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London, England, 1863-12-21 00:00:00

longer would have been to say that no Roman
Catholic lawyer, however elcquent, however dis-
tinguished, however fitted for tne office, was to be
made a judge. That is an announcement which no
English GovernMent would make, and which the
English iaation is not prepared to receive. In these
days questions of theological import are rarelY, if
ever, mooted before a common law judge ; and when
the interests of the Church of England are npt
directly or indirectly involved, no Englishman'
wishes to see unnecessary barriers interposed be-
tween merit and success. The only tangible dif-
ference between a Catholic and Protestant judger
as far as the public arc concerned, is that it might
possibly be deemed inconvenient for a Catholic to
ir-
attend the English cathedral service while nn c
cuit. The difficulty will probably be found 000
rather of theory than practice. A year ego 1.r.:
Shee was appointed to travel one of the circui 1
ts 1
the south of England as a deputy. It was fan
that he did not object on religious grounds to 01°5
the commission and attend Divine service in
eVe the
usual way. Judges, who are Dissenters, or ll
Unitarians, do so without reproach ; and what they
may do, a Roman Catholic may do also. Were it
even otherwise, two judges invariably travel the
spring and summer aseiz=s in companYr and I)
arrangement would easily have secured the pr?seti,e:
of one upon occasions where the presence °lnt
judge was made important by sound and en,Fie,ho
custom. It is a tribute to the discretion e'
Government to be able to say that, while the
scientious feelings of the new judge on relitr°llver
subjects need no vindication, no contretemps is e „
likely to occur under the regime (.4 Mr. Justice She
In his elevation to the Bench the Bar loses its
greatest orator ; and perhaps its only orator Pr.°'
perly so called Teose who have heard Mr Shea Igt
his thy-It speeches have heard something that is nur
easily reproduced. There are other and Yelluged
speakers at the Bar, whose genius file
eloquence are of the highest order. 1,r
age, the presence, the dignity, and the P(
of Mr. Justice Shee placed him at the headk°l
all. It is said usually that he was not a successo
Parliamentary debater. His style perhaps is ,th°o
purely oratorical for the House of Commons /0
present day. But at the Bar, in the conduct e'
case of great public interest, when he had enj°e,,
full time to prepare his line of argument and to rod"
to the level of the subject, Sergeant Shee could bala
Westminster Hall breathless with suspense ana
interest for hours. Mr. Gladstone is a fluent 0
sceomplished rhetorician, qualified by his cult
;ion and his nature to ravish the ears of a busisieBbe
like assembly of educated gentlemen. It srll ea
long before he ever shakes and thrills an audie:ll-a
as Mr. Shee has often before now shaken Lordcrowe
courts. Since the appointment of the present t
Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench the bar hadli°,o
another speaker of the sort ; and Mr. Shee's Yeli;B
and presence have of late given him an advait°74
which even Lord Chief Justice Cockburn did hnief
possess while at the bar. The new judge's e'cila
difficulty will be to subside into a preaident• Ipae
court where he has been so long an orator. u—be
advocates, it is said, make bad judges. It is it:inn
hoped that Mr. Justice Shee will be an eaceP",:v
1
to the rule, which he will no doubt have Ill"
temptations to trargress. -nos
For some years Mr. Sergeant Shee healed the nt
in virtue of his rank of Queen's sergeant and his Pstetbe
of precedence. Of late, his appointment t° the
Bench has been almost demanded on the part (1' „0..
profession. It has been a gro wing habit with eilhlo4
ceilors to make their appointments to judges- lo
serve Parliamentary purposes. Men have begnde,
talk as if a seat in Parliament and success es ilia
bater in the Commons were necessary stePPdie
stones to the Bench. The idea is distasteful
ablest
bulk of the profession, which sees some of its es
and most learned leaders excluded by circurastilecil
at this moment from the House. They natu,fillore
feel that genius and profound learning are,;—„•cal
important qualifications for a judge than P°",,'" z,
activity and interest. Why are X and °ll"tbe
and A and B not judges They are masters of
e_
English law, and their character is
naturall,_
experience and talent. Barristers will that thee-u.
continue to think it a poor answer to say
lawyers have not had the luck to be elected some
where to serve on the other side of Westminster
Hall. The honours of the bar, in their opinioi:
should be for the bar alone. At the bottom, actor ,s
ingly, of the enthusiasia with which Mr. Shee.,_
elevation has been welcomed, there is a strong st_e'ar
((just to th_l;
timent of the kind. It is said indeed, that then1.1 to
intend to signalise the event by a dinrer giv 3.
Vic, new judge himself. We cannot vronder et 1.
We can well understand that no vacant judgesblPr
could be more popularly bestowed than on a laWYea
who is both esteemed for his personal qualities, al)
who, in .a certain sense, is the father of the proles'
sion— the Grand Batonnier of the order of
fish advocates.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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NORWICII—SiTu RDAY.
There WAS a good supply of wheat to-day, but the
general decline in the price of Niheat caused a dull niarketa
Millers were not free buyers, and sales made wore eff‘ctef
at a reduction of is per qr on late prices. A fair malting
barley, and late prices were about maintained for
--
sorts ; inferior, dull. Flour Gd cheaper.
Al; to 420
White wheat. 44s to 46- 1 Red wheat ........ ;35s
to
Malting barley ...36s to 37s Chevalier barley.•.34s
to
Distilling d 0..... 30s to 32s I 0at5.............. 24,
Flour, 23s Od to —s ed per sack from the

NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY.
41 j fair
A tolerably good show of wheat to-day, mos"Y n for
condition. The demand was firm, and late prices made
the best sorts; inferior, ls rqr lower thanola:
--White wheat, from 40s to 455; red wheat,
Barley—malting, 30s to 408 ; grinding,
Deans sold at
old, at 24s to 31s Od; new, 20s to 255.
to 438 per qr. ; new, 35s to 375. 278 to 30s- u„f.
ttow°4s_o.

