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stances, in demanding the forbearance of the heterogeneous majority. It cannot be forgotten that the Ministerial policy has been sanctioned and approved of by a very large majority in the Upper House, and that majority cannot be in terfered with in any way by the coming election. The same members will still remain. And, although we do not for a moment suppose that, in case of a decided collision between the Lords and Commons, the former could ultimately prevail, or that the Government could possibly be carried on in the face of an adverse majority of the chosen representatives of the people, yet when there is an unequivocal difference of opinion the nation should be called on to decide between the two co-ordinate branches of the Legislature, and that decision should be final and conclusive. All parties must bow to the verdict thus pronounced. The people will have their choice between two different Administra tions, and two distinct courses of policy—so far as China is concerned. They will declare whether Commissioner YEH is to be encouraged in his contumelious refusal to perform solemn obligations deliberately entered into—whether he shall continue to treat the representative and subjects of her most gracious MAJESTY as mere barbarians, unworthy of ordinary courtesy, or whether humble apologies are to be tendered to the treacherous and bloodthirsty "poisoners' for the audacity which induced the British authorities to insist on British rights and privileges. That is the broad, substantial question now at issue, and we are greatly mistaken if the answer do not prove very distasteful to many of those who re corded their votes with the majority. Lord PALMERSTON, in reference to the business which he considers to be " provisional and tem porary," also announced that certain taxes, that is to say, the Income Tax and the Tea and Sugar Duties, which they had intended to arrange for three years, will only be asked for one year ; and that, on the same prin ciple, they will only ask the House to vote sums on account of the estimates for only a portion of the year, and to pass a Mutiny Act for a similar period, thus leaving the new Parliament, which will assemble about the latter end of May, free to deal with all these great matters according t) its discretion. Now, as to the renewal even for one year of the Income Tax at 7d. in the pound, we must say that it is wholy unnecessary and un called for. Not a single shilling of the new rate can be demanded before the sth of July, by Which time the new Parliament will be enabled to say- whether the tax shall be more fairly and equit ably apportioned, or whether it is to be maintained in its existing inquisitorial and oppressive form Without, change or modification. Of course the 9 d. in the pound must come off, and probably 2d. in addition may go along with it ; but considering the circumstances, we say that everything respect ing the Income Tax should be left to the decision of those who will replace the present moribund house, the death-warrant whereof has been already :signed. Sir G. C. LEwrs has certainly improved Ilia proposition respecting the tea duties. He now only asks for is 5d., in place of ls. 7d., per lb. This is approximating towards the compro mise which Lord JOHN RUSSELL has given notice of proposing, but we confess that We cannot see any adequate ground for asking the House to sanction a retrograde policy so far as the tea duties are concerned. As Mr. GLADSTONE truly declared, the tea duties are the corner -stone on which the entire matter rests. The amount in dispute is comparatively trifling. According to the calculation of Sir G. C. LEWIS himself it Will be but 369,0001., which he can easily spare • from the estimated surplus—to say nothing of the 2,000,0001. required for Exchequer Bonds, and Which in case of necessity may easily be renewed With the Savings Banks CommisSioners, and the Trustees of the Patriotic Fund. Surely for such a sum it is not worth while to call on the Souse to sanction a policy in direct opposition to that on which it has been acting for the last six• teen years. But Sir G. C. LEWIS cannot pay PAUL without dipping his fingers into PETER'S purse. He only • relieves the tea-pot at the expense of the tea-cup and of the pie -dish. If he gives up 2d. per lb. • en tea he wishes to continue the duties on sugar a t the present rate, and thus to obtain more than an equivalent for what he is surrendering. This is scarcely fair—nay, more, it is not judicious. 11 Ministers be wise they will not permit their Financial Minister to excite a prejudice that I :Pa, prove very injurious at the hustings, when the real battle is to be fought. Sir G. C. LEWIS Must let the tea-pot and sugar-basin alone. He will have quite sufficient to meet the current ex penses of the year without trespassing on for bidden grounds—or if not, be can demand a re issue of Exchequer Bonds, and the application will riot b e rejected. Nothing could be more unseemly than- a contest on an important fiscal question,lat Such a time and under such circumstances ; and as Mr. GLADSTONE will unquestionably oppose the Proposition) Ministers may sustain a very da .lnigieg defeat, which may go far to neutralise the advantages they must derive from that on the Chinese question. We would, then, once more earnestly and - emphatically urge Lord PAL MERSTON to interpose and prevent his Chancellor of the Exchequer from playing such fantastic tricks, :and irremediably damaging his colleagues in the opinion of those who will have to decide on the important question which party shall hold the reins of power—Viscount PALBLERSTON or the Earl of DERBY. REINFORCEMIINTS FOR C.HINA. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY. Orders have been received here to-day to prepare With the utmost despatch the Sanspareil, Hima laya, and another vessel, for the conveyance of re inforcements, ammunition, arc., to the China sta tion. The Duke of D evons hire has arrived at his villa at Ch she from Kemp -town, where he has been sojourn. ing for some months past. The Earl of Radnor has arrived at the family mansion 1,4 Grosvenor-street. Viscount Palmerston returned to town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. Mr. and th e li on. 148. New t _ their house in Grafton.st on Lane have arrived at r Bromley Mano r , Staffordshieet,re for the season , from King's General de Maltzoff and Lave arrived at th e Clarendon Madem o i se ll e de Maltzoff from St. Petersburg. ' Mrs. Cornewall was prevail attending the marriage fete at ed by indisposition from Gunnersbury, on Wed nesday, THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. The present, which is izia and the sixth the fourth Parliament of Queen -?' ted in July, of the " Reformed" Parliaments 1852, under the auspices of the Earl of the head of the Tory Administrati on. l i 3 rby, then at recur ttural death the It would not, according to the Septennial Act, die a until the 20th of August, 1859 (the day n writs for the new Parliament were made which return but since the year 1826 no Parliament, accordina l t e) ' Dod, has appro.tched its extreme limit. Th:pr e M n r i Parliament, if dissolved without any material delay,esei have failed to attain the age of five years by some fou7o l 1 five months. The Russell Parliament, elected in Jul; and August, 1847, lasted four years seven months and 12 days, and, the Parliament which placed the late Sir R. Peel in office in the year 1841 lasted as long as five years and 11 m ont h s , or very near l y six years. s was the l ongest of the Reformed Parliaments, th The e shortest h aving been the first, elected at the end of the year 1832, the age of which was one year and 11 months only. It will be found that the average duration of the six Reformed Parliaments elected from 1832 to 1852 has been, as nearly as possible, four years, suppos ing the present Parliament to be dissolved this spring. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1857. .4-431°''' LATEST NEWS. The evacuation of Greece by the French and British troops is now (Feb. 28) completed. Despatches are said t) have been received by the French Government from its Minister at Turin, giving hopes of a favourable change in the relations between the Austrian and Piedmontese Governments. Diaro Espanol announces that the Gazette will shortly publish the Spanish budget. The expenses amount to 1,800 millions of reals. A privat3 letter from Vienna announces the receipt of a telegraphic despatch from Constan- tinople, stating that after the death of the Kai maikan of Moldavia, a Provisional Government had been installed with the consent of the foreign consults, and that this Government will act until the Porte shall have made some other appoint ment. THE WAR WITH CHINA. We extract from a letter dated Canton, Jan. 15, in the Moniteur de la Flotte, the instructions al leged to have been given by the Chine3e Govern ment of Pekin to the governors of the live ports : "1. Until further orders, all the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire are prohibited from trading with the subjects of her Majesty tt.e Queen of Groat Britain. " 2. The opium markets, which have been open for the trade of the two nations, are provisionally closed. (These markets were subjected to some very severe regulations, and only a very limited quantity of opium could be legally sold in them.) " 3. Around the five ports which are open to Europeans a cordon of troops is placed, for the purpose of preventing strangers from penetrating into the interior of the empire. The canals and roads are closed against their goods, which will be confiscated, in case ofa contravention of this decree. "4. Smuggling, until further orders, will be punished with death. "5. The Imperial fleets and troops an) to attack the English wherever they meet them; the treaties made with them are suspended. "6. The penalty attached to any violation of the above decrees will be death for the Chinese, and for foreigners, detention until the restoration of peace. "7. The provisions of these decrees are not ap plicable to the markets which are open for goods conveyed by land transport across the frontiers of Siberia." News from Trebizonci has been received at Constantinople, to the effect that General Abd-ul- Nadir, with 3,000 Russians, has arrived at Tabriz, whence he will march to Teheran, and thence into Farsistan. Strong bodies of Turkish troops are being assembled on the frontiers of Persia, on the side of Azerbijiun and Khuzistan. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Government have received intelligence from China, which states that the Governor of Lin-im um had seized the central opium depot, on Dec. 5, the property belonging to Englishmen and the East India Company. The Commission appointed to arrange the affairs of Neuchatel has this day, at one o'clock, held its first sitting in the cabinet of M. Walewski, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Four Powers were represented at it by L'rd Cowley, Count Kisseleff, Baron Hubner, and Count Wa'owski. The litter ' as repres,mtitt:ve of the Power in whose capit a l the Conference is held, will have the direction of it. Neri Khan, an attache of Ferukh Khan, left Paris on Wednesd a y even i ng f or T e h eran with' the treaty just signed, which requires the ratification of the Persian Government. To•day, the project of law relative to the dota tion of the Duke de Malakhoff was carried unani mously, 225 members having voted. In consequence of the ministerial crisis in Eng land, Gonzales Bravo will not proceed to his post in London, but will return in a few days to Madrid. The first meeting is merely one of form, but it will be followed by others at short intervals until the question is definitively settled. It is right to take advantage of the pre sen t f avoura bl e h umour of the Kin g o Prussia, as no one knows when a change may come over the Royal mind. De spatches were received yesterday from the Marquis de Moustier, the French Minister at Berlin, re lative to the same question. They are so far favourable that they state his Majesty is well dis posed for an arrangement, and that he wiehes the day for the meeting of the Conferences to be shorly named. It was immediately afterwards that this day was fixed. The affair will doubtless appear of little importance b?side the graver ones which now occupy public attention ; but it is as well to have a complication the less at this moment. The signing of the Treaty with Persia is also an additional relief, and leaves us but one war to attend to. No one appears more satisfied with this amicable solution than Feruk Khan. He went yesterday to the telegraph office to have the plea sure of transmitting in person his deipatch to Bucharest, where an attache of the Persian Embassy has been waiting for intelligence in order to set out at once for Teheran. Feruk Khan remained at the office till he got the answer, which he did in less than half-an -hour. He uttered an exclama tion of wonder and delight on receiving the reply to his despatch. He will proceed to London for the ratification of the Treaty. Monsignor Menjaud has left Paris for Rome. Hi 3 mission is said to be that of arranging with the Pope for the coronation of the Emperor by Pius IX. The French - papers were some time since prohi bited from publishing notices on the Russian rail road projects. The prohibition has been this day removed. The new law imposing a tax on all Bourse transactions will, it is said, contain a special enactment with respect to the coulissiers, or out door agents. BOURSE, March s.—The following were the las quotations : _ Cash. fr. C. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 7O 50 End of Month, —fr. 71 10 oan Bank Shares 4,200 Roman ...... Credit Mobilier 1,415 Austrian ....... Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes.... Pied tnontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. tr c Orleans 1,440 Western ............... 830 Northern 9BO Strasburg ............ 840 Lyons 1,465 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,920 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH E uA 3. s. FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE TRIAN CREDIT BANK. The General Assembly of the Austrian Credit Bank met yesterday for the first time, and the fol lowing is a brief account of what occurred. About 1,000 shareholders were present, and at half past 9 the sitting was opened by Prince Schwarzenberg, the President of the Board of Directors, who addressed a short speech to a most heterogeneous assembly. Among the persons present were many of the highest nobles, the principal bankers and merchants, barristers, pnvsicians, military men, the editors of the principal papers, tradesmen, stock jobbers, dre. After the President had introduced to the assembly the Imperial Commissary, M. von Brentano, who is a counsell)r in the Finance De partment, the principal Dir ector of the Credit Bank read the printed account of the transactions of the Company during the year 1856. Subjoined is a condensed summary of the contents of the docu ment, which is of considerable length : "On the 31st December, the `DebtorAccni of the Company stood thu s :—Subscriptioonus' (passiva) 30,491,4201; balance of current accounts,4o,6Bs,oZl d 18ir. - "p ; bills of exchange f or the establishment in circulation, 3,093,0871 42k.; interest of shares which h a d not bee claimed, 56,4558. ; profits derived from the stock of the Company, 4,369,0361 52k.; commission, 160,52211. 52k.; interests, 1,526,959 ft. 50k. Taken together, the foregoig sums make 80,392,2461 34k. ; but as 171,5636. 14k. as the outlay for bureaux, payment of clerks, and furniture must be deducted from it, the total of the Passive Property is 80,210,6831 20k. " The 4 Creditor Account' (acti va) was as follows:—Certi ficates of railroad shares, 8,856,0341 15k. ; industriel stock of different kinds, 5,198,1141 ; Government stock, 6 ,468,8976. 9k. ; Priority Bonds, 959,8021 23k.—together, 21 ,482,8478, 47k. Bill Portfolio, 22,768,0521 27k. ; ad vances made on Government and industriel stock, p:836,23811. 47k. ; balance of current acc0nnt5,12,234,9221 2,8'i6; cash in hand, Exchequer bills, and coupons, 9655,g7f1a .5 2 7 5 k k . ; fienttaelreosft pactiveaid 36 ~,,? , 854ft. 30k. • furniture, according to inventory, on own , shares, 210 6838. 20k. By the foregoing in property, advance S 0 , establishment it will be seen that the gross profits of they n iu"'' 40 „ 8,6 amounted to 5,884,6568. 20k. After deduot °6s,727fl. .4; 7 k. for the 5 par cent. income tax, and shares the net. th e abovementioned 5 per cent. interest on Credit,Bankdprofits amount to 4,510,27811. 