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

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 360th, 361st, 362 d, 363 d, 361 th, 365th Nights of the Engage ment of Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUrICAULT.—Last Night of The Octoroon and The Dublin Boy. 11118 EVENING, the great American Drama of THE OCTOROON. Messrs. Dion Bone' cault, S. Emery, Billington, Jamison, P. Bedford, Stephenson, Eburne, Powell, Romer, fl. Lewis; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Marston. Miss Latimer, Miss Denvil. To be followed by THE DUBLIN BOT. And Mrs. Boimicaplt. To conclude with MARGERY DA'V. Messrs. D. Fisher, Billington, W. Smith; Miss Wool gar, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Feb. 24, will be produced a Grand Eastern Spectacle, fort. ing one magnificent array of splen dour, introducing Mr. Bell's wonderful Performing Ele hants, the largest i n En g land, entitled THE RAJAH OF N AGPO RE. To be followed by a brilliant routine of matchless SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the most awomplished artistes of the day. Concluding with a favourite Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. CANTERBURY HALL ARTS GALLERY. Immense and conilnued success of "THE ENCHANTED HASH " by Mr. E. Mzushall, at Ten o'clock, performed up wards of fifty nights, prow)unced 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. VI'TOR JULINN 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. AdmiBsion—Hall, 6d. ; Sta'ls and Balcony, is. AND FINE THE OXFORD. 6, OXFORD-STRERT.- " 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 for daring, skill, and grace, EVERY EVENING. Their perf ofTnances do not in any way interfere with the Musical Entertainment, which as usual consists of Two Operatic Selections alternately from "P Trovatore," " Er nani," "La Traviatg," " Simon BoccanegTa," " Macbeth," Arc., by the entire Compny, Full Band and Chorus—(Con ducted by Mr. F. Jong; h mat;)—And Varied Vocal and Instru - mental Attractions, the Col:lic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. Sam Collins, Virood and Son, M. P. Foster, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. frHE OXFORD 6, OXFORD-STREET A Grand Morning Entertainment, on THURSDAY next, March 6th, " LES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQIJES, By 'MYR' and PFAU (aged Nine and Eleven years) whose doeble feats on the Flying Trapeze arc unsurpas- ed. Verdi's •' I 1 Trovatore " Miss Russell, Miss Harrison, Messrs, Mor ley, Green, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus. Conductor —Mr. F. Jonghnrns. Ballads, Duets, &c., by Messrs. Herbert, Tivoli, Sesselsburg, and 'Madame Enders sohn. Solos—i ianoforte—Miss Bryant. Violin—Mr. Viotti Collins. Scotch Duets— Miss Stuart and Miss M. Stuart. The "Porter's Knot" and "Jones's Sister," by Mr. W. Randall, and other varied entertainments. i s . Balcony and Stalls, 25. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Doors open at Two o'clock ; Carriages at Four. _HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. -Morning, lb. 51m.—Afternoon, 2h. 10m. To-M ORROW. -Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 50m. THE WEATIiEII.- - SuN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 28, 1862. Tnzma,fOMETEH, IN THE SHADE. 34—highest since noon ye.aterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day at /loon. BAROMETER--30.08. WIND—North -Easterly ; fresh, with brighter weather than usual, but very cold. _ _ , C•(.;11. - • •.,-- . -- ", r.:-,g,..,..; ', , •,• - vt,. N.4,Z. ',.. 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 such a fancy was, that the proclamation was attri buted to the Government, by the Armonia, a Turin Paper, and one which Count CAVOUR had determined to Permit to libel the Government to any extent, lest it should appear as if the Government cared to put down misrepresentation by force, not by argument and truth. The Arrnonia is notoriously an orga n also of the Jesuits, indeed of the fanatical opposition to the Government of the Ling of ITALY. Lord DEBBI, Nve must presume, knew all this ; bow, theretore,on the unsupported testimony of one witness, and that, too, a witness capable of any thing, he could make a stir about the document, is really surprising. Was Lord NORMANBY his prompter ? or, did the Earl of xi ~A LMESBURY wish for an opportunity to illustrate the superior dili gence which would have been shown I • n the Foreign cffice had a HARRIS instead of a ItossEL L presided over its management? On 'Tuesday the Earl of DERBY first eomtnuni cltc3d to Earl RUSSELL and the Lords the results studies is the Turin Jesuit paper; Lord R UE _ SELL had heard nothing about it himself, being, perhaps, too busy to ransack the Opposition papers of Turin. Lord DERBY, therefore, sent him his own ccpy of the Armonia—and now again having allowed him one night'sgrace, be assails the Foreign Secretary for information. :Earl RUSSELL, it seems, had telegraphed the next day, Wednes day, to Turin, to our Minister there, but, alas, r.O answer had arrived. One would suppose that the two Lovas are not such strangers, or foes, that the ti~ . PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND. Established 1840. At the Annual General Meeting, held on the 26th Feb ruary, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, THOMAS BARING , the Report and Balance-sheet were read and adeptA. It was resolved — That on the 2oth 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 T r ustees, also to the Press and to the Chairman. WM. THOS. LINFORD, 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, March 1, The Wife's Secret ; on Monday, 3d, Hamlet; Tuesday, 4th, Merchant of Venice; Thursday, 6th, - Hamlet ; Friday, 7th, Merchant of Venice ; and Saturday, 7th, Louis