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L SERVICES,--tirin g the recen t heav y gees some of the boats of the Royal Naional Litoboat Ins following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi ius. of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17; schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4 • pilot boat, of St. Ives, 7 ; schooner Anon, of Workington:4 ; schooner Gipsy, of Drogheda , 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque hi a rietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fi s h ing boat, of Filey, 2- Tenby f is hing bat, 3; and b arque Providence, of Dantzic, 7.' Total lives saved, 55. The lifeboats also assisted in bringing safely i n to port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian brig Camoglino, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby, the schooner Gullia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am aterda.m. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen oceasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p.dd for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANUE to enable them to meet the con tinned heavy demands on the Society's 125 Bleb 'at estab lishments. Contributions are receival by all the Lou on and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq at the Institution, 1L John-street, Adeiphi, London. R OYAL ENGLI - S II OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 11th time, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCH r: DE .NEVE RS : Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Anna Hiles, Niiss Emma Heywood ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, El. Cord, A. Cook, A. St. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouge, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOWER. Conductor. Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six-- - oromenee at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRUM . - LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, 11::r Majesty's Servants will perform the Farce of MY a vIART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. d. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Harfleur. After which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, Meag,rreson, %Vard, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss F. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely Not% Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. - - - Followed by BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, bpencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss Ft. Lec TEIEATRE ROY AL HAY N'l A Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buekstone. THIS EVEN ING, SILKEN FETTE ttS : Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippen.tale, W. lari - en, Howe, Sze. ; Mesdames C. Mathews and M. Harris. Followed by T EIE GOL DEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathew,, Compton,Weathersby, ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L Keeley. Griffith, &e. Followed by COW. AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7, Pi.NCESS'S THE ATRE,—H ERRMANN.— The public are respectfully int i.ined that there will be IN PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING, in consequence of Herr Herrmann s being . commanded to perform at leroginore before their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. 110YA1, LYCEUM THEATRE Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. - BEL DE AOIsTIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Eve! y Evening until further notice. _ THI-; EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Mess•s. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles; Diiss P. Le3lercl, and Carlotta Leclenn. After which, nt Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Br Tuzhqm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andre.ws, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. . Doors open at half-peat 6—commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY NIGHT. IS S BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, ,OIL the 57th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss - 13 krF,MAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of nu nbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso -4tl of the prit:cipal character in the new Five Act Drama r'All has been attended.. Mr Virebstet• begs to announce oatticie.t will be' performed EVERY EVENING until further THEATRE-ROYAL, ERt STrI --- _,,,.(''ProDriktor and Manager. B. Websrer. v EITING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. tt 8, the New man t , supp Drama of LEAH : Bth wear of Miss Bate ortedby Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, lington, Stuart s Mrs. Billingt on ' . t errhenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and To conclude r and Mr. btepher so l OUE IRISH TIGER: Miss K. Kelly ROYAL Manag ae S j ir it . w. AND THEATRE. 11. Swanborough. THIS,,EVIZI;7OIIRIANCS CRIME. Messrs. Geo. H one y, rarSe ,Belford,ri, .arner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Manders. ) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Followed by (10th time es. ...emirs, I tone return of Myes iWanborough and Simpson. Y and Fenton ; Mesdames N W After which, 31PLACE, Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. RO YA L SADLER'S-NVELLs lifanag e ress, Miss Mar r i o " THEATRE. TEI IS EVENING, the s uccessful ne w Marston, Esq.. entitled P ER. GOLD hh,7 ,13 3' Westland 11. Marston, 1). 11. Jones , W. D. Gresham. }-1 - Phelps, Mandlebert, 31re. B. White , and Miss Marriott erfitt ; Miss To conclude with THE B RIG AN D : Mr. D. Mandlebert. •-•uries, miss Box-olTiee open from 11 to 4. ... - ---- - -- ----. 1 Willa and Bequests. The will of Si r S amue l J o hn Bonham, Bart., K .0.11,__ formerly Governor o f P r i nce o f Wales Island, Singapore, Malacca, and Hong-Kong, and her Majesty's plenipoten tiary in China—was proved in London by the executors and trustees, Henry Scott Turner, Esq.; Commander C. W. Bonham, R.N.; Jaines Guthrie, Esq. ; and Captain G. P. Teesdale, ' , formerly my aide-de-camp in China." Sir Samuel died on the Bth of October last, at the Great Western Royal Hotel Paddington, at the age of 60, executed his will in April, and a co dicil in July, His both in the present year, having personal property in this country was sworn under £120,000. After mak ing some specific and pecuniary legacies, he directs i that his plate, jewellery, Chineee and other erne• meats, screens, and all articles of virtue shall be retained for his only son, but other moveable effects may be sold. Sir Samu e l ha s l o ft t o hi s t rus t ees th e w h o l e o f h i s property for the b en , fit o f hi s son ; b u t i n t h e even t o f h i s son dying 1, ruaarried, before attaining the ago of 2.5, or intestate, then the h Property is left t o cer t a i n p ar ti es name d , a l so to some • - ospitals in Lond on and other charitable institutions. Th e • 11,1 1 of Ch ar l es R awlings, Esq, of Great Marlbo - rough_ strpet, and Cheyne.walk, Ch e l sea , was prove d i n London u n d er " °°l The executor s a pp o i n t e d are the relict, together Thomas Elliot Pric e an d J ames Percy Pi - Aillips, k,„, with The will bears dat e March, 1863, and contains nume cl ::' 'lB legacie s t o re l a ti ves an d personal friends, as well as many charitable bequests. His wid o w takes a life intere s t i t niece residue' and upon her decease eg,acies are left to two the widow of a nephew. The ultimate residue h e has " l/ Charles Rawlings, Esq. The fboolripmathed to his nephew, com oveing ars the charitable zic :i e t y, zlOO ; beqtysts :—The Clockutakers' ny, i 100 ; Dramatic C ?liege, £100; Jewellers' AnanityP Gold smiths' Benevolent Society, , Chelsea, Association. £2OO ; Chelsea Re e t,„:,, c C i heleett Relief School, £200; Infant School, Sr. Luke's, Chelse e , r . 