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Southland Times, Issue 906, 26 February 1868, Page 2

Gosbip. fboh thb <">wd. — A convention has been recently signed at Vienna between Austria and France, on the affairs ot the East. It consists of two articles. The object is to guarantee to Turlwy her present territory. Baron Beust's visit to this country was undertaken -with the view to obtain the adhesion of England ; but Lord Stanley refused, on the ground thsit the stipulations of the treaty of Paris of 1856 were sufficient for the purpose. — The Government of Prussia has refused to enter tli ■ congress on Eoman affairs, on the ground if be vj a Protes- ( tant Power. England, it is said, wi^ lecline for similar reasons. — A vacancy- is sh*r> 7 expected on the Judicial Bench, which will bo liiled by Mr , Brett, Q.C., M.P. for Helaton. — It is the expressed opinion of several of the Judges that the ; Uew County Courts Acts, coming into operation on the Ist of January, will lessen by at least onehalf the common juries' "work at nisi prius at and on circuit. The Act, which was < evidently intended by the Government as a mepaw of evading the ciy for more Judges, will, there* ' fore, enable them to attain that object. , j