fartigu nut iruhnial;

frautz.—The formal act which practically transfers Savoy and Nice to France found a place in the Moniteur of Sunday. "The treaty by which the King of Sardinia consents—subject to the ap- proval of the Chambers—to the annexation (Minion) of Savoy and the dis- trict of Nice to France, was signed yesterday, the 24th instant, at Turin. The following are the principal articles :—

" Art. 1. The King of Sardinia consents to the annexation of Savoy and the district of Nice to France, and renounces for himself and his descendants and successors, in favour of the Emperor of the French, his rights over those territories. This annexation will be effected without any con- straint of the will of the population, end the two governments will act in concert to ascertain, in the best possible manner, the manifestation of that vrill.

"Art. 2. The King of Sardinia transfers the neutralized parts of Savoy subject to conditions under which he himself possesses them, and the Em- peror of the French promises to come to an understanding on this matter both with the powers represented at the Congress of Vienna, and with the Helvetic Confederation.

Arts. 3,4, and 5. Mixed commissions shall determine the frontiers of the two States' and shall be charged with the settlement of the various inci- dental questions to which the annexation may give rise.

"Art. 6. The Sardinian subjects, natives of Savoy or of the district of Nice, shall enjoy for the space of a year the privilege of c.leinving the conser- vation of the Sardinian nationality."

This treaty was ratified by the French Government on the 27th. On the 28th, the Sardinian troops had quitted the country, and two com- panies of the 30th French Regiment marched into Chambery. The town, of course, put on an air of gaiety. French troops, coming from Italy, entered Savoy as early as the 24th. The Governor of Savoy had taken his way to Turin. When the elections took place on Sunday, the coun- try was actually in French occupation. The Constitutionnel says that Victor Emmanuel will shortly release his subjects from their allegiance. A special correspondent of the Times, writing from Chambery, says that in Southern Savoy there is not the trace of a wish to be united to Swit- zerland. The " deputation " that recently appeared at Paris, turns out to have been a volunteer body, who went on their own account to Paris, without authority from any one. The object of General Dufoues mission to Paris was to complain of the annexation of Northern Savoy. He did no good. Le Statut at la Savoie, a paper published at Chambery, has recently appeared with a deep black border, and has finally announced its own decease. M. Prevost Parade], in the Journal des Dibats, says of the annexation :—

" Ferber part, we rejoice not alone at this increase of our territory and this happy rectification of our frontier, but at the evident disposition of Eu- rope to place no obstacle in its way. Our country could not receive a stronger proof of the high idea that is formed of her power, of the lustre which the late war has shed on her arms, and of the price which is set on her friend- ship." The frontier, which the mixed commission will adopt, is thus sketched:—

" In the North, the boundary which separates Savoy from Switzerland, is to be preserved. In the East, the frontier will extend to the summit of Mont Geniis, the Western slopes of which, as well as Fort Bramant (which is the key to that mountain), will be included in the French empire. The line will follow the chain of the Alps to Mount Viso, and to the defile of the Tends, and the course of the river Raja, the mouth of which is at Vinti- miglia, a strongly fortified port in the Mediterranean." It appears that Count Costa de Beauregard, a leader of the "Inde- pendent Opposition" in the Piedmont Parliament, has accepted a seat in the Paris Senate, and Count Della Margarita, another Savoy member of the " brass band," is talked of as likely to shake the dust of Turin from his sandals henceforth. Neither will be It loss to Italy. It is rumoured that the Emperor's architect will shortly proceed to Nice for the purpose of selecting a site for the erection of a palace. It is thought not to be improbable that Nice will replace Biarritz as a sea- bathing place for the Emperor and Empress.

A letter from Marseilles, of the 25th instant, says :—

"The new treaty of commerce with England cannot but largely increase our transactions with that country. Already, even before it was certain that it would obtain the assent of the British Parliament, some large pur- chases were made by English buyers. Hitherto, great secrecy has been kept as to these bargains, but they are now spoken of. From the amount of the business already done, one may judge of the immense development which our relations with the British Empire will assume. It was mentioned at the Mercantile Exchange yesterday that a broker had contracted with a mercan- tile house here for the delivery, annually, of from 1,500,000 francs to 2,000,000 francs' worth of wines for England ; the contract to last for ten years. The Pays of the 27th, in announcing that General Lamoriciere had left for Rome, reminded its hearers of the article of the Code Napoleon,

which states that every Frenchman who should enter foreign service without the authorization of the French Government would forfeit the privileges of French citizenship.

