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bringing himself within the danger of the criminal law,
that people have come to regard a crime as no crime, simply
because it is visited by no punishment. The absurd notion
that a person trusted with the property of another is less
guilty in appropriating it to his own use than a person not
so trusted runs through our whole law, and vitiates the
morals of commerce. The starving wretch who takes a
loaf of broad from a baker's counter is a thief, and is
punished accordingly ; the fraudulent trustee who sells
out stock standing in his name in trust for the widow and
the orphan has only committed a civil wrong, and is sub-
ject to no criminal liability whatever. A clerk or servant
who receives money on account of his principal for which
he does not account may be trauspoited for embezzlement ;
a trustee who does the same thing is liable to do no pun-
ishment whatever. In this very case, if Strahan, Paul, and
Bates had not been bankers, but merely trustees of a mar-
riage settlement, they might have sold Dr. Griffith's bonds
wereof
another to
person to
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should
and appropriated the proceeds without any fear of the Old
Bailey. It would be well if the detection of this great
iniquity
criminal
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law
this respect. We can see no reason why the acquiring the
property
crimi-
nal in all cases, instead of being penal in the case of clerks,
servants, bankers, factors, and persons using false pre-
tences, and in all other cases attended with the utmost
impunity. The question well deserves the attention of
the Legislature.

(From the Daily News of this day. )
The impression made upon the majority of that class in
society to which Sir John Dean Paul and his partners be.
longed, by the sentence passed upon them, seems almost to
border upon panic. Nowhere do you hear the justice of
the sentence impugned—nowhere do you hoar its necessity
denied—but on all sides you hear a muttering about its
being terribly severe. Well :it is severe. It falls more
heavily upon men who have occupied the social position
from which they have fallen than a similar sentence would
upon men of the class to whom it is most frequently
awarded. The three convicts are no longer young ; they
have all their lives been accustomed to the indulgences of
the wealthier classes—to be waited upon with respect or
o terrible:bsequ i sTn
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poor. The change
felon
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tomed to play at hide and seek with the police, who has
'been one day en the verge of starvation, the next rioting
in vulgar excess, is scarcely aware of a change. Fourteen
years' transportation to such a man sometimes will be the
means of making him more comfortable; to Paul, Strahan,
and Bates it is a living death. And yet who is there that
does not feel in his heart that justice could net have been
satisfied with a more lenient sentence? These men have
sinned against their better knowledge. The motive
which impelled them to crime—the vanity of appear-
ing more prosperous in the eyes of the world than they
really were, ought to have been as nothing to the
motive which held them back from its perpetration
—the desire to retain the fair reputation they en-
joyed. Yet, to gratify this poor and paltry vanity, they
stooped to breach of trust ; they incurred the certain risk
of beggaring many widows and orphans—of robbing the
poor. And their crime was not, as it has been sought
to be represented, a yielding to a sudden and irresistible
pressure • it was deliberately set about, and persevered in
for months, if not for years. If they were to be pun-
ished at all, any punishment short of that pronounced
against them would have been a barefaced mockery. Nor
can we conceal from ourselves that at the present moment
such an expression of the moral sense of the community
as the conviction and sentence of Pail, Strahan, and
Bates has been urgently needed. It is only necessary to
recall the history of railway speculation, and certain recent
disclosures respecting the manner in which monetary ne-
gotiations aro conducted, the payment of Customs evaded,
and articles of food systematically adulterated, to be con-
vinced that a moral plague-sore is spreading through our
commercial community. Nay, listen to the semi-apolo-
getic tone in which the conduct of Paul, Strahan, and
Bates, and of others who have recently been the town
talk, is spoken of by men in fair credit with their
fellow-citizens, because they have, or are supposed to
have, plenty of money in their pockets. We have
little faith in, and less charity for, that morality which
shows itself in severe censure of those who fall from the
paths of virtue. We know that severe professions of prin-
ciple aro sometimes coupled with great laxity in practice.
