St. Mary's beacon., 1858-07-29


veyed home. rapidly, but gently. sunk towar,is
/. his cad. On Monday msrnins last, nc pre-
eiscly half past nine, the flickering light, which
bad been feebly entleavnring to maintain It's
hold, passed ont Of his lips, and he was no
more. Death had no battle with il ON the
threshold. Mild as he lived, he died: and the
chiId-like nature Of this brave, hig-hcarted
man. went 60 sleep like an infant falling In its
usual rest. His last syllables were: al want
70 60 home, and he was taken at his word.
THE DUTy or THE LAwyER.--It Is the re-
ceiyed doctrine in this country, Of late years,
we regret to have IL 20 write, that lawyer may
hon0rably do and say things in defence or adj
vocacy of his clients cause, which rs a gentle
man he would sccrn to do Perhaps the Pc
nicio0s sentiments uttered by Lord Brougham
On the snbject have done more than aught else
20 establish the ascendancy Of that reprehensibls
doctrine. Dir. Justice C.sleridge, who lately
took leave of the Court lEnglisL) of Queens
Beach, whereof he occupied a seat for more
than thirty years, In his valeslictory address
held up the atrocity or the doctrine of Broug-
ham in this connection In so glaring a light as
10 lead to the hope that his antilotc may &C.
compIish something. at least in the way Of cor
rscting the effect Of the moral poison, which
being based on the unsound idea that the end
justi6es the means, operates not only 20 make
lawyers, but all others who come under the
influence of their teachings. insincere and real
ly untrustworthy men. We may not he I'M
derstoo,l as thus stigmatizing them ourself-
but rather as urging that il it be true that the
lawyer may with propriety seek, for the bene-
mt of his client to make what he knows 10 be
the worse, appear to be the better cause, any
other man may. with like propriety, seek 10
deceive and cheat in the prosecution of his
business. Said Mr.. Justice ColerIdge on the
occasion referred to above:
"TIese are not your severest trials, referring
TO the more familiar difficulties Of the profess
sion, they are those which are most insidious;
which besct you in the ordinary path of your
daily duty; those which spring from the excite
ment Of CONTEXT, from the love of intellectual
display and even from an exaggerated sense Of
duty to your clients
''Gentlemen, especially my younger friends,
suffer me, without offence, to put you on Your
guard against these. We can we'll afford to
bear traditional plessantTies upon us from
without, but we cannot afford that underlying
these there should exist anon: thoughtful per-
sons a feeling that our professional standard Of
wilt say and do in court what we, rs gentle
men, would scorn to do in the common walks
Of life. Sometimes, / confess, it seems TO me,
that we lend support to such feeling by the
lightness with which we impute ungenerDus
conduct or practices to each other. Surely no
case is no sacred, no client so dear, that ever an
advocate should be called upon to barter his
own self-respect. If that be our duty, our
great and glorious profession is no calling for a
gentleman"
RIvARLY AND JEALOUSY BETWEEN FRANCE
AND ENGI.AND.-Thc Paris correspondent Of
the New York Commercial Advertiser, writing
under date Of June oath, says the effect Of the
Regina COeli slavery discussion in the British
Parliament, has been to arouse a degree Of irri-
tation III France which has not before been
equalled. The writer adds the following:
England, in provision Of war with France,
has made an unnatural alliance with Austria.
E,r what end? 10 let Austria I...,ss France
IN case she should attempt to cross the chan
mel with an army. The same thing was done
under the First Empire, when Napoleon was
at Bologne, with his army ready b cross over
to England. Austria attacked him in the rear,
and he was Obliged to leave Bologne, and
abandon his contemplated conquest of England
to hurry to the defense of the Rhine. But
these will not be all the evils that will issue
from the Pandoras box which England will
open on France in case Of war By means
of money and promises, the red republicans Of
France, Italy and Germany will jon the CRU
SADIE, and the Third Napoleon, like the First,
will not be long in finding his Waterloo
at may be asked. what are the real inten-
tons of France towards Englandi l heard
yesterday counsellor of State say this 1t
is not our policy to quarrel with England.
because the interests of the two nations are
too closely identified ; but she has heaped upon
us lately insult after insult to such point that
France is ready now for war, and Gully waits
an occasion; she will not seek the occasion,
bat if it comes she will accept it with delight.
England is counteractlng us in every measure
we propose in the East; she is leagued with
Austria to assist in this ungrateful work; she
insults lis gratuitously aud boldly in her Parli-
amentarv discussions on the slave trade and in
singular contrast with her servility to the Uni
ted States; she exercises most impudent sur
VIGILANCE over our vessels and our coast; she
has just acquitted two more Of her propagators
Of assassination, and she has never yet given
the Emperor, one word Of satisfaction on the
refugee question. Is it curious that our for
bearaLce, even in presence Of the immense in
tercst which unite the two countries, should be
on che point OF giving way?"
MIND YoUR OwS BUsISEss.-The Right
Rev. Bishop Nottingham, Of the Episcopal
Church, preached sermon at Boousboro', in
the Methodist Episcopal Church of that place
ON Sunday, the 18th instant. His discourse
was based upon the latter part of the 22d verse
Of the 2lst chapter Of st. John, viz: "What is
10 10 thee? follow thou mer The editor OF
the Old Fellow was present on the occasion,
and speaking of it, says:
1--WE are free to say that we were pleased
with the Bishops discourse. 1t met exactly
our idea Of things. The sum and substance Of
the whole affair was simply q very gentle and
forcible admonition for every one to nand their
oso's business, though not expressed in these
words. The speakers object was 10 show that
we all have enough TO do to take care of our
selves without finding fault and meddIing with
the religious or temporal affairs of others. His
text, it will be remembered, was the reply OF
our Lord to Peter, who had become over anx-
ious 20 know what John was TO do. In this
respect we have lots of Peters in the presen.
day everybody seems concerned about Others.