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M ONT BLANC L 7. OPEN; ESTABLISHED 1837. 13RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COAL PANT, Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9, and BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Tier Val esty'm Royal Letters Patent. I, Princes-street, Bank, London. MAJOR-GENERAL ALExattror.s, Blackheath-park, Citalrmgn. Number of Policies issued, upwards of 11,000. , - Annual Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest ments) upwards of 84,0001. • Rates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible sc Is compatible Nolth security, and computed in such variety of wars as to suit the circumstances and convenience of every class of Polley-holders. E. R; FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS. secretary. THE COMMISSIONERS of the METROPO LIS TURNPIKE R0A.03 North of the Thames will hold a SPECIAL 111e;ATING at their Office, No. 22, Whitehall -place, in the parish of Saint Martin-in-the-flelds, in the city of Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 19th day of December next, at the hoer of one o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of consulting whether all, or any, and which of the several Toll-Gates and Side liars now placed on and by the sides of the Ninth. Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Instrlcis of the said Metropolis Turnpike Roads north of the Thames, shall be rem 'vest and placed elsewhae, or discontinued alto gether, and whether any Toll-Gates and ide-liars shall be erected on or by the aides of any of the several Raads in the said Distrl t, or of either et them, and in what situatioas the same shall be Placed. By order of thA Commissioners. GEORGE L ABAL SIONDIER E, Chief Clerk and Secretary. Metropolis Roads' Office, Whitehall-place, Nov. 21, 1E56. OYSTERS, BARRELLED.—Tbe BURNHAM RIVER NATIVE OYSTERS are the best in the world—six Years old—four hours from the beds To he had only at J. SWEET nit'S FISH and OYSTER ESTABLISIINIENT, 159, Cheapside _ • ci • always ha s th e l argest supp ly o f th e b es t Fi s h i n season , at the lowest market price. In ordering Fish it will be desirable to state for how' many persons it is required, and whether for visitors or domestic use. A post-offl”e order or reference wi have prompt attention. Superior Oyster Rooms. T° LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.— ner.uine YARN! 013iT1Z I:LOANERS These highly 411eerned dclicacieti forwarded to all parts. on receipt of the amount se under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order :- 100 prime 100 espectallv selected Sc. 4d. Package Included. 50 ditto Send full and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad• dress. THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. IMPORTANT TO EVERT MAN WHO DEEPS A HORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. T HORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND REST EVER YET INTRODUCED I Bold in Cases containing 444 Packages—each Package One Feed, at the cost of three Half-penceeach, equal to 565. per case. Carriage ram to any railway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH THORLEY. the Inventor, 115, High-street, Hull. Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. R. treet O l WiAntroPluCePa'illrenti°renly- new n d tist, p s tio 2 4 of F A l n ee r t r: ICIAL TEETH ,flxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so Terfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and Is suaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-=G9, Fleet-street. At home ftom ten till live. PIMLICO IMPROVEMENTS.—Extension cf Time for Compulsory Purchase. N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That application is in tended to be made to Parliament, in the next session, for an Aet to extend the time granted by " The Pimlico Improve meatAct, 1853" (p u bli c ), f or th e compu l sory purchase of tenements, and bereditaments, authorised by the sa'd Act, and also by the Act of the 15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 78 (Public), to be p urc h ase d or t a k en b y t h e Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, for the purposes of the said Acts, or either of them. b ated this seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. By order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings. Board o f Wor JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor ks, ,Scc., Whitehall-place, Westminster. PUBLIC OFFICES EXT ENSIGN.— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ap• premien- is intended to be made to Parliament, in the next session, for an act to empower the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Works and Public Buildings to pull down and remove certain houses and tenements, situate in Upper Crown-street, Crown -court, Lower Crown-street, Charles-street, Duke- Street, Upper Charles-street, King-street, Whitehall, and Parl iament -street, in the parish of Saint Margaret, Westmins ter, in the county of Middlesex ; and to appropriate the sites of the said houses and tenements, and a small portion of Saint James's-park, and all the ground described in the plan hereinafter referred to, whether now used as streets, ways, yards, 'Measure grounds, vacant ground, or otherwise, as a site or sites for the erection thereon of offices for the public service. Also to empower the said Commissioners to stop up any streets, ways, paths, or passages which now lead into, or pass ,upon, through, or over the site hercinbefore de scribed, or any part thereof; and in such act powers. will be contained for the compulsory purchase of-all such lands, teue robots, or hereditaments as maybe necessary for carrying the PorPoses aforesaid into effect, an d t o vary or extinguish all, I.,iirhta and privileges in any•manner connected with th e l au d s, tenements, or hereditaments proposed to be taken for the trposes aforesaid. And Notice is hereby further Given, that a duplicate plan and section, describing the situation of the houses and tene roferits Proposed to be pulled down and removed, with a book roe reference thereto, containing the names of the owners, or puted owners, lessees, or reputed lessees, and occupiers of the said houses and tenements, and also a copy of this notice, 759th..1 Published in the London Gazette, will, on or before the' day of November instant, be deposited for public inspec- . Ts with the Clerk of the Peace fox' the county of Middleses, bit OEO, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, in the said Zy ti:l:del ('9u '' t3 ' of Middlese.T; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the 30th d'• i ibeity of iVestminster, at his office, at the Sessions eil,elawell aforesaid ; and that on or before the said book ay of November instant, a copy of refereneein , of the said plan and and also a copy of this notice as published Clerk ° 0 .4 f 7 1 I ci n Gazette, will bo deposited with Parish his , he said parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, at place of ab d • 4 te4 • oe * 1. this seventhof November, one thousand eight uu tic i ted __ c By 1 fifty-six. order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings. JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor, Board of Works, tire., Whitehall-place, Westminster, ROSPECTUS of the NEXT EXAMINA IYfILITARY TION for ADMIS SION to the ROYAL ACADEMY at Woolwich. N.B. No more direct appointments will be ruido to Provi sional Commissions in the Royal Artillery. An Examination for the admission of Cadets to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich will be held in London in the Month of June, 1857. 'Provided a sufficient number are found competent, thirty admissions will be made to that are id le between th e ages o f 1 7 and 20 years. Thos h ; candowevates must er, who lave net ex cee d e d 20 years of age on the l e e, an. next, will Lot be conside re d di squalified. The successful candidates will remain under instruction until they are sufficiently advanced In scientific knowledge to pass a satisfactory examination, and they will then receive commissious in the Royal Artil lery or Royal Engineers. They will be required to pay a sum o f 2 21. 10s. on admission, to cover the expense of uniform, b ooks dc., and a cont r ib u ti on o f 621. 10s. for each half-year of the;time during which they remain at the Academy. The half -Yearly contributions, however, for sous and orphans of naval and military officers, will bo regulated at the following tat e 4 l as heretofore : F or Sons of admirals and generals baying regiments Sons of gen era l s without regiments £4O Sou of captains an d commanders of the navy and of 35 'colonel and regimental field officer of the army Sons of all officers of the Navy and. Army under the above ranks Sons of officers of the A died in the service, and and Na vy who have whose families are proved to be left in peecuiary distress.,,,,, 10 The sons of genera l officers paid only on commissions RR field officers, will pay the same contributiontheir as the sons of geld orrileffisoene7o:f officersou full and half-pay will pay alike ; but eons of officers who have voluntarily retired on half-pay, or received the difference, will only be admitted on the terms Prescribed for the sons of private gentlemen, viz., 621. 