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London, England, 1857-01-14 00:00:00

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never contemplated that the arrangement should be
finally concluded without his client's approval, and
by no means intended to take the responsibility on
himself of giving inedneticas to counsel against her
express directions. As to the question of a ratification
of the terms by her, that is disposed of at once.
There is no pretence on the whole of the evidence for
saying that Mrs. ',WM; by any art or expression,
ever waived her original and entire dissent.
On the important creation of the general autho-
rity of counsel, as such, to compromise a case against
the wish of hie client, the following observations
of Mr. Justice CROWD= are entitled to great
attention In the course of a somewhat long pro-
&mimed experience at the bar, I wee never aware of
the existence of such an extenaive agency, and was
thereibre much estoeished &Übe prepaid= so broadly
Laid down by the counsel for the defendant. We
were referred to no text book, ancient or modern, in
support of each a principle, nor to any paitive deci-
sion in which such a doctrine has been established."
The learned Judge then points oat the distinction
between patting ea end to a cause and conducting a
came. No deabt, in the ordinary mane of the oon-
duet of a eases, the sets er admissions of enneel are
binding on the client by virtue of the mere relation
that 'abate between them. Bet where a compro-
mime is contemplated and litigation is to cease upon
terms to be arranged, the case is different. " la this
ass," says Mr. Jades CROWDER. " counsel an only
set, se I believe, under special instructions." The

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reason is obvious. The counsel is retained to conduct
the cause, not to stop the canee—to present the ease
of his client in the best way he an, not to
prejudge the ease, sad to make that prejudg-
ment the basis of entering into negotiatio•;
which the client never contemplated, still lees
which he has distinctly refused to entertain.
Certainly, as the learned Judge well pots it, " it
would seem a strong thing to hold that counsel,
entrusted by a client to try whether there was a
valid devise of a large estate to her, should have in-
cidentally an implied authority to decide that his
client should waive that question and give up all
claim to the estate upon receiving a certain annuity
for life." To bold this, indeed, would be to hold
that counsel is invested not only with the authority
of an advocate, but with the plenary power of a
' judge—it would be to hold that, by the mere act of
retaining counsel to assert our claims or defend our
rights, we confer upon him the despotic prerogative
of dealing with those claims and rights precisely as
he plena, not only without our authority, but in
spite of the strongest expressions of our dissent.
We are glad that the good sense of Mr. Justice
Clown= has refired to sanction so mischievous an
absurdity. As the other members of the Court die-
minted from his judgment, it is of course liable to be
questioned in the Court of Error. But even should
that course be resorted to, we feel confident as to
the result. It is impossible to conceive that a
majority of the English Bench can uphold the doc-
trine, that an English subject may be committed to
prison for refusing to carry out an agreement made
fee him by his advocate, which he has expressly
instructed that advocate sot to make.

Wa were surprised and gratified some short time
ago to hear that the Honwelusrds contemplated •
sweeping meson of Army Reform. Hitherto no
military appointments have been more coveted than
Stairappointments, sone require more knowledge and
ability, sane are better paid, and yet none have been
/1101111 greedy jobbed. It was, therefore, with no ordi-
nary satisfaction Hat we read the announcement in
a morning contemporary of a total change in that
appassetly aboard optima. According to the sap.
posed scheme none but eScers thoroughly qualified
by knowledge and ability were to be admitted to the
Staff, and thus quakiness were to be tested by
a strict emulated's.

