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LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the storms of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifebaat institution have s.aved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same peri.,d on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per sons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to the i üblic for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 140 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Will's and Co.. Tierries and Co ; , Coutts and Co., and by all the London and country b ankers and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq. at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adlphi. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. (Opera Company. Limited.) PRODUCTION OF GOUNOD'S MOCK DOCTOR. THIS EVEN IN ), the Opera ot THI MOCK DOCTOR. (the English wor aby t hares h ennr. Principal rsetyrs by Meinatocs Poole, Thirlwall, and r ainy liod u art ; Messrs, henry Haigh, A. Cook, C. Ly ail, Dues Y. Lillglialll, and U Cor:i Condu:.tor,Mr. A. 3IELLON. Atter which. the Grand and Inghty successrul rat.tomine, CIN t)ERELLA. 3lagnilicent etn..ry and gorgeous awes sorter. Commence at 6..ven. THEATR E-R 0 Y AL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, 3lessrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Sir E. L. Bulwer Lytton's Play of RICHELIEU : Messrs. ['hell s. Waiter Lacy, zin H. Maiss H.rston, E. Phelps, I,:eville, Sinclair ; Airs. Hermann Ve, ,L Howard, ‘tc. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, Hop crmy THUMB AND MS ELEVEN BROT tiER,S; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven -League Boots : Messrs. G. Bel more, TOM Matt hews, G. Weston,Master Percy Roselle, Ace. Misses Lydia Thompson. B. Lcclercq, ac. ; Messrs. Boleno , C. Lauri, W. A. Barnes, T. Morris, Cormack, Saville • Ald ine. Boleno, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano. Tgl II EATR E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET. JL Lessee. Me.Buckstone. THIS EVENING, FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Comp ton ; 31158 Caroline it &c. To be lollowe I by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Iluckstone, I:ogers, Clark, Coe, Wea therapy, ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buclatone, Braid, Gordon. Clark, White, Coe, Weatherbby, &c. ; atesdamea 6nowdoa, Hill, &c With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. litcley. To commence at 7. STEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPM, ogle trourt*,L;,r and .Mane. r. )1. - . b. VI tet.scer. MIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. j. L. Toole, Mr. It. Phillips, Mr. Billington, Miss K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. ki. Lewis. Alter which, the. Comic Drama of bIASKS AND FACES ; or, Before and Behind the Culla' ~ Mr. Benjamin Webster, Messrs. Paul Bedford, Biilington, Ashley. Stuart. C. Smiih, Mrs. Stirling, Miss H. Simms. and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE. Messrs. J. I. Toole, Paul .Bedford, and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. ••••• OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. k echter. THE 3 EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. S. Emery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. Horsman, lien rado, E. Boyce, and Elsvrortuy. Atter which, at halt-past 8, a New Drama, entitled THE ROLIOSIDE INN. Robert Mamite, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Widdicomb, C. llorsman, Fitzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, itaymoul, Collett; Mesdames Eit3Aorthy and B. i'ercy. To conclude with TWO IN TgE MORNING. Messrs. Wildisomb and Eme y. Doors open at Half -past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev n till Five. T eYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, 11r. Geo. VininZ xtllS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled lIEAKT-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STE NGS. Atter which, THE nTIi.EkTO Or' LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrc,ter. U. Mellon; Mrs. Henry Alasston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny G wynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. SNvanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WILFUL WARD. Mr. Belford ; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE 3le.srs. Craven, Stoyle, Jame,; Miss Swanborough. To conclude w th T kiE " GRIN" BUSHES : Mr. Fenton, &c. ; Mesdames haynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &c. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER, (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish- street, Oxford-street. frilE • LAST EDITION OF " TIIE SUN," Containing the Latest SrOUTEN Li IN 111:1,141li L V e AN, WM be had Every Evening of G. EL GLEN lE, News AGENT, No. 1, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as oon as Published containing all the LATEST NEWS anti SPORTING INTELLIGI4iNCe, by H. W. HARRIS, •Ne spaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-roan, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rITIS DAY.—Morning, ; sh. 56m.—Afternoon, 6h. 20m. 'l'o-11onnow.-Morning, 6h. 40m.—Afternoon, ih. 10m. , Ztt LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1865. -....- When the House of Commons goes into a Com mittee of Supply, the occasion generally gives rise to a long debate, though it does not always secure a full house to listen to that debate, or a very practi cal result to it. At the same time, the proceedings of the noble lords and honourable gentlemen cer- tainly require a rigid supervision, and the facts that are elicited in such discussions do not tend to re- move the general feeling of satisfaction and suspi cion with which the public regard the proceedings of the Admiralty. The name of that venerable institution is a byeword for extravagance, reckless outlay, and inefficient mismanage- meat ; but no one or two persons can bear the blame which belongs, in fact, to an effete and \ unwieldy system. The debate on the Navy Esti mates usually excites more interest out of doors than it does within the walls of Parliament, where members find the details and examinations, the charges and counter charges, tedious to listen to, since they have no bearing upon present divisions or future elections, whatever their importance to the public. Fortunately there are some members who have sufficient energy and knowledge of the subject to take up arms on behalf of the taxpayers, and to scrutinise pretty closely the application of the public funds, as well as to criticise the way in which the work is done, and to insist upon the necessity of the English fleet retaining its pre-emi nence on the seas. With the object of Mr. BAILLIE'S motion, however, we cannot altogether concur. The Select Committee asked for would only crea t e further delay, when our armaments are already in an unsatisfactory state. The experiment system has certainly been carried far enough, if not