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BENSON'S WATC H E S. " Perfection of mechanism."--Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 g,uineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Mr. GYE has the honour to announce that the Season Will Commence on Tuesday, A pril 10. The programme, with full particulars of the arrangements, will be issued in a few days, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — SEASON 18607 The Lessee and Director, having completed arrangements which enable him to make the announcement under peculiarly favourable circumstances, has the gratification to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE "WILL OPEN for the SEASON on TUESDAY, the loth of April. ENGAGEMENTS. Mdlle. I'ICCOLOMINI, Her farewell nights, previous to her final retirement from the Stage. Mdlle. VANERI, I tilde. LAURA BAXTER. Eidlle. MARIA BRUNETTI, From the Grand Opera, Paris, her first appearance in this country; and • Madame A LBONL Mdlle. LOTTI DELLA SANTA, (Her first appearance at her Majesty's Theatre). Mdlle. DEL'A\ESE, I Mdlle. NARDI. Mdlle. MARIA CABAL, (Prima Donna of the Opera Comique, Paris). Mdlle. BORG 111-MAMO, (Her first appearance in thisrountry); and Millie. TITIENS. Signor MONGINI, Signor BELAUT, Signor CORSI, I Signor MIiIICURIALL Signor SOLDI, and I Signor GIUGLINI. Signor EVERARDI, Of the Imperial Italian Operas of Vienna and St. Petersburg (his first appearance in this country). Signor FELLAtt Signor ALDIGETIERI, (his first appearance). I and Signor SEBASTIANO RONCONI, Of the Itegio, Turin ; La Pergola, Florence, &c. Signor GASSIAR, I Signor CASTELLI, and Signor VIALETTI. ENGAGEMENTS F Mdlle. Of th^ San Carlo, Naples (her first appearance). Mdlle. MOItI,ACCIII and Mdlle. I'OCCHINI. CLAVELLE. !Mlle. MONCEENT, and Mdlle. CLAUDINI CUCCHI, Of the Imperial Opera, Vienna kher first appearance). MAITRE ET COMPOSITEUR I 'OR TILE BALLET. Wile. ',EQUINE, Mdlle. BIOLETT I, and Mdlle. FEB RARIS. M. MERANTE, Of the (rand Opera, Paris (his first appearance). Signor CALOR", Of the Imperial Opera, Vienna (his first appearance). M. DURAND. F. BALLET—signor Boma. DIRECTORS OF THE MUSIC, COMPOSERS, AND CONDUCTORS — Mr. BENEDICT and Signor A DITI. PRINCIPAL VIOLINS—Herr Molique and Mr. I lenry Blagrowe. LEADER or THE BALLET—Signor Bolton (Musical Director of the Theatre, Bologna). The MILITARY BAND of the GRENADIER GUARDS, under the direction of Mr. D. GODFREY, Suggetirore, Signor Fontana. Regisseur, Signor Grua. STAGE MANAGER—Mr. It. ROXBY`: The CHORUS under the direction of Signor VASCHErfT. The CORPS DE BALLET will include several additions from the Continental Theatres, under the direction of M. PETIT. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily for Subscribers, from Ten to Five, under the direction of Mr. Nugent. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Henry Leslie's Operetta Romance of DICK TURPIN. Messrs. St. Albyn and G. Honey; Misses Thirlwall and Cruise. After which, will be repeated the grand Opera, en titled LURI.INE, by W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs.W. Har rison, Santley, Corri, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa Pyne, Piling, and F. Cruise, Conefactor, Alfred Mellon. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, TIIE BOARDING SCHOOL. After which, will be performed TIIE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. With HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Last Week:of the present season. TILLS EVENING (2d time) the new Comedietta, entitled " 117, ARUNDEL-STREET, STRAND." Principal charac ters by Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. J. Rouse, Miss Kate Saville, Mrs. Campbell, and Mrs. Keeley. • -•- After which, will be performed the new drama, entitled THE ABBE VAUDREML ; or, The Court of Louis XV. The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste ; Louis XV., Mi. H. Butler ; Lieut. Henri Delcour, Mr. F. Followed by Callcott's Magnificent Transformation Scene from "KING TIIRURIIBEARD." To conclude with THE SERGEANT'S WIFE. Lisette, Madame Celeste ; Margot, Mrs. Keeley. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Geo. Melville, Ryder, Frank Mathews, Widdicomb, 11. Bland, H. Saker, Garden, Graham ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Clifford, and Mrs. Charles Young. After the comedy the Princess's " Rifle Volunteers " in full costume. To conclude with TIIE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. Melville, A. Harris, and Miss Clifford. W THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. J EW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Last Week of Mr. and Mrs. Wigan's engagement. THIS EVENING, to commence with (first time) THE STAR OF THE STREET. Mr. J. L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billinglon, C. J. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Chatterley, and Miss Laidlaw. After which, TAPER WINGS, Mr Alfred Wigan, J. L. Toole, D. Fisher, Billington, I'. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer, Mrs Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs Chatterley. Concluding with the BENGAL TIGER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Mesdames Billington and Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—sr. Wm. Smith. wOn Easter Monday, the popular Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART, in which Mr. B. Webster will make his first appearance since his return from his successful provincial tour, and a Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.- MISS LYDIA THOMPSON has the honour to an nounce to the nobility, gentry, and the public, that her BENEFIT, and Last Appearance but Four at the aboye Theatre, will take place This Evenin, MONDAY, Marsh 26, when will be performed A IZORDI4IR MARRIAGE. Mies Wyndham, Mr. 11. T. Craven, and Mr. C. Young. After which (for the 102 d time), the successful Ballet farce, MAGIC TOYS• Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss St. Casse, To be followA by DIDO. - - - - To conclude with (for this night only) OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Tickets to'be had at the Box-office, and of Miss Thompson, 6, Argyle-street, Enston-road, W.U. CANTERBURY . HALL CONCERTS.- THIS EVENING, LUCRE CIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucrezia hiss Pussnll. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli.' Conductor—Mr. Jonghal ans. Comic Vocalists --Messrs. tieorge Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), IV. 'V. Critchfield, and E. W. ,Hackney. Several interestinry Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite 01 halls have been re-decorated and eantitied, and constitute one of the meat unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE ) ALutcll:2s, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the flight. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.30 ; rising. WIND, North -Westerly; fresh, with fine cold weather, Afternoon —Slight showers. Mallen 2G. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADB. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.64. WIND, North-Westerly ; fresh, and squally, with dull weather. Two O'CLOCK.—Slight showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAL—Morning, 311. 59m.—Afternoon, 4h. 14m. To-monnow.-Morning, 4h. 29m.