The inhabitants of Chablais, Fancigny, and Genevois, 11,000 of them, have signed an appeal to the Great Powers against the annexation of their country to France. They desire no change, but if change there must be, then they beg to be annexed to Switzerland. They have also appealed to the King of Sardinia. In one of these documents, the case ie well put :—

" Under the present division of the people and of Europe, the Alps of Savoy to the South have a completely distinct destination from that of Northern Savoy. In the former are to be found the passages of the Mont Cenis and of the Little St. Bernard. Descending these defiles, an army coming from Italy might enter directly upon the soil of France. It is in the interest of France to occupy the slopes of this portion of our mountains. The Alps of Northern Savoy lead all into Switzerland they are necessary to that Power in order to defend the passages of the Great St. Bernard and of the Simplon, which have been intrusted to her neutrality. Again, Northern Savoy is a poor country, purely agricultural. It is in Switzer- land that the Savoyard of the North sells his produce, and that he buys all that he may want. He has no relations with the provinces of the South; he goes neither to Chambery nor to Annecy, except when summoned thither by administrative or judicial business. French soil he sees still more rarely, because he cannot get there unless by crossing the territory of a fo- reign people, or by going a long way round."

S tallat.—The Swiss Government has transmitted a note to the Great Powers, parties to the Treaties of 1815, drawing their attention to the annexation of Savoy to France, and pressing Swiss rights. This document historically describes the circumstances out of which the ces- sion arose. It positively asserts that France promised that the provinces of Chablais and Faucigny should be ceded to Switzerland, if Savoy were ceded to France. These promises were made more than once, and to several different persons. Switzerland was reassured ; but, suddenly, the Government read proclamations addressed to the Savoyards, making no reservation of Swiss rights. Upon this she acted, and claimed the neu- tralized provinces. Having obtained no satisfactory answer, Switzer- land appealed to the Great Powers, invoking ancient and modern treaties to support the claim. It cannot be set aside by a simple cession or a popular vote.

"Here is the place to take into consideration both the geographical ne- cessity and the political opportunity. If France sets out her situation with respect to a power occupying the north of Italy in the sense that it is her duty to claim the French slopes of the mountains in order to secure her frontiers Switzerland has a much stronger reason te form a similar claim. Switzerland, being a State bounded by two great military Powers, has a much stronger reason for claiming a frontier such as will render a serious defence of the western part of her territory possible, and without which her neutrality would be strongly and daily menaced. By their geographical position, the provinces in question evidently regard Switzerland, and not France. The mountains there have no slopes joining Francs; on the con- trary, these districts form the natural continuation of the cantons of Vaud, Valais, and Geneva ; their natural limits are on the eastern aide, in the mountains which separate Savoy- from Switzerland, and, on the southern aide, in the chain of the Alps which separate the southern part of Savoy from the north of that duchy. The admission and maintenance of that manner of seeing are likewise an international necessity ; for if these northern provinces of Savoy, are not connected with the fate of Switzerland, the important passage of the Simplon, that of the Great St. Bernard, as well as the cantons of Vaud and Geneva, are constantly menaced. . . . . An idea has likewise been started, that the neutralized provinces might remain in the status quo even in case that the entire of Savoy should be ceded to France. The Federal Council has certainly no occasion to discuss this hypothesis, and to demonstrate its impossibility,. A state of things which might have its reasons with regard to a Power of the second order, would be completely irrational with respect to one of the great military Powers of Europe, and would be equally contrary to the dignity of the two States. Suppose that Savoy is united to France, either that Power would refuse to acknowledge the status quo, or else the actual state of things would have only a nominal importance, without any real value for Switzerland." Various rumours are current respecting the intentions of Switzerland. It is stated that, on hearing of' the proximate arrival of French troops in Savoy, orders were issued to assemble some troops of the contingents of Berne, Vaud, Neufchatel, Fribourg, and Valais. Another report is, that the federal militia were to be placed in barracks. The Helvetic Association has been urging the confederation to resist. It is stated that Sardinia has informed Switzerland that the latter power must negotiate with France relative to the annexation of Savoy. France declared to Switzerland that, should Switzerland take military measures, she would be obliged to do the same.

