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- IR. ROBIN, the FRENCH WIZARD. will give
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consisting of a new series of Magical Illusions, EVERY
IWENING at 8 (Saturday excepted), and Wednesday and
.Saturday Afternoon at halt-past 2.
Admission, Is. awl •,s. Reserved stall chairs, 3s. ; balcony;
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pURSUANT to a Demo of the liigh Court of
a- Chancery, intid^ in a cause of " RUMBOLD against
CAVENDISIT," the Creditors of Ferdinand Baron de Del-
mar, late of the Avenue de NT:trig-11y, No. 13, in the City of
I:arts, in the Empire of France, Who died on the 27th day of
November, ISS , are, by their solicitors, on or before the sixth
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two,
t,t come in and prove their Claims at the chambers of the
'V iee-Cliancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lin-
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Pe,emptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree.
Thursday, the ninth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two, at one o'clock in the at ternoon, at the
8511 chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating
ziPon the claims.
Dated this first day of November, 1861.

M, WILKINSON, 44, Lincoln's-inn-fields,
Plaintiff's Solicitor.
CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk,

SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEVONPORT.
Admiralty, Somerset-place, 22 1 Nov., 1861.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
TITE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
ND DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That onWEDNES-
Y, the I lth Dec. next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, the
Admiral Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's
I)ockyard at Devonport, several Lots of
OLD STORES,
consisting of old Rope, Shakitn;rs, Spun Yarn, Sacking, Ham-
'Mocks, Canvas, Hemp Tyers and RakiNgs, Coal Sacks, Lig-
Vitm, Cast Iron, Carpeting, &c., &c., all lying in the
:said yard.
• Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super-
intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at
the yard.

LOYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM
SHIPWRECK,
(Thoorperated by Royal Charter).
Founded in 1824.—Supported, by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRoNEss—Her MoPA Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PREsIDENT —Vice-Adm.lra' his Grace the Duke of Northum-
lx,rland,K.G., F.R.S.
CUAIRMAN—Thos; Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair-
bEPll, man of Lloyd's.
11--CIL'.IIIIIIAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.,
Chr•lrman of Lloyd's Registry of British and
Foreign Shipping Society.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, during
the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount-
ing to ,C6,?58 ls. on the following Life-boat stations:—
ENGLAND. I Llandudno, Carnarvonshire.
Northumberland. Southport, Lancashire.
Salthurn Yorkshire. Lytham,Filey,'
Silloth, Cumberland.
Caistor, 'Norfolk. SCOTLAND.
Aldborourrh, Suffolk. Ayr, Ayrshire.
Margate, Kent. Irvine„
'Calmer, „ Kantyre,'Arrryleshire.
elsey, West Sussex. Buckle, Banffshire.
Grange,
Isle of Wight. Banff,
tropic
l'enzance, Cornwall. St. Andrew's, Fifes ire.
North Berwick, 11addingion-
Ives,
shire.
I\relEquav IRELAND.
Glamorganshire. Portrush, Antrim.
'4udwyn, .Anrlesey. Tyrella, Dundrum Bay.
alkh, .
e Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores,
terations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bo +ts, Boat-
!?Duses, and Transporting-earriages, £3,632 ; and £1,550
s texereisinr; the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether
al of £11,441.
beiriiirjng the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have
e)
instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following
wrecked, Vessels
:
SrJnooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose
(schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstonc
Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • •
Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow ..
Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth ..
Schooner Catherine, of Newry .•
Barque Niagara, of Shields ..
A Barfre of Teignmouth . • • •
Brig i3eorge and James, of London
1314, Zephyr, of Whitby • •
Cable Honour, of Cullercoats ••
Schooner Eliza of North Shields ..
Barque Oberon, of Liverpool
Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth
Smack Wonder, of Te4.rnmoutli
Brig Scotia, of Sunderland
Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole ..
Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .•
brig Ann, of Myth
oloop Hope, of Dublin .. • •
Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .
Barque Vermont, of ITalilax, IT.S.
.Belmoner William Keith, of Carnarvon
i:rig Flying Fish, of Whitby
Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis
Steam Dredge, at Newhaven
*Seitooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester
Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee
5,,,,h00ner Rose, of LNii
Brig- Prodroma, of ntockton
Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough
triLt'anfine Freia, of Konigsberg
Brigantine Liana, of Fredrikshamn
Brig Gloueeste'r, of South Shields

