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_-,-,'" ~,---_ igious [zit in lieved let he eagle to the oats of ie said soners ;ts had regard other pri •is'ner n per- D him• on but The ved by itholio n g the part of ad O dd not ) at the ,st the ,t up in ing at ay fort- ct corn- on with privat e call be 3ILL. a short nd hot slightly Bold at 3 stone• r 30 st. ;, 36e to o 21s od o 24s 6d o 18s Od o 21s 6d o 198 Od o 608 Od to 328 Od :o 40s Od to 308 0d e of 01 0 3ss done a lower. And pea s corn . eat verl Flour al e wheat stone 3 8 i 3 t. for • qr. Feb. 12. Feb. 13. Fe b. 10. eb. 12. Eel). 2 ' . Feb. 13' ~.,..'...-.* ------- rk, La" Of ". e Wife of mse - t er- St. Fa ll ' lorr is?sii h o th llll rustapiet at Saint edgwi c l Lghter cettlef a, Anna' ° lens, t h ter of til• ouch, g. J. filar s Loncl°l3. gonlo: 'el 1101." tre re-s ett o f one le, .....--_____--.!- voS PFB ' axe, 14° ,e Coup T HE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Preference Stock. The (TREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY is pre pared to receive applications for sums of £lOO, or upwards, of the above Stock, bearing a fixed Preferential Interest of liper cent, per annum. Interest c , mmences from the date of payment. Applications to be made either personally or by letter to the undersigned. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Terminus, February, 1863. DIAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PrtEsIDENT--Vice-idmiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CITAIRMAN—ThOS Raring, Faq., M.P., F.R.S., V.?. Dzru'ry-CHAtnmAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since • he beginning; of the year 1860, the Roya► National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,(,00 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments , n the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotland, and Ireland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have een instrumental in rescuing toe Crews of the follow ing Wrecked Vessels : 18ro. Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone 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 Teignmouth Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• •• 6 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. • • .. ......7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool 15 Brigantine 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, 'U.S. .. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby .• •• •• 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .• •• 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. •• •• 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. • • 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. • • 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• •• 3 Brig Prodroma, of 'tockt on .• • • • • 11 Brig Eliza, of Middle s b oroug h Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. • • • • 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn • • • • 7 Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. 7 210 Number of lives saved by shore-boats and other means, for which the Institution has granted rewards in 1860 se oo eo oo ..245 Total .. .. .. ..455 1861. Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham 6 Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. • • .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe 6 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 Brig Providence, of Shields .. .. • • .. 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood . 4 • . . Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. .. 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. .. 10 Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxlde . • • . 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vi ana 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Th erese .. 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough 5 • •• Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridge wa t er .. Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover . 4 . Ship Danube, of Belfast .. 17 Schooner Oregon, of Stoneh aven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Mara ns .. 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega(saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. .. • • • • 1 Schooner 'turret], of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. .• .• • • •• .. 4 Barque Frederick, of London 1 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and orew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) •• .. • • • • • • .. 6 Barge Peace, of London Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. • . .. 11 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. .. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. • • .. 11 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone 6 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish 1 Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. 5 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. 4 Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. 5 Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack I.llen Owens, of Cardigan .. Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew) 4 Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam 5 Number of lives saved by shore-b oa t s and other 2 88 means, for which the Institution has granted rewards in 1861 Total ..424 1.62. Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich •• .• Prig Minerva, of WorkinErton Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. 6 Brig Sisters, of ‘1 hitby 9 Rri'antine Matilda, of Stockholm .. .. 4 Brie Jane, of North Shields .. 10 schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. . 3 Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and crew) . • • • • • • • • 7 Brig Trial, of Poole 7 •• •• •• • Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda " ..134 Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool •• • Sloop William, of Liverpoot •• • Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth •• •• •• Barque Cruz, of Oporto •• •• •• •• Barque Druid, of Sunderland .. -- Smack Merrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved ves- and crew) 3 Fishinv, Bolts of Whitburn 12 Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester .. .. 4 Ship nnie P. Hooper. of Baltimore, 11.5... .. 18 Schooner Rook, of Liv' rpool •• •• 3 Schooner Ceres, of Arbroath (saved lies. and crew) 5 Sloop Loltus, of Padstow . 4 Schooner Ellen, of Liverpool (saved ves. and crew) 3 Smacv Mary Elizabeth, of Padstow 3 Smack John, of Teignmot4h 2 Schooner Osprey, of Praserburgh . • • • 6 hooner James Davell, of Newcastle (saved ves sel and crew) 2 Schooner Champion, of Liverpool .. .. 10 Galiot Aremana, of Jaffa (assisted to save vessel and crew) Ship James Browne, of Philadelphia (assisted to saye vessel and crew) Smack Countess of Lisburne, of Aberystwith .. 3 Screw steamer Alice, of Leith .. 12 Barque Brazil, of Liverpool Schooner Little Aggie, of Berwick Schooner Sisters, of Wick .. .. 3 Total by 368 shore-boats .. and Number of lives saved by shore-boats and other means, for which the Institution has granted rewards in 1862 .. .. .. . • .. ..213 Total .. .. • • .. ..571 SUMMARY OF LIVES SAVED. 1 8f0..455 11861..424 11861..571 I Total .. 1, f5O for th ese j o i n t numerous services in saving 1 , 450 lives from Shipwreck, the Institution granted rewards amounting to £3,502 12s. 7d., in , ddition to 68 Silver Medals. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society Hnd other means, s i n c e its formation, is 12,800; for' which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion Has also expended £67,. 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Tran sport i n cart cages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet 43' 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h can only be effected by a large and pe manent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions s. d Her Majesty the Queen annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the li on. Mrs. G. :. annual 5 0 0 Clerk. Colonel, B.A . .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers annual 10 0 0 Currie, Win., Esq , 4th don 10 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief ustice •• • : don. 10 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq , cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage .. 250 0 0 'Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, B ar t . 7th don. 10 0 0 ••• • • Moore, Rev. G. B. .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Antho n y, K . C . B . .. annual 2 0 0 s Thom Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship .. 1618 0 Willoughby d'Ere:by, ford .. annual 5 0 0 Donatios and Annual scri ptions will be thankfully re ceived by n the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard -street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; LMloTeedsors. 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FISHMONGERS' FORE-STALL-AGE OF SEA-STRAND —BRIDGE NAVIGATION, On H. B's 1536 deed—' Wat Tyler and'Ric. rx.'s Kentish word of faith-treaty—' You've lost your Leader ; as your Red-gloved' King I'll be your leader, and by Council-9 grant your wishes' of no tax without Poll-representation." SOTICE TO QUIT, ON SALMON-RUN RIGHT. If within seven days, the pile-driving as a Weir obstruc tion to the tide set be not removed, as militating in prin ciple against the embankment of the Thames—and its Weir• clearance for Ova-pisiculture and consequent Salmon way to its WINDRUSII fork-font L'Bourton on the Water, via Atkins Swell•bowl of Stove's E Cutsdean Font, the Filth Commissioners of , '-ewers having (by Ketly v. Caner trespass, 12 J. I. £2OO fine) no clear water court. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. mands that our Government shall instruct the ' , prince to arrest him, an d hand him over to them. In other words, these great feudatories, like those of the middle age s , are i n d e p en d e nt within their own territories. We should like to know under these circumstances what are the chances of the murderers of Mr. Richardson being given up. It is abundantly clear that if our countrymen are to re main in Japan, this state of things cannot be allowed to continue. They may be, as they have been, the victims of the most frightful outrages, without the prospect of a remedy. Two marines posted at the door of the legation are butchered in cold blood, and we are told by way of reparation that their assassin has committed suicide. An Eng lish merchant is murdered on the highway in broad daylight, and after a delay of five weeks we are told in effect that it depends upon the pleasure of the feudal chief in whose service the murderers are, whether or not theyshall be given up. We repeat that the present state of things cannot be suffered to continue. Either the Government of Japan must be made responsible for the acts of its subjects, or Englishmen must cease to reside in a country where every crime may be perpetrated with impunity. TimEs.—There is a favourite piece of sentimen talism which says that " God made the country and man made the town." Of course, it is both an actual untruth and a moral untruth ; and the sentiment simply expresses an Englishman's intense preference for the country. But anybody to compare London with another metropolis might suppose that we brought all our country notions with us when we first migrated to this metropolis, and that every citizen's wife sits with her rural teraphim under her sofa cushions. Where time and space are more precious than anywhere else in the world, and where fortunes turn on the arrival a few minutes earlier or later at a given point, we have as many zigzags and detours, and valleys, and narrow lanes, and choked-up crossingo, as in a parish occupied by fiv.? farmers and fifty labourers in Cumberland or Devon. That lane which leads from nowhere to nowhere, and which answers no purpose but to take you out of your way, to be found in most country parishes, is a prevailing feature in the map of this metropolis. You may go straight enough in many useless directions, but if you really want to go from one point to another, you have an agreeable choice of routes, all equally discursive. There is, it is true, " the City direct," but the actual value of that route, when time is an object, may be known from th e feet that two large and prosperous companies expect to realise immense profits by taking passengers from Pimlico to the City by a circuit through Chelsea, across the river, through Battersea-fields, across the river again, through Kensington, Bayswater, Paddin gton, Mary lebone, Euston-square, King's-cross, ClerkenweLl, and Farringdon-street, to fall into the old line at Ludgate-hill. So true is the country saying that the shortest way is often the longest one. How -1 ever, we are now about to have a really direct line from Westminster to the City, along the river side. We fought for it hard, for even at the last moment the principal traffic of the largest city in the world was on the vLry nick of being once more stopped and diverted, lest one or two gentlemen at their breakfast should now and then see over their gar den walls the hat of an omnibus passenger. There is really to be it carriage -way from Westminster to Blackfriars. But now presents itself the sweet rural question, " Why should this route not stop here ?" What can a man want better than to be put down by the river side, at the foot - of a beauti ful bridge, or, if he does want to go further, are there not Ludgate-hill and Thames-street ? Are there not the river steamers, and Paul's-wharf, and London-bridge ? That is the very question that was asked on Monday night in the H ouse o f Com mons. There really is nothing to which Parlia ment and the metropolis are more committed than a good thoroughfare from Westminster to the City, and the principal part of this, along the Thames Embankment, is already authorised and commenced; 3et there were a dozen objections to the formation of the link necessary to complete the chain. Mr. Locke thought the City ought to mak e th e s t ree t and pay for it. Mr. Walpole thought the house ought to do nothing, unless it had the money in hand. Mr. Doulton wanted to wait till all the engineers were ag reed, and the Met ro p o li tan B oar d thoroughly satisfied. The Lord Mayor thought the City ought to have the job. Mr. IVilliams thought they had better do the Surrey-side Embankment first. Mr. Crawford preferred the old fashion of sailing through the City by alternate tacks. Lord Fermoy thought the City ought to pay. indeed, had not Lord Palmerston risen to remind the house that this was only the first reading, there would pro bably have been a hundred more objections. .But never was there more occasion for the rule of "one thing at