The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

In the following table E signifies that letters are despatche )
by evening mails from London, and M by morning mails.

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Mails. .
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stohpr Port r
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Madru.el.l
DESTINATIONS.
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Australia and Mauritius, via
:Liverpool Mar. 15
Southampton ............. - ,
overdue
Bahamas D
Yorkitto,
.v.
andi.a.
..............................
..
a..
.....
........ :It aarr.. 1196;
Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt.) Mar. 7, E Liverpool Mar. 7
Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-
sion, and St. Helena ...... April 5, EDevenpoit April 3 i
China, Penang, and Singa-
pore, via Southampton .... gar. 20, MiSouthamp. overdue
Ditto, via Marseilles .... Mar. 10, Ek
Gil Mar. 4
ioburdaurltaara,
andßlewttemaso.n.....llr: 1127:
31M
Southamp.
Mar. 16
[ndia (Calcutta) and Ceylon,
via Southampton Mar. 20, 3L Southamp. overdue
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (Bombay), via South-
ampton Mar. 12, 31 Southamp. April 10
Ditto, via Marseilles
Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres,
and F. Islands Mar. 9, M Southamp. April 5
Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Mar. 7, M Southamp. Mar. 11
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via
Southampton gar. 12, 31 Southamp. overdue
Ditto, via Marseilles
wpAestmtttolenrid(hciaya,(ikcj.yaslßi.fropirtaniusikept)ae.t)
Mexico and Havana
Newfoundland Mar. 10, B Liverpool..
United States and British N
Vene-
zuela, Chili, Peru, Wet Coast of Africa, 33,parr: 107,,
EE
Southamp.
West Mar._ 15
Ma-
deira, and Teneriffe Mar. 23 H Liverpool.. Mar. 11
Grey-
town, New Granada. dic.

Mar. 17. M

Soutikamp.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FRENCH ARMY.—They
really are good soldiers, and what is more, they are great
campaigners ; that is, whilst our troops are on the bare
ground waiting for the commissariat, a French soldier is
under cover of some sort, and with a few sticks trying to
cook his own dinner. The Duke, in his despatches, makes
frequent allusion to this quality in the French soldier, and
also to the power of a French army to maintain itself on
the ground where it stands.—Once a Week,

The agitation and manifestations in Ancona and
Jessi continue. After the refusal of the popula-
tion to pay the taxes, a military council has been
assembled in Ancona, at which General Rabber-
matten presided. A resolution was adopted to act
in all cases energetically against the town, and to
resist all further assaults, if any should take place.
The equipage of the troops, including the munition
and the baggage of the officers and the delegates has
left Pesaro.

TURIN, MARCH 9.

Th 3 Official Gazette of to-day publishes a mes-
sage of M. Farini, dated Bologna, March 2, and
addressed to Count Cavour, in reply to the message
of the latter, dated Feb. 29. M. Farini says :
According to the English proposals, the whole of
the populations of Central Italy were without dis-
tinction to be called to a fresh vote before the oc-
cupation by Sardinian troops took place. The
state of things seemed to indicate the advisability
of accepting any form of the vote which the
mediating Powers should propose. If the form is
not decided upon he should choose that of univer-
sal suffrage. The most favourable moment for the
vote appeared to be at the time of the convocation
of the Sardinian Parliament, as it was then to be
decided whether or not these populations should
participate in the assembly, or, at all events to dis-
cover a method of adjusting the precarious and
dangerous state of affairs.

