The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

T HEATRE ROYAL, DRUM. LANT.—, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. Gr-at, Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the roost magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the popular Comedy, A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, MIST Cleveland, and Miss 11 - . Oliver. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the bourne to suit every one :—Galleries, lid. and is. ; Second Circle of Roses, ls. lid. ; Pit, 2s, ; First Circle of Boxes, 29. lid . ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. ild„ I'. ls., 1/. lls. 61, and 2/. 25.! I)OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. EA,' THIS EVENING, will he performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will ho produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called: OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi• pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murre7 ald C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. liuckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr, W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz. wit lam. Followed by (17th time) a now drama, called A WICKED WIFE. After which, GRIMSHAW, BAGSHA.W, AND BRAD• SHAW. To conclude with Moncrieff's comic drama of THE IRRESISTIBLES, OY AL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed the tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Charles Dille* ; Desdempna, Mrs. Charles Dillon. Followed by a new drama, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., entitled ANGEL OR DEVIL Mr. and Mrs. C. Dillon, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Barrett, &c. To conclude with CONRAD AND MEnORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Rottom of the Sea, The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Fsq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ra?. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Medora Clowns • Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super tdendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveyin7 parties t the Private Boxes to set. down at the State entrance in Burleigli-street T HEATRE ROYAL, ADEL VIII. Les-ee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-EILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pa.nl Bedford will appear. Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. To conclude with the new original comic drama, called BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, A it. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresvriek. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIMS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, &c. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr, F. Clover •, Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillie Fa mily; Columbines. Mesdames Marie and Agnes. HEATRE ROYAL, S A.DLER'S- WELLS . 114 Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, will be performed WILLIAM TELL. Characters by Messrs. Phe'ps, H. Marston, J. W. nay, L. Ball, A. Rayner, Williams ; Miss Atkinson. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. TRAND T HEAT RE.—Manager, Mc. T. Payne.—This Evening will be perbrrned a new Drama, FASHION AND FAMINE ; or, The Straw berry Girl. Julia Warren, Little Cordelia Howard. Affer which, THE DEATH OF EVA, i n - which tb• Howard Family will appear. Followed by a Ballet Divertissement. To conclude with DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. 1r) OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. This Evening, the new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. This Evening, with the original vocal music, and novel And startling Equestrian Illustrations, invented Mr. Wm. Cooke, th•• equestrian operatic drama of ROB ROY. Rob itoy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the brilliant qCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the equestrian harlequinade called PAUL PRY 011 HORSEBACK. Comic Lee at seven o'clock. Dress n3xes. 4s. ; Upper ions, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from It., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. - ox•office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. c i ANT E RBU RX HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING. —The follow illß company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of "elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunsll, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Tonglunaus, B. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Molting, P. ( "Ord, Senor Antonio M. de Soils, and E. L. Hirne ; Masters Austin, Penfiett, and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. hackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; :iirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely, Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. ZIG,'" WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. 1:PIS —Mort, 0 in. aft. 0 --Fvening 1 nth, aft. 12 ,ttt. 12 --E,•ain,, 59 TAE wEATHER—SuN ()Frie, AiAnon 7- TF1E113401 , 1 , TER, IN TFilie 51 - e necn 4f .wys: •.rri , ' , );*!!"1 thr nigh.. 54 -this day at nova. .•; 7 1' 2 )'92--fdlin7. WIND, W. to W.S. W. It was north-west all the morr ing, with fine, cloudy wt.TV her. rs) i < - L .I , i ON, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, Pv The Atrocities of the Chinese—not merely their contumelies, and prevarications—impera tively require now to be at once and very signally avenged. The atrocious massacre of the crew of the Thistle, the infamous poisoning of the British residents at Hong Kong, the brutal outrages per petrated by the Chinese mob at Singapore, the wanton burning of our fictories at Canton, the blood-money set by YELL upon the heads of Eng. lislimen—all these things absoliA;ly demand forth. with the stretched-out arm, the keen sword, the trenchant blow of Etigland —descending, as it were, upon the inF•ttnt, and with a deadly force, upon the necks of the great anomalous race of Asia, the Civilised-Barbarians of the Celestial Empire ! Enormous crimes have been already committed— those : crimes must be promptly and adequately expiated. Fourteen years have elapsed, during which an important clause in the solemn Treaty of Nankin has been evaded—that clause must now at length be recog nised and acted upon by the Canton authorities. Measures must, witaout any further del iy what ever, be adopted t 9 prevent the possibility of again i nsulted with im the British flag being punity, and t) preclu:le the chanc e of another in solent re j ec tion of :tfl interview with her Britannic MAJESTY'S dilly antliori End diplomatic representa tive. All this, we rest c infideerly assured, w ill be effected, and that, moreover, with as li'tle delay' as is at ail practicable — for the on© s i mpla but sufficient reason that Lord PALMERSTON is at the head of her MAJESTY'S Government. The Himalaya has alreldy taken its departure. Other vessel , , the fastest screw-st - !atners any where procuraid., ought to follow immediately in her wake, carrying troops and renuitions of war t) the scene of action—zoncentrati ng the whole milit , ry and naval strength of England upon the salient points along the China seaboard. It should be remem bered, moreover, that, fresh from the Russian conflict, we have now actually ready to hand, at our instant disposal, a gigauti: and efftctive force of gun-boats and floating batteries. No con sideration of expense whatever ought in reason, at this moment, to stand in the way of our fitting out an adequate and properly organised Expe dition. The Empire, by whose representative and citizens, at the other extremity of the