The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

expressed, the Convention diclared that they
could not entertain the question until the people
had voted on it. The electors of Nice assembled on
the 9th December, and Blanqui again presented
himself before the Convention on Jan. 11 to renew
his demand. The annexation was finally voted at
the proposal of Cambon on the 31st of the same
month. The attachment of the population of Nice
to the House of Savoy was much shaken by the sup-
pression of the free port in 1852. That measure pro-
duced a strong protest to which 10,000 names were
attached, being nearly the entire of the adult male
population. The annexation of the county of Nice
to France will add but little to the territorial pos-
sessions of the latter, but it will give her a magni-
ficent strategical position. With the Alps as her
frontier, it will be impossible for an Austro-Sardinian
army to invade Provence as has frequently been
done ; and, moreover, the harbour of Villafranca
will be a valuable acquisition for France from its
magnificent position."

THE CHINA, CALCUTTA, AND BOMBAY

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.
The Ceylon, steamer, Captain Evans, has arrived
with these mails.

She left Alexandria on the 18th ult., Malta the
22d, and Gibraltar the 28th, and bring 86 passen-
gers, two packages of specie (value not stated),
2,674 bales of silk, four cases of valuables, and
general cargo.
The Ceylon spoke the Delta, steamer, on the 22d
ult., and the China on the 28th, both bound for
Alcandria ; also the Sultan on the 31st, bound for
Lisbon.

Her Majesty's ships Exmouth, Renown, Liffey,
Argus, Scourge, Lapwing, and Caradoc were at
Malta.

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The British squadron at Gibraltar comprised the
Marlborough, CEesar, Victor Emmanuel, Agamem-
non, James Watt, Doris, Scylla, Cadmus, Quail, and
Redpole.
Exchanges at Gibraltar on the 28th were—Lon-
don, 518 to 51; Paris and Marseilles, 5.33 ; Genoa,
5.37

The Coquette gunboat was to leave Gibraltar foc
Portsmouth on the evening of the 28th.

The latest advices from Tetuan oontained nonews
of importance from the seat of war. The Spaniards
were actively carrying on their preparations for
the siege of the city.
Several small vessels, laden with provisions, &c.,
had availed themselves of Marshal O'Donnell's offi-
cial order opening the port of Tetuan for the intro•
duction of all kinds of supplies by Spaniards or
foreigners without restriction.
The Spaniards had established a hospital for sick
and wounded at the Custom•house of the port of
Martin, and the engineers were erecting fortifica-
tions near the same spot.

The action of the 23d was a very unimportant
affair. Several steamers had arrived at Malaga
with sick and wounded officers and men from the
seat of war in Africa.
The brig Margaret, with iron ore from Newcastle,
had put back to Gibraltar, from Cape St. Mary's,
with cargo shifted, vessel leaky, and crew refusing
to proceed.

The crew of the lonian barque, which vessel was
abandoned or Maros, coast of Galicia, had been
brought to Gibraltar by the French Government
steamer Tanger, to be forwarded to their homes by
the first opportunity.

PRESERVATION OF LIFIEFROM &HIP-

WRECK.

Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life-
boat Institution was held at its house John-street,

