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

I - 1 EA' fRE R'OYAI., DRUM LA IsT E.— Lesseo, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting M inager, Mr.-C. Alathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R Roxby. Scenic ‘.l.tist, Mr. W. Beverley. The embient Crrnedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening. Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. Gnat Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the *lost ma ,- nificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the popul?.r Comedy, A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cleveland, and Miss 11, Oliver. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Fiarlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the - house to snit every one Cd. and I.s. ; Second Circe of Poxes, ls. Cd. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, (3 (1. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, I ° B - fld., 1 Is., It. Ils. 6.1., and 21. 25.1 T)OYAT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE -I 'lb THIS EVENING, will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will he produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murn7 aid C. Leclercq. INIEATR El ROYAL, H AYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Charae ers by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rozers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz wil' lam. Followed by (17th time) a new drama, called A WICKED WIFE. After which, GRIMgHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRAD SHAW. To conclude with Nloncrieff's comic drama of THE IRRESISTIBLES, 114 OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. 1 THIS EVENING, will be performed the tragedy of OTFIELLO. Othello, Mr. Charles Dillon ; Desdemona, Mrs. Charles Dillon. Followed by a new drama, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., entitled ANGEL OR DEVIL. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dillon, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Barrett, &c. To conclude with CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F. Fenton. Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar I Brharto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Medora Clowns Mr. H. Marshall The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super ntendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. • Carriages conveying parties •t I the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street T HEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Lesaee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Pawl Bedford will appear. Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams. To conclude with the new original comic drama, called BARNEY THE BARON, Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, v Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIMS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, &c. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa- Daily ; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-NV EL LS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, will be performed WILLIAM TELL. Characters by Messrs. Phe'ps, H. Marston, J, W. Ray, L. Ball, A. Rayner, Williams ; Miss Atkinson. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. TRAND T HEAT R E.—iVflnager, Mr. T. Pavne.—This Evening will be per brrned b. aew Drama, FASHION AND FAMINE ; or, The Straw berry Girl. Julia Warren, Little Cordelia Howard. After which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which the Howard Family will appear. Followed by a Ballet Divertissement. To conclude with DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is, ; Gallery, fid. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. called This Evening, th e new d rama, b y T orn T ay l or, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Itobs - m. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. Commence at half-past Seven. AsTLErs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. .Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. This Evening, with the original vocal music, and novel and startling Equestrian Illustrations, invented t,y Mr. Wm. Cooke, the equestrian operatic drama of ROB ROY. Rob Itoy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the brilliant SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the equestrian harlequinade called PAUL RIT ON HORSEBACK. Commetce at seven o'clock. Dress rines, 4s. ; Upper 3oxem, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit. 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, M. Pox•office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CI A.NTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— ` l .--) OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of ' , elections from all the popula' Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunch, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. longhmans, B. Grover, T. Farrant, S. ...ones, J. Barker, W. Moiling, P. rorri. Senor Antonio M. and E. L. lime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and ''..n.rl; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. eialioforto, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; iirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre c'sely. Suppers, d:c., until twelve o'clock. AWL' WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ruts ]:—Niern. 0 min. aft. 0— ftventng 1 mi.t. aft. 12 n-Mo r.ow—Mcin.34 :.nn. att. 12 —Ev..!ning 59 TEiE wiziATLIER-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 7. TR33MOM.TITR, IN THR SHAD& 55 •"F. Meet zinze , at;en yostmix.T. M —tbir day at nom r(i 0.« nigh A • •. 2 a 92—falling. WIND, W. to W.S. W. It was north-west all the morn ing, with fine, cloudy weather. tv;i: : 1 4 ) 11 _l, CRV),-/S'S/'4,IP/ NroN, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 14b7. The Atrocities of the Chinese—not merely their insult -4, contumelies, and prevarications—impera lively require now to he at once and very avenged. The atrocious massacre of the crew of the Thistle, the infamous poisoning of the British residents at Hong Kong, the brutal outrages per petrated by the Chinese mob at Singapore, the wanton burning of our factories at Canton, the blood-money set by YEH upon the heads of Eng lishmen—all these things absolutely demand forth with the stretched-out arm, the keen sword, the trenchant blow of England descending, as it were, upon the iustmt, and with a deadly force, upon the necks of the great anomalous race of Asia, the Civilised-B rbarians of the Celestial Empire ! Enormous crimes have been already committed those crimes must be promptly and adequately expiated. Fourteen years have elapsed, during; which an important clause in the solemn 'Treaty of Nankin has been evaded—that clause must now at length be recog nised and acted upon by the Canton authorities. Measures must, without any further delay what ever, be adopted to prevent -the possibility of . being again i nsulted with the British flag im punity, and to preclude Vie chance of anothe r in solent rejection of an interview with her Britannic MAJESTY'S duly authorised diplomatic representa tive. All tbit, we rest confidently assured, will be effected, and that, moreover, with as littl e delay as is at all practicable—for the one simple but sufficient reason that Lord PALMERSTON is at the head of her MAJESTY'S Government. The Himalaya has already taken its departure. Other vessels, the fastest screw-steamers anywhere procurable, ought to follow immediatelvin her wake, carrying troops and munitions of wart) the scone of action—concentrating the whole military and naval etrenyth of England upon the salient points along the China seaboard. It