—Afternoon, 4h. 45m. Now that we are at length in a fair way of hay ing the abomination of the Serpentine purified by the agency of common sense, working out the ac cummitlations of decayed vegetables, dead dogs, and all manner of pollution, into an aggregate of deep poisonous mud, the pablic attention is next called to the state of our streets and metropolitan roads. And what nu i sance cries more for relief? It is by the a i r pervading these th o roughfares that we breathe and walk and have our being. They arc the portals of life and the lungs of society. If they be foul we suffer ; if the air be pure, we enjoy and thrive. Our health improves and our spirits are up. Then why should we toil on, day by day, and permit a growing evil to acquire a most unwholesome ascendancy till in time the air becomes infected with a noisome sense of suffocation ? It arises from a caleless indifference , tv• - • , t ` CU - fry J. . •`- *) - "Ni T 6M 1 1 - 14 J . • ti 0 • b r t- , THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1860. on the part of the: people, andlsheer negleGt on.the part of those in office, whose duty it is to see to these matters. We copy an excellent article on this subject from our acute contemporary the Lancet, which makes it a peculiar province of its duty to look after the preservation of the public health. We recommend that article to the especial consideration of our readers, as well as to those in authority, who should not sleep at their post while they pocket the pay. On Saturday—says the Moniteur of yesterday— the Treaty was signed at Turin, the memorable Treaty whereby his Majesty King VICTOR Em- MANUEL cedes to France the district of Nice, Savoy and the Savoyards. The larceny, therefore, so long talked of and dreaded, may be regarded at length, we suppose, as 'an fait accompli. Perhaps even Lord JOHN will not at this moment object to our so regarding it. The noble lord, it will be re membered, when first the notion of this tossible annexation was brought under the consideration of the House of Commons, said, amongst other charming little compliments of a like kind, lavished by him, as England's Foreign Secretary, upon our Imperial ally across the water said my Lord JOHN, referring thus to the Question of Saxony, and to the fair fame of the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. —"I have studied the character of that great man, and am satisfied in my own mind that he will never annex Savoy !" My Lord JOHN—Savoy is annexed! The treaty in which the King of SARDINIA yields up Savoy and the district of Nice to his Imperial Majesty the French EMPE ROR, was signed at Turin, as we have said (as the ilioniteur has officially informed Europe), on Saturday. Perhaps—we venture to hint this to our sagacious and clearsighted Foreign Secretary —perhaps it will be just as well in future if Lord JOHN RUSSELL refrain, at the very least, from setting up as a judge of charac ter. He may take tile command of the Chan nel Fleet say when Mr. BRIGHT has been nominated, for the salvation of England., to the head of the Board of Admiralty. His lordship may, if he pleases, perform the operation for the stone—say in some peculiarly perilous and difficult case beyond the skill of Mr. FERGUSON. But, at least, in Heaven's name, after this, let Lord JOHN RUSSELL refrain, henceforth, from arrogating to himself any skill whatever as a judge of charac ter. He has doubtless, as he tells us, studied the character of " that great man," the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. very profoundly. But at any rate he has not studied it profoundly enough to escape from the position of having been in the face of Europe egregiously deceived. What our Foreign Secretary declared but a few weeks since, would (he was satisfied) never be done, would never even be attempted—has not only been at tempted, it has actually also and triumphantly been done. It has been done so completely, so successfully—that our Foreign Secretary has been " done," too—England has been " done "—Europe has been " done " collectively. The Emancipator of Italy has assumed the position occupied in the old fable by the low attorney, who swallows the oyster HIMSELF, and—then hands to the two dis putants, to the right and to the left, the empty oyster-shells. AUSTRIA has—the Treaty of Zurich ! ENGLAND has —the Treaty of Commerce! FRANCE absorbs Savoy and the Savoyaeds ! Voila tout ! But the Savoyards seem to like it—at least those delightful gentlemen who paid that courtly visit the other day to the Tuileries. They appear some how—those merchants, or rather hucksters, from the Liverpool of Savoy—to be pretty much of the same way of thinking as Mawworm in the Hypocrite, who says with an unctuous relish and smacking of the lips—" I likes to be despised !" In the political storms and tempests recently agitating Italy their one prayerful ejaculation must surely have been the same as that of PA NURGE in RABELLAIS' wonderful Gargantua— PANURGE who howls out in the midst of sea-sick ness and terror, " 0 that I were on shore Anywhere with Somebody kicking me !" They have landed safely at last high and dry within the boun daries of France—and their prayer (in the esti mation of Europe) has by this time surely been answered to their heart's content. One of them —the chief amongst them, their principal spokes man—has already, in payment of his sycophancy, donned the Imperial livery as Senator. There is another address, too. worthy of the occa sion, which has this day also seen the light. It is actually an Address amount ing to a protest from Savoy against the annexation ; but it is an Address beginning (in the name of Savoy)—flow, 0 English peti tioners (to Anybody), do you suppose this crawling Address begins Thus,—" Sire ! We venture humbly to entreat your MAJESTY to deign to cast pour eye upon the following statement," and so forth ! Why, absolutely, language like that is what savages might utter before one of their idols, with their foreheads in the dust, and their little children burning beside them on pyres in sacrifice ! It is not the language of man to man, of a civilised people addressing themselves to a Christian Sovereign. There is but one public solace to us in the midst of this almost universal stupor of mingled fear and sycophancy. Switzer land has manfully uttered her protest against the lawless seizure of Savoy—she has uttered her pro test in words not unworthy of Switzerland. On Wednesday next a great battle is to come off. The combatants have been in training for this last month. They have had one determined set-to this session, which has only whetted the zeal of both sides for a more decisive one on the 28th. Our readers Rill remember that on the second reading of the Church Rate Abolition Bill, the maintainers of the rates made a grand and unex pected effort. The Abolitionists, considering the bill as good as carried, had made no special effort : they had told their friends that they need not trouble themselves to petition this year, and had also used their influence with members rather laxly, not fearing that they should in any case have a very large majority. But the old axiom of the folly of despising an enemy was somewhat exem plified on this occasion ; for, though they lost not one of their own supporters, yet the enemy brought up so many more than he had ever done before, that the majority of the Abolition party was much diminished. Besides which they had been busy for half a yew getting up petitions from every petty parish of the king dom till the number of small petitions, not aver aging more than thirty signatures each, quite astonished the House, and the Abolitionists them selves. Indeed, the petitions had been got up so quietly that the public did not know of them. Forthwith the Abolitionists