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The defendants, upon being called, answered as follows —Thomas King, John Carmel Heenan, Thomas Sayer:, James Mace, John Calvin Noon, alias Jerry Noon, John T'sder, alias Bos Tyler, Robert Travers, John Macdonald, William Richardson. and William Preston. Edward Smith did not Answer, and Inspector Silverton, of the C division of London police,who had served the other summonses, stated, in reply to the Bench, that he had delivered the summons at the place of business of the defendant, Bell's _Life in Lon don, 170, Strand, and had been told he would attend in the afternoon. FURNITURE, CARPETSI:33 EDDING: and PLOORcLOT Et, CARRIAGE-FREE to any houS e e in b "lli:rdoin, re gardless of . p.tno, or fFirst class , n •'lls at second-class pric s piiiiiarly liberal to I , Clergym en and Gentlemen. inenTArstock to . select •,,° ,ll , displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of gthind. °F27 , ar tide warranted. • v `, , ,,L_ I •AiGYNIEN and GENTLEMEN . ABOUT vi ;•:, 011 . are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobb.., are •blishiny. an entire New Ediion of their Quailed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, t illostrated by 410 54 mirable engraving's of every description of Fu rniture and !°edsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent g i atis and Post-free on application. This costly work als o contains `' nl Plete estimates for furnishing on the following revised kale _ A Six-roomed Parsonage ........ Z 74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto .......... 13S 1 0 A Ten-roomed ditto ........ - ..... 259 14 6 ir A T we l ve -r o omed d:tto .......... tt 0 Pr-tether with a erice List of purified nedding, and a mass 01 valuable information to all requiring househ )1d turniture, car Det , , or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler2y chn and gen tb.men in or near Great sl sivern, Southam p ton, iChester, Bury, Ely Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth , Wells, O x f or d . Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder- Ininste r , Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, l% Alban's, W or cester, Ipswich, Peterborough , St. D a vid ' s, 1 rexham and above 500 other places in all parts of Great COB IiETT and CO., General House Furnishers , Dep tf ord. brid,„ London, • • • 1.. 1. • ~~ ~~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1863, PRICE.— STAktPE D ....sd: No. 22,306 liINAHAN'S LLBriV,,THDYISKY v. COGNAC This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i; Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at NEW NOVEL. This day is published, in 3 vols., E V E R A story of English Country Life. By A CLERGYMAN. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlturoug,h-strect F ° e is ;led in- Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA. B. EDWARDS. " This story will rank among the very best productions of its class. We have met with nothing. of equal power or merit since the decease of Charlotte Bronte."—Messenger. . llurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 8, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, w. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." . S. D.—The ELEC TRO-PLATED GOODS A.A. are coming to one of th e Lar g e East-end Dra p er y Estab lishments. —EDlVA.LiD, LLOYD and CO., 74, titc., bhoreditch. Mr. Thomas Board, solicitor, of 10, Basinghall-street, ep peared for all the defendants except Heenan, Sayers, aid Macdonald. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE. COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAT, NOTICE. IT',T„his Company is now prepared to TSI•iUE POLICIES for aerie Insurances in the Port of Lon don at the reduced 'e of rat l' , • es. culars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle artißLreet. F THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Weir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. knd 9s. Pd. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOORS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rink for an 4 uditional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. - - During the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the iompany issued 1,595 Life Policies, assuring L1,221,603 D uring the Four suc - eeding Years the number of Li!e Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22 ',52 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. ,The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM r4NY'S PROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865. WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMIT .\ SATED SINCE n IST DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN .4 DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. A LLO 7/I. I ‘ED ANON;G THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIP A T IN G . CERTIFICATES of INDISPITTABILI l'Y granted, and every facility offered to Itiaurera. FIRE DEPARTMENT. liberal granted both at Ho me and Abroad on the most liberal terms. th l Thring of Proposal and every information will be given at e Read Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. F. IV. LANCE, Secretary. L ondcn, November, 186.3. HEAD OFFICES: LONDON 5B, Threadneedle-street. 11 west-end Office B. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. LDINIIUEGII 6l, Princes-street. Now ready, in magnificent Emblematic Cover, desicrned by John Leighton, F.S.A., price 21s. ; morocco , 31s. 6d., THE IL L USTR ATED INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, from Sixty Original Drawings by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. " For Christmas there could not be found a more pleasant book than ' The In9:oldsby Legends.' A series of humorous legends, illustrated by three such men as Leech, Cruik,hank, and 'fenniel - what can be more temptim,r ?"—Times, Dec. 4. *,* Also, an Edition without illustrations, small Bvo., Is. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. A GIFT BOOK FOR ALL SEASONS AND FOR ALL TIMES. ----- Now ready, a quaint little Vol., square 12m0., containing Nine Photographic Illustrations and various Ornamenta tions to each page, in binding of an Elizabethan stamp, price Five Shillings, THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN. Described by WILLIAM SIIARESPEA.RE. Depicted by ROBERT SMIRBE. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (now ready) commences a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled — THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's Secret," &c., &c. Office of Temple Bar, 12?, Fleet-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY AUTIIOR OF " SACKTILLE CHAtIE." In the January Number (now ready) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE commences THE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLLINS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 25., SECRET SERVICE; Or, The It/collections of a City Detective. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. LAND IN VICTORIA. Price 2d. with, and ld. withou t Ma p ; postage, ld. extra, THE LAND LAW of VICTORIA (Australia). By the lion. GPVAN DUFFY Lands , Minister of üblic . London : W. IL Smith and Son, 185, Strand, and 21, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin ; to be had at all their Railway Book Stalls ; and at Mr. G. Street's Colonial Newspaper Office, 30, Cornhill, E.C. THE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London : 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY.' Just published, ABOOK (51' BEAUTY, By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. Gd. Just published, gratis, THE REPORT of thee Bituris H. COLLEGE of HEALTH. LONDON, for 1F64. It contains a signifi cant remark on the excess of 23,000 in the mortality during the three healthiest months of the year. May be had of all the llygeian agents throughout the world. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY TREE TREASURY, CTJSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, 'WAR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. IT E/NTRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., 31.1'., Chairman. John Cheetham, Esq., Staleybr!dr. John Field, Esq., Warnford-court, City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Ilenry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton - place , St. John's-wood. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. John licdc,rins, Esq., Cavendish Club. pines Edward Wronnell, Esq., Wolverton. W. Reynolds, Esq., Earon-place, Belgravia. Adichard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Cust , ms, Bomb y. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Canonbury. ". P. Bro n-Westhead, E2q., M.P. for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank -1117. and Commercial Establishm ents , Public Com p anies, zlunicipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prosrectuses, Firms of Proposal , and ever y information rnB ,Y be ob'ained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo - place , I' all-mall, London ; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. THE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). ( The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) To be incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share 4. Capital £1,600,000, in 20,001 Shares of £5O. First Issue, 10,100 shares. Deposit on application XI per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 p^r share, and at Inter -Os of not less than three months. It is not Intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con stab,e,, cannon-street. George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great William Helen Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. Win. M'Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander I\l'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate - street. Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargoed, and Sargood), _London and Melbourne. ' n rafts Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos Ja A m y e r:s and River Plate es CO Esq or I e Gros Thompson and CO X Gutter -lane. Mil's. *Hugh Fraser Sandeman F , s *ilichd. Man ners Sanderson' , Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co. *Samuel Baker, Esq. * Collarnittee of Manrement. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. BROon K ERS. James Shepherd, Esq., Aucti Mart, Bartholomew-lane. lessrs. ',:••iandeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-building's Oflioca—No. 4, Abchurch-lane. PROSPECTUS. In forming this Company the Directors have secured the co-operation of Messrs. Sandeman and Co.. of Abchurch-lane, 'hose well-known and lomr-established business it is the object of this Company to take up and develope. The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary discount busines.. The terms on which the business of Messrs. Sandeman and Co. has been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating a Profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up caPital. The Company will take possession of the premises now oc eliPled by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the Ist day of nuary, and the business of the Compa n y w il l commence I ron' that day. Dipr omo tion money has or will be paid, and the expenses li be strictly confined to th e necessary payments. Prospectuses and foams of applications for shares may be obtained at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and Of the Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will bo returned in full ; should a less number of shares be al lotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made avail able the payment on allotment, and the balance, if "Y, returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SITAR,ES. To the Directors of the Consolida'ed Discount Company - -------- (Limited). Gentlemen,—liavinfr paid to your Bankers the sum of I request you to allot me shares in the C onsolidaled Discount Company (Limited), and I hereby k:ree to become a member of the Society, and to accept such shares, or an y l e ss number that may be allotted to me ; and I request you to place my name on the hegister of Members respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full . Address Usual signature Date TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS re s p ectfnil y inti mate that their New Prospectus i s now ready. They rpeciarly recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced tO 3 8. 2d.; S ouc h onz reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam , re !weed tcr3B. Sel..; and' the finest Assam, reduce d from 4s. 4d. TA 3s. lid, per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London -bridge, City, E.C. PIGS? PIGS! PIGS !— INDIAN without husk. the Royal farms, Windsor,, and in every count , linpylied to equal to 14 cwt. barley ° In Gdper cwt. ; one cwt. PIG MEAL, tree in Lon don. Established IFeis°r•Tiv meal. Delivered ‘cir gland, lOs Lant-street, Southwark. 1 I IONLAS PEAL. , Manager, 66, STAMP YOUR PAPER, ENVEI,OPES. INvolcEs & With JONES'S • c., wi rATENT PERCUSSION E MBOSSING- PRESS. The above would be found useful to Youths at school for a, Papers, .te. The Press Cr ' est, Na - embossing their Books Drawin ,, - complete, with Plain 1 I me, or Business Die, 95, 6d. 3, Queen's-court, nigh Note the Address :—W I , ,lit JoxES, Die Sinker, Press Holborn ' Maker, and Embosser, posite Day and Martin's). REARDEN, LAND ESTATE, nnal lIOII.IE AGENT, SU RVEYOR and V ALUER - and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge H ouse, opposite 9l , Green-park, Established 2 3 Ye ars, respectfully in and particulars of Landed Estates , F arms, and House Pr operty for Sale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which no charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, and then only hi s usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be Riven on application. In all cases of his Letting. Farms Mr. Reardon charges tie Tenant only, and not the Landlord. Particulars of Property for Sale and to be Let will be given Personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.B —Sever al Town and Country Residences, Landed Prope rties, aed Farms Wanted to Rent and Purchase immediatvly. Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above. EATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. THIS VALUABLE MEDICINE hav ng of late years come into such general use, and being, moreover, so exten sively prescribed by the most eminent practitioners both in town and country, Mr. Keating ca h n a zi i t: be tl e t n e a greatest nalye confidence recommend this Oil as being perfectly pure, nearly tasteless, and free from adulteration, reported on, and recommended by Prof. Taylor, .1 Guy's a n d St Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott, M.D , L.R.C.P.' F.14.S , 4 '" 0 .. and 14r. Edwin Payne, M D., L.R.C. P., 31 . 11 4G5., 'n the words 01 the late Dr. l'ereira, say s that " The b:st Ott is that which is most devoid of colour, odour, and flavour, cha racter, this will be found to possess, being purely of hepatic a •t of • t wei , ht with regar d to its thera p eutic valu,. , point Fold in Ralf-pints. Is. 9.i.: Finis. ; Quarts, ss. ; and int Bottles, 1"s. lid., imperial measure, by TIIOMAS .r., '‘• E , viiNG, Chemist 79, bt.Paul's Churchyard, London. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre- Pared without mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. , :cott an y nir , of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who l'ner„,lrom bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind. R pm®, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the n ,,100d. they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion --. grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro motei..,3. digestion , and strengthen the whole nervous system. void by IV. Lambert, 8, Ring William-street, Charing-cross. ti ta nc lon,azd by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three 13 ,27, the - quantity in one, 28. 