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stances, in demanding the forbearance of the heterogeneous majority. It cannot be forgotten that the Ministerial policy has been sanctioned and approved of by a vary large majority in the Upper House, and that majority cannot be in terfered with in any way by the coming election. The same members will still remain. And, although we do not for a moment suppose that, in case of a decided collision between the Lords and Commons, the former could ultimately prevail, or that the Government could possibly be carried on in the face of an adverse majority of the chosen representatives of the people, yet When there is an unequivocal difference of opinion the nation should be called on to decide between the two cc-ordinate branches of the Legislature, and that decision should be final and conclusive. All parties must bow to the verdict thus pronounced. The people will have their choice between two different Administra tions, and two distinct courses of policy—so far as China is concerned. They will declare whether Commissioner TER is to be encouraged in his contumelious refusal to perform solemn obligations deliberately entered into—whether he shall continue to treat the representative and subjects of her most gracious MAJESTY as mere barbarians, unworthy of ordinary courtesy, or Whether humble apologies are to be tendered to the treacherous and bloodthirsty "poisoners' for the audacity which induced the British authorities to insist on British rights and privileges. That is the broad, substantial question now at issue, and We are greatly mistaken if the answer do not Prove very distasteful to many of those who re corded their votes with the majority. Lord PALMERSTON, in reference to the business Which he considers to be " provisional and tem porary," also announced that certain taxes, that is to say, the Income Tax and the Tea and Sugar Duties, which they had intended to arrange for three years, will only be asked for One year ; and that, on the same prin ciple, they will only ask the House to vote sums OH account of the estimates for only a portion of the year, and to pass a Mutiny Act for a similar Period, thus leaving the new Parliament, which Will assemble about the latter end of May, free to deal with all these great matters according t) its discretion. Now, as to the renewal even for one Year of the Income Tax at 7d. in the pound, we must say that it is who'ly unnecessary and un called for. Not a single shilling of the new rate Can be demanded before the sth of duly, by Which time the new Parliament will be enabled to 14 7 whether the tax shall be more fairly and equit ably apportioned, or whether it is to be maintained in its existing inquisitorial and oppressive form Without change or modification. Of course the 9 d• in the pound must come off, and probably 2d. in addition may go along with it ; but considering the circumstances, we say that everything respect ing the Income Tax should be left to the decision of those who will replace the present moribund house, the death-warrant whereof has been already signed. Sir G. C. LEWIS has certainly improved his proposition respecting the tea duties. He now only asks for ls. 5d., in place of is. 7d., per lb. This is approximating towards the compro anise which Lord JOHN RUSSELL has given Utica of proposing, but we confess that We cannot see any adequate ground for asking the House to sanction a retrograde policy so far as the tea duties are concerned. As Mr. GLADSTONE truly declared, the tea duties are the corner-stone • on which the entire matter rests. The amount In dispute is comparatively trifling. According to the calculation of Sir G. C. Lzwrs himself it Will be but 369,0001., which he can easily spare from the estimated surplus—to say nothing of the 2,000,000/. required for Exchequer Bonds, and Which in case of necessity may easily be renewed With the Savings Banks Commissioners, and the Trustees of the Patriotic Fund. Surely for such a sum it is not worth while to call on the Rouse to sanction a policy in direct opposition to that on which it has been acting for the last six- teen years. But Sir G. C. Lnwis cannot pay PAUL without dipping his fingers into PETER'S purse. He only relieves the tea-pot at the expense of the tea-cup and of the pie -dish. If he gives up 2d. per lb. on tea he wishes to continue the duties on sugar a t the present rate, and thus to obtain more than an equivalent for what he is surrendering. This is scarcely fair—nay, more, it is not judicious. If Ministers be wise they will not permit their Financial Minister to excite a prejudice that nifty prove very injurious at the hustings, when the real battle is to be fought. Sir G. C. LEWIS must let the tea-pot , and sugar-basin alone. He Will have quite sufficient to meet the current ex penses of the year without trespassing on for bidden grounds—or if not, be can demand a re issue of Exchequer Bonds, and the application will not be rejected. Nothing could be more unseemly than a contest on an important fiscal question, at such a time and under such circumstances ; and as Mr. GLADSTONE will unquestionably oppose the proposition, Ministers may sustain a very da maging defeat, which may go far to neutralise the advantages they must derive from that on the Chinese question. We would, then, once more earnestly and emphatically urge Lord PAL MERSTON to interpose and prevent his Chancellor of the Exchequer from playing such fantastic tricks, and irremediably damaging his colleagues in the opinion of those who will have to decide on the important question which party shall hold the reins of power—Viscount PALMERSTON or the Earl of DERBY. REINFORCEMENTS FOR CHINA. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY. Orders have been received here to-day to prepare With the utmost despatch the Sanspareil, Hima laya, and another vessel, for the conveyance of re inforcements, ammunition, &c., to the China sta tion. The D u k e of Devons hire has arrived at his villa at has been C hiswick, fro m K em p -town, where he sojourn ing for some months past. The Earl of Radnor has arrived at the family mansion at Grosvenor -street. Viscount Palmerston returned to town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. Mr. and the lion. Mrs. Newton Lane have arrived at their house i n G rafton -street, for the season, from King's Bromley Manor, Staffordshire. General de Maltzoff a n d Mademoiselle de Maltzo ff have arrived at th e Clarendon; from St. Petersburg. Msatening . Cornewall w as prevent e d by indisposition from nesday. the marriage fete at G unnersbury, on Wed- THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Th present, which is the fourth Parliament of Queen Victoria and the sixth of the " Reformed" Parliament% s elected in July, 1852, under the auspices of the E arl of Derby, then at the bead of the Tory Administ;'ation It would not, , die a natural d eat h . according to the S eptennial Act until the 20th of August, 1859 (the d acct urnwabhliee)h, but writs for the new Parliament were m ade a r y et i a .d t i since the year 1826 no Parliament, Dod, has approached its extreme limit. Ti r , i! to Mr. Will Parliament, if dissolved without any material dela Prese have failed to attain the age of five years by som e f y ,, , , w r _ or five months, The Russell Parliament, elected in July and August, 1847, lasted four years seven months and 12 days , and the Parliament which placed the late Sir R. Peel in office in the year 1841 lasted as long as fi ve years and 11 months, or very nearly six years. was the l ongest o f t h e R eformed Parliaments This , the shortest h av i ng been the first, elected at the end of the year 1832 the age of which was one year and 11 months only. It will be found that the average duration of the six Reformed Parliaments elected from 1832 to 1852 bas been, as nearly as possible, four years, suppos ing the present Parliament to be dissolved thin spring. rfiE SUN, LONDO'N, FRIDA EVENING, MARCH 6, 1857, LATEST N E WS. News from Trebizond has been received at