If we may believe the confident assertion of the
last number of the Ultiied Service ifornine,
the contemplated scheme was only communicated
to a very few dicers of high rank, and it I
appears, sceording to the same authority, that
one of these dicers has betrayed the confidence
reposed in hint by publishing the secret. The thing I
is not altogether impossible, for we hare not yet for-
gotten the Duke of WILLLINOTON'S letter to Sir
Joan Daracionce, or the history of the Corn Laws.
Bat. bowever this may be, we are now informed
thah fa eemegneme of Ile palmation of the ameret.
Gemmed pie bee hem semseila modified. The
emedlideeftr fladreprialmente Mbe nondmiled
Boa mare amighnens Br palm ienel attainments,
by emmeolleg niers of regime* who are to re-
model& embalms be the General Mears at the
inspestima The adhere thee abided are
M ism saVested to a prlklorry examinsfba by*,
OMmai.end if append 'Cary mil be mufti fir
regridnests as the IMO Oa the assumeme al a
mousey, the esahrelheral the lid WO many at
thepablie camas mew etbrarestisa iddaftey ft
hit new voandra ; mar will he receive his sprint-
mat total he ben passed a ereditabk exmarksa,
emilailgapipmly qualified GeneralOtimrefgreat
=.Bholm. to be intended that di Omni
1111:1 preside over an ideating einblish-
mat lidied to fifty mile, and album the Misers
fermi* rsperied wet elleima 101111 obtain the
vacamina. One is said M be the new pima for
eeseriag sm allisat Styr le the British assay. The
paths mad M kW ems ant we saftetain the
most !retort aseabalem that wittiest a Mal en
army is maim let me audios Betio Idiom pro-
pounded ammo m MAD and bang a unidelligible
that we remmt melon either ta appsee er to dis-
approve of it. Weight, la sine. whalrelhe Horse-
Oserds have hit wen Se but team Br the attain-
ment et the end they loss in view.
Bat there is one teem which to us aeons eon-
thrive against ismagematleg say change at the
maw moment. The easepaherlin of the Staff--
the esmpalliag Onamel Odium to select educated and
brallgeat mum ter ism 11h4 is only part of a much
stir Imam 'Sitting "Win of array
edeca-
tia mg M altaillyfteuresdArl to qualifications
to be replied efeftlf Mein mast Bra an bil-
lowiest eimat in the ilmmia. Airrisissents on
the Staff ought to be mailed the 'swards far
ability sad knowledge. awl mot uneamily form
an essential portion of any mime et Army Re-
form. The Stag 'nut not be milled as a top'
rate matter. We are the more urgent on this
point, inasmuch as it is notations that a Commission
consisting of three gentlemen—an Engineer officer,
an Artillery akar, and a Civilian—has made the
boar of Europe, sad has no doubt collected moat
valuable imbrued= as to the state of military
teratica sang the Meet Powers of Europe.

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY 31?.'WING, JANUAR'

military sydem ;a to education is at variance
with the system of every other country in Europe,
and that no other nation would venture for an
hoar to entrust its honour or its security
to men who, however gallant, have never bad the
opportunity of studying those principles of war, with-
out a knowledge of which no man ought to be allowed
to command an army. It may turn out, that so far
from the plan of reorganising the Staff proposed by
the Horue-Ouarda being sufilcient, it is a mere ppd.
dling piece of reform, which may, perhaps, serve to
check public clamour for a moment, but will effect no
radical, permanent, or useful change. It may—es we
suspect it will—turn out, that the British army,
compared with foreign anniss, is entered by gallant
but ignorant men, and that the thing required is to
add knowledge to its acknowledged solidity and
gallantry.
On the eve of the publication of the results of so
important a Commission as that to which we have
alluded, we protest against any sadden or premature
alterations. Having waited so long, we are quite
ready to wait a month or two longer, in order that
we may ascertain for ourselves all the facts as to
military education—in order that we may have
before our eyes the actual condition of military
education throughout Europe as a standard by which
we may settle our superiority or oar deficiency, and
that we may devise the best means of supplying
then defects if they exist.

bt gratin.

WINDSOR JAW. 13.

The Quern and Aimee, the PADCOIII Royal, and
the Coot et Planders, atteeded by the Lady in Visit* and
Maids of Hower, drove oat yeeteedey aftersooa In open
carriages. The Wennlse la Wei*/ went In atteadaeoe an
horseback.
The Lard Cheminlbw end Lady Crinworth, Lord B.okeby,
and Lieatenint-Colomel Mande, Royal He.. Artillery,
arrived net a rift, and lad the barrow of dining with her
Majesty. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windov
rad the Km MN. Welleakly also had the beam to be
iaeladed.

