I closed my last letter somewhat in haste, for I had been separated for three days from it and my desk, and when we met again, I was busy with my despatches, &c. The arrest of Parkes and the others is a very disagreeable incident, and we do not yet know what it may lead to.

In fact our arrest on that occasion was rather a Jack Rose affair; that is to say, it started by our being invited to headquarters, suspicious but not certain of our status until we finally landed behind the iron doors.

In M. Zola's estimation, the Colonel's arrest had been merely a question of time ever since the day when one had learnt that he had disguised himself with a false beard and blue glasses when he went to meet the notorious Esterhazy.

BROUSSEL, a member of the Parlement of Paris, whose arrest, in 1648, was the cause of, or pretext for, the organisation of the Fronde.

He had yet to learn that in England the same state of things existed as in Ireland; he had yet to learn that an illegal arrest was sufficient ground to detain any of the citizens of any country in the prisons of this one.

It was even hinted that the arrest of the man who had got Birchill off was an expression of the police desire for revenge.

She knew Tony was a good boy; was sure his arrest was a mistake, and that when the judge heard the evidence he would let Tony go.

These arrests were not pleasant tasks for the Commissaries of Police.

He resumed, "As to the Republic, the arrest of Louis Bonaparte is deliverance for her.

The arrest and subsequent execution of the ill-fated Cinq-Mars and his friend M. de Thou, together with the cowardly policy of Monsieur, who no sooner found his treason discovered than he once more wrote to demand his pardon from the King, and to renew his promises of future loyalty and devotion, are circumstances of such universal notoriety that we shall not permit ourselves to enlarge upon them.

To a native of rank, arrest was not merely a restraint, but a foul personal indignity.

"Well, I supposed the arrest was just a formality.

Such arrests are characteristic features in a Parisian émeute.

This present arrest shall be the last proof of my fatherly affection.

We are none of us immortal, and an arrest is but a legal death to men of your persuasion in commerce.

When she reached her department she found every one talking excitedly, and, of course, Miss Brady's arrest was the topic of conversation.

" Peg was not one to betray her feelings, but this arrest was a great disappointment to her.