The reading of the last diplomatic documents,
and especially M. Thouvenel's note of the 31st
January, confirmed my opinions. I therefore re-
solved upon publishing my decree of the Ist March,
summoning the people of the Ernilien provinces to
a new vote. At the same time I received your mes-
sage communicating to me your ideas upon the
French proposals. I received them with that re-
spect and deference due to his Alajesty, who has
done so much for our independence, and who has
not prohibited the publication of these proposals to
the people. I could never have taken any resolu-
tion without consulting the national will. My de-
cree is not in contradiction with the desires of the
Emperor. If at the first view some difference
seemed to exist relative to the Romagna, in reality
there is none. It would have been contrary to the
public law to establish a distinction between these
provinces and the others. Since France is dis-
posed to approve of the annexation of the Ro-
magna to Piedmont, with the recommendation
that the Sardinian Government is their provinces
should be subordinate to the high authority of the
Pope, the proposed vicariate refers rather to the
relations between the King and the Pope, than to
the inhabitants. I could not have submitted to the
people this abstract and delicate question which
would have required complicated explanations on
the nature of the limits to the authority of the Pope.
The acts of Rome had destroyed any possibility
of such a combination, which, were it estab-
lished in these provinces, would have produced
disturbances, nothing being more averse to the in-
habitants than Papal interference. M. Farini con-
cludes, " Ima case the party voting in favour of a
separate kingdom should obtain a majority in the
Romagna, this party would very easily consent to
any arrangement which the Government of his
Majesty, in accordance with European politics,
might think proper to adopt. My duty and my
honour oblige me not to leave these provinces at
the present moment, as my mission has been an ab-
solute one, but I can promise every guarantee for
full and absolute liberty of the vote."

PARIS, SATURDAL
The Constitutionnel publishes an article, signed
by M. Grandguillot, headed, " Universal suffrage
and public order in Europe."
M. Grandguillot thinks it necessary to explain
the limits of the doctrine of national sovereignty
now invoked against the Imperial policy, to the
advantage of the combinations which his Majesty
cannot proteSt against, although prepared without
his inspirations. It is necessary to show how a false
extension of those:principles may become an incessant
source of troubles and dangers to Europe. Univer-
sal suffrage can only be applied to the internal af-
fairs of a country, and cannot serve to modify the
exercise of the sovereign Power in relation with
foreign affairs for the ag,,,randisenrmt of a ter-
ritory. M. Grandguillot frees the French policy
from the charge of being identified with acts as
little conformable to the counsels given of France
as to public rights in Europe.

BERLIN, NIARcH 10.
It is stated that the English Government will
not protest against the annexation of Savoy and
Nice to France, but will support Switzerland in
her claims concerning the neutralised districts of
Savoy.

The Drag Hunt, for a handsome silver cup and a
silver collar, presented by Sir John Arnott, Mayor of Cork,
M.P., will take place on Wednesday, March 21, in the
♦icinity of Cork, distance about five miles, over a fair
hunting country—the cup to be won by the first horse, and
the collar by the first hound up at the close of the hunt.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.
On the 27th ult, at 9 a.m., Tyrant out of the Liverpool
Spring engagements.
On the 27th ult, at 1.55 p.m., Grillade out of the Lincoln
Hw dle Race,

On the 2Sth tilt, at 11.20 cm., Accurate out of the Liverpool
Spring engagements.

On the 28th ult, after 8 p.m., Ambush out of the Liverpool
Spring engagements.

On the Ist lust, at 9 a.m., Bessie B. out of all her engage-
ments.

On the 3d inst, after 6 p.m., Wanderer and Resurgam out of
the Clve Cup, Shrewsbury.

On the 6th inst, at 9 am, Miss Stewart and Mary Stewart
out of their Liverpool Spring engagements.
On the ftli inst, at 9 a.m., High Treason out of the New-
market Stakes.

On the 6th inst., at 12.30 p.m., Gem out of the Coventry
Handicap.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NOTTINGIIAM, March 9.
CROWN COURT.
(Before the Lord Chief Baron Pollock.)
MURDER.
Herbert Slack, 23, and Alfred Slack, 20 (brothers),
were charged with the wilful murder of George
Clarke, on Monday, Dec. 26, 1859, at New Lenton
near Nottingham. ,

Mr. Macaulay defended the elder prisoner ; and
Mr. Boden and Mr. O'Brien, the younger.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Mere-
weather and Mr. Bristowe.