The Cadens= Baud Maeda M damn sad played the
Mbar* phase:
Jura of frostier. MS Costa.
Overture, "Sicilia& Bride" Bill.
fielectiom " Boma is Egypt" ReesiaL
Quadrille, "Lye Clairton de l'Armie
d'Oricar
PAS llasarka, " Brame
Her lidajeatje Private Beed afterward' attended be the
Conte sad performed the folioniag 'election :
Overture, " Moho" Beethoven.
Dame do Parephdes.
Ilerche, couplets, sad &mar, " Le Choral
de Broom" Auer.
The Queen, accompaeled by the Priamee Royal, walked
to the florae Perk this moratag.

Prince Albert, ern the &sat d Fleadote, west oat
.hors.
Lad Rokeby sad Lieoteaant-Coloaal Meade had the
Iseetorar to acompaay the Prime.
The Coaster of Draft hoe eaceeeded Lady Maedosakt as
Lady in Welting to bee Illekeety.
Lord Wallops& mad Camel the Hos. N. Head haw woo-
needed the Earl of Calderas sad I.Jeatamd-Coleeel F.
Cavendish as the Lord and the Groom Y Waitiag.

Lord bAski of Alderley WI London yeotradai, as • obit
to the KarTeis at Ailed:wary, at BSVreele•lod4e.

Deevaries tram the Lird High Commieloser of the
Iceish Link Wen received yesterday et the Cokoisl-cdlice.

Lad and Lady Henniker gave a splendid ball on
Tay lag, at Thoreham-hall, to all their numerous

Isesstri sad Mends wound. Invitations to a largo extent
wars given be may miles &team, and several hundreds
mild thsmshasstss surelleent a treat. After supper
ameba was raseved, sod Lady Heantkarjoinotl in dances,
esidoe the tanants It bar partners.

Lady Elisabeth Steels, WlllOllll death is announced,
vas Or shhsß =orbit( daveda d 111Mbri, Gbh Duke of
Usaabsibtr, by lady Sam Oardsa, illasgbiar at Almada.,
harth Di d Omits. The Ake sad Dachas of Mau-
churn, lb. Erni sad ILAL of tasslaide, the
Amber et Wsillantss, rid Ober drales d dlettactioa, sat
- easesslaa lobar leiriders death.

The report of Sir John Bowring's illness is eon•
halm&

On Friday kat the tenantry on the Warwieluthire
estates of C. N. Newdegete, E.g., M.P.,easembled at Arbury,
aid preaented as eddras to Mn. Nowderatu together with a
portrait et bar eon, Mr. C. N. Novelette* M.P. " During
the keg period we have ecrupled land on this estate," as,
the /arts, "Mr. Nowdegete has tonetandy ledd out tho
bawl el bisedddp is as, and he all dram of dilleulty
her voluntarily taken a bed Are of the *idea. In .dull-
' don is width, by the liberal egvernente he has given to bis
innate, they as. simply nand and eneausged to cultivate
their tams rivastageously." The turerry adarwaris par-
took of a dinner, Mr. Nonlegre reading, sod he the even-
ing a ball sad sapper were given by Mr. Nordegate to the
wire and daughters of the tenants. Dancing as. }edited In
by Mr. and Mrs Newdegate and the torpery staying bathe
boars, making altogether a party of about 150 prows.

Mr. Thsekersy continued his lectures last evening
at the Meryl/Am' Isetitatha, the sahleet Wag the tetra el
Chicep 111.

The Morisu Pat publishes the following
despatch in a late edition :
"PARIS, WIDNI6DAT.
" The Menage of the Federal Council of Switzer-
land, addtepeed to the Federal Anew*, PcoPzell, to
annul the proceedings commenced against the insur-
gents of Neufchatel, and to set them at liberty,
with the reservation that they shall be sent ont of the
Helvetic territory until the official conclusion of the

The lecture seam at the Burnell Institution com-
menced yesterday evening with a lecture by the Rev. Baden
Powell, &vibes Reimer ot Geometry at °eked, " On the
Rotetioa at the Earth." Is treating et the perish=
reperbasat, Mr. Powell mentioned, es a carious Set, that
mend erdestine men had, independently, berented Medlar
imtrireena, and that Mr. flaw, et Edinburgh, twenty
pan age, 6meribed *sway the kind at gyroeume which 11.
Posusalt, without knewieg that any me bad coseetted the
tame Mee, afterwards brought to goribetioe.