globe, our flag has been wantonly insulted, our roperty has been flagitiously destroyed, our fellow-citizens have been cruelly murdered, is one having a popula tion of no less than 300,000,000 in the aggre gate. Against such an Empire as the Chinese Empire such an Empire as the British Em pire cannot possibly wage a Little War—a Little War against which, in the abstract, this nation was solemnly and most memorably warned not many years ago by the Duke of WELLINGTON. If we are to act at all against the Chinese, we must act against them thoroughly. This time there must be no mis take whatever. The struggle, when it is closed, must be closed by a Treaty more stringent and more explicit than that of Nankin, and that new Treaty must be fulfiled to the very letter. As early as upon Wednesday last we took occa sion to remark, in the matter of this Chinese Diffi culty, that the sudden close at this moment of the Persian War by means of the Paris negotiations, ought to be regarded as in a very peculiar man ner opportune. We suggested there and then, that we should at once avail ourselves of so very tempting an opportunity. Namely, by concen trating upon the coast of China the naval and mili tary forces recently despatched t ) the Persian Gulf from Bombay. We are rejoiced to observe that this suggestion has been already adopted in its impression of to-day by the chief of our morning contemporaries. We said in The Sun of Wednesday last, the 4t init., speaking of the close of the Persian War—" Nothing could surely be more happily well-timed I Here is our opportunity. Let the squadron under Admiral Sir M. SEYMOUR be at once enhanced by the combination with it of the military and maritime forces recently de spatched against Bushire under the joint command of Admiral LEEKE and General OUTRAM." The Times of this morning, the 7th instant, enforces this suggestion almost in the same identical words, where it observes—" The conclusion of the war with Persia is the most opportune occurrence of the hour. By the peace signed three days since two fine bodies of troops, that which garrisons Bushire and that which has probably by this time sailed from Bombay to join the former, will soon be free for service in China." , Be it so. - The emergency in the Chinese Seas is one requiring promptitude, and this promptitude we have every reliance upon witnessing under the auspices of the PALMERSTON Administration. A Pacificator, at the same time, is to be sent out to the seat of war in the person of a duly authorised and a judiciously-selected Plenipoten tiary. Not, as some individuals had erroneously imagined, for the purpose of superseding Sir JOIN BOWRING, but for the very purpose of co-bperating with Sir JOHN BoWRING, of availing himself of Sir JOHN BOWRING'S sagacity, patriotism, and experience. Warlike measures all the while potently enforcing the arguments of our negotia tors. It is thus, and thus only, that a great Asiatic race like the Chinese, a race full of dupli city, of cruelty, and of cunning, can be effectually dealt with. History, Reason, Humanity alike de monstrate that the most merciful war is, after all, the war that conducted, at the outset., the most promptly, the most boldly, and the most energe tically. A course all the more incumbent upon England, with her late experience, and possessing a perfect knowledge, as she does, of the sinister ambition ever lurking at the heart of the great Northern Autocracy. i The Chancellor of the Exchequer has succeeded ; for the time being in his crusade against the tea-caddy, the tca-cup, and the pie -dish. He has obstinately persevered in the retrograde policy against which he was solemnly and emphatically warned, and obtained a majlrity of 62, for " the introduction of the sharp end of the wedge I" The moribund Parliament, the very days whereof are numbered, has reversed the system in opera tion for the last 16 years, and set the example in, future of replenishing the Exchequer by in direct taxation on articles which have become almost necessaries of life. It may be that the addition of 2J. per lb. on tea, which he now estimates to produce half a million sterling, (although in his Financial Statainent he cal culate 1 the loss by the surrender of 2d. to be but 369,0001.) is of comparatively trivial importance, more especially as the reduction whi.3ll actually takes place will admit of an alteration in the cost price from which the consumers will derive practical benefit. But it is oljoctionable 'on principle, inwenuch as it is founded on a direct breach of faith with the im p.ut,rs and dealers in te!, and also because it ir.- troduces an &merit of uncertainty that must operate very prejudiciay to the general interest. No man can now form a sound opinion as to what will take place next year, or what may be the future ratia of duty. It is obvious that Sir G. C. LEWIS intend:, to continue the rate of is. sd. per lb. up to 1860, if not for a much longer period. It is the mean proportional between tha variou s sums of id., Is. 5d., arid I.J. 33. which ho originally proposed. Tadeed a larger sum will be thereby levied, inasmuch as he will gain the duty on the additional consumption, which may reasonably be anticipated under the reduced tariff. Taking this latest estimate that each penny of duty will realise a quarter of a million sterling, he asks from tea no less than three millions ster ling during the next three years ; that is to say, in the year ending April, 18 58 2d. per lb., or £500,000 1859 sd. per lb., or 1,250,000 18 60 sd. per lb., or 1,250,000 It is unnecessary to say that this is on the as sumption that he will--if re-elected —ask the new Parliament to continue the same duty until 1860. It was a daring experiment to ask the expiring Parliament to take such a step ; and still stranger that the demand should be conceded. It will, however, be competent for the popular represen t stives to reverse this decision ; awl we sincerely hope that it wid be one of its first acts to do so. I t cannot fur a moment be considered as a settlement for a single year, or anything more than a provisional arrangement, which may be altered at any moment. Indeed Sir G. C. LEWIS based his demand on that very ground. The In will form, then, one of the string of in terrogatories that must be exhibited to every candidate, and to which explicit and unequivocal answers must be refuelled. The fiscal reformers must take care that the real importance of the question is thoroughly understood, and that Honourable Genlemeu who aspire t o sea t s i n Parli ament may clearly know what is expected at their hands. It is very unfortunate that the problem to be solved by the different constitu encies should be thus complicated. But still it will be practicabl e to find eligible candidates pre pared to support the foreign policy of Lord PALAIgRSTON, and yet to Oppose the fiscal hobbies C.iancellor of the Excheuer q ,although the of hriescently resuscitated ARTHUR YOUNG may thereby be again consigned to his original obscurity. cheap 'tea and c h eap sugar, The people require and that they will insist on from any administra tion that may be placed in office. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as usual, exhibited the degree of vacillation for which he has become so painfully notorious. He gave notice of proposing the one-and-fourpenny compromise, but withdrew his amendment at the last moment, having voted against that of Mr. GLADSTONE. The alleged reason was that there was but ld. between that which the Chancellor of the Exchequer asked and what he (Lord JoEN) proposed to give. But there was only the same difference with Mr, GLADSTONE, who offered ls. 3d., and if this pro position had been accepted, it could not have been referred to as a precedent, or regarded as the recognition by the expiring Parliament of a now financial policy, which may be carried to far greater lengths than at present contemplated or deemed possibl-. It is difficult to understand the motives by which the Noble Lord was actuated. We fancy, however, that there is still a vague expectation that by not identifying himself with either party he may once more be placed in the coveted position of First Lord of the Treasury. The small statesman may, however, rest assured that such a consummation, however devoutly wished for by himself and the insignificant clique that still recognise him as leader, is simply and literally impossible. The Sugar Duties shared the same fate as those on Tea. Mr. GLADSTONM, after the majority of 62, declined again to divide the House, and Sir G. C. LEWIS carried his original proposition. The question will, however, be submitted to the new Parliament, and we trust that the several con stituencies will take care that such decision shall be in accordance with the wishes and interests of the community. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. The Cross Berlin newspaper states on authentic infor mation that the ceremony of betrothal of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick Wil liam will take place at London during the mouth of May, and that the Prince and Princess of Prussia will accompany their popular and respected son to England for the purpose. The marriage, adds the Cross, is defi nitely fixed for the 21st of November, or as soon after as possible. The new married couple, it is believed, will remain in England for a month or more and there pass the Christmas holidays, after which they will commence their journey to the Prussian dominions, and make their entry in state into Berlin immediately after new year, by which time the palace now fitting up for their residence will be fully completed and properly aired. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1867 LATEST NEWS. THE ANGLO-PERSIAN TREATY. The Paris correspondent of the Independence Beige publishes the following as the chief points of the Anglo-Persian Treaty just signed at Paris : "L The whole of the Persian territory which is or might be occupied by the English troops up to the proclamation of peace in those parts is to be completely evacuated by the English. " IT. Persia recognises the independence of Affghanistan—that is to say, Persia takes the solemn engagement not to interfere any more in the affairs of Affghanistan. " 111. Herat is restored to its independence.. That province will henceforth be governed by its native rulers. " IV. Renewal of the treaty of commerce con cluded between Persia and England. England will henceforth be treated in the Persian Empire on the footing of the most favoured nation ; Persia equally sl in the British Empire. "V. England renounces henceforth affording protection to Persian subjects. " VI. Mr. Murray, the British Minister who re sided at Teheran before the war, will return to Teheran, where be will be received with great honours by the Persian Government." CHINA. PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING. The Moniteur publishes despatches from Hong Kong to the 14th January. They feared an insur rection at Hong Kong itself. Sir J. Bowring had made arrangements with Admiral Guerin, the French naval commander, and they took sufficient precautions to enable them to put down, in case of need, any such movement. [t seems that this attitude - of the French is due to instructions received by them by the very last mail. France and England had concerted, before knowing the events of Canton, to obtain from the Chinese Government a revision of the treaties which are about to expire, and the English and French representatives received despatches prescribing the joint and identical conduct which they would ob serve to attain this object. They wore authorised to lend each other support and aid in all eventualities. BERLIN, FRIDAY. The Zeit, Government journal, announces that Count Hatzfeldt, the Prussian Minister at Paris, snnot take part in the Neuchatel Conferences until the Conference has prepared the materials for the conclusion of a definitive arrangement of the question. MARSEILLES, MARCH 6. native than to bend its head and withdraw before this condemnation." The Prince and Princess Danilo, of Montenegro, landed here yesterday, And left this morning by the express train for Paris, accompanied by a brilliant suite. The following is from the Debats : "It is impossible to dilsimu'a'e en the sericus natur) of the check experienced by the Cabinet of Lord Palmer ston. After such a check everybody will understand, and Lord Palmerston will certainly himself understand, that he cannot appear again before the present House of Parliament. The only question that can arise is to know whether he will abandon his position to the chiefs of the coalition, who have dealt him this terrible blow, or whether he will decide on dissolving the house, and will appeal to the country." BOURSE, March 6.—The following were the last quotations : TRIESTE, MARCH 5. Accounts have been received from Constanti nople to the 27th. The first and second intend ants, as well as the treasurer of the Sultan, have been exiled. - Cash. fr. C. End of month. 4i per Cents `.3 per Cents 7O 20 70 65 New Loan — Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,312 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 99i Spanish Threes Pied montese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. The Gazette publishes the budget of 1857. The expenses are estimated at 1,800 millions of reals, and the receipts at 1,562 millions. The deficit will be made up from different sources. fr. . fr c Orleans 1,435 c Western Northern 962 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,455 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,900 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 4. Count Cavour's reply to Count Buol's note of February 10th is considered unsatisfactory, and so much excitement prevails in official circles that the diplomatic world is inclined to believe the Aus trian Legation will soon be recslled float Turin. It is related that the French and British Cabinets have strongly advised the Austrian Government not to break off its diplomatic relations with Sar dinia, but the publication of the Austrian and Sar dinian notes in the Russian organ at Brussels has given such great offence that his Majesty's Minis ters are but little inclined to listen to the well meant counsel of their Paris and London friends. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY, EVENING. The Moniteur contains a decree of the Emperor, by which Count de Laborde is appointed director general of the archives of the empire. A report from the Minister of Public Instruction recommends the institution of a professorship of vegetable physiology at the Museum of Natural History, and a decree founded thereon nominates Mr. Georges Ville to the new professorship. The Pays contains the following :—" A private lettor from Canton of the 15th December_ men tions a fact which has not yet been made known, and which shows the deplorable feelings of the Court of Pekin in the conflict with England. On the sth December, the mandarin, govet nor .f Lin Ting, cawed to be seized in the warehouses of the Hong merchants, where it is ordina t ly de posited, al the merchandise belonging either to the E st India Company or to English subjects. The town of Lin Ting is the entrepot of the opium trade, and is the most importmit market in China for the sale of that article, which is now restric'ed and subjected, according to treaties, to avery strict surveillance. Independently of opium, Lin Ting has depots of merch mdise of all kinds, principally articles of European importation, belonging, for the most part, to English merchant s ." The following are the observations of the French papers on the late division in the House of Com mons : The Petrie strongly advocates the energeic pro secution of the war, and concludes its remarks with the following passage— " Will the motion of Mr. Cobden, voted by the House of Commons (which must certainly lead to the dissolu tion of the Cabinet or of the House), result in arresting the progress of events before Canton 1 We h. pe.not. Great distances, which at times present great inconve niences, have thisadvantage,that they permitaccomplished facts to weigh with immense power on the march of human events. Should Sir J. Bowring succeed before the arrival of the vote of censure recorded by Parliament in entering as a conqueror into that city, which he first sought only to enter as a simple visitor, we do not thick that England, which has absolved Warren Hastings and Clive, whose glory was nevertheless tarnished by well authenticated crime, will impute blame to a man for an excess of zeal, justified and glorified by success." The Univers entertains similar views, which it expresses in more energetic language than that adopted by its contemporaries. It says : " What do all these solemn debates and philanthropic declamation, really signify t One sole object,—the poli tical adverseries of Lord Palmerston wish to obtain his place, or, if they cannot succeed in so doing, they seek at least to display their eloquence, for the constitutional game must be played out. And while the Parliament of England is gravely discussing the justice or legality .f this war the Chinese are setting a price on the heads of Europeans, and are surrounding them with assassins, in cendiaries, and poisoners. The Bishop of Oxford in his speech evidently lost sight of all that Christian nations have suffered from China; he saw nothing but the question of the Arrow. But ourcorrespondents at Hong Kong, who are not Englishmen, judge it in a very different I.ght front the Anglican bishop, and their opinions appear to us less open to suspicion. Now, with respect to China, who can seriously question the right possessed by Chris tian Powers to calf that barbarian nation to account for treaties perpetually violated, and for the bleod of Chrif tians constantly shed ? The English orators are really too considerate when they invoke the right of nations, justice, and humanity in favour of a population which, by every act, places itself beyond the right of nations, and systematically violates all the laws of humanity and i ustice." The anticipations offered. above have been par tially realised 'by the Assemblee Nationale, which alone of the Paris journals condemns the conduct of Admiral Seymour. The following are the views it expresses : " Will the Premier obtain from the Queen permission to dissolve Parliament ? Should he obtain it would he succeed in obtaining from the electors the reversal of the verdict given by the House of Commons alter the mist solemn debate ? Theo) are questions that need not yet be examined ; but whatever may be the resolution taken by the Crown, whatever may be the result of an appeal to the electors in circuni,tances where the national stlt-estetni might perhaps bo skilfully worked upon, the vote of the House will remain as th e eternal condemnat i on o f a policy which has been justly censured by the most eminent men of all parties, and by those who are most devoted to the real grandeur of England. Were another Ministry possible in the present dissolution of political parties, the Cabinet headed by Lord Pabneraton would have no other alter! SARDINIA. In the sitting of the 3d of the Cha m b er o f Depu ties at Turin, the committi e on petitions propos ed the order of the day for one addre3sed by various shareholders of the Sardinan submarine telegraph company, claiming the 5 per cent. guaranteed to their shares by the Government. M. Ctvalli, with the observation that Mr. Brett had done all that an honest man could do to perform his contract, moved an or ler of the day inviting the Govern ment to promote as much as possible the continu ation of the line to the African shore. M. Paleo capa, minister of public works, said that Mr. Brett had received every possible encouragement from the Government, and had been even grant ed two delays. Were the Government to pay the interest, before the line were completed ac cording to contract, the Corsican telegraph would not cover that outlay. If Mr. Brett had promised the shareholders 5 per cent. before it could justly be called for, that was a matter to be r•ettle,d be tween him and them, and the government had nothing to do with it. The Chamber then pas , ed to the order of the day, as proposed by the com mittee. It is believed at Berne that the Royalist fugi tives at Morteau are about to make another attempt to obtain possession of Neuchatel, but the diploma tic world does not share the apprehensions of the Swiss. In fact, nothing could be more fatal to the King of Prussia's claims on Neuchatel than a repe tition of the scene which took place in September, 1856. In the preliminary conference on the Neuchatel question, and at which neither the Prussian nor the Swiss Plenipotentiary was present, the renunciation of the Royal authority in that canton was proposed as the basis of future negotiations. Tile Pays announces, on the authority of a pri vate letter from Cadiz, that an insurrection had broken out at Mexico, in consequence of the Presi dent Comonfort, who is sai to be very favourable to the Americans of the United States, having de clared that he intended to contract a loan with a banking -house in New York. It Would appear that the representatives of several of the European Powers desire to profit by Feruk Khan's sojourn in Paris to negotiate treaties of friendship and commerce. Among these Austria, Spain, and the United States are mentioned. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The United States mail steamer Washingt .n, Capt. Cavendy, has just arrived, with dates from New York to th • 21st ult. After discharging her mails and passengers for Southampton she proceeded on to Havre. She brings two days' later news than previously to hand via Liverpool. The New York cotton market was firmer on the 20th, partly in consequence of telegraphic accounts having been received giving an advance in New Orleans. The sales embraced about 3,500 bales, closing at an advance of lc. per lb. We now quote middling Uplands at 181 c., and New Orleans mid dling at 13ic. Flour was in fair demand from the local trade and for shipment eastward, while prices were unchanged. Wheat was firm, bu► quiet ; a small sale of southern red was made at 60c. Corn was firm and in good demand, with sales of western mixed, delivered at 74c., and from store at 72i-c. Pork was firm ; new mess closed at 21 dols. The., and old at 21 dols. 10c. Lard ad vanced to 14ic. to 14gc., with some sales of prime at 14ic., including a quantity to arrive. Sugars were in moderate request, at unchanged prices. About 160 boxes and 200 hhds. Molado were sold. The coffee'sales made by auction went off very well, and established an advance of ic. to ie. on the week's average sales. Freights. —Engagements were light, without charge of moment in rates. The money market was active, and a general im provement in prices was realised. General Cass had been sel.3cted for the State de partment, and Mr. Cobb for the Treasury. The other departments were not arranged. Indictments had been