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: 1 1111 ?1 . • 1 &O 44 , 4 10 tir:l ~k'Y~`'~'.s~w'.`,~l~:i&::~..c.w. r.i+a~':', - +.ar~YtSaS~> ~+':.,. r"`~' ~3^Wh?y."~,. SUN ()PRICE, Sevea o'clock, NAVAL. PPOINTIVIENTS.—(This Day.) to at tlia Admiralty The following appointment:3 were re this afternoon : Commandrr3—C. E. 11. Vernon, to the Cordelia ; -Thos. Goss, to the Coast-guard. Surgeon-L-Dr. W. Wood, to the Hastings. Itieietant-Surgeon—D r '. Thos. doghlen, to the Hastings. Mr. J. T. Partridge a nd M r . T. Greet have been nomi nated Mastera' AssistantF. MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (Front the London Gazette of this eveniv.) CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 3. Members returned to serve in the Parliament surntnoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April, City of Coventry—The Right 'Hon. Edward Ellice, of Arlington-street, London ; Sir Joseph Paxton, of Rock hills, Sydonham, Kent, Knt Borough of Horsham—T:6lN= Robt. Seymour V esey Fiizgerald, of Holbrook, Sussex, Eq. . County of Kincardir,e—Gen. the lion. Hugh Arbuth nott, of Hatton. County of Roxbrregh—The Hon. John Edmund Elliot, of Belsss, Rciburglishire. APRIL 4. Combined C:4unties of Elgin and Nairn—Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce, Esq., of Roseisle and Kin naird. Coant . 9 . of Monmouth—Chas. Q. Swinnerton Morgan, of the Friars, Monmouthshire, Esq. ; Lieut.-Colonel Edwrerd Arthur Somerset. Combined Counties of Roes and Cromarly—Sir Jas. Matheson, of the Lewis, Bart. • County of :Northumberlands- 7 Northern Division—The night Hon. Algernon Georga Percy, commonly called. Lord Lovaine ; the Right Hon. Charles Bennett, com monly called Lord ,Ossuiston. Southern Division—Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, Esq. ; the Hon. Henry George Liddell. Borough of Abingdon—John Thos. Norris, of Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, Esq. County of Merioneth— Wm. Watkin Edward Wynne, of Peniartli, Merionthsbire, Esq. County of Denbigh—Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, of Wynnstay, Denbighshire, Bart. ; Ccl. Robert Myddel ton Biddulph, of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire. County of Aberdeen—The Hon. George John James Gordon, commonly called Lord Haddo. City of Aberdeen.—Colonel William Henry Sykes. County of Berwick.—The Hon. Francis Scott, re siding at Mertoun House. County of Dumbarton.—A. Smollett, of Bonhill, Esq. Arum G. County of Sunderland.—G. G. W., Marquisof Stafford. County of Argyle.—A. S. Finlay, Esq., of Castleto ward County of Wigtown. —Sir A. Agnew, of Lochnaw, Bart. County of Ayr.—Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart, commonly called Lord James Stuart. Ayr District of Burghs.—Edward Henry Craufuri, younger, of A uthe.names. County of Hereford. —Sirllenry Geers Cotterell, Bart.; Thos. Wm. Booker Elakeinore, Esq.; J. K. King, Esq. County of Huntingdon —James Rust, E3q., Edward Fellowes, Esq., John Moyer thathcote, Esq.—equal number of votes. Stowart'y of Kirkcudbright —James 'Amide, Esq., of Bongaly. Borough of Shaftesbury.—George Grenfell Glynn, Esq. County of Stafford, Northern Division.—Charles B - )wyer Adderley, Esq.; Smith Child, Esq. Southern Division—Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts Foley, Esq.; William Ornae Foster, Esq. County of Essex, Northern Division.—The Right Ho.i. William Beresfurd, of Hampton Court, Middlesex; Charles Du Cane, of Braxted-Park, &sex. Southern Division—Thomas Wiliam Brameton, of Skreens, Essex ; Richard Baker Wingfield, of Orsett Hall, Essex, ;sq. County of Montgomery—Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn, E3q. Borough of Huntingdon —Major-General Jonathan Peel, of Marble-bill, Middl esex; Thomas Baring, o Norman's-court, Hampshire, EQq, A PRIL 7. County of Bedford—Francis Charles Hastings Ras ta, Esq. ; Richard Thomas Gilpin, Esq. County of Caithness—George Trail, of Ratter, Eq. • Isle of Wight, County.—Charles Cavendish Clifford, of Westfield House, Ryde, in the said Isle, and of Eaton square, London, Esq. County of Derby, Souhein Division—Charles Robert Colvile, of Lullington, Derbyshire, Esq. ; Thomas Wm. Evans, of Allestree Hall, Di.rbyshire. Esq. County of Dorset—Tue Hon. William Henry Berke ley Portman, of Bryanetone, Dorsetshire ; Henry Gerard Shire, of Critebeil, Dorsetshire, Esq.; Henry Ker Seymer, of Handford, Dorsetshire, Esq. County of Carnbridge—Elward Ball, Esq. ; Henry John Adeane ' Esq. ; the Hon. Eliot Thoma s Y or k e . County of Berke—Robert. Palmer, Esq. ; The Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie ; George Henry Vansittart, donnty of Leicester, Northern Division—The Right Hon. John James Robert Manners, commonly called Lord John Manners ; Edward Basil Farnham, of Quorn don House, Leicestershire, EN. Southern Division—Chatles William Packe, of Prest wold Hall, Leicestershire, EN. ; The Ron. George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon, commonly called Viscount Curzon. County of Norfolk, Eastern Division—Major-General Charles Ashe Windham, of Myton, Warwickshire, C.B. ; Sir Edward North Buxton, of Colne House, Cromer, Norfolk, Baronet. Western Division —George William Pierrepoint Ben tinck, of Terrington St. Clemente, Norfolk, Eiq. ; Brampton Gordon, of Letton, Norfolk, Esq. County of Anglesea—Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley, Bart. County of Northampton, Northern Division—Augus toe Stafford O'Brien Stafford, Esq. ; Alleyue Cecil, commonly called Lord Burghley. Southern Division—John Poyntz Spencer, commonly called Viscount Althorp ; Rainald Knightley, Esq. Convention between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French. (From the Gazette of this evening.) Signed, at London, March 7, 1857.—[Ratifications exchanged at London, March 25, 1857•] Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, being desirous to prevent all future cause of mis understanding with regard to the right of tr.iding at and. near Portendic, on the west coast of Africa, and at Al breda, in the River . Gambia, asserted or assumed respec tively by the Goi , ernments or subjects of Great Britain and France, have resolved to conclude a Convention for that purpose, and have named as their respective Plenipoten tiaries ; that is to say Her Majesty the Queen, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick, EP rl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Moss Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most 'Honourable Older of the Bath, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Right Honourable Henry Labonchere. a Member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Coun cil, a Mernberof Parliament, her ThitannicMajesty's Prin cipal S. oratory of State for the Colonies, And his Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sienr John Gilbert Victor Fialin Count of Persigny, Senator, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Hon our, Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Msdjidie of Turkey, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus of Sardinia, Grand Cross of the Order of Danebrog of Denmark, his Ambassador to Her Britannic Majesty; Who, after having communicated to each other their re spective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : ARTICLE I. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland relinquishes the right hitherto en joyed, under Treaty, by, the subjects of her Britannic idaiesty, of trading from th' mouth cf the River St. John to the Bay and Fort of Portendie, inclusively. ATICLE 11. Bis Maje s ty the Emperor of the French cedes to her Britannic Majesty the French factory or comptoir at Al breda, on the north bank of the River Gambier, on the western coast of Africa, togeth er w ith a ll possessor y or other rights whatever appertaining to the raid factory. ARTICLE 111. Her Britannic Majesty consents that French subjects shall have free access to the River Gambia for the purposes of their commerce. They shall be allowcd to reside at the town of Bathurst, and at such other trading station or stations as may hereafter be appointed by her Britannic Majesty in Council, b u t no t elsewhere; except so f ar as regards Albreda, where such French subjects as are now resident, and may wish to remain, aro authorised so to do by Article IV. of the present Convention : conforming themselves, however, to the laws. and local regulations which are or may be in force in the British Settlements in the Gambia. French vessels in the River Gambia shall be subject to the same duties, tolls, and regulati ons , as B r i t i sh vessels ; and every article imported or exported in French vessels, shall pay the same duty as is or may be imposed upon the like article when imported or exported In British vessels. The French Government shall be allowed to maintain a Consular Agent at. Bathurst; it being clearly understool that such Consular Agent must first be approved and ad mitted in the - usual manner by the Government of her Britannic Majesty. ARTICLE IV. French subjects already settled at Albreda, and who may wish to retnaiv there after the cession to her Brittannic Majesty of the French factory or comploir, shall preserve their property, and the rights attached thereto, and shall be protected and treated in all respects in. the Flame man ner as all other French subjects in the Possessions of her Britannic Majesty. - ARTICLE V. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifi cations shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible, within three weeks from the date of its signature. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiarie 3 have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at London, the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thoumad eight handred and fifty-seven. (L.S.) CLARENDON. (L.S.) HENRY LAI3OI7CHERE. (i.J. 4 .) F. DE PERSIGNY. LONDON GAZETTE—ahisEvening.) WHITEHALL, APRIL 4. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom. of Great Britain pad Ireland unto the Right Hoz.). Henry it. C. ttnn s 147 * 14 OIN B 0 14, ' 4 l' Egli A Y X N Ntsi, APRIL 7, I § 1, Baron Cowley, G.C.8., her Majeety'a Arobasnaor Extra ordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount Dangan,in the county of Meath, and Earl Cowley. WHITEHALL, Arum 6, The Queen has been pleased , to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing The Most Reverend the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Right Honourable the Earl of Harrowby, The Right Honourable the Earl of Chicester, Thu Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpolo, The Rigbt Honourable Stephen Lushington, Travers Miss, D.C.L., Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury, The Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, The Venerable Archdeacon Wigram, and The Venerable Archdeacon Jones, to bo her Majesty's Commissioners to consider the stato of the several Dioceses of Canterbury, London, Winchester, Dud Rochester. with special reference to the circumstances .of the said Dioceses, and the extent and boundaries thereof. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 6. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Monte Video, enclosing a copy of a Decree recently issued by the Monte Videan Government. throwing open the ports of Maldonado, Colononia, and Paisander, for the despatch of articles which may be introduced through them from Monte Video, strictly subject to the Customs' laws and regalations.• This permission is nob however accorded to foreign vessels, the trade being cotisiderecl as coasting trade from which foreign flags aro ezolitided. WITCHCRAFT IN THE PRESENT DAY. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Times : Sir,—l send you the particulars of an application made to myself, as a magistrate, for an order to have a witch " proved." All was written down by me at the time, and, as the date—last November —will prove, long before the trial on witchcraft which you lately reported and remarked upon. The belief in witchcraft is very general among the poor, and not uncommon in a class above them. Mere ability to read and write does not counteract it. The believers in this case are very fairly educated, in a manner, , but they still receive with unreasoning credulity the old wives' fables, handed down, as the applicant told me, "from generation to genera tion," and kept alive, no doubt, in each actual in stance by knaves making their harvest of fools. In Mr. Anderson's interesting work, " Like Gnami," there are passages which are true of my own neigh bourhood, though written of savages, e. g._-" The Nam:l(lms, like most nations who are sunk in bar barism, have great faith in sorceries, and male and female witch-doctors play conspicuous parts. They aro crafty creatures, and know how to take advan tage of popular ignorance." Again—" Dealers in the black art are numerous among the Bechuanas, who place implicit confidence in the prescriptions of wizards," &c. No Namaqua or Bechuana re cipe can surpass my friend's mixture of " Lig, prop. ammon , noddlehair, toenails, fingernails, horse-shoenails ; quant. suff." Thus barbarism and civi►isation have alike their " cute coons," favouring the darkness in which they fatten, to counteract whom should be the aim of those educational projects which we aro so much discussing. It must he useful at starting to sound the real depths of common ignorance, and, if my communication will contribute towards it, you may depend on its correctness. I am, yours very obediently, April 3. "November 17, 1856. • "J. 8., who farms about 40 acres of land in the parish of ilockham, makes application to Mr. --, magitrate, as foams : " J. B —Your worship, I come to ask your advice conc , ,rning of my wife. " Mr. —.—What's the matter ? " J. B.—Why, your worship, she's harassed about n;ght and day—continual worrying —like wind teasing her stomach, and like a sow with all her young pigs a pulling her to pieces. " Mr. don't see what I can do for that. Why don': you send for a doctor "J. B.—Doctor, Sir ! 'We've been to all the doctors about. We've spent every shilling to get remedy. All my family know it, poor dears. We're wholly done up. " Mr. ---Still I don't see how I can help you. " J. B.—Well, Sir, it's thought by many people in the parish that my wife's bewitched ; that it's put upon her by evil disposed persons through envy. There's a farnily named L—, who got turned out when we was pat in, and we think it's through them that they set old Mrs. C. to do it: " Mr. —.--Who is Mrs. C. ? "J. B.—She's an old woman, your worship, who live near the Lion, and she have the character of being a witch, and I thought I'd step down and ask your wor ship whether you would give me a grant to have her proved. " Mr. —.—How is she to be proved ? " J. B.