INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS. to cross demands of a purely legal nature, or when one or 3. What is the practice with respect to the costs of a Bill to 4. By what acts, inter vivos, can a married woman alien or affect her separate estate? 5. What is the devolution of the separate estate, real and personal, of a married woman, who has neither aliened it in her lifetime, nor disposed of it by will? 6. Explain the nature of the remedy in equity which a tenant in common has against his co-tenants in order to obtain a division of the property? F. 7. What is the difference between the legal and equitable remedy upon a breach of contract for the purchase of land? Notice has been given by the examiners that the elementary works, in addition to bookkeeping (mercantile) selected for the intermediate examination of persons under articles of clerkship executed after 1st January, 1861, for the year 1863, are: 1. The second book (not volume) of Stephen's Commentaries founded on Blackstone, comprising the rights of property, 4th edit, 1858 [but see infra]. 2. F. O. Haynes' Outlines of Equity 1858. 3. J. W. Smith's Elementary View of an Action at Law, 7th ed., by Prentice, 1860 [but see infra]. of the 4th edition of Stephen's CommenNOTE.-In consequence taries, and the 7th edition, by Prentice, of Smith's Elementary View of an Action at Law being out of print, the council have requested the examiners to frame their questions from such parts or subjects as are common to the under-mentioned editions of those worksStephen's Commentaries, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions; Smith's Action at Law, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th editions. The examiners deal with the subject of mercantile bookkeeping generally, and do not, in their questions, confine themselves to any particular system. Candidates are not examined in the method of bookkeeping by double entry. Candidates are required by the Judges' orders to give a month's notice to the Incorporated Law Society of their intention to be examined. The notice should contain the name and residence of the candidate, and of the attorney to whom the applicant is articled. The examinations are held in the Hall of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery-lane, London, W.C. EXAMINATION EXPERIENCES. SIR,-Having passed my examination and thus got over the dreaded ordeal, and having no longer any Cerberus to fear in regard to my entrance into the profession, I have thought it right to respond to your frequent appeals for "Experiences" by furnishing the following narrative for the benefit of my successors. My principal was one of the old school, that is, he had not himself undergone an examination, and he did not appear to me to have a just conception of its difficulties, nor sufficiently to sympathise with me respecting my apprehensions in regard thereto. Yet I must do him the justice to say that he was anxious that I should diligently attend to business during office hours, as a means of obtaining what he esteemed as of more importance than mere readings, namely, a practical acquaintance with business. He would have me begin at the beginning, doing the merest drudgery for the first two years, such as copying, going of errands, serving writs, answering the door, and in other respects performing the commands of himself and his managing clerk. This was done in an office in the country, where it is less pleasant than in a town office. I thought it prudent to submit, though I felt my father had scarce expected that this was to be the kind of instruction for which he paid 200 guineas. In the evenings I tried to read some of the old books which I found in the office, but made little or nothing out of them; neither could I obtain any advice from my principal or his managing clerk as to the best works for reading, beyond their oftrepeated statements that the books in the office were sufficient for me if I would only master them. After the end of my second year, another articled clerk was received into the office, which had the effect of promoting me to something superior, for I was now put to better uses, such as preparing abstracts, common deeds, particularly leases and ordinary conveyances; attending with the principal or managing clerk at the County Court, the justices' sittings, and other similar office business. As I always did my best, I picked up some practical information which I trust will be found useful to me in the career now open to me. I also became acquainted with two other articled clerks in the town, and I read with them twice or thrice a week during the evenings, that is, we talked about what we had seen in the office and read there or at home, and endeavoured thus to fix the matters in our minds; and I can assure you that I found this very useful to me, as I believe it was to the others. Having finished my period of service, I went up for examination without entering any town office or placing myself with a "crammer." I am sorry that circumstances did not permit my passing any time in the agent's office, but I do not at all regret not having had recourse to the other, as from what I have heard of some of the class, it is very possible I should not have profited thereby, and it is quite certain that I should have suffered in a pecuniary sense. I cannot say I felt very nervous about the examination, and probably this was somewhat in my favour, as it appears to me that some candidates must fail from an inability to bring their faculties into play just at the time they are most required. I know that much depends upon temperament, but my advice to intending candidates is, to enter upon the examination as a matter of routine rather than as a special and extraordinary occurrence; at any rate, let them give their faculties fair play, and make themselves as comfortable as possible, and not allow themselves to be alarmed by a perusal of the questions. I did not do, as I understand many do, namely, read the questions through before attempting to answer any of them-a process which appears to me is calculated to confuse, or at least discourage rather than assist-I took the first question which presented itself and answered it, and so on with the next, until I bad arrived at the last. I do not say I answered all, for there were some questions I felt then unable to master, and these I left intending to return to them after answering those which I thought I understood. However, I found that I was so slow that on both the days of examination I was sufficiently occupied in answering the understood questions, and had only just sufficient time, and therefore I did not recur to the other questions. However, I was