The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

- "Judge Burton filled the very highest place as Ir
lawyer. He reminds one of the old fountains of the l*W
in his extensive familarity with the great principles a
jurisprudence and his acquaintance with their founda-
tions. His knowledge was sound, and eminently
practical, and while he could apply himself with remark-
able skill to that technical system which forms three-
fourths of the duties of the practising lawyer, he
often ascended the higher regions of the law, which
are visited by the pure light of reason, and from
which alone it is reflected in strength and purity. His
famous argument in the quo warrant° case of ' the
Crown v. O'Grady,' is a masterpiece of learning and
argument, worthy of the best and brightest days of thy
law.

" As a judge he fully sustained the high character ha
acquired at the bar. In times when the country 'vat
convulsed by party, and an oblique spirit found its tkai
even to the administration of justice, none ever smusefi
Judge Burton of tampering with his high trust. No
man's reason was less swayed by party feeling, and is
the many political questions, or cases involving political
considerations, which came before him, none could truly
say that he contemplated any in the light of a partizani
Calm, dignified, and impartial, he turned neither iq the
right nor left in dealing out rigid justice.
" Like all great minds he was simple, natural, and
amiable—full of humane and kindly affections—in whom
the tenderest feelings were blended with that firmness of
purpose and sincerity of principle which are often found
associated with gentleness and simplicity. He had ever the
strongest reluctance to pass sentence of death, and when
ever duty compelled the stern discharge he has been seen
to shed tears, and often to sob aloud in open court. Many
will remember his sentence on O'Connell at the close of the
state trials, and the deep emotion he displayed on that
occasion. Mr. O'Connell always regarded him as the
most constitutional judge on the Irish bench. In the
language of Addison, on another great lawyer, Hie
life was in every part set off with that graceful modesty
and reserve which made his virtues more apparent the
more they were cast in such agreeable shades. His great
humanity appeared in the minutest circumstances. you
found it in the benevolence of his aspect, the compla—
cency of his behaviour, and the tone of his voice. His
character was uniform and consistent with itself, and his
whole conduct was of a piece. His principles were
founded on reason, and his notions were no less steady
and unshaken than just and upright; and that unwearied
diligence which followed him through all the stages of
life gave him such a profound insight into the laws of the
land, that even from his first appearance in it ho passed
for one of its greatest masters.' We may add, as an
illustration of the esteem and confidence reposed in
Judge Burton by his friend and patron Curran, that he
named him one of his executors."

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday
morning in the plantations of Osborne.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby ar-
rived at Osborne yesterday afternoon from town, on
a visit to her Majesty.
The Royal Children took an airing yesterday, and
rode on ponies and walked on the sea beach.
Sir James Clark has left Osborne.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re-
turned to town yesterday, from honouring the Mar-
quis of Salisbury with a visit, at his seat, Hatfield
House, Herts.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Charles Russell,
Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company,
Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Brunel, had an interview
with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday, at
the office of the Commissioners of Railways in the
Board of Trade.
Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and Mr. W. M. Christy, had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Sir Arthur Brinsley Brooke had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governors of New South Wales,
South Australia, New Zealand, and the Mauritius.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council re-
sumed, yesterday, the hearing of an appeal fromNey4
South Wales, " The Bank of Australasia v. Breillat.
Sir Fitzroy Kellyhe
caseand was adjourned. Mr. Hill
Theueen'sCo Lunseerlds),
were heard. The
present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord
Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty
Court.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE
MR. LISTON.
Yesterday the funeral of this celebrated surgeon took
place. The procession set out for Highgate Cemetery
at half-past nine, from deceased's residenoe in Clifford-
street, and it consisted at first of fire mourning coaches,
and fifteen private carriages. In the former were the
relatives of deceased, and his fellow medical professors
of University College, and in the latter were friends of
eminence in the higher ranks. At Swain's-lane, near
the cemetery, the cortiae was met by upwards of four
hundred of Mr. Listonrs former pupils, and by about
200 medical gentlemen and others. In order to accom-
modate
smeondtead to number
body d tmhiettreecd tionrtoofhiHs icghhurgacthe,canond.
thhaatrleartghee
prajers read there, instead of in the narrow precincts of
the Cemetery chapeL The ceremony was solemnly im-
posing, rendered so by the saddened demeanour of the
vast numbers assisting. The family vault, newly taken,
in which Mr. Liston was interred, is in the " Terrace
Catacombs," and on Saturday last it received its first
tenant, the body of Mr. Dalrymple, sen., the father-in-
law of one of Mr. Liston's daughters,
occurred
From the post-mortem examination of the body, it
appears that the cause of death was an aneurism of the
aorta, as large as au orange, pressing on and running
filled with fluid,
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son and Forbes attended and examined the chest, but
without detecting anything
morbid either lu
ngs
or circulation, and the does as e d , in the
was himself the first to
suggest the formation of aneurism; but, in the ab-
sence of physical signs of an
such a lesion, a favourable view
was taken of the case.