9d. Be sure to ask for pr. gr '4t n a :silicas and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square atUnp. Daelt a ge) With " William Lambert," engraved on the THE O.XF ORD, e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, RA, t and CLA.he MAID of MILAN, by Sir H. bishop ; also, from LA FORZA. DEL DES 'NO— Verdi ; by the following talented artistes —Misses Russell. Townley, Fitz Henry, 11 , slmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, finish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIO2II COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SUIIAL KEN BACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oHier man "I, Eugene, W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. Henderson. In rehearsal, and will be produced on Christmas Eve, sup ported by the entire company, a new and original cantat entitled'' King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the estab:ishment. _ _ Iccet4s. arded Ef i eu it ed to ket to: ainea• wade. In ain : ratesl Ong" : 39s 0 --s s 40s a —e s 335 nrtike t le Cu" I. .18 3 .20 20 0 • 0 . 20 0 • 19 i) 0 9 .18 9 .19 0 ~„...,1•06 -----•••••., wife Of ~, liartlf a d, the ~~ llre~ reroitlif cosYr to Gea• :Org" .stree t e e lde r uswie ollisorh d 7 4 • _ - ot s avt l ,, soil tn, - s treet , wt, S it .y pot' D• D . fiers. gen" . rnford go. 112. Lt.;tY° 39 0 39 6 419 Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY TIALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Processor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real lite, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on writ mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best iers. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the "White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replace! by others. The pages cf Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, lngoldsby, Dickens, &C., &C., will, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.— CONTINUED and IMMENSE SUCCESS of FRANCONI'S CIRQUE IMPERIAL.—This Renowned Troupe, comprising the best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World, together with the First Star Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, Clowns, and Vau tens in either Hemis; here, at tracts enthusiastic and delighted audiences nightly to this Magnificent Building, who behold with wonder and admira tion the Marvellous Feats of this far-famed Company. Change of Programme Nightly. Morning Performances, Mondays, Wednesda3 s, and Saturdays, at T o. Two Grand Performances on Boxing Day, viz , Two and Half-past Seven. Admission—Private boxes, one guinea; R ese rved seats, Ss.; Stalls and Balcony, 2s. ; Pit and Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. Box-office open daily. On Monday, Dec. 21st, first appearance of 31. Jules Perez, from Madrid, the Greatest Rider of the age. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great `Yindmill•street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN. at Her Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GREN ET. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, L.ndon and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting; on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and Jacks" "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison. —Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. AU communications arc strictly confidential. PRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., ax Chandlers, &e s , & 0 ., To the Queen and the I W '; ince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to .he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : wh " l l ch h y a o v ri e gfaovuendthtehmen:anfudllianesqitntaclertelynine rmecyomtumne n t mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Ordinary quality .. ..• • • • • • Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2 2 7.. 2 0d d . . p p e e r r. l l b b. . , ; . l e a e t m on . o i VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality Is. sd. per lb. Second quality . . .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality :: ... . . . . ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). 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The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Dock Company hereby give Notice, that a half-yearly Court or General Meeting of the said Company will be held, pur suant to the directions by the Act Ist and 2d William IV., cap. 52, at the Dock House, No. 8, Jill iiter-square, on FRIDAY. the Bth day of January, 1864, at which Meeting a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Steck of the Company for the Halt-year ending the 31st inst. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock IroaEe, -- 8, Billiter-square. 21st December, 1863. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. PRESIDENT DAVIS'S MESSAGE. This document, addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States, of which we have already given a telegraphic sum mary, after mentioning the chief incidents of the late campaign, says : While therefore our success in driving the enemy from our soil has not equalled the expectations con fidently entertained at the commencement of the campaign, his further progress has been checked. If we are forced to regret losses in Tennessee and Arkansas, we are not without ground for congratu lation in Louisiana and Texas. On the sea coast he is exhausted by vain efforts to capture our ports, while on the northern frontier he has in turn felt the pressure and dreads the renewal of invasion. The indomitable courage and perseverance of the people in the defence of their homes have been nobly at tested by the unanimity with which the Legislatures of Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia have re cently given expression to the popular sentiment; and like manifestations may be anticipated from all the States. Whatever obstinacy may be displayed by the enemy in his desperate sacrifices of money, life, and liberty, in the hope of enslaving us, the experience of mankind has too conclusively shown the superior endurance of those who fight for home, liberty ; and independence, to permit any doubt of the result. Oa the state of the foreign relations with the Confederacy, the Message proceeds : I regret to inform you that there has been no improvement in the state of our relations with fo reign countries since my Message in January last. On the contrary, there has been a great divergence in the conduct of the European nation© from that practical impartiality which alone deserves the name of neutrality, and their action in some cases has assumed a character positively unfriendly. You have heretofore been informed that, by com mon understanding, the initiative in all action touching the contest on the continent had been left by foreign Powers to the two great maritime nations of Western Europe, and that the Governments of these two nations had agreed to take no measures without previous concert. The result of these ar rangements has, therefore, placed it in the power of either France or England to obstruct at pleasure the recognition to which the Confederacy is justly en titled, or even to prolong the continuance of hostili ties on this side of the Atlantic, if the policy of either could be promoted by the postponement of peace. Each, too, thus became possessed of great influence in so shaping the general exercise of neu tral rights in Europe, as to render them subservient to the purpose of aiding one of the belligerents to the detriment of the other. I referred, at your last session, to some of the leading points in the course pursued by professed neutrals, which betrayed a partisan leaning to the side of our enemies; but events have since occurred which induce me to renew the subject in greater detail than was then deemed necessary. In caking to your attention the action of these Governments, I shall refer to the documents appended to President Lin coln's Messages, arid to their own correspondence, as disclosing the true