GRAN THAM—SATunDA.Y. 6st•
Old white wheat, 44s to 48s • red, 398 to 4257per,3 riey,
new white, 40s to 455; red, 32; to 428. Malting 14y t)
338 to 36s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oats, old,
28s ; new, 20s to 24s ; beans, 33s to 40s ; peas, 34s to ;5"

NORTHAMPTON--SATURDAY.
.v, Du;
There was a fair average show of wheat to-,`'ilocu
the attendance was only moderate, and buyers Pr nrices•
sparingly, at a slight reduction upon last week Inre
—White wheat 40s to 45s ; red, 37s to 40s
t 32
to —s per qr. Barley, 35s to 37s—grinding. 288 peas;
Oats, 28s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 3Ss to 423 e
34s to 408 per qr.

YORTi—SATURDA.Y. f ivbel
We were supplied with a moderate quantity°for gOO--
from the farmers. Prices generally maintained
dry lots, with an improved demand. igs
204
to
W heat, red Hs to 41s 0at5...... .. .
... ss; to 4v;
White do .42s to 46s Beans ........... __.s to -713
Barley .28s to 32s Peas ......... ... goat 3
Malt, 5Ss to 60s per qr.; rye, 32s per cl."
to 32s per back.

LEICESTER—SATURDA.f. Cr 59
stone. Old red, 39s to 41s per 36 stone.
New white wheat, 40s to 45s ; red, '3BE to 41- I', iistp
Barleh o'sts,
rew, 33s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 29s to 32E; °-130109
25e to 30s; new oats, 22s to 25s per 24 stone. _e,
old, 38s to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 30s to 35s per 20 otou

GENERAL BRAGG (according to Colonel 141.-t
mantle's account of him) is in appearance the le4;,
Prepossessing of the Confederate Generals. ne 18 very
thin , he stoops, and has a sickly, cadaverous, 1'14°14,
appearance, rather plain features, bushy black eYebr:bb'y
which unite in a tuft on the top of his nose, tilt 4iBt •
iron-grayi beard; but his eyes ara bziglit 8.12"
Ie has the reputation of being a rigid disciPl'll° be
stand it;
of shooting freely for insubordination. j under -
rather unpopular on this account, and also by reason of
his occasional acerbity of manner.

BVTLIN.—On the 17th inst.,
Births.
at Busted Hall, Susses, t°
r rA
lijvaetghy e,
inst., 8, tz
wile of F. E. Butiin, I:sq., of a sou.
DICKINSON.—On the 18th inst., at 11, Chesterfieldstrceto
Mayfair, the wife of . 11. Dickinson, MI) ,of a Bon.
DAYIS.—O the 16th inst,, at 8, Cornwall-villas, West'
bourne-park, the wife of M. Boulton Davis, Esq., of *
son.
SUGDYIN.--On the
.17nth inst., the wife of the Hon. nol
Rov. Arthur Sugde , Newdigate Rectory, of a eon.
'''''':Argyle-square, rhoMmaas
A ~vEy.....IIOIVITT.—On the Cohttrell
to
Marian, daughter of
Grantham. the late Thomas Ho,witt, Beg.'
and Grosvenor-park, S,, to Alice, third daughter lIANHOW—TAY'th
Denmark-hill Lon.—on the 17th inst., at St. Marley; ,
MR. of Pentonvillet of
Grosvenor
r ichd. II syhow, of FOlldillreb-stree't
f jOl,ll.
Taylor, E ,
South. '
',,q. of Clement's•lane, and De Crespigny-01

Deaths. "
F
.—On the 171 h inst., at Kentish-town, Freak. 1;.
BILOWN
Brown, On
of the late Commander Bourwaster Bros
R.N., aged 21,
EDE,—On the 17th inst., Joseph Ede, Esq., of Islll3o°9'
aged 79.
Geonwirkr.—On the 17th inst., at freigham, Norwiel 11,0
Rev. Win. Goodwin, M.A., aged 68.
HOPE.—Ou the 18th inst., at Langham-place, Adrian I°llll
ce
Hope, Esq. Jain
LANG —On the 18th inat., at Beddington, Surrey,
A. Lang, Et.q. r rat
SIIILLIIIGFORD.—On the 15th inst., William Shilling'°-
Esq., of Eynsham, Oxon.
TosswiLL.—On the 18th inst., Mr. Tosswill, of 2, 1311c-
lersbury, city.
WEDDERBURN.—On the 16th inst , at Camberwell, Clias'
W. Wedderburn, Esq.

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