glad to find, from a letter sent to me from the Incorporated Law Society, that the Examiners deemed my answers sufficiently satisfactory to justify them in granting me a certificate, though I need scarcely add that I did not receive any prize or honourable mention. This I did not much care about, as I had attained what was of so much importance to me-a successful passage through the examination. In saying this I do not wish to disparage those who are not content with this extent of success; on the contrary, I commend them for a very laudable feeling, and probably if I had my time to go through again, I should feel tempted to do the same. PHILO. SIR,-I send you by book post, answers to examination questions for Easter, 1862, which are taken from my draft made at the examination, and which you are at liberty to publish in your CHRONICLE, if you think proper. I need only say they were found satisfactory to the examiners, and I accordingly passed. I have not, as others have done before me, given the correct answers only and left out or rectified the wrong ones, but have written them exactly as I did at the ordeal. I am quite aware some are not correct answers, and others not answered so fully as they ought to have been, but I thought it best to send them to you as they are. If they prove of any service to those who are about to follow in the road I have trod before them. believe me, I shall feel myself amply repaid for the little trouble I have taken on their behalf.—I am, &c. NOTE. The answers are inserted ante, p. 7. ALIAS. CORRESPONDENTS ON MOOT POINTS.-The only names to be added to the previous lists were the following, namely, Mr. J. W. Vesey, • Bridgwater; Mr. J. T. Williams, St. Mary's-street, Monmouth :Not having received. the expected additions, we have postponed the publication of a revised list until next number, by which time we shall, we hope, be placed in a condition to enlarge the previous lists. SUBSCRIPTIONS.-Now that another volume is commenced, we trust that those subscribers who are in arrear will make a point of paying up without any further delay; and as the principle upon which the publication is conducted is pre-payment, we shall feel obliged if subscribers will remit their subsciptions for the current year (i. e., for 1863, or from No. 25 to 36); or, if they prefer it, for a half-year only, (i.e., from January to June, 1863, or, Nos. 25 to 30). All post-office orders should be made payable at the Chancerylane Post-office, to Mr. JOHN LANE, of No. 10, Offord-road, Barnsbury, London, N. The subscription for a year is 12s.; for a halfyear 6s. FRAUDULENT TRADE MARKS' ACT, 25 & 26 VICT. c. 88. THIS Act attempts to give protection to trade marks by making the fiaudulent use thereof a criminal offence, punishable in some instances by indictment, and in others by penalties on summary convictions. The word "trade mark" is declared to include " any name, signature, word, letter, device, emblem, figure, sign, seal, stamp, diagram, label, ticket, or other mark lawfully used by any person to note any chattel, or (in Scotland) any article of trade, manufacture, or merchandise, to be an article or thing of the manufacture, workmanship, production, or merchandise of such person, or 'o be an article or thing of any peculiar or particular description, made or sold by such person, and shall also include any name, signature, word, letter, number, figure, mark, or sign, which, in pursuance of any statute or statutes for the time being in force relating to registered designs, is to be put or placed upon, or attached to, any chattel or article during the existence or continuance of any copyright, or other sole right acquired under the provisions of such statutes, or any of them." By sec. 2, "Every person who, with FRAUDULENT TRADE MARKS. intent to defraud, or to enable another to defraud, any person, shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any trade mark, or shall apply, or cause or procure to be applied, any trade mark or any forged or counterfeited trade mark to any chattel or article not being the manufacture, workmanship, production, or merchandise of any person denoted or intended to be denoted by such trade mark, or denoted or intended to be denoted by such forged or counterfeited trade mark, or not being the manufacture, workmanship, production, or merchandise of any person whose trade mark shall be so forged or counterfeited, or shall apply, or cause or procure to be applied, any trade mark or any forged or counterfeited trade mark to any chattel or article not being the particular or peculiar description of manufacture, workmanship, production, or merchandise denoted or intended to be denoted by such trade mark or by such forged or counterfeited trade mark, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and every person so committing a misdemeanor shall also forfeit to her Majesty every chattel and article belonging to such person to which he shall have so unlawfully applied, or caused or procured to be applied, any such trade mark or forged or counterfeited trade mark as aforesaid, and every instrument in the possession or power of such person, and by means of forged or counterfeited trade mark which any such trade mark, or as aforesaid, shall have been so applied, and every instrument in the possession or power of such person for applying any such trade mark or forged or counterfeited trade mark as aforesaid, shall be forfeited to her Majesty; and the Court before which any such misdemeanor shall be tried may order such forfeited articles as aforesaid to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as such Court shall think fit." By sec. 3-1. Applying, or causing or procuring to be applied, any trade mark or any forged or counterfeited trade mark to any "cask, bottle, stopper, vessel, case, cover, wrapper, band, reel, ticket, label, or other thing, in, on, or with which any chattel or article shall be intended to be sold, or shall be sold, or uttered or exposed for sale, or intended for any purpose of trade or Inanufacture-with intent to defraud, or to enable another to defraud, 2. Inclosing or placing any chattel or article, or any person. causing or procuring any chattel or article to be inclosed or placed in, upon, under, or with any such, &c. (as in the above offence). 3. Applying or attaching, or causing, or procuring to be applied or attached, to any chattel or article exposed for sale, any case, cover, reel, ticket, label, or other thing to which any trade mais shall have been falsely applied. 4. Inclosing, placing, or uttering any chattel or article, in, upon, &c., any cask, &c., having thereon the trade mark of any other person. These misdemeanours are punish |