once." If all the intended or desired im provements are to wait till they can all go on toge ther, we shall have the entire metropolis in a muddle of unfinished operations for twenty years, and per haps run out our funds. When Talleyrand was asked how he managed to get through so much work, and amuse himself too, he said it was by doing one thing at a time. But the English, when they do begin to advance, are always choking up the passage. It is the penalty they pay for their long delays and their Saxon unreadiness. In any French town, you may see early in the evening se veral hundred people standing by twos and threes, in a column, for an hour or two hours, w,,iting for the order to advance. They are the queue who al, half•past seven will steadily march onwards, and take possession of the parterre or the gallery in the theatre. By submitting to enter one at a time they avoid all chance of injury to themsels -s and their clothes; and though the prepare, ion is tedious the actual entrance is soon done. As we have been waiting for some of our metro:01B an improvements several centuries, it is not for us to smile at a poor fellow standing two hours in the street to secure a front place at the play. But, now that our performance is really begun, please let us enter one at once. Senfores priores. The Northern Embankment is older than the Southern ; and the Northern will be comparatively useless if it is not supplemented by the new street, which ought to he in progress at the same time. This is a boon to the whole metropolis, always excepting our own little share of discomforts, and the whole metro polis must pay for it. Everybody in business— that is, everybody with anything to do—must go into the City sometimes, or, at least, have some in terest in the visits of others ; and it is everybody's concern that valuable time shall not be wasted in narrow, winding, crowded thoroughfares. We have, too, we hope, a pardonable jealousy for the dignity of a metropolis which at present is the butt of many a continental jest. "'Phis is the house that Jack built," and reflects very little credit on Jack's taste or engineering skill. The new street, after all, won't cost more than one of our new ironsides, and is much more certain to be wanted. Action of trespass will have force on the first 500 marks fine Pat. IS, Ed. 1. m. 15' in Exchequer Court against the civil law § papal Fishmongers' Walworth-PALL-guild assumption on Tyler's (murder, A.D. 1381—to sell and exa mine Royal monkfish, Wales, sturgeon, mer)maid &e., out side the stalls of City Stocksmarket, now Mansion-hs. scite under Crown-rota Escheat in O.S. data, 12 H. 7, 2 Car. I, 1699 by 1832-42-3 Act, in Canada's Quebec Fish'ry Statute, by reason of 29th Nov., 1827, Brazil Sovereignty Cresar set seizin of Fishmonger's 1536-deed-grant by Henry VIII., on the total abolition of Pope and Holy Alliance of Kings, independent of being Henry 7th and Bth's life executor, yet in Henry Bth's Corporation ' sole' capacity. :' ' . (Signed) CHARLES 6 A CKERLEY, J. P. Born, Montague *Chamberlayne, of Ric. Ws brother J. Holland's 3ty-voice, in 1-2 W. 4, N.. 54 in Planta genestella O.S. Evesham's—pollen-food fish trust 14 J. 1, exemplified 1774-1836 as—its late Ist peeral Prior. PETER BASQUET, England's Carib incl. Chief, of 1842-3, as Admiralty Red flag Chain-bearer, elect 22 yrs no pay. " In ANSPACII River•-set-font as of the Ratisbon Ca3sar penny Ist tax by Confederate-Zollverein of Prussia's sole' resign on Wales'-christening at Windsor Castle—to Ame rica's Indian Germanicus -tax"—therein set, on Bulo, Pal merston, Labouchere's 2nd March, 1811, Toll-Customs 'Bei Rhine-land'sch Ruthe' Mesh-meter Convention. § Neither the holding over 1862 office of CUBITT on the Wat Tyler fi protest tax as Warden of ' Mark under Walworth's Pall-cloak token-keys—' Sub accipe annulum' in Fisherman's ring of yr. 1381, or their Vintner's Portugal wine-landing agent Rose, M.P. for Southampton, on Tower Ordnance-office shift, for King John's illegal life-right (8d per ton on wine) cancelled in ' 1825—can be admitted, as 'lawful ordinances' on their Merman & Mermaid-armorial craft-mystery with 5.6 W. 4, c. 63, the State-meter Act, for Leet Crt. Jurats Ova Fishery-park plant. London-notice, February 11, 1863. POST.—On the night of the 26th of July last an attempt was made by one or more assassins to enter the buildi ng occup i e d b y the B r itish Legation at Jeddo. Several hundreds of Japanese troops were posted round the h ouse, and i t was their duty to de • fend it against intruders. Through these troops, how ever, the assassi ns made the i r way into the build ing occupied by Col. Neale and the other mem bers of the legation. A couple of marines, who were posted as sentinels at the door, were mur dered. But, fortunat e l y the alarm had been given by one of those victims of Oriental perti ly, and there was no furthe r bloodshed. The j ipanese officials expressed their profound regret al the oc currence ; but they stated that only one person had been concerned in it, and that he had coo, mitted suicide. It is remarkable that the outrage took place on the anniversary of that which the year be fore was made upon the legation, when some of its members were seriously wounded. Since the last attack on the British Legation another savage on slaught has been made on the public highway, and in the open daylight, upon a party of unoffending Europeans. On the 14th of September three Eng lish gentlemen, accompanied by an English lady, while riding out in the neighbourhood of the capi tal, met one of the great nobles, or dai,nios, of Japan, accompanied by a numerous escort, without which, it appears, they never travel abroad. As the English party approached, the foremost of the daimio 's retainers called upon them to stand aside. They were immediately afterwards attecked in the most savage manner. One of the party, Mr. Richardson, was cut down and murdered on the spot. Both the other gentlemen, although severely wounded, escaped with their lives, and the lady who accompanied them seemed to have owed her life to the swiftness of her horse. The survivors all declared that neither by word nor gesture did they give the slightest provocation to the bloodthirsty mis creants who assailed them in this unexpected man ner. It is not probable indeed that, without any object whatever, they should have risked an en counter with several hundred armed men. The news of this fresh outrage, of course, created im mense excitement and indignation among the Euro pean residents in Japan. It was even proposed that, as the Government either could or would do nothing to put down such violence, the Europeans should take the law into their own hands. It was ascertained that, on the second day after the occurrence in question, the daimi o in whose pre sence and by whose retainers Mr. Richardson had been murdered was to pass along the same road where the encounter took place, and it was pro posed that he should be seized and detained a prisoner until full reparation should be made. The plan was a bold one, and with the marines and sa ilors at the disposal of the diff erent P owers i t might easily have been executed. But the attempt would certainly have led to bloodshed, and in all probability to war, and it was fi na ll y and wisely decided it should not be made. The daimio and his fierce retainers were allowed to pass on their way unmolested, and recourse was had to the proper quarter, name ly, the authoriti es at Jeddo. But e n i now learn that it is very d ou b t f ul whether they we interfere in the matter. After a delay of seve ral weeks, the Japanes e Mi nister, in a despatch to Colonel Neale, dated the 21st October, states that Although our Govern ment examin e s the crime, and infli c ts the punishment on th e criminal, y e t when the retain er of any daimio commits a crime, the o ld e stablished law of th e coun try de- PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. - HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 17. LIVERPOOL LICENSING BILL. Order for second t eading read ; motion made, and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months." Question put, "That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided —ayes, 108 ; noes, 124. AYES-105. Atherton, Sir W. Gordon, C. W. Packe, Col. Beach, W. W. Gore, W. R. 0. Padmore, R. Bouverie, E. P. Gowei, G. W. L. Paget, C. Bouverie, P. P. Gregson, S. Paget, Lord A. Bowyer, Sir G. Gray, William. Paget, Lord C. E. Brand, H. B. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Palmer, Sir R. Briscoe, J. I. Gurdon, B. Palmerston, Visct. Browne, Lord J. T. Hadfield, Geo. Patten, J. W. Bruce, H. A. Hamilton, Lord C. Peacocke, G. M. Buller, Sir A. llankey, Thomson Pease, H. Cardwell, Rt. lln. E. Ileadlam, Thus. E Peel, Sir R. Castlerosse, Vist. Henley, Lord Robertson, Jr. Chapman, J. Herbert, H. A. Roebuck, J. A. Childers, H. C. E. Hesketh, Sir T. Russell, Hastings Clifford, C. C. Hodgson, K. Salomons,Alderman Cobbett, J. M. Hutt, W. Scott, Sir W. Cobbold, John C. Johnstone, Sir J. Shafto, R. D. Copeland, Ald. Kerrison, Sir E. Sheridan, R. B. Cowper, Hon. W.F. King, Hon. P. Smith, J. B. Daiglish, Robert Kinglake, Serj. J. Smith, M. Davie, Sires. R. F. Knatchbull-Hugess Smollett, P. Denman, G. Laird, J. Somes, Joseph Dodson, John G. Layard, A. IL Spooner, R. Duff, M. E. Leader, N. Stacpoole, W. Dunne, Col. Legh, W. Steel, John Egerton, E. C. Lennox, Lord G. G. Stuart, Col. Foley, Hon. IL W. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Tomline, G. Forde, Lt.-Col. W. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Upton, General Fortescue, Hon. F. Longlield, Robert Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Fortescue, C. S M'Cormick, W. Walters, J. French,Fitzstephen Mackinnon, W.(LY.)Weguelin, T. Gard, R. S. Mackinnon,W. A. Whalley, G. H. Gavin, Major Marsh, M. H. White, L. George, John Massey, W. N. Winnington, Sir T. Gibson. T. M. Mills, J. R. TELLERS. Gladstone, W. E. Milnes, R. M. Horslali, T. B. Glyn, G. C. North, F. Ewart, J. C. NOES -124. Angerstein, W. Forster, W. E. Northcote, Sir S. H . A nne sley, H. Franklyn, G. W. Onslow, Guildford Ayrton, A. S. Griffith, C. D. Packe, C. Bagwell, J. Haliburton, Justice Pakington, Sir J. S. Baines, E. Hardy, Gathorne Palk, Sir L. Barnes, T. Hassard, M. D. Parker, Major W. Baritelot, Col. Hay, Sir J Peel, Gen. Bathurst, A. A. Henley, J. Ridley, Sir M. W. Baxter. W. E. Hodgkinson, G. Rogers, John J. Bazley, Thomas Hodgson, R. Rose, W. A. Beecroft, G. S. Hopwood, J. T. Rowley, Hon. R. T. Bentinck, G. W. P. Hunt, G. W. St. Aubyn, J. Brady, Dr Ingham, R. Scholefle,d, W. Bramley-Moore, J. Ingestre, Viscount Sclater-Booth, G, Bramston, T. W. Jervis, Captain Seely, C. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Johnstone, J. J. H. Seynter, H. K Brooks, R. Knatchbull, W Seymour, Digby Butler, C. S. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Sidney, Thomas Caird, James Langton, H...G. Smith, Augustus Cecil, Lord R. Lawson, W. Smith, Sir E. Clifton, Sir R. Lee, W. Stracey, Sir H. Clive, 11. G. W. Lewis, Harvey Sturt, Capt. C. N. Cochrane, A. D. Lindsay, W. S. Sykes, Col. W. H. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lindsay, General Taylor, P. A. Collins, T. Locke, John Thynne, Lord E. Crawford, It, W. Lygon, Hon. F. Torrens, IL Cubitt, Ald. McMahon, P. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Dickson, Col. Malcolm, J. W. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Matins, R., Vandeleur, Col. Disraeli, Benjamin Marjoribanks, D. C. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Douglas, Sir C. Martin, P. W. Walpole, S. 11. Doulton, F. Matheson, A. White, Jas. Duke, Sir James Mills, A. Whitmore, H. buncombe, A. Moffatt, George Williams, W. Dundas, Sir David Monsell, Rt. t in. W. Willoughby, Sir H. Dutton, Hon. R. H. Montagu, Lord R. Wood, W. Edwards, Major H. Mordaunt, Sir C. Wrightson, W. Elphinstone, Sir J. Morris, D. Wynn, C. Ewing, H. E. C. Morritt, W. Fane, Col. Murray, William TELLERS. Farquhar, Sir M. Naas, Rt. Hn. Lord Ferrand, W. Nicol, William Fermoy, Lord Forester, Gen. Norris, J. T. Cox, W HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar General's Report.) In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths in London were 1,346. The deaths of persons at 60 years of age and upwards were almost the same in number as those of the previous week, but tinier 20 years of age they rose from 659 to 690. The average number of deaths in the weeks of ten years (1853-62) corresponding with last week is, with a correction for increasing population, 1,407. The number in the present return is less by 61 than it would have been if the average rate of mortality for the second week of February had prevailed. The births in last week exceeded the deaths by 762. Measles declined towards the end of January, and it continues less fatal than it was in autumn or at the beginning of this year. Scarlatina has also become rather less fatal ; the deaths from it in the week were 69. Typhus (including typhoid fever, &c.) numbered 63 and 45 deaths respectively in the last two weeks. In Somers-town there were 4 fatal cases of scarlatina, and the same number in Peck ham ; alsu 7in the district of Whitechapel. The total number of deaths from smallpox was 23, almost one-half of which occurred in the east dis trict. The mean temperature of the air, which had been 45 deg. in the previous fortnight, declined to 401 deg. The deaths from phthisis rose from 142 and 125 to 156; those from pneumonia from 54 and 62 to 69; those from bronchitis were 159, and exhibited hardly any variation. Six nonagenarians died in the week, the oldest of wnom was a man aged 98 years. Besides these, a centenarian, a widow, died of apoplexy at 18, Dun stan's-road, Mile-end, on the 11th February. She attained the age of 100 years on the 15th of Jan.-- a fact which is stated by the Registrar to be well authenticated. She survived her husband three weeks. Four deaths from various causes have ocurred within a fortnight in the house, 57, London-street, Tottenham -court-road. Last week the births of 1,092 boys and 1,016 girls, in all 2,108 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected))wa 9B6 . At the Royal Observatory, reenwi sl, ch, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.170 in. The was readingabovef e i 3 1 0 te i n 2. 9 0 s n 3 i nevery.n on day un after _ day, and rose to 30•52 in. on Friday, which is the mean sutlday readingrhe 1861. The mean temperature of the air in the wee k highest point observed since the 2d of , was 40.7 deg., which is 2.1 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. thereforeday The 19 4 Glaisher) the lowest night temperature .was 29°8 deg. on Mond a y, a nd 29.7 deg. on Friday. The highest day temp era t u re was 49.1 dog. on rangeWednes dego.f t i ep he p m er e a a t n ur d e ai i l n y rangethe w waseek 176 deg.s A GOOD iliNT.