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SIR, I have frequently searched the pages of your periodical in order to find some report of, or the questions put, at the Preliminary Examinations. My searching having been in vain, I looked to other means for that information which you did not give. A few days ago, a young gentleman, a friend of mine, being about to "go up" to be examined, I requested him to bring me a copy of the questions; but what was my surprise, on his return, when I learned that the examiners would not allow him to do so, and he had not time to copy them. This preliminary ordeal through which the majority of those who intend to become lawyers must pass, seems very little understood by that class of persons which it peculiarly affects. They think it all moonshine, and no trouble to get through, but this is not the case, for the questions are more difficult than the nature of the examination would lead one to suppose. It seems clear that those who study the law will have a strict test respecting their education. I have selected a few of the questions which were put to my friend, but they are not expressed verbatim et literatim. I took them down as he told them me from memory. If you think the questions interesting to your readers, and to those who are likely to become so, you are quite at liberty to insert them with this letter. Yours truly, GEOGRAPHY.

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1. What are the principal exports and manufactures of Great Britain?

2. Name the counties you pass by in a voyage from London to

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3. Name the principal towns and rivers in Spain and Portugal. 4. Draw a map of the King of Sardinia's dominions.

GRAMMAR.

1. What is the meaning of the word "should ;" and is it spelt right according to its etymology? What parts of speech are may and " can ?"

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2. Sixteen lines of "Paradise Lost given to parse in full.

3. Name the distributive and indefinite pronouns. Are the latter really pronouns?

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Birmingham, 4th Feb., 1862. "On demand I promise to pay Mr. John Smith the sum of £200 and interest, in quarterly payments.-A lease, dated 1st Jan., 1862. Bill of Exchange, dated June, 1861, drawn by J. R.

"JOHN JONES." The intention of the parties undoubtedly was that the principal and interest was to be payable on demand, but if not demanded, then interest by quarterly payments. One quarter is past, payee wants his money. Is the drawer liable at once for the whole amount or only one-fourth of it? Will parol evidence be admitted to explain the intention of the parties? The lease and bill of exchange mentioned in the bill were deposited as collateral security.-THOMAS DALLOW, 8, Cleveland-road, Wolverhampton.

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