According to the last report of the Swiss military department, the Federal army is composed of 178,186 men thus divided :—Picked men, 77,439 ; Reserve 43,282; Landwehr, or 'Lida, 57,465 men. The Federal Assembly has met at Berne. The Federal Council, in its report to the Assembly, strongly urges energetic measures in support of Swiss rights upon the neutralized provinces of Savoy. The Grand Council of Berne considers the question of neutralized,Savoy a vital ques- tion for Switzerland.

King of Sardinia has addressed a proclamation to the "People of Central Italy." It is as follows :— " People of Central Italy I—Your wishes are fulfilled : you are now united with my other subject in a single monarchy ; your concord and perseverance have deserved this reward. It is a 'great blessing to our country and to civilization. But, in order that its best fruits may be gathered, you must still persevere in those virtues of which you have given so admirable an example, and, above all, you must be firmly resolved to make sacrifices, without which great enterprises can neither be well accomplished nor well consolidated. I place in you that faith which you not in vain reposed in me. The compact which binds us indissolubly together is one of honour towards our country and universal civilization. I never had any other am- bition save that of risking my life for the independence of Italy, aud of set- ting nations an example of that uprightness by which public morality is strengthened, and the foundations of states are firmly established on liberty. And now it is my ambition to obtain for myself and my family, from the nations recently united, that devoted affection for which the sub-alpines are celebrated ; I am ambitious to strengthen the Italians in the unanimity of those sentiments by which nations are tempered so as to bear woe, and pre-

pare for good fortune.

"Turin, March 25. Vicron EMMANUEL.

Fsezwi." Prince Carignan has been formally appointed Lieutenant of the King

and Commander-in-chief of the Military and Naval Forces in Tuscany.. Baron Rieasoli is General Governor. The Ministry ceases to exist, and the Tuscan troops become part of the Royal army. Piedmontese troops have sailed from Genoa for Leghorn, and others have appeared on the south bank of the Po.

The Parliamentary elections have taken place. Nothing positive is known of the result ; but Count Cavour has been elected at Florence, Bologna, Turin, Milan, and Genoa. Parini has been elected at Turin and Milan - and Iticasoli at Florence and Turin.

The Austrians have restricted the points of passage on the Mincio to two. They have a corps d'armee on that river, and are about to concen- trate 60,000 men in the Tyrol. On the other hand, the Sardinian army has been divided into four corps d'armee. The first covers Lombardy, headquarters Milan, commander General La Marmora ; the second occupies Tuscany, headquarters Sienna, commander General Durando; a third hold the -Emilia, headquarters Modena, commander General Cial- dini ; the fourth is on the Po and Ticino' headquarters Casale, com- mander General Mollard. The whole force will muster 150,000 men on the 1st of April. The Austrian Government, says the Times correspon- dent, "does not intend to renew its diplomatic relations with Sardinia, as it considers the present state of affairs in Central Italy provisional. The time will assuredly come,' said an Austrian General to me yesterday, when we shall knock down the house of cards which King lictor Em- manuel has built for himself in Central Italy.' " The Paris correspondent of the Globe says "it is now an undoubted fact that General Lamoriciare has accepted the management of the Papal

troops." Monseigneur de Merode has visited the Emperor Napoleon to discuss the Papal question. There has been a talk all the week of the probable occupation of Umbria and the Marches, nay of Rome itself, by Neapolitan troops ; it has been reported and denied over and over again. The latest statement from Paris is that "the prevalent belief is that an arrangement is in progress under which the French troops are to quit Rome. Rome will be protected by the Pontifical troops, and Neapolitan

forces will be authorized to enter the Marches." M. Grandguillot, in an article in the Conttitutionnel, gives some colour to the report. Referring

to the possibility of the departure of the French army from Rome, he says—It has always been admitted that we could not remain indefinitely at Rome. The Roman government having appeared to desire our de- parture, France waits only that the safety of the Pope be assured, but will not leave Rome until replaced by the army of an Italian Power." Negotiations with Naples have been spoken of, and if the course of events should lead to such an end, France certainly will not raise any obstacles. The King of Naples has been to Gaeta reviewing newly enlisted troops. Discontent shows itself in Calabria and Sicily ; in the latter country, by assassination.

