Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-02-05
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A'S y 10 slc'Hl>IIp tluli Dolut tdp'
Lines, from tlavre Ior New York, ar
rived nj Halifax on Sunday noon. She
brings London and Paris journals five
days later then those received by the
last Liverpool steamer.
ENGLAsD.-- The Times announce that
the next session OF the Parliament will
be opened on the 81 oi February. by The
Queen in person; and thai the present
Cabinet without any further modiica-
ilon, Is rr,olved n iacc the difficulties OF
the session Of 1852. The times, how.
ever, gives no hope that Lord John Rus
sells Government will survive the scs
SION, but plainly hints 4 At il will speed
ily iall b. fore the accommodating Difficult
ties and opposition which it must ex-
pcrlcnce. All ihc ovcHurcs of the Rus
sell administration 10 the leaders OF the
Peel party tor the formation OF "A coalition
Government Lave been declined by the
Latter. The Tunes recommends the
modification Of the ministry in n broad
and liberal sense, as the only hope Of
salvation for Lord J. Russell, but there
appears TO be no chance OF this being at
Iresent acted upon.
The Chryslal Palace may be said to
be AT last cleared out, and IN the course
oi tie week every Iackage would he
gone. and The vast area opened from end
10 end. The publ will shortly be ad-
mltted 10 view the interior.
The I.ondon Daily News, oi The 18th
inst. staics ~ reference To the Prone
thcuS affair. that the British Gnvelnmeht
will express to the Cabinet of Washing
ton, IN frank aid manly terms, their re-
gret At y hat has occurred. and icsliiy in
marked manner their disapproballon
of the aggressors' conduct There is
no doubt, therefore, hat the matter wilt
be amcabIy arranged.
FnAscE.--TEe President oflhe French
Republic has issued "A decree dissolving
the National Guards throughout France,
but II is 10 be re-organlZec when tie
government may deem il necessary tor
the maintenance o. public order. In
such cases the | resident will appoint the
c"mmandant colonies, and leu,cnan,
c, lonels.
Arrests continue TO be made in
parts, and there was a virtual reign OF
terror. The French fun,s had fallen
considerably.
Ii was daily expected that Louis Ma
pole on ould declare himself Emperor;
but II WAS iel, that such II step would
not add TO the dcspotic power he al
present exercises.
Large number of persons were being
shipped Oft from Bresl 10 the pestllenlia!
swamps of Gay cnnc.
TIE LATE BANK RoBBEgY AT PoRTs-
MorTn.-Ihe Norfolk Herald gives the
following account Of the manner in which
the Bank ut Po' tsmoulh was entered and
robbed:
The entrance into the building was
made NJ back window, The fastcnngs
Of which gave them but little trouble !;
and la, ing thrs gained admit'ance they
deliberately commenced their operations
upon the vault. which Was built Of hard
bricks, 10 Il ilickncss ot about two feet.
aud completely surrounded on the inside
by Il grating OF iron bars. Having picL-
ed hole through the brick wall they
applied tier drills 10 tie iron work. and
succeeded in making an aperture sud
cirn,ly large TO admit Il man. They
NiItil Il'ib t'ANSo w 'llu
helped thcm-eIv, 10 all The notes and
gold they could find, lea, ing the silver
scattered about Oh the floor, together
with some OF their tool"
The Herald thinks that from the great
ingenuity displayed in getting into this
bank, aud also the attempted robbery OF
tic Savings bank in that city some time
si.ce. IA plaza for increasing the strength
of the vaults and safes will have to be
adopted. That is very well ; hut tie
grea'cst security is vlgi'ant guard -
N pr, cau'ion that can be adopted can
be acompietc protection not seconded
by the ,igi ant eyes Of officers CT the
bank and Il guard. One way ofstrcngih-
cniug vaults would be to wall them in
with granite. The removal of bricks L.
an easy operation. A prccaution which
nigh help To discoucert the plans oi
thieves. would be for the outer door OF
the bank TO he opened ty some officer
once every Sunday. He could take a
look inside aud see that the door 0 the
vault was not disturbed, and that bur
gIariouS operations were not going OIL
Thieves generally select Saturday night
for bank robberirs. II they can get
through in one night-very well. They
can have all day Sunday Tor escape be-
FIRE heir robbery Is known. If they
should not get through, why they are
perfectly secure Sunday, AID can go on
without mocs,a!Ion to complete their
operations III a mast, rIy style. We
have very l,t'le doubt that The robbers
Of the Portsmouth tank were al day
Sunday AT work. They certainly made
very clear work ctlecliug. with perfect
success, the largest iank robbery We
thInt we ever heard o..
We understand that the banking.
house at Portsmouth was strongly.
buli, small edilicc, apart from any other
hu,h.ing. 1t stood opposite the court
house and no one slept in it. These
circumstances favored The operations
Oi the burgl irs. In aud around
quiet, and opposite wns The vacant hall {
Justice terrible To them when arra'gncd
tor crime but. on the Sahhah day
deserted as II WAS, II was their best
friend The ,aul, is said 10 have been
strong; but it vas surrounded with
brick which from the days OF Pyramus
and Thisbc, yield very easily to lovers
or robbers.
MAISE LIauoR LAw.-We give below
WHAT'S said to have been the decision
Of Judge Wells given TO the jury in tie
Supreme Court It, Portland, on the Oh
January instant, in the case of X. w
Smith