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LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14.

Tat iotelligence received by the last mail from
the United States gives fair reason to hope for an
early settlemect of the immediate difficulty raised
by General HARNET'iII arbitrary and violent occupa-
tion of the Island of St. Juan. General Score, who
arrived on the scene with authority from his Go-
vern:neat to conclude au arrangement with the
British authorities on the buil, contained in the
efen•gnoted letters of Secretary NIARCT, had with
that object made a proposition to Governor DouGLAS,
which will in all probability lead to an agreement.
The danger of a eoliisioo between the two countries
may now be considered as at an end. The question
of the sovereignty of the Island still remains to be
dealt with by the two Governments, and may still
present difficulties ; but it is very satiefsetory tome it
fairly recovered from the rude hands which lately
seized it, and to know that its adjustment will not
be dietarbed by military surprises.

Tile Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
issued a new set of regulations respecting punish-
ment. in the Royal Navy. In form, and also in
thodene7, they resemble the General Order on cor-
poral punishabee's in the Army, lately issued from
the Horse Guards; and, like that Order, have
been devised to meet the increasing difficulty
which attend@ the inflictioe of the punishment of
Bogging. According to the new Circular, all
Seamen and Marines an to be divided, like the
soldiery of the Army, into two cleanse, to the
ant of which all, on their first entrance into
the service, and those who do nothing to
forfeit their original status, shall belong, while
the second will consist of those who may be degraded
to it in consequence of offences against discipline or
repeated misconduct. But here the resemblance
betw.eu the Circular and tie Order mess. The
soldier of the first slam may eat be /egged by any
authority except for aggravated madame conduit I
the essman of the hit slam will he liable to thole*
the only sdeantsge which hie rating will give him
over his comrade of the aimed clam being, that he
shall he OW bye Coset.martial; and even this pre-
teethes will fail him in charges of open mutiny.
The beet enema as thus placed on a level with the
well seldier in respect of the special advantages
whisk the sew Circular and Order hold forth. These
le the eeeeed riese will be liable to be dogged es
now, whitest Court-martial, for offences seek es
theft. smunlitig liTior into the ship, and repeated
disobedience of orders.

We meets regret to see the Admiralty tryiag be
movie a condemned and hopeless' practice by so poor •
eompromie• es this. There is evough in this Omelet
to show !bit the old faith in then:tan of flogging es
• punishment is shaken, and too mach to anew the
wa•t of courage an dealing with • crying evil. The
Circular w.ll inspire so coetideuce in the elms id
seen whom it is important to attract to the navy, fee
this if for no other reason—that it will net be
understood. Jar► is no lawyer, and be likes some-
thing short and straightforward, while the complex
eystem of divieioa and transfer invested by the Lords
of the Admirahy o presented in eight Glasses, some
of which destroy the other,. ELborate and minute
rules are laid down, and at the end, whew it seems
that all le provided for. an intimstion im made that
they will be held to be inapplicable to " eases of open
mutiny, where immediate punishment may be
necessary to check • disposition on the part of
" others to join in so flagrant a crime." Hut when
this most eerious of offences is charged it is more
than en r important that the man should have what-
ever protection them, regulations are intended to
provide.

The punislinient of the lash. from various ranees,
bas craved u, he effective as in past timer, ►nd no
number iif Circulars will restore it to its former posi-
tion. }'.fty years ago, when it was sanctioned by
public ..pinion and carried disgrace with it, it weir
real and terrible. Now it makes a man an object of
symps.iiy. The wont of characters is rather
exalted than debased when he salters a penalty held
to degrade Wee wno inflicts it. Bad men are in-
judioiesely admitted to the honours of martyrdom.
This will beam keg as flogging is maintained, too