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The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-31

THE COLLINS AND CUJVARD STEAMERS.

The tables published in the New York herald on the
Ist inst., exhibiting "the time occupied in making the
eastern and western passages durinct, the past year of the
Collins and Cunard lines of the New York and Liver-
pool steamships," give the following results :

EASTERN rASSAGES.
Collins Steamers. Cunard Steamer?.
Twenty-six passages. Average ( eA, York Branch.)
time of each passage : —l2 days, Twenty-two passages. _A Terage
8 hours. time of each pas,age :-11 days,
_ .

3 hours, and I minute.

WESTERN PASSAGES,

Collins Steamers.

Twenty-five passages. Average
time of each passage :-12 days,
16 hours, 30 minutes.

Cunard Steamers.
(Se'v York Branch )
Twenty-fiva pwsages. Average
Lime of each passage:-11 days.
22 hours.

When the Collins steamers were first brought into com-
petition with the Cunarders the latter were compara-
tively small, being about 1,800 tons.burden, while the
former were over 3,000 tons. Experience proves that
a greater-speed can be got from a large steam-ship than
from a small ale, other things being equal. Latterly,
however, there has been a nearer approach to equality
in size, the new ships built for the Cunerd line being
larger than the old ones. At one time the Collins
steamers were. run at full speed, whereby great loss
was sustained by the owners. There v.,as extra con-
sumption of coal, and consequently less room for
freight than there ought to have been, and the wear
and tear of the machinery were far above anything like
a fair average. The Collins Company, therefore, male
little or no profit, while the Cunard Company, by
pursuing a more business-like course, was able to make
satisfactory dividends, An Admiralty regfilation pre-
scribed the pressure of steam to be allowed in the
British yesselS, but the American vessels were wholly
unrestrained in that particular. The great object of
tne captains of the Collins steamers was to beat the
British,. especially on the voyages .from Liverpool to
New York. The national vanity was excited, and
Mr. Collins and his associates every now and then
appeared before Congress for an- aldition to the
amount which the Government had agreed to pay
him for the carriage of the mails. The principal
ground for the application was that 'the ships had
been built of a larger size than' the British
in order to beat them. It was assumed that the national
honour was involved in the contest, and as the ships are
larger and more costly than they. should have been,
having regard to mere mercantile considerations, the re-
presentatives of the nation were called upon to "foot. the
bill," which is a pretty large one, the rate of charge being
about double that allowed by the British Government to
' the Canard Company. Congress has paid up for a long
time, but is now getting tired of it. The result is, that
the artificial stimulus being withdrawn, the Collins
steamers are now run with more regard to economy and
safety ; they are consequently finding their true level,
and their actual inferiority to the British can no longer
be do.ubted;--New York European.
London, England, 1857-01-31

REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY
•• co MPANT.,.
Creation of 2,00041001. farther Capital.
The Board of Directors hereby'intimate to the Shareholders of the
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company thSt the Hon. East India
Company have sancti ned the raising of further capital in this Cot:n-
.
„,4121 to the extent of 2,000,0004, with interest guaranteed at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
has accordingly been resolved, pursuant to the act, to issue the
'01,!" caPltal
hare rateably among tho shareholders, in shares of 201 each,
_,e new are to be give,* in virtue of every Two shares of 20/.
'4itie standing on the register of the Company on the 16th January
per And the Board have, by such resolution, made a call of 24
;7 share on every new 201. share so allotted (with the option to the
areho der of paying up the whole 201.), whicli is hereby= declared
payable at the Bank of Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co., Lom-
bard-street, London, on or before the 26th day of February, 1857.
Circular letters of allotment, w!th directions for payment, and
!firms of Receipt, will be forwarded to the address of the several
*liar eholders
i_itthe shareholders are hereby informed that share certificates, •if
eft at the office after notice is given that they are ready for delivery,
remain at the risk of the proprietors.

CONTRACTS FOR COCOA, RAISINS, AND TOBACCO.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset House, 28th Jaauary, 1857.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord high Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
:Pa Ireland do hereby give notice, that on TUESDAY, he 10th
ebruary next, at One o'clock, they will be 'ready to treat with -uch
fnegons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering
her Majesty's Victualling stores at Deptford, Gosport, tuid Ply-
xaou
th, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:—

COPOI .....

Deptford

titsma
T08ACC0......

Gosport.

Plymouth.

When to be
delivered.

Tons.

1 Half of each
in 3 weeks,
and the re-
. mainder in 3
weeks after-
, wards, or ear •
lier if prefer-
red by the
party tender-
ing.

Tons,

to
London, England, 1857-01-31

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4s ; clover do.,
31 108 to 6/ 5s ; • and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load.
A. short supply and a steady demand.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s ; clover
do., 3/ lUs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1./ 4s to it. 9s per load,
Both'hay and straw sold readily, at very full prices.
WaLTECHAPBL.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 4s; clover
do., 31 10s to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 11 9s per load.
Trade generally firm, at our quotationa.
London, England, 1857-01-31

1101,EIGN.