nature of their policy, and the motives which guided it. To this course no excep tion can be taken, inasmuch as our attention has been invited to those sources of information by their official publication. In May, 1861, the Government of her Britannic Majesty informed our enemies that it had not "allowed any other than an intermediate position on the part of the Southern States," and assured them " that the sympathies of this country (Great Britain) were rather with the North than with the South." On the Ist day of June, 1861, the British Govern ment interdicted the use of its ports " to armed ships and privateers both of the United States and the so-called Confederate States," with their prizes. The Secretary of State of the United States fully appreciated the character and motive of this interdiction,:when he observed to Lord Lyons, ceoswith who communicated it," that this message , and th a t of the same character which had been adopted b y France, would probably prove a deathblow to Southern privateering." On June 12, 1861, the United States Minister in viewedt by equi a e London informed her Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affai rs that the f a ct of his having held in r f , the tahsi, r hostileeCl great relation t m i dissatisfaction, "u m n Commissioners i e o su n pl e di rr spirit, : o f and and to require r that thert his Govern ments ptuetrr United va State s hadit interviews given n some corresponding action accordingly." In re sponse to this intimation, her Majesty's Secretary assured the Minister that " he had no expectation of seeing them any more." By proclamation, issued on the 10th and 27th of April, 1861, President Lincoln proclaimed the blockade of the entire coast of the Confederacy, extending from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, embracing, according to the returns of the United States coast survey, a cast line of three thous an d five hundred and forty-nine statute miles, on which the number of rivers, bays, harbours, inlets, sounds, and passes is one hundred and eighty-nine. The navy possessed by the United States for enforcing thi s blockade was stated in the reports communicated by President Lincoln to the COD gress of the United States to consist of twenty-four vessels of all classes in come mission, of which half were in distant teas. The abe surdity of the pretension of finch a blockade, in the face of the authoritative declaration of the m a ri time rights of neutrals made at Paris in 1856 was so glare log that the attempt was regarded as an experiment on the forbearance of neutral Powers, which they would promptly resist. This conclusion was justi fied by the fact that the Governments of France and Great Britain determined that it was necessary for their interests to obtain from both belligerents "se curities concerning the proper treatment of Len t-ale." In the insttuetions vhieh '; confided the ne- gotiation on this matter" to the British Consul at Charleston, he was informed that " the most perfect accord on this question exists between her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Emperor of the French," and these instructions were accom panied by a copy of the despatch of the British Fo reign Office of the 18th May, 1861, stating that there was no difference of opinion between Great Britain and the United States as to the validity of the prin ciplea enunciated in the fourth article of the declara tion of Paris in reference to blockades. Your prede cessors of the Provisional Congress had, therefore, no difficulty in proclaiming, nor I in approving, the resolutions which abandoned in favour of Great Britain and France our right to capture enemy's property when covered with flags of those Powers. The " securities" desired by those Governments were understood by us to be required from both belligerents. Neutrals were exposed on our part to the exercise of the belligerent right of capturing their vessels when conveying the property of our enemies. They were exposed on the part of the United States, to interruption in their unques tioned right of trading with us by the declaration of the paper blockade above referred to. We had no reason to doubt the good faith of the proposal made to us, nor to suspect that we were to be the only parties bound by its acceptance. It is true that the instructions of the neutral Powers informed their agents that it was "essential under the present cir cumstances that they should act with great caution in order to avoid raising the question of the recog nition of the new Confederation," and that the un derstanding on the subject did not assume, for that reason, the shape of a formal convention. r ant it was not deemed just by us to decline the arrange men on this ground, aslittle more than ninety days had then elapsed since the arrival of our Commis sioners in Europe, and neutral nations were fairly entitled to a reasonable delay in acting on a subject of so much importance, and which, from their point of view, presented difficulties that we, perhaps, did not fully appreciate. Certain it is that the action of this Government on the occasion, and its faithful performance of its own engage. ments, have been such as to entitle it to expect on the part of those who sought in their own interests a mutual understanding, the most scrupulous adhe rence to their own promises. I feel constrained to inform you that in this expectation we have been disappointed, and that not only have the Govern ments which entered into these arrangements yielded to the prohibition against commerce with us, which has been dictated by the United States, in defiance of the law of nations, but that this con cession of their neutral rights to our detriment has on more than one occasion been claimed in inter course with oar enemies, as an evidence of friendly reeling towards them. A few extracts from the cor respondence of her Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will suffice to show marked encouragement to the United States to persevere in its paper blockade, and unmistakable intimations that her Majesty's Government would not contest its validity. On the 21st of May, 1861, Earl Russell pointed out to the United States Minister in London that " the blockade might no doubt be made effective, considering the small number of harbours on the Southern coast, even though the extent of 3,000 miles were comprehended in terms of the blockade." On the 14th of January, 1862, her Majesty's Mi nister in Washington communicated to his Govern ment that in extenuation of the barbarous attempt to destroy the port of Charleeton by sinking a stone fleet in the harbour, Mr. Seward had explained " that the Government of the United States had last spring, with a navy very little prepared for so ex tensive an operation, undertaken to blockade up wards of 3,000 miles of coast. The Secretary of the Navy had reported that he could stop up the large holes' by means of his sh ps, but that he could not stop up the 'small ones.' It has been found neces sary, therefore, to close some of the numerous small inlets by sinking vessels in the channel." On the 6th of May, 1862, so far from claiming the right of British subjects as neutrals to trade with us as belligerents, and to disregard the blockade en the ground cf this explicit confession by our enemy of his inability to render it effective, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs claimed credit with the United States for friendly action respecting it. His lordship stated that " the United States Government, on the allegation of a rebellion pervading from nine to eleven States of the Union, have nos', for more than twelve months, endeavoured to maintain a blockade of three thou sand miles of coast. This blockade, kept up irre gularly, but when enforced, enforced severely, has seriously injured the trade and manufactures of the United Kingdom. Thousands are now ob liged to resort to the poor rates for sub sistence owing to this blockade. Yet her Ma jesty's Government have never sought to