The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-09 00:00:00

THY„' SUBMARINE TELEG.RAPS TO GIBRALTAR. The unfortunate failure of the Atlantic telegraph, -with its long series of mistakes and miscalculations, has exercised, and still to a certain extent continues to exercise, a depressing influence upon all im- portant schemes for submarine telegraphic commu nication. We can scarcely say that confidence in the working practicability of any Atlantic telegraph whatever, submerged along the old deep sea route, has yet been established, while, regarding such a scheme merely in the light of an investment—a commercial speculation by -which money is to be made, we need not remark how,at the present time, even the best inaugurated enterprise of the kind would soon have the grief _of seeing its shares at half discount unless the most rigid and practised caution was exercised bah in the choice of route and choice of cable. In the meantime, during the stagnation that has engulfed all such projected schemes since the Atlantic cable was designed and lost, a great reform in the method of constructing submarine ropes has been going steadily forward. The old self-destructive principle of ponderous iron coils for,deep sea wires has been so generally aban doned, that a proposition for now reverting to their use across a sea of any length or depth would not be entertained for a moment by telegraphic en gineers. To be sure this change, which of course was, and still is, fiercely opposed by some of the wire ropeipakers, has not baen brought about till the cre dulity and patience of shareholders were at an end, and until the bottom of the Mediterranean, and other seas, had been fruitlessly adorned with three orfour of those leviathan coils, enduring monuments of our commercial enterprise and of our mechani cal ignorance also. This journal was neither slow nor lukewarm from the first in pointing out the inherent faults of construction which led to this fearful waste of money, and—still worse—which gave rise to fears in the public mind that long lines of submarine telegraphs presented insuper able difficulties. Our columns at the same period also bear testimony in many letters from electricians and engineers that some who are now most forward in supporting the principle of comparatively light cables were then most strenu ously opposed to them, and most urgent in denounc ing the advocacy of the press in their behalf. Since that period—only four years ago, though marking an age in the infant science of telegraphy—opinions have undergone a most important change, and both contractors and engineers now lean so strongly to very light cables that the idea, like all good ideas, is in danger of being led into extremes, and we may see as much public money lost in trying to sub merge cobwebs as was ever dragged down " fathoms deep," even by those expensive wire•covered cables, big enough and:heavy enough to moor an island. The results of this great alteration in the weight and strength of cablee are likely soon to be practi cally tested on the most extensive scale, by the pro portionate success, or non-success, of some cables which are now being manufactured in England. One is about the very lightest cable of its kind that has ever been made at all, always excepting the guttaperch a-covered copper wirewhichwas stretched across the Black Sea to Balaclava. The other is to be a well-proportioned "composite" cable, heavy and very massive, perhaps far too much so in some parts ; in others, where it is proposed to be sunk some three miles down, it is, if not quite a light rope, still, with regard to lightness, an important example in the right direction. The first-mentioned extremely light cable, which will weigh less than 3ewt. per mile in water, is about being constructed at the Electric Cable Com pany's works, Milwall. The heavier, and we must say the more expensive proportionedrope, is in pro• gress of manufacture at Glass and Elliot's for the English Government, and will, it is hoped, before neat winter unite this country with Gibraltar. Those, however, who suppose that the question of the relative merits of a medium light cable or one of the lightest possible construction will be entirely set at rest by the ultimate success or failure of either of these two kinds of rope will be mistaken, inasmuch as the contract price allowed i for the very light cable we have mentioned is not, we imagine, sufficiently high to insure the pro duction of the best article of its kind. On the other - hand, with the cable to Gibraltar, all questions of cost have been considered at tshe Treasury as entirely subordinate to procuring the very best workman ship and material—the highest conditions of me chanical and electrical excellence which it is possi ble to secure by money, toil, or ingenuity. Both these cables, nevertheless, mark important epochs in the quick progress of ocean telegraphy, and as their success—though one is removed from the or dinary limits which govern commercial enterprize —is likely to influence in the most important degree the construction of all fature cables, we shall take occasion to give our readers some insight into their chief peculiarities. : None will require to be told that for this country it is a matter of the very last importance that the Government should have the means of instantaneous communication with Malta and Gibraltar as they have now with Woolwich or Portsmouth. In fact, it seems somewhat astonish ing that England, which has manufactured thou sands of miles of cables for every other empire, should still be entirely dependent on Continental overland and submarine lines for a means of com munication with the very centres of its European power. Before next winter therefore we may hope to see the first steps taken towards putting an,end to this vary unsatisfactory -state of things, and a working telegraph laid from England to Gibraltar. Before next year is out, tl the first line is success ful, a similar cable will unite Gibraltar with Malta, while before the close of 1862 the line from the latter Wand to Alexandria, and so on, via Suez and the Red Sea, to India ought to be complete, taking it • for grant e d th at the Red Sea lino continues in good working order. The.direct route from this country to Gibraltar would for the most part lie through what in telegraphic works would be oalled deep water—the route from Brest to Fi n i sterre, and so on round the coast of Portugal, at a compara tively short distance from land , averaging on the whole either 1,000 or more than 1,000 fathoms. But in this cable (as should have been the ease with every one that has ever been made) the contract with Glass and Elliot is not only for its manufac ture on a certain plan but for submerging it success fully. The depth of water in which it will ulti mately be laid will, therefore, doubtless rest in a great measure with the contractors, subject of course to certain conditions of the government that it shall be sunk is water deep enough to keep it out of the reach of any enemy either to raise or to break. The latter consideration is, of course, one of the last importance, since only in war time will attempts be made to injure it, and in war trine, above all others, its services would be absolutely indis pensable to the country. It is in reference to the se curity of the rope from injury that some uncer tainty, we are sorry to say, still exists, as to the beet of two places for landing the cable here—Fal mouth or the coast of Ireland. In case of the fer nier being chosen the route must take from this country a south-westerly counsel, in order to give a wide berth to Brest and Cherbourg, where the ater shallows to 80 or 100 fathoms, and - in which an enemy's fri ga t e p roper l y prov id e d w ith grap pling irons could either raise or break the wire at a day's notice. After passing Brest, howeier, the rope can always be kep t in deep 500 to 600 fathora. soundings of from except for about 300 miles across