The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-28 00:00:00

PROVIDENT CLERK S' BENEVOLENT FUND. __ Established 1840. At the Annual General Meeting. held on the 26th Feb ruary, THOMAS BARING, Esq., MP, in the Chair, the Report and Balance-sheet were read and adopted. It was resolved — That on the 29 th May next , or on such other day as the Board may appoint, Eight additional Annuitants, viz., Two Clerks, and Six Widows of Clerks be elected. Thanks were voted to the Treasurer and Trustees, also to the Press and to the Chairman. WM. THOS. LINFOHD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, Feb. 28, 1862. MR. and MRS. CHARLES KEAN will RE APPEAR at the Theatre-Royal Drury-lane, THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), Feb. 28, in HAMLET. _ _ _ On Saturday, l‘f Arch 1, The Wife's Secret ; on Monday, 3d, Hamlet; Tuesday. 4th, Merchant of Venice; Tnursday, Bth, Hamlet ; Friday, 7th, Merchant of Venice ; and Saturday, 7th, Louis XI. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, CO VENT GARDEN. Order the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE LILY OF KILLARNEY. Misses Louisa Pyne, Susan Pyne, Jessie M`Lean, and Topham ; Messrs. Santley, H. Haigh, E. Dussek, C. Lyall, Patey, Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. To conclude with HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Messrs. W. 11., F., and H. Payne, H., E., and B. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -10)1 AL. HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backetone. THIS EVENING, to commence with OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buckstone. Alter whicb, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE MISS MUFFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle quin and Old Daddy Longlegs. Louise Leclercq, Charles Le ,clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Rosine. Commenoe a 7. I{o YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, Feb. 28, the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal coner; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Sbamrcck. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. pqoes as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from II tlll5. _ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE TWO POLTS. Mr.Widdicomb. After which, the new Mystic Drama, in four parts, entitled THE ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT. Mr. Ryder, Mr. Potter, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Widdicomb, &c. ; Miss Marriott, jkliss Fielding, dm. To conclude with 'l HE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. Mr. and Mrs. Florence. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. FECITTER will make his First Appearance in the Character of lAGO on MONDAY. March 3d, and will repeat that character on Tuesday, 4th, Friday, 7th, and Saturday Bth. 'NEW TH FATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL _LI Sole Prourietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 260th, 361st, 362 d, 363 d, 364th, 365th Nights of the Engage ment of Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUCICAULT.—Last Night of The Octoroon and The Dublin Boy. TiNS EVENING, the great American Drama of THE OCTOROON. Messrs. Dion Bouo cault, S. Emery, Billington, Jamison, P. Bedford, Stephenson, Eburne, Powell. Romer, v. Lewis ; Mrs. Billington. Mrs. H. Marston. Miss Latimer, Miss Denvil. To be followed by THE DUBLIN BOY. Andy, Mrs. Boucicanit, To conclude with MARGERY DAw, Messrs. D. Fisher, Billington. W. Smith, Miss Wool gar, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. AS TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE * — Sote Proprietor and Manager , 3 lr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Feb. 2Q, will be produced a Grand Eastern Spectacle, for; ing one mn-niflcent array of splen dour, introducing Mr, Bell's wonderful THE RrmA Perfo J ng H i E OF i e . phants, the largest in Englaml, entid A NA GPORE. To be followed by a brilliant routine of matchless SCENES THE CIRCLE, supported by the most axompli Ar tlstes of the day. Conclnding with a favourite Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. CANTERBURY RTS G AL ERY. L AND FINE ALL Immense and continued success of "THE ENCHANTED HASH " by Mr. E. Marshall, at Ten o'clock, performed up wards of fifty nights, pronounced by the press to be the most talented performance ever attempted by a single person. Grand Selection from "La Circassienne," by Mdlle. Negri, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The Comic talent comprises Mr. Randall, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Frederick French, Mr. J. G. Forde, and Miss Harriet Coveney. In consequence of a sudden attack of illness, M. VICTOR JU LI EN is unable to appear for a few days. It is expected that he will have sufficiently recovered to re-appear on Mon day evening next. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET. - " LES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQUES" By HENRI (aged Eleven years), and PFAU (aged Nine years), From the "Cirque Napoleon," Paris, Whose Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze are unsurpassed tor daring, skill, and grace, EVERY EVENING. Their performances do not in any way interfere with the Musical Entertainment, which as usual consists of Two Operatic Selections alternately from "I! Trovatore," " Er nani," "La Traviata," "Simon Boccanegra," "Macbeth," &c., by the entire Company, Full Band and Chorus—(Con ducted by Mr. F. Jong,h man s)—And Varied Vocal and Instru - mental Attractions, the Comic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messm. Sam Collins, Wood and Son, M. P. Foster, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. frHE OXFORD 6, OXFORD-STREET.- ..1- A Grand Morning Entertainment, on THURSDAY next, March 6th. " LES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQUES, By HENRI and PFAU (aged Nine and Eleven years) whose double feats on the Flying Trapeze are unsurpassed. Verdi's "Il Trovatore." Miss Russell, Miss Harrison, Messrs, Mor ley, Green, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus. Conductor —Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballads, Duets, Arc., by Messrs. Herbert, Tivoli, Sesselsburg, and Madame Enders oohn. Solos—Pianoforte —Miss Bryant. Violin—Mr. Viotti Collins. scotch Duets— Miss Stuart and bliss M. Stuart. The "Porter's Knot" and "Jones's Sister," by Mr. W. Randall, and other varied entertainments. Hall, Is.en ; at Balco wo ny ' an clock ; d Stalls Carriages 2 s. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Doors op T o at Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY. —Morning, lb. 51m.—Afternoon, 2h. 10m, To-MORROW. -Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 50m. THE SUN, 'LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1862 WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 28, 1862, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 34—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day at noon. _ _ BAnommTER-30.08. Wlwn—North-Easterly ; fresh, with brighter weather than usual, but very cold. .7 .* ' .-1' -- , - -- H .- ,- , ',,A ,'.•_; c ... h . , t Z 1.1;',. , 4 0 :, 7, ':-.i.,,:,=•: - Vil:A . .:_) , li ~,•; 4. A,.•' . . 4 . -- , 0, _ .. .,...i.L'' ", % -1:;:.= ,'• • I ‘, --.4, - ~,,(., -; 4- e "4*-• • ." , 1F , • , • • '-::: ' 7 ,, '--=-'' •.". ‘--",, ~- •--*,*•• 'e• fil 4 r- ' ' : : :. '- :' it'e .3 : 4,.; . ,,,,„ . ,'"..• 1 1 - • , CT , `..... , -7‘,4;;': , ".