—Why, Sir, I thought you could have •her swum. I've heard say that, it they be witches, and if you tAke a line (not to do them any harm, hut just to swim 'em), then, if they be witches they won't sink. I've heard say that there was a g-mtlernan at who had one scum in the river, I don't know rx ictly how it finished, but I heard she didn't live long after it. He bad it done right public. Her name was Pointer. They tied her clothes about her legs and used her decent. She had a line put round her waist, and one on each side, to keep her from sinking if she was an upright woman ; but if she's a witch they can't sink her no how. Old Mr. L—, who done it, jumped upon her, but couldn't sink her no how ; when her head was down her heels was up, and when her heels was down her head was up. They do say, your worship, that sick folks are increased about in the world, and if you have so many as even one in this or any other parish, they do a sight of harm. Al most every one who sees my wife says they never seed such a complaint, and call out that she's certainly be witched. She tare (appear) hunted ❑ight and day. She fare dried up like a crisp. She say Will, I can't lie still—l might as well try to sink a bladder iu water.' 1 do hope your worship will grant the police to take old Mrs. C. all of a sudden—by surprise like—and take her to a pit, and swim her (not to hurt her). If she'ei an up right woman she'll sink, and if she don't sink it'll prove her guilty. " Mr. --.—According to this shs won't gain.much even if she is upright.' But now, 8., seriously, how can you believe such nonsense I " (Here followed an argument, in which be brought forward the witch of Endor, the demoniac, of the New Testament, &c. It ended in the applicant being appa rently ' convinced against his will,' and, therefore, of the same opinion still.' "J. B. (returning to the charge).—Well, your wor ship, at least I hope you'll take her to a room, and have her stripped, and see if she have anything bad about her, " Mr.--.—What is she likely to have bad about her ! " J. B.—Why, sir, some say that they hale imps about them, but I don't know. " Mr. --.—What is an imp ? "J. B.—l don't know, sir, unless it be some bad spirit or other from the power of old Satan ; but I ne ver seed one. " Mr.--.—But now tell me why you fix upon this poor old woman Mrs. C-- in particular I " J. B. I'll tell your worship how we come at it. My wife was advised to send for the woman ---, of --, who is wonderful clever in these things. She came and told us to take souse particular liquid and put it in a bottle with some of the hairs cut of the noddle of my wife's neck, and the parings of her finger and toe nails (these we cut quite close) and some old horseshoe nails. (These, you see, Sir, are little schemes which go from ono generation to another, there's always something to be learned out of the weakest and ignorantest). sir, we put the bottle on the fire, and we waits while it's boiling and burning, and what not ; and when it bursts we look out of the window, and the evil-disposed person stands before us. Last Friday night was a month that my wife did this ; and after she done it she got out of bed, as she do sometimes, to tak e a d ro p of drink or a little magnesia, and she looked out of the window, and there she saw the woman C— standing before the window, at a most uusealable hour, in the moonlight, in an agony surt of sate. " Mr —.—What became of her ? "J. B.—l don't know, air ;my wife got into bed, and I suppose some one come and took the woman away. We have not seen her since, but our girl says that she has heard her rattling at the door. "Mr. I can't listen any more to such nonsense. "J. B.—Ask the squire's gamekeeper, sir, and ask Tom T., steady, not fast-talking men. Let the squire call these men before him. Give me thorn writings if you please, sir, and let me take them to the clergyman and the squire. We wished to come to you first. Mr. —.—l have merely been writing down what you said, but you must not trouble the squire about such rubbish. c , J. B.—Sir, if our squire knew that there was any such bad things as witchcraft in the parish, ho would have it altered ; because, you know, air, I have to pay the rates and taxes, hard and fast. " Mr. really can't listen to you any longer. "J. B.—What, sir! arn't you going to save it proved? Can't you at any rate have her hitched to the Union House That might be a benefit. "Mr. make inquiries, and will do wha is advisable." [Exit applicant, protesting acainst anything short of full proof by "swimming her."] The district policeman has since informed me that on a certain night he was asked by J. B. to come and watch his premises, under pretence that his ducks were stolen. He did so, but discovered afterwards that they were " working their spell," and they wanted him to see the witch appear. He saw no one. Tne old woman C. is harmless and respectable, and so infirm that she can- not possibly have bsen so far as J. B.'s house for a very long time past. The "bewitched" woman herself has since described to rue what she saw—viz., the woman G—, " whinnying" like a dog shut up, not barking nor howling, but "whinnying," and moving her hands like a dog's paws when sitting up. Mrs. B— told me that she knew all her afflictions to come from God, but she does not under4tand why He sends such persons as the witch to witness them. A few days afterwards I was in a cottage in an adjoining parish, when I made some observation about " the strange things that people believed even in these days," to which the woman of the cottage replied that she supposed I was alluding to Mrs. B—, of D—, and to her be ing bewit c h e d. I said that I was t hi n ki ng o f th at. " Mrs. F--.—W e ll , sir, there certainly is such things. " Mr. F (her husband).—There certainly is. "Mrs. F----.—Why, sir, only last Monday was a week, that their witch sent poor Mrs. B— up to the top of the house, and then up the haystack, and then on to the horse', and made her even follow the plough on them. 'Twas all done first from jealousy. The peo ple who could not have the land were determined that those who did get it should not enjoy it, and so they set this old witch to disturb them. "Mr. -.--But I am told that Mrs. G- is a lost harmless, inoffensive woman. "Mrs. F—.—Ab, sir, that's where they overcome and fond, with their J u di s h tongue to betray people • and they come asking f or b utter, and c h ee se, and milk, and all such things, and no o ne d ares people—so loving, to deny them. - "Mr. Mrs. C- is so infirm that she could not possibly have got so far as B----'s farm. "Mrs. F. God knows. It was either she or her shadow. I should not like to have anything to do with such ; and Mr. B—'s mistake on that there Fri.'ay night was that he spoke to her. If he hadn't spoke to her she'd have died, and then they'd have ben rid of her. I suppose, Sir, you've heard of Mrs. S case —the wife of S—, the sheep-dresser, of G— "Mr. I have not beard of it. " Mr s.P - -.—No more had I, Sir, till a few days ago, when my neighbour, Mrs. P—, asked me Have you heard, says she, 'that the man S— of G— has kilt a woman ?" Kilt a woman ?' says Yes,' says she— ' a witch.' And then I heard all about it, just as the man S- himself had told Mrg. P---'s husband the day before, and. the whole thing has only lately hap. pened. . . " Mr. is it ? "Mrs. F.