The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

On Saturday afternoon a meeting of friends of tan late Mr. Blamire, of Thackwood, late Chief Tithe, Copyhold, and In closure Commissioner, was held at the Bush Hotel, in the city, for the purpose of taking steps to institute some lasting tribute to his memory. Philip Henry Howard, Esq., of Corby Castle, was called to the chair, and the other gentlemen present were Captain James, Barrock Park ; the Rev. John Monkhouse, Lyzzick Hall ; Mr. Donald, Linstock ; Mr. Gibbons, Burnfoot; Mr. Iredale, Hill Top; Mr. T. G. Wilson, Thistle wood ; Mr. L. Bunting, Buckabank ; Mr. Richard son, Dalston ; Mr. Bendle, Mr. M'Alpin, Mr. H. Robinson, Mr. James Steele, Carlisle. The CHAIRMAN said—l am happy to accede to the desire of Captain James and the meeting, that I should take the chair upon this interesting occasion. I need not enlarge upon the valuable and patriotic services of the late Mr. Blamire ; but I will in a few words allude to those who preceded him. The late Dr. Blamire, his father, of the Oaks, was known for the benevolent exercise of a benevolent profession. His memory is still endeared to many in the neighbourhood ; and I believe he enjoyed a serene old age after an active and useful life. There is nil doubt that Mr. Blamire's career was rendered in some measure easier from the estimation in which his sire was held. You all know, gentle men, that the mother of Mr. Blamire was allied to a great house ; she was sister of that able agricul turist, Mr. Christian Curwen. Under the auspices of Mr. Cur wen Mr. Blamire in early life acquired a love and devotion to agricultural occupations, and at the same time that enlightened regard to the general interests of the community which at all times distinguished him. At those interesting meetings at Workington Hal], Mr. Blamire first went through what I may call his apprenticeship in agriculture, and became early acquainted with many of the most leading men of the county. I think that having said so much, gentlemen, I may venture also to say that there is perhaps nobody who more zealously served those who sought his advice and influence. Whe ther it was the question of advancing at home or pushing their fortunes in the colonies, the advice, and influence, and active benevolence of Mr. Bla mire was always at the disposal of his fellow coun trymen. Having said so much I come now to that remarkable instance where he was solicited not only by the Government, but I may say by public opinion, to accept the office of Chief Commissioner of Tithes. During the long war of the Peninsula, and during the protracted war with Napoleon, the attention of the country had been diverted from many home interests in practical local and national improvements. One of these that most attracted the attention of patriotic statesmen was the settle ment of the much agitated question of tithes. A bill was brought in by a very worthy nobleman, whose form is still present to my memory --the Lord Althorp. It was in many respects a good bill, but his lordship wanted that knowledge of detail which was necessary to carry out so great an undertaking. It was brought in, and the different promoters of the bill were somewhat at fault, when Mr. Blamire rose in his place in the House of Com mons, and in a most luminous speech, and in a friendly manner criticised the bill and threw out some hints by which it might be remodelled. The Government immediately adopted his suggestions, and Earl Russell unsolicited asked him to take charge of the bill when it should have passed the legislature. There never was in the annals of par liamentary oratory a greater triumph than that speech. It was one not adorned by any false glare of eloquence, but the sturdy eloquence of common sense. (Hear.) Having been appointed to the office of Chief,Tithe Commissioner, many other kindred Occupations or branches of local improvement were naturally in time attached to that office. There was enclosure, and everything connected with drain age, and there were other local improvements which were all naturally connected with the Tithe Commission. Mr. Blamire was intimately ac quainted with customary as well as the copyhold tenure of land and in carrying out these measures— which were at firstvoluntary—he conferred a lasting benefit on his countrymen. I know that having lived for a long time in London, having survived many of his early friends, the recollection of Mr. Blamire may not be so vividly impressed upon the memory of the men of Cumberland as it was in former times; but I know in many parts of the country, in Eng land at large, where these measures are known to have originated in this way, it will be taken up, and we shall receive from abroad—l mean from be yond the county—an earnest support. (Hear, hear.) I will not, Captain James and gentlemen, say more. I think I have said enough of Mr. Blamire— whether as an individual anxious to promote indi vidual interests, or whether as a statesman and official man. There is scarcely any one who, by assiduity and earnest toil, has merited a more de served tribute than my friend Mr. Blamire. (Hear, hear.) lam sure you will afterwards consider— supposing we succeed in the object of our meeting to-day—how anything collected may best be ap plied; but perhaps, though we may talk of all the propositions to-day it may perhaps be best that the final appointment should depend a little on the amount collected. I beg to thank you for the kind ness with which you have listened to these prefa tory remarks ; and though it is difficult to get a large meeting, and no undue notoriety has been given to this, I am sure the object we have in view will prosper and succeed. (Applause.) Capt. JAMES said he need not in moving the first resolution make any lengthened speech, as Mr. Howard had so clearly and eloquently paid a tri bute of respect to their deceased friend. He thought, however, he might go further, and say that their wishes were not wishes of a political character, but merely the wishes of friends, public and private. He also thought he should mention that it was not only the landowners and occupiers who were in terested so entirely in the results of the labours of the late Mr. Blamire, but fully as much interested were the clergymen of the country. (Hear, hear.) For he was sure, they must be much better able to carry out charity as well as preach it, when they did not cause irritation by claiming the tenth pig and the tenth sheep, as they used to do in earlier years. (Hear, hear.) He moved the folowing resolution : TILE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. " That in recognition of the many kind and disinterested services rendered by the late Mr. Blamire to the people of Cumberland for a long series of years, and of the arduous and faithful discharge of most important public duties as Chief Tithe, Copyhold, and Inclosnre Commissioner, ren dered by him to the country at large, this meeting is of opinion that steps should be taken to institute a lasting tri bute to his memory." The CHAIRMAN said that he was glad Captain J ames had called attention to the fact that this movement had no reference to Mr. Blamire's political car eer. cabled m.mii El•inLE seconded the resolution, which was n o ani ti rnously. " That i n ,. a ". sE moved— lie commenced fo vi irth ev, to the above resolution a subscription ht Mr. H. Do rau , s wi o vras carried. N seconded the resolution, which The CHAIRMAN said , a gelieved ho was cor rec t i n o s tating that any offe r i n family of Mr. Blamire. ivirul p d be gratifying to the to ...rsobinson had had the forethougEt to name i thing was in agitation. t al • Young that such a Mr. DONALD moved, and m r , BUNTING seconded, the following resolution , Nvi lleh was also adopted : " That a committee be appointed to car r y out the object, consisting of the