sheAld be remem bered, moreover, that, fresh from the Russian conflict, we have now actually ready to hand, at our instant disposal, a gigantic and effective force of gun-boats and floating batteries. No con sideration of expense whatever ought in reason, THE SUN, LON DON, SATURDAY F, v,E% G, MARCH 7, ii4b7 at this moment, to stand in the way of our fitting out an adequate and properly organised Expe dition. The Empire, by whose representative and citizanr, at the other extremity of the globe, our flag has been wantonly insulted, our property has been flagitiously destroyed, our fellow-citizens have been cruelly murdered, is one having a popula tion of no less than 300,000,000 in the aggre gate. Against such an Empire as the Chinese Empire such an Empire as the British Em pire cannot possibly wage a Little War—a Litt!e War against which, in the abstract, this nation was solemnly and most memorably warned not many years ago by the Duke of WELLINGTON. If we are to act at all against the Chinese, we must act against them thoroughly. This time there must be no mis take whatever. The struggle, when it is closed, must be closed by a Treaty more stringent and more explicit than that of Nankin, and that new Treaty must be fulfi led to the very letter. As early as upon Wednesday last we took occa sion to remark, in the matter of this Chinese Diffi culty, that the sudden close at this moment of the Persian War by means of the Paris negotiations, ought to be regarded as in a very peculiar man ner opportune. We suggested there and then, that we should at once avail ourselves of so very tempting an opportunity. Nal:11 , 1y, by concen trating upon the coast of China the naval and mili tary forces recently despatched to the Persian Gulf from Bombay. We are rejoiced to observe that this suggestion has been already adopted in its impression of to-day by the chief of our morning contemporaries. We said in The Sun of Wednesday last, the 4th inst., speaking of the close of the Persian War—" Nothing could surely be more happily well-timed ! Here is our opportunity. Let the squadron under Admiral Sir M. SEYMOUR bo at once enhanced by the combination with it of the military and maritime forces recently de spatched against Bushire under the joint command of Admiral LEEKE and General OUTRAM." The Times of this morning, the 7th instant, enforces this suggestion almost in the same identical words, where it observes—" The conclusion of the war with Persia is the most opportune occurrence of the hour. By the peace signed three days since two fine bodies of troops, that which garrisons Bushire and that which has probably by this time sailed from Bombay to join the former, will soon be free for service in China." Be it so. The emergency in the Chinese Seas is one requiring promptitude, and this promptitude we have every reliance upon witnessing under the auspices of the PALMERSTON Administration. A Pacificator, at the same time, is to be sent out to the seat of war in the person of a duly authorised and a judiciously-selected Plenipoten tiary. Not, as some individuals had erroneously imagined, for the purpose of superseding Sir JOHN BOWRING, but for the very purpose of co-operating with Sir JOHN BOWRING, of availing himself of Sir JOHN BOWRING'S sagacity, patriotism, and experience. Warlike measures all the while potently enforcing the arguments of our negotia tors. It is thus, and thus only, that a great Asiatic race like the Chinese, a race full of dupli city, of cruelty, and of cunning, can be effectually dealt with. History, Reason, Humanity alike de inoustrate that the most merciful war is, after all, thtt war that is conducted, at the outset, the most promptly, the most boldly, and the most energe tically. A course all the more incumbent upon England, with her late experience, and possessing a perfect knowledge, as she does, of the sinister ambition ever lurking at the heart of the great Northern Autocracy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has succeeded for the time being in his crusade against the tea-caddy, the tea-cup, and the pie-dish. He has obstinately persevered in the retrograde policy against which he was solemnly and emphatically warned, and obtained a majority of 62, for " the introduction of the sharp end of the wedge !" The moribund Parliament, the very days whereof are numbered, has reversed the system in opera tion for the last 16 years, and set the ex ample in futuro of replenishing the Exchequer by in direct taxation on articles which have become almost necessaries of life. It may be that the addition of 2d. per lb. on tea, which he now estimates to produce half a million sterling, (although in his Financial Statement he cal culate,' the loss by the surrender of 2d. to be but 369,0001.) is of comparatively trivial importance, more especially as the reduction which actually takes place will admit of an alteration in the cost price from which the consumers will derive practical benefit. But it is 01 j.etionable on principle, inasmuch as it is founded on a direct breach of faith with the im p:lt-Ts and dealers in te3, and also because it IL troduces an element of uncertainty that must operate very prejudicially to the general interest. No man can now form a sound opinion as to what will take place next year, or what may be the future rate of duty. It is obvious that Sir G. C. LEWIS intends ta continue the rate of ls. sd. per lb. up to 1860, if not for a much longer period. It is the mean proportional between the variou s sums of Is. ls. 5d., and ls. 3d. which he originally proposed. Indeed a larger sum will be thereby levied, inasmuch as he will gain the duty on the additional consumption, which may reasonably be anticipated under the reduced tariff. Taking this latest estimate that each penny of duty will realist a quarter of a million sterling, he asks from tea no less than three millions ster ling during the next three years ; that is to say, in the year ending April, 1858 2d. per lb., or £500,000 1859 sd. per lb., or 1,250,000 1860 sd. per lb., or 1,250,000 It is unnecessary to say that this is on the as gumption that he will—if re - elected—ask the new Parliament to continue the same duty until 1860. It was a daring experiment to ask the expiring Parliament to take such a step ; and still stranger that the demand should be conceded. It will, however, be competent for the popular represen tatives to reverse this decision ; and we sincerely hope that it will be one of its first acts to do so. It cannot for a moment be considered as a settlement for a single year, or anything more than a provisional arrangement, which may be altered at any moment.. Indeed Sir G. C. LEwis based his demand on that very . ground. The matter will form, then, one of the string of in terrogatories that must be exhibited to every candidate, and to which explicit and unequivocal answers must be returned. The fiscal reformers must tak e care that the real impor t ance of the question is thoroughly understood, and that Honourable Gentlemen who aspire to seats in Parliament may clearly know what is expected at their hands. It is very unfortunate that the problem t) be solved by the different constitu encies should be thus complicated. But still it will be practicable to find e li g ib le candidates pre pared to support the foreign policy o f L or d P ALM ERSTON, and yet to oppos e the fiscal h o bbi es of his Chancellor of the Exchequer, although the recently resuscitated Anrnua Y OUNG may thereby be again consigned to his original obscurity. The people require cheap [tea and cheap sugar, and that they will insist on from any administra tion that may be placed in office. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as usual, exhibited the degree of vacillation for which he has become so painfully notorious. He gave notice of proposing the one-and-fourpenny compromise, but withdrew his amendment at the last moment, having voted against that of Mr. GLADSTONE. The alleged reason was that there was but Id. between that which the Chancellor of the Exchequer asked and what he (Lord JOHN) proposed to give. But there was only the same difference with Mr. GLADSTONE, who offered is. 3d., and if this pro position had been accepted, it could not have been referred to as a precedent, or regarded as the recognition by the expiring Parliament of a new financial policy, which may be carried to far greater lengths than at present contemplated or deemed possible. It is difficult to understand the motives by which the Noble Lord was actuated. We fancy, however, that there is still a vague expectation that by not identifying himself with either party he may once more be placed in the coveted position of First Lord of the Treasury. The small statesman may, however, rest assured that such a consummation, however devoutly wished for by himself and the insignificant clique that stall recognise him as leader, is simply and literally impossible. The Sugar Duties shared the same fate as those on Tea. Mr. GLADSTONE, after the majority of 62, declined again to divide the House, and Sir G. C. LEWIS carried his original proposition. The question will, however, be submitted to the new Parliament, and we trust that the several con stituencies will take care that such decision shall be in accordance with the wish'es and intere4ts of 'the community. LATEST NE WS. native than to bend its head and withdraw before this condemnation." The following is from the Debats : "It is impossible to disiniWa'e en the serious nattlr, of the check experienced ty the Cabinet of Lord Palmer ston. After such a check everybody will understand, and Lori Palmerston will certainly himself understand, that he cannot appear again bef( I'o the present 110u5.3 of Parliament. The only question that can arise is to know whether ho will abandon his position to the chiefs of the•coalition, who have dealt him this terrible blow, or whether he will decide on dissolving the house, and will appeal to the country." _ BOTIRSE, March 6.—The following were the last quotations Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents - 3 .. - p - er Cents 7O 20 New Loan 70 65 Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1 392 50 Austrian Belgian Five 5......... 99i Spanish Threes Pied montese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. The Cross Berlin newspaper states on authentic infor mation that the ceremony of betrothal of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick Wil liam will take place at Londo❑ during the month of May, and that the Prince and Princess of Prussia will accompany their popular and respected son to England for the purpose. The marriage, adds the Cross, is defi nitely fixed for the 21st of November, or as soon after as possible. The new married couple, it is believed, will remain in England for a month or more and there pass the Christmas holidays, after which they will commence their journey to the Prussian dominions, and make their entry in state into Berlin immediately after new year, by which time the palace now fitting up for their residence will be fully completed and properly aired. SURREY THEATRE. A new drama has been produced at this theatre, under the title of "Fraud and its Victims," and, we may add, with irnmen=e success. A fraudulent banker receives tin thousand pounds from a customer, who falls dead in a fit immediately he has paid it in ; and the banker, about to become a bankrc pt; never enters the sum in his books. He has, however, given a receipt for it, and this his clerk and confederate takes from the per son Gf the deceased depositor. These events are shown in the prol tgut', and are supposed to take place in 1845. The first act of the veritable drama commences in 1857, and we then find the fraudulent banker has become a millionnaire, and has assumed the name of Warrington. The clerk has become a desperate vaga bond, and haunts Piccadilly with ten-bladed knives. The son of the depositor (who was a captain in the navy) and his wife and daughter appear on the scene, vainly struggling with genteel poverty, only ultimately to be sunk to the verge of star cation and suicide. The clerk now crosses his former master, and endeavours to extort money for the document he possesses ; and the family undergo a variety of vicissitudes, which admirably fill lip the four acts, and exemplify all the phases of poverty. In the • end the fraudulent banker is convicted, the family are restored totheir fortune, and all ends happily. Mr. Creswick played the father and son with great force and with a gentle power that show him to be fully 'aster of his art. r Mr. Shepherd made up admirably, as he always does, for the vagabond clerk, and played a long and arduous part with great humour as well as force. It must, iticked, be pronounced as one of the best pieces and one of the most decided hits this theatre has made, and is evidently destined for a lengthened popu larity. CITY OP LONDON THE ATBE. PANTOMIME BANQUET. Mr. Nelson Lee, author and manager, entertained the pantomimists—scenic, artist, and machinist—at his own residence, Ntlson's-cottage's, Shrubland-road, Dal ston, on Wednesday last, at which his partner, Mr. J. Johnson, presided. On the cloth being removed, the heal-h of Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee, and con tinued prosperity to the City of London Theatre was drank with great enthusiasm, and ably responded to by Mr. Nelson Lee. In the course of the afternoon Mr. Lae read a most novel and whimsical pantomime, which caused much amusement. The author's 200 panto mimes, alphabetically labelled, were exhibited, sur rounded by tricks and models in his pantomime reposi tory. The guests retired, much gratified, to attend to "Anne Boleyn," the only pantomime now playing in the East end. A Cabinet C rune 1 waq held yesterday at the Foreign office. The whole of the Ministers attended. His Ex.ell.ncy the Hanoverian Minister has left town for Strailifieldsaye, on a visit to Lord and Lady Arthur Hay. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have left Apsl e y House for Strathfi s ld saye. The Earl and Countess of Perth have arrived at Claridge's Hotel. The Viscountess Palmerston will " receive" at Cam bridge House this evening. Lord Arthur Hay has taken a house in Chester square, late the residence of Mr. Henry Reeve. The Bishop of Rochester and Lady Sarah Murray, will leave town on Monday for Danbury Palace, near Chelmsford. The Right Hon. the Speaker will hold his first levee (full dress) this evening, at his residence in Eaton. square, at 10 o'clock. He will hold another levee on Saturday next. The Oriental steamship Ripon, and the Peninsular mail may be expected on the 9th or 10th inst. It is reported that two new candidates intend to offer themselves for Westminster. A. powerful opposition is getting up in Lambeth against one of the present members. Mr. Frere, the Commissioner of Seinde, and Mr. Andrew, the Chairman of the Euphrates Railway Company, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Clarendon, respecting the Euphrates route to India. The Earl of Fitzhardinge, according to the last ac counts, is proceeding favourably. The United Service Gazette says it is becoming difficult to procure subaltern officers for the Horse Guards. To live " properly," it costs a cornet nearly 1,0001. per annum more than his pay. A man named Murray was rua over yesterday, by a train of the Eastern Counties Railway, near the Fair fiel I works. He is not expected to survive. It is supposed that a fortnight must yet elapse before the fire in the Lund Hill colliery is extinguished, and that it will be six weeks before any of the bodies can be got up. PRINCE ALBERT'S CAMBRIDGE MEDAL FOR LEGAL STUDIES.