10s. for each half-year. The sons of officers in the civil departments of the Army are admissible to the Academy upon the same terms as those prescribed for the sons of Naval and military officers. The admissions will be determined by the result of a comps. titive examination, the subjects of which will be as follows pure and Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics, and Hydr05tatic5.....,........... flgliell Language, Li Literature, Composition, Hist.ory, and Geography ................................................ 1 Lan ,250 nigu?ge, Literature Geography, and History of Ancient Rome, d 'of Ancient Greece . 1 1- 50 . Ditt 0................. , r mi. xa Ditto. 'a n d of ditto of France 1,000 Ditto ditto of Germany 750 . e ululation in French and German will be both written and viva voce). . Experimental Sciences, i.e. Chemistry, Heat, Electri- Na l' tu ra itY 'l i s il e c i l e il ding Mal ......... ; ....................... 1,000, Dora)Sciences Mineralogy, and Geology ............... 700 Political Sciences . -............................. .. I,OA reWieg, the, Ele try Geometrical Drawing, M- Itelanedhing use of lu Drawing ena . Instruments, and either • ~.„. mery, Architectural, Engineering, or Land _,..--ane Drawin will . ... 1,000 . .D.ro candidate I;;;;l1Oved to be examined in more than Land five imbiects, of which one must be Mathematics, and no one he does not obtain at least one-fifth of the allotted number °I illarit e in this subject will. be eligible for an appointment. sel Pr eet ": : h t o h s e other subjects of r e e x s a illation each candidate may to m be examined ; but no one ,which he desires Will be alloewine unless tho se Q t marks gained in any subject, mark% s e h o all at least amount to one-sixth of the °ta l number of marks allotted to that subjeet. . Academe N didate will be admitted into the Royal Military isEtet. unless he obtain au aggregate of 3,000 marks at .t ons candidate who shall not select French and drawing .7.TV the subjects for his examination, will be required to +3,"IfY the examiners j that hehassuch knowledge, - " e elernents of these two subjects, as shall afford reasonable hs at least of tape ration that lic e two perfect himself in both during his The at the Academy. The following papers will , be required to be transmitted by each gentleman to the War Department, before the Ist June, , wi ,._kaa his application to be noted as a candidate, unless he - "kit hotify that he ha.ibeen a candidate at a previous exami hation in which case the statement of subjects only need ae• t411 P47 the application :- I, extract from the register of his baptism, or in de halt of that, a certificate verified by affidavit. 2 . A certificate of good moral character, signed by a cler an of the parish to which be belongs, and by the tutor or "ad of the school or college at which he has received his Nincation for at least two years, or such other proof of good laoral character as will be satisfactory to the Secretary of State. 3- A statement of the subjects of beenexamin in which (in addition to m athematics) he may desire to mined. All candidates will be required to present themselves at the Place of examination, hereafter to be determined, iu order to be inspected by military surgeons, that it may Le ascertained they r e free froa l any bodily defects or aril calculated to interfe with the performance of milit i ary . duties. Notice will be given a month previous. y, in the public papers, of the place and cl ays a ppointed for holding the examination. I. %NPR Deparktout, pc .. Nau , Nov.l4, I issßu . DR] nv , 3,500 TEE REPRESENTATION OE SO UT. ILI PION. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING. A second address to the electors has to-day been issued by Mr. Edwin James, in which the hon. gentleman says : " The meeting of Wednesday last having been ad journed, in order that Mr. Weguelin might have the same opportunity of expressing his political sentiments which you kindly afforded me, I thought it fair, pend ing that adjournment, to suspend my canvass. " I trust that the electors will appreciate my motives and approve of the course I have adopted. " After Tuesday evening I shall have the honour of paying my personal respects to every elector." Placards have been issued convening a meeting of the electors of St. Mary's this evening at the American Hotel, to consider the respective claims of the three can didates—Mr. James, Mr. Weguelin, and Sir Edward Butler. The pariah of St. Mary occupies more than half of the town, and comprises within its ,boundaries p an immense numbe r o f th e wor ki ng m en employed in the docks, th e var i ous steam companies, and other large man ufacturing and co mmerc i a l establi*hments. But the immediate interest of the whole constituency is centred in the adjourned meeting to be held at tho Riding-scheol to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock, at which both Mr. Weguelin and Mr. James are to be present. It promises to be the greatest and most exciting assem blage ever held i n t hi s most excitable borough. Sir Edward B ut l er has again been canvassing all day, but we believe that both the other candidates returned to town on Saturd ay evening. Tae " Anti-Poor Law Beard League," 0 London, have addressed the electors calling their attention to " the importance of requiring from all candidates an explicit declaration of opinion as to the unconstitutional authority of the Poor Law Board in affairs • relating to the poor, and of supporting those only who pledge themselves to oppose in Parliament the continuance of its despotic power." At no election in this borough for the past 2 years have such strong and powerful feelings been evoked ot , q,is • ea ion. Liberal sentiments are 5 0 over powering in Southampton that but for the unfortunate split which at present divides the Liberal party into sec tions a Conservative candidate would not have the smallest possible chance of success, (N . 20,104.) PUBLICATIONS. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., A LI F E'S LESSONS By Mrs. GORE. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 73, Great Max 3 borough-street. INTERESTING LITERARY PRESENT. CHEAP EDITION of MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVFS of the QUEENS of ENGLAND, With Portraits of every Queen. Complete in 8 vols., price 7s. 6d. each, bound, any of which may be had separately. Hurst and Illackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Just published, price 55., W H°GIBRATLTOAR. C A A v P i n T a U i c OE. of AC Civil D G,ver GOVERN Ml.. GIBRALTAR. A Vindicatio n of Civil Gverumen t against the attacks of the ex-Governor Sir' Robert Gardiner, K.C.8., &C., In his secret and un:icensed Report recently put into circulation. Richardson Brothers, 23, Cornhill. NOTICE. —The Third and Concluding Part of the ADVENTURES of MR. VERDANT GREEN, an ON. ORD FRESHMAN, will be delivered to the Booksellers on Saturday, the 29th inst. As nearly the whole of the first edition of 20,000 Is engaged, orders should be sent in at once. London: James Blackwood, rattruost!,r-row. • The Third Edition. Just rublished, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE dz FA raE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View. of distinguishing the Imaginary from the ' , eat Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the Garman of Dr. PICITSCID. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literatnre. Thls is the drat time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-rnedi :al reader. We trust this may not be the lest, if he WWI detect any ether equally tlagralit evil which it may be In Ills pliver to cor= rent."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly esposed ; and if this book could llnd its way into the hands of those wh, safhr from the com- Plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would c saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less inipertance, though it is that which the q uacks moat prize— much money.... „This volume is welt qualified to put an end to the empirical sy; - ttm el treating Spermatorrhma, and to place the treat, ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, .ikely to do ranch good."—Medical Circular. London: 11. lialuere, Sib. fiegent-street PRESERVATION of . LIFE from SHIP WRECK.—Thd Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION would earnestly call the attention of the public to the great and extraordinary exertions which the Seeiety has recently made, and is, now making, to pt'ovide efficient Life- Boats for Rye, Dungeness, Hornsea, Appledore, Wicklow, Ark low, Wes:port, Dundrum Bay, Drogheda. Kilmore, Rosslana, Youghal, ant Ballycotton. To supply these L fe-boats, to gether with transporting carriaces and boat-houses for some of them, • will involve an expenditure of. nearly 3,0001. During the present year the Committee have also granted upwards of 4001. for meritorious exertions in saving life from wrecks. The , oannittee, therefore earnestly APPEAL to the public for pecuniary assistance, to usable Cum, with unabated vigour, to con tinue their hitherto successful exertions in the cause of humanity. 