The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-03 00:00:00

MARKET MONEY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market there was an apparent downward tendency in prices, with but a moderate business done. The following particulars, extracted from the list published by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house, shows the number and tonnage of 'vessels now on the berth for Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, &e.:-- Vessels. Tone. Launceston ...................... ... 3 Hobart Town Sydney Geelong, Melbourne, and Port land Bay Adelaide Fremantle and Swan River ... 2 Auckland, Wellington, Canter bury, and New Plymouth ... Total.. 8 66 Two commercial failures were reported ye3terday afternoon, and it is feared the amount of liabilities is very heavy. The names of the firms are Messrs. Swayne and Bovill, merchants, and Messrs. Cheape and Leslie. In the former case the liabilities are estimated at 100,0001., but, as usual on such occa sions, conflicting statements are circulated on this subject. The letters from China received yesterday have imparted increased firmness to the Tea market, Common Congou being in demand at is. id. per lb. The following are the particulars of the specie on board the Indus, one of the Peninsular and Orien tal Company's steamers, which leaves Southamp ton to-morrow for India and China :-- Bombay (silver) £155,350 Ceylon (gold) , 4,280 Madras (gold) ....... . .......... . Do. (silver) Calcutta (silver)...... 242,440 Do. (gold) 2,055 Penang (silver) Singapors (silver) Hong• Kong (silver) Canton (silver) Shanghai (silver) Total £792,160 Advices from New York, per steamer Africa, report no improvement in the position of the money market there, the demand being exceedingly active at full rates. In Lombard-street and at the Bank of England the pressure for money is not greater than might Lave been expected, considering the large amount of paper which has to be provided for to-morrow, the "fourth " of the month. On Thursday the Consol account will be arranged, so that tbe de mand for accommodation throughout the week will no doubt be very active. There continues to be a very dull market for Public Securities, as the uncertainty felt in con nection with the Ministerial contest induces cau tion. Besides this, attention for the moment is cbiefly directed to the arrangements connected With the liquidation of the account, and during the text two or three days speculation will no doubt be confined within narrow limits. Consols have been g34.a for money, and for Thursday 941 The New 3 per Cents. are 94k I, the. Reduced 9 31 to 941. India Bonds par. Exchequer Bills 2s. dis., and the Bonds are 98i In some of the Foreign Securities a large busi ness has been done. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been active at 97i to 98i, and the market is buoy ant. There is also a demand for Mexican stock, Which is 22i Peruvian Bonds are 791 to 80. Spanish 3 per Cents. 40i to 41, and the Certifi cates 6f. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi can, 221 ; Peruvian, 41 per Cents., 791 80i ; ditto Three per Cents., 55i 561 ; Russian 6 per Cents., 107 109 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spa nish 3 per Cents., 40f ; ditto New Deferred, 24i 6i. There has been an active business transacted in the Railway Share Market this morning, and Prices have again exhibited increased buoyancy. Caledonian have risen 10s., Chester and Holyhead 11., Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 11., Great Northern 11. to 1/. 10s., Great West ern 10s., Brighton 103., South-Western 55., South-Western 55., North British 11., South- Eastern lOs., and South Wales 10s. The French lines have also been in great request at enhanced prices. Northern of France improved 10s., East ern of France 103., Paris and Lyons 1/. The Ca eadian also show an important improvement. Grand Trunk of Canada are at an advance of 1/., East Indian E., and Great Western of Canada at about ss. Mining Shares ruled very dull. Cobre Copper Mine, however, improved about 1/. In Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares a good business has been transacted at full rates. London and. County improved 11., and Oriental Bank 10s., Electric Telegraph 155., and Peninsular and Oriental Steam 15s. to 11. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Officzal List.) . . Radium, dons Bank Stock 221 _ 3 per Dent. Reduced Annuities 94 k 3i 4} 3 per Cent. Console Annuities 93i i f Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 94 i i Loan Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 11-16 India Bonds, £l000 Ditto, under £lOOO 5 d Consols for Account ••• .. .• 93 i i . F ichequer Bills, 21d. £lOOO . £5OO 2 p Small 50 25 100 25 St. 50 St. St. 20 20 10 St. 20 25 25 25 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent., Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. se., New, 1829 and 1839, 5 per Cent lO3 M ex ican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 221 Fernvian•Bonds 41 per Cent Ditto Account Bpsni*h •Boßds, 3 per Cont. Ditto Account 4l Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6i Turkish Bonds, 6 par cent... Ditto Account 2Bt 7i Si Dividends on toe above osyable in Londcn. Dutch Exchange, 2 i per Cent., 12 Gu11,,. 65 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money. 93i Ditto Account Ditto April Account 9 4/ 941 BIRMINGHAU DISTRICT COURT or BANKRUPTCY.— Yesterday the firs t meeting under the fiat issued ag a i ns t Messrs. Fox and Henderson enderson was held before Mr. Regis tear Waterfield. Both the bankruptasndwtehree choicepresent.a assignees passed off w i thout The proceedings were m ere l y f orm al , the slightest opposition. p The gentlemen nomina ted and a"Coinorntean Joe. Robi nso n, of the Eb bw Yale Company were y ; Mr. :—Mr. c. Brownin g , i ro nmaster, of the Milfor d Works, Stafford shire ; and Mr. Jas. T. Chance, Sraethwiek. The debts proved gime manufacturer, amounted to somewhere about 60,000/ . T he exam i n ation o f the bankrupts is fixed f or the 30th of March. Th e a ssignees were in spectors under the deed of assignment. 2d A New COS lET.—Professor D'Arrest, of Leipsic, an. nounces the discovery of a telescopic comet on the . 2. of February, position The professor gives the follo wing min., min approximate :---Febrnary 22d, at 16 hours 40 Lei sic Mean time, comet's right ascension 2 1 4 hours 22 1 miw. 28 eecs.; north declination, 22 deg. m in ' late •sucoeede the din recognising o n niht of the c 3me t f rom this observatory tion on Februgary theaturday, an d o bt a i ne d as its posi I'l 28th, at 17 hours 23 min. 32 secs. Greenwich mean time, comet's right ascension, 21 , hours 43 min. 29.36 secs. ; no th de - clination, 26. deg- 54 min. 42 secs. The comet 1 sma ll nebulae, but WAS much O p pressedsimilar by fog and morn- 11 • The reports from the manuf acturi . n t g . 11 week describe no material alteration: to A wn t s m for an th eh e e p_ a a te e r t :: the market has been flat, owing to the tendency to a decline in cotton. The Birmingham iron trade is well il maintained, although there is scarcel y o much ar activity I, as was expected at the beginning of the ln the . i ; general occupations of the place steal; ea r ' 1 prevails, and the foreign orders are, upon the whole, good. At Nottingham there has been an extensive business both in lace and hosiery. In the woollen districts the transactions have been on a satisfactory scale, and stocks continue low. The Irish linen markets are fairly supported. Messrs. Cheape and Leslie, an old-established East India firm, have stopped. The disast er i n this case is understood to have been through some connection with the transactions of Messrs. Swayne and Bevil!, although the ordinary business of the two houses was entirely die. ~ tinct. Th e es ti mate o f li a biliti es an d assets remains to be ascertained. 