The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-28 00:00:00

TILE PRINCESS ALICE.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.
To-morrow her Royal Highness the Princess Alice will
take her departure from New Lodge, Windsor Grcat Park,
the seat of the Belgian Minister, and proceed to the resi-
dence of Sir James Clark, whom she will honour with her
company to dinner,

Her Royal Highness will sleep at the residence of this
eminent physician that night, and on the following (Satur-
day) morning proceed to Osborne.

During the visit of her Royal Highness at the Belgian
Minister's, she has taken daily rides in the vicinity of
Windsor Great Park, accompanied by Madame and Miss
Van de Weyer, and the people will be happy to learn that
the short sojourn in this healthy neighbourhood has con-
tributed materially towards re-establishing the health of
this amiat le Princess.

Busy preparations are going forward at the Ce stle for
the reception of her Majesty and the Royal family, who up
to last night were expected to arrive here on Thursday
next, the 6th of March; but this morning it has been an-
nounced that her Majesty may not leave the Isle of Wight
before the Tuesday following.

PROVIDENT( CLERKS' BENEVOLENT

FUND.

In another part of our columns will be found a
report of that excellent and flourishing institution,
the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund. The gen-
tlemen who have the management of the fund
appear to possess the secret of success in a very'
remarkable degree. No sooner does their list of
candidates show signs of accumulation than by a
special effort in one direction or another the want 18
supplied, and the cheering help of the fund brought
to many a sad and destitute fireside. For seventeen
years they have annually elected additional perma-
nent annuitants on the fund, but it became clear
that a system so liberal must have its limits. The
choice lay between restricting the benefits conferred
and increasing the means at the disposal of the
managers. A public dinner and a spirited appeal
to the members was the course decided on, and thee
result was a net addition, after paying all expensra,
of £2,600 to the fund. By this help, and such other
sources as were open to them, an election of eight
additional annuitants is announced for May next.

We heartily congratulate the committee on so sa-
tiefactory a result of their labours. There are two
features in this institute which deserve to be noticred
in letters of gold. One is that of 98 candidates for
annuities means have been found to provide for no

less than 77; the other, that the wl.ole expenses,
as shown in the clear and succinct balance-sheet,
amount only to £3lO, for which an income of
£4,770 has been obtained.

It is of so much importance that the until...tog
benevolence of the British public should be directed
into channels free from abuse, that we conSdently
lay the above few facts before our renders, in
the hope that they will include this nrible institu-
tion among the recipients of their bounty. To the
merchants and others interested in commerce ite
support is indeed a duty, and the long list of gene-
rous donations shows that the claim is not alto-
gether unrecognised.

MAZZINI To) THE OPERArIVR AsSO-
- OF NAPLES.

The following letter from M. M'azzini to. the
Operative Associations of Naples, has been for-
warded to us for publication :

"Dear Brethren,-1 thank you, although late, fat
your affectionate expressions. My wish was to 13°
so before, but unsound health prevented me. Your
affectionate words are dear to me, and dearly I
cherish the idea of shaking hands with you in Rowe,
when Rome and Venice will be free.

"I feel convinced that as you are wishing for the
end, you will also wish for the means to achieve
" Only through our own united efforts we shall
obtain Rome and Venice. Every one is to 'Lula'
his own task. You are many ; and if moved by o'
single thought, you constitute a Power in Naples'
Let the many of the other towns join yoll„ and You
will constitute a Power in Italy. You ought, all in
a body, with all your collective strength, to address
yourselves to the Government and demand to be
armed, and without delay. Insist until it is gran-
ted. Arming the country is a vital question.
" Tne time is, perhaps, not far off when decis:Pre
events will take place in Italy. Woe to the
Italians if they are not armed ! They be
crushed either by Austria or by Nhpoleo.a. But
we ought not to wait for events: we ought, to create
them if we really aialit a United Italy. The rescue
of Rome and Venice= can only emerge from a na-
tional initiative. The nation armed, and Garibaldi
as Captain of the People, are the fir,..it conditions 01
that initiative. Do all in your power, so as to err
body this idea into a mighty fact.
"Nelson's order of the day at the battle of T 76:
falgar—' The country expects every man to do 10
duty,'—ought to be affixed to all the corners of.tbo
streets of our Hundred Cities.—Yours,
" G. MAZZINI."

