The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1856, Page 3

tions have been selected, girding the globe with seats of power, piece and re especially their on great lines of con:munication era nation must pass before their doors. No er ia more interested in all this than we are, and that interest is tenfold incroased by our acqui- sitions upon the Pacific, and by the necessity of an muvecaee: eomamcurioasion i thom. hie want no in our path, watching in his lair till he is read, to spring. But this is just what England waren aye, will have, if we do not bring both vigi- lance and firmness to the task Lefore us. 5, Our fifth and last principal ground of com- plaint is the conduct and pretensions of England in respect to the Mosquito country aad protectorate. The treaty recognizes the existence of no aach rela- tion with that region. This is conceded by Lord Clarendon, who adds, however, that the treaty does recognize the right of both the United states aud England to afford protection to the Central Ameri- can States, including Mosquito. This phraseology is too indeterminate. The allusion in the conven tion to this important maiter is a mere incidental one. it thet neither party shall make use of any protection it may afford to either of the said. States, for any pur- pose inconsistent with the trexty. I think now, as I thought at first, that the introduction of thi provision was unfortanate ; and I should feel obliged wo the Senator from Vermont, (Mr. Collamer,) who was a member of Gen. Taylor's Cabinet at the time this subject was pending, if he will state to the Senate the reasons for its introduction. Mr. Conner here stated the reason for the in- sertion of this provision of the treaty arising out 0! a correspondence between Lord Palmerston and Mr. Lawrence, which rendered this meas:re necessary to insure a faithful formance of its. stipulations And he also said he was reluctant to enter into th: debate upon this question. for various reasons ; and, ‘mong others, because it would be impossible for him to age upon what he deemed a perversion of terms with the patience and good temper which be- came a grave inquiry into our concerns with a . foreign Power. Mr. Cass then resumed his memarks, and said— Mr. President, I tender my ackaowiedgments to the honorable Senator for his clear exposition, which satisfactorily shows the reisons that influenced the Cabinet of Gen. Taylor in this transaction. That explanation presents the subject in an aspect which is new to me, and certainly suggests more powerful motives for the adoption of the course than I had an- ticipated, though I still think the treaty would have been better without this clause. Tappreciate the reluctance of the Senate to de- ‘bate this subject. It is no pleasant task. As he ‘well intimates, it demands strong reprobation in strong language. I believe I have not, certainly I have Rot intended to employ expressions which do not fairly belong to the circumstances. I recollect, some years since, in the British Honxe of Commons, Lord John Russell called Mr. Polk's Oregon massage a blastering display ; 1 think that was the teria. His Lordsinp’s display was an unfortunate one, for there was nothing to warrant the aspersion. But there are pretensions so grossly unjust that no mild epithets befit their character. One of these we are dealing with to-day. Lord Clarendon, in a despatch to Mr. Crampton, connects the Mosquito protectorate with the honor of England, and distinctly avows that he has no in- tention, to abandon it. He indeed tells Mr. Buchanan that the government “did intend to reduce and limit thot right” Mr. Bu- chanan’s retort is a very Pappy one. He inti- mates that some proof of this design more substantial than the mere declaration, might remove this subject from the controversy. It is not denied on the pert of England that it must be exercised without THoging with it occupation, or fortification, or colonization, or dominion. Now, sir, what is this rotectorate that cannot be abandoned withoat Eaviog # dishonorable stain upon the English es- catchcon? How had it been exercised, and what ood has it done? 1 need not go over the historical narrative showing the unjustifiable progress of this assumption of eupremacy over these Indians. The story has been often told, and the inter‘erence itself has been the principal cause of more than one war ‘between Spain and England. It reduced these In- dians, or if it has not done that, it has aided in re- ducing them, from a numerous band of high spirlted aborigines to a miserable remnant of a few bun- dreds—I believe not more than five hundred north of the San Juan—and the decadence has not been less rapid or visible in their moral and physical con- dition than in their power and numbers. All ac- counts represent them as in the lowest state of wretchedness—‘ degraded,’ as Mr. Buchanan says, “even below the common Indian stand- ard.” They can hardly sink lower; and the seontemptible exhibition” of king crowning hes been enacted at Jamatca, as well as in the Moz mito country, by British officers of the highest au- ority, and the head of a drunken savage chief has been encircled with a tinsel royal diaden, aud he has been bailed as one of the sovereigns of the ‘earth! And the title isin happy coincidence with the farce, and must have sounded eaphoniously in English ears, w: en the trumpets ulew, as I suppose they did in the oiden time, and the people cried," God save the King of the Mosquitoes. ? Lord Palmerston seems to have held a very diifer- ent estimate of the powers of this monarch, aud of the condition of his monarchy, at different times, o- at any rate to have avowed one. Heaaid, in a letter dated July 16, 1849, tothe Minister of Nicaragua, that “the King of the Mosquitoes had from an early period of history been the independent ruler of a separate Territory.” onverso, he said to Mr. Rives, “ they had what was called a king, but who, by the by, is a3 much a king as you or What a jewel is consistency! Lord John Russell and ford Palmerston have both denominated this pretension a fictiou. Itis so, and a gross one too. I might, indeed, characterize it by a stronger epithet. But, like other members of the same imaginative family, itis undergoing a meta- morphosis which is rapidly coaverting 1t into a grave fact, which, if not now met and re.isted, will mark ita place in history us having exercised « con- trolling influence upon ihe fate of those widespread regions. The world ie looking on, and doubtless with interest, watching the course of the dispntants, and regarding the cause of the struggle as ap expe- riment, wondering whetber British presumption or American forbearance can be carried fartuest or continued longest. While a British Secretary of State is rege his sanction to such an unworthy transaction, referring to the annointing process as one of the foundations the British claim in a com- munication with an American representative, Lord Clarendon calls the present Chief a “decent, well behaved youth.” He may be so; butif he is, he does not derive bis virtues, as he does his realm, from hereditary descent, for Lord Olarendon says his late Majesty, his father, was a bad fellow—he was a worthless, drunken savage. All accounts agree in that. Lord Clarendon said—inadvertently I should think, with purposed frankness it may be - that the present monarch lives in the family of Mr. Green, the Consul, denying at the same time the exercise of any British power over this region by means uf the royal protecé. He adds, however. That the Consol may ve often called upon to give iris advice or opinion