It appears that in the early part of the day,
two men, named John 'Weston and George Clarke,
the former a butcher and the latter a book-
keeper, walked over from Leuton (a village a
distance of one mile) to Nottingham, and during
the day dined at an eating-house in Clamber-
street, and also went into several public-houses
drinking together. In the evening about ten o'clock
they started to return home across the park, and
had not proceeded for before they were overtaken
by two brothers named Herbert and Alfred Slack,
whom they had not known previously except by
sight. Herbert Slack, before any words had been
exchanged, tripped up Weston's heels, causing him
to fall into the dirt. Weston, on getting up again,
remarked that that was not by any means a manly
action, whereupon Slack frankly admitted that
it was not, and inquired what recompense would
satisfy him. Westen replied ten shillings, for
the damage done to his clothes. Slack agreed
to give him this, adding, " Now, let's be
friendly, and go and drink it out toge-
ther." Herbert Slack then took Weston's arm,
whilst his brother did the same with Clarke, and
they all walked on together for sorre distance, when
Herbert suddenly withdrew his arm from Weston's,
and calling his brother back a step or two, whis-
pered somethiig in his ear, and then Alfred Slack
ran on to his home, and in a short time returned
with a sword stick in his possession. On his return,
Herbert Slack, who, in the meantime, had been
walking on with Weston in as friendly a manner as
before, suddenly turned round and knocked him
down, and kicked him several times about the head
whilst he was lying on the ground. Clarke came
to the assistance of his companion, and was in the
act of stooping at his head to pick him up, when
Herbert Slack, who was standing over 'Weston,
drew the digger and plunged it into Clarke's body
just under his left shculder. The unfortunate
man staggered to the fence, exclirning " I'm done,
l'm done," and almost instantly expired. In the
meantime several neighbours came amongst them,
and the wife of Herbert Slack, who persuaded
her husband to go home, and he went away with
her. The deceased was carried to his house in a
chair, and the two Slacks were immediately after-
wards apprehended at their own home. Near the
spot where the crime was committed a sword-stick
was picked up and handed over to the police autho-
rities. The handle had been shattered and broken
off, and the thick blade had been bent by the vio-
lence of the blow.
The jury returned a verdict of msnslaughter
against Herbert Slack, and of not guilty against
the younger prisoner.
His lordship then sentenced Herbert Slack to 15
years' penal servitude.

THE DRAWBACK ON PAPER.—The London
committee, of which Mr. Chater is chairman, have con •
eluded an arrangement with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer to the following effect :-1. The committee, waive the
right of explrt for re-importation.-2 1. he chancellor will
embody in the bill for abolishing the Paper Duty, clauses
securing a full drawback upon paper upon which duty may
be paid between the passing. of the Act and the 15th of Au-
gust next; and 'a drawback of one penny per pound upon
paper upon which duty shall have been paid previously to
the passing of the Act.

Sergeant Allen, 20 C, said that, at half-past four the
previous afternoon, he saw the prisoner begging in Berke-
ley-square and a number of persons go up to her and re-
lieve her, she at the time appearing to be in a state of great
suffering and pain, and complaining that it arose from
rheumatism. On going up to her, however, he found that
she was unmistakeably drunk.
Prisoner said she was very bad with the " rheumatiz."

Mr. Bingham said she had only just come out of prison,
and that the worst thing she could do was to drink spirits
for the " rheumatiz." He would send her for seven days
where they tried a better remedy.
Margaret Connor and Johanna Moore were next enarged
with a similar offence by Butcher, a constable of the C
division, who said he saw the prisoners begging and an-
noying persons.

Mr. Bingham having asked the prisoners what they had
got to say, they both displayed a quantity of gaudy-looking
artificial flowers, which they said they were selling, and
also said they lived at "Westminster," Connor setting up
a most discordant whine.

Mr. Bingham said people who went about with matches,
little copper kettles, staylaces, and flowers that did not
smell, were the worst of all beggars. They knew they
could not live and keep perhaps three or four children by
such means, and had far better get rid of the things and go
to the workhouse. He had, spared one of the prisoners
twenty times, cautioned her, and assisted her. He should
commit Moore for 14 days, and discharge Connor.
During the morning several others were brought up on a
similar charge, but discharged.