the centre of the Bay of Biscay to Finisterre, where the groat de p th is nearly 2,700 fath oms , and where at no,partfnr a l ength of 270 mil es : i s there less than 2,50 D, Fr omb bet ween et Finisterre, w hi c h cawn this country is almost precisely dw ay and Gibraltar, the contractors choose their ow depth, and, we need scarcely add, i t is to b hopedn that the Government will take care th at they p l ace e the i r sa ble where neither friend nor enemy can eve r reach it. The great and al most fatal objection to this route, of course is , that a f t er leaving F a l mouth - the wire, must remain for a length of nearly 800 miles in a depth *of water nowhere exceeding 200 faikoms, and genera* very considerably less. All telegraph engineers know that at this distance from the surface any cable, no matter its thickness, can be either raised or broken--witnees the recent fract::.re by an empty Indianian of one of the - - thickeSt cables, made by Glass and Elliot, between this country and Holland. By starting from Ire land, on the contrary, two or three miles from shore at once puts the cable into from COO to 500 fathoms of water, a depth at which it would be most difficult to find any wire whatever, no matter what its size. There must always be some risk of its being found by an enemy keepin.; close in shore. Naturally the bestplan, therefore, is to submerge it along thlt route where its chances of discovery are the least. In short, there is no valid reason why the cable should be landed at Falmouth in prefe renee to any other place, while, on the other hand, the reasons for its being brought to Ireland are so strong as to make it almost a necessary measure of precaution. Before the form, weight, strength, and' outer covering of each portion of the cable were resolved on, the Board of Trade took the utmost pains, by consulting our chief electricians, to ascertain the kinds best suited for the purpose and for long en durance under water. Researches into these mat ters have led to the adoption of a cable of dif ferent thicknesses, weights, and strengths, ac cording to the depths of the water under which it will be hit increases—the whole forming one continued submarine rope, which, if not perfect in its mechanical arrangement, is nevertheless one which holds out high prospects of ultimate suc cess. The sore or conductor is, of course, of the same thickness and formation throughout from end to end, being formed of seven No. 18 copper wires, in all about one-eighth of an inch diameter—the thickest conductor that has ever yet been made. The copper strands of this, in accordance with the ad vice of the electricians, have been very carefully selected and tested for conducting power, as even the purest copper wire, from some unknown cause, has been found to vary in electrical conducting power as much as 40 per cent. Its power of con ducting heat also diminishes or increases in the same proportion with its electrical sensitiveness. Yet, though the conductor with its insulating medium of gutta-percha is alike in diameter throughout, the manner in which this core is pro tected, or we had better say the thickness to which the outer covering is laid on, differs considerably. Thus each of the two shore ends is made to rest in from 100 to 200 fathoms, and these for 30 knots each way are very massive, at the rate in weight of seven tons to the mile. The next length at each end is also of 30 knots, and will rest in from 200 to 400 fathoms water, and is far this depth a very massive cable, weighing about five tons to the mile. By the substitution of a finer gatige of wire at each two or three miles or so, this gradually tapers down to meet the first deep sea length, which will be laid in from 500 to 800, or, possibly, even 1,000 fathoms, The length of this portion of the cable is 940 nau tical miles, its weight in air two tons per mile, in water about 34 cwt. The deepest deep-sea portion across the centre of the Bay of Biscay extends over about 280 knots, though 360 knots are being manu factured to meet contingencies in submerging. Here the depth averages about 2,500 fathoms, equal to the very deepest parts of the cable plateau of the North Atlantic. To overcome the difficulties of this vast depth of water the cable is strengthened by the introduction of steel wire in its outer cover ing, and reduced to weigh in air only 26 cwt., in water as low as 13. The weight of the Atlantic cable in air was one ton, and in water about 15 or 16 cwt., per mile. The different weights of the different parts of the cable are, of course, entirely due to the thickness of the outer spiral wires with which it is covered. The conductor, with its threefold insulation of gutta percha and Chatterton's patent—which latter, by the way, is not equal to an additional fold of gutta percha—is all served round alike with yarns of tarred hemp closely bound in, and over which come the outer wires of various gauges, No. 1 gauge, the thickest known, lacing as thick, as a cedar pencil, and so on up to No. 45 gauge, as fine as cotton. The two heaviest shore ends, then, of 30 miles each, are covered with 12 No. 3 gauge wires, which brings its weight up to seven tons a-mile, and its breaking strain from 25 to 30 tons. The second land ends are enclosed in 12 No. 5 gauge wires, of five tons to the mile, and equal to about 15 tons' strain. The first deep-sea length of 950 miles for from 500 to 800 fathoms is closely covered, like the At lantic, with 18 No. 11 gauge solid iron wires, weigh ing two tons the mile in air, 33 cwt. in water, and equal to a strain of nearly eight tons. The deepest sea part is enclosed in 12 steel wires of No. 14 gauge, each wire being spun round and enclosed in a sepa rate strand of hemp, in order, if possible, to take off that dangerous springiness and tendency to kink, which makes all steel wire rope, even when coiled so lively, and so much resembling a cargo of live eels. The cable, the chief points of which we have thus described, is necessarily a most expensive one, for, as we have already stated, the Government have contracted that all parts of the material and work manship are to be of the finest possible kind. Nevertheless, in spite of all the care that has been taken to secure a good rope, and the improve ment which, with regard to strength with a certain amount of lightness, the deep-sea portion of this cable, undoubtedly displays, it is still, we are sorry to say, constructed on the old self-destructive prin ciple of spiral iron wires round a soft core—one of the most faulty mechanical arrangements that could have been attempted. There is not a single en gineer of eminence who does not condemn tho prin ciple of laying on the outside wires spirally, in stead of longitudinally, in a line with the strain they have to resist. Why the old arrangement is persisted in at the present day it, is dif4ult, to imagine, unless it is due to the fact that most of the wire-rope manufacturers have their machines constructed for laying on the wires spirally, and do not care to make others which will render the completion of their work slower, more difficult, and less profitable. Four years ago, when the plan of construction of the Atlantic cable was resolved on, we most strongly deprecated this arrangement, and the event has so clearly justified what we then pointed out would be the consequences, that we may bo excused for quoting the opinion on the present occasion "Whenever a cable is constructed with spiral' wires round a soft core any severe strain in paying it out must, by stretching the outside wires, either attenuate or break the insulation of the copper con ductor. This is a simple fact, which those l eas t c onversant with m ec h an i cs can' easily understand. Wo do not mean to say that the Atlantic cable cannot succeed, but the chances are very much against it, and it is certain that before it has been down 12 months it will, like most others similarly constructed, be perfectly useless. If it does answer even temporarily, it will not be due to the plan on which it is made, but ba,spite of it." We shall on another occasion inform our readers of the chief principles on which the light cable before mentioned is being constructed, and the prospects which cables of that description hold out of being successful when laid. All that we have at present to add with regard to the Gibraltar cable is that the contractors undertake to sub merge it at their own risk and expense; and, to insure proper fulfilment of this portion of their task, the Government very wisely retain 5 per cent. of the price of the whole cable (which is in all nearly £300,000) in their own bands, and further compel Messrs. Glass and Elliot to give security to the amount of £20,000 that the rope shall be successfully laid. It is proposed to sub merge it in two equal portions —one from Gibraltar to Cape Finisterre, and one from Finisterre to (we hope) the south-west coast of Ireland. It is antici pated that the whole rope will be ready for laying about the middle of September next —Times. M. Paulin has been appointed professor'of singing at the Conservatoire, in place of M. Faure, resigned. [ADVERTISEMENT.