3. " 00 ' 100 SHARE MARKETS—(Thin Day.) RAILWAYS. Jra'd I RAILWAY.. Closing Price. yesterlay. 0 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc all B.lfast & Ballymena all llrmng. Wolvorh. & Stour Valley 100 Wrkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct all Blackburn all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Ca1ed0nian.......... 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all Da. A 8 Do. B 45 Dubliu&BelfastJunc. all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 100 East Anglian ..... . all Eastern Counties..... 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. 100 Do., 10. 8..... ..... 8% Do. New A 17 1 East Kent ...... 100 East Lancashire all East Suffolk ........ 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Edinb.Prth..S/Dundee all Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 Furness .... . .... . ... 100 Glasgow & S. Western all Great N. of Scotland, 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 De., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) 100 Great Western. ... 100 Do! Str.V.R gua. St all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster &Carlisle. 141 Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. .£ 16 I Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. Fifths all Do. 24 Do. Eighths 100 London k S.Western ? all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. .3; Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G. West. (Ir. ) all Do. 4 Shares ..... all Newcastle &Carlisle all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrovor 1100 Norfolk. . 3% Northn. Counties Un 'lOO North British 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ..... 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock 100 N, Eastern Berwick 231 Do. do. Extension 16 Dodo. G. N.E.Purch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London ,31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 174 North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June ;100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.- 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbonrne &Sheer all South Devon 1100 South Eastern all Do. 4% per c. Shares 'lOO South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 Do all Staines,Wok.,&Wok all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 1855 16% Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Valo 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames Hay. D. &R all Vale of Neath ... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all West Cornwall.. all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all De. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon &Croydoz Basiness done this day. BRITISH P all Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. all Do. 10i Buffalo &,Lake Hur 100 Buff., Brnt. & God eh 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s6d Central Gude (Lim.) 10s Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara 2s, Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 1 15 Do, C Shares all Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent..,. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. . 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. 'SO all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 42 P.C all Do. do., 5 per c 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exton 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.e 5 Do. 4th Ex., do ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all Do 4i - 4i 8i - 9 -71 8i - 9 91 - 92 691 - 69! 38 39 101 - 10 19 - 20, 10i - 11 49 - 51' 33 - 36 TA - 6 95 - 101 Ei : ii ii - u •7}- 8 96i - 97 85 - 87 123 - 125 111 - 113 684 - 684 62 - 64 78 8 p 8i 104 par ..... ••• - ]ll -106 i - ... - 103 - 38,!. - 83/ - 55 -14 i - 60 - 3f - 4t 83 3 d 2i 41 64 100 4/3,1 8 loi - 33 108 —28 i 52 lid - 78 - 3 d 14 42 ''...''' ••• - 21 7 - 9 2 - 3 5i - 6 - 9 SSESSIONS. i - 1 p i liP 196 98 95 97 95 97 par I p ••• ---- ••• 1 ••••-• li i .13 - 115 2i - 215,p 21i 21 50 52 81 83 2U 2la 1i —11 p 251 —25 i 3 312 99 100 120 125 118 123 107 - 109 19 3 - 20; 211 - 22 ; - 1p #l3 ... - ... 2 -20 ) all Antwrp &Rotterdam D 14 Ardennes 5 all Belgian East. Junet. 4 0 16 Beziers to Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux& Toulon& Coal Mines and Ry 0 12 Dutch Rhenish 0 all Eastern of France 0 all Do. New O 2s. Euphrates Valley O 18 Gt. Central of France O 17 Great Luxembourg._ [0 4 Italian Junction 10 all Lilo Const. & Bale 20 all Liar° and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5 all Lucca & Fist. sp. c. p 20 all Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. 1.3 k all Maria Ante:lla 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liegs 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof. 16 all Northern of France 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Prel 20 all Paris and Lyons 20 all Paris and Orleans 2 0 7 Recife & San Fran (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c 10 74 Rome and Frascati 20 all Royal Danish 5 all Royal S we di s h 20 all Sambre and Meuse 10 all Do. 5i per cent. pre} 20 all Southern of France. Si all West Flanders..,, I 10 all Do. SA per C. 20 all W.& N. W, of F rance 20 6 Western of Austria._ 20 all West. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden ............ 6 all Do. Bp, cent. p re f . 20 all ,Zealand LO all 1, ;5 Ist 10 50 t 0 all 50 all ao 6 50 50 i 6 25 p 20 •,0 all !O all !O all 50 20 JOINT-STOI Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of Loudon Bri. Col Bk. & Ln. Co British N. American C. Bk.of Ind. Au.&Ch City Colonial Commercial of Lond Eng.Scot.&A us.Cht Lon. Ch. Bk. of Aust Ditto New • London and County ,Lud.&E.linkng.Corp London Joint Stock.. Lond.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New ............... National Bank ...... , New South Wales .... ' Oriental Bank C or p . Ottoman Bank ...... Provincial of Ireland Do. New. .. IR.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. ,South Australia...... Union of Australia... 'Do. New !Union of London r Unity Mutual ... .... Westru Bk, of Lad:: 6;- 6i .•• - . . i - it 3 - 4p 5i 5 ip 10 — 11 par p 41 -- 4/p 6 Gi - 6i - 6pl 29; = ioi - 9 - 9 1 21 - 21 -40 A 9 - 9. 53 - 58} 56 - 58 / 4 d i 18 20 1 9 9 4 8} 8i pm 44 4i 94 10 32 3:3 par— 1 p Z BANKS. 99 - 101 - i - I G 9 - 61 ••• . li 3 . d 68 70 18 -- 18; 18A -- 19 18A -- 19 ... - • ..• --- ••• 47 - 49 38 - 39 .0. ..... ' .-... • ••• ••• 6" a 2 7 9d` 10984 25 St. 20 10 !O 110 O all 15 all O 15 O 25 I O all 5 1 all ;5 all 2 10 - 50 50 74 74 7i 102 #a 6g 109 106 g 105} 1 106 27h I 50 THE SUN, LONDON TATESDA i EVENING, MARCH 3, 1857. Shr., Pi St. li St. 11 25 R. 11 st. ID RAILWAYS Buckghamsb. Clydesdale Jo. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sb. Glas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. St. 100 IDo. Now 25 all , Glstr.SzDn.Fr 5$ all Hull & Selby 25 all Do. i Shares 12. all Do. i Shares 12i all Lon.&Greenw 20 all Do.Prefcrence St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. 10 54 Do. Bark. Sb. 5i all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock )0 Maid. Bradfd. 54 New market BuryE.G.spc. 50 all N.dcEst.sp.c. 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. 50 all Do. Fixed sp. c 25 all Prest. ligWyre 11 Do. Shrs. A 10 Roystn. & hit. 11 Shrews.