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London, England, 1866-08-30 00:00:00

LATEST SCRATCHINGS.

Rama, out of Tradesmen's Plate, Derby; Phantom Sail,
out of Derby Nursery; Victoria, out of Tunbridge Handi-
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Paris, out of Beaufort Cup, Derby.

MALLETING" A THIEF.—On Wednesday after-
F noon, while a young girl, the daughter of one of our old
citizens, was sitting in the drawing-room, she hoard a slight
noise in the hall. She walked softly to the door, and dis-
covered the front door ajar, and the thief walking quickly,
though very stealthily, up stairs. She waited a moment,
and then following cautiously, observed him enter a front
chamber, the door of which being open exposed to view
.a
tempting array of jewellery and other articles of Njoutez
scattered about the toilet bureau. With a presence
wonderful in one so young, she hastily closed and
the door, but not before catching a glance of a meeorns
almost
pair of eyes. She descended to the drawing room bold experi-
ment, with agitation at the success of
She waited in
for she was alone in the house. She tfoafs vicioustemn e fastened
parents returning
breathless anxiety until dark,
tshhieefcosmiimn
had
dicasten
uretahne.yl
save a malignant glance,
tshlyercuaned both ascended to the
mallet and Mrs. Smith another, ddothxetersntaurtlin IgvigiLdne.llig3ofnr.cesmtoitthhemseizofeathae
dmisrc.overed the thief par-
Smith demanded his
business
towards the door, which Mrs. Smith
by a dash
no
onirts"toe
quicklytial accompaniedi
chamber.
sc
preu there,es
nhUeepd tnboy, enteringtreceivedi
while bMr. r Smithepy
mallet. The wretched creatumreaknionwg rushedfrantic ferfto
escapeshiidse o
thethe brlooownis lteovetlhll other,
thehrim by Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Finally a crashing blow on the head stretched him sense-
less. One would suppose humanity would now have
prompted a cessation of hostilities, but Mrs. Smith was seen
to kick the inanimate form, and Mr. Smith carried him
down stairs, and throw him, all bleeding and senseless, into
the street. In the morning the poor outcast was found-
stark and stiff, having probably bled to death during the
night. The Common Council have taken no steps to re-
move the remains, and they are still to be seen in the
vicinity of the Baptist Church. During the melee a blow
from paterfamilias, aimed at the robber, came near disabling
Mrs. Smith instead, while a fierce lunge from her mallet
(they wore croquet mallets) shattered several valuable
panes of glass.—Erie Despatch, Aug. 3.

