The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION. (i'rom the Special Correspondent of the Times.) CRACOW, Sept. 16. I have now received a full account of Lelewel's last campaign from several friends who took part in it. It appears that Lelewel. when he entered the kingdom, instead of having 800 men, had scarcely more than 600. At least only from 600 to 700 got across the frontier. The detachment went over at night in sections, composed of from 50 to 100 men each—with the exception of the section commanded by Lelewel himself, which numbered 150. The next morning the sections, which had crossed at various points, met, without accident, and with out having seen a single Russian, at the appointed rendezvous. Lelewel then spent about a fortnight in exercising his band, and in the meanwhile was joined by about 130 insurgents from the towns, vil lages, and country houses near which he passed. He carried spare arms for 300 more, and as volunteers were constantly arriving would soon have had some 1,100 men under his command had he not been compelled on the 3d to attack the Russians, who were already endeavouring to enclose him. No pea sants, properly so , called, joined the detachment, but their attitude was generally favourable. Thus, at the very villages where my informants in the early days of the war had seen the inhabitants refuse all assistance to the insurgents, they now came for ward of their own accord with provisions for which, in many cases, they declined to receive payment. The longer the insurrection lasts the more clearly must the peasants understand that it, at least, means no harm to them; while the outrages committed by the Russian troops may well have opened their eyes to the character of their pretended true friends and protectors. The battle of the 3d was much more severe than that of the 6th. The Poles lost upwards of 100 men in killed alone, and two-thirds of the officers fell. The most remarkable exploit of the day was a charge of the insurgent cavalry, in which 97 men started and 22 returned. The charge was directed against the Russian artillery, and was so far suc cessful that the artillerymen were driven from their guns, and the guns (four pieces) spiked. The Poles, however, had to pass an ambuscade of sharpshooters before reaching their destination ; they had to meet Cossacks on the other side, and they were charged by Cossacks in flank as they were returning. It may be said that the insurgent cavalry was entirely de stroyed in this heroic attack, for of the 22 men who rejoined the detachment, some were wounded, some unhorsed, and scarcely a dozen were in a fit state to continue their service. On the other hand, the enemy's artillery was completely silenced. It appears that the precise preconceived aim of the charge undertaken at such t er rible risk was not merely to spike, but to captu re the guns. Lelewel had 14 experienced gunners with him, and not being able to reach a spot where artillery of his own awaited him, resolved to try whether he could not furnish himself with a battery at the expense of the enemy. The action of the 3d was terminated by the retreat of the Russians. The insurgents pursued them for a distance of five English miles and then halted. On the 4th the Russians appeared at a new point, 'out no fighting took place. There were several skir mishes on the afternoon of the sth, and on the 6th Lelewel found himself surrounded, and had to attack the enemy in order to light his way out of the circle which was gradually closing upon him. The insurgents were drawn up in a wood, and on issuing from it marched against the body of Rus sians which stood between them and the Galician frontier, distant about 40 English miles. Lelewel broke through the intercepting force, and then, be fore he, could commence his retreat, had to do battle with the whole of the Russian army which had been menacing his position, and which now bore down upon him from both sides of the wood. Lelewel, after being wcunded in the left arm at the very beginning of the battle, received two shots in the body as tie was leading his infantry to the charge, the action having at that time lasted for about half an hour. The unequal contest was maintained for another hour, and the insurgents had then nothing to do but retire as best they could, 'Tee loss of life was comparatively small, but a great many prisoners were taken. Although the detach ment was dispersed, yet the insurgents kept to gether in groups, and contrived to bury the spare arms which they had carried with them throughout- It was a horrible rout, and every survivor who did not fall into the hands of the Russians remained armed until he reached the Galician frontier, when many were taken by the Austrians. The fate of in surgents made prisoners by the Austrians is known. If they belong to Galicia they simply have a bad mark put against their name in the police books, and are set at liberty. Such, at least, is the gene ral rule. If they are Russian subjects they are invariably confined is a prison or fortress. During the battle Lelewel's detachment was thrice " reinforced," but under such circumstances that the " reinforcements" had better have kept away. Gregowicz came up with 60 men, and with a host of Russians at their tail. A hundred men from Swek's detachment (still acting in the palati nate of Lublin) were the heralds of three times that number of the enemy. I forget to which of the Lublin corps the third " reinforcement" belonged; but, like the previous ones, it had only the effect of enfeebling Lelewel's little band. One more such reinforcement might have paralysed it, and it is calculated that when only three had arrived it found itself with two additional battalions of Rus sians on its hands. The Russians must have been in great force in the " Lubelski," on the morning of the 6th. They had apparently resolved to clear the whole Palatinate of insurgents, and the estimate of the Poles that at the end of the battle there were 6,000 Russians engaged or in reserve, is, probably, not at all over the mark. I was in error in saying that Nyarri (or " Count" Nyarri) was killed in the action of the 6th. He fell in the cavalry charge of the 3d. Another Hungarian, acting as chief of the staff, named Walisch (or " Baron" Walisch)—but the Poles are polite enough to gives titles to all foreign gentlemen who join the i nsurrection—was struck down immediately after L elewel, on the 6th. It is said to have been owing L lthe loss of the chief of the staff, immediately Attar that of the commander, that the detachment was u ltimately obliged to cross the frontier into Galicia. A. woundee. third Hungarian officer was badly Lelewer e • body was not recognised by the Rus sians. A fter their retirement it was taken up by one of the p roprietors of the district, and buried in the neighbourhood of the field of battle. An Englishman who made this short,. severe , but by no campaign mea ns decisive little as an amateur and looker-on , h as not since turned up, but he is not reported e ither killed or wounded. I may here me ntion for the benefit of e nterprising English tra vellers that to ma ke any such campaign as a looker onseems to be considered a mist a k e. None of the officers or men look on, and the Staff officers gene rally get killed. A ccordin g l y , o n individual sight seer is likely to find himself either in a very dan gerous or a very dull position, without h aving the satisfaction of doing good or harm to any one. But insurgent camps may be v isited without r anc h trouble, and, sympathy apart, there are few ec enes at the present time that could interest an English.. man in search of novelty and excitement more than a camp of Polish insurgents; while, on the other hand, nothing is more advantageous to the Poles than that their detachments, after they have once been fairly organised, should be seen by foreigners. In Spite of the recent losses, the palatinate of Lublin is still f u ll of i nsurgents, an d th e various is t hands actin g th ere are about to be reinforce d , a nd thi s time, it is said, reinforced in earnest. It seems next to impossibl e to pass the Galician frontier as it is at present guarded. But Leto . 