Dutch Rhenish • • .• •• •• • • •• •• • • •• • •
Lyons and Mediterranean ..........
Monterean and Troyes • . • •
Namur and Liege .............. • • ••
Northern of France •• •• •••• • • ••
Orleans and Central ..
Paris and Lyons • • • • • • • • •• ••
Paris and Rouen. •• ••••• • •.
Paris and Strasburgh .... ••• • •• ••
Rouen and Havre.......• •• • •
Western of France ..•

2,167

33,489

1,577

32,075

VACAACIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMO-
TIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

The Foreign Department—The office of second assis-
tant interpreter at Canton has become vacant by the
death of Mr. 0. T. Lane ; salary, 325/. The Board of
Trade—Mr. H. A. Dobson has been appointed a junior
supplementary clerk in the Board of Trade. Legal
Department—Mr. Paul Denton, senior extra clerk in
the Insolvent Debtors' Court, has been appointed on the
establishment, in consequence of Mr. White's retirement.
General Post-office--The postmastership of Devonport
has become vacant by the death of Mr. Coffin. Mr.
Biggleston has been appointed postmaster of Aber-
gavenny. The Dockyards—A clerkship has become
vacant at the Devonport Dockyard by the superannua-
tion of Mr. D. G. Dent. Mr. Gloag, first class clerk in
the Royal William Victualling-yard, has been appointed
to the Royal Clarence Yard, vice Foster, superannuated.
Mr. Wilkinson, acting store receiver at the Royal Wil-
liam Yard, has been appointed first class clerk, vice
Gloag. Cu3toma—A tide surveyorship has become
vacant by the death of Mr. John Chrisfield, second class.
Mr. Henry Bezer has been promoted from chief clerk to
be principal of a branch in the Long Room, London.
Mr. Michael F. Power has been promoted from clerk
first class to be chief clerk in the Long Room, London.
Mr.
fierlseta vJceolabhsansseWbieerrekinghiantpthphoaesinbLteeodenng aappointed from second to
Rcleorokm,inLtohnedoleng.al Mcora.
yEs.,
London. Mr. H. G. Smith has been appointed a clerk
in the legal quays, London. Mr. J. Dixon has been
appointed a clerk in the East and West India Docks,
London.—Civil Service Gazdte.

The boys of the Duke of York's School on Thursday
visited the Great Globe, in Leicester-square, and were
present at the exhibition of the New Diorama' of Russia,
which was crowded with a fashionable audito. The
ry,
following of the nobility and gentry have lately visited
the Great Globe :—Prince of Surat and suite, Lady
Boswell and party, Lady Elliott and party, Lady Rawes
and friend-, Lady Clarkson and party, Admiral Cater
and family, Lady Clarendon and family, Colonel Napier,
Marchioness of Bute and family.
London, England, 1857-01-31

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London, England, 1857-01-31

ing in the cold light of the morning, and all was
over.

The morning was bitterly cold. It had frozen
during the night, yet many persons must have re -
mained on the ground to witness the dreadful

spectacle.

The Court of Cassation has pronounced judg-
ment to-day upon the appeal from the decision of
the Imperial Court of Lyons, with reference to
the illegality of distributing the electoral bulletins,
or voting tickets, without a special permission
from the authorities.

The judgment of the Court of Cassation is agains
the liberty of distributing the electoral bulletins.
The French army, it is said, will be reduced by
42,000 men, not perhaps all at once, but gradually.
The savings in this respect are estimated at
26,000,000 f.) and in the navy 10,000,000 f. With
the reductions in nearly all branches of the ad-
ministration, it is calculated that the total saving
will be 100,000,000 f.
BOURSE, Jan. 30.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. fr. c.
44 per Cents
3 per Cents 67 40
New Loan —
. _ __

End of Month;
—fr. —c.
67 30

Bank Shares 4 160 Roman (x d)

Credit Mobilier 1,352 50 Austrian

Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes...
Piedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt

RAILWAYS-FOR CASH.

fr. c. tr c
Orleans 1,376 50 Western
Northern 932 50 Strasburg
Lyons 1,365 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1.755 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva
Cette

SWITZERLAND.
According to advices of the 24th from Berne,
the Federal Council is resolved to make some im-

provements in the military system of the Confede-
ration. A larger supply of weapons, and more
_

- - .
particularly of rifles, will in future be kept in the
arsenals of the different Cantons, and the strength
of the artillery will be increased. The fortifications
at Basle are completed, and if the Prussians had
marched against that city they would have found it
protected by 14 earth•works, each of which is some
14 ft. thick. It has been observed that the Swiss are
in no great hurry to return to their homes, and the
slowness of the movements of the sturdy moun-
taineers is generally attributed to the following
passage in the note of the Moniteur of
•the 23d :
" Switzerland can now dismiss her troops." The
policy of this Government in the Neuchatel ques- •
tion has given extreme offence to the Ultramontane
party in Swizterland, and its leaders rail at Count
Buol in good set terms. It is worthy of remark
that greater patriotism was nowhere displayed than
in those Swiss cantons which in 1847 formed the
Sonderbund. Until now nothing has been done
by the German Confederation which could induce
the Danish Government to respect the rights and
privileges of Holstein and Lauenberg, but there is
reason to believe that the voice of the venerable
Bund will soon be heard.
London, England, 1857-01-31

