PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery: PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery. made in the matter of the Estate of Richard Buckley Stone' and in a cause "Francis Thomas Clarke and another, plaintiffs' against Richard Stone, defendant," the CREDITORS of the said RICHARD BUCKLEY STONE, late of Eastbourne, in the county of Sussex, draper, deceased, (who died in or about the month of July, 1854), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 19th day of March, 1855, to come in and prove their debts at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood, at No. 11, New-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Friday, the 23rd day of March, 1855, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims.-Dated this 2nd day of March, 1855. HENRY LEMAN, Chief Clerk. J. & J. H. LINKLATER, 17, Sise-lane, London, Plaintiffs' Solicitors. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chan cery, made in a cause of "Cowan against Nash," all persons claiming to be CREDITORS of or INCUMBRANCERS on the real and leasehold ESTATES of ROBERT MUSSETT, late of Deptford, in the county of Kent, gentleman, the testator in the proceedings named, (who died in or about the month of May, 1854), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 14th day of April, 1855, to come in and prove their claims at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, 12, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Saturday, the 21st day of April, 1855, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for the hearing and adjudicating upon the claims.-Dated this 3rd day of March, 1855. ALFRED HALL, Chief Clerk. NICHOLS & CLARK, Solicitors, 9, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn, Agents for Messrs. Bass & Stiwell, of Dover, the Plaintiff's Solicitors. made in a cause "Stillwell against Mellersh," the CREDITORS of WILLIAM MELLERSH, late of the White Mills, Battersea-fields, in the county of Surrey, miller, (who died in or about the month of January, 1853), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 17th day of April, 1855, to come in and prove their debts or claims at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, at 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Friday, the 20th day of April, at half-past 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims.-Dated this 8th day of March, 1855. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. IN PALMER, PALMER, & BULL, 24, Bedford-row, the Matter of the Joint-stock Companies Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the BIRCH TORR and VITIFER MINING COMPANY.-Notice is hereby given, that the Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood will, at his chambers, 11, New-square, Lincoln'sinn, London, on Tuesday, the 20th day of March, 1855, at 12 of the clock at noon, or at such other adjourned time or place as he may then or afterwards fix, APPOINT an OFFICIAL MANAGER of this Company, at which time and place all parties interested are entitled to attend, and to offer proposals or objections as to any such appointment. RICHARD BLOXAM, Chief Clerk. UARTZ ROCK MARIPOSA GOLD-MINING COMlearned by the last advices from Mr. Waddell that the Company's mines and property in California are still preserved to the Company, and having obtained subscriptions to the Debenture Capital to the extent of about 90007., give notice that they have now determined to issue SHARES of the Company, at 5s. per share, sufficient to make up the sum still required to complete the subscription. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chan- ferential 10 per cent. Debentures, at 17. each, (the same being a charge cery, made in a cause "Henry John Blagrove, an infant, by his next friend, plaintiff, against Richard John Lechmere Coore and another, defendants," the CREDITORS of HENRY JOHN BLAGROVE, late of Southwick-place, Hyde-park, in the county of Middlesex, and of Orange-valley, in the parish of St. Ann, in the Island of Jamaica, Esq., deceased, (who died in or about the month of March, 1854), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 26th day of March, 1855, to come in and prove their debts at the chambers of the Master of the Rolls, in the Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane, Middlesex; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Friday, the 30th day of March, 1855, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims.-Dated this 26th day of February, 1855. GEORGE WHITING, Chief Clerk. Applications for allotments of shares at 5s. per share, or for the Preupon the Company's property), must be made to the Secretary by shareholders and the public forthwith. 