FzsavAnY 27, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
"ir de of the Rapidan. General Lee wes] that, as a punishment for heinous: crimes, it was practically j and regulations issued by the Poor-law Commissioners and the 
the -o AE in = Federal oe After MA lighter than e ope for minor offenc -— He c^ Poor-law Board, pursuant to the ec oid the Poor-law 
hèr in ful Y | lieved it was possible ensure a certainty of punishm Amendment Ac, an wy - MÀ - ion of the laws relating to 
pu in which the Federals are reported to have | with €— of the vom which would be most M the relief of the n was agreed to 
t from 200 to 300 men ey returned to their old | as holding out a reward for good conduct; but it was i tial z meis. joe M pers On the moti. 
i i C " rci E ts m ommittee o —À r. DISRAELI com) 
quarter. d x "à CV between Knox itted.—Lord Wopem ig! re. ot china Big y the 
ville and Cumberlan ap was cut off by the Con- | want of c rtainty of punishment deprived the existing system . ed 
federates on the lOth. An express train has been ofeny deterring Taanis, - the reformation of the criminal | place the chief of the 
tured eight miles from Harper’s Ferry, and the o be a secondary consideration £ that.—Earl GREY | grat — A n — 
cap robbed A is not know wh = the whether a strict oparun y the police of a | cov Onl 
E on t if ^ enge convict on ticket of leave was ende "ith the slightest ee hi 
attack was made by the Confedera r by 8 Of | chance of his ever obtaining emo pierre ur They could pot go ppear, however, that 
Federal per Kn UM čespatches of the *alst i k to the system of a fixed and certain pun; ish ient, à e an used by the noble lord on 
rt that the Federal cavalry s defeated in an | system had ‘Deen ipee mg -— p was —Ó ander Fri Va h 0 robably have altered their 
repo! M - ops ut the mg any usefullabour, or turn him to d in t province. The House 
e à at near Marysville, a e was retreating upon |g purpose, without sonata ng to a in degrading, naturally enough ^ 
Knoxville, with the Confederates in pursuit. Seven Ning, and futile coercion. The motion for returns was s in the 
Federal officers were killed. No aaah particulars are | then agree: e ent, and the 
bs Hou in th 
— The Seizure of the Steam Rams.- —Th be Earl o not the aari matter "on which the House had bee 
ur The em had occ po Le and | Deney co 
i N ashingt 
in scurvily e Government. What, he asked, 
again ening ewbern ng am grounds on 7 M they had rested their hope that their te 
North C Clim. “The Confederate Tiens P gunboat a offer of mediation would be accepted by the contending 
completed; and me -operate with the 
e Nashvil “the 
Rome, Georgia, to M = Johnstone's main army | Pee? any objection to their produ He wished 
bas retired, Telegram rom Mobile of the 6th ras d iari ess DU wip Any: papers i te te 
that Gen. Sherman’s Fedora force—infantry, cavalry, 
and artillery, 30,000 strong—crossed the M Black 
River Pe the previous day, and was expected to bo 
to Mer idan, and unite with a banal? ry force 
£4) b pen PA] + = tac t that" ome 
force tivandng from Natchez. Sherman's movement | Lore 
is said „made in order to flank Johnston 
those papers in the next instalment to be laid 
Case 1 Whyte.—In answer to the agost of CLANRI- 
CARDE, Earl RussELL said that the claim of Captain Melville 
ru had been referred to the 
rnment of 
itration. 
vasion of Jutlax id,—In answer to the Earl of | and 
ESBURY, Earl RUsSELL said that he had eder from a 
enabled to provide against the intended surprise. 
" " ° ALM! 
The sieg leston has be n raised, d Admiral | conversation with the Prussian Minister that the invasion of Ge: Powers. In order to test the 
Dahlgren has left Charleston in the flag-ship for St. T took place without the sanction of c Prussian Com- | House on this point, he would moye that, trite. of going 
John's, Florida. Federal expeditio i meis n n-Chie e = tha re M = ark TD -— pM i — he et suppl m tponed "or tireo wes i on a 
. y oi the se o man s — mates shou! postpon: ree wi 
three "re boats, left P Royal on the 5th inst., and | ge Gorani might be oblige to demand Con erie not | F. d com -— E imates ought to 
| at Jacksonville, Florida, on the 8th, from which | for the gen neral e he war, but for the value of tho said that the real question n before the 
pe it was reported they would eed to Talla- | cargoes o " | House was s simply hie whether they NI in the 
assee. Gov vernment as policy. is opinion 
pugni Gen eral Gi llmore left Port Roy oyal on the 7th VF vir oe: sid 1 that he hà reason to believe that e CH 
J miral no rts is Aces J out a | the Austrian Go vorn ould endeavour to moderate the of the Exonrquer said that the pro) positio = of Mr, 
formid able fleet on the Mississi Spr . itish gun | actions of rE Osborne was " consistent with tho rules or estu vee 
"[Left sitting.] ber Me a — 8 Government were 
they w' v qui ice gi 
sense of the Hocus 
E 
Admiral Dahlgren refused per A lo OF?! COMMONS. 