4Sk. As the thegreaterpa not begin business until Jan. 15, 1856, and as the end of ofthe second instalment was not paid up until the year 185' N ovember, the establishment worked during I 5 with • a capital of about 19,000,00011, Thu TILE DEFEAT OF THE MINISTRY. gathering th e o pi n i ons t o w hi c h it h as given rise I amongst the consituency. Up to the actual publi . COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL, cation of the numbers, no cne here could be in. Yesterday a C our t o f C ommon C ounc il was h eld doted to b e li eve that a majority of the representa in the Chamb er a t th e G u ildh a ll. Th e L ord tive b o d y would give their support to a coalition so Mayor took the c h a i r a t t we l ve o ' c l oc k prec i se l y, ! completely and palp a bl y f act i ous, an d so wholly at which h o u r o nly one a ld erman was present. Atdestitute of any common principle of action ; and, ten minutes past twelve Mr. Alderman Rtise en- I now that the result has falsified the popular expec tered the court, and the b us i ness commence d . ta , ion, the hope is everywhere felt that Lord Pal- Mr.merston will WOODTHORP E rea d th e m i nutes o f t h e last ge to the country. The greatest court, which were allowed to have been correctly amount of anger exists among the supporters of entered. There was a large attendance of members, Lord Derby's .Government, who feel that he has sacrificed the dignity both aldermen and commoners, during the subse-of a party leader by his coali tion with an anti-English section f quent proceedingq. o the house, and THE WAR WITH CHINA. AND' THE DEBATE IN that he must lose caste as a statesman ; a d n m TAE HOUSE OF COMMONS. leadin g men d o no t scruple to say that their confi- any. Mr. Deputy RATHBONE said he thought after the deuce in the Derby Opposition has been so s h aken decision which had be en come to b y the House of 'that they should hesitate in givi ng support to Commons, it was right to hi s l or d s hi p and the Tory candidate. Lord Palm.ers on s fr; etcla argue court that a meeting of the principal merchants that be has everything t o h ope and nothin g t o ara r - ear - and bankers of the City of Lo n d on s h ou ld h e h e l d, f rom a di sso l ut i on ; i ndeed they have long wondered and he would therefore ask his l o rd s hip t o convene at hi s " p l uc k" i n so l ong carrying on the business a meeting, for the purpose of enabling them to ex- of his Government with a House of Commons press their opinions upon the subject. The corpo- elected under the influence of the Opposition ration of London, for the last two or three centu- leaders. Accompanying these views, in regard to lies, had taken the lead in such matters, and he the effect of the decision on home politics, is a could riot s ee 'why they should not d o so a t th e f ee li ng of cons i dera b le apprehension in regard to its present time. (Hear, hear.) He would put it to influence on matters in China, and fears are ex his lordship whether it would be desirable to call pressed that, should not the English party have a meeting of the merchants and bankers of the City been strongly reinforced, an exultant and infuriated of London. (Cheers.) people may be led to massacre settlers who have Mr. DE JERSEY thought that the proceeding been abandoned by their own nation. which had been taken by the last speaker was a very novel one in that court. He trusted. that such a thing would not for a moment be enter tained. If the bankers were desirous to have a meeting they would pursue the ordinary course, namely, put thehaelves in communication with his lordship, and be did not doubt but that his lord ship would entertain such an application. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. De Jersey) strongly protested against such a proceeding as bad been asked for by the deputy. (Hear.) Deputy DAKur was of opinion that, however little it might be the custom of that court to interfere in matters like the one before them, if ever there was a crisis that justified such a proceeding that was the one. (Cheers.) He believed his lordship would find that there was a very general feeling among the merchants and bankers, and those who were inform ed of the mercantile opinions in China, that if there was a step more dangerous to their immense and important trade than any other could be, it was the result of a coalition such as that which had then taken place. (" No, no," and cheers.) He thought that there would be great sympathy in the City of London if his Lordship agreed with the sug gestion which had been made to him. (Hear.) Mr. H. L. TAYLOR protested against the mode of proceeding which had been taken by some of the members of the Court. He thought it was very irregular. (Hear.) Mr. Ross wished to know what motion was be fore the Court. - Mr. BLAKE then rose, but The LORD MAYOR said he thought that any dis cussion arising out of the subject at present would rather damage the question. (Cheers.) The matter then dropped. Later in rho day, however, a requisition was drawn up in the Court for the purpose of submit ting to the Lord Mayor, and which was as follows: " We, the undersigned members of the Court of Common Council, being strongly impressed with the dangerous con sequences likely to arise to the commerce of the City from the decision of the House of Commons on Tuesday night last, do request your Lordship to call a meeting of this Court to express their opinion en the subject, and take such steps as nis Court then assembled may think neces sary. (Signed) DUBLIN. The defeat of Ministers, although necessitating a dissolution or reconstruction of the Palmerston Cabinet, has created the smallest possible amount ó f excitement at this side of the Channel. Even the place expectants—the usual waiters on Providence —ire less anxious than usual, and the impression here is all but general that, let the crisis termi nate as it may, the supporters of Lord Derby will find that the year is not yet ripe for the plucking a the chiefs, and that the time is still unfavourable for a repetition of the experiment of 1852. Lord Carlisle held his second levee for the season yes terday, and from obvious causes it was anticipated that the attendance would be even less numerous than is usual on the occasion of the second ceremo nial. Such, however, was not the case, as the assemblage was highly respectable, and comprised about 800 names of the gentry at present in town. "R. Bexley, Edwd. Stilwell, T. Dakin, John Johnson, Henry Blake, Wm. J. Lister, Geo. Ross, Edwd. Burkitt, Charles Reed, T. Holt, Thos. Barkley, Wm. Lawley. Geo. Cuthbart, Benj. Bower. Ben Slowwan, Geo. Walter, Walter Morisse, R. G. Pead." THE CORPORATION AND THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. By the time the proceedings terminated the fo towing requisition was signed as under : " sth March, 1857. " We, the undersigned, do hereby respectfully request your lordship to convene an early meeting of the merchants, bankers, traders, and electors of this city, to take into con sideration the decision recently come to by the House of Commons relative to the affairs at Canton, and to express their high confidence in her Majesty's Government. (Signed) " James Duke, Geo. Cuthbert, Geo. R. Smith, Walter Morino, Herbert Lloyd, John Johnson, Jonathan Thorp, C. L. E. Fuller, W. Simpson, George Harker, G. Aitchison, H. G. Pearl, Charles Hogg, Richard Rowe, Charles Warton, -E. Howard, Thos. Sprague, Wm. Lister, George Mason, John Venables, Win. Webster, John Annie, Jas. U. Carr, George Bone, R. Obbard, Thos. Barkley. Robt. Besley, John Kearns, Edw. Stillwell, Thos. Pewtresa, Henry Blake, J. Roberts." LIVERPOOL, MARCH 5. This afternoon an address 'to Lord Palmerston, of which the subjoined is a copy, was placed in the Underwriters' and Exchange rooms, and speedily received a large number of signatures from gentle men of all shade 3 of political opinions : "To the Right Hon. Lord Palmerston, &c. " We, the undersigned residents of Liverpool, beg to assure your lordship that we have learned with feelings of surprise and regret the result of the debate on Ms. Cobden'd motion in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, and at the same time to express the great confidence we enter tain in the efficiency and vigour of your administration at home and abroad. " The incongruous and factious coalition in Parliament which has made the present unfortunate state of matters in China the pretext for displacing your Government will meet with little sympathy in the country, and we are anxi ous to take an early opportunity of assuring your lordship of our sincere hope that the result may be more firmly to establish the power you have wielded for the best interests of the empire."