2 c l r Brompton, and Belgrave Dispensary, £100 ; Chelse a N tional Day and Sunday Schools, .£ 2 00; City o f London d a- Truss Society, £soo ; Society of Musicians, £1 00; Reform Association, £100; Blind institution, Euston-road, £2 OO and Westminster Hospital, £5OO. All legacies to be te e o f 916 " Y duty,—,Uustt ate( ;Loam News, Dec. 5, THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _IL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, UM be had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Cuts DAY.—Moraing, 7h. 44m.—Afternoon, Bh. 15m. :.'o-monaow.-Morning, Bh. 50m.—Afternoon, 9h. 23m. The Weather--Sun Office, Dec. 4, 1863. THEAMONETEIt. This day at Two o'clock .................... 41 Barometer-30.30; a rise of an inch since yesterday. Wind—S.-W. ; moderate breeze, and fine. • Snit LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 1863. M. FOULD'S report upon the French Finances comes rather as an anti-climax after the EMPEROR'S reference to those Finances in his MAJESTY'S inau gural address to the Senators and Deputies upo n th e opening of the French Leglislature. •It will be remembered that in that inaugural address, NAPO LEON 111. spoke thus distinctly and positively as to the financial situation of the empire. "The session MAJESTY, now taking place," said hi s " a little later than ordinary, the report of the Minister of Finance has not yet been published." The EMPEROR was speaking, recollect, on the stia of November. "It will be so (that is, published) immediately." M. FOULD'S Report upon the Financial Situation, now but just given to the world, being dated, how ever, it will be perceived, on Monday the Ist of December —very nearly a whole month afterwards. Reverting, nevertheless, to the notable words uttered by the Emperor of the FRENCH in anticipation of his Minister's report upon the inaugural day of the Legislative session, we find his MAJESTY speaking thus hopefully, or at any rate, encouragingly, "You will there see," he remarked, meaning in the report when published, " that if our hopes are not completely realised, the revenues of the coun try have still continued to advance and improve, and that, without extraordinary resources we have met the expenses occasioned by the war in Mexico and Cochin China." The passage is so important, however, to our thinking, as contrasted with M. FuULD'S actual statement, now that it has been published, not immediately, but some five weeks afterwards, that we are tempted to give here the EMPEROR'S ipsissima verba :—" Vous y verrez que, si nos esperances ne so sont pas completement realikees, lee revenue oat suivi tine marche ascen dante, et que, sans ressources extraordinaires, nous aeons fait face aux depeeses occasionnees par la guerre au Mexique et en Cochinchine." After which very comforting assurance from the lips of the Sovereign himself, comes now, rather, as we have said, as an antiaclimax, under the un compromising and pitiless hand of the EM PEROR'S Minister of Finance, the demand of another extraordinary loan—a loan of no less than three hundred million francs, that is, about twelve millions of pounds sterling —really and truly in order to meet the deficit caused by those very wars in Mexico and in Cochin China. To meet the deficit so caused, it is true, and to have some three mil lions sterling to the good, over and above it, after wards. For it is to be remarked that, whereas the deficit notified by M. FOULD amounts to seven millions sterling, the loan he asks for is for twelve millions. In bringing forward that bold proposi tion, however, M. FoULD does so with no evidence on his own part, as Finance Minister, of either de jection or disappointment. lie is sanguine that the Mexican debt will at some vague future time be liquidated. He is especially hopeful that a rational economy may, before much longer, be adventured upon by Franca, in common with the rest of the Great Powers of Europe, with or without the aid of a Congress—a rational economy by means of a general diminution of a war expenditure in a time nominally of peace. Realise those delight ful anticipations of M. FOULD, and no doubt all will become very pleasantly rose-coloured ! Let the Mexican debt be liquidated, let the ruinous rivalry among the European Powers in the way of warlike armaments by ,sea and by land, during this interval of general tranquillity, cease, and the happiest future is, no doubt of it, clearly before the French Finance Minister, be that Minister M. ACHILLE FOULD, or some as yet undreameof successor. For, the truth is undeniably propitious in this way, both in regard to the Financial condition of France and of England —namely, that but for our extravagant rivalry in warlike armaments by sea and by land the resources of the two countries are steadily and wonderfully on the increase. Insomuch is this the actual position of things on both sides of the British Channel, that, let but there be a mutual reduction of extravagant armaments, and the annual deficit would in each instance become transformed into an annual and year after year an increasing sur plus. This, moreover, in despite of very untoward circumstances circumstances as untoward, for example, and as extraneous, so to speak, in their origin and consequences as that most deplorable and protracted civil war in America, the results of which are so seriously adverse to the mercantile and shipping interests of both France and .England. Of one thing, however, M. FOULD may rest per fectly well assured, while asking for this new and extraordinary loan of twelve millions, namely, that he will obtain it without any difficulty whatever. Experience has shown, more than once, how impli citly the EMPEROR may rely upon the confidence reposed by the French people alike in the strength and solvency of his Government. He has had bat to ask, and his demands have been invariably granted, upon the instant, by the nation, and granted, too, With hands running over with substantial tributes to him, far beyond his own immediate requirements. llt l e by this time pretty generally known that the Strict neutrality which Earl RUSSELL proposes to obs erve ve spectingthe American War, admits of important ex ceptions on one side at all events. It is true that of our principal manufactures has thousands of English work menbeen paralysei, and their f,, 4 7 . t have paid a bitter price for the mad ambition ,„ 1 th a gard to our immacukate n „.3 • ti _ a Northern States out of re eat I:treviedependent neutrality, one i t d he balance from we'.ghed on y cts do . We may ud bbenitbgthbeseeavfiai m i t f o reign spies to pry about ~,r e . working e cannot establishments from the one, „i i th P 0 : 1 1 ;:t: rece ive accredited representatives of the other • we may bear with patien ce the di ctation of a forei gn Minister, and accept his continual hint, and Bug_ gestions as to the course m ost proper for us to t a k e ; but we may not recognise the existence of that adversary he has apparently so much cause to fear. Our Ministers may stretch a point of law to th e utmost possible extent, nay they may even overstep the limits of constitutional law as well as of indi vidual courtesy with regard to an Englishman of character and standing, but they may