'rib VAS BARING, Chairman. THOMA CHPMAN,eputy-Cirman. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the followinghaadditional contributions : Admiral Sir J. Rowley, Dui.... •• . £so 0 0 W. Rine, Esq. 20 0 0 Charies Kilburn, Esi a.. • • The Rev. E. J. Al arch ••• • • iss Rdw'ard, .... • ... S.o. .... 22 0 ss Mers J. Robinson and ns...—. .• Donations and Subscriptions wilt be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street, by all the London bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. A RGYLL ROOAIS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, (treat Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Pon!court. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this ashionable place of resort ha, been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis is,n One Shilling; It. 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The following appeared in our late edition of lasi night : . The further examination of the prisoners, William Pierce and James Burgess, charged with' the gold bill ; lion robbery on the South-Eastern Railway Company, in Mey, 1855, was resumed yesterday morning before the Lord Mayor. The publication of the evidence of Agar, detailing the adroit and daring manner in which this robbery was effected, has much increased the curiosity of the public in respect to him and the parties implicated, and a more numerous crowd of persons than on either of the former examinations assembled in Mansion-house , street several hours previous to the commencement of the 'business, eager to gain admission to the court. A rumour was in circulation early in the morning that Seward, alias the " barrister," was in custody, and would be placed at- the bar with Burgess and Pierce, whioh probably tended to increase the .number of persons assembled in front of the Mansion-house. The same admirable arrangements for the accommo dation of the representatives of the press were made by the Lord Mayor, assisted by Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, and Mr. Sewell, as on the two former examina tions. Precautions were taken to prevent.the court from being overcrowded.- Twenty-five witnesses wore summoned to give evi dence to-day ; and in Order - TO prevent confusgirdr ire; 143, in their attendance, they were provided with printed cards, stating they were witnesses in the case, signed by Mr. Rees, solicitor to . the company. Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. J. C. Rees, solicitor to the South-Eastern Railway Company, again appeared to prosecute. ' Mr. Wontner defended Pierce, and Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, defended Burgess. Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, - Alderman Salomons, and Alderman Carter were on' the bench during the examination of ,the prisoners. Mr. Tuelon, Mr. Coles Child, and other directors of the line, with Mr. Abel, to whom some of the stolen gold belonged, .were also pre sent, and accemmodated with seats on the bench. At half-past 10 O'clock the prisoners Burgess and Pierce were placed at the bar. They were hoth• as cool and collected in their demeanour AS on the previous occasions, though they looked somewhat paler. Bur-, gess still retains his dress as a guard of the South- Eastern Railway. Pierce anxiously looked round the court, and both prisoners evidently appeared surprised after what was said at the last examination that Seward and Tester were not placed in the dock beside them. Mr. Bodkin said he intended, to-day, first, to com plete the case as regarded Pierce's house, and if there was time then to go to another branch of the case. It would be necessary for him to ask by and bye for a further remand of the prisoners. Charlotte Painter was the first called—She deposed that she was 15 years of age, and resided at 15, South ampton-street, Vauxhall. She lived with- two persons named Adams, in Horleyford-street, and bad to nurse a child. She was there by day and went home to sleep at night. She had seen the prisoner Pierce, at Adams's house iu Harleyford-street, and he went by the name of I ) , ahem. Mr. and Mrs. Adams removed from Harleyford-road to Cambridge Villa, Shepherd's-bush, but at what time she could not say. Pierce assisted Adams to mnvo his furniture. Soon after that she left Agar's service ; it was jest before Christmas, 1854. She spent her Christmas with her parents, and after that Agar called on her parents, and she was taken by him by cab and 'buss to Cambridge-vil!a. She slept there then, and took care of the child. Vase was mostly out by day with the child. She recognised Fanny Kay as Mrs. Adams. Pierce continued to visit Agar at Cam bridge Villa whilst she remained in Agar's service the second time, about the 18th May, 1855. He then came more frequently than at the Harleyford-road. His visits were sometimes at meal times, and others not. She had known him to be there the best part of the day. Agar was sometimes at home when ho came and sometimes not. When Agar was at home Pierce and ho used to go to the wash-house, but the did not know what they did there. On one or two occasions she heard hammering and knocking. On one occa,ion she went to the wash.honse to fetch an article, but Agar rt. - Ansel her admission, saying she could not come in. She saw two boxes in the wash-house about that time. One was a green coloured one,which she thought she would know again if she saw it. She went into the wash-h9use for anything she wanted when the men were there. She bad moved . the boxes to sweep under them, and from that she found the white one was heavy. When Pierce and Agar were at work in the wash-house a vice was fixed on a piece of board against the window. She found it fixed when she wont there, and it remained when she left. Once she saw a leather courier bag in the house. It was , brought into the back parlour by Agar. She never saw any other bag then but that. Agar and Pierce went out together with the bag on one occasion towards evening, but 'she could not say when it was. She used to sleep in the first floor back room, which had a common small stove in it. No fire was lit there to her knowledge. She used to retira at vari- I ous hour 2, sometimes as early as eight o'clock. Pierce bad always left before she went to bed. Examin•A by Mr. Woutner—She could not re member the date whe❑ she left Agar's. The child had gone to nurse before she left. She was ce.r. lain Mrs. Bessill, who resided next door, died before she left Agar's. She left a few days after that. The can vas hag was drab colour. Agar and Pierce brought the bag into the back parlour whilst she was having her tea, Sbe had great difficulty in moving the boxes in the wad:louse. She had to push them along. Both boxes had been there as, long as she lived at Shepherd's-bush. The washhouse was kept un locked, and she could go there when she liked. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis-ller mistress was at home when Agar brought home the bag. He put it on a chair behind the door. She believed Agar carried the bag out openly later in the evening. She did not see him go out of the street door. She did not recollect if he wore a great coat or cloak. She believed Agar re turned after she was in bed. She had never since seen the bag. She was first asked about her evidence about a month since. She first made a statement to Mr. Rees in the presence of her father and mother. He gave her 28. on each occasion. He saw her once at her father's residence, and once at Mrs. Porter's, a witness to he called. She had not spoken to Mrs. Agar on the subject. She had read in the newspapers the accounts of the robbery. If she had not read them she should not have recollected it. Mary Ann Wilde deposed that she resided with Mrs. Bessill at the time of her death at Cambridge-villas. She left a few weeks after. Whilst she lived there she knew Mr. and Mrs. Adams. Witness used to sleep in the back bedroom, and could see from it into Mrs. Adams' wash house. She had seen Agar go into the wash•knuse on several occasions. She once saw bins go in in company with another man whom she could not now identify. She saw nothing carried into the washhouse. There was a garden behind her master's house, and from that she could see the back bedroom-window of Agar's house. There was a white blind to the window, which was there when she first went to Cambridge-villas. Her master on one occasion borrowed a hammer of Agar. Witness fetched it. It was a heavy hammer, and was afterwards returned by Mr. Bessill. Her attention was attracted by hammering in the wash-house when Agar was there, but she could not recollect if Pierce was there then. Cross examined by Mr. Wontner —The last witness left Agar's service before Mrs. Bsssill died. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—Her master was in the habit of hammering once or twice a week, and made a great noise. Re-examined by Mr. Bodkin--She did not see Pain ter leave. She thought it was before her mistress died. Mrs. Mary Ann Porter deposed —She resided at No. 14 Harleyford-road. She knew Agar, who went by the name of Adams, in October, 1854. He took lodgi❑gs in her house, and resided there with Fanny Kay as his wife. They remained in the lodgings about 7 weeks. Pierce visited them in the name of Peckham. He came there very frequently. Pierce assisted in packing ham pers when Agar left. Pierce stayed there sometimes half a day, and sometimes not so long. She did not see Pierce or Agar ever use tools. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—Agar came to her lodgings a week before Christmas, 1854. Wm. Ellis Wood deposed he was a cabman, residing at 7, Hawley-mews, Hawley-road, Camden-town, No. 3,016. In the spring of 1855 he was out with one of his cabs, near Chalk-farm, about 7 o'clock in the evening. As he was driving along, looking for a fare, he was hailed by a man, and drove to the corner of Prince of Wales'-road, Haverstock-hill. He could not say if the man walked or rode there. Crown-terrace is about 200 yards from the corner. When he got to the corner he waited there a quarter of an hour. The man went to wards Crown-terrace, and returned with another man. They had two or three carpet bags. One was a little square leather bag, with something like a dressing case in it. They got in and ordered me to drive to London bridge Station. He did so, and drew up at the Bridge Hotel. The shortest man of the two got out and went towards the station. The other man remained in the cab, and ordered him to drive to St. Thomae'e-etreet. He did so, and was ordered to pull up near Gay's Hospital. The one that got out had on a cloak or a roan tle. He heard them shuffling about in the cab befato he pulled up, as if they.were about to get out. The short man did not take a bag out tsitb him, but he had no cloak on when he took him up first. After remaining in Tboinastreet abouthalf-an-hour the man returned from Tooley-street through thearches. Hegotin and spoke to the otherman, and then got out again, end was absent a quarter of an hour. He did not hear what they said. On his return he was ordered to drivo'them back, and to go down the Prince Of Wales-road, round by Mother Shipton. He did so, and got within 200 yards of Crown -terrace. They got out with their luggage, paid him, and left. He did not notice their luggage then. The same men hired him again. It was ta) or three days after, and they then took him from the rank at Chalk-farm. He was hired by the same short man, and about the same hour (,even o'clock) in thaeveLing. He drove to the corner of Prince of Wales-roadas hefore,when the man who hired him left, and returned with another man and luvgar, comprising two carpet bags and a le a th er bag. One had a brown frock coat or, and the other had dark clothes on. They each had cloaks oa their arms.' He ,drove to St. Thomas's Hospital. The short man got out, and was absent about balf-an-hour, the other remaining in the cab. He went towards the station. On his return he got into the cab. One got out and went away, and he drove the other to Prince of Wales-road, Haverstock.:hill. He was hired once or twice after in the same way and by the same men. He took them to St. Thomas-street, and the same ceremony was performed, and he &are them back again as before. On one lacca,ion he lift•4l one of the carpet bags, which appeared heavy. It took place either in• April or May, but he would not swear which. ft was always dusky when he returned. The short man was of light complexion ansUlig f ht...whiskers, and.looked like a servant out of PlaeO. He was about 5 feet 5 inches or 5 feet 6 inches in height, and about 28 or 30 years of age. He thought he should know hiM again if he saw him. He wore a brown frock coat, he thought, on every occasion. He could not identify the tall man. Ho was a tall, spare man. As soon as he came to the cab he got in, and he had no opportunity of seeing much of him. He was generally dressed in a black coat, with a cloak on his arm. He would not swear to either of them. He thought the tall roan was the master, and the short one his servant, as he always hired the cab. Joseph Carter deposed—He was a cabman, residing at 22, Baker-street, Camden-town, No. 4,477. 'He recollected being on the rank with his cab about 16 or 17 months ago, when he was hired by two men ; the prisoner Pierce is one of them, and Agar, wh o was here last Monday, was the other. They had two carpet bagi—if not three,' with them—each man carrying one. He did not notice their dress. They put the bags into the cab and got in. The bags were heavy. He drove them by their direction: to St. Thomas-street, in the Borough, and pulled up at the bottom of the hill past the two hospitals. Oa the cab stopping Agar got out, and turned round at the left towards the railway arch, leaving. the other man and the bags in the cab. Agar returned in about half-an hour, and said to Pierce, "It wasn't going down to-night." He then got into the cab, and witness drove them to Mother Snipton, on Haverstock-hill. They got. out- and discharged him. They took the bags into the public-house, and witness pulled over the other side of the road, and on looking round be saw ono of them carrying both bags. H e did not notice how the men were dressed that night. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontuer—He had not read any account of this robbery in the newspapers. He did not hear Agar give his e - 'idence, or any part of it. He .acv Agar in the Court for a few minutes on the last exatniLation. He was hired about 5 o'clock, but be would not be positive as to the time. He could not collect a fare he had before this on that night or the one after, nor any that he drove for the week. This W :IR the only one be could recollect for the week. He could tell by a man's actions if a bag he was carrying was heavy or not. lie would not swear if the bags were made of carpet or leather. He knew Pierce's face well, because be had seen him several times in Camden-town. Cron-examined by Mr. Lewis—He bad never had any of the circumstances of the robbery read to him. The first application he had was from the waterman on Friday week. He bad never been in this court before. Mr. Lewis—Were you ever in any court before ? Witness— Yes, once at Marylebone fir being " intos ticater —(laughter)—and be got off. Witness was cross-examined by Mr; Lewis as to his no'ioing the men when they hired him, and the' dress they wore, and he excused himself for not being able to answer his questions by saying that when a man was called off the ranks and had to twist about with a " spirited horse," he had to be on the look out and take care of " hisself." (Laughter.) Mr. James Clements deposed that he resided at No. 3, Stanmore place, Grove-Areet, Camden4nwh. Last year ho kept a coffee-house adjoining the Southampton Arms. He left in July, 1855. Ile recollected that about three months before ho left two gentlemen .came to his house with carpet bags. It was about seven o'clock in the evening, and to the best of his recollection ho had never seen them before. Tney remained about an hour or an hour and a half. Tan minutes or a quar ter of an hour after they came in one left, and the otber remained an hour or so. They had some refreshments then. Witness put a question to the man that remained about his friend being so long absent, and received an answer. On the return of the other man they took the bags and left. He could not recollect if they came to his house after. One was a fair complexioned men, the other had dark hair. [Agar is a fair complexioned man, with light hair and little whiskers.] They had a cab and left with the bags. John Honour deposed he was a hairdresser, residing in Lambeth-walk, near the Walnut tree-walk. He had known Pierce for four or five years, and when he lived at Walzint-tree walk he often came to his shop. Wit ness dres-,ed a dark, very near a black, wig for him. He said he wanted it for a friend of his, an elderly gen tleman. Pierce left Walnut-tree -walk about two years since, and the wig was dressed for him shortly before that. Tisiz witness was not cross-examined. John Alday, a lad, deposed that he resided at No. 2, Newbury-mews, in the ❑eighbourhood of Haverstock hill, and near Crc'wn•t.errace. He remembered finding a double handful of shot iu Princess-place, by the side c.f the kerb of the pavement ; there were some other boys with me and they had some also; the shot was strewed all along Princess-place. A person walking from Crown terrace to Kentish-town would walk along Princess. place. He left school about three years since, and he found the shot a good while after tha'. Mr. John Matthews deposed he resided at 116, Lead enhall.ntreet, and was the manager of Messrs. Massey's business, goldsmiths. On the 16th May, 1855, he pur chased 210 American gold eagles, and gave 2131. 