among the Romans, was the making over goods to another, either by sale or by legal sentence; the goods so delivered were called bona addicta. Debtors were sometimes delivered over in the same manner, and thence called servi addicti.

ADDISCOMBE COLLEGE is situate about a mile east of Croydon in the county of Surrey. It was established by the East India Company in 1809, for the purpose of providing a suitable education for officers intended for the scientific branches of the Indian army. The present system of education at Addiscombe is considered to be very efficient, and includes the following branches:—mathematics and classics; fortification and artillery; military drawing; military surveying; landscape drawing; French and Hindustani languages; geology and mineralogy; chemistry; and the sword exercise. There is also a chaplain in connection with the college. The appointment of the professors is vested in the court of directors, which has also the sole power of removing them. Pupils are admitted only on obtaining a nomination either from a director of the company or from the president of the board; and must be between 14 and 18 years of age. On entering they have to undergo a preliminary examination on the following subjects, viz.:—English, Latin, writing, the ordinary rules of arithmetic, with fractions, and the extraction of the square root; besides these, it is of great advantage to the cadet in his future studies to have some knowledge of mathematics and drawing. The academical course extends over four terms, comprised in two years study. The number of students at Addiscombe is 150; and, on an average, it annually furnishes the army with 75 cadets. All the officers of the engineers and artillery are required to study at Addiscombe; but those designed for the cavalry and the infantry generally do not study here. Appointments in the corps of engineers and artillery are given as prizes to those students who pass the highest examinations; the most distinguished being selected for the engineers according to the vacancies in that branch; those immediately following in succession are promoted to the artillery; and the others receive commissions in the infantry. The company receive annually £1,100 from each pupil for his board and education. The average expenses of a pupil for the year may be estimated at a total of £1,120, which includes uniform, books, instruments, and every contingent expense.