}—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.— Colds, Fever, Influenza.—The uncertain weather is now producing these complaints, which demand immediate at tention, or serious consequences may ensue. As curative agents, nothing equals Holloway's re me di es . Th e o i n t men t should be well rubbed twice a day on the back and chest, at the same time that the pills are taken inter na lly. Th ese dis eases weekly endanger the lives of thousands, w ho wou ld have been speedily restored to health by these grand pre servatives, which must in every case do good, and never y purif y the blood and arrest fever. The pal l)]. tat The i .. ons of the heart, shortness of breath, and sense of oppression arere at once removed . The feeble and ex h aus t e d frame acquiring vigour, testifie s to the virtues of Holloway's preparatton.s. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV ENING, APRIL 9, 1860. S A RI)II lA. (From a Correspondent of themes.)' TURIN, APRIL 4. Neither House of Parliament met yesterday. The Senate will sit to-day, but only to constitute itself by the appointment of the President's office. The President himself is named by the King, who has in this instance only confirmed in his dignity the Marquis Alfieri di Sostegno. The Lower House will also meet to-day, but only for the " verification of powers," that is, to pro- nounce on the result of the deputies' inquiry into each other's election. This preliminary proceeding began yesterday in the nine Uffizi, or sections of the house. I understand that most of the elections have already been duly sifted and found correct, so that there is reason to hope that this unavoidable formality will pass off with but little discussion, and Parliament will be allowed to proceed to real business. In the year 1857, as the reader will re member, this verification of powers took up several weeks (25 sittings), and made a woeful hole in the duration of the session ; but at that epoch the Government was strongly interested -in a very keen search into the election of certain clerical members whom they were anxious to unseat. This year, on the contrary, hardly one of the ' blacks" has been returned, not even the great leader of the party, Count Solara della Margherita. The Chamber is as yet all ono colour, like the world in the first grey morning dawn, before sun- light has called forth its harmonious variety of hues. The nation has sent nothing but patriots to Parlia ment, and these are but too willing to drive on the Government faster than it would go. All that Cavour wants of the Parliament is simply their sanction to.:—nay, their acquiescence in—the Savoy treaty, and this will be but tovasily obtained. li _ _ would be mere tampering with to say that 99, at least, out of every 100 Italian Liberals not only fully expected that the emancipation of a consi derable part of the Peninsula would lead to the loss of the Transalpine provinces, but deemed also the cession, at least, of Savoy, if not of Nice, as desir able as it was inevitable. From the first rumour of the particulars of the Plombieres interview the sub ject was familiarly entertained and looked upon as mere matter of course. The peace of Villafranca, and the magniloquent professions of Napoleon has certainly 'given men's thoughts a different turn, and if since Villafranca the Emperor has behaved very passively, if not quite hostilely to the Italian cause, the revival of claims so long and so often disavowed could hardly fail to create painful sur prise and disappointment. However made up the mind of the Italian might be to the separatrOn of Savoy, it was not, as I said, equally indifferent to the sacrifice of Nice, and in either case it was keenly alive to any violation, be it of the individual rights of the people or the provinces, be it of the funda mental principles of the constitution of any free State, which forbids the sale or barter of lands, and still more of men, without the free consent, not only of the parties concerned, but of the whole na tion as in Parliament represented. The King's Speech announces a treaty already " stipulated," but conditional both on Parliamen tary approbation and on popular suffrage. But there is not one man sitting in either house who can for one moment doubt that the contract re specting Savoy and Nice is definitive and irrevoc able, so far at least as the Govern went and State of Sardinia are concerned. Any discussion in Par liament, or appeal to public vote, would be a mere mockery. This, as I say, every senator and deputy knows, and he is fully aware that he must make up his mind to one of three courses :—first, impugn. the treaty itself, and move to have it rescinded — in which case the proposer, even if he were allowed to go through his resolution, would soon find him self in a minority of one; secondly, to hold his tongue and accept the treaty,—a line of conduct which would brand the Parliament and every member in it with abject servility and cowardice ; or, finally, to enter a protest against the treaty and abstain from voting,—and this is the only incident likely to diversify the sameness of the whole of the dolorous transaction. There aro orators, I believe, not only among the , extreme Radicals, men of the stamp of Cattaneo, Sirtori, and Guerrazzi, but even men of just as moderate principles and conscientious following of Cavour's lead, who speak as if they were bent on giving the King's Minister a piece of their mind. Equivocation and prevarication *enough there has been on the part of the . Sardinian Government throughout this Savoy proceeding. I need not here recapitulate the particulars of their conduct. Their only plausible defence lies in the pithy words, "Needs must where the -- Emperor drives." Napoleon either actually compelled them to belie and almost to forswear themselves at every stage, or so misled them as to involve them in con stant, flat, flagrant contradictions and misstate ments—a supposition the latter, which, with Count Cavour's acuteness and fertility of resources, appears the less probable. But, when you have even proved that Napoleon was overbearing and Cavour disingenuous, men be gin to ask,what have you gained for Piedmont and Italy? It was only yesterday a man in authority very deliberately assured me, "The only friend the Italians have in France is the, Emperor of the French." Savoy and Nice, too, are utterly given up by all the European Powers, the only question likely to be brought before the Conference now about to open being that of the neutralised districts of Faucigny, Chablais, and Genevois, a matter of international polity in which the national Parlia ment may be said to be hardly concerned. Anything that may be said in the Madama or Carignano Palaces is, for all practical uses, mere breath thrown away. But honour must also