gentle men p r esent, With above power to add to their number." The CHAIRMAN said that one of the objects which bad been suggested was to offer an annual Blamire prize at the East Cumberland Agricultural Society' s show; and Mr. Monkbonse had suggested that they might also erect a tablet to the memory of Mr. Pia ' your to obtain the goodwill of those Powers which as yet keep aloof from Italy and refuse to acknow ledge the new kingdom. The new Ministers will be faithful t 3 that vote of Parliament which de- Glared Rome to be the capital of Italy. They would go to Rome by moral and diplomatic means, always and in hand with France. The notion that the emporal power was rather a stumbling-block than a help to the Papacy had been gaining ground in the Catholic world, and in France especially, as might be seen from the improved tone of the late debates on the subject in both French Houses. In matters connected with home policy Rattazzi promised to lean equally on men of all parties —on all men, that is, who agreed on the principle of Italian unity and independence under the dynasty of Victor Emmanuel. Place and preferment should be dealt out impartially, without provincial dia .. tinetion. Government would combine p o litical unity with administrati v e decen tralisation. They ; wo uld write "economy" on their banner, and wo uld curtail expenses w i th the gre atest diligence b li they would vie dget of 1862 to the lowest p with the Chamber in reducing the ossible figure, and Present the estimates of 1863 upon the same thrifty and rigidly sav ing plan. Th ey wou ld carry on the discussion of th e financial house, and set the,publio treasury in order. The only extravagance the Bills already before the Y would allow themselves would he for the benefit of the national armament. There would be no stint for the army ; none for the on a tot a ll y new navy, wllivii is to be organised rn ire. On the motion of Mr. D. APALriN, Dr. Lansdale and Mr. 11. Dobinson vir'Jra appointed joint trea surers and secretaries. Mr. T. G. WILSON said that in subscribing to this fund, it gave him great pleasure to pay a tribute to the memory of Mr.. Blamire,—one of the most generous and useful men that Cumberland ever pro who, by the zealous discharge of the 'Et LATE MR. BLAME ; OF TACK- duties of his office, an d b y his never-failing solid- WOOD. tude for the welfare of others, had neglected his own interests. (Hear, hear.) It was eery right and proper that they should subscribe to d ) honour to such a man; but were there not even a stone to mark his tomb, Mr. Blaraire had le t a grand and enduring memorial in every parish in the kingdom. (Hear, bear.) By that great act, the Tithe Commu tation Act, he did perhaps more than any man living to allay those bitter, angry, and malignant feelings which too generally existed between the priest and his parish previous to the passing of that act. (Hear, hear.) He had raised to himself an enduring memorial in the many tracts of country which had been brought under cultivation since the passing of that act, and were now bearing abundant crops, although but for that act they would still he barren and unproductive. (Hear, hear.) He had raised himself a lasting memorial in the sympathy which now happily existed between clergy and laity on all occasions when it was desirable that they should co-operate for the public good. (Hear.) He might perhaps be premature in offering a sug gestion to this meeting as to the description of memorial which should be raised, but he had reason to know that a handsome stained-glass east win dow in Raughton Head Church would perhaps be more gratifying to the wishes of Mr. Blamire's friends and neighbours than anything else. When the proper time arrived he should at all events pro pose that part of the memorial should consist of this. He believed that a sufficient sum would be raised to put up this window, and also to erect some other handsome memorial. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. J. MONKHOUSE said that one objection to that would be that the windows in the church were extremely plain, having square panes; and the style of the building was not at all suitable— without all the other windows were altered. Mr. GIBBONS suggested that the cart was getting a little before the horse. Following out the advice of good Mrs. Glasse, they should first catch their hare and then skin her. (Laughter.) The first thing would be toentcr into a subscription. 'There would be plenty of time afterwards to discuss how they should spend the money. This suggestion was adopted, the list was handed round, and about £7O was subscribed before the close of the meeting. A vote of thanks having been accorded to him, on the motion of Mr, Bunting, The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. He said he thought they had put it in a very fair and success ful channel, He was sure, as one gentleman had remarked, Mr. Blamire's conduct was thoroughly disinterested—he used his official means to pro mote the benefit of his fellow-countrymen, and not to lay by treasures; for he might say, like Pitt, he died poor. But his memory would be embalmed in 'he recollection of a grateful posterity. (Hear.) The proceedings then terminated. A letter dated Turin, March 8, says :---For skill, ack, and temper to get creditably out of a difficult position, commend me to the Lower House of the Italian Parliament, Yesterday's sitting had all the interest of a drama. It was less the inauguration of the new Ministry than the apotheosis of the old. Baron Ricasoli came off with all the honours of the day, and the moral of the piece was, that, whatever may be the results of clever contrivance in the dark, nothing in the world can withstand the mere strength of truth and character when the play is fair and aboveboard, when the battle is fought in full daylight, with equal weapons, and before a large, impulsive, and, on the whole, generous assembly. There were crowding and agitation in the House. Garibaldi was known to be in Turin, and it was announced that he would appear in his place in the Chamber, an expectation which was not realised. The dull and slow ceremony of drawing the offices by lot was being gone through, as is the custom at the beginning of every month. The deputies were standing in groups here and there on the floor of the House and on the steps leading to their seats in the amphitheatre. Everywhere conversation was deep, earnest, and animated. Towards two o'clock Baron Ricasoli made his appearance, and went up to his place on the middle benches of the Right. De Sanctis, Peruzzi, and Bastogi, the late Ministers, also dropped in singly. Half an hour later the new Ministers made their entrance in a group, but without parade, and some of them coquetted, as it were, with their new position, tarrying near the side benches, as if shy to take their chairs round the Ministerial board. By half past two they were all seated, and Rattazzi was on his legs. A rumour had spread about, and it had gone the round of all the morning papers, that Cordova had resigned. Giving in to the remonstrances of the Left, by which the presence of this Minister, who had "ratted" from the former Cabinet, was repre sented as stigmatising the now Administration with " profound immorality," Rattazzi had re moved Cordova from the Home-office, and appointed him to the Portfolio of Grace and Justice. It was now given out that he had further honoured Cor dova's personal opponents by prevailing upon him to withdraw altogether. This last report was con tradicted by the fact that Cordova sat on Rattazzi's side. It had also been confidently asserted that the Portfolio of Foreign Affairs had been intrusted to General Giacomo Durando, a man whose high cha racter would have won golden opinions to the new Cabinet, but even this rumour was belied by the plain fact. Rattazzi