take ad vantage of t heobvious imperfections of this blockade , in order to declare it ineffective. They have, tone loss and detriment of the British nation, scrupulously observed the duties of Great Britain towards a friendly State." Again, on the 22d September, 1862, the same noble earl asserted that the United States were " very far indeed" from being in " a condition to ask other nations to assume that every port of the coasts of the so-styled Confederate States is effectively blockaded." When in view of these facts, of the obligations of the British nation to adhere to the pledge made by their Government at Paris in 1856, and renewed to this Confederacy in 1861, and of these repeated and explicit avowals of the imperfection, irregularity, and inefficiency of the pretended blockade of our coast, I directed our Commissioner at London to call upon the British Government to redeem its promise, and to withold its moral aid and sanction from the flagrant violation of public law committed by our enemies, we were in formed esty's Government could not thatregard h the er3li blockade aj of the Southern ports as having been otherwise than " practically effective," in February, 1862, and that " the manner in which it has since been enforced gives to neutral Govern ments no excuse for ascertaining that the blockade has not been effectually maintained." We were further informed, when we insisted that by the was to be considered :on of Paris was in effectivett e o r o n ti s o e f a unless n t t t n "sufficienth o e blockadeddeclaration a arreaa tIY to prevent access truth directed against blockades not sustained by any actual force, or sustained by a notoriously in adequate force, such as the Occasional appearance of a man-of-war in the offing, or the like." It was impossible that this mode of construing an agreement, so as to make its terms mean almost the reverse of what they plainly conveyed, could be considered otherwise than as a notification of the refusal to the British Government to remain bound by its agreement, or longer to respect those articles of the declaration of Paris, which had been repeatedly denounced by British statesmen, and had been characterised by Earl Russell as " very imprudent" and " most nnsatistactory." If any doubt remained of the motives by which the British Ministry have been actuated in their conduct it would be completely dissipated by the distinct avowals and explanations contained in the made by her Majesty's published Secretary blsed Affairs. In commenting on t h e rem onstrances of this Government against the ih speech fer Foreig recently n countenance given to an ineffective blockade, the following language is used ;—" It is said we have, contrary to the declarations of Paris, contrary to in• ternational law, permitted the blockade of 3,000 miles of American coast. It is quite true we did so, and the presuleable cause of complaint is quite true, that although the blockade is kept up by a suffi cient number of ships, yet these ships were sent into the United States 'levy itt a hurry, and are ill-fitted for the purpose, and did not keep up so c?tupletely and eee nt eneely a s was required an effective block ade." This une q uivocal confession of violation, both of caboten theig agreementllfi de n e e w t o i t t h h u e s o a a n n d d i i a n j t :r a n g : i e o n n t a l o l f a w m , a i is k d de n f e d n . These d e d on grounds the validity of which we submit with grounds are thu s s t a t e d :—" Still l o oking law of nations, it was a blockade we, as great belligerent Power in former times, should have ac- 1 knowledged. We, ourselves, had a blockade of up wards of 2,000 miles, and it did seem to me that we were bound in justice to the Federal States of Ame rica to acknowledge that blockade. But there was another reason which weighed with me. Our people were suffering severely for the want of that material which was the main staff of their industry ; and it was a question of self-interest whether we should not break the blockade. But in my opinion the men of England would have been for ever infamous if, for the sake of their own interest they had violated the law of nations and made war in conjunction with those slaveholding States of America against the Federal States." In the second of these reasons our rights are tot involved; although it may be permitted to observe that the conduct of Governments has not hereto fore, to my knowledge, been guided by the prin ciple that it is infamous to used their rights whenever the invasion of those rights creates severe suffering among their people and injuriously affect great interests. But the intimation that relations with these States would be discreditable because they are slaveholding, would probably have been omitted if the official personege who has published it to the world had remembered that these States were, when colonies, made slaveholding by the direct exercise of the power of Great Britain, whose dependencies they were, and whose interests in the slave trade were then supposed to require that her colonies should be made slaveholding. But the other ground stated is of a very grave character. It asserts that a violation of the law of nations by Great Britain in 1807, when that Govern ment declared a paper blockade of 2,000 miles of coast (a violation then defended by law courts and jurists on the sole ground that her action was reta liatory), affords a justification for a similar outrage on neutral rights by the United States in 1861, for which no palliation can be suggested; and that Great Britain "is bound in justice to the Federal States," to make return for the war waged against her by the United States in resistance of her illegal blockade of 1807, by an acquiescence in the Federal illegal blockade of 1861. The most alarming fea ture in this statement is its admission of a just claim on the part of the United States to require of Great Britain, during this war, a disregard of the recognised principles of modern public law and of her own compacts, whenever any questionable con duct of Great Britain "in former times" can be cited as a precedent. It is not inconsistent with re spect and admiration for the great people whose Government have given us this warning, to suggest that their history, like that of mankind in general, offer exceptional instances of indefensible conduct "in former times," and we may well deny the morality of violating recent engagements through deference After dtefo defending, evil n g, i precedents n he m ofan manner e h eBr e 5s Foreign ,;u past.just leave er Ma o i doubt of the h t i Government to prevent the course of the British Government on the sub ject e p t stated, reign Secretary of purpose o s the takes blockade, the care a rßeto r British tsh n h our purchase of vessels in Gre at Britain, while sup plying our enem ies with rifles and other m un itions t e u t e of of war, and states the intentiop to apply to Parlia ment for the furtherance of this design. H e g i ves to the United States the assurance that he will do in their favour not only "everything that the law of nations requires, everything that the present Foreign Enlistment Act requires," but that he will ask the sanction'of Parliament'` to further measures that her Majesty's Ministe rs ma y still add." This language is so unmistakably an official exposition of the policy adopted by the British Government in relation to our affairs, that the duty imposed on me by the Con stitution of giving you from time to time, " informa tion of the state of the Confederacy," would not have been performed if I had failed to place it distinctly before your I refer you for further details on this whole sub ject to the correspondence of the State Department, which accompanies this message. The facts which I have blialy narrated are, I trust, sufficient to enable you to appreciate the true nature of the neu trality professed by this war. "It is not in my power to apprise you to what extent the Government of France shares the views so unreservedly