The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

the morn speedy and certain their disastrous fate.

The disgust they have given the North is even isow
an element of insecurity. The slave knows of it,
and witk his facile imagination brings the bright
future rearer than reason seems to warrant.'
Every v.olent ebullition, every clamour against
slave distffection, every bit of extra braggadocio
will be a:counted as additional evidence of the
oppressors case having become hopeless, and of
the light of liberty being about to dawn on the
slave. There will be no revival of the slave
trade unless the slaveowners' cup of iniquity be
full and retribution is at his heels. None but
men judicially blind can regard such an attempt
but with ddavour and apprehension.

The advocates of the Game Laws will hear with
pleasure that two fresh victims have been sepa-
rated from their families during the approaching
holidays, for doing what English lords and squires
think they are fully entitled to do—as they like
with their own. In the present instances the
cruelty and impolicy of the proceedings are
greatly aggravated, not only by the time
selected for the persecution, but also by
the fact that the parties sent to the House of
Correction for 14 days' hard labour are respect-
able and industrious men, of unimpeachable cha-
racter, and one of them the widowed father of an
orphan family. In the eyes of the game pre-
servers the example (l) may be the more valuable,
but we greatly fear that its effect on the labouring
community may be very different from that which
they anticipate. The latter are not as yet re-
duced to the condition of the coloured population
of the Southern States of America. They are not
yet compelled to conceal their feelings. The curses
will be loud as well as deep at the gross injustice
practised.

For be it remembered these men were no com-
mon poachers. They did not seek to destroy
game on other people's lands, where it might be
said the wild animals derived a subsistence that
conferred a qualified property on its owners. Far
from it. They only " trespassed," if such an
anomalous phrase can be justified, on their own
soil, or at least that in which they had rights of
commonage. The Judges and Jury—for it ap-
pears the same parties exercised both functions—
ware not even unanimous. One of their number,
who, it appears, had received a legal education,
earnestly protested against the decision of his col-

eagues on the bench—we shall not add "of

justice."

It is really too bad that this system of irritation
and annoyance should be so wantonly maintained.
Regarding the game law even in its most favour-
able phase, it is a badge of servitude and oppres-
sion—a legacy bequeathed by the Norman in-
vaders, which has sunk deeply into the hearts of
the Anglo-Saxon inhabitants of the 19th century.
But when we see respectable, well-disposed men
subjected to the disgrace and demoralisation of a
gaol for what they probably considered to be

merely the assertion of their natural rights, the
grievance is fearfully enhanced. The depth of
feeling may be estimated from the fact that the
victims refused the assistance freely proffered by
the friends and neighbours who would gladly have
contributed the amount of the paltry fine and
heavy costs. They felt themselves to be game-
law martyrs, and they would cheerfully endure
the penalty. We heartily commend the case to
the consideration of Sir GEORGE GREY. He may
restore the parties to their families, and grant
them a Christmas at home, but we do so still
more emphatically to the British Parliament. If
they regard it in a proper spirit, JOHN HAGoN
and FRANCIS DUSGATE will not have suffered in
vain—a dark blot will be eradicated from the
national statutes, and a fertile cause of crime and
temptation to the rising generation, a great social
nuisance permanently abated.

The South-Eastern liacette regrets that the Dean of
Canterbury, who was taken speechless a fortnight since,
still remains in a very precarious condition.
The Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia will, it is
thought, prolong her stay at Hanover until the spring.
Preparations are being ruade there for building a new
palace for the royal family, two new barracks, and ether
public edifices.
The Grand Duke Michael of Russia, travelling under
the name of Count Mikhailoff, passed through Berlin on
the 18th with his suite on his way to Carlsruhe to visit
the Princess of Badeo, to whom he is betrothed.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have left
Claridge's Hotel for Brighton.
The Countess of Gainsborough and family have left
Claridge's Hotel for Eaton Hall, Rutlandshire.
Lord Staff.ird has arrived at his residence in Eaton-
place from hie seat, Costessy Hall, near Norwich.
The Hon. C. C. Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Catherine
Cavendish, have left Claridge's Hotel for Latimers,
Bucks.

The Hon. Mrg. Fitzroy hag arrived at the St. George's
Hotel.

—Sir Benjamin Hall has left town for Llanover, South
Wales.

Admiral Sir Charles Elliot bad an interview with Mr.
Secretary Labouchere yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Despatches for the Governors of the Colonies on the
west coast of Africa were sent yesterday from the Colo-
nial-office. Despatehes were received from the Governor
of Malta. _

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CONSECRATION OF ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, OAKLEY-
SQUARE.—The first ceremonial of the consecration of a
ckurch by the new Bishop of London took place yester-
dayf when the district church of St. Matthew, Oakley-
square, St. Pancras, was opened and solemnly con..e.
crated in the presence of a large number of persons.
THE NEw DEAN OF CARLISLE.-0a Monday evening
Dean Close, on whom the degree of D.D. has just been
conferred, gave a dinner in the. Fratry to the resident
clergy connected with the cathedral. The very reverend
gentleman occupied the chair ; the Rev. Precentor
Livingston the vice-chair; and the Rev. Canon GiPl",
Silas Saul, Esq., the Rev. Minor Canon Tireman, and
Mr. Ford, the organist, were also present. The health
of the dean having been proposed by Mr. Gipps, the
very reverend gentleman returned thanks in a frank and
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THE AMERICAN MAILS.--LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—The
United States mail steamship Ericsson, Captain Lowber,
will sail from the Mersey to-morrow afternoon for New
York, with the mails, passengers, and cargo. Letters
must be posted before 2 p.m., with late fees until 3 p.m.,
and at the floating receiving house until 4 p.m. The
Montreal Ocean Steam Navigation Company's strew
steamer Nurth American, Captain Grange, is now in he
river, and will sail to-morrow forenoon for Portland,
state of Maine, with the Cansdian monthly maile, a fuli
complement of passengers, and a considerable cargo of
merchandise on freight. Her mails will close here at 7
a.m., with late fees until 8 a.m., and at the landing stage
at 9 a.m. to-morrow.

DISTILLATION FROM BEETROOT.--Some highly inte-
resting experiments were made a few days sinee at Mr.
Dray's, near Farningham, in Kent, with a lately-invented
distillery machine, after t.:e plan of Mons. Leplay, at
Brett4e, near Lille, in France. The distillation was from
beetroot, and intended to show that the alcohol produced
from the white Seleran beetroot was not inferior to that
derived from corn, and at a considerable less cost, and
consequently much greater advantage to the agriculturist.
We were informed that an acre of ordinary land should
yiell 25 tons of white Seleran beetroot, and therefore
will produce 493 gallons of proof spirits, whereas the
best acre of barley ever grown will only produce 170
gallons of proof spirits. It therefore shows more in
favour of the new plan, particularly as the corn might
be rendered available for other purposes. It appears also
that the beetroot, after being used for the purpose of
distillation, is excellent food for cattle, and that only a
small part of its nutritious qualities are destroyed by the
process. The beetroot, after being properly washed, is
passed through a root-cutting machine, and is then
conveyed to the vat so undergo for a stated period the
process of fermentati-m. After draiti ig the liquor the
slices of beetroot remains to be preserved for the food of
cattle. The operation of distilling was examined by
three gentlemen sent by the Exciee-offic), all of whom
expressed their f ntire approbation of the results. The
alcohol produced 01 this occasion Was elevfn above
pro Great praise is due to Mr. Dray for his perse-
verance ,n the cause of agricultural progress, and which
appears likely to be a real boon to the landed interest of
the country.