introduced himself and his colleagues ; himself for the Home and Foreign offices—then Cordova, Pepoli, Sella, De Pretis, Mancini, Petitti, and Persano, respectively for Grace and Justice, Agriculture and Commerce, Finance, Public Works, Public Instruction,War and Marine. Ho added that on this very morning Poggi (a Se nator, and a Tuscan magistrate, known for his op position to Ricasoli) bad been added to the Cabinet without portfolio. Rattazzi then proceeded to layout his programme. Gifted at no time with strength of lungs, the new Prime Minister spoke with more than his usually fal• tering voice in the present emergency. There was something nervous in his very appearance, and some thing hysterical in his voice; a visible embarrass ment of which he scarcely ever got rid to the end of his address. His programme was like all other possible programmes that any man may venture to ,bring forward in Italy under present cir cumstances. For what concerns public affairs, Italy cannot, he said, doom herself to isolation. She must rely on alliances, and her natural allies were, in the first place, France, who had shed her blood, and England, who had given the aid of her moral support, and had first recognised the new State. Alliance, however, must not be obtained at the price of national dignity and independence. It will also be the object of the Government to endea- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1862. plan. Public works and instruction will be carried on with the 'greatest activity where the need is most sorely felt —in the Southern Provinces and the island of Sardinia. So far the programme had not one word that might be considered new. It was the old song that was first sung by Count Cavour, and followed in a hundred instances, with scarcely the variation of a note, by Baron Ricasoli. If there was anything like a new burden in Rattazzi's strain, it was only where he promised the "prompt, immediate, and real execution of the bills and resolutions already gone through Parliament respecting the national armament." This refers mainly to the Garibaldi law, the purpose of which was to organise and arm 230 battalions of mobilised National Guards, under the orders, chiefly of those Garibaldian officers who now compose the three divisions, on paper, of the so-called " Volunteer or Southern Army." This is the great bait with which Rat tazzi hopes to lure the Left party in Parliament, and the so-called " men of action" to his side. There is no d ou bt that the late Government, especially under Minghetti, without daring to oppose the Garibaldi Bill, hoped to be able to put off its enactment till doomsday. The new Ministry have now committed themselves to go to work without delay, and it is said Garibaldi will soon proceed to the South, attended by experienced offi cers, to proceed to the organisation of this new force. Hopes are also held out that the Garibaldian volunteers will before long be amalgamated with the regular army into our national service. If this consummation can be brought about without alarm ing France with the prospect of an organised revo lution ; if the scheme can be brought into effect without producing internal commotions, and with out venturing on a premature collision with foreign enemies, no doubt it will be right to acknowledge that the new Cabinet brings with it greater courage than the former one ever developed; that Rattazzi is ready for exploits from which his predecessor undoubtedly shrunk, Rattazzi's speech was listened to with attention, but as it was delivered in a cold dispirited manner, so it was passively and languidly received, and only interrupted, at rare intervals, by no very hear+y cheers from the Left ; it closed in the midst of a rather slack applause from the same side and from the Tribunes. Lanza, the leader of the old majority, disclaiming any intention to open a discussion, merely observed that the retirement of the late Cabinet had taken place under somewhat unusual circumstances, and asked for explanations. It was then that Baron Ricasoli arose. The house became immediately still. Ricasoli said that the retirement of himself and his colleagues was not, as had been asserted, owing to any dissensions in the Cabinet. Twice only had there been divergence of opinion among its members, and in both in stances matters were at stake which involved no general political principle. In one instance, when Miglietti, the Minister of Grace and Justice, sub mitted his new penal code to the approbation of his colleagues, the Tuscan members of the Council of Ministers stood out for the abolition of capi tal punishment. Their objections were, how ever,' overruled, and the code had been laid before the Senate in its original form. Again, there had been a difference of opinion between the Tuscans and Cordova respecting the bill of the latter for the introduction of a gold currency into Tuscany and Naples ; but these, Ricasoli continued, were ques tions of minor moment, and could never be said to amount to an actual split in the Cabinet. He then proceeded to point out the real causes of his retirement, and said he would " limit himself to the statement of merely Parliamentary transac tions." On the 11th of December last, he said, at the close of a long discussion on Roman and Nea politan affairs, the Ministers were apparently strengthened by a very large majority of the Cham ber. Fault was, however, found with them pri vately, because they had hitherto failed to com plete the Cabinet, yet all their efforts to fulfil that intent by adding to their number a Minister for Home Affairs had invariably proved unavailing. The Parliamentary support on which they reckoned was therefore rather apparent than real, and it had failed them in more than one instance, when, in questions of minor importance, they had not only been inefficiently backed, but actually opposed by their professed partisans. Between the votes of confidence and the demeanour of the representatives there was a discordance which amounted to an actual vote of want of confidence. " Now, gentlemen," said Ricasoli, with a warmth which spoke volumes in behalf of his sincerity, " it was not in my charac ter to abide in an equivocal position like this." (A thunder of applause.) From that moment, he went on, he conceived that it was the duty of Ministers to retire. The vote of the 25th February, which was not only, if possible, more favourable than the former vote, but which, indeed, was unanimous for Government, was even more hollow and un meaning, and it was that very vote which led to the decision which had been lately adopted. The Ministers tendered their resignation, and insisted upon its acceptance. The King was so good as to express a wish that Ministers should wait for a new decision of Parliament. But Parliamentary votes had never been of any avail to clearly define the actual position of the Cabinet, and a new appeal to it would not have changed the condition of things. Hence Ministers insisted upon their re signation, hence his Majesty made use of his prero gative, and he (Ricasoli) had nothing to add. The Baron stood bolt upright, in his usual stiff attitude, with those black kid gloves on, which he never removes, allowing himself but little gesture, no action, His voice was firm, even, calm; his dried up, almost withered countenance proud and confident ; his spare, tall, lank frame erect, with head slightly thrown backward. His manner, on the whole, was courteous, and his language mea sured and guarded ; but his speech conveyed an undisguised reproach to the whole Chamber, and especially to the old majority, whose wayward and fickle behaviour, whose inconsistency between their words and their deeds, was at the bottom of all the weakness and irresolution with which the Baron's Government was charged, Ricasoli spared no cne ; he very clearly made it out (what was the