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when we say that there is something like 60 per
cent. of nominal Barristers who never intended
from the first to follow the profession as a means
of livelihood, and of these probably 40 per
cent. who are constantly on the watch for
situations " which can only be given to
Barristers of a certain standing. How, if these
gentlemen are never examined on admission, and,
if in their case the test of employment and success is
never applied, we Should like to know what gua-
rantee we have of their competence at ail. It would
be a great mistake to overdo this, and to frighten
away the 'candidates lor admission to the Bar with
too tormidable a programme. We pointed out in a
reading article a few weeks ago that the present exa-
mination, which is merely optional, goes too tar in
many respects. All we ask for is that degreo of
knowledge which any young man of ordinary capa-
city, who had devoted two or three hours a day for
three years of his life to the study of law, with the
propermight fairly be supposed
to
question of an examination
c attained.
laaitnereadl. reading,T ne
of a superior character for more ambitious students,
and the rewards which might be appropriate in
such cases, should be considered quite apart from
the minimum of knowledge required of all. With
the example of our Universities before their eyes,
the heads of our legal profession can scarcely go
wrong upon that point. On all these grounds, then,
we do trust the heads of the legal profession will be
induced to reconsider the present system; and no
time could be more appropriate than the present.
When new rules and regulations have been proposed
relative to the mode of admitting students for the
purpose of keeping terms for the Bar, let the absurd
and idle test of attendance upon a few lectures, or
else passing a year in a barrister's, conveyancer's,
or pleader's chambers, be abolished as utterly out of
place, and unworthy of the liberal and enlightened
age in which we live; and, in lieu of it, let every
gentleman who may present himself as a candidate
for the Bar be subjected to a serious examination.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF HELI-
GOLAND—DANISH ACCOUNT.
COPENHAGEN, MAY 11, 2.55 P.M.
On the 9.h inst. the Danish squadron engaged 2
Austrian frigates and 3 Prussian gunboats.
After an engagement lasting 2 hours and a half
the enemy was compelled to seek refuge in the
harbour of Heligoland.
The Austrian frigate Schwarzenberg sustained

serious injury.
Our loss was 14 killed, and 51 wounded.

MADRID, MAY 13.

The Epoccz of to-day says :—" The reception at
Aranjwz tomorrow, the anniversary of the King's
birth-day will be numerously attended, and will b 3
a protest of monarchial sentiments against the
speeches made at the Progressist banquet."

LEIPSIC, MAY 13.

The Ojczajzna of to day announces that 10 Poles
have recently been hanged, and 5 shot in the Go-
vernment of Angustowo by order of General
B alaklanof.

THE CIRCASSIAN IMMIGRATION.
CONSTANTIN OPLE, MAY 4.

The Circassian refugees continue in a deplorable
condition along the seaboard. The number of them
that have swarmed into Trebizonde has seriously
augmented; and the zeal and fidelity of the re•
sources of Dr. Barozzi, who has been there for some
time past on behalf of the Board of Health, are
taxed beyond endurance. There are as many as
60,000 destitute Circassians at the present moment
in Trebizonde, and this mass of wretchedness is
continually increasing. At Samsoun there are now
about 10,000 of them seeking shelter and food, and
the town feels the burdcn heavily.
The Ottoman Government appear to be taking
every possible means to encounter and mitigate
the evil. The late manager of this special matter
of the Circassian immigration, Yaver Effendi, has
been susperseded, and a epecial commission has been
appointed to organise Circassian colonisation in the
Turkish provinces. This commission, under the
Presidency of Teyfik Bey, formerly mustechar of
police, took its departure for Trebizonde on Monday
last in the Eseri-Djedid. Two of the members of
the Commission are military Pashas, who are in•
strueted to select 2,000 picked men from amongst
these immigrants, and convert them into a special
Circassian Legion for the Turkish service. Within
the last few days the Admiralty has despatched to
Trebizonde a number of large sailing boats and
several steamers, in order to withdraw the refugees
from the various points which they now overcrowd,
and transport them to more eligible places. A
number of them will, it is said, be sent to Cyprus;
several other places are also mentioned, and even
so far away as Tripoli in Barbary.
Broken remnant of a gallant people, whose long
and heroic struggle against the cohorts of Russia,
has earned for them an imperishable name—no one
can contemplate their present position without
keen sympathy and sorrow, and every commenda-
tion is due to the Turkish Government for the zeal-
ous and opportune manner in which they are
stretching out to them a saving hand in their deep

misery.