.. 1

.. 9
.. 2
.. 6

.. 5
.. 8
.. 3

..
.. 2
.. 5
.. 3
.. 9
.. 6
.. 5

.. 11
.. 7
.. 6
.. 7
.. 7

Total .. ..210
v•,,P°l‘ these and other Life-boat services the Institution has
ai'l,!cci £9OB Bs. 4d. as re cards. It has also granted rewards
litin. to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by
6,72 r-boa
cA from a
a and
watery other gravesean on the making Coasts a total
of the of 455 p!hafted
ersons
u•L
-"gdorn.
bu
tenon ha the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti-
the on ve also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of
folio wing w•ng Vessels :
,brig Lgvely Nelly, of Seaham•urigaratine Nugg,et, of Bideford • • •• 5
Schooner Prospect, of Berwick .. 6
Sl, • • • •
3
-lop Thomas and Jane. of St. Ives • • • •
brig Arethusa, of Blyth •• •• •• •• 8
;Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo
'Plat Cymraes, of Beaumaris . • .. .. 2
Schooner William, of Morecambe .. 5
smack Gipsy, of Newry .. 4
Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston. .. .. 4
Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. 8
Schooner Williain, of Liverpool .. 5
lugger Nimrod, of Castletown
11-,4
g Providence, of Shields 8
br.,ig Mayflower, of Newcastle
crumner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. 4
Brigßrig San Spirid,one, of Galamide .. 2
_Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna 8
-wrench Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. • •
Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough
157
Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast
Bch ooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. .. 4
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4
brig St. Michel, of Marans .. 8
Spanish Barque Primers de Torreviega (saved ves-
sel and one of the crew) .. 1
Schooner lFlurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and.
crew) •• •• •• •• .• •• 4
Brig' Anne. of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8
Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and
6
Barque Frederick, of Dublin 1
Barque Peace, of London .. .. 2

, • Total .. • . .- —2OO
TPublic cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts
—"v being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
:wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at
41.° Present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions
,ne e Society has made within the past few years, it has now
Hundred and Fifteen Life-boats under its management,
'or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency.
humanell ermanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its
mission is to be perpetuated.
IDonations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-
et
; Messrs. Coutts and Co, 59, Strand ; STesars. llerries,
Parquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, London ;by a 1
the Ilankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary,
Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 11,
John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C.
Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders
Crossed), to Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre-
tary.

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On the news reaching here yesterday afternoon
that the Americans had stopped an English mail
steamer and taken the Confederate Commissioners
from on board there was a strong feeling of indig-
nation expressed, especially among gentlemen meet-
ing on the Exchange. This feeling had not under-
gone much abatement this morning; but a calmer
feeling took possession of the public mind as the day
wore on, and after the question had been discussed
with the light thrown on it by the press. There are
a great many reckless men who would at once urge
on a war to redress the alleged insult to the British
flag ; but this is by no means the general feeling, and
among some of the leading merchants the first ebul-
lition of anger is giving place to anxiety lest the
Government should too precipitately be disposed in
favour of a resort to arms.