Still, experience teaches us that when the moral tone of a
community is lowered—when it gets accustomed to look
upon knavery with indulgence and to speak of it with
levity—the vigour of national character is relaxed, and the
degraded people sink in the scale of nations. England has
of late been insensibly gliding down this perilous inclined
plane ; and some such startling incident as the conviction
and sentence of the three bankers was needed to rouse us
to the necessity of an effort to regain our old standing-
ground.
The impression made upon the majority of what aro con-
ventionally termed the lower classes, by the conviction and
sentence of Sir John Dean Paul and his partners, is some-
what different. Before the trial took place we had noticed
a disposition among them to repel with incredulity the
belief that a jury could be found to convict " gentlemen."
Since the trial we are not certain that there has not ex-
isted among them a considerable amount of disappoint-
ment at finding their depreciatory anticipations regarding
our Courts ofidnatice falsified. Many appear to be half
sorry that an opportunity for grumbling and censure has
not been afforded them. But still more extensively may
be found to prevail a scepticism as to the possibility cf
the sentence being carried into effect with its full
severity. And we frankly confess that to some ex-
tent we ourselves share in this sceptical feeling. We
have had some opportunity of observing how the
Home-office is at all times pestered with applications for
remissions of sentences, in behalf of any convicts who
have the good luck to possess friends and patrons. Suck
applications are motived, in the great majority of cases,
not by any belief that the convict has been harshly or
unfairly condemned, or that he has shown any unequivo-
cal signs of amendment, but simply by a foolish, unrea-
soning good-nature, or a silly vanity of being thought to
possess influence in high quarters. The pertinacity of ap-
plicants of this kind is inconceivable. Month after month,
and year after year, they return to the charge. Every
change of Ministry—a frequent enough event in our days
—stimulates' them to try whether the new man is not
More impressible than his predecessor. And generally they
succeed in tiring out the resistance of the Home-office.
Whoever occupies that department may make up his mind
to be bombarded by memorials in behalf of Paul, Strahan,
and Bates. The bombardment cf Sebastopol was a joke
to the bombardment that awaits him. We can scarcely
conceive any amount of human obstinacy sufficient to
withstand the vigorous and incessant fire that will be kept
up, and shall be noways surprised to learn a year or two
hence that the convicts are quietly rusticating at Bou-
logne, or that they have opened a bank at Perth or Free-
mantle, in Western Australia. At the same time we
shall deeply regret such a consummation, as calculated to
destroy the effect of the very necessary lesson that has
just been read to our trading community.
Tho possibility of an appeal from the sentence of the
Court has been spoken of. It is not very likely that such
an appeal will be made ; taking into account the stern,
but dignified, language held towards the prisoners by the
presiding judge, it is all but certain that it would fail.
Its success would be to be deprecated ; for it would go far
to confirm a suspicion, already too prevalent, that our
penal laws aro mere cobwebs, through which big wanes
and hornets break easily, though small flies are caught in
them. The reversal of the sentence would not restore the
convicts to the respect of their fellow-citizens—for even
their counsel, at the trial, addressed themselves merely
ad miscricordiarn judicis, acknowledging the guilt of their
clients. By the way, we observe that the learned barris-
ters, after cudgelling their brains for something to say in
behalf of their clients, fell upon the stale device of attack-
ing the press. Sir F. Thesiger asserted that " for weeks
and weeks the conduct of the defendants had been com-
mented upon in numerous publications, and every possible
prejudice had been excited against them in the public
mind." Mr. Edwin James "entreated the jury not to
allow their decision to be influenced by the prejudice that
had been cast upon the defendants by the remarks of the
press." Now, it is the misfortune of our position to be
obliged to read more newspapers than toe generality
of men, and we confidently affirm that, with the excep-
tion of our blundering and bullying contemporary the
Times, the English press, with a laudable love of fair
play, abstained from commenting on the case of the
three convicts before trial. The learned counsel
would have said the Times if they had not been afraid
of that journal, but quailing before its vixen tongue, they
hinted their complaints under the safe generality of " the
press." This is grossly unjust; for English journalists, as
a body, are fully more observant of the dictates of morality
and decorum, in adopting or advocating a cause, than bar-
risters. We do not believe that any ono on our own esta-
blishment—from the chief down to the youngest and most
unreflecting " devil"—could be brazen enough, for the sake
of a fee, with all the oyes in a crowded court of justice
riveted upon him, to maintain by shameless sophistry that
Si.- John Dean Pau] is areligious man. The baronet may
have that vague, instinctive devotional sense which is not
unfrequently found to survive the depravation of the moral
sense ; he may be of those who tremble before the ideas of
supernatural power impressed upon them in youth, and seek
to deprecate punishment by abject petitions ; but that is
not religion, it is mere superstition. Religion implies the
combination of the devotional instinct with a conviction
that to indulge it and yet commit moral offences is practi—
cal blasphemy, and the grossest insult that can be offered to
the Deity. Had Sir J. D. Paul been really religious, he
might have yielded to strong momentary temptation, but
he could not have persevered in the deliberate, systematic
course of dishonesty of which he has been convicted. The
learned counsel who affected on Friday last to argue that
Sir J. D. Paul is a religious man, did not even give soPhi;',
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A FRESH MAN.