altered their tactics. Lord AIONTAGUE, the leader of the Rate party, had compared the host of pro-rate petitions with the " one miserable petition " against the rate. His opponents, therefore, deferred the committee for the Bill for a few weeks, just to see whether there would be any considerable number of petitions sent in from their side against it ; and, of course, informed all their supporters throughout the country of their reason for postponing action with the bill. The response has been triumphant. It is indeed im probable that the number of petitions can equal that of those sent up by an organisation which has a' Church clergyman in every parish in the kingdom, eager to have his surplice washed, his sacramental wine paid for, and the slates and lead of the church roof kept tight, at the cost of Dissen ters, or of any every one else, worshipper with him or not worshipper,--still the number will be large, and we think it not unlikely that the signatures will be as numerous, or nearly so, as those of the Rate party. Should this be the case—should a few weeks' petitioning show as great results, nearly, as the whole year's work of the other side, —it would be a con clusive answer to the question—Does the op position to the rate flag or not? We believe that it does not—indeed we are sure of it. The country takes for granted that the battle is almost over, and is, perhaps, in too leisurely a style, expecting the announcement of the victory. The country must remember, however, that monopoly dies very hard ; and Church-rates are but a part of that monopoly of all the good things that can be got by a dominant sect, under pretence of being the National Church. Such a pretence clergymen and their bishops may adhere to ; but every layman, whether politician or man of business and of common life, treats as simply ludicrous. What is called the national Church does not do, does not even profess to do, the national work. Not only the census and Mr. HORACE MANN, but our own eyes, tell us: that we have as many chapels as churches, perhaps more. We meet Dissenters every day, in the common business of society; we know them to be men just like ourselves, desirous to promote the welfare of society, and, with very rare exceptions, if politics are mentioned, we find them to be decidedly on the side of progress—of education especially, for which they made sacrifices before State grants were in vogue—of free trade, of foreign freedom, of every thing, in a word—liberal. But we confess that we do blush, when knowing all this, they have to complain that, hitherto, they have been subject to exactions in the shape of Church-rates, for Churchmen's worship, while they are doing so much, at their own cost, to extend accommodation for Christian worship throughout the country. We are not surprised, therefore, that even the Marquis of BLANDFORD'S committee proposes to exempt Dissenters from further payment of rates, while it proposes at the same time to obtain fresh powers to compel Churchmen to pay. The objec tions of Dissenters to the committee's scheme may be seen in an exceedingly well-worded document which has been laid by them as a petition before the House of Commons, and has been printed with the votes. We think these reasons conclusive. The annual notice proposed is every way objection able, and Voluntaries must appear in a false posi tion indeed, if they aided Churchmen in levying compulsory rates on each other. They have always objected to compulsory payments, in any form, for religion. How, then, could they sanction one Churchman seizing another Churchman's goods far the purpose of Christian worship ? Their adver saries would have been the first to taunt them with inconsistency. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, MARCH 24. A proclamation of the King to the people of Central Italy has been published. The following is a summary : " Your wishes are satisfied. You are united under one monarchy, a reward well merited by your unity and perseverance. It is, however, necessary to continue the virtues of which you have given such an admirable example to the world. Above all things, persevere in the firm resolution to make such sacrifices as are indis pensable for accomplishing and establishing great enterprises. We are now bound by an indisso luble pact of honour to our common country and to universal civilisation. I have exposed my life for the independence of Italy, and I have given my people an example of loyalty. I now claim from my new peoples the same affection as from my former subjects. I desire to strengthen the Italians in the unanimity of their resolution to re sist aggression and to prepare continually for better things." TURIN, MARCH 26. The result of the elections of Representatives to he Parliament is very favourable to the Liberal cause. At Florence—The Chevalier Buoncompagni, Baron Ricasoli, Count Cavour, and Signor Peruzzi have been elected. At Bologna—Count Cavour, the Marquis Popoli, Signori Bert, Pichol, and Oudinot. At Turin—Count Cavour, Baron Ricasoli, and Signor Farini. At Milan—Count Cavour and Signori Farini and Cattaneo. At Genoa—Count Cavour. The concourse of electors was everywhere very great. • In Southern Italy the state of affairs becomes more and more alarming. BERLIN, MARCH 26. The protest of Switzerland, addressed to the Great Powers, arrived here the day before yester day, being sent direct by the President of the Fe deral Council. Prussia is negotiating with England in reference to the reply to be given to the note. PARIS, MARCII 26. The Constitutionnel publishes an article by its chief editor, M. Grandguillot, congratulating the King, who is about to address a proclamation to the inhabitants of Savoy and Nice, releasing them from their oath of allegiance, thus assuring hie re spect for the principle of legitimacy, and, at the same time, for that of popular sovereignty. PARIS, MARCH 25. The Moniteur of to-day says : " The treaty by which the King of Sardinia con sents—subject to the approval of the Chambers— to the anuexation of Savoy and the district of Nice to France was signed yesterday, the 24th inst., at Turin. " This annexation will be effected without any constraint on the wishes of the population. The two Governments will concert the best means of obtain ing a manifestation of this wish. The King has transferred the neutralised por tions of Savoy with the same conditions under which he possessed them. The Emperor promises to come to an under standing the treaties ing on nthequestion with. the Po wers who of Vienna of 1815, and with Switzerland. "The Sardinian subjects who are natives of Savoy, will enjoy for one year the privilege of claiming the maintenance of the Sardinian nation ality. " A mixed commission of French and Sardinian THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E VEN!N(, MARCH 26, 1860. commissioners will determitie the future frontiers of the two countries." VIENNA,NIAP.cn 25. The note of the 13th inst,, addressed by M. Thouvenel to the Powers which guaranteed the treaties of Vienna, does not request a positive ad hesion either by protocol or by supplementary treaty to the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France. M. Thouvenel confines himself to notify ing and explaining the act of cession freely con sented to by the King of Sardinia. Austria having already declared in reference to the States of Central Italy that she does not intend to employ the force of arms against that which she cannot prevent, acts in conformity with this prin ciple in continuing