to the Morquito government. Well, sir, this is cool, if not satisfactory. And has Lord Clarendon so low an estimate of mankind as to suppose that a single mun, either in his country or in ours, can be found who can be deceived by such representations? It is making a heavy and upon human credulity. Here is an immense extent of sea coast, more than five hundred miles, held by the British government upon this weakest of all pre- tences. Thus held to-day, but to be held to-morrow in full sovereignty by the right of possession, and if need be by the application of power. And all this, while the wax is hardiy dry upon a treaty whose whole spirit is incompatible with even the exercise of influence for political purpoxes by one party, which might, as I have already said, injuriously affect the other in that magnificent region. But, after all, Lord Clarendon makes the following striking admission, and a strong one it is, con- sidering his gencral propositions and _ pretensions, He saya, though Great Britain never held posseasion of the Mosquito Coast, yet “she undoubtedly exer- cises a grent and powerful influence over it as tector of the Sa King.” Who knows but that thia relataon may ereafter assume a position in the English Heraldic a A and as the sovereign is the Defender of the Faith, the protectorship of the Mosquitoes Le Aly its place alongside the boasted motto of the plous Henry VIII. I desire to ask the honorable Senator from Dela ware if this professed abttinence from interference has been observed, and whether the British Consul has not issued ts of land without reference to the authority of the Mesquito yt Mr. Craytox—Yes, sir; he has undoubtedly done #0, a8 wil) be fonnd by reference to a letter from our Minister in Central America of July 10, 1849, in which it, is stated that the municipal and other regulations have been dictated by the English Consul, who has assumed the entire direction of af- fairs; and he adds that he is a dictator from whom there is no appeal, and that he “aasamosto sell the land, not as the agent of the Mosquito King, but as her Britannic Bistert "8 Vike Consul.’ Mr. be a he for Roeto oA polled oes ‘was a copy of one er Bri- tanic Majesty’a Vice Const, James les and also a statement of sums of money paid for a of the land by Robert Woods, an Hnglish surveyor. Le Tg kial sir, + have nee her time, ‘nor tienee te examine and ¢: aa. Pimed ty Lord Clarendon, Tie the whole of the Mosqmito country is a9 much under the sul tion of England as the island of Jamaica, is as obvi- ous as the most palpable fact which is now passing before the world. A few days ago, sir, when this subject was brought before the Senate, I recalled some reminis- cences connected with English philanthropic pro- fesstons of regard for the Indians, of which we havo heard s0 meek 10 this country; andw that oc- casion, 1 appealed to the honorable ator from nd thus the flag of NEW to & com; traditional and personal; for havin lived all his lite on the dark an of Kentucky, as it was called by the {n- dians, he early heard the tales of horror which Indian barbarities, urged on by British agents, been born aud bloody ground brought upon that country; and [saw hin staud np | in batile against a com! Christian and barba- rian army, where the red man had been subsidized to fight the warfare of the white man. He knew— the country knows indeed—that these allies, as they were called by the British Commissioners at Gheat, were purchaeed by a lavizh di-tribution of money, and presents and whitey, and by the hopes of gaining Indian trophies in the form of haman scalps to be reaped ina bloudy harvest oa our feon- tiers. This state of things was never more eloquext- ly or feelingly depicted tham by Fisher Ames, inan address inthe House of Representatives, remarkad'e in our oratorical history for its beanty. [t took lace daring the administration of General Wash- f mn, on a resolution that it wus expedient to make appropriations for carrying into effect the treaty wath Great Britain. The con equenves of the failure to do so formed the principal topic of Mr. Ames’ remarks: and amon; Indian hos tilities to which we should be exposed by English influence over the Indians were the most prominent my ears, His thrilling acconnta yet almost ring ‘The eloquent speaker said:— On this theme my emotiony are eoule find words for them, if my pox porticn to my zeal. I would swe'l my voice to auc of remonstzance, it should reach every house be- yond the mountains, 1 would wey to the inhabituatx— wake from your false tecurity; your crnel dengers, your woret appreheuri’ ns are soun to be ronewed; wouncs yet unbeaied are t> be torn ojen again; in the daytime, your path ibrcugh the woods will bo emousied; whe darkness of midright will glitter with the blige of your dwellings, You are & father—tha bioud at your sons shall fatten your corn fields; you area motber—tne war whoop shail wake the sleep of the oradie. look with a fecling of loathing upon this inter- ference of one civilized nation with savage tribes living out of its territory and within the dominions of another power, and the feeling reaches to indigna- tion when the measure is cloaked by hollow pro- ee of bree it rae in sie it is Headers y the purposes of power. Our experience has been Hon md costly oue, and I do not believe that there has ie been any change in this system of politicul ethics, which accelerated the Gownfall of our [n- dians, and which is producing a similar fate upo the coast of Central America. May our aboriginal inhabitants be everywhere delivered from the pro- tection of such a protector. Let us survey this matter of the treaty from another point of view. A change of position often gives increused interest to the same landscape. Sup- pose an arrangement like this hud been entered iuto hetween the french and English governments for the purpose of securing @ transit a: ross the [Isthmus of Suez, and a safe communication through the Red Sea for both parties to the rich regions of Eastern Asia; and suppose the French government had en- deavored, under the claim of protection, and by means of money, that key to the heart of an Arab, to gain an ascendancy over some of the Ishmaelite tribes on the Eastern coast of the Red Sea, with Consuls to board and lodge the chiefs, and to give “them advice and opinion’—these are the words upon all important affairs—t say, supposing all this, what would he the course of the British government? And the question becomes still more emphatic, if to these suppositions we join another: that the Freach should add insult to injury by offering such reasons— no, not reasons, but such pretexts—tfor their want of faith, a8 are coolly presented and urged for our satis- and acquiescence? 1 will not pursue the in- quiry. It cannot be necessary. The auswer is to he sound in the History of England, and he who seeks it there can find it Theatres afd Hxwipittons. Broapway TaEateK,—Wr. J. W, Wallack, dr., will commence the second week of his engagement at this house to-morrow evening, when he will give his admirable representation of Mathew Elmore in the poyular play called “ Love’s Sacrifice.” Miss Jane Coombes will make her fourth appeurance before the public in the arduons part of Margaret Elmore. The magnificent and thrilling spectacle called the “ Sca of Ice,” will follow Weaning. characiert by Mr. Fisher, Mr. Chapman, Mad. Ponisi, &c. Nipx10’s Gakyen.