& Her 11 S. Staffordsh ' 11 WearVal.g6pc .11 ,Do 0 I Wilts &Somrst , 121 a St. 10 10 a 12 a 50 a 25 a St St. I 64 St. 10 20 St. 101 St. 101 St. toi 64 a 1 6 1 al St. to; St. to' 6i a 6 a 10 a 20 a 5 a 10 a st. 10 st 10 St. 10 St. 10 , St. 10( St. 101 100 61 10 al St. 101 20 1, 50 1 St. 10: 8 al 10 a' 10 al 261 a] 13A al 20 a: 12i a] 123 al St. 101 St. 101 12 i a] 1. a' 12 11 St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 10 al 10 10 al St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 17 1 20 1: 121 1 25 11 20 h 1 St. XlOl St. 1 St. 10 25 al St. h 10 a St. is St. 101 20 al 25 al 25 1211 a Leasing Companies Lu. &N. W. Caladon ... E. U . & E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. i Do Gt. Westn Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co ' Do La. &N. W & Midid Midland E. Count Do Do Do L. & N . W Do Gt. North* T. Brasseyl M. Mclean Do Gt. Wi PREF EREN, 611 Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) 10 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. 10 Caledn. £lO 4i p c. 10 Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c. 10 Do. do. 5 per cent... ill Cork & Bandon sip. c. ill Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 10 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 11 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c ill Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l 611 Do. No. 2 ill Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 611 East Un., G. 6 p. c. 611 Do. 51., 10 per cent. dl Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. ill Do. do. 4 per cent... )0 East Lane ash .6 p. cts. dl E.&W. York. J. sthr 5 &lin. dr Gl. sp. c. Sh. 10 Ed. Prth .&D uu. 4p. c . )0 Furness, sp. c 10 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 10 Great Northn. 5 p.c 10 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem.._ ' 10 Do. 4i per cent ..... i 0 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. 611 Gt.N.of Scot.lst Pre 10 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) .5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 10 Do. con. red. 44 p.c. 10 Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. 10 Do. irred. 4 percent. 13 Do sp. c. red. pref. di Do. Birm. Pref. Sh ill Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S 11 Do. do. 5 p. c. do , 10 Do. Birm. Gus. Stk 11 Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh 611 Do. do. do. 611 Do. do. do. 10 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. 10 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l * D0.,P.,5n.c.5t.N0.2 10 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 10 Do. do. sp. c., No. 4 10 Lon. di N.W. , Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct )0 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares ill Londy.& Color. i Sl3. ill Londy.&Ennis. i Sh. )0 Ni., S.,&L. 6p. Cont. 44 Do. do. do. £6 ... 0" Do. do. 3,1 per cent . . 11 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. ill Do. 4i per cent O Do. clo * Mid.Consol.6 p.c. St JO Do. Con. Br. Bit.. 6 p.c 10 Do. 4i n. c. Pref. St 10 Do. L. 4.11. Pref. S 11 New.,Aber.. pc., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct 611 ‘Torfk. D eb. 4 p.c. Sh 10 Do. sp. c. Ex:, 1346 10 Do. 5i p.c. pf.. 1347 10 Do. Wv. V.sp. c., 1847 10 North British . 3 4 Do. 71. Pre:erence ;9 Y.E. Beres. 4 p.c.PrZ 81Do. do. do 13 'Do. Leeds 6pc No.l 9 'Do. do. Qrs., 1848.. 10 Do. York 11.&S. Pur. 611 North Staffordshire O Ox., Wor. & Wolv. C p.c., Ist guar )0 Do. p. c. 2d guar._ Al Scot. Ceut.New Pref. 10 Se.N.E Aber.g.6p.e. 10 Do. do. 7 n.e. pf. S;;. 10 Do. do.n p.c. pf. SL 11 South Devon al Do. fixed 4h pr cent 11 S. Eastern (Reeding Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 10 Do. 44 per cent , 611 Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh. /0 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. 10 Do. do. 44 p. c dl S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar al Stock. &Dar., sp. c .5 Do, do. do. 11l Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 11 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. LIVERPOOL RACES.--(This Day). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Fisherman Special License .. ............... Miss Harka way Six ran. TY RO STAKES. Polly Peachum Dispute Seven ran sto 2 agst Bashi Bazoulc (tr.ken) LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE.^•IN BE NABS. This bankrupt was described as of College-bil►, wine merchant, and to-day .was appointed for his last exarnina. tion, which had been adjourned for further accounts, which, however, had not been filed. The solicitor to the assignees pressed for an adjourn ment sine die, without protection, and leave bankrupt to apply to the Insolvent Court. Mr. Lowrance, for the bankrupt, could not resist an adjournment, but trusted some protection would be d granted. The bankrupt could not get his discharge through the Insolvent Court, which refused to interfere except in cases of adjournment sine die, where there was an impossibility for the bankrupt ever to pass. In this • case the bankrupt mi g ht b e a ble to make out the ac counts. His Honour said he would adjourn the case sine die, with protection for one month. CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Frederick Kimpel, a respectably-dressed young man, was indicted for stealing a coat value 305., the property o f Benjamin Poole. Mr. Lilly proseonted, and Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that on the 13th Feb. Tact the prisoner went to the well-known Wine Shades, near London-bridge, and asked for some sherry. On leaving the premises he was seen by a waiter, named Parker, to take down a ooat in the hall, with which be walked off. The waiter followed him outside the door and charged him with stealing it. A scuffle en sued between them, and the coat was picked up by another waiter and thrown into the passage. The pri soner was then secured and given into custody. The prisoner, in his defence before the magistrate, denied any intention of stealing the coat, and said that he found it lying on the floor, and that be picked it up with the intention of putting it on the rail, when he was pounced upon by the waiter. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and recommended him to mercy on account of his good character. The Recorder sentenced him to two months' imprison ment, with hard labour. THE TRIAL OF SAWARD. It is understood that the trial of Saward and Ander son, for forgery, will come on on Thursday next. Sir F. Thesiger is retained to prosecute. GLASGOW ELECTION. (From the North British Daily Mail of yesterday.) The nomination of candidates to represent the city in Parliament took place this day, at noon, on hustings erected in front of the Justiciary Court Hall. Before the hour appointed an immense crowd, principally composed of working men, with a sprinkling of women, had assembled. Precisely at twelve o'clock, Sheriff Sir Archibald Alison appeared upon the platform, and was followed by Walter Buchanan, Esq and Jas. Merry, Esq., the two candidates. The LORD PROVOST proposed Mr. Buchanan, which was seconded by ALEXANDER GRAHAM, Esq., of Lance field. Councillor JAMES TAYLOR then proposed Mr. James Merry, which was seconded by ex-Ballie GILMOUR. The SHERIFF—You have heard Mr. Merry proposed and seconded, you have heard both these gentlemen ad dress you, I now call upon you for a show of hands for the two candidates respectively who are inclined to vote for Mr. Buchanan will please hold up their right hand. .A somewhat scanty number of hands having been held up, ThegtrErturr then asked for a show of hands of those dieposed to support Mr. Merry. A perfect forest of bands were held up in favour of Mr. Merry, accompanied by loud cheering. The SHERIFF—The Lord Provost, on the part of Mr. Buchanan, now demands a poll. The poll will open on Thursday, at 8 o'clock. MARKET NEWS.—(This ray.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4/ Os ; clover do., 31 108 to 51 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4s ; clover do., •31 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load, Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os clover do., 3/ lOs to 51 5s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. Supply good and trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—The advices brought by the Overland Mail at the close of the market affected prices to a slight extent, and common conesou has advanced to is ld per lb. Very little business was transacted. SUGAR.