Constantinople, to the effect that Gmeral Ahd-ul- Nadir, with 3,000 Russians, has arrived at Tabriz, whence he will march to Teheran, and thence into Farsistan. Strong bodies of Turkish troops are being assembled on the frontiers of Persia, on the side of Azarbij tun and Khuzistan. The evacuation of Greece by the French and British troops is now (Feb. 28) completed. DespAtc'ies are said t) have been received by the French Government from its Minister at Turin, giving hopes of a favourable change in the relations between the Austrian and Piedmontese Governments. Diaro Espanol announces that the Gazette will shortly publish the Spanish budget. The expenses amount to 1,800 millions of reals. A private letter from Vienna announces the receipt of a telegraphic despatch from Constan tinople, stating that after the death of the Kai maikan of Moldavia, a Provisional Government had been installed with the consent of the foreign consults, and that this Government will act until the Porte shall have made some other appoint ment. THE WAR WITH CHINA. We extract from a letfer dated Canton, Jan. 15, in the Moniteur de la Flotte, the instructions al leged to have been given by the Ch'nei3 Givern meat of Pekin to the governors of the five ports : "1. Until further orders, all the inhabitants of the Celestial E!npre are prohibited from trad , nz with the subjects of her Msjes'y tLe Queen of Great Britain. " 2. The opium markets, which have been open for the trade of the two nations, are provisionally closei. (These markets were subjected to some very severe regulations, and only a very limited quantity of opium could be legally sold in them.) " 3. Around the five ports which are open to Europeans a cordon of troops is placed, for the purpose of preventing strangers from penetra'ing into the interior of the empire. The canals and roads are closed against their goods, which will be confiscated, in case ofa contravention of this decree. "4. Smuggling, until further orders, will be punished with death. "5. The Imperial fleets and troops ar3 to att tek the English wherever they meet them; the treaties made with them are suspended. "6. The penalty attached to any violat'on of the above decrees will be death for the Chinese, and for foreigners, de:ention until the restora'ion of peace. "7. The provisions of these decrees are not ap plicable to the markets which aro open for g , ods conveyed by land transport across the fron . iers of Siberia." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Government have received inteTgence from China, which states that the Governor of Lin-titan had seized the central opium depot, on Dec. 5, the property belonging to Englishmen and the East India Company. The Commi.sion appointed to arrange tha aff tirs of Neuchatel has this day, at one o'clock, held its first sitting in the cabinet of M. Walewaki, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Four Powers were represented at it by L'rd Cowley, Count Kisseleff, Baron Hubner, and Count Wa.lewski. The latter, as representative of the Power in whose capital the Conference is held, will have the direction of it. Neri Khan, an attache of Ferukh Khan, left Paris on Wednesday evening for Teheran with the treaty just signed, which requires the ratification of the Persian Government. Today, the project of law relative to the dota tion of the Duke de Malaid:toff was carried unani mou4ly, 225 members having voted. In consequence of the ministerial crisis in Eng land, Gonzales Bravo will not proceed to his post iii London, but will return in a few thys to Madrid. The first meeting is merely one of form, but it will be followed by others at short intervals until the question is definitively settled. It is right to take advantage humour of of the present favourable of the King of Prussia, as no one knows when a change may come over the Royal mind. De- spatches were received yesterday from the Marquis de Moustier, the French Minister at Berlin, re lative to the same question. They are so far favourable that they state his Majesty is well dis posed for an arrangement, and that he wishes the day for the m"eting of the Conferences to be shor'ly named. It was immediately afterwards that this day was fixed. The affair will doubtless appear of little importan,ce beside the graver ones which now occupy public attention ; but it is as will to have a complication the less at this moment. The signing of the Treaty with Persia is also an additional relief, and. leaves us but one war to attend to. No one appears more satisfied with this amicable solution than Feruk Khan. He went yesterday to the telegraph office to have the plea sure of transmitting in person his de - Tatch to Bucharest, where an attache of the Persian Embassy has been waiting for intelligence in order to set out at once for Teheran. Feruk Khan remained at the office till he got the answer, which he did in less than half-an-hour. He uttered au exclama tion of wonder and delight on receiving the reply to his despatch. He will proceed to London for tie) ratification of the Treaty. Monsignor Menjaud has left Paris for Rome. His mission is said to be that of arranging with the Pope for the coronation of the Emperor by Pius IX. The French papers were some time since prohi bited from publishing notices on the Russian rail , road projects. The prohibition has been this day removed. The new law imposing a tax on all Bourse transactions will, it is said, contain a special enactment with respect to the cottli,ssicrs, or out door agents. BOURSE, March s.—The following were the last quotations Cash. tr. c. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 7O 50 New Loan Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,415 Austrian Belgian Five 5......... Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt End of Month. --fr. 71 10 RAILWAYS-FOB CASE. tr. c. fr c Orleans 1,410 Western Northern 9BO Strasburg Lyons 1,465 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,920 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette AUSTRIA. VIENNA, M __ARCH 3. FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE AUS TRIAN CREDIT BANK. The General Assembly of the Austrian Credit Bank met yesterday f, , r the first time, mid the fol lowing is a brief account of what occurred. About the l,o sittingoo shareholders were present, and at half past 9 was opened by Prince Schwatzinberg, the President of the Board of Directors, who addressed a short speech to a most heterogeneous assembly. Among the persons present were many of the highest noble the principal bankers and merchants, barristers, pnvsicians, military men, the editors of the principal papers, tradesmen, stock jobber:: arc. After the President had introduc 3d to the assembly the Imperial CommiFsary, M. von Brentano, who is a counsell,r in the Finance De partment, the principal Dit ector of the Credit Bank read the printed account of the transactions of the Company during the year 1856. Subjoined is a eondensJd summary of the contents of the docu ment, which is of considerable length "On the 31st De s c t e o m od ber t , h t u h s e : LD s e u b b to sc r r A ip c t c io o l u ls nt' p ( a p i a d ssi t y ,p a) , of the alinPanY balanceof current acc0unt5,40,685,06411.18k.; 33bi1150,0949 3 5 1 : 00 , f 4 2 8 7eofixia. exchange 2 , k , . g: , for the establishment a sharesle l ishmen E i which nhaedir ncuoltatbon, ,_ interest profits derived from the stock of the n 3 . 614. 52k.; commission, 160,52211. 52k.; fi 50k. Taken together, the foregoig sums make 5 , claimed, 56,455 11 . 6 1 4: 55 4 3 2 5 6 6 7 1 9 k ) , . 80 392 246134 k. 4 ,; f b e ti l t e a rk s B l , 7 a l n , s d 6 f 3 t fi n. . n 1i furniture ea musts the outlay for bureaux, payment lt,tite total of the Passive Property is b 8 e 0 ; ,2 deducted Ti(h),e6B, 3Cfir. f e i 2d . (acti va 3411 s aR folio ws:—Certi -8,856,0 15k. ; ind.istriel 1 9 - 9 80911.23 k.—t ffiether °o i T t kil o . r Account Priority Bonds, a , , ~ ' l9B 11411. ; Government stock, G s fi t , e 4 o a e 6 t lc s e :o s f , o 7 ( f l fl iff r . a e:r k l e r . it a d kinds , . shares,s , , tacconnts 12,231,9221 bala,nce of curren . , and 21,482,8471. 