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London, England, 1864-11-25 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

CHERTSEY RACES-THIS DAY.
(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
WOBURN PARK PLATE.

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RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865.
FEBRUARY.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGJI-STREET.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SHOP WOMAN IN REGENT•
STREET.—Annie Alexander, a good-looking young woman,
lately shopwoman in the employ of Mr Frederick Wootton
Isaacson (trading under the name of Madame Louise) silk

manufacturer and laceman, No. 170, Regent-street, was
charged before Mr Knox with stealing 150 yards of silk,
some lace handkerchiefs, seven imitation pearl necklaces,
some bracelets, and a quantity of other property belonging
to Mr Isaacson, and of the value of above £BO.

Mr Isaacson said he carried on business at 170, Regent-
street, as a laceman and silk manufacturer, trading in the
name of his wife, Madame Louise. The prisoner had been
in his employ for five months as an improver, and left on
Tuesday last. In consequence of information he received,
he went yesterday to No. 9, Alfred-street, Tottenham-
court-road, accompanied by Police-constable 82 C, and saw
the prisoner, who was lodging there. He told he had called
respecting some property he had missed, and which he
felt confident she either then had or had had in her
possession, The prisoner denied having any of his
property, and he then showed her an article
of jewellery which she had given to a Miss
Godding, a friend of hers, telling her at the same time
that Miss Godding had stated that she had received it from
her. The prisoner denied doing so. and he then searched
her boxes, and found a large quantity of his property in
them— consisting of silk, lace, jewellery, &0., of the value
of £B2 cost price. Seeing a large b..a in the room, he asked
the prisoner whether it belonged to her, and she said it did
not, but to her landlady ; but on its being opened he found
some more of his property in it. The prisoner asked to b 3
forgiven, but he told her it was impossible, having been
robbed of such a largo amount of property during the last
few years, and that he felt bound to make the charge. He
was disposed to think the prisoner had yielded to tempta-
tion, and, therefore, hoped she might be dealt with in that
court.

Mr Knox said he could not do so. -He would remand the
prisoner for a week, and in the meantime Mr Isaacson could
see if there was any other property missing. •
The prisoner (crying) appealed to Mr Isaacson for for-
giveness.
Philip Shrives, 82 C, corroborated Mr Isaacson.

The prisoner said Mr Isaacson promised to forgive her if
she told him where all the property was.
Mr. Knox asked the nonstab:e whether that was the
case.

Shrives said at first Mr Isaacson said he would, but on
the prisoner denying that she had any of his property he
refused to do so.

The prisoner again appealed to ar Isaacson for for-
giveness.

Mr Knox remanded the prisoner for a week,

THAMES.

STEALING FOWLS.—John Dixon, a master chimney-
sweeper, eged 54, Luke Dixon, 21, and Matthew Dixon, 15,
Lis sons; George Hatchman, 15, Richard Rudd, 13, Henry
Newton, 13, and Patrick Lyons, 13, were brought before
Mr Partridge, charged with stealing seven fowls from a
henhouse on the premises of Mr Charles Parsons, dust con-
tractor of Lower Shadwell.