Adelphi. Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., in the
chair. There were also present Sir Edward Per-
rott, Bart., Admiral API-lardy, George Lyall, Esq.,
M.P., and several other gentlemen.
The Secretary read the minutes of the previous
meeting.
The silver medal of the institution was voted to
Captain Wasey, R.N., inspecting commander of the
coast-guard at Fleetwood, and to John Fox, cox-
swain of the lifeboat, in admiration of their gallant
and persevering conduct in putting off on two ec':"
melons in the society's lifeboat stationed
at that
place, and rescuing seven men from the schooner
Ann Mitchell, of Montrose, and tie Jane Roper, of
Ulverstone. The brave crew of the lifeboat also
received £22 10s. for their intrepid services. This
was reported to have been a most brave and pet-
severing service, a portion of it having been per-
formed during a dark and stormy night. Indeed
so much so that the steam-tug which towed the life-
boat out had given her up as lost. Capt. Wasey re-
ported, however, that the lifeboat's behaviour on the
occasion far surpassed the crew's anticipations.
Rewards amounting to £34 108. were also voted
to the crew of the Redcar lifeboat, which is in con-
nection with this institution, for rescuing on two
different occasions the crew of 11 men from the
Prussian wrecked brig Fortuna, of Memel, and also
two men from a fishing coble, which was found in *
disabled state off Redcar.
A reward of £6 was also voted to the crew of the
institution's lifeboat stationed at Thorpness, for re-
scuing, on the morning of the 24th ult., three out of
eight of the crew of the brig Pallas, of Shields,
which during a heavy gale of wind was wrecked on
Sizewell Bank. The vessel had struck about mid-
night. The master and four of his crew immedi-
ately took to their boat. She was, however, no
sooner launched than she capsized, drowning in-
stantly the five poor men. The remaining three men
had held on with difficulty to the rigging. With
the dawn of the day the lifeboat saw their perilous
position, and took them off in a very exhausted
state.
Rewards amounting to £52 were also voted to
the crews of the lifeboats of the institution stationed
at Newbiggin, Carnsore, Barmouth, Llanddurn, and
Portmadoc, for putting off with the view of render-
ing assistance to ships' crews in distress.
The second service clasp of the institution and £1
were also voted to Daniel Shea, coxswain of the
Padstow lifeboat, and £1 to John Knight, in ac-
knowledgment of their gallant conduct in wading
into the surf and rescuing, at much risk of life, two
of the crew of the ship James Alexander, which,
during a heavy gale of wind, was wrecked near
Padstow on the 22d inst. The remainder of the
crew, 25 in number, were saved by the rocket sr
paratus, under the directions of Mr. Tregido, chief
officer of the coastguard at New Quay, who, with
his wonted bravery, very much distinguished him-
self on the occasion by rushing into the surf to re-
move an obstruction to the free working of the
apparatus.
The silver medal and £1 were also voted to Mr.
John Dyer, in testimony of his brave conduct ill
wading into the surf, which three or four timed
completely immersed him, and saving the master of
the schooner Beverley, of Youghal, the remainder
of the crew having been saved by the rocket s'
paratus.
A reward of £4 was also voted to a boat's crew
of two farmers and their two servants, for saving
the crew of five men, and the master's wife, of the
brigantine Eagle, which, during a gale of wind and
in foggy weather, was wrecked on the coast of the
Isle of Man. The vessel at the time was rolling
fearfully. The master's wife, having been lash
ea
to the rigging, was compelled to throw herself into
the sea. Fortunately, however, she was soon picked
up, although nearly exhausted, by William Quad-
rough, and afterwards safely brought ashore.
A reward of £6 10s. was also voted to the ere'
of the institution's lifeboat at Arklow for putting
off and saving nine men from the ship Anne Mit;
chell, of Glasgow, which, during foggy weather and
a tremendous sea, was wrecked, on Monday last, on
those dangerous banks. In vain had some fishirli
smacks and the Ruby steamer, of Bristol, attempts"'
previously to rescue them ; and it was with *OO
difficulty the noble lifeboat successfully accolly
plished her humane object.
It was reported that Englishmen resident 1.11
Australia, China, the East and West Indies, and In
Russia, had forwarded to the institution some car
tributions, as tokens of their admiration of its Wl-
portant and philanthropic operations.
During the past month lifeboats had been f°,l:
warded to St. Andrew's, in Scotland, and to the
vicinity of Carmarthen Bay.
The Admiralty presented to the institution
valuable series of charts of the coasts of the Briti9
Isles, on which are marked the lifeboat and rocket
stations. ht
It was stated that the Royal Victoria Ysef •
Club had decided to present the cost (£380)
lifeboat station on the Isle of Wight to tho 105
tution.
The late Mr. Edwin Cuthbert had left the
society a liberal legacy of £5O. a sir
Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., ots
Edward Perrott, Bart., were elected vice-presidesir
of the institution. For the past nine yes" eia
Edward Perrott, Bart., had been most zealous), of
active in aiding to carry on the important w°l.
the Lifeboat Society.