5 - el made no diffi culty about it. After th e defeat of his first detach ment, formed at the very beginning of the insurrec tion, he forced his passage from G - tlicia, and remained in the kingdom of Poland for three months. After his second and last entry he remained in the enemy's country two weeks and a half, and his men are con fident that had he lived through the day of the 6th he would have managed to avoid the Russians with out retiring into Austrian territory. Hi s expedi. lions were not "armed demonstrations," and his men knew that he went into the Kingdom with the firm intention of staying there and making himself at home. the peasants had, in fact, become accus tomed to his presence in the palatinate of Lublin, and this explains to a great extent their favourable attitude towards him. It is impossible, on the other hand, that they can feel any confidence in the in surrection in places where detachments are constantly entering and are invariably beaten back, after re maining sometimes for a day or two, sometimes only for a few hours, on the Russian side of the frontier. A notion has somehow or other got abroad that Lelewel was a workman (a shoemaker from War saw, according to one report), and it has been argued that his great success in conducting par tisan warfare was owing to his want of regular military experience. The simple fact was, that he had had considerable military experience. having served throughout the Hungarian campaign of 1848-9. He had confidence in himself, and knew how to inspire confidence in his men—which for an inspired cobbler might have been a hard matter. Lelewel was in the Engineers during the Hungarian war, and became a civil engineer after its conclu sion. He was apparently about 40' years of age, was a tall, powerful-looking man, with black hair, a large black beard, and eyes which announced all the energy and determination which he showed so plentifully in action. Hie death has caused great grief; and if some 20 other insurgent chiefs were not only to lament him, but to imitate him, the in surrection would soon become a very much more serious affair than it is at present. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT —Sept, 21 OLD COURT. ABSCONDING FROM BANKRUPTCY. Bernhard Behrenz, brush maker, was indicted under the new Bankruptcy Act for misdemeanour, he, after being adjudged a bankrupt, having concealed and disposed of a part of his property with a view to defraud his creditors. The defendant had kept a brushmaker's shop in Cam berwell, and also reported himself as a general dealer in the habit of attending the faire held in Germany, and upon these representations he obtained a large quantity of goods from Messrs. Wilson, warehousemen, and paid various sums of money from time to time. The defendant was adjudicated a bankrupt on the 27th of May last, andon that day he went to a shipping-agent at St. Katherine's wharf, and r epresented that he wanted to forward a number of packages to Cologne by the next packet by way of Rotterdam, and it was of the utmost importance that no delay should take place. In a short time after a large quantity of cocoa nut matting, Dutch carpeting, &c., &c., was sent to the wharf, and when he next saw the defendant he said he had disposed of his busi ness to his brother, payment for which he had received in bills of exchange, which he took away with him as well as a gold chain, a large quantity of silk scarfs, and a number of trunks and other travelling boxes. The defendant left England for Cologne, and afterwards he was apprehended ' on a warrant by Webb, of the City detective force, and on their arrival in England the officer discovered the residence of the defendant, and there he succeeded in recovering a large quantity of property for the creditors. The Recorder, in summing up the case to the jury, said that it was one undoubtedly of considerable importance, be cause while, on the one hand, it was clear that any trader who became bankrupt through misfortune or unavoidable causes ought not to be made amenable to the criminal law, still, on the other, it was most essential in a commercial community that when a man became bankrupt from any cause, no portion of his estate should be improperly disposed of, but that the whole of it should be made available for dis tribution among the general body of his creditors, in order to lessen the loss they would otherwise sustain. He then called their attention to the evidence, and said that the material question for the jury to decide was, whether the defendant, by the course he had taken, intended to defraud his creditors or not. The jury, after a very short consultation, returned a ver dict of Guilty. The Recorder, in passing sentence upon the defendant, said that it appeared to him that the jury could not have returned any other verdict than they had done upon the evidence that had been laid before them, and there could be no doubt that he had taken all his property abroad in order to deprive his creditors of it and prevent it from being dis tributed among them. lie then sentenced him to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Sept. 21. The September adjourned General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, and a bench of magistrates. THE IMPERFECT JURY LIST. The business of the Court was considerably delayed this morning in consequence of the difficulty of getting an ade quate number of jurymen. In respect to the grand jury, which was selected from the Hackney district, there were 36 summoned, but in consequence of a large number having been improperly returned by the overseers they claimed exemption. After some difficulty 1,5 properly qualified per sons were obtained and a grand jury was sworn. With regard to the traverse jury, which was again taken from the parish of St. Pancras, out of 60 persons summoned only 41 were sworn, It is stated that the reason of this interruption is that the overseers return lists of persons as properly qualified to act as jurors which include many who have gone away, are above 60 years of age, or have claimed ex emption for other reasons, but whose names are still kept on the lists. In the grand jury list there were two gentlemen named Henry and William Gregson, and on the first-named one being called, the latter, who is very deaf, answered to the name, and having stated that he was upwards of 60 years of age he was excused from attendance. Soon afterwards Henry Gregson was called, when it was discovered that the name had been already answered to by Wm. Gregson, who, being deaf, probably did not hear the Christian name. The service of the summons having bean proved, Henry Gregson was fined £lO for non-attendance. In the latter part of the day it was communicated to the Deputy Clerk of the Peace that Mr. Henry Gregson had set out on his way to the Sessiz,n-house, but had dropped down dead on the way. THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT AND MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. After the grand jury had been sworn, on a case being named for trial, Mr. Cooper alluded to the fact that the Central Criminal Court and these Sessions were so fixed that they clashed together, which was a groat inconvenience, as prisoners could not be properly defended if counsel had their time divided between the two courts. This was a subject which had been strongly commented upon by the late Recorder of the City of London, and he (Mr. Cooper) suggested that, instead of these Sessions commencing on the Monday, in those weeks when the Old Bailey Sessions were held, they should begin on the Thursday when the business of the Central Criminal Court would be nearly over. Mr. Baldwin, the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, said every endeavour had been made to accommodate counsel, but sometimes it was impossible to avoid the two Sessions clash ing together. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said this was a subject which had no doubt received the consideration of Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant Judge, and he could not say anything on the matter. The subject was then dropped. John Weedon, 27, labourer, was indicted for embezzling the sum of 365., received by him for and on account of John Meredith, his master. The prosecutor stated that he is a corn dealer, living in Notting-hill-road, and on the 25th of August he sent his man with a horse and cart, in which were some trusses of hay to sell, giving him strict orders to bring back the money. He also employed the prisoner, and gave him 3s. to assist his man in loading and unloading the hay and selling it. The prisoner was not authorised to receive any money. When the hay was sold, prosecutor's man asked the prisoner to give him the money he had received from the purchaser, but he refused to do so. The prisoner gave the man Is. to go and get something to drink, and promised to come to him, but he never did so. He did not see the prisoner again until he saw him at Hammersmith Police-court, he having been taken into custody at Carshalton. He absconded after he received the money. Thomas Martin, in the service of the prosecutor, said he was sent with the prisoner to sell the hay, but he was to get the money from him when it was sold. He received ls. from the prisoner to get something to think, and waited for him for two hours at the Swan at Bayswater, but he never came. He asked the prisoner several times to give him the money for the hay, but he refused to do so. He did not see the prisoner until a policeman came, and he saw him in i custody. er George Robins, police-sergeant, 31 P, said he took the pri sone Wight custody in the neighbourhood of Carshalton, on t h of the 28th August. While he was on duty he heard some 0n running behind him, but as soon as the pri soner saw h is i i m g e ht he turned into another road. As it was a him what he followed him and came up to him. H mo o o a nl k ig ed t "There are f our or the was running for, and he replied, it. I was intrusted fivewithar"r me, and it is no use denying the remainder." load of hay, but I spent part of the money and lost the defence, said The prisoner, in he went into a public house, and having spent part of said the he did not know what he was about. l le lost ther money, he of it. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sergean t Robins said a short tim e, the prisoner ob tained a load of hay f rom a Mrs. Rapp e a ;—"ats tepney, which he sold, and afterwards absconded, leaving the horse cart in the street. I t was afterwards t aken to the and green yard, and was only r edeemed on the p a y men t of firs. l os. ee. Rapper, having beet , at gre at ex p ense, refuse d to come for ward to prosecute in her case. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee sentenced the prisoner to be impri soned and kept to hard labour for IS calendar months. Thomas Moore, rlicls Barnes, a??' , .rs . Montague, 25, dealer, THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1368. and Michael Flannagan,were severally indicted for stealing a silver and a gold chain and a gold locket, value £5, and the sum of £3 and upwards in money, the property of some person unknown. The prisoner Flannagan was further in dicted for assaulting and beating John Perry, with intent to resist his lawful detention. Mr. Abrams prosecuted; Mr. E. T. Smith appeared for Moore, and Mr, Gent for Flannagan. Henry Bartlett, police-constable, 142 F, said that at five o'clock on the morning of the Ist of September he was on duty in Broad-street, St. Giles's, where he saw the two pri soners drunk and fighting together. That was the morning of the day on which the fight took place between Goss and Mace. On that morning there had been a great many people going that way towards the Great Western Railway station at Paddington. He went to the prisoners and en deavoured to separate them, telling them to go home and that they must not fight there, and that if they continued to do so ho should take them into custody. They said they would fight after he had spoken to them, when Perry and another constable came to his assistance and they were taken into custody. Witness took Moore, and Perry took Flan nagan. After getting a short distaxce, witness observed the prisoner Moore put his hand into his pocket, from which he brought out a silver watch, and directly after wards threw it away. A police-constable of the E division picked it up and handed it to witness imme diately. The bow of the watch was broken. He asked Moore what he had done that for, and he said, "What do you mean ?" On going towards the station-house ho saw Moore again put his hand to his pocket, and then place something in his mouth. Witness put his left arm round his throat, and with his right hand put two fingers into his mouth, and forced from it a piece of gold chain, to which was appended a gold locket, both of which were produced. He also forced from his mouth two sovereigns and one half sovereign. On getting to the station-house be searched the prisoners, and on Moore he found three sixpences, threepence in copper, and a common brass breast-pin. He refused to give any account of himself or the property, or where he lived. Cross-examined by Mr. Gent—The two men were fight ing for some time. He (witness) did not tell them to go to the Great Western Railway and fight it down the line with Goss and Mace. Wm. Ackrell, police-constable 43 F, said he knew the prisoners at the bar. He had known Moore for three months and Flannagan for six years. He had frequently seen both the prisoners together. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said that a man had a right to throw away his watch if he liked, and there was no proof that it had been stolen, and persons might throw away their pro perty when pursued by the police. He directed the jury to acquit the prisoners. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. There were several constables in attendance to prove for mer convictions against both the prisoners for felonies. The prisoner Flannagan was then charged with assault ing and beating John Perry, a constable of the metropoli tan police force, with intent to resist hie lawful detention. The prisoner pleaded Guilty. John Perry, 176 F, said he was present at the time and place stated by the witness Bartlett, and took the prisoner Flannagan into custody. After getting a little distance with him he suddenly struck witness on the chest, tripped him up and ran away. On recovering himself witness went after him and captured him. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. The counsel engaged for Moore applied to the Court to order that the watch picked up by the police and the chain and money taken out of his mouth should be restored to him. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said he thought ho ought to have it. Mr. Abrams said the learned Judge had no power to order the restoration of anything but stolen property, and as the prisoner had thrown away the watch he had aban doned it altogether, supposing it not to have been stolen. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said the prisoner might bring a suit for the recovery of it. Mr. Abrams said, at any rate, the Judge had no power to make an order for its restoration. Some money found on the prisoner Flannagan was ordered to be given up to his mother. John Blakesley, 23, portmanteau maker, was indicted for embezzling the sum of £1 5s 6d, received by him for and on account of William Henry Hall, his master. He pleaded guilty. The prosecutor, a portmanteau maker, resides in Field terrace, Bagnigge-wells-road, end the prisoner was in his service about three months ago. About the 29th of July he was sent with two portmanteaus to Mrs. Lazarus's, Fore street. He had an invoice, but he was not authorized to receive any money. He came back to his employer and told him that if he went to Mrs. Lazarus she would pay him the money. It turned out, however, that the prisoner himself had received the money and receipted the invoice, which was produced. He absconded from his employment, but was afterwards taken into custody by Police-constable Crockford in King•street, Soho. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 calendar months. Henry Smith, 52, brass finisher, was indicted for stealing two pewter measures, the property of James Brown Wood ward, and one pewter measure, the property of John Mac- farlane. Joseph Ross, waiter at the Dunstan's Arms, East-road, City-road, said that on the evening of the 9th inst., about half past 5 o'clock, the prisoner was served with half a pint of porter. Witness saw him take a pint pot from the table and put it into his pocket. The prisoner went out and witness followed him. About 100 yards from the house he went up to bim and asked him for the pots he had in his pocket. A constable came up, and the pats produced were found in his possession. John Macfarlane, landlord of the Globe public-house, Chart-street, Hoxton, proved that one of the measures pro ducad was his property. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Charles Dullamy, formerly a police-constable, proved that on the 13th of June, 1862, the prisoner was convicted at Worship-street, under the Criminal Justice Act, of pot stealing, and sentenced to be imprisoned for two months. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months. (Before Mr. Payne.) Thos. James, labourer, was charged with maliciously in flicting grievous bedily harm upon James Allday, a police constable. Mr. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. E. T. Smith defended. Mr. Cooper, in his opening address, said this was a case of an aggravated assault on a police-constable while in the execution of his duty. It appeared that on the night of the 30th of August last some persons while coming down Cow cross, close to the Court, having been to an Irish wake, a row was got up, as is usually the case on such occasions, the policeman, Allday, was engaged in dispersing the crowd, and while doing so received a blow on the left ear, which immediately stunned him and felled him to the ground. A man of the name of Castello was taken up, but on being brought before the Court on a former occasion, his identity was not proved, and the jury acquitted him. The prisoner, at a later period of the row, was seen to throw a stone at the constable, and after a desperate struggle with the mob, the prisoner was secured and conveyed to the station, the crowd using every endeavour to rescue him, He (Mr. Cooper) said it was highly desirable that the police, who had some very onerous duties to perform, should be protected from these violent attacks, and trusted that the jury would give an impartial verdict after having heard the evidence. James Allday, police-constable 71 G, said he was the per son who had received the injury from which he was now suffering. On the night