2300 shares, at 5s. per share, have been this day subscribed for. FREDERICK DINELEY, Secretary pro tem. 26, Throgmorton-street, Feb. 28, 1855. THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD MINE.Notice is hereby given, that at a Special General Meeting of Registered Adventurers, held at the Offices of the Company, on Tuesday, the 6th day of March last, the following Resolution was unanimously agreed to: "That this Meeting being of opinion that the object for which this Adventure was formed has now failed, they hereby determine to dissolve the same forthwith, or as soon as practicable, under the power of the 28th Rule in the Cost-book, and direct that the Committee of Management be authorised to take such steps as may be necessary or advisable for realising and dividing pro rata amongst the Adventurers PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, the remaining property of the said Adventure, subject to all outstanding made in a cause "Waeick against Palmer," the CREDITORS of GEORGE RICHARDS, late of No. 2, Bedford-place, Hampsteadroad, in the county of Middlesex, and of Bartlett's-buildings, in the city of London, and of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, jeweller, (who died in or about the month of November, 1842), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 12th day of April, 1855, to come in and prove their debts at the chambers of the Master of the Rolls, in the Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane, Middlesex; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Tuesday, the 17th day of April, 1855, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims.-Dated this 2nd day of March, 1855. GEORGE HUME, Chief Clerk. GEORGE JOHN SHAW, 8, Furnival's-inn, Solicitor. debts and liabilities.' In pursuance of such resolution, a SPECIAL GENÉRAL MEETING WM. PULSFORD, Purser and Secretary. N.B. Registered Shareholders are earnestly requested to attend the above Meeting. All shares intended to be voted upon must be left for registration three clear days before the Meeting, at the Offices of the Company. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, LLOYD'S REGISTER of BRITISH and FOREIGN made in this cause, "De Trafford against Tempest," the CREDITORS of Sir THOMAS JOSEPH DE TRAFFORD, late of Trafford-park, in the county of Lancaster, (who died in or about the month of November, 1852), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 20th day of March, 1855, to come in and prove their debts at the chambers of the Master of the Rolls, in the Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane, Middlesex; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Thursday, the 22nd day of March, 1855, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims.-Dated this 21st day of February, 1855. GEO. WHITING, Chief Clerk. RIDSDALE & CRADDOCK, 5, Gray's-inn-square, London, Agents for Gorsts & Birchall, of Preston, Lancashire, Plaintiff's Solicitors. SHIPPING, 2, White Lion-court, Cornhill. George Allfrey, Esq. Nathaniel Gould, Esq., F. S. A. William C. Harnett, Esq., F.S. A, PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, Samuel Harper, Esq. made in the matter of the Estate of Angelo Levy, deceased, and in a cause "Esther Maria Vanzetti, plaintiff, against Sarah Pacifico and others, defendants," the CREDITORS of the said ANGELO LEVY, late of Devonshire-square, in the city of London, deceased, the testator in the said Order named, (who died in or about the month of March, 1816), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 30th day of March, 1855, to come in and prove their debts at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Wood, 11, New-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Thursday, the 12th day of April, 1855, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims.— Dated this 7th day of March, 1855. HENRY LEMAN, Chief Clerk. NATHANIEL LINDO, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 17, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street, City. Edward Hurry, Esq. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Committee of Lloyd's. Duncan Dunbar, Esq., Chairman of the General Shipowners' Society. TRUSTEES. George Allfrey, Esq. Nathaniel Gould, Esq., F. S. A. PRIVATE INQUIRY OFFICE, Elden-chambers, Deve reux-court, Temple, under the direction of CHARLES FREDERICK FIELD, late Chief Inspector of the Detective Police of the Metropolis. Correspondents in New York-Mr. G. Hayes and Mr. Stokley, Independent Police. THE English are essentially a people of conservative tendencies, and love to preserve intact the institutions which, founded by the wisdom of their forefathers, have been handed down to them through successive ages. Hence the primary difficulty of introducing reforms, whether of a social, political, or legal nature. Notwithstanding, however, this characteristic of our countrymen, let a particular reform be once introduced, and let it obtain possession of the popular or parliamentary mind, they become so enamoured of it as to think that it cannot be pushed too far; they hurry, as it were, to the very verge of a precipice, and then, if they do not go over it, they become panicstricken, retrace their steps