found against parties im plicated in the Burden murder. Neither the Ericsson nor the Asia steamers, both due, had arrived at New York on th e 21 s t. The United States Senate was principally occu pied in a discussion on the private calendar. In the house the principal feature was the passage of an original tariff bill, submitted by Mr. Campbell of Ohio, by a vote of 110 against 84. Dr. Moore, of New Y rk, had been acquitt e d o f the charge of conspiring to take the life of Mr. Alfred S. Livingston, o(Trenton, New York, after a trial which lasted four clays. Accounts from Missouri state that great damage had been done by recent freshets in tba-, State. The loss to the Iron Mountain Railroad is esti mated at 200,000 dols. Advices from Zanzibar, of November 26, state ifit the Imaum of M usca t died on the 18th of Oc- toper, on board her Britannic Majesty's frigate Victoria, when on his passage from the capital to Zanzibar. lie was 69 years of age, and leav©s 12 sons. At Washington, on the 19th, the report 'of the Committee appointed to investigate the charges o f corruption against members of Congress was pre sented to the House. The report recommends the expulsion of Messrs. Gilbert, Edwards, Welch, and Matteson, and also the exclusion of Mr. Simonton from the floor of the house as reporter. After a protracted discussion, further consideration of the subject was postponed. PHILADELPHIA, Pam., 20. Stocks firm. Pennsylvania Fives, 85 ; Reading Railroad, 40 ; Long Island Railroad, 18i ; Morris Canal, 15i ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 48. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 18.. The receipts of cotton in the last three days were 28,500 bales; sales in the same time, 27,000 bales ; receipts to-day, 4,850 bales. Produce market dull. Eastern hay, $2B. Freights unchanged and dull. Flo. 19. Sales of cotton to-day-7,000 bales, at stiff prices. ReCeipts to-day, 5,000 b a l es . Lard, 12a to 12g. Sterling exchange, 7to 7f pm. CHARLESTON, FEB. 19: Sales of cotton to-day-700 bales ; sales of the week, 12,000 bales—the market closing at an ad vance of tic. to c. ; good middling, 13ffc. _ - FEB. 20. Cotton unchanged. Sales to-day, 1,000 bales. ETHNOLOGIA.—There exist in various parts of London a number of collections, probably the most eomplete in the world, of materials to assist the researches of those whose seientific pursuits lead them to think that "the proper study of mankind is man." It is fully time that these var.oesitethnological museums should be concentrated into one collection, instead of being scattered throughout London, open at different hours. and arranged without uniformity. The ttlinologi_ csl rooms at the British Museum are full to overflow ing. At the Asiatic Society, in the United Service and Missionary Museums, at the East India Eine, and else:. where, there are collections of which the scientific value would be greatly enhanced, and the objects for which they have been gathered more thoroughly fulfilled, by their concentration and careful arrangemennt in one builling. The anatomical and physi3logical Opportuni ties afforded by such a museum would be particularly valuable to members of the profession— The Lancet. ETON COLLEGE AND CAfBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.--TWO additional scholarships in Magdalen College have been gained by Etonian& To the first Mr. Lloyd has been appointed. This is a scholarship of the value of 401. a year, being divided between the Eton and the King's College, London. In the second case Mr. What., on has gained a scholarship, value 251, a year, on Lady Warwick's foundation. APOTHECARIES' HALL. —Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to prat.tise, on Thurs day, March 5 :—John Augustine Young, Maidet one ; Henry William Jackson, Louth, Lincolnshire ; Chas. Frederick George, Kerten in Lindsey ; Francis John Griffiths, Bilston, Staffordshire ; Frederick Augustus Palmer, Landport, Portsmouth ; Edward Ashton, Wain fleet, Lincolnshire ; Joseph Read, Southaw, Chelten ham ; Richard Birkett Brooks, Bleaford, Lincolnshire. SURREY THEATRE. A new drama has been produced at this theatre, under the title of "Fraud and its Victims," and, we may add, with immense success. A fraudulent banker receives tan thousand pounds from a customer, who falls dead in a fit immediately he has paid it in ; and the banker, about to become a banker: pt, never enters the sum in his books. He has, however, given a receipt for it, and this his clerk and confederate takes from the per son of the deceased depositor. These events are shown in the prol)gue, and are supposed to take place in 1845. The first act of the veritable drama commences in 1857, and we then find the fraudulent banker has become a millionnaire, and has assumed the name of Warrington. The clerk has become a desperate vaga bond, and haunts Piccadilly with ten-bladed knives. The son of the depositor (who was a captain in the navy) and his wife and daughter appear on the scene, vainly struggling with genteel poverty, only ultimately to be sunk to the verge of star iation aad suicide. The clerk now crosses his former master, and endeavours to extort money for the document he possesses ; and the family undergo a variety of vicissitudes, which admirably fill up the four acts, and exemplify all the phases of poverty. In the end the fraudulent banker is convicted, the tamily are restored totheir fortune, and all ends happily. Mr. Creswick played the father and son with great force awl with a gentle power that show him to be fully ;caster of his art. Mr. Shepherd made up Malleably, as he always does, for the vagabond clerk, and played a long and arduous part with great humour as well as force,. It must, indeed, be pronounced as one of the best pieces and one of th e mos t d ec id e d hi ts this theatre has made, and is evidently destined for a lengthened popu larity. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. PANTOMIME BANQUET. Mr. Nelson Lee, author and manager, entertained the pantomiraists—scenic, artist, and machinist—at his own residence, Nelson's-cottage's, Shrubland.road, Dal stop, on Wednesday last, at which his partner, Mr. J. Johnson, presided. On the cloth being removed, the heal,h of Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee, and con tinued prosperity to the City of London Theatre Was drank with great enthusiasm, and ably r es p on d ed t o b y Mr. Nelson Le e . In the curse of the afternoon Mr. Lee read a most novel and whimsical pantomime, which caused much amusement. The author's 200 panto mimes, alphabetically labelled, were exhibited, sur rounded by tricks and models in his pantomime reposi tory. The guests retired, much gratified, to attend to " Anne Boleyn," tho only pantomime now playing in the List end. A Cabinet Counc 1 was het ► yesterday at the Foreign office. The whole of the Ministers attended. His Ex.:ellency the Hanoverian Minister has left town for Stratlifieldsaye, on a visit to Lord and Lady Arthur Hay. The Duke and Duchess of Wtllington have left Apsley House for Strathfieldsaye. The Kul and Countess of Perth have arrived at Claridge's Hotel. The Viscount-its Palmerston will " receive" at Cam bridge House this evening. . Lori Arthur Hay has taken a house in Chester square, late the residence of Mr. Henry Reeve. The Bishop bf Rochester and Lady Sarah Murray will leave town on Monday for Danbury Pa'ace, mar Chelmsford. The Right Hon. the Speaker will hold his first levee (full dreg,) this evening, at his residence in Eaton square, at 10 o'clock. He will hold another levee on Saturday next. The Oriental steamship Ripon, and the Peninsular mail may be expected on the 9th or 10th inst. It is reported that two new candidates intend to offer themselves for Westminster. A powerful opposition is getting up in Lambeth against one of the present members. Mr. Frere, the Commissioner of Scinde, and Mr. Andrew, the Chairman of the Euphrates Railway Company, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of clarenden, respecting the Euphrates route to India. Xlie Earl of Fttzbardinge, according to the last ac counts, is proceeding favourably. The United Service Guzette says it is becoming difficult to procure subaltern officers for the Horse Guards. To live " properly," it costs a cornet nearly 1,000/. per annum more than his pay. A man named Murray was run over yesterday, by a train of the Eastern Counties Railway, near the Fair fiel I works. He is not expected to survive. It is supposed that a fortnight must yet elapse before the fire in the Lund Hill colliery is extinguished, and that it will be six weeks before any of the bodies can be got up. PRINCE ALBERT'S CAMBRIDGE MEDAL FOR LEGAL STUDIES.