to observe a purely passive atti tude. The Austrian answer which is about to be sent to Paris will therefore be neither a protest nor an approval of the annexation. It records a fact the principle of which remains reserved. ZURICH, MARCH 25. A letter received from Milan asserts that the Neapolitan army has entered the States of the Church. Great agitation prevailed. The report that the French troops are to occupy the barracks of St. Julien has been contradicted. MADRID, MARCH 24. The negotiations for peace having failed, military operations were resumed on the 23d inst. The enemy awaited the Spanish in a position diff - ►cult of access. A battle took place, in which the Spanish gained a complete vi story. The Moors took to flight precipitately t breaking up their encampment, in order to prevent its capture by the Spanish. Apparently no more obstacles of importance oppose the march on. Tangier. SARDINIA. The Official Gazette of Turin of the 21st inst. publishes several decrees of King Victor Em manuel ; one establishes a financial adminis tration for the provinces of Emilia, composed of a superintendent and two assessors, in each of the three cities of Bologna, Modena, and Parma. These administrations are to observe the rules and regulations at present in vigour, and are to refer to the minister at Turin in all uses which, under the former Governments, re quired the approbation of the sovereign. Another decree accords an extraordinary credit of 31,744,000 lire to the Minister of War for the year 1860, but annulling previous credits of 9,244,000 lire ; and a third decree appoints General Fanti, Minister of War, Grand Officer of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus. The Avenir of Nice says On Sunday last a band of individuals, almost all strangers to this place, went to the theatre Tironty to make an Ita lian demonstration. The attempt, however, failed, in consequence of the measures taken by the police. Three persons who were in the upper gallery having begun to shout out ' Viva Nizza Ita liar.a !' were arrested. After the performance, the agitators, to the number of about 100, paraded through various parts of the town, uttering threats against the partisans of annexation to France." The same journal publishes the following letter, dated the 18th, and addressed to the French Con sul by a number of French residents :—" For some time past insults and aggressions of all kinds have been multiplied in a deplorable manner against the French inhabiting this town, without anything being done to repress them. This day the Nizzardo has dared to call us 7nouchards (police spies), and has attacked in a mdst indefensible manner the Knights of the Legion of Honour. We have to request you, Monsieur le Consul, to employ your authority to obtain a repression of those scandalous acts, as, should such a state of things be persisted in, we should be obliged to defend ourselves personally in the most energetic manner against such in sults. Accept, &e." (The signatures follow.) The Consul had already pointed out to the Governor the scandalous attack in question, and the Governor had given the assurance that for the future strict orders should be issued to prevent any mani festation for or against the annexation. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steamer Africa, Captain Shan non, from New York on the 14th inst. has ar. rived here. She brings 335,000 dols. in specie. She passed the Bohemian on the 21st inst. The steamers New York, Glasgow, City of Balti more, and Australasian had arrived at New York, the North American at Portland, and the America at Boston. In the Senate, the Cl'Airman of the Ways and Means Committee asked leave to [report a Bill authorising a loan of 21,000,000 dols. for the re demption of the Treasury notes and for regulating 'but no action was tak en th ereon . the The import Anl e dt r erA i Government has received infor mation that Miramon's party in Mexico deter mined to Blockade Vera Cruz. Orders had been issued to use the necessary force for the protection of Ameirican citizens. Ad.vices from Vera Cruz to the 3d inst. state that Mir.amon was within three leagues of the city. The steamer with the Californian mail of the `22d ult., and nearly 1,250,000 dols., had arrived at New York. The San Francisco markets were un changed. A conflagration at Mobile had destroyed the theatre and the Union Cotton Press. Havannah advices to the 10th inst. are unim portant. Sugar was easier, but unchanged. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money unchanged. Loans on call 5 to 6 per cent. Exchange cloSed firm, London, 108;1 to 109 ; France, sf. 15,1 c. Cotton dull ; middling, 111; sales of the day, 1,000 bales. Flour sc. to 10c. better, but closed easier. Wheat and corn less buoyant. Provisions steady. Freights unchanged. Stocks moderately ', A ctive. NEW ORLEANS, March 13.—Cotton firm ; sales, 10,500 bales; middling, 101 c. to lle.; receipts, 24,000 bales, Frieghts, l i d. Exchange unaltered. MOBILE, March 12.—Cotton quiet; sales, 3,500 bales. We regret to announce the death of Lady Strath eden, the wife of Lord Chancellor Campbell, which took place yesterday,'we believe from bronchitis. Lady Stratheden was the eldest daughter of the late Lord Chief Baron, Lord Abinger, better known perhaps as Sir James Scarlett, and was created a Peeress in her own right in the year 183 G, when the present Lord Campbell was Attorney-General. Lady Stratheden was in her 65th year. By her death the Hon, W. Campbell, M.P. for Harwich, attains a scat, in the House of Lords as Baron Stratheden. He, was born in 1824. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Mips Lydia Thompson, the favourite dancer and actress at St. James's Theatre, will take her benefit this evening, and has put forth a very attractive programme for the occasion. THE BISHOPRIC OF ROCHESTER.—The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Venerable J. C. Wimram, Archdeacon of Winchester and Rector of St. Mary, South ampton, to the vacant see of Rochester. ELECTION EXPENSES.—From the abstract just published, the total amount of expenses jointly incurred by or on behalf of Sir J. W. Ramsden, and Mr. F. Crossley., the Liberal candidates at the West Riding election in May last, was £13,597 55., and one moiety of this sum is placed to the account of each of the two gentlemen. The audited expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Right Hon. Jas. Stuart Wortley, the Conservative candidate at the same election, amount to no, No 18s. 6d. EAST CORNWALL ELECTION.—Mr. Robartes, when writing to an elector (March 17) says,—" I may as well take this opportunity of stating that I intend to retire from the county representation after the passing of the Reform Bill. The sooner this is known to the Liberals of East Cornwall the better, I think, in order that they may look out for another representative in good time." A proposition has been set on foot in Hobart Town for a public subscription, limited to Is. each person, to defray the cost of erecting in St. David's Cathedral a tablet to the memory of Sir John Franklin.—Australian and ante Zecdana7 Gazette. { SA VOY, SW ITZERLAND, AND FRANCE ~..