10a. for them, and sold them immediately afterward; He had a slight recollection of the purchase, and he believed it took place about 9 o'clock ; the shop opened about 8 o'clock, and this was the first transaction that morning in buying. He paid in gold procured from the Bank of England. He sold the eagles in the trade before paying for them at a profit of 11. Is. 10d. He bought them of a tall man, dressed in black, and he appeared as if he had been travelling. The man waited in the shop whilst I sold the eagles and procured the money, which occu pied from 20 minutes to half an hour. No other person came with him. Their shop is almost opposite the East India House. Mr. W. S. Sterne, of the White Hart, Thomas-street, deposed that he knew Pierce perfectly ; he also knew Burgess, and a man who calls himself Agar. He never knew bim by name. He had known Burgess nine years, Pierce seven or eight, and he had seen Agar three or four times within a very short period, in his house, with the other two, previous and up to the time of the bullion robbery. Pierce and Burgess frequented his house. He could not say if he saw Agar there previous to the robbery. He had seen Burgess and Pierce at his house at all hours of the day. Agar came there generally about 7 o'clock in the evening. On 17th February last he received a parcel from Sarah Thompson, who was' then his barmaid. In consequence of what she said to him he put the parcel in his cash box and there kept it. On the following night, or the night after, Burgess asked him it he had a parcel for him. Witness replied he had, and banded to him in his bar parlour the parcel he had received from the barmaid. He opened it in witness's presence, and it was found to contain bank notes. There were several, and they appeared to be valuable ones. His impression at the time was that they were more valuable than 51. notes, and he asked him why h e h a d not previously made him acquainted with the value of the parcel. He replied he did not because he felt per fectly satisfied it was safe in his hands. He then asked witness to take care • of it ; it was the savings of years, and he wished witness to invest it for him. Witness said he should be glad to serve m him, because he had alway s had a good opinion of him. Witness suggest ed his o p enin g a banking ac• count, and depositing it ther e ; and as a frien n d ia o tt f e h rs is , had d a banking account he wo uld introduce him. Burgess declined, weu ld b e sayingsatisfie satisfied e by knew his (w no i t t h n i e n s g s of 'e) ta o k n i e n y g charge of it. It occurred to witness to take the money to Messrs. Reid and Co., his bre wers, who would al low 5 per cent. on all moneys deposi ted with them, and h e mentioned it t in o e ß r morning witness He appeared satisfied , and on the following witness deposited the money, 5 00/. He told Messrs. Reid that the money belonged to a friend of his. It was all in Bank of England notes. He gave Burgess the book he h ad received at M essrs. Reid's. official s . H e had seen y, and handed the railway servants, but i N t V nc i t vr n eo e rs s st s .ne r xß e a c um e r i v gi n e e e d s ds t . h bye i nt e Mr. r e s t w o n o n t t h n e e m r ____ o n g e —is house was company' s service. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—When Pierce, Agar, and Burgess were there t he y did not com pose a party of mushh edidPierce frequented not th e r ke in know w company I 1 bye h t a h d e beenrailwaywith i n the themselves, but mixed with other persons. He never had had Burgess's savings bank book. . He did not re member Burgess saying that the money was a portion of the savings of his wife's mother, and that to make up the amount he had taken some from the savings bank. Burgess never said to him that he had been fortunate in speculating in shares. There was no concealment on i the part of Burgess—not the slightest. • 1 Re-examined by Mr. Bodkin —W hen he heard of this i examination he voluntarily made a communication through his solicitor to-Mx. Ilee3, solicitor for the pro secution. By Mr. Leivis—And' prior to that there was not the slightest concealment. Sarah Thompson deposed she was barmaid to the last witness in February last. - iShe handed to Mr. Sterile a parcel she receiAd`froin Richard Lee ; it was a !dressed; as near as she could recollect, to Mr. Dirgess. She gave it to Mr. Sterne in the same state 2,8 she deceived it. She was not prerent.when the' parcel was given to,Bnrgess. She banded on on e .occasion to Burgess Si. O. 1.(l. inte rest:Mr. Sterne had received from Messrs. Reid and Co. Mr. Bodkin said his next courso•mould he to• trace these notes, bat at that late hcur he thought it was not advisable to enter on that part of the case, and therefore he proposed an adjournment, and a further remand of the prisoners. A circumstance, however, occurred at the last examination.which might lead to defeating the ends of justice, and he therefore thought, it right to mention it. During the interval of adjournment on the last occ%- sion an opportunity was watched by a man in court to communicate with the prisoner Pierce. What that man said to Pierce he cauld not prave ; but he should call a man who heard Pierce's answer, and that he proposed to make evidet,ce in the case. The Lord Mayor asked who had the prisoners in charge at the time.' Partridge, one of the gaolers, said they were in the custody of Mundy, the other gaoler. Mr:B.sikin then called James Porter, who deposed that he.was the husband of Mrs. Porter, already. ermined. He was in court, on the last examination of the prisoner. During tho ad journment, on the former occasion he saw a man now in court speak .to Pierce. What he said he did not bear, but he die. inCtly`beard Pierce say in reply " Make away with thexn—destroy them.". The man -shortly after-14e the court. , , A stout, big man, with a ruddy complexion, was then ordered to stand forward, and - he was identified by Porter as the man. Itr reply to questions from the Lord Mayor and Mr. Bjdkin, ho said that his namo was Robert I)ackombe, and that he was a stable-keeper, residing at LoWer Mitcham. He denied that he had any communication 'with Pierce, as alleged. He said that he knew Pierce, having on one occasion bought a ,horse of him. He also denied leaving the Court till 5 o'clock, at the end of the day's prcceedings. From inquiries made by the Lord Mayor, it appeared that the detectives who bad charge of the prisoners were unavoidably absent from the court at the time that they were left in the charge of the two 'gaolers, whose duties were divided on that occasion in con sequence of Alderman Wire sitting in another part of the Mansion House for the dispoial of the ordinary night charges. Inspector Mitchell, who at this period came into c3urt, said he had distinct recollection of seeing Dackombe lean over the board at the back of the prisoner, and communicate with Pierce. lie leant forward, but could not hear what he said. It was just before five o'clock. After some remarks from the Lord:Mayor, who said that police officers in charge of prisoners ought not to leave them during the time they were under examination, and that he would take mea sures to prevent the public -from communicating in future with prisoners in the dock, Mr. Bodkin said he had thought it right to mention the matter, leaving it to the Lord Mayor to deal with Dackombe as he thought best. Dackombe denied hit he came to the Court other than from curiosity, like many others. The subject then dropped. Mr. Bodkin then applied for a formal remand of the prisoners to Monday next, and that then they should be further remanded for a week. Such a course, he thought, would save time, tar by that time no doubt Tester would be in custody. That course was resisted by Mr. Woritner and Mr. Lewi?, and ultimately the prisoners were remanded till Tuesday next, when evidence will be proceeded with, and the bank notes traced. . Naval an(t Military • Intelligence. The Clarendon screw steam-transport, No. 5, Captain Mitchell, arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening. from Cadiz, where she put in on the Ist of August on her way from .Balakdava for Portsmouth, with 200 non• commissioned officers and men of various regiinents in charge of horses, and 120 officers' chargers, &o. The troops came home in her Majesty's ship Centaur, and the horses in the Albatross screw steam-transport. The . Clarendon, on the occasion of putting into Cadiz Bay, had started some of her iron plates and hail nine feet of water in her hold, and was compelled to he run ashore in Cadiz Bay (as we reported at the time on the arrival ()filer Majesty's ship Banshee). She has been detained Since that Time in repairing, &c. She now brings 27 of the lower deck guns of her Majesty's ship Queen, fit tines for troops, horses, &c. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Bulldog, 6, Commander Gordon, returned from Plymouth to Spithead ou Sun day, having sev,rely tested at sea, as ordered, and at all rates of speed, Clifferd's new method of lowering ships' boats ; on one occasion 15 persons (officers and men) were in the boat, besides all the gear. The results were ail satisfactory. The Royal Artillery and Marines, according to a gar• rison order recently issued at Woolwich, constituting each Monday a " marching day," were yesterday morn ing turned out with full equipments, and, accompanied by three full bands of music, proceeded, in divisional battalions, brigade!, and batteries, through Nightingale place and over Plunistead-common, the column extend upwards of two miles. Major-Gen. Sir• W. F. Wil liams, attended by his aide-de-camp, Lieut. Teesdale, and staff ; Col. Bloomfield, A.D.C. to her Majesty, and superintendent of drills; and CA-Commandant Brown, accompanied the troops. After an hour's march thence through Old Charlton, the cloudy state of the atmo sphere rendered it advisable to return to quarters. The squadron of junior recruits not joining in tee march were pet through a course of carbine drills and blank cart ridge firing on Woolwich-common. Oo Saturday the freight ship Akbar was towed down from Woolwich to Gravesend, and Col. Maclean and a detachment consisting of 18 gunners of the Royal Artil lery Regiment, and three women for Bermuda. The Ak bar sailed from Gravesend yesterday for her destination. lI.M. paddlewheel steam troopship Dee, Master Commander T.C.Pullen, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning from Portsmouth and Plymouth, and has entered the basin to reload with steam machinery for the western yards. The speed of the Dee, it is under stood, has been considerably increased since the applica tion of the superheating steam apparatus ; notwithstand ing which, still greater advantages are contemplated by the substitution of a differently shaped boiler. The screw steam despatch vessel Roebuck, in tempo rary charge of Master Commander Allen, of the Admi ralty yacht Vivid, was yesterday morning hauled into basin at Woolwich Dockyard, in order to receive her guns and stores prior to her departure for Portsmouth on Thursday. The ceremony of warping the huge floating battery Thunderbolt,: built by Messrs. Samuda, out of the fitting basin at Woolwich took place yesterday morning. This was effected in the ordinary manner employed for the removal of ships to the river, and, from her singularly bulky and novel construction, it excited considerable in• terest. She then steered off under her own steam, and was taken in tow by the steam-tenders Monkey and Widgeon. Master-Commander Mugtord, from the Com modore's flagship Fisgard, and a party of riggers under took the charge of the Thunderbolt to Chatham, where she is to be placed in reserve near Rochester-bridge. All her internal arrangements, together,with the application of her machinery, &c., have been carried out in Wool wich basin. She is nos completed in elaborate style. The transports o:inda and Clarissa, having been ordered down from the Victoria Docks to Woolwich pier, commenced discharging their cargoes yesterday morning, which consist of charcoal, tent flooring, mus kets, pickaxes, saddlery, stoves, cases of fur caps, and bales, returned from the East. _ _ Captain W. Mosse, 26th Cameronians, has been ordered to embark at Gravesend on Saturday next on board the Apollo, fur Bermuda, to join the service com panies of his corps, for the purpose of instructing the officers and men of that regiment in the use of the En field rifle. Second-Class Instructor Griffiths, now sta tioned at Chatham garrison, will also embark with Cap tain Mosse. The non-commissioned officers and men of the 40th depot were reassembled on the general parade ground of Chatham barracks on Sunday, for the purpose of giving an opportunity to those troops to volunteer who were desirous of joining any other corps, an order to that effect having been sent down to the commandant of the garrison from the Horso Guards, the 40th Regiment being considerably above its war establishment. The order having been read to the troops, 54 men, who from various causes were not present on the former occasion of volunteering, immediately depped to the front and offered themselves for various corps, the majority volun teering for the 11th or 99th Regiments. The 40th depot has thus given considerably more than 200 men to vari ous regiments which were below their prescribed esta blishment. As the 40th will shortly be removed from Chatham the volunteers will be at once forwarded to their regiments, on joining which each man will receive the promised bounty of one guinea. Eleven non-commissioned officers belonging to the 10th Hussars, selected by the authorities, and ordered to be transferred to the Cape Mounted Rifle Regiment, have been directed to proceed to the Provisional Batt-a• lion, Chatham, where they will remain until t onna g e bas been taken up for their passage to the Cape of Good Hope, to join their now carps. The following memorandum from Lieut.-General Sir Colin Campbell, to tho officers commanding depot batta lions, has been issued : " London, Nov. 21, 1856. " With respect to paragraph No. 27 in the circular me morandum, dated " Horagse Guards, Oct. 13, 1856,' in which it is laid down that the commanders of depot bat talions, or their majors, shall ex.amine the officers at least once a week in the subjects enumerated in paragraphs 1 to 9 inclusive of the circular memorandum, dated `July 4, 185i,' the Inspector-General of Infantry desires that tin commanders of depot battalions shall name one day in the week for this examination, and, moreover, that they shall name another day on which day the senior captain of each depot shall, after the orderly room business is over, proc se to examine his young or uninstructed officers in all details of their duty, not merely as to drill, but in everything r. mnected with the men's pay; powers of courts-martial, and generally in the interior economy of-a corspany, and the provisions of the 'good conduct warrant.' This prac tice will be sure to make the senior captain himself become Well versed in all such details, and will also prepare the younger oftcers fur the e xam i na ti on o f t h e comman der of the depot battalion. " With reenact to paragraph N o . 34 , Si r C o li n C am pb e ll has ordered the following explknatory directions to be issued on the subject, of th manner in which guard-room and other prisouers aro to be disposed of by the officers commanding depot battalions. While giving these ex planatory directions it is necessary to point out to commanders of depot battalions, as well as to the senior captains of depots, and to all the young officers be longing to depots, that the object o f i ns tit u ti ng th ese depot battalions is to instruct officers in the details of their profession—a sort of knowledge which is es sentially necessary to be possessed by all officers; and Sir Colin Campbell trusts to their good feeling and good sense in the hope that they • will, for .their part, endeavour to facilitate the moving of the machinery which has been thought requisite for this purpose. " The matter now in question is the manner of dealing with guard-room and other prisoners, which the Inspector- General of Infantry desires may be conducted thus : When a soldier is confined, a copy of his crime will be sent by the orderly serjeant of his company to the serjeant of the guard, for insertion in the guard report.' This will be done within three hours after he has been made a prisoner, should that take place before tattoo ; if after tattoo, the crime will be sent to the serjeant of the guard by the men's breakfast hour next morning. This critue must, in either case, be signqd by an officer. After the serjeant of the guard has copied it into the guard report, the crime will then be sent to the orderly room of the pri soner's own depot, where it is to arrive not later than 3.30 a m. —" -After eaeh -crime hag baeulacigired into.triaatglajor officer of each depot respectively, the crime will be sent to the battalion officer to be compared with the guard report, and, as soon as all the prisoners are finally disposed of by the commander of the depot battalion, and thst the punish ments awarded by the senior captain of each depot have been confirmed or otherwise by the commander of the bat talion, the original crimes are to be returned to the senior captain of each depot, with the punishment marked on the back, for entry in the defaulter book.' "Officers commandingcornpanies are notto disposeof men after they have been confined in the guard-room. Their powers are to bo limited to such light offences as can reason ably be disposed of at the moment, without confining the individuals—such as little breaches of company discipline, late at parade, careless at drill, talking in the ranks, and various complaints made by the non-commissioned officers. After a man is made a prisoner ho must only be disposed of by the officer in charge of his depot, at the depot orderly room, or if necessary by the officer commanding the bat talion, in the following manner:— " The prisoners will be brought to their depot orderly rooms each morning at the hour prescribed by the corn mauder of the battalion, and their cases will be frilly and carefully gone into by the senior officers of their depots, and in the presence of their company officers. " The depot commanders may dispose of the light offiinces by awarding punishment to the extent of what a captain is competent tv inflict, and he will write his award on the back of the crime. Any man whose crimes appear to deserve heavier punishment than the above, will bo taken before the coramander of the battalion, to be dis posed of as soon as he i s p re p are d t o rece i ve them, by suc cessive depots. The depot commander and company offi cer will, of course, attend. As soon as tho battalion com mander has disposed of these prisimers, and has satisfied himself about the correctness of the punishments that have be.e awarded by his depot commanders, the defaul ters will be marched away and - disposed - of as may have been decided upon. " With respect to paragraph No. 31, it will suffice that an officer shall be present at the daily payment of his men, and that he shall put his name at the foot of each daily column of payments as a voucher that ho saw the money paid. The men for guard will be paid before they go on guard in the presence of au officer, and when no money is paid to any individual then a figure ' 0' or' zero' will be put ipto the square opposite his nacre.