—This medal was yesterday awarded 'to H. Shield, 13. A., Jesus Celleee. The examiners were una eimomly of opinion that E. W. Stock, S.C.L., of St. John's College, acquitted himself in a manner deserving of special commendation. THE ALLEGED MURDER OF MRS. BACON, SEN. 'At; prosecutor and witnesses who were bound in recog nisances by the coroner to appear at Rutland Assizes in support of an indictment against Thos. Fuller Bacon for poisoning his mother, have:been informed that they need not attend at Oakham on Monday next. It is under stood that Mr. Hough has received an intimation from the Home Office that the coroner's inquisitioa will be re moved by certiorari to the Central Criminal Court, where the accused will be tried iu April. MINES.—Lead, as we steted last week, is still advane ieg in price, and lead mines have a prospect of doing better than for some time past ; whilst tin, high as it is, seems likely to advance. Many of the old tin mines, the names of which had altmoet been forgotten, have been in demand, and are eagerly bought up ; among these St. Ives Ceitsole advanced to 100, 120, buyers. Margaret shares have rot maintained the sudden ri,e, and have been flat during the week at 60 to 65. Botallack advanced to 220, 225 ; the improvements in' the mine, and the expected increase in the dividends, have caused inquiries for them. South Frances, 340 to 356, ex div. of 101. per share de clared on Monday ; in addition to this dividend (4,9601.), 400/. was charged on the accounts for the steam-whim, and 326/. 16s. 10d. h a lf y ear ' s i ncome tax, so that the profit on the two months was in reality 5,7371. is. 2d. Buller shares have been in demand, at 320 ; Bassett, 280 to 285 ; Devon Consols, 450 to 460.—Mining Jour nal of this day. "BIG BEN" OF WESTMINSTER. Yesterday evening Mr. E. B. Denison delivered a lecture at the thee' re of the Royal Institution on the qualities and capabilities of bells in general, and that of Big Ben in particular. Every part of the theatre was completely crowded when Sir C. Fellowes took th e c h a i r a t n i ne o ' c l oc k . Behind the speaker were hung a number of diagrams and analytical tables of the compositions of the princi pal bells in Europe, to which he referred in order to explain the in 're technical portion of his ad dress. After a brief preface, iu which he remarked that he was not going t.) give them a history of bells, with which they were very likely quite as well acquainted as himself, net- to enter into the question of the musical tone of bells, for he was no music . an, he went.on to say that, with regard to the latter point, most people seemed more surprised at his having made the Westminster bell the tone he wanted than at a bell of such a size being made at all. His having got the tone E was, howevsr, most easily accounted for. For instance, if a bell was ma he of 30 inches diameter, and it had a cer tain tone, every bellfounder knew at once that a bell of 60 inches would be a tone lower, so that it was perfectly easy and certain when they had one hell to know what the tone of another so much smaller or larger would be, provided the shape and relative thickness of both were alike. The big bell was originally intended to have been E flat, its weight 14 tons, and its thickness 9 inches ; ut by some accident its weight was raised to 16 tons, and its thickness to 9 inches -Rths, which raised the tone from E flat to E. When the bell was first thought of Professor Wheatstone, Mr. Taylor, and himself were selected to say what kind of bell was to be made ; and though at first sight that question might appear an easy one to solve, it was, in truth, most difficult. The beilfounders of England, from one cause or another, were not wilting to undert ike the task, unless they were furnis'ecl with a design and full instructions as to what it was to be, and that was the difficulty which at last led him to be come its de=igner. After referring to the popular prejudice which existed in favour of the sonorous tones produced by bells of hemispherical shape, but which he showed were poor, meagre, and deficient in tine when beard at a little distance, Mr. Deni son said his two colle apes and himself at last came to the unanimous conclusion that nearly all the bells of modern fabric were failures, and that to imitate them would be to do wrong wilfully. The difference between the Westminster bell and other bells was that it was fatter along the outside of the sound bow, that it was not cut away at the lip, as in the case of the Paris bell, but swept on in a con tinuous curve. Long-waisted bells, or those which were almost straight in the side were inferior to those which were hollow. If a line was drawn from the top of the Westminster bell to its outer edge, the space between such a line and its side would be 1-L2th of the bell's diameter ; while in the outer bells, especially in that of Paris, it was not a 14th. Westminster in height was only 2-3ds of its dia meter, while the height of the bell of Paris was 5-6ths. Such differences, slight as they seemed to persons not acquainted with the subject, were really all important. Great Tom of Oxford Mr. Denison characterised as one of the worst bells in existence, while the great bell of Exeter was a decent bell if it only had a decent clapper. (Laughter.) There was One bell in the world that was almost perfectly simi lar to the Westminster bell, and that was the great bellof Moscow. That was a most favourable coinci dence, for a bell of such a size as that at Moscow would never have been cast by a nation so well acquainted with the principles of bell-making if it had not been perfectly correct in form. The weight of the Moscow bell was reported to be 193 tons, but he was certain, from the accounts he had heard of it, that it must at least weigh 250 tons, and that another fine Russian bell, which was said to weigh 80 tons, in reality weighed 120, so that he gene rally concluded that the Russian bells were really heavier than they were stated to be. The thickness •f the bell of Westminster was just 1-12th of its diameter at the sound-bow. People often ordered bells of only 1-15th diameter, which took less cop per and saved their silver—(laughter)--but, as at Westminster they were not so pressed for silver, they determined to have the bell the right thing. With regard to the thin part of the bell, or its waist, it was curioas that bells when struck there sounded a much higher note than when struck at the sound-bow, and this he and his colleagues at first thought was something to be remedied ; but after some experiments they were compelled to give up the hobby, and to admit that bells should give forth a higher note when struck at