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LECTURES AT THE INNS OF COURT.

The following is a prospectus of the lectures to be
delivered during the ensuing Michaelmas educational
term by the several Readers appointed by the Inns
of Court :

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL HISTORY.
The public lectures on Constitutional Law and Legal
History will comprise the following subjects :
The Reader will trace the history of our constitution&
law and of our jurisprudence from the reign of James I. to
that of George I I.
In his private classes the Reader will take up the history
of our constitution from the accession of William 111., and
follow it to the reign of George 11. He will then trace its
origin from the Norman Conquest. Books to which the
Reader will refer In his lectures :—Blackstone's Commen-
taries, by Kerr, vols. 1 and 4; Parliathentary History of the
Period; Hallam's Constitutional History, chapter on the
"Middle Ages ;" Appendices in Hume's History; Statute
Book (of the period) ; Clarendon's History and Life ,• May's
History ; Burnet's Memoirs; Hayes's History of Convey-
ancing (small 8vo.) ; Lord St. Leonardo' Preface to Gilbert
on Uses ; Fortescue (Amos); Rapin's History of the Period ;
and Tindal's Continuation ; Ralph's History ; Miller's
History of the Constitution; State Trials (during the
period) ; Professor Creasy's work on Maaaa Cbarta ;
atter's Notes on Uses and Trusts, in his edition of Coke
upon Littleton.

EQUITY.

The Reader on Equity proposes to deliver during the
ensuing educational term a course of six lectures :-
1. On the Sources of English Law. The Origin of the
Feudal System and the Judicial Procedure to which it gave
rise in Normandy and England.
2. Oa the Office of Chancellor; its Connexion with the
Common Law Courts. The Rise and Principles of the
Equitable Jurisdiction. The Custody of the Great Seal.
3. On the Present Constitution of the Court of Chancery.
The Principles of Equity Pleadings. The Recent Altera-
tions in the Procedure of the Court.
4. On the Jurisdiction in Lunacy.
The Reader on Equity propotea to form two private classes,
a senior and junior, according to the amount of preliminary
knowledge possessed by the students, using in the junior
Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence as a text-book ;
and in the senior examining in the principal branches of
Equitable Jurisdiction, with a frequent reference to cases ;
and also commencing the perusal of Lord Redesdale's
Treatise on Equity Pleadings.
LAW OF REAL PROPERTY.

The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to de-
liver in the ensuing educational term a course of six public
• lectures on the following anqjects
The Doctrine of Notice as between Vendor and Purchaser.
in his private classes the Reader on the Law of Real Pro-
perty will refer more particularly to the cases cited in the
public lectures. He will also endeavour to go through a
course of Real Property Law, using the work of Mr. Joshua
'Williams as a text-book.
JURISPRUDENCE AND THE CIVIL LAW.
The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law proposes
in the ensuing educational term to deliver six public lec-
tures on the following subjects :-
1. The Roman and Feudal Conceptions of Property, and
Abe Consequences of the Difference between them.
2. The Roman Law of Contracts and Delicts.
3. The Roman Law of Civil Process.
'With his senior private class the Reader will proceed
through a course of Roman Law, beginning with the Law
of Persons. He will use as his text-book the stems Juri:
Romani Hodie Usitati cf Mackeldey, and will commence at
the section entitled " Jus Familiare." The Reader will
also endeavour to form a junior class, for the purpose of
going through one of the Roman Institutional Treatises.
The yrivate classes meet at the Leeture-roem in Gftrtlen-
court.

COMMON LAW.
The Reader on Common Law proposes to deliver during
the ensuing Michaelmas educational term a course of six
public lectures, as under :
Lectures 1 and 2 will be designed as introductory to,
and will exhibit the leading principles which govern, the
Law of Contracts.
Lectures 3 and 4 will be introductory to, and will exhibit
the leading principles which govern, the Law of Torts.
Lectures 5 and 6 will in like manner be introductory to
Criminal Law.
In thesa public lectures attention will specially be di-
racted to the leading cases which illustrate the three depart-
ments of Common Law above indicated.
With his private class the Reader will traverse the ground
marked out in Lis public lectures, explaining minutely the
tseneral principles therein stated, and examining the cases
which have been cited in support or illustration of them.
The Reader will principally use with his private class Smith's
Selection of Leading Cases (fourth edition), Warren's
Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries,
and Broom's
Legal Maxims (third edition).
By order of the Council,
RICHARD BETHELL, Chairman.