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the
demand was moderate, and prices remained with-
out alteration from the rates current on Thursday.
The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000
of which were taken for export and on specu-
lation. 'The Railway Share Market continued
quiet throughout the day, but subsequently closed
with a sligh'd improvement on the previous cur-

rency.
The Bank of England weekly Return, com-
pleted to the 24th inst., is 'more favourable than
was generally anticipated. Notwithstanding the
extensive withdrawals of gold, the bullion ex-
hibits a slight improvement. The private deposits
are reduced probably through the redemption of
other securities, which are upwards of three
quarters of a million smaller than in the previ-
ous week. There is, consequently, an addition
to the revenue, but it is generally anticipated
that the next return will be rather more encou-
raging. The other alterations are not very im-
portant, but it is satisfactory to see that the
public deposits, now the demands are hard, are
again steadily increasing. The principal items,
and the changes they present, will be seen by
the subjoined table :
Active Circulation
London, England, 1857-03-03

LIVERPOOL RACES.--(This Day).

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

TRIAL STAKES.

Fisherman
Special License .. ...............
Miss Harka way
Six ran.

TY RO STAKES.

Polly Peachum
Dispute
Seven ran

sto 2 agst Bashi Bazoulc (tr.ken)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

BANKRUPTCY COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE.^•IN BE NABS.

This bankrupt was described as of College-bil►, wine
merchant, and to-day .was appointed for his last exarnina.
tion, which had been adjourned for further accounts,
which, however, had not been filed.
The solicitor to the assignees pressed for an adjourn-
ment sine die, without protection, and leave bankrupt to
apply to the Insolvent Court.

Mr. Lowrance, for the bankrupt, could not resist an
adjournment, but trusted some protection would be
d granted. The bankrupt could not get his discharge
through the Insolvent Court, which refused to interfere
except in cases of adjournment sine die, where there was
an impossibility for the bankrupt ever to pass. In this
• case the bankrupt might be able to make out the ac-
counts.

His Honour said he would adjourn the case sine die,
with protection for one month.

CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Frederick Kimpel, a respectably-dressed young man,
was indicted for stealing a coat value 305., the property
of Benjamin Poole.

Mr. Lilly proseonted, and Mr. Metcalfe defended the
prisoner.

It appeared from the evidence that on the 13th Feb.
Tact the prisoner went to the well-known Wine Shades,
near London-bridge, and asked for some sherry. On
leaving the premises he was seen by a waiter, named
Parker, to take down a ooat in the hall, with which
be walked off. The waiter followed him outside the
door and charged him with stealing it. A scuffle en-
sued between them, and the coat was picked up by
another waiter and thrown into the passage. The pri-
soner was then secured and given into custody. The
prisoner, in his defence before the magistrate, denied
any intention of stealing the coat, and said that he
found it lying on the floor, and that be picked it up
with the intention of putting it on the rail, when he was
pounced upon by the waiter.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and recommended
him to mercy on account of his good character.
The Recorder sentenced him to two months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour.
London, England, 1857-03-03

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received files of papers from the Cape
to the end of December.

The last mail 'from Kafirland brings the intelli-
gence that all was quiet, that no rumours of war
were heard, and that the Kaffirs were making their
usual purchases at King William-town.
The Frontier Times says :
" The late heavy rains appear to have been very
general throughout the country, but as yet we have
not heard of much datiaage being done to the crops.
The appearance of the country is described as splen-
did, and the grass in some parts is said to be so
high as to resemble fields of waving corn. A letter
from Wolve Kraal, of the 17th inst., says—' We
have had in this part of the country, for the last
month, scarcely one fine day for reaping; abun
dance of rain has fallen, the fields looking beauti-
ful, and the standing crops promise a good
harvest.' "
London, England, 1857-03-03

COLONIAL

TEA. —The advices brought by. the Overland Mail an()
doge of the market affected prices to a slight extent, and
common congou has advanced to is id per lb. Very little
business was transacted.

SUGAR.—FuII rates are demanded for all descriptions,
and the business done was extremely small. Stocks in
first hand are very scanty, and consumption being likely
to increase, higher prices may be looked for.
COFFEE.—The market has shown increased firmness, and
the supplies being very light, higher rates are current for
all good qualities, particularly plantation Ceylon.
RICE.—FuII prices are readily obtained for all qualities,
and the demand has been active for the finer descriptions.
Rum.—The market rules very quiet, with no variation
in prices to report.
TALLOW.—.A. very moderate amount of business has been
done, and prices have ruled rather lower. P. Y.C. on the
spot 65s 6d to 655. April to June delivery 535 6d to 545,
and last three months 53s per cwt.

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.