—The liberality and enterprise of Mr. Niblo, combined with the extraordinary pan- tomimic talent of the Ravel Family, have lately af. forded the frequenters of this establishment an op- portunity of enjoying a variety of pleasing enter tainments, produced ina style never surpassed in this country. To-morrow night the Ravels will ap near in Jerome’s comicality of,* The Schoolmaster;”’ Mite Robert and the ballet troupe iu ‘“‘ Katy, the Vivandiere,” and anon the Ravels in the peouliar pantomime of ‘ Vol-au-Vent.” Bowery Trratre.—The unprecedented success of Mr. Clarke's thrilling spectacle, entitled ‘ Herne the Hunter; or, The Demon Horseman,” which was performed amid the unanimous pies of overflow ing heuses throughout last week, is announced for repetition every night during the coming week. In deed, so great is the sensation created by this drama that the manager contemplates giving both after- noon and evening performances, in order to accom- modate the many who have hitherto been unable to procure seats. Burton's TaraTre.—The patrons of this favorite house will, no doubt, be pleased to learn that the manager has effected an engagement with Mr, J. H. McVicker, the Yankee comedian, who recently ac- d such great popularity in London and other cities of England. He will make his debut to-mor- row evening, as “Sam Patch in France.” In ad- dition, Mr. H. A. Perry, who has already become a great card here, will play Charies Rocket, in the longhable affair called “ take That Gurl Away.” Mr. Burton will enact Mr. Poddle; also Picadilly, in “ Burton's Directory.” Wartack’s Tavatrae.—Still another new piece isto be produced ot this establishment to-morrow evening. It purports to be a dramatic sketch, called “Dake Humphrey's Diuner,” and as it only numbers. three characters, performed by Messrs. Lester and Norton, and Mrs. Hoey, it will no doubt prove very entertaining. The comedy of “The Village Doctor” will follow—Vierre Boncoeut, Mr. H. Placide. To conclude with the brilliant comedietta entitled ‘The Listle Treasure,” Miss M. Gannon as the heroine. Laura Kgeye’s Variertms —The exciting drama called “Satan in Paris,” seems to have proved a de- cided hit at this establishment, and, although among the Lest pieces of the kind, its great success is equally 23 much due to the meritorious artists by whom it is performed as to the talent of the author. Mies Keene admirabl personates the mysterious stranger, and is ably supported by Messrs. Jordan and Hall, Mies Reignolds, Mrs. Hough and others. “Satan” will be repeated to-morrow, together with the laughable tarce of “The School for Tigers,” in which Misses Keene, Durand, Reignolds, and Mrs. Hough appear. Woon's Minstreis.—Some of the fittest songs in the Ethiopian catalogue, and a variety of solos, trios, choruses, dances, &c., will be given by the facetious George and his professional associates to- morrow evening. The entertainments will conclude with the successful new burlesque called “The Good for Nothing.” Bvckiey’s SeRenaners.—G. 8. and R. B. Back- ley and their auxiliaries will sing several of their most popular songs to-morrow night, including “Jenny Rango Hi,” the celebrated “ Laughin, Chorus,” and the “ Burlesque Hutchinson @amily. ‘The strength of the talented company will gfter- wards appear in “ Sonnambula.” Broapway Vanieries.—This establishment, for. merly Mechanics’ Hall, at 472 Broadway, having heen altered and greatly improved thronghout, will open to-morrow evening, under the management of Messrs. Wood & Marsh. The house has been spe- cially arranged +0 as to enable the Marsh troupe of juvenile comedians, who recently performed a very successful enga cement at the Broadway theatre, to display their piccocious talent to the best advantage. ‘The gorgeous spectacle called “ The Naiad Queen,” is the aig iece—all the characters will be per- sonated by children under twelve years of age— among them Master G. W. Marsh, the comic in- fantile wonder. AcapEMy HaLu.—The beautiful panoramic pic- tures of China and Japan are still on exhibition here, Those familiar with the scenes represented speak very highly of the correctness of these picto- nal views. Superior Court—Gencral Term. Present, Hon. Judges Oakley, Duer, Bosworth, Hoffman and Woodruff. sae S Onarey be Ar de vs. dae Mak and Erie 101 ny—] ion grant suppres- sion of the depositions of Buel and Seggewn, allowed. ee R. Jones, vs, Peter Morris.—Motion granted. Eagar F, Brown, vs: Wm. E. Wilmerding. —! MPI te te Toon nen aun} rnold, va. ver Vall Railrond Company Judgment aftrmied. 7 Onin Harvey 0. Weed and Wife, vs. Panama Railroad Sere for plaintiff on verdict, with cost James §. Brooks, va. James Christopher — ree’s re) aflirmed with costs. serosa a Mh. les French, va, Plin White.—Judgment af- irmed. . “+ eg ns The Hngluh Courts and Bar. HOW THE JUDGES DO BUSINESS IN BNGLAIVD. We subjoin a lively sketch of the Boglish C..arts und Bar, from Harpers’. There is alwayean inside and un outside to all public institutions of the kiod, und this little daguerreotype gives a very accurate idea of the judicial proceeding of our Englisly neigh- bors. There ure some features of the English sys- YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FESRUARY thrill that every man WTAse ATARH AHOT W the merits of this form are easily disposed | we The marge ter wm which. concesle fem altogether better than our own. The admission ' of pasties to give tertimony, and the courtesy of the legal! profession, and we have no doubt their legal acquirements, are clearly in advance upon oar juris- prudence:— Twice in the year the judges of Westminster Hall issue from that uucient carpe tribunal to dis- . pense justice to the people of England in the Pro- vinces, The counties are classified and arranged into cight circuits. The work is distributed amoug the judies by mutual arrangement, seniority giving ben a privileges; a sg Dhscghiaiar “oth apa being agreed ipon, a paper is thea published, uing the duties of each, and appointing the periods tor bi fulfilment. Sa ith the. judges, or “ir suite, go the lawyers or barristers of Westminster Hall, for there is no provinoial bar iu England. Attorneys and solicitors abound in the counties and provincial towns; but the barristers, the advocates, or counsel, as we call them, ae all London men. On being called to. the bar, the barrister selects his circui+, according as bis interest, or inclination dictates, and to the courts of that circuit he remains attached for the remain der of bis professional life. One change is, I believe pemnitted, but with that exception, the barrirter. unless on some purticular engagement or retatuer when * he goes down special,” doesnot quit his cir cult. The judges change constantly, but the lawyers vemein the same. In the diys before the railways were known, the judges travelled in their own carriages, and the bar- risters ‘posted dowr. Now the levelling rail car con- vyeys judge and coonsel, juryman and witness to the common destination. ‘The judges ure attended by their clerks and mar- thals. ach judge has ove of these officers. The clark of an fnglish barrister isa very important ‘unctionary; he arranges his appointmehts, settles and collects his fees, receives and ushers in his clients—in short, is something between an -aid-de- camp anda gentlewan-in-waiting. “I can tell you,” said my tried, Mr. , himself a leadiug barris- ter, ‘* wy clerk thinks heisa good deal more of a personege than I imagine that Iam.” When the barrister Lecomes a judge, the clerk retains the same confidential position, while, of course, his duties very. The marshal is a different sort of character. He is a surt of page of honor, generally a young barrister or epecial pleader (tho.gh not necessarily so), who from connec- tion, friendship, or otherwise, accompanies the judge for s year or more on his circuits, to fanuliarize himself with this branch of basiness. 