—FuII rates are demanded for all descriptions, and the business done was extremely small. Stocks in first hand are very scanty, and consumption being likely to increase, higher prices may be looked for. COFFEE.—The market has shown increased firmness, and the supplies being very light, higher rates are current for all good qualities, particularly plantation Ceylon. Mom—Full prices are readily obtained for all qualities, and the demand has been active for the finer descriptions. Ru?t.—The market rules very quiet, with no venation in prices to report. TALLOW.—A very moderate amount of business has been done, and prices hav e ru l e d ra ther lower. P.Y.C. on the spot 6os 6d to 635. April to June delivery 533 6d to 545, and last three months 533 per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 3.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; Light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, March 2.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Nor ma, from the Cape of Good Hope, for Hamburg; H.M.S. Retribution, H. A. gunb3ats Gander and Cracker, and H.M.S. Dauntless, Malta. Sailed—H.M.Str. Urgent, for Barbadoc 1. PLYMOUTH, March 2.—Wind R — Arrived—Neptune, from Adelaide, S.A., and the Capo of Good Hope. SWANSEA, March 2.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Henry Rankin, from Coquimbo. Sailed—Slains Castle, for Cuba. MILFORD, March. 2.—Wind B.—Arrived--Hero, from Cardiff to Palma. HULL, March 2.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived--Lightning, from St. Michael's ; Corkscrew (s.), from Bremen ; Juno, pili a m. Sailed—Orme and True Love, Davis' Straits. RAMSGATE, March s.—The Mary Howe, from Shields, for Oporto, with coals, which was ashore to-day on the Goodwin Sands, has been assisted off, without apparent damage, after throwing El tons of cargo overboard. DOVER, March 2.—The Reaper, of an d f or P or t smou th, f ro m Sunderland, wasin collision this morning off Dunge ness, with the fishing smack Blue-eyed Maid, of London, and foundered soon after ; crew landed here by the latter vessel. CONSTANTINOPE,Feb. 20.—Th e wea th er h as b een fear fully bad, occasioning even numerous damages in this port ; it is now succeeded by summer weather. (PER ELECTRTO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wind E., overcast. A s Cherbourg ; M a tild a , N ewpor t* ; Maria, LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Sailed—William Edward, for B a hi a ; J . R . M a ll ow, f or ri Sailed. — L r na F s l pe o y r o. s u , 1 e, for Dart, and Har r i e t, f rom S un d er l an d . New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, March 1. Wind E. Sailed—T. H. Perkins, for Philadelphia. Wind S. DUBLIN, March 2. Sailed--Belvidere, for Antwerp. (BT SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.5 a.m. Wind E., tide nearly low wa t er, c l ou d y . Arrived, March 2—Ebba Fredrika, from Ystad. Arrived, March 3—Hemdal; from Middlefort. Sailed, March 2—Brilliant, for Mogadore. Sailed, March 3—Emperor, for Hobart Town. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.15 a.ns• Wind E. by S., moderate. Pa.sed, Mareh2.—Anglo-Saxon, from Shields, for Alex amide. Passed —Liverpool, from London, for Buenos Ayres. Sailed—Echo, for Bordeaux. The suspension was announced yesterday of Messrs. Sviayne and Bovill, merchants, and patentees of various kinds of machinery. The amount of their liabilities is not ascertained, but it is believedlo be large, probably over 100,000/. The nature of their assets is doubtful. According to some representations, they are fully equal to meet all claims, but a very different impression is generally prevalent. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—MONDAY , March 2.—Admissions on payment, 739 ; ditto by sea- Bon tickets, 237 ; total, »76, 'e ;tut Closing Prices yesterday. 95 - 97 98 - 102 ii - 13 134 - 137 3/ - 4i 1107 :16 • • • I. 032- 114 3• 09 902 g 7 - 9 2 - P 55 - 57 ••• - 134 131 - • 8 - 9 9 - 9i ii -- ii 83 - 90 1E SHARES. ..• -- ••• 92 - 94 oA -- Do 6 - 61 110 - 115 ". - 121 -- 1274 75 11 76 115 - 117 111 - 113 1103 - 105 62 - 64 10 - 104 - ••• f)i - - 6i 95 - 96 84 - 8 - 6 100 - 102 10 - 104 164- 17 10 - 74 - 76 191 - 20 94 - 10 141 - 15 134 - 136 137 - 140 ,115 - 118 1157 - 159 ••• - •" i - ii) 65 - 68 134 - 136 97 - 9 9 87 - 89 •" ••• ••• 105 - 107 921 li ld ••• 1 id 110 - 111 114 -- 118 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 17i -- 18 23i - 2 1.00 -44 102 0i - 101 27 - 28 2i - RI) .2i - 3i BRITISH MINES. 5 al 12 1 Altred Cons. (Philk. .1 .4 British Iron 0 Condurow (Carbrn.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Is Great South Tolgus // 3 G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk. 7 Grt.W. Vor (11elstu : I6d Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Ba sset (Illogan' 15 North Wheal Crofty l iPax. Cons. (St.Blaxy 9 IPorkellis U. (Wend. . 6s. 2011 - 1 7 . 'Sort. Cons. Min. Co" S. Caradon (St. Clear) 2 S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) l 9 S.W. Frances(lllogp. ) 66 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co Tin Croft 10 U 13. Mines (G wennap ) !s6:V. of Towey (Camay.) .6 W. Basset (Mogan) 0 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) ik Wh. Basset (Illogan) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 5i Wh. Edward(Calstek) ./ 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llanti 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. 4} Wh. Trelawney (Lis., . I 2 1! b t 10 9 - 1 4 .121 2'4 - 234 61 - 7i .55 - 165 150 - 460 151 - 16 9 - 10 51 -- 6 1 3 _ 1 18 - 20 32 - 34 q - 7 23 - 24 8 - 9 14 - 1i 330 - 350 74 8 340 - 360 1 - 14 4 - 44 230 - 250 - 1 4 35 - 36 160 - 170 •280 - 3+lo 280 - 300 5 - 5f 19 - 21 46 - 48 20 - 22 FO REIGN 7 Australian 7 Brazilian Imp.(issueo at L 5 pm) 11 Do. Comes & 5 Do. St. John Del Rey 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 I all 20 ' 35 2' 30 I a] 20 L Co bre Copper .6 lOopiapo .11 'Fortuna 11 General al Linares 1 Lusitauian al Mariquita al New Granada al Noyeau Monde al Pont. S LdM. & 1 Port Philip Santiago de Cuba al , 4outli Australian _ al Do. Scrip al Do. 10 p. c. Pref United Mexican 1 a] 1 al 20 a] 30 1. 1 al c 1 1 al MISCEL: 'Australian Agricult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Lane Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July I Do. 6 p. c.Feb.&Au7. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&S 3 Pt• Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. Crystal Palace • Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of France Dustou Iron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel. . E En ur. & . 4Aut Ina Gen, Ir. Se. Col.(lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat. s C . j o c p t . n S . ni L on don Discount ... Loud. Gen. Omnibus Tel, Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican & S America Nat. Discount C 0.... Do. New all 10 all all Netherlands Land Do. Do. . 80 1.00 all 17i all Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at ld. Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c. D. N. IL Australasian._ Nall. of Europe Steam. Oriental Gas Do. New Shares IPeelßr. Ld. & Peninsular et Oriental Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New. Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip, Do. Registered Trust&Lu. Co. IJ .Can Van Diemen's Land V, Go, 6p,chn, di July, MINES. . - li li - 2 3 -:- 3:1 19 - 21 id,— p 57 59 12 14 id - ii 8 4 ld P I i - a io .i - 2i . 3 ~ _ 4# i ANEOUS. 21 - 26 ••• ••• 5 - 5i 40 - 45 AO - 145 10 - 111 35 - 40 26 - 28 2.t - 24 5; - 5A ii 7- ii •••a i •• B • i ..