, 1874-11-21
FAMILIAR TALK.

INNa or COURT.
Tho association of The members of tho various |
tra1oa into separate Guilds, for tho parpoeo Of
promoting tbs common interests Of thoir ro-
srociise fratotnitlos. and Of mutual assistance in
Riokuesa, WIS OF aneiout origin III England. It
wAa In practice during the Saxon rnlo. and was |
continued With growing popularity for aovern' !
ca.turea aftor tho Norman conquest. Enoli
trade l>ad Its Guild, and no potEon waa allowed 4
to oner tito ono until he had become n motnbof |
Of the other. 1n proportion Us the trados roso !
In importance, tho Guilds incrnasol i'll prof.
pcrity. until many Of them became societies Of
great wealth and influence, and received sfccial
pravilogea from tho soYorcsgn. In process Of |
tsme theao privileges we're abolished. and the |
associations themselves bcoame extinct and
now tho only working inatttutiona In Englaul |
which preserve tho constitution Of the anclant |
Guild arc the lawyers socioticB entitled tho Inns
of Conrt.
There are four OF these Inns In London, viz:
the Tuner romple, tho Middle Temple. Lucoln's
1nn, and Gray's Inn. 1hoy wefo established
prior to tho rcign OF Edward H.. mud IN tho
roipn Of Henry ~. numbered 1890 students
In 1850 thoy numbered above 1000. These So
ciotios o1aim tho exclusive right OF comforting
Tho dceree,of DarrlBtor-at.Law, which isrequisito
lot pAaCt!E&jE dd ILL AAFoSAh9 W SoAAo"A ~ All0
superior Courts. In order to obtain thiB do9reo,
1t is necessary that tho applicant should cntor
either ono al ttn inns aud keap con,nons-that
Is, diue III It's hall for twelve terms. four of
which occur eacl vear. Practically. any person
Of good chnractor can rtoonro admission to at,
1nn 20. eacl. Inn lsas the power to dony an ap.-
plicant tho privilege Of membership, should It
choose 70 to do. This power inherent IN tho
societies ia. however. seldom used. Each Inn
also has Tho right to disbar itH mambers. md Of
Into yeara tho right has beou Aoretal finch ex.
their profession and indulged IN dishonest prac-
tcea
Iu ortor to aecuro admission to an Inn. tho
applicant must obtain certificate OF two barris-
tera-n tho Inner Tomple, Of beucher alHo-
teAtifvng to hin titnosH to be received for tie
purpose 1T being cA1lod to the Bar. The ex-
pnnBeH Of a student on entrance nre little raB-
ing Of E4n; on bis call 10 tile Bar, thoy are abous
.Eg3; and his commons bll may ho set down nt
E12 annually. No student cal, TO called to tho
Bar who Ia not above 81 yoars Cd, and has not
been q member Of one OF the Inns Tor throo
yeAra.
Each society Ia ontiro'y distinct from tho 9TH
ers. though NIL enjoy tle BaMo Driyi|eEna. TIM
separate Inns arc governed bv separate Commit
tees or Boards, called tho BeticherH, who aro
, usually Qucon'a conrsel or BoEior connsol' and
oacl has local hAbItnti0n, consisting OF largo
collection Of chambers, occupied almost exclu~
elvely by barris:era Or astorlorB-at-law. and
Welding largo income. A Council Of Legal
Education hns Of lato years been established by
tho lnne. to Buperintend tho subject OF tho edu-
cation Of tho students for the Dar. Law-lecturos
gwen at my Of the Inns are free to the students
| OF nll tho rest, eud tho members of each liavo
! tho nae Of tho library Of the Iun, q Hent in its
| church, md accommodation in its chnnnbofs.
stono structures, including The Chambers. tue
Hall, tho Church, and tho Library, situated upon
| inner Temple lano, aud with nn entrance from
Fleet street by a galloway built In the tmo o.