Vim the Times.)
Wherever two or three men met together rester•

day the single topic of conversation was the recent
outrage that has been offered by the Federal Go-
vernment of America to the British flag. That it
was an outrage all must admit. The manner was
one of unusual insult. The slotted guns, the
swarming boats' crews, the violence, the refusal to
afford any reason for the seizure of the passengers
taken away, were all unusual, and, as we believe,
unprecedented in cases of the exercise of that right
of search which undoubtedly belongs to a belli-
gerent nation. However clear the right may be to
fearch neutral merchant ships in time of war, this
is a right always odious in its exercise, and which
has always been jealously watched by those who
have been the subjects of it. It has its limits,
which have been clearly defined in a hundred
Treaties. With what formalities it shall be done,
at what distance it shall be effected, and what
shall be deemed contraband, have often formed
the occasion of war, have constantly been the
subject of conventions, and have made the staple
of debates wherein our greatest statesmen and
jurists have exhausted all the learning of the text_
writers, and have cited all the precedents which
history can afford. It has always been a point of
honour with every high-spirited nation to confine
this obnoxious interference within the very closest
limits, and to resent any departure from the strictest
observance of those rules within which an inter-
ference of the national flag brings no disgrace.
Nine-tenths of the public who read yesterday of
the attack of the American frigate upon our mail
steamer, were perhaps less startled by the fact
itself than they were by the subsequent intelligence
which it was our duty to afford, that there was a

prima facie belligerent right in the Federal Govern-
ment which might justify the act of visit and of

search.

In commenting, however, upon the facts of tille
case yesterday, we expressed strong doubts whether
the circumstances of the seizure did not put it
beyond the pale of international law. Admitting,
as wo must most fully admit, the absolute right of
a belligerent ship of war to visit and search a neu-
tral merchant ship, the question still occurred--
whether, after such visit and search had been made,
the belligerent had a right to treat the neutral as
having violated her neutrality and to take out of her
such persons and things as he might see fit to adjudge
to be contraband ? Even if this proposition could
have found advocates, a further question- still re-
mained—whether, without discovering any mer-
chandise or despatches contraband of war, passen-
gers having no belligerent character could be held
to be liable to capture in a neutral ship on the high
seas ? Cautiously abstaining from hazarding any
opinion upon questions of such great import, we
were content to indicate the difficulties and to watt
for some authoritative solution. We are now in a
position to state that the depositions of the officers
on board iba Trent have been submitted to the law
officers of the Crown, and that their opinion has
been given to the effect that the proceedings of the
American frigate are not to be justified by the law
of nations. It is, we understand, the opinion of these
jurists that the right of the Federal Government,
acting by its officers, was confined to visiting and
searching the mail packet ; that, if any men or
j things believed to be contraband of war had been

found on board of her, the proper course was to take
her into a port and submit the question to a prize
court, which would have heard evidence and argu-
ments on both sides, and would have decided

the case according to precedents and authorities.
It is not our province to enforce or modify a de-
claration which comes from the recognised source,
and by which the Government must in all cases of
this kind be bound ; but we may say that the pro-
position seems so clear that it requires only to be
stated to obtain universal assent. If this be not so,
for what reason have we prize courts, and Admi-
ralty judges, and codes of law and libraries of Ad-
miralty decisions ? If the lieutenant of a frigate or
the coxswain of a boat's crew is to decide while in
forcible possession of a neutral ship what he will
take as contraband, and what he will leave ; if an
officer while his armed men are swarming round
him upon the deck of his prize is to determine
whom he will take away prisoner, and to whom he
will please to grant leave to proceed, what need
have we for those careful institutions by which we
erect tribunals which are, so to say, denationalised,
and which are bound to decide, without favour or
partiality, between the Queen's cruisers and the
meanest foreigner who complains of injustice ? The