• i ••• - l 4i - 4Fi P ••• ..... ••• 1 11 3 4 4 41 par ip d 1 IA --- ii I It - iP 2g 2d • • • ...... • „1 - - z.) -25 p 6 - 8 i~ -i; - 35 - ii 1 --- 1 14 7 16 1100 -- 1.. llnsiness this ds,T. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES The Commercial Travellers'.—This body having lately risen into deserved inepor!ance, have set a good' example to all similar societies and bodies, by starting a magazine, devoted, of course, to their peculiar intrests, and containing all information or statistics relating to business ; but, neverthele. the remaining articles will be quite as attractive to the general reader as those of more pretentious serials. Commercial topics are discussed in a fair and business-like spirit, and the stories and sketches contain some entertaining pass tges. We trust it will succeed for the general benefit of a body so enterpritdug and intcbigent. Thl Train, which styles itself a first cl•3ss maga zine, hardly merits that title. It is, however, anew publicat o.:, and therefore is not t: - ) be judged se verely. The lovers of tl'e lminoroui will find amusement in its pages, as it has several papers elevated to the ludicrous. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine opens a paper on the Bank Charter and Currency L 7 ;vs, a sub ject which is now engrossing so much of public at tention. Two of the most attractive articles are something of a similar character, being entitled " Tangled Talk," and " Gleanings and Fragments," and both consist of short essays or slit-to l es on various topics. The story of " Broken Mf , mnries" is continued with interest. There arc many other articles, none of them very striking. The best subject being "Frederick Schiller." The Eclec:c Review has not a very attractive table of contents. The practical politician ma), however, be interested in two papers on the Sound Dues and the Euphrates Valley route to India. The Indian Archipelago conveys some useful geo graphical information. "The Treitment of th: , Insane" is the topic of the opening- paper, and is one which well merits the attention of all philan thropists. Le Follet is, as usual, the authority for matters of fashion, and its plates are as graceful and pretty as modern fashions will allow. DEATHS FROM SNAKEBITES IN INDIA. Tha rinmb.r rf &falls arising from -snakebites in the various zillahs and towns subordinate to this presidency having been brought to the notice of Mr. A. Bettington, Commissioner of Police, by several magistrates, that gentleman addressed a letter to Government to the following effect : "I have the honour to report, fir the informa tion of the Government, that the loss of liie from the bites of snakes in some districts of this presi dency is considerable. In the Dharwar Zillah, for instance, no less than 16 deaths are reported to have occurred within the last four mouths from this cause. It appears that more deaths are occa sioned by snakebites than by tigers. I beg to pro pose for the consideration of Government that re wards be offered for the destruction of snakes, eight annas for a snake of any kind, and 12 annas for a cobra ; to be paid upon the product.on of the snake forthwith by the Patel and Kolkurnee of the village, who will forward the dead snake (by the village Mhar), with the receipt, to the nearest Mahulknrry or Mamlutudar. It is ab solutely necessary that the p aymeut should I.e prompt, and the reward sufficiently high t) induce people to occupy themselves in killing snakes. I purpose to make no exception, because the carpet snake, foorsa,' the whip snake, and the cobra (the snakes most commonly met with), are all poisonous, and there can be no exercise of discrimination. In an exceptional case, it would not answer to with draw payment, whilo ignorant persons, unab'e to detect the poison-fang and gland, were debating whether the reptile was or was not poisonous. It will be necessary also that the magistrate shall con tinue to urge and compel the removal of mases of prickly pear from the villages. In many places it does not exist in the form of a boundary hedge, but in patches of greater or less extent, not only occupying ground that might be turne I to other purposes, but harbouring reptiles and infecting the air." In reply the Government approved and sanc tioned the suggestions of the Commissioner of Police. The people, encouraged by the rewards offered, are occupying themselve3 most actively in destroying these reptiles. Each day nearly 300 dead snakes are brought in. Mr. Bettington saw an immense number of every description ; the most common of all is one called the "foorsa." The civil surgeon of Rutnagherry knows no remedy for the poison of this deadly reptile. Ammonia and. other stimulants, if applied in time, are effective antidotes to the poison of the cobra and some other snakes, but are of no avail against the poison of the foorsa. The poison does not act on the ner vous system, like that of the cobra, but on the blood alone, which becomes corrupted in a peculiar manner.—Bombay courier. MURDER AT LANCA&TER. Much excitement has prevailed during the past week in the usually quiet town of Lancaster in con sequence of the discovery on Sunday morning, the 22d ult., of the body of a man named John Cragg in au unused stone quarry, abouthalf a mile from the town. The deceased was a warehouseman in the employ of Messrs. Charnley and Co., ironmongers, and was seen alive by different persons in several parts of the town shortly after the midnight of Saturday, being at the time a little " the worse for drink." He was traced in the direction of his own home, in a hamlet about a mile east of the town, called " Golgotha," and was seen in the company of two men up to a certain distance in his home ward road. Cragg's body, when found acciden'ally by an old man who lives at a small house in the so-called " Scotch" quarry, was lying at the case of an escarpment 68 feet high, protect d above by a six-feet wall of loose rubble stone. His pockets had not been rifled, and the only suppositions which remained to account for his unhappy death were either suicide, the having mistaken his path home, or foul play. A most mortem exami nation, undertaken by Mr. Hare, surgeon, disco vered that the liver was doubly ruptured ; the heart ruptured at the apex of the right ventricle, and an external wound ou the left temple, corresponding with an internal depression of the bone..beneath. The brain and abdominal viscera were perfectly healthy, but a fracture of the skull, extending from the wound on the temple across the base of the temporal bone, nearly separa.' ed it into two pars. The indefatigable exertions of Mr. Wright, the borough superintendent of police, led, in the course of Sunday, to the apprehension of two men who had been last seen with the deceased. Much evidence of an inculpatory character was adduced before Mr. R. Hinde, the Mayor, and a bench of borough magistrates at three examinations held on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The character and extent of the evidence may be gathered from a brief summary. The two men were heard quarrelling with Cragg, and one of them speaking to him in a threatening manner on his way home. A prostitute deposed that she overheard that night the other prisoner vowing vengeance against some one whose name she could not catch. The two prisoners were found by a labourer in a barn on a farm called Highfield, about half a mile from the quarry, early next morn ing, and one of them began a conversation about Cragg, with whom he said he had hal a quarrel the night before. Added to this, the other pri soner had been repeatedly known to express ani mosity towards the unfortunate man for the share he had had in his apprehension and conviction for burglary in 1852. The discovery of the poor man's cap a few hundred yards from the place where his body was found, marks thereof n heavy