—Send your Mire child to bed happy. Whatever cares press, give it a warm good-right kiss as it goes to its pillow. The memory of this, in the stormy years which fate may have in store for the little one, will be like Bethlehem's star to the bewildered ahep herds. [ADVERTHEMENT.I—noIIoway's ( intment and Pills,— Effects of Cold.—ln m an y periods of the which the b quickly p enetrates any od y ; and whatever, or a , almost m yer, every current of air is p regnant with sore in flumes, and a similar hosts o f di sorders. All may ;be , rea dily subdued by rubbing Holl oway ' s Ointment eater rffdeecrteed p d p a a r r t ts o , f wherever the sea t or nat u r e of the malady may b e , searc hes out its cause, and safely effe c ts th e precise reme dial action required, without weakening the s y s t em, or leaving behind any particle of the disease. H o ll oway ' s Pills greatly assist this eurative action. The s i c k of all dniaslelayseel over o r the affected nations have voluntarily borne testimony to the extraor dinary cum )1 these medicaments. of South Carob and oceaslon !fiat week te Ise ter Pocataligo, about half way between Charleston and Savannah, to inspect the battlefield on which the Federals recently encountered a very inferior force, and were by them routed and driven back to their gunboats. Betasieu Pocataligo and Charleston a dozen low-lying swampy rivers, such as the Ashes poo, the Combahee, the North and South Edisto, and many more, find their way to the sea, and along their banks the far-famed rice plantations of South Carolina present their glistening, unctuous surface tq the sun, and scarcely afford foothold to neythinr• heavier than a ioxhound. On the highest ridge of land between these rivers the sandy soil is covered with a growth of pinewood, which is everywhere fringed with a dense undergrowth of evergreen shrubs. Everywhere the beautiful evergreen water oak, which resembles our English ilex, but grows to a far larger size, delights the eye, and is covered on every branch with long weepers of parasitical moss, which give to the forest trees a wisrd.like aspect as of giants with hoary, streaming beards. It is through such a country as this that an invading army would have to advance to attack Charleston from the land side. It requires but one look at this country to make one understand why, during a war of 21 months, the railroad between Charlestou and Savannah, which for miles and miles is conveyed upon trestlework, hi.,s never been cut, and why there is little danger of its being cut in the future. In addition to the other land and sea defences of Charleston, great credit is due to its defenders ter the energy with which they have built and equip ped two large iron-clad rams, which are now lying at the wharf, and are likely to be very pro minently heard of if ever the long•threatened as sault shall fall upon the devoted head of this " tilent nest of sedition." Three other similar iron clad rams are in an advanced stage of progress. As regards the efficiency of the blockade which clutches the throat of Charleston harbour, it may be that nothing more efficient could, under the cir cumstances, bo instituted by any nation ; but, If the efficiency of a blockade be tested by tho fre quency of the capture of ships attempting egress and ingress, it is a farce to consider Charleston, Wilmington, Savannah, and Mobile effectually blockaded. Scarcely a dark night passes but a vessel goes into or out of one of these ports • and yet it would be difficult, so far as the number of blockading vessels is considered, for any nation to institute a more restrictive blockade. The truth appears to be that, if it was difficult for any nation te institute an efficient blockade in the day of sail ing vessels—and how difficult it was the British nation fully learnt in their long war at the begin ning of this century with France—it is almost im possible to do so in these days of steam. Swift vessels of light draught, painted lead colour, so an scarcely to be visible at a distance of 30 yards, and consuming coal which emits:only a light vapoury smoke, laugh the blockade to scorn as they noise lessly emerge from or creep into their sheltering harbours at a slow, stealthy pace, which is attended by no sound from screw or paddle. There are ves sels which, during this war, have run into and out of Southern harbours some 50 times, and have scarcely had one shot fired at them. The world has learnt many truths from the gigantic struggle which for two years has convulsed this continent, but it is doubtful whether any more pregnant lesson hits been taught than the impossibility, in our times, of instituting a rigorous blockade along an extended and difficult line of coast, be the maritime power of the nation instituting it what it may. The success of one large Charleston firm in the blockade-run ning business is no secret either North or South, end was detailed to me in its full particulars many months ago in New York. My only olject in ulluds ing to this firm at present is in order that justice may be done to the liberality which its enlightened managers have evinced in their dealings with the Confederate Government. No ship which belong to Messrs. Fraser fetid Co.—the firm of which I am speaking—ever reaches Charleston wharf without its invoice being submitted to Gen. Beauregard, with the cost of each item fully markel, and with a request that he will select from the cargo at his own price whatever will, in his opinion, be useful to the Confederate Government. It is possible that this liberality may have brought its own reward, as it is understood that the Confederate Government have paid for what they have selected higher prices than Messrs. Fraser are likely to have asked ; but when it is mentioned in connection with the fact that there is no charity or public institution in the city of Charleston to which the managers of the firm of Fraser and Co. are not munificent subscribers, it must be conceded that very high praise is their due, although they are not apparently of such a make as to value very highly this public mention of their good deeds. It is hardly necessary to state that nothing has as yet been done to repair the damage inflicted upon Charleston by the terrible fire which swept from river to river on Dec. 12, 1862. From that moment until the present hour the fate of the city has been so doubtful that it has not been thought worth while to build up, in order that (as seemed at one time very probable) the Yankees might destroy. But the fearful havoc and devastation then inflicted upon the town, and which were at the time tri umphantly pointed at by the North as the work of incendiary negroes, are still awfully manifest, and place the fire of Charleston in the category of the great conflagrations of this country. There seems every reason to believe that, if the large building in which I am now writing— the Mills-house—had caught, the fire would have swept down to the bat tery, and consumed all the richest and finest portion of the town. The inhabitants are never tired of telling stories of the disinterested zeal, devotion, and energy of the black population upon this trying occasion. Men and women of colour suffered their own houses to be burnt without making an attempt to save