~~. ,~ The following important documents were sent us for publication last night : " To THE HIGH POWERS Or EUROPE. " The undersigned have the honour of stating, in the name of a large number of their fellow-country men, that, called upon as being - under the jurisdic tion of the Sardinian monarchy to witness the links definitively broken which united them to their King, and to make manifest, in consequence, the wishes they have formed for the political reconsti tution of their country, they conceive it to be their duty to make known to the Powers of Europe, whose assent has hitherto been necessary to any territorial remodelling in Europe, that the popula tions inhabiting Northern Savoy have already, in anticipation of a separation—much to be re gretted—from the Sardinian monarchy, loudly tes tified their desire, in this event, to be united to the Swiss Confederation, with whom they have been for a long time intimately brought together by ancient relations of neighbourhood, communion of interest, habits, wants, and manners. "This desire, which since then has been sanc tioned by the assurances given by the Governments of France and Sardinia that the wishes of the po pulations as well as the interests of Switzerland, who possesses rights upon our territory, should be taken into serious consideration, authorises them to claim from *on to whose examination the head of the French Government has declared that this mat ter should be submitted their favourable attention and their earnest support. " consequently, they have the honour to bring to the knowledge of the high Powers the terms of the Declaration herewith annexed, which emanates from the provinces of Chablais, Faucigny, and Genevois, together with, the signatures thereto, amounting to more than 11,000, collected up to the present day in the communes of these three pro vinces. " Signed by the Presidents of the Committees, &c, " March 16, 1860." " DECLARATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTHERN SAVOY. " The undersigned, inhabitants of the commune of -, province of -, anxious at the reports which are spread abroad, and according to which Savoy is to cease to form part of the State of the King of Sardinia, desire herein to record the ex pression of their devotion to the King, and the wish they have formed to see no change in their union with the Sardinian monarchy. " But, on the • other hand, and in the event of political reasons, respecting which they do not wish to constitute themselves judges, rendering a separation inevitable, they are convinced that their Sovereign will not dispose of his faithful subjects without having permitted them to make known their wishes, under circumstances so important to them for the future. Accordingly, and notwithstanding the' sympathies excited by a great and glorious empire, they expressly testify their desire to be united to the Swiss Confederation, towards which they have long been attracted, no less 'by a com munion of interest and feeling than by those rela tions of friendship of which they have received so many proofs." "ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY NAPOLEON 111., EM PEROR OF THE FRENCH. " Sire, We venture humbly to entreat your Majesty to deign to cast youi eyes upon the follow ing statement, in which we have endeavoured to describe the wishes and the hopes of Northern Savoy : " When it became certain that, under the title of Kingdom of Italy' a, great State was about to be formed beyond the Alps, the thought occurred to every one that France, bearing in mind her own defences, would one day claim the French slopes of these very mountains. "In anticipation of this same contingency, Switzerland, in the' name of treaties, laid claim to the provinces of Chablais, Faucigny, and part of Genevois. She said that this northern district of Savoy had been made neutral in her interest, no less than in that of the balance of power in Europe. Some public writers have called in, question this right of the Helvetic Confederation by maintaining that this neutrality had been established in favour of Sardinia alone. " Leaving aside treaties, we first asked ourselves whether Northern Savoy formed part of the line of defence necessary for the security of France, for we had sufficient sympathy for that great nation to make the sacrifice of our own interests the moment that sacrifice became necessary for the accomplish ment of that civilising mission which Providence had assigned to her. But it seemed to us that, under the present division of the people and of Europe, the Alps of Savoy to the south have a completely distinct destination from that of Northern Savoy. In the former are to be found the passages of the Mont Cenis and of the Little St. Bernard. Descending these defiles an army coming from Italy might enter directly upon the soil of France. It is in the interest of France to occupy the slopes of this portion of our mountains. The Alps of Northern Savoy lead all into Switzerland; they are necessary to that Power in order to defend the pas sages of the Great St, Bernard and of the Simplon, which have been intrusted to her neutrality. Again, Northern Savoy is a poor country, purely agricul tural. It is in Switzerland that the Savoyard of the North sells his produce, and that he buys all that he may want. He has no relations with the provinces of the South; he goes neither to Cham bery nor to Annecy, except when summoned thither by administrative or judicial business. French soil he sees still more rarely, because he cannot get there unless by crossing the territory of a foreign people, or by going a long way round. " Being in no way necessary to France, ought we to sacrifice our daily interests and our natural relations to a feeling of sympathy which we all entertain for the French nation ? Undoubtedly not —and being persuaded that our wishes were in no way incompatible with our respectful admiration for France, we made a frank and loyal appeal to our fellow citizens. Already they have answered that appeal by more than 11,000 signatures. The popular impulse was too unanimous to be stopped by certain personal ambitions, or by certain influ ences hostile to the idea of being united Switzer land (idee Suisse). The voice even of some few members of the clergy, all-powerful under other circumstances, found no response from the popula tions ordinarily submissive and docile. " This imposing manifestation of public opinion has taken place with a calmness and collectedness which proves how well the people understand the im portance of the great act they were performing. The other day Southern Savoy, under the dominion of local interests, succeeded in obtaining from some members of the Provincial Councils a declara tion which, under the pretence of opposition to the dismemberment of Savoy, is nothing else than sacrificing the minority to the egotistical calcula tions of two towns, which believe it to be necessary for their interests to drag after them Northern Savoy. Chambery wishes to preserve the seat of a Court of Appeal ; Annecy wishes to be the chief town of a department; and the realisation of these two projects requires, as it would seem, that Savoy should not be dismembered. " We have full confide‘nce in the magnanimity of the august Emperor who raises so high the flag of France. We know how much authority he has always attached to the expression of popular will, by considering the vote of the most obscure citizen as equal to that of the man in the highest ranks. We know with what sense of jastice he presides at all the acts of his Government, with what anxiety he himself studies every question sub mitted to him. Thus, strong in the sup port now given to us by the! concurrence of so large a number of the inhabitants of Northern Savoy, we hope that the efforts of men without any mandate, chosen under the prepossession of distinct interests, by a limited suffrage, will not form an