_ Up t 0 .4 o'clock the address had received some thousand signatures, and people representing all classes of society were then crowding to the table anxious to attach their names. The address was forwarded to London by the expres train. When the gentleman in whose charge the address has been placed was leaving the room for thg purpose of proceeding to the train three enthikiastio cheers were given for Lord Pal merston. NOTTINGHAM, MARCH 5. The Ministerial defe tt bas caused considerable sensation in Nottingham. The electors generally have been well satisfied with the policy of Lord Palmerston, and on the motion of Tuesday night hail with satisf-tction the names of their two repre sentatives in the minority. An election at the present time would seriously affect the Nottingham trade. In the event of an appeal to the country there is no reason to suppose that there would be any real contest for the borough. Ernest Jones declared some time ago that he should come for ward at the next general election, but, as the sup porters of that gentleman among the constituency are very few, there is no doubt, should he go to the poll, of his defeat. Among the electors belonging to the Nonconformist body there is a division of opinion, and possibly a candidate may be found less liberal in his religious opinions than Mr. Paget, but his success would be exceedingly doubtful. OXFORD, MARCH 5. The intelligence of Lord Palmerston's defeat has produced the greatest excitement in this city. The conduct of Mr. Cardwell in voting against the Go vernment is very warmly canvassed, and expres sions of dissatisfaction are heari on all sides. A placard, of which the following is a copy, has just been issued .1-- " It being certain that the unprincipled coalition in the House of Commons will produce an early dissolution of that body, you are earnestly requested not to promise your votes, as a gentleman of thoroughly independent English principles will be brought forward in opposition to Mr. Cardwell." The placard emanates from some of the right hon. gentleman's former supporters, and it is fully expected that in the course of a few days a new candidate will be in the field. DERBY. It was expected that from the combination of parties the division would be a close one, but nei ther Whigs, Tories, nor Radicals anticipated a de feat of the Government. The feeling among all classes except the Peace Party is one of great in dignation against all who joined the coalition leaders. As in the cou ntry, . so in D er b y, " the people do not love coalitions." • NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, I‘l.A.Ren 4. The majorityagainst the Ministry was telegraphed down here this morning, and has caused great ex citement in commercial circles all day. unanimous opinion prevails that it has been Au ghtbrou about by a factious combination of parties. There is no question that the great proportion of the ma nufacturing and maritime classes in this great dis trict sympathise with Lord Palmerston in the pie sent crisis, and will most certainly sustain him i n n case of a g enera l election. In the t w o largo v generally sea ports of Shi e ld s, where Lord Derby has reckoned a num b er of supporters, the 811 ow e rs are indignant w ith t h e Tories, for many o f them k no w the have sailed upon th e Chi nese seas and character o f th e o ffi c i als of that 0°121107. BRISTOL. Now that the first effect of the surprise occasioned by the result of the division on Mr. Cobden's motion Li-- :a a hwtter otmoitunitv of THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. PARIS, Wednesday.—There is much banging of cytnb.als and chanting of Io Poeans to-day in the Ministerial offices. All is joy and gladness in the camp of the French Government, whose acolytes expect that Queen Victoria will now lose the services of the eminent politician who has done so much to restore the honour of the British name. It may be that they will be mistaken, and that the very small majority which has been cooked up against the Prem.er will not have the effect anticipated by the French Govern ment. We must hope th+t the British people will hold to their Minister, and support him again -t the occult German, French, and other in fluences which are brought to bear against him. Yes, the news of the defeat of Lord Pahn.erston . has b: en hailed with frantic glee at the Tuileries anti the Fr-nch Foreign-otlice. Tite French G-4- vernm,nt begins to feel its mouth water at the pro•pect of extending its influence on the other sidt- the Channe!, and aiding the Prince-Consort in his nibbling, at the Constitution. The Pays alreatly announces that Sir John Bowring is to be r,-c died at his own request, but that he will be transferred to some otter post. It adds that Admiral °bads is to be seat out to divide the com mand with Admral Seymour in the Chinese w-iters. The French Government has already, this day, resolved to reinforce the squa4ron under the ordt rs of Adm ral R gau it de Genouilly ; three ad ditional f-hips are ordered to be got ready and despatched there with all speed. • We also learn, evening, that the Governor of Siberia, at the demand of the Chinese Emperor, has arespatched a corps d'arm4e of . Russian t:oops to Kiatchta, ols the Chinese frontier. It is tulle that an im manse extent of territory lies between Riatchta and the scene of the operations now going. on against the Chinese ; there is the ter ritory of the Chalcha, and Mongolia, lying be tween us and the Russian troops ; but we know, from sad experience, that when Russia once obtains a footing in a country she establishes herself there, as " Deadly Smooth" felt it to be a point of honour to pass the evening wherever he dined. These are little matters that are, perhaps, worthy of being looked to. This great event has monopolised the a tt en ti on on of the Parisi ans . W e h ear not hi ng whatever to day eith er o f F eru kh Kh an or the Neuchatel queson; the great obj ec t o f t h e continental nations being to get rid of Lord Palmerston ; for they well know that as long as he remains in power they will be kept at a respectful distance, and prevented from swelling the chorus of German howling's. From the Paris Correspondent of the Morning Adverttser. MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS. The following is the translation of the document alluled to in the communication from the Com mittee of Mexican Bondholders published under this head to-day:— Translated copy of the Supreme Mexican Decree of 23d January, 1857, regulating the mode of carrying out ar ticle 3 of the decree of 14th Oct., 1850.) "I, Ignacio Comonfort, President Substitute of the Mexican Republic, to the inhabitants thereof make known : " That in virtue of the powers conceded to me by the plan proclaimed in Ayutls, and reformed in Acapulco, I have seen fit to decree as follows.— " Art. 1. From the publication of this decree in every port, the collectors of the maritime and frontier custom house shall draw against tlfe importers, and in favour of the agents of the bondholders of the debt contracted in London for the portion of duties which section 3 of article 2, of the law of 14th Oct., 1850, assigns for payment of the interests of the said debt. These bills shall be made pay able in hard eagle dollars of the legal stamp, weight, and asay, and after having been duly accepted, shall be deli vere.i to the agent named by the bondholders themselves, or through the medium of a commissioner in the Republic. The same agent will at once receive such parts of all duties payable in cash as are assigned to the payment of divi dends. " Art. 2. Immediately on delivery of the money and the bills the responsibility of the Government ceases, Unless the bills be presented protested in due time and form. " Art 3. The agents will remit to the Bank of England, to the joint consignment of the financial agency of the Republic and of the committee of bondholders, the amount collected by them, which shall be realised and credited in the same manner as hitherto. " Art. 4. The maritime custom-houses will only pay the cost of the boxes, wrappers, and shipping charges of the money until placed on board of the vessel conveying the remittances direct. These direct remittances shall be made by vessels of war, packets, or in their default by English merchant ships ; and on remittances made by way of the lath tuns they (the custom-houses) will also defray the freight to Panama, or port of discharge in the Pacific. The usual freight insurance and discharge in England will be paid in London by the Mexican agency, who will advise the amount to the finance department, in order that it may be replaced by the following packet. " Art. 5. In the ports where there are no agents, or where there is no facility for the remission of specie, Go vernment will receive the amount which ought to be sepa rated for account of the bondholders, and every three months will gipviayngthorde o er tountthasot effect t v t e in to the the an co o ll th ec e porttor collector, that named hathembayit, y hand it over and cover the expenses as though it proceeded from his own custom-house. . " Art. 6. The commission of the port agents shall be for account of the bondholders exclusively; but as a meas ure of convenience the former shall be empowered to deduct the said commission at the time of embarking the amounts collected, and the Mexican agency in London will charge, it in account current to the bondholders, and deduct t h e amount on the payment of the dividend,' as well as any o t h “ e Arta r e tx. h e ir 7. n vir i b n e c n u t r r b e: 1 account b Government,committeewthhaithat htise irineo i n nt. etpythrhei is ev afinancialemanage.ebothutetto went of affairr. sum equal to six months' dividend has been received in effect it, cutting off the re spective g L e o e o pp d a ic o yd n ,wl f nu r d o g l vie t u h p e vubr li oliceec ezi nd ea ott r i t oce G th o e ve he rn h coupons. M ag e e li nt e s a o ll f :: A A it rt .. 