7HE BLOCKADR OF TILE SOUTO

AMERICAN PORTS.

A Parliamentary paper published yeEterdaye°:ll;
tains a mass of correspondence from the Brit°
Minister at Washington, the Consuls in the Altre
rican ports, the Admiral on the station, and t`'
officers under his command, to the general effect
that the blockade maintained,
is not effective. Lord Russell, however, declare'by the Federal flees
his opinion on the subject in the following letter

(No. 116.)
EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS.
Foreign-office, Feb. 15", r
My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government have bad Ou'oef
their consideration the state of the blockade of the ports
Charleston and Wilmington.
It appears from the reports received from her Maks':
naval officers that, although a sufficient blockading fc'rrA3olo
o
stationed off those ports, various ships have successfull
eluded the blockade; a question might therefore be raiso_
as to whether such a blockade should be considered 8.5
effective.

Her Majesty's Government, however, are of opinia
y ll'
that, assuming that the blockade is duly notified, and l'15:0
that a number of ships is stationed and remains et
nr
entrance of a port, sufficient really to prevent access to elt
to create an evident danger of entering or leaving it, Os
that these ships do not voluntarily permit ingress or egre9
the fact that various ships may have successfully esci'l:e,
ti6ough it (as in the particular instances here referred
will not of itself prevent the blockade from being an effee-

tive one by international law.
The adequacy of the force to maintain a blockade bell
always, and necessarily a matter of fact and evidence, si3
one as to which different opinions may be entertained,*
neutral state ought to exercise the greater.t caution with re
ference to the disregard of a de facto and notified blocks"'
and ought not to disregard it, except when it entertains t'
conviction, which is shared by neutrals generally having-81
interest in the matter, that the power of blockade is abuse"'
by a state either unable to institute or maintain it, or 1111-
willing, from some motive or other, to do so.—l am, Stc,./
RussETA•

THAMES -E 1111341 V Klll-NT COIIIIIIPSIVg
(SURREY SIDE.)

- -
Yesterday the commissioners re-assembled at 1136
offices of the cammission in Victoria-street, Alr'esti
minster ; Captain Douglas Galton, of the It°ls
Engineers, in the chair; and took into consideration
five plans for embanking the Surrey side of !wile
Thames. The first plan submitted was by Mr.
the
A. Brooks, E.E.
line of embankment. The first from Fore-stree;
He proposed four qual.s for
Lambeth, to Westminster-bridge the oec°,
between 11
h,
Westminster-bridge and Bankside, S°ll'd,
wark ; the third, off St. Saviour's Dock, Bermonto
sey ; and the fourth from the Thames Tunnel
King and Queen Stairs, Rotherhithe. The esttt
mated cost of the embankment from Lan3befo
Palace to Bankside will be £162,492. Mr. AllAs„-10
proposed a 30 feet embankment wall, with een`7lea
into which the sewers would discharge, combi°
with docks between the embankment :walls. got
T. E. Weller's plan consisted of a solid einbanln%
from Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars, followl7
the present line of the river frontage. Dir
all,
Lightfoot's embankment would run from Vt"-I-be,
to Lambeth, with -a roadway in front of all the
premises to Rotherhithe, with docks between loc,,
roadway and the premises to London-bridge. Ad
a new bridge opposite the Horse Guards, a° et.
new street to unite York-street and College-st e
r
Mr. Giles suggested an embankment, from Vl'l.lo
hall to Lambeth-bridge, and a roadway 60 feet NO to
to Bankside, and a new road from Nine Elm°
Lambeth! The commissioners then adjourned-