conveniently overlook a direct infringement of the very same law in another quarter. Tne law, which by any reading of it, renders it illegal to export unarmed vessels because they may be used for the purposes of war, must certainly apply with double f 3 'es to the direct exportation of arms and i ammunition to one of the belligerents, yet the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1863. records of Birkenhead and Birmingham might show a very curious contrast. That a still more striking instance of partiality is continually exhibited in another part of our dominions is a fact generally admitted, but, thanEs to the waters of the Irish Channel, it is not thrust so conspicuously upon our notice, and the supporters of Lord PALMERSTON fu rnishon t e he of ot t h h e e r e w om ith ba m ta e n n t ; m with ent ships, neutrality w h a t is to i t to supply Can fancy picture the indignant excitement of Mr. ADAMS, the horror of Earl RUSSELL, the rage of the whole American nation, if a regular system of en listment was found to be going on at one of our seaports on behalf of the Confederates ? Yet that. a wholesale invasion of the Foreign Enlistment Act is actually carried on by the agents and officers of the Federal Government in Ireland, there is very little reason to doubt. If the supply of men from thence were stopped, the grand armies of the North would soon dwindle away considerably. It is im possible, of course, to prevent men from emigrating with a view to subsequent enlistment, but at least some effort should be made to check that enlist ment being openly carried on in our ports by a Go- vernment which so loudly proclaims its impartiality, and, in pursuance of the duties of neutrality, thinks fit to confiscate unfinished and unarmed vessels. Two curious documents have been forwarded to a contemporary, authenticated by the name and' address of the sender, which contain the declarations of two Irishmen before one of the Justices of the Peace for the borough. of Cork. These men state that an American war steam frigate came into the harbour of Queenstown on the 2d of November, and that in consequence of its being generally circu lated through the town that she was enlisting men, they went on board, each in company with one or two other men. The pay was to be twelve dollars a month, and the. men were well received, being provided with meals. One of them was refused on account of his height, but his two companions were engaged. The other passed inspection, but changed his mind for some reason which he does not give, and came back in the pilot boat. Both men agree in affirming that there were from 150 to 200 men taken on board, the most part being Irish. The American consul for Queenstown and his agent were on board, and remained some time in conver sation with the officers, so that the wholesale system of enlistment thus carried on can scarcely be dis owned by American officials. The open manner in which it was done, and the object of the ship in coming there being known throughout the town, afford pretty good evidence that Earl RUSSELL'S remonstrances do not inspire so much respect in the minds of his Federal friends as their threats do him. Or is it that the bias of the Foreign Secretary is so well known by the Northern Govern ment and its agents, that it is considered to be useless trouble to keep up appearances, seeing that their offences are sure to be weighed in a very different balance from any act of the Confederates. Guns and commodities of various kinds have doubt less left this country for both sides, but if the rela tive proportions were accurately known, the result would not bc very flattering to Northern indepen dence or to English non-intervention. It is the worst kind of inactive intervention which brings all the resources of a vast trading community to supply the needs of the one, while any effort of the other to obtain what it wants is met by a universal outcry. Englishmen are not sufficiently quixotic to go cn in any line of business at a heavy loss, and Earl RUSSELL and Mr. ADAMS have taken care that the owners of the Alexandra and of the Birkenhead rams shall suffer enough from litigation, delay, and annoyance, that smaller capi talists may well hesitate before undertaking trade engagements with the South. If it was the Cabinet of Washington that happened to want half a dozen Monitors, armed, equipped, • and manned, how pleasantly and easily matters might be ar ranged. How conveniently the English authorities might look another way while the vessel steamed out of the harbour—how slight would be the obstacles put in the way by the Custom-house. It must be a great satisfaction to Mr. SEWARD and his fellows to know that when the ranks of the army of the Potomac,which we hear so much about, are thinned, they can always be supplied in the English dominions; when their naval force has suf fered fl om encounters with the Power that has no' navy, all that is necessary can be obtained from the strictly impartial English. We have certainly a good right to admire and appreciate the courage and determination with which the Southern States maintain the struggle against heavy odds, when we ourselves have contributed so consistently and kindly to the assistance of their enemies, and to the increase of their difficulties. Mr. ADDERLEY'S last letter on Punishment and Reformation contains some reflections that may be of essential service to those whom it may con cern, or, indeed, to the public generally; for, apart from the mere official set who require more or less advice and assistance in the discharge of their one rous and complicated duties, the whole country has a direct interest in the subject, since the safety of many is closely connected with the right treatment of this important matter. Mr. ADDERLEY'S chief point of discussion in this letter is the " present mode of discharging criminals from punishment." On this he comments at some length, and his stric tures are for the most part most just ones. It is a notorious fact, that the ptans adopted of late years, and which were generally considered to be so wise and humane, have almost utterly failed, and that the resalt has been that the ends of jus tice have been defeated, and the return of the criminals to active life has bean marked by a decided desire to resume the evil of their ways. Hence the greatest consternation has been experi enced in many quarters, and universal indigna tion expressed at the latitude allowed to prisoners, and the false principles which have guided their treatment, and pervaded the establishments wherein penal servitude is carried oat. Enormous sums are expended every year in the mangement of these prisons; 'and if the end is to be that safety is not preserved, and a due terror inspired by the idea of imprisonment, it would appear that the money is wasted, the time thrown away, and the system a decided . failure. It is not quite the thing for the general public to abandon the consideration of this subject, until their attention is aroused by tho grievous : annoyances to which they are exposed, and the great discomforts that many have to endure. This not at all the right way of treating the question. It should be calmly and cautiously regarded, and all its bearings taken into account. Then, when objections have been introducedtti studied, fallacies ex p ose d, proposals considered, and theori es ana l yse d , some real and lasting benefit may perch ance accrue, and the whole framework e c hanged; whil e so i mpercept i bly are the appli ances that reut n in o e ean