real fact) that anybody in the house was to blame but himself. Yet this reproving speech, this severe but well-deserved censure, was often interrupted in the course of delivery, and was drowned at its close with such a loud and prolonged thunder of ap plause as I never recollect being bestowed even on Count Cavour's most ingenious and successful speeches. An uncontrollable feeling of warm and genuine sympathy, a perfect burst of Southern en thusiasm, rose in every heart in behalf of the retir ing statesmen. The assembly broke up; hundreds pressed round their stern monitor to shake hands with him, and it was impossible to restore suffi cient calmness to resume the sitting. After a few words by Rattazzi expressing his admiration of the honourable and loyal character of Baron Iticasoli, the House broke up. Baron Ricasoli asked for a month's leave of absence. Well may he go back for a few days' respite to his vineyards and olive groves and to the solitude of his Castle of Brolio. He may be happy in the consciousness that he takes his country's respect and affection with him, and that Italy feels all the safer n the convicfion that in the hour of distress or anxiety she has one true man like him to fall back upon, and to restore her fortunes by that ascen- dancy which springs from thorough uprightness of motives and immovable strength of character. The deputies and other persons arriving in Turin from the provinces, especially from Lombardy, the 'Emilia; and Genoa, unanimously describe the dis satisfaction with which the country has heard of the results of the crisis and the accession to power of the Itattazzi Ministry. [ AD v i utrrisrmENT.]—Tlolloway's Ointment and Pills. — Woman's Maladies.—No function can be suspended in the human system without present or future suffering. Hollo way's remedies rarely fail in rectifying the first trifling departures from health. The Ointment, rubbed externally over the faulty organ, penetrates internally, and effectually removes all cause for errors- ous action. Obstinat e cases likewise require the Ointment to be well rubbed upon the spine twice a day, that it may rouse the dormant nerves to a healthier condition for regulating suspended or disor dered functions essential to female growth and wellbeing. If n it o wsky's Pills should be taken while this treatment is pursued. They can do n o h arm to the most delicate or feeble frame. Thoy act mildly as aperients, powerfully as reetoratives, MR. SEWARD ON COUR7 ETIQUETTE. The following official despatch, on the subject of the etiquette of the French Court, has been sent by Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton " Department of State, Washington, Feb. 3. " Sir,—Your despatch of Jan. 14, No. 102, has been received. It is accompanied by a copy of a note which you have addresed to M. Thouvenel on the subject of the introduction of American citizens at the Imperial Court. "I very freely confess to the opinions, first, that an audience or presentation of any but diplomatic persons at Court is to be regarded not in any degree as a right of the person received, but as a courtesy extended to him. Secondly, that the Imperial Court is perfectly at liberty to define and prescribe the qualifications, conditions, and terms on which strangers shall be admitted into its society. Thirdly, if American citizens request you to present their wishes for admission at Court, you can only present them by complying with the terms and conditions prescribed. Fourthly, referring to the questions which have actually arisen, I think you can pro perly in all cases give the occupation or profession of any person whose wishes you present. You can not, indeed, undertake to assign the social position of each person, for that would be to discriminate, or to seem to discriminate, by European rules, between persons who, being all alike citizens, may justly claim to be equals in social position at home, and therefore equals in the con sideration of the Government itself when they are abroad. It seems to me, however, that in many cases there are circumstances belonging to the persons you propose to present which may be properly stated, such as official position held by individuals at the time, or even at some previous time—distinctions arising from personal merit, such as scientific, military, or literary, or a political cha racter, and distinctions as founders of scientific, literary, or humane institutions. "But when these suggestions are made in com pliance with the rules of the Court it is not to be claimed as matter of right, or even as matter of na tional comity, that the presentations or audiences shall therefore be granted. I have dwelt upon the subject longer than was due to any importance that it can claim. It is peculiarly uncomfortable at this moment to find American citizens leaving their country a prey to faction and civil war, disturbing the Court of a friendly Power, and embarrassing our representative there with questions of personal interest and pretension. " Let the Emperor and Empress of France receive whom they will, and as many or few as they will, and let all others, as well as those who are admitted turn their attention to the question how they can serve their country abroad, and if they find no bet ter way to do it than by making their attendance in the saloons of the Tuileries, let them return home, to a country that now, for the first time, and not for a long time, needs the active efforts of every one of its loyal children to save itself from destruc tion. "Finally, above all things, have no question with the Government of France on this subject. Rather introduce nobody, however justly distinguished, than let a question of fashion or ceremony appear in the records of the important period in which we are acting for the highest interests of our coun t ry and of humanity.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " W. IL SEWARD. "Wm. L. Dayton, Esq., &c." INDIA AND SINGAPOREI TELEGRAPH An important step is now being taken towards establishing a telegraphic communication with China and Australia. The promoters have circu lated a statement proposing to connect Singapore with the system of telegraphs in India at Rangoon. The time between India and China will be thus shortened by eight days, and between England and China by eight to ten days. As regards Australia, the effect of the establish= ment of the proposed line will be to start again the telegraph from Java, via the northern and eastern coasts of Australia towards Sydney, for the estab lishment of which the Australian legislatures have already voted large subsidies. Whilst efforts are being made to restore tele graphic communication between England and In dia, other efforts are being made to shorten the time for transmitting intelligence to China, and eventually to Australia. In fact, we can now tele- graph to Suez, via Malta, in one day ; from Suez the mail takes 34 days to reach Hong Kong (Can ton), and the proposed telegraph will reduce that time to 27 or even 25 days. The happy combina tion, now in such extensive use, of the overland mail and telegraph, will enable this to be effected. The outward Bombay mail leaves Suez eight days after the outward China mail, and reaches Bon.abay four or five days before the arrival of that mail at Singapore, Thus, there are four or five days left for sending on the later news by telegraph from Bombay to Singapore, there to overtake the China mail. It is by reducing the margin of four or five days to two days that the saving can be increased to 10 or 11 days. The same holds true as regards the homeward China mails, and the proposed tele graph will enable eight to ten days later news to reach England from China. Shipping making the passage of the Malacca or Sunda Straits will reap a still greater benefit. At present the news of a vessel passing by Singapore can only be