The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-09 00:00:00

NOTIFICATION OF BLOCKADE.

(From a Supplement to the Gazette of last night.)
Foreign-office, March 8, 1864.
It is hereby notified that on the 7th inst., Earl Russell,
her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, received from the Danish Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. James's the
announcement, that the port of Neustadt will, from the sth
of this month (March), be blockaded by the Danish naval
forces, together with the other ports and inlets on the east
coast of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, mentioned
in his (the said Danish Minister's) note of February 26th.
last, and notice of which was given in "the (Supplemental)
London Gazette of Monday, the 29th February last.
The following is the official communication received by
Earl Russell :

" Legation of Danmark, London, March 7, 1864.
"My Lord,—l am directed by my Government to inform
your Excellency, that the port of Neustadt will, from the
sth of this month, be blockaded, together with the other
ports and inlets on the cast Coast. of the Duchies of Schles-
wig and Holstein, mentioned m my note of February 26th
last.—l have, Szo. " T(MBEN BILLE.
"To the Right Hon Earl Russell, ke.,,

DEATH OF MR. LEONARD HORNER, F.R.S.—We
have to record the death of Mr. Leonard Horner, in
the 80th year of his age. Mr Horner, who from an early
age was addicted to scientific pursuits, Was in 1827 appointed
Warden of the London Institution, and did much to orga-
nise it. In 1833 and 1831 he published several papers on
the mineral kingdom in the Penny Afaga;ine, a periodical
principal
hiptos the physical im-
provement published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know-
ledge, of which Lord Brougham was the president. In
inspectors under the
proveraent of factory workers and the prevention of acci-
dents. On these subjects he has written many works. The
deceased gentleman was a brother of the celebrated Francis
ofs done the
Horner, M.P., whose works he edited in 1843.
SITAKSPERE CELEBRATION IN LONDON.—At the
meeting of the council of the National Shakspere
Committee yesterday, the following arrangements wore ra-
ported with regard to the festival to commence on Thursday,
the 21st of April. On that day there will be a monster Shak-
sperian musical performance at the Royal Agricultural
Hall, in which Mr. Benedict, Mr. Sims Reeves, Madame
Lemniens-Sherrington, Miss Huddart, and other eminent
artistes, and a choir of 2,000 voices will take part. Mr. G.
A. Maefarren has composed a song and chorus especially
for the occasion. On the 22d there will be a concert at St.
James's Hall, and a grand Shaksperian masque of a novel
kind and on an extensive scale at the Royal Agricultural
Hall. On the 28d there will be Shakeperian readings, a
number of special performances at the usual hour at the
theatres, and one large banquet and a number of, minor
ones in the evening. On the Monday there will be another
monster Shaksperian concert, devoted to the working
classes. An infiwntial committee- ir.-aid has been formed
in the City, and a separate subscription is to be opened
there. The working men's movement progresses most en-
thusiastically.