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London, England, 1851-12-06 00:00:00

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friends. The result, however, will prove eminently
beneficial to society. It will show that the law is no
respecter of persons—that the aristocratic swindler,
who pockets thousands under cover of a .wilful and
deliberate falsehood, is as amenable to justice
as the common-place cheat, who obtains
goods to the value of a few pounds or shillings
from a tradesman on untrue representations, and
that what has been hitherto regarded as " great
sharpness" by a certain class of turfites will be looked
upon in another and very different point of view by
the judges of the land, who will administer stringent
punishment to the too clever gentlemen who resort to
such means for providing for an expenditure which
they are unable to supply from their legitimate re-
sources. Let it henceforward be clearly understood
that engagements cannot be entered into, or
matches made, if any inaccurate statements be put
forward on either side, and that the delinquents
will be subjected to stringent punishment on convic-
tion. The procuring compromises or forfeits by un-
fair means must especially be looked to, for the LORD
CHIEF JUSTICE charged the jury " that the main ques-
tion would be as to what took place when the mare was
supposed to be disabled, and the means taken by the
defendants to induce the prosecutor to pay the 7,3001.
without the match taking place."
We do not, of course, mean to include those who,
with ample means and resources, patronize the fine
old English sport in a fair and straightforward man-
ner. Such men are deserving of the highest praise.
But one by one they are driven from the turf in
disgust at the treatment they experience from the
ALLEYNES, the D'ARcvs, et hoc geniis omme—persons
who having once occupied respectable positions, as-
sume the appearance of the nicest honour, are prompt
to demand satisfaction, and to visit with exposure any
delay in liquidating their demands, while they are at
the same time engaged in the most nefarious and
discreditable transactions. We wish to see the turf
flourish as in the olden time, to be assured that every-
thing will be conducted fairly and properly—that
the best horse may always win, or at least that under-
hand measures may not be resorted to in order to
procure a different result. The case of " the QUEEN
versus ALLEYNE" will, we have no doubt, tend to the
attainment of this great desideratum. It will hence-
forward be known that pretences, which were hereto-
fore considered perfectly justifiable,
,come within the
scope of the law, and that the party who has been
duped may put its machinery into operation to
avenge his wrongs upon those by whom he has been
defrauded.

We trust, too, that yoking officers in her MAJESTY'S
service may profit by the instructive lesson afforded—a
lesson that may prove beneficial to persons of every
class, to the " sharps" as well as to the " flats." The
former may perceive that vengeance, though long
deferred, will ultimately arrive ; that even the civil
tribunals will take cognizance of matters that may be
removed from the jurisdiction of the military autho-
ties, by the retirement of all concerned from her MA-
JESTY'S service. The latter will see that they need not
sit down patiently under their wrongs, but that
whenever it can 136 clearly and distinctly proved that
they have been victimised, they can obtain redress
either as military men or civilians. The case will
thus be doubly useful, preventing the necessity for
such investigations by removing the causes, and also
inducing the sufferers to come forward whenever
sufficient proof of the fraud can be obtained.

The facts and circumstances of the case are so well
known as to require but brief notice. The prosecutor,
Mr. KENNEDY, a young gentleman of considerable
expectations, was at an early age appointed to
a commission in a regiment then quartered
in Canada. When going out to join, it was his mis-
fortune to have as a fellow-passenger Mr. HOLDER
ALLEYNE, who appears to have looked on the raw
boy as an excellent pigeon. On his arrival he found the
other:defendants, M‘GEacur ALLEYNE and D'Aacr,
holding commissions in the same corps to which
he had been gazetted. HOLDER ALLEYNE, who was
stationed in the neighbourhood, and who could not
afford to lose sight of his " young friend" was
elected an honorary member of the mess. The
ensign was speedily initiated in the art
and mystery of betting, and the very na-
tural conclusion was that within two or
three years after the unfortunate young man
attained his majority he was left penniless. TWENTY-
TWO TUOUSAND POUNDS sterling, which he had re-
ceived on coming of .ego, was completely dissipated. His
bosom friend, HOLDER ALLEYNE, who had received the
lion's share of the spoil---12,0001. in the whole,
including the 7,3001., the subject of the indict-
ment, kindly lending his brougham to convey the
victim to the Queen's Prison. The assistance of
friends extricated him from the difficulty in which he
was placed. He was rescued from gaol and afforded
an opportunity of retrieving his fortunes, while
proceedings were taken against those by whom he
was despoiled, the result of which we have seen. The
just and salutary severity of Lord CmarßaLL will
inflict a heavy blow and great discourage-
ment on such transactions for the future,
It is said that the defendants have fled
from the country, leaving their bail to
" pay forfeit." This would be a fitting conclusion
to their very honourable career. But even if Captain
HOLDER,ALLEYNE should escape the two years' im-
prisonment to which he has been sentenced, he must be
a perpetual exile from his native land, and his case
will be held up to all future generations as an ex-
ample of the evils that follow a departure from the
course of probity, as another illustration of the truth
of the adage that " honesty is the hest policy."

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

TRANQUILLITY RESTORED.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
It appears from the statements which are made
in various letters that tranquillity has been completely
restored ; the restoration of that tranquillity being,
we believe, in some measure attributable to the pub-
lication of the following decree restoring Vote by
Ballot.

" FRENCH REPUBLIC.

" In the name of the French people.
" The President of the Republic, considering that the
mode of election promulgated by the decree of the 2d of
December had been adopted in other circumstances as
guaranteeing the sincerity of election;
"But, considering that the essential object of the de-
cree is to obtain the free and sincere expression of the
will of the people—

" DECREE 8--.

" The articles 2,3, and 4, of the decree of the 2d
December are modified as follows:

" Art. 2. The election will take place by universal
suffrage. All Frenchmen are called to vote aged
twenty-one years, in the enjoyment of their civil and
political rights.
" Art. 3. They must justify either by their being in-
scribed on the electoral lists drawn up in virtue of the
law of the 15th March, 1849, or by the accomplish-
ment, since that period, of the conditions required by
that law.

" Art. 4. The ballot will be opened during the days of
the 20th and 21st December in the capital of each com-
mune from eight A.M. till four P.M.
" The suffrage will take place
" By secret ballot;
" By yes or by no;
" By means of a bulletin, either manuscript or printed.
"Done at the Elysee, the 4th December, 1851.
" LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
" The Minister of the Interior,
" DE MORNY."
This is the first decree issued by the PRESIDENT
which is headed French Republic, and from the mo •
went it was placarded the agitation in Paris dimi-
nished. It is said that the Socialists and Reds took
but little part in the imeute of Thursday ; they con-
sider that the Republic as they would desire to see it
is at present impossible, and of the two prefer LOUIS
NAPOLEON to the Burgraves. The seat of the imeute
was in that portion of Paris which may be considered
as the head-quarters of Orleanism, and the faubourgs,
in which the mass of the workinglpopulation reside,
was comparatively undisturbed. That the greater
number of those killed in the barricades belonged
to the upper classes of society, was evident by their
dress. We regret to state, that on Thursday night
several insurgents who had been taken prisoners were
shot in cold blood, in the Champ de Mars. The
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