STOCK EXCHANGL—The market has had an apparent
downward tendency, but it. scarcely amounts to a quota-
tion. London and North Western, 103—Ditto a shares,
new), A d.—Midland, 85A I—Eastern Counties, 11/. ls. 3d.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 102 24—North Eastern,
Berwick.4, 211 ex div.— South Eastern, 224 4—Grand
Trunk of Canada, 121. 16s. 3d.—Ditto, 6 per cent. deben-
tures, 814—Sho6fields, 384—Caledonian, 341—East Lanca-
shire, 100 A—Dutch Rhenish, B lie. 3d. p.

MANCHESTER, MAitcH 2.
STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market was active, and a fair
business was done at improved rates. The sales were :
Blackburn, 8 1516—Sheffield, 38i I—Ditto, 10/., 121— _
Midlands, 851—Royal Swedish, 235., 255.--,East Lance- ,
shire, 25—Ditto, Qrs., 6 per cent, 81—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 10112 I—Great Northern A Deferred, 10g— 11
London and North Western, new Eighths, d.

LEEDS, MARCH 2.
STOOK EXOHANGE.—Prices have been very firm to-day, 1
but only a limited business was done. Leeds Northern,
204 5-16—Midlands, 83 ex div.

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE. This market was inactive to-day,
and prices about the same. • London and North Westerns,
1061 i—Great Western, 68} i—Kidlands, 82t 831—Bir- 11,
mingham Bank, 33i ex dlr.—Birmingham Canals, '
for cash.
London, England, 1857-03-03

Country Markets.

• CHELMSFORD—FEB. 27.
We had an average supply of wheat on offer to-daY, but
much of it was in a very damp state, and the trade very but
the best qualities barely maintaining the last week's priee6•
Spring corn of all sorts without alteration, excepting boans of
all kinds, which must be quoted is cheaper.
Wheat, white, old, per s.
qr. 34
new 37
red, old 32
new 32
_ _

Oats, per qr. 24 $0
Peas, Partridge 41 43
White 39 46
..._ ...

Barley 3 3
Chevalier 38
Grinding 33
Malt 73

Boiling 39 45
Dun 37 39
Beane, Tick 35 39
Harrow tick 39 42
Mazagan 34 36
Ditto, new 34 $1

Chevalier 75

COLCHESTER— FEE. 28.
We bad a moderate supply of wheat on offer to-lay, De'
mach of it was in a very bad state and nearly
unsaleable.
Dry parcels at last week's prices. The supply of barley is
falling off, and the market closed rather dearer. Beans and
peas in fair demand for seed at full prices.
Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 603 to 683;
red, 50s to 60s; barley, 44s to 50s ; oats, 22s to 281 ; bon°.
Mazagan, 34s to 364; middle and small, 36s to 445; Posh
white, 38a to 42. ; grey, 38s to 421.

Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, So,
in the port of London, from the following IN
Feb. 23 to Feb. 28, both inclusive. #

~ received
)11.3, frO.

•••
x 8
204 r 33 200; 28
209 - 5055 -
554 15 - 50 125
941, 42 r 568 30 470

Colchester
Harwich
Leigh
lialdon

1"

25 25

- I --

- --
, 116, 7v-
A. 4

KIRKCALDY—FEB. 28.
To-day we had good supplies of wheat and oats, but smut
of barley. Sales slow for the two former, at the rates of 10
week ; the latter sold quickly at is per qr. higher.

Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I Beans.,
First 62s Od I 46s 01 I 35s Od lOs 0:
I
Second
Third 30s Od 33s 04 I 22s Od 1 Os 0'
_

Oatmeal, 36s

COAL MARK
Prim of Coal per ton at

a. d.
Bebside's Hartley 14 6
Walker Primrose . l2 9
Tanfield Moor l3 0
Tanfield Moor Butos 13 0
Howard's West Hartley
Netherton 14 6
Bnddle W. Hartley 14 6
Bell's Primrose l2 0
Wylam
Wantland, &a,
-

. _
Hatton
South Kelloe ............... 17 0
Hatton l7 6
Hartlepool l7 6
Braddyll . l6 3
Seaham 15 9
ships at market...l3S
London, England, 1857-03-03

THE WRECK OF TliE PENINSULAR AND
ORIENT! L MAIL STEAMER MADRID.

Yesterday the following report was received by the
secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental Stesm Packet
Company, respecting the wreck of the coutpaey's mall
steamer Madrid, from the commander :
VIGO, Feb. 2l..—lwepreeeeeling into Vigo by ell
North Channel, when rounding Port Humbre, at 2.15
p.m. yesterday, at two slip's lengths off, steering S.
E., to S. E., the vessel struck on a sunken rock not
laid dowet in the Admiralty chart in my possession, and
began to fill forward and settle down. I immediately
lowered the boats and got the passengers mails, and
specie into them, and then beached the ship In a small
sandy bay between Points Hovebre and Sobrido which
I deemed the most advieab;s course t' pursue.
Lieutenant Tickell, Admiralty agent, at once pro.
ceeded with the mails and reported the occurrence
to her Brit=annic Majesty's consul at Vigo, while the
third officer took charge of the passengers and
specie, and landed them to the care of the company's
agents at this port. The water gained fast upon
the engine-room and after hold. I ordered the fires to
be dra en and boilers blown off. Then proceeded to get
out luggage and cargo as much as possible ; only a few
packages cf the latter could, however, be got up, but
nearly all the passengers' baggage was saved, with some
cabin furniture. At 7p m. the water had risen to the
quarter deck. I ordered the crew to take to the two
remaining ship's boats and some country boats that came
to our assistance. I then took the jolly-boat, and pro-
ceeded to Vigo for further assistance, leaving the first
and second officers in the cutter to keep watch over the
ship for the night, as nothing further could be done, the
hull being under water and lying quite steady, with 12
feet of water forward and 18 feet aft, the weather finer
rise and fall of tide about 11 feet. I received every se'
sistance from her Britannic Majesty's consul and the
company's agents, who despatched a guard for the pro-
tection of the property, and a competent person in charge
of the labourers. These I met on my way to the town.
The consul accompanied me this morning to the ships
and we are removing the rigging and everything as fst
as possible. The position of the ship is such as to render
it doubtful whether she can be got off, but everything
in our power will be done to effect it.
London, England, 1857-03-03

