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

THE POLISH INSURRECTION. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) CRACOW, Sept. 16. I have now received a full account of Lelewel's 1a St campaign from several friends who took part in it. It appears that Lelewel. when he entered the ki agdom, instead of having 800 men, had scarcely )re than 600. At least only from 600 to 700 got acs .oss the frontier. The detachment went over at nib ht in sections, composed of from 50 to 100 men eac, h—with the exception of the section commanded by LeT.ewel himself, which numbered 150. The next morning the sections, which had crossed at various points, met, without accident, and with out , ha ving seen a single Russian, at the appointed rent' .ezvous. Lelewel then spent about a fortnight in e cercising his band, and in the meanwhile was job red by about 130 insurgents from the towns, vil la; ;es, and country houses near which ho passed. He ca cried spare arms for 300 more, and as volunteers es •ere constantly arriving would soon have had some 1..,100 men under his command had he not been c empelled 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, th© enemy's artillery was completely silenced. It appears that the precise preconceived aim of the charge undertaken at such terrible risk was not merely to spike, but to capture 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 ha 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, but no fighting took place. There were several skir mishes on the afternoon of the oth, and on the 6th Lelewel found himself surrounded, and had to attack the enemy in order to fight his way out of the circle which was gradually closing upon hint. 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 ho 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 wounded 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 bout they could. Tne 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 in 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 baud. 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 eians 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 , 4 urrection—was struck down immediately after wel, on the 6th. It is said to have been owing to the loss of the chief of the staff, immediately after that was uln se , of the commander, that the detachment tel Y. obliged to cross the frontier into Galicia. & third Hungarian officer was badly wounded. Lelewel's body wag not recognised by the Rus sians. After their retirement it was taken up by o no of the pro prietet he neighbourhood a of th e di s t r i c t, and buried in of the field of battle. An Euglishman who made this short, severe, but by no mea ns decisive little campaign as an amateur and looker-on, has not since tarn d up, but he is not reported either killed or 'Wounded. I may here me ntion for the benefit of enterprising English tra vellers that to m ake an y such campaign as a looker on seems to b e considered a mistake, None officers None of the officers or men look on, and the s taff gene rally get killed. .Accordingly, an individual sight seer is likely to find himself either Ina very dan gerous or a very dull position, without b aying the satisfaction of doing good or harm to any one. he visited without much But insurgent camps may trouble, and, sympathy apart, there are few scenes at the present time that could interest an English man in search of novelty and excitement more than a camp of Polish insurgents ; w hile, on the other hand, nothing is more advantageous to the Poles than th at their detachments, after they h a ve once been fairly organised, should be seen by foreigners. In spite of the rEcent losses, the palatioate of Lublin is still full of insurgents, and the venous bands acting there are about to be reinforced, and this time, it is said, reinforced in earnest. It seems next to impossibl e t o pass the Galician frontier . as it is at present guarded. But lAewel made no diffi culty about it. After the defeat of his first detach ment, formed at the very begi nn i ng of the insurrec tion, he forced his passage from Galicia, and remained in the kingdom of Poland for three months, After his second and lest 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. His expedi tions 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. His death has caused great grief ; and if some 20 other insurgent chiefs were not only to lament hi m , b u t t o i m itate him, thein surrection would soon become a very much more serious affair than it is at present. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COTIRT—Sept, 21. OLD COURT. ABSCONDING FROM BANKRUPTCY. Bernhard Behrenz, brush maker, was indicted under the new Bankruptcy Act for misdemean our, he, after being adjudged a bankrupt, having concea led and disposed of a part of his property with a view to defraud , his creditors. The defendant had kept a brushmaker s shop in i Cam berwell, and also reported him self as a general dealer n the habit of attending the faire held in Germany, and upon these representations he obtained a largo 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, and on that day he went to a shipping-agent at St. Katherine's wharf, and represented that he wanted to forward a number of packages to Cologne by the next p ac ket by way of Rotterdam, and it was of th e u t most 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. He then sentenced him to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for IS months, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Sept. 21. and Michael Flannagan,were severally indicted for stealinga 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 he 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 distame, 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 tho E division picked it up and handed it to witness imme diately. The bow of the watch was broken. Ho asked Moore what he had done that for, and he said, " What do you mean ?" On going towards the station-house he 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. The September adjourned General Sessions of the Peace for the county of 'Middlesex commenced this morning at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, before 3,1 r. Sergeant Gaselee, and a bench of magistrates. TITS IMPERFECT Jtßy LIST. The business of the Jourt 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 15 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 whieh 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 been 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 Session-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 great inconvenience, as prisoners could not b e p roper l y 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 ho could not say anything on the matter. The subject was then dropped. Clogs .examined by Mr. Gent—The two men were ROA- 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. prisoners ix a n V Flannaganm e for, bar. p s o c years.e-e hadc o ns t knowna He l e h4a3Bdi frequently F or , said for three h e seen knewm obothn tt months s 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 hib 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 hie month should be restored to him. John Weedon, 27, labourer, was indicted for embezzling the sum of 3Gs., received by him for and on account of John Meredith, his master. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said he thought he 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. Scme 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 XI Lis 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, and 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 1! calendar months. Henry Smith, 52, brass finisher, was indicted for stealing two pewter measures, the property of James Brown Wood. ward, sac one pewter measure, the prop er ty o f J o h n 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. Abcut 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 pits produced were found in his possession. John Macfarlane, landlord of the Globe public-house, Chart-street, Hoxton, proved that one of the measures pro duesd 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 bodily 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. Ile (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 ho 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. He 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, felling 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 hero produced in court—a 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. He 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 101, 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 he 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 th 6 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 os o nature that their li ves were o f ten i n d anger, and it was abso lutely endeavouring r n so necessary fthisto t dp h eu a sc t tr t i a the strong to a n. arm of the law s h ou ld reac h p iiedriestuwrbaasnacemaannd who, in the road, was brutally wounded by the prisoner with a stone which, if it lad been but thrown in kris face, would 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. Wh en 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 drink, 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 Custody. George Robins, police-sergeant, 31 P, said ha took the pri miler into custody in the neighbourhood of Carshalton, on the night of the th August. While ho was on duty he heard so me on " - ii i w e running h behind him, but as soon as the pri soner saw moonlight he turned into another road. As it was a night Ho asked him ,v , hat i witness followed him and came up to him. " There are four or five after was running for, and he replied, it. I was intrusted withafatelr me, and it is no use denying the money and lost the remainder," of hay, but I spent part of The prisoner, in his defence, house. and having spent part Of said t he went into a public what he, was about. He lost the reernoi-ley, he did not knew The jury found the prisons moa n; amier of it, Sergeant Robins said a short time - ago ill • ob tained a load cf hay from a Mrs. Rapper, at s e t printer he sold, and afterwards absconded, low cr ' ne y , which mg the horse and n cart in the street. It was afterwards taken to the green yard, and was only redeemed o n the p a yment of 10s. ors, - Rapper, having been at great expe nse, r efused to cMie fo ward to prosecute in her case. Mr, Sergeant Gaselee sentenced the prisoner to be impri soned and kept to hard labour for 18 calendar months. Thomas Moore, q s ,l3nne,9, eaS Ngntague, 2j, dealer, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1 86g. 