It appeared that a great many fowls had been recently
stolen from the premises of the prosecutor, and that other
persons in Shadwell had been sufferers and lost their fowls.
A gang of ,urchins, allowed by their parents to run wild
about the streets, had been robbing the henroosts. Mr
Thomas Ward, foreman to Mr Parsons, missed seven fowls
on Monday morning. A boy named Black, an accomplice,
who was allowed to give evidence against the prisoners,
criminated the whole of them. The four boys Hatchman,
Rudd, Newton, and Lyons, and himself "had a game," as
it was termed, with Mr Parson's fowls. They took the tiles
off the roof of the fowl-house and went in and stole five
fowls. One was put back, and Hatchman, Newton, Lyons,
and Clack carried away one each. Two of them were sold
to a man named Conway, and two were sold to Matthew
Dixon for Is , Clark receiving 6d. of the money. Last
night Robert Smith, a police-constable, No. 253 K, went
to the house of the Thiene, No. 1, Jould's-hill, Shad well,
where Rudd was also living, and asked John Dixon what
fowls he had, to which he replied, " One in the yard, which
you can see." There was a pot on the fire, the interior of
which sent forth very savoury fumes. Smith asked
John Dixon what- there was in the pot. The
prisoner answered only a little piece for supper. Smith un-
covered the pot, in which he found two fowls cat into
pieces, boiling. The heads of the fowls were in the grate
—one was the head of a gamecock, a fancy bird, the other
the head of a speckled hen. Mr Ward said his master had
lost two fowls answering that description. It was proved
that the four boys had concealed the fowls in the cellar
under a barber's shot in High-street, Shad well, before they
sold them—that Rudd, Newton, and Luke Dixon had been
in custody before for fowl stealing. Rudd was then con-
vic'ed and sentenced to one month's imprisonment and
hard labour.

Smith produced the half-dressed pieces of two fowls taken
out of Dixon's pot last night.

Mr Partridge—Then you deprived them of their supper.
Smith—Y.A sir, I did indeed.

Mr Partridge—Very proper too.
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Ur Joseph Tuubs, a grocer in High-street, Shadwell,
said ho missed a fowl on Saturday night last.
Joseph Shipp, a boy, said the fowl stolen from the last
witness was wild to Matthew Dixon for 6d. He gave
Matthew Dixon the 6d and got the fowl back again.
A Shopkeeper—l lost some fowls very recently. I believe
they went into the family pot of the Dixons.

Mr Partridge said that four of the boys had been stealing
fowls, and old Dixon and his sons stealing with them. The
evidence of Clark, the accomplice, was confirmed. He con-
victed all the prisoners. He sentenced Hatohman and
Lyons each to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour,
Rudd to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour, Newton
one month's imprisonment and hard labour, John Dixon
to pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned two months, and
Matthew and Luke Dixon £3 each, or bo imprisoned for one
month.

WESTMINSTER.

A SERIOI7B ANTICIPATION OF MURDER...-Robert Fox,
a labourer, was charged with brutal violence to his wife.
The complainant, who had a child in her arms, said—
Last night, between six and seven o'clock, I was lying apon
the floor asleep with my child in the room we occupy at
11, Rochester-buildings, when my husband woke me by
kicking me. I had goae home from my work at Covent-
garden Market, and found him drunk lying on the bed, and
thought it batter not to disturb him. When he woke me
by kicking me, I ran to the door to get out, but could not,
and he then held me and beat me about the head and body,
and my cry of "Murder" brought persons to my assistance.
I gave him into custody, and the police took me to the
hospital.

Mr Arnold—Was he dressed. Had he his boots on when
he kicked you.?

Complainant—Yes, he had. I hope you won't send him
to prison, as if you do I shall be obliged to go to the
workhouse,

Mr Humphreys, Inspector of the B division—l fear that
this will end in a serious matter somo day. The defendant
has alreaiy had six months for assaulting hie wife, bat it
does not appear to have had the effect of restraining him,
Defendant—She cut my head open with a tumbler yes.
terday.
Mr Arnold—ls that so ?

Complainant—l am not aware that I cut his head, but I
certainly threw a glass at him, bat ho had his cap on. I
had gone to fetch him from a public-house, and he there
before a lot men accused me, a respectable hard-working
woman, of being a common prostitute, and that irritated
me, so that I threw the tumbler.

James Parker, 136 13—A. man came to me and told me
that a man was murdering his wife. I found her bleeding
profusely, and she was so bad that she could with difficulty
be got to the station. She was quite sober; he was drunk.
When I took her to the hospital she was found to be covered
with bruises.

Mr Arnold (to defendant)—lt is quite clear to me that if
some steps are not taken this will end in loss of life, and
you will have to take your trial for murder. In some
of your drunken fits your violence will be at-
tended with serious results. You will give her some
mortal wound, and will be tried for your life. If one of
those kicks had been on her temple she might never have
recovered. I shall remand you, and I should like some
inquiry was made into the character of your wife.