choice of learned and independent Admiralty judges
has been a stipulation inserted in very early trea-
ties, and a suspicion of partiality to his own coun-
trymen would touch the honour of one of our prize
court judges as nearly as a charge of corruption.
Of what use is all this if any valorous lieutenant,
with his drawn cutlass, is to stand upon a ship's
deck and decide all questions of contraband and
nationality offhand ? If such a rule could pre-
vail, or if such outrages could be submitted to,
there would be an end for ever to the freedoni
of the seas, or to the safety of neutrals. Every
trumpery belligerent Power, although possessing
perhaps only a fleet which could be annihilated in
a week, would be able to plunder the commerce of
the world. Many insolent pretensions have been
made by belligerents over neutrals, and none have
been at times more insolent than ourselves; but
in our most haughty days, when Selden was assert-
ing our absolute dominion over our surrounding
seas, or when the Northern Powers were banding
together for protection against our exactions, we
never ventured to put forward such a doctrine as
this, or to insist that our naval officers should per-
form in a summary way the functions of Admiralty
Judges. Upon this point alone the seizure of the
Trent was an unjustifiable outrage. We are inclined
ourselves to favour the opinion, which has many
supporters, that even if the legal course had been
pursued, and if the Trent had been taken into port
and submitted to the arbitrament of a Prize Court,
she must have been dismissed, with compensation for
the detention. Even if despatches had been found
in her, which was not the case, it has never yet
been decided that the despatches which pass be-
tween an enemy and a neutral Government are
contraband of war ; nor has it ever been claimed
as a belligerent right to cut off neutral Powers
from all diplomatic intercourse with an enemy.
Such a claim could not stand examination upon
the grounds of principle or public policy. We are
content, however, that the question should rest
upon the mare narrow, but indisputable ground, on
which our Law Officers put it, that it is contrary
to International Law for the officer of an armed
cruiser to make himself a judge at sea.
Such being the legal bearings of this outrageous
proeeedinc, the question remains—what steps we
must take to remove the stain which has been cast
upon our flag. When in former days the British
ship of war Leopard unlawfully seized deserters on

board the Chesapeake, the British Government, on
complaint being made, disavowed the act, recalled
the Admiral from the station, and expressed regret
for the bloodshed which had been occasioned. On
a more recent occasion, when the Prince de Join-
ville forcibly took a pilot out of a British ship,
the King of the French felt so acutely the
wrong which had been done in his name that
he disavowed the deed, and, we believe,
wrote an autograph letter expressing his regret.
Among civilized nations, and in countries where
a high sense of honour rules, the men who
hold the government in their hands think it is
as essential to their own fame as to that of
those whom they have offended that reparation
should be swift and ample. What the Government
of the Federal States will do remains to be seen.
The Cabinet meets to-day to consider what acti
shall be taken upon the opinion of the Law Officers.
We do not wish to speculate as to what steps t)aey
may consider necessary. If, however, it shall up-
pear to them so clear as it appears to us that Messrs.
Mason and Slidell were wrongfully taken when
under the protection of the British flag, there would
seem to be but one reparation which is adequate to
the affront. They must be restored With a sufficient
apology.

(Front 11i Horning rose.)

When we yesterday announced the forcible
seizure by the Commander of the Sari Jacinto of
Messrs. Slidell and Mason from on board the Trent,
we gave it as our opinion that " this proceeding was
not in accordance with international law," and we
stated that the facts of the case had been laid before
the legal advisers of the Crown.
Our opinion has proved correct, for it has been
decided that the action of Captain Wilks, of the San
Jacinto, was unjustifiable. He had no right to
arrest peaceful passengers sailing under the British
flag, and the deed he has committed amounts to a
flagrant violation of the code of nations and a direct
insult to this country.

Under these circumstances, we need hardly point
out that the Gevernment will lose no time in seek-
ing for the prompt and complete reparation which
it is its duty to require. In this course it will
assuredly receive the unanimous approbation of
public opinion. In a question such as this, where
our feelings of hospitality and our national dignity
of all parties will
in the vindication
au re t
eso t
to
support
t ,aht
et a
Governmentc ke d , me n
of legal right and the honour of England.
Wo are unwilling to place the worst construction
upon the outrage committed by Captain Wilks,
and to look upon it as an intentional affront on the
part of the Government of the United States. We
yet hope that that Government will at once dis-
avow the act of their officer, make suitable apologies
for it, restore the persons of the gentlemen arrested,
and, in fact, make every compensation in their power.
Wild as are the words, written and spoken, of
Mr. Seward, and reckless as American policy not
unfrequently is, we can hardly suppose that the
disposed to accept a
Nwaorrtwheitrhn
EStnagtleasnadr.e seriously
We have in the American waters, what with the
Mexican expedition and the ships already there, a
force amounting to not far short of one thousand
guns, which we could largely increase with the
greatest ease and rapidity. In one month we could
sweep all the San Jacintos from the seas, blockade
the Northern ports and turn to a direct and speedy
issue the tide of the war now raging. This is so
obvious that we find it almost impossible to sup-
pose that the Cabinet of Washington can commit
an act so madly suicidal as to reject our earnest and
positive demands. However humiliating to the
arrogance, and displeasing to the vanity, of some
sections of politicians, the people of the Northern
States must see that there is no other course open
to their Government, or consistent with a really
honourable national h C
stract,., L1..0
with the requirements of this country and of
ju.stteo.