8. 9. The Mexican m dh en ol t d t e e r f s ra i of the dividend in London. give to the respective collectors a receipt . in eY ta t h r i tjel i Pe 2 t t sp e ew fl i o slel every amount paid there, in money or bills. The collec tor will retain one copy of the document, and remit another of the account of the de bt to the Junta de Credito Public* who have the manage mentthe third to the General ecul Treasury- ii of this " Art 10. The funds which, on the publics. "custom decree, are held by the collectors of the ,maritime— snau be de houses, in cash, belonging to the English d e bt i , i 11 t 0 be livered to the agents ; and those Whichare on We expire ' traotedin London, and re covered will be given over in bills payable,. tion of the credits, as set forth_ i: ilerxt•ician agency' will be " Art. 11. The salaries Vera th l Cruz out of the Govern paid by the custom-house of every month one thou tnent part of the dutiel, ft r dollars. In case of any remit sand two hundred and fi fty will take the amount twice 'being deferred, d, v anowin o g n the understanding that it will packet. that this be printed, published, ch.. " r therefore orde r duly into effect. in the palace of culated, n a a • d :al Government in Mexico, 23d January, 1857. of the National from b e repaid p t a h i the dividend i t d h e e s f n (Signed) " IGNACIO COMONFOBT. " To Don Jose Maria trrquidV 1 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Jane Hallett, of Whitty Head, near Netberbury, Dorset, suffered for many years from a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about the house. She tried a variety of means and applica tions, but without obtaining a cure. By the blessing of God and using only three pots of Poor Man's Friend, and taking three boxes of pills, she was perfectly cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds and erup tions of every description, is sold in pots, is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. His Pilules Antiscrophulaa, for all im- purities of the blood, is sold in boxes, ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., lls., and 225. each, by all medicine vendors throughout the ITnited I(inzdom and Caln;.. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT WALTVORTH. At the Lambeth Police -court yesterday, after the night charges had been disposed of, the prisoners Thomas Faller Bacon, and Martha Bacon, his wife, charged with the wilf u l mur d er of their two infant children, were brought before Mr. Elliott on remand. Ou the arrival of the male prisoner at the court, Cook (the gaoler) asked him if he had any message to deliver or a communication to make to his wife and his reply was, "No ; not any, Mr. Cook but please to give her my lore." The prisoner then ordered a pound of rump steak, a pint of ooffee, and bread and butter, and this he devoured, leaving not a scrap behind. The substantial meal so soon after his breakfast did not seem to raise his spirits or improve his appearance, for, when placed at the bar, he seemed more downcast than on any preceding examination. Mrs. Bacon al , c, appeared much more thoughtful and depressed inspirits than on the last examination. Neither of the legal advisers of Bacon nor his wife were present, and InspeAor Young said it was not big intention to offer any additional evidence against them. Mr. E!liott, without offering any observation, remanded the prisoners until Wednesday next, when it is his intention to cammit them to the Old Bailey for trial. The prisoners were then removed from the court. At about four o'clock Bacon requested to be sup plied with tea, plenty of bread and butter, and a thick chop to !accompany, and his request having been complied with, he cleared off the whole, thus keeping up the character which he had always held amongst his friends and acquaintances—that of being a great eater. MR. HENRY LESLIE.s CHOIR. The second °Lau announced series of public con certs by Mr. Henry Leslie's well-trained choir took place last evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The programme consisted chiefly of concerted vocal compo , itions without accompaniment, and rarely, indeed, have we heard a better performance of this difficult species of music. The solo instrumentalists —Damply, the celebrated Angelina and Mr. Waley (pianoforte), Mr. John Foster (organ), Mr. Pal lo± (oboe), and Mr. J. D. Pawle also, distii , ruished thems e lv es h onoura bl y ; espec i a ll y the lady, whose remarkable talent as a composer was likewise strikingly exemplified in two "Lieder Ohne Worte," both very musicianly productions, in the style of Mendelssohn. Madame Weiss, the only solo vocalist, did ample justice to Mendels sohn's "Hear my Prayer," and was also highly successful in Mr. Waley's song, "Sing oa ye Little Birds." On the whole the concert was most satis factory, and every way creditable to the artistic taste and knowledge of Mr. Henry Leslie, who, we should add, conducted the entire performance with masterly skill. The rooms were densely crowded. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. GLASGOW, THURSDAY. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Buchanan (Liberal).. ry 5,979 2,943 Majority for Buchanan EAST SUSSEX. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Lord Pevensey Mr. Dothon 2,211 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 8...105 Per Cent 106. United Stat es 6 p er C en t s. 1867-1 86abl United States 6 p er C en t. B on d s 1868_105 106 Alabama 5 per Cent • 78 80 STATE SECURITIES. Maryland 5 per Cent. (St er li ng B on d s ) Redeeme. Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). Mississippi 6 per Cent. pl. Bk. Bonds Mississippi 5 pe r C en t. U n i on Bk Bonds ••• 16 Pennsylvania 5 p er C en t . S tock • 75 Pennsylvania 5 per C en t. Bonds lB4l-187.. 40 1877... 80 Tennessee 6 per Cent. B on d s ▪ 83 Virginia 6.per Cent. B en d s 18 8 6... 82 1. Virginia 5 per Cont. (Sterling Bonds) —.lBBB 84 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. ist Mortgage, not Convertible .............................. 1875... 90 Illinois Central 6 per Cent .................. 1375... 87 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds . ................ . ....... .... 1860...108 110 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid....., 30 32 p Michigan Central 8 p. Cent., Con vert 1860... Do. do. do. 1869... 9 t 92 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 95 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 80 82 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort Majority for Lord Pevensey.. ... 89 91 _lOl 102 SNAKES (NOT POLITICAL!). Plutarch tells us, in a matter-of-fact sort of way, that when Cato the Younger led his army into Egypt he took in his train some of the peo ple called Psylli to charm the ferocity of the snakes and cure their bites. Unfortunat*y their secret (as well as that of the Ophivenes, who cured by touching the wound) has been lost. In its place the po!ice-commissioner of Bombay has been lately compelled to resort to the only kind of charm which in no age of the world ever yet lost its potency. He reports that more deaths are oc casioned by snake-bites than by tigers, and the local government have adopted his suggestion to offer rewards for the destruction of the reptiles. It results that three hundred a day aro now being killed, and the hunters " shuffle off the mor tal coil" at the inspector's door, and receive their eight annas for every ordinary snake and twelve for every cobra. The bulk of those hitherto destroyed has consisted of the foorsa, or whip snake (whipper-in), the most ugly and venomous of the whole species. Of this snake the civil surgeon of Balnagherry reports (Bombay Courier that " he knows no remedy for its poison, ammonia being of no avail, as in the bite of other snakes. It appears that the poison does not act on the nervous system, like that of the cobra (Query Cobdenites), but on the blood alone." _ gage _ 1883... 