The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

THE PZNINSULAR MAILS.

SQUTIIA,MPTON, WED i'ESDAY MORNING.
By the' Peninsular and (Mental Company's
steam ,hip Stilt tn, Cap,ain Cook, we have dates
tr, u, Gihr,itai,:March• 24 h ; Cadiz, 25th ; Lisbon,
29th, Oporto and Vigo, 30th.
Tie suntan brings' on freight 7001. in specie, and
a c.trgo consisting principally of .oranges.
. At Lishonxeiange transactions on London
were limited to 54i. for three .months ; on Paris
little was d ne at 5.19.
The stock rhotrtcet was dull.

The steam transport Great Western, from South-
ampt,n, wi2th troop's tor • the Cri,nea, arrived at
Gribrailar on the 20th ult., having experienced a
heavy gale, during which she split and seriously
damag,d her rudder h ad.

Ot.Ter trampor s had arrived, having encoun
is red severe. weather.

Exchange on London at 90 days, 501 to 50i

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING,

THE IRISH JUDICIAL BENCH.

The death of Mr. JustiCe Torrens, announced in
The Sun of yesterday, has, for obvious reasons,
created a degree of public interest more than com-
mensurate with the occurrence of an event at any
other time of scarcely third-rate importance, even
in the eyes of the gossiping quidnuncs of the Irish
capital. The learned judge had attained to the ripe
ageof .81years, and, although for a long time he
had beenar martyr to physical infirmities, there
were no recent symptoms to warrant the impres-
sion that the hour of dissolution was so near at
hand. Ile expired at Derrvnoid-lodge, in the
county of Lmidonderry, on Saturday evening,
after having, in conjunction with Baron Penne-
father, despatched the business of the North-west
Circuit, fio►n its opening at Longford to its close
at Londonderry, and was but one day absent from
temporary indisposition. The following memoir
of the late judge is..condensed from the Pteeman's
Journal :

Judge Torrens was called to the bar in Michaelmas
Term, 1798, and raised to the bench in 1823. Thus be
oe years a member of the bar, ar d 33, a
hurl - - ---
law, having attained only the rank of serge.int ; but th,
ii.thmce et his brother, Sir Henry Torrens, who °mu-
ped a distinguidied position in the army, and was deep
in the COnfil±nce of George the Fourth when Prince
Regent, secured the elevati•3n of his brother to the bench.
JudgifTorrens had far inferior claims to many who bad
1”,-,n passed oVer ; but in those days, as indeed in suc-
ceeding times, party:and •interest determined judicial
prom 't ons instead of experience, ability, and judicial
firness. gil lordship, However, was a judge of averag.-
merit, and made up. on the bench for the drficiencies
arising from professional inexperience while at the bar
His intellect was clear, though not very comprehensive.
to took common sense views of questions, at d rarely
vintured beyond his depth. In the administraion of
•••riiiitaal justice; he Vas somewhat severe, panic
ctirinv his firgt yeara on the bench, when the nlisttn bed
• tate of the country, with oveifi .sing assizes and c -
,staet coo missions, affon'ed scope for a vig.nir net
'alWays ithin the law. In his later years, however. th,
tendon, y was corrected, and he tried most ca es fn
volving life with a tenderness which Mr. Just'c Perrir.
ght a inn re. With regard to his successor, ter ar
varnots rini..urs. I 1, 6:aced Attorney Gen -tal wi
•refu-e the appointment. Ot c ur-e, the Sol cito Gem--
al would have the right n'.l' refusal after Mr. Atforne
'tad rej cted the tempting lure. We know not wha
truth t.nern.. may be in the prevalent ruin ur that Mr
Biew*ter, on the 'aith of Home ne cret arrangement wit,
the present. Gov.-ruin-nt, w succeed to the vacaevy
‘Ve inc ins to 'oelieve that Mr. Firz4erild will be thn
cienn- jund jestie4 C eittruvri Rena."

Saunders of this morning states that the rumour
in legal circles is that the Attorney-General will
decline the v:4rant seat, and that the Solicitor-G
neraf ;will he the new ju.igo It is further believed
that the office of Solicitor-G: ieral is to be offered
o Mr. Isaac Butt,'Q.C., and member for Youghal.