1 believe their only official functions are to swear in the grand jury, and to prepare for the judges an abstract of the pleadings, or nisi prius re- cords (which word, for the benetit of my New York brethren, is in England pronounced record, as they pronounce it in Virginin). They sit at the ends of the judges’ dinner table when’ the county magis- trates andthe bar are invited. They make tea for them. They write notes to thank the noighboring sentry for haunches of venison. They are particu larly kind and polite to American gentlemen. Sa- veral of thore whom I saw bore names illustrious in the law, and I shall not soon forget the pleasant day which 1 spent at Chatsworth with the “ judges’ marsbals,’ The county is obliged to find lodging for the judges while on the circuit. At Derby aarters are permanent, in a building attached to the Court House, or County ‘All; at Ipswich and Croydon I found the magistraics established in private dwelling houses, which owneis had vacated for the purpose, and J venture to believe, for—a consideration. Here they install themselves, with a retinue of servants, cooks, waiters, éc., and here at every assize town they remain in the seclusion of a private house, un- Urcken except by the entertainment which they give to the bar ond the conntry magistrates, or by the un- frequent irruption of a vagrant American into ticir orbit. ‘The barristers are differently disposed of; the no- tion of the English system is, that the barrister must Le kept distinct and aloot from all the other instra- ments of justice. He is understood to have no fa- miliar associations with attorneys, and least of all with mortals still more profane. He is sapposed never to speak to a witness till the cause is heard— never to lay cyes on him except in open court. So the banister is prohibited from raking up his quarters on the circuits at any inn or public house, where he might meet the * * *, He must have rivate lodgings, which, however, are not provided Rr at the county's Cetra Accordingly, at every aesize town you find in the inn 2 list of the counse on the circuit, with their respective places of tempo- rary abode. v4 a But barristers must dine—English barristers will dine together, and no private lodgings being sulfi- cient for the purpose, the bar mess dines every day at sixor seven o'clock, at the principal inn in the town. Of this pleasant imstitetion more hereafter. And so youhave the picture of a county town where the ussizes are being held. The judges in- staled in their lodgings, the barristers in their private quarters, and the profane rout of attor- neys, Witnesses and jurymen crowding the coffee rooms of the various inus. From time to time the echo of the bugles announces that the judges are going to or from the court; and if, as at Croydon, the Court Houee is in the heart of the town, you will seo the baiti-ters in full wigs and gowns trotting aboutthe street, and even entering the precincts of the inns themrelves. i Each circuit embraces several counties. On en- tering each cou.ty the judges are met and received by the sheriff of that county, sometimes in lace ruf- fles aud breeches, sometimes in the uniform of a De- puty Lord Lieutenant, sometimes in plain black. He —the sheriff— brings with him his retinue, for jus- tice is honored in England with ail sorts of form and paraphernalia, and outward observance. Thi3 re- Tnud used to consist of the sheriff's own tenantry— they were then wont to be endowed with certain sad- dles ard bridies for the purpose—and an old statnte declares, no doubt to prevent any offensive display of ferdal power, that no sheriff, on these occasions, chould turn out with more than twenty-four of his vareals. But, tempora madtentur! the feudal power is on the wane. Pomps and shows are dying out, and saddles and bridles 380 that now the tenantry of the sh » superseded by a band of pensioners, or outside invdlides, as they would be termed in France, who, in & wnivorm of blue coat and pautaloons, scarlet vest aad white cravat, aud With javelivs in their hands—such was the uniform at Derby, elsewhere they wear different trappings— excert the judges to and from their jodgings, wait on them to and from the court, and preserve order in the tribunal. With the cheriff comes the sheriff's chaplai - the first act of tle periormance, in each a: own, is for the judge to robe him in the offi-ial scarlet, and then attend service in the principal church of the place. I was present at the opening ceremony in All Saints’ church, in Derby, where many of the great Cavendish family repose, and heard a sermon preached for the benefit of the excel- Jent Mr. Justice Coleridge on the words, “The . powers that be are ordained of God,” It appeared to me a double edged sort of a text, aud to be sus+ ceptible of a construction much less conservative thau the worthy end reverend gentleman gave to it. From the church the judges go to the court and enter on their duties. But 1 mast first describe an English ccurt room, for nothing can be more differ. ent in its aspect from ours. The three T saw were a po" ddealalike. I heard Mr. Justice in no very dulvet tones, in open court, at Croy: that the one there “ was the worst in the kingdom.” Tom not sure that J saw tho Lest, but the one at Ipswich was a new one, and | think there can be no very great difference between them. The bar is ranged round a large square or oblong table covered will green baize; {rom this table the seats rive amphitheatrewise on three sides. On the fourth overhangs the formidable figure of the judge. The first eflect is sumething like that of a cockpit, ora small cirens, where from all sides you look down on the performers. The central table varies. I saw no one able to accommodate more than two ¥ people, and these not comfortably. In fact, any- thing less comfortable than the whole affair I never saw. The barristers, all attired in wigs and gowns, are ranged round this table on Jong wooden beuche: or rettles with high rectangular or perpendicular backs; and if a4 desire to go out, they must either crawl alongon the seat behind their brethren who lean forward, or else stalk across the table, as I saw Hay Metin done. ‘There is no such thing as a chair in the whole arena. Into this delightful Pomerium no one but barristers are allowed to enter, save when an attorney or a client is called in for conference or ruggestion. ‘The gown of the barrister is stuff or silk. God for bid that I shoald attempt to state on what terms and conditions the one toga is exchanged for the other, and what privileges are dependent thereon; it is an awtul and coppice subject. The wig is, I believe, a little more intelligible; that is to say, easier to get through one’s hair, A dingy gray perake, with three horizontal and parallel rows of ourls behind, twisted as tight as hot iron can friz them, witha tail dangling below, that is always getting under the collar of the gown (one hand of several counsel that T saw, while speaking, being principally occupied ia keeping the queue clear of the robe), constitutes the capillary ornament of the English bar. The only distinction, I believe is, that the sergeant’s wig bears on ite top a small black patch or coif, which, ata little distance, to a thortedghted person, suggests the idea of some unpleasant diseave of the head—to auch dimensions has shrunk the coiffure which we vee in the old pictures and engravings of the Cokes and Plowdens of threo hundred years aga! T think the ity of our modern attire. and gives dig- re to the