47k. Bill Portfolio, 22,768,052 d. 27C, ; ad: v 19 4 : 1 8137 ,23 made 47k 0 . 11 ; bills, coupons, 27k. ; cash in hand, Exchequer Government and industriel stock, iar-t, - 5,7 4 2 0 7 8 f1 ,6 . 2ok. 3 2 6 , 82 3 6 , ,8 11 5 . 4 5 f1 . 7k Oki.n;terfeusrtniptauirde, i n according advance on own inventory, e s n h t a o r r e y s : 965 ,727 ti. 25k. lota' of active property, 80,210,69311. k After deduct establishment amounted to 5,884,656§1. 20 . an , Y the foregoin g it will be seen that the gross profits of the, 50 28 2. k.. t 7 h k e . a f b o o r ve t cent interest on 'l,Tan• 15 1856, and a; 1 s c h r a e r d e i s t , the net profits amount to 4,510,2786. 48k. As the mheenstpioenreacosntp.erincom.e. tax, i Lank did not begin business unti • , . • the greate r part of the second instalment was not paid up until the end of November, the establishment worked during the year 1853 with a capital of about 19,00,00011, Thu the Austrian Credit Bank pays to the shareholders about 31 per cent, on the cipital employed. " The net profit of 4,510,2781 48k. was thusdisposed of : —lO per cent. of that sum (151,0271 53k.) was set aside as a reserve fund ; 5 p ar cen t, of the remaining sum of 4,059,2501 55k. was divided between the members of the Board of Administration, and another 5 per cent. among the directors and clerks of the establishment. As 10 per cent. on 4,059,2501 55k. makes about 400,0301, the sum of 3,600,0031 remained, which was divided between the 300,000 shares, so that each share received, in addition to the 5 per cent. interest, 121 or 6 per cent. " By the end of November last LO per cent, per shire had been pail up, and on the 31st January, 1357, another payment of 10 per cent. w,s made." After tin matter of the report had been disposed of, Count Zichy produced a list of the 90 persons who had the largest number of shares, and proposed that a curtain number of them should be appointed by the President to examine the written votes of the Assembly which had to elect three members of the hoard, and three other persons whose duty it would be to aud't the accounts of the company. M. Z-, the proprietor and editor of the most influen tial of the Vienna papers, objected to the plan, and insinuated th it nominated "auditors" might possi bly neg'ect to perform . their duty to the s itisfa,ction of the ... , eass•nnbly. Instead of allowing the President or his substitute to settle the 'natter, the Imperial Commissary interfered, and with most unseemlyvehe rnence decreed that six " auditors" should be ap pointed by the President. Prince Schwarzenberg, who evidently did not approve of the tone em ployed by the rf presentative of Government, put the somewhat ruffled a,ss-mbly into the best pos sible hum.- ur by appointing the suspicion° gentle. man to be one of the six auditors. When the ques tion relative to the dividend was brought forward, M. Z- again rose, and began a vehement tirade against the board, accompanied by such violent gesticulation that he was called to order by Count Zichy, who told him that he who had for many years been accustomed to speak in public (in the Hungarian Diet) thought it right to inform him that his tone and manner were.any thing but " parliamentary." After this reproof M. Z- became calmer, but as he displayed an inclination to wander from his subject, the Im perial Commissary seized the bell, and ringing it violently, desired the President to take the sense of the assembly as to the dividend. The assembly unanimously agreed to the proposition of the Board, although every one present seemed to fee that M. de Brentano had not shown due respect either to M. Z-, or to the noble President. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT WALWORTH. At the Lambeth Police -court yesterday, after the night charges had b2eu disposed of, the prisoners Thomas Fuller Bacr.n, and Martha Bacon, his wife, chargad with the wilful murder of their two infant children, were brought before Mr. Elliott on remand. On the arrival of the male prisoner at the court, Cook (the gaoler) asked him if he had any message to deliver or a communication to make to his wife ; and h's reply was, "No ; not any, Mr. Cook ; but please to give her my love." Tile prisoner then ordered a pound of rump steak, a pint of coffee, and bread and butter, and this he devoured, leaving not a scrap b3hind. The substantial meal so soon after his breakfast did not seem to raise his spirts or improve his appearance, for, when placed at the bar, he seemed more downcast than on any preceding examination. Mrs. Bacon also appeared much more thoughtful and depressed in spirits than on the last examinatiiin. Neither of the legal advisers of Bacjn nor his wife were prE.sent, and Inspe tor Young said it was not hi' intention to offer any additional evidence against them. Mr. Elliott, without offering any observation, remanded the prisoners un'il Wednesday next, when it is his inten►ion to cnnmit them to the Oki Bailey for trial. The prisoners were thou removed from the court. At about four o'clock Bacon requested to be sup plied with tea, plenty of bread and butter, and a thick chop to !accompany, and his request having been complied with, he cleared off the who!e, thus keeping up the character which he had always held amongst his friends and acquaintances—that of being a great eater. MR. HENRY LESLIE'b CHOIR. The second of an announced series of pudic con car's by Mr. Henry Leslie's well-trained choir took place last evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The programme consisted chiefly of concerted vocal compo4it , ons without accoinpanimenf, and rarely, indeed, have we heard a better performance of this difficult species of music. The solo instrumentllists - - - —namely, the celebrated Angelina and. Mr. Wiley (pianoforte), Mr. John Foster (organ), Mr. Pol look (oboe), and Mr. J. D. Pawle (violin), also d'stinguished themselves honourably ; especially the lady, whose remarkable talent as a composer was likewise strikingly exemplified in two " Lieder Ohne Wort?, " both very musicianly productions, in the style of Mendelssohn. Madame Weiss, the only solo vocalist, did ample justice to Mendels sohn's "Hear my Prayer," and was also highly successful in Mr. Waley's song, "Sing on ye Little Birds." On the whole the concert was most satis factory, and every way creditable to the artistic taste and knowledge of Mr. Henry Leslie, who, we should add, conducted the entire performance with masterly skill. The rooms were densely crowded. ELECTION INT ELLIGENCE. GLASGOW, THURSDAY. CLOSE OP THE POLL. Buchanan (Liberal) Merry 5,979 2,943 Majority for Buchanan EAST SUSSEX. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Lord Pevensey Mr. Docbon 2,211 Majority for Lord Pevensoy... 89 SNAKES (NOT POLITICAL I). Plutarch tells us, in a matter-of-fact sort of way, that when Cato the Younger led his army into Egypt he took in his train some of the peo ple called Paylli to charm the ferocity of the snakes and cure their bites. Unfortunately their secret (as well as that of the Ophipgenes, who cured by touching the wound) has been lost. In its place the police-commissioner of Bombay has been lately compelled to resort to the only kind of charm which in no age of the world ever yet lost its pot?ncy. He reports that more deaths are oc casioned by snake-bites than by tigers, and the local govornment have adopted his suggestion to offer rewards for the destruction of the reptiles. It results that three hundred a day are now b iing killed,, and the hunt ers " shuffle off the mor tal cell" at the inspector's door, and receive their eight annas for every ordinary snake and twelve for every cobra. The bulk of those hitherto destroyed has consisted of the foorsa, or whip snake (whipper-in), the most ugly and venomous of the whole species. Of this snake the civil surgeon of Balntgherry reports (Bombay Courier thtt "he knows uo remedy for its poison, ammonia Wing of no avail, as in the bite of other snakes. It appears that the poison does not act on the nervous system, like that of the cobra (Query Cobdenites), but on the bloo I alone." MR. JOHN MACGREGIII, LATE M.P.