RUMOURS! AT VIENNA.

in Thorverton, Devonshire, on Tußee .
bya
number of
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN DEVONSEUR;d:y A night,
irr therdiede
llay.
Wellington Inn, which was surron d a
alarm was given, and they esfcraopm
Exeter, a distance of
Be-
fore the engines could arriveh
premises connected with
eight miles, the whole
oftogether with the stock of beer,
the Wellington Inn,
meci
as well as five dwelling-
d welling-houses. The inmates
spirits, kc., were consumed,
houses adjoining.
Corn has been coming i°ennc
IN FRANCE.—The price of corn
CORN AND FLOUR
tended decidedly d d
week has ownwar 8
during the past
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in the French mark° •
Danubian
both from the
pro-
vinces, an is that the holders of flour havefirbee
lls are now t f 1
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dibffie de when tEhee.
the
and • the
cousequell
part of their stock, and, as the °firs have
touring tog
in almost every direction at the same time,
taken place
prices have kecome lower. In the Paris market at pm-
+. the stock of flour on hand is about 18,000 metrical
Ben.
• tals the quantity, it will be seen, continuing to gem ,
ad-
vance rather rapidly. It was difficult to effect sake
during the past week in Paris, the millers holding out
for previous prices, and the buyers being determined
not to give them. The very best quality flour can be
now obtained for 1041. or 105 f. the 157 kilogrammes, and
inferior kinds for from 100 f. or 104 f. Very little wheat
was sold in Paris during the week, purchasers absolutely
refusing preceding prices. Some English wheat was
offered (to be taken at Havre or Bulogne-sur-Mer) a 1
601. the 120 kilogrammes, but that price could not be
d t etTfiTut
L roalizetl,—aalianga; Messenger.

NOTIONS FROM NEW _ARKET. —WORDS
ABOUT WORCESTER.
There was really too much of a good thing at New
market last week, and when the sports were brought to
a termination, on Saturday, one was tempted to exclaim` .
N‘ ith Rosalind, " Oh, Jupiter, how weary are my spirits."
Like Touchstone, however, many turfites cared little for
their spirits if their legs were not so weary, for the daily ‘E'4
four hours wandering over the "blasted heath " was cal
culated to try the endurance of the stoutest pedes-
trian. The weather, however, was gloriously
fine and invigorating, and even on Friday
when in the early part of the morning the rain
fell in torrents, the afternoon was clear and propitious,
the only drawback from the full enjoyment of the sport
being occasioned by the damp and sodden heath. On
that day, too, it was quite pleasant to see the revived
spirits of the fielders, and the hearty "jollies" they
gave when the favourites were successively beaten. The
"D'Ors" landed a stake on Saturday with Lady
Florence, amidst loud huzzas, which fonowed him as he
rode in hot haste to the weighing stand, declaring that
no one should "fake" either the lad or the mare.