in question he was engaged in quelling a disturbance in Cow-cross, resulting from an Irish wake, There were 200 or 300 people on the spot at the time—a very violent crowd. Whilst endeavouring to keep the people back, a stone was thrown with great violence from behind, which he received on his ear, causing a severe wound, rendering him totally insensible. Ho had since been suffering from deafness and pains in the head, and was delirious on the night in question. Robert Elford, police-constable G 134, confirmed the last witness, and stated that he saw him in the crowd, and was endeavouring to go up Benjamin-street, the prisoner being about six yards in advance of him, when he saw him hurl a stone at the policeman Allday, falling him to the ground. Ho was immediately conveyed to the station , house, and a surgeon sent for, who ordered his removal to the hospital, The stone was here produced in court—s large piece of granite in a rough state. John Blencowe, another constable, said he helped the last witness in keeping the crowd back, and on the occasion in question saw the prisoner throw the stone deliberately at the constable, and that the stone *whizzed past him. lie considered himself very lucky, and that if he had been two inches nearer he should have received the blow. Witness was not mistaken as to the prisoner's identity. Charles Bendle, police-constable G ]Ol, also assisted in keeping the crowd back. He saw the constable AlldaY knocked down by the stone. He could swear to the prisoner as being the man. Mr. J. Foster, house surgeon at the Free Hospital,Gray's inn-road, was next examined—The injured policeman had been under his superintendence and was recovering. When brought into the hospital ho had an abrasion on the ear and the skin was very much cut. A slight concussion of the brain had taken place, accompanied by the usual symptoms. He was greatly excited and delirious. In his (Mr. Foster's) opinion such a wound would be occasioned by a stone thrown in the manner described. He had heard of cases where persons had died through similar injuries. Mr. E. T. Smith made a very able defence on behalf of the prisoner, contending that in a mob like the one de. , scribed the constables might have been mistaken, and that it was a case of mistaken identity altogether. The learned Judge then summed up, and The jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty, A police-constable said the prisoner was once charged with pocket-picking. Mr. Payne, in passing sentence, commented on the brutal nature of the assault, and said that it was highly desirable that the police should receive the protection of every one. The duties they had to perform were of such a nature that their lives were often in danger, and it was abso lutely necessary that the strong arm of the law should reach persons of this description. Here was a man who, in endeavouring to put a stop to a disturbance and clearing the road, was brutally wounded by the prisoner with a stone which, if it hEtd been but thrown in his flee t would have been certain death, and for which the prisoner would have forfeited his life on the gallows. The sentence of the Court was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. Charles King, 15, errand boy, was charged with stealing a cashbox, containing a cheque for £37 10s. and £1 18s. 61 in money, the property of Wm. Sugg, his master. The prisoner pleaded guilty, saying that it was through bad associates he had been led to commit the robbery. Wm. Goodson said he was clerk to the prosecutor, an en gineer, who lived at 19, Marsham-street, Westminster. The prisoner was in Mr. Sugg's service as errand boy, and had been so since the 29th August. On the 2d September last the cashbox, which was kept in the back-office, was safe at 6 o'clock in the morning, locked. The drawer in which the cashbox was contained was not fastened, and prisoner had access to it. At a few minutes after 9 on the same morning on going to the drawer the box with its contents was missed. The prisoner went to his breakfast, but did not return. Witness told his master of the robbery, and information was given to the police. The prisoner two or three days after the robbery gave himself up, confessing to having commit ted the theft. The property had not been found. It was afterwards ascertained that the prisoner with his companions had spent the money and destroyed the cheque. The pri soner was seen on the day of the robbery running down Bennett's yard, close to Mr. Sagg's premises, with some thing under his coat. Jeremiah Burr, 194 B, said on Saturday, three days after the robbery, the prisoner gave himself up, saying he had robbed his master, and that a boy named Furlong had part of the money, and he (prisoner) had the rest. It appeared that this was the first offence. Mr. Payne, after conferring with the other magistrates on the bench, deferred sentence. Milliam M'Donnell, engraver, was charged with stealing a carpet value £5, the property of Thomas Harding. The prisoner pleaded guilty. William Davis said he was shopinan to the prosecutor, who resided at 195, Marylebone-read, and his business was that of a baker, and on the 4th September last, while in the shop be observed the prisoner and another man outside. The prisoner took up a carpet which was outside the shop, and placing it on his shoulder, walked away. Witness fol lowed vas da a n s d caught hold of him, and said to him, " Where are you going wi th that carpet ?" to which he replied, " All right, this man as k e d m e to carry it," pointing to the man who with him, Witness told the prisoner to come inside the shop, when he said, "All right, it will be nothing out of your way; let me go." A constable was sent for, and the prisoner given into custody. David West, policeconstable 307 D, said he took the pri soner into custody. He gave an address which afterwards turned out to be false. The learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner to 12 ca lender months' imprisonment with hard labour. A man who refused to give his name, but was afterwards ascertained to be Falharn, was charged with stealing an umbrella, a parasol, and shawl, the property of Maria Evans; a cloak, travelling bag, and an umbrella, also the property of Maria Evans ; a shawl, a parasol, an umbrella, the pro perty of Edith Evans, and an umbrella, and a walkingstick, the property of Arthur Robertson Evans. The prisoner pleaded guility. Mr. Cooper prosecuted. From the evidence it appeared that on Friday aflernoon, Aug, 28 last, about 20 minutes to 4, the prisoner was seen on the platform of the King's• cross station on the departure side, A train started at 4 o'clock, when the prisoner went out of the station to a publichouse in St. Pancras-road. He returned again in about 20 minutes. He remained till a quarter to 7, and then went into the first-class waiting room and brought out with him the two shawls, cloak, bag, four umbrellas, and several other articles. He got about 20 yards from the entrance gate, and upon seeing a police-constable dropped the things and started off running. He was after wards stopped and given into custody. When the prisoner was stopped he said, " Oh, for God's sake let me go, I ern a ruined man." The property was afterwards owned as hav ing been stolen on the 28th of August last. The learned Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for 18 calendar months. John Regan, 21, labourer, was charged with assaulting Lawrence M`Auliffe, a constable of' the m etropolitan police force, in the execution of his duty. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Taylor prosecuted, and Mr. Warton defended. Lawrence M'Auliffe, 301 K, said that on the night of the 28th of August, between the hours of 11 and 12, he was on duty in High-street, Ratcliff. He heard women crying and shouting "Police" and "Murder," and the wife of the pri soner came to witness in a bleeding state, seeking his pro tection, whereupon the prisoner immediately kicked him in wrested the stomach, from th e e ff ec t s of which he wa s no w sufferi ng. He having occasion t o s toop a little, the p risoner rush ed upon him, placed hi s fi ng ers in his stock , nearl y choki ng him, at the same tim e t earin g his greatcoat , doin g consider able damage. Witness sprung his rattle a nd seized the pri soner. A struggle ensued, and a mob came u p ,who succe eded in rescuing the prisoner, who got clear off. Some other con stables soon arrived, and they went with witness to the pri soner's house. He was told he was wa nted, and he re plied from a ` kOeh the , you life b e o — f n 0 . ' of ' them. drew Thea knife, knife was and s said i h teed wouldfm t him. Before the prisoner was even spoken to he drew f ort h l the knife, and said he would stab witness and the other con stables. He was not sober. Upon cross .examinat ion it a pp eared that it was after he left the house that he p roduced the knife. Neither of t he constables drew the staves. He raised his hand with a knife in it, and at the same time he was seized by the con stable, who got the knife from him. John Wilson, police-constable 152 K, when sworn, said he met the last witness in High-street, Ratcliff, on the night ethetothe station-house, in question, and from what he said they proceeded to the dock at the station prisoner's house and brought him downstairs. Witness had hold of his collar, and Constable Auliffe held him by ano ther part. 