oa ha "E a M s th eut. .—The N Alga row. .—Sir yi tne so are of p^: Min 
atches for the Confederate Secretary e Queen, pra; er Majesty to nominate the townof Wake- | absence 
On the night of the 2d a larg etar mer | jamin, UE the assize t for the Wont, Riding — pr. Lacu snag rs 
Charleston Harbour, nobserve py: j à y er; th »en incil. —/ some | gained by a surprise. G. GREY 
“oe td 'ed un aeree of the | discussion, vbich the claims of Leeds were, advocated er Meer mee qm cm age 
en she had run a in d was Jand ding her | Mr. BEecnorz, 40 OOA ek yid 
those of Wakefield 
cargo under the guns of F t Mo sallsio, e Federal TK the House a lio, vie the motion was nag tived by | ola 
d 
batteries opened on her, Md shortly asi she | 138 to 119. 
sank, nscription 22 has passed Con 
Slaves Mpeg the ages of 1 e 45 en liable A bel 
owners mpen Gen 
Meade bas made a — at Philadelphia stating dat |" 
since oe 1861, 100,000 men of t ea. impias, army 
. mili tai heavy DWA at ecl e Nr 
hav oen lled d wounded. The B Rapt bli- e er = X ent, which, 5 th thought 
m s of eres e ced declared in wed of Butler, | d | ad oa “an D a p and A I T 22 — — 
remo: Gough um im 
Fremont, Lo a ier c — i for the me The Marquis, the withdrawal of postpone oM in the hope "that. "the ‘other 
Cy who wi uicem ation and | m ustifod not business on the paper would be protracted to so late an hou 
fiscation policy. The Halex E Court has | | salient officer, but by ro strictest Tale, of E precedent The that the navy estimates could Pot come on until NA; 
restored the Chesapeake and h | bje p pue Tae erc c aii give ee ne of -- Danish eur 
| BU RTON er the | On a the motion for postponement was negativi y 
on the payment of the legal expenses, - Confedera 320 to 47. Malta Docks. Captain T. moved a resol 
of Pan 74 Bode, tind «pd ler the Ps de fort ; | that the pro ject of co! teh ock at the 
gl waked wi "whether complaint had been made of this outrage Marsa at Aes Sanana, — fat the € 
of the United States; and, if so, what | the French recommend y Adm 
answer rad boon gi ae n the! Mr. LAYARD replied that as | Codrington, be selected 1 v 2 purpose —Lotd 
HO nforma! ation n was received by her Majesty's Government that it would peo faith nir. the ‘Maltese 
Pig er of what} tnd taken laco, instructions were forwarded to Lord 
pMomir —Metr T ^ Rail Lyons, 
Doxovomonz, AM. "eminent en 
etropoli: JERVIS su md d eem and Mr. Wa 
the Adm was 
mun x Y aed. 6 atten tion to th 
pem pri ted by her Majesty in 1860 toi 
Russia.—Mr. n to the control and management of ad ZI s naval yards, 
the Soa of the Treaty oi and insisted e ern p My of M = commissioners 
affected by a note addressed on B ught to be c: into e qt b said that 
and which appeared to him rticl 
that treaty in the interest of t Russian pretensions to ‘the . F nd 
throne of Denmark.—Mr. Vue said that the note in | mittee 2 supply ro fort Scottish Law Oute; mel 
e|question had been laid on the table ot the House tena | ee a a Bill to mak 
ae ear e Are the sub- 
oerte, 2 ue 
TUESDAY. — The Pranckise.— Mr, Locz Krito moved for leave 
bring ina Bill to extend the franchise in counties in Eng- 
land and Wales. He the various 
— 
jeasures 
sen visiting justices ce thi 
officer victi Tym ve the arguments 
and iee Aa obvious reasons cers had o | he ree efforts to accomplish that c t object. 
té à Connected as he was himself with Ira he ie entirely repudiated 
Servitude. — The M. is of SALISBURY the idea that an enlargement of t y franchise would 
for returns the number of convicts under sentence lon tend to render progeny: less rat yd at present. Mr. 
— confined in gaols other than Government ved Hastincs RUSSELL seconded the motion.—Sir G. Grey would 
S62 and 1863, and in doing so criticised at some the. agreed and the Chair- rot oppose the introduction of the Bill, but would reserve his 
f om the e Bil o a Government in rat ide into the Hou: — we "^ y Britis end A - EC to la — mem = oly i des e iven 
he ino 6j p i n ng alled attention 
ferred bond Soy miam " roses Pas cur tit I eec. ^H. ming of 2 obtained leave to bring in - eun for oa Hin eren cutions be 
the amendment of the law relating a y ad er- 
of Diseased Bill to i roi d tions of various ablic executions 
n orders und inage Act i! x ing i publie, 
ce dem but t| uld be ped e desirable that 
i | esol ADFIELD Seconded th: ti Si ig 
—M ed the mo jon. — JREY 
repre wehren ir G. GREY was 
not düiptesl to come to the conclusion that capital punishment 
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