The performances of the Derby horses were watched
with much interest. Despite the prejudice which
still exists against Artillery, I am inclined to entertain
a most favourable opinion of that horse's racing ability,
and deem him likely to train on to a high degree of im-
provement. Still people were not satisfied with his per-
formance with Queen's Head who looked " all over
winning" as the horses passed the " Duke's stand." Ar.
tillery seems, however, a slow starter, but he ran with
the utmost gameness, and taking into consideration the
position which Queen's Head subsequently attained in
the Nursery Stakes, his running for the Criterion was no
very contemptible display of ability. The supporters ofYel-
low Jack were not a little dismayed by the close race which
Secret made with their crack on Wednesday. Yellow
Jack, however, sqemed "green," and besides the result
of the Second Class Nursery Stakes proved that in
Secret he met a " clinker." Still lam not favourably
disposed towards Yellow Jack, and until I see more
of him I shall deem his stable companion Coroner
worthier of support for the Derby. Peter Wilkins
ran an unprepared horse, but his " chance" among the
" flyers" will be somewhat slender. John Day's
Derby horses excite considerable curiosity. Roger-
thoipe will be a great favourite. Every book is "full"
about him, and I certainly have faith in his pretensions.
I have nothing new to add to the voluminous remarks
already published anent the Cambridgeshire. The final
squaring of accounts will take place this afternoon, and
may be satisfactorily conducted. Hopes are entertained
that the reported cases of default will be arranged to the
satisfaction and honour of all parties.

Perhaps few meetings are better entitled to the sup-
port and encouragement of racing men than those annu-
ally celebrated at Worcester. The gathering which will
be held to-morrow and Wednesday will not be the least suc-
cessful of the many Autumn Meetings. The programm
is attractive, and the supply and character of the racing
are likely to be equally satisfactory.
The Handicap for two-yr-olds has nine nominations,
of which Bobby Taft will perhaps be the successful com-
petitor.
The Chicken and Pole Star seem the most attractive
names among the entries for the Autumn Han-
dicap, and the trusted representative of the
stable will be a most formidable competitor.
Of their respective owners' " intentions," I have
of course no knowledge, and the public must exercise
caution in their dealings with the animals under notice.
My present fancy is for Pole Star. Mary and Little
Davie are next in my estimation. For the Flying Han-
dicap I shall select Chicken, Flacrow, and Byrsa.
I have no knowledge of the " little game " which will
be played with the " jumpers."
Oct. 29.

The Cologne Gazette contains the following letter
addressed to it from Vienna by one of its corre-
spondents. The Nord, in alluding to the article,
calls it curious, but declines guaranteeing the
authenticity of its contents.
During the last few weeks there has been, through a
diplomatic channel, an exchange of opinions between
the courts of Vienna and Paris, respecting the interpre-
tation of the fresh demands which are to be made to
Russia, and which demands the allied powers consider
to be the legitimate consequences of the military
results. Itelppears that up to the present moment the
allies of December the 2d have not succeeded in coming
to an understanding on this delicate point, and the rea-
sons of this non-success I now proceed to give you.
The western powers intend detaching the whole of the
Crimea from the rest of Russia, because in their eyes
this will be the easiest mode ; first, of indemnifying
themselves for the expenses of the war ; and, Feoend, of
rendering impossible for ever the realisation of the plans
entertained by Catherine the Great and her successors,
since the northern power would thus be prevented from
developing her navy so as to menace the equilibrium of
Europe.
In principle, Austria appears, it is true, to be not dis-
inclined to adopt such an arrangement, but she never-
theless considers it out of her power to adhere to it in
an effective manlier, outil the allies shall first of all, by
compelling the Russians to retire, have seized de facto
the Tauric peninsula, and definitively organised a form
of Government in that country.
They attach here greater importance to this last-
named point, since it is evident that unity of opinion in
this instance is imperiously commanded by the prospect
of those great advantages that must ultimately accrue
to the kingdoms bounded by the Black Sea, with re-
spect to their Esropean commerce.
M. de Bourqueney, who on this head is intimately ac-
quainted with the intentions of the Austrian Cabinet,
communicated them during his stay at Paris to his So-
vereign, and it is already known here, that he has re-
ceived instructions from him to bring to a satisfactory
conclusion the deliberations that may possibly have to
he entered into on this subject with the Cabinet of
I Vienna.