have its own path, and the example of the English Par liament is a brilliant proof of the extent to which good men and true should take care " how they make themselves partakers of iniquity. No doubt prudent persons reflect how different is the position, and therefore the responsibility, of an orator of in accessible no less than unconquerable England from that of a speaker in so helpless and defenceless a State as Piedmont, so helpless in its present transi tional and somewhat unsettled condition, so defence less in its military and diplomatic position. Something yet, I am assured on all sides, will be said ; the honour and dignity of the Parliament will be saved; but Savoy, which the Italians would so much more willingly give to Switzerland than to France—and Nice, which many of them would die a thousand deaths rather than give to any foreign Power—must not the less be immolated. Such are the feelings,with which hon, gentlemen take their seats in both houses. The Chamber of Deputies assembled at 1 o'clock, and, as it was foreseen, was busy with the verification of powers, s. mere formality, which resulted in a waste of precious time and was not half gone through. The house has been beautified, but scarcely im proved. The eye is pleased with the red velvet seats, green velvet tablecloths, and other ornaments, but room has only been made for the, new members by opening into the hall some of the old tribunes or galleries and converting them into niches, the sit ters in which will neither see nor hear, be seen nor be heard. Th e full-length portrait , of Charles Albert, whi c h h ung behind the Presdent's chair till last year has been removed, and the effigy of the present Sovereign has at last taken its place--an emblem rather of a new kingdom than of a new reign. Above the King's likeness, however, th e y h ave p l aced a large bas-relief in white marble, representing Charles Albert in the act of bestowing the Ratuto, or Constitutional Charter, upon his people. Among the conspicuous ornaments newly introduced I no ticed all round the vast oval edifice, close under the vault, the coats of arms of the chief towns of the old and new dominions of the Royal house. Among them I saw the white crowned eagle, and read the name of the city of Nice, and I thought, not without bitterness, that the same hands which so lately painted that symbol will so soon have to erase it. In the account of the results of the various elections of the kingdom I was peculiarly struck with what was said about that same poor Nice. The first elec tion, on the 25th of March, proved a blank failure, because the Avenir and other - papers in the French interest had announced that the annexation of the country to France was a settled matter, and the election of members to the Piedmontese Par liament was therefore an idle er ally contradicted remony. That announcement was, however, form' by an official proclamation, layir i g, as it were, the fate of Nice in the hands of its people by pro mising an appeal to the public suffrage, and then, on the second election day , the 19th, the voters rushed to the polls in g eat numbers and re turned Garibaldi by an alr Jost complete unanimity. On that day Nice voted • not onlylor the General, but also for Italy. Gad baldi was in Turin to-day, and took his scat in the House. His fair or rather fox coloured (I ulva) hair and complexion, and lion like face presented a sl,range contrast to the milder countenances of the shrug civilians around him. He professes to have corn e to do stout battle for his native city in the House, and combat the annexa tion scheme by 's ords, ax: he would be too happy to fight against it by might of arm. 'Would it were only of any avail ! An unexpected melancholy incident came sud denly to interrupt the sitting. General Quaglia, the temporary President of the Chamber by right of egg, broke down in a short speech in which he was putting one of the elections to the vote, and sank into the arms of some of the bystanders, struck with a fit of apoplexy et paralysis, by which his life is even at this present moment endangered. He was removed to one of the anterooms and bled freely, but up to this present time (8 o'clock in the evening) little improvement is apparent. Altogether the sud denness of the event and the ensuing dismay and consternation reminded me forcibly of the pictures I have seen of the'death of Lord Chatham in the House of Lords. The sitting was adjourned in stantly. General Quaglia is only 72 years old. The real Doyen of the Deputies, Jocopo Sanvitale, who is 74, yielded the honour which was duo to him to the gallant veteran. The priestly party are already crowing about this accident, in which they fancy they see the first effect of excommunication, and the work of" God's finger." A petition praying for the preservation of Nice as a member of the new Italian State is circulating at Genokand has already been covered with thousands of signatures. Generals Sonnaz and Menabrea, distinguished Savoyard officers, have been plied by the Emperor Napoleon with tho most tempting offers to induce them to enter the French service, but have firmly declined to quit their rank in the Sardinian army. The King's journey to Florence and Central Italy is variously announced for the 'loth, The 17th, and the 20th; I believe the latest is the most probably date. The Presidency of the Chamber will probably be conferred by the election of the Deputies upon Buoncempagni, who filled that office for several years previous to his mission to Florence. NAPLES. (Frowthe Times Correspondent.) NAPLES, MARCH 3. If all the reports that one hears about Sicily have a moiety of truth in them, the state of that island is such as to awaken grave solicitude. In my last letter I told you that Prince Castelcicala had arrived in Naples with his family; and, though he may re turn for a time, I believe I may state that the Prince considers Sicily no longer a safe residence for his sister and his daughter. It is said, too, that many of the employes have sent up their families to Naples for similar reasons. lam not surprised at these apprehensions or precautions, for the Sicilians, like the Neapolitans, are bowed down to the ground by oppression, and, being more united than the latter, are in a better state to resist, and stories have long been circulating here that such a resistance is being organised. Indeed, the history of many months —nay, years—in that island has been a his tory of discontents, struggles, outbreaks, and law less acts of vengeance. I have heard from several independent sources that a packet of arms was found the other day in front of the palace in Palermo with an inscription upon it to the following effect :—" Enough, and more than enough." Of course all official reports continue to state that the country enjoys the most profound tranquillity, but the tranquillity is that of the worm which is writh ing under‘the heel of the strong man. More re cent reports state that the peasantry about Palermo had been disarmed, that the sale of saltpetre had been prohibited, and that gunpowder shops and magazines had been closed. On these reports you may depend, but the precautions which are taken, while they show the apprehensions which are entertained by the Government, will not de feat the object of the people if they resolved upon any movement. As to gunpowder, the Si cilians have abundant materials, and are well ac quainted with the mode of making it. Before 1848 the manufacture and the sale of it were not Government monopolies, and the Sicilians have not lost the knowledge of an art which is likely to begome so useful to them. Thus, to go no further back than the beginning of the reign of the " inexperienced" Sovereign who rules this coun try,have not had one conc ili a t ory ac t, b u t a series of irritating and opp ress i ve measures , w hi c h have e goaded the peopls into madness. If we return to Naples, the report of what daily passes is pre cisely the same. A list, on