The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-06 00:00:00

LECTURES.
Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile
Law, Ccnveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and
Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society.
LAW CLASSES.
In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted
under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers,
end will proceed concurrently with the lectures. The
number of subscribers to each class will be limited, and
the inAeuction given will bo 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 ime, the progress made
by the students.
LECTURES on COMMON anti MERCANTILE LAW,
by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister-
at-Law.
The Course will consist of Nino Lectures upon the fol-
lowing subjects :
a. Simple Contracts. •
b. Contracts under Seal.
c. The Contract of Salo.
d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Chocks ;
with the distinction between negotiable instruments and
other simple contracts.
e. Freight and Contracts of Affreightment, with the pe-
culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading.
f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences—
'l. 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.
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 o
REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE
Esq., Barrister-at-Law.
This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:—
Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the 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. Satlements 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 Suecession Duty
Act-3. DigenMling Deeds, the existing Law of Entail-
4. Practical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of
Settlements.
Lectures V., VI. ‘l, 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' frust 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.