'file knife was open in his hand. Prisoner I'll do for you, or some of said, " Now, you ---, . you," and threw his arm back and made a blow at witness with the knife. He got the prisoner outside, and with the assistance of two other constables the knife wa d s taken from his hand, house the prisoner said, m ve . ry t. sorry I did not knife m in e g h . e was lv, Ih c , on n v i e n y some of you, particularly you" friendly to witness). a an g d re a a ft t e m r a ob sh f o o r ii t o t is e gave you a nod, Mr. Taylor— (Laughter.) Witness—Yes. resumed --The prisoner sv Examination re s drunk,but knew was about. When first very well what h e attacked the pri- Boner endeavoured to dig the knife into witness's arm, but he did not succeed. George Robjuit, police-constable 158 K , sworn—He said he was called to a ssist in taking p ri soner into cu s t o dy. A s they were goingg along l Wilson said, Look out for the knife." He turned is head and saw the Prisoner with one in his hand ; it was open. Wilson took the knife from him. When at the station the prisoner said he was sorry he had not knifed one of them, and he would if he had an opportunity. In cross-exam ins len by Mr. Warton, the witness said no unnecessary vicl . ence was used i n t a ki ng t h e pr i soner to the station ; they did not draw their staves. Mr. Warton, inveryot: the able and el oquen t speec h, a dd resse d the jury on b ehalf prisoner, and pointed out the dis crepancies in the elvience, and rem i n d e d t h em t h a t if th ey had arty reasonabdoubt in th e i r m i n d s as to t h e pr i soner ' s guilt, they were h 3 und do to give him the benefit of such doubt and acquit bins. The Deputy Assistant -Judge said he did not think it was necessary for him to make any remarks upon the evidence. The constables hadsworn positively to the facts, and if they believed them they had no other course than to find the pri soner guilty. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty of an as sault on the police while in the execution of their duty. J o hn StimPsert Police-constable 21 K, said he knew the prisoner. He was charged with assaulting him Nov. 12, 1860, at the harms Police -court, and was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. Th e prisoner said he was drunk at the time, and was very sorry for w hat he had done, and if his lordship would be lenient with him, h e would never do so again. The learned Judge , in passing sentence, said he was con tinually called upon to comment upon the evils of intempe rance and the evils it caused among the working classes. Tho sentence of to Court upon the prisoner was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. Samuel C ooper, groom, was charged with stealing a silver watch and a pl.' chain, value £B, the property of John Mills, in his dwelling-house, to which indictment he pleaded not guilty, coffee-house. Mills sail ho liv e d at 65, Marylebone-.lane, and kept a watch "-6use. On Thursday, August 27th, he lost a silver . _ and gold chain f r om the bedroom, being usually placed under th e p ill ow on go i ng t o b e d, The prisone r an d his wife had lodged in the house for some time. Prosecutor afterwards saw the watch at a pawnbroker's shop, and he thereupon requested the prisoner to come with him for a little walk. They went to the pawnbroker's, and prisoner was thererecognised as having pledged the watch and chain. The prisoner said, "Oh I the watch I pledged for the ser vant." Re was then given in charge. He said he had pledged an opera glass as well. Os t ie had been missed by a gentleman who had lodged in the house, but who was now living in the country. Alfred Chamberlain, assistant to Mr. James, pawn broker 15 Norfolk -street, Isr or ol -street, Fitzroy-square, produced a silver watc h and gold chain, pawned on the 27th of August for LI 10s. The prisoner, when ho pawned it, said he had been out of a situation for six months, and that ho did not know what he should do when that was gone. Witness produced an opera-glass, pledged by him on the 22d of August for 6s. Sarah Lynch, servant to Mr. Mills, said she made the bed on the night of the robbery. She put the watch and chain on the drawers in the room and did not see them afterwards, The witness stoutly denied the assertion of the prisoner that she had given the watch to him to pledge for her, George Ring, police-constable, 76 D, said he went to the pawnbroker's and saw the watch and chain. The prisoner and his wife came into . the coffee-shop, and Mr. Mills said that the prisoner had acknowledged the pledging of the watch and chain, and gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner then said, " I did not receive it from the servant, I received it from my wife," The wife mid to him, "It to a falsehood, and you know 1 did not give you the watch." The prisoner then replied, " I shan't tell any lies about it; you know you did." The prisoner, in his defence, said he was innocent of stealing the watch. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sen tenced to three years' penal servitude. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The Russian reply to France can hardly be said to be conciliatory, and if it expresses a wish to avoid a quarrel, it does so in the most curt and cavalier manner. It is impossible to see in this pithy and decided document the smallest concession, or the least tendency towards a mutual understand ing. It is a slap on the face, and nothing else. Prince Gortschakoff declares that discussion could only lead to still further divergence, and says almost in so many words, as in his reply to Lord Russell, that if the French Government wishes to avoid un pleasant misunderstanding the less it says further on the subject the better. The last two or three paragraphs, which are identical with those to Eng land, are in the same tone of dignified self-assertion ; and the concluding remark, that the Emperor of Russia has the right to expect and to demand the same respect for the fundamental principles of in ternational law on the part of the other Powers as he has observed himself, reads like a decided hint to the Powers that they are exceeding the limits of their rights. Indeed, it cannot be mistaken that these despatches, while admitting for courtesy's Bake the representations of the Powers, and re plying to them indirectly in a Memorandum, assume that the Russian Government is not bound to consider them any further than it pleases. So far, too, as the mere question of legal obli gation goes, it must be confessed that the para graph which Prince Gortschakoff addresses par ticularly to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, contains an argument of no trifling force. He only dwells upon one point of the French despatch, because he wishes to avoid any future misunderstanding—namely, the way in which, more than once and under dif ferent forms, the French Minister alludes to the Western provinces of Russia as affected by the stipulations of the treaty of 1815. The Emperor of Russia only consents to discuss the condition of the Duchy of Warsaw, and " must peremptorily ex clude, even in an interchange of friendly views, any allusions to portions of his empire to which no internatioual reference whatsoever refers." As we shall point out presently, Prince Gortschakoff has no right to exclude thus peremptorily under any circumstances references to parts of his empire not expressly guaranteed by treaty; but at the same time the observation is a home thrust, and hits the weakest point in the attack of the Allies. Although it is addressed only to France, its force extends equally to the other two Courts; end, however it may be answered, it places them in a position of great difficulty. It is evident that, if it is ad mitted, it reduces the interference of the three Powers to perfect uselessness. Suppose, it says, that they have a right to insist upon the establish ment of a free Constitution in the Polish provinces guaranteed to Russia by the Treaty of Vienna, they have no right to urge any such claim as re gards other provinces. But Prince Gortschakoff and every one else knows perfectly well that if the good offices of M. Drouyn de Lhuys are only to affect the Duchy of Warsaw, they will be perfectly useless. The insurrection is not confined to the Duchy of Warsaw. The Poles who are, directing it have no idea of treating the Duchy of Warsaw as distinct from the other Polish provinces, and when Europe thinks of the Polish question its sympathies extend far beyond those limits. In short, neither M. Drouyn de Lhuys nor any one else who discussed the subject could possibly avoid