the waist thin when struck at the thick part. This great bell, when struck at the waist, gave a tone three notes higher than when struck at the thickest. As to the composition of bells, said Mr. Denison (striking bells of the different metals as he proceeded, in illustration of his remarks), those made of steel gave a hard sound ; with a mixture of iron and antimony the sound was better. Iron and tin was better than antimony ; one of phosphorus and copper made an average good one. A mixture of aluminum aed copper was a failure ; but the best of all was the common bell of copper and tin. Many people believed that a bell of pure silver would have a fine tun. By accident he heard of a clergyman who, to make sure of having a good bell with silver in it, actually came and put his plate into the meleing pot himself. Now, he thought that a gentleman who had sacrificed so much would know all about the tone of silver as a composition with other metals for bells, so he (Mr. Denison) wrote to him for information. The answer he got from that clergyman was that it was some time since he had, made the experiments, and he had for gotten all about its results. (Laughter.) Well, he thought if he got such an answer as that at the expense of all the poor man's spoons and forks that he r(Mr. Denison) would have nothing to do with silver in his big bell. The great bell of Rouen was called a silver bell, but whet melted and part ana lysed it was found to contain no trace of silver whatever, though it had an extra quantity of tin. (Laughter.) In fact, silver was never used in the composition of any bell that he had known or heard 'of. The mixture was copper and tin, thegeneral proportion being four o f copper t o one of tin; and though that was not quite treating tin ftirly, be'l-founders liked the mixture, for the bell was softe r an d eas i er t o tone. It was, however, a most singular thing, but many experi ments proved that the copper got in t'eese days would not bear such a proportion of tin mixed with it as the old copper had done. The compositi n used in the Westminster bell was 22 of copper to 7 of tin, or copper 75.86, tin 24.14, which was about the very best proportion in which they could be used for bells. Its extraordinary specific gravity was another proof of the goodness of the composi tion. The stecifie gravity of the York bell was 8.76, of Lincoln 8.78, and the highest figure allowed by the alleys of copper and tin alone was 8.87 ; that of a piece of Westminster bell taken from the bot tom was no less titan 8.94. The specific gravity of the Doncaster bells - recast ill 1835 was only 7.8, but those bells were as bad as bad could be. Mr. Denison then proceeded to explain the process of casting the bell of Westminster, which was done on an improved principle by Messrs. Warner, to whom he paid a high complement for-the care and energy bestowed upon all the arrangements. The whole of the 16 tons of metal were run into the mould in leS3 than five minutes—a fact to which Mr. Denison mainly attributed the beauty and clearness of the great bell's tone. He next briefly illustrated the manner in which it is intended to hang the bell to an iron beam by means of powerful screws and bands passing under a metal collar on a the top of the bell, formed in the cas ing for that purpose. He was quite against the common method of supporting by iron loops or by the bolt which secured the clapper. The lecturer then concluded amid much applause. The Commander-in-Chief has appointAl Colonel Lake, C. 8., to the command of the Royal Artillery in the south-western district, in succession to Co'. Eyre, who is permitted to retire. A Waggon load of diseased sheep, on its way to the slaughter-house, preparatory to the carcases being sent to London, was intercepted at 11 , ,rncastle a few days ago. The bench ordered the sheep to be condemned as unfit for human food. A desperate attempt at murder was made the nigl,t before last on the North Western Railway, near the Camden-road station. A man, dressed like a sal. ,r, stabbed a passenger named Buckler, in order to rob him. The villain is in custody. Mr. Buckler is not expected o recover. Tits CIVIL SERVICE. —The Admiralty—Mr. F. /107- king, extra clerk in the Storekeeper';-office, Woolwich, haebeen appointed extra clerk in the office of the con _ troller of Victualling, Somerset-hobse: - The Rev. lEneas qutchinson has been appointed' Chaplain of Keyham yard and factory. The Bird of Trade—Mr. Henry Thomas, collector of Customs, at Llar.elly, Las been appointed receiver of wreck for the district comprised between the Carmarthenshire sides of the ricers Bury and Loughor, on the east, and Pendine, on the west a of the port. Legal Department—A Commissionership in Lunacy has becmne vacant by the death of Dr. J. R. Hume. Costems—Mr. John Henry Bontoft has been appointed a clerk for general business in London. Mr. Joseph S. Evans has been promoted from first-class to be principal clerk for general business at Liverpool. Mr. Joseph J. Marsden has been promoted from 880004 to first-claw clerk for general business at Liverpool. Mr. St. Feliz T. M. Tucker has been promoted from second to third class clerk for general business at Liverpool. Inland Revenue Department, Exoi e B anch--Alr William Matthews, collector of Wexford collection, ha s retired on superannuation. Mr. C. Dudgeon, collect's of Sarum, has been appointed to Wexford collection, at his own request. East Indies—The ti n d er -S ecretaryshiP to the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Bengal, has become vacant by the death of Mr. Fred. Shaw.—ovii Service Om*. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 5. Lord Panmure has received from Lieutenant-Colonel Dunlop, Commanding her Majesty's troops at Hong Kong, a list of casualties which took place before Canton on the 12th of January last, of which the following is a copy : - - LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED BEFORE CANTON, JAN. 12, 1857. 59Til REGIMENT. KILLED. Privates James Meehan and Edwin Langford. WOUNDED. Drummer James Murphy, dangerously. Private Evans Kennedy, dangerously. William Irwin, severely. ... Benjamin Burgess, severely. ... Edward Harwood, severely. ... Daniel Sullivan severely. Charles Whitly, slightly. Corporal Benjamin Cecil, slightly. Officer. Ensign Francis K. Statham, severely wounded. (Signed) JOHN KING, Captain, Town &taJ°T• FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 31, 1816. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint G. .: 1 ". Eldridge, Es( to be her Majesty's Consul at Kertcb. q., FOREIGN•OF.PICE, MARCH 4. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. N. Solo mon. as Consul in the Island of St. Helena, for his Majeetr the King of the Netherlands. DO WNING-STREET, MARCH 5. The Queen h.,s been pleased to appoint W. T. Marc], Esq., to be Clerk of the Supreme Court and Crown iu the Ilan lof Jamaica, and R. H. Walsh, Esq., to ba Super iutendent of Government Schools in the Island of Mauri . ties. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 6. Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Lefroy, of the Rorl Artillery, to be In.pector-General of Army Schools, 'nee the Reverend G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General of the Aral* COMMISSION SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENAN T • Warwickshire Militia (2d Regiment)—Lieutenant Go. Woodyatt to be Captain, vice Captain Hall P. Chamber lain, resigned. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant of the Nail, Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 5. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ror rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri bution of proceeds arising from the Greek vessel SPi ri• dione, captured on the 28th May, 1855 ; the Russian vessel Sloviano, captured on the 29th May, 1855, by be r Majesty's ship Curlew ; and salvage services rendered to the American ship Flying Arrow, Nov. 16, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Fantome, will commence on Monday, the 23d March, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset . house. Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney , prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re' quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who Ms/ ,iesit e to receive his share from the Collector of Customs 01. Inland Revenue within Ul6 United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Ba ness, to the Secretary of the Aciadralty, London," in which .j letter his own place of residence to be precisely state u o as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Custou nl or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenie nt to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual is each class : SAN SPIEIDIONE. Flag share 1 Commander 3B 6 9 Seventh class ... 21 6 Third class Fourth class BlO 9 Ninth class Fifth class 4 14 9 Tenth class ...... 0 9 SLOVIAt 0. Flag share 4 Commander 32 13 11 S eve nth class 2 8 " Third class Fourth class 7 5 8 Ninth class Fifth class 4 0 11 Tenth class THE FLYING AlutOW. g 6 Commander £2l 11 10 Seventh class ... 21 - a I Third class 4 0 9 " Fourth class Fifth class Sixth class BANKRUPTS. Henry Cressy Vanderpant, dentist, Maddox-street, tot surrender, March 18, at eleven, and April 27, at one, the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official aesig Deet Guildhall-chambers ; L ew i s an d L ew i s , Ely-place, - 11°1- born. Alexander Syme, stationer, Tonbridge Wells, March 1 8 and April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy Std feld, o ffi cial assign ee; G o dd ar d , Ki ng - stree t, CheaPsiu e 's. Benjamin Ed war d s , rope d ea l er, D av i es - s t re et, Oxfotrbue street, March 17, at one, and April 17. at twelve , at , Court of Bankrupt c y. J o hnson , official assignee, " a " DtP. hall-street ; Ro scoe , Ki ng - s t ree t Finsbury. Thomas Irlam, broker, Liverpool, March 23 and AP,,.. 61 ; 8 0 1 at eleven, at th e Li ver p oo l Di s t r i c t C ou rt. Morgan, °' assignee, Liverpool; Messrs. Whitley, Liverpool- 16 Josiah Wigley, p rov i s i on d ea ler, Uttoxeter, March , and April 8, at h a lf-p as t t en , a t the Birmingham Court. Bittleston, o ffi cial assignee, Birmingham ; Dir • and Son, Liverpool ; Ty n d a ll, S o n, and Johnson, mingbain. Thomas Hughes, innkeeper, Dudley, Worcestershir e, March 20, at half-past eleven, and April 9, at half-past tar at the Birmingha m Di s trict Court. Christie, o ffi cial WV signee, Birmingham; Barns, Dudley; E. and Wright, Birmingham. Bolacos George James Wagstaff, watchmaker, Whitechapel-row March 17, at half-past twelve, and April 17, at eleven, et the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee' Basinghall-street ; Sidney, Lincoln's-inn-fields. James Garrett Yates, grocer, Bristol, March 1 6 an d April 21, at eleven, at th e Bristol District Court. 4 1 -tcrr man, official assignee, Bristol; Henderson and Swan' , Bristol. Thomas James Thomas, caenter Cardiff, March 1 7:: and April 21, a t e l even , at th e Bristol District Co urt ' Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Willcocks, Cardiff; Berson and Howard, Bristol. Henry Blyton, clothier, York-terrace, Ratcliffe, Marsh 17, at half-pa s t e l even , an d A pr il 17, a t t w elve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; LOP ranee, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. William Marsden Salmon, innke e p e r, Brettle-lane, Stat . fordshire, March 16 and April 8, at half-past ten, at Bir' mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Biri mingham ; Sh erwoo d, L eam i ng t on Priors; Hodgson 611 Allen, Birmingham. Thomas Younger (and not Younge, as advertised in lo t Tuesday's Gazette) jun., builder, Aionkwearmouth, Der' ham, March 13, a t h a lf- pas t e l even, an d A pr i l 2 1 , a t half past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Brigns i ' Durham. James Bookless, grocer, Maryport, Cumberland, MOG I/ 13, at one, and April 20, at twelve, at the Newcastle-o° lr Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, N e wcastle upon-Tyne; Heethwaite, M ar y por t ; C ram , N e wcastle' upon-Tyne. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. George Aitken, draper, Glasgow. Peter Brown, flesher and cattle dealer, Dundee. James Gordon Al`Kay, drysalter, Edinburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. fer A Account pursuant to the Act 7th a n d Bth Victoria, cap. the Week ending on Saturday the 28th day of Feb., 1867. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other Securities.- 3,450. 90 1 Gold coin and bullion 9,630. 641 Silver bu11i0n........ £24,113,6 40 MARSUALL, Chief Cashier. 857. Notes issnel ...... •• 24,113,640 £24,113,640 D.;.ted the sth day of March, I ;PAATKENT. Government securitios (Includg.DeadWeighi Annuity) .. • . 11,573,8 80 Other securities 19.620,3 43 Notes .. 6,5 16,9 10 Gold and silver coin.. 70,00 A 37,416,911 r. MARKIALL. Chief Camber. BANKING DE] Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest Public deposit (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7,684,189 Other depocits ... •• . 10,715,611 -kven Day and other 8i115........ .;::: 743,563 237,416,217 Dat , d the sth day of March, Is AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 3, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : 11. d. From the British Possessions in America 39 5 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius.— Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 36 3 Average of the three ab ove d escr ipti ons 3B 84 SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month of January present results in strict conformity with the declared value of our exportations. The aug men+ation has been exclusively br British and United States' vessels. Subjoined are the totals : Entered inward TONNAGE FOB JANUARY. 1855. 1858. . British vessels 200,809 293,210 8 1857 29,550 United States' vessels Other countries 98,331 70,31:8 79,795 3 66,478 464,615 472,535 The clearances outward were : 155. .56. 1857. British vessels ................ 32 7 ,220 342 18 ,829 390,172 United States' vessel s ... 76911 105,500 12 ', 945 Other donutries ............... 98,761 135,0145 126,960 502,895 583,424 615,077 With regard to the coasting trade it appears that the aggregate cap ac i ty of the vessels entered inward in Jan., 1855, was 9 08,937 tons ; in 1856 it was 1,071,832 ; and in the present return it is 1,061,029 tons, including 15 foreign vessels, of an aggregate burden.of 4,344 tons. The clearances outward were 1,006,933 tons in Jan., 7855; 1 ,043,995 in 1856 ; and 1,106,657, including 2,432 tons of foreign, in 1857. ACCIDENTS AT DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.—On Wednei day last a labourer, named Williams ' while employed on beard the L eo p ar d, 18, p a ddl e , hai l the thumb of his right hand torn out, and the whole of his fingers cut off longitudinally. He was immediately taken to the hos pita,. On the same day another labourer had his thumb cut off by the punching machine, and a third his foot severely crushed by, the fall of a sledge. Yesterday one of the hired smiths, named Smith, while at work was caught by one of the drums of the machinery, and car ried round several times before he could be extricated. He was then immediately removed to the hospital; where he lies in a very precarious state.