forwarded to England by the fort nightly homeward mail; by the proposed line it will be forwarded daily to Bombay or Galle to catch the homeward weekly mail to Europe. The cable that was laid in 1859 between Singa pore and Batavia is perpetually broken by anchors, but the Dutch Government are taking efficient mea sures to prevent the recurrence of these accidents, and the ships that pass through the Sunda Straits in sight of Java will then be placed on the same footing as those that make the passage of the Malac ca Straits near Singapore. In the case of shipping the saving will amount to 22 days for those ships that pass by Singapore or Java immediately after the departure of the fortnightly homeward mail, and of eight days for those that do so immediately be fore such departure. These advantages were so strongly felt by our Government during the late China war that they shipped the cable that is now laid between Malta and Alexandria to be laid be tween India and Singapore. It will be remembered that this intention was frustrated by the screw steamer Victoria being wrecked in Plymouth Har bour with a portion of the cable on board. The delay which was thus occasioned caused the loss of the season, and necessitated a change in the desti nation of the cable. For the first time in the history of submarine telegraphy we find contractors guaranteeing the efficiency of their own work. Under an arrange ment made with the promoters, Messrs. Glass, Elliott and Co., undertake to keep the line in repair for five years, and to deliver it over to the company at the end of , that term in good working order, under very heavy penalties. It is also stated that another firm have joined them in their liability. There can be no doubt that this is the right principle for contractors to adopt. Up to the present time the public has in curred the whole risk; the utmost that contractors have ever done has been to guarantee their work for one month. We now for the first time have a substantial and real guarantee. If this could be done in the case of the Atlantic cable, money would be easily obtained. The cases, however, are very different ; the Indi a Si ngapore ca bl e w ill be laid in an a verage depth of forty fathoms, in a well sounded sea. The Atlantic, alas ! is 2,000 fathoms deep, and once laid this cable can never he repaired. Still it is to be hoped that contractors may be induced to guarantee their work even when submerged in the bed of the Atlantic. As regards the Red Sea and India Telegraph, however, it is to be hoped that the same arrangement may be prac ticable. Nothing will inspire more confidence in the public than to find that manufacturers have at last come to believe in the work they turn out. Government have been applied to to aid the In d ia- Singapore telegraph upon the principle of paying an annual subsidy calculated to pay for the working and maintenance expenses of the cable, in return for which the home and Indian Governments are to send their messages Without payment to the extent of the subsidy. Should the State messages not amount to the subsidy, calculated at £go,ooo per annum, the difference would have b© paid half out of the revenues of India, and half out cf the re venues of Great Britain. Considering that our Government will some day have to make this line at their own cost, it may be an economical plan to encourage its execution through private enterprise. The occurrence of another China war would compel Government to establish this line. ASSIZE INTELLIGEN CE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT—AYLESBURY, March 10. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. THE - UNITED KINGDOM ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANt (LIMITED.) Mr. Mills, Q.C., and Mr. Meicalfe were for the prosecution; Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Mr. Keane, Mr. Joseph Chitty, of the Chancery bar (specially re tained), Mr. Lathom Browne, and Mr. Stephenson appeared for the company. This was an indictment preferred and found at the last quarter sessions for this county, and moved by certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench, charging the defendants, in 11 different counts, with obstructing the highway in the parishes of Denham, Iver, Chalfont St. Peter's, Beaconsfield, &c., by erecting telegraph posts thereon, "to the great damage and common nuisance of all the Queen's subjects." The defendants pleaded not guilty; It is understood that this is one of a series of in dictments preferred against the defendants in the counties of Middlesex, Buckingham, Oxford, and. Warwick, and that in the county of Oxford the in dictment has been ignored by the grand jury. The indictment in Warwick is expected to come on for trial at the coming assizes for that county. The trial here was commenced at 12 o'clock, on Saturday, and the opening statement of the coun sel for the prosecution, the formal proofs, and the examination and cross-examination of a surveyor called by the prosecution, occupied the whole of that day. It appeared that the matters to which these indictments relate are also before the Courts of Chancery, and books of photographic views of nearly every individual post set up by the defendants in this county were produced both by the prosecutors and the defendants, and referred to by both sides, and by the judge and jury, its expla natory of the evidence given by the witnesses. At the sitting of the Court this morning Mr. Baron Martin stated that since the adjournment on Saturday he had given the case his most serious consideration, and that, in order that there might be no mistake, and that no question might hereaf ter be made about his ruling, he had prepared a written paper containing a statement of what he believed to be the law applicable to the present in dictment; that he was now prepared to state how he should direct the jury ; that it might be he should also have to direct them as to other matters, but, speaking of a common ordinary road, such as he himself had seen yesterday,-and which no doubt was of the character of great portions of the roads on which the defendants' posts were placed, he (the learned judge) believed the law to be as follows :- 1. In the case of an ordinary highway, although it may be of a varying and unequal width, running between fences on each side, the right of passage or way, prima facie, and unless there be evidence to the contrary, extends to the whole space between the fences, and the public are entitled to the use of the entire of it as the highway, and are not con fined to the parts which may be metalled or kept in repair for the more convenient use of carriages or foot passengers. 2. That a permanent obstruction erected on a highway, and placed there without lawful authority, which renders the way less com modious than before to the public, is an unlawful act, and a public nuisance at common law ; and that if the jury believed the defendants placed, for the purpose of profit to themselves, posts with the object and intention of keeping them permanently there in order to make a telegraphic communication be tween distant places, and did permanently keep them there,an d the posts were of such size and dimen sions and solidity as to obstruct and prevent the passage of carriages and horses or foot passengers upon the parts of the highway where they stood, the jury ought to find the defendants guilty upon this indictment; and that the circumstance that the posts were not placed on the hard or metalled part part of the highway, or upon a footpath artificially formed upon it, or that the jury might think at sufficient space for the public traffic remained, are immaterial circumstances as regards the legal right, and do not affect the right of the Crown to the ver dict. Mr. O'Malley then stated that he should wish to consult with his clients as to the course to be