85 87 N. York and Erio 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862.. ISO 8 t • The business transact e d thi s morning in Railway Shares has been rather active, but at a decline of about Ito per cent. on most of the chief lines compared with yesterday's prices. Great Western, North-West-rn, South-Western ; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln ; North British, and South- East , •rn declined ss. ; Caledonian, Great Northern, and Midland, 10s. ; and North-Eastern (Berwizk), 15s. Paris and Lyons have receded 10s. Sambre and Meuse advanced 55., Groat West ern o f C anada 55 , and Great Indian Peninsula ss. British, Foreign, and Colonial Mining Shares have be en very inactive. South Wheal Frances brought 335 ; Ti n Croft, 4g ; and North Frances, 18a and United Mexican, 4i. In Joint Stock Bank shares no business of any importance has been done. Ott oman Bank im proved 10s. ; and Union of Australia decli ne d 15 s . Miscellaneous shares are inactive. C ana d a L and are 151 ; National Discount Company, 4.1 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 68. MR. JOHN MACGREGOR, LATE M.P.—A letter was received yesterday from Mr. Macgregor, our late mem ber, dated Boulogne, February the 28th, and addressed to sx•Baillie Macgregor, in which Mr. Macgregor says that nothing but bodily infirmity would have made him so long silent, and for the last six months his health has been greatly impaired, and that he still suffers from severe and protracted illness. Finding his constitution undermined, he says that he decided on resigning his seat in Parliament, and proceeded direct to London for that purpose. Mr. Macgregor further states that it was not his connection with the affair of the Royal British Bank, but painful infirmity, which caused him to resign his seat in Parliament, as he found that it would be im possible for him to perform his duties ; and that, there fore, it would have been wrong to deprive Glavgow of the opportunity of having an efficient member, when, in reality, it ought to have three members in addition to Mr. Hastie. Had be been able he would have com municated with his c3nstituents, and he is desirous they should be informed of the position he is in.—North British Daily Mail. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The report of this company, just issued, states the amount of stock fraudu lently put forth by Redpath to have been about 220,0001. Against this there will be a set-off of the houses and property seized, the value of which the - directors are not at present prepared to estimate, although it is believed in other quarters to be about 50,0001. It appears that Redpath was installed in his important and uncontrolled position at the economical salary of 250/. per annum, and that the directors were at the time fully aware that he bad been a successful speculator. They thought, how ever, that he was satisfi e d w ith h is success, a result hardly ever yet known in gambling history, and upon his making a " promise" to abstain for the future " from speculating in shares or stocks of any descrip tion he was appointed registr ar ." T h i s is their simple avowal, and it emains for the shareholders at the meet ing appointed for Thursday next to express an opinion upon it.* BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —TB IS DAY. (from the Oifictal sank Stock 2 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 3 par Cent. Console Annuities ........ " New 3 per Cent. Annuitie5............... 94 3i i f Lotig Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860_, Shut Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 Shut Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885._ Shut India Stock Consols for Account 94 3 4 E tohequor Bine, 2;6; kaOSO par 3 p £5OO par 3 !Arran p .................... 2 p 3 Ditto Advertised .......................... 5 d Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. .......... 981 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS —THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent............,,.,.. 1026 Mexican 3 per Cent .............................. Ditto Account P eruv ian Bonds 46 per Cent .......... . 221 Ditto Account Russiau Bonds, 1622, St., 5 per Cent lo7s •• Ditto, 46 per Cent. - Sphaah Roads, t oads, 3 per Cent 41 Ditto Account ..... Turkirsh Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account Dividends ,o the above payable in DOndon. French Routes, 46 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent ..... . 71f. 25c. ex 25f. 25c. Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cen;., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates 7.IIREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money 931 6 Ditto, ecount (March 5) THE NAVAL COMIIAND OF DEVONPORT.—A s the period approaches for the Commander-in-Chief Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8.. &c., to strike his flag at Devon port, speculation is rife as to who is to succeed him in the important command. In addition to the officers al ready mentioned, Vice-Admiral Bowles, brother-in-law to Lord Palmerston, and Vice-Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds, are named. the Austrian Credit Bank pys to the shareholders about TONEY MARKET 31 per cent, on th e cap i ta l eap l oye d . - "The net profit of 4,510,28f1. 4Sk. was thus disposed of : —lO per cent. o f th a t sum (t 1,0271 53k.) was set aside as AND a reserve fund; 5 per cent of the remaining sum of COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 4,059,25011. 55k. was divided between the members of the Board of Administration, and another 5 per cent. among the di rec t ors an d clerks d' the establishment. As 10 per CITY, Two O'CLOC K , cent. on 4,059,250 n. 55k, makes about 400,00011., the sum, Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton of 3,600,00 A. remained, which was divided between the Market yesterd ay closed quietly, but prices were 300,000 shares, so that eah share received, in addition to f u ll y the 5 per cen t. interest, htl. or 6 per cent. maiatain e d. Th e sa l es were es ti ma t e d at " By the end of N over b er l as t 1 ; 0 p er cen t. p er s h are i 7, 0 .00 bales, 1,000 of which were taken on specu had bee n p a id up, and on he 31st January, 1357, another moon. The Railway Share Market exhibited a Payment of 10 p er cen t. ws ma d e. " quiet appea rance, but closed steadily at a slight After the m a tt er o f be report had been disposed ,advance in va l ue. of, Count Zichy prodreed a list of the 90 persons The transaction s thi s week in most descriptions who had the largest nunber of shares, and proposed of F or i gn an d Colonial produce have not been so that a c er t a i n "lumber &them should he appointed extensive as for some time past ; the pressure for by the President to examine the written votes discounts, the arrangemen t s conn e c t e d w ith th e of the A ssem bl y which sad to elect three members fourth o f , the month, and the Ministerial defeat of the hoard, and three ether persons whose duty it having all tended to induce cm ion and limit ope would be to audit the accounts of the company. M. rations. In sugar the dealings have been contracted, the proprietor ant editor of the most influen- and as from the commencement of the week the tial of the Vienna papers objected to the plan, and buyers have show n a strong disposition to pay late insinuat e d that nominates "auditors" might po ss i- r a t es , a s li ght decline which on West India qua bly neglect to perform their duty to the s disfaction lilies amounted to Gil. per cwt. has been submitted of the Assembly. Insteak of allowing the President to. Coffee has be en qu i e t but firm, holders evinc or his substitute to settle the matter, the Imperial ing a determination not to accept lower rates. In Commissary interfered,anlvith mostunseemly - vehe- Tea a large speculative business has been done, the mence decreed that s i x "a u dit ors " s h ou ld b e ap- l