There was a serious riot at Rome on the 19th, St. Joseph's day. The Romans intended to walk in solemn procession in honour of Garibaldi and the annexation of Central Italy to Piedmont. The Government took measures to disperse the crowds, but the gendarmes got into warm altercation with the people, and, drawing their swords, attacked the un- armed assembly. The result was that some sixty persons were wounded by the sabre or stiletto, including American and German visitors, and French officers in plain clothes. The gendarmes and sbini ran a muck among the crowd. Finally, French troops appeared, sent the Pa- palini away, and dispersed the crowd. Several conspicuous Roman Liberals have been forced into exile. On the same day, another unmis- takable display of the feeling which pervades the students of the Roman

University took place at the chapel attached to the Sapienza. After mass and the customary prayers' a stentorian voice announced that a To

Deum was about to be intoned, in thanksgiving for the annexation of Central Italy to the constitutional kingdom of Victor Emmanuel, and, despite the remonstrances of the priests and the University dignitaries present, the students sang the To Deum "with one accord,' and the same powerful voice concluded with an Oremus for the prosperity of the newly-inaugurated era of Italian independence.

Prince Cangnan arrived at Leghorn on the 29th, and went on at once to Florence. The Papal Carbineers have removed the Sardinian es- cocheon from the house of the Sardinian vice-consul at Pesaro. In a Secret Conaistory on the 26th, the Pope delivered an allocution, in which he pronounced excommunication on the King of Sardinia.

121/.—The Federal Diet, on the 24th, resolved by a majority of twelve to maintain the Constitution given to Hesse-Cassel by the Band in 1852. The representative of Prussia voted for the Constitution of

1831, and he formally declared that his Government would not consider itself bound by the resolution which had been taken by the Diet. To this the Bund, at the request of the Austrian Minister, replied, that all the Federal States were bound to recognize the validity of a resolution taken by the Diet. The Constitution of 1852 is a political abomination, which 'was forced on the unhappy Hessians by Austria and her party at Frankfort. As the policy of this Government in Germany is the same as it was it Italy, it appears very natural that Prussia should decline to be bound by the decisions of the Diet, which in nine cases out of ten are those of Austria.

While thus divided on home affairs, Austria and Prussia are also divided on foreign policy. As regard?, the annexation of Savoy, the answer of Austria to France, it seems, records a fact" and "reserves" the principle. Prussia, on the other hand is said to make, in her reply, a distinct reservation of the rights of Switzerland, and to give an ener- getic support to her demands. Prussia is acting in concert with Eng- land.

The Legislative Body of the free town of Frankfort-on-the-Maine has unanimously resolved to give its representative the following instructions : —He may propose at the Federal Diet that a central power in Germany, increased by a national representation, should be established. The mo- tive given for this resolution is the threatening attitude assumed by France.

The Times Vienna correspondent gives the following account of the proposal for a new Austrian Loan, remarking at the same time that he does not think it will find favour with the public. The loan is for 200,000,000 florins. "The loan will bear 5 per cent interest, and there will be a lottery at- tached to it. A part of the proceeds of the loan will be given to the lee- tional Bank in payment of the various sums which it advanced to the State during the year l859, and the remainder will be used to cover the extraordi- nary outlay caused by the late war. Subscriptions to the loan will be re- ceived from the 27th of March till the 7th of April, 1860, and a fortnight later the amount taken will be made known in the Wiener 2iitung. If the

subscription should exceed 200,000,000 florins, all the sums above 10.000 florins will undergo a corresponding' reduction. If the whole amount of the loan should not be taken, the remaining bonds will be delivered over to the National Bank, and will not be disposed of before the 1st of November, 1861. Each bond of 100 florins will cost 100 florins, Austrian currency. The bonds, which will be made payable to bearer, will be for 500 florins and 100 florins, and will bear 5 per cent iterest. The loan will be paid off in 57 years, from 1861 to 1917, by means of a lottery with prizes. The holders of bonds for 500 florins will receive the full amount of the prizes drawn, but those persons who hold bonds or shares for 100 florins will re- ceive but one-fifth of the prize attached to the number drawn. No more than 600,000 bonds at 100 florins will be issued. Twice a year, on the 1st of February and on the let of August, the number of series specified in the plan will be drawn, and three months later, on the 1st of May and on the lit of November, the drawing of the numbers of the series will take place. All the prizes will be paid three months after they have been drawn—that is, on the let of August and 1st of February. Persons taking shares in the new loan will be at liberty to pay 20 per cent of their subscriptions in Na- tional Loan Bonds, which will be received by the State at par. The inte- rest on the bonds is made payable on the 1st of May and the 1st of Novem- ber of each year. In each of the drawings of the lottery, the following prizes will be won :—One prize of 300,000 florins, one of 50,000 florins, one of 25.000 florins, two of 10,000 forms, fifteen of 6000 florins and thirty of 1000 florins. The bonds which do not win prizes will, when drawn, be paid with 600 florins."