pur sued. The counsel and solicitors for the defendants then left the court, and on their return, Mr. O'Malley said that, such being his lordship's view of the law, if the jury were to be so directed and the question so left to them, it would be useless for the defendants to hope for a verdict on this in dictment, that he should therefore abstain from call ing the evidence with which he was prepared, and which would in many respects completely contra dict that already given by the prosecution, and that he should move the Court of Queen's Bench on his lordship's ruling, which, according to decided cases, he believed to be erroneous. His Lordship then brieflysummed up the evidence given by the prosecution, and directed the jury in accordance with the view he had already expressed. The jury at once returned a verdict for the Crown. This concluded the business of the assizes for the county of Buckingham. WESTERN CIRCUIT,—EXETER, March 10. The commissions for holding the assizes for the county of Devon and for the city of Exeter were opened in this city by Mr. Justice Blackburn on • Saturday afternoon. Both the learned judges at tended divine service at the Cathedral yesterday morning. The courts were opened this morning for busi ness. Mr. Justice Blackburn went to the Guild hall of the city of Exeter and charged the grand jury. His lordship then proceeded to the Castle and took his seat in the Crown Court. Mr. Justice Byles sits at nisi prius. The Crown business would appear to be light, there being only 30 prisoners for trial and the of fences as described in the calender do not seem to be very serious. There are 16 cases in the cause list, five of which are marked to be tried by special juries. In three of these, however, there is the same plaintiff, so that in all probability one will decide the three. Four of the common jury cases were disposed of in little better than an hour. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) John Cummins, 19, a letter-carrier, pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging him with stealing a post letter containing money and postage stamps, at Woolborough. Mr. Poulden and Mr. H. P. Cole were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Holdsworth for the pri soner. Mr. Holdsworth said the prisoner most unad visedly had pleaded guilty. The prisoner's father and other persons would state that the prisoner had always borne a good character. The learned Judge said it was useless in such a case to call witnesses to character, as a person could n9t be in the Post-office unless he had borne a pre vious good character. Calling the father was merely giving unnecessary pain. These cases were so seri ous that it was absolutely requisite to visit them with a severe punishment. The sentence would be four years' penal servitude. Caroline Binmore, 14, was indicted for adminis tering poison to her mother with intent to murder her on the 18th of January, at Torquay. Mr. Carter prosecuted. The prisoner was undo fended. It appeared that on the evening of Jan. 18 the mother was going out, when the prisoner said to her " Mother, you'll have a cup of tea before you go ?" The mother said she could drink one. The pri soner then said, "Mother, I've p oure d it out, why don't you drink it while it's hot P" The mother then took some of it in her mouth, and found it had a bad taste to it, and therefore she did not drink it. The mother had threatened to beat her if she had told her an untruth, and she was then going out to inquire about it when the girl offered to give her a cup of tea. The mother kept some sugar of lead in a cupboard. The mother then went to make the inquiries, and ascertained that the girl had told her a falsehood. The cup of tea was then sent for ; it appeared to have a sediment ; it was taken to a chemist who t este d i t and found it to contain a drachm of sugar of lead. Half a drachm was enough to destroy life. The druggist was asked by the prisoner how much sugar of lead he sold for a penny. Witness—Half au ounce. Prisoner —Because that was the quantity mother had at first. The Prisoner was then taken into custody, and was charged with having put poison in her mother's tea. She at first made no reply, but after wards she said what she put in the tea was sugar of lead, which her mother kept to wash her leg with ; that she kept it in the cupboard, and it served her right, as she had no business to leave her old messes about. There was no label on the bottle. The wretched girl was undefended, and appeared to be without a friend to advise or assist her. She at first pleaded guilty, and it was not until the question was put to her in plain language whether she intended to kill her mother that, she said not guilty. The farce was gone through of asking her whether she had any questions to ask the witnesses and whether she wished to address the jury it her defence. Of course, the result was that she looked about with surprise, but did not say anything. Mr. Justice Blackburn summed up the case. The only doubt was whether the prisoner was aware of the dangerous consequences of such an act. Verdict—Guilty with intent to do grievous .bodily harm The learned Judge then senteneed the prisoner to six weeks' imprisonment, and then to be sent to a reformatory school for five years. YZHOME CIRCUIT, CIIELMSORD, March 10. 'Chief Justice Erle opened the commission here. The calendar is far heavier than at Hertford, and includes some very serious cases. There are 2 cases of child murder, 11 of arson, 4 of burglary, 1 of stabbing, 1 of assault a nd robbery with violence; 1 (against several men) of robbery from the person, and 1 (also against several men) for a serious assault on the police. Added to these are the usual number of minor charges. There are alto. gether above 40 prisoners for trial. The Chief Justice will sit here in the Crown Court. Mr. Justice Wightman will preside in the Civil Court. There are 14 causes already entered for trial (several of which are special jury cases), and there may be more entered between this evening and to-morrow morning. It is probable, therefore, that both judges will have enough to do, and that the assizes will fully last the week, which is allowed for this place. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--NOTTINGHAM, MARCH W. Mr. Justice Williams took his seat in the Nisi Prius at 10 a.m., and after trying a prisoner charged with bigamy, who was convicted and sentenced to four months' imprisonment, proceeded with the county cause list. The cause list contains 10 en tries for trial in the county, two of which are withdrawn, and two others were disposed of in the early part of the day without affording any mate rials for a report. The rest of the day was occupied in trying the case of " Royle (clerk) v. Ward" for slander, but the Court rose before the case had ter minated. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. O'Brien were for the plaintiff; Mr. Boden, Q.C., and Mr. Bristowe for the defendant. The Lord Chief Justice Cockburn took his seat on the Crown side at 10 a.m., and having charged the grand juts, proceeded to try the prisoners in the county gaol. Henry Corden and Samuel Thompson, aged 20 and 22, were indicted for highway robbery with violence, of the person of Thomas Smith, at Tro well, in this county, on the 24th October. Mr. Huish conducted the prosecution. The pri soners were undefended. It appeared that the prosecutor stopped at a pub lichouse in Trowell, kept by Mr. Holmes, on his way home from Radford, where he had been to purchase a horse, but had not succeeded, but for which purpose he had about him a sum of £45, £25 being in notes, and the rest in gold. The prisoners came in while he remained there, and heard him mention these facts, and they left shortly bafore the prosecutor, and were seen by several witnesses loi tering about the road where the prosecutor would go. Soon after leaving Trowel! prosecutor was felled to the ground by a blow on the face from a heavy hedge-stake, which was produced, and thus deprived of sight, and his pockets were rifled of the notes and some other articles. in consequoxe of his cries the villains left him, and while they were away he ma naged to secrete the gold in his stocking. They again returned, and the prosecutor had more and most severe blows and kicks inflicted upon him. The prosecutor then managed to get back to the publichouse, but was there laid up for some woks under medical treatment in consequence. The prosecutor spoke positively to the prisoner Cordes, and the other evidence was sufficiently strong to induce the jury to find both prisoners guilty. The Judge characterised the case as one of the worst and most ferocious cases of highway robbery he had ever met with, and sentenced both prisoners to 12 years' penal servitude. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Iarch 10. The March general sessions of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced yesterday morn ing, at the Court-house, on Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin, assistant-judge ; Mr. Payne, deputy; Mr. Pownall, chairman, and bench of magistrates. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 119 prisoners for trial, of whom 21 are charged with misdemeanour, the rest with felony. The Assistant-Judge delivered the usual charge to the grand jury, and remarked that the heavy state of the calendar was attributable to the cir cumstance of a longer period than usual having intervened since the last session. George Dixey, alias Simmons, 21, and John West, alias Leary, 19, were indicted for stealing two gas burners, value 10s., the property of John Collins, from a building. They pleaded guilty. Sergeants White and Boden, detectives, proved that the prisoners were well known as convicted thieves, and the associates of equally bad characters. The Assistant-Judge sentenced them each to three years' penal servitude. Leary was a trainer of young thieves, Dixey was a discharged soldier, and had only been convicted once. The offence they committed was cutting down the gas fittings of a public-house in Oxford mews, Paddington. Edward Henry, 59, was indicted for stealing, by means of a false key, a box, two ear-rings, and other articles, the property of Lewis Pugh. He pleaded guilty, and was recognised by Locker, the prison officer, and by others in court, as an old thief, his last sentence, to which a heavy term was attached, being for wrenching bell-handles and bell wires from gentlemen's residences. He was sen tenced to penal servitude for three years. . William Samuel Mays, 63, clerk, was indicted for feloniously embezzling three several sums of money received by him on account of Thomas Cox, his master. He pleaded guilty. Mr. Ribton, for the prisoner, addressed the court in mitigation of punishment on account of the pri soner's long service with the prosecutor—sixteen years and upwards—and though he had felt it to be his duty to prosecute, there was every desire that the prisoner should be recommended to mercy. Mr. F. H. Lewis, for the prosecution, said he con curred in what his learned friend had said, and joined in the recommendation to mercy on account of the prisoner's age; but still it was his duty to in form the court that although .the sums named in the indictment were comparatively small, the total defalcation was near upon £6OO. The prosecutor was the church furniture manufacturer, whose busi ness was carried on in Southampton-street, Covent garden, and the prisoner during a long period had been receiving money, not accounting for it, and falsifying the books. It was stated that the pri soner had spent the money in a very disreputable manner. His lordship, after a few remarks upon the serious nature of the offence, sentenced the prisoner to two years' hard labour. . John Durant, 21, shoemaker, was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of Alfred Bennett, from his person. Mr. Platt prosecuted; Mr. Warton defended. This was an ordinary case of robbery in the street. The prisoner went up to the prosecutor and snapped his watch from the guard chain, and got away for the time, but the prosecutor knew him personally, and he was taken on a description given of him. The prosecutor said he could pick him out of 500 others. Mr. Warton said he could 'not contend against the evidence of the prosecutor, and the prisoner was found guilty, and former convictions were proved. He was sentenced to penal servitude for six years. William Knibbs, 23, was indicted for stealing two pewter pots, the property of Charles Wright, land lord of the Horse and Groom, Curtain-road, Shore ditch. He pleaded guilty. The prosecutor said he had lost five dozen pots in a short period, and police-constable Deeble stated that the prisoner had been convicted before, and belonged to a gang of makers of counterfeit money, for whose purposes these pots were stolen. His lordship said this was an offence of a most mischievous character in every respect, and sen tenced the prisoner to three years' penal servitude. THE MURDER. IN RATCLIFF.—RESPITE OF TILE CULPRIT.—The :public are aware that a wretched sailor lad, named Patrick Devereux, was convicted on Wednes day last, at the Central Criminal Court, of the murder of a crimp in Itateliff-highway, under very painful circum stances. lie had been robbed of all he possessed and turned into the street, and, in a moment of uncontrollable excitement at the treatment he had received, he inflicted the fatal injury for which he was sentenced to (lie. The case excited the greatest sympathy in all who heard it, and the jury strongly recommended the unhappy lad to mercy; and Mr. Baron Martin, who tried him, said that he should at once forward the r ecommendation to the proper quarter, and intimated that he should also give it his sup port. It is satisfactory to state that the wretched lad has been relieved from the capital punishment, and that yesterday a communication was received by the Sheriffs directing that he should be respited during her Majesty's pleasure. The Electric _Light is now produced by the latent but im mense force of the Magnet, precisely similar to that employed in Herring's magnetic brushes. Dr. nassall says," I regard them as the most perf ect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their magneticai action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism , N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basing hall-street, Loudon, 6.A.4i1.... 10 Magemmairm.•.mmwamma•••••.,.lamms.tmemablsa.MMamita...Wm EXECUTION OF I)&111OLLAVD. ilumollard, whose horrible murders and violeions of his victims, mostly young women in search 01 service, have been fully reported, paid the penalty,' of his crimes at the guillotine on Saturday last. lie was informed at four on Friday afternoon that the Court of Cassation had rejected his appeal, and that he would be executed on Saturday morning, Il e answered quite coolly, "As well to-morrow later." The chaplain of the prison and the cure (3 Bourg came to visit him a few minutes afterwart; and he promised them that he would " confe ss, ' , before he died. That expression must be unders tood as referring to the sacrament of confession according to the Romish Church, and not to any public rew lation of his crimes ; for all the accounts confirm the telegraphic statement that he made none. At 8 11 5 o'clock his irons were struck off, and he Bennie." greatly pleased at this relief. He asked to see ht wife, whom he had hitherto refused to see, to?' supper with her in the presence of the chaplag, and was formally reconciled. He spoke to her veil sensibly, and advised her, if she should obtain pardon, not to go back to her old home, because she would be pointed at. When