•., , ,,LL1:_-:::'-'-i • , , . -, THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 1862. What can Lord DERBY be driving at ? Does he himself really believe in the authenticity of the " ferocious proclamation " against which he expen ded so much of his burning eloquence last night. His lordship lectured away as if the assumption ought to be that a proclamation, which every one would denounce as outrageous, was one for which that not very outrageous minister Baron RICASOLI was directly responsible. His only authority for tinch a fancy was, that the proclamation was attri buted to the C,,vernment, by the Armonia, a Turin PaPer, and one which Count CAVOITR had determined to Permit to libel the Government to any extent, Teat it Should appear as if the Government cared to p u t down misrepresentation by force, not by argument and truth. The Armonia is notoriously an organ also of . th e J estutE,indeed of the fanatical opposition to the Government of the King of ITALY. Lord DEBBY, We must presume, knew a ll this ; how, therefore, on th e and that, toonsupported testimony of one witness, witness capable of any thing, he could make a sti r about the document, is rea lly surprising. Was Lard NORMANBY his prompter ? or, did the Earl o MALMESBIJRY wish for an opportunity to illustrate the S uper ior prer sedg end I dili gence which would have been show, • n th Le Fo cffice had a HARRIS instead of a RUSSE LL over its management ? On Tuesday the Earl of DERBY first co , ra uni cated to Earl RUSSELL and the Lords the results of hi s studies in the Turin .1 . 4 quit paper; Lord R us . SELL had heard nothing ebout it himself, being, perhaps, too busy to nnsack ; he Opposition paper s of Turin. Lord DERBY, therefore, sent him his own copy of the Armonia—and now again having allowed him one night'sgrcce, he assails the Foreign Secretary for informaticr. Earl RUSSELL, it ems, had telegraphed the next day, Wednes daY, to Turin, to our Minister there, but, alas, no answer had arrived. One would suppose that the two Lords are not such strangers, or foes, that the questioning Lord could not have ascertained whether an answer had arrived or not from Turin before he had fired off another Anti-Italian oration in cublic. There must have been, we must suppose, some reason why such a speaker could have been so eloquent—so hasty to be eloquent, on what seems likely to turn out to be a " bag of moonshine" after all. For long we could imagine none—at length we observed that the address to the electors of Longford, of the Hero of Spoleto, Mr. MYLES O'REILLY, had just been issued, and it occurred to us that it might possibly be the key to the mystery of Tuesday and Thursday nights. Lord PALMERSTON has offered to the member for Longford, Lieutenant-Colonel L. WHITE, one of a wealthy family of consistent Liberals, a lordship of the Treasury. The family has always had several of its members in the House of Commons, and they have been steady supporters of Catholic Emancipation, and of all liberal measures affecting the Catholics. The hero of Spoleto, however, has announced him self a candidate, to prevent the reelection of Col. WHITE, on what grounds our readers may see by the following extract from his address :—" Men of Longford,—A Government hostile to your religion —to its venerable Head and to its dearest interests at home—has dared to ask you to sanction their anti-Catholic policy, of which the Chief Secretary for Ireland is the exponent. Hoping to take you unawares, they have directed your late member to present himself to you for re-election in the quality of their official. As might be expected, you have refused to endorse their act with your approval, you have invited me to vindicate the in dependence and dignity of your county, and I hasten to obey the honourable call. Should I be elected, my conduct shall prove your noble confi dence has not been misplaced. I shall oppose in Parliament, as I have often done elsewhere, the system of sacrilegious invasion and robbery pursued by Piedmont, which has received the support of English Ministers," With such doings at Longford before us, the questions and orations of Tuesday and Thursday did look, we confess, a little businesslike. It would be something to eject a Lord of the Treasury, if the year of mourning was not suitable to the ejection of a Premier. It might, therefore, be a judicious move to exhibit in the same cartoon the hostility of Lords DERBY and MALMESBURY to the " sacrilegious and robber Government of Piedmont," and the friendly temper of Lords PALMERSTON and RUSSELL towards the same vile Government. See, men of Longford, our zeal in behalf of mercy to Papal brigands, and see how the Government, which is hostile to your " religion, to its head, to its dearest interests here," winks hard at even such atrocities as these for the extinction of the pious brigands, who went forth with the blessing of the Holy Father. Whether the proclamation were a forgery or a fact, would make little difference for such a purpose. It would equally serve to show the zeal of ex-Ministers in behalf of the brigands of the POPE and St. FRANCIS 11. It cannot be long before we hear the whole truth of the matter. Probably many hours will not elapse. But had the truth came out first, there would have been no opportunity to sendoff to Long ford photographs of the Italian policy of the in and the out cabinets. Mr. O'REILLY could not have descanted on the very last illustration of Govern mental hostility to the Pull. That the document in question is a pure fabrication, that it is even the resuscitation of one of MURAT'S of 1810, seems hardly to be doubted. The Duke of ARGYLL said—" He had on the previous evening met an Italian gentleman, who had just arrived from Turin. He asked this gentleman about the proclamation, and his answer was that he had heard of such a proclamation appearing in the newspapers, but that on inquiry he had found it to be a forgery—a mere rechaufee, in fact, slightly altered, of a proclamation of MURAT'S, in 1810, when he was engaged in putting down the brigands. He (the Duke of ARGYLL) should regret very much the publication of this proclamation if it should turn out to be genuine." We should all regret, indeed, its genuineness as much as Lord DERBY, but we certainly think there is every pro bability that (unless Longford be kept in mind) the noble lord has only found that remarkable curiosity, " a mare's nest." Clear-headedness and clearness of statement ought to be one of the first results of education ; yet never did the gentlemen of the House of Commons find themselves in more hopeless confusion than when discussing last night a point relating to National Education. Nobody could, as Paddy might say, understand nobody. We are not quite sure that all the members went away, after all, understanding what they were to do. The revised code needs, Mr. WALPOLE thinks, further revision. To effect this object he will pro pose, on the 25th of March, that the House, on a future day, go into committee to consider certain resolutions he will then lay before it. But he and some other members wish to know whether the Government will or will not oppose its going into committee. The Government replies, we cannot tell till we see what we are to go into committee about. Thus far all seems fair; yet Mr. AYRTON and the Conservatives want to extract from the Government an assurance that the committee of the whole House on the code shall be granted. They seem to fear that the Government considers the code so perfect, that it cannot be mended —or, rather that it has gone to the extreme of concession in sparing teachers and managers who have little claim