exchq., 500 ; " Bonomi T.
Backhouse," 1 E. B. and E., G 22, 646 ; and BAUM T.
Ward, 9 C. 8., 392.