the time came Or, setting out for the place of execution, he was allow ed to change the prison dress for his own clothes. ge picked out the worst for his own wear, and P h aside the others, saying they were for his wife. A'' eleven o'clock he left the Bourg prison in a cart , spread with straw, and, accompanied by the chaP c i lain and two gendarmes, travelled through the d e t, of the night, arriving at Montluel at four in Viv morning. During the journey his conversati o turned upon the most trivial subjects. He calculated distances, spoke a good deal of his furniture, and said that somebody at Dagueux, whose name he mentioned, owed him several days' work, which he reckoned up as amounting to 27f. 013 obset: ving the crowd as he passed through ChAlan 3 ° l3l 3 he said, " They are very curious to see me w e ' a On arriving at Montluel he was placed in room prepared for him at the Hotel de Ville, the lock-up house being out of order. His fir! t request was to have some fire to warm feet. A cup of coffee and a glass of sherry wer e then given him, which he sipped with much relis h, taking especial care to melt the sugar. On the cure of Montluel being presented to him, he said "I know I am very guilty for having followed haa advice, but I pay for others." After this he was alone for nearly an hour and a half with the erg' and the chaplain, and whatever confession he mad • must have been at this interview. At six &ell the justice of the peace who had arrested him, an who was charged with the direction of the ever tion, informed the two priests that the hour was approaching. approaching. He afterwards pressed Dumollar ii with many questions, urging him to make auf confession, but the latter replied that he had 13° :, thing more to say, and that if he had had a n y declaration to make he should not have waited for that echeance—a mercantile term, signifying th e moment at which a bill is due. He repeated fff: quently, " I pay for others." He remained VIP' firm until the executioners made the fatal t o ilette.; Then it was observed that his nerves seemed to fill' him a little. He, however, insisted on walking t ° the scaffold, although a carriage was in readineoo' His waistcoat was thrown over his shoulders to keep him warm. He mounted the steps of th e scaffold with assistance, embraced the chaplain' helped the executioner to take off his coat, and-- 0 ° was over. According to one account there wer ° shouts resembling hurrahs ainong the crowd' Dumollard's head was sent to the Medical SOW' of Lyons. COUNTRY MAIMEI S. ~• -- COLCHESTER—MARM 8. To-day a better supply of wheat, and late prices nod but trade rather slow. Fine barley maintains its pric e ,l inferior sorts rather lower. Beans and peas w ere both 1" favour of the buyer. Wheat, white 548 red ..46s Barley • 36s Oats 68s Beans,Mazagan 36s 64s middle & smalf 40s 42s Peas, white 3& 1 5 ,; —s gray 380 RD—MARcu 7. .day, with a very dull m arket t week's rates. Spring e°l/1 Peas, Partridge- 37s 4 4 1 : White 39s Boiling ••• 4ls 41A; D un 36s 4 u; Ditto new .. --s ""'" Beans, Tick, old 36s 410 new 35 0 cgs Harrow Ticks 3 70 o; new 37s Mazagan 320 1"'" CHELMSFO A fair supply of wheat to. Prices may be quoted at last at late rates, and very heavy Wheat, old white...2Bm 59s new ..47s 66s old red.... 27s 51s new 52s 62s Barley 30s 39s Chevalier ..30s 42s Grinding 24s 32s Malt.... 6ls 67s Chevalier 64s 69s Oats 23s 30s GLOUCESTER--Mmtcn 8. A fair supply of English wheat, which sold sloWli& late prices. Foreign in limited demand, although offer, at a decline of is per qr. Barley and b eans unaltered IP price. Oats dull. KIRKCALDY GRAIN—MARcx 8. We had good supplies to day of wheat, oats, and bar*: ley. Sales of wheat and barley ready at previous prices' Oats slow, and Gd cheaper. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First ....42s Od I 24s Od I 20s Od Second ..50s Od 29s Gd 22s 6d Third....sBs Od 33s Od 28s Od COAL M (Prices of Coal per Ton at 8. d. ARK ET. t the close of the market 0. d. Byass's Bebside West Walls End. 6 Hartley . .. 14 3 South Kelloe . ifi 6 Wylam 6 Lambert's West Hart- South Hetton 16 5 ley 14 3 Cassop Davison's West Hart- Framwellgate 15 ° ley 14 3 1tidde11..... • North Pelton I 12 0 Harton .. Tanfield Moor Butes ..12 3 Whitworth.. 14 0 Grey's West Hartley.. 13 9 Hunwick 14 016 Hastings Hartley ....14 3 Heugh Hall 0 16 0 Carway and Duffryn ! Caradoc Malting 23 _6 ' South Whitworth ..... v 13 14 n Do. Anthracite 21 o' l Ritson .. .. , Walker Primrose 11 3 , Eden Main p ... 15 v Elswick Tanfield...... 12 0 Ships at market, 65 ; sold, 57. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. 2 1 4. ' via Marseilles Mar. I g ' Brazil and Cape Verds, by B r i t i s h pac k e t. March v . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena April 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mer. t via Marseilles Mar. I Falkland Islands 11 6 ' Marc Gibraltar, via So u th amp t on Mar. 4 ; India (Calcutta), awl Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. l' via Marseilles Mar. 1 "', India (Bombay), via Southampton -- via Marseilles Mar. 7 . Lisbon Mar. ---• Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Mar. 7 , Newfoundland .. Mar. D. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Mar. 10 ' by U.S. packet., ,"' W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and a b ' y C ene a ri n ff a e dian Mar. 1 Bahamas, via New York Mar. 1 •' Mexico Mar 2s ' ••• • • All parts of West Indies, including Chili, packet. Mar. l i ,' . Peru , I Mar. 28 ' California, and British Columbia.. SIGNOR GAVAZZI.—A letter has just been re' ceived from Signor Gavazzi by the Rev. W. Owen, author of the "Work of God in Italy," dated Florence, March 6 in which the writer states that he had just hired a hall in Florence for preaching daily during Lent. The writer says—" Next Sunday I shall renew my daily evangelical services and sermons. The Roman Catholic Lent preacher s have already commenced a crusade against Protestantiso in Italy." 1311tTIIS. BANNERMAN.—On the 10th inst., at 17, Upper Grosve nor' street, the Lady Arab e ll a Bannerman of a son, Stillborn.: KENT.—On the 10th i ns t ., at The Cottage, Walton-o n' Thames, the wife of G. Barton Kent, Esq., of a 1501 1 . 0 , LECHMERE.—On th e oth i n t., at 12, Chester-square, 14` wife of Sir Edmund Lechmero, Bart., of a daughter. WEBBER.—On the Bth inst.. at Woodville House, 8 194- heath, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Webber, of a son. A WINDHAM.—O n th e Gth i nst., t h e w i fe of Major. G en er'" Windham, C. 8., of a son. MARRIAGES. CLAY—CHICIIESTER.--On the Bth inst., at Brighton, car tain Clay, 19th R e gt., secon d son o f Sir William Bart., to Car o lin e Eli za b e th, on l y d aug ht er o f the late Sir John P. B. Chicheste r , B ar t., o f Arlington Court, Devonshire. ROGERS — GELLATLEY.—On the Bth inst., at St. Anri e T e : Limehouse, Edward Thomas Rogers, Esq., H.1 3 .,.,* Consul at Damascus, to Nancy, second d aug hter of th e late Peter Gellatley, Esq., of Limehouse. DEATHS. CLAYPTELD.—On the 7th inst., at Dourich House, /leg Crediton, Devon, C a ptai n Ed war d I re l an d Clayfic" aged G 3. • CURZON.—On the 7th inst., a t St. A nne ' s , D er by, Admira l Curzon, C. 8., aged 73. DixoN.-1)n the Bth inst., at Vimiera Cottage, Bril d°/1 ' Wm. Dixon, Esq. HILL.—On the 9th inst., at Shirley. 'Tants, F r edk. Esq., of the Polygon, Southampton, formerly of the Is Life Guards, aged 79 MOREICON.—On the 9th inst, at Kirkd a l e , Sydenharot C. Moreton, Esq., late Captain 2d Life Guards, aged NIGHT I NGALE.—On the 9th inst., at Wandsworth-road' Benjamin Nightingale, Esq,, aged 56. LONDON . : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN G. ' of No. 1 12 , Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office No. 112} Strand, in the Precinct of the S avo y, i n the ' 600 " ° liardi 11, 1862,