speaking of Poland in a sense which would trespass on the " peremptory" limits of the Emperor of Russia. This assertion of them has the effect of nullifying the propositions of the three Powers by refusing to allow them to apply to what they were intended for. Any fresh agreement among the contracting parties to the Treaty of Vienna could only apply to the Duchy of Warsaw; but, as they would in that case be perfectly useless, it can be to nu purpose to urge them. But, at the same time, all three Powers declare that they remonstrate upon no other basis than the treaties of 1815. Diplomacy seldom claims any other support. That is as far back as diplomatic memory reaches. The oldest diplomatist, like " the oldest inhabitant," has no traditions before the Congress of Vienna. It is clear at least that, as we said, the legal right of interfer, ence is limited by those treaties. The Russian Em peror has certainly a technical right to say that be will admit of no further intrusion into the adminis tration of his dominions ; and after this rigid asser- tion of the right, any Power which persists in mak ing such allusions as Prince Gortschakoff complains of must be prepared to do more than remonstrate. We are, in short, impaied on the horns of a very unpleasant dilemma. Either we with the reforms we press for confined to the Duchy of Warsaw, in which ease our interference is useless, or we ask for their extension to other provinces of Russia, in which 4 case it is dangerous. Our remonstrances are either merely diplomatic, and founded on the Treaty of Vienna, and therefore obsolete and unmeaning, or they are founded on international law and can have no other arbiter but force. This difficulty in defining the limits of interference . is precisely the one under which we have all along observed that this Polish business labours. The three Powers know neither what they are asking, nor whom they are asking it for, nor what is the country they are talking about. Their propositions, therefore, must be vague, and it does not require a diplomatist of Prince Gortscha koff's skill to baffle them by merely professing his inability to meet them. " We don't understand each other," says the Russian Minister, " and I see no chance of our doing so; the less, therefore, said about the matter the better." What Lord Russell and M. Drouyn de Lhuys are to say to such a polite re fusal of the debate we do not know, unless, like the Squire in the " Vicar of Wakefield," they should charge their own confusion on the weakness of their adversaries' brains, and so excuse their retreat from so disagreeable a position. At all events, before they attempt to renew the discussion it would be well to settle distinctly with themselves in the first place on what grounds they intend to negotiate, what they expect to obtain, and what good would be done by obtaining it. This general and pur poseless fencing is disarmed by a single thrust from their adversary, and only wastes time and deludes the spectators. We cannot help feeling half afraid lest something should come of all this demonstra tion, and we cannot wonder that Russia is a little irritated by so provoking a flourish of small swords. At the same time, Prince Gortschakoff goes beyond what he can justly claim when he absolutely denies the right of foreign Governments under any cit. , - cumstances to " allude" to portions of the Russian' empire which are not expressly guaranteed by treaties. The maladministration of a province may light a flame which all Europe is interested in quenching, and if an insurrection in the heart of Russia disturbed the peace of Europe, the Great Powers would have a distinct right to complain of it, and, if necessary, to interfere to quiet it. If a man persists in setting his house on fire, his neigh bour has a right to interfere, though the house may be freehold and not leased. All Europe is con cerned in the pacification of Poland, and not of the Duchy of Warsaw alone, and the Government are certainly justified in remonstrating with the Em peror of Russia against acts which have a tendency to keep it in a perpetual state of revolt. Above all, they have a right and a duty to remonstrate against acts of barbarism and cruelty which are a dishonour to a civilised Government, and which disgrace the age in which they are committed. But this sort of remonstrances appeals to a higher law than the treaty of 1815, and to an authority which Prince Gortschakoff would be less ready to dispute than the Congress of Vienna. If the Government con fined themselves to this, they would be supported by the general feeling of the country ; but it is a Utopianism unworthy of the Foreign Minister of a European State to make proposals which could not be accepted without the prospect of reviving a state of things which has long become obsolete, and in troducing disturbances which could find no satis factory end except by a European war. POST.—Notwithstanding the apparent success which has attended the recent military operations of the Federal Government at Charleston and in Tennessee, never perhaps since the commencement of the civil war were the prospects of the North more gloomy than at present. If the war is, as tile Unionists allege, gradually but surely exhausting the rebel resources, it is no less certainly wearing out the energies of those who foolishly imagine that by the extermination of a population with which they claim kindred, and the destruction of cities which they assert to be their own, they are laying the basis of future national prosperity and greatness. It was at Charleston that the first overt act of re bellion against the authority of the Federal Govern ment was committed; and the reduction, if not the destruction, of that town has always been antici cipated by the Northern population with feelings of intense satisfaction. Expedition after expedition has been despatched from Washington to effect the capture of the capital of South Carolina, and of its formidable defence, but hitherto without success. Now, however, for the first time, fortune 'smiles on the Federal arms, and it is not improba ikt:kat one of the most thriving and prosperous of Americt:n seaport towns may be reduced to a mass of ruins. According to the lat est acco unts Fort Sumter W aB. l titu - , lst en tirely battered to pieces, and although FOki moint-ie was in a position to reply position gained by G en . to the Federal fire, s till tt,.: eh as to enable him Gilmore on Morris Island WiW k): .. • to discharge shells into the heart Ql 'he city. The prospect of the speedy realisation of their hopes in wreaking vengeance on the town where the banner of secession was first raised does not, however, ap pear to have excited that degree of satisfaction in the North which superficial observers might have been led to expect. It would seem as if at length, after two years and a half hard fighting, the convic tion was beginning to dawn on the Northern mind that there is no necessary connection between the demolition of a few forts or the destruction of a flou rishing city and the subjugation of 6,000,000 people. Charleston may fall, but with their past experiences Mr. Lincoln and his advisers well know that its destruction will not render more probable the re alisation of that wild chimera—the restoration, in its original integrity, of the American Union. About this time twelve months the election for Mr. Lincoln's successor will take place, and until then it seems only too probable that the war will be pro tracted. The coming winter will not cause an ab solute suspension of hostilities, but, judging from the military operations of the previous winter cam paigns and their results, it is not likely that the relative positions of the belligerents will undergo any material modification between the months of December and March. The advantages recently obtained by the Federals might, and doubtless would, a year since have been turned to practical account; but the disgust with which the large ma jority of the Northern population have begun to regard the war, and the rapidly extending demorali sation which has of late manifested itself in the Federal ranks, will render it impossible for the Government to reap the fruits of their successes. There appears, therefore, every prospect of the pro traction of that state of chronic warfare which has so frequently and for such lengthened periods char acterised the conduct of hostilities in America. The policy of the Confederates is so clearly defensive that no alternative is left them but to await with patience the attacks which may be directed against them. The North, on the other hand, unwilling at the same time to desist from a struggle which it nevertheless must feel to be hopeless, and unable to prosecute hostilities with that vigour which could alone promise success, will doubtless content itself with maintaining with its armies that species of blockading which has hitherto served no other purpose than to entail on the country all the miseries of war, without tending in