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London, England, 1857-03-16 00:00:00

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other honourabledistinction, r
desirous of obtaining a cert.
Call to the bar.
" The examination will c •
the 19th day of May text, at r • 0511
the Wednesday and Thursdk - 441
take place in the Bencher's of
coln's-inn, and the doors will be clamed f&mi tes
after the time appointed for the commencement of
the
Tt he ete examination.thefollowing
Examination
by Printed Questions will be
order:--
le— morning, the 19th day of May, at half-
Vikst 9o'clock, on Constitutional- -Law and Legal
History ;in the afternoon, at half-past 1 o'clock,
on Equity.
" Wednesday morning, the 20th day of May, at
half-past 9 o'clock, on Clranon Law ;in the after-
noon, at half-past 1 o'clock, on the Law of Real
Property,' dm
"Thursday morning, the 21st day of May, at
1-alf-past 2 o'clock, on Jurisprudence and the Civil
Law ;in the afternoon, at half-past 1 o'clock, a
paper will be given to the students including ques-
tions bearing upon all the foregoing subjects of
examination.
" The oral examination will be conducted in the
same order, during the same hours, and on the same
subjects as those already marked out for the exami-
nation by printed question', except that on Thurs-
day afternoon there will be no oral examination.
" The oral examination of each student will be
conducted apart from the other students, and the
character of that examination will vary according
as the student is a candidate for honours or a stu-
dentship, or desires simply to obtain a certificate.
" The oral examination and printed questions
will be fiiunded on the books below mentioned, re-
gard being had, however, to the particular object
with a view to which the student presents himself
for examination.
" In determining the question whether a student
has passed the examination in such a manner as to
entitle him to be called to the bar, the • examiners
will principally have regard to the general know-
ledge of law and jurisprudence which he has dis-
played:
" I student may present himself at any number
of examinations until he shall Lave obtained a cer-
tificate.

"Any student who shall obtain a certificate may
present himself a second time for examination as 'a
candidate for the stadentAip, but only at one of
the three examinations immediately succeeding that
at which he shall have obtained such certificate, pro-
vided that if any student so presenting himself shall
not succeed in obtainihg the studentship his name
shall not appear in the list.

"Students who have kept more than 11 terms
shall not be admitted to an• examination for the
studentship.

" The Reader 'on Constitutional Law and Legal
History proposes to examine on the following sub-
jects :

" He will expect the candidates for honours in the
ensuing examination to possess a general knowledge
of the leading events of. English history from the
Conquest to the close of the last century.
"He will expect them to be accurately acquainted
with the 'chapters in ' Hallam's Constitutional-His-
tory' which treat of the reigns of Elizabeth, of James
1., Charles 1., Charles JI., and William ; with the
first volume of Lord Clarendon,' with May's
History,' with the chapters in apin' and ' Tin-
dal,' or Belsham,' giving an account of these reigns;
and with 6 Bishop Burnet's _Memoirs of his Own
Times,' during the reigns of Charles 11. andlWil-
liam

•
" He will expect them to be acquainted with the
law of treason and the law relating to •the press
down to the present time ; and with the most im-
portant State trials and impeachments during the
reigns he has mentioned.

r` The candidates for a pass will be required to
answer general questions in English history, and to
be well acquainted with the history of the reigns of
Elizabeth, Charles I. and Charles 11.

" They will be expo ted also to show a competent
knowledge of the State trials during the reigns of
Charles IL, and of James IL

" The Reader on Equity proposes to examine in
thefollowing books :
"1. ' Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence,'
Mitford on the Pleadings is the Court of Chan-
cery.' Introduction : ch. i., sects. 1 and 2 ; ch. ii.
sect.l; ch. ii., sect: 2, part 1 (the first 3 page) ;
ch. ii., sect. 2, part 2 (the first 2 pages) ; ch. ii.,
sect. 2, part 3 ; ch. iii. The Act for the mprove-
ment of the Jurisdiction of Equity, 15th and 16th
of Victoria, ch. 86.

" 2. The cases and notes contained in the first
volume of White and Tudor's Leading Cases.'
" Candidafes for certificates of fitness to be celled
to the bar will be expected to be well acquainted
with the books mentioned in the first of the above
classes.
" Candidates for the studentship or honours will
be examined in the books mentioned iu the two
classes.

