11 MARCH 1865, Page 19

The Log of the Alabama and the Sumter. Abridged from

the library edition. (Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—The only point in this abridg- ment which seems to require any notice from us is that it seems to be admitted that the builders of the Alabama, the Messrs. Laird, were privy to her destination, and instrumental in enabling her to escape detention by leaving Liverpool on the plea of a trial trip. Is this quite consistent with the assertions of the honourable member for Birkenhead at the time, and if so, with whom does the error lie ?