An instructive lecture was last sight to
the rang Ms atter:bog the evade, dares at Crosby Ha,
by Mr. Lease Levi, as the vetoed of essaeree, being the
lint el a arise of ida lerteree to be delivered by the knee
gentkoan, at the sane pima, on the Ilikery end Principles
of Comma mad Banking. The hetet* lest night we
ebiely devoted to iltestanting the importance end progress
of conueeree.

arrangements.
" The same document proposes to suspend the
armaments and to dismies the troops, se Switzer-
land need no longer conmeler herself as in a state
of war.

—"The Menages announces that the Ministers of
Ramis and Austria to the government of Berne
have communicated to the Federal Council notes
conformable to thous at Frame and England."

The fienstns Academies's of the University of
Edfabarik, len coiderred the Degree of LL.D. upon Pro.
foomor Imes Stephen of Lt.(. College, Loudon.

ii.ATIEST INTELLIGENCE.
7WritERLAND AND PRUSSIA.

is Nord and the Indermdasseo Beige of yester-
day publish the text of the Rankin reply to the
Austrian despatch in which the proposition was
made to refer the question of Neukhatel to the ,
Powers signing the London protocol. The reply is
in the hem of a letter addressed by Prince Oorteha-
koff to Baron do Budberg, Russian minister at
Vienna. The Prince professes equal anxiety with
Count Bud that the dispute be amicably settled, but
proceeds to argue at some length that in demanding
the unconditional release of the prisoners, the King
of Prussia acts strictly in accordance with his
rights, and as his dignity imperatively requires.
Therefore, the despatch continues, the imperial
cabinet " does not believe that his Majesty's freedom
of action can be in any way restrained, whatever
be the measures he may judge necessary to take to
obtain the satisfaction he demands."

The public mind is a shade less confident today
than it has been in regard to the settlement of the
Neufchatel question. The Constitedionnel, the
Pops, and the Patric have all received
orders to publish articles insisting that France
has not In any respect altered the opinion
on the matter expressed in the article of the
llowiterr, that the only change in the situation is
that the Swim Federal Council has become more
ilreameable, and has now agreed to accept the very
proposition which it might as well have accepted at
first. All three of these papers are very careful to say
that although France will use her efforts to induce
the King of Prussia to abandon his claims upon
Nsukhatcl, this undertaking on her pert constitutes
se mew condition, sad is in no way subordinate to
the ustemditiemsl liberation of the Neufchatel pri-
sms, whisk ibises warmly calls for. The Pays
says very plainly, " France had the right to promise
that she would ask from the King of Prussia the
renunciation of his rights-of sovereignty in Neuf-
chatel, but she could not go so far as to promise to
obtain it." The better opinion, however is, that all
this is a comedy played to propitiate the vanity of
Abe King of Prussia, and to make out that the
policy of the Tuileries* is incapable of error or
,change. Certainly if the Swim Federal Assembly,
'which is to meet tomorrow, believes that France
ia not in a position to promise renunciation,
It the name of the King of Prussia, that
body will not ratify the propositions which were
only accepted by the Federal Council on the clear
understanding that there was to be no doubt about
lbe matter. However this may be, I believe it to
be certain that the French cabinet is still expecting
ma answer from Berlin to a recent despatch, and
That the King of Prussia shows a great indisposition
to ratify the use which has been made of his name.
' At the Bourse the market has been rather gloomy
*a consequence of a fall of I per cent. on the English
Clatals, sad also a report of the King of Prussia
both. sdamd to adhere to the propositions for the
lettkested el the Neufchatel affair. The Rents fell
Ik. for cash, and 40e. for account—closing at
117 fr. Mc., and 87fr. 90c. Mobilier fell la. The
railways were from sfr. to 10fr. lower. The hake
between the Orleans and Grand Central Companies
is understood to be agreed upon, but it is wit tree,
P announced by the Dibats, that the treaty was
signed at three yesterday afternoon.
The great Uaicers libel case is compreatieed, the
waelasehely death of the Archbishop of Paris halm
been adroitly made use of by the clergy to prevent a
public exposure of their quarrels among themselves.
On the cause being called on this morning, M. Jos-
'eau, the counsel for the Miters, stated that his
client, the geratst of the ()hirers, and the defendant,
the Abbt Cognat, had yesterday signed the follow-
ing paper, which had been drawn up by a " vene-
rable personage ":
The Abbe Cosset and the ralarleurs (Atha Psiw►s taking
into consideratioa the Mesa, conmels Which hare tees
offered to this., mad yielding to the sentiments imbed by
the hightfid catastrophe which has afilicted eft Christian
souls, renounce—the Abbe Cosset on his part, the republi-
cation of his pamphlet, E rakers jugi par lei maw, sad
the rastrusirs of the Gisityrs on their part the prommaks
for the libel which they had instituted against the mare of
that pamphlet, sad also the publication of the &coma&
which they heel prepared in sapport of their cam