Council-ebaiober, Lincoln's-inn, July 23' lasB
The following are the days and hourafuithe de-
livery of the public lectures by the Readers
pointed by the Inns of Court, and for the attendaanpce-
of the private classes, during the ensuing Michaelmas
,educational term :
The Reader
-Public lectuireeest
on Constitutional Law and Legal History.
at Lincoln's-inn-hall, Wednesdays, at 2
p.m. , First
Ta emir., TburaduaTe. November 10. Private lectures,
pas,t 11 a.m. Firot"el and Saturdays, half-past 9to half-
Claa acs meet In tbe Bea" meets on the 11th of November.
uinchers' Reading-room.
Th.' Reader on Eq üblic lectures at Lincoln's-inn-
ball, .Thursdays, atm2o:p.d.all).s, tilt lecture, November 11.
yrivatt lectures,
past 3 and a quarter-past and Fridays, a
'quarter- First class meets
meet In the Benchers'
on the 1i,..11.1 of November. Classes
Reading-ra oni.
7, Sm.—Public
The Reatkir on the Law of Real Pro err
inn-ball, Fridamyso,nadta2g
Wednesdays,
lecture,
lectures at Or AO-
November 12. :Private lectures,
Fridays, a quarte: to 12 a.m. to a quarter to 2 esradaYs. and
First
class meets on the ltstli November. Classes meet i;1 the Noah
Library.
The Reader on Jurisprudence and Civil Law.—Publiclec-
t
tures at the Middle Temp
le-bail, Tuesdays, at 2 p.m. First
leallre, Nov. 1. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thursdaysr, an
ss
d
Satu,-days. Junior class at a quarter to 4 pan. Senio cla
at. a quarter to .5 p.m. First class meets
mplon the 11th Nov.
Classes meet at No. 4, Garden-court, Tee.
The Reader on the Common Law.—Public lectures at
the Inner Temple-hall, Mondays, at 2 p.P.h. First lecture,
.Nov. 8. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur-
/lays, a quarter to 12 a.m. to .a quarter to 2 p.m. First class
snouts on the 9th of November.
Classes meet at the Inner
Ternyle-hall.
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NORTHERN ClllCUlT.—LivEnroore AUG. 31.
(Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.)
GIBBS AND ANOTHER V. THE TRUSTEES OP THE LIVER.
POOL DOCKS.
Mr. James Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Cleasby, and Mr. Lushing-
ton appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Edward James, Q.C.,
Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., and Mr. Quain for the defendants.
The declaration stated that the plaintiffs were the owners
of a cargo of guano on board of a certain ship, that defen-
dants were proprietors of the Wellington-docks, and that
they did not take due and reasonable care in cleansing it,
whereby the ship struck against and became imbedded on a
large bank aftuud, and the property of the plaintiffs became
damaged.
Mr. J. Wilde, in opening the plaintiffs' case, said the
action was brought by Messrs. Gibbs, who were owners of a
very valuable cargo on board the ship Sierra Nevada, and
arose out of a very serious accident which occurred
to her upon the occasion of her being taken into the
Wellington-dock upon the night of the 14th of April,
1555. The vessel was a large ship, and was built at Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire, in May, 1854. She sailed thence
on her first voyage to the Chinches Islands, where she took
in a car:zo of guano, about 2,500 or 3,000 tons ; then went
back to New Hampshire, and thence to Liverpool, arriving
in the Mersey on the 12th of April, 1855. She lay outside
the dock fur some short time, and upon inquiry being made
as to what water she drew, it was suggested that it would
be best to lighten her, as she drew somewhere about 23 or
24 feet, by taking out some 200 tons of guano, which was
accordingly done by means of lighters. The spring tides
being upon the 16th of April she was ordered by the har-
bourmaster to come in upon the high tide that night.
She was accordingly ready, and lay outside for about an
hour before she was ordered to come in. She was then towed
by a steamer to the gate and was warped in. She was going
through the gut when, without any apparent cause what-
ever, she suddenly stopped. There was every effort made
to force her in or to force her back, but without success.
She bad come in just at the turn after high water, and the
tide was rapidly falling. As the tide receded her keel came
upon the dock sill; she then rolled over on her side, and it
was impossible to remove her. There she lay for 12 or 15
days, and, in technical language, she broke her back, the
ship suffering damage to the extent of some £lO,OOO or
£12,000, together with the cargo, which also received seri-
ous damage from the water coming in. The following day
after she struck an inspection was made, and it was ascer-
tained that there was in front of the vessel a considerable
bank of mud—that she went into the mud and that it stopped
her. The monthly reports furnished by the dockmaster
showed that during the months of March, April, and May,
there was mud in the dock, which had increased up to two
feet.
Mr. Pearce Wentworth Penhallow deposed that he was
master and part owner of the ship Sierra Nevada. She was
an American ship, and was launched in May, 1854. Her
carrying burden was about 2,500 or 2,600 tons. Saw the
building of the vessel going on, and looked to it all the time.