—A. letter was received yesterday from Mr. Macgregor, our late mem ber, dated Boulogne, February the 28:1, and addressed to ex Bailie Macgregor, in which Mr. Macgregor says that nothing but bodily infirmity would have made him so long silent, and for the last six months his health has been greatly impaired, and that he still suffers fiom severe and protracted illness. Finding his constitution undermined, he says that he decided on resigning his seat in Parliament, and proceeded direct to London for that purpose. Mr. Macgregor further states that it was not his connection with the affair of the Royal British Bank, but painful infirmity, which caused him to resign his seat in Parliament, as he found that it would be im• possiblethere fore, itf wouldor him ha tove been perform w h r i o s duties utte s ; tod e and pr ive t G h l e n t ; g t o h w e r o e f the opportunity of having an efficient member, when, in reality, it ought to have three members in addition to Mr. Hastie. Had be been able he would have com municated with his cinstituents, and he is desirous they shonld be informed of the position ho is in.—North, British. Daily Mail. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The report of this company, just issued, states the amount of stock fraudu lently put forth by Red path to have been about 220,0001. Against this there will be a set off of the houses and property seized, the value of which the directors are not at present prepared to estimate, although it is believed in other quarters to be about 50,0001. It appears that Redpath was installed in his important and uncontrolled position at the economical salary of 2501. per annum, and that the directors were at the time fully mare that he hal been a successful speculator. They thought, how ever, that he was satisfied with his success, a result ha,r,lly ever yet known in gambling history, and upon his fro na m l skpi ng a e cu la ti promise"tin sh ar to Abstain eor stocksstai for of any fu ture "from descrip tion f uu r he was appointed registrar." This is their simple avowal, and it remains for the shareholders at the meet ing appointed for Thursday next to express an opinion upon it. THE NAVAL COMMAND OF DEVONPORT.—As the period approaches for the Commander-in-Chief Sir William Parker, Bart , G.C.8.. &e., to strike his flag at Devon port, speculation is rife as to who is to succeed him in the important command. In addition to the officers al ready mentioned, Vice-Admiral Bowles, brother-in-law to Lord Palmerston, and Vice-Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolls, are named, MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton 33 Market yesterday closed quie•ly, but prices were 50 fully maintained. The sales were estimated at j 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken on specu lation. The R ai l way Sh are M a rket exhibited a St quiet appe arance , but closed steaidily at a sli g ht 2 , advance in va' ue . 2i The transactions this week in mist descriptions of For ign Colonial produce have not been so extensive as fer some time past ; the pressure for s ' t t ' discounts, the arrangements connected with the 50 fourth of the month, and the Minis`elial defeat 20 having all tended to induce c,u ion and limit ope- 20 rations. In sugar the dealings have been omtracted, and as from t h e commencemen t o f th e week th e - ; - ` o ' buyers have shown a strong disposit;on to pay late 25 rates, a slight decline which on West India qua- St. lities amounted to 6d. per cwt. has been submitted 20 to. Coffee has been quiet but firm, holders eviec St - ing a determination not to accept lower rates. In 7 5 Tea a large speculative business has been done, the 25 late advices from China having stimulated opera- St tions at advanced prices. A considerable quantity 20 of Common Congou his changed hands at .Is. lid. slOt to is. 1.0. per lb. Rice has been very quiet at pre vious valur2s, although on T u esday some kinds of F t . Bengal were 11d. per cwt. dearer. Rum has been 10 steady. Saltpetre inactive. Cochineal at full St. rates, an 1 Tallow dull, at a decline of .7,t ; 6d. per cwt. Nutmegs, Cassa Vera, and Pimento have been dearer. Mace is steady, and pepper rath er h eavy. Th e public sales of foreign and col on i a l woo l are progressing with a remarkable deg ree o f fi rmness , t h e competition for the parcels offered is very active, and there is a large attendance of both home and foreign buyers. Notwithstanding the general prosperity of the trade of the country, and the caution evinced in all departments of business, futher mercantile failures are reported. Since the reccnt suspensions among the Greeks a feic.v English firms have succumbed, and two more are now added to the last. These are Messrs. Copland and Baines, of London, an old established firm in the prov . sion trade, with liabilities roughly estimated •f 50,0001., and Messrs elig , ged in the Arne. titan trade, with fL l of about 100,0001. ; with regard to the assets of these two houses no reliable information has yet transpired. An active business is still bei ng t ransacte d i n t h e silver market, and it is expected that the shipm"nts on the 20th will be heavy. The fi xe d pr i ce for b ar gn 611d.per oz. A silver is j t d ing .peorfort.hhei Garnettgherbeitad Mouseley Gold i Mining Company has just been held ; Mr. Gill in the chair. The report stated that from the last appeal to the shareholders only 2,0001. had been raised towards the payment of the debts of the company, leaving upwards of 1 0,000/. to be pro vided. In consequence of the different opinions as to the value of the property, it was agreed to send out a competent person to report on the position of the mine. The applications for discounts ha Lombard-street and at the Bank of England have not been quite so nunirous this morning, but whether the market is about to become easier is very doubtful, notwith standing the sanguine views which many entertain of trtiaedseld, es s h t i h ch e aloneiniuiraY for the legiti mate re almr , st suffi ontlipisusrupbojseecst. cient to keep money dear, there are several schemes s of capital now which g w i o l l v e absorb i l u a a r r g k e e t a . m ° O m i t " t e of this is the Nation.d Bank of Turkey, with a capital of 10,000,0001. It has recently transpired that the concession for this important undertaking has been granted to Mr. Wilkins, the represen tative of the English Company, One por tion of this amount will be sent from this country, t ut, added to other schemos, which will be introduce 1 at the first favourab'e opportunity, there is a prospect of a continuous efflux of specie from England to the Continent. The silver opera tions are still withdrawing large quantities in gold, and 3(1,000/. or 40,0001. in that metal was sent away yest , relay. These movements will continue to arrest a decline in the minimum, and there is reason to believe that although the pressure may not become more severe, there is just as little pro spect of much additional ea , :e. Continued flatness characterises the English Stock Market. Business is dull, and politics now exer cise paramount influence. A short time since money was the chief consideration with the speculators, but the proceedings iu Parliament have lately directed their operations. With an approaching dissolu tion there is naturally a disinclination to enter into large operations, and the market consequently droops. Consols have been 93} and 93 a k for 5 money, and 94 to 94f for account. The New 5 Threes are 931 to 94, and the Reduced, though 20 shut, have been 93i f. Bank Stock is 2204. Ex 10 - chequer Bonds are par to 3s. prem. 10 Foreign Securities were also very quiet. Turkish 6 ,per Cents. have been 971 I, Spanish 3 per Cents. are 41, Dutch 4 per Cents. 98 /, Mexican It 0 3 per Cents., account, 22k, Peruvian 4i per Cents., 18 account, 78g., Russian 5 per Cents. 1071, and. ditto 18 4i per Cents. 