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trbi P4V.ttioti LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Fisherman ... ~ .. Special License ... Min Harka way._ S;x ran. Won easy. TYRO STAKES. Polly Peachura Dispute Seven ran. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. Bashi Bazonk Mary Charles O'Malley Ten ran. AINTREE PLATE. Sir Humphrey Oar Sal Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 6 to 1 agst Escape (taken) 11 to 1 agst Omer Pasha (taken) 12 to 1 agst Emigrant (taken) 20 to 1 agst Forest Queen (taken) 20 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken) 80 to 1 agst Garry Owen (taken) 30 to 1 agst Midge (taken) 9to 1 agst Hughes' lot (offered) Arrived—Hopeless Star. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. 2 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LO DS.—(This. Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. THE CAPTURE OF THE PERU. The Earl of HARDIVICKE presented a petition from a gentleman named alien, praying for compen sation, which he claimed under the following circum stances :—lntlB22 the petitioner was an officer in the Coastguard, station ed on the coast of Ireland. One night, when it was blowing hard, he observed a large vessel selling under cover of the cliffs. Suspecting the .charaeter of the craft hs took the neces , ary means to go on boaril. The crew of the vessel observing his move ments endeavoured to escape, but Mr. Dillon and his party opened fire upon her. He was unable to board her but pursued her into Kinsile, where she was boarded by she Custom-house officers, and she proved to be a large American brig, called the Peru, a notorious smuggler. Her cargo was seized and sold, and realized nearly 60,000/. The petitioner claimed his share of the proceeds of the sale, but from the time of the capture until the present day his claim was repudiated on several grounds, the principal of which was that be had never boarded the ship. The noble earl concluded by moving fur certain papsrs con nected with the transaction. The LORD CHANCELLOR wag understood to say that there would be great difficulty in producing the papers, owing to the length of time that had elapsed since the affair of which the petitioner complained. The motion was not pressed, but the petition was ordered to by on the tab!e. _ _ DIVORCE - OF MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose for the purpose of moving the second reading of this bill, which was to improve the law as it at present ex'sted wit'i respect to divorce. In the last eeseiin of Par liament a bill had been introduced, but a prgision was added to the measure by the Bishop of Oxf,rd, the o':- ject of which was to prevent the adulterer from marry ing the adulteress. He disapproved of that addition, and therefore he had left it out of the present bill. It was his opinion that such a proviso would be considered in the light of a boon to the adulterer, aLd word,' be exceed ingly cruel to the victim. The noble lord, after a few observations, conc'uded by moving the second reading of the b.ll. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(T:cis Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'cicck. NEW MEMBER. Lord J. MANNERS took the oaths and his seat for Lticesterkhire. CRYSTAL PALACE RAILWAY BILL. The committee reported that the standing orders had not, been complied with in respect to this bill. PRIVATE BILLS. The following private bil's were read a second timo and ordered to ba cotnruitted :—Daeside Extension Rail way ; Manchester C •rpration ; Mid-Sus , ex Railway ; Richinubd and Kew Extension Railway; Rhytnney Railway. INCOME TAX, Mr, WILLIAMS 1 - ) , ent,d 21 ptitiini praying for the aVition of the income tax on iac)lnes of 1501. and under. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was brought in and read a first time. RAILWAYS (INDIA). On the motion of Mr. HADFIELD, on behalf of Mr. Cueetham, the following returns were ordered : Returns showing the whole outlay sanctioned by the East icdia o,mipany for the purposes of railways in India, independently of the cost of land ; sp:scifying the amount for each several railway, and the rates of interest at which the difLrent souls have bean guaranteed ; showing the vs hole amount which has been paid into the East India Company's treasury on account of Indian rail nays, and the whole amount which has been paid out of the East India Company's treasury on account of Indian railways, down to the litest period for which accounts have been received in England ; show ing the direction of lines of railway sanctioned in India, sketched on a sktleton map of that country, marking the principal stations, with their distance flora the p►incipal terminus on each of the said lines ; die tinguishing the portions of the said lines completed or to be completed within a givtn time, or a!reariy open for traffic, from those portions not yet com pleted or commenced upon ; am! specifying the number of miles of railway open for traffic in each presidency, with the date at which the construction of each several Indian railway was begun, so far as the above particu lars are already known in England. And, showing the number of miles of new roads or navigable canals opened for traffic in each several presidency of India since the year 1848, and the total amount of money expended on their construction ; specifying the localities of the above lines of communication, and distinguishing thenumber of miles, and the direct on of such of the said new roads a‘ are continuously stoned and bridged and of the first class throughout, and the number of miles and direction of such of the said canals as are available for steam navigation. MIRATION. On the moti on of E Visco G unt GODERICII, the follow ing returns were ordered : Returns showing the amount of money at the disposal of the Emigration Commission ers, for emigration to the Australian Colonies, in each of the last ten years, the amount expended, and the num ber of emigrants sent out in each year ; and the average cost per statute adult ; of the number of applications for passages now in the Cintiiission-office, the amount of unappropriated balance in their hands, and the probable number of statute adults for whom that balance will pro vide; of the number of persons connected . with th e building m trades sent out during the last x months, and the pro portion which they bear to other em i grants during the same period ; and, of the regulations and conditions under which passages are granted. DESTITUTION AT COLCHESTER. Sir J. •TYRRELL inquired if there would be any objection to tie moving for the production of General Gascoigne's report, relative to the destitution of the soldiers wives and families at Colchester ? Mr. F. - PEEL—NO. EDUCATION. Mr. W. EWART gave notice that be should, on an early day, move to bring in a bill ma ki ng it compu l sor y for childr e n und e r a cer t a i n age emp l oye d i n factor i es to be a llowed a certain number of hours each day for edu• cation. . , M PERSIA. of r. G ontrol LADSTONE asked the P res id en t o f th e B oar d C, whether "the financial year," in his letter of the 9th day of December last, had the same meaning as "the ensuing financial year," in Charles Trevelyan's letter of the 2d day of Decmber last • and if not, by whose authority the change was made ; Whether any estimate of the charge ot the Persian war for the ensu ing financial year had been presented