avowed by that of Great Britain, no published correspond ence of the French Government on the subject hav ing been reeeived." No public protest nor opposi tion, however, has been made by his Imperial Majesty against the prohibition to trade with us, imposed on French citizens by the paper blockade of the United States, "although I have reason to believe that an unsuccessful attempt was made on his part to secure the assent of the British Govern ment to a course of action more consonant with the dictates of public law and with the demands of jus tice towards us." The partiality of her Mejesty's Government in favour of our enemies has been furtherevinced in the marked difference of its conduct on the subject of the purchase of supplies by the two belligerents. This difference has been conspicuous since the very commencement of the war. As early as the Ist of May, 1862, the British Minister in Washington was in formed by the Secretary of State of the United States that he had sent agents to England, and that others would go to France, to purchase arms, and this fact was communicated to the British Foreign .silica, which interposed no objection. Yet in October of the same year Earl Russell entertained the complaint of the United States Minister in London, that the Confederate States were importing contraband of war from the island of Nassau, directed inquiry into the matter, and obtained a report from the authorities of the island denying the allegations, which report was enclosed to Mr. Adams, and received by him as satisfactory evidence to dis sipate "the suspicion naturally thrown upon the authorities of Nassau by that unwarrantable act." So, too, when the Confederate Government purchased in Great Britain, as a neutral country (and with strict observance both of the law of nations and the municipal law of Great Britain), vessels which were subsequently armed and commissioned as vessels of war, after they had been far removed from English waters, the British Government, in violation of its own laws and in deference to the importunate demands of the United States, made au ineffectual attempt to seize one vessel, and did ac tually seize and detain another which touched at the island of Nassau, on her way to a Confederate port, and subjected her to an unfounded prosecution at the very time when car goes of munitions of war were being openly shipped from British ports to New York, to be used in warfare against us. Even now the public journals bring intelligence that the Bri tish Government has ordered the seizure, in a British port, of two vessels, on the suspicion that they may have been sold to this Government, and that they may be hereafter armed and equipped in our service, while British subjects aro en gaged in Ireland by tens of thousands to proceed to the United States for warfare against the Confederacy, in defiance both of the law of nations and of the express terms of the British statutes, and are transported inßritish ships,without an effort at concealment, to the ports of the United State!, there to be armed with rifles imported ft= Great Brits; and to be employed against our people in a war for confzne No royal prerogative is invoked, no executive in!e . r a e . and is interposed against this flagrant breach of un P 1 While tc strained international law, on the part of our enemies , new enact constructions are placed on existing sta tute s, devised, for ments proposed, and questionable expedientsb this Government precluding the possibility of purchase , y t purposes, unless of vessels that aro useless for be lii • ger l the neutral hereafter armed and equipped outside o juris diction of Great Britain. Government has exercised For nearly three y ears this wally millions of willing and unquestioned jurisdiction over d defeated vast armies of ire_ united people. It his met an ht its subversion. Su vadere, who have in vain song of its citizens, the C ppo . rted by the confidence and affection of ui,tin uio __ , e .e. racy has lacked no element which , go , _l•es anunitncide. pendent nation, according to the principles et public law. Its legislative, executive, and judicial departments, each in its *here, have formed their appropriate Junctions with a regularity as undisturbed as in a time of profound peace, and the whole energies of the people have been developed in the organisation of vast armies, while their rights and liberties have rested secure under the protection of the courts of justice. This Confederacy is either independent or it is a dependency of the United States, for no other earthly power claims the right to govern it. without one historic fact, on which the pretension can rest, without one line or word of treaty or covenant, which can give colour to title, the United States having asserted, and the British Government has chosen to concede, that these sovereign States are dependencies of the Government vrhich is ad ministered at Washington. Great Britain has .accordingly entertained with that Government the closest and most intimate relations, while refusing on its demand ordinary amicable intercourse with us, and has, under arrange ments made with the other nations of Europe, not only denied our just claim of admission into the fa mily of nations, but interposed a passive though effectualb it to the acknowledgment of our rights by other Powers. So soon as it had become apparent, by the declarations of the British Ministers, in the debates of the British Parliament in July last, that her Majesty's Government were dete erained to persist indefinitely in a course of policy which, under pro fessions of neutrality, had become subservient to the de signs of our enemy, I felt it my duty to recall the co:lnnis sioners formerly accredited to that Court, and the co rres pondence on the subject is submitted to you. It is due to you and to our country that this full stateme.lt should be made of the just grounds which exist for dissatise faction with the conduct of the British Government. lam well aware that we are unfortunately without adequate remedy for the injustice under which we have ,uttered at the hands of a powerful nation, ate juncture when our entire re sources are absorbed in the defence of our lives, liberties , and independence, aga i ns t an enemy possessed of greatly superior numbers and material resources. Claiming no favour, desiring no aid, conscious o f our own a bility t o de fend our own rights, against the utmost efforts of an infu riate foe, we had thought it not extravagant to expect that ass i s tance would be withh e ld from our enemies, and that the conduct of foreign nations would be marked by a genuine impartiality between the belligerents. It was not s upposed that a professed neutrality would be so conducted as to justify the Foreign Secretary of the British nation in explaining, in correspondence with our enemies, how " the impartial observance of neutral obligations by her Ma -1 jesty's Government has thus been exceedingly advantageous to the cause of t he more powerful of the two contending parties." The British Government may d eem t hi s war a favourable [occasion for establishing, by the temporary sacrifice of their neutral rights, a PI - model:a venia l shalt justify the future exercise of those extreme belligerent pretensions that their naval power renders so formid able. The opportunity for obtaining the tacit assent of European Governments to a line of conduct which ignores the obligations of the declaration of Paris, and treats that instrument rather as a theoretical exposi tion of principles than a binding agreement, may be consi dered by the British Ministry as justifying them in seeking a great advantage for their own country at the expense. of ours. Bat we cannot permit, without protest, the assertion that international law or morals r e g ard as " impartial neutrality" conduct avowed to be " exceedingly advan tageous to one of the belligerents." I have stated that we are without adequ ate remedy against the injustice under which we suffer. There are but two