The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-10 00:00:00

treading in the same path of crime. The position
of the active officers of a bank, who are daily 0131-
ployed in conducting is affairs, is one of peculiar
responsibility. They aro intrusted not only with the
property of the opulent who are able to bear losses, and
who have usually a potent voice in selecting those officers,
but they control the interests of the small stockholders-•
of widows and orphans, whose sole moans of support are
often the small savings of a life of industry and self-
denial, carefully invested by those who have passed away'
as a security against want for friends who have sbarera
their affectio.: and been dependent on their care. No me'
delicate or sacred earthly trusts can be committed to
than those. And yet they are often shamefully violatel,
and the public and the victims aro told that the high P°si:
tiens of the culprits, their attractive and manly nualil`,e;
their past unblemished reputation, or their eminent PIN'
or all combined, are such that those who have the earliest
and free access t) the evidence of
guilt do not desire their
punishment, and cannot find it in their hearts to aid
in bringing them to justice. If the moral sense of those
most immediately interested in the management of the°
instiiutions is reduced to this sickly condition, it is quite
time that a law was enacted declaring every officer, dire'
tor, or stockholder of a bank, who has no knowledge that
a Laud has been committed upon it, and fails to make il3v
mediate complaint to the officers of the law, an accesses/
after the fact, punishable by fine and imprisonment. 11
miserable vendor of counterfeit currency passes a sPnri°ll°
note at a bank and is detected, ho is at once handed over
to the officers of the law. It the bolder robber seises
package of bills from its counter or messenger, he is
imme-
dia;,ely arrested, if possible, and brought to justice. Shall
it be said that an officer of a bank whe commits, with
:
coolness and deliberation a long series of crimes, t":
smallest of which is more flagrant than counterfeiting r,
ordinary theft, may, when ho can pursue his guilty voce'
tion no longer with socresy and success, assemble 13
partial friends, make his confession and apology, and then
leisurely depart, with none to hinder or molest him ?
laws made only for the comparatively weak, iguerant, 81/11
helpless? Is the whole force of scciety, operating throneo.d
the expensive machinery of criminal justice, to be expend°
upon its obscure and worthless members, while tLe more
conspicuous ones are scre-ned from punishment and treated
as mere victims of misfortune, entitled to syrallatbisi°s
regrets, and to every facility for concealment or flight?
"So demoralising has the sentiment of the community
on this subject become, that offenders of the more respect-
able class begin to demand exemption from punishment sijd
a right. It is not long since a man of education an
prominence, notoriously guilty of repeated and exteasif:
forgeries, while temporarily confined, or rather lodged/
the gaol in this county, had the effrontery to denotlay'
every one of his victims who hesitated to unite with blm
in suppressing the evidence of his guilt. He finally ogee
came all their scruples, and is now engaged in enlightehil;
ing other communities on their moral duties, and in tut
enjoyment of the patronage and favour of society. """6
mark the contrast. About the same time, in the sale
city, an obscure, uneducated day-labourer forged a aillg d
small cheque, presented it at the bank, was detected 81,i
speedily consigned to the State prison at Wethersfield 10,
a term of years."
What a splendid commentary on late cases in
land ! and more notably on that of the ennv'nt
e
Wilkinson and the London Times. This Welil %
judge could not have named an offender in ti
United States who hadmore shamefully wroughtb,,
the ruin accomplished by this man. Yet the Go-
vernment, the Judge, and all concerned in Inetil3rg
out his punishment, had to withstand a selee
pressure, headed by the most powerful organ of
public opinion in the world.
Our correspondent at Naples tells us that the
eruption of Vesuvius is increasing, and becounog
daily more interesting. A new stream of lava
been opened from the summit of the cone in t
direction of Torre del Greco. Fortunately theltv3
is flowing over that of previous eruptions, so t"at
visitors may enjoy the sight without regretting any
destruction of valuable land. The weather CO
tinues bright and clear. November has been clu.
an Indian summer.
The Bishop of New York returned from Eng 3li
„d
in time to speak at the Protestant Episcopal C°
vention, lately held in New York. lie allude
the the very kind treatment and great hospitality his American clergy had received in England, and ,h 0
remarks met with the warmest reception by
l
Convention. Resolutions were adopted
beartltlv
approving the acts of the Pan-Anglican Synod, all
its Synodical letter recognising the essential unity
of the Anglican Church, and applauding the provi-
sion by which the President of the United States
will be associated with her Majesty in the prayers
of English continental churches and chapels to
which American travellers commonly resort.
to
copy of these resolutions has been trausluitted„f
the Archbishop of Canterbury as the President
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the Synod.