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 i a n cashbox, money, the property of v a chlm. equetbr Sugg, £ his 37 l s . and master. £1 18s. 6d. 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. Tho pri soner was seen on the day of the robbery running down Bennett's yard, close to Mr. Sugg's premises, with some thing under his coat. Jeremiah Burr, 191 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 shopman to the prosecutor, who resided at 193, Marylebone-read, and his business was that of a baker, and on the 4th September last, while in the shop he observed the prisoner and another man outside. The prisoner took up a carpet which was outside the shop, and placin g it on his shoulder, walked away. Witness fol lowed and caught hold of him, and said to him, " Where are you going with that carpet ?" to which he replied, " All right, this man asked me to carry it," pointing to the man who was 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, police-constable 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 lendar 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 walkingstiek, 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. Pancrae-road. Ile 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. lie was after wards stopped and given into custody. When the prisoner was stopped he said, " Oh, for God's sake let me go, I am a ruined man." The property was afterwards owned as hav ing been stolen on the 2Sth of August last. The learned Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for is calendar months. John Regan, 21, labourer, was charged with assaulting Lawrence M'Auliffe, a constable of the metropolitan 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, Rateliff. 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 the stomach, from the effects of which he was now suffering, He having occasion to stoop a little, the prisoner rushed upon Neither of th e constables drew the staves. He raised his hand with a was after he left , him, at the same ti me t ear i ng hi s greatcoat, doing consider able dhainmia,gpel.aceNdvihtnisess ed sprungfingers in his sto ck, nearly chokin g 6 anda mhiosbracattinleeannpd,swehiznesdulcheeeepdreid in rescuing the prisoner, who got clear off. om e other con. . soner. A struggle ensued, stables soon arrived, and they went with w itness to the pi. soner's house. He was told he was want ed, and ho re p l ied " Oh, you be ---." lle drew a knife , and said he Wo uld take the life of one of them. The k nife was wrested fr om tum, betore the prisoner w as even spoken to tie crew forth the knife, and said he would stab witness and the other co n .. the e house cross stables. He was not sob er. Upon . that examination Produced e t e appearedk n i f that e it . knife in it, and at the same time he was seized by the con stable, who got the kn ife front him. John Wilson, polic e -constable 152 K, when sworn, sol d he met the last witness in High-street, II a tcliff, on the night in questicn, and from what he said they proceeded to the prisoner's house and brought him downstairs. Witness had hold of his collar, and Constable Auliffe held hi m ~ uy ano ther part. The knife was open in his hand. Prisoner said, " Now, you---, I'll do for you, or some of yon,,, 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 was taken from his hand, and after a short time he was conveyed to the station-house, a great mob following.. Wh e n in the dock a t the station house the prisoner said, " I'm , very . . sorry I did not knife Sou' (pointing to some of you, particularly 3 witness). Mr. Taylor—lie gave you a friendly nod, (Laughter:) N v ß a , ti s d w ru o n rn k_, e s ta prisoner b le 15 8 was about.. .When first attacked the pri soner endeavoured witness's arm, but very well what ho to he did not succeed. . Examinationres umed George Robj ait ' P°l' ' tki ,-, ' he was called to assist in Nilson prisoner into custody. As they were going a al°g. la d n "id, " Look out for the knife." He turned his ea anti saw the prisoner with one in his hand ; it was open. "Wilson took the knife from him. When a t the station the prisoner said ho was sorry he had not knifed one of them, and he would if he had an opportunity. b M I n cross-examination y r. Warton, the witness said no unnecessary v i o lence was used i n t a ki ng the prisoner to ' the station; they A -i d not draw their staves. Mr. warton, in a very able a n d e l oquent speech, addressed of the jury on behalf the p ri soner, and pointed out the dis crepancies in the evidence, doubt and reminded them that if they had any rcasonabloin their m i n d s Eta to the prisoner's gu ilt, they wer e bound to give him the benefit of such doubt and acquit hira. Th e Deputy Assistant-Judge said ho did not think it was necessary for Law to make any remarks upon the evidence. The constables had sworn positively to the facts, and if they believed them they had. no other course than to find the pri soner g uilty. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty of an assault on the police while in the execution of their duty. John StimPson , police-constable 21 K, said he knew the prisoner. He was charged with assaulting him Nov. 12, 1860, at the Thames Police -court, and was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. The prisoner said he was drunk at the time, and was very sorry for what he had done, and i'f lordship would be his lenient with him, he would never do so again. Tho learned Judge, in passing sentence, said ho was con tinually called upon to comment upon the evils of intempe rance and the evils it caused among the working classes. The sentence of the 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 gold chain, value £B, the property of John Mills, in his dwelling -house, to which indictment he pleaded not guilty. John Mills said he lived at 65, Marylebono-lane, and kept a coffee - house. On Thursday, August 27th, he lost a silver watch and gold chain from the bedroom, being usually placed under the pillow on going to bed. The prisoner and 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." He was then given in charge. lie said he had pledged an Opera glass as well. Ono had boon misso , l 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, Fitzroy-square, produced a silver watch and gold chain, pawned on the 27th of August for £1 10s. The prisoner, when lie pawned it, said he had b een out of a situation for six months, and that he did not know what he should do when that was gone. NVitness produced an opera-glass, pledged by him on the 22d of August for Cs. 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 Aftergatag.. The witness stoutly denied the assertion of the prisoner that she had given the watch to him to pledge for her, George King, police-constable, 76 D, said he went to the The prisoner P awnbroker's and saw the w atch and chain. , and his wife came into .the coffer.. shop, and Mr. Mills said knowledged the pledging of the that the prisoner had ac . . nto cu-t d ~hare, na gave of prisoner i 3. watch an, ; ~' l l----' a "- A .-ot receive it from the servant, prisoner then wild, " ''id to Yarn, "It te 1 4 0040 it 4 u". -- from my wife," ThQ wily ,„, , 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 ho 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 ofin 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 sake 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 th e mere quest i on o f l ega l obli gation goes, it must b e con f esse d th a t th e 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 F renc h d espa t c h, b ecause he w i shes to avoid any future misunderstandin g — name ly, 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. Tne Emperor of Russia only consents to discuss the condition of the Duchy of Warsaw, and " must peremptorily ex clude, even in an interchange of f r i e ndly v i ews , any allusions to portions of his empire to which n o internatioual reference whatsoever refers." As we shall point out presently, Pri nce G or t sc h a k o ff h as no right to exclude thus peremptorily under any circumstances references to parts of his empire not expressly gu arantee d b y treaty; b ut at the same time the observation is a home thrust, and hits the weakest point in th e a tt ac k o f t h e Alli es , Alth oug h itis 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 i difficulty. It is evident that, if it is ad mitted, t 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 garde 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 D uc hy o f Warsaw as distinct from the other Polish provinces, and when Europe thinks o f th e P o li s h que stion its sympathies extend far beyond those limits. In short, neither M. Drouyn de Lhuys nor any one else who disc usse d th e su bj ec t cou ld p oss ibly 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 11 0 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 he 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. he prepared to do more than remonstrate. We are, in short, impaled on the horns of a very unpleasant dilemma. Either we wish the reforms we press for confined to the Duchy of Warsaw, in which case our interference is useless, of we ask for their extension to other provinces ofßussis, in which 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, mor 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 1: 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 cir 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 quouching, 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 remo nstrate a g ains t acts of barbarism and cruelty which are a dishonour to a civilised Government, and which disgrace the age in which they are committed. Bat this sort of remonstrances appeals to a higher law than the , 1 treaty of 1815 w , and to an authority to which Prince Gortschakoff ould be less ready dispute than the Congress of Vienna. If the Government con fined themselves to this, they would be supp or t e d by the general feeling o f 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 sinc e th e