—This medal was yesterday awarded to H. Shield, 8.A., Jesus College. The examiners were una nimously of opinion that E. W. Stock, S.C.L., of St. John's College, acquitted himself in a manner deserving of special commendation. THE ALLEGED MURDER OF MRS. BACON, SEN.— The prosecutor and witnesses who were bound in recog nisances by the coroner to appear at Rutland Assizes in support of an indictment against Thos. Fuller Bacon for poisoning his mother, have:been informed that they need not attend at Oakham on Monday next. It is under stood that Mr. Hough has received an intimation from the Home Office that the coroner's inquisition will be re moved by certiorari to the Central Criminal Court, where the accused will be tried in April. MINES.— Lead, as we stated last week, is still advanc ing in price, and lead mines have a prospect of doing better than for some time past ; whilst tin, high as it is, seems likely to advance. Many of the old tin mines, the names of which had almost been forgotten, have been in demand, and are eagerly bought up ; among these St. Ives Consols advanced to 100, 120, buyers. Margaret shares have not maintained the sudden ri,e, and have been flat during the week at 60 to 65. Botallack advanced to 220, 225 ; the improvements in the mine, and the expected increase in the dividends, have caused inquiries for them. South Frances, 340 to 350, ex div. of 101. per share de• Glared on Monday ; in addition to this dividend (4,9601.), 4001. was charged on the accounts for the steam-whim, and 3261. 16s. 101 half year's income tax, so that the profit on the two months was in reality 5,737/. le. 2d., Buller shares have been in demand, at 320 ; Bassett, 280 to 285 ; Devon Console, 450 to 460.---Mining Jour nal of this stay. THE ANGLO-PERSIAN TREATY. The Paris correspondent of the Independence Beige publishes the following as the chief points of the Anglo-Persian Treaty just signed at Paris : " I. The whole of the Persian territory which is or might b 3 occupied by the English troops up to the proclamation of peace in those parts is to be completely evacuated by the English, " IT. Persia recognises the independence of Affghanistan—that is to say, Persia takes the solemn engagement not to interfere any more in the affairs of Affghanistan. " 111. Herat is restored to its independence. That province will henceforth be governed by its native rulers. " IV. Renewal of the treaty of commerce con chided between Persia and England. England will henceforth be treated in the Persian Empire on the footing of the most favoured nation ; Persia equally sl in the British Empire. "V. England renounces henceforth affording protection to Persian subjects. " VI. Mr. Murray, the British Minister who re sided at Teheran before the war, will return to Teheran, where he will be received with great honours by the Persian Government." CHINA. PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING. The Moniteur publishes despatches from Bong Kong to the 14th January. They feared an insur rcction at Hong Kong itself. Sir J. tiowring had made arrangements with Admiral Guerin, the Fiench naval commander, and they took sufficient precautions to enable them to put down, in case of need, any such movement. Et seems that this attitude of the French is due to instructions received by them by the very last mail. France and England had concerted, before knowing the events of Canton, to obtain from the Chinese Government a revision of the treaties which are about to expire, and the English and French representatives received despatches prescribing the joint and identical conduct which they would ob serve to attain this object. They were authorised to lend each other suppoi '6 and aid in all eventualities. BERLIN, FRIDAY. The Zeit, Government journal, announces that Count Hatzfeldt, the Prussian Minister at Paris, cannot take part in the Neuchatel Conferences until the Conference has prepared the materials for the conclusion of a definitive arrangement of the question. MARSEILLES, MARCH 6. The Prince and Princess Dapilo, of Montenegro, landed here yesterday, and left this morning by the express train for Paris, accompanied by a brilliant suite. TRIESTE, MARCH 5. Accounts have been received from Constanti nople to the 27th. The first and second intend ants, as well as the treasurer of the Sultan, have been exiled. The Gazette publishes the budget of 1857. The expenses are estimated at 1,800 millions of reals, and the receipts at 1,562 millions. The deficit will be made up from different sources. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 4. Count Cavour's reply to Count Buol's note of February 10th is considered unsatisfactory, and so much excitement prevails in official circles that the diplomatic world is inclined to believe the Aus trian Legation will soon be recalled ftorn Turin. It is related that .the French and British Cabinets have strongly advised the Austrian Government not to break off its diplomatic relations with Sar dinia, but the publication of the Austrian and Sar dinian notes in the Russian organ at Brussels has given such great offence that his Majesty's Minis ters arc but little inclined to listen to th-t well meant counsel of their Paris and London friends. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Illoniteur contains a decree of the Emperor, ini sft a c'i r o a n l by which Count de Laborde is app o i n t e d direc'or general of the archives of the empire. A report from the M .recommends the institution of a prof essors hi p o f vegetable physiologyat thet er MuseumoP tiblic I ofn sru Natural History, and a decree founded thereon nominates Mr. Georges Ville to the new professorship. The Pays contains the following :—" A private letter from Canton of the 15th December men tions a fact which has not yet been made known, and which shows the deplorable feelings of the Court of Pekin in the conflict with England. On tie sth December, the mandarin, governor of Lin Ting, caused to be seized in the warehouses of the Hong merchants, where it is ordinatly de posited, all the. merchandise belonging either to the E st India Company or to English subjects. The town of Lin Ting is the entrepot of the opium trade, and is the most important market in China for the sale of that at ticle, which is now restricted andsubjected, according to treatie o s p , iu to m v L e strict h strv as l d e e il p la o n ts ce 4 Independently merchandiseot‘ all kinds, principally articles of European importation, belonging, for the most part, to English merchants." The following are the observations of the French papers on the late diVision in the House of Com mons : The Patric strongly advocates the energetic pro secution of the war, and concludes its remarks with the following passage— ' " Will the motion of Mr. Cobden, voted by the House of Commons (which must certainly lead to the dissolu tion of the Cabinet or of the House), result in arresting the progress of events before Canton ? We hope not: Great distances, which at times present great inconve niences, have this advantage,that they permit accomplished facts to weigh with immense power on the march of human events. Should Sir J. Bowring succeed before the arrival of the vote of censure recorded by Parliament in entering as a conqueror into that city, which he first sought only to enter as a simple visitor, we do not think that England, which has absolved Warren Hastings and Clive, whose glory was nevertheless