which I can depend, now lies before me of 57 persons imprisoned in Santa Maria Apparente alone on political suspicion. Their names, sur names, country, date of arrest, occupation, and causes of arrest are all appended, so that I am in viting your belief to no old wives' story. The olcrat prisoner among them is 87 years of age, and was arrested in 1850; nine were arrested in 1856, five in 1857, and the others at various times later. Not one of them has been tried. For one year the tritish and Foreign Ministers have laboured for their liberation, but instead of producing any change in their position, the, number has been from t line to time increased. Eight more persons are to be sent off in relegation to the island of Capri, I believe, this week, and in all probability a scene will be enacted similar to the one I described in my last letter. By the by, it is currently stated that that disgraceful act was committed by Ajoskt out of pique towards Mr. Elliott for having shown him up and destroyed his expectations by his able and manly correspon dence. Indeed, few have any doubt that, had it not been for the untimely publication of that cor respondence, the director Ajossa would by this time have been gazetted as Minister. The public feeling against Ajossa is as strong as it can be well imagined, and the surprise is not less strong that Princes Cas saro, Priuce Cinitini, and Signor Gamboa, three really honest men, should have consented to en danger their reputations by virtually sanctioning the illegalities and ferocities of the Director of Police. That there is a schism in the Ministry I have already informed you, -but that fact by no means affects its existence, as the duty of a Neapolitan Minister is only to register and subscribe the orders "of our Lord the King." Though, therefore, the members composing the Ministry may represent all the colours of the political rainbow, still they may go on opposing and neutralising each other until it pleases his Majesty to remove them. There was a very pretty scene occurred in the Council a few days since. First, there was an angry discussion ; then a tempest arose, and Signor Rosica, a man who in an age and a mass of corruption is marked for his honesty, thus addressed Ajossa :—" God has not given you talent• for the post which you occupy, and, while thinking that you do well, you are doing just the contrary, and increasing daily 'the enemies of the Government." The attack was made in the pre sence of the King, but hitherto has produced no re sults, for Ajossa flourishes, and his system is in vigour. The Giornale Officiak of last night publishes the name of Lieutenant-General Winspeare as Minister of War. Hitherto ho was only gradual° Minister, with 3,000 ducats annually; now he is full Minister, with 6,000 ducats a year. Perhaps the reason of the change ntay be that he is out of bed, for ten months a year are passed by the head of the Neapo litan army in bed. His Majesty very soon will, according to the custom of the Spanish Bourbons, walk in procession to several churches on Holy Thursday to visit the sepulchres. I believe, how ever, that arrangements are being made for the Court to leave Naples for Portici on Wednesday next, and that the pious duties of the week, such as 'washing the polished feet of 12 men bearing tho soubriquets of " Apostles," and other self-sacrificing offices, will be performed - at Portici. Three Cabinet Messengers—Castelli, Giannini, and Bezzi—left Naples with despatches last Satur day, one directed to Turin, Paris, and London ; another'to Munich and Berlin, and a third to Vienna ankSt. Petersburg. It is surmised that they were the 'bearers of protests against the annexation of Tuscany and Parina, over which this family affects to have some hereditary rights. Robert, the ex- Duke of Parma, is a Bourbon, and one of the titles of the Monarch of this country is Grand Duke of Tuscany. Protests are, however, but paper pellets now•-a-days, and might well have been spared, especially in such a cause. It certainly would be no additional motive to the populations of those Duchies to return to their allegiance to their late Sovereigns that the Bourbons of Naples held certain reserved rights to the sovereignty of those States. I see no disposition here to introduce the slightest change in the government of the country, and, in fact, the best that could be desired for this country is an increase of excesses. Mere palliatives, tem porary cessations froth illegality and brutality, will prove only delusions. We must come to principles, and so long as the present dynasty occupies the throne of the .Two Sicilics, the constitution, and that of 1848, is the only remedy for ills which must continue so long as there are no clucks on Sovereign caprices. I have said the constitution of 1848, because that is the "legal state," and has never been officially abolished, and because, as the granting of that constitution was doubtless commu- nicated to the several Governments of Europe, it is that constitution which is recognised by the Sove reigns through their Ministers. Of course, the Royalists say that the people are not ripe for such a measure, and so they have said since 1820, and so will they say to 1920, while they take not one single step, but just the contrary, to prepare them for the exercise of new privileges. Yet Northern and Central Italy and various other parts of Europe hold nearly 600 Neapolitan exiles, of whom a list of 200 or thereabout, distinguished by their talents lies before me. My list contains the names of 12 ex-Ministers, 32 ex-Deputies, 26 military men, 35 professors with degrees, 3 magistrates, 16 proprietors, 29 civil em ployes, and many of the nobility. Of course, it is possible to exhaust the wealth of a country, and then exclaim, " See hov; poor it is ;" but the men whose names I see before me are enriching and adorning other parts of Italy by their talents, and some of them have been elected as Deputies to the new Italian Parliament. , How much might they have contributed to the glories of their own country ! Power is, however, very dear, and the stick and the dungeon will not willingly be abandoned as instru ments of government. Since writing I have heard of more arrests, and among them of a lady. It is perfectly true that, as I assured ) , ou, not one, but several, if not all, of those who were "relegati" to Capri the other day had their wrists bound so tight that the impression remained a long time after. I send you a list of the prisoners in Santa Maria Apparente upon which you may depend. It may be worth publication, and if it be given to the world it will have an opportunity of seeing in what manner justice is administered in this country : NOMINAL LIST OF POLITICAL PRISONERS DETAINED IN SANTA MARIA APPARENTE UP TO THE 31ST OF MARCH, 1860. PERSONS SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE CAUSE OF MILANO. 1. Attansio Dramis, S. Giorgio, in Cosenza, Gendorme ; date of imprisonment—December 10, 1856 ; cause of arrest— having been fellow-student with Agesilao Milano, in the halo-Greco College ; acquitted by a general Court-martial ; now suffering in an awful dungeon. 2. Francesco Mead, Santa Sofia, in Cosenza, gentleman; Dec. 11, 1856; arrested in Naples, because Dramis, in writ ing to‘Milano, had inquired where he lived. 3. Ora4io Rinaldi, Spezzano Albanese, in Cosenza, law yer; Dec. 11, 1866; arrested in Naples, for having been fellow-student with Dramis and Agesilao Milano at the Italo-Greco College. 4. Giuseppe Marchiano, Spezzano Albanese, in Cosenza; lawyer ; Deo. 11, 1856 ; arrested in Naples, for being a countryman and a relative of a certain Antonio Nociti, an emigrant. 5. Domenico De Stefano, Rossano ; Dec. 11, 1866; arrested in Naples, for having resided with the aforesaid Nociti. 6 and 7. Alfonso and Isidoro Gentili, Paola, lawyers ; Dec. 11, 1856 ; arrested in Calabria, and conveyed to Naples, for having wished to be remembered in a letter written to Milano by Domenico Antonio Marchese (released from prison 14 months ago). 