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And if' the British Government could imprison the great French conqueror because such was its pleasure, why, he triumphantly asked, might not the President of the United States imprison any one whom he adjudged to be a public enemy ? The pregnant question re mained unanswered. The Senate and its leading shoemaker were satisfied with the logic and the illustration, and inquired no further. The same body has passed that psrtion of Mr. Chase's financial project which provides for a uniform issue of rotes for the whole of the United States, such issue to be secured not upon gold or silver, but upon Federal bonds. This measure amounts to a decided infrac tion of State laws, which declare banking and its regulations to be matters entirely for the legislation of the commonwealth in which the banks early on their business. This is the thinnest edge of the wedge. It is drivin in much closer and more forci bly in the Conscription Act, which the Senate, under the guidance of its leading shoemaker, has hurried through all,its stages with scarcely any debate. The bill has yet to be considered by the House of Repre sentatives, which, through its minority, has mani fested a disposition to contest it at every point and to employ every privilege, every rule, and every artifice which the forms of the house allow to ob struct its passage, with the hope—a very forlorn one—that the inevitable 4th of March will come, and find it still under discussion, and therefore lest. Tee bill is not so much intended to raise soldiers for the conquest of the South as to supply an armed force under the pres sure of which the next election for the Presidency will be conducted. The conscripts of each State will be sent to do military duty in States with the people of which they have no sympathies. The least dissatisfaction expressed by the people will bo construed into treason, or danger to the public public peace, sufficient to justify the placing of the State or district under martial law. And under the operation of martial:Jaw the election will take place. This is a desperate game to play ; but it seems to be the game of the revolutionary majority of Con gress. They think by this means to defeat the elec. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR TIIIS DAY, At s. Cd. each Person. sOUPS. Pure , : of P aa. Vermicelli. FISH Stewed Eels. • Fried Soles. ENTREES. Curried Chicken a la Indienne. JOINTS. Roast Sirloins of Beef. Roast Saddles of _Mutton. SWEETS. Newmarket Puddings. Orange Fritters. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOs ELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for The London Dinner. THE LONDON, 19', FLEET-STREET. STAMPED N°. 22,058 ITN. its favour are the corruption of politicians, con tractors, and swindlers ; the baseless assumption of a nationality that exists but in theory ; the passion that is fed upon bloodshed ; the insolent tyranny taat would assimilate conflicting opinions by the agency of the sword; and the still more odious tyranny of the pulpir, that would crush out the last remnant of civil liberty by the establishment of a sanguinary theocracy which would rather the white race should perish than that liberty, in the name of God and for the advancement of His glory, should not be given to the black. Mr. Lincoln was elected by that party, and has made himself its organ and its instrument. It has always been a defect in the working of the Constitution that the "spoils" of party were of necessity redistributed, on every Pre sidential election, among the needy professional politicians by whose agencies the success of the party candidate was assured. In the days of peace and prosperity comparatively little harm was done. One set of greedy, venal, and incompetent public servants was displaced to make room for another with the same defects, and in a minimized central government, such as that implied in a Federation of self-governing States, the evil was neither very extensive nor very oppressive, except in so far as it impaired public morality, and debased the character of the citizen. But in a time of public peril, when the whole fabric of society was shaken, a too rigid adherence to the old system of party administra tion has brought the Northern half of the Republic to the very verge of a second disruption. The Re publicans are new to power, and do not know how to wield it. There is not a man of any grasp of mind in the councils of the President. There is not a man of the least range of thought in either House of Congress who is not accused by the domi nant faction of being a traitor and a rebel, because he sees, feels, and knows that the Union is at an end, and that it has been ended by the very means taken to restore it. The Senate is led by an ex shoemaker of the most violent opinions, who can neither write nor speak grammatically, and who differs so far from the President and his Minis ters as to believe that the Union can be restored by force of arr....s, and that the bitter memories of the war can be softened or obliterated by a re morseless coercion. The House of Representatives shares the hallucination. No man belonging to the Conservative party is trusted in civil or military life by the rampant revolutionists who are fast usurping the Government, and driving Mr. Lin coln into their own groove. General M'Clellan was dismissed, not because he was an inefficient or unpopular officer, but because he had rendered himself obnoxious to the Anti-Slavery and ultra- Republican party by his cautious Conservatism on the question of the Southern negroes. Mr. Cassius Marcellus Clay was made a Major General, not be cause he was a soldier, not because he knew any- SIR RUTHERFORD A LCOCK'S WORK ON JAPAN. Now ready, in 2 vols., Svo., with two Maps, and 142 Illustra tions on Wood and in Chromo-lithography, price 125., THE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY. cloth, THE CAPITAL of the TYCOON: A Nar rative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan. By Sir RUTHFRFORD ALCOCK, K.C.8., Tier Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in 'Japan. " These two magnificent volumes con titute the best work which has yet been published on the subject of Japan." — Queen. London : Longman, Green, and Co., 14, Ludgate-hill. Capital £2,5C0,00 DIRECTORS. UP.NRY WILLIAM . PEEK, Esq. (Peek Brothers and Co.), Chairman. TROWEB, Esq. (Trowers and Lawson), Deputy Chair- Man. John Poustead, Esq. G. T. Brookqigc, Esq. Jeremiah Coffman, Esq, Charles Curling - , Esq. Edwin Fox, Esq. Nehem ah Griffiths, Esq, Samuel Hanson, b sq. Frederick W. Harris, Esq, Smith Harrison, Esq. David Hart, Esq. Francis Hicks, Esq. MANAGER (Fire) —Henry Thomson. ACTUARY—W. P. Patti'on. FIRE and LIFE business of every description transacted The Life Funds are not liable for the other branches of business, and are invested in the names of special 'fru tees. • Loans on approved security entertained. Rvery information may be had on application to the chief office, 19, Cornhill, London, E.C. • John T-foflgson, Esq. John Humphery, jun., Esq. F. Larkworthy, Esq. Moss Joshua, Esq. William Leask, Esq. Alexander aim, Esq. G. Adam Smith, Esq. John R. Thomson, jr., Esq. John Kemp Wel 11, Esq. J. P. Woodhouse, Esq. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron--The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of eovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is aecom pcnied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate sunport, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. rec Mcreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to t dmit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mayerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote. and Co ; Smith, Payne, and Co.: Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Iliams, Deacon, and Co. ; (Iverend, Gurney, and C ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. lIE N RY GIIINN, Secretary. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, 27th February, 1863. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT, and also that an ENTEXTRAORDINARY GENERAL CO( RT, will be held at the Society's House, No. 6, New Brid , e-street, Blackfriars, on S ATURD Y, the 21st day of March, at Two o'clock precisely, for the following Purposes : ORDINARY GENERAL COURT. To receive the Auditors' Report of the Rece'pts and Die , bursements of the Society during the year 185 , and to elect Auditors for the present year. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL COURT. To consider a proposed amendment of the Article 82* of the Deed of Se tlement, by which the Directors will be em powered to grant Assurances to the extent of £lO,OOO, and, if approved of, to pass a Resolution to that effect. As the Resolutions of the Extraordinary General Court Will require confirmation, so Saturday, the 28th March, is ap pointed for that purpose, et Two o clock precisely. R OIAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONr ss—fler Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. riESIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. nAtummr--Thos Baring, Fag., FP CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning, of the year 1560, the Iloya, National Lifeboat Institution has eNpended .£3 . 1,f'00 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments , •11 the Coasts of Eng' and, Scotland, and Ireland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have eon in'trumental in rescuing t.:e Crews of the follow ing Wrec' ed Vessels By order of the Board of Directors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. * Article 82.—That no Assurance s hall be granted by the Society, on the same Life or Lives, for more than the sum of Five Thousand Pounds. tion of General M'Clellan, or any other man ;he may be brought forward by the Conservatives, and secure the election of an extreme Republican, pledged to obliterate State boundaries, to make Washington, or some other more convenient capi tal city, the heart and brain of the Federal system —that shall regulate the affairs of every part of the body politic, and reduce the powers and functions of the local Legislatures to a level with those exer cised in England by parish vestries or boards of G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. • CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., ,G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. I John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. I Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. !James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. James Tulloch, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary 18f O. Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of tilverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • • • • • • 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow • • .• •• 9 Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth • • •• •• 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields .. • • .. 11 A Barge of Tei.e - nmouth .• •• •• •• 2 Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• 6 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats •• •• •• 3 Schooner Eliza, of North Shields • • .. .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool B r i ga ntine Nancy, of Teignmouth .. • . 2 Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth • • .. .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. • • .. .. 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole . • .. .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .• . .. 5 Brig Ann, of Blyth . • 8 Sloop Hope, of Dublin .• .• 3 Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth • • •• •• 5 Barque Vermont, of Halifax. .. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarv . o . n 2 5 Brig Flying, Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Reg is • • 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. • • .. .. 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dund ee .. .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• •• 3 Brig I'rodroma, of Stockton .. • • .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough , • • •• •• 7 Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg ...... 6 • Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn• Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. 7 210 Number of lives saved by shore-boats and other means, for which the Institution has gr tnted 215 rewards in 1860 trustees. By these and kindred means they may weld the mass of the Northern States into a nation ; but it will be at the expense of its liberty, and ulti mately of its republicanism. LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In- Furers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in Cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, mounted to upwards of £ 1,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every descrir ion of property at moderate rates. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or Policy Stamps. „Losses caused by Explosio n of Gas are admitted b y this Company, thing of the art or science of war, not because he had rendered or could render to the State any military service that could not have been better performed by the rawest recruit from Kerry or Connemara, but because he agreed with Mr. Henry Ward Beecher[on Emancipation, and with Mr. George Francis Train in hatred of Eng land. Generals M'Dowell, Fitz-John Porter, Sum ner, Franklin, and other professional soldiers have been set aside, in the very agony of the public dan ger, because the weak President was over-per suaded by the theorists who manage him that it was more essential that a commander should agree with Mr. Wendell Phillips on the social and poli tical status of "Americans of African descent" than that he should be as good an engineer as Vauban or as admirable a strategist as Wellington. The President is a party President, and has become less of a national President every day the war has lasted. The fact alone is sufficient to explain the deplorable failure which he has made. Were he a thousand times as sagacious as he is simple ; were he not a joker of irreverent and irrelevant