ate adveces from China having stimulated opera pointed by the President. Prince Schwarzenber g , tions at advanced prices. A considerable quantity who evidently did not approve of the tone em- of Common Congou has changed hands at ls. lid. ployed by the representative of Government, put to ls. 10. per lb. Rice has been very quiet at pre the somewhat ruffled assembly into the best pos- vious values, although on Tuesday some kinds of sible humour by appointing the suspicious gentle- Bengal were lid. per cwt. dearer. Rum has been man to be one of the six auditors. When the guys- steady. Saltpetre inactive. Cochineal at full tion relative to the dividend was brought forward, rates, and Tallow dull, at a decline of M.Z- again rose, and began a vehement tirade 61. per cwt. Nutmegs, Cassia Vera, and against the board, accompanied by such viole n t Pimento have been dearer. Mace is steady, gesticulation that he was called to order by and pepper rather heavy. The public sales of Count Zichy, who told him that lie who had foreign and colonial wool are progressing with a for many years been accustomed to spe a k remarkable degree of firmness, the competition for in public (in th e H ungar i an Di et ) t h ought it right the parcels offred is very active, and there is a to inform him that his tone and manner were any- large attendance of both home and foreign buyers. thing but " parliamentary'' After this reproof Notwithstanding the general prosperity of the M. Z - became calmer, but as he displayed an trade of the country, and the caution evinced in all inclination to wander from ,eis subject, the Im- departments of business, father mercantile failures perial Commissary seized the bell, and ringing it are reported. Since the recent suspensions among violently, desired the President to take the sense the Greeks a few English firms have succumbed, of the assembly as to the dividend. The assembly and two more are now added to the last. These unanimously agreed to the proposition of the are Messrs. Copland and Barnes, of London, an Board, although every one present seemed to feel old established firm in the provision trade, with that M. do Brentano had not shown due respect liabilities roughly estimated of 50,0001., and Messrs either to M. Z--, or to the noble President. Train and Co., of Liverpool, engaged in the Arnie rican trade, with liabilities of about 100,0001. ; with regard to the assets of these two honses no reliable information has yet transpired. Au active business is still being transacted in the silver market, and it is expected that the shipments on the 20th will be heavy. The fixed price for bar silver is id. per oz. higher, being 611 d per oz. A meeting of the Garnett and Mouseley Gold Mining Company has just been held ; Mr. Gill in the chair. The report stated that from the last appeal to the shareholders only 2,0001. had been raised towards the payment of the debts of the company, leaving upwards of 1 0,0001. to be pro vided. In consequence of the different opinions as to the value of the property, it was agreed to send out a competent person to report on the position of the mine. The applications for discounts in Lombard-street and at the Bank of England have not Leen quite so numerous this morning, but whether the market is about to become easier is very doubtful, notwith standing the sanguine views which many entertain on this subject. besides the inquiry for the leeiti mate purposes of trade, which alone are almost suffi cient to keep money dear, there are several schemes which will absorb large amounts of capital now hanging over the market. One of this is the Natiofial Bank of Turkey, with a capital of 10,000,000/. It has recently transpired that the concess'ou for this important undertaking has been granted to Mr. Wilkins, t h e represen tative of the English Com pany. One por tion of this amount will be sent from this country, tut, added to other schemes, which will be introduce I at the first favourable opportunity, there is a prospect of a continuous efflux of specie from England to the Continent. The silver opera tions are still withdrawing large quantities in gold, and 30,000/. or 40,0001. in that metal was sent away yesterday. These movements will continue to arrest a decline in the minimum, and there is reason to believe that although the pressure may not become more severe, there is just as little pro spect of much additional ease. Continued flatness characterises the English Stock Market. Business is dull, and politics now exer &se paramount influence. A short time since money was the chief consideration with the speculators, but the proceedings in Parliament have lately directed their operations. With an approaching dissolu tion there is naturally a disinclination to enter into large _operations, and the market consequently droops. Consols have been 93i s and 93ii for money, and 94 to 941 f or accoun t . The New Threes are 931 to 94, and the Reduced, though shut, have been 931 Bank Stock is 220 i. Ex chequer Bonds are par to 3s. prem. Foreign Securities were also very quiet. Turkish ,per Cents, have been 974 g, Spanish 3 per Cents, are 41, Dutch 4 per Cents. 98i1, Mexican 3 per Cents., account, 22k, Peruvian efi per Cents., account, 781., Russian 5 per Cents. 107, and ditto 4 per Cents. 981. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :---Grenada Deferred Bonds. 6l 7 ; Mexi can, 221 u ; Peruvian, 44-- per Cents., 79 80 ; ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 109 ; do. eq per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40.1 I; ditto New Deferred, 24i ; Ditto Certificates, 6i ; Ditto Passive, 5i 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report that the market for American Securities during the past week has been inactive, and the transactions have been quit e li m it e d, and at prices generally in favour of the buyer CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.). = THE GREAT CITY FORGERIES. - SENTENCE OF THE PRISONERS. Ilia morning James Townshend Saward, and J ames Anderson, found guilty yesterday of forgery to a large extent on the -City Bank, were placed at the bar to receive sentence. Beth prisoners presented a very dejeceed appearance to that of yesterday, particularly Saward, who held his head down during the whole of the Chief Baron's ad dress to them previous to passing sentence. On b e i ng p l ace d at the bar, The Cl e rk o f A rra i gns called on each of there, : nd said—You are conv i cte d o f forgery. Have yeu any thing to say why the Court should not proceed to pass sentence upon you ? Saward--Before your lordship passes sentence in ray case, I humbly ask you to defer it till next session. I have no complaint to make to the verdict on the evidence adduced, or to the impartial, just, and impressive sum ming up of your lordship ; but I make the appli cation under the following circumstances : ask at your lordship's hands to be shown a little consideration in consequence of my unfortunate and defenceless position; and perhaps your lordship will have the kindness to order that a copy of the notes of your I)rdship's evidence of certain witnesses which I will name shall be lodged with the Governor of Newgate, to be made such use of as 1 may be hereafter advised. The Chief Baron—Your request is entirely novel. I never heard, in the whole of my experience, nor have I met in the whole course of my reading, of such an appli cation being made and formed on no grounds whatever. Saward—My position is a most unfortunate one. The Chief Baron—You do not state for what object you want my notes of the evidence. Saward—My reason is that I consider much of the evidence received yesterday was inadmissible. The Chief Baron—Then the proper course for you to have pursued was to have objected yesterday to its ad mission. I thought the whole of the evidence was admis sible. It was the subject of continual consideration in my own mind, and its admission was frequently the result of the joint opinion of myself and Mr. Baron Bramwell, whose aid and assistance I have had on this occasion. I was mysaf very careful not to ad mit anything that did not appear to me to be evidence. I objected at first to the admission of certain matters, but after consideration they appeared to me to be ad missible, and I admitted them. You (b.) not now state any grounds for your application, except that you want the notes. You do not state what objection you have to take, and it appears to me that you only want them to have an opportunity of finding out any ob jection. Saward—Just so, my lord. I was not aware until yesterday morning that I should be tut:defended. The Chief Baron—l can be no party to yam. appli cation founded on that ohjPction. Tne apdointment for the trial was made and the arrangements cory.:hrlefl as early as Saturday last. You are perfectly aware that you ought to have made such au application e.