—By order. " A. STIRLING, Lieutenant-Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General." MR. COBDQN ON MARITIME LA fr. On Thursday last the following letter to the Pre sident of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was read at the meeting of the directors, from Mr. Cobden, M.P. : "Glyn Garth, near Bangor, Nov. 8. "My dear Sir,--Will you allow me to call your at • tention to a pending diplomatic negotiation in which our commercial and manufacturing intere,ts are deeply involved ? You will have obs€rved a decl.ration made by the lase Paris Cenetess against privateering. That resolution was afterwards submitted for the approval of the American Government - , whose answer has not, I attracted all tke attention it deserves from our mercantile community. "In substance, Mr. Marcy, the - United States' Foreign Secretary, says :—` We do not maintain, like the great European• Powers, large warlike establishments in time of peace, and therefore we should, in caie of hostilities, rely on the public spirit and patriotism of our private citizens, who would, with the sanction of Government, convert our mprcbant ships into vessels of war. To deny to this improvised navy the right of making prizes of your mercantile shipping, while to the thousands of vessels constituting your Royal and Imperial navies this privilege is to be reserved, would be voluntarily to sur r,mler our commerce to annihilation. On no conditions whatever will the American Government renounco the use of its mercantile marine in case of war ; and the same power to burn, capture, or rink enemy's property which you give to your Imperial or Royal navies we shall give to our naval volunteers, whether they be called privateers or by any other name. But being anxious to promote the objec'l aimed at by the Congress we invite you to carry out your pr . nciple by going one step further —exempt private property on the ocean from seizure by Government-armed cruisers, as well as by privateers, and the United States will readily meet you on that broad ground.' " Now, really, there is no logical way of meeting this proposition but by an instant acquiescence ; and, had it not been misrepresented, and dealt with in a flippant spirit by some of our journals, it must have received as unanimous an assent in this country as it has from all parties in the United States. " But, with this declaration against privateering at the Paris Congress, two other resolutions were coupled, and had their full scope been understood by our plenipo tentiaries, it would have led them to propose to add to M. Walewskt's protocol the very clause which has now been suggc-ted by Mr. Marcy. " The Congress declared : " That the neutral flag covers an enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. " ' That neutral goods , with the exception of contra band of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag.' " These resolutions reverse the most venerated judg ments of our Admiralty Courts, and, for the first time, impart the force of maritime law to principles which were resisted by England against the world in arms down to the close of the war in 1815. Without dwelling on the imperious necessity which led us during the late Russian war to abandon our ancient belligerent rights, let us look at the altered position in which we should be placed in case of a future rupture with a maritime power. " We will suppose—and it is no great stretch of the imagination, after all that diplomacy has achieved during the last three years—that we are at war with France. I remember hearing the late Mr. Samuel Gurney state, in the presence of the Prime Minister of the time, as the result of careful inquiry, that the amount of British pro. perty in ships and cargoes afloat averaged from 80,000,0001. to 100,000,0001. sterling. It would be a liberal estimate to put down the amount owned by France at from 20,000,0001. to 30,000,0001. We should thus have nearly four times as much private property exposed to the de predations of Government cruisers as our enemy. But under the new maritime code, which admits the competi tion of neutrals, it may fairly be questioned whether a merchant ship under either of the belligerent flags would long continue to find it profitable to keep the sea. Rail. roads, which transmit the heaviest commodities 500 miles with little detriment to their exchangeable value, have vir tually put an end to blockades. France, in case of war, could use the ports of Belgium, llollaud, or Germany, through which channels her commerce, even with England, might be carried on in neutrals, for, once on board an American or Dutch ship, French exports or imports would be safe from molestation. The same applies toßritish cox• modifies, whether imported raw materials or exported manufactures ; they would be liable to seizure only when on board a British vessel. Now, I ask, would it be possible for French and English ships and cargoes, whi c h would be subject to a charge of 10 or 20 per cent, for assurance against risk of capture, to compete with the neutral flags which would be free from any such burden ? And bear in mind that our loss would be fourfold that of 'our enemy, ()Wing to the larger amount of our tonnage exposed to this unequal competition. "Or, let us suppose ourselves at war with the United States. It may be estimated that the value of American property afloat on salt water (a large part of their navi gation is upon the interior lakes and rivers) does not exceed the half of ours. Unless their late proposal were But a the ri previously adopted, the old system o f p r i vateering woul d be in force e on pp rrbeooyct proclaimed mesides,d at to one-third. thewhich p we s should Congressrights of neutrals w t o wu wou ld thirds • which e r e admit all the European flags to bring and carry to and from England and America the produce of both countries without risk of capture during the war. Again, I would ask—could a vessel bearing the British flag keep the sea under these circumstances, with 500 or 1,000 armed American vessels cruising against our commerce ? It is clear that nobody would charter an English vessel, and pay a heavy insurance against capture, when a neutral ship could b e h a d free from any such charge. The practical effect, then, of the alterations made in our maritime law at th e P ar i s C o nferences, if we do not go further, would be, in case of war with a naval Power, to transfer the carrying trade even of our own ports to neutral bottoms. It is then our interest especially, and beyond all other countries, to go forward in the path to which the Americans have invited tut. "I cannot help regretting, as an Englis hm a n, the prop osa l did not originate with us. But the n th ex at t best thing will be to give it a prompt an d heart y accept ance, and aid in securing f or it, if p ossible, a wor ld-w ide acquiescence. It is impossible to foresee all the conse- „/Gz~-~ [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5-E. i A-,-,521-0,„„,:x...,...p.Er, ~,---f,-.,,---,,-, (memo; of such a revolution in the rules of war: It is ~ .. - : -. . -- :-..,...-sift:Viesl, I be;ieSe, the first time in the annals of the world tba -, 7 iltis'ir" ‘'''a the powers of belligerents will be restrained and define f +l4frttiKtias:-... i i c A ,,, in the interest of individuals by written internationa ;41 t ii't '''''''''''' 7l4 • lair. Who cm tell in what other direction the rece• - , -c- . ..,•.C. , : - :7. - . 