spenker, The wig is # detestable disguise and deformity; it gives every face a heavy, wooden air, and wost effectually conceals the of the features; thongh, I su; , as about everything, abere tare two sides to the question, “If you were €o see old ———. without hia wig,” said my friead Mr ~—-, while I was dechaiming against the ugliness ot the thing, you wowld thivk the wig was ; not euoh a Lad head-drese after all. ‘The attire of the judges Is # still more complex subject, and T appreach it with a profound sense of my utter incapacity to deal witle it. [only know that one day icy appear in a scarlet robe, and one day ina black; thut one day they wear a fall bot- tomed wig, and the next a Ramilics peruke; but the order of these vicissitudes, their symbolicat meaning, hidden cause, or practical efftot, I confess meyself entirely incapable of explaining. I venture, however, to expiess wy opinion, that in Ragland: the day of the costumer is past; and that the mus- culine “sense and Shey practical ability of the English bench could not be better shown than by throwing off these trappings, which, itis true, make’ groundlings stare, but which ars‘only infinitely ludicrous to the eye of common sense. On one side of the four-sided amphitheatre are the seats for the jury, and on the othera the smali audience are arranged. The judge oecupies a seat by himeelf; on either side of him are places for e the sheriff, chapluin and county magistrates, and: for any casual observer, who, like myself was ought worthy of the honor. A one side of the judge is the witness-box, a little further of is the crier. Atthe door, andin diffcrent part of the house, are stationed the javelin men, to preserve order. Directly under the judge sits the clerk, also in wig or gown, acting under directions of the presiding’ officer. It will’ be berae in mind that there are two court rooms of this kind at each aasize town, the one for the civil, and the other for the crimival business. saw the entry of the judges into Derby. The little inn where I_ was overlooked the court:yard. Two buglers on horseback preceded the sheriff's carriage. The governor of the jail headed the pro- cession, also mounted. The javelin;men paraded in front of the lodgings; and the sherili’s carriage, with the sheriffand judges in it, drew up. The judges retired to their private apartments, entered the court room in plain clothes, attended by the sheriff and chaplain, ascended the tribunal, and then the clerk opened and read the commissions under which the judges discharge their duties; for they hold these circuits, not as judges of Westminster, but by virtue of commissions regularly made out for every circuit. In these commissions there are fre- queutly, it not usually, joined prominont barristers, rergeants, &c., who may and often do hold the court. So at Croydon, where the work on the home cireuit was very heavy, Mr. Bramwel sitting, with full Judicial powers, to hely off the calendar. The commissions under which they act are, i think, five:—Justices of the peace; of assize, for old real actions, &c.; of Nisi Prins, for the civil busi- ness; of Jail Delivery, for the criminal business; of Oyer and Terminer, The juage and all present stand while they are read, the judge with his hat on; and when the Queett names in the commission “our trusty and wg!l beloved,” the hat is raised in token of the com- pliment. The judges are tho representatives of royalty; so, when they receive the county magis- trates or bar at dinner, they walk in before their guests to preserve their true viceregal position. ‘The forms are 1ow nearly over. One of the judges takes the cases on the criminal side, andthe other the cauees on the civil side, and they go to work. On the civil side they plunge at ‘once in medias rea; om the criminal side the matter is more la- borious. First, the roll of the county magistrates, the jus- tives of the peace—the gieat unpaid—is called over, each present rising and answering to his name. Then the jndge inclines his full bottomed wig from the bench, aud gravely invites the magistrates to do Lim and his learned brother the honor of dining with them at their lodgings on that day. Secondly, the grand jury (generally composed of the county magi-trates) is sworn in, charged by the jrdge, and withdraws; for as yet tiere is no criminal business before the coa unless something stands oyer trom the mast circuit; that is to say, on coming to each assize town the judge receives copies of the Hed acta on whish commitsents have been made by magistrates dur- ing the interval since the last assize; on these depo- sitions his charge to the grand jury is based, and on the charges contained in these depositions the grand jury forthwith deliberate; s0 that the bills are found ard biought ip while the court is sitting, and as it is agreat object with judge and jurors, counsel and attorneys, to push on the business as rapidly as pos- sible, the grand jury are not permitied to let the grass grow under their heels. At Derby T heard the clerk, ina pause when the court was idle, say to the under sheriff to tell the grand jury,to send in more bills; and to expedite matters, the indictments there were handed over from the gallery of the court room, which communicated with the grand jury 10-m_ jn the end of a long clett wand, while the round and eminently English face of the honorab.e Mr. ¥. -, foreman of the jury, meeps round the pillar to sce how the work went on. The moment the indictment reaches the hand of the clerk the accused party is arraigned, and the trial proceeds. Tn some causes he has counsel, in others not, but the trial proceeds instantly. ‘This despatch in criminal business strikes one nn- pleasantly. To be sure, the party accused has pre- viously had copies of the depositions on which he is arrested, and he may have employed an attorney, but no time is given him to con- fer with counsel, and the ee is certainly more rapid- than we shonld think neces for, or conducive to, the ends of justice. The answer to the complaint of extreme haste is, that as the as- sizes are held only twice a year, if not tried instantly, parties without bail may be kept in prison six mouths, to the next assizes. Rut even this alterna- tive, assuming it to be indispensable, would pro- bubly be proferable to beng wrongfully sent to Bo- tany Bay. It is something like the Toxas judge, who bong the prisoner because the jail windowe were out, and $bgre was no conifortable place to keep him in. Again, the grand jary is in main composed of the county magisirates. Now, it needs no. very pro- fovnd experience ef human nature to teach us bat a body of country gentlemen who dine together, hont together, sit at petty sessjons together, will, when they mect as @ grand jury, be very apt to con- firm whatever any oné of them has done as a magia- trate. The esprit de corps would be very coid that did not preduce this as a general result; and I can- not but think more indictments are found than if the grand jury were a body wholly separate and diz- tinet from the county magistrates. / gain, there is io public prosecutor. The com- plaiuant is bound over to prosecute the charge and the witneszes to testily. The complainant selects the attorney for the eeereaen and the attorney selects the barrister. This practice is obviously open to greatabuse. It may make the prosecution too lax or too cevere, according to the disposition of the prose- cntor or of the attorney he employs. The appointment of officers analogous to our district attorneys and the French procurcurs du roi has been recently and strongly urged, but it encounters