jokes; were he possessed of all the qualities of head and heart that qualify men to lead their fellows,—he would have been equally a failure if he had attempted, at such a crisis, to govern a practical people on the principles of a philosophic and doctri• nazre minority, whose notions of the negro are derived from England, where there are no negroes, and whose ideas of Government would seem to be inspired by the Austrian administration of Venice, or the policy of Russia towards Poland. The Republican party cannot restore the Union. The fact has become palpable to itself. The Presi dent knows that he is not fighting at this moment for the sake of Union, but'for the sake of being in a position, when peace is imposed by the dissatis fied Northern pa ople, by Southern arms, or by the mediation of Eur ope, to secure the Border States and the best available frontier. Mr. Seward and Mr. Chase, and all the men in power who have any pretensions to statesmanship or sagacity, know it also, though they have not the courage or the patriotism to confess it. But worse even than that —the Republican party cannot restore or preserve American liberty, and does not wish to do so. Its principles are not the principles that lie at the base of the Constitution, but principles that are in compatible with the mild and diffused Govern ment of the States, and which have made America what it is (or was). Republicanism, in the sense attached to the word by the Republicans as dis tinguished from the Democrats, is incompatible with liberty. It ignores the right to disagree. It will not tolerate adverse or hostile discussion. It pro tests against personal liberty. it sets the theory above the fact. It would render the drinking of a glass of wine in the State of Maine as great a social sin, or public treason, es the holding of a black man in bondage in South Carolina. It loudly asserts its own freedom to do what it pleases, but will not allow a dissentient the same privilege. It would thrust its principles down the throat of recalcitrants at the point of the bayonet. With all its faults it may succeed in the effort to make a nation of the Northern people, but if it do, it will be at the ex pense of every constitutional right which Americans up to aun bad t lp o iachl t aal he nitdhp.oaautrtLtrbyeuslaraaystrteienso simply to it, ya m tfthhv i e s oi e ssp r we a r b iontf l h e casi w pdnl a ese r sgspr w ooaft e i r c e hmu p ee 8 : t Ro and u ae d a. the despotism is coming. Mr. Lincoln is in reality a more imperious autocrat than the Emperor of Russia, and will be the precursor of a second despot more iron-handed and intelligent than himself if the war be much longer protracted. A strong war and a weak Government cannot coexist on the same soil. To carry on a great domestic war there must be a strong Government. A strong Government m ust be a centralisation. A centralisation m ust be a des potism. The Republicans , tr ue to their des p otic m tnnotdas homogenous as s in t g a s tb li e m ir in u at t- e hts from all future contra. the principles, q u e sti 0 na of r e s w t i a l t f e u l r l i y g a unity as France. The Democratic party is alarmed at the prospect e o r s s t y s, o a t n o d c t e o n t ral converti se t h t e h eGe North n o g v a e g r n e m d i n e i —and not a moment too soon. It hopes to secure the Government when Mr. Abraham Lincoln shall have returned to practise law in the little Western village which he ought never to have quitted ; but it does not know what may happen in the interval, He cannot be dethroned for two years without a coup d'etat, and such violent measures are not (yet) to the taste of the Americans. During those two years events may totally change the character of the people, as well as of their institutions. In this Congress the Democrats are in a helpless minority in consequence of the secession of the South. The Republicans are doing their utmost in the few remaining days of its existence to cut from under the feet of the democracy all the planks of its platfcrm. They justify the President in every ar bitrary act which he has committed or sanctioned, especially in the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, and yesterday passed a bill through the House of Representatives which makes him virtual master of the personal liberty of every man in the country. One of the shining lights of_the Senate Total .• • • 1861. 00 ..455 Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. 5 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth •• •• •• •• 8 Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .• .. 2 Schooner 'William, of Morecambe •• •• •• 5 Smack Gipsy, of Newry Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston • .• 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool .. . • 5 Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown .. .. 3 Brig Providence, of Shields Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood • .. 4 Barque Guy .na, of Glasgow .. .: .. 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. .. 10 Brig San Spirid‘one, of Galaxlg,a .d . e 1 2 7 Schooner Voador du Vou, of Viana 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. .. 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough 6 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewa ter S chooner Hortensia, of Hanover .• .. 4 5-hip Danube, of Belf.st S c hooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Marans . • -- .. 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves- 1 sel and one of the crew ) .. • • Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) •• •• •• •• .. 4 B arq ue Frederick, of London _ 1 Brig Anne, of Plymouth ( sa ved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and 6 crew) • • • • • • _ B a rge Peace, of London •• •• •• 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. • . 10 Pilot utter Whim, of Lowestoft .. 7 Barque Undaunted, 01 Aberdeen. .• 11 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone _ 6 Wrecked boat on Blackwa ter Bank, on the Irish 1 coast • . • • • • • • •• • • Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. • • .. •• 5 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth _ Schooner Friends, of Lynn • • • • .. .. 4 Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin • • .. .. 5 Brig Content. of Sunderland . • .. 5 Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan •• • . Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vess el and crew) 4 Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam • • .. 5 288 Number of lives saved by shore-boats and other means, for which the Institution has granted • rewards in 1861 • • . • • •• 136 •• • A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE- ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridg.e, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. wibert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville . , Tohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Joscelin e W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq._ Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. rredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Ftiversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Pobt. Tet Aadeus Heath Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. m ow l Hibbert, , Esq. William Wallace, Es. "as. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— fhe usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire CU 9th January. _ FIRE and LIFE ASSURANC ES ma y be effected with this corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such Participation. The - Reversionary Banns on British Policies has averaged pearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. •Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums Payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonears. us. The divisions of Profit take p lace every Five y Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies —with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. Th e advantages of modern practice ,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured too serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps wit United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. Total •• .• •• • • ..424 1-02. Schooner Bellon Ft, of Red Bay.. 1 Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon .. • • 1 . Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich .. • • ° Prig, Minerva, of Workington .. 4 Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. 6 Brig Sisters, of NA lathy .. 9 Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm 4 Brig Jane, of North Shields 10 Schooner Liberty, of Dublin 3 Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and --crew) • • Brig Trial, of Poole • • • 7 Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda ..134 Smack P r odsham, of Liverpool .• .. 2 Sl oo p William, of Liverpool .. • • 5 Sl oo p Elizabeth, of Teignmout . h . 3 ••191 Barque Cruz, of Oporto Barque Druid, of Sunderland S m ack Merrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved ves and crew) .. .. • • • • • • •• 3 Fishing Boats of Whitburn • . .. 12 Barque Henry Everest, of Ro chester 4 Ship Annie E. Hooper. of Baltimo r e , • •• 1 8 3 Schooner Rook, of Liverpool Schooner Ceres, of' Arbroath (saved yes. an d crew) 5 4 Sloop Loftus, of Padstow .. • • • • • • Schooner Ellen, of Liverpool (saved yes. and crew) 3 Smacir Mary Elizabeth, of Padstow 3 Smack John, of Teignmoulh • • 2 •• S c hooner Osprey, of Fraser burgh .• • 6 Schooner James Davell , of Newcastle (saved ves sel and crew) •• 2 Schooner Champion, of Liverpool :: • • :. 10 G allot .Aremana, of Jaffa (assisted to sav••vessel and crew) Ship James Browne, of Philadelphia (assisted to 14 SH,VO vessel and crew) Smack Countess of Lisburne, of Abe : r : ystwi : t : h S cr ew steamer Alice, of Leith Barque 3razil, of Liverp of Schooner Little Acrde, of Berwick S c hooner Sisters, of NI ick . • • • .. .. 3 oS TE 0 EID 0 Ni Patent, March 1, 1802, No. 560. 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Mr. ADDERLEY rose to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, thanking her Majesty for hav ing issued a commission of inquiry into the operation of the acts relatir g to transportation and penal servitude, and into the manner in which sentences under the provisions of those acts have been carried out; and praying that, pend ing that inquiry, the conditions on which any remission of punishment, or licences to he at large, are given, may be strictly enforced according to the intentions of those acts. The hon. gentleman proceeded to say that, notwithstand ing the assertion of the Secretary for the Home Department that our police system was the envy of the world, it was a fact that last autumn it was scarcely possible to walk in the streets of the metropolis after dark with safety. Fortunately the garrotters had selected a member of that house as the object of their experiro ents—(laughter)—and on that account attention had been aroused in their regard more speedily than it would otherwise have been. During the autumn the outcry had become so great that the Government were compelled to issue a Royal Commission to inquire into the operation of our penal system. No doubt there was a good deal for such a commission to inquire into, but the Govern ment ought to have done much more; they ought in the meanwhile to have put the existing law into force. (Hear.) Let them, at all events, try the existing law before they altered it; and he could show that the existing law had never been put in force. He might almost say that. consi dering the great powers vested in the Government., they were responsible for the state of hings which were witnessed last autumn. Every member of the house would admit that it was a most serious thing that the principle of this im portant criminal law should be utterly at variance with the practice. Thi ,, state of things was quite sufficient to ac count for the increase of outrage and crime, and enough to make people tremble for the security of their lives and pro perty. The law said that a man guilty of a crime, just short of the penalty of death, should be subjected to penal servitude, and, under that sentence, might ultimately be removed out of the country, or if not—and that was what occurred in the greater number of cases—that he should be subjected to imprisonment, in the first place, for a rigid un remittable term of imprisonment, varying from one-half to two-thirds, and afterwards to a further term, which was capable of being reduced from one-sixth to one• third by the good conduct of the criminal while in prison. The con dition upon which that remission was given rested with the Secretary of State, and it was easy to show that neither the remission nor the conditions upon which the remissions had been granted, had been carried out by the Home Sec retary at all in accordance with the terms of the act, but rather in direct contravention of them. The remission of a sentence was meant to be a suspension and not a pardon. The suspension should be granted on a guarantee of good conduct and a certain test of labour which the criminal might perform in person. Nothing could be clearer than the act, which was based upon the sth, 12th, and 16th reso lutions of a select committee in 1856, which stated distinctly that the remission was recommended as an abridgment of the second part of the term of imprisonment, the first part being rigid and incapable of abridgment, and that such abridgment should involve the sentence still being held over the head of the criminal, The practice, however, for the first two years after the passing of the act was to let prisoners out of prison with the minimum term of deten tion, as it they had all entitled themselves to the largest pos sible abridgment, and as it the rigid term of imprisonment was the whole term of the sentence. This course of pro cedure rendered the part Parliament had taken in passing the act an absolute farce, and rendered the sentences passed by the judges an absolute lie. The terms of a ticket of leave were that the holder should consider himself out of prison upon trial ; but the practice had been the reverse, for the