MANCHESTERl,esthr.c.are—Eastern Counties
(York Extension), 2 dis.—East Lancashire, New, 3% dia.
—Huddersfield. and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds,
dis.—Lancashire and Torkehire, Halves (H. and S.), 9%
dis,—Ditto, West Riding Union, 23,i dis.—Preston and
Wvre, 34%—Leeds and iThirsk, New, 13 ylis.—London
and North-Western, Quarters: (B), p.—North Bri-
tish,CQuarters, 1 die.—North Staffordshirs,; 3-16—South-
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 11-16 dis.
EDINBURGH, Diec 11.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Dendee and Perth,
Quarters. 465. 6d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 94—Edinburgh
New, 1/ 15s.—Great Northerns,
and Northern, Newport., •
41. 10s.—North British, 271.—Ditto, Halves, 121 ss.—Ditto,
Quarters, 4/. 10s.—Ditto,
New Quarters, 11s. 9d.—Ditto,
Thirds, 21. 3s.

GLASGOW, Dac. 11.
weeksonathan
e time
past, caused partly by the continuance of heavy failures,
fror
hasSr°cbeeKrt eTrpcerrireAnr(cGT
e—onTthhies ShtaosckbEeexncahadnuglele
particularly that of the Ayrshire Iron Company, by. which
many individuals are compromised, and the losses in con-
nexion with which will be very great. Caledonian Halves
have declined 2s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow 21s. ; Glasgow
and Ayr 14s. ; Dumfries and Carlisle 6s. 6d. ; Great
Northern, 4s. ; North British, Thirds, 4s. Ed. ; Ditto, Quar-
ters, 7s. 6d. The sales are—Edinburgh and Glasgow,
Halves, New, Cl. 7s, 6d.; Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor),
141. 15s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 10s. ; Glasgow and Garn-
kirk, 36—Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 1/. 2s. ' • North British,
27 Ditto, Halves, IIV. 73. 6d. Wishaw andColtiaoss, 44.

BIIRTOn
_...ble Charles Barton,
the Court of Queen's Bench,
breathed his last, without a struggle or pain, this after-
noon, at his residence in St. Stephen's-green. He had
been but a few days ailing, and no later than last week
was in sufficiently robust health to take walking exer-
cise. He was called to the Irish bar in 1792, and must
have been fast verging on his 90th year.
The vacant seat on the bench will, of course, be
offered to the Attorney-General; but it is generally sup-
posed that Mr. Richard Moore will decline the appoint-
ment, in which case Mr. Monahan (the Solicitor-Gene-
ral) will be the new judge, and Mr. Llatchsll ,Solicitor-
General.
The Irish Chancellor continues seriously indisposed;
bulletins are issued daily, the one of this day stating that
the Right Hon. Gentleman is no better. Inflammation of
the lungs is apprehended to have set in. His cough is
extremely troublesome, and he is much weakened from
►ant of sleep.
THE LATE JUDGE BURTON.

The Freeman's Journal (the daily organ of Repeal
and Roatanism) has the following truthful and interest-
ing nbitua,-e- notice of the lamented Judge Burton:—
" We recora,
• with regret, the death of this eminent
judge. He died ye,:erday, after a brief illness, for he
had been a sedulous atfens.!ant in court up to the close of
term. The decay of his facajties d been for a long
period manifest to all, and his ab,mile followed in the
regular course of nature, for he surva.-ed by many years
the ordinary age of man, having bean, ep,q believe, very
close on his 90th year. • `take
" The career ofJudge Burton is a remarkable
*f the powers of mind over circumstances. An Env..
man and a stranger, without family ties or connexions.
or any of those artificial aids which contribute to modern
success at the bar, he worked himself to that fortune,
fame, and honour which accompany laborious industry
and a fine intellect. If he was indebted to any patron.•
age for any portion of the distinction which he after--
wards acquired, that source of his success is attributable
to his connexion with Curran. Mr. Burton, in early
life, being in charge of the business of an eminent
London firm, was sent over to this country to look after
the purchase of property. He had frequent intervictwe
with Curran on the subject, who was in turn quite cap-
tivated with the shrewdness and good sense of the
modest Englishman, and, on the settlement of the ques-
tion, Curran offered him his friendship, with a promise
to further his objects if he should prefer to reside in
Ireland. The offer was accepted, and Mr. Burton was
called to the Irish bar in 1792. .1)
" His career was one of the most signal success.
He fell at once into business, and maintained a distin-
guished lead, though he had art his competitors some of
the ablest men that ever adorned the bar of Ireland. In
1806 he obtained a silk gown—kl 1817 the rank of
second, and in the following year thatf first sergeant.
In 1820, on the resignation of Judge May.:9' his great
abilities recommended him to the vacant sea; in the
Queen's Bench, which he occupied since that
with the highest honour to himself and benefit to tbb
public.