The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-05 00:00:00

BLOCKADE OF THE PORTS Ilf THE

BLACK SEA.

From a Supplement to the Gazette of Friday Night.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARcH 3.

It is hereby notified that official information has been
received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8.,
commanding her Majesty's Naval Forces in the Black
Sea, dated her Majesty's ship Agatnemnon, off Sebasto-
pol, Feb. 11, 1855, that from the Ist of Feb. last " the
mouth of the River Dniester, the ports of Akermann, Ovi-
diopol, Odessa, all the ports situated between Ochako♦
Point and Kinbourn Point, including the'ports of Nicolaev
and Kherson, the Rivers Bong and Dnieper; also the ports
between Kinbourn Point and Cape Tarkan, including
the ports in the Gulf of Perekop, the port of Sebastopol,
the ports comprised between Cape Aia and the Strait of
Kertch, including those of Yalta, Aloushta, Soudak,
Kaffa, or Theodosia. The Port of Kertch, the Strait of
Kertch, the entrance to and all the ports in the Sea of
Azov, including especially the Ports of Berdiansk,
Taganrog, and Arabat ; the River Don, and also the
Ports of Anapa and Soujak, were strictly blockaded by
a competent force of the Allied Fleets of France and
England.

' " That the Ports of Eupatoria, Streltzka, Kamiesh,
Kazatch, and Balaklava were, and are, and will remain
open and free from all blockade until further notice ; and
it is hereby further notified, that all measures authorised
by the law of nations, and the respective treaties be-
tween her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ire-
land and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the
French, and the different Neutral Powers, will be
adopted and executed with respect to all vessels which
may attempt to violate the said blockade."

MB. BLOUNT "EXPLAINING HIMSELF.'

On Saturday at the Bow-street Police court, a stou
woman, who introduced herself as Mrs. Blount, stated
that she had brought Mr. Blount to " explain himself."
The husband, after asserting his right to speak first,
assured his worship that Mrs. Blount, to whom he had
been married ten years, and was still passionately de-
voted, was labouring under the delusion that he was
about to forsake her and his dear children, and to com-
mit the crime of bigamy. A neighbour had informed
her that the banns had been twice up at St. Giles's
Church, and, to his astonishment, on going to the vestry
with his wife that morning, they had found the state-
ment perfectly true, although upon his honour he had
had nothing to do with it. The name of the lady, as it
appeared upon the books, was Mary Ann Stephens.
Mr. Henry—Do you know such a person !
Mrs. Blount—Ob, yes, your worship, and that's
where it is. I have had cause to suspect him before.
(A. laugh.)
The husband declared that this insinuation of his wife
was altogether unfounded. Miss Stephens was at pre-
sent ia great distress, and he had merely sympathised
with her out of common humanity.
Mr. Henry suggested that there might be another
person of the same name as the husband, and the occur-
rence might be merely a coincidence. The wife, smiling
at this suggestion, had no doubt in her own mind that
the parties were the F:1111C, upon winch his worship
reminded her of the fact that her husband could be in-
dicted if he married again.
The husband inquired if he couldn't have a summons
against somebody—the parson, his clerk, or the person
who put up the banns— to show cause ? (Laughter.)
Mr. Henry said there was no ground for any pro-
ceedings before him, and, addressing the wife, told her
that she ought to be satisfied with the declaration of her
husband, that Le had nothing to du with the banns.
The Husband— She has no faith in me, your worship,
although I am a model husband. I love her, and I
love my children, and I show her every farthinr, I earn.
I have a nice little business in Rod Lion-street,belerken-
well, as a greengrocer, and a little property besides—
everything to make me happy.
The wife said she wanted him to swear to this before
the magistrate, and now she was content.
The husband and wifo then left in apparent amity.