The Sun.
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 of
obtaining a certificate of fitness for being called to the ter,
will be admissible.
Each student proposing to submit himself for examine..
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 object in offering himself for
examination is to compete for a studentship or other honour-
able distinction, or whether he is merely desirous of obtain-
ing a certificate preliminary to a call to the bar.
The examination will commence on Tuesday, January 8
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 Legal History wil I
expect the candidates for honours to be well acquainted
with the origin and progress of our laws and constitution'
as explained by chapter 8, part iii. of " Hallam's History
of the Middle Ages."
He will expect them to be well acquainted with the most
important provisions of the Great Charter (on which they
will find an excellent commentary in " Sullivan's Lectures,"
39, 40, 41, 42, 43, pages 343 to 381) ; with the chapters in
" Hallam's Constitutional History" which contain an ac-
count of the reigns of Henry VIII., Elizabeth, the Stuarts,
William 111., 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 chapter• in the third volZtolo of Lord
Brougham's " Philosophical Philosophy;" to ;he close .of
the 23d chapter of " Hume's History," vol. 3, p. 296, 8e •(;)
edition, the passage beginning " Thus have we porsuo d
the history of England," &c.; to the third volume (Y,
" Millar's History ;" to the preface to " Gilbert on Uses,P
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 111. ; to have an accurate knowledge of the
reigns of the Stuart Kings, of Magna Charts, the Potation
of Right, the Bill of Rights, the Law of Treason, and the
Act of Settlement.
The Reader on Equity proposes to examine in the foie
lowing books :
1. " Hayne's Outlines of Equity," "Smith's Manuals of
Equity Jurisprudence," "Hunter's Elementary View of
the Proceedings in a suit in Equity," Part H.
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. Macguire,"
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 Viet., cap
36 ; the " Act to further Amend the Law of Property," 23
secs. 10, 11, and 12; `"Mitford on
the
ed
P24leaVdinictg.,sos 3
in the
thB, e
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.
Vic.,
cap.
145'
Candidates for certificates of having passed a satisfactory
examination will be expected to be well acquainted with
the books mentioned in the first of the
cap. 35 sab
; v
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 :
32ev3le. and classes.
Candidates
24 1. " Joshua Williams on the Law of Real Property,,,
fifth edition.
2. On the exercise of powers ; " Alexander v. Alexander,"
2 Ves., 640, and the notes to that case in " Tudor's Lea,
ing Cases in Conveyancing," 299.
3. As to the capacity and incapacity to buy and sell real
estate; "Dart's Vendors and Purchasers," chap.
1, third
edition.
4. The statutes 22 and 23 Vie,,ea
cap. 38, sees. 8,9, and 12 ; and 23 and 24 e
and the notes to those acts in Hunter's or Langley's edi-
tions. Vic.,

6. Hayes on the common law uses and trusts.
Candidates for honours will be examined in all the
_,for!
going subjects; candidates for a certificate in those unliu`
heads 1,2, and 3.

The Reader on Jurispiildence and the Civil Law.ProPm"
to examine candidates for honours in the following b°4l
and subjects :

1. The Roman law of
property and inb
, equality, and Pre rilv°
ari
konig, " Institutions J rrivatte
.8
Romani
edition of 1860.
2. " heatme a Elements. of International Law," part
r,,,c, eb. ,book W
ii.a rn
o;
International right' —Ap
apreservation, indepen-
dence
3. " Phillimore's PriociPla and.
with the commentaries on
deuce," the first 30 ‘ear.iing, Maxims of Jmispru-

each.
Candidates fora certificate will be examined in-
1. " The Instiute. of justinian'" books i. and ii. ; with
the notes in SandareB or the explanations in
g
" Cumin'hs anual'"
woreatojes Elements," part II.:--" International
rights of my-preservation, independence, equality, and
prortY."
The BRader on Common Law proposes to examine in the
following books and subjects :
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.,
secs. 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 se far as en..
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 t Hooper v. Lane," 6H. ;L. Cu., 443 ;
" Morley v. Attenborough," 3 Exchq., 500; " Bonomi v.
Backhouse," 1 B. B. and E., 62, 646; and Barnes v.
Ward, 9 C. 8., 392.