similar suite Of imposing buildings. Is also
located upon Inner Temple. 1ano, and reached
by q ga;e.houAo on Fleet street. built
BY Sir Christopher Wten, In 1854. Lincoln's
Inn, ons tho west aide oil, Ohsncory lane,
occupies, Is a part Of its domain. tho
slto Of the town.ho,,se. or inn. Of tho
| Earl Of Lincoln. After the death Of this
nohlen,as.. in 1912, his palace was transformed
into MI Inn OF Court. and namod from him:
Iincoln's 1nn. It's prcclnctH comprise several
Ano buildings Of respectable antiquity. and q
| number Of quite recout date. The Library OF
this Inn was founded in 14o7. and Ia the oldest IN
London. It's books and MSS. exceed 25,o0o-
1tH collection of law-books y the most coniploto
in England. Many Of tlie old volumes still
rotaiu the iron rings by which they wore once
attached to tho shelves, and tho oarly Year
looks are mostly in their oril in d oa1 bindings
1916, by Queen yictorin nnd Prince Albert. With
clab :rate coromouials Tho principal ol,trAnct
to Gray's 1uI,, on the north side of lolborn ant
west OF Grnys lnu lane. opens from ftoipora "
gateway erected In 1859.
HIi tho inua laye gardens attachea, which are
kept with care, and formerly, wheu open to tue
public, weto places Of fashionable resort. Thu
Gnrtoil Of Gtay's Iun (Gray's Inn Waiks) was
laid out about lGD0. nodor tho direction Of
Franciu Bacon, and catafpa-t.oo Ia still Hhow1
tint was ra'ssl from ons planted by Aim, Ihoae
grounds wera for 1aauy ycars consldoroa tue
pleas.ptcBt pronenade In London. Ihe gardor
Of Liucons Inn was n high cultivation while
| e Earl ~ finrntN H11H
attcrward enlarged bv tho socIcty. Tho wall
under the eims" was celebrated By Ben Jon
SOU. The Middle Temple garden used 70 boa6
Of its avenue o. limes whi'c the Inner Tompl|
gart}cu wQa famous for itB Provence roses
Shakespeare has lala in '+The Temple Garden
The scci,o Of tic origin of tile embomB Of tht
red and white roses for the houRas OF York AMI
Lancaster. Richard plantagenes having plucket
o white rose, and tho Earl OF Somerset ret
one. IN alteration onanoB, and tho Earl
Warwick addresses Plantagonet III tho following
words:
In signal Of my lovo 10 thee,
Agotnst proud S1nIct-e ct aud William Poolo
Viii UPON thy party @ear This rose.
, And hera prophesy: Tails brnwl to.lay..
Shall send hctwcen tho rod r0zc and the white,
II thousand Boul8 to death aud deadly night.
i Among tho enliuent membors Of tho 1nnc
To,nplo wore Lit!leton nnd Coke, Sir Christopho
llattou, tho learned soldeu, Judge Jeffreys. an
Tho ppes Beaumont and Cowper. OF "
famous l!nmes enrolled On tho catalogue Of th
Middle Tan,plo aso enumerated those OF 81
Walter Raleigh. Sir William Blackstone, Edmun
Ds.rke. Richard Drlnaley Sheridan. John Fort
Wyehor!y aud Congreve. the drausatsts, and Il,
! poot hlnofe. Ollyor Goldsmith lind chambers i
tho Middle Toinple, whero La died III l774, at III
, | emily aso Of Is.
Liucoln's Inn has adorned Its hall with life
sized fguos Of aonlo of its distinguished mou
bers, Al Sir Matthew Hale. archbishop 1fllotsot
Lord Cl,ief-Jllstico Mansfield, asd Lord Erslint
At Cray's Iun studied Hall tho ctronlc!er, Gas
: ca!gno tho poet, Fir Nicholas BACON and his 10
= T1ancig The latter Ind climbers In thls III
wlnlo lo was Lord Chancellor, md aftor h
downlaA resided Ia them a!togetler when
!, London. southcy was entered at Grays Inn q
q leaving Oxford.
!, Tho gentlemen Of thu Inna OF Court wos
;. . famous In ollcn tln,eB for their roves, play
!" ,nasques. aud snmptuous entertainments. III
= festnt iayB Of the year wero regularly kept /
), thom Ii, thelr respective balls with groat 6pet
= y dor. The first theatrical representation @!
= hibite6 by ono Of tho aocotisa, OF which isstol
Y t,ts nYaanrycd n tecnrIl ncr,trrol ut IrAY'a In