a vigorous op- position from the young barristers, to whom the straggling criminal ‘bnsimess often affords the first, and for years the only oppevtanity of making their appre arance on the foreasie stage. It secms to me clear, however, on primetple, that the criminal func- tions of the governmemt @hould never be intrasted to private hands—that us, on the one hand, the sword of Justice should never be whetted by private ran- cor, 80, on the other, it should never be blunted by private indifference or personal favor. Per contra: Sach are the objections which struck me, and struck me forcibly, to the present English system. in tines of public excitement, when part, spint ran high, or worse still, when, as so frequent- ly bappens in our age, class rivalries and social ani- mositles are stirred up, J should think the Koglish system might lead to freqnent injustice; but I saw many cases tried, of ait grades, from petty larcenies up to capital felonies, and they were not only weil but fairly tried, pemenely tried, carefully tried, The judges were patient, nitentive in the last degree; the summing up was full, laborious and just, in the strongest sense of the words; and the peareotets barrister was kept under strict and constant surveil- krce. Ouce I heard a leading and important question «eked by the prosecuting counsel, and the desired an- swer obtained before he could be checked. Buthe was instantly reprimanded. The judicial Jove shook his full-bottomed curls, and uttered the words, “ Ire- gret paromel that the question was asked,” with a growl that Kept the barrister clear of leading in terrogatories for the rest of the day. The leaning of ap indifferent spectator of ordinary humanity must in there cases generally be for acquital, but [ wr ae of conviction in which it did not appear 0 be right, Thave omitted to state that after the grand iy are sworn in and have retired, # long and most Indi- crous proclamation ia read, which dates, I believe, from the time of Elizabeth. It prohibits and de- nounces all kinds and species of vice and immorality in general and in detail, and must certainly exercise a very valuable influence on the national morals. The ron of the criminal business is very like ours, but T ey) mention one very interesting case which I saw tried at Croydon. A poor woman was be to the bar charged with the murder of her own legitimate child. The killing was piety, clear, though resting entirely on circumstantial evidence and that of experts. e inquiry o¢cu} a whole da: surgeons midwives. reteuivee pet citers all not soon the looks of the dark I browed sister, the contradictions, as usual, of the scientific witnesses, the fair and himane summing up of Mr. Garth for the Crown, the clear, careful, well balanced charge of Mr. Justice Cresswell, the intense attention of the prisoner nor the om felt to run through it when the verdict of ucqnittal was pronounced,— lhe prisonner,”’ said the judge. But she away, and her senseless form was carried out of the room io the arms of her futher. I saw eeveral cares tried upon charges of the horrid crime against nature. Mr. Justice —— told me they occured at almost every circuit, and I saw at least ene conviction on testimony which left no doubt that the revolting offence had been comuit Let us go now to the civil side of the court. The differences here between our practice and the Bug: lish are much less striking. Special juries are, however, more frequent. Ou paying a guinea per bead yea have a special jury as a inatter of right: audthat special jurymen are a different class of mortals from commen jurymen was very yduialy proved to me in the course of a very oma opening made by Mr. Sergeaut Byles, at Ipswich, for the de: fence of an uction brought for compensation by » Jandowner ugainst a railway company. He wae xd diessing a special jury, and desirons at one of speech to resort to'a familiar ilustration, he be- | « :-—"'Gentlemen, you are no doubt frequently in ; e habit of seeing your wives making bread, and you bave no doubt also observed that bread , has.a trick of risin ”” Here he was in- terrupted by his late counsel, who whispered something in his eas, whereapon the judi- | eious tactician immediately corrected bimself | “Gentlemen, I bad for the moment forgotten that this was a specia: jury--I had intended to say | chp have no doubt seen oes servants make bread.” sensitive are the feelings of caste in England, and so offensive would it be to a special juryman to have it thought that his wite ever made breaa. The veh was an excellent one, and capitally illustrated | ie eccentricities of trial by jury. it wasunopeuin tor the detence; vot a witness had the counsel called, but ta® moment the lef¥ned sergeant sat down, one of tne jurymen rore and said the case seemed to him very citar, and he hoped they need not pe troubled | by any farther investigation of the plsintiff’a de- | mand. So cleverly nad the thing been done, the + |y actually thought that all that had been stated | ad been proved. | _1 saw several cases tfied illustrating the applica- | tion of the new rule permitting the party to testify | in his own cause, Of six judges with whom | con- | versed on the subject, five told me that they were satisfied it was an improvement on the old system, | and several of them, origivaliy opposed to it, had | been converted by seeing its operation, | J am net vow to argue the general merits of the question, or whether to arrive at the truth of cer- | tain coutroverted state of facts, it is really wiser to ask, or to refuse to ask those who unquestionably | know most about the matter. But one advantage of the English system had not before occurred to me, and when stated will, I think, appear considera- ble to every practical lawyer. The permission to call a party becomes a compulsion to do so, because the omission to do it opens the door for a futal attaek, so that in practice the plaiutiff and defendant are al- | ways called, and what is more, they are always first calted. This puts at once an end to all fnessing | about the order of testimony. There is no arrange- nent of witnesses; no putting this one forward be. | cause he is more favorable; no keeping that one back because he knows a little too much. The plain- tiff or defendant is first called; he states his case. if he breaks down on cross-examination, the case is pretty much up, as it ought to be; if not, yon corro- orate as best you may. The practice undoubtedly | simplifies the trial of causes. | ¢ leading diversity between the English courts at Nisi Prins and our own is the difference in the dispatch of business, and the difference ia greatly in their favor, It is difficult to make any accurate chronological estimate, but I think they do not con- sume one-fourth file of the time in the trial of canses that we do. This was the point that I had most in my mind when I {first entered their court rooms, and was that to which my attention was most directed. The secret is easily explained. The great reason of the English dispatch of busi- ness is owing to the fact that a trial at Nisi Prius is confined in practi ‘e, as it is only in theory with us, to ascertaining the facts of the case; all legal argu- tents are really and truly reserved for the court above. No argument, or anything approaching to an argument, is allowed. A question is put and objected to; the judge intimating his opinion some- times Vy a nod, sometimes by a grunt, sometimes by a growl; but the decision is made, if consider- ed objectionable, excepted to, and the cause in- stantly proceeds. There are no elaborate discns- sions of