with indecent haste, until they fall into the opposite extreme, and settle down more conservative than ever. Such will probably be the fate of law reform, the prevalent hobby of the present day. There was much, there is still some, need of improvement in our laws. We have always supported the movement in this direction, and will continue to support it, so long as it pursues a safe and moderate course; but we protest against the half and quarter measures incessantly brought forward for law amendment; not parts of a comprehensive and harmonious system, nor adapted to such a system of jurisprudence as we possess, but little disjointed alterations, which stuff our statutes with useless, hurtful, and piecemeal No. 10, VOL. I., NEW SERIES. VICE-CHANCELLOR WOOD'S COURT-(Continued). Armitage v. Askham, and In re The London and North-western Railway Company.-(Re-investment of purchase monies of land taken by a railway company-Costs) ........ COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. .... 227 228 By G. J. P. SMITH and W. B. BRETT, Barristers at Law. Dewley v. The Great Northern Railway Company.(Pauper-Taxation of Costs-Fees to counsel and attorney-11 Hen. 7, c. 12-Reg. Gen., H. T., 16 Vict., r. 121). Lloyd v. Earl Powis.-(Inclosure-Right of common of pasture-Extinguishment-Claim of lord of the manor-Form of issue-8 & 9 Vict. c. 118, c. 76) 230 Reg. v. The Inhabitants of St. George, Bloomsbury.(Settlement by apprenticeship-Order for binding -56 Geo. 3, c. 139-Justices "of the county").. 231 The Overseers of Staverton, Apps., The Overseers of Ashburton, Resps.-(Settlement by apprenticeship —Assent by justices-43 Eliz. c. 2, s. 5—Justices 'for the county") 66 Fisher v. Bridges. (Costs-Error-Reversal of judgment-Common-law Procedure Act, (15 & 16 Vict. c. 76), s. 148). ........ COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 233 235 By W. PATERSON and W. MILLS, Barristers at Law. Cumberland v. Lady Glamis.-(Landlord and tenant -Valuation of hay and straw to be paid to outgoing tenant-Construction of document-Evidence) 236 Jenkins v. Betham.-(Ecclesiastical surveyors, knowledge required of-Dilapidations of benefice-Declaration, construction of—Arbitrators). ........ COURT OF EXCHEQUER. By W. M. BEST, Barrister at Law. Brewer v. Jones.-(Fees of sheriff's bailiff—Action— Attorney-1 Vict. c. 55, s. 2-Directions to taxing officers, Easter Term, 1844) 237 240 provisions. In the words of an old proverb, "it is better to buy a new kettle than to be always tinkering." The run at the present moment is against one of the highest privileges we enjoy-at all events, in criminal procedure-viz. trial by jury. Within the last few years this privilege, so lauded and venerated by our ancestors, has been much weakened. The judges of the county courts were first empowered to decide civil cases without the intervention of a jury. The power was then extended, by the Common-law Procedure Act, to the judges of the superior courts at Westminster, and to magistrates in certain criminal cases, under the Juvenile Offenders Act. It is now further assailed in the bill lately introduced into the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, who proposes to give jurisdiction to two justices to deal summarily with larcenies where the value of the property stolen does not exceed 10s., and in such case to authorise them to inflict imprisonment, with hard labour, for one year. It is further proposed, that if the prisoner pleads guilty, the magistrates may sentence the offender, whatever be the value of the property. The main arguments in support of this measure are two-First, that by the law as it at present stands, where a prisoner has been guilty of some petty theft, and is committed for trial, his imprisonment before his trial often exceeds the amount of punishment which would be allotted to his offence after a verdict of guilty. Such cases doubtless do occur, but they are few in number, and of too isolated a character to form a basis for legislation. Secondly, it is urged that there would J be a great saving in the expenditure of the county rates, which we fully admit. A very large number of the cases tried at quarter sessions are larcenies, where the value of the property stolen does not exceed 10s.; but we presume considerations of economy will not be allowed to outweigh those which are due to the impartial, unsuspected administration of justice, and to the protection of those who are accused of having committed crimes. The proposal is nothing more nor less than this -to transfer to two magistrates, acting without a jury or a bar, and often without even a reporter for the press to check them, the power of convicting for felony, and of imposing imprisonment, with hard labour, for one year, instead of having such cases tried at quarter sessions by a jury in a public court, attended by a bar and by reporters for the press. Do the decisions of magistrates in petty sessions give so much satisfaction