on the national Exchequer. Mr. WALPOLE offered the Government the alter natives of adhering to his original plan, which was to name, on the 25th, a future day for the committee, on which future day the house should go into com mittee as a matter of course, and between the 25th and that future day to lay his resolutions on the the table of the house for the consideration of hon ourable members; or, as the other alternative, he was willing to go into committee on the 25th itself, and to lay his resolutions before the house previously to that time. The Government accepts the former alternative. But why, then, dispute further about it P Why, because the Government will not give an absolute answer that it will consent to going into com mittee, till it has seen the resolutions, That seems to us to have been the real point in dispute last night. It appears that even if the Speaker do leave the Chair by an order of the day, nothing can hinder the Government from voting the Chairman out of the Chair, if they are strong enough to do it—a course actually pursued in regard to Lord RUSSELL himself and his celebrated string of Educaticnal Resolutions. The solicitude of the Conservatives, and of all who are more eager to get money from the State than work from the teachers, looks rather hopeful. It seem as if the common sense of the members appreciated the honest intentions of the Govern ment to secure work for pay ; and as if the majority of the House did not intend to be cajoled into marring a much needed Reform, which cannot be called a party p ro p osa l. On the other hand th ere seems to be an intention to raalle political capital o u t of the most miserable pretteine of Testedinterests ; we recollect ever to have seen. The Government scheme, needs if any thing, revision backwards, to greater accordance with its original form ; and the country will certainly not thank the Government if it surrenders any fresh points of importance. We do not mind, for peace sake, giving a little more time to those who think they deserve it, whether we think so or not. But we do protest against frittering away a bold yet valuable proposal, if the truth must be spoken, merely to buy a few votes at the next election. The old adage that out of evil cometh good, has been exemplified in the late investigation before Mr. SAMUEL WARREN to prove the sanity of Mr. WINDHAM. The absurdity and injustice of the proceeding struck everybody. People asked why should a man, possessed of property, be at any moment liable to have his whole life reviewed before a Master of lunacy, at the instigation of some friend and interested relation, who desired to take the man agement of his affairs into their own hands, and con sign the unfortunate object oftheir affectionate solici tude to a private lunatic asylum, because forsooth he had been wild and eccentric in his youth. Why should the man of limited income or the pauper have such an advantage over those more favoured by fortune. Mr. SMITH,' the eccentric baker, may carry on business after his own fashion without the intervention of his brother the chemist. GILES JOBSON the beggar may prowl about the streets, uttering unmeaning nonsense, without the intervention of the parochial authorities, but let the Hon. FITZ-FLUTTER, pos sessed of a rent-roll of £30,000 a year, commit any particularly foolish act, and his designing relations rakes up every peccadillo of former years, and forth with FITZ-FLUTTER has to prove himself sane. In other words, no matter how unfounded the charge, the whole evidence which can be brought forward by the petitioners has to be gone through, and not until the end of the examination of all witnesses on both sides, can the alleged lunatic be examined before the court and jury; and, if proved sane, he has to pay the costs incurred by himself in resisting an attempt of flagrant injustice. The absurdity of this state of the 'law has been brought so prominently before the public in the late WINDHAM case, that the Lord Chancellor last night brought forward a bill for the amendment of the Law of Lunacy, which amendment, but for the late celebrated trial, might not have been forthcoming for many years. Thus the misfortune of Mr. WINDHAM, and, in deed, of the whole WINDHAM family, for we do not envy the questionable notoriety of those who brought forward this unjustifiable charge against a weak-minded but harmless individual, has turned out to be a public benefit, and caused one more incubus to be removed from what Englishmen boast to be the foundation of their liberty—justice in legal or criminal investigation. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in bringing forward his bill, expressed his desire that in future, to avoid expenses which the present system entailed on all parties concerned, two years should be con sidered sufficient for the investigation to extend over, and that the writ should be directed to a judge at Westminster, who was to pro ceed as in ordinary cases. In commenting on the late case tried before Commissioner WARREN, he said that "We have had a trial in lunacy ex tending over the unexampled period of 32 days. The subject of that inquiry has vindicated his right to be considered sane at an expense, I am credibly informed, of not less than £15,000 ; and the expense of the parties on the other side, the petitioners must have equalled if not exceeded that sum. That is an event which unquestionably suggests that the rules which govern these trials probably require revision and alteration. • * I therefore propose, in the first place, in cases of lunacy, to substitute for the pre sent commission a writ to one of the judges in • Westminster-hall, directing these cases to be tried precisely in the same manner as any other question of fact, or as a criminal question would be tried, according to the ordinary rules of evidence." Further more he proposes that the number of the jury be , reduced to twelve, and that medical testimony be not called in. This is as it shoull be : if it re quires the expenditure of a small fortune and the evidence of some fifty or sixty witnesses to prove ' the possible insanity of a man, he cannot be very mad. If the observation of twelve intelligent indi viduals and the evidence of two or three disinte rested witnesses be not sufficient to settle the point, why, then, let the alleged lunatic have the benefit of the doubt, as well as a criminal at the bar of a criminal court. The science of medicine has reached to such a nice state of uncertainty, that in any case where the evidence of doctors are required there are generally to be found six on one side, and half a dozen on the other. The Lord Chancellor states on this head that—" It is a radical error to deal with these cases as if the subject were to be inquired into phy siologically, and not like every other question, If the inquiry were whether the brain is in a state of disease, then it might be right to prosecute the matter as a question of physical science, and to re gard it as we regard any other fact in philoso phy. But a jury should only receive evidence by which ordinary men can ar:ive at the fact of the state of mind as they would arrive at any other alleged fact, such evidence as every man can understand." Finally, after in an able speech explaining the advantages to be gained by the passing of the proposed bill, he sums up by stating that the evidence should be " what has been done or said, to prove conduct and de meanour, and ascertain whether the person is , competent or incompetent to manage his own affairs." This is as it should be, a step in the right direction ; and Sir RICHARD BETHELL does not stop at an amendment of law as regards the question of sanity before a court of inquiry, but has made pro vision for the visitation of lunatics, under the juris diction of the Lord Chancellor, by their legal advisers, and by medical gentlemen at least twice a-year,whose visits should not take place at stated intervals, but whenever the visitors deemed it fit, and without previous notice to those who had charge of lunatics. The Bill was supported by Lord ST. LEONARDS, Lord CRANWORTH, and Lord CHELMSFORD, in its main features, being objected to only in certain matters of detail which will be discussed, of course, in committee. Thus, although we pity Mr. Windham on account of the vexation and expense he has been put to, we congratulate the country that so unjust, absurd, and one-sided a law is about to be expunged from the British code of law. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SOMERSET HOUSE. Papers to be read March 5, 1862, at Burlington-house, at 8 o'c , ock. 1. On the glacical origin of certain lakes in Switzerland, Wales, Scotland, and elsewhere, by Profes sor A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S., President Geological Society. 2. On the permian beds of N 4 estmoreland, Cumberland, and Dumfriesshire, by Professor R. Harkness, F.R,S., F.G.S. THE BILSTON SAVINGS BANK.—At Birmingham yesterday the Rev. Samuel Fletcher, late of Bilston, was charged, with the sanction of the Attorney• General, with appropriating several sums of money to his own use. Mr. Tidd Pratt attended for the prosecution. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—The Vienna Gazette' has the following :—" The Prince of Wales arrived at seven on the morning of the 21st at Gravosa, on board the Os borne, coming from Pola. Leaving Gravosa at half-past ten, the Prince arrived at Metelline about twelve, on his way to Cattaro, whence he returned at half-past four to continue his voyage to the south. At Pola his Royal High ness was received with discharges of artillery, and was visited on board the vessel by the commandant of the town and fortress, General Scudier, and the Maritime Prefect, Captain Morelli. The Prince afterwards landed, and visited the antiquities of the neighbourhood. In the evening the amphitheatre was illuminated. The Prince warmly thanked the two officials for the attention paid him." RECEPTION OF MR. CONSUL PARKES AT DOVER. —Yesterday the mayor and corporation of Dover gave an official reception to Mr. Consul Parkes, the narrative of whose captivity in conjunction with Mr. Loch and several other English gentlemen, in the course of the late war with China, excited the deep commiseration of their fellow-coun trymen. Mr. Parkes had arrived in England a day or two previously, and was staying at the Lord Warden Hotel, where the gentlemen of the town council waited on him yesterday morning to congratulate him on his safe return to his native land, after sufferings which had elicited the strongest sympathy and indignation of every Englishman. The Vaterland and Vorstadt-Zeitung of Vienna deny, in the most positive manner, the report that Cardinal Rauscher will negotiate a revision of the Concordat. ETON COLLEGE.—A fellowship is now vacant here through the appointment of the Rev. E. Balaton to the head mastership. It is expected that the Rev. W. L. Eliot, many years one of the masters in the Lower School, will be elected to this vacancy. On the 11th of March Mr. Cowper will introduce a bill into the House of Commons-for embanking the north side of the river Thames from Westminster•bridge, and for making new streets in and near thereto, and from Black friars-bridge to the Mansion-house. THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY DIVIDEND. — The directors of this company have resolved to recommend the proprietors, at the ensuing half-yearly meeting on the 6th March, to order payment of a dividend of 15s. on each £3O stock, being at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum. FATAL LION FIGHT.—For the last few days of Lynn Mart, Mander's menagerie of wild beats has been exhibiting on the Tuesday market place. This menagerie is well known by the accidents which have occurred in con nection with the feats of daring amongst the lions by Maccomo. On Monday evening last a real lion fight took place between the famous lion " Wallace" and a lioness. 1 It appears that the lioness had hitherto been kept separate, in consequence of her not being perfectly tame. Hav ing recently shown signs of a quiet spirit, the proprietor ordered the slide which divided her den from that in which the other lion and lioness were confined to be with drawn. No sooner was this done than the lion " Wallace" crouched down and almost instantly sprang upon the new comer with the utmost ferocity, and seized her by the throat. A fearful scene ensued, but it was of short duration, for " Wallace" was assisted by another lioness, and combined they succeedel hi killing the lioness very quickly. The roaring of the wild beasts dui ing this struggle was fearful. It is said that the lioness which was killed was worth ne&r:y £2OO. EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.—The bill brought in by Mr. Baxter and Mr. Dunlop provides that from and after the Ist day of January, 1863, [in] any building, buildings, or premises in one or more of which any process previous to packing is carried on in the occu pation of bleaching, dyeing, or finishing of any yarn or cloth of cotton, silk, wool, or flax, or any of them, or any mixture of them, or any yarn or cloth of any other mate rial or materials including that of ble achin g b y the open - air process as defined in the act of the 23d and 24 th years of Victoria, cap. 23, and in one or more of wh ich processes, steam or water, or other mechanical p ower i s used or em Pl°3llti;k young shal shall persons,et be andlawful h i c t l to employchildren, o r any a t any raathin"' females,of them, during the night, that is to say, from six of the clock in the evening to six of the clock in the mo rn ing , excepting to recover lost time in the manner provided by "The Bleaching and Dyeing Works Act," 23d and 24th Victoria, 0. 78. The Bristol Daily Post mentions the following incident of the Gloucester election :—At about 10 minutes to 4 o'clock an elector, who was suffering from severe ill ness, was actually brought to the polling booths in his bed, which had been transferred to a cab. He was carefully attended by his wife ; and, though strenuous exertions were made to obtain the attendance of a deputy -she r iff a t th e window of the cab to take the sick man's vote, the mob closed around the vehicle and effectually prevented his vote being recorded. The poor man was detained outside the polling booths for upwards of ten minutes, when, the poll having closed, he was driven home. ANOTHER AREA ACClDENT.—Yesterday morn ing, between the hours of three and four o'clock, the inha bitants in the neighbourhood of Waterloo-road were aroused from their slumbers by a loud report, which turned out to have been caused by another fall of the flagstones and rail ings in the front of the houses Nos. 195 and 196, three doors from the scene of the late fatal accident. Information was forwarded to the police, a body of whom were immediately s t e k n e t u t o b u t t, h e e s s . p i n o! i th ß e a l r a r i t e e r a s e ]: i a d v e e n t b . e e n F o p r l t a un e e a d te i n l y f x r o o n of al t persons l were injured. A COLLIERY ON FIRE.