19 NOVEMBER 1859, page 12

Practice Of Public Law Courts.

THE independence of the Bench is sustained, not compelled, by public opinion and its direct agent, the press. No Miles could have made Jeffreys a decent Judge, but the great......

The True Foundations Of National Defence. A. Sound System Of

national defence should be built up on founda- tiobs lying deep in national habits and institutions. It is for despotic Governments to recruit their standing armies and militia......

Topics Of The Day.

IS IT PEACE? M. Jotrun.tri has been at it again,—writing his " prose" ; and the Times thinks there is really something in it ! He has made a discovery, that we English do not......