It was built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was well
and strongly built. She was built with a perfectly straight
keel. Her first voyage was to the Chinches Island, where she
took in a cargo of guano, and went back for orders. She pro-
ceeded to Liverpool. She behaved well during the voyage.
There was not the least straining, there was no settling amid-
ship, she made no more water at the end than at the com-
mencement of the voyage, and very little at any time. The
model produced was a very correct one. The mode of fas-
tening employed in her was very strong; she arrived in the
Mersey on the 12th of April, 1855. Applied to the harbour,
master's office about the docking of the ship. She drew,
with her full cargo, 24 ft. 2 in., when she came into the
Mersey; she discharged 360 tons on coming into the river ;
she was ready for docking on the 16th April ; she they drew
22 ft. 10 in. Received from the dock-master a direction to
have the vessel brought up in good time; was waiting about
an hour before the vessel was let in at the Wellington half-
tide basin, into which the harbour-master ordered her to be
taken. Witness was on the quay all the time, and saw all
that took place ; a steam-tug brought her to the dock wall,
and afterwards assisted her into the outer basin ; the steam-
tug left just as the ship's head was pointed to the gates in
the usual way. It was the west gate. The line from forward
to the buoy was taken to the capstan, and she was warped in.
The docktamster gave the directions. She went straight in till
about the middle of the gateway. Her forefoot entered well
into the dock, when the bow sheered to starboard, and the
ship stopped all at once. When she sheered her bow was
brought against the pier. The stern, which was to port,
swung to starboard. The order was given, " heave away
again, the stern is all free." Besides the bow line another
was taken frost the port quarter to the capstan. The ship
did not go ahead any more, but her stern was swung again
towards the port side. She did not move forward from the
time she first stopped ; that is, not perceptibly ; the line
from the port side was broken, and she swaug again at the
stern ; the bow did not move; a lantern was lowered over
the bow, and a boatman sent to examine the draught of the
ship ; he reported it 22 ft. 9 in., and that the marks on the
side showed 23 ft. 9 in. of water ; they again attempted to
heave the ship ahead, hutwithout success. The tide then must
have been ebhine. Mr. iledgson, the harbour master, advisad
her being shored in the lock. As the tide fell she listed
to port, and her rail and main channel were broken against
the stonework. During the night, after the tide had fallen,
the ship began to break, the keel having taken the sill.
She broke between the main and mizenmasts. It was after-
wards ascertained that the heel of the mainmast was just
over or inside the dock sill; the next high tide the ship
filled with water. It was about 15 days before they got her
away holm this position into the graving dock, where it was
noticed on what part she was broken. There was a large
mark on her port side about three feet high, and about 20
or 30 feet long.
Cross-examined by Mr. Edward James—The vessel was
225 feet long. He was not a shipbuilder himself. He had
no difficulty with regard to setting up his rigging while
coming to England. It was only once set daring the whole
voyage, and that was when the ship was being loaded
at the Chinches Islands. It was admitted by the witness
that the rigging was set up several times during the voyage
from the Chinches. They had dunnage for the purpose of
unloading, but not a regular platform. He did Not say it
was the insufficiency of the water on the dock sill that
caused the accident. He had no recollection of assigning
anytil cause. He spoke to one of the gatemen to the effect
coartretchts mud was the cause of the accident. He made this
7h
idoonwonnohnisthfoerimser statement. The bows of the vessel
did not settle down immediately.
wapitttlairin3,eteutvewooanfs
. settle-
Re-examined.— It was probable they had
seofmtheetisiihnigp.toTdhoe employed for the setting up
condition
lower rigging might have
"as
onlyiti of the vessel, He was
, positite the main rigging
voyage. It would be morepuosssui up once during the
ittostehhtarrae it set up two or
(tii rniVieisfiOulttmwaaksi nngonit ore water than usual, She did not
vessel could have
large three
make mere water than usual. She was a very tight ship. If
she had sagged six inches she must have leaked very badly.
The cargo was iet good condition up to the time of the acci-
dent. The platform did not strengthen the ship. It kept
the water arising from leakage. lie
directions to ascertain the quantity of mud
alone bank at the first opportunily,
and the tneasuretnent
ith him. This was about -
and to take a person w
gavethe cargoa c carpenter r furtherpenter off
_ t the
he carpen er reported to
He saw the carpenter takethe
him on the next day
second day after the accident.
measurements.
Various other witnesses were called to the same effect.
Among others•
Sr. .lreen, a shipbuilder and formerly surveyor to JrLloyd's

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