—At Messrs. Lamb and Moore'a colliery, Pemberton, a somewhat serious accident has occurred, one which, if, fortunately, not fatal to human life, has caused the death of several horses, and must result in considerable pecuniary loss. The colliery in question is situated at Pemberton, near Wigan, and by the pit three seams of coal are got, the Pemberton 4 feet, the Pemberton 5 feet, and the Ince 4 feet. The second of these is worked through the Ince mine, which is the one nearest the surface, and in it (the Pember ton 5 feet) a collier discharged a blast on Saturday. The coal did not come down as it ought to have done, or as it was expected, and the underlooker examined the spot, but without seeing anything wrong. On Sunday the mine was found to be on fire, there being no means of accounting for the occurrence except by the supposition that the coal had ignited after the firing of the shot alluded to. When die covered, the fire had not made much headway ; and though five horses were in the first mine, it was not considered ne cessary to remove them, but every exer.ion was made to block up the entrance to the mine on fire. This was done, and all was progressing satisfactorily, when on Sunday even ing, an explosion took place which destroyed the barricade that had been erected, and, of course, let in more air to feed the fire and liberate the smoke, which soon became so thick as to compel those in the upper seam immediately to return to the surface, leaving the horses behind. All hope of res cuing the animals was now at an end, and all that could be done was to block up the entrance to the shaft and await the result. This has been done as securely as possible, but it will be many days, probably a fortnight, before the fire will be extinguished, even under the most favourable circum stances. FATAL DUEL—A letter from Kehl, in the Courrier du Bas Rhin, states that on Saturday, the 22d inst., a duel took place in the forest which extends between Korck and Legelshurst. The two adversaries were M. de Bonin, a first lieutenant of the Dragoons of the Prussian Guard, and M. de Roulet, of Neuchatel, formerly an officer i❑ the Prussian cavalry. It was agreed to place the combatants 15 paces apart, with the right of advancing five paces to fire. The two shots occurred so simultaneously that the seconds at first thought that but one of the par ties had fired, but at the same moment M. de Roulet uttered a piercing cry, and fell dead, struck by the ball of his adversary above the left eye. Immediately afterwards N. de Bonin, with his second, Lieu- tenant Risselmann, repaired to the tribunal du baillage at Korck to make his declaration relative to the duel which l had just taken place, and judicial proceedings were at once commenced. Two hours after the duel a relative of M. de Roulet arrived at the theatre of the event, charged by the mother of the unfortunate young man, a wealthy widow of Neuchatel, to bring about a reconciliation between her only son and M. de Bonin. M. de Roulet was a fine:young man, 26 years of age, and belonged to one of the most respectable families of the canton of Neuchatel. The pistols were pur chased the previous evening at Strasburg. A French and a Baden surgeon were present at the renconter. The body of M. do Roulet was conveyed to Neuchatel. NEVER GO TO FRANCE UNLESS YOU LEARN THE LINGO," &c.—Some time since (says the Greenock Adver tiser) three denizens of Dumbarton left on a pleasure trip for Paris. After spending the first night in a hotel, one of the party next day took a stroll alone in order to see the sights of the city, but missed his way back to the hotel, the name of which he had forgotten—a predicament rendered worse by his ignorance of the French language. After searching fruitlessly for it for some hours, he hit upon the expedient of purchasin from an old fruitseller her stock of gooseberries, with which he patrolled the streets, shouting, Gude Scotch grossets, a penny the pint." Words so outlandish to Parisian ears soon collected a large crowd round him, amongst which was a resident Scotsman, who straightway accosted the amateur fruit-vendor, and after learning the " fix" he had got into, piloted him in safety to the hotel. Fox HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY.—One of the severest runs upon record came off on Monday. The Cum berland Hounds met at Bolton Park House, the seat of Mr. R. Watson, and a fox was soon beaten from the cover of a neighbouting wood. Setting off in gallant style, foxey reviewed Lord Leconfield's vast inclosures in Westward; then, after putting the dogs in a fix, he crossed Mr. Wat son's domain over Snow-hill, thence through a heavy valley, and up to Roughton Gill, or Silver Gill, Finding that both dogs and horses kept close on the track, f , xey dashel nward to seek protection beneath the shadows of mighty Skiddaw; but his remorseless pursuers went not to be shaken off. When he reached the summit they bore close in his rear, so, nothing daunted, he sprang in beauti ful style do Nn the beautiful slopes which overlook Kes wick, Still he went on, over field and hedge, past Mire 11,use, whose hospitable portals were closed to him. At last atter a run of 30 miles, which he had spanned in the short space of three hours and five minutes, poor Rey nard made ample atonement for all his life's sins, after far were in at th e d ea th, and th e b rus h, so T from his Dome. Mr. Jefferson, M r . T urn er, a ri nd n many ng so others hardly won, will or course b e d ear l y pr i ze d ; In old J o hn Peel's day three fox es were c h ase d over nearly the same ground.— Cumberland .Pacquet, i LATEST NEWS. PARIS, FEB. 28. The 1 oniteur of to day contains a decree, accord. ing to which deep sea fishing, with nets and tackle authorized by the regulations, may be carried on at all times of the year, at a distance of three miles from the shore. MILAN, FEB. 28. The Perseveranza denies the statement that a coalition had been formed between Ratazzi, La Farina, and Minghetti, in view of a Ministerial crisis taking place. MADRID, FEB. 26. Today, in the Congress, Senor Salaverria stated that the Government was examining the question of the Passive Debt, but would come to no decision without the concurrence of the Chamber. It is, however, considered doubtful whether any scheme for the settlement of this debt which might be accepted by the Government will be ready for presentation to the present legislature on account of other urgent business. The Government will respect the old law in re ference to the Passive Debt, by which everything relative to the English coupons was settled. The Minister of Public Works spoke in Congress against the projected Alduides Railway line. The Epoca of to-day says that this line would be dangerous for strategic reasons. ST. PETERSBURG, THURSDAY. The ,Tournal de St. Petersbourg of to-day pub lishes an article referring to the allusions to the Polish question made in the French Senate during the discussion of the Address. This article says :—" The welfare and happy future of Poland are assured should her reason and consciousness of duty second the beneficent inten tions of the Emperor. It only depends on Poland to attain the greatest possible prosperity. But treaties and established rights must be respected. This alone will bring about the progressive mea sures and improvements which are contemplated by the. Emperor. Otherwise Poland will meet with cruel disappointments." The Bank of Russia has reduced its rate of dis. count to 61 per cent. CONSTANTINOPLE, SATURDAY. Fuad Pacha, Aali Pacha, and liushdi Pacha have been nominated as a committee for the pur pose of framing a scheme of financial reform. The intention to establish a special currency for the provinces has been definitively abandoned. The payment of arrears by unnegotiable 12 per cent. Treasury bills has commenced. Great complaints are made of the oppression exercised in collecting the provincial loan. The project of building frigates for the Govern ment in England has been given up. MUNICH, THURSDAY. The following official telegraphic despatch from Athens was published here to-day : " The insurrection makes no progress. The Royal troops have had three successful engage ments with the rebels." THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The Vectis and Delta, with the above mails left Alexandria for Marseilles and Southampton re spectively at sunset on the 27th inst. The Jeddo, from Bombay, and the Nepaul, from the Mauritius, reached Suez on the 25th and 26th inst. respectively. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 27. The insurrection in Greece is stated to be gain ing ground. The Gazette de _France and the And de la Reli gion of this evening state that a manifestation had occurred on the part of the students, upon occasion of the suspension of Professor Renan's course of lectures. Several arrests have taken place. In the Senate to-day, paragraphs 3 to 9 of the Address have been adopted. M. de Boissy inquired whether France might reckon upon the entire assistance of England in the Mexican expedition. M. Billault, in reply, said that the engagements of the three allied Powers were entirely regulated by the treaty of October, 1861. In the debate upon foreign affairs M. de Bour queney spoke in favour cf the temporal power of the Pope. The Opinione Nationale has received a first warn ing, on account of an article on the discussions in the Senate, containing injurious expressions tend ing to insult the great body of the state. BOURSE, Feb. 27.—There has been a fair amount of business doing, and much buoyancy has been ap parent in the market. Stock has been in demand for the arrangements of the settlement by specu lators who have been recently sellers, and prices have consequently improved. Threes, for the Ac count, which opened at 70f. 70c., are now at 70f. 85c. The Railway Share Market also firm. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 100 80, Credit Fonder 1405 Do. end month.... 101 15 t Belgian 4t 3 per Cents Do, end month 7l Roman Bank Shares 3075 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 768 75 Spanish Threes 5l Do. Account , Rome Debt .. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l3BO .. 1385 Northern .... New ditto • • • -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1083 75 .. 1083 75 Geneva — • . Southern .. 730 .. 732 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 161 c. ; money, 25f. 14c. ; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 24f. 971 c. DENMARK. The Dagbladet of the 25th inst. says :—" Nothing has been said for some time respecting the supposed or meditated alliance of the Prince of Wales with her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark. This silence, which is easily explained by the lamented death of the Prince Consort, has been broken. Some foreign journals have stated that the Prince of Wales, on his jiurney to the East, has had an interview with the Danish Prin cess, and that the betrothal has taken place. We owe it to truth to rectify that assertion, which must have arisen from some mistake, it being quite im possible such an interview could have taken place, as the august Princess has not for one moment left Copenhagen." Mr. G. F. Fenwick, of Northumberland, has pre sented to the N a ti ona l Li fe b oat Inst i tut i on £250, to enable it to station a lifeboat at Robin Hood's Bay, on the York shire coast. The benevolent donor expresses a hope that contributions may bo raised locally to build a boathouse and a transporting carriage for the boat. Considering that Robin Hood's Bay is one of the most dangerous points on the coast, we trust that Yorkshire will not be backward in assisting the institution to complete forthwith this import.. ant lifeboat station. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—It ap pears that last year 81 steamers were turned out by Clyde shipbuilders. The collective burden of these vessels was 60,185 tons ; the aggregate power of their engines was 12,493 horses; the cost of their hulls and fittings was £1,251,300; and the cost of their engines £456,800. At the commencement of the current year 27 steamers were in pro gress, of a total burden of 28,362 tons and 6,140-horse power. The exist of the hull s at. d fittings of the 27 last mentioned steamers was estimated at £633,200, and the cost of their engines at £280 ,800. This estimate includes the three large paddle steamers ordered for a F:ench cora pally, and which Messrs, Scott are building. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. TURIN, FEB. 25. A short conversation took place at the opening of yesterday's sitting in the House of Deputies in which England and the English Government were directly interested. The Deputy Mordini rose and said, he wished to obtain some explanations from the President of the Council, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the subject of some insults done to some Italian subjects of King Victor Emmanuel at Malta, and to his Ma jesty's Consul in that island. Baron Ricasoli immediately answered that he had received from the Consul a report of that occurrence, and had taken steps with the English Government to remove causes which had led to that disorder. The ancient friendship which binds the King's Government to that of St. James's is our best security for a satisfactory issue. Mordini declared himself satisfied with the Mini ster's answer, and added that he had full faith in the cordial alliance of the English Government. He further informed the Chamber that it was not only the Italian Consul who had been illtreated, but many other persons belonging to the Italian coun try, and especially M. Nicola Fabrizi, who was lately elected a member of Parliament, and was hitherto prevented from taking his seat, owing to illness which detained him at Malia. The particulars of the outrages referred to in the above short conversation are given at great length in a letter written by Nicola Fabrizi from Malta, bearing the date of the 14th ult. He states that he had received timely information of some intended demonstrations, contrived by a clerical and Bourbonist committee in behalf of the Pope and of the ex-King of Naples, and which were to come off on the eve and feast day of St. Paul's shipwreck in the island, the 9th and 10th of February ; that these demonstrations were aimed against well known persons ; among others against himself. The chief actors in these tumultuous scenes were Neapolitan and Sicilian Royal emigrants, chiefly policemen and men of bad character. Fabrizi communicated these particulars to the Italian Consul, who obtained the Governor's assurance that measures should be taken to prevent political inscriptions being carried about on banners, or stuck up on the walls of public buildings. It is the custom at Malta in such so lemnities to hang out with ropes across the streets flags of all nations, and, with the exception of here and there the Union Jack, hardly any were distri buted this year, save only Austrian, Pontifical, and Bourbon-Neapolitan. A man went out with these colours in a bag, and left them at the doors of houses, taking care, however, that the three last mentioned banners should hang precisely before those houses where they