measures that seem applicable to the present condition of our relations with neutral Powers. One is, to imitate the wrong of which we complain, to retaliate by the declaration of a paper blockade of the coast of the United States, and to capture all neutral vessels trading with their ports that our cruisers can intercept on the high seas. This measure I cannot recommend. It is true that, in so doing, we should but follow the precedents set by Great Britain and France in the Berlin and Milan decrees, and the British Orders in Council at the beginning of the present century. But it must be remembered that we ourselves protested against those very measures as signal violations of the law of na tions, and declared the attempts to excuse them on the ground of their being retaliatory, utterly insignificant. Those blockades are now quoted by writers on public law as a standing reproach on the good name of the nations who were betrayed by temporary exasperation into wrong doing, and ought to be regarded rather as errors to be avoided than as examples to be followed. The other measure is not open to this objection. The second article of the declaration of Paris, which provides " that the neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the ex ception of contrabind of war," was a new concession by bel ligerents in favour of neutrals, and not simply the enuncia tion of an acknowledged pre-existing rule, like the fourth article, which referred to blockades. To this concession we bound ourselves by the convention with Great Britain and France, which took the shape of the resolution adopted by your predecessors on the 13th August, 1561. The consi deration tendered us for that concession has been withheld. We have, therefore, the undeniable right to refuse longer to remain bound by a compact which the other party refuses to fulfil. But we should not forget that war is but tempo• rary, and that we desire that peace shall be permanent The future policy of the Confederacy must ever be to uphold neutral rights to their full extent. The principles of the declaration of Paris commend themselves to our judgment as more just, more humane, and more consonant with modern civilisation than those belligerent pretensions which great naval Powers have heretofore sought to introduce into the maritime code. To forego our undeniable right to the exercise of those pretensions is a policy higher, worthier of us and our cause than to revoke our sanction to princi ples that we approve. Let our hope for redress rest rather on a returning sense of justice, which cannot fail to awaken a great people to the consciousness that the war in which we are engaged ought rather to be made a reason for for bearance of advantage than an occasion for the unfriendly conduct of which we make just complaint. The events of the last year have produced important changes in the condition of our Southern neighbour, The occupation of the capital of Mexico by the French army, and the establishment of a Provisional Government followed by a radical change in the constitution of the country, have ex cited lively interest. Although preferring our own govern ment and institutions to those of other countries, we can have no disposition to contest the exercise by them of the same right of self-government which we assert for ourselves. If the Mexican people prefer a monarchy to a republic, it is our plain duty cheerfully to acquiesce in their decision, and to evince a sincere and friendly interest in their prosperity. If, however, the Mexicans prefer maintaining their former institutions, we have no reason to apprehend any obstacle to the free exercise of their choice. The Emperor of the French has solemnly disclaimed any purpose to impose on Mexico a form of government not acceptable to the nation ; and the eminent personage to whom the throne has been tendered declines its acceptance, unless the offer be sanctioned by the suffrages of the people. In either event, therefore, we may confidently expect the continuance of those peaceful rela tions which have been maintained on the frontier, and even a large development of the commerce already existing to the mutual advantage of the two countries. It has been found necessary since your adjournment to take action on the subject of certain foreign consuls within the Confederacy. The nature of this action, and the reasons on which it was based, are so fully exhibited in the corre spondence of the State department, which is transmitted to you, that no additional comment is required. In connection with this subject of our relations with foreign countries, it is deemed opportune to communicate my views in reference to the treaties made by the Govern ment of the United States at a date anterior ton ur sepaureas tion, and which were consequently binding on a s on foreign Powers when the separation took effect.rael:r a 3 ° partly with a view to enterieg, into such arrsansagrey, that we the change in our government bad made neced, for the pur felt it our duty to send commissioners pose of entering into the negotiations p as r°P'l t o those treaties. abrerato fix the rela tive rights and obligations of theas foreign As this tender on our part hoe beteto the treaties to which nations have refused us the behave ceased to be binding on panrt'dcclined, we were parties, they cortainls.rations with European nations us, and, in my opinion, ourrat exclusively by the general are therefore now controlledlt is proper to add that these rules of the law of nations• re marks are intended to a pply solely to treat y obli gations Governments, and have no reference t o t o wards foreign right of individuals. The rem ainder o f the Message relates to internal affairs, an d co ncludes Tho hope last year en t :Tained of an early termination of : The n e s not l bee n e realised. ener Could carnage have satisfied the war the appetite of our enemy for the destruction of human life, or grief have appeased their wanton desire to inflict human suffering, there has been bloodshed enough on both sides, a nd two lands have been sufficiently darkened by the weeds o f DlOUraing to induce a disposition for peace. If unanimity in a people could dispel delusion, it has been displayed too uumietalseably not to have silenced the pretence that the Southern States were merely disturbed by a factious insurrection —and it must long since have been admitted that they we re but exercising their reserved right to modify their own Government in such a manner as would best secure their own happiness. But these consi derations have been powerless to allay the un-Christian hate of those who, long accustomed to draw large prelits from a union with as, cannot control the rage exacted by the conviction that they have, by their own folly, destroyveednto richest sources of their prosperity. Th.ebylor6b•feutsweeeon listen to proposals for the only peach a peace which, recognising. the imP arately to recover vides us, may leave the two peenis s b asPsseille gulf which di from the injuries inflicted on both g begun the war in direct ePthe causeless war now waged against us• violet ion of their constitulitieoan: Con hardened by crime, until inwhich forbade rho attempt to ceezee a State, they they longer 101,01131: hors ovvoil their purpoFe to destroy the and indepeuthsuee) inetiiutions au 1 sul. e c itastnhiteieleeelv'etrleliagt":ll:e only reliable hope of these Stat ' s ‘ , the vigour of our r esistanca, as the cessation for peace is int': 0 7ely to be expected from the pressure of their hostility • of the people has proved equal to every of their neeseiii The patriotism dby their country's need. 