DIIIIIII.—The Moors made fresh proposals for peace about a fort- night since. They were rejected, and Marshal O'Donnell, taking the road to Tangier, encountered the Moorish Army, and again defeated them. The road to Tangier was now opened. The Moors then renewed their proposals for peace, and on the 25th an armistice and the prelimi- naries of peace were signed at the same time. No certain news of the terms has arrived, but from Madrid we learn that the conditions for the conclusion of peace with Morocco will probably be as follows :—" An indemnity of 400,000,000 of reals ; the retention of Tetuan by the Spanish until payment of the indemnity; the territorial aggrandizement of Melilla; commercial advantages ; the protection of missionaries • a Spanish Minister to reside at Fez.' It is supposed that to keep Tetuan would cost Spain 400,0001. a year, and an annual war with the labyles.

nit i . —The Calcutta mail of February 22d arrived on Monday, bringing Mr. Wilson's speech in the Legislative Council, expounding his financial scheme. The _Friend of India publishes the statement in full. Mr. Wilson remarked at the outset that his plan has the concurrence of the Governor-General and of his colleagues in council ; and then he proceeded to describe the financial position of India. After allowing for a reduction of 1,240,0001. on the military charges, Mr. Wilson esti- mates the deficit at 6,500,000/. The debt in India has increased to 71,202,8071., and in London to 26,649,0001., making a total of 97,851,8071., on which the annual charge is 4,461,029/. The debt has increased 38,410,7551., in three years • the deficit for three years is 30,547,4881., to which should be years; the prospective deficit of 6,500,000/., before mentioned. Under these circumstances, it became them to take a bold but cautious and temperate view. Then he Came to the _Remission of Customs Duties. On the whole, the present tariff has worked well, and the receipts have increased. But one class of duties have not answered—that class of goods subject to 20 per cent duty. The receipts from this class had fallen off 25 per cent on an average of three years' and 35 per cent as compared with last year. That is a warning, and the duty will be reduced to 10 per cent on all those goods, tobacco excepted. Be proposed to reduce the export and the transit duty on wool. Hemp and hides are also to be placed on the free list. Jute, another great raw mate- rial, falls within the same category, and tea, the cultivation of which has been so successful, will also be free. Maps, prints, and works of art, will be free of duty. These abolitions will entail a loss of 82,000/. Dalin Imposed. The first article is saltpetre. He had been told that this would bear a duty of 10/. a ton, but he would not go further than Si. 10.t. a ton, but that will give 180,000/. The duty on beer, spirits, and wines will remain as it is ; but the duty on tobacco, cotton twist, and yarn, will be raised to 10 per cent ad valorem. These duties, yielding 82,000/., will be repealed, but duties amounting to 233,7001. will be imposed. But a revision ofthe valuations on which the duties have been placed, now too low, will yield 200,0001. The increase of customs, therefore, will be 433,700!.; the reduction, 82,0001.; net gain, 351,7001. New Taxes. Having still a deficit of 9,000,000/. to deal with, and a pro- spective deficit of 6,000,000/., "we are, therefore, reluctantly compelled to propose to increase the revenue by the imposition of more taxes ; and these we propose to be of two classes—the one we shall propose to enact only for a limited period, with a view to the present emergency—the other, we pro- pose to ask you to pass without limit of time. There is no doubt that mer- chants and bankers and others can hardly be said to have borne their full share of the burdens of the State heretofore. My honourable friend opposite introduced in August last a bill for imposing a licence-duty upon all trades. The difficulty of my honourable friend's proposal soon became apparent. If he had confined his demand to a small uniform licence, which could alone be paid by small dealers, there not only was the amount of revenue to be derived from such a tax entirely inadequate for the demands of the State, but it was evident that the great wealthy traders and bankers, who have so chiefly benefited by your rule and by the order and security we have main- tainea at so much cost, would contribute nothing in proportion to the exigencies of the State. To cure this, it was proposed to graduate the tax, to charge it in proportion to the gains of traders ; but then, sir, it was evi- dent to my honourable friend, and he pointed out the difficulty at the time, that, as soon as that plan was adopted, he was landed in all the difficulties and intricacies of schedule D of the income-tax. . . . Sir, it is the opinion of the Government that an income-tax, to be just, ought to be universal and equal in its application' and to all alike within a certain limit of income. We could not justafy sucha tax upon any other conditions. But while we say within a limit, we do not mean that the pressure of taxation should not be as wide as possible. . . . We are of opinion therefore, that a small and almost uniform licence-duty should be imposed upon traders of every class, high and low, but but without any attempt at graduation. • In a great majority of cases, it will operate rather as a registration-tax, and only on the lowest classes, who will be exempted from income-tax by reason of their small in- comes, will it be really felt as a tax. With one exception to which I shall presently refer, these are the taxes which we feel called upon to pro-