questions of Inw which onght to be reacrved for the court above; no ingenious offers of testimo- py, made ete the texts of captivating harangues to the jury, in order to induce them to believe # bite 4 proved thet the coursel has no means on | earth of establishing. prudence ms to me very clear; that our Ameri- can practic: ermits the judge, jurymen and wit- nesees to be kept waiting hours during the elaborate discussion of qrestions of law, offers of evidence, &e., is a vicious innovation, appears to me suscep tible of no serious doubt. To be sure, the thorough discipline and submission of the English bar we cannot expect to have. 1 grows out of the English character and Mnglish so- cial organization. We cannot expect our barristers to eay withovt a struggle, “ Of course you ship's right;” “Just as your Lordship pleases: quite in your Lordship’s hands.” There is a little too much of this at the English bar, and on young and timid men—although the English judges are emi- nently accomplished lawyers and courteous gentle- men—I am persuaded that the judicial frown may exercise a chilling if not a blighting influence. IT caw but one offensive instance of this kind of thing. A Queen's counsel proposed to ask some queen on crossexamination, The judical wig shook horizontally. That is enongh generally to check the most adventurous barrister, but it did not at once succeed on this occasion. “But, my Lord —” “ It’s not evidence, Mr. X——.” “But, my Lord, the Counsel on the direct went into this branch of the case, and—." “Mr. X——., I shall uot interrapt a gentleman of your r in the profession, and you may &0 on if you please; but d tell you. sir. it’s pprubbish 1” ut- tered with an asperity of «manner that no pen or pa- per can convey. I hardly need ray that Mr. X-—— did not pursue bis cross-examinetion. But this was the only instance of the kind that I sew in many days of attendance on the courts; and I am quite sure that the causes are,as a general rule, fuily tried, fairly tried, satisfactorily tried, with as, I say, ceitainiy not an expense of one-four of the time we consume; and that simply owing to the fact that the counsel does not attempt to offer, and the judge will not listen to any argument what- ever during the trial of a cause.” The question is | asked, the point made, tle exception taken, the de- cision given, ond the cause instantly proceeds. How superior this is to our eystem I need not say. In the arts of oratory, as a general ruie, the Englith barrirters can not boast supremacy. They have nothing of the incredible fluency of onr conn- sel, who aie born ot ward meetings, live on the stump, aud die in the halla of legislation, and who flow on, like shining rivers, with equal ease, whether bo have much, litte or nothing to say. heir styte of speech is in general embarrassed and inelegant, and they have neither the Celtic vivacity nor, as I have said, our nninterraptible fluency. Their speech is too often deformed by the perpetual reeurrence of common colloquialisms : “Oh, yes, verwell;” and “You know;” ad nauseam. To this there aro, however, very striking exceptions, | calling them; | induce some better observer, some more ‘That this is the trne theory of our system of juris- | | was at the time of the acoident standing on the went into the court rooms by entrance, and looked on the justice, as it was unrolled, first on the ‘on the criminal side. This filled the of the day. Then came the diuner wi with the magistrates, or with the bar, and ner the obligatory cup of tea, qnietly the judges and marshals. There the events of the day, discussed this ment, and reviewed that verdict, and from time drew com, between the a organi- vation of the ancient monarchy and of the repal the seas. The cordial res) ‘that was at all tl shown to our people, and arity with her hames, were not among the least pleasant features of these social hours. Nor have I yet spoken of the bar dinners, held at the lee ae in roveraer town, mya I speak properly of them without infringing Tule which prohibits all revelation ofthe fan freedom ane the folly of the social hour. At with 1 could, without indiscretion, as our friends ray, give a notion of the dinner which we hud at the Grayhound, at Pg Good company there was, and plenty of it. "Mr. Bram ef the common law bar, who gained fame influence both as a lawyer and a law reformer; Mr. #ergeant Shee, who won his 5) pie fight with Lord Abinger; Mr. Mr. Creasy, the author of the “| Battles of the World,” (for literature and law do sometimes go hand in hand); Mr. Montagu Cham- bers, counsellor ot the bar and in Parliament, and id genus omne, But how can [, without commit the evimen lesa socictatis, record the fun, the frolies, the sense, the nonsense of those pleasant hours? 1 wieh I could Go gy them. I wish I could tell how Mr. Senior, at the head of the table. supported the ity of the elder brethren; how well Mr, Junior, at the lower end of the table, repre- sented the lawless freedom of the Oe sons; how Mr. Solicitor General sustained his indictment against Mr.——, ‘for that on a certain day, at the town of Lewes, when the bar were invited to dine with her Mojesty’s judges of assize, he, the said -—, did willnlly and maliciously entertain a private party at dinner elsewhere;” how witnesses were called; how one after another the solemn officers of j how they were stultified by the party ind how grave historians, membera ne Ue i ls é i rt 3 Hi } of Purliament, phil hical writers, ex-colonial judges, joined in the high jenks till the “ wee sma’ ours ayont the twal.”” I bade my friends of the English bar farewell at Croydon early in August, The circuits were then mostly over, and in a few days they were about to seatter like boys ont of school’ on the tong vacation; sore to Ireland, some to Scotland, some to the Con- tinent. Nearly three blessed months aed gave ta rational amusement or eqnally rational exercise. In November and December they meet again for the wear and tear of the winter's work. One cannot but envy such a disposition of time. x Such is a hurried picture of the English circuits --such a brief sketch of the manner, the wise man- ner, in which the lawyers of England weave the business of life with its pleasures. I hope it may foun er to study the subject. We are in many lp | ways closely bound to the Mnglish bar. They are taking many things in their legal reforms from us— we can borrow many things from them. If we could make mutual exchanges of energy on the one side, and discipline on the other; if, above all things, we could iugraft some social pleasures on our work- te Cee most desirable results might be obtained. 