RAILWAY TRAFFIC _RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERA RAlLWAY.—Traffic re.
turn for the week ending Feb. 28, 1857 £14,315 11 10
Corresponding week last year

Increase in 1857
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOMA COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 28,
1857 £10,912 1 4
Corresponding week last year 10,234 4 5
Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 94,330 Bu. 11
Total of the half-year to this date, 1856.4., 89,324 10 11 1
London, England, 1857-03-03

DESTITUTION AT COLCHESTER.

Sir J. •TYRRELL inquired if there would be any
objection to tie moving for the production of General
Gascoigne's report, relative to the destitution of the
soldiers wives and families at Colchester ?
Mr. F.- PEEL—NO.
EDUCATION.
Mr. W. EWART gave notice that be should, on an
early day, move to bring in a bill making it compulsory
for children under a certain age employed in factories to
be allowed a certain number of hours each day for edu•
cation.

. , M PERSIA.
of r. Gontrol LADSTONE asked the President of the Board
C, whether "the financial year," in his letter of
the 9th day of December last, had the same meaning as
"the ensuing financial year," in Charles Trevelyan's
letter of the 2d day of Decmber last • and if not, by
whose authority the change was made ; Whether any
estimate of the charge ot the Persian war for the ensu-
ing financial year had been presented by the East India
Company to her Majesty's Government ;
nd and if SO,
would the res d, a when, it
at what date it was thus
p ente
be laid ontable
of this house,
and whether any o
supplies or munitions
of
war the pro
perty of her Majesty, - have been despatched from this
country, or from any British aid
of the
expedition against Per;iia that 7
Mr. V. SMITH said
with regard to tho fir
the letter referred to wa9twas,question the financial year in
exactly the same as that of
Sir
C. Trevelyan's. By Dopy_
ing it, one word, by a clerical error, was omitted, it, showed it
the face .of ,
but the letter, on
to be so. • With regard to the second question,
be had to state that such an estimate had been
received and reached the Board of Control ou the 7th
February, and that it was transmitted to the Treasury
T
on the 9th. It bad not yet been examined or acknow-
ledged,r and it was not his intention to present the
esti-
mate to the house, because it was not desirable cr ex-
pedient to do so in its present state, the estimate being
formed on rough calculations. The calculations were
firmed on what he ,hoped pould be found to be an
erroneous basis, namely, that the Persian War
would last till December, 1857, but even were it
likely to he so protracted, he should object to the produc-
tion of the estimates because there were items and i
things mentioned in it that ought not to be made known
to an enemy. He hoped, therefore, that the house
would not enforce itd production. his answer to the
third question was, that no supplies or munitions of war,
beim:stag to her Majesty, had been dispatched from this
London, England, 1857-03-03

RAILWAY RATING.

On the motion of Mr. HADFIELD, a return was
ordered of the duty paid by railway companies in the
United Kingdom during the last five years on passengers'
traffic, and distingui:-hing the amount paid by each com-
pany each year, and the respective classes for which snob
duty was charged and paid, and the amount paid by
each class respectively.
London, England, 1857-03-03

RAILWAYS.

Ambg. Nottng. Bost.
& Eastn.
Belfast & Ballymena
Wolverh. &
Stour Valley
Birkeuhd. Lancsh. dr
Cheshire Junct
Blackburn . .....
Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (iss. at £45)
Bristol & Exeter
Caledonian
Chester & Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black. & Pass
Cornwall
Ds, A

Do. B .........
Dublin&Belfast June
Dun. P. (kAber.June
East .
Eastern Counties
EasternUnion,A. stk
Do., do.
Do. New A.....•
East Kent .....
East Lancashire
East Suffolk

Do. ...
Edinburgh & Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles...
Edinb.Prth.&Dundee
Forth and Clyde June.
Furness....,. ........ .
Glasgow & S. Western
,Great N. of Scotian d
Great Northern
IDo., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock
Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.)
Great Western.
Do. Str.V.B.. gua. St
Irish South-Eastern.
Lancaster &Carlisle.
Do., Thirds
Do. New Thirds „,
Lancash. &Yorkshire
Do., do. F. £l6
Do., Wst. Riding Un.
Do. Southport
London & Blackwall
Lond.Bright. & S.Cst.
London & N. Western
Do. Fifths
Do. ,16/. 5h.,M&8...0
Do. Eighths