tarnished by well authenticated crime, will impute blame to a man for an excess of zeal, justified and glorified by success." The Univers entertains similar views, which it expresses in more energetic language than that adopted by its contemporaries. It says : " dec ; a W n3a h t a i t on d s o r a e l a l h i t ly e s s i e o g ri s ily lemn deb t One es a o t l e and es object, — ilc a t n h t e h ropi poli tical adverseries of Lord Palmerston wish to obtain his place, or, if they cannot succeed in so doing, they seek at least to display their eloquence, for the constitutional game must be played out. And while the Parliament of England is gravely discussing the justice, or legality! .f this war the Chinese are setting a price on the heads of Europeans, and are surrounding them with assassins, in cendiaries, and poisoners. The Bishop of Oxford in his speech evidently lost sight of all that Christian nations have suffered from China; he saw nothing but the question of the Arrow. But our correspondents at Hong Kong, who are not Englishmen, judge it in a very different light from the Anglican bishop, and their opinions appear to us less open to suspicion. Now, with respect to China, who can seriously question the right possessed by Chris tian Powers to call that barbarian nation to account for treaties perpetually violated, and for the blood bf Chris tians constantly shed ? The English orators are really too considerate when they invoke the right of nations, justice, and humanity in favour of a population which, by every act, places itself beyond the right of nations, and systematically violates all the laws of humanity and j us tice." Thk, anticipations offered above have been par tially realised by the Assemblee _Nationale, which alone of the Paris journals condemns the conduct of Admiral Seymour. The following are the views it expresses : " cVill the Premier obtain from the Queen permission to dissolve Parliament ? Should he obtain it would he succeed in obtaining from the electors the reversal of the verdict given by the House of Commons after the most solemn debate ? These are questions that need not yet be examined ; but whatever may be the resolution taken by the Crown, whatever may be the result of an appeal to the electors in circumstances where the national selt-esteem might perhaps be skilfully worked upon, the vote of the House will remain as the eternal condemnation of a policy which has been justlycensured by the most eminent men of all parties, and by those who are most devoted to the real grandeur of England. Were another Ministry possible in the present dissolution of political parties, the Cabinet headed by Lord Palmerston would have no other alter! RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr c CO - leans 1,435 Western Northern 962 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,455 New Ditto Nlediterranean 1,903 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette "BIG BEN" OF FVESTMINSTEfiI. Yesterday evening Mr. E. B. Denison delivered a lecture at the theatre of the Royal Institution on the qualities and capabilities of bells in general, and that of Big Ben in particular. Every part of the theatre was completely crowded when Sir 0 . Fellowes took the chair at nine o'cloCk. Behicti the speakfr were bung a number of diagrams and analytical tables of the compositions of the princi pal bells in Europe, to which he referred in order to explain the more technical - portion of his ad; &Rm. After a brief preface, iu which he remarked that he was not going t ) give them a history of bells, with which they were very likely quite as well acquainted as himself, nor to enter into the question of the musical tone of bells, for he was no musicUn, he went on to say that, with regard to the latter point, most people seemed more surprised at his having made the Westminster bell the tone he wanted than at a bell of such a size being made at all. His having got the tone E was, however, most easily accounted for. For instance, if a bell was ma le of 30 inches diamete-, and it had a cer tain tone, every bellfounder knew at once that a bell of 60 inches would be a tone lower, so that it was perfectly easy and certain when they bad one bell to know what the tone of another so much smaller or, larger would be, provided the shape and relative thickness of both we: e alike. The big bell was originally intended to have been E flat, its weight 14 tons, and its thickness 9 inches ; 'Alt by some accident its weight was raised to 16 tons, and its thickness to 9 inches iths, whi c h ra ised the tone from E flat to E. When the bell was first thought of Professor Wheatstone, Mr. Taylor, and himself were selected to say what kind of bell was to be made ; and though at first sight that question might appear an easy one to solve, it was, in truth, most difficult. The bellfounders of England, from one cause or another, were not willing to und.ert Ike the task, unless they were furnis'sed with a design and full instructions as to what it was to be, and that was the difficulty which at last led him to be come its designer. After referring to the popu'ar prejudice which exis'ed in, favour of the sonorous tones produced by bells of hemispherical shape, but which he showed were poor, meagre, and deficieut in tone when heard at a little distance, Mr. Drni son said his two colleagues and himself at list came to the unanimous conclusion that nearly all the bells of modern fabric were failures, and that to issitate them would be to do wrong wilfully. The difference between the Westminster bell and other bells was that it was fatter along the outside of the sound bow, that it was not cut away at the lip, as in the case of the Paris bell, but swept on in a con tinuous curve. Long-waisted bells, or those which were almost straight in the side were inferior to those which were hollow. If a line was drawn from the top of the Westminster bell to its outer edge, the space between such a line and its side would be 1-12th of the bell's diameter •, , while in the outer bells, especially in that of Paris, it was not a 14th. Westminster in height was only 2-3ils of its dia meter, while the height of the bell of Paris was 5-6ths. Such differences, slight as they seemed to persons not acquainted with the subject, were really all important. Great Tom of Oxford Mr. Denison characterised as one of the worst bells in existence, while the great bell of Exeter was a decent bell if it only had a decent clapper. (Laughter.) There was one bell in the world that was almost perfectly simi lar to the Westminster bell, and that was the great bellof Moscow. That was a most favourable coinci dence, for a bell of such a size as that at Moscow would never have been Oast by a nation so well acquainted with the principles of bell-making if it had not been perfectly correct in form. The weight of the Moscow s bell was reported to be 193 tons, but he was certain, fitan the accounts he had heard of it, that it must 'it least weigh 250 tons and that another fine Russian bell, which was said to weigh 80 tons, in reality weighed 120, so that he gene rally concluded that the Russian bells were really heavier than they were stated to be. The thickness of the bell of Westminster was just 1-12th of its diameter at the sound-bow. People often ordered bells of only 1-15th diameter, which took less cop per and saved their silver—(laughter)—but, as at Westminster they were not so pressed for silver, they determined to have the bell the right thing. With regard to the thin part of the bell, or its waist, it curious that bells whet struck there sounded a much higher note than when struck at the sound-bow, and this he and his colleagues at first thought was