that we can safely intrust them with this power? Have we forgotten even very recent instances of magisterial justice and wisdom? The power of summary conviction, as it is at present vested in magistrates, is an extraordinary power, unknown to the common law; but its limits are in general accurately defined by the statute under which the proceedings are taken, and from which alone the magistrate derives his power; the offence never exceeds a misdemeanour of a comparatively petty character, and the punishment limited by the statute is, in general, imprisonment for three months. A clear distinction has been hitherto preserved between such cases and felonies, and magistrates have never yet had the power to brand a man as a felon for the rest of his life without the verdict of a jury having first been pronounced upon his guilt. At quarter sessions, the Bench, the Bar, and the Jury are checks as well as aids to each other. If the Bench or the prosecuting counsel unduly strain the case against the prisoner, the members of the Bar who are present, and sometimes the jury, will interfere in his behalf. Nice distinctions often arise as to what constitutes larceny-sometimes intricate points as to the admissibility and relevancy of evidence. Deprive the prisoner of his trial by jury, alter the constitution of the Court, dispense with the assistance of the Bar and the supervision of the press, what aids remain to enable the magistrates satisfactorily to administer justice, or what checks are left to insure to the prisoner a fair trial? The respect which is paid to the law in this country is founded upon a belief that justice is in general impartially administered, and that if a poor man is charged with an offence, it is known that he will be tried, not by the titled, the wealthy, or the powerful, but by a jury of men approaching his own station; and whatever may be the result, he feels some satisfaction that his case has been thus decided. His censure must fall upon his own order, rather than upon those above him. There are few of our readers who have not heard of the remark of the convicted thief, who, when sentenced to imprisonment by a magistrate, answered that he should not have minded it if he had been tried in a real court by a real judge. It must not be forgotten that the jurisdiction exercised by justices of the peace is open to all the objections that attach to local jurisdictions as such. They probably know the prosecutor; they know, or may fancy they know, something of the prisoner; have heard of his being of a sportsmanlike turn, and of his frequenting beer-houses; the offence may have been freely canvassed by the judge and his neighbours before the trial of the party charged with it. But then, it is said, the prisoner has an option whether he will be tried by jury. Is not the fact of giving this option in itself a proof of the doubts which exist in the minds of the framers of this measure as to the soundness of its principle? But whether it be so or not, we see but little safeguard in this optional reservation of the common-law right. Those who are charged with offences for the first time, at all events, will scarcely ever understand the meaning of the option, or will believe (and not always without foundation) that if they decline the jurisdiction before which they are brought in the first instance, they will be more hardly dealt with, as regards their committal and the refusal of bail, and as regards their sentence, if they should be found guilty at the sessions. We are next told that the value of the article stolen is fixed at a low standard. But what of that if the offence be a felony, and the person convicted be ever after regarded as a felon, not only in the law, but in the eyes of his own class, and of those who might otherwise enable him to earn his bread when he came out of prison? The value of the article (if it can be accurately ascertained) does not render the case less complicated or difficult in its circumstances, nor exclude those questions relating to the nature of the offence, and the evidence by which it should be supported, which are constantly arising in our courts of criminal jurisdiction. Upon the subject of the value of the article stolen, as of punishment to be awarded, we fear the framers of the bill had but very crude and vague ideas, as well as very little confidence in the new principle they seek to introduce; for upon an objection being started to the investiture of magistrates with so much power as was at first proposed, namely, over larcenies, where the value of the subject-matter did not exceed 20s., and with authority to imprison for two years, the Lord Chancellor on the very next evening reduced the value and punishment by one-half! We believe that no greater evil could befal this country than the abolition of trial by jury in criminal matters. All lawyers who have had most experience in such cases will, we are satisfied, indorse our opinion upon this