" The Reader on the Law of Real Property, dtc.,
proposes to examine in the following books and
subjects
"1. 'Joshua Williams on Real Property,' the
same author on Personal Property ; Hayes on the
Common Law, Use;', and Trusts.'
"2. The Common Forms of Conveyance and
Mortgage of Real Property, of Assignments of
Leaseholds for Years, and of Marriage Settlements
of Real and Personal Estate.
" 3. The Law of Dower, the Dower Act, 3 and 4
Will. IV. ch. 105, and the Decisions upon that Act.
"4. The Doctrine of Notice as between Vendor
and Purchaser.
"5. The Extinguishment and Suspension of dif-
ferent kinds of Powers, and the Excessive Execu-
tion of Powers ; 'Edwards v. Slater,' -klardre's
Report4,' 410 ; Alexander v. Alexander,' 2 Yes.
Sen. 610 ; and the notes to those cases in Tudot's
Leading Cases in Conveyancing,' pp. 277 and 299
respectively.

C Candidates for honours will be examined in all
the foregoing books and subjects, and candida*s
for a certificate in those under heads 1,2, and 3 :
" The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil
Law proposes to examine candidates for honours in
the following subjects
"1. The elements of the Roman Law of Domi-
nion, Possessi,,n, Prescription, and Servitude, to
be studied in the 'lnstitutiones Juris Romani Pri-
vatk' of Warnisanig ii., cap. 1, edition of 1834),
or in any similar compendium of Pandect Law.
"2. The Creation and Extinction of Right.; and
Duties ; 'Lindley's Introduction to the study of
Jurisprudence,' part ii., chap. 4.
"3. International Rights of States in their Pa-
cific Relations ; Wheatson's Elements of Inter-
national Law,' part iii., chapters 1 and 2.
"Candidates for a certificate will be examined in
"1. The first two books of the Institutes of
Justinian,' "with the notes to Sander's edition.
" The Reader on Common Law proposes to ex-
amine in the following subjects. Candidates for
a pass certificatq_ will be expected to be familiar
with—
"l. The Elements of our Criminal Law, particu-
larly having reference to the following offences :
Homicide, simple larceny, assaults, aggravated or
otherwise. [This sultject may he read from 'Arch-
bold's Criminal Pleading,' by Welsby, or from the
4th vol. of Blackstone's (21st edition) or Stephen's
Commentariek]
"2. The first 33 sections of the Common Law
Procedure Act, 1852.

"3. The ISTEiture and Classification of Contracts
and Torts, so far as explained in 'Broom's Com-
mentaries,' n tariemsp leigh v.
,
257-313ra.ithw 77-658 a-ill 688; and illustrated
and Ashby v.
White' (1. Smith, L.C., 4t14 edition, pp. 118 and
185), with the notes thereto.
" Candidates for the studentship or honours will
be examined in the first and third of the above
subjects, and also in
"4. Smith's Lectures on the law of Landlord
ea4ntdh
tahned
3dl tshe
esteicotni o
on sf
tohfeti.h9ethS taant:te2o
tohf
and Tenant (Lects. 5,6, and 9).
Frauds (as explained in any recent treaties on
of Humphries v. Brogden' (12,
con, 6
,tr
Vic., chap. 97.
"5.a c tTTs contra), c
case
Q. 8., 739).

" By order of the Council.
RICHARD BETHEL; Chairman.
" Council Chamber, Lincoln's-inn, March 3."

THE LATE biAll/4 OF MU 13 AT —The Noniteur de la
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oAffr Muscat
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Plotte gives the following detClails. of the late Imaum of
Muscat, whose Arab name is Said-Ebne Sultan :
"The power of the I Qu
extendsrimbine theto
first place on the coasts
Guardalui, and then along the shore of the Indian Sea
and the Perdu' Gulf, that is to say, over a population
of nearly ten millions. The island of Zanzibar, in the
capital of which, Sawnychel, the Imaumusually resides,
has 500,000 inhabitants. His revenue amounts to 100
millions of francs. His navy is composed of 40 vessels of
war, and his army of 20,000 men, with the faculty of
beingincreased to 200,000 in case of need. The vessels
of the Imam have been built either at Cochin' Bombay,
or Zanzibar. In general their guns are not all on board,
but are all kept ready on shore. The late Imaum of
Muscat has left no legitimate heirs, but he had a great
number of natural eons and daughters. The eldest son,
called Hilal, who is now about 42, visited England in 1846;
h and couragoouv, and has among
hise is a
p arcttiieintelligent,
partisans
s ma
n yyoamong
u n g
and vigorous men. The se-
con,j, son, named lialed, is four years younger than
Hilal. Ho is afflicted with a kind of erysipelas, which
prevents him from using much exercise. He is engaged
in trade, and fond of money. Teoneni is still younger
by two years, and is a warrior, like his eldest brother;
it is he who appeared to have the best chance of i-ucceed -
ing his father, but his chalice has been put aside by the
success of Tew Mejid, 7'. , '''.--"' --• Ron, who has ascended
the throne as alrm