8. Gullelmo Tucci, S. Cosmo, in Cosenza, lawyer, Do cember 14, 1836; arrested in Naples, for having been a friend and fellow-student with Milano, Dramis, and Rivaldi at the Italo-Greco College. 9. Domenico Francalanza, Rossano, physician; January 3, 1857 ; arrested in Naples, for having been acquainted with Dramis and Nociti. 10. Lelio Gatti, Cosenza, physician; December 20, 1857; arrested in Cosenza, for a greeting in a letter written by Milano's brother. in-law. 11 Eugenio Conforti, S. Benedetto Ullano, physician; January 14, 1857 ; arrested in his native country, being a countryman of Milano's, and held as a Liberal by the police (attendibil*) since 1848-49. 12. Raffacle Frioli, Acri, in Cosenza, lawyer; January 30, 1857; arrested in his native country; supposed to be acquainted with Milano and Dramis. 13. Pietro Antonio Basile, S. Giorgi, in Cosenza, gen tleman ; February 4, 1867 ; arrested in his native country ; supposed to be acquainted with Milano and Dramis. 14. Raffaelle Aiello, Cosenza, tailor; February 5, 1857; arrested in his native country; supposed to be acquainted with Milano. PERSONS ARRESTED OUT OP SUSPICION AND WITHOUT BEING PROSECUTED. 1. Igino Mirarchi, S. Soste, in Catanzero, lawyer; June 19, 1857 ; arrested in Naples ; suspected by the police. 2. Vincenzo d'Ambrosio, Naples, tailor; June 19, 1857; arrested in Naples ; suspected by the police. 3. Salvatore Fittipaldi, Naples, merchant ; July 5, 1857 ; arrested in Naples ; suspected by the police. 4. Giuseppe Saffioti, Naples, lawyer ; July 7, 1857 ; ar rested in Naples ; suspected by the police. '5 and 6. Carlo and Luigi Giordano, residents in Naples, gentlemen; Sept. 29, 1859; arrested in Naples; suspected by the police. 7. Gaetano del Mercato, Salerno, lawyer; Oct. 1, 1859; arrested in Naples, for having in' a fictitious name up to this date, while involved in political trials in 1848 in _ _ Naples and Salerno. 8. Luigi Gialone, Naples, engraver ; October 6, 1859 ; arrested in Naples, for having a three-coloured cap in his possession. 9. Gaetano Esposito, Naples, fishmonger, October 7, 1359; arrested in Naples for having asserted that he had seen the three •cobured cap above-named. 10. Gaetano Reale, Naples, gentleman, October 7, 1859; arrested in Naples by order of the police. 11. Gaspare Venturiero, Naples, merchant, April 28, 1859 ; arrested in Naples ; suspected of wishing to emigrate to Piedmont, having been in the army in Lombardy before. 12. Pasquale Distainti, Naples, porter, December 23, 1859, arrested in Naples; suspected of having strewn tri coloured cockades through the streets, and for distributing a Secret paper called Corriere di Napoli. _ _ 13. Raimondo Garnbardella, Naples, ex-sergeant, Decem ber 23, 1559, arrested in Naples for do. 14. Pasquale Cofiero, Naples, clerk, March 2, 1860, ar rested in Naples ; suspected by the police. 15. Vincenzo Masuri, Naples, casemaker, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples ; suspected by the police. 16. Joseph Raguzzini, Naples, broker, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples ; suspected by the police. 17. Salvatore Antiere, Naples, clerk, March 2, 1860, ar rested in Naples; suspected of having smuggled firearms. 18. Salvatore Aurino, San Giovanni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples; suspected by the police. 19. Davide Aurino, San e Giovanni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples for do. 20. Clemente Aurino, San Giovanni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples for do. 21. Samuele Aurino, San Giovanni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples for do. 22. Giacomo Aurino, San Gioiranni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples for do. 23. Ferdinando Aurino, San Giovanni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, , 1860, arrested in Naples for do. 24. Domenico Aurino, San Giovanni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples for do. 25. Vincenzo Aurino, San Giovanni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples for do. 26. Gaetano Gesuele, San Giovanni a Teducci, Custom house porter, March 2, 1860, arrested in Naples for do. 27. Salvatore Mnrrone, San Giovanni a Teducci, tailor, Oct. 21, 1559, arrested in Naples for having foreign news- papers. 28. Giovanni Guliehni, Martino di Lecce, architect, Jan. 27, 1860, arrested in Naples ; accused of having written against the Government. 29. Nunzio Cipolletti, Ancona, hairdresser, Jan. 12, 1860, arrested in Naples for ditto. Two days without food. 30. Domenico Chiarolanze., Naples, 'engineer, Jan. 1, 1860, arrested in Naples fur having a tri-coloured cockade ill his hat. 31. Vincenzo Battimelli, Naples, painter, March 1, 1860, arrested in Naples for having a caricature delineating the r mtamorphosia of the Director of Police, Ajossa, into an Its.. 32. Stanislao Gatti, Naples, literary man, March 3, 1860, arrested in Naples as a preservative measure. 33. Antonio Rizzo, Naples, merchant, March 25, 1860, arrested in Naples for having held a secret correspondence with his brother Genaro, exiled in the Island of Capri. 34. Oronzio Virgine, Lecce, gentleman, March 15, 1860, arrested in Naples, for having succoured his friend in pri son, the aforesaid Guglielnir; 35. Luigi Barbaro,Monteleone, lawyer, March 22, 1860, arrested in Naples ; suspected by tha police. 36. Mario D'Agostino, Salerno, lawyer, Jan. 2, 1860, arrested in Naples : accused of not having his ticket of re sidence. 37. Carlo Gambuzzi, Naple , , advocate, March 26, 1860, arrested in Naples; accused of having distributed a secret newspaper calle4 Piccolo Corriere. 38. Gennaro Tedesco, Naples, ;hoemaker, Nov. 12, 1859, arrested in Naples for having a frit. coloured riband about him.. - 39. Raffaele Giovannelli, Naples, tailor, November 14, 1859, arrested in Naples because he went to visit his re lation Tedeschi at the police-office. 40. Luigi Morgea, Naples, tailor, November 4, 1853, ar rested in Naples for being suspected by the polic'e. 41 Pasquale Baselici, Naples, farrier, Dec. 23, 1859, ar rested in Naples on account of intrigue contrived by the son of the'Commissary of Police, M. Morbillo, who wished to oblige one of the many loose women he protects. 42. Giuseppe Maria Basile de Luna, Naples, gentleman, June 10, 1850, arrested in Portici ; suspected by the police (now in the 87th year of his age). 'ME RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN SY: GEORGE' 8- LAr- THE-Ed ST. RENEWAL OF DISTURBANCES. Yesterday was selected for a renewal of disturb ances in the parish church of St. George's-in-the- East. " Although the service yesterday morning was very much disturbed, it was left for last night to witness a series of the most disgraceful outrages ever perpetrated, we should imagine, in any church. The conduct of the mob was perfectly fiendish, but it certainly was not entirely without provocation. At the morning service the gates were kept closed until ten minutes after the usual time. the church wardens themselves being denied admission, and in the evening the same course was repeated, some hundreds of persons, professing to be parishioners, being kept out in the rain until 20 minutes to seven, while persons who avowedly had no connection with the parish were allowed to pass through the pri vate gate of the rectory into the church. The con sequence was that when the crowd was admitted the excited people rushed in in the worst possible humour, and began howling and yelling with all their force. Nor were they rendered less pacific when their eyes were attracted to the gaily deco rated altar. It was covered with a white cover filled with crosses and emblematical devices, and surmounted by a number of crosses of various sizes, formed of red roses, white roses, and red and white roses mixed. There were also vases of flowers on the altar. Over the quasi alter hung the chande lier, at which hassocks, prayer books, and bibles were freely thrown on a