would be most obnoxious. Before Fabrizi's windows, for instance, a great Aus trian flag was made to wave ; the objections and remonstrances of the owners and inmates of the houses were scornfully disregarded. A troop of street porters and other rough customers followed the bag - bearer, and violence was threatened against such as presumed to resist their behests. Fabrizi informed the authorities that the Aus trian flag hung before his house without his con sent, and that he would instantly cut down the ropes unless it were removed without delay—a threat which after a reasonable interval he carried into execution, leaving his sick bed for the pur pose. This was on the Saturday. On the ensuing day the mischief-makers paraded the streets in great force to inflict punishment on those who had re fused to hoist the flags. Fabrizi's house was at tacked five times by the noisy crowd, and he, who had lived for 20 years iu Malta respected and be loved by the best people in the island, saw from his windows in the midst of the throng a large number of ribald runaways indulging in the foulest language of abuse against himself. On the sth inst. stones were thrown at his door, and endeavours were even made to break in. He had, however, taken mea sures in self-defence, but a collision was prevented by the police, who were at last on the spot, when the crowd came to the charge for the sixth time. The Consul's house was subjected to the same treat ment, and he himself suffered personal outrage re peatedly in the streets, and was struck. Nor were strangers only the objects of these popular attacks, but even the houses of Maltese citizens were sub jected to the same indignities. Some Italian sea captains who refused to join in the cries " Viva Francesco II.," and " Viva it Papa-Re," were roughly handled. A Venetian who would not bow to the Austrian flag, and a Maltese merchant who would not shout for the Pope-King were bdaten, and the same drubbing fell to the lot of several sailors from the various ports of the Italian kingdom. The riot went on through the whole Sunday till late in the night, and was renewed on the ensuing morning. Among the persons who struck the Consul was a Sicilian monk, one of the main instigators and leaders of the rabble. Nicola Fabrini, whom I have had frequent occa sion to mention, is an honourable man, and I believe the statement he gives of these facts may be relied upon in every particular. I do not know, however, to what extent he may be borne out in the charge of remissness and almost connivance of the local authorities with these popular outbreaks. While he frankly acquits her Majesty's Government at home from any intention to encourage hostilities against the Italian Government or against its re presentatives and subjects, he allows himself some insinuations to the disparagement of the Maltese police, contrasting their leniency to Papal and Bourbonist rioters with the strict and even harsh measures that ware in all conjunctures adopted against the Italian exiles of the Liberal party, when these were thrown upon British hospitality by those very Papal and Bourbon Governments whose turn it is now to taste the bread of exile. Other private letters aver that the Jesuit and Bourbon agitators have gained a certain influence over the Governor at Malta by cunningly raising his supicions that the Italian party are working hard to Italianise the island. His attendance at the religious ceremony at St. Paul's, unprecedented in previous years, and coinciding with the brunt of the riotous proceedings, has given much to say arid to think of to the good people of Malta. TUESDAY EVENING. At the opening of to day's sittings an attempt was made to strike a blow at the Ministers. The De puty Boggio, now just recovered from long illness, asked Baron Ricasoli what he could say as to the Comitati di Provvedimento, who were thought to abuse the right of meeting and of association, to carry on clandestine enlistment and armament, and thereby endangered public security. Baron Ricasoli answered that he was aware of the existence of these committees, that he watched them, but thought the right of meeting and association could not and should not be curtailed. The laws were amply sufficient to keep these committees within such limits as were consistent with public security. Where the law might be deficient he would move new bills in Parliament. A long and unsatisfactory discussion then arose, at the end of which an order of the day was pro posed, " that the Chamber was satisfied with the views of the Ministers." But another order was proposed, to the effect that " the Chamber only took note of the declarations of the Ministers." 'The latter resolution, which left the whole question unsolved, was voted unanimously, In the course of discussion, Macchi, Crispi, and other Deputies of the Left, protested that the com mittees neither enlisted nor armed. Alfieri, Chiaves, Malenchini, and two or three others alone ex pressed their want of confidence in the Ministers. THE SCUTARI OUTRAGE.—We are glad to be able to report that the authors of the attack on Sergeant Lyne and his assistant under-keepers of the Scutari Cemetery have at length met with their deserts. During the past weak they were tried by a special court-martial, ordered by the Grand Vizier, and, being convicted of the cowardly outrage on the evidence of even their own officers and comrades, were sentenced to be flogged, which has since been carried into effect, An adequate pecuniary indem nity will also be given to Sergeant Lyne and his fellow sufferers. We know that we but express the common sen timent of our community when we say that Sir Henry Bul - wer deserves the warmest thanks of his resident count ry men for this result. It is but lair, at the same time, to make laudatory acknowledgment of the readiness displayed, we have reason to believe, from the first by the Grand Vizier to accord, as promptly as the necessary delay of an official inquiry would permit, the satisfaction which was due under the circ t uu stancee.—.Levant Iferald, Feb. 19. 211 E PRINCESS ALICE. \V IN D SOR, THURSDAY. To-morrow her Royal Highness the Princess Alice will take her departure from New Lodge, Windsor Great Park, the seat of the Belgian Minister, and proceed to the resi dence of Sir James Clark, whom she will honour with her company to dinner. Her Royal Highness will sleep at the residence of this eminent physician that night, and on the following (Satur day) Morning proceed to Osborne. During the visit of her Royal Highness at the Belgian Minister's, sho has taken daily rides in the vicinity of Windsor Great Park, accompanied by Madame and Miss Van de Weyer, and the people will be happy to learn that the short sojourn in this healthy neighbourhood has con tributed materially towards re-establishing the health of this amiatle Princess. Busy preparations are going forward at the CF , stle for the reception of her Majesty and the Royal family, who up to last night were expected to arrive here on Thursday next, the 6th of March; but this morning it has been an nounced that her Majesty may not leave the Isle of Wight before the Tuesday following. PROVIDENI CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND. In another part of our columns will be found a report of that excellent and flourishing institution, the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund. The gen tlemen who have the management of the fund appear to possess the secret of success in a very remarkable degree. No sooner does their list of candidates show signs of accumulation than by a