ticket-of •leave holder did not have his license can celled unless he committed some new infraction of the law. The hon. member referred to the conditions under which licenses were held in Ireland as being very superior to the same conditions in England. There every convict had to report himself on his arrival in a district, and sub sequently once a month. He could not change his locality w thout, notice; and any infringement of these rules en tailed revocation of his license. There was no reason why the same system should not be carried out in England. (Hear.) His simple request to the Government was, that the Government,pending the inquiry of the Royal Commission, should put the existing law in force. (Hear, heat.) He would not have asked the house to press thic., upon the Go he when things. The c h a o t e a gentlemant e i r p concludedrtto alter tv b he y er reading neniesn it it G. GREY thought it would be extremely inconve nient for the hone to agree to the motion of the right hon. n i existin g h s s t o a h t ea had motion. fset gentleman before the commission appointed to inquire into the operation of tha Acts relating to penal servitude had made their report. He thought that to agree to the ad dress would be to pledge the house to a resolution which was not only vague n its terms, but which, while going far beyond wh a t t h e r ight hon. gentleman intended, would still not effect the object he had in view. The right hon. gen tleman had referred to the crimes that had of late disturbed the public mind, and which he had attributed entirely to the mode in which the law as defined by the Acts of 1853 and 1857 had been administered. He might observe that others who were in a good position to form an opinion took a different view ; but, at all events, the operations of the police (the particulars of which he did not think prudent to describe in detail) had led to the principal offenders being brought to justice, and they were now suffering the penalties of their crimes. He was bound to say also that in his opinion the present law was sufficient, and that no change was necessary. The conditions endorsed upon a license to be at large (commonly called a " ticket of-leave") expressly stated that the convict was liable to be sent back for his whole term if he associated with thieves or led a disorderly life. (Hear,) The great difficulty with the authorities was to prove those facts judicially. It had been found that a second conviction was the safest proof ; and the rule had been, that in all such cases (except a few minor offences of hawking without a licence, drunk enness, &c.), the license had been revoked wherever a cri minal had been a second time convicted within the term of his license. The right hon. gentleman having denied all knowledge of the circular alleged to have been issued from the Home-office to the mayors of all the tuwna of Great Britain, asking for a list of ticket holders residing within their jurisdiction (and which he supposed must have come from the Royal Commissioners), said he feared the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Adderley) had been imperfectly in formed both in his law and his facts; and for the reasons he had given, he thought it better that the house should not agree to the motion. Mr. H. D. SE YMOUR was glad to find the subject had been brought forward, and was surprised that the right hon. gentleman had not given a more sufficient answer to the speech of his right hon. friend. He apprehended the reason why the right hon. gentleman opposite had brought the subject before the house was, that the Home Secretary had not carried out the conditions attached to the ticket-of leave. It was well known there was a large number of convicts dismissed from prison who were creating terror all over the country; and there was no necessity for an act of Parliament to deal with them, as there was power already existing in the ticket-of-leave itself ; the conditions of which were that the holders, as soon as they showed any signs of relapsing into crime, should be deprived of the license to be at large. The Home Secretary was the supreme head of the Irish system as well as the English system, and how was it, if the former one had been found to work so well, that the latter was not assimilated to it P The only upholders of the English systeia were the Home Secretary himself and Sir Joshua Jebb ; and he sub • milted it was in the right. hon. gentleman's power, with out any fresh act of Parliament, to place the whole of the ticket-of-leave men under the surveillance of the police. He could not see anything which the commission had to inquire into that had not already been fully investigated by the committee of 1856 ; unless, indeed, they were to inquire into the whole question of secondary punishment. But the ease was not ripe for so large an inquiry, as the Home Secret try had not carried into effect his own orders. Mr. HENLEY said he would not follow the hon. gentle man who spoke last into the extraneous matters to which he adverted, but would confine himself to the terms of the motion. He thanked God the commission had not to in quire into the "whole question of secondary punishment," which was a field so wide that he should not wish to traverse it. Nor would he go into the question of giving the police greater powers of surveillance. There were many people who thought the police already possessed powers enough. He should also abstain from entering into a comparison between the Irish and English systems ; but would simply say that he knew of nothing which could lead him to the same conclusion as the hon. gentleman opposite. He be- lieved v, hen the facts were accurately examined into, it would be shown that, if the recommendations of the com mittee of 1856 were carried out, there would be considerable difficulty in following out the Irish system. Ha believed his right hon. friend who introduced the motion made some confusion in his mind between the Acts of 1853 and 1856 ; for he told them there had been a. wholesale discharge in 1856 of the worst kind of criminals, and that the system had become more lax after a couple of y ears. Well, what was the result ? It was this, that from 1857 to 1860 there was a more remarkable diminution of crime than they had over known. They enjoyed the greatest security for life and pro perty at the very time when his right hon. friend com plained the greatest abuse of the system was going on' Why, in 1860, the gaols were nearly empty ; and for 30 years t here had not been such an absence of crime. He admitted things were going wrong again, and that there was a tendency backward ; but they were not yet quite so bad as in 1857. He believed the increase and decrease of crime did not rest upon the treatment of criminals, but that there were other and deeper causes at work to account for it—(hear, hear) —and if they were to change their laws with every ebb and flow of crime the statute book would become a greater mass of confusion than it was at present. For his part he thought the right hon. gentleman was not exercising an unsound