•.riier, or at any rate that you ought to have made appliaa tio❑ on affidavit, prepared by an attorney, and wbieh should have state.] wby you were not prepared with counsel. I think you were quite as well prepared now as you would have been had ouch an application been made. Saward —The briefs were prepared yesterday, but un. fortunately I could not get the money in time. The Chief Baron then proceeded to pass sent euce in the following terms :—Ja es Townshend Saward and James Anderson, you are to receive the judgment of the Court, founded on the verdict of the jury delivered yes terday, which pronounced you and each of you to be guilty of the offences charged in the indictment, that of forging and uttering on the 18th of Augwet last year an order for the payment of 1001., which order was de scribed in various counts of that indictment a so as a cheque.. The trial lasted many hours. Atue!a evidence was given, and much which in one sense might be con sidered somewhat unusual, and which I painted out to the attention of the jury is summing up the case last night. It is not usual in the administration of the criminal justice of this country to have more than one crime proved at a time against one individual charged with many, but as I then stated and think it right again to state, that for the purpose of making out a guilty knowledge of any person included in the indictment it was necessary to prove the commission of crimes, and the rule that excludes evidence of the commission of other, for fear of creating prejudiceagainet a prisoner ceases, and it then becomes the imperative duty of the judge to admit that sort of evidence which otherwise he ought to reject. The case against you made out yesterday presents one of the most astonishing and alarming instances of crime that it has been my misfortune to witness on any occasion since I have been a judge, and I am not aware that the history of the criminal justice of this country presents any case more formidable than that which was disclosed by th e evidence adduced against yon yesterday. It is a maxim in the administration or the criminal Jaw that combination renders crime mire mischievous and alarming, and that it calls for greater severity of punish ment than when a c. ime has been the single act of one individual, and there never was a clearer specimen of the proof of the propriety of that practical maxim thSn appeared yeiterday in the evidence against you. It was glade out to the satisfaction of the jury, and to my en tire aed perfect satisfaction, that there had existed for many months, possibly for many years, a combination, of which you, James Townshend Saward was a patty, by which the crime of forgery was to be comrnitted,by a com bination of parties, and all of them involved in the same guilt. With the assistance of an individual unconscious of the crime he was furthering—innocent so far as any in tention on his part was concerned altogether of the off ence—but by extraordinary ingenuity and cant: ivance made possibly not a reluctant, but a ready, assistant in the crime of which he was altogether unconscious, and by such means as these it was now perfectly clear that, in a great many instances, crime was successfully perpe trated apparently with perfect success and security, and for a long period the parties escaped the justice of the country. This scheme appears to have been carried out, by a strange connection with burglars and pickpockets, to obtain blank cheques and cancelled cheques, and where the latter could not be obtained recour-e elks t ad to fictitious cheques, whereby the writing of the party was obtained by his cheque being given for the amount, and thus facilities were obtained for imitating his hand writ ing. The learned judge then referred to the plan adopted of taking lodgings in a forged name, and of inviting persons whose education in the country would prevent them from knowing much of London life, and whose -years probably . induced them to become innocent parties, without having the least idea of the crime they were promotitee showing that arrangements were made with such skill and dex terity that the police were baffled in the pursuit of those persons who, they. were well aware, were c.olducting, apparently in secrecy, a great scheme of l lun er. At length an accident gave a clue to the whole matter, and it was brought forward for public investigation, and then the whole truth became manifest. It was dis tinctly proved that you, James Anderson, inveigled innocent parties, as I have described, and you, Ja nes Townshend Saward actuated by that caution in which you appar4ntly prided -yourself, freely communicated with those men who were stamped with the character of felons, and who could scarcely be creditable witnesses against you. You cautiously kept out of the way when cheques had to be presented or money to be paid or re ; ceived, but it so turned out that the proceedings of souse of the party at Yarmouth and Norwich were discovered, and their could be no doubt that the letters were in your handwriting as well as the writing on the forged docu ments. It is impossible to doubt the truth of the statements made yesterday by Attwell and Ilardwicke, however unworthy of credit they may appear to be from the crime which stains their past life and character, that you both were a party to the entire scheme of sending forth to the world the cheques and hills that were pro duced yesterday, at the bottom of which you, James Townshead Sawa* was probably the most conspicuous. This was one of the most alarming and serious cases of forgery to which the attention of the public had for a long time been called, and had not the laws of the country, which met with his concurrence, received a more peaceful form than formerly, there can be no doubt but that each of you would have expiated your crime by an ignomi nious death. I rejoice, however, that I have not to pass that sentence, but whatever the law holds out with a view to deter from such oflisnces, appear to me to be the just measure of punishment to persons who have filled up - the largest measure of crime. I was requested yesterday to take notice of the case of one of you with a view to a mitigation of the sentence but after full consideration I feel bound not to listen to the appeal of Sir F. Thesiger, and had the prosecution been conducted by the Attor ney-General, and he bad made a similar application I should have felt bound not to comply with it, but to pass the full sentence, leaving it to the executive to consider and determine thereon. Should an application be made to the Home Secretary, and I am applied to, I shall have much pleasure in giving it my careful atten tion. In the present state, of the case I can make no distinction. between the cautious indi vidual, who, though. a party to the whole trans. action, screens himself so far as possible from being personally mixed up with it, and the person who has acted as agent, but who has displayed a capacity for crime, and an ingenuity and an abundance of resource for the purpose : of committing that crime worthy of a better cause, and which would, in all probability, have produced wealth, and_ whatever might have rewarded successful• ingenuity, where it has received a virtuous instead of a criminal direction. I lament that, with re spect to you, Jas.Townshend Seward, that you must have been at one period ofyourlife in circumstances far different from those in which the justice of the Court has found you involved, at least, for many months—possibly for years. It is stated, and not de n i e d, th a t y ou are a member of an honourable profession ; and I deeply re gret that that ingenuity, skill, and talent, which has re ceived so perverted and mistaken a direction, has not been guided ...by :a sense of virtue, and directed to more honourable and useful pursuits. I am called upon to pass sentence upon you, and for the reasons that I have aseigaed it is impossible for me to stop short of the utmost limit to which tee law permits the punishment to proceed, Any mitigation that may" belong to either must come from a different source. The learned judge then passed sentence of transportation for life on each of them in the usual terms. The prisoners were then removed from the dock