the slightest degree to effect a cessation of hostilities. Should the war be protracted for another year, the cir cumstances under which the next Presidential election will be carried on will be of so excep tional a kind as to invest the struggle in which the Northern and Southern States are, engaged with an entirely new character. At that election the Southern States will be entirely unrepresented ; and although it has been urged by the supporters of the Federal Government that the South has hitherto owed allegiance to the candidate who ob tained the majority of votes at an election in which it took a prominent part, still it can scarcely be contended with any show of reason that the seceded States should be bound to accept as Chief Magis trate an individual in whose nomination they will be precluded from taking any share. This is a diffi culty of so purely technical a kind, and so easily disposed of by the ready fiction that the Southern population have it in their power to participate in the election of a President, by abandoning their present scheme of establishing an independent Go vernment, that it might seem scarcely worthy of notice. But after another year's war, we are in clined to believe that the Northern population will be much more anxious to discover pretexts for bring ing hostilities to a close than for protracting them, and that however the next Presidential election may terminate, whether it be in triumph of the Republican or of the Democratic candidates, a radical change will take place in the policy of the Federal Government. It is perfectly intelligible that, so long as the present administration remains in office, the war should be pursued with more or less vigour, and the object with which it was insti tuted be still declared to be attainable. The sta bility of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet is absolutely depen dent on the continuance of the war, and so long as that Administration remains in office nothing less than a successful invasion of the Northern States by the Confederate forces could bring the war to a close. But the succeeding Government will be hampered by no such obligations as thos e which press so heavily upon the present Administration. The next President of the United States can, with out risk, disavow a policy which he never origi nated, and be at liberty to question the expediency of prosecuting a war which he never advised. Of the ultimate result of the American war no one can entertain a doubt. If two years and a half have not enabled the North to subjugate the frontier State of Virginia, it must be idle to suppose that the prospect of reducing to subjection the entire Southern Confederacy is within the bounds of pos sibility. That the war may be continued for another year is probable, but as, at the end of that period, the existing condition of affairs will not in all likelihood have undergone any material change, there is every reason to hope that the newly appointed Government of the Northern States will take an early opportunity of bringing this most disastrous war to a termination. HERALD.—We all remember the enthusiasm that attended the naval review at Spithead a fe w years ago. The sovereign, the Lords and Commons, the Government offices, the Court, and the Legislature, were all invited to honour the occasion. From all parts of the country the people thronged, and possessed Portsmouth and Southampton, and their precincts, so that the streets were filled with a concourse of human beings of all ranks and ages, and of either sex, the whole night through pre viously to the great display. All the mishaps and shortcomings of the railways, the inconvenience and discomfort to which thousands upon thousands submitted from the absence of shelter and bed, and the vile fare which awaited the later arrivals, were all forgiven by those who saw that imposing national spectacle. So we can heartily sympathise with the pleasant ovations that have attended the visits of the Channel fleet at the various home ports, and have but to express our wish that this compa rative innovation upon the rules of the service may be repeated every year, if the squadron can but be spared for such an agreeable duty. This friendly intercourse between the force which is more essen tially the bulwark of an island than any other, reacts upon the visitor and those whom he visits. That love of naval adventure which inspires the people of these islands above all other races of this hemisphere is cherished and stimulated by the sight of those grand war ships and the hardy tars who man them. Jack himself, whether he wears epaulets or not, rubs off his contempt for landsmen, and their ways and thoughts, when he finds that they take a pride in him, and care heartily for his welfare, and welcome him on their home. This first visit to Liverpool especially seems to have stirred the hospitable Lancastrians more than any public event, not even excepting the presence of Royalty. No finer and more imposing sight, they tell us, has been seen on the broad bosom of the Mersey than the Channel fleet standing up the stream. The whole of the docks, the landing-stages and banks on either side, more than three miles in extent from the mouth of the river, were thronged the masses of people. Liverpool is even more a maritime town than London. The great bulk of its population is connected with the great commer cial marine that trades across the Atlantic, and the labouring folk are principally dockyard artificers, mechanics, riggers, engineers, and craftsmen, who attend to the uses and wants of the varied and rich navy of this Imperial port. So it is not an exagge ration to say that the whole town turned out to welcome the Channel fleet. At the Town Hall the Mayor gave a banquet to Admiral Dacres, his cap tains, and officers ; and the speeches o n both sides had a hearty, straightforward tone about them very unusual in after-dinner complimentary tee's. The guests were told that the naval service was in such honour among the working people at Liverpool that, if they were required, 30 sail of the line could be manned out of the port in five days. That is seine thing for us here in London to be proud of and to rejoice at. The Mayor assured the Admiral that no such sight had been seen in his memory as the reception of the s quadron. All classes h a d s hared in it, and the enthusiasm had but grown greater with the better opportunities for the townsfolk and the sailors to meet each other. Ad m i r al Dacres a nswered in like friendly tone when the other guests drank the health of himself and his officers. He told his friends around him that, when he entered the port of Liverpool it was with unfeigned pleasure ; that when he saw the thousands and tens of thousands of peopl e o f thi s large maritim e population, all sailors or connected with the sea, and the women wavin g th e i r handkerchiefs a nd cheering as the fleet entered, he though t it was a great mistake that they had not come there betore ; and he f e lt from his heart as a t r ue Englishman, as a true English sailor, that there had never been a better thing done t han the sending of the fleet there for the inhabitants of that large and populous place to know them ; for he was sere—and he was speaking with the confidence of nearly fifty years in the service—that the more they were known the better they would be liked. Na turally enough he turned to speak of his officers and his seamen, his officers whom he commended as having come from old English families, and his men, who all knew their duties, and " were as good as ever." "The times," said the gallant old gentleman, " might be altered; our munitions of war might be very different, the ships might be different, and the guns different; but he thought whenever they were tried the men would show the same glorious results as they had ever d . oner-at least he trusted they would." There is in this modest frankness the true ring of the metal out of which Nelson and Coiling wood were made -00muirtilders to whom every one of their ships' crews were objects of care and pride and personal regard. Admiral Dacres hit the nail on the head exactly when he further insisted upon the practical value of i he visit of the fleet and the crews. The First Lord ma'Y the honest, outspoken testimony of this .hearty old admiral, who told his friends his mind when be said that he and his comrades had tied a gr eat bond remember of friendship between themselves and inha biter ° of that town, which was a very material yoint, because the people saw what they paid they saw the ships, . and they saw the men, 3:llci ", he hoped from this time forw ard they woo sleep soundly in their beds, for they need have very little fear of peace being disturbed while thy e maintained such a fleet. We have mad e a great step towards bringing the people of these realms into more frequent contact with those brave fellows who, either at sea or on land, fight our battles, and let us one and all work out our career in security and