possiblyand dee captiouslare ad herenttha o the od we are acting under fear, and instituting what may be called a p a w c legislation." Mr. ADDERLEY's suggestions are in regard ; and even if their intrinsic merits were not so great, there would be this advantage in the m , that they call atte n ti on to th • 1--- e eu, l eet, and may stimulate others to go and 'do likewise , so that at last something beneficial m a y be imparted to the ' affair. It is particularly in a case like the one before us that it is so difficult to discern the right road to take, and to discriminate between conflicting opi• nions, so as to take the best and wisest course to arrive at a safe and satisfactory conclusion. It may well be said of this convict question, in its treat ment by divers experimentalists, Tot homines, tot sententie. It is incumbent upon all who are in any way responsible for the public safety, and the due observance of those regulations which are insepa rably associated with the decorum of society, to in vestigate all the particulars of the system now in vogue. Mr. ADDERLEY complains of the, ticket-of leave system. Its first fault is, that freedom is mixed up with punishment, and another error is, that the conditions imposed are valueless, so that a would be infinitely It r has discharg e beea found by practice that this once vaunted plan has been a t o t a l f a il ure , an d t h at preferable.it affords ample opportunity for the worst charac ters to resume their evil ways, while the more timorous are worried into wrongdoing by the per tinacious espionage practised upon them, and the prejudice entertained against them in many quar ters. Mr. ADDERLEY thinks that the establishment at Lusk, where the Irish convict system is pursued, is open to objection, as it is not sufficiently distin guished from a prison. It would answer better it it were more of an "adult reformatory," and not at all as a third stage of penal servitude. Mr. ADDER LEY is against the proposal of sending convicts to Western Australia. lie prefers discharged ones going out as free labourers. This to be conducted by, private agency, assisted by 'funds from the Treasury, for he says the market of the world will be before them, and this plan will not complicate the' Government. It is, however, to be questioned if this idea can be carried out altogether. In the first place, sufficient sums will not be raised to meet all the requirements, and the plan of the society receiving subsidies from Government may cause confusion and lead to a failure eventually. Still with all its difficulties the notion is in all respects incomparably preferable to the measures now taken, and if no better are to be devised there is no valid reason why it should not be tried. Nothing is done without time and trouble in a case of this sort, and it does not appear that our authorities are willing to recognise this important fact. They seem too ready to fancy that, if they spend large sums and employ a considerable staff, th e sys tem must work as it has done already. But criminals do not, any more than the rest of us, re main unchanged amid this changing scene, and it behoves those who take the charge of them to study the revolutions that take place in social existence, and the altered features of a case that experience brings under notice. It does not matter whether or not the ticket-of-leave system answered when it was first introduced. It is better to assume that it did do so, to avoid discussion on an irrelevant topic. It suffices to say that it does not do so now, and had better be given up, and some other mode devised. It is very bad to go on so long without coming to a settlement on this question; it is apt to make the criminal population imagine that there is no really effective check to be put upon their proceedings, and that an unequal warfare will be waged which will end in their ultimate success. It is important that the majesty of the law should be vindicated at once, and with such decision and energy that there may remain no doubt that its institutions are powerful to restrain vice in all its ramifications, and to enforce the severest penalties against those who persist in the commission of crime. At the same time it should be distinctly understood that due rissistance will be offered to those who wish to re turn up the steep ascent that separates them from the pleasant paths of honesty and we 1-doing. Until these advantages are offered in a convict establish. ment it cannot be said that its mission is fully and faithfully carried out; nor can its upholders arro gate any right to themselves of adhering to the plans which common sense and practical experience have alike pronounced against and declared as incompetent and insecure. The Gale,—Lifeboat Services, TENBY, Thursday Night. --At daylight this morning, the weather being moderate, several cod boats went off to their fishing lines as usual. Suddenly, about 9 am, it came on to blow a very severe gale of wind from the N.N.W. The larger fishing boats managed to reach the harbour before the height of the gale,lbut two of tha smaller boats were obliged to let go their grapnel, and gradua►ly drove to leeward. It moon became evident that unless prompt measures were taken the butte and their crews would be lost, and the Tenby lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, was, therefore, immediately laanched to their assistance. The lifeboat made sail and succeeded in getting the crew, of three men, of one of the boats on board. In the meantime the smack Emma, with ten hands on board, seeing the lifeboat had gone to the rescue of the crew of the boat furthest to leeward, gallantly started off and succeeded in rescuing the crew of the other fishing boat. The lifeboat was renorted to have behaved most satisfactorily. The cost of this lifeboat was presented to the Institution last sum mer b y F. Magenis, Esq., of the loyal Thames Yacht Club. HOLYHEAD, Thursday Night.----We have had a most disastrous day here. Several vessels are ashore in the bay, and it is feared that all will be perfect wrecks. What is worse,•we have had great loss of life. The lifeboat of the National Life Boat Institution was out this morning trying to afford succour, but the wind and sea completely mastered her, and compelled her to return to the shore.-5 p.m. The lifeboat has gone out again to see what can be done for the disabled seamen, but it is feared that the continued violence of the storm will prevent succour being afforded to more than one which has a sign a l o f di s t ress flyi n g. syr sm ght.lt is blowing a very heavy gale, and the new lifoDeat recently stationed at Swansea b y IN sc l h , oo schooner, Thursday the National Lifeboat I nstitution has been launc h e d i n r' reply to signals of distress, to the assistance of the barque Duke of Northumberland, laden with copper ore, which is on 'shore at tho entrance of our harbour. The tide is still falling, and' at present the crew of the vessel are compara tively safe, but When the tide rises again it will be night, aturtvith thb violent gale now blowing they will be in great daniStr. The lifeboat le therefore in attendance on the v,s eel) in order to brlug off the craw If required. It is suppeeed that the barque is bilged. ElstnalitivE, Thursday Night..-,YeArday morning, to fish. Whil s t t h us engage, 4 a heav y ga t e eDrung up from during Very Atlld weather, two well 'fishing boats went o ff during the prevalenwor Wilith one of the boats hoisted a signal of distress, Upon which the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat institution stationed here was at once lannchtd with a View of . renderin6 assistancs, but before reaching the scene, however, both boats had been driven many miles to leeivard, nna ultimately ran ashore in safety. • • ' TOM TI D D I . E Ie B GrtOUND !