subject; and we once heard an eminent member of the Bar say, that he thought trial by jury of more importance to the people of this country than the House of Commons itself. If, however, another tribunal is to be substituted for a jury, it is to be devoutly hoped that it will be one possessing more of the public confidence than has generally been awarded to two justices sitting in petty sessions. PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP. ON a former occasion, when alluding to the case of Underwood v. Wing, (1 Jur., N. S., part 1, p. 169), in which it was held, that husband and wife being washed overboard from a ship in distress during a gale of wind, and drowned, there was no presumption of survivorship, we stated that the views propounded upon this subject by Mr. Best, in his "Principles of the Law of Evidence," had been fully confirmed by that decision. We now subjoin an extract from that part of the book to which we alluded. (Best's Princ. Ev. 478, 2nd ed.): "As connected with the subject of the continuance of human life, it remains to notice a class of cases which have embarrassed, more or less, the jurists and lawyers of every country. We allude to those unfortunate cases which have from time to time presented themselves, where several individuals, generally of the same family, have perished by a common calamity, such as shipwreck, earthquake, conflagration, or battle, and where most usually the priority in point of time of the death of one over the rest would exercise an influence on the rights of third parties. The civil law and its commentators were considerably occupied with questions of this nature, and it seems to have been a general principle among them, (subject, however, to exceptions), that where the parties thus perishing together were parent and child, the latter, if under the age of puberty, was presumed to have died first; but if above that age, the rule was reversed. In the case of husband and wife, the presumption seems to have been in favour of the survivorship of the husband. The French authors also, both ancient and modern, have taken much pains on this subject. All the theories that have been formed respecting it are based on the assumption that the party deemed to have survived was likely, from superior strength, to have struggled longer against death than his companion. Now, even assuming that primâ facie a male would struggle longer against death than a female, a person of mature age than one under that of puberty, or very far advanced in years, the position can at best only hold good as a general rule; for not only in particular instances might the superior strength or health of the party supposed to be the weaker reverse all, but the rules rest upon the hypothesis that both parties were in exactly the same situation with respect to the impending dangera circumstance, generally speaking, unascertainable in the fury of a battle, or the horrors of an earthquake or shipwreck. Add to this, that, according to some modern physiologists, in certain species of deaths the strongest perish first*. "As an inducement to students to propose themselves for examination, studentships shall be founded of fifty guineas per annum each, to continue for a period of three years, and one such studentship shall be conferred on the most distinguished student at each public examination; and further, the examiners shall select and certify the names of three other students who shall have passed the next best examinations, and the Inns of Court to which such students belong may, if desired, dispense with any terms, not exceeding two, that may remain to be kept by such students previously to their being called to the Bar. Provided that the examiners shall not be obliged to confer or grant any studentship or certificate unless they shall be of opinion that the examination of the students they select has been such as entitles them thereto." "At every call to the Bar those students who have passed a public examination, and either obtained a studentship or a certificate of honour, shall take rank in seniority over all other students who shall be called on the same day." "No student shall be eligible to be called to the Bar who shall not either have attended during one whole year the lectures of two of the Readers, or have satisfactorily passed a public examination." RULES FOR THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES An examination will be held in next Trinity Term, 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 Bar, will be admissible. "However this may be, in opening the door to this class of questions the lawyers of Rome and France lost sight of this salutary maxim, Nimia subtilitas in jure reprobatur.' The English law has judged more wisely; for, notwithstanding some questionable dicta, the true conclusion from the authorities seems to be, that it recognises no artificial presumption in cases of this nature, but leaves the real or supposed