by the East India Company to her Majesty's Government ; nd and if SO, would the res d, a when , it at what date it was thus p ent e be laid ontabl e of this h ouse, and whether any o supplies or munitions of war the p ro perty of her Majesty, - have been des patched from this country, or from any British aid of the expedition against Per;iia that 7 Mr. V. SMITH said with regard t o tho fir the letter referred to w a 9t w as ,question the financial year in exactly the same as that of Sir C. Trevelyan's. By Dop y _ ing it, one wor d, b y a clerical error, was omitted, it, sho we d it the face .of , but the letter, on to be so. • With regar d to the second question , be had to s t ate that such an estimate had been received and r eac h e d the Boar d o f C on t r ol ou the 7th February, an d that it was transmitted to t h e Treasury T on the 9th. It bad n o t yet b een exam i ne d or acknow ledged,r and it was not his intention to present the esti mate to the house, because it was not desirable cr ex pedient to do so in its present state, the estimate being formed on rough calculations. The calculations were firmed on what he ,hoped pould be found to be an erroneous basis, namely, that the Persian War would last till December, 1857, but even were it likely to he so protracted, he should object to the produc tion of the estimates because there were items and i things mentioned in it that ought not to be made known to an enemy. He hoped, therefore, that the house would not enforce itd production. his answer to the third question was, that no supplies or munitions of war, beim:stag to her Majesty, had been dispatched from this 7.1 ) rni SUN, LON DO'N T I UES D A EVENING, MARCH 3, 1857, country or from any British psses4on, in aid of the ex pedition against rersiz. LAND , .TRINSPORT CORPS. Mr. T. DUNCO MBE asked the Under Secretary for War when the revised c.)py of the array regulations and orders would be ready for distribution or sale ; also what was date of the order or authority, and to whom it was sent and addressed, up-n which the disbandment of the Land Transport Corps took place, as stated by him on Friday last, and whether there was any objection to lay upon the table a copy of such order or authority ? Mr. PEEL said that it was intended to apply the new regulations to artillery and engineering corps, as well as the other portions of the service. The regulations were ready, except that referring to the embarkation of troops. He expected they would soon be ready. With regard to the Land Transport Corps, the right hon. gentleman gave a similar answer to that he gave in extenso last week. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND). Mr. P. O'BRIEN aeked the Attorney General for Ireland, whether his attention had been directed to the prevent c in , titution of the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland, as regarded the delays and difficulties expe rienced by suitors in that court, and whether it was the intention of the Government to apply any remedy. Mr. FITZGERALD &aid that during the Easter re cess he intended to put himself into communication with the learned judges of this court, and if they adopted his vie Ns, to i n t ro d uce a bill f or the purpose of assimilating the practice of this court to that cf the Court of Exche quer in this country. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (IRELAND). Sir WILLIA V.EILNEII, asked the Chief Secretary fer Ireland, if he could inforin the house when the Bill for tkie Assimilation of NVeights and Measures in Ire lat.d was likely t.) he laid on the table of the house. Mr. HO RSMAN said that the Government intended to introduce a bill for the regulation of the Irish fairs and markets, of which weighty and measures would foz m a portion of that measure. The bill had been prepared, and was now under revision, and he hoped soon to be able to introduce it to the house. Sir J. WINED - , AND COL. TULLOCII. Mr. LAYARD asked, as the services of Sir J. M'Neil and Col. Tulloch were again to be brought be fore the house, if the Under-Secretary for War had any j action to lay on the table of the house a copy of the correspondence between the Government and these gentlemen, relative to the offer of 1,0001. made to each of those gentlemen. Mr. F. PEEL said there was no objection to produce the corresponfle-;nce referred to. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, the notices of motions were postponed till after the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate on China. CHINA.-ADJOURNED DEBATE. The adjourded debate on this question was recurred. Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER addressed the house at considerable length on the legal and tech nical portion of the question, in the course of which he replied to the reasoning of the learned Attorney-General, and said that unless the Go vernment could show that this lotcha was an Erglish merchant ship their c se failed entirely, for without that no ship in China was under the protection of this country. (liear, hear.) They must also prove that there bad been a direct violation of the Treaty of 1842. He contended there was nothing connected with this lorcha or her crew that gave aclaim to British nationality. Toe hon. and learned gentleman then referred to the general arguments that had been relied on by the sup portmrs of the Government, and concluded by stating that he should support the resolution of the hon. member for the West Riding. C )1. HERBERT supported the resolution. Mr. K ENDALL, an Opposition member, supported the Government. If the resolution passed, it would be the cause of more bloodshed. (LEFT SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening). FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 18. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wm. Rf , bert Ward, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Le gation at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Lega tion at the Hague. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Augustus Paget, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's L gation at the Hague, to bo Secretary to her Majesty's Ligation at Lisbon. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 2. The "Queen has been graci eusl.v pleased to appoint Sir Johu Fiennes Crampton, K.C.8., late her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Amer . ea, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plauipotentiaiy to the King of Hanover. TREASURY, FEB. 28. The L0r,13 Connoissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have appointed Thomas Carlyle, Esq., to he a Trustee for the formation of a Gallery of the Portraits of Persons eminent in British History, in the room of the Earl of Ellesmere, K.G., deceased. • CItOWN-OFFICE, MARCH 3: MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Leicester (Northern Division).—The Right Honourable John James Rob:zt Manners, commonly called Lord John Manners, in the room of Charles Cecil John Manners, commonly called Marquis of Granby, now Duke of Rutland, summoned to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 3. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Ensign William Howley Burder, from the titith Foot, to be Cornet, paying the difference, vice Glasson, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Ist Dragoons -Lieutenant Richard George Glyn to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires ; Cornet i;obert Cl trke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glyn ; The surname of the Cornet appointed on the 14th March, 18.56, is Graburn, and not Grayburn, as previously stated. 