FRANCE.

Arrival of Lord Brougham in Paris.

Lord Brougham has arrived in Paris from Cannes
on his way to England, and appears, we rejoice to
say, in excellent health. His mind preserves its
full activity, and his Lordship has been devoting a
portion of his leisure in the South to preparing an
introduction to a collection of the speeches of the
great Lord Plunket, now about to be published by
David Piunket, Et.q., his grandson, a rising bar-
rister at the Irish bar. A critical examination by
his Lordship of such a career as that of Lord Plun-
ket, celebrated alike as a legal advocate and a par-
liamentary orator, cannot fail to prove of the highest
interest. It is worthy of remark that Lord Erskine
in 1816 acted in a similar manner with respect to a
collection of Fox's speeches. He wrote for the
work an introductory notice of remarkable ability,
which will always be esteemed for its eloquence of
language and justice of appreciation.
BOURSE, May 13,—The market has been rather
more buoyant, and the business done shows an
improvement. Threes, for the Account, are now
at C6f. 70c. Mobilier have advanced to 1,170 fr.
Railway Market quite, but firm. The market con-
tinued firm to the close, and left off as follows :

4/ per Cents. 93 05
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 80
Credit Mobilier 1168 75
Do. end month 1171 25
Bank Shares 3355
Credit Fancier 1260
Roman

BAIL'

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Neditarranean
New ditto ......
Southern
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

Italian Loan 6B 75
Do. end month 6B 90
New ditto ..
Do. end month....
Russian

Austrian .. —
Spanish Threes
Rome Debt ..
Deferred
f
Cash. Account.
890 •
985 983 75
885 886 25
877 50
617 50 .. 65)
499 25
461 25 .. 463 75
366 25 366 25
405 407 50
530 535
485 .. 490
572 50 .. 570
.. 272 50

THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.

PLYMOUTH, May 13.

Five of the ships belonging to the Channel
squadron, which left the downs at 7on Thursday
morning, arrived in Plymouth Sound at 5 o'clock
this afternoon. The Edgar, 71, Captain G. T. P.
Hornby, flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, C. 8., took
her station westward of the centre of the Admiralty
anchorage, and there exchanged salutes with the
Royal Adelaide, 26, flag of Port Admiral Sir C. H.
Fremantle, K.C.13 , the second in command; the
Black Prince, 41, Captain F. B. Wainwright,
passed the flag, and anchored well to the eastward.
She was followed by the 'Warrior, 40, Captain the
Hon. A. Cochrane ; Defence,l6, Captain Augustus
Phillimore ; and the Prince Consort, 35, Captain
George 0. Willes, C.B. The ammunition and shell
were discharged immediately from the iron ships
Warrior and Defence, and they will probably be
docked to-morrow (Saturday) the Warrior in No.
1 Dock at Keyham, and the Defence at Davenport.
The Black Prince will be placed in the Prince's
Dock at Davenport, in which she was repaired last
October, and the Prince Consort will be placed i❑
No. 2 Dock at Keyham, from which the Ocean, 35
(although in an incomplete state), will be removed
for this purpose. The officers of the squadron do
not expect to stay longer than eight or ten days at
Plymouth. The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26,
Captain Roehford Maguire, left Plymouth yester-
day (Friday) for Portland.

