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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
STANDARD.—Lord Brougham presented last night
a petition in the House of Lords from the Earl of Dun-
donald, better known by his gallant exploits as " Lord
Cochrane," claiming for the Noble Earl the priority of
invention of Captain Warner's' destructive agent ; or,
at least, claiming to have invented, more than thirty
years ago, some other agent •of destruction as ter-
ribly efficacious. Lord Dundonald's gallantry, skill,
and enterprise, as a naval commander, are too fre-
quently recorded in our naval annals to require
any other testimony. The nation owes to him
a deep del.t of gratitude for most important
services, and we hope we may now without offence add
that the nation owes to his Lordship a heavy debt upon
another score—reparation for grievous wrongs. Th;rty
years the gallant nobleman was made the victim of as
ilaeitiously iniquitous a verdict and judgment, as ever
disgraced the administration of justice in any coun-
try. It is difficult to read the trial of his
Lordship, and we have been reading it lately,
in order to refresh our knowledge of the law
of conspiracy, without coming to the conclu-
sion that judge and jury were all mad or drunk
together. It may not be out of place to refer
to this scandalous trial, because younger men
may be at a loss to understand Lord Brougham's MM.
shin to the banishment of the Gallant Earl from the
service of his own country. The story in few words is
this :—A number of persoes, one of whom was Lord
Dendenald's relation, and another his stock-broker,
contrived a fraud to raise the price of the public funds,
b 3 false news (cm anticipation of the restoration of the
Bourbons). The case against these persons was proved
clear:y enough by an exposure of all their pro-
e,'edings, in which it was manifest that Lord Dun-
douald took not the slightest part. It was
proved, however, that ho lent a hat to the
principal agent, with whom he had a casual acquaint-
ance ; ti.e hat was a plain round hat, such as gen-
tlemen cc mmonly wore at the time, and still wear.
and the ref s usable pretext fur borrowing it was that
the borroe er had on a showy military head-dress, whicl,
caused him to be stared at in the street, notwithstanding
that his gaudy foreign uniform wits otherwise shaded
by a cloak. Upon the strength of this unlucky loan
of a hat was Lord Dundoeald dragged in to the conspiracy,
prived of h's commission, and driven, from that nobii
service, even upon which his achimements had reflected
new glories. But Lord Ellenborough was a commercial
roan—the jurors were commercial Men—and the times
were those in which about threescore men, women,
and children, used to be annually strangled at the
Ohl Bailey, for, as it was supposed, the be-
nefit of commercial credit. What chance, before such a
judge and such a jury, and in such times, for any one
exposed to the suspicion of being suspected of tampering
with the price of the finds ? So much for Lord Dun-
donald. Now as to his invention. Lord Brougham said
in his Noble Friend's praise, that though ill-treated, as
he certainly was, by his own Government and his own
countrymen, Lord Dundonald reserved his secret from
those foreign Governments by which he was employed,
and patriotically resolved that England alone should
have the benefit of its possession. We confess that we
do not understand his Lordship's motive in this
conduct. If the secret is one which can be used without
exposing it to discovery, we do not see why he should
hesitate to give to those Govermerits that had a just
right to clann all his services, the full benefit of it. It
se ens to es that when a man engages in the service of
a foreign State, he becomes, ipsojiwto, the subject of
that State—a vendee ou a pendre, as the old phrase has
it—and that he has no right to reserve any results
either of his physical' or intellectual power, always
supposing that these are not to be directed against
the country to which he naturally owes allegiance.
We must repeat it, therefore, that if Lord
Dundonald's secret is • Lot one liable to expo-
sure in the use of it, his Lordship ought to have
given to the foreign Governments that he served
all the advantage of it. If, however, the secret is one
which would be explained in its application, it is plainly
of little value, except for the first blow. It might render
war more destructive for all parties in the long run ;
but the nation first using it could have the advantage but
once, as all other nations would forthwith adopt it.
Nay, it might, and if Captain Warner truly describes
his " long range," it would deprive some nations of ad-
vawages they already possess. What, for example,
would be the fate of our naval superiority
were the " long range" universally adopted? What
could Nelson himself do in conflict (if we may call it so)
with, an enemy six miles off ? We comfort otmelves
wilt the rcf•lrcti, r. that all these Ilngs are " moon-
shine," for the effect of them certainly would be to de-
prive England of most of the advantages she owes to the
physical and moral superiority of her people. Bayard
called the use of gunpowder " the grave of valour"—
and of the valour which stimulates individual acts of
daring for the sake of individual glory it was the tomb.