31 Light Dragoons—Cornet William Morrison Bell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vyse, promoted. 4th Light Dragoons—Cornet the Hon. Frederick George Ellis to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Purley, who re tires; Richard Charles Echalaz, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ellis. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieut. the Hon. Ivo de Vesci Twisleton-Wykeam-Fiennes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Jackson, who retires; Cornet A. F. w eutworth Gore to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fienaes ; William George Hawtry Baukes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gore. 11th Light Dragoons—Arthur Cecil Tempest, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cunninghame, promoted. MILITARY TRAIN. TO BE CAPTAINS. Captain John Wood, from the Land Transport Corps. Captain Christopher Brice Wilkinson, from half-pay 68th Foot. The Commission of Captain G. a F. Diok, as Captain, to be antedated to 25th January, 18 1 5. Royal Artillery—Brevet-Major; Charles Hodgkinson Smith to be Captain, vice Vansittait, retired upon half pay ; Lieutenant Henry Sheridan Elliot to be Sccon4 Captain, vice Smith. The Christian name of Captain Orr, of the Royal Artil lery is Andrew, and not Andrew Spotswood, as stated in former Gazetes. Royal Engineer3.—Allan May, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign George Kirwan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Hope, who retires. Bth root—Captain John Whiteside, from the 96th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hon. L. W. C. A. F. Cary, who ex changes. 14th Foot —Ottiwell Wood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wirer, promoted; Ensign John M`Don gall has been permitted to resign his commission. 19th Fooj—F. G. Frith, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Fodder, who retires. 23d Foot—Surgeon W. J. Macfarlane, from the 99th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Watt, who exchanges. 29th Foot—G. E. Fursdon, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieut. Henderson, deceased. 31st Foot—Captain C. Prevost, from half-pay 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice Robertson, promoted in the Military Train. 33d Foot—H. F. Campbell, Gent., to be Ensignoby purchase, vice Toseland, who retires. - 40th foot—Assistant:Sark:on Bradford Stiles, from the Staff, to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Macauley, deceased. 41st Foot—Ensign Arthur Vivian Bradshaw Blanchard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice E. T. Laughlin, who retires. 44th Foot—Capt. Robert Baillie, from half-pay 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cooper, appointed to the Mili tary Train ; Lieut. Frederick Alban, from the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Laprimandaye, who exchanges. 46th Foot—C ap t . T homas Douglas Fordo, from half-pay 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Shorvinton, appointed to the Military Train. 47th Foot--Captain John Thomas Chandler, from half pay of the 621 Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Liente in/it-Colonel Sankey, promoted to the Substantive Rank of Major, ander the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. 61th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Henry Laprimand aye, from the 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alban, who exchanges. 82d toot—Captain Robert Mauls, from half-pay 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Wood, appointed to the Military Train. 88th Foot—Cornet Jae. St: Clair Glasson, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Ensign, vice Burder, who exchanges. 9 )th Foot—Capt. Chas. Jas. Patterson, from half pay 95th Foot, to be Captain, vice Braybrooke, appointed to the Military Train. f r 0 9 m 6t t h h F e o B o t t h Cat a Foot, the o n b e Captain,fio n Lu vice ci u Whiteside, . A. F. w Cary, hoex changes ; Capt. Martin Dillon,it Roney, half-pay appointed of Adjutantthe Rifle Brigade, to be Capt a in, vice of a Depot Battalion. 9th Foot—Surgeon William Godfrey Watt, from the 23d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Macfarlane, who exchanges. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant William Johnson has been permitted to resign his commission ; Ensign Henry Lamp 'ugh Wickham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Story, who retires; John Francis Mair Winterscale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wickham. DE BATTLION Chatham. Captain Richar POT d Roney, A from h e 95th Foo ) t, to be Ad utant. . Than ndeirmentionerl BREVET. having T. years' actna service completed three rank of Lieutenant -Colonel, on the 10th February, 1857, in the in the Army, u nant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel 1851 :..._ under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, Lieutenant-Colonel John Wilkie, 10th Light Dragoons. General his Royal IL K.G., G.c.8., a lir s the Duke of Cambridge, .rary General, to be placed u •GI.. the Senior Supernume in consequence of the decease the Fixed Establishment, Officers of the f o ll ow i ng General : Field• Marshal Viscount Hardin ' ge, G.C.E. died 23, 1856. Sept. General Sir Henry John Cumming, di ed 28, 1856. General Sir John Alexander Walla° B Nov. e, art., K.C.B died Feb. 10, 1857. ~ The undermentioned promotion to take place consequent upon the promotion or death of the following officers ; General His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., g. p•, G . . C. G.C.M.G., promoted 15th July, 1856; Lientenant•General Francis Miles Milman, died 9th December, 1356 ; Lieutenant-Geueral Sir Nathaniel Thorn, K.C.8., died 28Lh January, 1857--Major-General Sir Henry Somerset, K.C. 8., to be Lieutenant• General. In consequence of the pr )Inotion of Lieut.-General C.)bbe, the under-mentioned officers on the retired full-pay of the Royal Artillery, who stood above him on the Effec tive Establishment at the time of their retirement, to be Lieut.-Generals, viz. : Major-Generals John Chester, Charles Gilmour, and Stephen Kirby. The undermentioned officers having complete•l three years actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonels in the army, under the Royal Warrant of 3d Nov., 1854, viz.: — Lieutenant-Colonel John Wray Mitchell, Royal Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Owen Crawley, Royal Engineers ; Lieutenant-Co lonel John Twiss, Royal Engineers ; Lieutenant-Colonel John Walpole, Royal Engineers ; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edmund Wilkinson, Royal Engineers. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 27. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Arthur Ons low Lake Lewis to be Captain, vice Manger to half-pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Lincoln—Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart., to be Vice-Lieutenant. North Salonian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Philip William Godsal, Gent., to be Cornot, vice Venables, pro moted. South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Saint John Wm. Chiverton Charlton, Gt nt., to be Lieutenant, vice Bridgeman, resigned ; Wm. Edmund Curtis, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Gore, resigned. East York Regiment of Militia—Albert Maxwell Harte, Gent., to be Ensign, vice O'Callaghan, resigned. WHITEHALL, FEB. 