London 4k S. Western
Lndndrry.dreoleraine
Lndndrry. da Ennisk.
Dfanch.Shef.&Lincln.
Metropolitan
Do. J. L. Ricardo's

arrangement
Midland

Do. Birming. dr Derby
Midland G. Wes'6. (Ir.)
Do.
Shares .. .....
_ _

New Castle &Carifsie:.
Newpt.Aberg.dgHrfd
Newry Er Enniskillen
Newry, Warrenpoint
dr Rostrevor
_ __

Norfolk
Northn. Counties Un
North British

- • -----
North Devon, Rail. &
Dock Stock

Do., A Stock
Do., B Stock
N. E astern Berwick
Do. do. Extension
Do do. G.N.E Purch
Do. Leeds

Do. York
North London

N. & S. Wstn., liampH
stead, and City Jn
North Staffordshire
North Western..
N. & S. Westrn. June.
Oxford Worcester &
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth
Eilymney
Scottish Central
Scot. N E. Abrdn • St
Shropshire Union
Sitingbourno &Sheer
Sonth Devon
South Eastern ...

IDo. 43 per c. Shares
South Wa1e5...........
S. Yorksh. River Thin
Do..

Staines,lVOiKti/Vtic
Stockton & Darling
Do. do 1854

po: do.; 18q5

Stockton do Hartlepl
Taff Vale
Do. Pref No. 1

Thames Hay. D. &R.
Vale of Neath

Waterfd. & Kilkenny'
Waterford&Liraeriek
West Cornwall
West End of London
and Crystal Palaco
Do. A
Do. B

'West London....
De. First Class

Do. Second Class...
Wnablcdpn&Croydoii,
London, England, 1857-03-03

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FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
It is confidently stated that the last preliminary
conference between Count Hatzfeldt and Count
Walewski, on the affairs of Neuchatel, will take
very shortly.
The Moniteur states the reception by the .Em-
peror, through Baron Hubner, of a letter from the
Emperor of Austria, announcing the death of her
Imperial Highness the Arch-Duchess Elizabeth of
Austria, widow of the Archduke Regnier.
The French Court has ordered four days' mourn-
ing, beginning on the 2d of March, the first two
ordinary mourning, the other two second mourning.
There were many presentations on Sunday at the
Tuileries by the English, Spanish, Russian, Prus-
sian, and Mexican Ambassadors. _

The Independance Beige says that Sir Henry
Bulwer and M. Talleyrand, members of the Com-
mission for there-organisation of the. Principalities,
are expected at Bucharest in the first week in
March. The Austrians are already moving their
troops to their own frontier.
According to the last French despatch from
China the English forces cannot move until rein.
forcements arrive. Numerous masses of men are
hovering about Canton. It is death for a China-
man to communicate with the English, who are
left without servants.

BOURSE, March 2.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. ft'• C. End of Month,
4i per Conte
3 per Cents 7O 40 70 40

New Loan —
Bank Shares 4,200 Roman
Credii, Mobilier 1,425 --Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese (5) 9l home Debt
RAILWAYS—FOB CASIL
fr. c.
fr Orleans 1,410 --Western
Northern 992 50 Strasburg
840
Lyons ......1,452 50 New Ditto
Mediterranean ...... 1,865 Grand Central 613 75
Lyons Geneva ...... 770 Teste
Cetto
London, England, 1857-03-03

PORTUGAL.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.
The Msteamer brings Lisbon dates of the
24tThFebruary, when the following vessels of viar
were
Tagus :—Her Majmiral Sir R. esty's steam-shiPs
Duke in
C.
Dundas ; Princess Royal, Captain G. Giffard
ton) of
fthle velling
Rear-Ad
James Watt, Captain T. V. Anson.
The French steamship Austerlitz and theFren°ll
transport Egerie had left the previous day.
The Hamburg steamer Teutonia, from the Bra-
zils, had not yet appeared.
Telegraphic despatches had been received from
Oporto of the 23d, stating the arrival of the officer
with the mails from the Peninsular and Oriental
Comphany's steamer Madrid, wrecked at Vigo on
the 20t. The mails were expected in Lisbon on
the 25th.
In consequence of the carnival little further
~prog-
ress had been made by the peers in the debate
upon the reply to the Throne.

The Pope, on the 25th ult., performed in the
Sixtine Chapel, the ceremony of distributing ashes
to the cardinals and other prelates. The King of
Bavaria was present at the ceremony.
EXTRAPAROCHIAL PLACES.—Some correspondence had
taken phce with the Poor Law Board relative to the
non-relief of the poor in extraparochial places since the
year 1847. Cases of great hardship are adduced, ez•
hibiting the imperfection of the existing lave, it appear-
ing that paupers in extraparochial 'Aces have no claim
for relief by law. A bill, however, has lately been in-
troduced to obviate this evil, and an abstract of it has
already been given.
London, England, 1857-03-03

PORTUGAL.