previous Sunday evening. On this occasion it had'two circles of wax candles, altogether about 32 in number, festooned with evergreens, and red and white roses. About 10 minutes after the riotous congregation had been admitted a white-robed chorister came forth from the vestry, and with a long rod with a taper at tached began to light the candles. This was the signal for a tempest which it is needless to de se: ibe, for it was of precisely the same character as that which has been so often reported. It was so intense, however, that the churchwarden was sent for, and accordingly went to the vestry room. At ten minutes past seven, the churchwarden (Mr. W. J. Thompson) came out of the vestry room, and approaching the altar, evidently in a very excited state, exclaimed to the people, who were crowding round the • altar, "Take your seats !" The mob shouted, " Where?" to which Mr. Thompson re plied, "Anywhere !" About 40 or 50 people at once broke into the altar. A gentleman named Adams, who has fo r a l ong ti me pas t t a k en an active part in favour of the rector and his party, rushed to the altar gates, to preserve that part of the sanctuary from further • invasion, and being a powerful and determined young man succeeded to a great extent in accomplishing his object. His triumph,however, was of the most short-lived character, for two po lice-constables and a parochial officer, named But ton, acting under the direction of the churchwarden, hurled him from his post of defence, and he was summarily ejected from the church. Mr. Thompson then went within the rails and cleared the intru ders. It was now about 20 minutes past 7, and a passage having been made through the mob, a pro cession of priehts and choristers moved from the vestry-room door towards the altar. Two of the choristers fought their way to the rails, but the whole of the other choristers, with Mr. Bryan King, the rector, Mr. Dove, the curate, and Mr. McDouall, the appointed preacher, were hemmed in by the crowd (who were labouring under, the deepest ex citement), and then driven back in the most insult- ing manner to the vestry. Meanwhile, it appeared that Mr. Thompson had previously to the irruption upon the altar had an interview with the rector, who insisted that he should find sittings for the congregation, a task which, under the circumstances, it was obviously impossible to accomplish. At half past seven o'clock another attempt wasmade by the priests and choristers to get to their places, in order to commence the service, and this time they. were more successful. After a struggle which did in finite credit to their perseverance, Mr. Dove, Mr. McDouall, and the choristers, made their way to the altar, and Mr. King to the reading desk, his ascent to which was the signal for another display of howling, yelling, hissing, and slamming of pew doors. Amidst a succession of similar inter ruptions, he went on with the service until he came to " the Belief," when he turned round to the altar, with his back to the congregation, displaying his M.A. hood turned out, displaying red aldne. This was the signal for a fearful row, during which the police, who had long odds to contend against, turned several people out of the church, these being the principal offenders. When Mr. Bryan Kiug descended from the desk there was More howling, and this process was renewed when the Rev. Mr. M•Douall went into the pulpit. There Was a loud shout that he wore a huge cross - upon his back, but this was a slight mistake, inasmuch as the simple adornment was a white fur university hood, one without any led about it. The rev, gentleman se lected for his text the 17th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, verses 30 and 31—" And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent : because he hath ap pointed a day in the which he will judge the woad in righteousness by that man whom he hath or dained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead." The preacher got on very well until he made some particularly direct references to the congregation, which were not considered complimentary. lie stated that for 11 months past the church in which they were assembled had been the scene of awful sacrilege, that it was a monument of shame to peni tent worshippers, that .the clergy had been sub jected to persecution, malice, and spite, and that if the people continued in this course God's judgments would surely fall upon them. These admonitions and reproofs were, however, eviden:ly thrown away. The Easter Hymn, " Jesus Christ is risen to-day," which was sung by the choir after the sermon, was travestied by the congregation with filthy pro fanity. As - the rector and his staff left the altar for the vestry a violent outrage was committed upon them, and it will be no matter of surprise to hear that some of them have been seriously injured. So savage was the conduct of the mob who at tacked them, that Mr. Superintendent Howie, who had been waiting outside, rushed in with a large body of police, and . having first guarded the altar furniture, succeeded in course of time iu clear ing the church, many parts of which have suffered serious injury. Some hundreds of persons afterwards amused themselves by walking about the neighbour hood, singing, with more strength than harmony or propriety, the Doxology. And so—happily it was no worse—ended Easter Sunday in St. George's-in the-East. Mr. W. J. Thompson has consented to act as churchwarden for another year. His colleague will be Mr. Garrett, a surgeon, practising in the neigh bourhood, who, if common report may be relied on, is a most determined opponent of High Church principles. 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It was stated. by the Surveyor of the Navy, in a report of the committee appointed by the Trea sury to inquire into the Navy Estimates, that at the end of 15 ye ars , on an average, the hull of each ship in the navy requ i res a complete and-ex tensi▪ ve repair. And f u rth er , th at t h e d ura ti on of a ship• of war cannot be estimated at more than 30 years. The Surveyor took for his guidance the average of the 10 years from 1849 to 1859, w h en 35 ships of the lin e an d 46 fri gates were remove d from the effective list of the navy. We much fear that none of our " converted" ships, nor indeed any of our finest specimens of naval architecture , will stand the wear and tear for the periods assigned to them by the Naval Surveyor ; and it is supposed, when he made the above statements, he alluded ' to the duration of sailing ships only, for we have had a few warnings lately as to the future Me of our Victorias, Howes, Duncans, and Diadems, by the introduction of steam into ships of war. have found that, instead of requiring a complete repair once in 15 years only, as many months are sometimes sufficient to send a ship into dock. The rapid manner iu which the navy has been re constructed in some degree accounts for this pre mature decay, in consequence of the unseasoned timber which has been so extensively used, and which, from the limited supply in hand, could no t well have been avoided ; but, in addition to the use of indifferent materiel, we must reckon upon our steam ships of walebecoming rotten sooner than our sailing ships did, in consequence of the heat produced by the volcanic fires we put into them. Shipwrights know to a plank where to "prick" for rotten wood in a steamship. With unerring pre; cision they try her just in the" wake of the boilers, where the alternations of heat and cold are. the greatest, and which are sufficient to destroy the best seasoned timbe”. It is in these places that steam ships require repairs oftenest. There is, however , another destructive power that di sa bl es a s teamshiP of war in a very marked manner, and thatqa_th e "shake of the screw." Long-continued screw pre" pulsion at full speed soon tells a tale, We hav e had indications in the Princess Royal, 91, nom under repair at Port smou th, o f th e d es t r uctive