—Well, Sir, this man A— S—'s wife Was bewitched by a-woman that lived next door to' her, and so was his pigs, and pony, and other things. He could never get his pony out of the stable unless she chose to move the spell. (I suppose they have such power to stop things in that way, and to set them free.) His wife, when she went to get into bed, was set fast, so that she could move neither one way nor another. She would half dress herself, and then could not get the things either more on or cif. Her husband was advised to go to the cunning woman at M--. He went. As soon as she saw hi m co me in she said, 'I know wbo you are and what you're come about. You are bewitched at home.' Sho then went into another room and brought cut some large draughts (drawings.) She showed him one, and said, Do you know that cottage ?" Yes, that's mine.' `Yes, and here lives the woman that has bewitched you, with her daughter ; and here's her face (likeness). Go you home, and as 830 a as you get home they will come in ; but don't 'you speak to them, nor don't let your wife spealc ; and if neither of you speak she will go home and die ' The man S--- went home. The witch came as usual and began to talk to them. Neither spoke. She got up in an agony, went into her cottage, and dropped dead.* Her daughter then came in to them. Unluckily, they spoke to her, and there fore she did not die, as she certain.), would have done. That's the mistake that the other man B—, of —, made ; he spoke to the witch. ei Mr. ._What a wonderful story ! He certainly kilt his witch,' as your neighbour says. 4, m t .,. F.--.—Yes, sir ; he did. I could tell you why she first set about bewitching him, for they was at one time friends. Mr. S. has not been married very long. When he was married he gave a party, and in vited this woman and her daughter. He was silly enough to give all the company jalap in their drink, and then lock them in. These two were dreadfully offended, and nothing went right with him afterwards. Since ber death the man's wife has been all right, and so hai everything else. Mrs.-- do you seriously believe such things, or do you not think that God rules the world ? " Mrs.----.---I do believe that there are these bad sp.rited people, sir. Ladies and gentlemen don't often hear much about such things. I believe that the Al mighty gives them up ; and that, as we pray for grace and wisdom and strength to serve Ilim, so these pe i ople pray to the enemy to give them power to do these evil things. God has promised his help to the smallest believer who hangs on him ; and, they pray to the devil to give them their badness, and he gives it to them ; and he (the devil) has as much power over these people as the' Almighty have over His own. " Mr.--.—But, Mrs. F----, this represents the devil stronger than the Almighty, if he can give people badness,' with which they can go about persecuting God's own people, even in all their temporal concerns and in their bodily health. " Mrs. F—.—l believe, sir, it is done ; but, of course, God can set bou n d s t o it. The Lord he only know all about these things ; but I know this, sir, that when I was a girl there was a witch lived next door to us, and afraid enough we was of her. " Mr.--.—What did she do ? "Mrs. F—.—Her name was Betsy Noeris. She bewitched my father's cows and pigs and geese, and other people's too, when they offended her. All the farmers was afraid of her, and gave her anything she asked for ; if not, she could make all their things run wild over the yard, and could fill them with lice, which went and came according as she were pleased or not. The first of my father finding her out was one day when she cut up his onions. He went after her and said he would 'spurn her.' He gave her a kick, but he never felt nothing for his toe ; his foot sunk in as if she wa'nt made of nothing human ; and yet, when he kicked her, that there old woman flew yards and yards. And then, when he went home, my father found his pigs betwitched. They was barking and jumping all over the stye. My father cut a piece off their ears and tails, and raked them up in the fire, and told my mother to go up stairs, and to be sure not to speak to the witch it she should come. The witch can:; hallooing to the door, asking my mother for some rags. She had her fingers cut all across, and bleeding dreadful. "Mr. --. Who bad cut her fingers "Mrs. F--. Wby, sir, the enemy caused her to do that herself when my father stirred the pigs' tails and ears in the fire, and told my mother to go upstairs. Then that wrought upon her, and she cut her fingers in that there dreadful way. My mother was a muir hearted woman, and as the witch stood screaming and begging for rags my mother looked out of the window and gave her some rags, and spoke to her. By so doing my mother gave the power out of her own hands, and the witch got the power again ; whereas, if my mother had not spoken to her she would have gone borne and died. Ah I sir, as I said before, there's the mistakeee-- to speak to them. ""Mr. Well, what became direr at last ? " Mrs. F--. We had her in our parish for years and years ; and once a woman named Huggins. a won derful strong woman, swore she would try whether Betsy Norris was a witch or not. She took and pnt her on to a faggot and shoved her into a pond, and turned her over and over with a pitchfork, but she came up again every time, and swam like a duck or goose. At last they put her into the workhouse, and thera she be witched a whole heap of other women and filled them with lice. "Mr. --. Well, any dirty old woman could do that. ".Mrs. F.—Yes, sir ; but Daisy Norris was very clean, and it was the power she had from the Enemy that done that, and she could make them come and go at any mo ment. At last she died, and her body swarmed with them, and after the grave was shut up there was not one left in the house." P.S.—March 23, lBs7.—This day the bewitched woman herself called to ask advice as to consulting an astrologer for her complaint. She is evidently under mental delusions, and therefore it would not usefully illustrate the subject to repeat her many absurdities. * Ou inquiry I found that uo such sudden death took placo at this cottage, and that witch No. 2 is still alive. APPALLING MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The most painful excitement was produced in the neighbourhood of Lime-street, and the streets adjoinieg, consequent upon the report that a man named Johu Gib bons, a butcher, residing in Four-court, Bolton-street, Copperas•hill, bad attempted to murder his wife and several of his children by cutting their throats. The following appear to be the facts of the case. Gibbons occupies a stall in St. John's-market, but owing to re verses in business has lately been in a state of mental debility. He came down stairs as usual this morning to breakfast, followed shortly afterwards by his wife. About eight o'clock the latter was coming down stairs with some tea things, when her husband put his arm round her neck and said, " Come, Mary, let me give you a kiss," and while in the act of kissing her he cut her throat with a razor, inflicting a severe gash. She ran immediately to the street, crying "Murder," with her face arid clothes covered with blood. A policeman was promptly on the spot, to whom she stated, as well as she was able, what had occurred, and he hastened to the house, and had the unfortunate woman, then nearly in sensible, hurried off to the Infirmary in a cab. Mean while the work of murder was goin g on inside the hou s e. The wretched man, after the att ac k upon his wife, went up to the bedroom where his five innocent children, the eldest only 11 years, were sleeping, and cut the throats of Thomas, aged four years, and Joseph, aged one year and a half. He made a desperate attempt upon the throat of his eldest daughter, Margaret, but she, after a powerful resistance, got away from him ; and his eldest . son, John, aged 11 years, wrest e d th e razor out of his ' father's hand, and succeeded in making his escape, and giving an alarm. Upon the arrival of medical assistance the boy Thomas was found quite dead, and Joseph in a very precarious state. His wound was sewn up, and he was taken to the Infirmary, but no hopes are enter tained of his recovery. The cries of the two surviving children, on hearing of their brother's death, were heart rending, the lad John having during the day had fre quent convulsive fits. Gibbons was at once captured and taken to Bridewell. He confessed to having done the horrid deed, and made no resistance. A large mob of people followed him to the Bridewell. The house oc cupied by the prisoner is now in the charge of the police. It has since an early hour been surrounded by a large crowd of people. The prisoner is 46 years of age. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER. The prisoner, John Gibbons, was brought before Mr. Mansfield at the police•court, at 1 o'clock. He appeared dejected and depressed, and gazed vacantly round the court. Mr. Clough, superintendent of police, said the prisoner was charged with the murder of his son Joseph that morning. It appeared that the father and mother and five children slept in one bed in a single room; the mother got up that morning at half-past eight o'clock, and was followed immediately by her husband. He walked to the staircase bead leading down into the cellar kitchen, and he kissed her. After he did that witnesses would prove that he drew a knife across her throat. Immedi ately after he turned upon his daughter Margaret, and he laid her across two chairs and cut her throat, and the throat of his son Joseph, who is now dead. The others were in the hospital, and Margaret was very likely to die. Whether the wife would recover was uncertain. He stated that the prisoner had a stall in St. John's market, but Lusiness had been unprofitable, and be bad got into difficulties, and been driven out of the market. His wife had taken care of the stand for the last two or three months. During that time the prisoner had prin cipally remained at home. The wounded persons and others of the prisoner's family spoke in high . terms of the kindness of his disposition towards them, and of his general good deportment. He was a perfectly sober man, and had been a teetotaller for 23 years. A sur geon had examined him in Bridewell, and certified that he was labouring under temporary insanity. The prisoner was remanded for seven days, until the result of the injuries should be known. It is since reported that the wife died this afternoon at the Infirmary of the wounds received. l ADVERTBEMEN TI. — RicIucys, Bladder, and Prostrate Glands —their complications, Diabetes Albuininuria, or Brights Disease, dec.—their connexion with tire Stomach, Liver, &c., and intimate association with the Ganglionic, or great cen tral or solar plexus of nerves, by Dr. Denis Cronin, price 2s "'To a bound. theoretical knowledge of the painful and dis. tressing diseases on which he writes, Dr. Cronin acids the ex perience derived from a large and successful practice " News," Smith and Son, 52, Long Acre. MEMBERS RETURNED FOR THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The country having been appealed to by Lord Palmer ston to decide between him and the late House of Com mons upon the question of the Chinese hostilities, we have dist:nguished the members returned as Ministerial and Opposition according to their declared opinions upon that subject. The names of the late members for Eng lish counties and Scotch and Irish constituencies who have lost their seats, or have not presented themselves for reelection are given in Italics• Having already pub lished the returns for the English and Welsh boroughs, it is unnecessary at present to repeat them : ENGLISH. AND WELSH COUNTIES. Ministerial. Opposition. ANGLESEY. Sir R. Bulkeley BEDFORDSHIRE. Mr. F. H. Russell Col. Gilpin ... BERKSHIRE. Mr. R. Palmer ... Hon. E. P. Bouverio Mr. G. 11. Vausittart Loral Bctrringtoit (0.) BRECONSHIRE. Sir J. Bailey BUCKS ..• 09. 1 lie* 0 ... ... 1 ... 0 0 ~; 1 11011 0 .11 1 • • • 1 ,1111.0 1111. 011,111 9.0 O. 0 ... 1 Right Hon. B. Disraeli Mr. Caledon George du Pre Hon. C. C. Cavendish CAMBRIGESHIRE. Hou. E. T. Yorko Mr. E. Ball Mr. Adeano Lord G. Manners (04 CARDIGANSHIRE. Lord Lisburne CARMARTHENSHIRE. Mr. D. Jones Mr. D. S. Jones CARNARVONSHIRE. Hoe. E. D. G. Pennant CHESHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Tollemaeho Sir P. Egerton CORNWALL, EAST. Mr. Robartes Mr. Kendall CORNWALL, WEST. Mr. M. Williams Mr. Davey CUMBERLAND, EAST. Hon. C. W. G. Howard Mr. C. Mat shall CUMBERLAND, WEST. General Wyndham Captain Lowther Mr. Irton. DENBIGHSHIRE. Colonel Bidduiph Sir W. W. Wynn DERBYSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Thornhill . Hon. G. Cavendish DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Evans Mr. Colville Mr. Mundy (0.) DEVONSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. W. Buller Hon. C. TM fusis Sir T. Acland (C.) Col. Buck (C.) DEVONSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Y. Buller Mr. Palk DORSETSHIRE, Mr. Portman _ Mr. Ker Seymer Mr. Sturt Royer (C.) DURHAM, NORTH. Lord A. V. Tempest Mr. R. D. Shaft° DURHAM, SOUTH. 0 •.. 1 ... 0 1 1 ... 0 111•• 0 11. 1 • 0 1 ..• ••• ••• •• ~, 1 ... 0 ... ... 0 ... 1 1 ... 0 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ••• 1 • •• ..• 1 • • • 0 ~, 0 ~. 1 ... ... ... 0 1 ••• • •• 1 0 ••• ••• ••• 1 ••• 0 ••• 1 0 ... 1 ... 0 0 1 I/ ... 1 .. ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 0 ... ... 1 0011 0 ... • •• 1 ... 0 ••• • • • 1 0 0 ... 1 ... 0 ~.• U ... 1 6.1 ... 0 ... ••• ... 0 .. 1 1 ~. 0 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 1 ... 0 1 . ... 0 Mr. Pease Lord H. Vane Mr. Farrer. ESSEX, NORTH. lion. W. Beresford Mr. Du Cane Sir John Tyrrell (M.) ESSEX, SOUTH. Mr. Bramston Mr. Wingfield ... Sir W. B. Smijth (O.) , GLAMORGANSHIRE. Mr. C. H. Talbott Mr. H. Vivian Sir G. Tyler (0.) GLOUCESTERSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Holford. Sir C. W. COdrington GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Rolt Colonel Kingscote Mr. R. B. Hall (0.) HANTS. NORTH. Mr. Beach Mr. Sclater Mr. Portal (0.) Viscount Eversley (M.) HANTS, SOUTH. Hon. R. Dutton Sir J. Jervoiso Lon/ IV. Cholmondeley (0.) 11. C Compton (0.) HEREFORDSHIRE. Sir H. G. Cotterell Mr. Blakemore.. , Mr. K. King Hon. C. Hanbury (0.) HERTFORDSHIRE. Sir H. Meux Sir E. B. Lytton ... Mr. C. Puller Mr. Abel Smith,3un. (0.) HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Mr. J. M. Heathcoto Mr. Rust Mr. Fellowes (0.) KENT EAST. Sir B. Bridges Sir E. Dering, Mr. Deedes (0.) KENT, WEST.. W. Mr. W Martin... ••• ••• ••• 0 ••• 411140 ..• 0 ... 0 ••• 1 ••• 0 ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 0 • • • 1 ~, 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... ••• 1 ... 0 ••• 0 ... 1 • • • •• 0 ... 1 • • . .9. 0 ... 1 1 0 1 ••• 0 ... ... 1 •• 0 0 ... 0 ... 1 elle 10 0 I It. 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 000 1 0 1 .• •.• 0 1 ••• 1 0 ••• ..• ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 1 GOO SOO 0 ... 1 ... ... 