superior strength of one of the persons perishing by a common calamity to its natural weight, i. e. as a circumstance proper to be taken into consideration by a jury or ecclesiastical judge, but which, standing alone, is insufficient to shift the bur-mination will be required to enter his name at the then of proof. When, therefore, a party, on whom lies the onus of proving the survivorship of one individual over another, has no other evidence than the assumption, that, from age or sex, that individual must be taken to have struggled longer against death than his companion, he cannot succeed. But then, on the other hand, it is not correct to suppose that the law presumes both to have perished at the same moment; this would be establishing an artificial presumption against manifest probability. The practical consequence is, however, nearly the same, because, if it cannot be shewn which died first, the question will be treated by the tribunal as a thing unascertainable, and that, for all that appears to the contrary, both individuals may have died at the same moment." * "See Beck's Juris. 397, 7th ed., where is related an incident furnished by a modern traveller, who, in giving an account of a caravan coming in want of water in a Nubian desert, says that the youngest slaves bore the thirst better than the rest; and that while the grown-up boys all died, the children reached Egypt in safety.' The same author adds, As to habit and variety of constitution, all such as have a tendency to affections of the head and lungs should be deemed the first victims, in case the causes of death are of a description to affect these. And the moral condition must not be overlooked: the brave survive the fearful and the nervous. We subjoin the following statement, though not from a work of authority: It seems that death from hunger occurs sooner in the young and robust, their vital organs being accustomed to greater action than those of persons past the adult age.' (Chambers's Miscellany, vol. 8, p. 119)." Each student proposing to submit himself for exatreasurer's office of the Inn of Court to which he belongs on or before Friday, the 11th day of May next; 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 honourable distinction, or whether he is merely desirous of obtaining a certificate preliminary to a call to the Bar. The examination will commence on Friday, the 18th day of May next, and will be continued on the Saturday and Monday following. It will take place in the Benchers' Reading-room of Lincoln's-inn; and the doors will be closed ten minutes after the time appointed for the commencement of the examination. The examination by printed questions will be conducted in the following order:— Friday morning, the 18th May, at half-past nine, on Constitutional Law and Legal History; in the afternoon, at half-past one, on Equity. Saturday morning, the 19th May, at half-past nine, on Common Law; in the afternoon, at halfpast one, on the Law of Real Property, &c. Monday morning, the 21st May, at half-past nine, on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law; in the afternoon, at half-past one, a paper will be given to the students including questions 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 examination by printed questions, except that on Monday 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 studentship, or desires simply to obtain a certificate. The oral examination and printed questions will be founded on the books below mentioned, regard 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 knowledge of law and jurisprudence which he has displayed. A student may present himself at any number of examinations, until he shall have obtained a certificate. Any student who shall obtain a certificate may present himself a second time for examination as a candidate for the studentship, but only at one of the three examinations immediately succeeding that at which he shall have obtained such certificate; provided, that if any student so presenting himself shall not succeed in obtaining the studentship, his name shall not appear in the list. Students who have kept more than eleven terms shall not be admitted to an examination for the studentship. The READER on CONSTITUTIONAL LAW and LEGAL HISTORY Will expect the candidates for honours in the ensuing examination to have mastered the First, second, seventh, eighth, and fifteenth chapters of Hallam's Constitutional History; the chapter in Foster's Crown Law relating to the Law of Treason, and the chapter on the same subject in Mr. Stephen's edition of Blackstone's Commentaries; the chapters in Rapin's History of England containing the reign of Charles I, and those in Tindal's continuation of Rapin, or Belsham's History, containing the reign of William III; and the first volume of Clarendon's History of the Rebellion. He will expect them to be acquainted with the remarkable State Trials in the reigns of Charles II and William III. He will expect the candidates for a pass to be able to answer any question bearing upon the leading events of English History, and to be well acquainted with 1. The first two books of the Commentaries of Gaius. 