substance being dragged across the footpath, the deceased's clothes being covered with mud, a breach in the pro tecting wall of the quarry larger and differing in the position and character of the marks on it and of the thrown off stones from those which could have been made by one man, sounds of contention heard by three or four inmates of the workhouse hard by about the time when Cragg was last seen, and when he would be two-thirds of the distance towards his own house, and a great amount of minor collateral evidence, all seemed to fix grave suspicion on tho prisoners, while the locality of the quarry precluded the probability of Cragg's having either committed suicide or mistaken his way in the bewilderment of intoxication. The prisoners were remanded till next Thursday, but pending the inquiry before the magistrates the jury at the coroner's inquest on Friday night found a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the two men, Nelson and Leach. The for mer, as we have already stated, was sentenced five years ago to transportation, and received a ticket of leave a few months since. The latter is well known to the local police as a poacher and man of dissolute habits. The adj turned debate on China was resumed by Dr. PHILLIMORE, who addressed the house at con siderable length on the ,gal bearing of the question, in the course of which he argued that under no statute or international law could this lorcha be considered a British ship. Assuming that the lorcha was a British ship, as contended by the Government, he called on the house to look at the hideous difference between the grievance complained of and the chastisement given. A. middle course was open, that of reprisals, and that should have been adopted. He considered that the Chi nese gave full satisfaction for what they did, and that it was not lawful, on any principle of law, justice, or human for th i e ty r t. ) ; r m y ak t e ha w t a rb had punishment c te t a o a an n d a t t in o he i reparation made. In conclusion, he said that he was led, by the plain dictates of corn , mon sense --by the principles of reason—by the laws o his own country—by the international law— and on the foundation of the eternal principles of justice written by the finger of God on all men whether English or Chinese—to pronounce the war to be unjustifiable in its origin and unblessed in iii continuance. (Hear.) Sir G. GREY said that he was perfectly content to rest the legal portion of the case on the arguments of his THE boo. aud learned fliend th e Att orney- G eneral. (Hear, hear.) He did not think it necessary to occupy any time MAILS.—SOuTHAMProN, Monday — The R o y al Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Captain Woolley, sailed to-day, with the West Indian, M . xican , an d Pa- in combatting the opinions expressed by the hon. and cific mails, 77 passengers, 54,0001. in specie, jewellery learned gentleman who had just sat down, respecting the value 7,0001., and a full cargo. Among the p assen g et,s proceedings of a body i n th e ot h er house of Par li a ment. are Mr. T. H. Worrell (tbe bearer of despatches for her LI Majesty's Government to Mexico), Major Murray , Dr. e hon. and l earne d mem b er, who boaste d o f being a Caffaro, &c. strong supporter of the Church, had referred to the pro- CANADIAN—It appears from ceedings there in a mannerwhich in his (Sir G. DEMAND FOR LABOUR. the report of Mr. Buchanan, Chief Government Del- opinion was most • • 'rile noble grafi= Agent at Quebec, to the Governor-General of indelicate and uncalled for, Greys) Canada, dated Dec. 31, 1856, that the prospects of emi- earl who had brought forward his motion in the e.the r grants during the ensuing season will be favourable. Mr. house had himself at the conclusion of his address made ve Buchanan says that the demand for labour in West a most powerful appeal to the episcopal Canada throughout the season has been considerably in him their m a jo r ity of those right rev. support, but a advance of the supply, their votes prelates, after hearing the debate, had givea bench to gi in a manner which hail evidently caused great dissatis. faction to the hon. and learned member. (Loud cheers.) So far as the facts of this case of the Arrow, they had been presented to the house in a very inaccurate point of view, and as though it was a mere accidental eccurrence on the part of the Chinese that they had boarded a British ship without knowing it to be such. Now, these lorchas were clearly and exclusively foreign, and not Chinese ships. It had been said too that this was a piratical vessel ; what foundation was there for this assertion I It was clearly shown by the evidence of Commissioner Yell that the lorcha was rot a piratical vessel, and the right hon. gentleman read extracts from the depositions of some ,of the persons who had male several trading voyages i n t h e "hip. (H ear. ) I t had been said that Mr Consul Parkes was engaged in screening pirates. This was a charge in direct opposi Lion to the facts disclosed in the papers, and several passages were read from the despatches to show how utterly ground ss was such a statement. (Cheers.) H e contended that it this insult bad been submitted to, the ,flect would have been most fatal to the interests of our trade, the honour of our flag, and the interests of all the foreign vessels trading in those ports. The bonouratle member for the West Riding b a d read in the EIOUq a portion of a letter from Mr. Cook, a gentleman connected with the American conenlate at Canton. Now, the hoe. member for the West Riding said be looked with suspicion on extracts—there were others also who looked with suspicion upon extracts,and among others this Mr. Cook himself, who had written a letter to the public journals complaining of the manner in which extracts had been made from his letter. The hon member said that he had received a communication from an American gentleman, Rho Lft Canton on Nov. 11 last, and was one of those who entered within the walls of that town in the rear of our forces. His tame, he said is Cook; he lived at Whampoa, where be has been for 4 years, holding the pc sition of United States Marshal, and therefore having jurisdiction over the flag of his own country. In course of conversation Mr. Cook, in answer to his inquiries, stated many cases in which British ships, with the British flag, were engaged in smuggling trans actions, and he mentioned one in particular of so very glaring a nature that he asked him to put it on paper. ' The hon. member also said he confessed he listened with some humiliation to what he heard of the doings of ships carrying our flag; and when so much was asserted about our flag being insulted, he could not help feeling that it was such transactions as these which dishonoured and insulted our flag. The member for the West Riding had nad only a portion of Mr. Cook's letter, and that gen tleman accordingly wrote to the public journals this Letter : " Sir—ln Mr. Cobden's speech he made reference to a letter from me in answer to one from him, giving part of its contents, and I beg to enclose a copy of the said letter, which please publish, to prevent my liability to the charge of inconsistency among those who perfectly understand my views on the matters in question, to which, of course, the hon. member can have no objec tion. In regard to the office of United States Marshal, which he refers to, ib is entirely a subordinate one, and the orders from Government were not to allow the use of the flag except by vessels regularly regitered. "By an insertion you will greatly oblige, Yours, &c., "JAMES P. COOK. " Morley's Hotel, Feu. 28." (Cheers and laughter.) He (Sir Geo. Grey) would read the whole of that letter, and would sired the attention of the house to that portion of it which the hon. member bad not