anything, while their efforts were frantic to save the plate and linen of the white families to which they were attached as slaves. There is throughout South Carolina a cheerfulness and contentment about the slaves which can scarcely be paralled in any other State. In the plantations near Columbia which I visited last week it would be difficult to find upon earth so light-hearted, con tented, and prosperous a labouring class as the black population. At one of these plantations, the owner of which is now attached to General Lee's army in Virginia, the eagerness and affection with which we, who had lately come from Virginia, were cross questioned about the health and well-being of " Massa Frank" were touching to witness. The principal interest, so far as active operations are concerned, is at this moment directed towards the coast of North Carolina. The weather along that bleak and exposed coast is, as I write, moro than usually boisterous, and the almost daily record which reaches us describes some United States transport or sailing vessel aground off the coast. The difficulty of extensive operations along such a shore at this time of year must be great indeed. Extravagant estimates of immense forces of Yankees said to be advancing against Golds borough and Wilmington have long been current. There is, however, plenty to justify the belief that a formidable attack is likely to be made upon the ribs of North Carolina ; but, even if it were success fal, of what avail would it be unless accompanied by a simultaneous descent upon Richmond from the North ? The mind is weary of dwelling upon these repeated scenes of wanton, purposeless, unnecessary slaughter. Day by day we are becoming more fully acquainted with the full truth about the recent fear ful battle of Murfreesborough, and day by day the wantonness of the slaughter at Murfreesborough becomes more apparent. What has been gaine by it By the Confederates, who fight on on the o defen sive, dl,ihckseburglystibll the armies of object is dissipate much; by the Federals, whose to gain great victories and their foe, worse than no t hin g . its own, and, in th e o p inion of all competent author;„ ties, will continue so to do, I am assured that Port Hudson, that other point on the river which it, is essential to the Confederates to hold, is as strob e as its neighbour. What are the prospects Federals in this quarter, what theirof the prospects in Virginia, what in North an d S out h Carolina, what everywhere ? For four and a half months it has been my duty to assist in chronicling events upon this con tinent, though since I came south of the Potomac not more than one letter out of three that 1 have sent has reached its destination: During that period, with unbroken monotony, the tide of victory has set in favour of the Confederates, All the decided successes —such as the second battle of Manassas, the battle of Fredericksburg, and others —have been gained by them ; and a thousand lesser incidents —such as the foundering of the Monitor at, sea and the successful explosion of a torpedo in the Yazoo River—have made strongly in their favour. Everywhere, throughout Secessia, the most astonish ing and almost incredible harmony pervades men, women, and children. Against these facts the Federals have to set such doubtful triumphs as the, battles of Sharpsburg and Murfreesborough. They have confessedly less able Generals than their opin e . nents ; they have a population rent by politirsat schi s ms, unstable as to its objects of purr nit, agreeing only as to the propriety of mutual reeriannii(i nations. Can it be possible that Mr. Seward the 'Washington Cabinet are blind to the ina e if a al e consequences of a contest Which i s carr i ed 'on under su ch conditions ? Importing Tea without colour on V.ie leaf pre vents the Chinese passing oft inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Ilorniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, alwo's good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. AN AFFLICTED HUSBAND.—An a fflicted husband was returning from the funeral of his wife, when a friend asked how he was . " We ll," h e sa id, pathetically, thick I feel the better for that little walk."—American payer, SURREY SESSIONS---Feb. 17. • (Before J. E. Johnson, Esq., Chairman.) ASSAULT UPON A SERVANT GIRL BY A LADY. Mrs. Mary Langton Thomas, a widow lady, re siding in Linden-grove, Nunhead, Peckham, sur rendered this morning to take her trial for having, on the 18th December last and four months previous, cruelly ill-treated her servant and neglected to supply her with food. The complainant, Sophia Jarvis, is a poor girl who had been brought up from her infancy in the schools at Sutton, in Surrey, by the parish autho rities of St. George's, Southwark. Mr. Sleigh, specially retained, with Mr. Thom son, instructed by Mr. Fitch, clerk to the guardians of St. George's, Southwark, prosecuted; and Mr. Robinson, with Mr. Oppenheim, defended. Sophia Jarvis, the prosecntrix, was examined— She was of rather diminutive size, but seemed much improved since she, was before the ma gistrate at Lambeth. She said she was seventeen last October. My fitthei died in 1855, and since then I have been in Aho St. George's Industrial Schools at Mitchani, belonging to the parish of St. 'George's, Southwark. In Oct., 1861, I went into the service of Mrs. Thomas: I was in good health then, and was to nave ls. 6d, a week to do the house work and live in the house: No other servant was kept. ' I slept upstairs in a room by myself, and during the first three months Mrs. Thomas behaved very kind to me. After Mr. Cockerell, one of the reliev ing officers, Came in Jane last an alteration took place. He saw me in the presence of Mrs. Thomas, who said to me, " You have taken some postage stamps." I said I had not seen any. She said I had taken some tarts also. I said I had taken some as Iliad not had sufficient food. He (Mr. Cockerell) then left. After he left the prisoner began to ilium me by beating me on the hands with a stick. She did that nearly every day till I came away. She used the rolling pin once, and the young gentle man's fishing rods. My hands soon became very sore and much swollen, and sometimes they bled. Prior to the beating my hands were well enough, but pow they were extremely sore, and covered with bruises (shown to the jury). The second finger of my left hand is much hurt, and I cannot bend it. I -left on Dec. 19, and a fortnight before that -she struck me over the back, head, and eye with the fishing rod. The wound bled very much from the eye and head. The next morning it was much ,swollen, so that I could. not see out of it. Chithei day I ran away. My- mistrees cut my hair off the back of my head about a Month. before I left. She said my heed was untidy. I had no comb, and had no time to put it to rights. The first quarter I had 2s. 4d., after Mrs. Thomas bought my clothes,l which amounted to 15s. Bd. I have never received I any money from her since. About a week before I left she told me to undress. I was obliged to do so ; and when I was undressed she ordered me into the yard. Mrs. Thomas stood on a chair, and ordered Master George, twelve years of age, to fetch a pail of water. He did so, and she threw it over me. (Sensation.) She ordered the lad to fetch another pail of water, which she also threw over me. Then she made me lie down on the