commence ment o f the civil war were the prospects of the North more gloomy than at present. If the war is, as the 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 ble that one of the most thriving and prosperous of American seaport towns may be reduced to a mass of ruins. According to the latest accounts Fort Sumter was almost entirely battered to pieces, and although Fort Moultrie was in a pos i t i on to reply to the Federal fire, still the position gained by Gen. Gilmore on Morris Island was such as to enable him to discharge shells into the heart of the 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, bat 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. Bat the succeeding Government will be hampered by no such obligations as those 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 Sate 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 wilt 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 briuging this most disastrous war to a termination. HERALD.—We all remember the enthusiasm that attended the naval review at Spithead a feat/ 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 be 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 aide, more than three miles in extent from the mouth of the river, were thronged with 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 on both sides had a hearty, straightforward tone about them very unusual in after-dinner complimentary talk. 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 some thing for us here in London to be proud of and to rejoice at. The Mayor assuied the Admiral that no such sight had been seen in his memory as the reception of the squadron. All classes had shared in it, and the enthusiasm had but grown greater with the better opportunities for the townsfolk and the sailors to meet each other. Admiral Dacres answered 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 people of this large maritime population, all sailors or connected with the sea, and the women waving their handkerchiefs and cheering as the fleet entered, he thought it was a great mistake that they had not come there before; and he felt from his heart as a true Englishman, as a true English sailor, that there had never been a better thing done than the sending of the fleet there for the inhabitants of that large and populous place to know them ; for lie was sure—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 . done ---at least he trusted they would." There is in this modest frankness the true ring of the metal out of which Nelson and Calling wood were made—commanders 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 be further insisted upon the practical value of the visit of the fleet and the crews. The First Lord may remember the honest, outspoken testimony of this hearty old admiral, who told his friends his mind when he said that he and his comrades had tied a great bond of friendship between themselves and inhabitants of that town, which was a very material points because the people saw what they paid for-- they saw the ships, and they saw the men, and he hoped from this time forward they would sleep soundly in their beds, for they need have very little fear of peace being disturbed while they m aintained such a fleet. We have ma de 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 the same stock as our selves. To isolate and sever them from the race and family to which they belong 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 themselve s be a military people, all soldiers or sailors if nee d be, or all in training. We have put aside the con script system and the pressgang, and it is high time that our soldiers and sailors shoul d know that they are constantly in our thoughts as members of the same family, and not a mere crowd of merce naries, fighting blindly and brutally, and, as t hat rough-mouthed Mr. Cobbett used to say, selling life and freedom to be shot for a shilling a de9- Time was, when a regiment was to be moved from one garrison to another, that the soldiers were kept out of sight, as though their presence would spread the scarlet fever. The old disciplinaria ns were sadly afraid that the Volunteers would corn promise the army and lower its prestige. As for the exacting discipline and dread rule over the navy, the recruiting for the Baltic fleet showed th e 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. But 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 no longer fought shy of by the best seamen in the world. The Naval Reserve numbers from ten to fifteen thousand of the smartest fellows afloat, ready, willing, active, and proud of their connec tion with the navy. The good folks of Liverpool, it seems, have not only feasted the officers and the grandees of the Channel fleet. In St. G eor g es Hall the non-commissioned officers and men of the fleet were to be entertained, and it is to be hoped that wherever the fleet goes it will earn the saute hospitality and goodwill of the citizens that it 12 66 met with on the banks of the Mersey. COUNTRY MARKETS• ‘1 , ..- - GLOUCESTER—SErr. 19. The show of English wheat to-day was moderate, an d the sales made were at a reduction of Is on the currencieo of last week. Foreign wheat was again ♦ery dull, at VI decline. Barley, beans, and oats were without change. COLCHESTER--SErT. 19. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, with a heal trade, and the rates of last week were 2s lower. Barley 1s good demand, and realised late prices. Beans and peas 61 0 before. Wheat; white 44s 50s I Beans,illazagan..33s 36i red 42s 46s middle & small.3ss 380 Barley I Oats ,24s gre y 35s 38° CHELMSFORD—SEPT. 18. At this corn exchange to-day there was a good supply ° f wheat, but the trade was inactive, in consequence of a N . " duction of 2s and 3s being asked for, and last week's prices were barely maintained. There was no alteration in other articles. Wheat, old white 31s 49s ‘ Yeas, Partridge'....37s 40$ new 46s 50s White 39s s old red....36s 44s Boiling 4os 438 new 40s 46s Dun 338 36° --6; Barley 28s 36 s Ditto new —s Chevalier ... 28s 39s Beans, Tick, old 34s 39° Grinding.. 22s 31s Malt. Chevalier . 618 67s Harrow Ticksn . —8 4 ew 358 .74; 64s 69s new s Oats 20s 28s Mazagan . .. 3N aos KIRKCALDY GRAIN—SEPT. 19. To-day we had small supplies of all descriptions of grain at market. Sales free, at last w6ek's rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Od I 20s Od 22s Od Second ..368 Od 31s Od !4 - .38 6d Third....3Bs Od 33s Od 258 Od COAL A rrioes oz toai per 'ron al s. d. Walker Primrose 12 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting . 20 0 Wylam 17 0 Eden Main . 17 0 West Hartley ..16 9 SET. tale mime of 11w ...ket. B. a• Walls End. Gosforth l6 9 Ships at mark Walls End. Haswell ..........18 6 lieugh .......... 17 6 East Hartlepool ...... 18 6 South H ar t1ep001...... 1 7 Ii elloe .. 17 South Kelloe.. ........ 17 " Hetton ...... 18 6 T uns t a ll ;t, 47 ; sold, 39. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Oct. 1 9 ' via Marseilles .. Oct. 13• Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 5 ., Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 21 - 7 ° China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 2. ~, via Marseilles ...Sept. 2i' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 2 via Marseilles Sept. 21. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. .. Sept. 26. via Marseilles Oct. 5. Portugal.... ...... ' Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 2" via Marseilles Oct. 11, Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept' 24 ' by 'U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Sept. 25' W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Oct. 10. 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"Fifty years' indescribable afoul„ from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipatio n ,: flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly. —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Robert s, of Fernley, Surrey, 0 thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange' ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, lol spirits, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. J o, am' T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion and torfol: dity or the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment . In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; Mb., 11s. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b 408.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Londoo. also Fortnum and Mason ; and all Grocers and Chemists 10 every town of the United Kingdom. Births. HIIIKLEY.—On the 21st inst., the wife of T. H. li ta lefo Esq., F.R.S., of a daughter. PARIS.—On the 20th inst., at Dulwich, the wife of Cha o ' Paris, Esq., of a daughter. REID.—On the 20th inst., at 5, Taviton-street' Gordon square, the wife of Rich ard Reid, of a daughter. TAYLOR. —On the 20th inst., at 2, The Terrace, Reusing' on -gardens-square, W., the wife of Albon Taylor, Esck 9 of a daughter. Marriages. GORDON—HACKET.—On the 19th inst., at St. OlavO! York, Colonel Bertie Edward Murray Gordon, Lio t 'a Colonel 91st Regiment, to Katharine Alicia, the secov, daughter of Francis Benyon Racket, Esq., of Moor gal' Warwickshire. • MALING—HARPER.—On the 25th June, at Christcbut eli t L New Zealand, Thomas J. Maling, only son of the 13 , 0 Vice-Admiral Maling, of the Elms, Worcectorshire , , Rose Harper, fourth daughter of the Bishop of ClarlP church. Deaths. DAy.--On the 19th inst., at Dartford, John Day, Esq.) 11° of Islington, aged 72. FAUDEL.-0a the 21st inst.. at 5, St. Andrew's -place, riT gent's : park, henry Faudel, Esq , of Newgate-stree aged si. FULLER —On the 19th inst., at Hendon, Middlesex, Sad' Fuller, Esq,, aged 77. FRY.—On the 19th inst., at Axbridge, Margaret, widoW Peter Fry, Esq., aged 90. HUNTLY.—On the 17th inst., at Orton Longueville, the' Marquis of Huntly, aged 71. STUART.—On the 16th inst., at Eastbourne, the Lady 14 31. r garet Stuart, daughter of the late Francis, t enth E arl Moray. TUSSAUD.—On the 19th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. Elizabe th Tussaud, aged 60. London : Prita,?d and P:iNished by WILLIAM ANI)10 0:-4f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'TIE SUN Office NO. Strand, in the r reCinet 01 th e 3avoy, in the County v Ittiddloes,--TtleOluYo September 22, Ho