XI. itOyAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Wider the management of Miss Louisa Py-ne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE LILY OF KILLARNEY. Misqes Louisa Pyne, Susan Pyne, Jessie M`Lean, and Topham ; Messrs. Santley, IL Haigh, E. Dussek, C. Lyall, _Patey, Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. To conclude with HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Messrs. W. H., F., and H. Payne, H., E., and S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven. THEATRE• “,.k) Y AL, HAYMARKET, Lome, air. J. B. Backstene. - - THIS EVENING, to commence with OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLIC 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. V.! OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, Feb. 28, the new and original Drama, ',titled PEEP O'DAY,. or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal cone.: Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After which, a rew and original Burlesque Extravaganza , ,ntitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrcck. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Dors open t half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 a till 5. .111., PRINCES S'S THEATRE.- _'Lessee, Mr A yF _ - _ _ _ . 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, Miss Fielding, &c. To conclude with '1 HE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. Mr. and Mrs. Florence. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. FE C TITER will make his First Appearance In the Character of lAGO on MONDAY, March 3d, and will repeat /hat character on Tuesday, 4th, Friday, 7th, and Saturday Bth. I %\ 4 -.lb s T - • . '~ 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 public. 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 re-election 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 exp onent. Hop into g 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 sacriligious 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 o: 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 ea-Ministers in behalf of the brigands of the POPE and St. FRANCIS 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 Porz. 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 rechauffee, 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, understan3 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 Mirch, 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 tba 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? 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 ii 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 encugh to do it—a cow se actually punned in regard to Lord RUSSELL himself and his celebrated string of Educational 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 intention Q of the Govern ment to secure work for pay ; and as i f the majority of the House did not intend to be cajoled into Reform, which Canno marring b a m be called a uch needed party proposal. On the other hand there seems to be an intention to m ake political capital out of the most miserable pretence of vested interests, we recclieet e n; t 9 - a j 1 VIE SUN, LONDON, .FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1862 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 of their 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 WiriDuAat 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 ncubus to be removed from what Englishmen boast .0 be the foundation of their liberty—justice in egal 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 reqniro 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 arrive 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, be 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-huuse, 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 'W estmoreland, Cumberland, and Dumfriesshire, by Professor R. Harkness, F.R.S., F.G,S. THE BILSTON SAVINGS BANE.—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 assigs. 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. Tho 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. Balston 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 1 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.—Fur the last few days of Lynn Mart, Mender's menagerie of wild bea> is has been exhibiting on the Tuesday market place. This menagerie is well known by the accidents which have occurred in con motion with the feats of daring a mongst the lions by Maccomo. On Monday evening last a real lion fight took place between the famous lion " Wallace" and a lioness. 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 " i Wallace" was assisted by another lioness, and combined they succeedel in killing the lioness very quickly. The roaring of the wild beasts during this struggle was fearful. It is said that the lioness which was killed was worth en Ley £2OO, E o v T i d h e e s bill brought u t, g o h Y t n E N b T y O m F r WOMEN. Baxter and ANDiviCr H. Dunlopl CHILDREN.--The D R E N p . 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 fi nishin g of an y y arn 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 bleaching by the open-air process as defined in the act of the 23d and 24th years of Victoria, cap. 23, and in one or more of which processes, steam or water, or other mechanical power is used or em ployed; k shall not be lawful to employ at any machine , - females, young persons, and children, or any of them, during the night, that is to say, from six of the clock in the evening to six of the clock in th e mornin g , excepting to recover lost time in the manner pro vided b y " T he Bleaching and Dyeing Works Act," 23d and 24th Vict oria, c. 7 8 . 