LIVERPOOL, Mimes2',
The Minho steamer brings Lisbon dates of Ore
24th February, when the following vessels of war
were iu the Tagus :—Her Majesty's steam-31
Duke of Wellington,_ Rear-Admiral Sir B. A ;
Dundas ; Princess Royal,
Captain G. Giffan4
James Watt, Captain T. V. Anson.
The French steamship Austerlitz and theFren°h
transport Egerie had left the previous day.
~..
The Hamburg steamer Teutonia, from the
zils, had not yet appeared.
Telegraphic de4patches had been received Ira:.
Oporto of the 23d, stating the arrival of the 096_
Company O
''s steamer Madrid, wrecked at Vigo 1
with the mails from the Peninsular and Orient
the 20th, The mails were expected in Lisbon 0P
the 25th.
In consequence of the carnival little further prf"
press had been made by the peers in the de.l3‘e
upon the reply to the Throne.

The Pope, on the 25th ult., performed in the
Sixtine Chapel, the ceremony of distributing ashes
to the cardinals and other prelates. The King °f
Bavaria was present at the ceremony.
EXTRAPAROCHIAL PLACES.—Some correspondence log
taken place with the Poor Law Board relative to the
1.
non-relief of the poor in extraparochial places since On ,
year 1847. Cases of great hardship are adduced, 19%'
Whiting the imperfection of the existing laws, it appor•
ing that paupers in extraparochial places have no claim
for relief by law. A bill, however, has lately been in"
troduced to obviate this evil, and an abstract of it has
already been given.
London, England, 1857-03-03

DFATBS FROM SNAKEBITES IN INDIA

The number of deaths arising from snakebites in
the various znalis and towns subordinate to this
presidency having b•:en brought to the notice of
Mr. A. Bettington, Commissioner of Police, by
several magistrates, that gentleman addressed a
letter to Government to the following effect :
"I have the honour to report, for the informa-
tion of the Government, that the loss of life from
the bites of snakes in some districts of this presi-
dency is-considerable. In the Dharwar Zillah, for
instance, no less than 16 deaths are reported to
have occurred within the last four months from
this cause. It appears that more deaths are occa-
sioned by snakebites than by tigers. I beg to pro-
pose for the consideration of Government that re-
wards be offered for the destruction of snakes,
eight annas for a snake of any kind, and 12 annas
for a cobra ; to be paid upon the production
of the snake forthwith by the Patel and
Kolkurnee of the village, who will forward the dead
o-
snake (by the villaelhar), with the receipt, to
the nearest MahulCurry or Mamlutudar. It is ab-
solutely necessary that the payment should be
prompt, and the reward sufficiently high to induce
I people to occupy themselves in killing snake. I
purpose to make no exception, because the carpet
snake, foorsa,' the whip snake, and the cobra (the
snakes most commonly met with), are all poisonous,
and there can be no exercise of discrimination. In
an exceptional case, it would not answer to with-
draw payment, while ignorant persons, unable to
detect the poison-fang and gland, were debating
whether the reptile was or was not poisonous. It
will be necessary also that the magistrate shall con-
tinue to urge and compel the removal of mases of
prickly pear from the villages. In many places it
does not exist in the form of a boundary hedge,
but in patches of greater or less extent, not only
occupying ground that might be turned t 3 other
purposes, but harboiuing reptiles and infecting the
air."

In reply the Government approved and sanc-
tioned the suggestions of the Commissioner of
Police. Tho people, encouraged by the rewards
offered, are occupying themselves most actively in
destroying these reptiles. Each day nearly 300
dead snakes are brought in. Mr. Bettington saw
au immense number of every description ; the most
common of alt is one called the "foorsa." The
civil surgeon of Rutuagherry knows no remedy for
the poison of this deadly reptile. Ammonia and
other stimulants, if applied in time, are effective
antidotes to the poison of the cobra and some other
snakes, but are of no avail against the poison of
the foorsa. The poison does not act on the ner-
vous system, like that of the cobra, but on the
blood alone, which becomes corrupted in a peculiar
manner.—Bombay Courier.
London, England, 1857-03-03

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AUSTRIA.

The Emperor and Empress of Austria, the
Vienna journals state, will arrive at Goritz on the
7th, and will reach Vienna on the 10th.

A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette
of Berlin, says :—" The reports of a loan
which are in circulation are merely propagated
by speculators for a fall. According to the last
Bank return the debt of the Sate to that esta-
blishment is only 209,643 florins, and in the next
return it will cease to appear altogether.
A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of
Berlin, says :—" Colant Buol's visit to Parma after
leaving Milan' was for the purpose of definitively
concluding the renewal of the treaties of com-
merce with the duchies of Parma and Mo-
dena. These treaties were very advanta-
geous to the duchies, inasmuch as they open
a large market to their raw materials, and enable
them to procure the manufactured goods which are
indispensable to them. The duties established in
Austria on colonial productions constitute the sole
obstacle to the renewal of the treaties; but as the
Austrian government is ready to make the most
liberal concessions, it is not doubted that the affair
will be brought to a satisfactory conclusion."—The
same letter says :—" Our cabinet has not replied
to t';e invitation addressed to it jay the French go-
vernment to give instructions to its representative
at Paris with respect to the affair of Neuchatel,
and it will not reply to it before the return of the
Emperor to Vienna."
London, England, 1857-03-03

THE TRIAL OF SAWARD.