'We have been a c s never were united under like circ na n sacrifice &m; propor ustnauiteeedsBsbefaor;.eo-Geod has blessed us with success ••ate to our means, and, under His divine favour, our italobnours must at last be crowned with the reward due to well who have given all they possessed to the rigin enws defence of their in ilienable rights, their homes erel their altare. Richmond, Dee, 7, 1563. JLrritso D M Is, Mr. Beard said that, as far as was concerned, it was not his intention to fight any more and that he thought the ends of justice would be fully satisfied if il over to keep the peace. The other defensdiannteswweeruelbdoualnsdu adjacent enter into similar recognisances, and a ,county of Kent it had been considered sufficient to adopt r s uch a c - airse, he hoped the bench would u susider that wo uld be sufficient. Hearn, u also assured the magistrates that, with Sayers an d Macc;onald, he would enter into any sureties considered necessary, and that, for his own part, he did not intend ' e to d fight again. The Chairman observed that the object was not so m uc h to punish as to deter others from doing the same thing, an d said that the Bench felt they must go on with the case. The following evidence was then taken : Mr. George Campion Conrthope, a County magistrate, said on the morning of the 10th of December, hearing the fight was about to take place, he went to the IVadhurst railway station, where he saw a great number of people in a field. He went to the spot and found the space encloscd with ropes and stakes, and two men fighting within the ring. Ho knew the defendant King to be one of them, and believed Heenan to be the other. He &so SSW Tom Sayers, who acted as one of the seconds to Heenan. He thought ho saw .ome other r lints, but he could not rpei, positively to them. Ho endeavoured to get into the ring, and said he was a magistrate. Some person said, " There are two magistrates here; will you kindly act as referee, for wo are in some difficulty about one," bathe declined. (Laughl'er,) There were several persons present who were apparel:6y gentlemen. He did not speak to either of the defendants to request them to desist, because he could not get near enough to them. Mr. Christopher Ellis, an exciseman, stationed at Wad hurst, said h e went to the fight, and saw Heenan and King fighting in the ring. Boa Taylor was in King's corner. lie also saw Noo n an d Mace. Macdonald and Sayers were in Heenan's corner assisting him. He went there in discha r ge o r! or sold. li f ee h n i s s e. duty, ne to did se spirits ether spirits were sold without a Wm. Price, toil-coffe e being told there was a rat Viradhurst gate, said that on fightclose by he went to see it. Ho s aw the two principals-- Kin and Heenan—fighting. Mr. Beard — l suppose you g 4 n to-morrow if there wast merely from curiosity ? Witness—Yes, and I would 7 another. Who wouldn't Hill, one of the Sussex constabulary Na. 56, said that and nearer or found 1,20 0 having heard of the fi g ht he we nt there, g 1,300 people assembled. He could not than the outer ro p e. He saw King, Heena n, andthe ring Un trying to get n ear the ring, two gentlemen Syers' handed witness back "very politely." (Laughter.) John A. Thompson, deputy chief constable of the Susses cons t a bulary, deposed th at he arrived at the rin g just as fi g ht had apparently terminated. He saw Heenan o n the t he gr ound. King was standin g up. Witness could not iden tify any of the other defendants as being present, but 13.0 noticed those two particularly. John Campany, another police-officer, who accompanied iho last witness, identified King as being present, Witness saw Sayers and others assisting Heenan into a chair end dressing him. The defendant Tyler was there with King, helping to dress him. Noon, Macdonald, and Bob Travers I were there. The witness saw King go rcnnd with his cap collecting money, and Mace went with him. Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—Witness saw nothing done by Mace except going round in the field with King to collect money. Superintendent Bennett, of the Sussex police, proved the service of the informations upon the eeveral defendants. Inspector Silverton confirmed the evidence of the last wit ness with reference to the service of the summons on King, and remarked that Preston said at the time that king would not have won the fight if they had not poured water on his head. --- - This being the case for the prosecution, Mr, Beard sub mitted that there was no case against Richardson and Preston. The Bench assented, and the two defendants Preston anti Richardson were discharged. Mr. Beard then made a powerful appeal on behal: of the defendants he represented. Tle again urged that the emle of justice would be fully satisfied it they were hound over, as he had taken leave to suggest, at the opening of the case. Whatever the feelings of the Sussex magistrates might be in the matter, it was quite clear that great favour and coun tenance were given in certain high quarters to men in the position of the defendants, and some allowance ought there fore to be made for persons who belonged to a humble and obscure position in life. • No one could fail to see that per sons of rank and position attended such fights, and that was a reason which should induce the Bench to deal lightly with those who had been selected for punishment. Re was not there to say they were right in breaking the law, but when the Bench considered the case of t he men before them he felt bound to say that reliance might fairly be placed upon their promises that they would not further transgress the law. He then reviewed the evidence as bearing upon the individual cases, and urged that there was not sufficient proof of the defendants' prese nce to justify the Bench in sending them fei trial. He pointed out that the whole of England had been interested in the contest between Ki ng . a nd Heenan, and an equal interest in it had been manifested in America. All the d efendants had so conducted them selves in their vocation as to find friends to become sureties for their future good behaviour. T ileen "toide—ntAs ththeSaryineg g rs ain, ana and it Id myself, I am nothe defendant ina state of health Country. —1 of some of the d srotaminelycosulasonnualdtinoont, fight again in this wasA f i te c r e •. e h the have considered this case carefully , not onlyevidence , but also the ob servationsainiramd a e n b of y .li t: i r e . B Beardnch behalfOsnaid fondants, as well as the cases of those who are notrepre sentedo- by a solicitor. We feel that TheCh ill this should all be bound over to answer preferred pre aga inst them at the Quarter Sessions. We do not say that in what they did there WES anything particu larly reprehensible, but persons cannot w i t h impunity. These persons will be t commit summonedillegabl acts some tribunal which will deal with them according to the e vidence which will b o adduced. The defendants must each enter into their own £5O, f o sureties and find bail to the extent of £7O, to appear at the next Quarter Sessions to answer any indictment for misdemeanour that may be pre ferred against theta, The required In. bail was then entered into, and the defend ants were liberated. • H7nitnan's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have Bemired for this Tea a general preference. It is sold in Packets by 2,280 Agents. The Civil Tribuna l of the Seine has just given judgment in an action brought by Count de Jouf froy against Count de gontraort and his brother-in-law, Prince Galitzin, to recover a sum of 30,000 f., the price of dBO partially pa id -up sh ares in the Baths of Nanheim, It appeared that th e statement of the • p (E ia l i e n c t t i o ff % licoessunes)el that his client sold the shares to the de *he gave bills for the amount. When the fbeillildsanfeltfil diulieliBn6liugust, 1862, the defendants refused to pay ground that the whole affair was a gaming were thew, on ello ttansaction, as the great part of the funds of the Nauheirn ware employed in the gaming-house attached to tCheTrP:srtYablishment. The counsel proved that the esta blishment of liauheim was duly auth:nised by the Govern went of Besse, also that the shares of the company negotiated in all the principal German money markets, a he insisted that the laws of France against gaining' " N 'til - altogether inapplicable. 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