ACTION AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.—In the
Manchester County Court an action was brought
by Mr W. S. Shaw, of Hanley, against the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company. The plaintiff said that he
dealt in dried fish, and was in the habit of receiving consign..
merits of small flake from Fleetwood, where he had an agent
named Leech, On Aug. 5 Leech forwarded to Manchester
by passenger train, through the defendants, a quantity of
fish, which on arrival was to be sent to witness by the
London and North-Western goods train. The fish. the
plaintiff alleged, should have been delivered to him on the
following (Satnrda.y) morning. Ho did not, however,
receive them till tho Monday, when they were in an un.
marketable state. The fish cost him £2 2a 6d, and he pur-
posed attending a fair at Hanley, where he expected to
make a profit of £ll on the sale of them. He therefore
claimed £l3 2s 6d. Mr R. B. B. Cobbett, in defence, said
that all diligence was used iu forwarding the goods to Man-
chester, whence to Hanley it was ordered by the plaintiff's
agent that they should be sent by a goods train, any reason-
able delay in the arrival of which the plaintiff was bound by
his agreement with the Company to submit to. The Judge
(Mr E. Ovens) said he thought there had been some negli-
gence on the part of the defendants, but he also thought the
plaintiff had over-stated the amount of the loss he had sus-
tained. He gave a verdict for the plaintiff for XI.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, LIVERPOO.L. Mrs
Macready, who gave a series of readings at the Hanover.
square Rooms during the past season with marked success,
has been engaged by the management of the above estab-
lishment, and will make her first appearance in this
country on the stage, in a play entitled " Marie do
Me:anie," which has been revised and arranged expressly
for her by the author, Westland Marston, Esq.

Speech of Edwin James—His Advocacy of
Democracy and Freedom.

The New York Sunday Mercury remarks that
at a large and enthusiastic gathering of the Demo-
cracy held at Cooper Institute, Edwin James, the
well known lawyer, delivered an able and eloquent
address, embracing many points not treated by ore
dinary political speakers.
Mr James commenced by observing that he should prefer
to have remained a silent though not inattentive observer of
the great events now passing before them—events which
involved the destiny of this country for weal or woe for
countless ages. Under a moat critical conjuncture of affairs,
Mr Lincoln was elected President--a title and a position far
higher than the diadem which the factitious accident of birth
placed upon the brow of a European monarcbur (Applause.)
That lofty trust emanates from the people and reverts to
them. And wa have to consider how that trust has been
used, and whether for another term it is to be confided to
the same hands. I read in England that the State of Illinois
in the year 1860 packed 1,781,090 hogs for human consump-
tion, and furnished the President of the United States.
(Laughter.) Upon what policy did Mr Lincoln then assume
the responsible and high position conferred by the people ?
The seceding States had met. On the 4th Feb., 1861, at
Montgomery, they had avowed the Secession doctrine. Mr
Lincoln knew the question which they had made a vital
one, and in the inaugural address delivered by him on the
steps of the Capitol—and one whose name is, I believe,
venerated and beloved by many of the American people,
who had opposed him in his candidature, stood by his side
and heard those words uttered by Mr Lincoln—l mean
Stephen Douglas. (Loud cheer.) Mr Lincoln stated that the
accession of a Republican Administration afforded no ground
to the Southern States for apprehending any invasion of
their rights. " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to
interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where
it exits. I believe that I have no lawful right to do so, and
I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated
and elected me know this. I have made many similar
declarations, and I will never recant them l" (Sensation.)
That declaration was made in the face of the country
and the whole civilised world. It was made with the know-
leige of the principle which the Confederate and seceding
States Lad avowed to be their policy and the basis upon
Which they grounded their right—erroneously and I think
wickedly—to shatter into fragments this glorious Union.
(Cheers.) Has this solemn avowal which Mr Lincoln then