too far, as costly guns have frequently been, we may say, wan tonly destroyed. NAPOLEON said that if a gun fired three rounds, it had saved its honour, and surely if it has fired three hundred rounds it may be spared further experiment, and retained for future use in the service, instead of going on to a thousand rounds and trying it till it bursts. There has doubtedly been a system of favouritism and exclu siveness with regard to guns as well as to every other department of the Admiralty, which has in terfered with its efficiency. Sir W. ARMSTRONG, able as he undoubtedly is, was for a long while the only maker whose guns had a chance, and when hon. members talked about the superiority of the guns of foreig n nations, it is, at the same time, gra and mortifying to remember that they are to great extent the work of Englishmen, gratifying because our countrymen have thus displayed their old ingenuity a n d power invention, and mortify ing because, from offi c i a l m i,.. tn anagement, their own by their country has not profit e d abilities. When the superiority of the Rus s i an of, we have the satisfaction of knowing is talked ser vices of the man who gave them thgat that the were offered to our Admiralty and rejected. The Story of Captain BLAKELY'S unsuccessful applica- I tion is well known, but it was just as well that it should be repeated last night. In 1862 Captai n BLAKELY offered the War Secretary to furnish him with an 8-inch gun which should pierce the side of the Warrior. What was the reply of the Minister who was bound to provide the country with the .best and most efficient means of attack and defence that were possible? He replied that he could not use such a gun if he had it, and ac- ~autt, cordingly Captain BLAKELY, rejected by his own country, made an offer to the Russian Government, who at once accepted it, ordered some guns on trial, with which they were so much pleased that they had a large number constructed for their ironclad fleet. The consequence is, that Mr. BAILLIE de clares that English ships, w ith their present arma ment, would be unequal to meet Russian ships armed by our own rejected inventor. Other na tions have been equally ready to appreciate his abi lity. The Blakely Ordnance Company, said Mr. BAILLIE, have supplied 300 and 600-pounders to the Federal and Confederate States, and - are still supplying them to the Federals. " They are exe cuting orders for the Russian Government-11-inch guns for the defence of Cronstadt, and 8-inch guns for the fleet. They had orders for the Governments of Sweden, for Spain, and for Portugal ; in fact, for most of the Governments of Europe, and it was only by their own Government that they were not appreciated." This is a fair sample of the manner in which our native inventors are disgusted by the rigid exclusiveness of official routine and the pre vailing spirit of red-tapism. When one man is received into favour he alone is right, and no one else may have a hearing. Our authorities seem to forget that, however great or admirable an inven tion, it may still be capable of improvement. What one man has founded another may build upon or enlarge, and the inventions of one mind may pre pare the ground and suggest the way for another. But our Admiralty system allows of no such chances, and the complaints made of all officials, more or less, apply with double for6e to the authorities, great and small, of the Admiralty. The Marquis of HARTINGTON, in defending the existing state of things, assured the hon. member that our armaments were not so defective as he thought; that the 6-ton 7 inch calibre gun, rifled on the shunt principle, has been found most efficient against iron plates, and that a few weeks ago it fired completely through the Warrior target. We have not, he said, many vessels in the navy which were capable of carrying, in numbers, the 12-ton guns, although such vessels were in course of construction. Lord HARTINGTON defended his department from the charge of neglect, and pointed out the propriety of not rashly committing the country to one parti cular gun, before it was fully ascertained which was the most effective. They were, he said, having guns constructed in large numbers, which could be quickly rifled, when it was determined which man ner of rifling was best. So far this reasoning is sound, but our authorities must take care that the navy is supplied with a sufficient number for de fence in the meantime. The navy, moreover, should not be dependent on the War Office for its guns, since they are not properly qualified judges. There should have been more naval men on the committee, for military men, however able, are not the best `judges for the requirements of naval warfare. Th e navy should be able to provide its own guns ; and where is the use of the First Lord being responsible, when, as a landsman, he knows nothing of the sub ject. Lord HARTINGTON complained that it was hard the Government should first be blamed for undue haste, and then for unnecessary delay, but the fact is that the public have had too much reason for censure on both grounds. When the debate went on to the question of the dockyard accounts, the official defence was more difficult. Mr. SEELY'S speech on the excessive cost of fitting out, refitting, and repairing ships in the Navy, touched upon what may be truly termed a popular grievance. The examples cited by Mr. SEELY of the cost of Admiralty repairs were almost amusing. A vessel cost £17,653, which Would, at the same rate of calculation, have cost £16,964. Another vessel, which in three years had twice undergone repairs, had cost the country over £40,000, while, if bought new, she would have cost less than £33,000. The engines of the Sharpshooter had cost £9,000, while new engines might have been bought for £5,000. The list is too long to quote, but as Mr. CHILDERS assured the House that a better method of keeping the dockyard ac counts had been decided upon, we must hope for some more light on the subject. One other topic is likely to give the Admiralty some trouble this session. We allude to the Royal Sovereign, about which Mr. LAIRD could elicit no information except the unwillingness of the Secre tary of the Navy to tell too much about it. He is most anxious to give the House the fullest possible information on every point—only the particular in formation asked for is most objectionable, and therefore cannot be forthcoming ! We hope our naval reformers will not be put off with any such ingenious platitudes, but will insist on a full ac count of the management of the Royal Sovereign in and out of commission. 11 7. 