—We once heard a great millionaire repeat with much tutiveti a pieno. of Ethice which he had received fromsthe first Lord Ash. turton. " Always (said that great merchant) keep a ba lance of £lOO,OOO at your bankers." If there are any City capitalists of a bygone generation Who follow this advice, what halcyon times do they not live in! The Bank of England pursues an uninterrupted_ career of prosperity. It regulates the monetary concerns of the Continent, and plays the rile of monarch of the kingdom of finance, to the honour of its directors and the signal profit of the concern. The shareholders, with Bank stock at £235-237, have at least no reason to be dissatisfied. Tho grad London bankers buy landed estates, portion their daughters liber ally, pay their income tax cheerfully, and bequeath a bulk and highly satisfactory piece of parchment to the care of Doctors Commons. The joint-stock banks divide fa bulous profits and bonuses, and furnish a " sensation" section to the ordinary City quotations. A London and Westminster share, upon which £2O has been paid, may, it seems, be bought for the ridiculously sma ll figure of £79. A Union Bank sha re , on w hi c h £ l2 has b ee n paid, m a y b e had for £39. A sh are i n t h e L ondon J o i n t- s tobk Bank, on which £lO has been paid, may be bought for £37: The London and County Bank has called up £2O on a share which cannot be bought for £55: " 9 1'he City Bark has called up £5O per share, but the share marbe sold for£llo. The Provincial of Ireland £25 shares are at £92. It is needless to exhaust the catalogue, but it is clear that me tropolitan bankers and bank m anagers are at present in high feather. The more adventurous capitalists, with money at command, turn up their noses at 5 per cent,, so great is the seeming abundance of more profitable invest ments. Yes I these are bright days for gold,—Londoie Review LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 3. It is said that the Bank of France has not yet been affected by the action of the Bank of England, and the amount of bullion held by the former was to-day 212 millions francs, or about seven millions more than at the date of the last return. SPAIN. REPLY OF SPAIN TO THE CONGRESS PROPOSITION. MADRID, Dn. 3 (Evening). The reply of the Queen to the Emperor's letter of invitation to the Congress will not be discussed in the debate on the Address, which commenced to-day in the Congress. Advices have been received here from the Antilles. They contain no news of importance. MADRID, DEC. 4. The steamer Prince Alphonso arrived yesterday at Cadiz, having left Ht,yana a fortnight ago. It is rumoured that she brings news of fresh disasters at San Domingo. JAPAN. PARIS, DEC. 3. The Paris papers of this evening publish intern puce from Japan, stating that Prince Satsuma asserts he inflicted severe losses upon the English in the late engagement. CHINA. TRIESTE, DEC. 3. Advices received here from Pekin, to the 3d of October, state that the General-in-Chief of the im perial troops received from the Emperor an order to strangle himself, and obeyed. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 3.—The market under thefavour able impression of the financial report opened at an improvement, but it was not long maintained in consequence of the arrival of the English funds with a decline. Threes, for the Account, after having been done at 67fr. 10c., are now again at 66f. 95c., the price of yesterday. Mobilier show an advance, being now at 1,030 fr. Railway market quiet, but firm. The market closed 113 follows:--. 41 per Cents. 94 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 Credit Mobilier 1020 Do. end month 1028 75 Bank Shares 3360 Credit Fonder ll9O Roman — Italian Loan 7l 50 Do. end month 7l 79 New ditto 7l Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt Deferred ILA IL- Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Geneva.. Southern .. Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragostia Ditto to Barcelona rA.YB. Cash. Account. 955 .. 965 955 .. 962 50 913 75 .. 929 - 871 25 .. - - 498 75 - - 680 - .. 681 25 506 25 .. 505 - 475 - 475 - 395 - .. 392 50 385 - 391 25 sio - 613 75 513 75 .. 515 - 608 75 610 - 297 50 .. 302 50 THE PEACE SOCIETY ON JAPAN. The following memorial has been presented to her Majesty the Queeta, by the Home Secretary, on behalf of the Peace Society : To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, The Humble Memorial of the Committee of the Peace Society. _ _ May it please your Majesty,—The Committee of the Peace Society ask permission most respectfully to express to your Majesty the feelings of deep sorrow and shame with which they have read the accounts that have recently reached this country of the proceedings of the British squadron on the coast of Japan, It would appear that in September, 1862, a party of English subjects, while riding on the road from Yokohama to Yeddo, were assailed by the armed retainers of a Japanese daimio, when one of them was barbarously killed on the spot, and two others were seriously wounded. For this cruel outrage the British Government demanded repa ration from the Japanese authorities. In accordance with the requisitions made by your Majesty's Foreign Secretary, the Government of the Tycoon made a formal apology, and paid into the hands of the British Charge d'Affaires at Yeddo the sum of £lOO,OOO as an indemnity for the offence. But, beyond the demands thus made on the central Government of Japan, it was thought right to require fur ther amends from the Prince of Satsuma, whose servants, it was alleged, had been the perpetrators of the acts com plained of; and, in case of refusal, the Chargé d'Affaires was instructed by the Home Government to call upon the senior naval officer on the station " to adopt such measures of reprisal or blockade, or both, as he might judge best calculated to obtain the end proposed." The particular forms of coercion suggested by the Foreign Secretary were the blockade of the port of Kagosima, and the seizure and detention, till redress was obtained, of certain steam-ships, the property of the Prime. It was lett to the judgment of the naval officers to decide whether it would be possible or advisable to shell the residence of the Prince. In August last, Lieutenant-Colonel Neale, your Ma jesty's Charge d'Affaires in Japan, proceeded with the British squadron, udder the command of Vice-Admiral Kuper, to the port of Kagosima, the capital of the Prince of Satsmua. On the 13th of that month he sent a despatch to the Prince, making certain demands for redress, as pre scribed by your Majesty's Foreign Secretary. On the fol lowing day a reply was received from the Ministers of the Prince, stating the difficulties in the way of conceding some of the demands made; one of which was, as Lieutenant- Colonel Neale explains it, that the Prince of Satsuma should deliver up his own father to condign punishment, and recommending further conference on the subject with the Government of the Tycoon. But after he received this communication, and without attempting any further nego tiation, the Charge d'Affaires instructed Vice-Admiral Kuper at once to have recourse to measures of coercion. In the execution of these orders Vice-Adiniral Kuper not only seized the Prince's steamers, and shelled