The report is again revived that General Sher;
man is to command a large body of regulars at or
near Washington. He is not expected at that elty
~0
till the Ist of December, and in the meantime the
number of the regular troops has been Were%
from 1,900 to 3,000.4 Colonel Forney continues.
announce in both his papers, that the President,lll;
tends to subvert Congress, and practice a coup
or d'tie
on the country. General Sherman can be little
obliged to the author of these ridiculous canards
associating his name with this unlawful seheffhe
That officer has just addressed the Society of .1"
Army of Tennessee, at their annual celebrat.lcse,
at St. Louis. He ingeniously avoided P°14.1,,
vaguely recommending a return to the Const"eit
tion. He became eloquent, however, when hedwee.
on the achievements of the army of Tenness„
He offered to welcome back the Southerners
„ ae
bi
equals," but not " superiors," provided they cool
" adapt themselves to the manifest destiny of the
country."
Judge Agnew, of the Supreme Court, haere:
versed the decision of Judge Allison, of the Phi the
delpbia Court of Common Pleas, who charged did
jury to return Mary Miles damages, which they of
for $5OO, under the following circumstances. luated
Miles, a respectable coloured woman, was ejvecii,
from a car of the Westchester (Pennsylvania) lie
road Company, because she refused to change he
seat when requested to do so by the conductor•
b'-'OlO
sued the company, and obtained damages as 3 ecoe
stated, when the company appealed to the SI-111:40-
Court. Judge Agnew ruled that never in 'to
Sylvania has there been an intermixture of the At
races socially, politically, civilly, or religiousll.oo
the time of the alleged injury there was,„cea
natural, legal, and customary difference be''',oo.
the black and the white passengers in a public:care
veyance, the subject of a sound regulation to s'eace.
order, promote comfort, and preserve the
He therefore held the conductor to be justifieu•

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Births. Fie
BURNABL—On the sth inst , Plumstead, Sent, the
of Captain A. D. Burnaby., R.A., of a son. rnb ool‘s
OAKELBY.—On the Bth inst., at Angley Park, Lira
Lady Oakeley, prematurely, of a son, stillborn.
TAYLOR. —On the Bth inst., at 16, Eaton-place, tbe
Jane Taylor, of a daughter.
Marriages. Leon 6811,
ALLISON—ATKINSON.—On the sth inst., at St. still,
on-Sea, Robert Andrew Allison, Esq., of Scal°ll/ tb3
Cumberland, to Laura Alicia, youngest daughter v
late Joseph Milner Atkinson, Esq. Copes
PURDON—CAULFEILD.—On the sth inst., at uOP- C"'
co. Limerick, George Purdon, of Tine fa ee
Clare, to Annie, only daughter of the late Genell'

Deaths. orift
CARTWRIGHT.—On the 7th inet , at Loughborougerr
Brixton, Riau(' Cartwright, • Esq., late of. Ohliii
lane, aged 74. Cud'
Howe.—On the Bth inst., at Hove, near Brig Von;
Howell, Esq., F.R.S.A : aged 83 • roll,
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MASSEY.—On the 7th cost, at Grove-lane,
RE Canlbe
Thomas Massey Esq., aged
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land, youngest son cf Lord. and Lady Edwin
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