98i. 20q The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 100 Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7' • Mexi- 100 can, 22f A ; Peruvia n , 41 per Cents., 79 80 ; ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per 100 Cents., 44 46 ; Russian 5 per C e nts., 107 109 ; do. 'al 20 4 per Cents., 97 99; Spanish 3 per Cents., 401 t; 20 ditto New Deferred, 24i ; Ditto Certificates, 20 61 ; Ditto Passive, 5i 6. 17. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report that the ?_O. market for American Securities during the past St week has been inactive, and the transactions have " 100 been quite limited, and at prices generally in favour 100 of the buyer : 20 GOVERN3IENT BECUUITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cents. 1867-18.68-105 106 United States 6 per Cent. 80nd5........... 1863...105 106 Alabama 5 per Cent ............................ 78 80 STATE SECURITIES. Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). Mississippi 6 per Cent. pl. Bk. Bonds ... lB4l-18 7 1— 40 42 Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ••• 16 18 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 80 81 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 82 84 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-18 65 ... 82 84 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 ... 89 91 _lOl 102 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... 90 91 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875 87 89 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid 30 32 p Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... Do. do. d o . 1869... 91 92 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 95 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 80 82 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 188.3... 85 87 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 80 82 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1575... 83 F 5 Panama 7 per Cent., lst Mortgage 1865... 9 Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.,ist Mort 1880... 89 t)0 The business trans - scted this morning in Railway Shares has been rather active, but at a decline of about toll per cent. on most of the chief lines compared with yesterday's prices. Great Western, North-Westifn, South-Western; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln ; North British, and South- Esstern declined ss. ; CAledontan, Great Noithern, and Midland, 103. ; and North-Eastern (Berwick), 15s. Paris and Lyons hive receded 10s. Sambre and Meuse advanced 55., Great W es t ern o f C ana d a 55., and Grest Indian Pentnsula ss. British, Foreigo, and Colonial Mining Shares have been very inactive. South Wheal Frances brought 335 ; Tin Croft, 4a ; and North an and United Mexican, In Joint Stock Bank shares no b us i ness o f any ~ Frances, 18 l i. ; importance has been done. Ot toman Bank im proved 10s. ; and Union of Australia declined 15s. Miscellsno nis sha-es are inactive. Canada Land are 151 ; National Discount Company, 4 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 68. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY ATONE O'CLOCK. (iron the 0.111:tal List.) 'tootles, don. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. itoducod Anntiitt!+s 3 par Cent. Consols tin!isitle7 Now 3 per Cont. Annuities....... 94 3 Loac; Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860..... Shut Ditto 3) Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 Shut Ditto 39 Years, expire sth April, 1885 , Shut India Stock ..................................... 221 Consols ;or Account .. ...... .. 94 h E Leheriner Bills, 24": £IOOO g5OO. ......................................... par 3 p Small .. ...................... 2 Ditto Lonely, 1858, 31 per Cent. 9 ' Ditto, 1359 5 .. p . e .. r C . e l: nti ... .. 1 - i 2l li PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Vulcan 3 per Cent ..... Ditto Account Ditto, 4i per Cent , it v at i or a l n A .13 I co l en o od n us d n, s tl 4 i c2. . 1 2 : , er i: Cent , Spanikh Bonds, 3 per Cent. Peruvian Ditto Account ......... Turkiett Ponds, 6 per cent - Ditto Account . • 97h I Divbienda on tile above payable In Lonl(n. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Gon;„ 12 Guilders - Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .... 9' B TWO O'CLOCIC., Consols, money Ditto Account „ 93i 91 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) --4. RAILWAYS. tad 1 RAILWAYS. 0i iAmbg. Nottng. Bost.' & Eastn. June....... all IBAfast & Ballymena all Blrmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... 100 Birkonhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire June...... all Blackburn all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... 100 Bristol dr Exeter 100 Caledonian. 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and 8and0n.... 1 all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall I all D. A 8 Do. B ... ...... 45 DublindrßelfastJunc all 'Dun. P. drAber.June 100 East Anglian all Eastern Courties 100 EasternUnion,A.stk 1 1 00 Do. , do. 8............., 8. Do. New A............ 1 1 74 East Kent .... ..... .. 100 East Lancashire ...... all E e -t Suffolk ...... . , 4 Do. ,100 , Edinburgh & Glasgow ' all Edinb. and Peebles... 1 00 Edinb.Prth. &Dundee , all Forth and ClycleJune. 100 :Furness ... .. ........ 1 100 'Glasgow & S.Western all ;Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern ...... 100 'Do., A. Stock ...... 100 I Do. , B. Stock ...... 100 ,Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) 100 Great Western. ...... 100 I Do. Str. V. R . gna. St all Irish South-Eastern all 'Lancaster & Carlisle. 14f Do., Third 5............ 12 I Do. New Thirds ... 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire, I 6 Do., do. F. .£l6 ... I Do., Wet. Riding Un. l all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. We.torn i all Do. Fifths all Do. ,161.5h.,M&8.,.0 Do. Eighths 100 London & S. Western all Lnclndrry.&Coleraine 1 ' all IAI d ll • drry dr Ennisk. ' 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. I 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo'F arrangement ...... 10(3 Midland 100 Do. Binning. dr Derby , all 'Midland G. West.(lr.) , all Do. i Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle all Newpt.Abcwg.dtHrfd 9 Newry dr Enniskillen all Newry, \Varrenpoint 1 dr Rostrevor • . 100 Norfolk. 33 Northn. Counties Un . 100 North British . 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ..... .. ... 100 Do., A Stock ......... 100 Do., B Stock I 100 N. astern - Berwick 24D0. do. Extension 161 Do do. G.N.E.Purch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 31.1 N. &S. Ws tn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn 173 N orth Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Wostrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 'lOO Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer all South Devon 100 South Eastern all Do. 43 per c. Shares 100 South Wales 17 S. rorksh. River Dun 7 D 0............ ........ all Staines,Wok.,&Wok all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. I__ • 22 Thames Hay. D. &11. all I Vale of Neath... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all \lcaterford&Limerick all West C0rnwa11........ all West End of London i and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class__ all Do. Second Class... all Wmbledon&Croydou Closing Price yesterday. 4; - ... - 8i- 9 (9 - 71 8i - 9 90 92 704 - "r 0; 38 - 39 10{ - 70 19 / - 204 10i - 111 5 0 - 52 31 - 36 . . - G. 99 - 100 ••• . 56 7 36i - 3 o • '''' • • - 8 961 - 97. 85 - 87 124 - 126 110 - 112 69i - 70 64 - 66 74 - 73 7i -- 83; 74 1021 -10 U d -- par 6 - 64 109 - 110 ;1061 - 106 id par 105 1034, of :- ao 83 - 83. 55 - 56 iii - ili 58 - 59 3i - 3i , 16A - 4 864 137 34 3c 3 24 40 41 63 64 96 100 41 48 , 1 7 -- 74 101 -- loi 30i alb [OB 110 274 —28 i 50 52 2i lei 18. 