Another and a more reflecting kind of courage has, how-
ever, susceeded, adapted to the changed style of war,
and now the victory ii 'not to the impetuous and au-
dacious, bat to toe patient and enduring-, to the cool,
celleieed, and determined. It is, however, impossible to
imagine what modification of fortitude could be success-
fully opposed to the invisible shell or the long range ;
the adoption of such instruments would be not merely
the grave of all kinds of val tar, it would be the grave
of honour, honesty, and humanity; all war would re-
solve itself into surprise, and ambuscade, and wholesale
massacre; fortunately, we say again, the thing is mere
moonshine.
GLOBE.—Mr. Liddell's Dog Stealing Commit-
tee has produced a sensible report. Perhaps the
authority of a report of a Select Committee was hardly
wanted to recommend Mr. Liddell's proposals for the
protection of poodles. But we quite agree with him that
poodles ought to be better protected, and think the sug•
gestions of the Committee very commendable ; and we
by no means quarrel with the appointment of a Commit-
tee on the subject. The evidence collected by the Com-
mittee on the tricks of dog-stealers, and the
statistics of the dog-trade, is an interesting con-
tribution to a " Library of Entertaining Knowledge."
The taking of a reward for re turing a stolen dog
is at present not penal. Rewards are eagerly given for
the le covery of pet•dogs, and dogs are stolen with a
view to the reward. The premises of dealers in dogs are
not at present accessible to the police except after a
search-warrant has been obtained; to obtain which some
reason must be shown for believing that the missing clog
is in the particular premises to be searched, and which
can never be obtained without delay. This is a great
help to the dog-stealer, and furnishes a great additional
inducement to the parties robbed to offer high rewards.
The Committee apply themselves, then, to the preven-
tion of rewards, and the increase of control over the
dealers in dogs. They recommend that an Act should
be passed declaring dogs to be property, and mak-
ing the theft of a dog a misdemeanour; from which it
would follow, under the words of the sSth clause of 7
and 8 Geo. IV., that the takingsof a reward for restoring
a stolen dog would be felory—that dealers in dogs
should be required to take out licenses
that their premises should be open to inspeet'ionanocfl
police-officers—and in possession of stolen
or lost dogs should
..(mdade responsible for such
possession, and be obit to bring. forward the
names and places of abode
dhose parties from whom,
the said dog had been obtained, and that these latter
parties shall, in like manner, be, oignastibi(l)ea., "It
appears to your Committee that suchanreosbil
com-
bined with the licensing of the premisesgiveatof the dealers in
not
officers
dogs, and the power of inspection
n tdi re ly
of police, would go liar to cheek, if it amoultd.e
put a stop to this pernicious and illegal
ptraarffitiecost-ean the
same regulations might be applied to
bringing
lots of dogs to the quays and wt arfs of the different ports
for exportation to the foreign market."

HER MAJESTY.—The accounts received in town
this mornijg' state that her Maje:Ay continues in the
enjoyment of exullent
THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION.—It is now gener-
ally thought that the business in the House of Com-
mons will be brought to a close on Thursday next, and
that the House will on that day adjourn for a short
time, to enable the Lords to consider the Bills which
will be sent up to them. No prorogation, however. will
take place until judgment is given in the case of Mr.
Daniel O'Connell and the other traverser&
CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held
at the Foreign-office to-clay, at the early hour of twelve '
o'clock. The Council was attended by Sir Robert Peel,
the Puke of Wellingt9n, Lord Stanley, the Chancellor

of the Exchequer, the Duke of Buccleugh, Mr. Glad-
stone, Sir Edwar4 Knatchbull, the Earl of Haddington,
the Earl of Ripon, L 11 Granville Somerset, Lord
Wharncliffe, Lord Aberdeen, and the Lord Chancellor.
Sir James Graham joined his colleagues immediately
after the adjournment of the House of Commons.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. 2.—Our raw
sugar market has become quiet, and the trade continues
extremely cautious in their purchases, confining them-
selves to supplying their immediate wants only. The
sales since our last report are only 300 hhds. West In-
dia, chiefly the middling qualities, at former prices ; a
small parcel of crystallised Demeraras, of large grain
and good complexion, at from 70s. to 745. About 600
bags of Bengals have changed hands at steady prices,
but the demand for Mauritius is very dull. Rum is
steady at the quotations.—Bristol Mercury.