0 ••• 1 Mr. Whatman... Jr. Smilb, (O. ) LANCASHIRE, NORTH. Cul. J. Patten .. Lord Cavendish lir. J. _Heywood (U.) LANCASHIRE, SOUTH, Mr. W. Brown Mr. Cheetham ,LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTH. Lord J. Manners ... Mr. Farnham. LEICESTERSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Curzon Mr. Packo ••• Sir 11. Halford (0.) LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. B. Stanhope Sir Montague Cholmelsy Ja . f7ht Hon. B. A. Hamilton (0.) LINCOLNSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Trollope Mr. Wilson Lord Burghley (0.) MERIONETHSHIRE. Mr. W. W. E. Wynne... MIDDLESEX. Lord R. Grosvenor Mr, R. Hanbury, jun. B. Osborne (M,) MONMOUTHSHIRE. Mr. C. 0. S. Morgan Lieut.-Col. E. A. Somerset ~ MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Lieut.-Col. H. W. W, Wynn NORFOLK, EAST. Sir E. N. Buxton General Wyndham Sir H. Stracey (0.) H. N. Burrouyhes (0.) NORFOLK, WEST. Mr. H. Bentinck Mr. B. Gurdon.. Mr. Bagge (0.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTH. Lord Burghley Mr. A. Stafford Mr .Maansell (0.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Althorp ' Mr. Knightley Go!. Vyse (0.) NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTH. Lord Lovaine Lord Ossulston... . . NORTHUMBERLAND, SOUTH. Mr. W. B. Beaumont... Hon. IT. G. Liddell _. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NORTH. Lord R. Clinton ... Mr. J. E. Denison .. Lord 11. Bentinck (0. ) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Newark Mr. W. H. Barrow OXFORDSHIRE. Right Hon. J. W. Henley G. G. V. Harcourt Colonel North PEMBROKESHIRE, Viscount Emlyn RADNORSHIRE. Sir J. B. Walsh RUTLANDSHIRE, Hon, G. J. Heathcoto Hon. G. J. Noel SHROPSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. W. Dod.— Mr. Hill sac. 1 ... 0 ... 1 0011 0 ••• 0 1 1 ... 0 ... ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ••• c •• 0 ••• 1 • ••• 1 ... 0 ... 1 es. 0 ... 1 ... 0 ••• 1 ... 0 ... 1 .0.1 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... ••• 1 ... 0 •.• 0 1 •.• •.• 1 ... 1 se. 0 ... ... 1 ... 0 .6. 1 Ile. 0 ~. 1 ... 1. mi. 0 ... 0 ~. 1 ••• 0 ••• 1 ••• 1 0 ••• ... ... 0 ... 1 ... ••• 0 ••• 1 1 ... 0 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 0 ••• ... 0 ••• 1 0 ..• 1 , 616 900 1 • •• 0 0 1 ••• ••• 0 all• 1 ••• .•• 114. 0 •011 I Mr. W. Gore (0.) SHROPSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Newport ... Hon. R. W. Clive SOMERSETSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Miles •• Col. Knatehbull SOMERSETSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Moody Mr. H. Langton STAFFORDSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Adderley Mr. Child ... SPA FFORDSH IRE, SOUTH. Mr. Foley Mr. Forster —. . Earl of Uxbridge (M.) Hon. B. Littleton SUFFOLK, IN EST. Capt. Bennet Mr. Waddington ... ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 ••• ... 0 0•11 1 ••• •1 0 ... 1 11 1 ... 0 0 ..• 1 •.• ••• ... 0 ••• 1 •• . 0 4,1 • 1 ... 1 .. 0 ISO 1 0.0 ... 1 SUFFOLK, EAST. Ministerial. Opposition. Lord Henniker... 0 1 ST F. Kelly 0 1 SURREY, EAST., Mr. Locke King Mr. Alcock, SURREY,WEST. Mr. Eriscoo Mr. H. Drummond -- Evelyn (O.) SUSSEX, WEST. 0 0 .., 1 ... 0 Earl of March ~ Capt. Wyndham WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH, Mr. Spooner Mr. NewdelTato... WARW ICK SHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. K P. Shirley ~. Mr. 13. King_ Lord Oucrnsey (0.) WESTMORELAND. Earl of Bective... Col. Lowther WIGHT, ISLE OF. Mr. Clifford ... Col. F. V. Harcourt (04 WILTS, NORTH. Mr. Long Mr. T. H. S. Estcourt WILTS, SOUTH. Mr. S. Herbert ~, ~, Mr. W. Wyndham ... WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST). Captain lion. G. Rushont Mr. J. H. Foley WORCESTERSIIIRE, WEST. Lord Elmley Mr. Knight YORKSHIRE, EAST. Lord Hotham Hon. Capt. A. Duncombe YORKSHIRE, NORTH. Hon. 0. Duncombo Mr. Cayley „.. YORKSHIRE, WEST Lord Goderich.., Mr. B. Denison .„ Mr. Cobden (0.) SCOTLAND. ABERDEEN. Col. Sykes Mr. G. Thompson (0.) ABERDEENSHIRE. Lord Hnddo ... ... ARGYLESHIRE, Finlay Sir A. Campbell (0.) AYR BURGHS. Mr. Craufurd AYRSHIRE. Lord J. Stuart ... Sir J. Ferguson (0.) BANFFSHIRE. Lord Fyffe. BERWICKSHIRE. Hon. F. Scott ... BUTES HIRE. Mr. J. A. S. Wortley CAITHNESS-SHIRE. Mr. Traill CLACKMANNAN. Viscount Melgund Mr. J. Johnstone (0.) DUMBARTONSHIRE. Mr. Smollett DUMFRIES. Mr. W. Ewart DUMFRIESSHIRE. Mr. 11. Johnstone DUNDEE. Sir J. Ogilvy Mr. G. Duncan (Sf.) EDINBURGH. Mr. Cowan Mr. Black EDINBURGH (COUNTY). Earl of Dalkeith ELGIN BURGHS. Mr. Duff ELGINSHIRE. Mr. C. Bruce FALKIRK. Mr. J. Merry , Mr. J. Baird (0.) FIFESHIRE. Mr. J. Fergus ... ... FORFARSHI RE. Lord Duncan GLASGOW. Mr. Buchanan... Mr. Dalglcish Mr. Alex. Hastie (0 ) GREENOCK. Mr. A. Dunlop HADDINGTON. Sir T. H. Davie ... HADDINGTONSHIRE. Lord Elcho ..• ••• INI‘ERNESS BOROUGH. Mr. A. Matheson „. INVERNESS (COUNTY). Mr. Baillie ... KILMARNOCK. Hon. E. Bouverio KINCARDINESHIRE. Gen. Arbuthnot • KIRKALDY. Lieut.-Col. Ferguson KIRKCUDBRIGHT. Mr. Mackie, jun. Air. Mackie, sen. (M.) LANARKSHIRE. ! Mr. 13. Cochrane LEITH. Mr. J. Moncrieff LINLITIJ GOWSHIRE. Mr. G. Duntlas MONTROSE. Mr. Baxter PAISLEY. Mr. Archd. Hastie PEEBLES-;HIRE. Sir G. Montgomery 1 ... PERTH. Hon. A. Kinnaird PERTHSHIRE, Mr. W. Stirling ... RENFREWSHIRE. Sir M. S. Stewart ... ROSS AND CROMARTY. Sir J. Mattheson ROXBURGHSHIRE. Hon. J. E. Elliot SELKIRKSHIRE. Mr. A. E. Lockhart ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS. Mr. Ellice, jun. STIRLING. Sir J, Anderson STIRLINGSIIIRE. Mr. Blackburn._ SUTIIERLANDSHIRE. Marquis of Stafford WIGTON BURGHS. Sir W. Dunbar Sir .T. JPTaggart (M.) WIGTONSHIRE. Sir A. Agnew BERWICK. Mr. Stapleton ... 1 0 Mr. D. C. Marjoribanka 1 ... 0 Mr. J. Forster (M.) IRELAND. ARMAGH. Mr. S. Miller ... Mr. J. IV. Bond (0.) ATHLONE. Mr. Ennis Hon. Capt. Handcock.(o.) BANDON. Capt. Bernard ... BELFAST. Mr. Cairns ... Mr. Davison ... CARLOW, Mr. J. Alexander CARLOW, COUNTY. Mr. Bruen ... Captain Bunbury J. Bali (M.) CARRICKFERGUS. Mr. Dobbs —. Major Cotton (0,) CASHED, Sir T. O'Brion:... CLONMEL. Mr. Bagwell COLERAINE. Mr. Boyd . Lord Naas (0.) CORK (CITY). Mr. Fagan Mr. Beamisb. DOWNPATRICK, Mr. R. Ker DROGHEDA. Mr. M'Cann DUBLIN (CITY). Mr. Grogan Mr. Vance DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. Napier Mr. G. A. Hamilton DUNDALK. Mr. Bowyer DUNGANNON. Hon. W. S. Knox DUNGARVON. Mr. Maguire ENNIS. es. 1 our 0 0 •.. 0 1 ••• ••• 000 0 SO. 1 ... 0 1 0 ••• 1 • •• ••• 0 1 ... ••• a 1 ..• •.• ••• 0 fie 1 ... ... 1 .4. 0 1 0 ..• ••• ..• see ... 1 ... 0 ... ... ... 1 ... 0 - - - 1 OSO .•• .... ••• SOO 0 ... !Dee 1 1110 0 ••• 0e• 0 ... 1 ... fp". 1 er• 0 ... ... 1 ... 0 ••• ••• 0 1 •.• ••• ••• 0 •• • • 1 ... ..• 1 •.. 0 ... 0 ... 1 4.. ... 0 ... 1 Mr. Fitzgerald... ENNISKILL EN. Mr. Whiteside ... FERMANAGH. Captain Arehdall Hon. A. H. Cole GALWAY. Lord Dunkellin Mr. O'Flahorty... Air. Blake. KILKENNY BOROUGH. Mr. Sullivan KINSALE. •• Mr. J. I. Heard LIMERICK (CITY). Mr. F. W. Russell Sergeant O'Brien LIMERICK, COUNTY. Mr. Monsoll Mr. De Vero ... LISBURN. Mr. Rieliardson LONDONDERRY (CITY). Sir R. Ferguson MALLOW. Sir D. Norreys NEW ROSS. Mr. Tottenham NEWRY. .. ... 1 ... 0 ••• ... 0 ••• 1 0 ... 1 0 ••• 1 1 ... 0 ... ••• 1 ••• 0 I ... 0 ••• ••• ••• ... 1 0 ... 1 1 11 , 6 000 ••• 0 1 ..• .... •.• •.• •.• 1 seir ...• -1 600 a - ... Mr. Kirk PORTARLINGTON. I *to Col. Darner Col. Dunne (04 SLIGO, BOROUGH. Mr. J. P. Sotlors rg=.4l.o'. d. Wynne. BOARD OF TRADE, 'WHITEHALL, APRIL 6. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister t, the Argentine Confederation, enclosing copy of the following decree re cently issued by the Argentine Government, explanatory of a decree issued by that Government on the 19th July last, and which appeared in the London Gazette of Oct. 6, 1856 :-- 1. The capes to which the law of July 19th refers aro those of Santa Math and San Antonio, at the entrance of the River Plate. 2. The trade carried on by the Cordillera of the Andes comes within Article 2 of• the Law, and will continuo to pay simply the ordinary duty. 3. The said Article 2 of the Law does not forbid vessels cominy, from outside the capes, bound for the ports of the Confederation, to touch at the intermediate ports of the River Plate. 4. The sail vessels can bring cargo for the ports of the RiVerPlate and for othersof the Confederation, without the fact of their doing so, or of the discharge of the part des tined for them, involving the merchandise directed to the ports of the Confederation in the payment of differential duties. 5. Also merchandise coming from outside the capes which, having been directed to the posts of the River Plato, has been sent on, either all or in part, to those of the Con federation without having been discharged or transhipped in the former ports, will be considered as coming under Article 2 of the Law. 6. As a general rule all merchandise introduced into the Confederation in vessels which have touched at inter mediate ports inside the capes, shall be subject to the dif ferential duties, if the parties interested do not clearly prove that they are included in Articles 3,4, or 5 of the present decree. _ 7. To facilitate the fulfilment of the preceding Article, the Argentine Commercial Agent at Buenos Ayres, and the Consul-General at Monte Video, shall he authorised, in the cases mentioned in the said Articles 3,4, and 5, at the request of the parties interested to deliver proper cer tificates, having previously taken all necessary steps fur the full verification of the fact which they certify. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of 'tbe National that there was no surplus of actual ravenne on the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and I re l an d f or t h e year ended to 31st December, 1856, The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice that no sum will be _applied by the,m on account of the Sinking. Fund, under the provi sions of the act 10 Geo. IV., cap. 27, between the Ist day of April and the 30th day of June, 1857. A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General. National Debt Ofli l ee, i 4th April, 1857. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 7. Military Tiain—Colonel William M. S. M'Murdo, from Director-General of the Land Transport Corps, to be Colonel-Commandant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Queen's Own Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—William Fermor Ramsay, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lyon, retired. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Frederick George Whitehead, Esq., late Captain in the 42d Highlanders, to be Captain from the 20th day of February last, vice Archibald James Campbell, resigned. BANKRUPTS. Frederick Wm. Whiston, druggist, Birmingham, t 3 sur render April 22, and May D. at half-past ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir mingham; Southal and Nelson, Birmingham ; Hod;son and Allen, Birmingham. Samuel Richards, apothecary, Bedford-square, April 17, at two, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. GrAhaun, official assiguee ; Laurance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. ''rederick Bluaier Dowland, builder, Lee, Kent, April 17, and May 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Stopher, Cheapside. Elijah Lawton, cotton waste dealer, Manchester, April 22 and May 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; lioote and Jellicorse, Manchester. John Easton, builder, Clapham-road, April 17, at half past twelve, and May 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptoy. Cannpn, official assignee, Addermanbury ; Crouch, Gray's ; i nn-square. Christopher Hall, East India Merchant, Sun court Cornhill, April 23 and May 25, at twelve, at the Court 01 Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham bers, Ba3inghall-street; Link later and Ilackwood, Sise lano. Jams Bradshaw and Aaron Collinson, cotton manufac turers, Burnley, April 23, anti May 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Heraaman, official assignee, Manchester • Shaw, Sutcliffe, Tatt ersa ll, an d H an d s l ey, Burnley ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. William John Roberts, draper, Burry Port, Pembrey, Carmenthenshire, April 17 and May 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acram.in, official assignee, Bristol; Prideaux, Bristol. Thomas Pyccroft, carrier, Walton, Yorkshire, April 21 and May 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District, Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Plaskett, Gainsborough ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. William Bulnicr, grocer, Bedale, Yorkshire, April 17 and May 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Newton and Robinson, Yoilc ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Richard Jones, flannel manufacturer and slay maker, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, April 16 and May 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Jones, Newtown. Edward Duke Moore, dealer in concentrated milk and cocca, Minorie4 April 23, at half-past two, and May 19, one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, off ic i a l ass i gnee , Aldermanbury; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry shambers. Heart' Bishop, money scrivener and gas manufacturer, Dursley, Gloucestershira, April 17 and May 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, othcial assignee, • Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Charles Copland and William George Barnes, provision merchants, Bodolph•lane, London, April 24, at ono, and May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall•street; J. and J. Link later and Hankwood, Sise-lane. William Gibbon, grocer, Spenny Moor. CDURSE OF EXCHANGE,--THIS DAY. tmsterdrun 11 i 7 Gibra1tar.............. Ditto, throe months .. 11 19 Leghorn .. • • ••29 45 Rotterdam 11 19 Genoa .... 25 75 Antwerp .••••••••• • • .• 25 52 Milan •••••••-•• •• • • •• Hamburgh ........ 13 8% Naples ....... ......... 4314 Altona .. • • Palermo .... •—• 13N • • 25 30 Messina Ditto, three months .. 25 724 Lisbon .......... Marseilles 25 72% Oporto •• 52N, Bourde.tux .......... Rio Janeiro - Fr ankfort•on- M eine • ••• • • • 119% Buenos Ayres.. Berlin .• •• •• •..• •• •• •• New York,6o days' sight ••••• Vienne.......... • • .... 10 34 Philadelphia Trieste•• •••• •• •• •• •• •• 10 7G PILICE3 OF ZULIION, Pla Oz. Petersburg •• ••••.