6 have of late years had several startling inci dents connected with criminal cases brought before us, but it is long indeed since so remarkable an occurrence took place as that which has made the Saffron-hill affray for ever memorable in the annals of justice. It forms, indeed, a subject for speculation, and will naturally suggest the expediency of making such alterations in the law as will prevent the re currence of such a circumstance. It is certainly a proof that the workings of the law were very defec tive ; and it is a fearful thing to reflect upon, that, but for the energetic efforts of the Italians mixed up in the affair, an innocent man would have met with a fearful end. The crime of murder seems not to have been committed at all, according to the last evidence taken, and thus the horror with which the case was before invested is in a great degree re moved. There seems no blame to be attached to those who convicted PELIZZIONI, for the evidence against him was very conclusive, and no doubt could have existed in the minds of those who heard it that he was guilty of the crime imputed to him. It is the more necessary to dwell upon this point, because doubtless, in the excitement of the affair, many may hastily affirm such to be the case, and virtually attach that reproach to the administrators of the law which really belongs to the absurd restrictions which hedge it round, and often defeat the very objects that they pretend to serve. It is to be ' hoped that the striking events of this trial may furnish a sufficient reason with many to ind uce them to forgo their objections to altering the forms of the law as they at present exist. Doubtless, the full truth of this extraordinary affair will never be cleared up, and must remain among those matters which are shrouded in impenetrable mystery; but so far as one can feel assured by evidence and attendant cir cumstances we may feel pretty certain that the ends of justice have been an swered, and bee a n bo p v r e ev a e l n l te m d re , may rejoice that a grave error has and the awful occurrence of an innocent man suffer ing the extreme penalty of the law been avoided. The rules of evidence which have operated so un successfully for the purposes of justice in this case should be altered forthwith. We go on clinging to traditional notions of law and preconceived ideas "of propriety, until some serious event occurs, which proves their inefficiency and imperfection. A more glaring instanc e o f f a il ure can never b e expec t e d t o occur than this Saffron-hill affair, and no longer delays should be permitted to intervene before the necessary steps are taken. had the precluded statements been made at the first trial, the result might hate been 'very different to wr'aat it was, and I'HEgSUN, -- LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 186. HISTORY OF JULIUS CESAR. . 4.- By His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111. CASSELL, FETTER, AND GALPIN. (Preliminary Notice.) A supplementary volume or two of a rather ex traordinary character ought certainly to be written some day in continuation of the Earl of Orford's " Royal and Noble Authors." It was only a very few weeks since that we had an ex-Prime Minister of England—an illustrious peer of these realms who might yet any day be installed once more at the head of our Government as First Lord of the Treasury —claiming particular attention in the world of letters by the complete translation from the Greek into English blank verse of the earliest, the grandest, the noblest of all poetic masterpieces. And now, here again, as it were, upon the very morrow of the pub lication of the Earl of Derby's version of The Iliad of Homer, we have issuing simultaneouly from the printing presses of France, England, Germany, Italy, Hungary, and we know not what other countries besides, a very notable and substantial contribution to Literature—not a translation, but an original work of conspicuous importance, a highly-elaborated History, the History of one of the greatest of the Human Race, The History of Julius Ceesar—penned by no secluded student, by no professional man of letters, by no University Professor, but by the Foremost Monarch in Christendom—by the man at the slightest touch of whose potent finger the Balance of Power may swerve to the right or to the left, to Peace or to War. Never have we had greater reason than upon opening this First Volume of The History of Julius Caesar," to bear in remembrance that famous saying of Dr. Johnson (vide Boswell), that when a man of rank appears in the character of an author he deserves to have his merit handsomely acknowledged. For, in the instance here beforeus, it is not simply a man of rank who dallies for a while with the delights of author- ship, it is the powerful ruler of a mighty empire who, in the midst of the supreme responsibilities devolving upon him as one directing the destinies of the forty rnillions of civilised France, has—without apparently relaxing for a single instant the ap plication of his energies to . the direction of the affairs of his Government—nevertheless, con trived to grapple vigorously with one of the most problematic portions of antique history, the culminating epoch, as it may be called, in the annals of Ancient Rome. And it is expressly notice able, here, at the very outset, that the imperial author of this voluminous and ambitious History of Julius Caesar, of the first, and mightiest, and best of all the Caesars, is no more a mere dilletante of letters, than he is, in our sense of the term, a Constitutional Sovereign, delegating the labours of Government to a set of responsible ministers, and consequently having abundant leisure for the cultivation of his own powers with out detriment to the affairs of the State over which he rules, though rules for the most part merely nominally. Than the author of this book— Louis XIV. himself could not more emphatically re- mark, L'Etat c'est moi. The Government of France, means this very Author of the History of Caesar — means, in effect, the Emperor Napoleon 111. Not his Ministers, not his Chambers, but—himself. From his cabinet in the Palace of the Tuileries, from which he grandly dates his brief but suffi cient Preface—from his cabinet in the Palace of the Tuileries, in which Palace, by the way, he himself first drew breath, so that it is truly his home, his very birthplace—from his cabi net in the Tuileries, the reigning Emperor of France, himself, in his own person, directs the ope rations of the vast and complicated machinery of his empire —hither and thither—in all directions, in the provinces, in the colonies, among the prefects of his empire at home, among his ambassadors abroad at the courts of his brother Sovereigns. As directly, as immediately, as actually with his own mind and will as even when in 1859 he conducted the legions of France from victory to victory across the plains of Lombardy in his capacity as Commander-in- Chief upon the field of battle—so directly, so immediately, so actually with his own mind and will, during ordinary times of peace or of quasi peace, does he himself preside over the conduct of the affairs of his Government in all its various departments—over the movements of his fleets and of his armies in all quarters of the globe (as his Speech from the Throne indicated plainly enough, it may be remembered, only the other day)—those fleets and armies of his which are more