1 . - - 7' dent may be follosed ? Wars will henceforward paitike - ' , ....2 . wr snore of the character of duels between Governments - P than of the old contests cf nations. Private citizens will cease to be held responsible, or liable to injury, unless they become participators in the strife. There will' no longer be plunder and prize money to add the - stimulus of cupidity to the passions of hatred and revenge ; and we shall have one pretence lessf or constantly increasing the burden of war navies in proportion to the growth of foreign commerce, on the plea of protecting our mercan tile marine. These are some of the obvious consequences of this proposed innovation upon the traditions and pre cedents of the last c en t ury . Th e mercant il e wor ld will, I trust, allow its voice to be heard upon the question by Government and Parliament ; and it is in the hone that the chamber will throw the weight of its great influence into the scale of humanity and progressive civilisation that I have ventured to trouble you with this letter. "I remain, very truly yours, " RICHARD COBDEN. " Thomas Bazley, Esq., President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce." 4 ILA.t$ !,?m'o It ( From the Times. ) Nobody can be surprised to learn that Mr. Cob den has accepted without reserve the proposition of Mr. Secretary Marcy with regard to the rights of belligerents, for it is well known that if that gentleman were our War Minister he would proceed at once to disband our army, to discharge our navy, to dismantle our fortifications, and to dispose of our stores at Woolwich to the dealers in old iron. We, too, have all along confessed to a strong leans ing in favour of Mr. Marcy's proposal, and we should as glad if we could see our way to an un qualified approval of what, on the surface at least, appears to be so fair. " There is no such gain of time," says Lord Bacon, "as to iterate often the state of the question ; and it may therefore be well to rewind our readers that at the Congress of Paris the Plenipotentiaries assembled declared on behalf of their respective countries that privateering is abolished, and that (always excepting contraband of pd neutral - go c - en SSe , a're' exempt froni. teen. It was supposed that when the great Euro pean powers were willing to mitigate the horrors of war by voluntarily waiving their undoubted rights, the whole civilised world woull be ready to give in their, adhesion to an agreement so honourable. It was found, however, that the United States hesi tated as to the first clause of the declaration, — namely, that which related to the abolition of privateering. Only on one condition was Mr. Marcy willing to accede to this abolition— " that the private property of the subjects or citizens of belligerents on the high seas shall be ex4npted from seizure by public armed vessels of the other belligerent, except it be contraband." The proposal, therefore, is that maritime warfare shall become a mere duel between the hostile Governments and their forces, no private parties being attacked or allowed to attack. We have several times expressed some surprise that our Americsn friends have been unable to see the dif ference between the depredations of privateers and of a regular navy. War becomes necessarily inhu man when every person is permitted to take part in the strife ; not subject to command, unaccus tomed to discipline, under no restraint, having no hope of superior reward, and looking only to the present, it is fearful to contemplate the excesses to which privateers, far more than regular combat ants, are tempted. All this, however, Mr. Marcy has overlooked ; he insists upon the right as a most important one, but he is willing to sign it away on , the above condition,—that private property on the high seas, whether an enemy's, or in neutral ves sels, be respected. Hereupon Mr. Cobden takes up the tale, and draws a pleasant picture of the world at peace and leaving Kings and Govern ments 'o settle their quarrels as best they can, — something like the prize-fighters, who, with some score of two of their friends, hire a special train, go twenty miles out of town, select somo quiet field, and there, "The world forgetting, by the world forgot." fly at each other without fear of the police and without thought of life. For the first time in the history of the human race the rights of individuals are to be re-:pected. There shall be no more plun der and prize-money to stimulate cupidity and to give a zest to cruelty ; there shall be no fewer taxes to sustain great armies and to increase great navies ; and, in short, trade will flourish more and more, war will gradually cease from the earth, and thd Peace Society, having done its work, will be dispersed, even as the Anti-Corn Law League. All this is very fine, and as a mere matter of theory wa are willing to go pretty far with Mr. Cobden. We do not, with him believe it to be possible to abolish war ; but it is possible to reduce war to the condition of a duel between respective Governments ; and who would not welcome any expedient that is likely to save the unoffending, people from the crimes and miseries of such a "fierce arbitrament ?" But evidently, if war is to be reduced to the limits of a duel, the duel must bc on fair terms. It is not fair for a man who has all his life been accustomed to snuff out candles with hi:: pistol to summon a poor fellow who knows not where the trigger is to an exchange of shots ; it is not fair for a man who is a perfect fencer to cross swords with another who pretends to be no thing better than a good boxer ; and, if close at tention be given to the tendency of this discussion, it will be found that, while the proposal of Mr. Marcy is most specious in theory, its practical re sult must be to make us fight a duel on unequal terms. For let us carry out the theory to its logi cal consequences. If we are to respect private property on the high seas, why not the coast? — why not on land ? It is impossible to draw a line of distinction that shall have any ground in reason. The rule must be made universal, and, if so, it is quite arparent to what object we are tending. We are tending to the disarmament of our principal force in the interest of our continental Powers and of America. We rely upon ouisnay.y, and we aro told to abolish it, and to light our battles with our weakest arm against the strongest arm of our neighbours. It may suit America, with her vast seaboard entirely unprotected, it may suit the continental States with their immense armies and feeble navies, to adopt Mr. Marcy's proposition, and among themselves it may be quite fair that they should fight in this fashion. The question is, no one be surprised if the whole civil i sed world be are we willing to fight a duel on these terms ? Let against us, and in favour of Mr. Cobden's policy of peace. All the civilised world will be gainers, and we the only losers, as we alone have a formidable navy; and if we accept the terms we shall be able only to dash our ships against stone walls. Of this kind of warfare we have had experience enough in the late conflict, and it is not likely that we shall, for the benefit of our enemies, consent to fight at such a disadvantage. The truth is, indeed, that carrying' this principle of Mr. Marcy's to its legitimate conclu sions, we should have in the end to abolish blockades, and there would be absolutely no reason for the erection of fortifications en an enemy's coast, save for the protection of arsenals or for the purpose of preventing an army from landing. As it would be useless to attack such fortresses 'as Cronstadt, our fleets therefore would become null, save for cruising on th e hi g h seas, where t h ere i s no other navy to o pp ose , a l l a i p n p c e o a n rs se t n o ti u n s g , behind impregnabl e walls. being snugly laid up t after o re sreconsidering privatet h e p s r u o b p j e e t y , rt tha l t t , of neutrals in an enemy's vessels, and the private property of an enemy in neutral vessels, we have granted all that we can afford. Mr. Cobden argues that the re su lt o f such a regulation will be sini,_,PY" that enemies' goods will be transferred to neutral vessels, and that we shall be so far losers in trade. In so ou the arguing, however, he goes entirely , assumption that there is no blockade of the enemy s coast, and that we have not a navy adequate to the protecti on o f our mercan til e fl e ets. The wish is fathe r t o th e th oug h t . H e s hows, for example, that if we w ere at war w ith France we should h ave four times the amount of property o n the sea t ha t the French merc h a nts have ; we s h o uld therefore be four t imes as muc h exposed to the depredations of Government cruisers. What an alluring vision for those wh6 inspire the lucu into Mr. has not rations of the Assembles Nationale ! entered Mr. Cobden's exceedingly p acific imagination that, if our property afloat would be four times as valuable as the Frenc h, it would also in the same proportion be b et t er protected. And the hon. I wrong in his anticipation of gentleman is not on y trade the declaration ev il con sequences to our from of the Paris Congress, but wrong also in his anti cipation of a glorious future as the consequen ce o f Mr. Marcy's proposition. If that proposal might tend to alleviate the ills of war, it would certainly not tend to diminish the armaments and to abolish the wars of different countries. War, on the son trary, would be proclaimed more frequently than ever, because it would be possible to wage it on easier terms. It is the fear of destruction to pro perty that ,continually restrains us from appealing to the force of arms ; and, if that restraint of self interest were removed, why should not the nations f ree ly indulge their pug • naci y b y resorting on t every idle occasion to blows ! UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 24. The Read er i n M oral and MetaOrli"' Philosophy will deliver his first lecture on the phenomena of con sciousness on Wednesday, the 26th of November, at twe o'clock, instead of on Tuesday, the 25th. I .