discretion when he required more than a simple statement of the guilt of the holder of a ticket-of-leave; something approaching to a judicial in quiry. He was not one of those who thought any man should be condemned unheard. (Hear, hear.) He should vote against the resolution, but he hoped his right hon. friend would not divide the house upon it. Sir S. NORTHCOTE thought, whether his right hon. friend went to a division or not, that he had reason to congratulate himself upon the results which his motion had produced ; and looking at the feeling out of doors he thought it would not be satisfactory if the session were allowed to pass without having some discussion upon it. All his right hon. friend asked was that, pending the report of the commission, the Government should carry into effect the recommendations of the committee. It was the inten tion of the committee that the ticket-of-leave should be a reality and not a sham. These tickets had been shams from the great difficulty attending their revocation without proof of further misconduct. It was reasonable, under the circumstances, for the Home Secretary to ask the house not to press him to take steps that would involve the necessity of action ; but at the same time they must all teal good service had been done by the right hon, gentleman bringing forward the question to enable the house to give expression to what was the prevalent feeling of the country upon the subject. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HADFIELD considered the present system had been successful. During three years, out of 6,000 persons discharged 90 per cent, of that number had not offended a second time. In Ireland, out of 724 only 51 men and 20 women had offended a second time. He regretted that no provision was made for persons when discharged, but that, having lost their character, they were let loose upon society without a friend in the world. He considered the Govern ment had acted with great propriety. Tho system was a good one, though no doubt it was capable of modification and improvement. Mr. NE W DEGATE said that the majority of the magi strates of Warwickshire were opposed to the right hon. gethen tleman (Mr. Adderley's) plan, an d highly approved appointment of the commission. He co uld not condemn the Government for not carrying out a law which the y believed t, be imperfect, and he considered the fee lin g of the majo rity of of the people was that the abandotment of the trans portation had been a great misfortune to this country. The lamentable condition of discharged prisoners from their difficulty in finding employment appeared to him to be proof of the high tone of morality in the country. It had been over and over again admitted that prisoners when removed from the country had a greater chance, and frequently be came better members of society than under any other sys tem. He expressed a hope that what had been said in the course of the debate would not prejudice the question with the commissioners, but that they would be able to dis cover a new sphere for transporting our criminals. Mr. BENT IN CK objected to the resolution, The Home Secretary had committed a great error in referring the mat ter to a Royal Commission, and he was at a loss to under stand on what grounds it had been done, as it was impos sible for any commission, however able, to become possessed of better or more information than that already in the Home-office. Nothing was more mischievous than the practice which was now becoming general with the execu. tive of evading their proper responsibility by shelving a question for months, by referring it to a Royal Commis sion. The Executive Government ought to be able to deal with such a question at once, and it was one of those cases in which the right honourable gentleman was bound to act on his own authority and responsibility. It was the rapid and sudden increase in a particular description of crime, and by a particular class of men, and not a general increase of crime, had aroused public feeling. £hey would never arrive at a good result until they again resorted to transportation. (Hear, hear.) That afforded the only possible chance of reforma tion. Mr. CAVE considered the manner in which ticket-of leave men were treated in Ireland better than the English system. The ticket-of-leave was looked upon in Ireland more in the light of a good character, whereas it was con sidered a bad character in England, which he attributed to the fault of the Home Secretary from the manner in which the tickets were endorsed. It was extraordinary that a man having been condemned for a crime must actually commit another before his ticket could be revoked. Such a state of things was likely to cause men to commit the acts of violence they had lately heard of—(hear, hear) — and if the question had been discussed in that house a few months since, the benches would not have been so empty as they were. (Hear, hear.) There was a most unfortu nate stagnation in those crimes—(laughter)—now that they wanted the law to be put in full force. (Hear, hear.) Colonel SYKES said that unless some means of employ• ing the ticket-of-leave men were discovered, they must be always a prey upon society. He believed it was quite possible to fix upon some one of our colonial possessions to which our criminals might, with propriety and advantage, be transported. Mr. P. URQUHART pointed out that in Ireland there was no professional criminal class, and that it was much easier to maintain a surveillance over the ticket-of-leave men there than in England. At the same time, he did not think that the English police exercised a sufficient surveil lance over the ticket-of-leave men. Ho entirely condemned the maudlin sentimentality which would permit our sol diery to go to any climate in the world, while it called out against sending convicts to any but the healthiest. (Hear, hear.) The motion was withdrawn. ARMY ESTIMATES. Sir G. LEWIS then rose to introduce the army esti mates, He stated that the estimate exhibited a redo firm of £1,000,113, as compared with last year, being £15,060,237 to £16,060,350. A considerable sum, above a million, was introdaced into the estimates for the auxi liary forces, the militia, yeomanry, volunteers, and pen sioners; and the °same.' es also included the ordnance, in which was to be taken £680,000 for guns applicable to the navy. There was also a considerable increase in extraor dinary expenses for the army stationed in China, New Zea land, and North America. The principal reduction this year was under the votes for stores, owing to great exertions in the manufacturing departments of late years, besides which, as experiments with ordnance were going on it had been determined not to manufacture guns to any extent fi , r the present. The house was asked for 148,242 men, as com pared with 152,403 in last year, being a decrease of 4,000, which was effected not by reducing any battalions, but by withdrawing 100 men from each battalion, except those in Ceylon and the regiments going on foreign service. He pointed out that, with the peculiar distribution