The following correspondence between the Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench and
Mr. Edmond Beales, the chairman".:Of the Reform
League, has been forwarded t) us for publication :
"40, Hertford-street, Aug. 22, 1866.
"Dear Sir,—l regret that I cannot, consistently with my
senseof public duty, reappoint you as a revising barristerfor
the metropolitan district on the ensuing registration. The
very active and leading part you have recently taken in a
political agitation of no ordinary character would, as it
appears to me, make such an appointment inexpedient for
the public service. lam very far from thinking that to
entertain or to express decided political opinions ought to
be considered as disqualifying a member of the bar from'
holding office as a revising barrister. • In making these
appointments I have looked only to the fitness of the can-
didates, and have never stopped to inquire what were their,
political views. But, on the other hand, I must say I do
not think it desirable that a gentleman holding what in the
view of many persons would bo deemed extreme opinions, .
and occupying a prominent position in the political warfare
of the day—whether on the one side or the other—should'
be appointed to decide judicially on fhe claims of persons
to vote in the election of members of Parliament. Ido not
indeed, for my own part, believe that members of the bar,
though entertaining strong political views, might not in the
vast majority of instances bo safely entrusted with the
duty of deciding on the political rights of persons holding
opposite opinions. lam fully satisfied that no strength
of political bias would impair the perfect integrity and
sense of justice which you would bring to the discharge of
judicial functions, even on a political ratter, But I can-
not help thinking that, in the appointment of a revising
barrister, something more is required than the assurance
that the officer appointed will discharge his duty honestly
and efficiently. It is not enough that the partisan and
fervid politician of to-day may be trusted to assume to-
morrow the calmness and freedom from bias and passion
which are essential to the office of the judge. Sonic con-
sideration is, I think, due to the parties whose rights are
about to be dealt with ; nor, in my humble judgment,
should any one bo appointed to adjudicate on those rights
who is certain to prove unacceptable to a considerable
portion of those who will have to appear before him. We
all know how muck of passion and prejudice is ever
mixed up with everything that has relation to politics,
and under no circumstances is the judicial office so subject
to suspicion and distrust as when the subject-matter of
the judgment involves considerations of a political cha-
racter. The reasons for which the judges of the land aro
agreed to abstain from mixing in party strife, appear to
me to apply with equal force to every form of the judicial
office in which questions of a political nature can arise ;
and eminently as to that branch of it which has
to deal with the right of voting for members of
parliament. It would be vain to expect that the
decisions of one deemed to be a strong political partisan,
fresh from th 3 heat and turmoil of political
conflict, could carry with him that confidence
which it is so essential that the administration
of judicial functions should always inspire. The beaten
suitor, if belonging to the opposite party, would natu-
rally be disposed to ascribe his defeat to the partiality or
bias of the judge, and his friends would be too ready to
share in his belief. In the course of an extensive registra-.
tion questions of nicety and difficulty frequently arise in
which evidence and arguments are clearly balanced, in
which each party are sanguine of success, in which the
judge does not pronounce without hesitation, and in which
the grounds of the decision will not always carry convic-
tion to the minds of those to whom it is adverse. In such
cases, if the judge is known to be a man of extreme zeal
and ardour in political matters, there will be—such is
human nature—a tendency to suspect, however unjustly,
that the decision, if not absolutely corrupt, has at all events
been influenced by the party feeling of the judge. Every
unbiassed mind will, I think,•agree with me that this is a
result which should be avoided, if possible, in the interest
of the suitor, the public, and the judge himself. The de-
feated suitor should at least have the satisfaction of feeling
that ho has suffered nothing from the partiality or unfair-
ness of the judge. The judge, on the other hand, should
have the satisfaction of knowing that the party against
whom he decides can have no ground for questioning the
purity of his motives or the honesty of his judgment. I
am reluctant to depart from the usual course of re-appoint-
ing gentlemen who have served the office of revising bar-
rister in the preceding year, but, as each annual appoint-
ment is to all intents and purposes a new ono, I think that
where a state of circumstances has arisen which, had they
then existed, would have deterred me from making the
appointment in the first instance, I ought not to renew it.
And inasmuch as, had you applied to me for the first time,
I should not, for the reasons I have already given- --what-
ever might have been my own confidence in you, or my
desire, personally, to oblige you—you have felt justified
in appointing you, it appears to me that I cannot with pro-
priety renew your appointment on the present oeoaeleli.
I have entered thus fully into the reasons which have in-
fluenced me in not reappointing you, in order that you may
see that I have not acted arbitrarily, or without having given.
full consideration to the matter. I trust you will do me the
justice to believe that it is not on account of the particular
opinions you have recently been advocating, that I have
though it right to adopt the course lam now taking. I pro-
ceed on the same principle that it is desirable for the reasons
I have already sit forth, that the office of adjudicating on
electoral rights should not be committed to judges whom the
fervour of political zeal and the championship of particular
opinions may tend to deprive of the confidence of a portion of
those on whose claims they are to decide. I shall regret if
my decision herein shall cause you any annoyance. I trust
you will believe that I am actuated by no other motive than
a conscientious sense of public duty. I had much satisfac-
tion in appointing you when you applied to me in 1861. I
should have been glad to renew the appointment this year,
but, as I have already explained, I do not feel that I could
do so with a proper regard to what is due to those on
whose rights you would have to adjudicate.—l remain,
dear sir, yours faithfully,
"Edmond Beales, Esq. "A. E. COCKBURN.
P.S. You are at liberty to make what use you please of
this letter. lam desirous it should be known that it is not
from any doubt of your faithfully discharging the duties of
the office that I have refrained from again appointing you."