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 -sheriff at the 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, be 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 sent to the spot. Barriers have been placed in front of all the houses since the late accident. Fortunately no persons were injured. A COLLIERY ON FIRE.—At Messrs. Lamb and Moore's 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 ()Le 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 dis 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 exertion 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 in the Prussian cavalry. It was agreed to plane 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 M. 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 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 purchasing 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 neighbouring 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, foxey dashed tnatard 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.vn the beautiful slopes which overlook Kes wick. Still he went on, over field and hedge, past Mire ly,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 rucinin so far from his home. Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Turner, and many others were in at the death, and the brush, so hardly won, will of course, be dearly prized. In old John Peel's day three foxes were chased over nearly_ the same round.— Cumberland .Pacquee. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, FEB. 28. The Noniteur 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 Re.tazzi, La Farina, and Miaghetti, in view of a Ministerial crisis taking place. MADRID, FEB:26. To•day, 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 schem' fcr 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 Journal 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 hushdi 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 went 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 Ami de la Bill 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 per per Cents ... 100 80 Credit Fonder 1405 Do end month.... 101 15 , Belgian 4} — 3 per Cents Do. end month 7l I Roman Bank Shares 3075 —1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 768 75 Spanish Threes 5l -- Do. Account - —1 Itom , l Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l3BO .. 1385 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1083 75 .. 1083 75 Geneva Southern 730 .. 732 50 Western Eastern ..... 595 • • 59 5 Sardinian Austrian Lombard . Exchange on London, at eight, 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 jlvrney 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. Fen wick, of Northumberland, has pre sented to the National Lifeboat In9titution £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 be raised locally to build a boathouse and a transporting carriage for the boat. Considering that Robin Hood's Bay is one of the roost 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. Tho collective burden of these vessels was 60,18.5 tons; the aggr egate power of th e i r eng i nes was 1 2, 4 93 horses; the cast of their hulls and fittings was X 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 cost of the hulls and fittings of the 27 last mentioned steamers was estimated at £633,200, and the cost of their engines at £250,800. This estimate includes the three large paddle steamers ordered for a French com pallyt and which Neisn. Scott are building. ME 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 stud 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 o 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 Li.," and " Viva it Papa•Be," were roughly handled, A Venetian who would riot bow to the Austrianflag, and a Maltese merchant who would not shout for the Pope-King were beaten, 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 were 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 and 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 c onfidence in the Ministers. THE SCUTARI OUTRAGE. —We are glad to be able to rep a uthors ununcitheorr4seoefpetrhse of f tta th ck e osn eutariSergeantcLyneentet Cemetery a h n av il e h at length met with their deserts. During the past week 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 of f icers and c omrades, were sentenced to be flog ge d , w h ich has since b ee n 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 country men for this result. It is but fair, 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 clue under the eire4ln s t aneeii,---2.oPant Ilerald, Feb. 19. TILE PRINCESS ALICE. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. To-morrow her Royal Highness the Princess Alice will take her departure from New Lodge, Windsor Grcat 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, she 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 amiat le Princess. Busy preparations are going forward at the Ce 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. PROVIDENT( 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 18 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 thee result was a net addition, after paying all expensra, 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 tiefactory a result of their labours. There are two features in this institute which deserve to be noticred 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 wl.ole 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 until...tog benevolence of the British public should be directed into channels free from abuse, that we conSdently lay the above few facts before our renders, in the hope that they will include this nrible institu tion among the recipients of their bounty. To the merchants and others interested in commerce ite support is indeed a duty, and the long list of gene rous donations shows that the claim is not alto gether unrecognised. MAZZINI To) THE