1941 76 77—; 81 .2 1. -86 i 41 4 3 d 12 14 41 43 ••• "..... i)1 -: ii 7 - 5 2 1 _- 8 -- 9 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. all !At'an. and St. Law. 9 :Bombay, Baroda, and I Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. all Do. Isl 4 Bu4Talo & Lake Hur. 1 100 Buff., Bra. & Go.leh. ICO 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72, Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74 l 2s. Caleuth and S. East. 2slcl l Central Oudo (Lim.) 10s Ceylon A sha.rl 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all Do.4i p c.Bnds. '57 all Do. do. to., 's9:do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. ICO Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p, c. Deben all G . ,. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c . all Gt. Westn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. &la., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '60... al Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without . option all Madras, guar. 4. p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exton. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c, 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. lOude (Limited) 5 ISeinde, guar. 5 per c all I Do all A.ntwrp & Rotterdam 14 Ardennes • all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux& Toulon& Coal Mires and Ry 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all LuCca & Pi st.s p. c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons &, Mediterran all Maria Aute'..zia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p c. Pref, all Northern of France all NorwegianTrnk. Fret all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam .) g. 7 p. e 74 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5. per cent. pref. all Southern of France all 'West Flanders_ All ID o. 54 per c. Pref all I W.& N.W. of France '0 6 Western ofAust !CI all West. of Switserlane 6 I all Wiesbaden 6 all Do. sp. cent. prsf. !O all Zealand • ••• I- 1 p 1 llp }96 93 95 97 95 97 par i p ••• ••• 11 - - ii P 113 -- 115 2t, Zip 21.4 - 211 514 - 81 - 83 21{ - 21 - 1 26 - 264 101 99 - 100 1 120 - 125 120 - 125 107 - 109 19 - 204 21i - 22 - $p t - 113 "j 61 - 6i 3i 44 —5; r 33i 34 10 11 Par ip 5 p 6§ " ji aOi : ii,i -9; 21 - 21. 39 - 39. 9 - 9A 58; - 58 57 - 59 id— P 18 . 1 9 9 i 9 p in 4 9 —1 0 k 33 31 par— 1 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. lAnstralasia • • 18i ,Bank of Egypt 50 'Batik of London all Bri. Col Bk. Ln. Co• 1 all British N. American, 6 C.Bk.of Ind.Au • SzCh' 50 City 25 Coloe;• 20 Commercial of Loud all Eng.Scot.kAus.Cht all Lon. Ch. Ilk.of Aust all !Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lud. &E. Bnk ng. Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond.andWestminst 35 National Pro. of Eng 10 Do. Now 22 1 Na:.ional Bank all - New South Wales all Oriental Bank Corp 15 Ottoman Bank ' 25 ,Provincial of Ireland all 'Do. Now 1 IR.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co , all South Australia all Union of Australia 2 i - 1 , Do. New 10 ;Union of London 50 ;Unity Mutual 50 \Wean). Bk, Load 93 101. In 59 si . _ 1i id 68 79 is -- 18. 184 -- 19 18i -- 19 47 49 39 40 par p 61. 62 7 -- 9 11 10 8 d Business done this dity. 20 25 25 25 20 20 33i 10 20 20 10) 20 I Bil 10 100 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing ' Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid' itamisays. ; ompan i es )yesterday. this day. _____ ..................... .. -' St. 100 Buckgliamsh. Ln.&N.W. 95 97 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon..., 98 102 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.cStE.C' 11 13 St. 100 E. Ln. F . 6 p.c Gt. NOrthn 134 137 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 31 41 St. 100 Glas. Barr. di Caldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. 100 Do. New Do. — ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Qt. Westn. ... ... 50 all Hull dr Selby Y. & N.M. 107 109 25 all Do. 3 Shares Do — ... 124 all Do. 1 Shares. Do — ... 12i all Lon.drGreenw S.Eastcrn 123 13 20 all Do.Prefereree Do 23 —24 St. 100 Lon. TH. : C:S. Peto &Co lO7 109 1083 10 51 Do. B trk. S'i. Do i I p 5 1 all Mancli.Bxton. Ln. &N. W • 2 and Matlock & Midld. 28 - 21 St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 9O 94 x d 61 51 Newmarket l'aryE.G.spc. E. Count 1 1 p pm 50 all F.& Est.s p.c. Do 55 57 50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do ... 50 all Do.Fixedsp.e Do . . ... , ... ... 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &Is. W ... ... 124 all Do. i Shrs. A Do — St:1100 Roystn.dr Hit. Gt.Northn 131 134 10 all ShreT 7. a He: T. Brassey 8 9 12 all S. Statlordsh.. M. MCle,an 9 93 50 all WearVaLg6pc Stk.&Dar. ... •• • 25 all Do Do 32 33 St. 100 Wilts&Sorarst Gt.Westn B B 90 BRITIS ET MINES. . . 21 I2,Alfred Cons. - (Philk. 23 24 20 14 ißritish Iron 1. f 20 I Condur3w (Carnbrn ) 155 1 6 5 10 1 Dev. Gt. Crisis. (Tay.) 145 455 ... 148 'Great S ou th T o l gus ]44 153 ... 1013,G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 9Y, 10 ... 7 IGrt. W. V or (li e l stn.) 5 6 ... 886 d L.'ly Bertha ... 73 N. Frances (Mogan) 18 — 20 181 4 i ... ... N.AV.II +ssec (Illogan) 31 33 ... 6115 North Wheal Crofty 63 73 ... 14 Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) 23 21 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 8 9 ... 6s. 'Sort. Cons Min. Co 14 -- 11 ... 24 IS. Caradon (St. Cheer 330 350 ... 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 7 8 I. . 19 S.W. france, - .:(Illogn. 340 360 335 544 Tarn. S. &L. Min. Co 1 I —l4 10 9 ;Tin Croft. ... 40 11.1n.Minci (Gwenr • -.) 220 240 ... 12s 6V. of Torrey (Cam:. )1 i -. 7 - 13 ... 14 W. Basset (Illogir) 35 .36 ... 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd.) 160 170 ... 53 Wh. Basset (Illogan) !80 —3 0 ... 5 Wh. Buller (ddruth). 100 320 ... 53 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 41 54 ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant 19 21 ... 8 Wh.Ma. Ann (Menht.) 46 48 ... 4} Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 21 23 FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilian Imp. (issued at X 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 3 3t 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 19 21 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica id p 40 all Cobre Copper 59 61 ... 16 Co pia po 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont. Sil•LdM. & Smlt 8 10 5 1 Port Philip — ••• 30 15- Santiago de Cuba c 1 all 4 outh Australian 1 1 all Do. Scrip 1 , all Do. 10 p. c. Prof— ... ... 28/ all United Mexican 44 4i 4/ MISCELLANEOUS. 25' 19 Australia Agricult. 23 25 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... ... 10 all Berlin Water Works 5 —5/ 50 40 Brit. American Land 40 45 10) 324 Canada ......... St. 100 .00.Go.6pc.Jan &July ... ... St. 100 Do. 6p. c.Feb.&Aup. ... ... St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. 3far. &Sept. ... ... St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 35 40 25 all Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace • 24 24 2. 4 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France ... ... 1 I Duston Iron Ors • ••• 20 18 Eastern Steam...— ... ... St. 100 Electric Telegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ... ... 5 all En.&Aust•Cop.SraCo 14 li 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. ... ... 25 all Gen. Ir. Sc. Col. (Lim.) ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lord. Gen. Omnibus 4/ 44 4i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... -- ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... ... \ 10 all Mexican&S Americn 2i 3,i 5 5 Nat. Discount Co id p 4; 5 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 14 10 all Do. Do. 1 3 4 5 all Do. 8p c. Pf. iss. at 1d ! 4 4 5 1 Do. Do. 100 80 New 13. &N. 8. Laud ... ... St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. ... ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... i i 1 20 174 NAIL ofEuropeSteam ... ...d 1 all Oriental Gas 1 5s Do. New Shares k 4P 25 all Peelltr. Ld. & Minrl 24 2i 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 68 50 10 Do. New — ...p 14 i 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 all Do. New. 6 8 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ... 