The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-25 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slll,—An anonymous correspondent in your paper of
this evening has alluded to the conduct of certain officers
of the 46th Regiment, after dining at the mess of the
Northamptonshire Militia in this town. I think it
only just to Colonel Garrett to state that those officers
of the 46th Reg.ment, who were concerned in the dis-
turbance, were most severely reprimanded by him, and
the one wbo had made himself most conspicuous, was
tot only forbidden to go into Northampton without a
pass, but also was not permitted to meet my officers
when they returned the visit of the 46th at Weedon.
I must observe, in conclusion, that the officers of the
Northamptonshire Militia do not concur with "A
Constant Reader" in condemning the whole regiment
for the misconduct of a few.
Declining any further correspondence on the subject
I remain, your obedient ser%ant,
BURGHLEY, Lieut.-Colonel,
Commanding Northampton Militia.
Northampton, Aug. 24.

PARIS BOURSE.—The last accounts from the Paris
Bourse exhibit an advance of about three-eighths per
cent., in consequence of speculative purchases. At
Vienna, owing to the success of the new loan, which is
now marked at 92, confidence continues to increase,
and the rate of exchange has experienced another favour-
able movement of 1 per cent., the quotation being 11 30.
"THE BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. GRIFFITHS, NEW-
COMBE, and Co., the proprietors of the temperance line
of packets to Australia, has produced great consterna-
tion in several families in the neighbourhood of Ply-
mouth, by whom considerable sums had been placed in
the bankrupts' hands, in discharge of the passage money
for themselves and friends to Australia. One of the
ships of this line was to sail from Plymouth this week.
The consequence is that several families are without
homes or means.
EMIGRATION.—The Lady Kennaway, Captain T. J.
Young, left Plymouth Sound on Wednesday with 253
souls, equal to 232 statute adults, for Sydney. There
are amorgat them 170 young Irish Roman Catholic wo-
men, whose ages average about 20. The Clara, Captain
Pachey, left the Sound for Portland Bay, on Saturday
last, with 290 souls on board, equal to 2514 statute
adults. There were on board 148 married couples, 64
• single women, and 7 single men.
JUSTICES' CLERKS FEES. Among country magis-
trates a sort of stinginess, amounting to begruding, has
crept on in regard to their clerks' fees, as if they felt the
duties should be performed almost gratuitously. Scarcely
more mistaken idea or notion, whichever it may be
called, can possibly exist. The entire duties of justices'
clerks are only well learnt and soundly understood after
many years' attentive study and much experience.
Little indeed do magistrates think, or take the trouble
of informing themselves, of the amount of diligence and
thoughtfulness that has been bestowed over the multi-
farious Proceedings to which they affix their signatures.
The begrudgment of fees, therefore, cannot but be annoy-
Inegar m al:Id galling to clerks. Leiicounty justices hear, and
mind, what the talenred Mr. Archbold, a bar-
jrister of long standing and' experience,. says on the sub-
ect of justices'
fees to be takenclberks' fees :—" Well-digested tables of
clerks of special sessions, and the
clerks of justices sty clerks
sessions and elsewhere, would
create a uniformity of charge throughout the kingdom,
and would be most desirable, not only to the public, but to
the clerks themselves
aliribets to add that, in my
bumble judgment, those
fees should be set down with no
niggard hand, so that professional men of respectability,
of talent and Round
knowledge of the criminal law, and possessing a fill.
tand of the other branches
of the law administereds bv:riaii; ices of the peace, may,
to undertake the office,
as at present, be always
and afford the aid of theirstlieczntgifionrg, regu!arity amid
ouwolitoriintehiemyhaticets.,
busi.,ess habits• to the ju
• office, also, and the tenure of it,
as iii
boroughs, to be settled by legislative enactment, so as to
'insure the permanent service of good, experienced, and
efficient clerks.