or less widely scattered according to the exigencies of the moment, along the confines of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the two Americas. Yet it is this Ruler, this veritable Ruler of Men—one who so far resembles the Centurion of the Gospel that he has but to say to his armed men " Do this," and they do it, " Go thither," and they fly whithersoever he lists at his bidding—it is this Emperor who is now reigning over the 40,000,000 of France who has contrived, amidst all the cares of empire, to write upon en during tablets, in characters sufficiently noble to accord with our sense of what is befitting alike the Writer and his Subject, a History of Julius Caesar not unworthy of having been penned by an Emperor Napoleon. Thus far, at least, may be pronounced already as our deliberate opinion in regard to the re markable work here submitted to our consideration. The chapters making up this first of the four volumes into which the History is apportioned, afford—(as may be understood upon the instant, seeing that this introductory chapters Quarter First Volume, though it is, of co urse , on l y a Fi rs t Volume , Whole s a at the t .w he o s rk am )— e t t h im es e e One Complete of the making up the bulk of the first of the four volumes of this History, afford us already far more than a mere taste of the quality of the writer as a historian, they reveal, amply enough to admit of our pronouncing some judgment upon them, the powers of the author as a biographer of the greatest of the Caesars. If the work needed any justification in coming from the hands of a reigning monarch—but that it does, we cannot for the life of us recognise, seeing that Napoleon 111., whatever else he may be, has at the least been no Rol Fainéant while writing this work, has, at the least, been no crowned Pococurante neglecting the sterner duties of his high position, in order that he might the more selfishly enjoy the luxury of letters at the expense of the interests of his people—supposing, we say, that the work under notice, as a literary produc tion from the hand of the Emperor Napoleon 111., required any justification whatever as coming to us from the pen of a great Ruler—that justifica tion the Imperial author has himself incidentally supplied upon the very threshold of the stately lane he has here erected to the glory of Caesar—where he remarks—" My object in writ ing this history is to prove that when Providence raises up such men as Cesar, Charlemagne, or Napoleon, it is to trace out to the nations the path they ought to follow, to mark with the impress of their genius a new era, and to accomplish in a few years the labour of several centuries. Happy the people who understand and obey them ! Woe to those who disregard and oppose them ! They act like the Jews, they crucify their Messiah !" A dis tinct analogy is, therefore, designed to be indicated, a direct analogy i s , here, intended to be dis cernible between the epoch, the history, the life, the rise, the fall, the fate of Caesar, and the epoch, the history, the life, the rise., the fall, the fate of Napoleon. Therein—that is to say, in this very analogy—as projected by the reigning Napo leon in his present literary masterpiece—lies his full, and complete justification (if any such were really needed by him) in writing it. Afterwards, later on, we shall have abundant opportunity to enter into that careful analysis of the work to which it is unquestionably entitled—by reason far more of its own intrinsic importance, of its erudition, its eloquence, its comprehensive scope, and its minute detail, than by reason either of the grandeur of its theme or of the splendour of its author's position in the eyes of his contemporaries. At present it may suffice for us to have pronounced upon it the preli minary opinion here indicated, an opinion dic tated, let us say at once, by the simplest sense of justice towards a great man in a great position writing a great work, rather than by a mere courtly regard for the wisdom latent in that gracious remark of old Samuel Johnson's, already indicated—to the effect that literary this is more than enough to say to show the need of a change being made. It is a reproach to our law that the truth of this affair would not have been dis covered had not Mr. NEGRETTI undertaken it ; and while the result of his strenuous exertions reflects the highest credit upon his zeal and foresight, it also exhibits a lack of research, and a want of care on the part of those concerned in certifying the evi dence, which cannot be too much regretted, when we consider the fearful consequences which they might have entailed. Had MoGNI been examined the result would have been different at the outset ; and although all important bearings of his state ments could not have been seen, still the duty of securing him in the witness box was the same. All is well that ends well is, howevei, a consolation that may be applied in this case, as in that of others, and we must trust that in future more success will attend the adjudication of such complicated trials. Mr. CARDWELL'S Bill for the Maritime Defence of the Colonies appears to be a very necessary arrange ment, and one that ought to have been undertaken long ago. Indeed the dilatoriness that has so long prevailed seems extraordinary, when we reflect upon the vast interests thereby concerned ; but delays, though dangerous, are very enticing, and when once a subject is put off by legislation there is no say ing when they will take it up. Mr. CARDWELL very truly remarked that no subject had of late years engrossed a greater share of public notice than that of the defence of our Colonies, and more especially that of their power of self-reliance and self -preser vation. Hitherto the question has been mainly considered in respect to defence by land, but there can be no doubt that the maritime form is that of most importance, and is the one to which we should direct our attention, and study to increase in efficiency and extent. The right hon. gentleman explained the great diffi culties which were in the way of " raising a colonial navy." If it were simply a colonial one, foreign nations would not consider in time of war that it had the rights and privileges of an international navy, and yet, if the command were made a divided one, serious obstacles would inevitably arise in re spect to conflicting commands of colonial officers and Queen's officers. It is to be supposed that the consideration of this difficulty was a good excuse for doing nothing at all in the way of action, although a correct estimate of the position was made by the decision that, for ordinary purposes, a local defence* was best, and that in a great war the defence of an Imperial navy would be most desirable. Mr. CARD WELL'S proposals appear to meet the requirements of the case, and provide for the exigencies of the colonies as well as can possibly be expected or desired. He suggested that we should extend to the Colonies the same principle that has proved so efficacious in this country—the establish ment of a Naval Reserve. By this means it will be possible for British North America and Australia to train a maritime population in time of peace to the use of guns, and thus in war they will be available for purposes of defence. Another object of the bill is to enable the Colonies to put their ships in time of war under the control of the Admiralty, for if this is not done, the ships being only under Colonial authority, will not possess the privileges of ships of war. There seems no reason to doubt that this bill will work well, and make that adequate provision for the requirements of our Colonies which has been so long desired, and which on many accounts should not now be longer delayed if we wish to avoid un toward consequences. 