(Fi om the Manchester Guardian.)

It is clear that the American Government are de-
termined to test to the utmost the truth of the adage
that it takes two to make a quarrel. Were England
only a tenth part as desirous to break the blockade
of the cotton ports as it is asserted to be by the
mendacious press of the United States, we need not
fear to be long without a case which,
in ordinary
circumstances, would be amply sufficient for excuse,
if not for justification. Matters progress at such a
rate that the vague apprehensions of yesterday as to
the provocative disposition of President Lincoln and
his advisers become simple realities to-day. Less
than a week ago it was reported that a Federal ship
of war had recently been lurking about the British
Channel for the purpose of arresting on board the
West Indian mail steamer .a couple of American
passengers, assumed to be coming to this country on
a political mission obnoxious to the Government of
Washington. The first danger of our having to
deal with so extraordinary an offence was alleged
to have been happily avoided by the fact that
the mail steamer, which, by the way, was wholly
innocent of carrying Ulla freight imputed to her,
had slipped unperceived past the James Adger,
and got into port unmolested. Nevertheless, we
were told that the design had not been abandoned,
and that an attempt would probably be made
to execute it upon the La Plata, which was due
et Southampton on the 28th or 29th of this
month. It is necessary to recall these reports in
order to perceive that the story which appeared
almost too wild to be credited a few days ago is sub-
stantially verified by events which had already
happened. The La Plata has arrived without fall-
ing in with any vessel disposed to question her
right to an uninterrupted passage across the high
seas. She has not had the perilous honour of bring-
ing Messrs. Slidell and Mason, commissioners from
the Confederate States of North America to Eng-
land and France ; but she brings news of them,
showing that the determination of the United
States' Government to cut short their voyage, by
fair means or foul, had been rightly augured, and
that the contemplated aggression upon the British
flag has been executed with entire success.

The intelligence of this remarkable proceeding
has been read ere this throughout the length and
sthin indigna-
e upper hand. It
tbiroenadatnhaocfoEntnegmlapntdswtriutghgfleeelfionrg
is due to the malicious forethought of the American
Government, or to the thorough knowledge of his
business shown by their representative, the com-
mander of the San Jacinto, to acknowledge that
nothing which could add to the insulting character
of the outrage appears to have been omitted.
Such are the circumstances which Lord Palmer.
ston's Government will now have to consider with
due reference to the requirements of the national
dignity and the acknowledged principles of public
law. We refrain from attempting to pronounce
on the delicate question whether the established
right of a belligerent to search neutral vessels sus-
pected on good groLnds of conveying contraband
of war to the enemy can be extended to include a
similar power over vessels in which diplomatic
agents are believed to have taken passage. The
Queen's proclamation warns her subjects, under fear
of the penalties of the Foreign Enlistment Act,
against " carrying officers, soldiers, despatches,
arms, military stores, or materials for the use
or service of either of the contending par-
ties." It is observable, however, that the de-
spatches of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, even
if they could be supposed to contain any secrets
of interest—which is manifestly unlikely—do
not seem even t) have been asked for, for we are
told that all the papers belonging to them have
been brought on by the La Plata. The problem is,
therefore, narrowed down to the question whether
the Southern Cnnmissioners themselves, coming on
board a vehicle of public conveyance, like any ordi-
nary beings, fall within the category of articles
which expose the vessel convoying them to the risk