his palace, as the Foreign Secretary had indicated, but destroyed the whole town of Kagosima. Nothing can be more explicit than his own language on this point. In summing up the injury inflicted upon the possessions and property of the Prince of Satsuma, he speaks not only of the disabling of many guns, the explosion of magazines, and the serious damage of the principal batteries, but of " the destruction by fire of three steamers, five large junks, the Whole town of Kagosima, and the palace of the Prince." He further deadtibes the conflagration he had treated as " continuing with unabated ardour up to the time of the departure of the squadron, 48 hours subsequent to the first attack." And finally, ifs writ ing to the Charge d'Affaires on the 17th, he states that " the fire ) which le still raging, affords reasonable ground for believing that the entire toiYn of Kagosima is not,' a Maas of ruins." Your Majesty's incrootialists ate itfOrtited that the toWn of Kagosima, like all Japanese towns, ottlyie to the frequency of earthquakes in that country, is built of wood, anti that it has) Or had, a population of 150,000 or 180,000 inhabitants. Among those there must 'have been a large number of aged persons, of infants and young children, of the sick, the helpless, and the dying. No warning whatever was gives, by which they Haight have profited, to attempt to escape from the fearful fate which awaited them. And when this vast and peaceful popula tion found their homes suddenly wrapped in the flames of a universal and inextinguishable conflagration no imagina tion can adequately depict the .horrors of the scene that must have ensued. The committee respectfully submit to your Majesty that this tremendou3 act of vengeance, inflicted by British arms, cannot be justified on any ground, they will not say of justice and humanity, but of international law, or even of the laws of war. However heinous may have been the criminality of those concerned in the act for which redress was sought, the people of lagosima, situated at a consider able'distanco from the scene of the outrage, were in no re spect implicated in the guilt. Your Majesty's memorialists are profoundly convinced that acts like these, unhappily of too frequent occurrence in those remote regions, are inflicting a deep and lasting injury on the character of this country. Far from helping they create an insurmountable barrier in the way of our progress as the professed apostles of civilisation and Chris tianity in the East. They afford matter of just reproach against us to other nations, and take from us the power of remonstrance or rebuke with them, whatever acts of injus tice or oppression they may commit. 'they dishonour our Christian profession before the face of the world and maymaywe not justly apprehend that they may e" "e us to til righteous displeasure of Him by whose s ignal favour our and country has been raised to such unexamp led power prosperity? The Committee of the Peace Societyr, 3 t to with humbly, moat humbly, but most earnestly, entreat your outrage, perpe hold your royal sanction from this g e r the unoffending people trated, in your Majesty's name, on - of Kagosima. Ana your Majesty's mern JnOSE • as in duty bound, will r rialists, PEPSl',President ever pray, &c. - OATIUEL GURNEY, Treasurer. linuci RICHARD, Secretary, LITERATURE. Sir Guy de Guy. A Stirring Romaunt. By Rattlebrain. Illustrated by Phila. One vol., pp. 167. Routledge and Co. Any one who may remember Mr. Alphabet Baillie's new Tale of a Tub, will understand at once our meaning, when we say that Sir Gay de Guy is akin to it. The adventures related in that won derfully absurd narrative, also in rhyme, also grotesquely illustrated, were those of a certain couple who had gone out to enjoy themselves in a sort of pic-nic together in (of all places in the wide world for a picnic !)—the desert—the level, trackless, sandy wilderness! Who that ever saw that preposterous book has lost a recollection of is ? Who has net an almost painfully ludicrous remem brance of the unlucky pair who were the heroes of those memorable adventures ? The long thin friend and the short stout friend—we forget their names now, or even, for that matter, if they had any ! The empty barrel they took out into the desert with them—to employ at p:easure as—a store place for their provisions, a table to dine from, a chair or stool to sit on, a wooden sort of tent or screen from the sun if propped edgeways, or—don't we recall to mind what else be sides ? A shelter from—more than the noonday sun ! A trap—far more than merely to catch a sunbeam How the long and the short of it was this—that the lean and the fat friend were startled from their en joyment of the good things brought by them into the desert in the empty barrel, were startled from their enjoyment of those good things by the apparition of a raging, ravaging, wild Tiger ! How they dodged the tiger to and fro and all round and round the barrier of that empty barrel ! How, in the tussle with the tiger, they got into all sorts of rela tive position with him and the barrel—now the long one, now the short one, now the lean one, now the fat one, getting into the most fearful jeopardy, and then in the very nick of time getting out of it again —who could possibly say or sing but Mr. Baillie, who imagined it, or the illustrator whose comical pencil so marvellously realised his imaginings ? Until— somehow or another—between the two friends (we don't mean the poet and the artist, but the two heroes, the stout one and the thin one) they managed to get their enemy, the tiger, caged under the empty barrel which they then sat down upon for safety's sake. Despair being even then, however, before them in the desert—seeing that they could not possibly contrive to leave off sitting on the barrel in order to run away, without, by so doing, of course, enabling the caged tiger to scramble out and run after them. Everyone who ever saw the work remembers, to be sure, how they did contrive to get off at last, and with safety. Namely, through the happy circum stance of the tiger, while wriggling about inside and lashing his tail about in wrath at being kept thus in ignoble durance, getting the tip of that tail of his (by an unlucky chance for him) through the bunghole. Whereupon the fat friend and the lean friend, holding on to the tip of that same protruding tail like grim death, haul it out by superhuman Efforts, hand over hand, as if it were a coil of rope—haul it out gradually down to the very root—then tying it securely into a very tight knot—and so off—the long and the short of them, grinning, and quite at their leisure out of the wilderness. Well, precisely such another book as that was, is this Romaunt of Sir Guy de Guy—the very height of absurdity—the most ludicrous extra vagance, well imaginable—full of the most impos sible adventures—dashed off currente ealamo, in rhyme by Rattlebrain—embellished with fifty won derfully ridiculous illustrations by oar old friend Phiz. Seriously to criticise such a book as this would be worse than breaking a but terfly on a wheel, it would be more like roasting it cruelly before an exceedingly slow fire I All that the reader or :the critic has to do with such a production, is to turn over the leaves, and laugh at it, and then throw it aside. The getting up of the work appears to us to be far better than the contents of it can be said in any way to merit. As a new book, it retlects the highest credit upon —the publishers I Laughing at it, we must confess, has been for us rather