RUMOURED INTENTION OF TIIE POPE TO CON.
STITUTE EDINBURGH AN ARCHBISHOPRIC.—We
have heard it rumoured that the Pope does not intend to
act upon the apostolation by the clergy of the eastern dis-
trict of Scotland, consequent on the death of Bishop Gillis ;
but that, passing over the names sent up to him, he intends
to appoint the Right Rev. Monsignor° Talbot (brother, we
believe, of Lord Talbot de Malahide) in the room of Bishop
Gillis, and to constitute Edinburgh a primacy for Scotland
by making him Archbishop of Edinburgh. There is some
talk, too, of the time having come for the re-establishment
of a Scottish hierarchy, and so securing the clergy of their
benefices, by taking from the Romish Church in Scotland
its missionary character. If ever the Holy See does take
such a step, we may be sure that a bishop will be appointed
in Dundee, another in Aberdeen, and very likely a third in
Inverness.—Dundee ottclvertfeer.

Garibaldi's Departure from England,

TO THE EDITOR 07 THE TIMES.

Sir,—l notice in your impression of to-day that
at a general meeting of the Working Men's Gari-
baldi Committee it was reported that Mr. Glad-
stone had, in their opinion, exoneratzd himself
from any participation in inducing General Gari-
baldi to leave England, but from what they had
been enabled to glean, and from their own personal
observations, they entertained the firm belief that
Signor Negretti was the prime mover in the in-
tr;gue which caused the General's premature de-
parture, and that he acted in the interest of the
Italian Government.

Insinuations of this character having been made
to Mr. Negretti before the General's departure, he
informed him of such being the fact, and in reply
received a letter, a copy of which, together with
its translation, I now forward, trusting it will
satisfy those gentlemen IA ho have made these
accusations, and prevent further remarks of the
same character.

I may mention that my partner being abroad
with his family prevents him from personally com-
municating with you ; but as I know the charges
to be most unjust, and having the means at hand to
refute them in General Garibaldi's own letter, I
think it best to do so at once, and not allow the
matter to remain uncontradicted for at least two
weeks, which must necessarily elapse before I can
communicate with Mr. Negretti and receive a reply.
I trust you will insert this communication, arid
oblige yours, &e., J. 117. ZAMBRA.
1, Hatton-garden, May 12.

(Verbatim Copy.)
London, April 22.

My dear Negretti,—Knowing that you are ac-
cused of having induced me to leave England, you
can assure the public that I do not depart insti-
gated by you, but because I must leave this noble
country until a favourable opportunity allows me to
return to it to fulfil a duty so delightful to my
heart by visiting that generous people who were
kind enough to invite me.
With gratitude yours,

G. GARIBALDI.

[So that, from his own letter, it is perfectly ma-
nifest that General Garibaldi's state of health had
nothing whatever to do with the fact of his hurried
departure.—ED. St N.]

The "Spectator's" Tribute to Dr, Newman,

Referring briefly to the extramdinary eerial now
publishing weekly at the Messrs. Longman's (en.
titled Apologia pro Vita Suci ; being a reply to a
pamphlet entitled " What, then, Does Dr. Newman
Mean ?" by John Henry Newman, D.D. Parts 1.,
11., 111., IV.), the Spectator of to-day says:—" We
shall be obliged to review this remarkable book on
its completion, and need only say now that it bids
fair to give us an interior view of one of the greatest
minds and greatest natures ever completely sub-
jected to the influence of reactionary thought. We
anticipate that even Mr. Kingsley will feel when it
is completed that he has grievously wronged a man
utterly unintelligible to him, but as incapable of
falsehood or of the advccacy of falsehood as the
sincerest Protestant.

THE CONFERENCE.

♦,

For the information' of the Prussian people,
Count von Bismarck has published the following
as the exact terms of the resolution come to by the
Conference sitting at London :

(Translation.)

"There will be a suspension of hostilities by sea
and land for the space of a month from the 12th of
May.
"On the same day Denmark will raise the
blockade.

"Prussia and Austria bind themselves, during
suspension of hostilities, not to hinder commerce,
communications, or the regular course of adminis-
tration in the portions of Jutland occupied by their
armies ; not to levy war contributions, but, on the
contrary, to pay for whatever may be furnished to
the German troops, who will simply continue to
occupy-their present strategical positions.
"The belligerent parties agree to preserve their
respective military positions by sea and land, and
interdict each other from reinforcing those positions
pending the duration of the cessation of hostilities.
" Official notification hereof will be made by
their respective Governments to the commanders of
the belligerent forces by sea and land."