OPERArIVR AsSO - OF NAPLES. The following letter from M. M'azzini to. the Operative Associations of Naples, has been for warded to us for publication : "Dear Brethren,-1 thank you, although late, fat your affectionate expressions. My wish was to 13° so before, but unsound health prevented me. Your affectionate words are dear to me, and dearly I cherish the idea of shaking hands with you in Rowe , 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 " Only through our own united efforts we shall obtain Rome and Venice. Every one is to 'Lula' his own task. You are many ; and if moved by o' single thought, you constitute a Power in Naples' Let the many of the other towns join yoll„ and Yo u will constitute a Power in Italy. You ou g ht, all in a body, with all your collective strength, to a ddress yourselves to the Government and demand to be armed, and without delay. Insist until it is gran ted. Arming the country is a vital question. " Tne time is, perhaps, not far off when decis:Pre events will take place in Italy. Woe to the Italians if they are not armed ! They be crushed either by Austria or by Nhpoleo. a . But we ought not to wait for events: we ou g ht, t o c reate them if we really aialit a United Italy. Th e r escue of Rome and Venice= can only emerge f r om a na tional initiative. The nation armed, a n d G a ribaldi as Captain of the People, are the fir , ..it conditions 01 that initiative. Do all in your power, so as to err body this idea into a mighty fact. "Nelson's order of the day at the battle of T 76: falgar—' The country expects every man to do 1 0 duty,'—ought to be affixed to all the corners of.tbo streets of our Hundred Cities.—Yours, " G. MAZZINI." 7HE BLOCKADR OF TILE SOUTO AMERICAN PORTS. A Parliamentary paper published yeEterdaye ° : ll ; tains a mass of correspondence f rom t h e Brit° Minister at Washington, the Consuls in the Alt r e rican ports, the Admiral on the station, and t`' officers under his command, to th e genera l effe c t that the blockade maintained, is not effective. Lord Russell, however, declare'by the Federal f lee s his opinion on the subject in the following letter (No. 116.) EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. Foreign-office, Feb. 15 ", r My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government h ave b a d O u ' o e f their consideration the state of the blockade of the po rts Charleston and Wilmington. It appears from the reports received from her Mak s ': naval officers that, althou g h a sufficient blockading fc'rrA3olo o stationed off those ports, various ships h ave succe ssful l eluded the blockad e; a question might therefore be rais o _ as to wheth er suc h a blockade should be cons idered 8.5 effective. Her Majesty's Government, however, ar e of opin ia y ll ' that, as sum i ng that the blockade is duly no tified, and l' 15 : 0 that a numb er o f s hi ps i s stationed and remains et nr entrance of a port, sufficient really to prevent access to elt to create an evident danger of entering or leaving it, O s that these ships do not vo l un t ar ily p er mit ingress or eg re9 the fact that various ships may have successfully esci'l: e , ti6ough it (as in the particular instances here referred 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 bell always, and necessarily a matter of fact and evidence, si3 one as to which different opinions may be entertain ed,* neutral state ought to exercise the greater.t caution with r e ference to the disregard of a de facto and notified blocks"' and ought not to disregard it, except whe n it entertains t' conviction, which is shared by neutrals generally having -8 1 interest in the matter, that the power of blockade is a buse"' by a state either unable to institute or maintain it, or 1111- willing, from some motive or other, to do so.—l am, Stc , ./ RussETA• THAMES -E 1111341 V Klll- NT COIIIIIIPS IVg (SURREY SIDE.) - - Yesterday the commissioners re-assembled at 113 6 offices of the cammission in Victoria-street, Al r ' est i m i ns ter ; Captain Do ug l as G alton, of t h e It°l s Engineers, in the chair; and took into consideration five plans for emb an ki ng the Surrey s id e o f ! w ile Thames. The fi rs t p l an submitted was b y Mr. the A. Brook s , E . E . line of em b an k ment. The first from Fore -stree; He proposed four qual . s for Lambeth, t o Westminster-bridge the oe c° , between 11 h , Westmi ns t er -b r id ge an d B an kside, S° ll ' d , wark ; the third, off St. Saviour's Dock, Bermonto sey ; and the fourth from the Thames Tunn el King and Q ueen Stairs, Rotherhithe. The esttt mated cost of the embankment from Lan 3be fo Palace to Bankside will b e £162,492. Mr. All A s „ -1 0 proposed a 30 feet emba n k men t w all, with een`7lea into which the sewers wou ld discharge, combi° with docks between the e mbankment :walls. g o t T. E. Weller's plan consisted of a solid einbanln% from Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars, followl7 the present line of the river frontage. Dir all, Lightfoot's embankment would run from Vt" -I- be , to Lambeth, with - a roadway in front of all the premises to Rotherhithe, with docks between loc ,, roadway and the premises to London-bridge. Ad a new bridge opposite the Horse Guards , a ° et . new street to unite York -street and College - s t e r Mr. Giles suggested an embankment, from V l ' l . l o hall to Lambeth-bridge, and a roadway 60 feet NO to to Bankside, and a new road from Nine Elm ° Lambeth! The commissioners then adjourned- inere bales. I 'ittc tilt( ch ar it is tem/ earl, prep Mar Prie( mod, and of j r , In Less Tr at th Tr yeatl of be quite Al Pan 3 direc T 1 Stoe 11ttif ; cisec Cam Ca nE ilidi 114;1 7 , per d per New Anne Dit India Dit Dii Coto India exel zl ex . Di P,i, P ort Di Masi Spat 1 3 % , k Url Pr zt Itati