pose you ; the licence-duty to be passed without limit of time, the income-tax to be taken only for a few years. The licence- duty we propose to be extremely moderate. It will consist of three rates— one rate of one rupee a year on artisans, including weavers, leather workers, and similar trades, but excluding the agricultural menial classes in village communities who are attached to them, and are generally paid in grain ; four rupees a year on retail shop-keepers and small manufacturers, who work for local retail sale ; and ten rupees on wholesale traders, bankers, manufacturers, and professions. These rates, of one, four, and ten rupees, will be uniform, and apply to all of each class without any discrimination as to incomes or extent of business. These licences will be taken out at the beginning of each year, and thus a complete register will exist of trades, as

we have at present of the occupiers of the land Then, sir, with re- gard to the income-tax measure, we propose that it shall apply to all in- comes above 200 rupees a year. Sir, the wider you can speed the incidence of your taxation, so long as a fair proportion is maintained as to the means of different persons, the more just it is as a whole. We propose that-in- comes from 200 to 500 rupees shall be taxed at a somewhat lower rate. This we do, because, if at the same rate, the double action of the licence-duty and of the income-tax upon this class of incomes would be rather more se- vere than in other cases; we put incomes from 200 to 500 rupees at 2 per cent. . . . . On incomes above 500 rupees, we propose a tax at the rate of 3 per cent for the public treasury, and of 1 per cent to be appropriated strictly to local purposes; and in regard to the appropriation, of which where municipalities exist, they will have a voice, the charge will be very small, and the good to be denved from such a contribution may be very -

great The only other tax that we propose is a duty on home-grown tobacco, to an amount as nearly corresponding with the import-duty as pos- sible."

Turning to expenditure, Mr. Wilson said he could not expect much re- duction in the civil expenditure, but he was sanguine of very great reduc- tion in the military expenditure, "not, indeed, in the pay and emoluments of either the officers or the men, but in a great reduction of numerical strength, by a better distribution of our forces, by contracting our commis- sariat and military expenditure, which at present, as a whole, is great and diffuse ; and by reducing our army finance to order. Until we have our central point of responsible control of army finance, as of others, established, it will be .in vain to expect great reduction. Our first course must be to consider carefully what force is sufficient, and not more than sufficient. Our next point must be to have carefully-revised estimates, what is here improperly called a budget system, for military and all other charges, sub- mitted to the supreme Government annually, as they are in England to Parliament, to sanction only what is necessary, and strictly to keep every province and every department within their limits. Till you have this cen- tral financial and revenue control, it is in vain to look for economy—when you have it, you may safely give much greater exclusive responsibility to local affairs."

11 nil . —Advioes from New York to the 16th have come

to hand. The New York Courier and Inquirer learns, "from a satisfac- tory source in Paris, that the French Government were advised that Spain had agreed to sell Cuba to the United States. Everything was arranged except the price, about which there was some little difference of opinion." A telegram from Charlestown, Virginia, reports the execution of Stevens and Hazlitt, on the 16th of March. These men were accom- plices of John Brown, "The town was thronged with visitors today, and several companies of military were in attendance. "Stevens and Hazlitt were hung at noon. They appeared resigned to their fate. Stevens died very hard, while Hazlitt died without a struggle. Both exhibited great firmness and resignation. "There were no religious exercises at the gallows, as the prisoners per- sisted in refusing all the kindly offices of the ministry in their last moments. They were both Spiritualists, and had a peculiar religion of their own, which enabled them to meet their fate with cheerfulness and resignation. Both their bodies have been forwarded to Marcus Spring, South Amboy, New Jersey. They will reach Baltimore in the early morning train."