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Maud, of Leeds, in the county of York, gentleman, to be a Com missioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chan cery in England. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distri bution of proceeds arising from the slave brig, Name Un known, captured on the 19th June, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Ferrer. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de- mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all 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, are requested, with as little delay as pos. siblo, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountafit-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house." BANKRUPTS. Gustavus Sichel, commission agent, New Brosd-street, to surrender March 16, at half•past twelve, and April 24, at eleven, at the Court, of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Law ranee, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry. William Squires, Oxford-street, gun maker, March 18, at twelve, and April 22, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; M`Duff, Castle street, Holborn. Marmaduke Chaplin, auctioneer, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 18. and April 22, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Wells and Smith, Hull. Thomas Henry Cogden, plumber and gas-fitter, Sunder. land, March 13 and April 21, at twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle•upon-Tyne ; Brignal, Durham. Thomas Younge, the younger, mason and builder,Monk wearmouth, Sunderland, 'March 13, at half-past eleven, an'l April 21, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Brignal, Durham. Edwin Mosley, gold beater, Hyde-street, Bloomsbury, March 10, at half-past eleven, and April 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Broughton, Falcon-square. John Bishop, cabinetmaker, Shrewsbury, March 13 and April 3, at half-past e l even , at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Knight, Birmingham. George Watmough, draper, Bolton, March 13 a nd Ap r il 3, at twelve, at th e Manchester District Court. Horns.- man, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. John Demeza, cotton waste dealer, Manchester, March 16, and April 8, a', twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester; Boote and Jellicorse, Manchester. John Hooper Davies the younger, grocer, Bridgend, Clarnorganshire, March 17, and April 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; J. and H. Livett, Bristol. Richard Gelder, warehouseman, Bradford, March 19, and April 24, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Man chester; J. and H. Richardson and Gaunt, Leeds. Frederick Hofmann, merchant, Herbert-street, New- North-road, March 12 and April 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Chidley, Basinghall-street. Wm. Stapleton, contractor, No. 15, Wharf, Padding ton, March 17 and April 21, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Leo, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Routh and Rowden, Southampton-street. John Martin Cooper, ship owner, Sunderland, March 12, at eleven, and April 22, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row, London; Hodge and Harlo, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. James Key wood, jun., plumber, Littlehampton, Sussex, March 13, at half-past two, and April 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Linklater and Hackwood, Size-lane, City. Walter Sully, printer, Strand, March 11, at half-past twelve, and April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-straet ; Day and Wright, Paper-buildings, Temple. Henry Newman Kettle, grocer, High-street, Godal ming, Surrey, AL.rch 17, at twelve, and April 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings; Murrough, New-inn, Strand. Brownsword Chorler, slate merchant, High street, Bloomsbrfry, March 10, at half-past eleven, and April 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official aasignoo, Basingliall-street ; Chidley, Basinghall street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Mackay, formerly commercial traveller, in Glas gow, and now commission agent, Union-street, Glasgow. John Anderson, late grocer, in Dundee, now grocer and hosier, at Mylnefield Feus, Invergowrie, Perthshire. George F. Rutherford and Company, brewers and malt eters Comrneroial-road, Glasgow. DOnald Lamont, farmer and grazier at Stronchavie, in ;he parish of Moulin, and county of Perth. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.- THIS D.T. Ditto, three months .. 11 18% Leghorn •• .• •• 29 45 Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• 11 18% Genoa .......... •• •••• 25 7236 Antwerp .............. 25 52% Milan Brussels llamburgh •• •• •• •• • • 13 8% Naples •••• a• 43% Altona •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• Palermo •• •• Paris•••• •• .• •• •• •• 25 2734 Messina . 130% Ditto, three months .. 25 67%; Lisboa . 51% Marseilles ••• •••••••• 25 70 Oporto •• •• •• ••••• • • • 52 Bourdeaux •• ........ Rio Janeiro ....... s FT ankfcrt-on-Maine •• 119% Buenos Ayres ..... • .... Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• New York,6o days' Bight irienna.• ••• •• •• •• •••••• 10 27 Philadelphia ...• ...... Trieste.... ..... •• .• .. 10 22 rams or raa oz. Petersburg 37% Forsign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madril 49 1 4 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Cadiz ••• •• •... •....... 50 Veitican Dollars •• •• 0 0 Barcelona •• •• •• •• •• New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 savioe -laver in bars .. - • o 5 1% MAA.K.ET NEW 2.— ( This L ay.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4/ Os ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 03; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8a per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow . hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 lOs to Si Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load, Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Os ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. Supply good and trade dull. COLONIAL TEA. —The advices brought by. the Overland Mail an() doge of the market affected prices to a slight extent, and common congou has advanced to is id 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. RICE.—FuII prices are readily obtained for all qualities, and the demand has been active for the finer descriptions. Rum.—The market rules very quiet, with no variation in prices to report. TALLOW.—.A. very moderate amount of business has been done, and prices have ruled rather lower. P. Y.C. on the spot 65s 6d to 655. April to June delivery 535 6d to 545, and last three months 53s per cwt. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2. STOCK EXCHANGL—The market has had an apparent downward tendency, but it. scarcely amounts to a quota tion. London and North Western, 103—Ditto a shares, new), A d.—Midland, 85A I—Eastern Counties, 11/. ls. 3d. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 102 24—North Eastern, Berwick.4, 211 ex div.— South Eastern, 224 4—Grand Trunk of Canada, 121. 16s. 3d.