'I he American Blockade. - ♦-- NASSAU, Feb. 3.—Jan. 19, the steamer Syren, for St. John's, New Brunswick ; 20th, G. T. Watson, ditto ; 26th, Mary and Ely, ditto ; 27th, Little llattie, ditto. Nassau is a doomed city so far as the contraband trade which has been carried on for the last three years is concerned. In the waters of her admirable harbour at this moment float more than 30 of her fleet of law-defying steam vessels, idle and without employment. There also are here sailing craft which can be counted by the hundred. Her warehouses are filled with goods for which there will soon be no market. The Tallahassee, the rebel war steamer privateer, or pirate as she is called, according to the respective views of the per sons who are speaking of her, came in this port on Thursday, the 26th ult. It is said that her arma ment has been taken out of her, and that she is to be used hereafter as a blockade-runner. There are two reasons which render this doubtful :—First, she is a full-rigged ship, and, consequently, is too conspicuous an object upon the water to be used for that business ; second, the blockade running business is about to be used up. She arrived laden with coal, and sailed January 31 with the same cargo. The attention of the Governor was called to her by the United States Consul. She sails now under the name of the Cha meleon. Feb. 6.—Sailed, the steamer Fox, for Charleston. Feb. 11.—Between the 6th and 11th inst. the steamers Secret, Dream, Florence, Caroline, Chameleon, Virginia, Hansa, and Owl returned to Nassau, after unsuccessful attempts to run the blockade. Washington, Feb. 18.—Advices from the American Consul at London, under date of January 27, state that an agent, whom he had sent to. Kingston, Ireland, to look after the steamer Ajax, a supposed rebel pirate, had returned, but the steamer had sailed before he reached that place. He learnt, however, some facts which confirmed the impression that she was to be used as a war vessel. The captain of the steamtug that waited on her was on board and all over her. He said that she was not armed, but she had 100 hammocks ready to be put - . up, and there was not the least doubt but that she was to be used as a privateer. This was the impres sion of all the persons who were on board or had anything to do with her while at the port. She is very small, and is not regarded as a formidable or a dangerous craft ; but with two or three guns in ports like those in the West Indies, where she can run in and coal frequently, she will be enabled to burn merchant ships. She cannot carry more than 15 days' coal. Her armament has gone or will go in some sailing vessel. It was considered probable that she would go to Nassau before arming. THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.— The Royal Mail Company's steamship La Plata, Captain H. A. Bax, sailed to-day with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails, and 109 passengers, including Captain Strike, for Jamaica, and Ensign Brady for Trini dad. She takes out £19,800 in English gold coin, £4BO in French silver coin, English jewelry value £1,178, French jewellery value £11,369, and a full cargo of British and foreign merchandise. MORE " MANIFESTATIONS."—Within the last few weeks " phenomena" of rather an extraordinary character have taken place in the village of Stourton, Higher Bebington. These "manifestations" have deve lopedthemselves in th e co tt age o f J o h n H a i nes, w h o h as been a gamekeeper in the neighbourhood for 20 or 30 years. It seems that soon after Christmas mysterious noises were heard about the house at night ; the furniture was roughly moved about from one place to another, unearthly voices were heard, panes of glass were broken, his dogs were turned loose, his ferrets disappeared, dead rabbits, which had been hung up on his premises, were found scattered about the place, and other unaccountable doings took place. Of course the family were alarmed, especially as the "phe nomena" continued at intervals week after week. The cottage has been narrowly watched, but neither Haines nor any of the villagers have as yet been able to find out the cause of the "manifestations." Some of the elderly females of the village, it is said, believe the house to be haunted, but this belief is not shared in by the male por tion of the villagers, who think that a dexterous human agency has bekeenatrwoArbkotuot operate upon euepokanatghoeHfeareaofeothne worthy game epe. premises, d se t r bpoulticea,satnhde a o c ia o e n e s i t . a o b o le ul w d was askeentnotoeawpatutcrl: thethe have been caused women's belief that the manifestations by spiritual agency has become nfilp-mpda only right e_ state that the "spirits" did n t l o t li is keth the ra. sence of the constable, for whilst he was watching for the ta e e phenomena" e the y. usual mysterious - no ises were unheard. merit, coming before us so conspicuously, should, as a matter of course, be handsomely acknowledged. As this already world-famous work has now been issued from the Press of our own country, in its English Version, by the Messrs. Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin, it reflects the highest possible honour upon those gentlemen, while, at the same time, it signalises in a remarkable degree the resources of their immense establishment. It is a master production of the typographical art. By the beauty of the letterpress, the mere quality and colour of the material of the paper upon which it is printed—by all the little accessories of read ing and annotating, we might even say, of its mere binding and blazonry, the book comes forth—as it ought to have come forth—im perially. In conclusion, as already intimated, while his Imperial Majesty the author, has (quite superfluously as it still appears to us) justified his labours as a historian by his hint at an analogy be tween Caesar and Napoleon—the popular publish ing firm to whom the issue of the English Version of " The History of Caesar" has been happily en trusted, have justified their selection as the Em peror's Publishers by the really superb manner in which they have given to the world his last and noblest achievement as a Man of Letters. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN. The following are the heads of the news brought by the Australasian : NEW YORK, FEB. 22 (Noon). Since Sherman's occupation of Columbia, Charleston has been evacuated, and is now occupied by the Federals. The greater part of the city has been burned. The Confederates are fleeing northwards. General Schofield and Admiral Porter cap tured Fort Anderson on Sunday. The fall of Wilmington is shortly expected. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 22 (noon). To-day being the anniversary of Washington's birthday the Exchange was closed. Unofficial prices. Gold, 2011. Exchange, 219 k 5.20. United States Bonds, 111. Illinois, 119. Cotton, 83. ARRIVAL OF THE ST. DAVID. GREENCASTLE, March 2. The Montreal Ocean Company's steamship St David, from Portland on the evening of Feb. 18, arrived here this evening. _ _ NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (Evening). Philadelphia papers announce that the Rich mond papers of Thursday state that Sherman's main columns had reached Kingsville Junction, 25 miles north-east of Columbia. The communi cation south of the Florence Railroads and on the Charleston Railroad is interrupted. A Confederate flag of truce boat was blown up on the James River. All on board were lost. The House of Representatives has passed the Tariff Bill, and rejected the proposition to tax sales of merchandise. Mr. Stevens's proposed tax of 10 per cent. upon gold sales has been defeated. NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 11.30 p.m. General Grant reports to Mr. Stanton this even ing that to-day's Richmond Dispatch says Sherman entered and took possession of Columbia yesterday morning. General Beauregard communicated this intelli gence officially yesterday. From this despatch it appears the Fethrals shelled Columbia on, Thurs day from the south bank of the Congaree. During the night they moved up the river, and on the fol lowing morning forded the Soluda and Broad rivers. During the Federal passage of these rivers Beauregard evacuated Columbia. The Federals soon after took possession. Two days previously, when it was decided not to attempt the defence of Columbia, a large quantity of medicinal stores were destroyed. The Dispatch presumes that the fall of Columbia will necessitate the evacuation of Charleston, which the Dispatch thinks has already commenced. The general impression is that Sherman will now proceed to Charleston, to establish his base, but the Dispatch does not see what need he has of a base. He subsists on the country, and his army has not been exhausted by any battle. Since he left Savannah, Sherman declared his intention to march to Columbia, thence to Augusta, and thence to Charleston. This Beauregard considers was uttered as a boast to hide his designs. The Dispatch thinks that he will next strike at Charleston or at Florence. It was reported yesterday that the Federals had captured Augusta, but the Dispatch discredits the report. The Charleston Mercury announced a temporary suspension on Saturday, with the view to its removal to another point, this being deemed necessary by the progress of military events. Captain Semmes has been made a rear-admiral, with the command of the James River squadron. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (Evening). Money easy. Gold, 2041 ; Exchange on London, 2211 ; do. Paris, 2.27* to 2.20. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1121; Illinois, 119 ; Erie, 74* ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1101. Cotton quiet— Middling Upland, 85c. Flour dull. Wheat heavy. Corn dull. Provisions slightly firmer. Coffee steady. Sugar and molasses quiet. Petroleum dull. Crude, 48c. ; refined, 67c. Feb. 18, 11.30 p.m. Gold, 204. Stocks dull—New York Centrals, 112/ ; Illinois, 1191 ; Erie, 73k. CANADA. QUEBEC, Feb. 17. The House in committee has sanctioned the ap propriation of $330,000 for the expenses of the arrangements on the frontier to prevent raids. It has also appropriated $50,000 on account of the money refunded to the United States in the case of the St. Albans raiders. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. The New York journals publish advices from Vera Cruz stating that fighting continued in the interior of Mexico between the Juarists and Impe rialists. It is also asserted that there is an annual deficit in the Mexican Treasury of $20,000,000. MEXICO. PARIS, MARCH 3. A despatch from Admiral Mazeres, published to day, announces that a small detachment of fusiliers, marines, and Algerian sharpshooters, under the command of the captain of the. frigate Gazelle, having been abandoned by 200 Mexican troops, by whom they were escorted, were captured at San Puebla by the Juarists, after a heroic defence. FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 3. The Emperor has addressed a letter to the Minis ter of the Interior recommending the following measures of public utility at Lyons :—The abolition of bridge tolls over the Soane, the demolition of the wall surrounding the suburb of Croise Rousse, the widening of the approaches to the archiepiscopal palace, and the establishment of a square in the suburb of La Guillotiere, and of another near the Grand Seminary of Lyons. A new fraud has recently been practised on the gold half-napoleons. It consists in cutting away half the thickness of the milled edge and recutting the notches. Each piece thus loses from 25 to 50 centigrammes. The public should therefore examine the edge, and if it appears defective, refuse the piece unless it weighs 3 gr. 22 centi. Prince Napoleon arrived on the Ist inst. at Havre by the one o'clock• train, accompanied by Admiral La Ronciere-Lenoury, and M. Dubuisson, his aide de-camp. The Duke de Morny is now sufficiently recovered !rom his late indisposition as to be able to take car- riage exercise. The Patrie has the following:—" The powers which the Government exercises under the law of the 27th of February and the 2d of March, 1858, called ' of General Safety," expire on the 31st of this month. Article Bof that law, voted by amend ment, runs thus :—' The powers granted to the Go vernment by Arts. 5,6, and 7 of the present law, will cease on the 31st of March, 1865, unless they should be previously renewed.' We think we are right in stating that the Legislative Body will not be called upon in the course of this month to pro long the duration of those exceptional arrange ments, which a regard for the political and social interests of the country suggested to the Govern ment seven years ago." BOURSE, March 2.—The market continues heavy, and prices have declined. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67fr. 90c. Mobilier have been vari able, and are also lower, having been done at 918 fr. 25c. In Railway Shares there is not much doing, but prices are upon the whole tolerably well sus tained. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 97 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 70 Do. end month 67 85 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3500 Cr dit Foncier 1272 50 Roman RAIL' Italian Loan 64 75 Do. end month 64 85 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred rAys. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOl5 ... 1015 Lyons and Mediterranean 948 75 ... 948 75 SOuthern 582 50 ... 580 Western 541 25 Eastern Sardinian 306 25 305 Austrian Lombard 547 50 546 25 North of Spain 320 - - ... 317 50 Saragossa 395 390 50 Ditto to Barcelona TURKEY. (Via Trieste.) CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 25. Mr. Laing's project for the conversion of the floating debt has been accepted by the Porte in principle, and the negotiations concerning the de tails are progressing satisfactorily. The prices of the local securities have greatly risen in consequence. A disastrous fire has occurred at Galata. 150 lives were lost. The difficulty between the Porte :and the Persian Government is becoming more serious. The general interruption of telegraphic communi- cation continues. THREATENED RUPTURE OF DIPLOMATIC RE LATIONS BETWEEN THE PORTE AND PERSIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 22. According to the Levant Herald, the misunder standing between the Porte and the Shah's Govern ment on the subject of the Customs' tariff in force between the two countries not merely continues, but has attained proportions which even seem to threaten a rupture of diplomatic relations. The loss occasioned to the Turkish Treasury by the con tinued operation of the old treaty is even greater than the former estimate represented, extending far beyond the mere difference in the import and export rates levied on merchandise passing through Turkey to and from the Persian frontier. In the single article of tournbeki—the Persian preparation of tobacco smoked in Narghiles—the loss to the Turkish Customs under the existing tariff is rela tively enormous, not merely from the difference be tween the old rate still levied on this article, and that chargeable on tobacco under the new treaties with the other Powers, but because of the effect of its, at present, comparatively free importation on the consumption of the highly taxed native leaf. In the other exclusive article of salt, the loss to the Porte is nearly as great—this, too, being not merely enormously smuggled over the frontier, but openly and largely imported under the old tariff, to the immense detriment of the Porte's monopolist rights in the article under the new conventions with the other Governments. When to these heavy evasions of duty is added the loss on the other imports from Persia—which are made in the names of Persian subjects at 3 per cent., exported hence to Europe in those of others foreigners (under the new treaties) at 5 per cent. instead of the 12, pay able under the existing Persian treaty ; the extent of the loss sustained by the Porte may be readily imagined. It is against this that the latter has in vain appealed to the Teheran Government ; and failing, has now formally intimated to the Persian Minister, that from and after the 1-13th prox., the strict rule of the old treaty will be applied, and all Persian subjects in Turkey be prohibited from en gaging in retail trade or industries of . any kind. Orders to this effect have been forwarded to all the provincial authorities ; in the capital the prohibition will be enforced by the Minister of Police. The consequence of this measure—which is forced on the Porte in self-defence—will be ruinous to thou sands of Persian subjects throughout the empire, as, to say nothing of the large colony established in Stamboul, there is hardly a town in Asia Minor or the southern provinces in which a large propor tion of the local retail and mercantile trades is not in their hands. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 2. Marshal Narvaez has laid before the Congress the treaty of peace with Peru, the bases of which agree with the intelligence via Southampton. The Finance Committee of the Congress have made their report, which approves the bill intro duced by the Minister of Finance. PORTUGAL. LISBON, MARCH 2, 11 P.M. The Marquis of Sada Bandiera• has signified his inability to form a new Ministry. At this hour it is supposed that the Duke de Louli will be recalled by the King. MALTA. MALTA, February 25. Her Majesty's surveying steamer Hydra left on the 16th February for Cephalonia and Patros to prosecute her hydrographical researches in Grecian waters. Her Majesty's surveying steam-vessel was undocked on the 24th, and will shortly proceed to follow up her surveys in the vicinity of Maretimo and Sardinian waters. 11. M. steam gunboat Cockatrice is to leave here to-morrow for Constantinople, in order to reassume her station with the Weser in the Danube. H. M. despatch steamer Caradoc, placed by the naval Commander-in-Chief at the disposal of his Excel lency Sir Henry L. Bulwer, her Majesty's ambas sador at the Sublime Porte, left Malta, after refitting, on the 18th for Alexandria, to carry his Excellency to Constantinople. Sir Henry has been passing the winter in the neighbourhood of Cairo to recruit his health, which has been very much shaken by the recent illness he suffered when on a visit last autumn to Greece. H.M. steam corvette Pelican returned to Malta from the vicinity of Bengazi on the 24th. She was sent to assist in picking up for repair and re-submerging the section of the Malta cable broken between Bengazi and Alexandria. The Fanny Lambert, previously engaged in this service, returned to Malta to replenish fuel on the the 18th. During the five weeks she was out the weather was more boisterous than any one at Ben gazi and Trepoli had ever recollected for upwards of 30 years ; but she, nevertheless, contrived to pick up and buoy the broken end of the cable, which buoy, however, it is feared, will have been detached and carried away by the heavy. stress of weather, which has subsequently prevailed, and the dredging work will probably have to be gone over afresh. Few opportunities in such weather were afforded the staff for touching the cable, but sufficient has been detected by testing with the accurate instruments employed, to prove - _ ......... that in the neighbourhood of the break, some 30 miles to the southward and eastward of Bengal the cable is in such a weak and precarious state, for an extent of several miles, that other breaks cannot but be looked for ; and a new and stronger eabl.e, better adapted to the rocks and coral bottom wig . _ have to be laid when fine weather sets in. lIP The Fanny Lambert having refilled and filled fuel, took a fresh departure from Malta on the 24t.11, proceeding, in the first place, to Tripoli t o exanulle and repair a small piece of the cable in that mane; diate vicinity found to be defective, an' will afterwards proceed to the locality of th; break. She has on board an increased staff ° electricians and telegraphists, besides °Pt ratives, among whom are Mr. Gib son, f l l n i government inspector, Mr. Temple ; on behalf .