obstacle to our voices being heard. " Sire ! We cannot go to you ; but you for a long time lived in the neighbourhood of our coun try. Our interests ought to be known to you. Perhaps you have been deceived as to our wishes. If you want a new proof of them, allow us to vote, with freedom and regularity for Switzerland, or for France. Listen to us, Sire, and if we cannot be children of France we shall ever be her brothers, If she should ever be threatened, she would find us full of gratitude for this generosity. We should all be in the front ranks of those armies who dis puted with her enemies the passages left to thede fence of our friendship. " Lastly, Sire, let your Majesty also deign to cast your eyes upon the annexed declaration, and upon the signatures which fellow. You will there see the authentic expression of the wishes of Northern Savoy, in whose name, humbly but full of confi dence in your equity, we venture to intercede with your Majesty. (Signed by the President of the Committee.) " March 16, 1860." "ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SARDINIA. " Sire,—An event which we could not but foresee with grief, but the accomplishment of which it was not in our power to prevent, is on the point of being realised. The relations which have for ages united our country to the glorious house of Savoy are, in spite of us, about to cease; but before we witness their severance we venture to address to your Majesty one last and earnest prayer. " Deign to listen to it, Sire ! The remembrance of your Majesty will remain among us, inseparably bound up with the thought of this crowning ser v ice. If anything could console us for losing the privileges of a constitutional monarchy, it is the right of freely choosing our new destinies. " The sincere and complete exercise of this right, that is what, Sire, your provinces of the north of Savoy claim from you. Your Majesty knows too well the differences which exist between that por tion of your States and the rest of the country be yond the Alps to be surprised that the unity of the monarchy has once been broken ; those provinces should ask leave to consult only their isterests, their sympathies, their position, and their wants in the decision which is to regulate their future fate. " Nor will your Majesty be more surprised if it is to Switzerland that everything attracts them, and if, anticipating a separation that they did not desire, they should have expressed this desire beforehand with sufficient solemnity to justify them in request. ing that your Majesty's Government should officially authorise a fresh and more complete manifestation of their wishes. A vote for separation and the alter native of becoming Swiss left to their choice, that is what alone would enable the populations of Chab lais, of Faucigny, and of the North of Genevois to make known their real desires. To offer to them the option between a statu quo rendered impossible, and a solution contrary to the wishes they have so generally expressed would only be substituting constraint to freedom, and suppress ing beforehand the sincerity of the vote. " You are still our King, Sire, and you will not consent to the last act of your reign being wanting in that loyalty which has become inseparable from your names. " Let your Majesty be pleased to cast your eyes upon the declaration herewith annexed, and upon the signatures by which it is accompanied. You will be convinced that it is indeed the voice of your faithful subjects which reaches your ears, and in granting their request you will fill their hearts with everlasting gratitude. " The Presidents of the Committees, " BARD, JOSEPH, Advocate, Bonneville, " BETEMPS, TH. A., Thon on, " FA:uRAx, HENRI, Advocate, St. Julien." March 16. LITERATURE. The Autobiography of a Seaman. By Thomas, tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B. Bentley. Third notice. After the refusal of the Admiralty Board to grant a ship to Lord Cochrane, he determined to spend his leisure time in investigating the abuses of the navy. These comprised an extensive list. First and foremost came political interests, party preju dices, and private hatreds; next followed the Ad miralty Courts, navy contractors, et hoc genus omne; after whom followed the legion of harpies in the shape of hospital doctors, pay-clerks, &c. Beneath the evil eye of the first were the hopes of poor Lieutenant Parker blasted ; his family ruined by a heartless lie, so gross and foul, that it would have blackened the name of a Newgate felon, but which, emanating from same gentleman high in office, of course, passed by unheeded and unheard. Such a vile transaction could not take place in our time, but should not Engl;shmen blush to think that such men had a share in our Government not sixty years ago ? In spite of this rebuff I nevertheless continued to perse vere, but it was not till some years afterwardh that the pro motion of Lieut. Parker was obtained, with a result to that able and gallant officer which proved his ruin, and even tually caused his death. The circumstances under which this took place were posi tively diabolical. Despairing of promotion, Lieut. Parker retired to a little farm near Kinsale, by the cultivation of which, in addition to his half-pay, he was realising an existence for his family. From my determined persever ance on his behalf, he was.at length made commander, and ordered to join the Rainbow sloop, represented to be stationed in the West Indies. Selling off everything, even to his household furniture, he proceeded to Barbadoes, and reported himself to Sir Alexander Cochrane ; but, as the vessel could not be found, Sir Alexander furnished him with a passage to look for her at the Bermudas, where he sup posed she might be fitting for sea. Not finding her there, Lieut. Parker returned to Barbadoes, when it became evi dent that no such vessel was on the North American station ! On ascertaining this, poor Parker returned to England a ruined man. Lord Melville, who had succeeded as First Lord, expressed his surprise and regret that such a circum stance should have occurred, and promised the unhappy man that he should not only be amply compensated for the loss and expense attending his outfit and fruitless voyage to the West Indies, but that he should have another com mand on the first opportunity. This generous intention was, however, counteracted, for he never received either the one or the other. _ _ Lieutenant parker's loss, consequent on the sale of- bis property, the expense attendant on settling his family, to gether with his outfit and voyage, amounted to upwards of £l,OOO. His prospects ruined, hi s domestic arrangements destroyed, and his pride wounded, his spirit and consti tution gradually gave way, and at length overwhelmed with sorrow he sank into a premature grave, leaving a wife and four daughters to deplore the loss of their only protector. I never could- find out who had thus imposed on one of the most gallant officers in the Navy this infamous decep tion, concocted, doubtless, out of pure malevolence to my self. Be he whom he may, lam very sorry that it is not in my power to hold up his name to the execration of pos terity. It is even at the p rese nt day the duty of the Admiralty to re me dy th e injury inflicted on his destitute family—for he had left four daughters unprovided for, wh o had no opportunity to escape from indigence. It is evident that when no fixed rule existed for promotion, and when for a trivial achievement an officer was promoted by favour, while, at the same time, a