—Ditto, 6 per cent. deben tures, 814—Sho 6 fields, 384—Caledonian, 341—East Lanca shire, 100 A—Dutch Rhenish, B lie. 3d. p. MANCHESTER, MAitcH 2. STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market was active, and a fair business was done at improved rates. The sales were : Blackburn, 8 15 16—Sheffield, 38i I—Ditto, 10/., 121— _ Midlands, 851—Royal Swedish, 235., 255.-- , East Lance- , shire, 25—Ditto, Qrs., 6 p er cen t, 81—L ancas hi re an d Yorkshire, 10112 I—Great Northern A Deferred, 10 g — 11 London and North Western, new Eighths, d. LEEDS, MARCH 2. STOOK EXOHANGE.—Prices have been very firm to-day, 1 but only a limited business was done. Leeds Northern, 204 5-16—Midlands, 83 ex div. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. This market was inactive to-day, and prices about the same. • London and North Westerns, 1061 i—Great Western, 68} i—Kidlands, 82t 831—Bir- 11 , mingham Bank, 33i ex dlr.—Bi rm i ng h am Canals, ' for cash. RAILWAY TRAFFIC _RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERA RAlLWAY.—Traffic re. turn for the week ending Feb. 28, 1857 £14,315 11 10 Corresponding week last year Increase in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOMA COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 28, 1857 £10,912 1 4 Corresponding week last year 10,234 4 5 Total o f th e h a l f-year to this date, 1857 94,330 Bu. 11 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856.4., 89,324 10 11 1 SHARE MARKETS—{This Day.) RAILWAYS. taid Closing Prices this day. Basiness done this day. LINES LEA SI ID AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid RAILW AYS. Leasing !ompanies Closing Prices this day. RAILWAYS. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Lancsh. dr Cheshire Junct Blackburn . ..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Ds, A Do. B ......... Dublin&Belfast June Dun. P. (kAber.June East . Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. Do. New A .....• East Kent ..... East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. ... Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Forth and Clyde June. Furness....,. ........ . Glasgow & S. Western ,Great N. of Scotian d Great Northern IDo., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western. Do. Str.V.B.. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds „, Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southport London & Blackwall Lond.Bright. & S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/. 5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London 4k S. Western Lndndrry.dreoleraine Lndndrry. da Ennisk. Dfanch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. dr Derby Midland G. Wes'6. (Ir.) Do. Shares .. ..... _ _ New Castle &Carifsie:. Newpt.Aberg.dgHrfd Newry Er Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint dr Rostrevor _ __ Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British - • ----- North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. E astern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E Purch Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., liampH stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Eilymney Scottish Central Scot. N E. Abrdn • St Shropshire Union Sitingbourno &Sheer Sonth Devon South Eastern ... IDo. 43 per c. Shares South Wa1e5........... S. Yorksh. River Thin Do.. Staines,lVOiKti/Vtic Stockton & Darling Do. do 1854 po : do.; 18q5 Stockton do Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny' Waterford&Liraeriek West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palaco Do. A Do. B 'West London.... De. First Class Do. Second Class... Wnablcdpn&Croydoii, BRITISH PI lAtlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Con. I nd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. k Buffalo & Lake Hut &ff. Brnt. & God ch. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug. , 1 72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do.4i p c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do., Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per 'cent. Gd. Trunk, of Canada Do. 6 p e. Deben Gt, In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wostn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4A p.c Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4i p. c. Do. 3d Ea., g. SP.o. Do. 4th Er., do. Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do.- all kltwrp &Rotterdam 14 Ardennes. all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Beaiers to Graissessac all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of Franco all Do. New N. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterran all Maria Antrzia all Do: New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrnk. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Reeife & San Fran., (Perusal.) g. 7 p. 0. 7i home and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5. per cent. pref all Southern of France all West Flanders all Do. 54 per c. Pref all W. &N. W. of France 6 ' Western of Aust r i a all !West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ..... prof all Do. B p. cent. ref. all ,Zealand.,.,, 0 I all ;5 I IN 50 all all )0 20 O a-I O all all O 20 O 50 O 10 O 20 O 35 0 10 iii all 5 all 9 15 )0 25 .0 all 1- 5 all all 2h 10 * 50 0 50 ••• '''''' Australasia Bank of EgyPi ******* pank of L0nd0n..... Bri. Col Bk. & Ln. Co. British N. American C. Bk . of Ind. Au. &Ch City .............. .. ..... Colonial .......... ... Commercial of Lond. Eng, Scot. &Aus. Cht. Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust, Ditto New ........... London and County Lud.&E.Bukng. Corp London Joint Stock.. Lond.andWestminst. National Pro. ofEng. Do. New ... .......... National Bank ... (New South Wales (O riental Bank C orp. ttoman Bank . .. Provincial of Ireland Do. New ............... R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. South Australia . - ... Union of Aust ra li a,,, IDo. New.,.... (Union of London .. Unity Mutual .... . Westrn Bk.of - 7 —41 p 5 3 33t - 34 iP 4 10 11 par —4, 5 — 51 p 6i 64 .00 sea 6 i - 6iP 29; - 30; 9 - 21 -21 i - 404 58 - 58 56 - 58- i d 1P li" 20 1 1i 9 94 8 9 pm 9 _ 4 10 32 —33 i par— 1 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 4i - 44 B}-- 9 €9 - 71 8 - 9 91h- -- 92 691 - 69 38A -39. 101 - 194 - 20{ 114 - 111 50 - 52 31 - 36 ••• 50 7i - • 6 100 - 101 iii :_.- Ei ••• ..... • •• 37 - 38 ••• --. ~. 7i 97 - 86 - 87 124 - 126 111 - 113 69. E - 70 62 - 74 Is 8 8 1021 —102 i d par 6i - 6A 109 - 111 106 i - 107 ••• ••• ' id par 1 105/ 1064 38 -: ii 83,E -83 i 55 - 56 14 = 58 60 3i aid 46,3, 87 88 3/ 3d 3 —2/ 40 41 63 64 96 100 4i 4id 7 -- 74 101 -10 i 31 , - 32 1 ....... ••• 108 -- 110 274 -28 i 50 -- 52 2 -- lid 18i -19 i 77 -- 78 85 - 86 4} 4 3 d L 2 14 41 43 tiOA 7 - 2 - 5i - 7i = ISSESSIONS. i- 1 p 1 - lip 196 - 98 95 97 95 97 par—it p ••• - 11 p 113 - 115 - 2i -- 2ip 21 21 - 51 - 53 81 - 83 21i - 21 1} -4!), 25i - 261 - 99 - 100 120 - 125 1 10 - 123 - 107 - 109 19 - 201 21 - 22 A - - 1p p 2 - 2ip 100 Bnckghams' i. • 100 Clydesdale J . c. all Col .Stour 100 E. Lin. g. 6 p..e, all E. Un:H. SI J. LOO Glas. Barr. &, 100 Do. New.... all Glstr.&Dn.FA 7. all Hull & Selby all Do. Share I. all Do. Shares all Lon.&Green w all Do.Preferenc e l 100 Lon. Til., &S 54 Do. Bark. Sb.. all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock 100 Mdld. Braclfd.l 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N./zEst.