A beautiful window of stained glees has been
pieced hi the dowel of Hawsted Cltsroh, to the memory of
the late Blr Theses Cullum, Bart.

The scrim gager el Alderman Ferebeothre's
moat iedispositlos lave salmided, sad his medical attn.
aid stales that be has "eves( lopes of his ultimate re-
covery."

Mr. Woo Wit, civil engineer, who wu employed
by the goversusent is the emetics of the hip convict prison
at Bt. Mary's, Chatham, bee received a permanent appoint-
ment et Clibeattez, when be will enorlatend the erection of
a convict prime of a siallmr &Keit:don to be built et that
station.

Yesterday Ike Arctic ship Resolute, at Chatham,

MARSEILLES, lax. 13.

Letters from Constantinople of the 6th state that
the English squadron has been warned to prepare
for its departure, but that, nevertheless, it will re-
main in the Black Sea until the Principalities shall
be evacuated by the Austrians. Accordingly, Lord
Lyons has sent to Malta for more provisions. The
English fleet in the Persian Gulf is hastening its
operations, in order that they may be terminated
within the next three months, and before the great
heats commence. The English excite the governors
of provinces to aspirate from Persia. The Shah is
making a variety of defensive preparations, not-
withstanding the low state of his finances and the
fear of revolt. A Persian army has taken possession
of all the towns on the road to Candahar. The
Russian flotilla of the Caspian Sea ham already
landed troops on the Persel islands, invoking the
ancient treaties of alliance between Russia and
1 Persia. The Russian Ambassador, Anikoff has left
Teheran for St. Petersburg, in order, as it is most
seriously stated, to ask fir aid for Persia at St.
Petersburg.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, TUMIDLY EVIWINO.

woo visited by a potty of olliconbelooging to tho Royal Ea:
gismos, who bd resolved a order to hived her. Tlw ma-
cossisslawd saws of that corps have also boss granted
perodsoka to visit her.
CETSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILL/NO DAT.
TURN/AT JAR. 13.—Adattostoss on mutat, 4,749; sine,
by isesoe'ticketa, 1,019 ; told, 4377.

Some idea of the ecclesisstical mann brought to
bear upon the AbbE Cognat to force him to with-
draw his pamphlet, may be formed from the follow-
ing letter, which was read in court by M. Dufanre :
The Archbishopric of Paris, Jan. 12, 1&57.
Mongleur 2Abbf,—The painful circumstances in which
we And oweelves, snd ream= of a high order (renews
iniiinerso), impose upon us the ditty of calling upon you
im-
peratively, as your sockaimitioal superiors, to secede to the
following compromise (here follows a copy of the shove do-
aliment), which will put an end to the suit between you and
the Univers. We think we are thus taking a step which
will be uaeful to the church, and one which will re-
joice the hearts of the faithful. Accept, M. rAbbf, the as-
surance of my devoted sentiments in the name of my col-
league'. (Signed) BOQUIT,
Vitar-Gsairal Capitalar.

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gralr=itrerja'am... ess rtapa the direct isstructiono of the army, .1 4 Austris; Promos, ami, famst feter lop:newt
trims with the climes osprairod dokrosimatios.* .4eutootb intim ' cm Msforn4 alto
se: mlrs "ZS tee =4. lio=Malnelb. Even Ong, du, that Mr. 11110111031 elidialittete- attempt to morganim the Btalt of the Britiah way
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