It is understood that the trial of Saward and Ander-
son, for forgery, will come on on Thursday next. Sir
F. Thesiger is retained to prosecute.

GLASGOW ELECTION.

(From the North British Daily Mail of yesterday.)

The nomination of candidates to represent the city in
Parliament took place this day, at noon, on hustings
erected in front of the Justiciary Court Hall. Before
the hour appointed an immense crowd, principally
composed of working men, with a sprinkling of women,
had assembled. Precisely at twelve o'clock, Sheriff
Sir Archibald Alison appeared upon the platform, and
was followed by Walter Buchanan, Esq and Jas. Merry,
Esq., the two candidates.
The LORD PROVOST proposed Mr. Buchanan, which
was seconded by ALEXANDER GRAHAM, Esq., of Lance-
field.

Councillor JAMES TAYLOR then proposed Mr. James
Merry, which was seconded by ex-Ballie GILMOUR.
The SHERIFF—You have heard Mr. Merry proposed
and seconded, you have heard both these gentlemen ad-
dress you, I now call upon you for a show of hands for
the two candidates respectively who are inclined to
vote for Mr. Buchanan will please hold up their right
hand.

.A somewhat scanty number of hands having been
held up,

ThegtrErturr then asked for a show of hands of those
dieposed to support Mr. Merry.
A perfect forest of bands were held up in favour of
Mr. Merry, accompanied by loud cheering.
The SHERIFF—The Lord Provost, on the part of Mr.
Buchanan, now demands a poll. The poll will open on
Thursday, at 8 o'clock.

MARKET NEWS.—(This ray.)

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4/ Os ; clover do.,
31 108 to 51 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load.
A fair demand.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4s ; clover
do., •31 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load,
Trade steady.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os clover
do., 3/ lOs to 51 5s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load.
Supply good and trade dull.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—The advices brought by the Overland Mail at the
close of the market affected prices to a slight extent, and
common conesou has advanced to is ld per lb. Very little
business was transacted.
SUGAR.—FuII rates are demanded for all descriptions,
and the business done was extremely small. Stocks
in
first hand are very scanty, and consumption being likely
to increase, higher prices may be looked for.
COFFEE.—The market has shown increased firmness, and
the supplies being very light, higher rates are current for
all good qualities, particularly plantation Ceylon.
Mom—Full prices are readily obtained for all qualities,
and the demand has been active for the finer descriptions.
Ru?t.—The market rules very quiet, with no venation
in prices to report.
TALLOW.—A very moderate amount of business has been
done, and prices have ruled rather lower. P.Y.C. on the
spot 6os 6d to 635. April to June delivery 533 6d to 545,
and last three months 533 per cwt.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LO DS.—(This. Evening.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at 5 o'clock.

THE CAPTURE OF THE PERU.
The Earl of HARDIVICKE presented a petition
from a gentleman named alien, praying for compen-
sation, which he claimed under the following circum-
stances :—lntlB22 the petitioner was an officer in the
Coastguard, station ed on the coast of Ireland. One night,
when it was blowing hard, he observed a large
vessel selling under cover of the cliffs. Suspecting the
.charaeter of the craft hs took the neces,ary means to go
on boaril. The crew of the vessel observing his move-
ments endeavoured to escape, but Mr. Dillon and his
party opened fire upon her. He was unable to board her
but pursued her into Kinsile, where she was
boarded by she Custom-house officers, and she proved to
be a large American brig, called the Peru, a
notorious smuggler. Her cargo was seized and
sold, and realized nearly 60,000/. The petitioner
claimed his share of the proceeds of the sale, but
from the time of the capture until the present day his
claim was repudiated on several grounds, the principal
of which was that be had never boarded the ship. The
noble earl concluded by moving fur certain papsrs con-
nected with the transaction.

The LORD CHANCELLOR wag understood to say
that there would be great difficulty in producing the
papers, owing to the length of time that had elapsed
since the affair of which the petitioner complained.
The motion was not pressed, but the petition was
ordered to by on the tab!e.
_ _

DIVORCE -OF MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR rose for the purpose of
moving the second reading of this bill, which was
to improve the law as it at present ex'sted
wit'i respect to divorce. In the last eeseiin of Par-
liament a bill had been introduced, but a prgision was
added to the measure by the Bishop of Oxf,rd, the o':-
ject of which was to prevent the adulterer from marry-
ing the adulteress. He disapproved of that addition, and
therefore he had left it out of the present bill. It was
his opinion that such a proviso would be considered in
the light of a boon to the adulterer, aLd word,' be exceed-
ingly cruel to the victim. The noble lord, after a few
observations, conc'uded by moving the second reading
of the b.ll.