comfort. They are of t he sa me stock as our selves. To isolate and sever them from the race and family to which they belon g was once thought to be a necessary measure to sustain and ensure perfect obedience and the discipline of their cloth- But we are getting to know better, and to see that a great free nation like ours should of themselves be a military people, all soldiers or sailors if nee& be, or all in training. We hav e p ut aside the con script system and the pressgang, and it is high time that our soldiers and sailors sh ould know that they are constantly in our thoughts as members of the same family, and not a mere crowd of war es ' naries, fighting blindly and brutally, and, as ' , he t rough-mouthed Mr. Cobbett used to say, dal. life and freedom to be shot for a s hi l lin g a Time was, when a regiment was to be moved frail one garrison to another, that the soldiers wer e la , kept out of sight, as though t heir presence wou spread the scarlet fever. The old disciplinaria ns were sadly afraid that the Volunteers would COW p r omise the army and lower its prestige. As for the exacting discipline and dread rule over the navy, the recruiting for the Baltic fleet showed the esteem in which the service was then held by the people at large. The first crews were of the most miscellaneous description, all or nearly all lands men, with every variety of calling. There Were tailors by the score, said old Sir Charles. Bu t since then the home squadron has opened the eyes of even that very suspicious section of the people that forms the mercantile marine. The navy is ne longer fought shy of by the best seamen in the world. The Naval Reserve numbers from ten to fifteen thousand of the smartest fellows afloatr ready, willing, active, and proud of their connee• tion with the navy. The good folks of Liver p ool. it seems, have not only feasted the officers and the grandees of the Channel fleet. In St. George's Hall the non-commissioned officers a nd men of the fleet were to be entertained, and it is to be hoped that wherever the fleet goes it will earn the s ao3e hospitality and goodwill of the citizens that it 1 1 a 6 met with on the banks of the Mersey. COUNTRY MARKETS. GLOUCESTER—SEPT. 19. The show of English wheat to - day w as moderate, PA the sales made were at a reduction of Is on the mural; of last week. Foreign wheat was again very dull, at decline. Barley, beans, and oats were without change. COLCHESTEII--SErz. 19. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, with ahe trade, and the rates of last week were 2 s l ower. Barley 'll good demand, and realised late prices. Beans and peas AB before. Wheat,; white ..44s 50s Be,ans,Mazagan..33o 36° red Barley 42s 46s middle & small.3ss 3 4 5 4 32s 40s Peas, white ...... 40s Oats CHELMSFORD-817T. 18. of At this corn exchange to-day there was a goo d supply „, wheat, but the trade was inactive, in consequenc e of a o f duction of 2s and 3s being asked tor, and last week's pr i er barely maintained. There was no, alteration in ot l.o articles. Wheat, old white 31s 49s new 46s 50s old red 36s 44s new 40s 46s Barley 28s 36s Chevalier 2Bs 39s Grinding 22s 31s Malt. 6ls 67s Chevalier . 64s 69s Oats 2os 28s Peas, Partridge. , 37s 4O White .. . 39, 4 30 Boiling .. 4_ 0_ s --- 0 4 , 00 3 0 Dun , 33s 36 ! Ditto new Beans, Tick, old 340 ...0...10 li ew '' —s 400 Harrow Tiolco 3 SS 5 .aew —s 1 0 Mazagan .......• 30$ 3 KIRKCALDY GRAIN.—SEPT. l'V. To-day we had small supplies of all descripti CMS of grain at market. Sales free, at last week's rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First ....35e Od I 20s Od 22s Oct Second .. 36s Od 31 s Od 23s 6d Third....3Bs Od 33s Od 25s Od COAL N. Prfoes of Coal per Ton at :ET. the close of the market. , S. U, s. d. Walker Primrose 12 3 Carway and Daffryn Malting , 20 0 Wylam 17 0 Eden „ 17 0 West Hartley 16 9 Walls End. Haswell 13 6 •••• 00000 ••••• 6 Heugh Hall .......... 17 6 East Hartlepool ...... 1S 6 I South Hartlepool.... ..17 6 Kelloe ...... ...... 17 6 South Kelloe. .... 17 6 Hetton ............. IS ,„ 0 Tunstall ...... :et, 47 ; sold, 39. Walls End. Gosforth l6 9 Ships at mark 4 Foreign. Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. lg. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... O ct.„ . via Marseilles .. . Oct. Sac, Cape and Cape Verde, by British packet........ Oct. ac, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. :4 4 r. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct , via Marseilles ...S e p t ' ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept ' Oct lndia (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton •0, via Marseilles.....oSeep t. iept• '- India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles . Oct.Oc• - 6 , Portugal.... Oct. .. 0, Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton SeFt' i 1, via Marseilles Newfoundland .. Oporto and Vigo .. . U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Sept. by U.S. packet , 2,5. by Canadian packet. SeP l "O. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Oct. 2 4, Bahamas, via New York Mexico.. - s . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 S e pt.'' California. and British Columbia.. ADVERTISEMENT.I—AvOId medicines: they always affg: i fi t i; vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious 11e , e 0 Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty , its cost in other remedies, invariably c ures them, roto r er, perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthi li ;cl pure blood, refreshing sleep , funct i o nal re g ularit y , and eae'oriig to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract n fe w de of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchiou ess Brasil, Paris, of a liver complaint, wasting away for 86 h / ot years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all over, digestion, constant sleeplessness, the most intolerable n erv° o agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1, 771. :;:r0' Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of ma" 'osi dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribab le $ 4. 40 0. from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constlPBii?' flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts , of Frimley, Surr",' e• thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood , liver deral3i,o, ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Bliss 0 153 10 Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings JAS ; spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 54,816. The Ra y : rp i. T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion au t d in t : u t.' dity ot the liver, which had resisted all medical ir ea— 241 V In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., lls. ; 121D . 22 T s doa; 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-stre c., is also Fortnum and Mason ; and all Grocers and Chemists every town of the United Kingdom. by THE SHN ()MCC 14° 4 O f WILLIAM ANJOUIO LenodfonN:o.Prnir Strand,dandF fished Printer, at Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo y , in the COll/1 faiddi ell ez, 7 TUeedaY , September 22, 1603 Births. HURLEY.—On the 21st inst., the wife of T. H. H us leff ' Esq., F.R.S., of a daughter. PARIS.—On the 20th inst., at Dulwich, the wife of ClO Paris, Esq., of a daughter. ) . :'En). —On the 20th inst., at 5, Taviton-street, GOrMrd quare, the wife of Richard Reid, of a daughter. 1.4.;,,N-,oß.—On the 20th inst.. at 2, The Terrace, Kens/lir ton_cardens-square, IV., the wife of Albon Taylor, V‘ l ‘ f of a dOughter. Marriages. GORDON-'"HA CKET.—On the 19th inst., at St. Olave:#9 York, Colon*, 1 Bertie Edward Murray Gordon, L ie „ u n i Colonel 91st itk.gineent, to Katharine Alicia, the s e ., l — :l daughter of Fraa,cis Benyon Racket, Esq., of Moor P -1I Warwickshire. G bl MALENG—HARPER.—Dn the 25th June, at Christchlit,,,te New Zealand, Thomao J. Maling, only son of the e', ' - to Vice-Admiral Maling, of the Elms, Worceetersh ir Rose Harper, fourthdattichter of the Bishop of el lr " church. Deatizs. lo t 3 DAY.—On the 19th inst., at Dartferd, John Day, xis9.'' of Islington, aged 72. S e ' FAUDEL.-Oa the 21st inst.. at 5, St. Andrew's-place;seett gent's-park, Henry Faudel, Esq ,of Newg ate4 I, aged 54. OS FULLER —On the 19th inst., at Hendon, Fuller, Esq., aged 77. Ailddleses, 0 if FRY.—On the 19th inst., at Axbridge, Margarel'-, wiclo Peter Fry, Esq., aged 90. HUNTLY.—On the 17th inst,, at Orton Longuevilßt Marquis of Huntly, aged 71. 144 1 STUART.—On the 16th inst., at Eastbourne, the Lady 1 0 garet Stuart, daughter of the late Francis, tenth Ea; Moray. TUSSAUD.—On the 19th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. Eliza Tussaud, aged 60. ACT rUre i , Si -'‘ rn4 Qash 130 n, JT( .. ;hic uay s gtre e throl the Ar z —......., 014 c 1< 4 'Po. 11 li Salleeei s th e bas s c otni s ( t . a ce() ta,te; Kati exec zit t: £ 70 I few has Was. ghat lilt 11 ;brio in / rani Li n Alas arno evil expi Insu hop( the I tilde Of& to ti T 1 tota I( ...t o , tile