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct.. all Do.Fised sp.c all Prest. & Wyre all Do. Shrs. A 100 Roystn. & Hit. all Shrews.& Her all S. Sta,ffordsh.. all WearVal.g6pc all Do.. 1100 IWilts&Somrst [in. &N. W. rialeclon E. U. & E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. , Do. Gt.Westn. Y. & N.M Do S. Eastern Pebo &Co Do Ln. &N.W. & Midld. E. Count Do Do • • • Do L. &IS . W. 1 4. Do i Gt. Northn T. Brassey MCLean Stk. &Dar. .ot.Westn. PREFERENI all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) 100 Bris. &Ex. 4 p. C . St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. 100 Calean. £lO 44 p. c. 1.00 Ches. & Ho. 5 p.c. 100 Do. do. 5 per oent... all Cork &Bandon 54p.c. all Dun. Perth. &A ber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cls.. A Sh. 1 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 1.00 Do. do. Cls. C 7p. c. all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.,c No.l all Do. No. 2 ....... ... . all Do. New 6 pr. e. ..... all East Un., G. 6'. c. all Do. 5/., 0 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent._ 00 East Lancash .6 p .cts. all E.&W. York. sths 5 Edin.&Gl. sp_ e. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, sp. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. 100 Do. 44 per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red... at 5 p. c. prem. . . all a t.N .of Scot.'s ....... 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St, 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.lEx.spc 100 Do, con. red. 41 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 percent. 100 Do sp. C. red.. pref. all Do. Birm, Pref. Sh.. all Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... ,100 Do. Birm, Gua. Stk. all Do. Chesil, Gua. Sh. all Do, do. do. all Do. do. do 100 Lau. & York. 6pc St. 100 Lon. &B.G. 5 pc. No.l 100 D0.,P., sp. c. St. No. 2 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. 4 100 Lou. &N.W. , Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 per et. late 3d Shares all Londy.dz Color. 4 S 1;. all Londy.&Eunis. Sh, 100 M., S., &L. 6p. Cont. 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 34 per cent . all Marypt. & Carl, 4 p.c. all Do. 44 per cent 10. Do. do. 100 Aid. Con sol. 6 p.c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St 1.00 Do. L. &H. Pref. St all New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all gorfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sb 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf., 1847 100 D0.Wv.V.5p.c.,1847 100 North British ..... 34 Da. 71. Preference 100 N. E. Berw. 4 p.c. Prf 83 Do. do. do 13 Do, Leeds 6pc No. 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848.. 10 Do. York H.& S. Pur. all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Woly. p.c. let guar. 100 Do. dp. c. 2d guar all Scot. Cent. New Prof 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St 100 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 44 pr cent. all S. Eastern (Reading] Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d, 100 Do. 44 per cent all Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sb 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. 100 Do. do. 44 p. c all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 Do do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 all I Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH ... 21 l 2 Alfred Cons. (Philk 20 11 British Iron ... 20 ICondurow (Cambrn. 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay., ... 14s (Great South Tolgus., 10/ 3 ; GA. W. Alfrd. (Philk.; ~. 7 IGrt.W. Vor (Helstn ; Bs6d Lady Bertha 7i N. Frances (Mogan) N.W.B.isset (Mogan] ..▪ 6115 North Wheal Crofty 14 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) .. 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) i.. 6s. Sort. Cons. Min, Co .. 2i IS. Caradon (St. Cleer .. 2S. Cam Brea Illogn.( 19 S.W.' Franees(lllogn. 5 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. .0 9 Tin Croft ~ 40 !Uri:Mines (Gwennap 12s 6.V. of Towoy (Camar. 14 W. Basset (Illogin)., . 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd. . 58 Wh. Basset (Mogan) . 5 Wh. Buller (Rdrnth). . 54 Wh. Edward(Calstck' . 1/ 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant' . 8 WILMa. Ann (Menht.; . 44 Wh. Trelawnoy (Lis.; FOREIGN 7 iiustralian 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey , Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 16 Co piapo all Fortuna all Genoral all Linares 1i Lusitanian all Mariquita all New Granada all INoTeau Mondo all IPont.Sil.Lclff.4 Smli 1 Port Philip 151 Santiago do Cuba all 4 outh Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 p. c. Pref all United Mexican MIST 95 - 97 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3/- iiii ----- 16 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 107 -- 109 P 21 -- 2i 90 -- 92 - p 55 -- 57 1 131 - 134 8 - 9 I 9 - 94 32 - 33 88 - 90 E SHARES. ••• - ••• 92 - 94 o = tho 6 - 61 11 . 0 :-- 115 - ip g - i P 121 - 12! in in 115 - 117 111 - 113 103 - 105 62 - 64 10 - 104 - 95 - 96 84 -- 86 100 -- 102 10 -- 10. 163 -- 17' 10 -- 10: 74 -- 76' 193 -- 20 9i -- 10 143 -- 15 1 134 -- 136 37 - 140 .15 - 118 1157 - 159 ••• ..• - iP 65 - 68 134 - 136 97 - 99 87 - 89 if - lipi 0 -107 90 92 li ld ••• - ••• 1 - A,(l 1110 - 111 114 -- 118 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 17i -- 18 23i -24 i 00 - 102 91 -10 A 27 - 28 24 - 2ip L - MINES. 224 -- 23 6, -- 74 4155 -- 165 1150 -- 460 151 -- 16 9 -- 10 18 -- 20 32 -- 34 61 -- 7 23 -- 24 8 -- 9 14 -- 330 -- 350 7 -- 8 340 --360 1 -- 11 4 -- 4s 220 -- 240 3 - • :36 160 - 170 280 - 3CO 290 - 310 5 -5/ 19 - 21 46 48 20 - 22 MINES. i -1; 13 - 2 3 - 3,1 19 - 21 id p ES -= 60 12 11 a id .7i id 4 i - iii ..• - ••• 2 - 2i E* NEOUS. 21 - 26 40 - 45 140 - 145 110 - 111 35 - ••• 40 26 - 28 21 - 2i 5i - 54 ••• ... •' ••• '''''' • ii : 93 1 - 1 4k - 4tl ij id p 3 4 4 4i par p ••• -•••• ... i''''' i 14 ii n il' ip hi —2; ii - 26 .1) 6 - 8 .ii -_-_ ii 35 - 37 - 1 - 1 ••• --- ••• 14 - 16 Businesi this day. DFATBS FROM SNAKEBITES IN INDIA The number of deaths arising from snakebites in the various znalis and towns subordinate to this presidency having b•:en 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, for the informa tion of the Government, that the loss of life 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 months 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 production of the snake forthwith by the Patel and Kolkurnee of the village, who will forward the d ea d o snake (by the villaelhar), with the receipt, to the nearest MahulCurry or Mamlutudar. It is ab solutely necessary that the payment should be prompt, and the reward sufficiently high to induce I people to occupy themselves in killing snake. 