1 all • icot. Austral. Invest li 14 1 all Do. New — ... St. 100 S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds ... ... 25 al South Austral. Land 35 37 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip I 1 1 all Do. Registered - - 1 20 5 Trust&Ln.Co.U.Can ... ... 100 284 Van Dictuen's Land 14 - 16 St. ,100 . V.Go.6p.cJan. &July ... ... L YD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON. March G.—Wind this day at noon, N. W.; moderate breeze and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, March s.—Wind N.N.W. to W.N.W.— Arrived—Earl, from Plymouth ; Hardwicke, London, for Madral. Sailed—Clara, for Plymouth and Swan River. DARTMOUTH, March s.—Wi❑d W.S.W.—Arrived-- Clarendon (c.), from London, for the Cape of Good Hope. NEWPORT, March s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Scotia, from Amsterdam, for Nurfolk, V.; Rebecca, Bremen, for Peru. WATERFORD, March 4.—Sailed—Unole Nat, for Ma tanzas. SHIELDS, March 4.—Vrnd N.W.—Sailed—Alida, for New York. ' DE .L, March s.—Winfl W.N.W.—Arrived—lvanhoe, from Calcutt ; May fl Iwer, Demerara. HULL, March s.—Wind N. - VV.—Sailed—Bywater, for Havana. BEYROUT, Feb. 20.—Bad weather has prevailed here for some time past, particularly during the last 10 days. The b , rque Uncle Charlie was lost at Jaffa on the 3d inst. ; erew saved. Nearly all the cabin furniture, some sails, spars, &c., and about 150 bales merchandise, supposed to form part of the cargo, destined for Alexandretta, have been savel, ea the St. Andrew (e s.), wrecked on Cape Zieret, but there is little probability of anything further being recovered of either ship or cargo. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, F iday Morning. Wind W.N.W. ;.* Arrived —Renovation, from St. Michael's ; Gipsy, Cadiz; IL Robinson, New Yolk; Jno. Duncan, St. John's, New Brunswick; Rival, Nice. QUEENSTOWN, March 4. Wind N. W. Arrived—Superior, from Odessa ; Mary Blair, Ibrail ; Athol, CAlso ; Oliver Cromwell, Moulmein ; Detroit, Callao; "[Thies, Moulmein; Levant, Rhodost. DUBLIN, March 5. Wind S.W. Arrived —Progress, from Antwerp. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITUsII TRIEGRApH,) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.40 a.m. Wind W. ; tide high water ; fine. Arrive& March s —Lister, from Alexandria; Energy, Caen ; 'Western Star, Patras and Palermo ; Ellen, St. Kitt's ; Ocesn, Messina ; Habett, Corseor ; Isabella Her cue, Shanghai ; Eleanor, St.. Michael's. Arrived, March 6—Mette Killernp, from Aarhuus. Sailed—Londe ,, borough, for Mogador; Lelia, St. Michael's ; Susan Crisp, St. Helena ; Alice Maud, Algoa Bay. DEAL, Friday, 9.15 a.m. Wind W. by N., light, and fine. Passed in tow—Mayflower, from Demerara; Ivanhoe, Calcutta—both from London. Passed --Cibelle, from Berbice, for London. WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP MADRID.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—TLe Pawn Ida and Oriental Company's steamship Madrid, which struck on a rock at Vigo, and was afterwards beached near that port, has by this time become a complete wreck. A communication has been received from Capt. Bradshaw, as follows One of the steamer's funnas and one of the masts have rne over the side, the forecastle has blown up, part of the upper deck, and the bulwarks are apparently going, and the vessel is fast settling down into a qui c k_ sand. ' A private letter from Vigo also states that the Madrid was fast breaking up. _ . ANOTHER BELGIAN MAIL PACKET ASPIORE.—The Belgian Government mail packet Ruble, which lift Dyer with thu mails on Monday night last week, at h.-if-past 11, got on shore i n thi c k weather, about 4 o'clock en Tuesday morning, between Nieuport and Ostend. She was left on the mainland until 9 o'clock, when she flJatt.d off and procc?,ded to Ostend, reach ing the harbour about 11. A Dutch pilot got out, and walked to Ostend whilst she was ashore. AUSTRALIAN MAILS.— LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The steamer J lira, of 2,n00 tons and 500-horse power, Failed this morning at 7 o'clock for Southampton to take from that port the mail for Egypt, Ceylon, and Australia ?: Thursday, the 12th inst. This vessel proceeds on the day named d:r,•ct from Southampton to Alexandria, callilg at Malta • and the Cambria will leave 11l of on the 18% inst. for Malta with the overland P ortion juthe mail for the Jura, sent iqa France. The g aged to the longs to the Canard Campany, and in conjunction European and Australian Mail Compiasnyo Mediterranean service under the contract,am brie, 1,400 tons, with the Etna, 2,300 tons, and the tc ? the Canard Com. both of which vessels also belong. and - Cambria, has been p e rform the pany. The Jura, like the Ell o a n splendid vessel. put in admirable order, and 97i 64 7 G 9 l i i i 1021 i O 6 6 i G 34 i 31i i i 20 ]OO Et. 21i 2} CRIMINAL COURT—(Thi_s Day.) THE GREAT CITY FORGERIES. SENTENCE OF THE PRISONERS. This morning James Townshend Saward, and James Anderson, found guilty yesterday of forgery to a large extent on the City Bank, were placed at the bar to receive sentence. Both prisoners presented a very dejected appearance to that of yesterday, particularly Seward, who held his head down d ur i ng the whole of tsbeentCenhei sentence. Baron's ad dress to them p rev i ous to p On being placed at the bar, The Clerk of Arraigns called on each of them, and -aid—You are convicted of forgery. Have y u any thing to say why the Court should not proceed to pass sentence upon you I Saward--Before your lordship passes sentence in my case, I humbly ask you to defer it till next session. I have no complaint to make to the verdict on the evidence adduced, or to the impartial, just, and impressive sum ming up of your lordship ; but I make the appli cation under the following circumstances :'— ask at your lordship's bands to be shown a little clnsideration in consequence of my unfortunate and defenceless position; and perhaps your lordship will have the kindness to order that a copy of the notes of your 1 ,rdship's evidence of certain witnesses which I will name shall be lodged with the Governor of Newgate, to be made such use of as 1 may be hereafter advised. The Chief Baron—Your request is entirely novel. I never heard, in the whole of my ex?erience, nor have I met in the whole course of my reading, of such an applis cation being made and formed on no grounds whatever. Saward—My position is a most unfortunate one. The Chief Baron—You do net state for what object feu want my notes of the evidence. Saward—My reason is that I consider much of the evidence received yesterday was inadmissible. The Chief Baron—Then the proper course for you to have pursued was to have objected yesterday to its ad mission. I thought the whole of the evidence was admis sible. It was the subject of continual consideration in my own mind, and its admission was frequently the result of the joint opinion of myself and Mr. Baron Braruwel', whose aid and assistance I have had on this occasion. I was myself very careful not to ad mit anything that did not appoar to me to be evidence. I objected at first to the admission of certain matters, but atter consideration they appeared to me to be ad missible, and I admitted them. You do not now stat i c any grounds for your application, except that you west the notes. You do not state what objection you have to take, and it appears to me that you only want them to have an opportunity of finding out any ob jection. Saward—Just so, my lord. I was not aware until yesterday morning that I should be undefended. The Chief Beron—l can be no party to your appli cation founded on that objection. The appointment for the trial was made and the arrangements concluded as early as Saturday last. You are perfectly aware that you ought to have made such au application earlier, or at any rate that you ought to have made applica tion on affidavit, prepared by an attorney, and which should have stated why you were not prepared with counsel. I think yon were quite as well prepared now as you would have been had such an application been wade. Seward —The briefs were prepared yesterday, but un fortunately I could not get the money in time. The Chief Baron then proceeded to pass sentence in the following terms :—Ja es Townshend Saward and James Anderson, you are to receive the judgment of the C.surt, founded on the verdict of the jury delivered yes terday, which pronounced you and each of you to be guilty of the offences charged in the indictment, that of forging and uttering on the 18th of August last year an order for the payment of 1001., which order was de scribed in various counts of that indictment aso as a cheque. The trial lasted many hours. Much evidence was given, and much which in one sense might be con sidered somewhat unusual, and which I pointed oat to the attention of the jury is summing up the case last night. It is not usual in the administration of the criminal justice of this country to have more than one crime proved at a time against one individual charged with many, but as I then stated and think it right again to state, that for the purpose of making out a guilty knowledge of any person included in the indictment it was necess.ary to prove the commission of crimes, and the rule that excludes evidence of the commission of other, for fear of creating prejudice against a prisoner ceases, and it then becomes the imperative duty of the judge to admit that sort of evidence which otherwise he ought to reject. The case against you made out yesterday presents one of the ,most astonishing and alarming instances of crime that it has been my misfortune to witness on any occasion since I have been a judge, and I am not aware that the history of the criminal justice of this country presents any case more farraidable than that which was disclosed by the evidence adduced against you yesterday. It is a maxim in the administration of the criminal law that combination renders crime more mischievous and alarming, and that it calls for greater severity of punish ment than when a c fine has been the single act of one individual, and there never was a clearer specimen of the proof of the propriety of that practical maxim than appeared yesterday in the evidence against you. It was made out to the satisfaction of the jury, and to my en t.re aid perfect satisfadtion, that there had existed for many months, possibly for many years, a combination, of which you, James Townshend Saward was a party, by which the crime of forg ery was to be coinwitted,by a com bination of parties, an all of them involved in the same guilt. With the assistance of an individual unconscious of the crime be was furthering—innocent so far as any intention on his part was concerned altogether of the offence—but by extraordinary ingenuity and contrivance made possibly not a reluctant, but a ready, assistant in the crime of which he was altogether unconscious, and by such means as these it was now perfectly clear that, in a great many instances, crime was successfully perpe trated apparently with perfect success and security, and for a long period the parties escaped the justice of the country. This scheme appears to have been carried out, by a strange connection with burglars and pickpockets, to obtain blank cheques and cancelled cheques, and where the latter could not be obtained recourse was I ad to fictitious cheques, whereby the writing of the party was obtained by his cheque being given for the amount, and thus facilities were obtained for imitating his hand writ. ing. The learned judge then referred to the plan adopted of taking lodgings in a forged name, and of inviting persons whose education in the country wotil'i prevent them from knowing much of London life, and whose years probably induced them to become innocent parties, without having the least idea of the crime they were promoting, showing that arrangements were warts with such skill and dex terity that the police were baffled in the pursuit of those persons who, they were well aware, were conducting-, apparently in secrecy, a great scheme of planer. At length an accident gave a clue to the whole matter, and it was brought forward for public investigation, and then the whole truth became manifest. It was dis tinctly proved that yoti, James Anderson, inveigled innocent parties, as I have described, and, you, Ja nes Townshend Saward actuated by that caution in which you apparently prided yourself, freely communicated with those men who were stamped with the character of felons, and who could scarcely be creditable witnesses against you. You cautiously kept out of the way when cheques had to be presented or money to be paid or re ceived, but it so tinned out that the proceedings of some of the party at Yarmouth and Norwich were discovered, and their coral be no doubt that the letters were in your handwriting as well as the writing on the forged docu ments. It is impossible to doubt the truth of the statements made yesterday by Attwell and Bardwicke, however unworthy of credit they may appear to be from the crime which stains their past life and character, that you both were a party to the entire scheme of sending forth to the world the cheques and bills that were pro ducedT o yr oe b y e e a s d t e s r yd, at d at , wtahse probablybo t om of the e ro h o i c s h t cons y o u i ti c u a o m u e s 11 . This was one of the most alarming and serious cases of forgery to a hick the attention of the public had for a long time been called, and had not the laws of the country, which met with his concurrence, received a more peaceful form than formerly, there can be no doubt but that each of you would have expiated your crime by an ignomi nious death. I rejoice, however; that I have not to pass that sentence, but whatever the law holds out with a view to deter from such offence, appear to me to be the • ju t measure of punishment to persons who have fi led up the largest measure ot 'crime. I was requested yesterday to take notice of the case ot one of you with a view to a mitigation of the sentence but atter tu'l consideration I feel acid fei t h e boundh s ad bound not to listen to the appeal ot Sir F. Thesiger, and had the prosecution been conducted by the Attor nmotiviteo y o de Attor ney-General, ecotive. to a co s m im pl i y la w r iathppilti,cation I pass the full sentence, leaving it to the ex consider and determine thereon. Should an a pplication be male to the Rome Secretary, and I am applied tot, but to shall have much pleasure in giving it rue careful. Ia en- Con. In the present state of the case can make no distinction between the indi vidual, who, though a party to possible from being action, screees himself so far s p e caut ious trans :el the person who has personally mixed rp with ha t displayed a capacity fur acted as agent, but committing that crime worthy of a for the purpose ofwhichc would, in all probability, have crime, and an ingenuity a nd an abundance of resource bettor cause, end and whatever might have rewarded where it has received a virtuous successful in*rgietninal direction. I lament that, with re produced instead °f a criminal Seward, that you must have spect to you rant, and been at one perio d of yourlife in circumstances fardiff e r en t from those in which the justice of th e C our t h as f oun d you ,nvo I v ed, at least, for many months—possibly for years. It is stated, and not de n i e d, th a t yen are a member of an honourable profession ; and I deeply re gret that that ingenuity, skill, and talent, which has re ceived so perverted and mistaken a direction, has not been guided by a sense of virtue, and directed . to more honourable and useful pursuits. I am called upon to pass sentence upon you, and for the reasons that I have assigned it is impossible for me to stop short of the utmost limit to which the law permits the punishment to proceed. Any mitigation that may belong to either must come fro m a different source. The learned judge then passed sentence of transportation, for life on each of them in the usual terms. The prisoners were then removed from the dock, FOR . JON. 83 2/ 53 44 473 7 18 a 764 i 17i i 52 li 24 i lli 6 i 39j 151 i 704 I