2 Serioas Accident apon the Eastern Railrowd. WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF PASSENGRRS—UDDEM DEATH OF A DEPOT MASTER. On Thursday the cight o'clock train from Porte month, upon the Eastern railroad, when near Wen. ham, was thrown from the track by the breaking of the wheels of the engine, by which some of the pas- | Sepaire were injured, bat none fatally. ‘the train, at the time of the accident, was ap- proaching the ice track, in Wenham, when a for- ward whee! to the engise broke, throwing the en- gine down the embankment on the left side, with the tender, which was totully disabled. The bay gage car was thrown to the right side of the trac! terring one side of the first passenger car as it pasa- ed it, completely off fcr its entire length, and break- ing in the forward end of the second car. The for- ro part of the engine was compietely buried in the snow. There was in the trein, which consisted of three passenger cars, about two hundred passengers. The passengers injured were all in the first car. James Akerman, the engineer, went down with | the “engine and was fastened to it between the throttle and a brake. but escaped with a slight cut on the forehead. The fireman, James Berkley, was thrown about thirty feet over a fence, but escaped with slight braises. The baggage master, Mr. George H. Akerman, b d fi poor form between the baggage and first passenger car, and was also thrown inte the field with the fireman - \ Gets much hurt. ae 2 Rye yne e passengers, Mr. Henry Jones, of 5 . H., had hid tes badly fractured, and was hurt in- terpally. The doctors think him in a critical state. He was taken to his friends in Lynn, and was the only one badly hurt. Mr. Evans, representative from Amesbury, had his face cut. Usi pp fo Hampton, was hurt somewhat on the left side an@ knee. Mr. Ira Hazleton, of Portsmouth, was cut in the face and knee; and several others were cut im the face. Mr. Jogeph Avery, track repairer, was on the en~ gine xt the time of the accident. He was ieee ay irom the ruins, badly hurt in the head. He thonght not to be dangerously injured. One of the directors, Mr. Micajah Lunt, was im the first passenger car, when the side of the car was | torn off and the seats on one side entirely ripped up. He lost his hat and spectacles by the collision, but escaped inyury. The escape of others see! won- dertul, for the side was broken inte small pieces, making a complete wreck. The baggage car was also broken to pieces. The passengers in the first car were thrown in every di- rection; some jumping out, many not pel Ow they got cat of the car. One man remarked that the ee he knew he was talking to 6 man in a suow bank, Doctors Pearson and Store, of Salem, were imme- diately sent to the scene of the disaster in an extrs train, and promptly attended to the sufferers. A man from Ipswich, who had bought his ticket for Boston, in:mediately after the accident went im search of Mr. Young, the conductor, saying that he was afraid to 2, in the cars any farther, and demand- ed his mouey back, expressing his determination ta foot it back to Ipswich. After the accident, Mr. Daniel Rust, depot master at Wenbam, rode to the scene of the disaster on @ freight engine. In jumping from the engine he fell, | and immediately expired, probably from heart com- Plaint, brought on by the excitement of the scene.— Boston Traveller, Feb. Swedish Decree Remitting Export and Im- port Dutics upon Irun, We have reoeived some interesting iatelligence from = cor ospoudent who rerides at Stockho'm, in reatioa to A royal Swedish cecree which took effect on the Ist of Jypuary, 1858, and which alfects import and export duties uprn iron, The decree is in conformity with the express wisber of the late Diet, ‘The most important point in it, eays our correspan- dent, appears to be the sbolition of export dvty u bar ir ‘The f mer Cy ic] four Swedish shill about ‘4; eenta) per ship ponnd of s'aple stads weigh g weich 74g are equal to one ton. In addition to ia to which it would be invidious for me to reter nomi- natim. As a general rule there are no provincial libraries on these circuits. Of course, the judges and counsel have a few vade mecums with them; but there is really no time for study cr consultation; the counsel can hardly have time to read his brief, much leas for consultation or conference, before he is called on. The business on the circuits varies very much. At Derby there were twenty-six cases on the criminal calendar, aud only five causes on the civil side. At Croydon Mr. Justice Wightman wae struggling, like Enceladus, under a civil calendar of upward of two hundred causes. And the g:eat Northern Cireuit, embracing York and Liverpool, generally exceeds the Heme in its amount of work. Thave left myself Uttle room for the social part of my theme, not the least pleasant division of labor in the circuits. As I have said, on each circuit the judges give two dinners—one to the county magia- trates, and one to the bar; sometimes, when nu- merous, dividing them into two classes for conye- nience. The magistrates are the gentlemen of the county. The t of conversation are the general nore shillirgs were charged per ship poud nes. Theed are olao discontinued, tewar dues being cnly payable upon artisles which pay daty. Thi the annual ort of Swedish bar iron betng abor £60,000 -hip povnds, (80.000 tons) the revenue to the State and towns is diminished by about 100,000 rix dol- Inrs banco, ($40,000) and the annual export to the Umied States being avout 100,000 ship pounds, (13,833 tons) the. Swerish tax Litherto levied upon this quantl\y (nemely, 26,€66) will of course be no longer payable. ere that ceven-eighths ot the iron business between the Uni'ed States and Sweden 18 transac o4 by Messrs. Naylor & Co., of New York and Boston. and ballast irom ftitrade with foreign countries in pig. and balls San « latter beirg pig iron used as ballast for sl ‘been, pees A to this decree, forbidden, but now this hicd or iron may be exported and imported sgainst a duty of ove rix dollar banco (40 cents) | oy ship pound. ‘With regard to its exportation, ft may be said that ths, ee vars Setaaran pig Mg the tony the wedan is about . poun +] ‘ost of trans) tation to 0 coast oul be at least 80 cents per shiy pound; and when it is considered duly that this expense, together with that of town dues, ex- port duty, sea treight, and the like, must be paid upon materiel which yields 70 per cent of bar fron, Swedish manufaciurer of bar iron will be w character of the business of the court, the state of the crops and of the weather, with a few necessa tcasta; nor did I hear any more drun! than that of “ The President of the United States,” given at hoc by Mr. Justice Coleridge. ‘The judicial dinners to the bar are more genial and conversational meetings. Lawyers, all over the world, are #ocial animals, and Noe endl Se form no excey to the rule. The are techni- caland de frigneur. Firet comes ‘The Queen,” next‘ Prince Albert,” then “ The Lord Chancellor;” next any of the judges who have, while at the bar, gone that. circuit; then follows “ Proe perity to the circuit;” and on the summer cireuit, a8 a close, “* “ finall Ominum Animarum,” or “The Morrow of All-Soal's Day,’ on which day, before the recent statutory changes, the term ly began in London. ‘0 look at these matters financially, these dinners are not great is surmised, without e: 3 and Theard the travelling charges of the folgus ca the circuit estimated, for each cay ttn at five hun- dred pounds, or twenty-five red Gites annum, which, in most parts of our e country, would. be considered o beter 24 As it ia, it ia a serious deduction from the En; salary of five thousand pounds. Thoee were foe days that I it at Derby. Tmuiediately, efter. bronkfast 1 iotued edven‘tages equal to about $9 per ton over past Bagi mr: Cp ha hed fron mat 101 vantages, m sreover, be reckoned the Mepertority, of the charecal used twedish forges, by which not only » Aveed, but a less waste of material ix Cueing pig to bar iron than is the case ata araet Oy te Pat sthet no great Sweden, and Py the’ deraand eraateh oe toabuaae ar wei W pre an juan’ market value almost to that of one probability that he no pro! AD: fron into Sweden will be result Washington Union, Fb. 1. Fioremsnr rm Inuixors—A short time since a 4 tate, ‘ leaving his wife and little girl, the Istter some of age, in ring the McCarthy, wa} ast, left wrote to the » requesting him to find Hees Mccarthy Teaves a wife ‘and child in Sycemore. The case certainly exhibits a t of depravity—Chiergo Democrat, Jon. 20,