deemed to be the great and constitutional policy of thin
country been adhered to. (Cries of and cheers.)
Why the echo of his words had scarcely died away upon
the breeze betuiv ho violated it. (Loud cheere.) No., as
this is the first time I have had the honour of stating my
political opinions in this country, I wtsh to be distinctly
understood upon the question of slavery. Every
instinct of my nature, and in every position that it

has been my lot to occupy, and every . aspiration that
I have. have led me to advocate the social, the political, and
the religious freedom of my fellow man I I know the diffi-
culties of this question. I have carefully studied its history.
have read of the efforts of statesmen of this country for
conciliation and compromise. One man, whose name should
be venerated in every assemblage of American gentlemen,
and r6ceived with the honour due to it, an orator, a patriot,
and a statesman, by the side of whose giant intellect the
pretended statesmen who now "strut and fret their hour
upon the stage" are dwarfs and pigmies—Henry Clay—
(tremendous cheering)—had denounced the agitation upon
this question, and told the Abolitionists, upon the
floor of the Senate, that their infatuated policy, if

pursued, would inevitably destroy the Union. (Cheering.)
And it is fast doing so. (Cheers.) I am, said the speaker,
for the emancipation of the slave. It is a deep stain upon
the escutcheon of this great country that a man, woman,
or child, should be sold like a chattel to the highest bidder.
(Cheers.) lam for gradual emancipation—but not for
prostituting a war commenced for a just and righteous
cause to the mere purposes of immediate and violent abo-
lition. (Cheers.) Why, slavery is a legacy that England
left you. (Cheers.) When many of the then colonies o.
this country were struggling to annihilate the system, the
Lord Chancellor of England supported it as legal and just,
and opposed the emancipation of the negro as a dangerous
constitutional innovation. Mt narchs of England were at
the head of companies for importing slaves into America,

and England stipulated by treaties for the same privilege.
As an institution,slavery is guaranteed by your constitution.
The right is further confirmed by the Constitution, because
the electoral qualification of voting for three-fifths of the
slaves is given. I do not justify this, but I find it so.
Slavery is not merely, therefore, a domestic institution
of the South; but a right of property exists by reason of
the possession of and property in slaves. In the North the
franchise is only a personal right—in the South a pro-
perty qualification is expressly created, (Cheers.) I have
seldom seen this argument alluded to, but upon the proper
construction of the Constitution, it seems to me incon-

trovertible that, without a violation of the Constitution, it
cannot be abolished by force of war. (Cheering.) Amend
the Constitution in this respect—and I hope and believe
that public opinion would justify such an amendment as
would lead to the gradual emancipation of the slave; but,

as the question now stands, Massachusetts has no more
right to prosecute the war for the abolition of slavery than
sho would have to invade a State and propound to such
State some dogma of controversial theology. (Loud cheers.)
What said another of your statesmen upon this question—
an accomplished scholar, and ono of the greatest parliamen-
tary debaters in the annals of any country's history—one
who knew all the bearings of this question, who appre-
ciated the dangerous results of its agitationthe Senator
of Massachusetts, Daniel Webster. (Loud cheers.) On the
sth of October, 1840, he thus declared :

"I repeat it—proclaim it on the wings of all the winds—
tell it to all your friends—tell it, I say— that standing here
in the Capitol of Virginia, beneath an October sun, in the
midst of this asse.nblage, before the entire country, and
upon all the responsibility which belongs to me—l say that
there is no power, direct or indirect, in Congress or the ge-
nera Government, to interfere in the slightest degree with
the institutions of the South."