" Osborn House, W est Brompton, Aug. 24, 1866.

"31y Lord, —I feel certain that it must have been as pain-
ful,for you to write as for me to receive the letter which
reached me yesterday evening, communicating your inten-
tion of not renewing my appointment as revising barrister
for the county of Middlesex, not on account of any defi-
ciency on my part in discharging the duties of theoffice,
but solely on account of the active and leading part Nre
taken in a political agitation of no ordinary character I ,
this
making, as your lordship considers, my re-appointment in-
expedient for the public service. I appreciate to the utmost
the kindly and friendly spirit which pervades your lordship's
letter,
and which has induced you to enter so fully into the
reasons which have influenced your decision. I accept at
once, and in the full assurance of its truth, your lordship's
statement that you are actuated by uo other motive than a
conscientious sense of public duty, and I am as fully con-
scions of having myself been actuated by no other sense,
by none but the most pure and upright motives in all my
conduct, both professional and political. I have the entire
testimony of my own conscience that you do me no more
than simple justice when you express yourself as fully
satisfied that no strength of political bias would impair the
potfect integrity and sense of justice which I would bring
to the discharge of judicial functions, even on a political
matter; and that your refraining from again appointing
gutrees
is not from any doubt of my faithfully discharging.thelo
jus-
ticeof the office. The best proof of this being
of my office without being as warmly complimentedfor
perfect im-
to me is, that I have never yat discharbguetdstihnlep.dyuttihees
Conservative as by the Liberal agenti
appointing mo to the
kindly did me the honour of first
partiality. Moreover, you may remember
an additional revising
agents for
that when you
office, it was by appointing
of barristers could not get
state that the ordinary staff
the votes. I
work of revising have
through the onerous
in being ablo to state that my exer-
tionsbanister, in consequence of thein "register being in such a
both pleasure and p
w more perfect and correct than it had
that the reg!ster is no
appointment. Underall the •
years before my apponl •
cumstances for
trust I may be excused, when, with all the
have rendered. pride
et
duty a comparatively easy one, and
Peet and warm esteem which I entertain for
lordship, I venture to suggest whether some proof or
your
well-founded complaint of inefficiency Or partiality in the dis
charge of my duties ought to have preceded such a measure
as that of not renewing my appointment. I have said I have
ucnumfoisgtanne
erres
felt pain, my lord, in receiving your communication, but
the pain is not so muchon account of the loss and the other
possibly serious consequent injury to myself in my profes-
sion, or the unjust or malevolent reflections it may bring
upon melin some quarters, as on account of the very in-
jurious and dangerous effect it may produce on the publin
mind, especially in forcing the people to the conviction that
no man, pat ticularly no man in such a situation or profession
as inine, however upright in the discharge of his functions,
can sincerely and warmly advocate what he considers their
rights, without the risk of subjecting himself to very serious
personal loss, to tho possibility of being made a v:ctim of
party misrepresentation and rancour; and that for a man to
hold any judicial position it is necessary for him to suppress
and stifle his real and honest opinions.

"Thanking your lordship again, and very sincerely, for
all your kind and flattering expressions towards myself, and
for the permission to make what use I please) of your letter
—which, I presume, includes its publication, if necessary—
and deeply regretting, for personal as well as more weighty
reasons, that your lordship should have felt it advisable
and right to withold the renewal of my apppintment—l
am, my lord, yours very truly and faithfully,
" EDMOND BEALES.
" The Right. Hon. Sir A. E. Cockburn, Bart.,
Lord Chief Justice."

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