bold and gallant action went un rewarded, men would feel disheartened and careless. All men exert themselves to gain promo tion, and are watchful after the enemy's merchant men to gain prize-money. When they are uncertain of obtaining their just promotion, and sur e th at a ll t h e prize -money will be swallowed up in the Ad m i ra lty Courts, they naturally lose heart, and the navy suf fers. Lord Cochrane dilates on this subject; and no wonder, for he says that young as he was in command he had already felt it heavily; he re marks that but for the peculations of the Admiralty Courts, himself, officers, and crew of the Speedy ought, consequent on the success of their cruise, to have returned home with competence. But that as it was they got the fighting for their share and the Court got the money; and in one case he was actually brought i n d e b t fora Prize worth thousands of pounds. Such were the nefarious practices at home, according to Captain Bren ton, whose evidence (as the biographer of Lord St. Vincent) Lord Cochrane calls in to support his own— "In the first edition of the Naval History, I have com mented on the profligate system of hired vessels and trans ports. In this —borough influence reigned paramount, and the most solid information was disregarded when the per petrator of the greatest frauds was a supporter of Govern ment."—(Brenton's "Life of Lord St. Vincent," p. 167.) " A ship purchased by a man of influence was a certain fortune to him. He cleared his money in the first year at the rate of £4OO per month, and if the ship were coppered at £7,500 per annum. About twenty coppered-bottomed trans ports were lying for three years in the harbour of Messina, without being employed in any duty."—(p. 169.) The expense of these alone, no doubt all owned by " men of influence" as Captain Brenton terms them, was for the three years £270,000. As these transports formed only a trifling illustration of the system, there is little wonder at the enormous accumulation of the national debt, for results so inadequate. Captain Brenta/a might have gone farther, and stated with great truth, that not only were transports hired from men of influence, but that vessels utterly worthless were purchased by the Government from their political support ers, and then patched up into ships of war., It was my misfortune to be subsequently appointed to a collier so con verted—with what result will appear in the sequel. While money was thus extravagantly expended to suit the private home interests, as a setoff the ill supplied hospitals were to be curtailed i n th e i r already too scanty necessaries and comforts. On the great iniquity of such a proceeding We cannot trust ourselves to make comment. It is altogether too horrible. Only fancy while millions upon millions were being wasted by cheats and kna ves, that the hospitals of our seamen were put under the control of a worthless, ignorant, and imperi▪ ous coxcomb, a pet, forsooth, of Lord St. Vincent. " Dr. Beard possessed his lordship's highest emit dence, so to this person was confided the task . 01 regenerating the hospitals." It is needless to dilate. upon his ref orms . E CONOM Y was hi s maxim, and as it would be against professional etiquette to in terfere with any sinecure appointments, (few per haps existed in a naval hospital), he set about re ducing tho medicine, ordering that blue ointment and pills being chiefly required for diseases that might be avoided, should be doled out in a min• i" mum quantity. Thus compelling captains and naval surgeons to purchase these essentiais out 0f their own pockets. This is bad enough, but too warm a bed could not be chosen in the next world for the man who enforced an order "that from the expense of lint, in dressing wounds SPONGE should be substituted, as it might be used over again." Th e result was as might have been expected; slight, wounds became infected, and the limbs and lives e l , many paid the price of this economy. Let us quit such a painful subject, being thankful that what' ever the present shortcomings of the navy may be, humanity is at least studied. On the retiremen.b of Lord St. Vincent (from whom he could o btain no better ship than a collier metamorphosed into a man-of-war, in which he was directed to protect the fisheries in the North Sea) Lord Cochrane Was appointed immediately by his successor, Lord Mel ville, to the Pallas, .a new fir-built frigate of 32 guns. Once more in command of a real man-oi war, and that a dashing frigate, Lord Cochrane prepared for action, the first fruits of which were the capture of two Spanish West Indiamen laden with treasure, and the Pallas returned to port with her prizes, having golden candlesticks each five feet long, at her mastheads. The following will show that a brave conqueror can sometimes afford to be generous : " Lord Cochrane, in his late cruise off the coasts of Spill! and Portugal, fell in with and took La Fortuna, a Spaniel' ship bound to Corunna, and richly laden with gold and silver to the amouut of 450,000 dollars (£132,000), and about the same sum in valuable goods and merchandise. When the Spanish paptain and his supercargo came on board the Psi' las, they appeared much dejected, as their private property on board amounted to the value of 30,000 dollars each. The captain said he had lost, in the war of 1779, a similar for tune, having then been taken by a British cruizer, so that now, as then, he had to begin the world again. Lord Cochrane, feeling for the dejectedcondition of the Spaniards, consulted his officers as to their willingness to give there back 5,000 dollars each in specie. This being immediate/ agreed to, his lordship ordered the boatswain to pipe al Lands, and addressing the men to the like purpose, the gallant fellows sung out, Aye, aye, my lord, with all o ur hearts,' and gave the unfortunate Spaniards three cheers!' That Lord Cochrane was wonderfully fertile in expedients has been shown on many previous oc casions, but the following bold and original mode: 01 avoiding an enemy when running before the wind, deserves record : . As the strange ships were coming up with us hand over hand, the necessity of carrying more sail became indispely sable, notwithstanding the immersion of the hull. To do this with safety was the question. However, I ordered all the hawsers in the ship to be got up to the mast , heads and hove taut. The masts being thus secured, ever/ possible stitch of sail was set, the frigate plunging fore' castle under, as was also the case with our pursuers, which could not fire a gun—though as the haze cleared away vr° saw them repeatedly flashing the priming. After sow' time the line-of-battle ships came up with us, one keeping on our lee beam, another to windward, each within half ° mile, whilst the third was a little more distant. Seeing it impossible to escape by superior sailing, it appeared practicable to try a manoeuvre, which might VI successful if the masts would stand. Having, as stated , secured these by every available rope in the frigate, the order was given to prepare to clew up and haul down eyer/. sail at the same instant. The manoeuvre being execute ; with greatprecision—and the helm being puthard a-weather. so as to wear the ship as speedily as possible—the Pallas , thus suddenly brought up, shook from stem to stern, i° crossing the trough of the sea. As our pursuers were up' prepared for this manoeuvre, still less to counteract it, the/ shot past at full speed, and ran on several miles before the/ could shorten sail, or trim on the opposite