read. (A. laugh.) Mr. COBDEN said that he had read all the parts in the letter which referred to the case he was bringing under the notice ofthe house. ("Hear, hear," and cries of " oh, oh.") Sir G. GREY—Just so: The hon. member read just as much as it suited his purpose to read. (Renewed cheers and laughter.) Mr. Caok in his letter says—and this part was read by the Lon. member : " Morley's Hotel, Feb. 25. "Sir,—ln answer to your query whether I have any objection to the use of my name regarding our conversation on China matters, I Fay most cer tainly not, and I will give you the facts in regard to the seizure of the lorchas, as near as possible from memory, having no data to refer to. During the summer of 1855, in June or July, there lad near our chop, which is close to her Britannic Majes ty's Tice-Consulate at Whampoa, from 10 to 15 lorchas engaged in smuggling salt, and eight or ten of this num ber hoisted British flags during the day, the salt being discharged at night.. The number of vessels was thus !arge at that time, in consequence of the mandarin boats having been sent above Canton to repulse the rebels ; but the Government could not keep ignorant of so bold a matter long, and 12 or 15 mandarin boats, each contain ing upwards of 60 men, made their appearance one morn tog soon after sunrise and captured the whole fleet, five or six of which had British flags flying at the time, the Europeans (general a captain) as welt as the Chinese jumping overboard and swimming to the different ves sels for safety, several of whom came on board of our vessel. The mandarin force took the captured fleet to Canton, and the parties having the right to fly the flag subsequently claimed their vessels, which were even• tually returned, and the remainder retained for the Government. This is by no means an isolated case as regards the illegal use of the flag, as you have only to refer to the Hong Kong papers to find plenty of cases where the right was questioned to grant the flag, as it had been done by the Hong Kong authorities." The portion not read by the hon. member was this (cheers and laughter) : " But as regards the present troubles to prevent any misunderstanding of my views, I wish to express my opinion that the duty of the home Government to sup port the servants of the Crown engaged in China to the fullest extent should not be called in question for a mo ment, or until a satisfactory termination of the present difficulties at least ; for in case of a suspension of hosti lities by the Government it would be an impossibility for Europeans to live in the vicinity of Canton, and no amount of negotiations could alter it for the better. Any one who has lived among the Chinese can testify to the continuad insults and injuries heaped upon foreigners whenever an opportunity offers, and the studied contempt shown on all occasions, superin inced by fetliugs of superiority entertained b y the Cantonese in contrauistinction to ad the other ports in China, all of which has been brought about by the previ ous settlement made upon them ; or, in other words, the want of an application of physical power to convince them of their position ; and although we are pecuniary sufferers to a very great extent in consequence of these troubles, we should prefer to suffer still more than see any settlement which did not involve the necessity of the Chinese realising their position and a sufficient guarantee for the liberty and safety of foreign residents whileamong them. My particular reit-ons- for these views have been ,cquired by a long and very close intimacy with them, and of course cannot be condensed in a note of this kind. —I am yours very truly , 6` J. P. Coos. " tie could ul C d o n b o d t e a n gc E ee 'q w " it g h h P e " Lstat°en n m d antjust now made by the hon. memberfor the West Riding, that instating that %Ir. Cook was anti-Chinese in feeling, that he had said all that it was possible for Mr. Cook to say, or that it conveyed a fell impression of the deliberate views and opinions of Mr. Cook founded on great experience, and after a lengthened residence in Canton. (Hear.) The non, gentleman had brought two charges against the Government: one was, that the Government had en deavoured to play off a trick upon the house by endea vouring to mystify simple-minded country gentlemen on the other side of the house, with reference to the pro duction of the blue-book a few days before the commence emit of the debate on his motion. (Ilear, and cheers.) No doubt that statement was made in , p e rfect a b e o d ne ti s i t a y t thoseand simple it lemen to whom it was addressed, .ninded country gent ion. (Cheers and sod who cheered him on the a i s n r c e s c r e i t i y v received belief perfect ctth the simplicity t by e . all 't his and research, bad failed todiscover was iiligence • . reference to Chinese insults was g:c:talescaa nw the that the blue-book in laughter.) The honourable. presented her place a noble earl who inform him. In another to the house, but he (Sir G. Grey) would t genera lly agreed with t he hon. memberha most Pi ncer° for the W es t Riding, and who was actuated v l es ire and with a thorou g h conviction to benefit the public service (he meant Earl Grey), moved for copies or extracts of 'any reports, despatches, &c., made to tar to Majesty's Gover nment com p lainin g of i nsults offered the English residents at Canton by the Chinese s in ce th e ent, thinklig they w ere no t j us tifi e d i n t hr r oh e o a ek i G y w o oav f se l ri B an 4 imd 2 withholding it from this house, laid it on the table of the house, and then the hon. member finding its contents do not answer his purposes, turns round and says that the Government threw it on the table just before the dis cussion commenced, in order to mystify simple-minded country gentlemen on the other side (laughter); but be (Sir George Grey) thou g ht h e h a d shown the house on that ralet the mystificatio n was on th e side of the h" (Chee b rs gentleman the member for the West B e id fe i r n etce to the and laughter.) The next charge Government's appointment of M e . h . a nd experience Canton, and the character, ability's, subject of attack both of that gentleman had been the ember forthe West Hiding from the hon. gentleman the in r ad ark r es as consul at ° ' om There who had addressed the, and almost every hoc. ru :a o „,. There had also been a tendency to tun d o o f the e m very house in support person officially connected 'their services had been, and to hal however estimable they were, cr valuable e ule, sarcasm, and scorn. The correspon• them up to ridi Parkes was contrasted by the hen. gentle ience qv ho it w h e t v l e ie r se of °I.. mem ber for the West Riding with that of Coin an the dhe had described Mr. Parkes as a - s r e b, 1113 /DM • sioner without experience and wanting In discre proceediwgns, man You n g gentleman had said that Mr. Parkes was take T h e hon. oe. - tn o ut of au office and placed in a place of trust for which he was totally unfit. He (Sir G. much ruplOYMent of hon. member who was an advocate for the 3 surprised to hear such sentiments expressed by the talent, and young and energetic ince,advancing g ce of consul, as a proof of Mr. Parkes's fitness_ e o was first attached be (Sir G. Grey) stated thastieeb in 1842 to China to :;;;" Pottinger's iht "' b is on. member meant when h (perhaps tilat was wbab. and of f a r d v t a h n e Veen ;ken out of an office), and said Mr. Parkes bad *r China, at Shanghai Amoy, and his continuAtion IM PERIA lAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at 5 o'cicck. THE MEETING OF CONSERVATIVES. The Earl of DERBY said he wished to correct a mis representation of a portion of the public press. He had hid it down as a rub during his political life never to notice any mis-statement regarding him that