Mr James, after some further argument upon this topic,
and after showing that this war to crush a rebellion had
been degraded into a crusade for abolition, and was now to
be inaugurated as the blood-stained carnival of fanaticism,
that its policy destroyed all hope of reconciliation, then
resumed upon the question of extermination and subjuga-
tion. Subjugation I Those who use the word do not know its
import. Subjugate millions of American people! men with
the same impulses, the same courage as ourselves ! Is
Poland subjugated ? The despot of Russia has annihilated
their language, made war upon the intellect of Poland,
devastated their country, but can never subjugate the
spirit of that people! Is Ireland subjugated ? No I—
(Loud cheers.) ".e'en in her ashes live her wonted fires."
Is Venetia subjugated ? No ! She lies weeping and pros-
trate at the feet of the Austrian despot, but her spirit is
not subjugated. (Cheers.) His rickety throne slumbers upon
the embers of a volcano. Mr James then alluded to the

various acts of the violation of the written Constitution

by Mr Lincoln, and in powerful language described them.
The bell of Mr Seward tolled the knell of American liberty.
(Loud cheering.) What, then, is the alternative? The
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banner of Mr Lincoln bears aloft " Abolition at all

haz irds 1" The banner of George Banton M'Clellan has
inscribed upon it," The Union at all hazards"—(tremendous

cheering)—and 1 would fbllow that. The one party desires
to destroy the Republic, in order to bury slavery beneath its

ruins ; the other party desires to erect that hideous institu-

tion upon its ruins. (Cheering.) I oppose both as equally
destructive to the Unioa. (Cheers.) lam for peace, but

not for peace at the price of national dishonour. Mr

James then alluded to the past history of the country,

and concluded:

Are there no historio associations to

bind these warring elements in some bonds of unity and
friendship ? Can Massachusetts forget how the princely

colony of Virginia stood by her side in th 6 great

struggle of resisting the tyranny of England P (Cheers.)
Can she forget the hour when a rude, uncouth lad, whose

appearance forbade his being listened to, by his wonderful
elegance roused the slumbering energies of Virginia and
enlisted that colony to her aid. (Cheers.) When that
great patriot, Patrick Henry—(loud cheering)—thundered
out the words, "There is no retreat for n 3; it is slavery or
resistance," words which vibrated through every American
heart, and struck terror at the Court of St. James' ?
(Cheers.) Is all hope of conciliation gone? Is the war to

be conducted with a hatred and insensate bitterness that is

a disgrace to civilisation ! I trust not. I hope for some ray

of returning reason, but I can see it only by the election of
Gen. M'Clellan. (Cheers.) The future is dark indeed, but
let us fervently hope that a different policy may effect dif-
ferent results, and bring back to this great country substan-
tial peace, happiness, and prosperity, and to her statesmen

who accomplished its imperishable renown. (Cheers.)
The audience rose and gave three rounds of cheers for

Edwin James.

MR NEWDEGATE AT RUGBY.—The annual dinner
of the Rugby and Dunchuroh Conservative Associa-
tion took place yesterday, and was presided over by the Earl
of Dalkeith. Among the guests were Mr Newdegate, M.P.,
end Mr Bromley, the Conservative candidate to supply the
place of the late Mr Spconer. In reply to the toast of the
"Members for North Warwickshire," Mr Newdegate spoke
at some length concerning his course of par iementwy action
during the session, the condition of parties in the House of
Commons, and general political topics, concluding with the
expression of a hope that, at the next election, the country
would ratify the trust which the electors had now given him
during 20 years, in which case he should consider it a
privilege still to exert himself independently in defence of
the great principles of the constitution.

THE &LW RIDE IN ST. JAMES'S-PAIIN.—The
new ride, some time since planned by the Right Ron. W,
Cowper, M.P., the First Commissioner ofWorks, is rapidly
approaching completion, end will be ready for use by the
commencement of the London season. It extends the whole
length of Eirdcage walk, from Storey's-gate at the eastern
end to Buckingham-gate at the western end. The railings
of the enclosure have been placed several fcet back, and
sufficient space taken from the enclosed ground without at
all interfering with the width of the carriage road in Bird-
cage-walk. In order that the new ride may be entirely
free from interruptions, the unsightly lodge opposite
Queen's-square gate has been removed. The new marble
fountain will stand by the side of the ride.