° the contractors, Messrs. Bacon, Bruce , Crera Farmer, Joys, Fryer, Horne, Hoskins, Hough, ° n r d telli, Saunders, Smith, Stevens, Walkins, Wimble. The Royal Oak, Resistance, and Ent er Pld sci ironclads, attended by the steam gunboat put to sea on the morning of the 23d, and ret urn , a i r in the evening after a few days' exercis e of t'' heavy armaments, all which, we understand, Aver highly satisfactory. The Cossack, steam corvette, is being fitted out at Malta dockyard wi th Orde screw raising apparatus. At a court-martial held at Malta, on the 21 ! b February, on board the Hibernia, under the p res et dency of Captain Coate, of her Majesty's tr Gibraltar, Thomas Steed, assistant engi neer of Majesty's ship Victoria, was tried for drunkenuessi; and having pleaded guilty was condemn ed to t loss of all seniority, and severely reprimanded' of The only naval movement during the weed ter foreign ships of war, is the arrival from Corfu' AustrO' in experiencing very heavy weather, of the steam corvette Graf Dandolo, Captain Nanta' eight days from Corfu. The Mosquito and Re v '. Prussian gun brigs, bound for Cadiz, continue 111 port wind bound. ore -or n i Since the 6th inst. the weather has been less boisterous and rainy, with a succession a° f t _ strong winds from the N.W. and W., but barn tended with any great oscill a ti on s of ba v h, meter since the gale of the 6th and again On the night of the 21st the island w as %il l s, visited by a gale from the N.W., with hear/ sga ti ; a ll accompanied by hail and sleet, and which las" 1 , / , yesterday, when then there was a slight fa ll of sue Tb e an almost unprecedented occurrence here' the atmosphere was very cold, the thermome Se ar i ng open air standing as low as 40 deg. Fahr. e i, a men declare that they have seldom witnessed Stings continuation of bad weather. Each daY b t ri rec l some tidings of disasters at sea, and it i B ,„' ea re nt that more will yet be known as news from aw e " A points of the Mediterranean gradually airivtne number of vessels have bore up with damage '-dria. ward bound from Baltic sea-ports and Alel kg 3 • 11010: HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Mare: 1111411:;e0 The Queen, accompanied by her Roya l 114- / Princess Helena, went out walking this 111°r attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. ittia Mr. J. A. Vinter had the honour of subr° 'O r to her Majesty his portraits of their Royal ugh, nesses the Prince and Princess of W ales ;,„ - Winterhalter, lithographed for Messrs' Scott, and Co. The Prince and Princess of wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Clo° C es, Keppel, visited the South London Working la Industrial Exhibition yesterday. at- L The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive' tended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. The Prince and Princess of Wa les went olltora the evening to a party given by the Earl r , Countess of Fife at their residence i n Grow place. -64 s Their Royal Highness; the Prince and F riu 'ith of Wales honoured the Earl and Countess a rif ° ,.: l to their presence last night at a small dance, prelri°l2sor which the noble earl and countess entertained at St his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Dil l° o Tl f ion - Albans, the Duchess of St. Albans and Lady D 1 COO clerk, Viscount Falkland, the Marchioness of Els', • s ys oya Adare, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Russell, linn'ALustas Ashley, Captain Fox, Miss Moncrieffe, I. l r- Lumley, &c. a -R o y I gig! ' THEATRE ROYAL,rADELPHI.— H e b r d - s7 e°6 yrjoeritovi l t T the aj: ness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended y ki iiu Somerset, Col. Home Purves, and Cap t. performance at the Adelphi Theatre l ast eVi her presence. p 9 At The Earl de Grey entertained a large , — „ art s dinner last evening at his house in Carlton-gae",:eo The Countess of Derby will give a r est' evening parties after the Easter recess at ati the fara" dence in St. James's-square. d The Earl and Countess of Minto h ave ar IrVe On Fa The rranc Eare's H l and otel fr Countess Percy have om Paris. 0 , 0 le ft to v io a visit to the Duke of Northumberland and Ladi in , a Percy at Torquay, Devon, for a few days. The Earl and Countess Russell entert3- :130 1) ; Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Conntettcl rho stoff, his Excellency the Hanse Towns Minister, -1)°"13, Lady Bloomfield, Lord and Lady William c oi3lPt Ge °4° the Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Mr. and Hon. Mrs' A t Howard, and a select party at dinner last eveni n g'. T D " { family residence in Chesham-place, Belgravt-All°'el•°:cle °- Countess Russell afterwards, received a o' 9 ' ll -11 e- friends, including most of the diplomatic corps. rtain Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderl e y e n ha a large dinner party on Wednesday evening, n' t residence in Dover-street, Piccadilly. BANK OF FRANCE• P BJS, l‘ fil ifra llee The following is the return of the Bank ° i l , co' :or the week ending to-day, together wit h .... responding figures of the previous account' DEBTOR. Feb' C. roo,' ooo r 1827 March 2. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 -- - Profits in addition to 3 29 66 capital (Art. 8, Law, 7,01' 7 , o 4 June 9, 1857 Reserve of the Bank 22,10 5,, and its branches Reserve in landed pro- Perty 242:010005:070500 __l4 ,845:0150:0011 0 6 /., .Notes in circulation - 1 0 5 Banknotes to order and 9 2 51 receipts payable at sight 5l 5,522,556 55 6,46-' O9 e 5 Treasury account cur- 87,0'52 3 / rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 130,244,59 0 62 25 , 5 i°7 0 05 Do. branch banks - 2 1027 „, Dividends payable 1,911,401 75 ' ~.,20 t. Discounts and sundry 57 621 0 interests '80, 4 51 Rediscounted the last 27 1 0 49 six months 2,789,444 05 ~101, ,0 Sundries Totalh 2 3. c. ' 1,264,350,146 5 2 1,266 ' 38'' CREDITOR. re-. 1 9 March 2. fr. 3016 1 6‘ Cash in hand and in fr. c. 371,_ 9 09 Branch banks Commercial bills over -50 due r 9,1 , ' / Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due Do. branch banks Advances on deposit of bullion 32061940::21051202,,,328433221 ......7554 2`91432,,,:0,3;0301 /b:, Do. branch banks 3,209,300 -- c , t 90 0 / Do. on French Public 1 4,10. 9 00 Securities , 900 , Do. by branch banks 183,197719,150000 ----- B ' 3°6' /. Do. on railway shares 2 7,30 ) +00 - - 75 4, and debentures - lb, / D. branch banks 16,531,300 -- 594 ,"h5O /0 0 / Do. on Credit Foncier 920,- 525,700 --- 2 89,250 --- Bonds Do. branches / Do. to the State (Con- An 000 vention, June 10, 60,0vv, 14 185 7) 60,000,000 -- A l6O At Government Stock re- Rentes Immobalis6es 1 2 98v,;.0/ serve Do. disposable (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 --• Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed g:962741 9141 36:6960,000 ~. property branches - Expenses of manage- g 46 / 8,405,- ~ 01 6 p ... ... .. : 1 ... 6: : , 617,705 31 57057,0 7,55 8 2: ... ... 31 _0 60 T0ta1............ 1,264,350,146 52 1,263,38'ir0ce, (Signed) The Senator GOVerIIOT of the lianlg °I RotTLASP. went . Sundries