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, while ignorant persons, unable 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 turned t 3 other purposes, but harboiuing reptiles and infecting the air." In reply the Government approved and sanc tioned the suggestions of the Commissioner of Police. Tho people, encouraged by the rewards offered, are occupying themselves most actively in destroying these reptiles. Each day nearly 300 dead snakes are brought in. Mr. Bettington saw au immense number of every description ; the most common of alt is one called the "foorsa." The civil surgeon of Rutuagherry 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 LANCASTER. Much excitement has prevaileirduring 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 o f a man name d J o h n ragg in an 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 severat 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 accidentally 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, protected 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 on_ 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 daceased. Much evidence of an inculpatory character was adduced before Mr. R. Hind°, the Mayor, and a bench of btlrongh magistrates at three examinations hold 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 firm 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 sa , d he had had 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 front the place where his body was found, marks thereof a heavysubstance 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 aose 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 seer, and when he would be two-thirds of the distance towards his own house, and a great amount of mi nor co ll atera l evidence, all seemed to fix grave suspicion on the 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 ENGLISH IN CHINA. The following extracts from a letter, dated Hong Kong, and describing the proceedings of, the amiable objects ofso much Parliamentary solicitude, will be read with interest :-- "The Chinese, emboldened by their successful incen - diadem in foreign factories, have assumed offensive ope rations, while the squadron, under the command of Ad mixed Seymour, being composed maintainof%,ess its eleof gu l r a o rg nd large size, has been unabl e t o d o more than keep open the communications with the colony. There appears to be no chance of the obstinacy of the mandarins giving way until the arrival of such a force as will be able to act against them with effect. This the gunboats on the way hither are expected to afford, but in the meantime the entire population seems arming against foreigners, without distinc.ion, and some fearful hazards have marked the progress of the last month, acts of assassina tion having been frequent for the purpose of obtaining the head maney offered by the provincial Government. "Jan. 15.—1 am hardly able to hold my pen to write you a few lines, being under the influence of a strong emetic taken to avoid the effects of poisoned bread eaten at this morning's breakfast. Mr. —, Mr. and myself .were seized with violent fits of vomiting immediately after leaving the table, and I have just been informed that the whole town has been more or less affected in the same way by bread baked by a Chinese shopman. We are so surrounded by the scoundrels that it is hardly possible to guar] against their designs ; and the atrocious blood-money edicts issued by the Canton Government have set on foot a system of assassination and kidnap ping. How this state of things will end it is impossible to say; but, not withstanding the injury to our interests, I cannot regret that the Canton people are at last about to meet their deserts. Trifling as was the original matter in dispute, the time must have come, sooner or later, when the humiliating position of foreigners could be no longer endured. At the other ports it is site gether different ; the Canton people are as much hated by the Northerners as foreigners are in the south, and the Shanghaimen openly express their satisfaction at the action of our navy. Whether this feeling will continue when they hear of our delay in enforcing terms I do not "The exports of tea for the season will be 25,000,000 lb. to 30,000,000;b, deficient. Another letter, dated Hong Kong, January 15, from which the following is an extract, states " The baker from whom the poisoned bread was pur chased is in custody, but it is feared that legal difficul ties will prevent a conviction. My bread, fortunately, was baked the day before and toasted, so that we es caped the effects of the poison. Natives as well as Europeans hastened to the doctors, apparently in great pain. I mean to make my cook , a Chinaman, taste everything in my presence before I partake of it." s w T a h y e n e s u a s n p d e n ß s l o o v n i a m s e r announced cbantz e and patentees ntee s o o f f vari Messrs. on kinds of machinery. The amount of their liatilities is not ascertained, but it is believed to be large, protably over 100,0001. The nature of their assets is doubtful. According to some representations, they tare fully equal to meet all claims, but a very different impression is generally prevalent. 69i 20 381 91 St. 10i 20 11i 11 35 i 50 50 50 25 97i 8 7} 87 6 7i 125 69 1 9 I 102 1 i i i 6 6 1 4 110 94 106 i i I i 2 loht 6 i 51 381 i 6 6 1 10 st. 8 3 i i i 0 St. 20 50 46 7 i I St. 26? 87] i 8 St. 20i St. 2i St. 40i St. G 3 St. In i 32 li i 1 18i 19 77 6i 7a 6J 7 8.4 6 5 12i it i i i 97i 96 954 11411 131 511 2} 81 2 21. 5) 25.1 6 111 131 i 33i 4 i 221 31 61 31 99 - 101 1 59 - 61 lf - 68 - 7 0 18 -18 i 18i -- 19 18i -- 19 47 - 49 39 - 40 i- i P •411 ••• 61. ,- 62 - 9 ..._ _ U - 9 d 10 a 8d 31j 2 10 10 50 100 St. 19 Australian Agricult. all Australn. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 32i Canada 100 Do.Go.6pc.JanSauly 100 Do. 6p. c.Feb.&Autr. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar. &Sept. all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref.. 7 p. cent all Crystal Palace all Do. 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U Sian 28 Van Diemon's Land I. 0() V.Go.6p.cJan. & July 10 25 15 20 59 81 Pa 4 i 25 4i 5 114 i 2.1 67 14 24 • 121 1071 9 3i 91i a d 81 i 4 THE WRECK OF TliE PENINSULAR AND ORIENT! L MAIL STEAMER MADRID. Yesterday the following report was received by the secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental Stesm Packet Company, respecting the wreck of the coutpaey's mall steamer Madrid, from the commander : VIGO, Feb. 2 l..—lwepreeeeeling into Vigo by ell North Channel, when rounding Port Humbre, at 2.15 p.m. yesterday, a t t wo s li p ' s lengths off, steering S. E., to S. E., the vessel struck on a sunken rock not laid dowet in the Admiralty chart in my possession, and began to fill forward and settle down. I immediately lowered the boats and got the passengers mails, and specie into them, an d then beached the ship In a small sandy bay between Points Hovebre and Sobrido which I deemed the most advieab;s course t' pursue. Lieutenant Tickell, Admiralty agent, at once pro. ceeded with the mails and reported the occurrence to her Brit=annic Majesty's consul at Vigo, while the third officer took charge of the passengers and specie, and landed them to the care of the company's agents at this port. The water gained fast upon the engine-room and after hold. I ordered the fires to be dra en and boilers blown off. Then proceeded to get out luggage and cargo as much as possible ; only a few packages cf the latter could, however, be got up, but nearly all the passengers' baggage was saved, with some cabin furniture. At 7p m. the water had risen to the quarter deck. I ordered the crew to take to the two remaining ship's boats and some country boats that came to our assistance. I then took the jolly-boat, and pro ceeded to Vigo for further assistance, leaving the first and second officers in the cutter to keep watch over the ship for the night, as nothing further could be done, the hull being under water and lying quite steady, w ith 12 feet of water forward and 18 feet aft, the weather finer rise and fall of tide about 11 feet. I received every se' sistance from her Britannic Majesty's consul and the company's agents, who despatched a guard for the pro tection of the property, and a competent person in charge of the labourers. These I met on my way to the town. The consul accompanied me this morning to the ships and we are removing the rigging and everything as fst as possible. The position of the ship is such as to render it doubtful whether she can be got off, but everything in our power will be done to effect it. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERS ALL'S—MONDAY. Although many turfites had left London for Liverpoo the room was pretty well attended. Bu,iness, however, was very slack. The quotations on the Grand National Steeplechase were for the most part nominal, Hopeletsg Star being the only animal really in demand. Vedette was the favourite " for money" for the Two Thousand. A small investment was made on Blink Bonny for the Derby at 13 to 1. The only transaction on the Chester Cup was 100 to 10 against Leamington. CLOSING PRICES. LTV ERPOOL SPRING CUP.. sto 2 agst Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Bashi B wzouk (take 3 to 1) 3to 1 agat Mr. Lloyd's Gitana (taken) 7 to 1 agst Mr. T. Hunt's Lima GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. sto 1 agst Mr. Buchanan's Leapt) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mellish's Minos 12 to 1 agst Mr. E. Parr's Hopeless Star 100 to 8 agst Mr. W. Cowper's Omar Pacha 100 to 8 agst Mr. Hodgman's Emi g rant 15 to 1 agst Mr. Hylton's Teddesley 100 to 6 agst Mr. Capers Little Charley 20 to 1 agst Count de Cunchy's Jean du Quesne 28 to 1 agst Mr. Wright nas Forest Queen Even on five agst the field NoRTHAMPTONSHIRE•STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sir Co/in 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bradshaw's Commoner Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Vedette (taken• and off ) 6to 1 agt Mr. Howard's Schiedam (offered) 6 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loyola (offered) Bto 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Sydney (taken) DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny 500 to 30 agst Mr. W. S. Crawford's Znyder Zee (t.) 20 to 1 agat Lord Londeaborongh's Kent (t. 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Jackson's Saunterer (taken) 22 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Bird-lc-the-hand (taken) 25 to 1 agat Mr. Cupperthwaite's Sprig of Shillelagh (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Howard's Arsenal (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Purston 1000 to 10 agst Mr. W. Aubert's Victor (taken) - 2000 to 20 agst Mr. Douglas's Blue Jacket (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Cooper's lot (taken) Country Markets. CHELMSFORD—FEB. 27. We had an average supply of wheat on offer to-day, but much of it was in a very damp state, and the trade very dull; the best qualities barely maintaining the last week's price& Spring corn of all sorts without alteration, exceptiogbeans of all kinds, which must be quoted Is cheaper. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. s. 0. qr. 34 72 1 Oats, per qr 24 3 0 new.... 37 71 Peas, Partridge 41 43 red, old 32 62 1 White 39 46 new.... 32 62 Boiling 39 45 Barley 31 44 Dun 37 39 Chevalier ........... 38 52 Beans, Tisk 35 39 Grinding .. ...... 3 44 Harrow ticks 39 47 Malt 73 77 Mazagan 34 36 Cl29valier 75 79 Ditto, new... 34 37 COLCHESTER— FEB. 28. We bad a moderate supply of wheat on offer to-lay, but much of it was in a very bad state and nearly unsaleable. Dry parcels at last week's prices. The supply of barley id falling off, and the market closed rather dearer. Beans and peas in fair demand for seed at full prices. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 60s to 65*; red, 50s to COs; barley, 41s to 50s ; oats, 22s to 28s ; beans. Mazagan, 34s to 366 ; middle and small, 36a to 445; pooh white, 38s to 423 ; grey, 38s to 42*. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, lee, in the port of London, from the following p 4 Feb. 23 to Feb. 28, both inclusive. ~ received )rte, frona C., ~., 4 .. : 2 2 40 0 : 4 ( tr ,;1 .2 3 ki X 6 55 4 , 15 . Colchester Harwich Leigh Malden 200 1 51)o 56 - 8 30 25 24 325 1 1 4701 1161 765 KIRKCALDY—FEB. 28. To-day we had good supplies of wheat and oats, but small of barley. Sales slow for the two former, at the rates of lass week ; the latter sold quickly at is per qr. higher. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Beans.. First 69s Od 46s 0.1 t 3.3 s Od Os Oa Second Third 3Os Od 33s 01 ( 22s ud f . Os Od Oatmeal, 36s to 38s per bag of 2801 b. COAL MARKE Prioes of Coil per ton at T.—Menori 2. the olole of the market. 5. d. Bebside's Hartley l4 6 Walker Primrose ... 12 9 Tanfield Moor l3 0 Tanfield Moor Butos 13 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 14 6 Walleend, ka. ■ a. Framwellgate l6 0 Edon Main l 5. Russell's Hetton l6 south Hatton l7 3 itewart's. l7 6 Kelloe l6 3 reel l7 6 l'horp _l6 0 Kepler Grainge ~ ~.16 Lam bton l7 Middle W. Hartley l4 6 Bell's Primrose l2 0 I , 4osforth . 14 0 tlaswell 17 6 Hengh Hall 15 9 Heaton l4 0 [ Sold lO6 Wylaui Wallsend, Zito. 16 0, Harton South Kelloe ...............17 0 Hetton .. . .................. 17 6 Hartlepool ................ 17 6 Braddyll ................... 16 3 Seaham l5 9 lihips at market,..l3li A CLERGYMAN SEIZED • WITH PARALYSIS WHILST PREACHING.-00 Sunday morning, whilst the ReT. Canon Parkinson was preaching in the Cathedral Church, at Manchester, a sudden attack of illness obliged him to close his discourse rather abruptly. He was afterwards removed to the house of the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, where medical assistance was procured. The attack was pronounced to be one of a paralytic cha racter, but the rev. gentleman somewhat improved sub sequedtly, and there is reason to hope that he will re• cover. BIRTHS. OF A 80N. On the 2d inst., in Conduit-street, tho Countess of Mao. clesfield. On the 28th ult„ at Borrington Hall, Herefordshire, Os Lady Rodney. OF A DAUGHTER, On the Ist inst., at 75, Onslow-square, the wife of Captail the Hon. F. Maude, R.N. On the 2d inst., at 9 , Belize-road, St. John's-wood, the wife of John Hopgood, Esq. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, Mr. Pinlay, of Feachurch-street, to Louisa, elder daughter of Charlet, Sully, Esq., of Fenehurch-street. On the 28th ult., at Hove parish church, near Brighton § T. W. Wonfor, Esq., to Ann, daughter of B. Hawkins, Es., late of Montagu House, Hammersmith. E Gr D e . at On Cue Ist inst ., at 4 1) 6 Ormond-street, Samuel Oliver, Esq., aged 72. On the Ist inst , at Harold's-cross, Dublin, the Hon. Chan. R. Pakeuham, aged 35. On the 2d inst., at Corunna House, Hammersmith, NY'xn. Hanegan, Esq., aged 69. On the Ist inst., at 9, Curzon-street, Mayfair, Dr. John B. flume, C. 8., aged 76. On the Ist inst., Thom.is Evans, Esq., M.D., of Stockwell. park House, Suzrey, aged 57. On the 28th ult., at Ranston, Dorset, the Lady Elizabeth Mary Baker, aged 77. On the 28th ult., Richard Price, Esq., of Highfields-parki; Sussex ' aged 81. On the 28th ult., at Reading, John Hoffman, Esq., solid• tor, aged 77. On the 28th ult. Edmund Dorrell, Esq., of Nottinghano place, York-gate, Regent's-park, aged 80. Ou the Ist inst., at Tunbridge-wells, suddenly, Charles Oftley, Esq , aged 33. 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