appeared in the public journals. If he had now departed from that rule it was not so much to set himself right with the public, but to prevent injustice being done to others. A report had surreptitiously been made of a meeting that bad been held on Friday last. It was so far true that a meeting had been held on that day, but not at his house. The statement as to what took place at that meeting was, generally speaking, most incorrect. He was repoi ted to have said the reverse in many instances of what he actually did, and in other points his meaning was entirely misconstrued. He was at a loss to know who it was that could have furnished the report, and supposed it was written by some one who was present, but who had given a grossly inaccurate accoun . , of the proceedings at the meeting. He made this explanation in order that it should not be supposed that by his silence he assented to the statements contained iu the report to which he bad alluded. CHINA.. Earl GREY. presented a petition against the continuance of the war with China. The 'noble earl said he begged to aik her Majesty's Govtiument the questions of which he had given notice to the noble earl the Lord President of the Council. Great ani'ety existed with re-pect to the news arriving from China. He wishtd to know whether the Government had re ceived any information, affording aoy prospect of an early termination of the war in China; whether it was still carried on for the purpose of obtaining the free en trance of the British into the city of Canton, or for any other object ; and lastly, whether any reinforcements had been sent to China ? Earl GRANVILLE said the last intelligence from Canton contained no account of any further operations having been taken there, except those necessary for self defence. The Chinesahad taken the most hostile steps at Hong Kong, and bad issued proclamations offering re wards for incendiarisms and assassinations. - Under such circumstances there did not appear to be any prospect of a speedy termination of the present war. There was, however, no interruption in our commercial relations. It was impossible for any change to take place in the policy at present pursued there, for if so it would have the appearance of receding, which would lead to the most disastrous results in Canton and in other parts of the empire, as the lives and property of the British subjects, as well as of other Christians, depended upon the determined position of our forces in China. Wi:di respect to the question whether any reinforcements had been sent to garrison Hong Kong, he had to inform the noble earl that one regiment had been sent there from India about three weeks ago. Their brdellipa then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. CARR t )0k the oaths and his seat for Downpattiok. Capt. BARNAIID took the oaths and bis seat for Ban don. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Eastern Counties Rail way ; Fraserburgh Harbour ; Great Yarmouth Water ; Salisbury and Yeovil Railway ; South London Railway ; Stockport, Dailey, and Whaley Bridge Railway; Strat ford-apon•Avon Railway ; Swansea Harbour Truss and Swansea Dock Company ; West Somerset Railway ; and the West Somerset Mineral Railway. On the motion of Mr. T. GREENE the standing order No. 175 was suspended in the case of the West Somerset Mineral Railway Bill and the West Somerset Railway Bill, and they were referred to the committee of selection. RAILWAY RATING. On the motion of Mr. HADFIELD, a return was ordered of the duty paid by railway companies in the United Kingdom during the last five years on passengers' traffic, and distingui:-hing the amount paid by each com pany each year, and the respective classes for which snob duty was charged and paid, and the amount paid by each class respectively. TAXATION. Mr. GLADSTONE gave notice that in conformity with what he stated on a former day he should move, on the motion that the Speaker leave the chair to enable the house to go into supply, that in order to secure the country that relief from taxation which it reasonably ex pected it would he necessary further to reduce the ex penditure of the State. - PERSIA. Mr. GLADSTONE fdrther gave notice that to morrow he should put three questions to the Go vernment on the subject of the papers with reference to Persia. Toe first was whether the financial year mentioned in the letter of the President of the Board of Control, dated 9th December last, had the same meaning as to the ensuing financial year a 3 that of Sir Charles Trevelyan's of the 2d Desem ber, and if not, by whose authority was that charge made I Secondly, whether any estimate of the charge for'the Persian war for the ensuing financial year had been presented by the East Indian Company to the Go vernment ; and it so, when it was so made, and when it would be laid on the table of the house f Thirdly, whether any supplies or ammunition of war, the pro perty of her Majesty, had been despatched from this country, or from any of the British possessions, in aid of the Persian war ? AMERICA. Mr. GORDON gave notice that on 'Friday next, on the motion for the adjournment of the house, he should put a question to her Majesty's Government relative to the relations existing between this country and the United States. COL. 'PULLOUT AND SIR. J. M'NEIL. Mr. EWART gave notice of an amendment to the motion of Mr. Palk, the .member for South Devon, relative to the services of Sir J. M‘Neil and Col. Tulloch ; viz., that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that some special mark of appro bation be conferred on these two gentlemen. GUANO. In reply to a question from Mr. DENISON, Mr. LABOUCHERE said that since be last addressed the house on this subject he had been informed by Messrs. Ord and Co., who had the exclusive licence of the trade of guano in the islands referred to, of their intention to s ipply persons who fetched the guano at per ton. The Government bad made provision for the protection of the British farmers should the supply be found longer than was anticipated. CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. MACA.RTN EY asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether the inquiry of the Civil Service Coin mission was so advanced as to enable him to lay the re port upon the table of the house before Easter, as pro posed by him in reply to the question put by the hon. member for Lanarkshire on the 6th of February last I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the report of the Commissioners appointed to in quire into the Civil Service Superannuation would be laid or. the table shortly before Easter. He referred to his sla - etnent of last week relative to his proceedings with the income tax and sugar duties, and said that he wee in error as regarded the form of the house. He now found that he was not obliged to proceed first with the income tax resolution ; and to relieve the tea and sugar trade from any further anxiety he gave notice that he should, in committee, first pro^eed with the tea and sugar duties resolutions. INDIAN LOANS. Mr. °TWAY asked the Presideat of the Board of Control whether any instructions bad been sent to the Governor-General of India, or whether any communica tions had passed between the home authorities and the Governor-G-neral of India, with reference to the opening of a new Glvernment loan in India, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum ? Mr. V. SMITH said that from the communications received by this morning's mail, he found that the Go. vernor-General had entered into a new loan of thret millions, limited to 15 years. No communication had been made between the home and Indian governments relative to this loan. The loan was made for general purposesand he apprehended that included public works. 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