something to ba remedied ; but after some experiments they were compelled to give up the hobby, and to admit that bells should give forth a higlier note when struck at the waist than when struck at the thick part. This great bell, when struck at the waist, gave a tone three notes higher than when struck at the thickest. As to the composition of bells, said Mr. Denison (striking bells of the different metais as he proceeded, in illustration of his remarks), those made of steel gave a hard sound ; with a mixture of iron and antimony the sound was better. Iron and tin was better than antimony ; one of phosphorus and copper made an average good one. A mixture of aluminum and copper was a failure ; but the best of all was the common bell of copper and tin. Many people believed that a bell of pure silver would have a fine ton. By accident he heard of a clergyman who, to make sure of having'a good bell with silver in it, actually came and put his plate into the ineling pot himself. Now, he thought that a gentleman who had sacrificed so much would know all about the tone of silver as a composition with oiler metals for bells, so he (Mr. Denison) wrote to him for information. The answer he got from that clergyman was that it was some time since he had made the experiments, and he had for gotten all about its r 39UL ttit. (Laughter.) Well, he thought if he got such an answer as that at the expense . of all the poor man's spoons and forks that he ((Mr. Denison) would have nothing to do with silver in his, big bell. The great bell of Rouen was called a.silver bell, but when melted and part ana lysed it was found to contain no trace of silver whatever, though it had an extra quantity of tin. (Laughter.) In fact, silver was never used in the composition of any bell that he, had known or heard of. The mixture was copper and tin, thogeneral proportion being four of copper to one of tin • and though that was not qui t e t rea ti ng tin itirly, bell-founders liked the Mixture, for the bell was softer and easier to tone. It wa., however, a most singular thing, but many experi ments proved that the copper got in those days would not bear such a proportion of tin mixed with it as the old copper had d one. Th e composit i n used in the Westminster bell was 22 of copper to 7 of tin, or copper 75.86, tin 24.14, which was about the very best proportion in which they could be used for bells. Its extraordinary specific gravity was another proof of the goodness of the composi tion. The speCifio gravity of the York bell was 8.76, of Lincoln 8.78, and the highest figure allowed by the alloys of copper and tin alone was 8.87 ; that of a piece of Westminster bell taken from the bot tom was no less than 8.94. The specific.gravity of the Doncaster bells recast iu 1835 was only 7.8, but those bells were as bad as bad could be. Mr. Denison then • proceeded to explain the process of casting the bell of Westminster, which was done on an improved principle by Messrs. Warner, to whom he paid a high complement fOr the-care and energy bestowed upon all the arrangements. The whole of the 16 tons of metal were run into the mould in less 'than five minutes—a fact to which Mr. Denison mainly attributed the beauty and clearness ot'the great bell's tone. He next briefly illustrated the manner in which it is intended t., hang the bell to an iron beam by means of powerful screws and bands passing under a metal collar onkhe top of the bell, formed in the cas-ing for that purpose. He was quite against the common method of supporting by iron loops or by the bolt which secured the clapper. The lecturer then concluded amid much applause. The Commander-in-Chief has appointed Colonel Lake, C. 8., to the command of the Royal Artillery in the south-western district, in succession to Col. Eyre, who is permitted to retire. A. waggon load of diseased sheep, on its way to the slaughter-house, preparatory to the carcases being sett to London, was intercepted at H.rncastle a few days ago. The bench ordered the sheep to be condemned as unfit for human food. A desperate attempt at murder was made the nigl.t before laq on the North Western Railway, near the Camden-road station. A man, dressed like a sadlr, stabbed a passenger named Buckler, in order to rob him. The villain is in custody. Mr. Buckler is not expected o recover. THE CIVIL SERVICE.—The Admiralty—Mr. F. for kins, extra clerk in the Storekeeper's-office, Woolwich, has been appointed extra clerk in the office of the C-in troller of Victuall;ng, Somerset-house. The Rev. 2Eneas Hutchinson has been appointed Chaplain of Keybam yard and factory. . The Board of Trade—Mr. Henry Thomas, collector of Customs, at Llar.elly, Las been appointed receiver of wreck for the district comprised between the Carmartbenshire sides of the rivers Bury and Loughor, on the east, and Pendine, en the west of the port. Legal Department—A C immissionerAip in Lunacy has became vacant by the death of Dr. J. R. Hume. Cust,ms—Mr. John Henry Bontoft has been appointed a clerk for general busineQs in L ;ndob. Mr. Jcseph S. Evans has been promoted from first-class to be principal clerk for general business at Liverpool. Mr. Joseph J. Marsden has been promoted from second to first-class clerk for general business at Liverpool. , Mr. St. Felix T. M. Tooker has been promoted from second to third class clerk for general business at Liverpool. Inland Revenue Department, Excii e Branch-=Mr. William Matthews, collector of Wexforciceollne, Collectcti collection, has retired on superannuation. Mr. C. Dudgeon, of Sarum, has been appointed to Wexford collection, at his own req'iest. East Indies—The Under-Secretaryship to the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Bengal, has become vacant by the death of Mr. Fred. thaw, -Civil Service aactk. SARDINIA. In the sitting of the 3d of the Chamber of Depu ties at Turin, the committee on petitions propos ed the order of the day for one addressed by various shareholders of the Sardinan submarine telegraph company, claiming the 5 per cent. guaranteed to their shares by the Government. M. atvalli, with the observation that Mr. Brett had done all that an honest man could do to perform his c tntraer, move - I an order of the day inviting the Govern ment to promote as much as possible the continu ation of the line to the African shore. M. Paleo capa, minister of public works, said that Mr. Brett had received every possible encouragement from the Government, and had been even grant ed two delays. Were the Government to pay the interest, before the line were completed ac cording to contract, the Corsican telegraph would not cover that outlay. If Mr. Brett had promised the shAreholders 5 per cent. before it could justly be called for, that was a matter to be settled be tween him and them, and the government had nothing to do with it. The Chamber then passed to the order of the day, as proposed by the Cain , mittee. It is believed at Berne that the Royalist fugi tives at Morteau are about to make another attempt to obtain possession of Neuchatel, but the diploma tic world does not share the apprehensions of the Swiss. In fact, nothing could b 3 more fatal to the King of Prussia's claims on Neuchatel than a repe- titian of the scene which took place in September, 1856. In the preliminary conference on the Neuchatel question ; and at which neither the Prussian nor the Swiss Plenipotentiary was present, the renunciation of the Royal authority in that canton was proposed as the basis of future negotiations. The Pays announces, on the authority of a pH vate letter from Cadiz, that an insurrection had broken out at Mexico, in consequence of the Presi dent Comonfort, who is sai to be very favourable to the Americans of the United States, having de clared that h e i n t en d e d t o con t rac t a loan with a banking-house in New York. It would appear that the representatives of several of the European Powers desire to profit by Feruk Khan's sojourn in Paris to negotiate treaties of friendship and commerce. Among these Austria, Spain, and the United States are mentioned. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The United States mail steamer Washingt .n, Capt. Cavendy, has just arrived, with dates from New York to th , 21st ult. After discharging her mails and passengers for Southampton she proceeded on to Havre. She brings two days' later news than previously to hand via, Liverpool. The New York cotton market was firmer on the 20th, partly in consequence of telegraphic accounts having been received giving an advance in New Orleans. The sales embraced about 3,500 bales, closing at an advance of t ic. per lb. We now quote middling Uplands at 18;10., and New Orleans mid dling at 13c. Flour was in fair demand from the local trade and for shipment eastward, while prices were unchanged. Wheat was firm, but quiet ; a small sale of southern red was made at 60c. Corn was firm and in good demand, with sales of western mixed, delivered at 74e., and from store at 7*. Pork was firm ; new me -, s closed at 21 dols. 75c., and old at 21 dols. 10c. Lard ad vanced to 144 e. to 14c., with some sales of prime at 14ic., including a quantity to arrive. Sugars were in moderate request, at unchanged prices. About 160 hoxe 3 . and 200 hhcls. Molado were sold. The coffee sales made by auction went off very well, and established an advance of lc. to 4c. on the week's average sales. Fr — eights. —Engagements were light, without charge of moment in rates. The money market was active, and a general im provement in prices was realised. General Cass had been selected for the State de partment, and Mr. Cobb for the Treasury. The other departments were not arranged. Indictments had been found against partieg lin pliCated in the Burdell murder. Neither the Ericsson nor the Asia steamers, both due, had arrived at New York on the 21st. The United States Senate wag principally occu pied in a discussion on the private calendar. In the house the principal feature was the passage of an original tariff bill, submitted by Mr. Campbell of Ohio, by a vote of 110 against 84. Dr. Moore, of New Y rk, had been acquitt^d of the charge of conspiring to take 'the life of Mr. Alfred S. Livingston, of Trenton, New York, after a trial which lasted four days. Accounts from Missouri state that great damage had been done by recent freshets in that, State. The loss to the Iron Mountain Railroad is esti mated at 200,000 dols. Advices from Zanzibar, of November 26, 'state that the Imaum of Muscat died on the 18th of Oc tober, on board her Britannic Majesty's frigate Victoria, when on his passage from the capital to Zanzibar. He was 69 years of age, and leaves 12 sons. Nv At Washington, on the 19th, the report of the Committee appointed to investigate the chargts of corruption against members of Congress was pre sented to the House. The report recommends the expulsion of Messrs. Gilbert, Edwards, Welch, and Matteson, and also the exclusion of Mr. Simonton from the floor of the house as reporter. After a protracted discussion, further consideration of the subject was postponed. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 20. Stocks firm. Pennsylvania Fives, 85 ; Reading Railroad, 40 •, Long Island Railroad, 18if ; Morris Canal, 15i ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 48. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 18. The receipts of cotton in the last three days were 28,500 bales; sales in the same time, 27,000 bales ; receipts to-day, 4,850 biles. Produce market dull. Eastern hay, $2B. Freights unchanged and dull. FEE. 19, Sales of cotton to-day-7,000 bales, at stiff prices. Receipts to-day, 5,000 bales. Lard, 12g to 122. Sterling exchange; 7to 7i pm. CHARLESTON, F.En. 19. Sales of cotton to•day-700 bales ; sales of the week, 12,000 bales—the market closing at .an ad vance of gc. to A c. ; good middling, 13gc. FEB. 20. Sales to-day, 1,000 bales. Cotton unchanged. ETHNOLOGIA.—There exist in various parts of London a number of collections, probably the most complete in the world, of matgrials to assist the researches of those whose reientiffc pursuits lead them to think that "-the proper study of mankind is man." It is fully time that these var:ous ethnological museums should be concentrated into one collection, instead of being scattered throughout London, open at different hours, and arranged without uniformity. The ethnologi cll rooms at the British Museum are full to overflow lag. At the Asiatic Society, in the United Service and Missionary Museums, at the East India ll. , use, and else' where, there are colections of which the scientific value would be greatly enhanced, and the objects for which they have been gathered more thoroughly fulfilled, by their concentration and careful arrangemennt in one building. The anatomical and physiological opportuni• ties afforded by such' a museum would be particularly valuable to members of the profession— The Lancet ETON COLLEGE AND CASH:MIDGE UNIVERSITY.—TwO additional scholarships in Magdalen College have been gained by Etonians. To the first Mr. Lloyd has been appointed. This is a scholarship of the value of 401. a year, being divided between the Eton and the King's College, London. •In the second case Mr. What-on has gained a scholarship, value 25/. a year, on Lady Warwick's foundation. APOTHECARIES' Min. —Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, March 5 :—John Augustine Young, Maidbt me ; henry William Jackson, Louth, Lincolnshire ; Chas. Frederick George, Kerten in Lindsey; Francis John Griffiths, Bilston, Staffordshire ; Frederick Augustus rainier, Landport, Portsmouth ; Edward Ashton, Wain. fleet, Lincolnshire ; Joseph Read, Southern, Chelten ham ; Richard Birkett Brooke, Bleaford 3 Lincolnshire. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 5. Lord Paninure has received from Lieutenant-Colonel Dunlop, Commanding hor Majesty's troops at Hong Kong, a list of casualties which took place before Canton on the 12th of January last, of which the following is a copy:-- LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED BEFORE CANTON, JAN. 12, 1857. 59TH REGIMENT. KILLED. Privates James Meehan and Edwin Langford. WOUNDED. Drummer James Murphy, dangerously. Private Evans Kennedy, dangerously. ... William Irwin, severely. Benjamin Burgess, severely. ... Edward Harwood, severely. ... Daniel Sullivan severely. ... Charles Whitly, slightly. Corporal Benjamin Cecil, slightly. Officer. Ensign Francis K. Statham, severely wounded. (Signed) JOHN KING, Captain, Town Major. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 31, 1856. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint G. J. Eldridge, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Kertch. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 4. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. N. Solo mon. as Consul in the Islandof St. Helena, fof his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint W. T. March, Esq., to be Clerk of the Supreme Court and Crown in the Island of Jamaica, and R. H. Walsh, Esq., to be Super intendent of Government Schools in the Island of Mauri tius. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 6. Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Lefroy, of the Royal Artillery, to be In-pector-General of Army Schools, vice the Reverend G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General of the Army.. COMMISSION SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Warwickshire Militia (2d Regiment)—Lieutenant Geo. Woodyatt to be Captain, vice Captain Hall P. Chamber lain, resigned. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 5. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and MA. vines, and to all persona interested therein, that the distri bution of proceeds arising from the Greek vessel Spiri ,tione, captured on the 28th May, 1855; the Russian_ vessel Sloviano, captured on the 29th May, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Curlew ; and salvage services rendered to the American ship Flying Arrow, Nov. 16, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Fantome, will commence on Monday, the 23d March, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the. " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house.' Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,. price orders,- assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may lesi re to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Busi ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely dated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in • each class : - SAN spriaDioNE. Flag share Commander 3B 6 9 Seventh class ... 216 11 Third class Fourth class BlO 9 Ninth class Fifth class 4 .14 9 I T e nth class SLOV. Flag share Commauder 32 13 11 Third class Fourth class 7 5 8 Fifth class 4 0 11 THE FLYIN Commander £2l 11 10 I Third class Fourth class 4 5 3 Fifth class Sixth class -Lvtio. Sixth class £ 3 12 I 9 Seventh class 2 8 6 I Eighth class 1 4 3 Ninth class I Tenth class gG ARROW. S e venth class ~ £l 8 6 I Eighth class Ninth class I 6 Tenth class BANKRUPTS. Henry Cressy Vanderpant, dentist, Maddox-street, to. surrender, March 18, at eleven, and April 27, at one, at , the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignees Guildhall-chambers; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Hol born. Alexander Syme, stationer, Tonbridge Wells, March 16 and April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stang' feld, official assignee; Goddard, King-street, Cheapside. Benjamin Edwards, rope dealer, Davies-street, Oxford' street, March 17, at one, and April 17, at twelve, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. J ohnson, official assignee, osier I: hall-street ; Roscoe, King-street, Finsbury. „ Thomas Irlam, broker, Liverpool, March 23 and April,at at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, Ow" assignee, Liverpool ; Messrs. Whitley, Liverpool. Josiah Wigley, provision dealer, Uttoxeter, March 16 and April 8, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dietrich Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hoiden. and Son, Liverpool; Tyndall, Bon, and Johnson, BIZ' • mine azi. Thomas Hughes, innkeeper, Dudley, Worcestershire, March 20, at half-past eleven, and April 9, at half-past ton, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as signee; Birmingham; Barns, Dudley; E. and M. Wright, Birmingham. George James Wagstaff, watchmaker, Whitcchapel-road, March 17, at half-past twelve, and April 17, at eleven, at. the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sidney, Lincoln's-inn-fields. - James Garrett Yates, grocer, Bristol, March 16 and April 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acre man, official assignee, Bristol; Henderson and Howard, Bristol. Thomas James Thomas, carpenter, Cardiff, March 17, and April 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Willcocks, Cardiff; Hen derson and Howard, Bristol. Henry Blyton, clothier, York-terrace, Ratcliffe, March 17, at half-past eleven, and April 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Law ranee, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. William Marsden Salmon, innkeeper, Brettle-lane, Staf fordshire, March 16 and April 8, at half-past ten, at Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Wr minghem ; Sherwood, Leamington Priors ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Thomas Younger (and not Younge, as advertised in last Tuesday's Gazette) jun., builder, Monkwearinouth, Dur ham, March 13, at half-past eleven, and April 21, at half past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Count'. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Durham. James Bookless, grocer, Maryport, Cumberland, March 13, at one, and April 20, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon - Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Heethwaite, Maryport ; Cram, Newcastle' upon-Tyne. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. George Aitken, draper, (Glasgow. Peter Broivn, flesber and cattle dealer, Dundee. James Gordon M`Kay, drysalter, Edinburgh. BANK OF ] An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturda: ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for a , the 28th day of Feb., 1867. AZTKENT. _ ISSUE DEP. 4 Notes issued 24,113,640 Government debt .... 11,015,10 0 Other securities...... 3,459,90 0 Gold coin and bullion 9,638,640 Silver bullion • • • • •• •• -- 424,113,640 £24,113,640 r. 31.411SlIALL. Chief Cashier. Dated the sth day of March. 1w BANXING DX: X Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ................ 3,719,854 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say -1 ng's Banks, and :PAIATILENT. Ckmernmentsecnritles (Includg.Dead Weight Annuity) • • • • .. .... 11,573,889 Other securities ... . 19,620,3 , 3 Notes 5,516,910 Gold and silver coin.. 705,075 Dividend Acc:onnts) 7,684,189 Other deposits ...• .. 10,715,611 3..ven Day and other Bills.. •• •• •• ».... 743,563 Z 37,416,217 £37,416,217 1 ". MARSHALL, Chief °Rioter. MARI the sth day of March, a AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 3, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : a. d. From the British Possessions in America 39 5 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 39 O Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 36 3 Average of the three above descriptions . 3B 8i SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month of January present results in strict. conformity with the declared value of our exportations. The aug mentation has been exclusively in British and United States' vessels.' Subjoined aro the totals : Entered inward : TONNAGE FOR JANUARY. 1855. 1856. 1857. British vessels 200,809 293,2 '0 828,550 United States' vessels 37,338 101,077 101,207 Other countries 98,331 70 ,3:8 79,70 366,478 464,615 472,535 The clearances outward were ;-- 1855. 1856. 1857. British vessels 3 27,220 342,829 390,172 United State' vessels 76,911 105,600 12 ',945 Other countries 98,761 135,W5 126,960 502,895 583,424 615,077 With regard to the coasting trade it appears that the aggregate capacity of the vessels entered inward in Jan., 1855, was 908,937 tons ; in 1856 it was 1,071,832 ; and ,in the present return it is 1,061,029 tons, including 15 foreign vessels of an aggregate burden of 4,344 tons. The clearances outward were 1,006,933 tons in Jan., 185 5; 1 , 0 43,995 in 1856 ; and 1,106,657, including 2,432 tons of foreign, in 1857. ACCIDENTS AT DEVONTORT DOCKYARD.—On Wednes day last a labourer, named Williams, while employed on , ard the Leopard, 18, paddl-, bad the thumb of his right band torn out, and the whole of his fingers cut off longitudinally: He was immediately taken to the hos pita'. On the same day another labourer had hie thumb cut nfl by the punching machine, and a third his foot severely crushed by the fall of a sledge. Yesterday one of the hired smiths, named Smith, while at work was caught by one of the drums of the machinery, and car ried round several times before he could be extricated. He was then immediately removed to the hospital, where he lies in a very precarious state.