of our army, it was not possible to reduce the number of men so as to af ford a just system of foreign reliefs. There was an increase of X 198,000 for the volunteers this year, which was caused by a compliance with some of the Royal Commission which inquired into the subject. There was an addition of £35,000 for the charge for the militia, chiefly for clothing. In other items there was no change, or, if any, it was in the direction of decrease. The first vote of 148,242 men was then put. Mr. WILLIAMS moved the reduction of the number of men by 10,000. On a division the amendment was lost by 77 to 19. The vote was agreed to. On the vote of £5,709,733 for the pay of general staff and regimental pay and allowances, General PEEL moved a reduction of the vote by £38,000 for the pay of two native Indian regiments in China; but on a division the amendment was lost by 64 to 58. Sir M. PETO moved the reduction of the vote by £225,136, the increase of the sum charged this as compared with last year. On a division the amendment was lost by 96 to 28. After some further discussion on the vote a division was taken on a motion to report progress, which was rejected by 80 to 25. However, progress was reported and the house resumed. The other business was disposed of, and thJ house ad journed. 1111% a nd, Ivey An h an from 10ESS ) the g et her reen Ition , the ) ther ister rn to ejeg- Adies pre oir of 3 di oct- ntre, wed- I the gbed with Ledal- great ~ and ed of .ange anted Lord s the f the other 'rinse )r her Tight• , n the Lord , in of rer of d the y a nd e and Pric , and ltered riders Q,uad- ueen' o itneOS d the o the ler to Aeut. under led to ilway 718 00 nour 9 • widget e, and Serene Luitted Wel' ydneYF , their cess of leXan" ed th ,eloved s tone. a to 3 1 1 3 per 2'. 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The journals published under the auspices of the military Governor represent the welcome as most enthusiastic as well as nearly unanimous; those under the patronage of the Baltimoreans them selves scarcely condescend to notice it at all, or nar rate it in a paragraph of a few lines among their local intelligence. The people of Baltimore, properly so called, kept entirely aloof from the proceedings. Not a single citizen of any note, character, wealth, or position was present to do him honour. Toe only persons who figured in the celebration of the day were the Mayor and members of the city council, who were appointed some time ago under military dictation, when the old civic functionaries were compelled to resign their offices or take an oath against their consciences, and the military and naval officers and other dependants of the Govern ment. The Mayor is an Englishman, who keeps a shop for the sale of crockery, and the city council is composed of persons entirely unknown to the merchants and professional classes. The General was invited to a dinner, the cost of which was to be defrayed out of the city funds ; and the invi tations were limited to 150 persons, comprising the members of the municipality and the mili tary officers of the garrison and the stL round ing forts that keep the rebellious city in subjec tion. The General, on his arrival, was hailed with shouts of welcome by a mob of about 300 people, among whom the Irish hackmen and car drivers were conspicuous, and conducted by these in triumph to his hotel. Thirty-four young women, dressed in white, each supposed to represent a State of the Union, were stationed in the drawing rooms to receive him. It may be surmised that they were not, known to the society of the city, and such was the fact. There was not one of them who would be acknowledged a lady by the ladies of Baltimore; and if hereafter any of them, by marriage or other wise, shall take rank with the educated and wealthy classes of their city, their appearance at this cele bration will be remembered against them as a bar rier to exclude them from the society of all who sympathise with the ladies of New Orleans and con sider Gen. Butler the reverse of a gentleman. In Baltimore this class comprises at least four-fifths of the whole population, and all the ladies, except those of the Federal officers and other strangers in temporary residence in the city. Gen. Butler made a short and characteristic speech, in which he pro claimed the United Statss to be a young giant,un der going the painful but necessary agonies of teething —agonies that would speedily pass away, and leave it strong—to bite as well as to feed. If Gen. Butler is himself a specimen of the teeth that the young giant is so painfully producing, the teeth are not handsome front teeth, but strong molars, well cal culated to grind into aliment any New Orleans plums that may happen to excite its appetite for sweet plunder. The dinner in the evening, which was to have concluded the day's festivities, and at which the General was to have made his principal speech, was abandoned in consequence of a melan choly casualty that occurred in the afternoon. Com. matder Maxwell Woodhull, of the Federal Navy, a relative of Gen. Schenck (pronounced Skenk, and by the Baltimoreans wickedlyperverted into Skunk) was walking on the ramparts of Fort Marshall, along with Gen. Schenck, Gen. Butler, and others, and lingered a little behind the rest of the party. The gunner charged with the duty of firing a salute in honour of the distinguished guest, imagining that the whole party had passed, discharged his gun,and the wadding unfortunatelystruck Commander Woo dhull with great violence, tearing away the calves of both his legs, and dashing him along the ground a distance of 30 feet. The unfortunate gentleman never spoke, and survived but three minutes after the accident. The occurrence threw a gloom over the whole city; and though it was, no doubt very cruel and very wicked in people at such a moment to harbour such a thought, there was an all but univer sai expression of regret that the wadding had struck the wrong man. Gen. Butler left the pity this morn ing e 4 route for Massachussetts. It is not positively ascertained whether he is to return to New Orleans or to be appointed to some other command. He stands higher in the President's favour than any other General in the service, and it is known to be Mr. Lincoln's wish that he should resume the ad ministration of affairs in Louisiana, from which, in Mr. Lincoln's opinion, he ought never to have been removed. Gen. Banks is not sufficiently a Couthon, or Fouquier Tinville, to satisfy the Jacobins of Washington. They think a " reign of terror" essen tial to reduce the South to obedience, and that Banks is not the man to enforce it. Thera are symp toms, however, in the disposition of the ruling party to try a " reign of terror" in the North as well as in the South. And after the 4th of March, when C.mgress separates, it may perhaps be found that New York, and not New Orleans, is to be the scene of Butler's future operations, and that the quasi rebellious and very troublesome democracy of the North may find him installed among them to re-enact all the atrocities of New Orleans, except the crowning atrocity against the women, which Gen. Butler, whatever else he may be, is by far too good a tactician to repeat. WASHINGTON, FEB. 24. A few days in this city are sufficient to satisfy any dispassionate inquirer that the dominant party has grown desperate, and that, having failed to s ubdue the South, it is directing its remain' ng ener gies to the subjugation of the North. The infatua. Hon of the Republicans is almost incon ce i va bl e They are, and always have been, in a mi nor it y . Al . eattheir instinct u a o r f tyln t t o e ns o f t the e Conservative ß ep feelingßepublic c are — e a a l g l a t i h n race— all the interests of commerce--all the g l or i ous tradi , ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, March 9. Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Keating arrived at this city from Durham on Saturday, and opened the com mission. Their Lordships yesterday attended Divine service at the cathedral. This morning Mr, Baron Martin, after break fasting with the Lord Mayor, tried the city prisoners at the Guildhall. At 12 o'clock their Lordships took their seats in their respective courts at the Castle, Mr. Justice Keating charging the Grand Jury and sitting on the Crown side. The West Riding cause list contains an entry of 36 causes. The East and North Riding list is not yet published. The list is considered an exceedingly small one, the causes mostly being of a trivial character. The calendar contains the names of 106 pri.oners and 2 for the city, and is very heavy. Two are charged with murder, 12 with manslaughter, b with burglary, 3 with rape, 5 with forgery, 13 with perjury, and the rest with various offences. Mr. Baron Martin, in the Civil Court, disposed of several undefended causes, and then tried prisoners. His Lordship announced that, to suit the general con venience, the Court would not sit to •morrow, which will be kept in this city as a day of rejoicing. CROWN COURT. (More Mr. Justic3 Keating.) Thomas Hibbard, aged 34, was indicted for uttering a forg d acceptance of a bill of exchange for £23 2s. Gd., with intent to defraud one John Wicks, of Sheffield, on the 16th. of September last. Mr. Maule prosecuted, and Mr. C. Foster defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was a bone and ivory carver carrying on business in Sheffield, and that for some years he had had various business transactions with one Geo. Croft, manufacturer, of Eyre-street, Sheffield. On the 16th of September last he presented a bill to be discounted to Mr. John Wicks, purporting to be drawn on and accepted by Mr. George Croft, of Eyre-street, Sheffield, for £23 2s. 6d., at four months, which Mr. Wicks discounted at the usual rate. There had been business transactions between the prisoner and Mr. George Croft for some years, Croft owing him money, and paying by bill at four months, which was continually renewed, and at this moment a bill of his ac ceptance was running on which he owed £4B to the prisoner. He denied that the acceptance in question was his, or that he had autborised it There were plenty of George Crofta in Sheffield, and the acceptance, he said, was not at all like/ his handwriting. For the defence it was urged that, for anything that ap peared, the acceptance was no forgery, as it was not shown that no other George Croft, of Sheffield, of whom it was in evidence that there were several, had not accepted the bill. It was also contended that the witness Croft's evidence was not altogether satisfactory, and that it was not conclusively established that he had not given authority for the accept ance. His Lordship having summed up the evidence, The jury, after some consultation, acquitted the prisoner. He was immediately again put on his trial on a charge of uttering a forged acceptance of Mr. John Harvey, of Lead Mills, Sheffield, for £49 ls. 6d., with intent to defraud Charles Fisher, on the 10th of September last. Mr. Maule again prosecuted, and Mr. Campbell Foeter defended the prisoner. In this case, as in the last, the prisoner had gone to Mr. Fisher, and had get the bill discounted, and while there on a subsequent day Mr. Harvey called, and there was a dis cussion about the bill. On being asked by Mr. ITar4iey whether he had ever accepted the bill, the prisoner answered, " No, he had not ; it is a forgery." Mr. Harvey took no further steps in the matter. Subsequently the prisoner was apprehended on this charge, and told the policeman that it was no use denying it; he was guilty of the whole lot, and supposed he should get three years for it, It was attempted to be urged as a defence thatlir.Harvey's conduct in the matter amounted to a ratification of the prisoner's aceeptance, as he had done nothing after he be came aware of it, and had taken no step against him. His Lordship having summed up the evidence, The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence was deferred. His Lordship said, as it appeared to be the general wish, the Court would be adjourned over to-morrow to Wednes day morning. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NOTTINGHAII, March 9. CROWN COURT. (Before the Chief Baron.) indicted for unlawfully taking Susannah Moore, a g i r t under the age of 16 years, out of the posse ss i on of her m a r o n seu a c ry t mtshzron, and Mr Job Reddish, Elizabeth Nicklin, and John Haye wer e prisoner Reddish was undefe nded. and Nicklin. The B uolt appearedu n c dfe kn d ey t re oam p , ph the on erpetredhivseiof:2oesrentr evidence ehuof the witnesses that th e e of J anuary . P prisoner Reddi s h h a d gone with the girl to a neighbouring village, taking her clothes with her, and had there passed the night with her, leaving her the next morning to return home. The prosecutrix, a girl of 15, but apparently much older, swore that the prisoner Reddish had proposed to her to go away with him, and she had immediately consented to do so. Be had never spoken to her before on the sub ject, and there had been no previous courtship between them. She went on to depose that Nicklin had consented to receive her clothes, and keep them till the time fixed for the flight, and that Haye had helped her to carry the clothes for some distance in her flight, until he was relieved by I Reddish, Mr. Bustard, for the defence, contended that the girl's statement was extremely improbable, and:that the defers.. dpts were only assisting her, as they supposed, in flyiug from her mother, with whom she had frequent quatrels, and obtaining a situation at a distance. The jury found all the prisoners guilty, and sentence was deferred. Several other cases were disposed of; but they were all of a trivial and uuinteresting character. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) The Court was occupied in the morning, in trying three undefended causes. TURTON T. TURTOX. This was an action for goods sold and delivered. Mr. Cave was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Merewether for the defendant. This case involv e d a di sputed account, and, after a pro tracted investigation ) tiff of £6 56, the jury found a verdict for the plain- 4