wearisome—the thing is just simply too absurd. It is the very exaggeration. of ex trevagance in the way—we cannot say of humour, for that is always delightful, and we can never have too much of it ! But we will say of broad farce and outrageous comicality. Guy Straggles, afterwards Sir Guy De Guy is the hero. The Lady Arabella, daughter of Sir Hildebrand, is the heroine. Their adventures all over the world are the incidents re lated. How outre those adventures are, we don't care to particularize. They are beyond us altogether. As a piece of fun, we suppose it is capital. And to those who can read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest anything so very rich as this same piece of fns before us, we may venture to commend it. Certainly to none more seriously inclined than the unaffected lovers of—what we ourselves (we confess it) most unaffectedly detest and abominate—bur lesques, parodies, travesties, extravaganzas, tom fooleries in fact of all sorts and descriptions. The Cause of Lord Stamford's Retirement from the Turf. " iiarkaviay," in a letter to the Morning Herald, writes : " With respect to Lord Stamford's retirement from the turf, no one can be in the least surprised at the resolution arrived at immediately he witnessed the performance of Limosina for the Cambridgeshire. My only surprise is that his lordship had not retired from the turf in disgust long ere this. His career has been one marked with honourable intentions and the pure love of sport, but no owner of horses has had to contend with so many or such a continued series of expensive blunders or mortifyingmishaps during the three years the turf has been honoured by his presence. It will be remembered that at Goodwood, the year before last, his lordship ran a mare called Provision against Contadina and Mr. Hall's mare. Ho then laid £3,000 to £2,000 on the two opposed to his own animal. The result was his own mare won, and he lost the £3,00f). Walloon won the Cham pagne at Doneaster and he never backed it for sixpence, although it lost when he backed it at Newmarket for £2,000. When Diophantus cantered in for the Two Thousand Guineas at Newarket he scarcely won anything on, the race, as ho backed Imaus to win £30,000, because, in a trial the last named, by some cause or Other, was made to beat Diophantus with a stone in hand. At Ascot his lordship laid 6 to 1 on Diophantus, and Link positively beat him. , Shortly after that Diophantus met with an accident, and was never able to race again. Ensign was also heavily backed for the Derby, but he cut up very badly. This year Brick was broken ddwn from the effects of a severe but satisfactory trial, and will never be able to race again. His lordship also backed Automaton to win a large stake for the Derby, but on receiving a telegram to the effect that the horse was dead lame he scratched him at once. The next day he found the horse was quite sound. Since then he has died. For the St. Leger his lord ship backed Avenger to win a large stake, although a veterinary surgeon had examined him before he - was backed, Mad had crOnounced his opinion that the horse was sure to break down. Whether that opinion ever reached Lord Stamford's eats I am not in a position to stater The last act, however, was the Limosina busi ness and, the Cambridgeshire. It is soon told. His lordship backed her to win an immense stake. The mate *as as well as any animal could -be on the morning Of the race, but from her appearance when at the post, and the fact that the poor thing could not get half a mile, it was the opinion of good judges that she had been poisoned, and her wretched appearance to -day leads to the infcreno 3 tha t It is still in her system. Again, If toM Stamford ever wanted to back his horses for any of the handicaps he found that othpetristiaasi; had obtained his etalyle information v a e ke i r: coolly y for e e ft s e ta r l e l d ed h h im im 6 exult was a field of a dozen or fifteen runners. the or three he very properly ecratcbed his horses unprincipled fore °t o 6411caganniner h i n s t r t ehlpaht6t- e n e se r i t k a . tr occasional for the doing,' Of whic i h h o w out dirty insinua stallers have thotigla proper to a. rcharge nor a statement, e w incapable a h p a a v b e l e no tions, which neither atironnt e to pan ed , Every one who to the effect that hie horse 11.4 re Suehave bellevetl these silly but xnio realhlyapre knowseproceeding Lord; Sbtaaraofhored rerio;siaih e means of knowing, may chievous reports. If Levi Stamford had only turned a deaf ear to the Sir Lucius O'Triggers who hav,' hovered about him-OmM without brains, and who never (Quid win a shillin for themselves—ho would have had a more satisfactory career. He is a good horseman—in fact, a good sporteman—and if he cannot manage his own horses no one else can. Let the result be what it may, the poor widows and orphans at _Newmarket will miss his bounty." We learn with much pleasure that Sir John Lawrence has recognised the services of Sir Charles Hatha way, who, as Inspector• General of Prisons in the Punjaub, hag laboured with so much success in ameliorating the state of the gaols in that province, by appointing that gentleman to be his private secretary, 0 : 1 1r: 6 7 ,e" - + 611114 j. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 3. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady Constance Villiers, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, and Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Jones, arrived at the Castle yesterday. In addition to the above, the dinner party consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia and Princess Helena, Lieut.-Gen. Hcn. C. Grey, Dr. Holzman"), and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting on the Queen and the Crown Prince and Princess. Tne Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highaess the Crown Princess of Prussia, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. The Right Hon. E. Cardwell had an audience of the Queen. Lord de Tabley has succeeded Lord Cremorne as lord in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Prussia, attended by Colonel Keppel and other gentlemen, were out pheasant shooting on Wednesday. In spite of the storm, weather which prevailed during a portion of the day their royal highnesses enjoyed very excellent sport. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, ac companied by the lady in waiting, walked and drove in the grounds of Frogmore House on Wednes day. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Prussia went out phea sant shooting again yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales walked and' drove in Frogmore grounds yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchtss of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary are still residing at Brighton Their royal highnesses paid a visit to the Duke ana Duchess of Richmond at Goodwood-park on Tuesday. The Earl and Countess of Derby have enter.. tained the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, Lord and Lady Skelmersdale, Lora and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Colonel the Hon. James and Mrs. Macdonald, and a select party at Knowsley Hall, Lan cashire, during the week. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was prevented by illness from joining th e party. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln left town yes' terday afternoon for Dover, on their way to Nice, to pals the winter. The Earl of Uxbridge has left town on a visit lo Lord de L'lsle and Dudley at Penshurst, Kent. The Viscount Dillon has left Brown's Hotel, Dover-street. The Dowager Lady Blantyre has arrived at Brown's Hotel. Lady Charlotte Copley has left Grosvenor-street for Sprotbourge Hall, near Doncaster. DEATH OF VISCOUNT MIDLTEON.—The Right Hon. Charles, sixth Viscount Midleton, and Bare!' Brodrick of Midleton in the paerage of Ireland, and Baro n Brodrick of Pepper Harrow in tha peerage of Great Britain, died at his seat at Pepper Harrow on Wednesday evening last, at ten o'clock. His lordship was born in 1791. li e , married, May 25, 1825, the Hon. Emma, third daughter 01. Thomas, late Lord Le Despencer. The Child in the Chimney. (From the Examiner.) Few people who remember what good ground there vies for the Act of Parliament, passed 20 years ago, prohib l t ins the employment by the master chimney-sweeps of Yell ll g children to climb up the chimneys and " small boys for flues," can desire otherwise than to support the efforts of a society that has been doing all it can to make the act effec tive, Instead of few people we should have said nobody, if we had not met recently with three manifest exceptions in the Mayor of Newcastle and the Aldermen Sillick ara Dodds. At Newcastle the law for the protection of children againet this improper and now ull''' necessary use of their young lives is said to be very much set at defiance. An officer of the London and Birmingham Association for the Protection of Climbing Boys, has, therefore been to Newcastle, and on Thursday in last week four master sweeps were summoned to the Mayor's police court for defiance of the law. The terms of the Act are clear, and the lows/A penalty for offence against it is declared to be £5, the highest £lO. Now let us see how this law was administered ill four cases by the Mayor of Newcastle and the Alderraell Sillick and Dodds. In the first case, James Frame was charged with having employed a very little boy to sweep the chimney of a butcher in New Bridge-street. Evidence having been given-- The Bench retired to consider their decision, and on their; return into court the Mayor, addressing the defendant, sell that the istrates had some doubt as t his uilt, alei they were m i ag nclined to give him the benefit of that doubt, though they were very much of opinion that he had ere: ployed the bey as alleged. He must be very care f u l thin" he was not brought back again on such a charge, for if he! was he would not be dealt with so leniently. He would he' fined 6d. The three worthies at once give us the measure of ti le ! ' wits. They were "very much of opinion" that the eel was proved, but they had some doubt , an d were inclined t:. give him the benefit of it ; so they co m p ounded betwee_tc opinion and inclination by substitu tin g for the minitellth, legal fine of £5 a fine of sixpence . What ri g ht had tby. to fine the man sixpence if they really ' , had some. don Di' as to his guilt, and were inclined to give him the benefi t ° de that doubt ?" If they really had doubt, they were bon g ~ whether inclined or not, to give the accused the benofit 0; it. But the course of the other three cases will sugges I. til s what they were in this matter most inclined to, wa s frar tration of the law. bat Th e next charge was n ot a g ainst James Frame, - f ag ainst a Robert Frame , for usin g his nephew, a chile: 0 • to ten, instead of a machine. The boy was seen to go 0 1 , 0 th e house with a sweep's climbing ca p on his head, te d e f e ndant was seen to come out and look up at the chiele:r pot, the boy's hand - brush was seen thrus t out at the WO i n evidence to his employer that he had reac hed the . tt): '; The officer who saw this, testified farther that he WI i n j :e r ur" the house, heard the boy working his was' doer° , v a. , th 0 him come out from the fireplace into the rec tcler olB boy, washed clean, was produced in court. . e I A o s not 10 0 k Dodds said—" 1 think from his appearance he " - e re t hat he as if he swept chimneys." The child stoutly 0/ 11) . i ...ideal:Lent did not go up the chimney, and the mayor an d .., on the strength of such evidence, dismissed thewst?" ' o f the In the third case, against another mastersl3, „, but name of John Frame,two witnesses prove d the offer tior. the lad who swept the chimney had not received his mons to appear. That case, therefore, was aclica l u The fourth, case was distinctly proved : Alexander Lumley, a sweep, was then c chimneY• A mitting a boy named George Stoker to go up 8 . Boner av'e Jane M'Dowell said that on the 23d ult. the pri ep . _ a little boy came to her house in High Dridge to swoeup T'.l chimney. The boy went up. She s aw the boy g vi„. if; chimney, and she also saw that they had no machinel'e ever. Wit" of the last Francis Peacock confirmed the evidence barged with par" ness. • not in die M`Dowell at all, and afterwards said he id was t be able c ' The prisoner affected ignorance of having ever seen W ig ' town that day. He admitted that he would " t le oieß obtain witnesses to prove the alibi he had s p yfined defendant 2s. 6d. llid not the ort ? case the magistrates considered proved, and th e e . ti le i - i and "odds are eider of Newcastle and Aldermen ai bi ai a In this case may we trust the report an ground for 33: 014 ,_ sider the sweep's asseveratiobtnefie t•ot a doubt, only a (WO" inclination to g iveho the doubt as half-a-crown to si r ' condr.eed the case proved," as ,fr pperonrer?tioniefd tthoeyt ag graiated as it was by a 11° 1 -be meant lent contempt of the W i tte defence, what couldencourage master sweeps to laugh at t , - t They could o and help to re-establish the old cliral ' l ' l3 : reporter says theydid, Act of Parliamentin .Nee . vcastle by' the imposition, in a ' 7 " 4 : 13 - 6 system in m it i gating circumstance, of a half-crown. l'ioo boy without after if 14 .Tht from and the ' o shall compel or know illf ~,.. ao u lf n l oldweuri July, 1842, . s a c4 c h2 t ; l w da h no i yr c h p, oerusuo declares,gn person who one years to ascend or descend a chimney, or enter a H o , under the age of twenia.re, for the purpose of sweeping, cleanipg, or 4 coring,' fil e lial o id or for extinguishing a fire therein, shall be liable to a Pe ll of not more than £lO, nor less than Le." aiog There was an old custom of sweeping chir one y s by Should through them a goose with a string tied to its leg. f: To ki. that custom be revived, we commend the Mayor of New' o f castle and Alderman Sillick and Dodds to the awn s i_:. to all persons troubled with foul chirankeYs. There _i!ewles:tio protect even geese, but if the wisdom. of the-Na_a froex,, bench be transmitted from mayor to .mayor, t !" dise ro i alderman to alderman, we see no reason whyt„ at '`g gooso,o‘_, housekeeper should not take a sixpenny .pull her chimney's for a fine of half-a-crown a I when, at the worst, oho might have them ....-- feree----- _ _ --.—_- e „ A yea rs v . ot The Court Journal. Establishhic: 0-* coutsit' A 0 01 See the Court ToAirnal of Saturday, interest, and id .r f i t rys amount of exclusive news of public Theatrical, Na '''':; t : be original Courtly, Fachionable, _ oh pits, sze. ; ottoired, and Sporting Intelliwence, b Caner.—r rice 5d.; : l a by e ll found in any daily or week cl i Y pspstroet, Strand ; e - 6d.—W, Thome,s 26, BrYL , g . e ,l_,. stations. w i3oSta News -agents; and at the Ityl:ll7ee , ENCIL oCULPTOIt:, 01001 M. FOYATIEB, TUE of Arc," ice., was recently acas," " Cincinnatusf _ oi t a elt h e ie studio. chisel has produced allhPiot!! iee throt,o. 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