tack. Indeed, under the heavy gale that was now blowing, even this Nytt° no easy matter, without endangering their own masts. There was no time for consideration on our part, so hav' ing rapidly sheeted home, we spread all sail on the opposit ° tack. The hawsers being still fast to the masts, we wen 1 away from our pursuers at the rate of thirteen knots an d upwards; ; so that a considerable distance was soon inter,' posed between us and them ; and this was greatly increaseu ere they were in a condition to follow. Before they had fairly renewed the chase night was rapidly setting in, an when quite dark, we lowered a ballasted cask overboarl with a lantern, to induce them to believe that we ha d altered our course, though we held on in the same directio n during the whole night. The trick was successful, for, 0 had been calculated, the next morning, to our great satin" faction, we saw nothing of them, and were all much re lieved on finding our dollars and his Majesty's ship once more in safety. The expedient was a desperate one, but so was the condition which induced us to resort to it. To facilitate the capture of prizes, when boats had to be made use of, Lord Cochrane provided himself, when in England, with a boat, or rather galley, built for him at Deal, which, pulling 18 oars, and being built on the most approved principle, so awed the coasters, that, at the sight of her, being hopeless of escape, they very frequently ran thei' vessels ashore. Having cruised with considerable success on the American coast and other parts, the Pallas returned to Plymouth to be thoroughly re fitted. During the time which was necessary to elapse before she could be again ready for see , Lord Cochrane employed his leisure in obtain" ing a seat in Parliament. On the dissolution of Parliament, in 1807, Lord Cochrane was chosen one of the representatives for Westminster. But his Parliamentary career was iot of long . duration , A naval officer, the representative of an influential borough, bringing to light the abuses of the dock' yards and grievances, and calling on the House to redress them, was not convenient for the Ministry , which tolerated and profited by them ; therefore, his own ship not being ready for sea, Lord Coch rane was appointed to the,lmperieuse, and ordered to join Lord Collingwood's fleet in the Mediterra nean. He, however, still retained his seat for Westminster. On the 12th of September, 1807, the Imperieuse sailed from . Portsmouth. Fortune may favour the brave, but in Lord Cochrane's case she certainly did not favour the just; for, having obtained an order to supersede the officer in com mand of the blockading squadron off the Archipe lago, while cruising on the station during the ar rangement of preliminaries, he captured three merchantmen, and found, to his astonishment, that each had a pass from the officer he was about to supersede. Notwithstanding so treasonable a pass port-he secured them ; for which straightforward course it was contrived, by the aggrieved parties, that his command should be withdrawn. After cruising in the Mediterranean for some time, vainly expecting the command which he had been cheated out of, he received orders from Lord Collingwood to cruise on the Spanish coast, and assist the Spa' niards against the French, peace having been made with Spain. Now was Lord Cochrane in his ele ment; on a cruise by himself, with discretional power, and what with blowing up batteries and signal stations, and turning engineer to break up roads and blow down bridges, and schoolmaster to instruct the Spanish peasants as to the most advan tageous way to harass the enemy, his time was fully occupied. The defence of Fort Trinidad under Lord Coch rare was most extraordinary and determined, and not being exactly according to military tactics, considerably bothered the enemy. The French having laid siege to the town of Rosas, 'Lord Cochrane proceeded to render what assistance he could. On arriving there he found two British men-of-war already on the spot ; but being inde pendent of superior command, he proceeded to lei his own plans. He found that the possession of the Fort of Trinidad was essential to the safety of the town, and ,that the English seamen whom Captain Bennet had placed in it to assist the Spanish garri son had been withdrawn; after examining the works minutely, and considering that the place might be kept possession of if vigorously defended, after some flifficulty he prevailed on the commaw dant to hold out until the next morning, when he would place men out of the Imperieuse in the fort, and remain himself with the men. Accordingly' he landed with a strong body of men, and set to work to , repair the fort : A pretty correct idea of our relative position may bl formed if the unnautical reader will imagine our small force to be placed in the nave of Westminster Abbey, with the enemy attacking the great western tower from the sum' mit of a cliff 100 feet higher than the tower, so that the breach in course of formation nearly corresponded to the great west window of the abbey. It will hence be deer that, in the face of a determined opposition, it would be no easy matter to scale the external wall of the tower up to th° great west window, and more difficult still to overcome int' pediments presently to be mentioned, so as to get down into the body of the church. These were the points I had ff provide against, for we could neither prevent the Frenc h from breaching nor storming. It so happened, that just at the spot where the breaolli was in process of formation, there was a lofty bomb pro ° interior arch, upwards of fifty feet in height. The arch' reaching from the lower part of the breach to the interl base of the tower, was without much difficulty convert e into an obstacle, f which the French little dreamed, into a chasm, down which they must have plunged head: long had they attempted to penetrate an inch beyond Ow outer wall, even after they had gained it. The only operation necessary was to break in the crow of the arch, so that all who on an assault ventured on pol e o ( trating farther than the outer wall of the breach, must a necessary be hurled to the bottom. But as the fall ot. portion of the enemy might not deter the rest from holdi % possession of the outer wall till they were provided with 1!`, 3 means of overcoming the obstacle, I got together all ".. timber at hand, and constructed a huge wooden caesq exactly resembling the hopper of a mill—the upper being kept well greased with cooks' slush from the perieuse, so that to retain a hold upon •it was imP° B , sui t us Down this, with the slightest pressure from behind, storming party must have fallen to a depthof fif t y feet, all they could have done, if not killed, would have bee remain prisoners at the bottom of the bomb proof.to do the The mantra being thus coninietcd — ' n ' i —the o ia n r e d x s t objustice,jeotwt,,hoeytoepurteepreardowtirtaihrwardfoourr tinebtooxptuihioecoeno the magazines, in case evacuation of the for t first de posit, o f pulsory. This was done in two places ; the fi r - t - - s po' powder being placed underneath the breach, with the can de ships I went t seed 1 Proce4 sail afte 1.40 p.m perieuse, the fleet p.m. I a true eni enemy's As - tli coupled officer o] inander explanat In ord account which Public subject the sad' We c express t hrougl express justiqe with I] which howeve a n oPr We lo( 'Volume Zrenin, Shor . , Fires Jahlc Barr: Fran and E TheeE gene • 3 tr stt bjectE told, at barin g by her • tin gu i si Professi ftlsely T - ''