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London, England, 1829-07-25 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1829.

The French Jouriials are for the most part
filled with observations, in which nothing definite
is mentioned, respecting the conduct of the Ot-
toman Porte, its politic silence, and its reception
of the French and English Ambassadors. The
Turks at Constantinople, says the Messager des
Chanzbres, are perfectly calm—they trust in the
Prophet and in the fortune of the Sultan.

German Papers have been received. They
state that the news of the fall of Silistria, arrived
at Vienna on the 11th. The funds rose at first,
but afterwards declined, when it transpired that
M. FoNToN had returned without success, from
Shumla, to the Russian head-quarters, and that
consequently there was no immediate hope of
peace.

The Abram Gazette of July 4, observes that
" ALI NAMIK PACHA, Governor of Bosnia,
has issued orders to the four provinces of Zwor-
nich, Saracoo, Klisza, and Herzegowina, to as-
semble 5,000 men, partly infantry, partly ca-
valry, at Novi Bazar, the frontier town of
Bosnia, between Servia and Albania, whither
public orders will be given to proceed to Shumla
or Widdin, Or to join the PACHA Of SCUTARI,
who is to assemble 60,000 Albanians under his
command. A chief, with the rank of Sandjak
Beg, (or Brigadier General) is placed over each
province. They have been allowed to pay their
respects to the VIZIER at Travnick, where they
were provided with pelisses sent from Constan-
tinople. There has lately been a frequent ex-
change of couriers between the authorities at
Sarawo." The late success of the Russians
will work extraordinary wonders among the de-
pendent Provinces of the Porte.

AGRAM, JULY 4.—Ali Namik Paella, Governor of
Bosnia, has issued orders to the four provinces of Zwor-
nich, Saracoo, Klima, and Herzegowina, to assemble
5,000 men, partly infantry, partly cavalry, at Novi Bazar,
the frontier town of Bosnia, between Servia and Alba-
nia, whither public orders will be given to proceed to
Shumla or Widdin, or to join the Pacha of Scutari, who
is to assemble 60,000 Albanians under his command.
A chief with the rank of SandjAk Beg, (or Brigadier-
General) is placed over each province. They have been
allowed to pay their respects to the Vizier at Travnick,
where they were provided with pelisses sent from Con-
ctantinople. There has lately been a frequent exchange
of couriers between the authorities at Sarawo, the
Pacha of Scutari, the Metropolitan of Montenegro, and
Prince Milosh, the Servian chief. The object of this
correspondence is not known.

NUREIIIII.IItG, Jcl.r 17.—Several of our Journals, and
now also the political Journal of Munich, contain the fol-

lowing article:--

4' It has been stated in some Papers that the negocia-
dons at Berlin, for the conclusion of a commercial treaty be-
tween the kingdoms of Bavaria and Wurtemburg on the one
part, and the kingdom of Prussia and the Grand Duchy of
Hesse ott the other, have not been successful, and the rati-

fications have met with diffieultiea. We are Informed,
upon good authority, that this report is wholly unfounded,
that the treaty is, in fact, concluded, and that the ex-
change of the ratifications may be expected to take place
very shortly.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 25.—The day of the arrival
of the French and English Ambassadors was a festival for
the inhabitants of Constantinople, of all nations, religions,
and languages, without distinction, who crowded to meet
them, and expressed their joy in all possible ways.
For these last ten days no firmans have been granted to
Austrian ships to go to the Black Sea, because several
Austrian vessels are said to have carried supplies to the
Russians. The Reis Effendi is said to have complained to
the Internuncio, and assigned this as a cause of the re-
fusal. The English and French fleets have taken their
station near Tenedos, and it seems they will await the re-
sult of the negotiations respecting Greece. Provisions
are still dear, but there is no actual scarcity.
VIENNA, JULY 13.—The news of the fall of Silistria
arrived here on the 11 th. The funds rose at first, but
afterwards declined, when it transpired that M. Fonton
had returned without success from Shumla, to the Russian
head-quarters, and that consequently there was no imme-
diate hope of peace.

Aletalliques, 99 3-16 ; Bank Shares, 1,1 18L in the
evening, 1,117.