special effort in one direction or another the want is supplied, and the cheering help of the fund brought to many a sad and destitute fireside. For seventeen years they have annually elected additional perma nent annuitants on the fund, but it became clear that a system so liberal must have its limits. The' choice lay between restricting the benefits conferred and increasing the means at the disposal of the managers. A public dinner and a spirited appeal to the members was the course decided on, and the result was a net addition, after paying all expenses, of £2,600 to the fund. By this help, and such other sources as were open to them, an election of eight additional annuitants is announced for May next. We heartily congratulate the committee on so sa tisfactory a result of their labours. There are two. features in this institute which deserve to be noticed in letters of gold. One is that of 98 candidates for annuities means have been found to provide for no less than 77; the other, that the whole expenses, as shown in the clear and succinct balance -sheet, amount only to £3lO, for which an income of £4,770 has been obtained. It is of so much importance that the antiring benevolence of the British public should he directed into channels free from abuse, that We confidently lay the above few facts before our readers, iii the hope that they will include this noble institu tion among the recipients of their bounty. To the merchants and others interested in commerce its support is indeed a 0. - aty, and the long list of gene rous donations shows that the claim is not alto gether wrrecognised. MAZZINI TO THE OPERA3IVE ASSO CIATIONS OF NAPLES. The following letter frem M. Mazzini to the Operative Associations of Naples, has been for warded to us for publication : "Dear Brethren,—l thank you, although late, for your affectionate expressions. My wish was to do so before, but unsound health prevented me. Your affectionate words are dear to me, and dearly cherish the idea of shaking hands with you in Rome, when Rome and Venice will be free. " I feel convinced that as you are wishing for the end, you will also wish for the means to achieve it. " Only through our own united efforts we shall obtain Rome and Venice. Every one is to fulfil his own task. You are many ; and if moved by a single thought, you constitute a Power in Naples. Let the many of the other towns join you, and you will constitute a Power in Italy. You ought, all in. a body, with all your collective strength, to address yourselves to the Government and demand to be armed, and without delay. Insist until it is.grant ted. Arming the country is a vital question. " Tne time is, perhaps, not far off when decisive events will -take place in Italy. Woe to the Italians if they are not armed ! They will be crushed either by Austria or by Napoleon. But we ought not to wait for events: we ought to create them if we really aim at a United Italy. The rescue of Rome and Venice can only emerge from a no tional initiative. The nation armed, and Garibaldi as Captain of the People, are the first conditions of that initiative. Do all in your power, so as to em body this idea into a mighty fact. "Nelson's order of the day at the battle of Tra falgar—' The country expects every man to do hie duty,'—ought to be affixed to all the corners of the streets of our Hundred Cities.—Yours, " G. MAZZINI." IHE BLOCKADE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS. A Parliamentary paper published yester'3ay coil' tains a mass of correspondence from the British Minister at Washington, the Consuls in the Ame rican ports, the Admiral on the station, and the officers under his command, to the general effect that the blockade maintained by the Federal flee t is not effective. Lord Russell, however, declare his opinion on the subject in the following letter :-." (No. 116.) EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. Foreign-office, Feb. 1 5 . My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government have had under their consideration the state of the blockade of the ports. of Charleston and Wilmington. It appears from the reports received from her Majesty's naval officers that, although a sufficient blockading force la stationed off those ports, various ships have s uccessfully eluded the bl oc k a d e; a question might therefore be ra ised es to whether such a blockade should be considered as effective. Her Majesty's Government, however, are of opinio n that, assuming that the blockade is duly notified, and also that a number of ships is stationed and remains at the entrance of a port, sufficient really to prevent access to it o r , to create an evident danger of entering or leaving it, 0 ° that these ships do not voluntarily permit ingress or egret ' the fact that various ships may have successfully escape through it (as in the particular instances here referred to) will not of itself prevent the blockade from being an effee" tive one by international law. The adequacy of the force to maintain a blockade being always, and necessarily a, matter of fact and evidence, and one as to which different opinions may be entertained, 0 neutral state ought to exercise the greatest caution with re ference to the disregard of a de faeto and notified blockade, and ought not to disregard it, except when it entertains 0 conviction, which is shared by neutrals generally having a° interest in the matter, that the power of blockade is abused by a state either unable to institute or maintain it, or 1 10 " walling, from some motive or other, to do so.—l am, &c., Mrs SELL. THAMES EMBARKMENT Calliarsslo2( (SURREY SIDE.) - Yesterday the commissioners re-assembled a t the offices of the commission in Victoria-street, West minster; minster ; Capt a i n Douglas Galton, of the BOP - Engineer s , i n th e chair; and took into consideration five plans for e m b an ki ng the Surrey side of the Thames. Th e fi rst plan submitted was by Mr' " • A. Brooks, E.E. He proposed four quays for th e line of embankment. The first from Fore-street, Lambeth, to Westminster-bridge ; the second between Westminster-bridge and Bankside, South wark ; the third, off St. Saviour's Dock, Berman& sey ; and the fourth from the Thames Tunnel to King and Queen Stairs, Rotherhithe. The eats" mated cost of the embankment from Lambet h Palace to Bankside will be £162,492. Mr. Austin proposed a 30 feet embankment wall, with conduits into which the sewers would discharge, combin ed with docks between the embankment walls. M r : T. E. Weller's plan consisted of a solid embankment from Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars, following: the present line of the river frontage. Mr. j '• Lightfoot's embankment would run from Vauxhall to Lambeth, with a roadway in front of all the premises to Rotherhithe, with docks between the roadway and the premises to London - bridge. Al e° ' a new bridge opposite the Horse Guards, and co new street to unite York-street and College-street . Mr. Giles suggested an embankment from Irctulc hall to L a mbeth-bridge, and a roadway 60 feet. wide to Bankside, and a new road from Nine Elms 1° Lambeth. The commissioners then adjourned. 26t ThE the is a the per cha l it is tem ] earl prey Mar pri c , mod and of it Ines' inen bale: at ti 'eat, of bi quit, litti Clan° Cane Cane India Jo 3zait vane' 3 per „,.%) per ew Anna Dit India Dit Dit Dit Dit Dit Di t !it Vow( Itkclia Each Ditto blott o Erazi D , it -unti l 1 ht bit Chiliz bit A ttkpe Mexi, Dit ~~1,1 I it io orta 43.115, bit "Ikm Dit Z Pan -Lurk Dit bii V iii, ex t , Dii Itali a d e , f e , bei Ih, fee At Jul