2. The last two titles of the fiftieth book of the Digest, "De Verborum Significatione" and "De Regulis Juris." 3. The sixth, seventh, and eighth Lectures of Kent on International Law. 4. The tenth, eleventh, and twelfth chapters of the second book of Grotius, "De Jure Pacis et Belli.” Candidates for a pass certificate will be examined in1. The first two books of the Institutes of Justinian, with the Notes contained in Sandars's edition. 2. The seventh and eighth Lectures of Kent on International Law. The READER on COMMON LAW proposes to examine in the following books and subjects: Candidates for a certificate will be examined inat Law as regulated by the stats. 15 & 16 Vict. c. 76, 1. The ordinary steps and proceedings in an Action and 17 & 18 Vict. c. 125. (This subject may be read from Smith's Elementary View of an Action at Law, 5th ed.) 2. The Nature and Classification of Contracts. (Smith's Lectures on the Law of Contracts, Lect. 1). 3. The Elements of our Criminal Law in relation to the following offences:-Burglary, Simple Larceny at Common Law, and Embezzlement. (Archbold's Criminal Pleading, 12th ed., book 2, part 1, under the above titles). Candidates for honours will be examined in the first and third of the foregoing subjects, and also in 4. The Law of Principal and Agent, and of Partners. (Smith's Mercantile Law, 5th ed., book 1, chaps. 2 and 5). In connexion with the Law of Partners should also be read Waugh v. Carver (1 Smith's L. C. 491) and Buckley v. Barber, (6 Exch. 164). 5. The Rights and Obligations of Carriers of Goods and Passengers. (Story on Bailments, 5th ed., chap. 6, arts. 8 and 9). By order of the Council, RICHARD BETHELL, Chairman. The first, eighth, and thirteenth chapters of Hallam's Constitutional History, and the chapters in Rapin con- Council Chamber, Lincoln's Inn, March 8, 1855. taining the History of Charles I. The READER on EQUITY proposes to examine in the following books and subjects: 1. Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence; the Act for the Improvement of Equity Jurisdiction, 15 & 16 Vict. c. 86. 2. White & Tudor's Leading Cases, (with the Notes), vol. 1, particularly as regards the subjects of Voluntary Settlements, and the Rights of Married Women recognised in a Court of Equity only. Candidates for certificates of fitness to be called 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 in the two classes. The READER on the LAW of REAL PROPERTY proposes to examine in the following books and subjects:1. Williams-Real Property; Stephen-Commentaries, vol. 1; Sugden-Powers, vol. 1. 2. The Statute of Limitations, 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27. 3. The Statute of Wills, 1 Vict. c. 26, ss. 24-33. 4. Sales of Real Estate by Trustees or Executors in pursuance of a trust or a power; and the Liability of Purchasers to see to the Application of their Purchase Money. (Sugden-Powers, vol. 1, p. 129; vol. 2, p. 464; Stroughill v. Anstey, 1 De G., Mac., & G. 635). Candidates for honours will be examined in all the foregoing books and subjects. Candidates for a certificate will be examined in those mentioned in part 1. The READER on JURISPRUDENCE and the CIVIL LAW proposes to examine candidates for honours in the following subjects: London Gazettes. FRIDAY, MARCH 9. BANKRUPTS. SAMUEL ADAMS, New-court, Goswell-street, Middlesex, licensed victualler, dealer and chapman, March 19 and April 13 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Johnson; Sols. Lawrance & Co., 14, Old Jewrychambers, London.-Petition filed March 7. GEORGE HUTCHISON, Palace-row, New-road, Middlesex, timber merchant, March 20 at half-past 2, and April 24 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Edwards; Sol. Taylor, 15, South-street, Finsbury-square, London.Petition filed March 7. SAMUEL PERKES, late of Walbrook, now of Vulcanwharf, Earl-street, Blackfriars, London, engineer, manufacturer of and dealer in machines for the crushing of ores, and manufacturer of and dealer in bedsteads, dealer and chapman, (trading under the style of S. Perkes & Co.), March 20 and April 18 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Stansfeld; Sol. Indermaur, 1, Devonshireterrace, High-street, Marylebone.-Petition filed Feb. 24. EDWARD BURNELL, Houndsditch, and Skinner's-place, Leadenhall-market, London, baker, dealer and chapman, March 15 at 1, and April 25 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Pennell; Sols. G. & E. Hilleary, 5, Fenchurch-buildings, Fenchurch-street.-Petition dated March 6. ROBERT FOWLER, Bayford, near Wincanton, Somersetshire, pork butcher and butter dealer, March 20 and April 20 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Acraman; Sols. Bevan & Girling, Bristol.-Petition filed March 5. |