ROME, JULY 9.—On the sth of this month Cardinal
Bernetti left Rome for his legation, Bologna, and a Special
Commissioner repaired to Imola, to inquire into the tumult
that has taken place there. It is confirmed that only the
lowest of the populace took part in it.
While German and French Journals repeatedly speak
of a mission of M. Peter Von Fonton, Russian Councillor
of State, to the Turkish head-quarters, we can positively
affirm that lie is at present at Naples.

The rumour gains ground that the projected
alterations in the Inner Temple are to be acted
on without further delay. The ostensible object
of these alterations is to keep out all ignorant
pretenders ; the real one, to enforce more strictly
the present monopoly possessed by the Benchers,
and to exclude from the profession of a Bar-
rister all persons below a certain recognised

aristocratic rank. To this end, those who de-
sire henceforth to be called to the Bar, as well
as those who are already preparing for it, anti
whose proper season has almost arrived, are to be
subjected, according to the caprice of the
Benchers, to a severe or lenient examination in
Greek and Latin Classics as well as in general
Literature. We can conceive nothing more insidi-
ous and exclusive than the object of this examina-
tion. Under the pretence ofguarding the dignity of
the profession, it has the effect of throwing up a

wall of circumvallation around it, which none but

the privileged few can pass. The best part
of a man's life must henceforth be con-
sumed in irrelevant pursuits, ere he can hope
even to set out on his career as a bar-
rister. He must previously be well-versed in the
classics of Greece and Rome ; be at home on
subjects of general information (the Hindostanee,
Sanscrit, and Coptic dialects are, we presume, in-
cluded) ; and be master of all those flashy theo-
retic acquirements which are precisely those
least qualified to make a lawyer. What, pray,
have the writers of Greece and Rome to do
with the pleading of a dry practical case in the
King's Bench ? What Sallustian or Ciceronian
logic or eloquence is visible in the speeches of
Sir J. SCARLETT ? On what great orator or
lawyer of Greece, on what LYSIAS or YEscur-
NES, has he formed his style ? 'We suspect his
Majesty's Attorney-General owes far more to
the business-like, matter-of-fact turn of his mind,
than to any very superior classical acquirements
he possesses. His speeches are replete with the
one, they are seldom encumbered with the other.
Indeed, so far as the every-day practice of the
law goes, an acquaintance with general litera-
ture is, beyond all other, the knowledge most
likely to injure it. The intellect of a lawyer--
and a mere lawyer, even in the highest rank, we
conceive to be a very unintellectual sort
of personage—is particularly methodical, pre-
cise, and exclusive. It deals with the petti-

nesses—the small points—the quibbles and the
quirks of human character. It has nothing to
do with the loftier feelings of the mind ; it has
no sympathy with greatness, its business is essen-
tially with littleness. Its triumphs are the tri-
umphs of greater over lesser cunning ; not those
of intellect over ignorance. But the success-
ful study of letters leads to far different results.
It perfects the statesman—the philosopher—the
orator—the poet ; but it damns the lawyer, and
throws a stumbling-block in the way of the At-
torney-Generalship.

Away then with this wretched f►rce of
a classical examination by some half dozen
self.sufficient, superannuated Benchers. It can
deceive none but the prejudiced, the igno-
rant, or the interested. Throw open the portals
of the Bar—throw them wide to the world, and
let those enter who can bring the requisite com-
mon-sense, conduct, and energy to their task ; not
those who can merely quote a glib phrase
from CICERO, or an easy passage from DE-.
MOSTIIENES. With regard to the dignity of
the Bar—what claims, pray, should it possess
over other professions ? What is there in the
name of the lawyer, that should give him the
precedence over the divine or the physician ?

It is the individual that should dignify the pro-
fession, not the profession the individual ; and
there should be no more difficulty in being called
to the Bar, than in entering the church, or prac-
tising as a physician.

Letters from Rio Janeiro have this morning
been received to the 13th May ; the exchange
on the 12th was at 26-i. The EMPEROR, it is
stated, had succeeded in raising a loan among
the merchants of 800,000 milreas.

Letters from Elsineur, say that a Russian
fleet was daily expected to pass through the
Sound, on its way to the Mediterranean,