• •• •• 37 1 4 Foreign Gold In Bars £0 0 0 Madrid 491 ' Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz 50 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona •••••• • • •• New Dollars •••••• 0 0 0 in bars . -• o 0 0 THE KIDDERMIN,3 I TER RIOTS. Yesterday the Kidderminster rioters were again brought up for examination before the magistrates. Tlie military still remain in town, and much excitement con tinues to be evinced by the inhabitants. The police court waa again crowded by a motley group. John Hayes and John Cook, remanded from Friday on a charge of assaulting the police after the Riot Act had been (read, withdrew their previou s pl ea o f not gu i lty by the advice of their solicitor, and pleaded guilty to the charge. After an admonition from the Bench, they were sentenced to a fine of 30s. each, which was at once paid. The eases of the other persons who had been remanded from Friday were adjourned till Saturday next. Charges of riot were preferred against m - F. George Griffith's' corn-dealer, and a member of the Kiddermin ster town council ; Mr. Edwin Keysell, butcher ; and George Gough. But they were also remanded' till Saturday, as there had not been sufficient time to pro cure witnesses for the accused. A large number of warrants have been issued, and it is expected that by Saturday a number of persons will have been apprehended. Mr. Kettle wall then appear the pros ecut i on, and the charges of riot w i ll be in vestigated. Mr. Lowe has recovered from the effects of the brutal treatment be received, and left Kiddermin ster yesterd a y rnornitg. A gentleman, expressing Hyrn h d as s t e l t r a e t a i o d n y a r t e e t e h i e , ed v o aboutlence o e oay m i o gu w vcr i a t a h r t d u h s r is e ii s i s n a u o fffbeyar litinhcgelsa;nsasoneb:: nat m h eOrial to the ri g ht hon. and politica in the borough. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been rather brisk to-day, and prices closed at about Saturday's rates. London and North Western, 1 05 A—Ditto, now 1 3 - shares, d. Is. 31—Caledonian, 3 , 4 s—Dutch Rheni,h, p. ls. 3d. Midland, 82 Great Western of Canada, 261—Eastern Counties, 113—Lancashire - and Yorkshire, 102 2—Ditto new 91., p. 14—East Lancashire, 994 g ---Grand Trunk of Canada, 15/ 15i—Ditto, 6 per cent. Debs., 89—North British, 11t—North Eastern, Berwick, 21—Ditto York 32 Ditto, Leeds, 201—South Eastern, 2 g , ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 393 4—Great Westrn, 67. THE ENGLISH SQUADRON. —A letter from Malta of tEe 28th mentions the arrival in that port from Cont.tan tin'Ople of the first division of the English squadron. It will remain there until the 15th inst, when it will leave for Portsmouth. TRALEE. Captain D. O'Connell TYRONE, COTTNT Lord C. Fiainii on Mr. T. L. Corry . WATERFORD, CITY. Blalzo Mr. Hassard .iJr. .:liecrgher Mr. Keatigge (n.) WESTMEATH, COUNTY. Mr. Magau Sir R, Levine ... WEN. FORD (BOROUGH). Mr. J. Deveroux YOUG HAL. Mr. I. Butt 0 1 Sporting intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—MoNDAT. Strong opposition set in against Vedette far the TWO Thousand. At first 6to 1 was repeatedly laid against him, but towards the close 5 to 1, 9 to 2, and, finally, 4 to 1 were booked about him. 6to 1 " bar one" was offered throughout the afternoon ; and those odds were taken about Schiedam and Loyola, but just before the subscribers dispersed 100 to 15 might have been obtained without difficulty about either. The quotations given below will indicate the other changes in the Two Teen sand " price current." The odds returned on the Newmarket handicap are merely nominal, aLd are regulated by City transactions. 5 to 1, and finally 9 to 2, were taken about St. Giles for the Great Northern, and 7 to 1 was laid against Skir misher. Lady Hawthorne was backed for the Darby for abjnt 3001. at 15 to 1 ; 1,000 to GO was laid once. CLOSING PRICES. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 3to 1 aget The Duke of Bedford's Eloquence 4to 1 aget Mr. Lewis' Pantomime (take sto 1) GREAT NORTHERN. 9to 2 agst Lord Ri hblesdale's St. Giles (taken) 7 to 1 agst Lord. Zetland's Skirmisher (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Mr. E. Parr's Leamington 15 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Mincepie (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lord Riblilesdale's St. Giles (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Van Dunck (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Zig-zag (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Vedette (9 to 2 tak) 100 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Schiedam 100 to 15 agst Lord Clifden's Loyola 10 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Sydney (t & off) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes' Bird-in•hand (offered) 10 to 1 agst Lord Londesborough's Kent (taken and off) 12 to 1 agst Mr. E. Parr's Lambourne(t 15 to l) 100 to 7 agst Mr. W. S. Crawford's Lord of the Hills (taken) 15 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Drumour (taken) 1,250 to 25 agst Loyola's winning this event and the Derby (taken) DERBY. 7to 1 agst Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny 15 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's Lady Hawthorne (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr, Howard's M.D. (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Copperthw•aite's Sprig of Shil lelagh (taken) 20 to 1 agst L )rd Londosborough's Kent (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Mr. H. C. Wyndham's Glenmasson (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mellish's Adamas (taken) 40 to 1 agst Admiral Harcourt's Wardermarske (taken) 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Portsmouth's Henry the Eighth (taken) OAKS. 4to 1 agst Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny (t) 6to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Lady Hawthorn© (t) - Country Markets. 3.D—APRIL 3. and very little business done, lower. All other articles un• 8. 8. Oats, per qr 24 30 Peas, Partridge ..., 41 43 White 39 46 Boiling 39 95 ___ Dun v 37 39 Beans, Tisk .35 39 Harrow ticks 39 47 Mazagan 34 36 Ditto, new 34 37 CHELMSFO A thln attendance to-day, wheats being is to 2s per qr. altered. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr. 34 70 new 37 69 red, old 32 CO new 31 60 Barley 35 96 Chevalier 4O 54 Grinding 35 46 Malt 73 77 Chevalier 75 79 COLCHESTER-Amur, 4. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, COs to Cfis; red, 50s to 58s; barley, 44s to 50s ; oats, 22s to 28s ; beans, Mazagan, 34s to 363 ; middle and small, 363 to 445; peas, white, 38s to 42s ; grey, 38s to 423. KIRKCALDY-APRIL 4. -- - We bad a good supply of wheat, but small supplies of barley and oats. Barley sold slowly at is per qr. decline. Wheat and oats sold readily, the former at nearly last market's rates, the latter at is per qr. advance. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. I First Second Third 23s Od I 30s Od 1 21s ad I Os Ud Oatmeal, 36: to 388 per bag of 2801 b. T.—ApjtlL G. the close of the market. Wallsond, &o. s d. Polisher 18 a i3raddyll l9 6 ' WharacHD 18 0 r ietton 2O 0 ' south Hetton 9 9 0 Lumley 19 0 Framwellgate l9 0 Kelloo 19 6 Eleugh Hall 18 ,6 Pees 2O 0 South Kelloe 19 6' Belmont 18' 0 Barton Acorn Closo l9 0 Cassop 19 0 Gosforth . 69 ; sold, 64. COAL MARK. Prices of Coals per ton al s d . Wylam Bates's West Hartley _l7 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 0 Lougridge's Wst Hartley 18 0 Tanfield ?door Butes 14 0 Htl'pool West Hartley 18 0 Tanfield Moor l4 0 Wallsond, &c, Riddell l7 e Russell's Rotten 19 6 Lam bton l9 9 LambtonPrimrosc . 18 9 Trimdon Thoruley l9 C, Kepier Graingo l9 9 Hetton Lyons Main 3 Ships at market ADVERTISEMENT.—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills Excellent Remedies for Abscesses.—Mr. Win. Alsop, of the sloop Wesley, informed Mr. Reinhardt, druggist, Hull, that a child of his had a dreadful abscess on the thigh, and that the medical men gave him no hopes of the child's lite. Mr. Reinhardt then recommended bita to use Holloway's Ointment. 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