effects of the vibratory motion of the screw. She has been almost rebuilt abaft, after having passe" i thfough one commi ss i on on l y . It i s sa id, a l s o, n confirmation of this, that the whole of the Maw nel fleet is leaky, and that the Royal Albert, the flag ship, will require a thorough caulkin. Whe. n we remember how recently this ship g was Inuit and commissioned these reports aro by no means satisfactory. Judging, therefore, from the el' perience to be derived from the few years the " screw" has been in the navy, we must expect to find defects in the " deal-wood" of all our shirt which is subject to the cross-strain it receives in passing through a body of water in a state of per turbation. Olcourse other naval Powers will hale the same destructive elements to contend with ourselves. Indeed, we happen to know that the vihre Lion . in some French line-of-battle ships greatly el• ceeds that of our best ships. The Emperor, hod' ever, aims at speed ; he knows its importance s:°_ Well as we do. But to obtain this very desirabl quality in screw ships of war, he must be prepare' to do as we do, and that is to anticipate a vel serious increase in his navy estimates under th e head of "repairs."—Army and Navy Gazette, (. O U.N2lll' MAPICHTS. NORTHAMPTON—Arun, 7. At this corn-market wheat was in fair supply, wit ll ,2 l very tokrable sale, at fully the rat es o f thi s day se night, prices ranging from 49s to 53s for white, and 400 10 51s for red. There was a good business passing in barbet malting 38s to 455, grinding 29s to 33s per qr. Oats in limited show, with a languid sale, quoted at 20$ to 3° B per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40a to 52s ; peas, 408 to 4 5 t Rye, —a to --s; malt, 688 to 725; dour, 33s to 370 P er sack. NORWICH—APRIL 7. At our market to-day there was a limited supply of whee and the demand being slack, prices were scarcely ma lf' tained, and in some instances is less money was tak°n' There was only a small supply of barley, and little doing' but late rates were obtained. White wheat 46s to 49a Red wheat 40s to 45 I 11 Malting barley....42s to 46s Chevalier barley 34s to Distilling d0......25s i,0273 I Oats.. 24s to 7,0' Flour, 29e 6d to 32s per sack from the miller. CAMBRIDGE--APRIL 7. There was a moderate supply of wheat, and, pith fair demand in the trade, white moved off at 48s to 64 1 red, 44s to 48s per 36 stone. There was a good show barley to-day ; making, 37s to 42s ; grinding, 308 to '" l " e per 30 stone. Oats at 22s to 28s for new ; old oats, - - s t „i s —s. Beans in limited supply, and a steady sale—newt to 40s ; old, —s to —s per 38 stone ; peas, 405,t0 36 stone. White eloverseed, 86s to 89s; red, 46s to i0s1"" quarter. • - YORK-APRIL 7. To-day's market was moderately supplied with wheat, .1 fair condition, and most all descriptions solesteadill; about the rates of last week. B eans a b ou t th e se go 0 last week. Oats firnt. Ba r l e y a ver y small s h ow , at Is rates. 0.1 to Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr . ; fl o ur, v- 6 35s per sack. STAMFORD—APRIL 7. kel An average supply of all kinds of grain, and the mar-, - ruled faix at an improvement of 2s to 3s. Beans we re at late rates. Wheat ....44s to 48s Oats.. White do 49s to 54,s Beans Barley .....32s to 44s Ditto, old ........ 2 4 44 6 25' sttt?::: FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. tehs i In the following table E signifies that letters are despa— by evening mails from London, and M by morning mail DESTINATIONS. Despatch of Mails. Port of Despatch. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Ditto, via blarseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewiields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Bueuos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Dr alta, Egypt, and Adeu, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles . Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, -Vene zuela, Chili, I'eru, Grey town, New Granada, &a. Apr 1112,31 AprillB, E Aprill4, E Aprilll, E May 5, E April2o , Ali April 10, E April 1t , 31 I April t 7, April2o , M Aprillo, E, Aprlll`l, AprillB, EI April 9, M April--, M Aprill2,M , E lApril 7, E ;April 7, E April 11,E Southamp. lApril23 B L L i i v v e e rz o o o o l l .. .. Devonport 'Southamp. Southamp. Southamp. ISmithamp. ISouthamp. Aprlll7.ll 'Southamp. Sf.uthamp. Sonthamp. Southamp. Liverpool.. Liverpool.. Southamp. Liverpool.. ISoutkamp. xLO I App 0 App i° April% MARIkITAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.—On w e nesday the Earl of Airlie was re-installed Lord Reetac Marisehal College and University, Aberdeen, in the sense of a large assemblage of the students and citizeTili His Lordship addressed the audience at considerable 'ea t and was in the afternoon entertained by the students banquet held within the college buildings. WRECK OF THE ROYAL CKARTER.—AnIOng incidents relative t o th e wrec k a N ew S ou th WaIeOCILI temporary has the following passage in allusion to a fa,, to f lost in that vessel :—" The wreck of the Royal Ch,M . O will spread sorrow th roug h many h omes in Anallisi There will, however, be few more affecting cases than 10 , of Mr. R. P. Jenkins, M.L.C., of Bombala, near Mar i l e e, That gentleman, his wife, daughter of Captain Plau'A j o P.M., of Goulburn, and five sons, were amongst those, l3 7 o it perished. The Jenkins family were about to take ttP, L o be residence in Europe for two or three years, and were ~, r b o joined by a daughter, in course of education in Paris•J; to daughter went home with Capt a in Pl un k e tt o n his v 151 : e o. England for the benefit of his health some 18 months 7 r , She is now the only survivor in the family. The late l id Jenkins was a native of this oo l on y, an d this was his '— trip to England.—Australian Mad. BIRTHS. r CARR.—On the 6th inst., at Madeira-hill, Vendo r of wife of the Rev. Edmund Carr, - vicar of Bonchuromi a daughter. ' HENDERS ON.-At Dawlish, the wife of Real-Admiral - TllOl Henderson, of a daughter. HOLT. —On the 7th inst., at 30, Warwick-square, tho of Vesey W. Holt, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. AcLAND--HARPER.—On the 17th Jan. last, St u dr church, 'New Zealand, John Barton Arundel A: fi l e r- Esq., son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., of l' i hter ton, Pevon, to Emily Weddell Harp er , e ldest daug of the Bishop of Christchurch. Cox—HARPER.—AIso, at th e a b ove ti mecan d place. -- C fi rst Percy Cox, Esq., son of th e l a t e C ap t . C ox , of Life Guards, and of Sandf or d- par k , O x f or d s hiro t° g ". t• Shephard Harper, fifth d aug h ter of the Bishop of o ar church. BARBER.—On Good F p rid U ay A ,.a T t Cheltenham, Th°8.131.1344 Esq., aged 75. EMMETT.—On the 6th i ns t ., at Ri ver d a le 1 10 — „„e ' mond, Surrey, the Rev. Wiltshire John Emmett; aged 90. Itoar a ßrighton, ITODGIIINSON.—On the sth inst. , t John kinson, Esq., aged 51. 4. 'Maine ' WALLINGER.—On the 4th i ns t., Mr. Serge an t aged 63. WiLsox.—On the sth inst., at Streatham, Surr e Y , ° Wilaon, Esq., of Streath am , and Bexhill, Suss • 83. ° LONDON : Printed and Published by WIRD° "% a - ,,, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Serino ffice, N o. of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, be c°" M ll ( ll,, inx Monday, April 9,1860. i §A] CIL John Thom Richai John ] Charlc Charlt J • T. C ol liaNiczil 144: ' Co *ITT! IZtracts Number Assurin g Produei n leaking t ing X 5( otal nut amount ] hers, f r . tion in amount The em th'e whole nasdb up 1 Por the arrhe i dirt payment c kale for p The Pro With illusl 4Mth i t Will NOYE from 11 be pi he prcmi 'flow n. Member are „ mint t rorn that I .rarCh, 1 —E v OTIRIE i,"" King ' (o 3.ex 0 clock. jorn 11 till ,knies' W s II ' mt . J. . A . RGY dilly. k ' 4 'ilducted r ap `ailed t o t h "'ado% b. ;001 Itniab ` i eßanoe intlythe kru tt iPe A rection G o tc: 0 1 r : o f th, I)4Actuary. 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