cold stones. This was on the 18th of December. I had then on only my chemise. A third pail of water was thrown over me, and I could hardly get my breath then. She held me down while she sent her son for another pail of water. (Renewed sensation.) That was brought and she threw it over me, and told me to get up and dress. I could hardly get my breath, but she pushed me along to my room. On the fol lowing day I ran away. After Mr. Cockerell left I had coffee with a little milk, hut no sugar, and dry bread for breakfast_ Sometimes I did not have any breakfast. Before Mr. Cockerell came I had bread and treacle. I had for dinner boiled rice, but no meat. I had nothing else but that for four months. The family had roast meat, stews, and hash; sometimes they had puddings also. I was not allowed any. I seldom had any tea, as I was sent to bed about six or seven in the evening. I only went out on Sunday to church with one of the children. I never stole any postage stamps or wine. Prosecutrix was cross-examined at some length, and her evidence as to her condition on going out to service, and her condition when she came back, was corroborated by Mr. Cockerell, relieving officer of Southwark parish, the master of St. George's Industrial Schools, and by Mrs. Cuttress, of Sutton Schools; also by Mr. J. Broad, surgeon, at Mitcham, and Mr. T. Evans, surgeon, Trinity-square. This closed the case for the prosecution, and the court adjourned. On its reassembling, Mr. Robinson addressed the jury for the defence, and called the following witnesses : The Rev. Mr. Carter, Hickman White, Yorkshire, said—During the Exhibition myself and wife stopped at Mrs. Thomas's. We arrived on the 13th of October, and remained until the 23d. I repeat edly saw the servant Sophia Jervis, who attended prayers daily. She attended us during dinner, and at time appeared in good health, similar to what she is now. I have known Mrs. Thomas thirty years, during which time I knew her to be humane, kind, and an excellent mother and mistress. During the time I was staying with Mrs. Thomas there was plenty of food in the house. We were merely visitors. The Rev. Wm. Foster Elliot, incumbent of East Dulwich—l have; known Mrs. Thomas four or five years, and visited during her husband's lifetime and since; about ten days before Christmas, and while Mr. and Mrs. Carter were staying there. I had tea with her about the middle of October, and the ser vant waited on them. She was then well in health. I know Mrs. Thomas to be a humane woman. Mr. Arthur Sergeant, F.R.C.S., 20 years in prac tice, of King's-road, Peckham—l examined the girl on the 9th of this month. She was apparently in fair health, but rather scrofulous, and that, I think, added to her natural weakness, might produce great emaciation. Ho had seen her hands and fingers, and should think the swellings were caused by scro fula, and not by violence. I think it was brought on by anxiety, and, on that being removed, she would in a few days recover her health. If I had examined the girl, not knowing anything of the case, I should not have attributed the state of her hands, &c., to violence. Dr. Richard Stokoo, of Peckham-rye—On the 9th inst. I examined Sophia Jarvis, and I perfectly agree with the last witness. had there been star vation during four months, she could not have re covered in a week. I believe that the curve on the back of the hand was natural, and not caused by violence. Had such violence been used as stated by the girl, inflammation could not have subsided yet. Mr. John Davis, surgeon, Great George-street, Westminster, in practice 42 years—l have known Mrs. Thomas from her childhood. She always has been a most humane woman, kind to her children and her servants. He fully concurred in the evi dence of the other medical gentlemen. George Humphries Thomas, a nice-looking lad, 12 years of age, was then called. He said—The defendant is my mother, and I live with her. The complainant had been their servant. 1 never w saw water thrown over her. I nev ve e r r stood sa her washed in the yard. My mother never o n w e ater from on a chair and told me to fetch the sink. I could not have liftedpdammplsayilmoof never brought a drop of water, fdw a a n s kept in the larder, threw any over her. th w e a r t n er e ' ve l r which was always The store-room was c an thiney of that. She g she liked from entirely boiled rice, (complainant) and my mother off the larder. She had the same food as us ; sometimes she helped herself, and other times my mother helped her. Sometimes we dined in the kitchen, and then w e her sometimes, and sometimes she helped helped herself. I never saw my mother strike her once. Almost the first day she came she commenced a li a n ts) She du dd u n nT go l h e : etekdkenodey. thieving. Langton Henry Thomas, eldest son of defendant, clerk in the London Joint Stock Bank—l lived with my mother when the girl Jarvis was then a servant. I left homejt little before 8 in the morning, and re- STAMPED ....sd. turned about two. I have seen the girl cleaning the steps, but she was never watched. The meat and food were left in the larder, which the girl could get at. I never knew or heard of my mother throw ing water over her. She has been accused of theft. Samuel Bartlett Thomas, another son, 15 years of ago, employed at an insurance broker's in Broad street, said he lived with his mother while the girl Jarvis was their servant. He gave similar evidence to his brother's, ana added that a week before she left she had a black eye, and see told me she knocked her eye against some wood. Dillon Hanbury Thomas, son of the defendant, 16 years of age, clerk in a merchant's office in Cullen street, City, said—l have seen my mother knock her knuckles with a stick because she was dirty. She had been accused of theft. Hanbury Thomas, 14 years of age, living also with his mother, gave similar evidence. He recol lected the girl running away. She was hearty and well then. Gertrude Thomas, daughter to the defendant, 12 years of age, also said the girl was always treated kindly, and had plenty of food. Richard Brahan Walter, clerk in the Bank of England—l lodged with Mrs. Thomas up to the 7th of October. On Sundays I dined with Mrs. Thomas, and Jarvis attended on us. Mrs. Thomas was very humane, and treated the girl kindly. Several clergymen and other respectable gentle men were called, who gave the defendant one of the best of characters. Mr. Sleigh then replied to the whole of the evi dence for the defendant. The learned Chairman summed up the evidence in a careful manner, calling the attention of the jury to the material points of the evidence, particu larly dwelling on the testimony of Mr. Cockerell and 1)r. Broad, who clearly proved her emaciated condition on her return to the schools on the 10th of December. The testimony of Mr. Pitcher, the master of the schools, also corroborated them as to her state on her return, and it was shown she was in good health when Mr. Cockerell called on her in June last. He alluded to the evidence given on behalf of the defendant, and urged upon them to give the case their careful consideration, and return a verdict according to the best ability. The jury then retired, and after an absence of twenty minutes returned into court. Order having been restored, The Clerk of the Peace said : Gentlemen of the jury, do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty ? Foreman : AVe find her guilty. The prisoner was then ordered into the dock, when Mr. Sleigh said he was instructed, in con sideration of her family, to recommend her to mercy. The learned Chairman observed that it was very much to the credit of the parish officers ; but it was a very grave offence. It was with pain that he sentenced her to three months' hard labour at Wandsworth. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. (From the 2 fines' Special Correspondent.) CHARLESTON, Jan. 15. The traveller who at this moment pursues his slow and toilsome journey through the Confederate States and endeavours to chronicle his impressions is very liable to lay himself open to the same satire which Smollett's last book of " Travels" provoked from Sterne. Smollett, shortly before his death at Leghorn, and being at the time in wretched health, published, under the title of "Travels in Italy," a narrative of a tour in that country. In reference to this book Sterne remarked "that the learned Smell fungus did not so much describe the objects he saw as his own miserable feelings." Great is my temp tation at this moment to descant upon the hardships of a long journey in Secessia—the extreme difficulty of obtaining a seat in the crowded railway cars, the weariness of thus travelling night and day for hundreds of miles at the rate of 12 miles an hour— the occasional privilege of riding in the baggage car in company with at least one, and sometimes with two or three coffins ; the indifference with which the occupants of these coffins are assessed at the ordinary rate and pay, through their represen tatives, the ordinary fare of living passengers; the miseries to which, when a link in the railroad is missing, you are subjected in " the stage," of which, assuming that the distance to be surmounted is 40 miles, my experience has been that you pay 8 dols. for the privilege of walking up to your knees in North Carolina mud 30 out of the 40. The hunger, thirst, filth, sleeplessness, and fatigue, not to men tion the sights and smells inseparable from the pas sage by railroad of dense messes of soldiers, and with which every traveller in A merica during these last 20 months has become abundantly acquainted. But if the difficulties and hardships of passing from Richmond to Charleston are great and oppressive, all is forgotten so soon as Charleston is reached. One of the cleanest, most decorous, and orderly of towns meets your view, containing none of that pec cant foreign element, male and female, with which the streets of Richmond are thronged ; exhi biting but few soldiers in the streets, abundant as the garrison which defends the city is represented as being ; offering plenty of clean and cheap food and excellent hotels, which are largely appreciated by every sojourner who has been compelled to pass some weeks in Richmond. The more opportunities a stranger possesses of seeing the other States of the Confederacy the more hopeless does the Effort to sub jugate such a mighty area as that of the 10 States now in open rebellion appear, and the more intelli gent is his appreciation of the unparalleled sacrifices which have been imposed upon Virginia. On the night of my arrival here a large ball was given by the members of General Beauregard's Staff, and it would have been difficult for a stranger suddenly in troduced into the ballroom to credit the assertion that the country which could exhibit its daughters in such gay and brilliant dresses had been for nearly two years shut out by blockade from Paris and Europe. It is scarcely an extravagant statement to assert that, even in their present so-called destitute condition, such States as South Carolina and Georgia possess all the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life to an extent unsurpassed in the richest countries of the Old World. To assert that Charleston, in its present attitude, l is impregnable would obviously be a ludicrous fa lacy ; but it is none the less true that it co u ld not be taken without an enormous for ce attackin g simultaneously , by sea and land, and that the attack, even in that case, w ould have to be conducted with desperate valour before it could be successful. At the entrance of the harbour Fort Sumter, thoroughly repaired and mount ing enormous guns en barbette, frown at the blockaders,while the neighbouring points, on Morris Island and Sullivan's Island, from hich the memorable attack upon the fort on the 13th of April, 1861, was conducted, are in possession of the Confederates and are not likely to pass out of their hands. Behind Fort Sumter, a new fort, which takes the name from Gen. Ripley, and is built almost entirely of palmetto wood, enhances the difficulty to which ships are exposed in ap proaching the town. In reference to the palmetto tree—the peculiar emblem of the State of South Carolina—it should be noticed that it possesses far more valuable properties than strangers would be apt to imagine. Palmetto wood is much used for facing wharves and other works under water, as it is never injured by the teredo. It affords excellent material for the construction of forts, inasmuch as cannon balls soon lose their force in its spongy sub stance, and while they penetrate but little h t a h n ey; make no extended fractures, nor do they dangerous splinters. The top of t he in tr a e d e er ke y s an substance resembling cabbage, wh i ch detac h a like the heart of the ex cellentvegetable, tasting m artichoke or like vegetableu converted into light but chmarrow. The large thick, fan-like leaves are palmetto grows only on lands durable hats. The adjacent to the s ea, and the attempt to induce it to the seat of the State Legislature, grow at Colum bi a, has hitherto beeina'afailure. But to return to C harleston, although for obvious reasons Ido not feel myself a t liberty to enter into details with regard to its fortifications, it may be stated that all that two of the most accomplished engineer officers of the Confederacy—Generals Lee and Beauregard—could suggest or devise has been done to strengthen the town on its land side. Gen. Lee, before he was moved to Virginia and assumed his present high position, was for some time in com mand of Charleston, and by him the first line of defences was planned and executed. This line has grown and expanded at the inspiration of General Beauregard into a perfect network of earthworks and redoubts, reaching from the Cooper River on the north to the Ashley River on the south. It is not likely that so scientific an engineer as General Beauregard would be fully satisfied with his system of defences until he spent four or five years in per fecting them. Suffice it to say that in the opinion of competent judges they are sufficiently strong to defy a force 1U times stronger than is ever likely to be brought against them. In addition to this ;he a very slight acqu a i n t ance w ith the country in neighbourho o d o f Ch ar l es t on s atisfies the spectatort how impossible it is for an invading army pene trate such lagoons and swamps and forests as lie o be tween the frequent rivers which intersect the surfacel In two vols., post Bvo., 215., R 0 B A D I It 0M A. By WILLIAM W. STORY. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Lon . pl e, wo arse Mies free nces r the and ?oor into o f was an's uar- SH- .ittee riety lish- ill to m of ;land t the , but -ould 3tted ,and a en- ad to `~ G